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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
CLARK'S SPEECH
To The Star:

IL 1llC oIdIs
The evident attitude of Washing,
ton with regard to coast defense,
as outlined by Congressman Clark
in his speech in Wilmington We'd
nesday night, appears to be far
from pleasing to Southport people.
Since the story appeared in the
Morning Star, today, at least a doz-
en- Southporters have stopped me
on the street to express disgust.
The congressman says that the
mouth of the Cape Fear river will
be mined if invasion threatens. We
are wondering if invasion will
threaten long enough for the mining
work to be done before the invasion
actually takes place.
Then, too, we wonder how those
mines are going to be effective
against airplanes? Also, we wonder
what protection will be afforded to
these mines? 1t does not appear to
us that it would be difficult for an
enemy fleet to stand off defense
that does not exist while its mine
sweepers were removing obsta les
to it's entering the Cape Fear river.
We have no doubt that the river
could be mined at less cost than
would be entailed in having a fort
or other land defense. AS to how
effective mines, and nothing else.
would be, we have a lots OF doubts.
We are only a layman, not versed
in warfare. Still, we -sall that it
was no more than six years age
when a high authority, no less a
one than Secretary Of the Navy
Claude Swanson, who wrote us that
as Southport was only 60 nautical
miles from Charleston" etc. Our
reaction to this information was to
advise him that the distance from
the cape Fear river bar to the
Cooper river bar a 1870 nautical
miles, not so from town to town.
Another interesting bit of infor.
nation we have lately had from an
official source was to the effec. that
there were gums at Fort Bragg
which could come to Southport and
after one days practice they could
destroy any enemy ships tina en-.
tered the river"
Without roads, we don't know how
these guns would reach Southport,
and we do not know what protec.
ton they would have while practic-
ing on an enemy ship for one day
before destroying it. All we know is
that it will be very accommodating
if the enemy ship will anchor for
a day to permit practice OF it.
w. B. KEZIAH
Southport, Oct. "a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

man to do his duty" had said:
England anticipates that with re-
gard to the present emergency .
etc., etc."
But the American trek towaA
plain talk is slow, although there
are glimmerings of progress here
and there.
A year or so ago a big corpora.
ton shocked the business world
by putting out an annual financial
report in language a man with
$3.50 in his pocket could tie into
rather than the usual Wall Street
mumbo jumbo.
Several other corporations have
followed suit, but some financiers
are still pretty suspicious of the
idea. It's so undignified.
Just last week Charles Collin of
New York, ventured out on a rad.
lcal limb by telling an insurance
convention that the industry should
hire professional writer's to make
insurance papers comprehensive
to the man in the street.
Sometimes I marvel" he said,
that u business has grown as
it has through selling contracts
that are beyond the understand
ing Of most of the buyers"
An American prototype of Eng.
lands A.. P. Herbert, valiantly tilt
ing at verbal windmills, is New
York's picturesque Chief Magis.
trade Henry Curran, whose most
notable deed in the field has been
a one-man campaign against the
trick phrase "%and-or," as in {"
will be given stock and-or bonds"
Whenever that grammatical
monstrosity comes up in Mr.. Cur.
rams jurisdiction, he clamps his
DOT down and makes them saw
good old plain. stock or bonds
or both.
But he's still in the minority.
me U. S. clings officialese even
under bomb-fire. Last week the
New York Police Department or.
dered all officers. when thew. found
a suspected bomb, to clear all
persons from the premises or
area" -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Star-News Program

Consolidated City.County Government
under Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid-
er Turning Basin, With snip lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency, supported BY one
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
. North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital
ADEQUATE hospital facilities TOR whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF natine grape 0roUing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis SGndtoriuna.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

I don't mind criticism. but I hate to have Il
core from Harvard.-Ann Sheridan, oonnh
actress Cor her press AGENT.
The idea that peace can come to the world
through an alliance Of imperialist Britain
capitalist America, and Soviet Russia is fan
tastic.-Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate
for the presidency. =.
We can use $4,000 more physicians. son nm
more teachers, soc. 600 workers for four wears
building superhighways, a million worker
conserving our precious soil.-Stuart Chase
author andaeconomist. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
The Editors
LETTER BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse n article appearing IN
this department. They represent the
views Of the individual readers. o
respondents are warned that all
communications m U st 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
n text that for any reason is OBJ
iectionabIe. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
TOP o. THE

Fenrest thou at times thy Father
Hath forgot?
Though the clouds around thee gather,
Doubt Hm not.
Always hath the daylight broken,
Always hath He comfort spoken,
Better hath He been for gears,
Than thy fears.
Quoted By ANNE RANKIN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
BY ROBIN COONs

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. rs Don't
know any better way to tell about
these Merry Macs than to relate
what Mr.. James Stewart thinks
about them.
I saw the Macs do their piece
for Love Thy Neighbor" but knew
already that Mr. Stewart would
be in line for the preview of the
picture. I knew that because |
watched Mr.. Steward listen to the
Merry Macs when they first came
to town. That was at the Victor
Hugo, where they were keeping
warmed up until Director Mark
Sandrich should call them for the
picture.
Mr.. Jimmy Stewart likes the
Merry Macs. He had a ringside
seat. AS an audience he was al
most as good a show as the Merry
Macs. Mr.. Hank Fonda was a good
audience too, at Mr.. Jimmy's Ia
BILE, but l couldn't keep such good
check on Hank who was facing the
other way.
The Stewart-Fonda party stay
ed through two Merry Mac shows
and each time called for more.
They belong to the cult of Merry
Mac fans, have belonged since
way back when. The cult is nu'
merous in Hollywood, but I'm sure
Jimmy Stewart is chief cultist.
For he sat and grinneu, and
each vocal trick of the songsters
played pleasant tricks with the
honest rustic face of that Mr..
Smith who went to Washington
He kept time with his eyes, not
with his feet. His face cupped IN
his hands, his elbows on his knees
he liked the Merry Mas. His ex.
preston carried a whole freight OF
Gee" and Gosh and amazed
admiration.
When they finished a NUMBER
Mr.. Stewards big hands applaud,
ed like t~ireless machines, and Il
the Merry Macs didn't come PACK
right away Mr.. Stewart forgot ne
was a big boy now and just WINS
tied, forefingers to his lips. i've
never seer anybody like anythlhs
more than Mr. Stewart liked lhe
Merry Macs-proving MIR. stew
art does have time for COMEDY
The quartet is made up OF lhe
three McMichael brothers-Juoa'
Ted and Joe-and Miss Helen Cai
roll, as personable a Dixie oene
as ever came out of Memphis "
the big time. The brothers staf'ea
broadcasting in Minneapolis dnu
soon were touring with orches.,a.,
Chicago fame led them to VIEW
York, and to Fred Allen and lhenos
to Hollywood-four years ai
they first took to the air lhey
been in musical shows and n''"'
hit records. ,o,.
They sing tunes like my noI
ME" and Darling Nellie uia'
and ma, He's Making Eyes
Me-" to which they give pei sor.
allied embellishments n iaht
monies. Their vocalizations lhis +i.
be pegged as a sort Of sopnlSi IN
Gated hillbilly style, but 'hoo ..o;r
the know assure US that ~
unique quality is 0
rhythm" came
Their repertory includes cs sUi
12O songs. This, as Bing oi u"ys
attests from his Rhythm
days, is phenomenal. I'VE n threc
tough time getting two OF ping,
numbers down right says Dt are
Anyhow, the Merry Ma Mac
the eason Mr.. Smith pracs
went to town again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
from joining any private olganiza
The Decision

The decision holds that a union
may picket and boycott to compel
the employer to drive his men into
its ranks, even though resistance
to the boycott would be disastrous
to the industry involved. The court
went further in saying that the vic.
TINS were not actually deprived Of
their jobs or the right to work by
this process. The damage to them
is mo more than presentation Of
a choice between leaving their
present employer, either voluntar-
lily or upon its demand, or joining
the union"
The statesmen are not deprived
of their jobs, but r merely given
a choice between leaving hos c
jobs or joining a private and ir.
responsible organization on a n J
terms that the organization may
prescribe. The right of the either
to earn a living for himself and his
family is subordinate to the po'
litical power of any racketeer hold
ing a charter from the American
Federation of Labor or any Mus.
covite conspirator in the commu.
nistic family of the California C.
I. o.
BY this decision the employer is
given his choice between economic
ruin-which, of course, he will moi
accept-and coercing his employees
in their selection of a bargaining
agent. The California supreme
court, by a leering evasion, holds
that this is not compulsion on eli.
ther the employer or the unwilling
employees. The employer may &C.
cept ruin, go out of business and
dismiss his employees for lack oil
work, and the rights of all are pre-.
served. Or, cut of respe~' for the
rights of the racket of the commu.
mist party, he may submit to the
unions demands and give the
workers their choice between dis
charge and union membership.
In fact, although the court does
not deal with this phase, the union
is not even required t. admit the
employees to membership. 1t may
bar them perpetually for anti-un.
ion activity in crossing its picket
lines.
1t may defer their admission for
a period of months or years as
punishment for violating the rules
of an organization of which they
were not members. Or it may
simply reject them because its
rolls are full and, even if they be
admitted to membership, they may
still be deprived of their jobs and
placed at the bottom of the hirins
list, while union members W he
have paid brides to the officials
receive the work.
This decision hastens tho show.
down between the rights of the
American citizens and the coer.
Give political power of irresponsi.
BILE, predatory and often crimina,
or disloyal organizations.
II sustained by the United States
supreme court it will abolish moi
only the right of individuals and
mlnorities to make their own bar.
gains but their rights to tie profits
OF their own labor in favor Of pri-
vate organizations having no re.
sponsibility to any branch of the
federal or state government. II
that comes the next step must, be
government control of unions, with
the power to forbid strikes and fix
wages and hours arbitrarily, &C.
companied by the power to en-
force the governments terms on
all employers.
That is the method of Hitler,
Stain and Mussolini. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
MAIL EXAMINED

VATICAN CITY, Oct. 25-RHA
Vatican news service reported to-
day that a precautionary examin-
alton of mail posted within Vati-
can City has been instituted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

The population of the ceu,
States has increased 70 PEI Z
in the past 40 years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Fair Enough
BY WEsTBROOK PEGLER

The Star wishes its readers
to know that views and opin-
ions expressed in this article
are those of the author and
may not always harmonic
with its position. The Editor,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Freshmen Women
at First Meeting
of NiVenteS Club

Viventes, the club for freshmen
women on the Michigan State Nor
NAL College campus. held its first
regular meeting OF the year Tues
day evening in Starkweather Hall
Miss Caroline Pryor. club presi-
dent, welcomed the girls and intro
duced Miss Helen Ureen, president
Of the Women's League. Viventes
is sponsored by the League and
Miss Ureen explained its purpose
as well as telling the freshmen
about the functions OF the Women's
League. She explained that the
League is financed by a system of
dues, paid automatically when one
pays his registration fee. "The main
purpose OF the Women's League"
said Miss Ureen, SIS to maintain a
high standard Of womanhood on the
campus and to offer the girls cul-
tural and social advantages"
Committees Of the League that
are now functioning are the assem-
bly,, social. Campus Sister. Faculty
Chats. publicity, finance. constitu-
ton. League service, elections, stu
dent advisers and clubs commit
tees.
Miss Ureen further explained that
Viventes has for its main purpose
the study OF etiquette.
Miss Frances Farnham, associate
dean Of women and adviser of the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Float Committee For
Homecoming Selected

When sophomores held a class
meeting Tuesday In WEIGH Hall,
several members were appointed to
a committee to work on the class
float for Homecoming.
DIN Cox was appointed chair
man and will be assisted by Miss
Dorothy Walker. Miss Harriet
Strauss, Miss Ruth Mccall. Willard
Hops. George Petredean ROLAND
Langerman, and Miss Betty Jack
son.
Plans were made for a sopho-
more class picnic TO be held Nov.
s in Sleepy Hollow. The class elect
ed as co-chairmen" of the picnic
Miss Martha Stadtmiller and Robert
Archer.
The class also discussed plans for
the neutrality-suspicious. class
games.
George Cole, the class president,
conducted the meeting.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
NEW BOOKS

New books at the Public Library
Include. The House OF Lee, Ger
trude Anterior: Lefty and the
Law. Faith Baldwin: "south Ann
eriean Primer. Katherine Carr.
teitp; Guilty Men. Cato. sad
Cypress. Agatha Christie; "The
Port OF Glouster". James h, Con.
molly; The New Noah's Ark.
Andre Donaldson; THE Moon Was
Low" Monica Dickens; The Fam.
lily, Nina Fedoroya; Michigan
County Flags and Histories, Milo
NJ Quaife. Cgifu. Escape With
Me-. Osbert Sitweu: The Left
Leg" Alice Tilton; "A Man Nam
ed Grant Helen Todd.
New Juvenile books are "Shat-
tuck Cadet b. J Chute. Saddle
ana Bffdte FJerfi Hess, Eassie
come Home Eric knight; Red
Letter Days. Elizabeth II. Sech-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23

morning after I've struck yet,
anyway"
The next room was the small
est yet, with a low ceiling, and
oriental cushions on the floor in
II little piles.
They removed their robes and
squatted on the cushions. Attend
ants came around and offered ci-
garets, Turkish, Egyptian and
Virginias, from lacquer boxes.
Then, suddenly, the place COM
menced to glow with heat. It was
radiant heat of some kind, but
there was no great glare with it.
1t got hotter and hotter, and
the perspiration commenced to
pour off Guns body in profuse
quantities. He felt his flesh tin
Cling with the heat. An attendant
came around, offering elastic af-
fairs to put areHhd- the forehead,
to prevent the perspiration from
running into the eyes-an elab-
Grafton of what ships fremen and
others who work in great heat
call sweat rags" Gun COM
menced to feel that the intense
heat was going to be too much for
him.
In the midst of IL he became
conscious that Pnllinger was star
ing at him. The darkened glasses
they all wore made the eyes Of
anyone else invisible at a distance
of more than a foot or so, but
Gun was quite certain that Pull
linger was watching him curl
ously.
Struggling to keep his mind
from thinking about the heat, Gun
let his thoughts run back TO the
interview with the doctor. He had
got some useful information there
-Pullinger's name, real or as
sumed, and the fact that he al
ways came TO the baths at the
same time. Not bad work that.
Then IL came to him, what
the devil did he WANT the infor-
nation for, anyway?
He tried to analyze that, and
decided that II was because. for
some reason, he sensed that there
was something very fishy, indeed.
about Mr.. Pullinger. True,
he only SENSED it, but he had
sensed such things before. and
had never yet been led very far
astray. The whole point, however,
seemed to be, even supposing
that there WAS something fshy
about Pullinger, what on earth
had it to do with him, Gun?
And that was a question he
couldn't answer, except that and
again for some unknown reason
he was interested.
(To Be Continucdl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
s. w.
YpsiIanti

Southwest Ypsilantl. Mich, Oct.
23-Carl Clark and son Melvin
Clark were in Detroit Friday to see
their cousin Charles Clark who had
been brought from his home In
Saginaw to the Delray Hospital for
an operation. They found him rest
ing as comfortably as could be ex-
pected.
Dinner guests Sunday OF Mrs.
Mabel Brooks and Mrs. Lawrence
Diehr included MIR. and Mrs. Paul
Cortner and Mrs. w. Sage and
daughter Shirley. Detroit. and Mr..
and Mrs. William Foster, Ypsilanti.
Mrs. Ella Crittenden and .daugh-
ter Miss Fern Crittenden, Saline,
were dinner guests last Thursday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Welch.
Mrs. Henry Collins and son Har.
old Collins and daughter-in-law,
Grand Rapids, were guests over the
week end OF Mrs. Collins sister,
Miss Alice Lowden. Detroit.
Miss Erma Kelly spent Sunday
afternoon with her grandmother,
Mrs. Ella Kelly. Miss Kelly is train
ing for a nurse in st. Mary's Hos
pital. Detroit.
Mrs. Sam Robbins was a guest
Thursday OF Mrs. Ina Borck and
Mrs Emily Youngs, Ypsilanu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Merritt,
Milan Rd.. were guests Sunday at
the Marion Merritt home.
Mrs. Carl Clark and father Mari
on Merritt visited Mrs. Arthur Coe
Sunday at Boyer Hospital. They
found Mrs. Coe a little improved.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23

Gun. 1t was symbol he never
had seen tatooed on anyone be-
fore, looking at first glance some
thing like key, but being actual
ly the Crux Ansata, or Topped
cross-the Egyptian symbol of
life, and Of the goddess Isis.
Rather curious, Gun thought.
The only tattoo mark he had, and
an Egyptian symbol, in that
place.
Gun was in good enough condi-
ton, and the physical jerks did
not disturb him overmuch. Never
theless, in the heat of that artifi-
cial sunlight, he found himself
perspiring pretty freely.
Five minutes Of strenuous exer-
else. and then the instructor
called out:
That VIII DO, gentfenen. Re
sumo your gowns and pass along,
please"
Apparently he dealt with them
in dozens, and another dozen was
not yet assembled. That meant a
rest for him, which he probably
needed.
The next chamber was smaller
and more oriental. A rubbing
down with rough, warm towels,
and a welcome rest on a narrow
divan, with light rays playing
upon his body all the time. Rather
to his surprise, Gun found himself
feeling distinctly better, II trifie
lethargic, and came near to drop
ping off to sleep on his divan. But
tie sharp olang of an electric
gong reused him. and he passed
on with the others into the next
room.
He noted that Pullinger now
seemed more at his ease. The
same part EFF IL people kept to-
gether, and Gun guessed that.
now that there was no hope-or
fear-of meeting whoever 1t was
he anticipated he might meet, Mr..
Pullinger felt more comfortable in
his mind. Gun was careful not to
speak to him again-did not want
to arouse any suspicious in the
mans mind
He had a word with one or two
Of the others. As they passed out
Of the rest room one OF them
glanced at him and made a grim
ace
Now for the sweat boxiV said
he.
What the devils that ?" Gun
asked.
Your first 60. eh7 Oh. we'll
you'll soon see. It's pretty stin,
but 1t does you a world Of good,
this lark. Finest thing for the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
EMPLOYMENT INCREASES

Ishpemlng. Mich. Oct. % AP-
Increased employment resulted in
payment OF an additional 81 ,000. 900
to Marquette Range iron mine
workers during the hscal year end.
ing Sept 30. Fourteen mines were
active in Marquette County during
that twelve month period.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Psychological Tests
Conducted at Normal

Psychological examinations were
given to freshmen and transfer
students at the Michigan State
Normal College Tuesday in Pease
Auditorium. The examination was
given for the sixteenth consecutive
year. 1925 being the first year the
local college used it,
Frank Whitehouse, associate pro-
fessor in the education and psychol-
ogy departments of the college,
conducted the tests and explained
TO the students the purpose of the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
YOUTHS FACE CHARGES

Manistee, Oct. % Arraigned
Tuesday, James Morphew and Cal
vim Miesen, both II, enrollees from
CCC Camp Wellston, waived exam
nation on a charge OF grand lar
ceny resulting from their joy ride
Sunday afternoon in an airplane
they borrowed" from the local
field. The plane. was damaged be
yond repair but the two escaped in.
jury in a crash landing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23

examination was TO find each stu
dents rating for general admin
istrative purposes. The completed
tests will be compared with those
of 10000 other freshmen through
out the country.
Prof. Whitehouse announced that
the students may find out their
ratings in about three weeks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Mixer Planned by
Senior Students

Plans We're discussed for the
senior class mixer to be held Oct
80 when the seniors OF Michigan
State Normal College met Tuesday
In Pierce Han.
Co-chairmen for the mixer will
be Miss Elizabeth Walker and Mar
shall O'Eerg.
Announcement was also made
that the members OF the executive
board will be Miss Margaret Bris-
key. Miss Evelyn Rice, and Robert
Klein.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23

freshmen group. explained certain
other purposes Of the club.
Miss Joyce Mann, chairman Of
the social committee. conducted a
social meeting at which time the
girls played various games.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
TO RENovATE BUILDING

Battle Greek. Oct. 23-City com
mission. after comforting with
health officials. has ordered reno
walton of an old smallpox isolation
building at the detention hospital
for use as a venereal-disease ward.
Order came as the first step in a
control program being set up In
connection with expansion OF Fort
Custer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-23
Before The Blitzkrieg
by Rupert Grayson
READ THIS FIRST:

Gun Cotton, famous agent OF Scotland
Yard. arrives in London and delivers A
mysterious small packet to his superior,
known as Y, despite several attempts
which have been made to take it from
him. Tired and worn from his nerve
wraeklng assignment he takes taxi
70 Sleichtner's Egyptian Ray Baths.
He begins to suspect that the place is
some kind OF a front" He notices a
stranger at the baths who appears very
apprehensive and who calls himself
Pullinger.