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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
Book Highlights

The war in China is "old stuff" by
now, BACKED out by the wars in
Europe. But if you think it's not
as significant, you ought to read
China at War" by Freda Utley
John Day: $3.50. Miss Utley is a
British newspaperwoman, W h o
has returned from a long first
hand study of the Chinese strug-
gle against the Japs. She talked
with generals and soldiers alike,
saw fighting, rode with t h e
wounded. The result is a highly
personalized, vital account OF this
blood-letting in the Far East.
Just a jot of it's Importance is ex-
cerpted here from Miss Utley's
observations:
Intent on the troubles CT Europe,
fearful of the war which may engulf
the western hemisphere, We hard
ly heed the rumble of the distant
drums in the Far East, yet the fate
of China's four hundred millions
may well seem to the historian of the
future the most important event of
the early twentieth century.
It may well be that the future of
the world is now being decided on
the Yangtze and yellow rivers rath-
er than on the Rhine or the Vistula,
or in the conference halls of Eu-
rope. . Japan aims at world con-
quest, and her rulers have the
of purpose to accomplish
it, but neither the requisite man
power nor the material resources.
unless they can incorporate China
their empire.
If China's millions should ever be
militarized, either by Japan or in a
long struggle to resist her, the world
would be faced by a military men
ace besides which the might of Ger.
many would pale to insignificance.
AS General SHUTS once said: ut
may well be that Western civiliza.
ton will stand or fall in this mat.
ter OF Its contacts with the immense
human masses of the East"
Should the Chinese despair Of the
Western democracies who continue
to supply Japan with the sinews of
and should they decide to SUBJ
NIT to the Japanese yoke, japan
might become the strongest power
in the world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
COMMENTATOR

I wish to congratulate you and
commend you on your brief editorial
in the Star of Monday morning,
January l, headed, Letters to the
Editor"
Your words are in exact accord,
in my judgment, with what consti-
tutes a public journal properly
managed and directed. To my
thinking every newspaper should be
a public forum for the absolutely
free and untrammeled expression of
public opinion, SO long as that ex-
preston is in keeping with good
form and is controlled by the right
spirit.
Too often the freedom of the
press, as apparently inteI tied by
editors and publishers, has meant
that the press was free only SO
long as it expressed the views of the
editor and of the reporters, and oft
times these views expressing a
somewhat narrow and prejudiced
point of view. Some papers open
their columns to the public only to
censor and edit unduly, if not I'M
fairly, the opinions of their cor
respondents. I have been IN edi-
tor myself and I understand some
thing of the editorial prerogative.
preside over his columns in such
a way as to keep them in good par
liamentary form. But within these
limits every reader of every paper
ought to be entirely free to express
his opinions. Only as this right is
recognized and this privilege is en-
couraged can a paper in any ade-
quate way be considered as a reflec-
ton of the mind Of the people.
1t goes without saying that in the
exercise of this right correspond
ents will express opinions with
which the editor does not agree. In
such cas- the editor ought to be en-
tirely free to rebuff and combat such
views, but this editorial prerogative
should always be exercised with the
finest respect and courtesy and the
editor should never take advantage
of his position, either to shut off
discussion or to ~disparage and be-
little his correspondents because
they may differ from him. In other
words, the correspondent should be
as free to express his opinion as the
editor and news writer's, and should
always have the same courtesy and
respect shown him that he is ex-
p1cted to show to the editor and the
paper.
Again I commend you and l ex-
press the hope that your readers
may freely avail themselves of the
privileges which you accord.
If [ may be allowed to say an
other word, I wish to say that it
appears to me that the editorial
columns of the Star and the News
have been greatly improved in re-
cent months, which l am sure is
and ought to be the source of great
satisfaction to your constituency.
Cordially yours,
ARTHUR ]. BARTON.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
New Orleans Opens
Mardi Gras Season

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. STR.
The Mardi Gras season offlclaH'
opened tonight as the Twelfth Nisu.
Revelers revealed at a glltleLIN'
ball in the municipal auditorium
But as if that wasn't enough Wv
city also began a three-day AnuI'.
Jackson celebration on the ste " y.
the battle of New Orleans. L""-
Johnson, assistant secretary OF Nas
here for a Sunday Jackson adoIe,I,
was an honored visitor at ~.
Twelfth Night ball. Balls VIII ~
held nightly n%enceforth unIll -
carnival's climax in the reveily "
Mardi Gras Feb. 6. 49,,
The Twelfth Night Revelers ana
falls on the traditional date OF =,
rival of the Three Wise Meu "
Bethlehem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
Star-News Program

/. ShipyardS.
2. Increase OF Port Facilities.
5. Adequate Hospital Facilities.
l.. Annexation OF Suburbs.
S. DEVELOPMENT OF Fort CasweH as
Health Resort.
6. Promotion OF Canning Industry.
2. City Expansion Commission.
8. Junior College.
ACHIEVEMENTS WE HAVE
FAVORED
Stun Clearance.
Free bridge across the Cape Fear
river over HighWdy 20.
Free ccusevay to Wrightsville Beach,
Recreation Centers.
Municipal Auditorium.
Preservation OF Old city and Thai
ian Hall.
civic Centre.
Organized industrial services for Viii
mingtom.
Adequate school facilities for VIII
minoton and Ne1o Hanover county.
Traffic signals on streets OF Whining
ton.
Thtrty.toot channel from Wilmington
to Southport bar.
Construction of third lock n dam
between Wilmington and Fayetteville
on the upper Cape Fear river.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
IN HOLLYWOOD
BY PAUL HARRISON

made quite a good thing out of it
without finding any treasure.
"We got some old parchment
maps, and we'd charge vacationers
a lot of dough to accompany u.s." he
said. 1.-THE more you charged down
there, the more business you got"
Of course, Mr.. Carroll has the
needed appearance and physique:
he's about 6 feet 8 inches tall in
shoes, has black wavy hair, an en-
gaging grin, and is undeniably
handsome in the of a young
Gable.
His home is a pleasant, spacious
but not fancy one on a miniature
ranch full of trees, chickens and
some predatory coyotes and foxes.
He blazes away, futilely, at the wild
animals with a couple of dozen of
the more practical of his collection
of some 400 guns.
Carroll is widely Travelled because
he has been around the world five
times as wiper, seaman, assistant
cook and cargo. handler. Between
two of his trips he worked his way
up from stock boy to floorwalker in
a Houston department store.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
WHOSE LAMPS ARE TRIMMED
AND BURNING?

Christmas, New Year and Epiph-
any should be occasions for deep
thought and RECONSIDERATION for all
who wish to lift their eyes from the
Heetlng present to the realities that
will endure through both time and
Eternity.
What could more fittingly follow
our reverent wonder over the beau.
tlful stroy of the Nativity than a
careful study Of the Sermon on the
Mount, and of the great lessons
taught in the 25th Chapter of Saint
Matthew's Gospel? This chapter be.
gins with Parable of the Ten Vir-
gins, continues with the Parable of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
The Editors
LETTER BOX

The Editor does not ~necessari-
" endorse any article appear
ing in this department. They
represent the views OF the in
dividual readers. Correspondents
are warned that all commune
cations must contain the correct
name and address for u rec
ords, though the letter may be
signed as the writer sees fit.
The Star-News reserves the
right to alter any text that for
any reason is Objectionable.
Letters on controversial sub
iects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07


ton of war profits. During
the neutrality debate Of last
year, the isolationists said
bluntly that if the embargo
we're repealed they would de-
mand adoption of the Bone
DILL.
This bill originally had the
sponsorship Of so senators,
and would practically tax war
profits out of existence. There
Is an alternative war profits
proposal, the Lee bill, but this
is expected to lie dormant be-
cause of Senator Lees close
ness to the administration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07

of the screwiest stories are the
tr lest. Like me being a %gun-runner
into Mexico. I was one, all right,
but I was only IL years old. I was
selling papers in Laredo. making at
the most a buck a day, and a man
offered me SO cents a day to carry
a package across the border and
stick it in a tree. I did it for a while,
until a Ranger stopped me and told
me 1 was running guns"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
TREASURE IN TOURISTS
NOT BURIED IN SAND

And then there's the treasure.
hunting episode, another occupation
that qualities John Carroll as a
glamorous soldier-of-fortune. That
was down in Florida. The state is
full of yarns about buried doubloons
and pieces-of-eight, and the sandy
beaches offer easy if unproductive
digging. Carroll, who is an oppor-
tunist, was one of a group who
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
MORE LIVESTOCK

RALEIGH, Jan. g. Up -L"'s :,
hog marketings ana an increase "a
the number of cattle and lanlpS
for market, as compared with
season, we're forecast today oF :,
B.. Hairless, senior marketing d
cialist of the state departing"
agriculture
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07

W h o m anecdotes
a n d apocryphal
legends seem to
cluster.
By "crazy," Hol-
Ly o o d doesn't
mean "~demented,'
exactly. Just non.
conventional. Car.
roll maintains a
what . the = hell,
hang onto : your.
hats boys attitude,
together with the
aura of an adven.
turous past.
ua coi5 ECo~.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
Arnold Request
Brings Protest
States May Taste
Hatch Bill

Having swallowed the Hatch (clean politics)
bill more or less against it's will last winter,
Congress may pass the same dose along to the
states this winter.
Senators Hatch and Nicely have proposals to
bar political activity to state officials in the
same way in which the Hatch bill now bars
it to federal office-holders.
This proposal is in for rough shedding, be-
cause many congressman are benehclar1es OF
the work of state machines, and will think
twice before throwing a wrench into them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6. - When
you mention the name of John Car.
roll in Hollywood, people say, ooh,
yeah-the crazy actor. Did you hear
about the time"
Carroll is the sort of guy about
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07

to their emotions could be worked UP by
scandal-mongering. To meet the need, any
study by congress must be thorough and
unbiased.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
Bruce Cations
In Washington

(The Star News Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-The isolationist bloc
in Congress emerged from the last session
bloody but unbowed. They are right back this
winter to serve notice that all issues defining
relations with the European war are
by no means settled.
For one thing, there is the matter of taxa
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
TOP o. H. MORNING

Use uour Sabbaths as steps to glory, till
you haze passed them all and are there
nrrived. RICHARD BAXTER
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
Clash FOreseen
On Ship Transfer

On Ship Transfer
There is also the chance that any attempt to
dispose Of American merchant vessels made
ton will raise a ru1npus. The proposed trans
or more ago, raised a great deal of dust, and
later proposals to sell them to Great Britain
or Norway will be scanned equally closely.
The isolation group is a minority, but it is a
relentless and watchful minority, and any
ed States toward war will bring them bouncing
on it like cats. Any effort, for instance, to get
around the Johnson Act in order to make
loans to European countries, will get a quick
once-over by this group. This act forbids loans
to any country now in default of obligations to
the United States. That includes most of the
countries now at war, and various lodges have
been proposed to get around it.
Arnold Request
Brings Protest
Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold's
request for more money for antitrust prose-
cutions will meet loud opposition. The Ameri-
can Federation CT Labor feels that Arnold has
trodden heavily on it's toes in his antitrust
prosecutions and threats of prosecution, and
the A. F. of L., lobby is still strong.
It will probably PUT up a fight to reduce Ar
nold's appropriation rather than increase it,
thus strangling an investigation into building
costs that might prove embarrassing. Arnold
also has plenty of enemies among large cor
porations, not without congressional influence,
and between the two Arnold is in for a hot
time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-07
HE WAS DRAWN
BACK TO Fl INLAND

His real name is Julian LaFaye
from New Orleans, suh)! He has
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
ARGENTINE GIGOLOS

The Good Neighbor policy has
been promoted in many ways, from
tariff lowering to flag raising, but
never before has attention been CIV
en- to the offending gigolos of Holly
wood. Now, however, the combined
good will of Nelson Rockefeller and
John Hay ("Jock'0 Whitney is be-
ing exerted to reform the Hollywood
practice of making every gigolo an
Argentine.
Mr.. Rockefeller, who is the gov
ernment's co-ordinator of Latin
American efforts, has dispatched
Mr.. Whitney to Hollywood to see
what the film industry can contrib
ute to the Good Neighbor program.
He will make at least one specific
suggestion, namely that Argentina
does not like to be represented as a
nation of gigolos.
The gigolo mischief was corrected
earlier with respect to France. We
had a big film market over there,
and when French opinion objected
to Hollywood practice of making ev-
cry gigolo a Frenchman, Hollywood
bowed, and picked on Argentina.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
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Washington, d. C.
PLAN INQUIRY OF CORRUPTION

PLAN INQUIRY OF CORRUPTION
Now that the election is over you
will see the justice department TO-
Gus attention on certain graft-ridden
cities, chief among them being De-
troit.
There, a group of high-up politi-
clans are sure to be indicted for
operating liquor ring. They will
be charged with diverting funds
from state liquor stores. Basis of
the indictments will be sending
shot" money through the u. S.
mails, an offense which the justice
department used for the first time
with definite success in Louisiana.
Since then the Supreme court has
upheld the justice department, so
this new means of cleaning up local
scandals will be used extensively.
Most Republicans will not believe
it, but the justice department had
the indictments all prepared before
elections. But since some of the
high Republican leaders of Michi-
gan politics are going to be indicted,
justice prosecutors decided to with
hold action until after November 5.
They didn't want to be accused of
playing politics.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
EUROPEAN COMMUNISM

One development you don't read
much about in the cables from Eu-
rope, but which is causing plenty of
worry on the part of Britain's no.
bility, is the rapid development of
Communism in central Europe
particularly Czecho Slovakia, Aus
tria and Hungary.
You have to remember that the
Communists were strong in Czecho
Slovakia before the German inva-
sion, and that for a time they more
or less dominated Vienna. Also
there was a day when the Bella Kun
Communist government ruled Hun
gary.
While these movements were
stamped out, or kept under cover
in the past, intelligence reports now
indicate that they are making rapid
sub-rosa progress again. In Czecho
Slovakia, for instance, the Kladno
coal miners staged such serious
revolt against German officials that
the latter backed down.
Some of the communistic activity
is directed against the Nazi over
lords, but some is not. AS matter
of fact, some of it, particularly in
Germany itself, fits into the Nazi
scheme of things, for Germany to-
day is probably more socialized
than Russia. Also it is always i'm
portant to remember that before
Hitler, the Communist party was
one of the strongest in Germany.
After Hitler, most of the Commu-
nists merely became National So
cialists.
All of which indicates that Am
bassador Joe Kennedy's dismal pre-
dictions may be right, and that
Europe will witness social and
economic revolution if the war con-
tinues. However, this movement in
the end probably will be the chief
means of ending the war.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
Ask Me Hnother
q a General Quiz
The Questions

1. Who speaks the Romany lam
guage?
2. Can birds look at an object
with both eyes at the same time?
3. Who asked cam I my broth
er's keeper?
4. The name Joe Miller is as
sociated with-a bonehead play in
baseball, stale joke, or the man
on the flying trapeze?
5. Where was "the shot heard
around the world fired?
6. How many vice presidents
have later become President?
Z. The Punic war was fought
between what nations?
8. What mineral is called fools
gold"?
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
By VIRGINIA VALE


(Released by Western Newspaper Union,
THE Pennsylvania State
i Board of Censors recently
banned Paramount's "The
World in Flames. which is as
hard to understand as their BAN
ming "The Ramparts We
Watch" The official ruling
''In the judgment of the board
this picture has a tendency to
corrupt and debase morals, and
it is not proper"
The picture is factual record of
the past 20 years, and stresses the
need of our nations preparedness.
1t had its first public showing in
Washington, D. c., before an audi
ence of high officials of the federal
government, and received the un-
qualified approval of such national
defense leaders as the secretary of
the navy and the secretary of war.
Henry Fonda's all in favor of liv-
ing in glass houses. The room he
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14

Fanny ("Baby Snooks") Brice
strings right along with him. She
had a huge hole cut in one of the
walls of her San Fernando valley
home and filled it with glass blocks
they let in plenty of daylight, but
as they're non-transparent they
don't make her feel like a goldfish.
It's news that Paramount won in
the scramble to buy the screen
rights to Ernest Hemingway's splen-
did novel, "For Whom the Bell
Tolls"-the price was 100000. It's
a story of wartime Spain, with a
love story even more beautiful and
thrilling than the one in Farewell
to Arms" The herO's role is perfect
for Gary Cooper, who's had long
discussions with the author about it..
'Land of Liberty" the feature
picture which was the contribution
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
Snakes as Pets

Snakes as household pet may be
an innovation for most homes, but
James Dannaldson, director of the
Western Psychological association,
of Los Angeles, can't understand
why there is not greater demand
for the reptiles as household pets.
According to the director, snake
is mans best friend, if he would
only realize it. He claims that they
are much better than goldfish as
pets, and like a kitten, they like to
be petted and rubbed.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
MERRY-GO-ROUND

It will surprise no one If some OF
the Latin-American military men
now touring the U. S. as guests of
the army will participate in the oc-
cupation of Martinique under joint
Pan-American auspices. Roosevelt
is anxious to make the taking over
of French possessions a truly good
neighbor enterprise.
To prevent profiteering on the vast
supplies of food that will be neces-
sary for the enlarged army and ma
wy, defense commission experts are
making survey of all food stocks
in the country, while discussing
plans with agriculture department
officials for the purchase of farm
surpluses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE LETTERS
You might suppose the army air
corps spends all its time preparing
the air defense of the country. But
a large number of officials and
clerks are engaged in the silly busi-
ness of answering letters from a
Jealous public with half-baked ideas.
From Hoople, N. D., comes let
ter saying, 81 have an idea for di-
recting bombs dropped from air
planes. Just tie a carrier pigeon
to the bomb and drop it overheard. Z"
Five copies were sent to various de-
partments. All went to the air corps.
AS painstakingly as if it were vital
in the national defense, the air corps
prepares an answer, sends one to
the author, and sends letters to each
of the four other sources, with copies
to the author. And every letter is
signed by the chief of air corps,
Maj Gen. H. H. Arnold Cor for hirn) ;
though he can't take time to read
or dictate the replies.
Note:-Other ideas proposed to the
air corps are: To construct a fly
ing submarine, to drop pebbles on
the enemy, and to create an artificial
fog over London to befuddle Hitler
birdmen.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14

JUNIORS are simply mad about
y jumpers this season, and their
great favorite is the pinafore
jumper! Send for design No. 8797;
make yourself this perfectly
charming style at practically no
expense. It's dee-vinely flattering
to your figure, with soft front full
ness in skirt that sways and rip
pies gracefully with your every
step, and a corselet waistline,
topped by gathers.
The wide straps button across
in the back, you see, making it
stay put securely on the shoulders.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
England Invaded i'm 1066

England's day of destiny in 1866
was September %. On that day
William, duke of Normandy, put
in at Bulverhithe on the Sussex
coast with his fleet of 5000 boats
which had been waiting for more
than a month on the shores of Nor
mandy (France) for a good wind
across the English channel. The
invasion then proceeded in the lei
surely tempo of the times (it took
three days to unload the boats).-
Pathfinder.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14

likes best in his own
house is the break
fast room, which is
built entirely of glass
bricks. The light
seems to flow from
the walls in cheer
full, spirit boosting
doses, and he's found
it the best cure for
before bre akfast
blues, even when he
has to get up at the
crack of dawn to be
at the studio on time.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
Franklin,s Lost Poem Found?

''The Lighthouse Tragedy" the
first literary work of Benjamin
Franklin. was recently found by a
Boston man. Maurice Babcock Jr.,
son of a Boston ightkeeper. claims
he found the yellow sheet, printed
in old English characters, in va
cant house near Boston harbor. Said
to have been written by Franklin IT'S
years ago. students and collectors
have been searching in vain for it.
The story relates the drowning Of
the first keeper of Boston light.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
Kindergarten for Gobs

Strange the civilian
a training
station Ne'por L. is Of the four such institutions main
tanned by the civilians sailors When
accepted u nauy undegoes training lasting
eight eeks during which he the bridge beWeen civian
and naval He after ces he ready his aboard
ship Currently there 2O87 recruits taking the eight weeks
the Of sixyea enlistment These photos take the u S.
naval training at Newport, r. /.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
The AnsDers

1. Gypsies.
2. The owl is the only bird that
can; all others have to use one
eye or the other to see a single
thing.
3. Cain.
4. A stale joke.
8. Concord.
6. Nine-six by death and three
by election.
7. Rome and Carthage.
s. Pyrite.
The Ely miner., 1940-11-14

OF the mOtlOn picture
industry to the New
York Worlds fair
and the San Fran
cisco exposition, will
be distributed ma
tionally by Metro
Goldwyn M aver.
Plans call for donat-
ing the net amount
derived from the re-
lease of the film to
welfare work among
soldiers and sailors
by the American