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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-10
v. F. w. DELEGATES
ATTEND MEETING

Members of Wheeler-Young post,
Veterans Of Foreign Wars attended
the monthly meeting at Derby yes
terday Of the New Haven county
council of the v. F. w.
The post will attend the flag ex-
ercises on Friday when the Elks
will present colors to the D. A. v.
and will furnish an honor guard.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-10

Britain's national health has SO
greatly improved in the last Is years
that the people are about 10 years
younger than those of the same age
a generation ago.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-10

The Joint Council of Chiropo-
dists has written the British War
Office suggesting that there should
be Royal Corps of Chiropodists to
look after the Army's feet.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-10

NEW YORK: A German secret
agent has just arrived in New York
by way of San Francisco What
he is doing here is something gov
eminent agents should find out
quickly His name Is Captain
Otto Stennes, who was Germany's
chief agent in the Ruhr and Rhine
regions, where there was heavy
sabotage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Additional Taxation

Outside of decisions on foreign policy ana
the speeding up of the defense program he
most important matter before the country To-
day is the financing of the federal govern
ments activities. More billions are being spent
than ever before in our peacetlme hstory'
Every citizen has a direct and vital interest
in how these funds are going to be raised.
AS the house ways and means commlttee
faces this problem it has several methods at
hand. Drastic cuts in needless spending can
and must be made wherever possible to ease
the strain. Funds will be borrowed IN large
amounts. But above and beyond both OF these
expedients lies the necessity for increasing
taxes to keep our finances on an even keel.
question is what kinds of taxes to employ.
Several factors are bound to restrict ue
committee in its search for additional reve-
nues. Large individual incomes are already
Sc heavily taxed that no large additional re-
turn can be expected from this source. Heavy
new taxes have been imposed on industry this
year. Raising the rates much higher is risky
because it may slow down the machinery OF
production.
What this Dolls down TO is ulaL congress .
going to have to look for new sources of
revenue and that new taxation, whatever form
it eventually takes, is bound to bear heavily
on the average man with an average income.
The sales tax is one broad method that has
been frequently proposed and is now employed
in a limited way. But this has been consistent
ly opposed by President Roosevelt. The other
is increasing the income tax yield by lowering
exemptions and increasing rates in the lower
and middle brackets.
Entirely aside from our present revenue
needs, this is a tax reform which has been
long overdue. Only a small fraction of our
population is now subject to direct federal
taxation. This is the worst defect in our tax
system because it obscures the direct rela-
tionship between government spending and
taxation in the average mans mind.
If this emergency produces an income tax
with a really broad base which makes the
majority of citizens direct contributors to the
federal treasury in accordance with their abili-
ty to pay, it will have made a highly i'm
portant contribution to the financial stability
of our system.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
School Construction Projects

Suspension of work on school construction
in New Hanover county is attributed Jointly
to lack of funds and of skilled labor. DIR.
John T. Hoggard, chairman of the board of
education, following a meeting of his board
with the board Of county commissioners ex-
plains that the WPA has withdrawn its aid
because workers are not available to complete
the projects. It is the understanding that much
of the labor employed on the c%ounty's school
improvement program has gone to defense
projects, in accordance with the WPA adj
ministrator's order for workers on WPA pav-
rolls to accept employment in defense or pri-
vate enterprises wherever it is available.
The closing down of work on these school
improvements and additions is easily explain.
able, but a long suspension of work will not
be- SO easily justified. 1t is true that industry
and defense must have all the labor thew
require to meet the needs, in this emergency.
But, it is at last recognized, education is an
essential a factor in defense. Education's
needs should be provided for no less than the
need for guns and tanks and planes.
While it is a fact that the county's present
school facilities can be used-that is to saw.
the addition to the Wrightsboro school is ap-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
More Locks for Canal

OF all the defense projects upon which this
nation has embarked, the new set of locks
for the Panama canal will take the longest
to complete. Bids have just been opened for
the construction of the locks: work will begin
within a month after the awards have been
made. But it will be five or six years before
the locks will be able to carry ships.
Within that length of time a great many
things may change. We should have in service
the bulk of the tWo-ocean navy which we are
building now and which is expected to make
us less dependent on the canal. The war may
be over and, in any event, we are apt to be
living in a very different world.
Since this is so, it may be asked why we
are undertaking this project now. This third
set of locks is a long-range asset rather than
one which meets our immediate defense needs.
In the opinion of military experts it is ex-
tremely unlikely that an enemy bomber could
make a direct hit on the small target pro-
vided by one of the present locks. Even if
the locks were blocked by bombing or sabo-
tage, the ~uncompleted third set would be no
help.
The answer to these objections offered by
informed experts is that the maintenance OF
communication through Panama is so vitality
important to the United States both in war
and in peace that the project should be begun
now regardless of the time it takes. Even
after the two-ocean navy is ready, even after
the present crisis is over, the Panama canal
will remain a vital part of our defense scheme.
This argument is bolstered by the likeIi.
hood that the world is in for a period OF
turmoil and unrest which wi. last after the
present conflict in Europe has been decided.
II the Axis wins, the United States will be
nearly isolated in a world dominated by ag-
gressor powers and the canal will be an es-
sential key in our defense. Even if Britain
triumphs, it may be a generation or more
before the work of destruction already effected
has been undone and a stable order con-
structed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 - Harry
Carey, the old Trader Horn, was
explaining how he happened to
make a picture called shepherd
of the Hills" He had just ambled
into the Astor's Hunting room,
stretched his legs comfortably I'M
der a table, and made it clear
that until he read the script he
knew little about Harold Bell
Wright's nosey hero.
"They called me and told me
they wanted me to play the Shep-
herd" said Harry, "but l told
them. No. I'd made a lot of cow
boy pictures but I didn't want to
be a shepherd.
They then told me there'd be
a lot of dough in it, but 1 shook
'em off. 1 told EN- hell, no, 1 don't
want to 60 back to Broadway and
have the boys yelling "Baaa' at
me every time I walk down the
street.
But then they explained h e
story and, after the studio writer's
rewrote the story, and, inciden-
tally, they improved a lot on Har-
old's stuff, I signed for the pic
ture. The Shepherd, in the book,
is a sort of transom-peeper, a kind
of rural columnist who goes around
poking his nose into other peoples
business. In the picture he's a
pretty decent guy"
About lions, which he under
stands pretty well and with which
he has been intimate ever since
he spent nine months on the Afri-
C equatorial belt making
Trader Horn" Carey confides:
There isn't a tame lion in Hol-
lywood. The only tame lions. you
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Southeastern N. T.. Man
Enlist In Army Here

Sergeant S. W. D. Bennett yester-
day reported 10 additional enlist
ments of young men from Southeast
ern North Carolina for six years IF
voluntary service with various
branches of the U. S. Army.
Clayton M. Lanier, 21, son of H. B..
Lanier, of Chinquapin, and William
Chappell, 10, son of Mrs. j. M. Cana
dy. of Old Dock, enlisted for the in
fantry in Hawaii: Lewis Allen. "a.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson Allen.
of Cerro Gordo, for field artillery in
Hawaii.
The following enlisted for the gen
eral headquarters air corps, at Mac.
Dill Field, Fla: John A. Kavanagh.
20, whose guardian is Father
O'Boyle, of New York; Thomas T..
Durham, 26, son of Mrs. w. O. Nc.
keithan, of Durham; Francis L.
Hunt, Fl, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. T,
Hunt, of Teachey.
Jerome James, Fl, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. G. James, of Wallace: Miles,
w. Melvin, Fl, son of Mrs. Nora w.
Melvin, of SCOTS Hill; and William
F. Powell, 20, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
r. c. Powell, of Wallace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
"Aid to Britain"

Is it not, perhaps, time for the United States
actually to give-not sell-aid to Britain, whose
magnificent defense and bold ~offensives are
III our interest as well as her own?
We have been selling Britain many bills Of
goods. to help implement her war effort, but
we've given her nothing. Why, then, pirate
about laid to B~ritain?" Why not get dow to
brass tacks and give her something?
James S. Pope, writing in the Louisville
Courier-Journal, makes out a bad case for us.
And the sad part of it is that it is true.
We have sold Britain an indeterminate num-
Der of military %airplanes, he points out, for
which she has paid cash, and has come to
get them. We have sold her some old rifles
and some ammunition, some tanks, some grain
and sugar, iron and cotton, shoes and ships
and sealing wax, and for these too she has
paid cash and made her own deliveries. We
sold her 'some rotting destroyers'' for mill
tary bases in her island possessions. Every
thing that we have done by way of aid to
Britain has been for cash on the line. And
we call that laid to Britain"
It is not such a fine thing, after all, that
we have done; it has been merely business
at the old stand with credit barred. We ought
at least to be willing to call it that and stop
dignifying it with the clamorous phrase, laid
to Britain"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11

~proximately complete, there still remains the
obligation to provide by some means both
the labor and the money to complete the
other building projects on the ground that
they are in fact defense projects. If WPA
aid is not available that obligation devolves
upon county or state authorities.
If a bond election is necessary, and per-
Missile, it ought to be called. If this is not
possible, the properly constituted county and
state authorities responsible for schools must
be looked to to find an alternative plan which
will permit resumption of work without I'M
necessary delay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck M Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial Shows.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsviue
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, a0id-
err Turning Basin, with ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, viG
Orion Plantation.
Deve1opm emit of Pulp Wood Production
through sustained d. yield methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial md Resort Promo
tional Agency, supported by one county
Uide tdr.
%Shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital ~ilities for Whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Developme emit of ndtive grape groWing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sdnatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Man About Manhattan
By GEORGE TUCKER

find are in Africa. The trouble
With Hollywood lions is the treat
ment they get. Lions are no diff
ferent from other guys. They don't
like guys standing around with
whips and guns in their hands,
taking pictures. That makes EN-
sor-. If a guy busted into your
house and showed a gun in your
face and made you pose for a
picture you wouldn't like it either.
81 remember in Africa, we had
a hard time finding wild lions.
They acted like over-fed tabby
cats. We had one scene so close
to five real wild lions IT, t they
cut it out of the picture. The stu
dio knew the public wouldn't be-
lieve it.
But them water buffalo are diff
ferent. They're really, mean.
They'll follow you all day, not be-
cause they dislike actors especial
ly but because they don't like peo-
pie in general"
While he was spinning these
yarns Harry got around to the
modern western movie. We asked
him if he thought the horse operas
had improved in the last Is years
and he shook his head. They're
too improbable" he said. Cow
men-we don't say cowboys any
more-have to work hard, but on
the screen all they ever do is
strum a guitar or play around with
the rancher's daughter. The kids
don't believe that, and the kids
know also that you can't catch a
thief any more on a horse. You've
got to ride an automobile to be
plausible, and there goes your re-
NANCE" 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Crisis In Italy

Whatever the story behind them, the resig-
nations of three of the most important
figures in the Italian political hierarchy indi-
cate that Mussolini's regime is going through
q grave crisis. 1t may not be headed for
dissolution, but certainly it is under intense
internal strain.
Such men as Marshal Badoglio, Count de
Vecchi and Admiral Cavagnari, navy chief OF
staff, would not leave their posts at their own
request, if they did resign voluntarily, without
reasons they must have considered impera-
tive. Nor would Mussolini deprive himself OF
their services unless there were more i'm
portant considerations to be taken into &C
count. He would be particularly reluctant to
do anything to impair public confidence just
now when Italian spirits must be at a low
ebb.
Among the questions that are certain to be
asked in Italy, where it will be
that Mussolini ordered the attack on Ethiopia
despite the advice of military experts, will be
a number rejecting on him to his disadvant-
age. Italians will wonder if Marshal Badoglio,
and Count de Vecchi as well, advised against
the Greek adventure that has turned out Sc
disastrously. They will ask if they are to pay
in lives and treasure and sacrifice for the
Duce's impetuousness.
Those will be the least embarrassing of the
queries that will be whispered behind hands
wherever Italians meet. 1t may even be limited
that these men, among others, have beer
urging Mussolini to make peace now, before
it is too late. If that speculation should bepir
to 60 the rounds, Italian morale will deterio
rate even more. The war has never beer
very popular even when hopes of victory were
bright. If victory is now unlikely, the longins
for the best truce that can be made will
grow apace.
No doubt Mussolini will move as rapidl,
and effectively as he can to repair thu
damage. But he will have to act not onl,
decisively but effectively if the situation i.
not to grow worse. Even a dictator mus
succeed if he hopes to retain his power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11

mean life to many of the trainees.
"You tell me that there is con-
siderable opposition among certain
OF your local rifle club members
to allowing capable youngsters of
l6 or Whereabouts to take active
part in senior rifle matches,
though it is customary in other
North Carolina clubs and at the
national matches at Camp Perry,
Ohio, to permit properly-trained
youngsters to compete on equal
terms with the men. A youngster
OF 1t, if enthusiastic and in DOS
session of suitable equipment and
the knowledge necessary to use it
safely and efficiently, will, in two
years time, be an expert marks
man, quite capable of being taken
into the national defense program
and furthering it's interests by
serving as an instructor. Let the
young fellows shoot for the fun
to be had, but at the same time
neglect no worthy youngsters ex-
pressed interest in rifle marks
manship, by discouraging more
serious senior competition.
"Such a program is not spectac-
ular, but it is practical. 1t may
not make headlines, but it will i'm
press our citizens with the serious.
OF adequate defense, and can
not fail to impress any foreign
power which may be considering
an attack on our shores"
l now offer the above statement
to the Star-News in the hope that
our own home guard unit will be
OF similar caliber and worthy of
ur combined community es-
TEEN. 2
Edmund McLaurin
Wilmington, N. C.
Dec. 10, 1910
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
RIFLE TRAINING
To The Star:


During the past several weeks
I have had occasion to contact
important War department Of
~ficials, state government represen-
tatives, members of the staff of
the National Rifle Association of
America, attorneys, and other au-
thoritative sources in connection
with the proposed activities of the
Wilmington Rifle and Pistol club,
of which 1 am a member.
Most of the persons consulted
were men who had either served
overseas in the last World war, or
had otherwise been active during
the days of the last war, and from
experience are qualified to speak
on national defense and particular
ly on the home guard, I asked
them for personal opinions on
practical national defense, based
on our present needs and OUT ex-
periences in the last war. TIL e
statements given me in reply were
startling, and, to a man, were in
accord with the suggestion and be-
lief that preparedness should begin
with the individual. F. c. Ness,
executive of the National Rifle AS
ISOLATION, of Washington, summed
it all up in the following state
ment, which I pass on as he gave
it to me: 'McLaurin," he said
there has been a tremendous boil
ing and some hysteria in Wash
ington, as elsewhere, with regard
to the admittedly urgent need for
adequate defense. Foolish state
ments, impracticable plans, a rush
to get into the papers as patriots
all have created confusion and
made it hard for cool heads to
get down to work. Here and there
signs of sanity are appearing and
the constructive task of doing
something worthwhile will slowly
get under way. There are two
tasks, however, which, in my opin-
ion, should be started in practical
fashion at once.
"Ihe first is to prepare our men
to bear arms-as they were not
prepared in 1918. No need to
repeat the tragic stories of men
sent to the front then who did not
know how to insert a cartridge
clip in their rifles. Let us vow to
not allow its repetition! The first
and most practical contribution
that we can make to defense is
for experienced marksmen to use
their knowledge of firearms to
teach others the elementary, basic
facts of safe and accurate small
arms fire.
IA man who has received the
fundamental training in aiming,
sight adjustment, trigger let-off
and firing line discipline has re-
ceived training which will shorten
his instruction period for duty not
only as an infantryman, but also
as a machine gunner, an anti-air.
craft gunner, or a naval gunner
or bombardier.
1--WE should not waste time or
money on some new kind of or
ganization, uniforms or close-order
drill, but should put our every ef-
fort, into properly training every
able-bodied, serious-minded man
in the fundamentals of accurate
rifle fire, which in later years NAV
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11

RALEIGH, Dec. 1O.-R-North
Carolina farmers have been allotted
s75,2S4.2 acres on which to grow cot
ton In 1941, compared with this
years allotment of 979,543.7 acres, e.
Y. Floyd, executive AAA officer at
~ Z. State college, announced to-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Rev. Terlizzi Will
Preach Al Tabernacle

The Rev. Joseph Terlizzi, an evan
gellst, Of Los Angeles, Calf, will
speak at the Tabernacle Baptist
church., Sixth and Ann streets,
tonight at 7::30 o'clock.
Mr.. Terlizzi was born in Italy,
moving to this country while a small
boy. He was converted about rs
years ago. He has toured the United
States and Canada in his evange
l1stlc work. He has just closed a
meeting at the Church of God on
Wright street.
The public is cordially invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Jones Awarded Contract
For Fort jackson Work

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 Lf :.
The award of a $4.0Sl,o46 to'
to the j. A. Jones Construction CON,
pany, Charlotte, N. c., fol TIE '0D
struction of temporary buildings GU.
facilities at Fort Jackson. 5, c. wa
announced today by the War osF'
The time allowed 1ot ''''
ton was not disclosed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
SHIP FIRED

NEW YORK, Dec. o-Il "a
German radio in a broadcast n5I,l
here said Nazi warplanes aIS".
and set afire a British snip
raid today on a convoy hSaI of
trance to the Thames Es'u"I'' q,
Harwich, and that anothcl 9'i'n os
attacked successfully @"
gate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
The Editors
| Letter Box

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing in
this department. They represent the
views of the individual readers. Cor
respondents are warned that all
communications must contain the
correct name and address for our
records, though the latter may be
signed as the writer sees fit. The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason is OBJ
jectionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11

The fundamental thing to remember is that
education is the joint product Of the influence
of the family, the church and the school. -
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Column
bia University.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Fair Enough

The Star wishes its reader,
to know that views and omi.
ions expressed in this art;al.
are those of the author ana
may not always harmoni1a
with its position, The Edi,nr
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
TOP o. THE MORNING

Still as of old,
Man by himself is priced.
For thirty pieces Judas sold
Himself, not Christ.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
COTTON ALLOTMENT

Wilmington, N. C..
Dec. 10, 1910
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 - Harry find ire in Africa. The trouble
Carey, the old Trader Horn, was With Hollywood lions is the treat
explaining how he happened tD ment they get Lions r n o diff
make a picture called "Shepherd lferent from other guys. They don't
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-05-30
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS

The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission announces the
following open competitive ex-
animation:
Operator (Ditchcleaner).
This examination Is for the
purpose of filling an existing
and future vacancies at the
Fort Peck Indian Irrigation Pro-
ject, U. S. Indian Irrigation
Service, with headquarters at
Wolf Point, Montana.
Applications must be on file
with the Manager, Eleventh U.
S. Civil Service District, Fed
eral Office Building, Seattle,
Wash, not later than June 10,
1910.
Full information may be OBJ
tanned from the Secretary,
Board of U. S. Civil Service Elk
aminers, at any first or sec
ond class post office in the
state of Montana; or from the
Manager, Eleventh U. S. Civil
Service District, Federal Office
Building, Seattle, Wash.