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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
MADE IN GERMANY
IN, Y. ~Herald-Tribune)

What degree of autonomy the Petain govern.
ment enjoys in unoccupied France is, of course.
a matter of pure speculation. Nazi control of
all avenues of communication with France, &C.
cupied and unoccupied, and of all news and
opinion to be garnered within the stricken
country, has set up a screen impenetrable
even to Frenchmen. But knowledge of Nazi
methods in conquered territories suggests
the guess that the Petain government
acts independently only within n o w
limits. in support of which we learn from
Vichy that it has set up by decree a new tribu-
nal to try the gentlemen, former Cabinet min
listers and generals, whom it accuses of get
ting France into the war in the first place, or
of contributing to her defeat, or of treason
ably negotiating" with the British once she had
decided to surrender. Under the Republic
there was a constitutional High Court of JUS
tice for the trial of impeachment and similar
cases. It consisted of the Senate sitting in a
judicial capacity. On the pretext that this
court remained essentially a political body, it
is now to be superseded by a Supreme Court of
Justice made up of professional judges hand.
picked by M. Petain and his colleagues.
Let us acknowledge that any country, follow
ing a disaster the like of which has overtaken
France, would on its own initiative seek by in
vestigation and trial to place the blame. Also
let us realize that the Petain government is by
reputation strongly Fascist in it's sympathies
and hence impatient of constitutional proce-
dure. Still one finds it hard to believe that this
particular departure was not inspired, or spe-
officially commanded, by the Nazis. Certainly
no Frenchman will miss its implication of a
drumhead court martial to dispose of all lead
ers who have made trouble, and might con-
tinue to make trouble, for Hitler.
Put beside it another decree published by
the Petain government on the same day. Under
it's terms Frenchmen who enroll in any foreign
army or enlist others for service in behalf of a
foreign power are subject to the death penalty.
Included are those already in foreign military
service who remain in such service. Try to
imagine any French government, whatever its
complexion, issuing of its own voition an order
of the sort, aimed, of course, against those
Frenchmen who have elected to continue the
struggle for French freedom under the British
colors.
Yet Ambassador Bullitt has a very different
opinion of the Petain regime. At least, that is
the inference to be drawn from his interview
with reporters on his recent arrival, and from
his apparent efforts to persuade the President
that our government should deal with this re,
CINE as if it were it's own boss. We should say,
in light of the decrees discussed, that the bur
den of proof is distinctly on him and on all who
would maintain that the function of the present
French government is other than to save Hitler
the trouble of bringing order and relief to the
area under it's jurisdiction and beyond that to
carry out his commands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Lesson for Wilmington

The terrible sacrifice of una lives that fol-
lowed a collision between a gasoline-electric
coach and freight train at Akron, Ohio, offers
grim evidence of the destructive power OF gas
oline when ignited. One eyewitness says that
when he reached the wreck he saw firemen
stopping the flames, the water evidently spread
them wider. Forty-three lives snuffed out be-
cause proper means Of combating blazing gas
oline were not available-or, at least, not used.
have been saying that a truck laden with gaso-
line is bound to be wrecked some day in the
business area, and shudder to think OF the
havoc that will follow. The loss in property
and lives, we say, will be frightful. Yet we do
practically nothing to prevent it. In the face
Of a known hazard, we sit quietly down and
discuss the probable consequences of a holo-
caust.
Every truck that passes through the streets
Of this city loaded with gasoline is a potential
death agent, infinitely worse than the gasoline
'doodlebug'' which brought tragedy to Akron
because of the thousands of lives which would
be in jeopardy if it were wrecked and its load
exploded. The need for preventive measures
is pressing. Let the city administration heed
the recommendations of the grand jury and
provide about defense against a gasoline fire,
as it can do at small expense, without further
delay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
The Heart Must Answer

AZ a man thinkest in his heart, so is he"
Among its multitude of truthful sayings, the
Bible probably contains none truer than this.
Not what we do, but what we think, is the
ultimate measure of mankind.
This is trite, but completely accurate, and
may not be gainsaid. Because there is no ap-
peal from it, it is important in these days Of
anxiety and distress that every person take
stock and see what is uppermost in his heart.
In this way only may he know hat he is.
For Americans it is important for each indi-
vidual to learn exactly where he stands on the
vital question of Americanism. Is it in the
heart ? Is it uppermost there, or merely some
thing to sing about, to praise in others, and
sidetrack as soon as we get out OF meeting?
The American legion, which has set Ameri-
canism as its goal, is calling upon its entire
membership for militant exercise of its great
principle. The Legion leadership is doing a
rosters, giving the help such leadership richly
deserves? Only the members themselves can
answer, and the answer must come from the
heart-not merely from the tongue.
America faces its greatest crisis, in which
true Americanism hears its %clearest call. This
crisis can be weathered the better if the men
who went through the hell Of the last World
war rally as splendidly now for Americanism
as they did then for democracy. But it must
be a rally of hearts, not only of individuals.
Wilmington's Legion has a program for
teaching of Americanism, not only in the public
and the Sunday schools, but on every street
corner and in every home. This program can
accomplish it's ends only with the active COOP
Grafton of every legionnaire. Let every man
who saw service When the last call came
closely examine his heart and see where he
stands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Contradictory War News

Contradictory reports of Axis war plans con.
tinue to come out of Switzerland and Italy.
Bern dispatches still tell Of great concentra.
tons of troops and supplies along the cont.
mental coast in preparation for invasion OF
Britain, but whereas earlier dispatches de-
clared the hour of attack near, the latest word
is that the time has not come for the great
spring across the channel. This, despite the
modification of earlier forecasts, implies that
invasion is definitely planned.
Contradicting this is the statement from
Rome of Virginia Gayda, fascist editor and
Mussolini's spokesman, that invasion is not
now considered because it would be too hazard
GUS. The Axis forces will rely on their air
forces to wear the British defense down and on
job Hitler long ago pronounced the dearest un-
dertaking of his career.
Between the two reports it is difficult to
choose. Either might represent an approx
nation of the truth. But there is another as
pect of the situation which is interesting to con-
template, whether it may be accepted as cor
rect or not. That is that the fuehrer, because
~ A"NAJ W4lAN navy a olJAS
the fall of France, is actually perplexed what
10 do. He would seem to have arrived at a Pc
riod of indecision, and cannot make up his
mind whether to take the plunge and risk de-
feat-which is within the realm of possibility
by invading Britain, or to try the slower
process, with possibly greater chances Of ulti-
mate success, of keeping his warplanes for
ever aloft over Britain raining bombs on ship.
ping and industries, and even on the civilian
population, with the hope of again reducing the
morale Of the British people to a point where
they would be willing to substitute subjugation
for slow extinction.
Whatever his mental state, whatever group
OF circumstances is contributing to delay the
major campaign against Britain, the fuehrer
is losing ground every day. Not only is Britain
pertecting her d~efenses. She is also gaining
opportunity to retaliate effectively, as repeated
air raids over enemy supply bases in the low
countries, France and even Germany itself.
Air raids are tactics which both sides may
practice. German strongholds on the milne
are just as vulnerable to British fiers as are
British strongholds to the Nazi air force. II it
is Hitler's final decision to conane his activities
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
rY DIR. L.


It is interesting to note that over
fatigue and tension are always &C.
companied by overwork or hyper
activity. Whether this reaction is
to be described as physical or psy-
Geological is hard to decide. Prob
ably it should be termed psyche
physical" This overactivity takes
t. particularly dangerous forms.
One is overaddiction to business,
the other is immersion in a social
whirligig.
Overaddiction to business is par.
ticularly vicious because there is
an element of virtue associated
with work. In the United States,
especially, a high evaluation has
been placed on work. Even when
work has killed men and broken
up happy homes, it has been
praised.
Immersion in hectic forms Of rec
reation is even more deplorable
than over-immersion in business.
So many forms of commercial
amusement are overstimulating
and useless.
So few tense people have taken
the time to learn the benefits that
can come from unexciting diver
sions, such as reading, making
beautiful things, and enjoying the
~out-of-doors.
It is difficult to find the proper
proportion between purposeful
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Movie Revues
"ONE MANS Law" WILL
OPEN AT BIJOU IODal

Fast action has its day aga,
at the Bijou Theatre, where NJ
public's latest Don Red Ba!'
starrer, lone Mans Law opH-
today for a two day engagemsl'
The picture, second in BAR!
new western series for Repu0D'
deals with his attempts, as AO-
tier marshal, to outwit and e&p''
an outlaw gang in the emp4OS Il,
Steven, a wealthy land owner v" =.
wants the railroad right-o1-"ay y
verted to a neighboring town ;
which he owns much propefly'
Stevens, by fomenting a% VIZ,
ness in Trailcross, hopes 10 pi ",
to the railroad executives ina. ~ d
sa City is the logical cnolc' "a =,
their railroad center, but Don ~
ry is just as determined 10 p' y,
that Trailcross is %progressi'es ,' N
law-abiding-when its pald N"'
are rounded up and jailed, .r,,5
The current chapter o. ass
Conquers the Chlv ..aI.I
and an Andy Clyde COMEDY vi N
ey Squawks," are included Oil !
program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Warren Nominated

North Carolina is honored that President
Roosevelt should select its First district repre-.
sentative in the national house, Lindsay C..
Warren, to be comptroller general.
At the same time North Carolinians feel that
the government service is honored by this wise
decision of the Chief Executive. MI. Warren,
who has spent many useful years in the halls
Of congress has proved himself a capable
steward, and will bring to his new task a wide
experience in public affairs.
It is not to be doubted that his nomination
will be speedily confirmed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
THE HUMAN MONSTER ov,
is FEATURED AT ko''

The current roles OF bela Ivy :,
now appearing in The NJ :.
Monster playing at the foy'. mn
atre, are in direct contrast " .].
he played when first efiDai h.
upon an acting career. looa! nj,
known as one of the outstaa'y
horror masters of the scfe'r .,
his native land he was Ca"
romantic lead.
In recent years, LugoSl na, a.
come best known for his grow NV,
Characterization in such p !" n
al ''Dracula," white Zompl =.
THE Mark of the Vampns' \,
a stage star in Hungary I.' ,cr
of his birth, he was not s@ NV
specialist for Lugosi was HUl1 1srs,
most distinguished actor, h
ably he was cast for the tAV .rrs.
portant role regardless Oh "" IN
The cast of THE Human y
ster," includes besides Lugo'' II
Hugh Williams, Greta 1yA' py5
freq Walter and EdlnohU
The film was produced D! II,
Argyle and directed by waes
Summers. Patrick KlrWlA, uni
Summers and j. F. Argyle I'd
the adaptation from ha lThe I'd
lace's well-known story, N
Eyes of London rs,d61|
Current chapter Of "Ihe ol m A
a cartoon and news mani a
Royal Varieties accompdN'
feature
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
y TAKE IT EASY
Tired People Work, Play Too Hard;
We All Need Restful Vacations

work, recreational diversions and
complete cessation of activity. But
such a proportion must be main.
tanned if health, vitality and COM
posure r not to be sacrificed,
There is no harm in hard work
or in strenuous play, if not carried
too far. We need vacations every
day. every week and every year.
What kind of vacation can we
get today? If our work demands
long hours of sitting still, we car
go for a walk, spend an hour or sc
dancing, or play a game Of tennis
If we have been on feet all day
We can turn on the radio, we car
sit in the park for an hour or so, or
go ito the club" if we have a club.
How can we spend next week
end to make q vacation out of it?
We a take the family on a picnic.
We can get into comfortable clothes
and putter around in the garden.
We al spend a whole day getting
acquainted with ourselves.
How should We spend our annual
vacations, in getting refreshed for
the years work? For all of us, a
vacation must provide a change.
City folks should seek the country
Country folks should seek the city.
Manual laborers should delve into
intellectual torres S. Intellectual
workers should dig into real soil
and test the strength of their bod.
les. Everyone should loll around a
great deal, and do nothing on
schedule or in a hurry I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02

directing. because if he doesn't
watch out he'll get the picture fin.
ished ahead of time and then the
bosses will think he's no good.
But let's get back to Jones, who's
sitting on a box way in the back
ground and isn't interested.
II been out here Is years and
1 see 'em make plenty of movies"
says Jones. "In the old days, a
driver used to drive his cab in the
pictures, and he'd collect for be-
ing in the picture. The actors
guild put a stop to it. If we'd put
up a squawk maybe we could still
be getting it, but we didn't squawk.
Now they get an actor to drive
and we just stand by"
Jones says the taxi business is
not what it used to be in Los
Angeles. Too many private cars
and not enough riders" Used to
be. he says, that people from the
movie studios would call a cab to
ride a block. Now they walk, or
drive themselves. But he still gets
plenty of movie calls-and tips are
even better than in the good old
days. Used to be, he says that
Is cents or a dime, a strict 10 per
cent, was all a driver could hope
for. Now it goes over-from two
bits to 40 cents to half a buck.
One of the regular riders" from
studio to home is ALA Nazimova
Tin "Escape'') and Nazimova
spends two bucks a trip. One-sixty
in fare, 40 cents in tip.
The glamorous Rita Hayworth
passes by, and Jones doesn't lift
his eyes. Glamour is just another
item that's all in a gravy day. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Hollywood Sights And Sound.
BY Robbis Ceo.e

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. lit was
gravy day for Jones. AL he hao
to do was sit on a movie set and
watch his cab work.
Jones doesn't care much for
movies, but he does 60 for a gra-
Ivy day. Jones is a cab driver,
and when a gravy day comes
along he's sure of collecting 81 by
Just sitting. An ordinary day. when
he's in his cab and working on
fares, he has to hustle to make
that much for himself. In pictures
the cab gets $40 a day-$6 for the
company and 81 for Jones. It's
sixty-forty on fares, too, SO the on
ly difference is that in pictures
there's no hustling.
The boys at the cab station share
the gravy. After Jones gets through
his stint on Before I DE-" his
name goes to the bottom of the
gravy list. Tomorrow the top man
on the list will get the job.
Jones is witness to some nice
movie stuff today. It's a Ben Hecht
movie, dir written and pro-
duced by chit.
Hecht, {. ) and hatless, CT
gar in his mouth, is directing in
leisurely fashion. He loves rain in
the city, and rain is streaming
down from overhead pipes. 1t
streams down on the city streets
outside the Sunset Hotel" which
flashes a neon light over the door,
way, and it patters on the hood of
the cab as it parks at the curb.
The rain splashes Rita Hayworth
and Doug Fairbanks, Jr. and Thorn
as Mitchell and John Qualen as
they get out of the cab and 20
inside.
They rehearse it once, without
rain, and then they shoot it, with
rain. and it's in the can in n
take. This goes to show how little
Hecht knoWssRbout producing and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
WORK ON BUDGET
NEAR COMPLETI0!
Mayor Cooper And Wade Con-
fer With Fisher Regard.
ing New Estimates

Mayor Thomas E. Cooper and
E. L. Wade, city commissioner
public works, indicated yesteTda
work on the city budget for 1904
will probably be completed this al
ernoon.
1t is impossible to say as yet the
said, how the tax rate will be a
fected.
The two commissioners held Col
ferences yesterday with W. Lou
Fisher, city commissioner of financ
who is ill at his home, in connecto
with the new budget.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Skilled Manpower Needed

The success Of our defense program, as ev-
erybody recognizes, depends largely upon
manpower. But what everybody does not rec
ognize is that manpower is not restricted to
and skilled fiers and marines and gun crews
on warships-all in numbers far exceeding any.
thing the nation has heretofore contemplated
except in acutal wartimes. But this is only one
need for men.
Another, and equally important, need is for
fnanpower IN industry. Nothing that has been
revealed in the defense discussion has en-.
phasized this more than the announcement, in
an article by Charles s. NATION appearing in
several southern newspapers of yesterday, that
at least 600, 900 skilled mechanics will be re.
quired to bring American airplane production
up to the level the government considers nee
essary for defense. Already 12O, 900 men are at
work in this industry, but this number is not
it airplanes are to come off the assembly lines
in quantities considered adequate to the need.
Where are the men to come from? That is a
really staggering question. Not all men with
a srnattering Of mechanical training or even
average skill can work on the intricate parts
of airplanes. Most can perform certain regu.
lation work on them, but only highly trained
and exceptionally efficient workrnen may be
trusted with the more delicate construction.
It will be one Of the most difficult tasks
of the defense programmes to find menf for the
harder jobs, not only in this industry but in
many others, to help gear our Industries to the
vital work ahead ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02

to the air there is no good reason why Britain,
with her vastly improved flying force, cannot
do as much harm to the enemy as the enemy
can do to her. Furthermore, any air war can
last but a short time. Inclement weather will
soon put a stop to it. And once 1t IS halted, the
war will have to await the arrival OF spring for
renewal on a large scale. By spring England
will have created a defensive owe which Hit
Ter and Mussolini could not hope to penetrate,
much less wipe out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
rs REASONS

TULSA, Okla, Aug. 1.-R-
There were rs reasons why the
marriage of William and Della
Besser didn't click.
"There was too much con.
troversy over the children" At
torney Floyd v. Freeman ex.
planned today in divorce court-
So Mrs. Besser took her sew.
en- children by a previous mar.
riage and moved to Shawnee tn
live with relatives. Besser and
his Is children remained an
their 50-acre farm near here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Man About

Bv GEORGE Tucker

NEW YORK, Aug. This col
umn is published in 80 states and
also in China, Hawaii, and Alaska.
The other day we got a letter
from a reader in Shanghai, mailed
May 10. %. It concerned an essay
of ours on New York's Chinatown,
and it said, 'Dear Mr.. T, your de-
scription of the shops in Chinatown
is so interesting. I almost wish !
lived in New York" l wonder
was that guy kidding me.
Today. we are indebted to a big
mick named Morton Downey for
an album of brand new records
all Irish-and to a horse named
Swing and Sway for a new hat.
Several weeks ago we got some
theater tickets for a friend of ours,
and he dropped us a note saying he
had taken out an interest" in our
name in a horse that was to u
that AFTER >on. The nag won and
paid $3.50, which accounts for the
new gray lid. Downey's records
are Irish pips. A pip in our
lingo means swell. Best Of the
lot: 1.-THE Rose of Tralee."
Irving Berlin grows thinner and
thinner. Although Linda Wat
kins is Boston-born, she has a mid
west huskiness to her voice that
reminds me of the late Jeanne
Eagles, of Rain" fame. Ray
Kinney, the Hawaiian-Irish trouba-
| dor who has done so well in New
York for the last four years, has
left Decca records for Victor. Al
though he has made hundreds of
recordings, none has ever been
made with his full orchestra. -.
Previously he has used only a pi-
ano and a few strings. -. All who
have heard Kinney's full organiza-
ton will want to see what the new
recordings will be like.
Eddie Bowling drops around to
say that Atlantic City, and not
Philadelphia, has been chosen as
th2 jumIing-off place for 1.-The Lit
tie Dog Laughed" which is a new
musical cor that will have its
p ~miere on August -. This is 60
ing back | long way for Eddie, for
it ha: been almost too long to re-
member since he had al ything to
dc with musi al comedies. For
the last three years he has been a
producer of serious dramas, one of
which, Shadow and Substance"
won a INA Circles award. An.
other, Time of Your Life" won
this years Pulitzer prize. But
what I ;tarted out to say was that
in THE Little Dog Laughed is
Paul Draper, considered by mary
to +, superior even to Fred Astaire
as a dancer.
Maybe this move to compel wom-
en- to e hats on the street is
serioL; after all. But it seems sort
of dumb to us .. After all, what is
wrong 18th a bare-heade girl?.. j.
Even James Montgomery Flagg
has let out a blast against damsels
who wear no chapeaux in the day.
light. .. when gals 60 hatless in
the street il the daylight, they look
like Sigrid hurrying to the grocer's
TO- a forgotten yeast cake. It's
small town stuff" -. Now this, I
sv',mit, is a fine come-off from a
man who has put more pretty girls
on magazine covers than probably
any other illustrator. Did he ever
try walking under an umbrella or
dancing with a lass who wore one
of those wide -brimmed horrors that
are a menace to masculine eyes,
ears, and noses? !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
Star.News Program

Consolidated 0tty-CoHnty Government
under Council Manager Administrations
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Indussr'o'
Shoes.
Seaside Highway from Wr1ghtsvtHe
Beach to Bold Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Dad-
er Turning Basin, pith ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paued River Road to Southport, Ola
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc
ton through sustatned-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported BY one.
countrywide tdz.
S~htpyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center TO-, Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around tho
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for t1hites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse TOR Export Buyers.
Development OF natius grape 0roaotn0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sanatortpm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-02
OPPOSES U. S,

MADRID, Aug. 1-R-The news
paper Ell Pueblo, organ of the. Fa-
langist fascist) s%yndicates, today
called upon 'tSpaniards of all coun-
tries to unite" and carry on 1.-The
struggle for freedom of Hispanic
nations against the economic i'm.
perialism" of the United States. I