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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Literary Indigestion

In our pursuit of diversion, our desire to
avoid thinking for ourselves, more than be-
cause we actually want information. we reao
too many books. Our custom is to race
through, from cover to cover, get the gis1
of the story if it is fiction, a few of the
facts if it is history or biography, or ever
the sense of an idea if it is philosophy, anc
grab for the next volume as if we were
working in a sweat shop and our existance de-
pended on turning out so much of this or thai
in a day or a week.
The result is that we have a partly smat
tering of current literature, less of the class
les, and few ideas of our own. Hard as il
might be on the publishers, would it not be
better if we took our reading more l%eisurely
and gave some time of the writings of former
generations, former centuries?
Save for it's stark realism and predomina.
ting vulgarity, the current output Of books is
good. Fine writing is being done by contem
p%oraries. Many excellent volumes are being
written. But we gulp them down too fast tc
digest them properly. Consequently we are
subject to literary indigestion. Our omniver'
BUSINESS is dulling our sense of values ano
deadening our taste.
The suggestion is heard that two books be
read, slowly, in the same period of time
one that has stood the test Of years, the other
OF current publication. BY following this rou'
tine, particularly in its recommendation for
slowness, the reader is able to absorb and
digest the best of both, and even branch out
from it's creative thoughts into thinking for
himself. And there is always compensation
in that.
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in the world. She does not view the war as
a struggle between the forces of good and
the forces Of evil' alone.
eff l could simplify it into a phrase at
ALL" she writes, lit would seem truer to say
that the forces of the past are fighting
against the forces of the future The tragedy
is, to the honest spectator, that there is so
that is good in the forces of the past
and so much that is evil in the forces ofthe
future. 1t is not to claim that the things
we dislike in NaZism are the forces OF the
future. But it is to say that somehow the
leaders in Germany, Italy and Russia have
discovered how to use new social and econom-
ic forces; very often they have used them
badly, but nevertheless they AVE recognized
and used them. They have felt the wave OF
the future and they have leapt upon it. The
evils we deplore . are not in themselves
the future; they are the scum on the wave of
the future"
OF our position in the new ORDER she
writes: I'VE may ask ourselves whether we
here in our own country by plunging into the
turmoil abroad; whether the efforts of our
present prioneers also shall be wasted. Or
might not a course be found which took adj
vantage of, rather than opposed, the great
forces pushing in the world
A bit vague, to be sure, but we take in
Mrs. Lindbergh sees a better future for Ameri-
ca in the role of opportunist than in that OF
appeaser.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
AN OPEN LETTER
Mr.. G. H. Hutaff,
Citizen of the United States,

All. W A'
Citizen of the United States,
Wilmington, N. c.
NY Dear MI. Hutaff:
" You are both generous and patri-
otto in offering your property to the
country for defense purposes. You
possess vast acreage in the vicinity
of the airport that would be required
in the development of a first class
military aviation center. You offer
ed any part or all of it that the
Government might desire for the de-
velopment of the defenses of this
area. You offered it at any price
the Government might place upon it.
You also offered another large tract
to the northeast of the city and eX-
tending all the way to include the
beach. You did this thinking it
was being considered and without
any thought of reward other than
the satisfaction you would get from
a knowledge that you were con-
tributing to the preservation of the
nation that has contributed so much
to us. This is a healthy sign, Mr..
Hutaff. If everybody had your spir-
it there would never be any question
about the survival of our system, and
the last stronghold of free men would
emerge from the world chaos in a
position that would never be chal
lenged again in the next thousand
years.
sincerely,
G.. w. GILLETTE,
1t Col. Corps of Engineers,
TT G Arrpyr
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Quotations

ia particularly like to get three trombone
payers for the band. Otherwise. we are we'll
iixed for specialists, but we certainly need
nose trombone players. Colonel Charles ).
Glenn, commanding officer of the 245th coast
artillery, Brooklyn.
mo matter how unsightly her figure may
De' now drab her life, a pretty dress is some
thlng every American woman should have
Mayor f. H. L Guardia, of New York CITY. ?
World history is at a turning point. The jap.
anese government has entered into the triple
alliance for peace. Premier Fumimaro Kon.
oye of Japan.
The new democratic system in France, with
its discipline, will build up the moral value
necessary TO enable France to survive.-Gas
ton Henri-Haye, French ambassador to the
U. S. y
The battle which We in Britain are fighting
today is not only our battle. 1t is also you1
battle and indeed the battle of all nations VIII
prefer liberty to soulless serfdom. Winston
Churchill.
We must increase our armed strength until
the new world is Observation-Disclosures Wei
les, undersecretary of state.
Clarity the issues, explain the dangers our
American ideals face, emphasize the obliga-
ton to the call.-Dr. Charles Seymour, presi:
dent of Yale University.
Let me describe this as just a gratifying
fexing of the kind of fighting muscle that
democracy can produce-and is producing
President Roosevelt, at demonstration by U.
S. fighting planes over pew Washington airport
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oio ~
and equality, and the organization
llVes up to its slogan, though its in
olVldual members frequently do not.
lts members keep pushing fellow
members in the face. They want tn
belong, but they don't want to work
at 1t. So, then, little by little. with
magnificent help from Hitler and
STAIN, we have built a fine machine
OF destruction, we have bred a gang
whose object is to destroy our c1,ild
our union. One section of the conn
try has been stirred up against an
other; religion has been set against
religion, class against class, national
origin against national origin.
The very worst thing that cou1d
possibly happen to Hitler would he
to e a United States of America.
A United States of America. There
are certain things I've seen and seen
IN the past five or 10 years. and Tn
sick of seeing them. I'm Of
seeing labor set against labor. two
camps defying each other through
their poWer-hungry leaders. Whv
doesn't labor, as one man, stand up
on its legs and say which it wants
and what it wants, and then func-
tlon again as the thing it truly is
the most vital muscle in the whole
body of America - the heart that
United States.
pumps the life blood through the
Inc vast majority of us hate the
plan on which the German govern.
ment is conducted, we despise the
q of the Italian dictator and
MS crew. We have here in the
United States, according to recent
ana fellable figures, between Is and
70 millions Of Germans and ahout <
million of Italians. They and their
children aren't here because thew
round Germany and Italy too perfect
1hey came because they wanted
Ore freedom or more MONEY! or
more peace than they could get in
their oWn country. And with very
few exceptions they want to belong
with deep sincerity they want to be-
long But there is this strange new
Hltler-spawned tendency to call them
foreigners.
what are we all but foreigners!
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Star-News Program

Consolidated Ctty.County Government
under Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrightsviAe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear RiveY channel, Did-
er Turning Basin. Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
0rton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc.
ton through sustained-yteld methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina
United Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported by one
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities TOR Whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF ndttve grape groWing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sdndtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
BY ROBIN o

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 3 - Robert
Montgomery, after his ambulance
driving career in France was end
ed, sent his wife a cable from
Bordeaux advising he would return
home. She got it the other
day, after Bob had been back more
than a month, had finished n
picture and started "Mr. and Mrs.
Smith" Bob is chief cheer
leader among the ,"tors for Wen
dell Willkie. On the F.D.R.
side of the fence it's Melvyn Dou-
glas. Which shows how times
have changed from the days when
actors weren't supposed to have
political opinions, or let them oe
known if they did have any. j..
Happiest directors in town are
Tay Garrett and Al Hall. Gar
nett draws Cheers for Miss Bish-
OPP with Martha Scott, who after
only two pictures is rated hot.
Hall gets This Thing Called
Love-" with Rosalind Russell,
whose two releases in one week,
both of hit caliber, make her
hotter" than ever. Hall has
made seven comedies in a row,
has no intention of quitting now
not with things in the world at
large so far from comic. 80.
Jack Moss. ex-Gary Cooper man
|ager who turned producer, is mak-
ing ID. o. A." Dead on arrival
as a follow-up to his sentimental
Biscuit Eater" ID. o. A.
of course, isn't a horror picture.
Jack said he'd never do horror
yarn about killers and transplant.
ed brains-but it isn't a horror
picture!
Elizabeth Patterson, in "W h o
Killed Aunt Maggie?" is strangled
with a nylon stocking. "A
very modern story, you see," says
Patty" Miss Patterson, the
pride of Savannah, Tenn, never
has trouble with directors or any
body else-'1 think a lot but l
don't talk much. ="
Not quite a cycle yet, but the
daffy stuff is on the verge Of a
return. . There's Il Love You
Again." He Stayed for Break
fast" You'll Find Out" ard
touches of zaniness in This Thing
Called Love-"
Ann Miller, nice child, hostessed
Hugh Herbert on his birthday,
which was opening Gay of Hit
Parade of 1941.' Ordered ice
cream and cake for everybody
and charged it. . Other day she
saw Woo-Woo and remarked that
the party hadn't cost her anything,
she'd never had a bill. Il
know" said Hugh. They sent the
bill to me-" Ann goes into
MELODY Ranch" the Gene AutrT
special" Likewise Jimmy
That GOOD %old-fashioned gamb-
ling equipment used in scenes
of THE Roundup is the real
thing-bought from gambling ships
that used to operate off the coast
until the government stepped IN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Back Where They Started

A significant item in yesterdays dispatches
recounting Britain's air force forays on the
continent is that the Germans are back
where they started in gasoline supplies. What
they seized in conquered countries has been
destroyed. Hitler must draw from his own
planes in the air and provision the occupied
countries. AS this information comes from
Hugh Dalton, British minister of economic
warfare, it may be accepted as approximately
correct.
Instead of the lavish expenditure of stores
and manpoWer which characterized his early
conquests, it is evident Hitler must now hus-
band his resources. This, as well as the wea-
Their, may account for the lessening ratio of
Nazi air raids over Britain. Whether it does
or not, it is apparent that Hitler is faced
with problems which bode ill this winter for
his military ambitions.
With the British pecking away as they are,
at his storehouses. and his invasion ports, and
the blockade Tightening up, the fuehrer will
have to find new and tremendous sources of
supplies or lose the war. There is, of course,
the possibility that in conjunction with Italy,
he may succeed in a winter campaign in Al
ca, and SO cut Britain's rich lifeline through
the Suez canal and the Mediterranean. But
tinue to be weakened at the present rate
1t is in such items as this that encourage
ment comes.
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what is a foreigner in America?
Albert Einstein? Paul Robson?
Thomas Mann? Jascha Heifetz?
Carl Schurz? Lindbergh? Or are
the foreigners exemplified in those
countless millions who, over the past
century, have built the railroads that
crlss-cross the country, the skyscrap-
ers that are the original architec-
tural form produced by us here? The
reservoirs that furnish our water
supply, the mammoth dams that
make the building of the Egyptian
Pyramids seem child's play done
with blocks, the great steel ingots
turned out white-hot in the steel
mills, all, all done by the toiling
hands of refugees.
For they were refugees, though
they may not have come to America
in war time. They came here for
refuge from oppression of poverty
or persecution, or militarism. or
some form of Illustration. They came,
and they want to belong, and they
have the right to belong. Some are
strong in talent and in intellect;
some are strong in muscle. We need
them as much as they need us, More!
1hey want to join the club and pay
thelr dues and vote. And if we don't
welcome them to these privileges
then they'll turn to another club
that will. Its name may be Nazism
or Communism. But the fault will
be ours.
They knew what they were talk
ing about-those old boys - when
they coined a lot of phrases. They
weren't hollow phrases. They rang
true. United We Stand. Divided We
Fall. In Union There Is Strength.
One and Indivisible. AS the United
States Of America we can surmount
these next 10 years that are loom
ing SO terrifyingly ahead. AS the
Divided States of America we v
can.
We are listening for that Voice
a Voice to lead us out of the wilder.
ness of doubt and uncertainty and
apprehension. We need only realize
that the Voice is within each one Of
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for physical and economic and mental support. Then
We branch out in a search for further assurance. We
join a school, a gang, a club, a guild, a religious sect,
a business group, a profession, a union. And we work
for them.
How we work for them. We Americans are the
greatest joiners in the world. Perhaps it's our new
ness and our feeling of insecurity that makes this So.
But it is true. And how we work for our own groun
we pay dues, we pay special assessments, we plan
oeheIlts, pulld places of meeting, try to gain new
members, vote, appoint or elect officers, criticize, praise.
tax shop. We belong. Lawyers, doctors, writers,
aillsans' : englneers' teachers, students, laborers, de-
slgners, merchants-how we love to belong,
But that biggest club of all, that vast and inclusive
union TO Wmch every one of us belongs-that one
we nave lately got into the habit of treating with
neslecr or contempt, or disrespect or mere careless.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
ELECTED

MOORESVILLE, Oct. 3-tR-Dr.
w. D. McLelland has been elected
president of the Ninth District Med
ical Society.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04

Missouri cottontail rabbits rear
so lltters annually, with an aver
age of "A animals in each.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04

No.. n " We nIe IN America have been privileged to affiliate ourselves has
without u help. eN ""Hs as JEST IL coulo
Of AaaIo slp UNION, gund, home, refuge is known al the limited sta+os
S,o4nS n us uues are called taxes, it's officers ae called nresidentH
nasSnor5a oomssresssman governor. mayor, and MANY more titles ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
.OU COUNTRY
Edna Ferber Urges All Of Us
To Become Better Members
In That Great Club The U. S. A.

Twemtysecond OF "a articles on "Our Countrg' written erclu-
siuely for NEA Service and The Wilmington Morning Star By the
nations most famous authors.
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TOP o. THE

Small service is true service uhi1e it lasts
WORDSWORTH.
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The saving of democracy calls for
an entirely new pattern of govern
ment, writes Stewart Edward White
in the next article of this series Oh
Our Country"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04

us if we have the courage and the
spirit to speak.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
By EDNA FERBER
Author of "Mother Knows Best" "Show Boat" "Cimarron," etc.

Everybody wants to belong. From birth instinct is to joint with
Or something that will sustain and reassure u.s.. While we're in
fants we want to belong to u parents and or home. To these w cling
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The Editors
BOX

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iectionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
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G. w.
1t Col. Corps of Engineers,
u. S. Army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-04
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
PLAN ACTIVITIES
Visit Of State Officers In
August Expected-An'
nual Outing Set

In anticipation OF q busy summer
along political lines fnembers Of the
Young Democratic club Of water.
bury ~ q meeting last evening voted
10 m)0BE0r o series OF aGtiyitieB IN
cooperation with tho local Democratic
town committee and the Connect.
cut Association OF Young Demo-
cratic clubs,
A visit Of state officers " anticl'
pated carly In August and the ocs
caR0n may DO selected 10 coincide
with the annual outing Of the local
group. A reception OF new MEM
bers will also be q feature OF the
gatheriBs, President Nicholas Zap
poBe presided NJ iaet evenings meet.
Inc nj which time several Inquiries
were made az 10 what part the
Young Democrats are expected 70
play In the coming state and ma
tloDaI campaign
Although " N doubtful whether
or not Waterbury Will have any rep.
resentative on the state ticket, the
candidacy OF Congressman }, Joseph
Smith, IL expected 10 provide sum
Client stimulus for several big faIs
lies IN THIS section OF the Nth con.
gregsl0nal district State and ~.
ti0naI nominees are expected, OF
course, 10 pay 0 Wit here during the
course OF the campaign,
The committee placed IN charge
Of arrangements for the series OF
activities includes; Past Presidents
william r. harrington and Carmine
q. CiDFianO, James dladney,
Thomas w, geadden and Victor
MambFun0,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-04
new ADVERTISING
OFFICERS CHOSEN
Club Elects r. Firth Pick.
els President At Elton
Last Evening

The newly-organized Advertising
Club OF Waterbury elected n. Firth
Pickles as their first president at a
meeting ut The Elton last night.
The first regular meeting OF tho
club will be held Sept, TO- Clarence
Bartlett was elected First vice.
president, and chairman OF the pro-
gram committee.
Others elected were:
Second vice. president and chair.
man OF social committee, Eugene T,
Oyiatt; secretary, william Cahlll:
treasurer, Matthew A. Houston; d.
roctors, Lawrence Farrell, Henry
Bowling, Edwin l.. Pierce, John a.
Largay and Harry x, Cashin, Will
liam J. Slator and Prank Donahue
were chosen 10 the publicity COM
mittee.
Among those attending, and their
business affiliations, we're:
Matthew A. Houston, Chase Brass
and Copper Co; Ira l.. Fctbroth,
Chase Brass and Copper Co., Thob-
as ". Kelley, OakvillC Co.; Anthony
n. NaStri, NaStri Bros. Inc; Adolph
Raymond, Raymond Baking Co..;
Eugene II. Oviatt, McCoy'S, Inc:
James U. Pronoyost, Waterbury
Democrat; julius u. drosSmaf, Mil
Ter and Peck Co.; Lon Farrell, Lig.
gett Drug Co.; Frederic II. McNa.
mara, Republican and American;
Joseph Krumholtz, Krumholtz Ad.
vertiBing Agency; Prank Donahuc,
Waterbury Democrat; Arthur j.
Harris, Rowland and Hughes; L.,
Philip Brodeur, Hemingway Press;
Sam Elman, WATR; Harris T.
stockman, Stockman Studio; John
Krokower, Republican and Amer
lean; Joseph y. KushliS, Chase
Brass and Copper Co.; Joseph Kee.
nan, Buckley Bros, Inc; A. II, Goe-
pol, scoyill Mfg. Co. g. u. DC Ar
man, Bristol Co., John A. Largay,
Largay Brewing Co.; Harry x,
CaShin, Cabins Dairy: Clarence j,
Bartlett, Waterbury Photo EngraV-
Ing; Martin j. Ryan, Buckley Bros,
Inc; n. r. Pickles, Hemingway
Press; ". l.. Pierce, Republican and
American,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-04
Howard L. Isbell
Dies In 18th Year
Former Local Factory Worker Succumbs In Naug.
atuck-FuneraI Thursday Afternoon

having ned responsible positions,
and retiring SIX years ago.
lie was born In Naugatuck, Oct,
0, 1854, the son OF the late John
Lampson and Amy CurtisS fsbell,
and had resided here oil OF his life.
ITO prepared at the Cheshire aca-
DENY and was graduated from tho
Yale Sheffield Scientific school In
1888.
Shortly after his graduation, he
took O position with the Waterbury
Farrel Foundry Co., and later en-.
tered the employ OF the American
Brass Co.. where no gave long and
excellent service.
Public Service
He served nj various times AB n
member OF the board OF education
the high school committee and the
old Union City district school COM
mittee here, and no was chairman
Of the board Of education here ai
one time.
The town hall record Of public
officials here lists Mr.. isbeli 90 hay.
Ing served on the high school com.
mittee from 1905 10 1911, inclusive
1914, 1915, 1915, 1919 and 1920.
" also lists him as serving on the
board OF education IN 1910, 1915
and 1913. He was o member OF the
Union CITY district committee from
1901 10 1914, being chairman OF this
committee In tho last few years OF
his aaEvles.
The high school committee had
charge OF the high school here Just
M the district committees had con-
troll OF schools IN their districts, and
this continued until 1920 when con-
troll OF public schools here Waf
grouped M one unit.
Funeral Thursday
Tho funeral will be held mt 2.30
., M. Thursday ~ 81. MichaolA
church, with Rev. Arthur y. Lewis
rector, officiating, assisted by Rev
Edward r. Hanee, uastor OF the
Congregational church here.
Burial will be IN Hillside GENE.
tory nv tho coivereince OF the fam.
NY,
Mr.. IsbcIl was q man OF fine char.
actef and was highly respected. H.
had contributed much service 10 the
town and took On active interest IN
w growth. Tho flag NJ the town
hall was nj half mast teday M a
mark OF respect 10 him.
He IN survived by his wife, Kath.
crime Hurd fsbeIl; two SONS, Ches.
tor Parsons Isbeil OF Naugatuck and
Louis Spring Isbell OF Auburn, Me-;
n sister, Mrs, Charles l.. Berger Of
Naugatuck; and three grandchil-
drfn,