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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15
Air Fields And Defense

The wholesale destruction Of aircraft and
auxiliary services on landing fields abroad
certainly indicates the wisdom Of having ev-
cry possible landing field available for mill
tary purposes, and, moreover, of having that
field designed in such a way that the material
and the usefulness Of the field cannot be de-
stroyed by bombing the buildings and other
obvious targets on the field.
No doubt the large airplane construction
program being launched for national defense
will be accompanied by a commensurate pro-
gram for new military airfields located prop
erly from tactical and strategic viewpoints.
Also these fields will be designed and built I'M
doubleday with all the latest up-to-date fea-
t,,res necessary for national defense and mill
tary use.
In addition to provision for an ample NUMBER
Of strictly military air fields, the government
should lake steps at once to make plans TOT
the conversion of all civil air fields into mill
tary fields if and when this country Launches
actual military operations. This is an &C.
tivity that should be planned by military en-
gineers. In the past vast sums of money have
0eeQ spent Oh laQQlIS 1lS4OS WAUaoo' AS6~H~
for eventual use for military purposes.
Fortunately the present head OF the civil
aeronautics authority of the department OF
is a military engineer who under
stands fundamental military principles, but
he is busily engaged with the administration
of the civil affairs of his office. He should be
given a group of younger officers to assist
him in the development of civil air fields
Such assistants could see that all activities
are SO conducted as to be of maximum bene'
fit to national defense.
There should be prepared a general plan
for the conversion Of all civil air fields lnto
military fields, and there should also be pre-
pared now detailed plans for conversion OF
each civil air field into a military field. This
should be done not only for government-owned
fields but also for state, municipal, and prl'
vately owned fields.
In general there ought to be around every
civil air field an area which could quickly be
taken for military purposes. This area might
or might not be acquired by the government
now. In any event there ought to be a plan
for its rapid military development. When
hangers, runways and other equip
ment are destroyed by bombs from the air,
there must be places car9oufaged, either nat
urally or artificially, in which large numbers
of military planes can be parked. And these
spaces must be so separated so that one bonb
will do least damage. There must be pro-
vision for gasoline storage that is either pro.
tected or so distributed as to be subject to
minimum damage. There must be an anti
aircraft defense designed and located by mill
tary experts.
It would be very Measuring to the country
if it knew that plans were being prepared to
convert all civil air fields to military fields
on short notice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15
RECORDER HEARS
TRAFFIC CASES

Traffic law violators were in
court in numbers yesterday to learn
that first offenders against h e
parking ordinance are moi punish
ed but warned that a second of.
tense will bring them a sentence to
pay a full set OF court costs,
amounting to something more than
So.
Every person brought into court
on a traffic count yesterday was
either found guilty or pleaded
guilty. Nine were assessed the
costs Of court only to have the costs
RENTED, and three we're ordered
to pay one-third a set Of costs each.
The city ordinance provides a
fine Of $40 for each offense.
Most Of the violations of tn e
traffic ordinance involve right
turns on red traffic lights, Lieut..
John Davis, in charge Of the city
traffic squad, said, though some
arrests have been made for park
ing in bus stops, parking in load
ing zones, or parking improperly.
On renting the court costs yes
terday morning Judge Alton A.
Lennon announced that any person
brought into court on a second
violation Of the traffic ordinance
Will be assessed a whole set of
court costs.
Sidney Blanding, 1910 Orange
street, arrested May 9 on a charge
OF violating the liquor law and con-
vlcted some two months later, was
called to come into court and be.
ginning serving a two month farm
sentence. He failed to answer the
can and a capias was issued for
him.
Sam Coins, charged with larceny
and receiving, was released after
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15
TRASK TO HEAD
PROSPERITY UNIT
Truck Farmer Appointed
County Chairman OF
.Hoey's Committee

G. Heide Trask, truck farmer Of
Castle Hayne, yesterday accepted ap
pointment as New Hanover county
chairman on the Governors Com
mittee on Balanced Prosperity fol
I1940.50.
The appointment was made by ]
A. Sharpe, Of Lumberton, regiona
committee chairman, who announc
ed the selection of other county
chairmen in Southeastern North
Carolina as follows:
Robson, E. j. Britt, of Lumber
ton, farmer, banker, and lawyer
and W. K. Bethune, deputy Grange
master, co.chairman; Bladen, Jane.
H. Clark, of Elizabethtown, farmer
banker, and merchant, democrat
nominee for the state senate; Co
lumbus, Bill Hooks, Of Whiteville
farmer and business man.
Brunswick, James M. Harper, Jr..
of Southport, editor of the State Port
Pilot; Onslow, N. A. Burton, of Jack
sonville; Duplin, c. E. Quinn, OF
Kenansville, merchant; Fender, J. T,
Wells, of Burgaw. banker, farmer
and county commissioner.
Sharpe said each of the county
chairmen will appoint 16-sub.chair'
men, one for each Of the following
fields:
Food and fe%edstuffs, livestock
dairying, and poultry, grading and
marketing, new industries, educa'
ton, health, housing, public forums,
public library service, recreation,
transportation and communication,
electrfication, tourist trade develop
ment, Identification of homes and
roads, planning, cards and rec
munities.
DR.. Frank Graham is the North
Carolina chairman for Balanced
Prosperity for 1940.50' which is
sponsored by the Southern Cover.
nors' conference. DR.. Clarence Poe,
editor of the Progressive Farmer, is
general chairman for the entire
south.
Other regional chairmen include:
D. Hiden Ramsey and J. K. G. Nc
Clure, Of Asheville, for the western
part of the state; Gordon Gray for
the area centering in Winston.sal-
EN-; George Watts Fill for the Dur
ham area Dudley Bagley for the
Albemarle area; Francis o. Clark
son, Charlotte area; President Mea-
dows Of E. c. T. c., Greenvi1le area;
and Charles G. Rose, Fayetteville
area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15

Versailles treaty and the League Of
Nations, to do more probably to
prevent our signing the former or
becoming party to the latter than
any other man.
He also did more than anyone
else to persuade the U. S. to re-
cognize Russia and then, after three
years as ambassador there, turned
his back on the Soviet in disgust
because Of its failure to live up to
the agreements leading to that re-
cognition.
Personally, he is disarmingly
candid. He is at home In any COM
pany. He hates sham and evasion.
He can be enthusiastic or violently
indignant. He entertains frequent
ly and lavishly. It is reported that
maintaining the Paris. embassy
during his four years there cost
him SIS, 600 a year (salary SIT, 500
He loves the culture centers Of
Europe, Vienna, Paris, Moscow
|. deplores that they have fallen
under the heel Of totalitarianism.
He hates war and has dedicated his
public career to its eradication,
but he has for years been a strong
advocate Of u arming for total
defense.
He has been married twice and
twice divorced. His first wife was
the widow Of John Reed, the Amer
lean communist who is buried in
the wall Of the Kremlin. His pri-
vate life, he devotes to his 16-year-
old daughter, Anne, who is with
him constantly when she is not in
school.
Two years ago on a visit here,
Bullitt explained to friends that he
had no personal political ambi-
tons, that when bombs started
falling on Europe, they would find
him at his post in Paris, They did.
One fell through the ceiling Of the
room in which he was iunch;no
with the minister Of aviation. Al
first, it was reported to be a d1d'
but it wasn't. An hour later. it's
delayed action fuse went to work.
It exploded. demolished the place.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15

of being, not only earnest but circumspect, in
his public utterances. Were he more expert
enced. as he should be, he would devote him.
self to explaining his views on major affairs
that the voters may make their decision on
the strength or weakness Of what he considers
paramount to the country's good. When he
fails to do this, but instead attributes what
ever power the opposition may have to fraud.
he is inviting disaster. In fact, he is doing
a pretty good job for the opposition by divert
ing votes from himself every time he charges
fraud or collision or dishonesty to it. Ameri-
can voters don't like that kind of talk from a
presidential candidate, especially when it is
merely a bald statement unbacked by evil
dence.
The fact is that Mr.. Willkie, for all his bust
ness ability and executive efficiency, is not
able to produce a single issue on which to
base his campaign. For the most part he has
endorsed the policies of the administration he
has set out to defeat. He insists that Mr..
Roosevelt has made a failure as a president
but cannot tell us how he would do the job
better. Lacking any new policy, he resorts
to the flimsy trick of invective for the demo-
cratic organization, hoping that he will con-
vert some voters to his cause. He could
have chosen no surer way to defeat himself.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15
Aeronautical School
Vacancies Are Listed

John Lang, in charge Of National
Youth Administration in North
Carolina, yesterday informed Mayor
Thomas e. Cooper there r two or
three vacancies in the aeronautical
engineering school operated by the
NYA in Charleston, W. Va, which
can be filled with boys from Will
mington if suitable persons apply.
One person from Wilmington has
been accepted for training in this
school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15

are not through that one whg
Paramount decides he's the one t
take D. Lamour from Bob Pres
ton in "Moon Over Burma" AM
about this time Harry Sherman
who splurges periodically on a big
ger western than his Hopalong Cav
sidys, decides Foster is the guy
for his "Round-Up." So Presa,
Foster says bye-bye to the "Bs'
and goes sailing along.
That's Hollywood too, with a
skids creased on the way up some
times, for the right guy.
Says Preston: "Im no star, !
never will be. If I can 60 like this
a year, maybe two more, | cal
quit the business. I'm in the wroz.
end anyway. It's the producers am
directors and agents who turn os
the big dough. But I'm not CON-
plaining-not when l can make D
a week what l used to make IN
year selling classified ads for !
newspaper"
Says Hogan '.And it amt hay
either. The thing is to keep work
ing. That's all l do-and it MAKE
money even if it amt art. l got
buzz just now that Texas Ranger!
Ride Again is O.. k. They like !.
It amt art-it's just an houl
entertainment. If you're waiting 10
a street car some day, and caug.
in the rain, drop in and see ii. go
The boys are concerned becaaS
Preston Foster and Robert ffe'
ton are in the same picture. t o.,
ter says it could be worse, Liz
Preston Sturges, ~co-starrlng ouSa1
ma Foster, Robert Preston aA'
Preston Foster, additional dlaloS4'
by Lewis Foster, music by sep'
en- Foster"
1t could be a lot worse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15
No Longer "Ex's"

So far as the American Legion is concerned,
its ex-service members are no longer to be
saddled with the 'ex.' Henceforth they will
be service men. The ''use~d-to-waser'' handi-
cap is gone. They are to be scratch men for
home defense, and in that position, in any
race, there is no place for has beens.'
In this arrangement, the powers that regu-
late our military affairs in the present crisis
show sound judgment, not only because the
soldiers of the last great wal have had COM
bat experience and are creatures Of discipline
but because every one Of them knows the i'm.
portance of home defense and, if still fit, is
ready to answer any call to duty.
It is hard to picture any man who saw serv.
ice with the A. E. F., however limited or in
conspicuous. failing to sign the roster now
when the nation faces a greater crisis than
that other one that found them in the armed
forces Of America. The campaign for mem.
bers in which the American legion is to en-
gage should be nothing more than a process
Of registration and assembly.
Not all members of the A. T.. F.. are now en-
OAS AA "S S6AoA W. Ioo u1C4c previously
been any imperative reason that they should
be-. But with a definite need now, and an i'm
portant duty for them to perform, it is in
conceivable that any not physically incapaci.
tated should hold back when the call comes.
It is obvious that when the National Guard
is called for intensive training over a long pc
riod Of time its duties must be taken up by
some other organization. 1t is equally obvi-
Gus that the organization best qualified for
this job is the American Legion, whose rosters
are made up Of military men, skilled in ma.
neuver, trained in combat, already fully dis
ciplined.
When the legion membership campaign
opens in Wilmington it is only fair to assume
that every man hereabouts will be as quick to
answer the call as he was in 1916. II we
know the temper Of the veterans and the
spirit of Wilmington, Commander Wilbur
Dosher's task, during that campaign, will be
to stop the rush at registration headquarters,
rather than to drum up volunteers -,s
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15
Honor Court Schedule
Announced By LII

Fall court of honor scheo0N
the six districts Of the Cape
area council, Boy Scouts OIL |
lea, were announced yesteraas !
David L. Lilies, scout exec0"
follows: r,.;,oton
Monthly courts. ",Lln,avbs
September 6, October 7, Nooyir.
4, and December 2; Faye Mever
September 20. October TO-
Der Is, and December ~; j., .certrsl
Quarterly courts, sou l Is
September 10 and DeceliJn ecerl
Bladen, September % ana N ant
Der 9; western, August eont.r1
November q; Lumberton, n,ert
Der 10 and December II, ~ ~
courts, Wilmington, septen'I,r y
and Lumberton, Noveh1oe. v
dian court, Lumberton' o
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15

a mol PROSE- with leave was 'aS-
in his case because the state W"
unable to procure its witnesses
Dennis Mears, 908 South tlgD !.
street, charged with assault " WI. !.
a deadly weapon, assault WIN =, !.
deadly weapon on a female a a..
with assault on a female, was g. :,
en- a total Of eight months OIL W. W.
county farm. He noted a tel w.
stay of judgment. , will,
Cristie Bell Powers, ana W." NV!
Addison, otherwise unlden'L INV
charged with larceny ana Iev Vs..
ing, were given a continuance a"'
today under bonds of S2OO eacl' :,
David Peterson, charged wrm
reckless operation Of an au.onn 4
bile, was fined $25 and the cos s,t y
court, SIS of the fine beng ls', n,
ted. A charge of larceny from ND n,
person and receiving, filed again.
him, was dismissed for WAN /
probable cause.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15
DANCING BARRED

BERLIN, Aug. ID Up Public
dancing was barred in Germany to.
day, apparently because Of the new
offensive against Britain. During
the Polish campaign there was a
similar ban. Dancing was permitted
during the winter months and then
forbidden during the offensive in
western Europe. Recently it was
permitted two nights weekly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15
Star-News Program

Consolidated 0sty-0oHnty Government
under OonnctlMana0ev Administration
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketino FdctHties.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
ShoUs.
Seaside Htohwdy from Wr1ght'vt"S
Beach to Bald Head lsldmd.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear Riper channel, actd'
er Turning Basin, sotth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern oonk
south OF Wilmington.
Paved Rive, Road to Southport, pio
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prodne
ton through snstained-y yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Caroline.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
notional Agency. supported BY one.
countrywide q q.
Shtpyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina. developed ground tho
Community Hospital
adequate hospital facilities for sohttes.
Jnnto, High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development Of nottUs 0rops 0rosotn0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis gdndto1tnm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15
TOP o. THE MORNING

HE hath said' (Hebreao 1850 These simple
words validate I'll Scripture Noso a0hen
God speaks it behooves man to listen . Are
you listening to God speak, and are you listen
ing to Him daily? You cannot do that unless
your Bible is an open Bible. You cannot do
it unless your heart is open to its truth.
GAEBELEIN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15
Man About
Manhattan
6v George Iuekes

NEW YORK, aug. IL. AoAA'
Carey has the same sort OF nome.
snun' ineratiating appeal that
wade the late Will Rogers 50 be-
1oved. # you called Harry Carey
a second Will Rogers l think ne
would resent it. He isn't trying 70
he another Will Rogers. He sells
m entirely different brand OF pea
nuts. But they had a lot IN COM
mon. especially in their speech. l
mean. Harry talks out Of his heart,
and that is the way Will talked
Too. Harry likes to tell stories,
and to discuss crops, and he can
tell YOU all about a new antldote
or the hoof and mouth disease.
IL YOU own stock or care about
such things.
You sometimes think Of a leath-
er-skinned, bronzed cowhand sit
ing on a fence whiting a STICK
when you think of Carey. That IS
because he owns a ranch, and
because he has played so many
cowboy parts in the movies.
But actually, he is a former New
York lawyer. Actually, he used
to play football for N. Y. U. He
lis up in Maine now. He and his
son 'Dobe are playing father-and-
son roles in "Ah Wilderness in
Skowhegan. He says he wants to
play on Broadway before he does
any more work in pictures.
That picture work brought out
one of the countless stories that
Carey can tell, if you pin him in
the corner.
This story happened in Africa,
where MGM had sent Carey and
so many others after the story
that is now cinema history, Trad
er Horn" Originally, it was to be
a silent. They had wauoWed in
the jungles and parched and thirst
ed until they began to think that
if they ever got back to civiliza-
ton they would never leave it
again.
But there came a cable from
MGM, with a change in plans. -.
"Trader Horn" was to be a talkie
after all. 49,. Cabling dialogue"
the studio advised them.
In one of the scenes, as Carey
recalls, he was in a canoe being
padded up a river by a group OF
natives. The lush foliage OF
the jungle was on every side.
Monkeys screamed in the branch
es above. -.
Carey was supposed to be giving
some confidential information to
one Of the chiefs. As he
voiced his lines, the sound engi-
neer said, Make that a little
louder, Harry" -. Carey repeat
ed the scene. -. LOUDER" said
1.-THE sound-man. Again Carey
went through the scene, with the
fcameras grinding and the micro
phones picking up his words. .
Louder, louder!" screamed the
sound engineer You aren't talk.
ing loud enough"
This puzzled Carey. He was sup.
posed to be whispering confidential
information, but was almost
screaming.
Even the natives knew some
thing Was wrong. Finally they
went ashore and built a camp and
cooked dinner, and while they
were eating the doctor who was
with the group on location yelled
something to the sound engineer.
The man made no response. Ev-
erybody looked up. The doctor led
the sound man into a tent. A few
minutes later they came out, the
doctor laughing and the engineer
grinning sheepishly.
They were in Africa, remember.
Mindful Of the perils Of jungle fe.
yer, the sound engineer had been
~barricading himself by taking Is
or 80 grains Of quinine a day. AS a
consequence he had become tenn
porarily deaf !
The salt rine At Rotsnf NJ "
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-15

The salt mine at Retsof, N. Y.
has a perimeter Of IS miles. which
would require an ares greater than
lower New York City, or m o r e
than 1000 acres,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
MODEST REQUESTS
 LEFT RELATIVES
One Dollar Legacy for
 Son-Wife, Daughters Are Chief Beneficiaies

Antonio Diana, who died June 9, left life use of his entire estate, both real and personal to his wife Giovannina, according to his will which was filed in probate court to- day.
 Upon the death of his wife all his real property in Caiazzo, Italy, will go to his daughters Filomena Diana and Cleonizza Diana, and the re- mainder of the estate will go to a son, Alfonso Diana, who was named executor of the will.
 The sum of $1 was left to his son, Joseph Diana.
 The will stipulates that, upon the remarriage of his wife, her title to the estate will terminate immedi- ately.
 The value of the estate will not be known until an inventory is taken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
GOVERNOR TELLS [OF JOB FINDING
Industry, Business Unite With State, Look Magas
 zine Article Claims

New. york, July 90. Governor Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut told the nation today how his state is solving unemployment in an article published in Look, the national picture magazine.
 we in Connecticut" said Cover nor Baldwin, "are no longer satis- fled to put man on relief, on WPA and let it go at that. We are put ting emphasis now on providing real jobs, and we are succeeding.
 Surveys showed that in oul state" continued the Governor, "as well as nationally, a third of our employable unemployed are persons between 16 and 25 who have never had any steady job. Another one third are older workers who have had experience but have lost much of their skill during prolonged un- employment. Our problem was to train or re-train these men and women for the specific jobs their communities could offer, and this is what we are doing"
 t.Since real jobs come from just one soilrce," continues Gov. Bald- wins Look article, business and private industry, we in Connecticut have encouraged business and pri- vate industry by providing friend- ly government and balanced bud- get. In return, industry and business cooperate with the state in the training schools sand our graduates are making good"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30

Hobby-master . |. |. Rep. Usher Burdick, Democrat of North Dakota, is of inquisitve frame of mind So in between legislative hours he did some interro- gang of his confreres in the House of Representatives As result he found out that Rep. Fritz Lanham of Texas is both writer of poetry and expert jugger Rep Joseph O'Brien of New York is wrestler. Reps. Pehr c. Holmes of Worcester and Joseph L. Pfeifer of New York are racing pigeon fancers There are only five stamp collectors in the House and Rep. Jennings Randolph of Maryland is the long auction bridge fiend. Rep. John R. MurdOck of Arizona speciazes in broiling steaks, while Rep Michael J. Kirwan of Ohio raises bees. There are two prospec- tors Reps James c. Scrugham of Nevada and Charles L.. Faddis of Pennsylvania Rep. Milton A. Romjue of Missouri "rases the best mules in America and names them after his colleagues Reps. Sam Hobbs of Ala bama and Karl E. Mundt of South Dakota collect pipes Rep. Edward T. Taylor of Colorado is preparing scrapbook his own life It does seem as if there ought to be ventriloquist in their midst
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-30
STRAND

Ending this evening at the cool and comfortable Warner Brothers Strand theater is "Safari" with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Made leine Carroll also "The Biscuit Eater" with Billy Lee and Cordell Hickman.
 A grand treat will be afforded Strand patrons when they see "The Ghost Breakers, chilling and hi- larious successor to "The Cat and the Canary" which opens its three day engagement at that popular theater tomorrow afternoon with Bob Hope and Pauline Goddard sharing stellar honors.
 Just imagine funny Bob Hope and lovely Paulette Goddard, the CO., stars Of "The Cat and the Canary, matching wits with killers, testing their nerves against haunts, in the picture that's their best.
 This new mirthful mystery picture, for your information, concerns peo-