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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
TO EVERY MAN HIS PART

While the government is taking quick &C.
suspects and the DIES committee asks for more
funds to Investigate the thousands of COM
plants reaching it, it becomes the duty of
every honest American to be on the alert
against seditions activities in their midst.
This does not mean that we should become a
nation OF witch hunters, or be carried away
by misdirected zeal. It means that no loyal
citizen should fail to report any questionable
action by any person, whether member of his
own family or total stranger, which suggests
disloyalty and sedition.
Because we have smugly considered our
selves exempt from attack by fifth COMMUNISTS
and allowed aliens of questionable employ.
ment to conduct their work without let or
hindrance, we now find ourselves face to face
with one of the most difficult situations a ma.
ton has to deal with. The United States has
become flooded with agents of communism,
nazlsm, fascism, here solely to spread unrest
and prepare the way for overthrow of the
government. 1t is a tremendous task we face
to get rid of them. but the task must be per-
formed, if our major defense program is to be
brought to fulfillment. In the effort ahead,
every ~right-minded citizen has a part.
R~ight-minded citizens, naturally, will not
overstep the bounds of propriety and 20 Der.
serk. We must be on guard lest foolish ~zealots,
by lily advised crusades, make the situation
more difficult to deal with.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
CAMPAIGN OF FRENZY

IIITLER'S fast drive toward the channel
IL has been so spectacular that little thought
has been given during its progress to the rea'
ons hat drove him to the violation OF Holland
and Belgium and the stalking OF all his hopes
of winning the war on one swift thrust. Now
that he has come to the channel and threatens
England with invasion, it is appropriate to
look behind the scene to find motives for the
campaign and to weigh the possibilities of a
Nazi defeat.
It becomes apparent that occupation of the
Low Countries complicated rather than eased
Germany's economic problems. Although we
have almost forgotten that the Allies had
established a blockade of the reich, it still
presents a solid front reaching from the north
ern tip of Norway, south past Denmark, Hol-
land, Belgium, France and Spain, and all the
way to Italy. 1t had become so effective that
HITLER dare not face another winter of war on
the existing terms and so determined to gam
BILE on the battlefronts in France and Bel
GUM for a blitzkreig victory.
But instead of increasing his food supplies
by invasion of Holland, HITLER will have to
export food for the Dutch, whose agricultural
areas were severely damaged during the in
vasion. Both Holland and Belgium are highly
industrialized and heavily populated countries,
depending in large measure on food imports.
In Denmark the grain crop was poor, and the
shortage of many staples is already noticeable,
and Germanys own harvest will have been
badly damaged due to the hard winter.
Already, the news indicates, Germany is
showing the effects of an acute gasoline short
age. Even the Nazi command had to admit that
mechanical troops at Amiens and other points
had been stalled by a lack of fuel. Because the
Allies were quick to set fire to the oil tanks in
Holland and have been steadily bombing be-
hind the lines, Germany gained only small
amounts of fuel by the invasion of that coun-
try, and there was no gasoline worth count
ing in Belgium.
The Allies justly claim an advantage in the
invasion Of the Low Countries in that the
Dutch and Belgian colonial possessions with
all their products are at their disposal and the
Dutch and Belgian merchant fleets are cooper
ating with the French and British in keeping
the Allies supplied with raw materials and
food.
1t becomes obvious, in light of these estab-
lished facts, that if the Allies can prolong the
conflict, even though London and Paris should
fall, it will still be possible to starve Ger
many out. 1t is to this end, as much as to
separate the two great Nazi armies now fight
ing in Belgium and France, that General WEY-
GAND is shaping his strategy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
FRAGILE AT THE BASE

The Napoleonic campaigns posed a serious
developed a new strategy-departed from
many of the accustomed principles of warfare
and terrorized the enemy for so long a time
it appeared he could not be defeated. But Ma
PoLEoN, for all his military genius, his talent
for organization, his ability to strike with
overwhelming power at the foes weakest
point, his intuition and his employment of new
tactics, finally spread his forces so extensively
that he laid the groundwork for their over.
throw. By learning from NAPOLEON, adopting
him as their teacher, the British were able to
defeat him at his own game.
The present war offers similar example of
surprise. HITLER has introduced a new prin.
ciple of fighting. With parachute forces, tanks
Of tremendous size and power, mechanical in.
fantry and swarms of planes, he has been
able to advance so quickly, to take so many
detectives and spread terror so widely, that it
has appeared he could not be checked, to say
nothing of defeated. But it becomes apparent.
as the Battle of Flanders takes form, that the
Allies are learning from HITLER, as the Brit.
Nh had to learn from NAPOLEON, and striking
With equal swiftness and tremendous force,
are meeting thrust with counter-thrust to such
good purpose that the Nazi blitzkreig has slow
ed down.
If the Allies under the aggressive and far
sighted WEYGAND succeed in driving their line
through the heart of the territory occupied by
HITLER's armies, and thus impose barriers
against the bringing UP Of needed men. paso-
line and munitions, at the same time conduct.
ing swift raids upon ~farfung enemy forces,
they will be in position to do to HITLER what
the British did to NAPOLEON at Waterloo, Be-
cause he has spread his armies so thin, in the
advance on the channel and in the direction of
Paris, the German fighting machine must be
fragile at the base, as the New York Herald
Tribune sagely comments. It is characteristic
of fragile things that they break easily. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
J. IN EXTREMIS
Fayetteville Observer

Nobody can say what the fighting will bring
IN Flanders today but it is easy 10 see that If
II does not bring a reunion on a broad front be-
tween the disconnected Allied armies the week
end will see the doom sealed of approximately
One and one-half million French, British and
Belgian soldiers who were first cut off from
France and are now in process Of being cut
off from the sea.
Overnight the Germans reached out two pin.
GERS of steel against the desperately beleaguer-
ed body Of Allies. One, probably the most irresist-
IDLE fighting force ever assembled turned east
from Boulogne on the English Channel and was
hghtlng its way into Calais just across from
British Dover. The other, a light mechanical
unit, raced through a gap in the Franco-B British.
Belgian line between Lille and Client, drove
across the historic battlefield Of Ypres, and
seized the town of st. Omer.
Calais and st. Omer are less than rs miles
apart and that distance represents the only
breach in the circle of armed might which the
Germans have thrown around the Allied army.
Before dusk today the Allies may achieve the
breach in that circle. They are hammering
against 1t desperately from both sides of the
ring in the vicinity of st. Quentin and Cambria.
Should they succeed in breaking through they
might be able to achieve a stabilized line with
one end on the English Channel in the vicin.
ity Of Abbeville.
iAS NS1i IIdiIS, lOWCNcl, SG6IH d sure Oct TO con.
troll the channel ports no matter what happens
to the surrounded Allied army.
In the achievement Of this German success
much credit is due the mechanical steamroller
which was showed through the French lines at
Sedan and which rolled rs miles west through
st. Quentin to Amiens, then turned northwest
up the Somme river rs miles to Abbeville, then
headed due north SO miles UP the coast of the
English Channel to Boulogne and has now turn
ed west and driven 20 miles to Calais.
Whatever happens to be the outcome of the
present battle this mechanical German march
will go down in history as a turning point in the
history Of warfare comparable with the inven.
ton of g%unpowder and the battle of the Mer.
rimac and Monitor.
The armored instrument with which the Ger.
mans have wrought SO f~earfully throughout
northern France is not necessarily comprised
of newly invented instruments Of warfare but
it's routine of operation is an innovation In.
volving new techniques which make the fullest
use OF tanks, planes, trucks and motorcycles,
and which, in the use of the divebombers. has
brought into play an intensely mobile flying ar.
tillery and of bringing about an entirely new
and startling viewpoint about the most eff.
cient ways and means to break the will of ,
resisting enemy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
FIT. W AIR BASE

Southports determination to have Fort
CasWell converted into an aviation training
base If the authorities at Washington can he
convinced that it's utilization would be ad.
Vantageous in the defense program is both
commendable and sound.
In the first place Fort Caswell is already
equipped with many of the fundamental re.
quirements including barracks and officers
quarters, ample water supply and strategic
location.
Whether it has sufficient level ground for
the evolutions of land planes is another mat
ter. If not, the tide flats at the back could be
prepared for a landing field with but little
filling.
The proposal, as it stands now, is for a
seaplane base, but that appears only partially
to meet the need, because of the broader Oh.
portunity for usefulness Fort Caswell offers.
If it is adopted for fier training it probably
will be, because it can be used by all types OF
planes and can be converted into a defense
as well as a training base.
Conditions seem to be propitious for its re.
requirement by the government, as it is I'm.
derstood the owners have sought for some time
to dispose of it. Wilmington welcomes the move
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
TOP % THE MORNING

If NE Uithin the hearts could see
OF those qDe chGnce to meet
Hop some are filled Nth dark distress,
And some NTH brief and care,
And some are sick aUjth loneliness,
And heavy Nth despair.
I think some friendly Word 1oe'd say,
I think perhaps NED smile,
And send them cheered upon their Way,
And happier for q While.
Nellie Goode.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
HORTON PUSHES DRIVE

RALEIGH, May 26-R-J. Mel
vile Broughton, Raleigh lawyer
holding a long lead for the demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination,
said he had no new statement to-
night while Lieut.. Gov. Wilkins P.
Horton, in second place in the gov
%ernorship race, said his second pri-
mary campaign was "actively un-
derway."
Broughton early today had is
sued a statement expressing con-
fidence that other Democrats
would join those who supported
him in yesterdays primary to as
sure him an overwhelming victory
June %.
Horton said he had no further
formal statement n one he
made early today in which he said
he would demand a run-off. Under
state law any candidate entitled to
a run-off primary must make for
NAL demand for it.
c. Wayland Spruill of Windsor,
who lost to W. Kerr Scott, the in
cumbent, in the race for commits
sioner of agriculture, telegraphed
Scott: Congratulations on your
denominations for commissioner of
agriculture. You have my support
IN the November election"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27

ed, Weaver had "a, AS against 49,.
ATT for Sam M. Cathey, blind
judge of the Asheville police court,
and 5,514 for M. Earl Donnahoe,
Of Asheville, Townsendite.
The vote for the Demo
cratic nomination as lieutenant
governor in 1,675 precincts was:
Harris 133,181, Smith IL, 7168, A
Martin of Lexington 6S,912, and
Dan Tompkins of Sylvia, 34,827.
Durham Wins
ONE ADD TAPE TWO... ...KO
In the sixth congressional dis
trict, Rep. Carl Durham, the Chap
Ell Hill druggist who was picked by
a committee as the nominee after
Lewis E. league, high man in the
primary two years ago, died, won
over three opponents, one of whom
was Oscar G. Barker, of Durham,
runnerup to league.
Complete returns from the dis
trict's 1872 precincts gave Durham
20,87O votes, Barker 1872, John
w. Caffey, of Greensboro, 9,175,
and Ed Hanfofd, Of Burlington, L.
346.
Rep. Harold Cooley easily de-
feated E. F. Griffin, of Louisburg
in the fourth district, although his
legislative duties in Washington
left him little time for campaign
ing.
With 1853 OF 1853 precincts report
ed, the vote was: Cooley O,021,
Griffin 8,798.
Available returns from the Re-
publican primary gave the follow
ing standing:
Governor, 483 precincts, Mcneil
1850, Pritchard 1875, Hoffman
$40; lieutenant governor, Leavitt
1928, Witten 1872.
State Offices
The standing in the contests for
state Offices was:
Auditor, 1,642 precincts, Charles
W. Miller, of Asheville, 106, 1913,
George Ross Pou, incumbent, 224,.
146.
Secretary of state, 1,625 pre-
cincts, Thad Eure, incumbent, $780,
993, Walter (Pete) Murphy, of Sal
isbury, 120,296.
Insurance commissioner, 1925
precincts, Dan C. Boney, incum-
bent, 226, 100, William B. Oliver.
of Fuquay Springs, 100, 729.
Commissioner of agriculture, L.
642 precincts, w. Kerr Scott, 214,-
419, c. Wayland Spruill, of Wind
sor, 1923, 686.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
Star-News Program

Consolidated otty-County Government
Under CouncilMdnager Administrators
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
sho11s.
Seaside Highway from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5.Foot Cape Fear River channel, totd'
er Turning Basin, with ship lanes tn1o
industrial sites along Eastern oanE
south OF Wilmington.
Pared River Road to Southport, ctd
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prodac
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency. supported BY one.
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and DrydocE.
Neoro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital
Adequate hospital facilities for Whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0roDtn0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sanatoriuns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
BROUGHTON HIGH
MAN in SOUTHEAST
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member to the board of county
commissioners in Saturdays pri-
mary. Isaac J. Kellum, Jackson
vile, defeated Representative
George Phillips, Jacksonville, 1,491
to 1854. Phillips served as chair
man Of the house committee in
1899 that engineered passage of
election law changes. For COM
missioner from Stump Sound town.
shi H. M. Emmett, Sneads Ferry,
defeated the incumbent, w. J.. Ev-
erett, Folkstone, 239 to 159. Voters
renominated Chairman J. W. Bur-
ton, Jacksonville; A. T. Redd, ST.,
White Oak, and L.. H. Sylvester,
Richlands. Dan Sanders, Swans
boro, was without opposition. j..
B. Murrell, Jacksonville, incum-
bent register of deeds, won out
for denomination over a field of
four other candidates, polling 1921
votes to 434 of his nearest oppo-
nent, j. E. Sanders, Jacksonville.
Also in the race were r. V. Vent
ers, Richards; Kirby Thompson,
Jacksonville, and Sam A. Gerock,
SWansboro. State Senator John D.
Larkins, Jr., led the ticket polling
1904 votes. W. L. P. Jarman, Rich
lands. was renominated to the
board of education with 538 votes.
His opponent, Hammond Koonce,
Richards, polled 44o.
Onslow county complete.
Broughton, 1893; Cooper, SIT; Gray,
ia; Gravely, 253; Horton, 261;
Maxwell, 531; Simmons, SO; Har-
ris, LOSS; Martin, 1858; Smith, 41O;
Tompkins, 144; Eure, 1910; Muir
ply, 500; Miller, 635; Pou, 997;
Scot, 1,425; Slruill, 512; Boney,
1851; Oliver, 5,07. Congressional
third district: Barden, 1888; Aber-
nathy, 988; Spence, 247.
FENDER
Is Out of II Precincts
Governor: J. M. Broughton, 1863;
Tom Cooper, 610; Paul Grady, 81;
Gravely, 80; Wilkins P. Hor-
ton, 2s3; A. J. Maxwell, 1852; Ar
thur Simmons, II.
Lieut.. Governor: R. L. Harris,
544; L. A. Martin, 306; E. Erskine
Smith, 1924; Dan Tompkins, 1877.
Secretary of State: Thad Eure, |
1875; Walter Murphy, GOT.
Auditor: George Ross Pou, 1,121;
Charles w. Miller, 728.
Commissioner of Agriculture: W.
Kerr Scott, 1880.
Congress: Graham Barden, L.
504; Charles L. Abernethy, 467;
DR.. Zeno B. Spence, I'll.
Representative: A. H. Davis,
o43; Thomas J. Belts, 562; Charles
D. MCGOWAN, 1,19O.
County Commissioners! A. H.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
BROUGHTON TOPS
SIX OPPONENTS
IN SOUTHEAST
Continued from Page One)

George Ross Pou, Insurance Com.
missioner Dan G. Boney and Com.
missioner Of Agriculture w. Kerr
Scott.
Reports from the Republican pri'
mary in which the nominations for
governor a ndliuteenant governor
were at state, were scanty.
On the basis of the returns re-
ceived, Robert H. Mcneil, OF
Statesville, was leading m e +
Congressman George M. Prichard,
and others, for governor, while
there was a neck and neck race
between j. Forest Witten, of Sails.
bury, and Halsey B. Leavitt, Of
Asheville, for lieutenant governor.
G.. o. P. Vote Light
The Republican vote seemed to
be unusually light. In Cabarrus
county, for example, there were
only IS votes cast for the COP
nominees, although in years gone
by the county was sometimes list
ed in the Republican column. Car
teret, also an erstwhile Republican
stronghold, reported only a few
scattering votes for that party's
candidates.
Rep. Graham A. Barden, in the
third district, and Rep. Zebulon
Weaver, in the eleventh, had COM
Portable majorities, each over op-
ponents including supporters of the
Townsend old-age pension plan.
Barden polled 1884 votes in 1874
of his districts 1877 precincts. Zeno
B. Spence, Goldsboro optometrist
and Townsendite organizer, W a
second with 1922, and Charles L,
Abernethy, Jr., son of the man
Barden defeated six years q
third with 5,513.
With 1856 of 255 precincts record.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
FRANCE CLAIMS
RESISTANCE HAS
STALLED NAILS
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fighting in the ancient slate roof
ed stone houses and on the mar
row, winding streets.
The loss of Boulogne was q
heavy blow. The city. a British
base in the World war, was an
important port for traffic be-
tween France and England. Its
$4,000 inhabitants thrive on the
fighting industry.
Calais, the next German OBJ
jective to the north, was report
ed here to be still in Allied
hands.
Infantry Moved Down"
In the fighting between the Aisne
and Mouse rivers, the French re
ported, CENTRE sections of German
infantry" were moved down" by the
French fire.
The Allied forces are attempting
to close the 20-mile bottleneck
bounded by the Bapaume and Peron'
sectors, through which the Ger
mans rushed to the sea. The mill
tary picture drawn here by author
tiles indicated that the general posi-
ton of the lines running from Bel
GUM to northern France had not
changed materially in the last day.
The French, pressing their cam
paign to cut off the Germans on the
coast, reported they had advanced
along the Somme.
On the north side, the Allied
armies met and repealed mounting
German assaults, it was said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
s.LoVE, couRTsHlP
AND MARRIAGE
Courage To Break
May Prevent Many
Years Heartache
By ERNEST r. AND GLADYS H.
GROVES
Noted Authorities on Marriage
Relations

Relations
The disgrace Of being Tilted, the
burden Of lifting, is not felt so keen.
Nv as once it was. Yet some couples
drift a hopeless marriage just be.
cause they do not have the courage
to break.
Too kind" to hurt the betrothed
by backing out, the man or wom-
an who sidesteps the jilting process
when it is called for condemns the
mischosen mate to a life sentence of
unhappiness. He or she who sees
which way the wind lies, yet leads
the uncertain one on into marriage,
throws away the peace Of mind and
marriage happiness Of both.
One may feel that if the fiance
(fiancee) knows ones doubts, and
is Of the same opinion still, it is
then ones duty to patch up the
fragments Of the betrothal and car.
ry it gingerly on to marriage. Fiazy
ideas of loyalty come treading on
ones conscience and one may forget
to be loyal to ones own best pos.
sibilities in marriage, to ones fu-
ture children-even to the best in
~terests of the person with whom one
had mistakenly planned a marriage.
To change ones mind about a
projected marriage, in the light of
new facts-such as ones own or the
other persons change of heart or
lack of heart for the undertaking.
is not to be disloyal. 1t is, rather,
to be honest and willing to endure
and to infict-pain if necessary
to undo a mistake. To jilt or be
Tilted is neither a crime nor a dis.
grace; it is simply the public ad.
mission that one is trying to make
good a mistake.
When one must jilt or be jilrei,
the sooner it is done, the better.
A clean break, with no uncertainty
about it, cuts short the agony and
gives both the man and woman a
chance to find new friends in place
Of the cid.
1--WE decided to break" is a dig
nified statement of the case, that
casts no reflection on either.
TEXT. Tnve on a nirno
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
QUOTATIONS.

The TWO most pleasant words in the English
language are Help Wanted !"-President r q
Heacock, Caterpillar Tractor Co.
I really want to see If I like this kind Of work
If l 40, l Will go on with it. If don't, I will
get in.o some.nlhs else.-David Rockefeller, on
The decision as to whether the President s,,,,
run for a third term does not rest with h,n o,a ~
all, but must be made by the neon ~ nm at
country.-Elliot Roosevelt leop'e VI the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27
GERMANY
GERMANY CLAIMS
CAPTURE OF CALAIS
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fmo Dover, England, puts ou
many's long-range guns "l'i''I
shooting distnace of British nave
bases.
The communique announcing var
ture of Calais said nothing regfauA"s
the booty taken, although ire u'r
man spokesman have declared 'ns'
expected to find valuable S'0-''
there.
The brief communicate said;
Calais fell into German haIias y,
day following hard fighting &l.5I
our troops had continued theA
vance to Gravelines."
The forces at Gravellnes "',
deemed certain here to be puSN"'
further north, toward DunkeEqr'
last French port of importance
manning in Allied hands IN lAe
closed sector. NV,
By Selling all the ports, the 0m
mans thus hoped t ocapture OF
stroy the Allied army tfapPen
tween the northern and sou'
German pinchers.
Carrier Sunk
The unidentified aircraft ca.+|
said to have been sunk Oft HS,
stad, in the Narvik region o.
Norway, as a Fes"'
bomb hits Friday and saturoa!'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-27

Under the c.. A. AS experimental
advanced college program. the col
ieges which last year inaugurated
tne civilian training courses, will
'nls year give instructions in stick.
eontrol, tandem-seating planes in the
!6V'lS5 horsepower class,