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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
More Aid For Britain

A peace in Europe which left Adolf Hitler,
as head Of the German state, in authority
over any Of the lands his forces have con
ouered could at best be temporary, and dur
ing it's existence would amount to slavery for
the peoples of those lands. Furthermore, there
is no reason to assume that having gained
additional power he would not, after a period
of German recuperation, renew his effort to
gain still more power.
One of the things which Hitler has made
clear is that he cannot rest until he has
established his "neW order" in continental
Europe, and perhaps in Britain too. Most Of
all he wants to be lord of the world. Given
a rest by means of a peace treaty while still
in power and undefeated, he would inevitably
recruit his military resources against a day
when he could undertake new campaigns. It
would be folly, therefore, for Britain to enter
tain any proposals for peace while the Nazi
fuehrer is at the head Of large forces and in
control of conquered countries.
Only through his defeat and the roofing out
of all that he upholds can Europe hope for a
peace which will guarantee security for any
considerable time. For the present Great Brit
ain is the one major obstacle barring his wav
to realization of his dream of world conquest.
Greece is making a good fight against the
Italians. Turkey is on the sidelines ready to
resist attack. Russia, undeclared, is never
theless arming 10 full strength and might
turn on her alleged good friend in Berlin
But all of this is secondary. 1t is upon Britain
that the job of stopping Hitler rests,
Britain is utilizing her every resource in thie
effort. 1t is not at all apparent that, despite
the recent setbacks of Hitler, Britain can do
the job by herself. 1t is indeed a question if
her war industries can continue To po1r ont
the planes, weapons and munitions. and build
the ships, necessary to complete the task she
has so ably undertaken. Recent s1bn arine
activities by the Germans have made deem
inroads on British shipping-inroads which
Britain alone cannot overcome.
AS Britain's best friend it becomes more
and more apparent that the United States
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WASHINGTON GIVES
F, R. BIG WELCOME
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elected, a net gain of four seats
for the republicans. To the house,
266 democrats, 1852 republicans,
one farmer laborite, n American
laborite, three ~progressives and
one independent democrat had
been elected, a gain of eight for
the democrats. One contest was
still undecided.
Mr.. Roosevelt reached the city
early in the day from his Hyde
Park home, and found that Wash
ington was organized a welcome
home party. Union station plaza
was damned with a crowd which
police estimated at $4,000 to $4,000
and the national guard was out.
All the way from the station to the
White House crowds thronged the
Presidents route, sometimes as
much as 20 deep. Another crowd
was waiting at the White House
grounds.
Expresses Thanks
But before proceeding, Mr..
Roosevelt stopped on the plaza
long enough to express his thanks.
my old friends of Washington"
he said. 'It isn't as if we (himself
and Mrs. ROOSEVELT e new
people. our turning out to see us
means that we are getting on
pretty well. And we are very hap
ply to be back here for a little bit
longer. You all know how very
much we like farm life, but of all
the cities, we would rather live in
Washington, D. c., than any place
else"
The Presidents conference with
Purvis stimulated speculation that
aid to Britain may be increased
soon. Purvis, himself, told report
ers he was flying back to England,
and undoubtedly would return soon
with more orders for wal materi-
ais. Morgenthau also attended the
conference, and all three lunched
in the Presidents office.
Few thought Ickes' resignation
from the cabinet would be accept
ed. He took similar action after
the 1886 election.
II for one" he told reporters,
believe the President should be
left free at the beginning of a new
administration to reshuffle, re-
create or do anything he pleases
with his Official family, especially
in view of the mighty task ahead
of him." 2
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F. r.
To The Star:

10 Inc SIaf:
Kindly permit me to enumerate
a few of the reasons why I am re.
joicing over the reelection OF
President Roosevelt:
l Because the Country needs,
him during these troubulous times
when capable leadership means SC
much.
2. Because of the campaign oil
misrepresentation and vituperatior
waged against him by a politician
backed by representatives of a po'
litical party that has always stood
for special privilege.
3. Because the bankers, whom
he saved from humiliation in 1913;
sought to defeat him for daring tc
place the man above the dollar.
4. Because capital opposed him
for demanding that labor be &C.
corGed a square deal.
5. Because he was opposed by a
chorus of cry babies" C Iii e
themselves "Willkie Democrats
I 6. Because his heart is in the
right place, his sympathies Will,
the meek and the loWly.
7. Because the dictators over.
seas wanted him defeated hoping
it might enable them to collabor.
ate with an untried and inexper.
fenced head of t. Washington
Government.
8. Because he believes in the
greatest good for the greatest mum.
Der and a full measure of justice
for everyone.
9. Because a few radical labor
leaders, failing to control his of.
fetal actions, aligned themselves
with erstWhile enemies of the work.
ing-man seeking to defeat and dis
credit him.
10. Because insurance executives
attempted to coerce policy holders
into supporting a candidate devoid
of experience in matters of public
import.
But this is enough, and all hap
py citizens of this great republic
may join in the glad refrain: "God
Bless American 2
M. L. SHIPMAN.
Raleigh, N C.
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Star-News Program

Consolidated Ctty-County Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highudy from WrightSviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear RiUer channel, ntd'
err Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc'
ton through suStdined-yteld methodS
throuqhout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency, supported by one
countrywide tao.
Shipydrds and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, deys!oped around The
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities TOR phites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse tor Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0roWtn0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-Never has
my mail been as heavy or as grim
as during the last sever or eight
weeks, but at the last hour there
came one ray of mirth from q
deadpan humorist in the state OIL
Washington which 1 feel obliged
to share with others at a time
whcn so many of us have forgot
ten what fun was.
He leads off with the fact that
he served II months in France, or
his return resumed his old occupa.
ton of operating a small garage,
Being i'll at ease in the presence
of numerals, he hired a bookkeep'
err whose work was satisfactory I'm.
til an auditor streamlined the
books and made some changes in
his income tax procedure.
'Thereupon," he says, "a gov.
eminent collector sWooped down on
me, raked over what ancient rec
ords we could find as far as 1885
and announced that l had to dig
up $500 for Uncle Sam. Not hav-
ing 400 bucks, I was given the op-
ton Of paying this in four install
ments.
Another Collection
my last installment comes due
in two months, but about three
weeks ago another collector goes
over the same records again and
declares the other Shylock is all
wet and I must pay 1913 bucks
more, in addition to the previous
400. I had to hook my life insur.
ance on the first rap and now must
devise some means of caring for
No. 2.
I was n of the dummies that
enlisted in the last --or, thereby
losing out on nearly two years Of
file gravy which the stay-at-homes
grabbed in the shipyards Of Seat
tie. After 20 years of struggling
with a small business my home is
still unpaid for, and now my army
insurance is in hook" '
Our unhappy friend will be even
more distressed in his comic little
American soul to learn that his
1898 is needed to help pay the debt
of $4165, plus compound interest
for IS years, which is owed bv
Joe Guffey, the New Deal senator
from Pennsylvania and a dead
head de luxe passenger on the shin
of state.
Sole Judge
Senator Guffey has indicated a
willingness to pay his income tax
when he finds himself able to do
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SO, but he is the sole judge of that,
and in the long meanwhile he lives
in a style that doubtless would
awe our state of Washington friend.
draws $40, 900 a year, pits gravy,
from the treasury, and is able to
make political contributions.
Our friend will be interested no
doubt to learn that his 1898 will
be used in some part to pay back
the money which we borrowed
from ourselves to pay communists
for traipsing around the country
making propaganda movies a n d
presenting propaganda plays to the
effect that the American form OF
government is a failure and ought
to be abandoned in favor of some
thing imported from 2ussia.
And I want him to know about
the case of Mr.. Jack Dempsey,
international treasurer of the iron
workers union in St. Lou ). Mr..
Dempsey was a faithful, grating
cop in Cincinnati and got into the
union racket after he was kicked
off the force and fined $1,000 by
the federal government il a pro
hlbition case. That, too, happened
10 years ago, but Dempsey forgot
the fine and so did the treasury
until these dispatches reminded
them OF it. Since then Dempsey
mas paid the $1,000 fine but no in
terest.
l will bet u friend is paying at
o per cent in that matter of 1898
ana L would give something to
see the expression on his face
When he reads that a crooked la
Dor skate almost got away with a
$1,000 fine I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
Nazis Refuse To Assure
Safety Of Refugee Shin

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-R-
Germany's refusal to join Italy in
giving assurances of safe conduct
made it unlikely tonight that an
American ship would re sent into
the Eu~opean war zone TO bring
about 1900 United States citizens
home from the British Isles.
The state department announced
that Italy very promptly respond
ed ~favorably'' to a request from
the United States for q safe CON
duct. Germany, however, replied
in a note delivered yesterday that
it was mot in a position to furnish
any sort of assurance Of the nature
requested"
In view of this, officials here
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walk away, police said, the robbel
jumped into a 1885 model Plymouth
coupe. belonging to Johnson and
made his getaway.
A short time later police reported
the car had been found abandoned
at the corner Of Sixth and Walnut
streets.
The two victims of the hold III
and robbery said they could not get
a good look at the bandits face as
an old felt hat covered his eyes and
his left hand was held over his face
Police We're given the following
description of the bandit: white.
from 3 feet s inches to ) feet 1C
inches tall, armed with a revolver
wearing a brown hat, sweater, grey
or white, very dirty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
Methodist Ministers To Preach
In Several Churches On Sunda!

Officials of the North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist
church last night announced the
following assignments of Metho-
dist preachers to the various pull
pits in Wilmington on Sunday
morning November 10:
Methodist churches Grace,
Bishop Edgar Blake; Trinity, the
Rev. H. c. Smith; EpWorth, the
Rev. M. o. Stephenson; Wesley
Memorial, the Rev. Leon Russell.
Presbyterian churches - First,
DR.. E. L. Hillman: St. Andrews,
the Rev. H. B. Porter, Church Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
Temple Baptist Group
To Hold Meet Torigh!

The monthly supper meeting of
the Temple Baptist Brotherhood will
be held at $50 o'clock tonight at the
church annex.
The ladies auxiliary will serve the
supper and an interesting program
has been arranged. Ben F. Suther-
land will be the principal speaker
and the musical program will be in
charge of J.. H. Creech.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
INTERRACIAL COMMITTEE

DR.. A. ID. p. GiImour, chair
man of the Wilmington Inter
racial committee, has called IN
important meeting OF the group
in the Session room at the First
Presbyterian church tonight at
s o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
DONATES PLANTS

John harrington, 2024 Market
street, yesterday donated a large
quantity of fine quality straw
berry plants to the city garden
program. Carl Render, director
of the program, asks that all
gardeners having gardens under
the program and who would like
to have some of the plants TO
call at his office this morning or
tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08

to support a belief that a Wall Street reverse
OF the first magnitude is in the offing, or even
on the horizon.
One thing, however, which might effect the
stock market adversely is the imposition of
much heavier taxes on business and industry.
Under those circumstances there will be less
money available for stock purchases either
for investment or speculation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
AUTO ACCIDENT

Automobiles operated by ID.
Nj. SandIin. of Fayetteville, and
w. 7. Carter, of Greensboro,
were involved in a collision on
North Third, between Baden and
Harnett streets, yesterday with
damages to both cars resulting,
police reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
The Editors
! letter. BOX

endorse a n article appearing in
this department. They represent the
views Of the individual readers. Cor
respondents are r n g d that all
communications m u contain the
correct name and address for our
records. though the latter may be
signed as the writer sees fit. The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason is OBJ.
iectionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
SALTY WATER O E
To The Star

To TIC OCdI.
Yesterday mornings Star car.
ried a poem under my name en-
titled Salty Water" This verse
was written by Paul Weaver, a
member of the Seventh grade OF
Forest Hills school. It is such a
fine piece of work that / feel the
young man should get the credit
for its authorship. I only wish that
1 could have written it. 1 consider
Salty Water the best of the
poems yet written on the local wa
ter situation.
FOSTER EDWARDS.
Wilmington, N. C.
Nov. 7, 1910.
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indicated they could
the risks OF sending ,,s
the combat area. -"o
Thus the only me-
the Americans can Pig. |
10 take a plane to L.so. e.. 2 !
and then board d o....-.
can ship. Under the
they are forbjdcea +. .s,. o.
vessels Of belligerer,s. o.
Joseph P. Kennedy. s.r-
to Great Britain, had cz..-s .
state departmeu. y--.rz q:
expressed the hope a v,s ~
would be sent w..a". a.,.r =.
bring home an estimated 2a =.
1900 Americans see.s j
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CAR STOLEN

w. r. E. CoIman, 800 Red
Cross street, reported to police
last night that someone stole his
automobile, a 1881 model blue
Ford coupe, with state license
No. 6S2-056, from its parking
place on Grace. between Front
and Water streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
POET LAUREATE

Miss Maude Naddell, now OF
Charleston, ). e., but formerly
of Wilmington, has been named
poet laureate of the south by the
Confederated Southern Memorial
association at its recent conven-
ton Ill Washington, ID. [.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
CRITICAL

Attaches at James Walker
Memorial hospital reported last
night that. the condition Of W.
A. Brown, 1909 Nun street, who
was wounded with a shotgun
Sunday night, continues 'criti-
cal"
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the Covenant, Dr.. ]. NJ. 0IiI ~
Emmanuel, the Rev. T.. D. 4
er; Winter Park, the Rev. j"
Lawrence. r.
Lutheran churche --r, 1~'
the Rev. A. P. BranueE. %.
Episcopal chuuches-9'' J"'"
DR.. j. NJ. Culbreth. n
Christian churches F..S''
Rev. Leon Crossno. II
Baptist churches t.-' :
Rev. B. C. Reavis; Temp. ~ I
w. PaSchall; Calvary. t'e A~ ri
D. Weathers; Tabernacle ~
John Cline
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City Briefs
ARRESTED

Police yesterday arrested Mil
dred F'ennell, negress, on a
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon after she allegedly drew
a knife on ID. Miles Lewis and
attempted to cut him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
OYSTER ROAST

Health workers from Duplin,
Wayne, Pitt, Craven and Beau
fort counties viii meet tonight
at 6 O'clock at Miss jamie Kirk
hams oyster roast for a COM
bilation business and social
meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
TOP O. TIKI

Saying and doing, We stand on the rock,
Saying, not doing, nee stand on the sand.
Both shall be tried By the Stofm and the
shock:
ONLY the rock shall stand.
-Quoted By FARLEY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08

Some states in an effort 10 II
duce accidents on curves 10.
erected markers that give the u.
tOriSts tn recommended q.
driving SPEEDS for taking D
curves
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-08
Fair Enough
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

The Star wishes its readers
to know that views and opin-
ions expressed in this article
are those of the author and
may not always harmonic
with it's position. The Editor.
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BEAUTY and ROMANCE
BY MARIE DOWNING

There are beauty and romance in
every woman's everyday doings! Pm
gong to illustrate that by repeating
to you some of the questions recently
asked of me by readers of "Beauty and
Romance" The answers are quite OBJ
vious.
No woman can afford to be carbon
copy of another woman. To make
yourself different, would you:
Buy a jacket that is most unusual
even if it isn't fattering7
Wear black shoes with an otherwise
white outfit?
Fashion your hair tightly to your
head when most are fuffing it?
LITTLE NERVOUS HABITS
Are you shoulder-strap grabber, a
table-drummer, or a bracelet fiddler?
small nervous habits can be glamor-
robbers.
When you have a date to an impor-
tiant function with one man, would you
break it to go with the 'hero of the
hour" if the hero suddenly asks you7
Are your around-the-house clothes
neat, clean and tidy . the same as
your street clothes?
What is your social specially? Is it
dancing, card-playing, tennis, hostess,
pelng a good companion? If you
haven't one, get busy and develop one.
We all need one speciality, at least.
II you are with a group and each
orders cocktail, but all you want is
d soft drink would you order a
cocktail or a soft drinkq
Would you color your hair to return
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interchangeable
Suits for Travel
They Provide Variety and
Sense of Change.
By CHERIE NICHOLAS

travelling begins and ends at home
this year, and though our hearts are
torn over war-desolated Europe, our
duty is to keep our own morale
steady and live as nearly a normal
life as possible.
Travelling in our "ain countree,"
what shall we take to keep our lug
gage problem simple and ourselves
WeIl-groomed and perfectly dressed
for every occasion?
The interchangeable suits of light
wool, linen or cotton, with shirts
and shorts and skirts that match or
contrast are excellent because they
give variety and the sense of change
at a minimum of cost and space.
The cardigan and jacket can be
pressed into evening service over
an organdy or muslin or chiffon eve
ming dress, and either is particular
ly good over your stylish Bingham,
pique and other cotton evening
dresses.
Include in your luggage a bathing
suit that should be one of the new
wool knit suits, with a bathing cap,
bag and shoes that take no room
at all. Wool is smart, your figure
is divine in it and it is practical and
colorful, feels good in and out of wa
ter and doesn't end in a million
wrinkles. Black is right for sum-
mer and a skin-tight black suit
against your brown skin will be dew
astating.
Among most important articles are
three-quarter woolknit cardigan
and a jacket of flannel, light tweed
or gabardine. A good medium
weight tweed travelling coat and hat
to match are wonderful for travel
by day or night.
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friend in need and indeed that
will faithfully serve on a blazing hot
summer day. During the torrid mid
summer season the big problem is to
dress so as to keep cool and fresh
looking and smartly styled in APP
pearance all at the same time, and
the gowns that will do it is the
one made of a handsome dark gaily
patterned sheer print.
Once get the habit of having a
dark cool sheer print frock within
calling and it will become a tradi-
ton with you. It is not only that the
comfort of a dark sheer keeps your
disposition sweet giving you poise
reflected in self-satisfed express
sion on your face, but a dark print
this summer ranks among the high
est in style prestige.
The way to get the most out of
your dark sheer frock is to fortify
it with several sets of accessories.
We know of superbly chic dark
print recently acquired by a young
sophisticate that thrilled with posi-
bilities. The coloring happened to
be deep wine, light green, with a
sprinkling of white on a deep rich
messy green background. What in
Interchangeable accessories did for
this frock in the way of chic and
charm and imparting a different
look tuned to occasion is a lesson in
color well worth noting.
A cunning trick about this gown
was its rather wide belt of self print,
across the front Of which were sew
eral vertical slashes finished like
bound buttonholes. The idea was
to thread an inch wide ribbon in and
out of these openings to tie in loops
and streamers at one side. The
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HOUSEWIVES
TESTED RECIPES

Mrs Lucy Kennard, Is Braddock
Park, sends US these "true and tried"
recipes which she says will please all
who try them. They are simple and
practical.
OATMEAL COOKIES-one cup oat-
meal; one cup sugar; one-half cup
butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla; one-half
teaspoon baking powder; pinch of
salt; one tablespoon flour; one egg
well beaten.
Mix thoroughly. Drop by teaspoon
fuls on creased and Toured baking
sheets. Bake in slow oven, Is min
utes. Remove from baking sheets
few minutes after done; otherwise the
cookies will crumble.
ICE BOX ROLLS-Pour one-half
cup hot water over three-eighths cup
lard Add one-half cup cold water.
Dissolve one yeast cake in one-quarter
cup warm water and add to mixture.
When cool add one egg we'll beaten;
three cups flour; one-half teaspoon
salt; three-eighths cup sugar.
Mix all well, and let rise one hour.
Place in ice-box over night. Next
morning remove from ice-box and let
dough stand until light. Shape as
desired and again let stand until light.
Then bake for 20 minutes in hot oven.
Here is a popular Creole dish.
Authoritative directions for making
it were contributed by Mrs. Gladys
Howard, II Marble ST., ROxbury. Mrs.
Howard is of Creole descent, a native
of New Orleans. As is the case with
many Southern born girls, her early
training in cooking was received from
her mother and her grandmother.
Later after graduation from school
and college, Mrs. Howard was a
teacher of domestic science in Edward
Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla.
CREOLE GUMBO - Two large
onions, chopped, two or three sprigs
parsley, chopped fine, one teaspoon
"filet", one lb. ollra cut up small, three
large tomatoes diced, one quart water,
two tablespoons flour, two or three lb.
chicken, one-quarter ID. cooked ham,
chopped fine, one tablespoon butter,
two tablespoons lard, dash of cayenne
pepper, one teaspoonful, salt.-Brown
flour in fat (the batter and lard). Add
onion, ollra and tomatoes and cook
five minutes. Add ham and cut-up
chicken; add water and let simmer
one-half hour. Add "filet", pepper
and salt, and Cook ten minutes; then
remove from fire. Serve with rice.
Shrimp may be used instead of
chicken.)