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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
TOP O. THE MORNING

The good ne10s OF the coming OF Jesus, the
Light of the World, the Prince Of Peace, the
One altogether lovely, 1oas first made to one
Who 1OaS pure in heart, to one a0ho aoas lovely
2f soul to one a0ho had found favor aUith God
Mary, the maid of Nasereth
And He, aohen he a0as older said, "Blessed
ure the pure in heart.' As We pass through the
glorious season a0hen zoe celebrate His birth.
day, let us seek to saoeep from our minds and
hearts those things that faint .. Let us re-
fuse to entertain selfish or impure thoughts,
Or thoughts of e4lvy and bitterness.
Devotional
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
ITALIAN, BRITISH
AIRMEN ARE BUSY.
(Continued From Page 0ne)

Although there was no hollu"'
truce in this north African fighting,
the bombing on both sides appear
to be somewhat diminished Chlls,
mas day and night, and lana ll5i'
ing around Bardia was limited HAM
ly to an artillery duel, now IN pip
gress five days. The British oaI
teries were being streng'heN''
steadily by arrival Of new guns =.
The generally greater ltalla" a.
activity in the past week, partlcu!0l l.a
ly the new tactic Of concenua'No
the air bombardment, has leo u
belief among the British that
Italian air commander may II"
taken charge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
Graziani's Report

Possibly only one thing could give the British
greater satisfaction than the report Marshal
Graziani has addressed to Mussolini in ex-
fered in North Africa. That would be a SINH
lar attempt by the Duce himself
The British are justified in taking a sar-
donic amusement in Marshal Graziani's ac-
count. It is full of unconscious humor from
its opening paragraphs, which lay great stress
Ion Italian achievements in road-building ano
pipe-laying to it's final outburst against the
'ignoble claims of enemy propaganda" Only
a Fascist totally lacking in a sense of proper
ton could thus make a sorry story worse.
On Marshal Graziani's own testimony, his
army was ready to continue its advance ex
cept for the complement of motor vehicles
that was pouring in from the mainland" "
It was not surprised, for the day before the
British attack the commander warned the Sol.
diers to be on guard. It lost many men by
capture because it stayed to fight instead OF
retreating in time. It resisted heroically
against an overwhelming superiority in me.
chanized units, a reinforced British air arm,
the 'best'' troops in the Empire, and the
British fleet.
To do the Italian leader credit he has at
least taken the onus of defeat from the shouI-
ders of his troops. They, he says, did all that
brave men could. His report amounts to a
confession that the whole Italian plan was
reckless in the extreme, that the preparations
made for it were insufficient that DISPOSE
tions for British counter-stroke were inef-
fective, that the leadership bungled the at-
fair from start to finish.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
HILTON FIREWORKS
DRAW BIG CROWD
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pieces and rapid firing aerial
bombs, all at the same time, was
presented.
James E. L. Wade, commission.
er of public works, was master of
ceremonies for the musical pro-
gram, broadcast from station
JELW, and dedicated to Onslow
county.
The fireworks display was pre-
sented to the public by the Spen-
Ger Fireworks company, and the
Ohio Display Fireworks company,
through their southern agent, Wom.
mack, who considered the display
a success, despite the slowness OF
the firing, caused by the fuses
being damp from the fog.
Junior traffic patrol boys, in
charge of officer L. E. Skies, had
charge of routing the overflow traf-
fic about the tree.
The musical program tonight
will be dedicated to Brunswick
county, tomorrow night, Pender;
Sunday, Columbus; and Tuesday,
Bladen. The program Monday will
be dedicated to the negroes.
Rabbi M. M. Thurman will de-
liver the prayer for guidance dur
ing the coming year at the pro-
gram New Years Eve. Wednesday,
January l, will mark the closing
program and the awards for the
winners of the Christmas Lighting
o'clock 4
contest will be announced at 9
O'Clock. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
JACKSON ENTERS
RADIO-ASCAP ROW
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the dispute both NBC and CBS
have dropped AsCAP- controlled
music from their programs.
The broadcasters charged n
ASCAP's demands would cost them
approximately $9,O00,00O year,
or more than double the amount
they have been paying.
Explaining that efforts toward
voluntary agreement had failed,
Arnold declared that the depart.
ment would not sit by and see a
"private war" in which 'the pub.
lie is in the position of a neutral
caught between two aggressive
belligerents."
The department said that the e
criminal action would be based on
these charges:
''1-Illegal pooling of most Of the
desirable copyright music avail
able for radio broadcasting in or
der to eliminate competition and
to monopolize the supply.
''2-Illegal discrimination against
users of copyright music.
''3-Illegal discrimination against
composers who are not members
of ASCAP or Broadcast Music, Inc.
"4-Withholding music from pub
lication in order to exact fees not
permitted by the copyright laws
"5-1llegal price fixing.
"6-Restraining composers IN
their right to bargain for the sale
of their own music.
7-Requiring users of music 10
pay for tunes on programs IN
which no music is played.
"8-Mutual boycotts by AsCAp
and by the broadcasting CHAINS
through BMI, in an attempt by
each of these conflicting groups 10
obtain for themselves control over
the supply of music by deprlvlns
the others of control, which poy'
colts threaten to restrain and op'
struct the rendition over the raulo
of about 80 per cent OF the oe,
sirable modern copyright music
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Memos for the
edification of certain people:
Orson Wels-The Northeastern seaboard
in particular and some other widely scattered
areas were thrown into mild excitement
recently by frequently recurring "SOS'' ma.
rine distress call. Federal Commune ations
commission field inspectors, working on the
case, traced it to a New England amateur
radio operator. It seems he was merely pro-
ducing dramatic program Ito give brother
hams code practice" and the $685. was Just
part of the script
Vice President-Elect Henry A. Wallace-I
suppose you remember how much trouble you
had with farm aid programs because you
couldn't get a lot of the farmers to 60 in
for keeping books and daily, monthly and
annual record OF farm improvements. Well,
the boys in your old department think they
have it solved. They have bookkeeping and
record book out now called Farm Plan" It's
a McGuffey's Reader of farm record books,
with little sketches and cartoons on almost
every page. 1t contains such pages as Food
Needed, Food Supplied by the farm, and How
We Did (at end of the year," Inventories (at
beginning and end of year) of household goods,
farm property and land; a month by-month
farm plan; day-to-day cash and barter Sec
ton; and finally, page from the old family
Bible for recording marriages, births, deaths
and other family data. Your former employees
think it's going to work wonders.
Nick the Greek-H anybody ever comes
around to you for your memoirs, include this
story OF purely amateur gamble in which
southern senator poured it on one of his
Yankee colleagues. The gentleman from the
South is something of a professional football
Tan and persuaded his friend to bet him $40
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27.
Star-News Proqram

Consolidated City-County Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial Shous.
Seaside Highacay iron, WrightsviHe
Beech to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid-
er Turning Basin, 11ith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Developm ent of Pulp Wood Production
through sustainedyield methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo.
tiona1 Agency, supported BY one county.
10ide tao.
Shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center 1or Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital ~iNties for ,ohites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of ndtive grape groWin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdndtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
FORCE AT HOLLY
RIDGE ENLARGED
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for at this time and urged Others
not to come to Holly Ridge mil
they are called by the Noses of
flee.
Army orders issued at WASHING.
ton today included the transfer IN
Holly Ridge Of two lieutenant colo.
nels: Clifford R. Jones, Gao, Allan.
ia, Ca, and William NJ. Craveps
GAG, Schenectady, N. Y.
Heavy machinery was put to
work this morning cutting streets
and roads through the encamprnent
and grading sites for buildings A
ditch digger was also in operation
marking the start Of drainage wor,,
for which large quantities of pine
Jar, arriving.
The Tide Water Power comparv
line force was back on the Job aft,
er a one day rest. The poles for
the 1900 volt, three phase line
from Wilmington, have been erected
to and on the camp site and the line
itself has been strung to within sew.
en- miles of the camp. 1t is expected
the line will reach the camp hv IN.
morrow night and that shortly "a.
hour shift will be put to work m
the site, working at night benea.5
giant floodlights which will illuni.
nate those areas where materials
ire unloaded for trucking to vo5k
oints.
No work has been begun on the
camp buildings yet. All work done
so far has been ON office buildings
for the contractors, the NOSES, tho
tate highway patrol and dressing
tation for injured workers.
-Four additional telephones hays
been installed in the offices Of the
NOSES, the state highway patrol
aid the contractors Grannis, Hiy.
gins, Thompson and McDevitt com.
pany, and in the dressing station.
In Wilmington Lieut.. Alden E.
Specs, executive officer in the of.
flee of Col. Albertis Montgomery.
constructing quartermaster, said
tests indicate the wells which have
been driven here will be usable for
the camp and that in all there will
probably be IA wells used. Three
have been driven to date.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
Axis Threats

1taly's voice has now joined the Axis chorus
warning the United States against commit.
ting any 'war-like acts.' If the Axis states
men think that this is going to make any diff.
ference in the extent of the aid which thi.
country will lend to Britain they are badly
mistaken men. Americans do not like to be
told what to do and they particularly do not
klke being told by men like Hitler and Mus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27

is being held pending the inquest
Coroner Caison said Burney told him
the truck had broken down and that
at the time it was parked it had
lights burning on it.
Seven persons were injured in a
crash in Wallace yesterday morning
at 1890 o'clock. The accident occur
red when two cars collided on high
way 1T. Miss Penello James was
said to be seriously injured. Less seri-
ously hurt was Miss Zello James,
Penny Jones and Harvey James.
They were taken to James Walker
Memorial hospital by ambulance
shortly before noon.
Not Seriously Hurt
Stanley Benson and his wife and
baby were being treated by a doctor
in Wallace It was not believed their
injuries were serious.
Albert Ellis is patient at Colum.
bus county hospital suffering from
a pelvis injury received Christmas
day when an automobile he was driv-
ing was involved in a collision with
an automobile driven by Taft Rouse,
according to state highway patrol.
men.
Property Damage
Two other wrecks were reported
in Columbus county in which there
were no injuries but considerable
property damage.
Allen Ward and Sam Evans col
lided at Brunswick and Lloyd Sim
on, of Wilmington, was involved ir
a collision near the Bogue Swamp
bridge near Hallsboro, highway pa
trolmen said.
Other holiday mishaps included in.
juries received by Alton Skipper
a Tabor City child, from the shoot
ing of firecrackers, and Jimmy Var
Cliff, son of B. V. Cliff Of Chad
bourn, who drank kerosene. The
child was treated at Columbus coun
ty hospital.
Mrs. Daisy Spencer, 314 Red Cross
street, injured Christmas Eve wher
she was struck down by an auto
mobile police said was driven by
L. c. Holden, of Supply, was in g
satisfactory" condition at James
Walker Memorial hospital last night
N. C. Thomas, sawmill operator
of Hampstead, who was admitted tt
Bulluck hospital Christmas Eve fol
treatment of injuries received wher
his car left the highway near Scots
Hill, has been released from thu
hospital and has returned home.
Funeral services for Stewart viii
be held today at 2:30 O'Clock
from the residence in Leland by the
Rev. J. D. Withrow and the Rev
A. c. Thorp. Interment will be il
Bellevue cemetery.
Panbearers will be: active-J. II
Afford, T. ]. Page, Dennis Benton
Joe Roberts, M. l.. Taylor and Ear
Brew; honorary-N. L. Rourk, B
Whiteside, Luther Robinson, A. L
Griffin, Roy Beasley, r. L. Greed
more, R. v. Williams, Joe Verzaal
T. T. Carroll, B. Britain and G.. A
Brinkley.
Stewart is survived by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Stewart
of Magnolia; his widow, son, Mel
Stewart, of Leland; five brothers
D. w. and ]. N. Stewart, of Leland
r. L. and Paul stewart Of Magno
liza; and A. D. Stewart, Of Elizabeth
town; and four sisters, Mrs. NJ. B
Chinnis, of Leland; Mrs. Mary Mitch
ell, of Magnolia; Miss Loa Stewart
of Magnolia, and Mrs. Arthur Her
ring, of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
BY wEsTBROOK PEGLER

even money that the Washington
Redskins would beat the Chicago
Bears. Now" said the Dixie sen.
ator, "just to make it a little more
interesting, let's agree that the
loser will pay the winner 81 for
every point difference in the
score" Well, that's the story, Nick
unless you didn't hear that the
Bears won 1910 and the Southland
senator put $83 in his wallet, as
result of that friendly little $40
bet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
HITLER VISITS HIS
TROOPS IN FRANCE
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war shall come better anu h'''
beautiful Germany !,
The coastal batteries winch n
visited had their muzzles turne0
England. ,,.,or
But the presence of both Hl,isr q.
and Field Marshal General Wal'N.'
Won Brauchitsch, the German w.
mander.in-chief, at the front o0
not mean an immediate attehip'
invade England, authorized soui'
said.
They remarked that both "ere ~
the German westwall last Chrls'ii'"'
but that no attack in that se'''''
took place then.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
Fair Enough.

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.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27

and that the apex of American pro-,
duction would not be reached u,.'l'
the winter Of 194142.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-06-07

the longest drive the shortest drive the best poker hand the highest
the dressed golfer the oldest golfer parc
pang the participated Well fellows Of must
calling somewhere in here Added these facts will be the
many gofersyep of those handsome
boys from Omaha will be here.
THE TRACK MEET Coming the University of Minnesota
Stadium 222 will bring of leading sepias to the
cities Two such Johnson Woodruff Eerbee and
the field dhe Men expected records
this Herbert of NYU Ewe of Penn Williams of Xavier
and of course, Ellerbee of Tuskegee
BASEBALL: will a Midget baseball
Municipal the opening the follow
ing the public schools of the Babe Ruhs Dizzy
whathaveyou scheduled action Hugh Schuck
pitcher; outed Kmeu Ellis third Ste
outdr Milton Combs oufeer Boyd Collins outfeder;
Brown oufeder Washington baseman Louis
White, catcher Presley boy The will be
coached by Dwight Reed
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-06-07

ing with a young man for quite
awhile. He says he loves me and
wants to marry me. He purchased
the rings last Christmas. What is
wrong?
Ans: 1t takes more than RINGS
to get married MONEY is
what he needs. l am sorry, but |
doubt if you will every marry this
boy. He loves you, but his love
isn't strong enough to make him
want to get job and go to work.
You can't live on love. Don't even
consider him unless he gets work.
Make some new friends.
P. NJ: l get the paper just to
read your column and l believe ev-
cry word you say. Tell me if my
boy is going to be all right and
will l see him any time soon?
Ans: Your son is we'll and doing
all right. He is we'll cared for in
the Navy. 1 see no reason for you
to worry about him. 1t is very evil
dent that he will visit you on his
leave of absence. Keep in touch
with him by letter regularly.
NJ. E.: What is wrong with me ?
l am not satisfied and l think about
my first husband all the time.
Tell me what to do
Ans: Take a VACATION. You
are becoming irritable and cross
with all about you. There is moth
ing to feel alarmed about in think
ing of your first husband you
know that you two won't ever
mean anything to one another
again. While away on your vaca-
ton you will meet a few new peO-
pie who will make you take new
interest in life. A new romance is
in store for you too.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-06-07
KempuS Workout Marries
Spokane Resident

In this newspapers May "a
edition a news story told of the
marriage on May 16 of Kempus
Workout, former Minneapolis resi-
dent. The name of the bride was
inadvertently omitted. She was the
former Mrs. Corrine Hall of Spo-
kane, Wash. The happy couple
were married in Spokane and have
received many congratulations
from friends. Mr.. Workout is the
son of Mrs. Ella Workout, 1899
Smelling Ave-, Minneapolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-06-07
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wife advantage of him in family couple of
cafe She hit him while he had both hands
his pocket Shame woman Lear Sneed is driving
automobile Dick Stokes million dollar
the young males need helmet suit
the fmmes Three baws in Minneapolis
the Exclusive south last week. Maybe it's the
weather. Maybe it's the war!
say Boyds Nifty
best cooks in
friends nseparabe pals suddenly stopped speak
them i'll recently the girls
are friendly again. ALPS well that ends well.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-06-07

Swanegan, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Otie Swanegan of Dalton,
Missouri, left the city Friday, May
81, in brand new 0ldsmobile pur-
chased for the trip, for Miss Swan
egan's home in Dalton, Missouri,
where they were married Sunday,
June 2. After the wedding Mr..
and Mrs. Banks will honeymoon in
Atchison, Kansas. Mr.. Banks, who
is quite interested in photography,
took a new candid camera on the
trip. He is the only colored en-
ploye of the Twin City Rapid Tran
sit Company and is studying for a
promotion on his job.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-06-07
street, Minneapolis, MINI.

W. NJ. T.: Last January l fin
ished my high school work. 1t is
my ambition to become a Mission
airy. Tell me what you think of
this work and am l suited to it.
Ans: l strongly encourage you
to go through with your plans to
become a Missionary. The logical
thing for you to do is to enter col
lege this fall and prepare yourself
thoroughly. Write the various
colleges right now and you can get
the information you are seeking.
A. B. H.: Pm in suspense. Do l
love this man as l think? How
will things turn out?
Ans: OF course you are in love
and so is the man in question.
Things will turn out in your favor
and you will be very, very happy.
A marriage won't take place short
ly though.
C. B. NJ: Will my children re-
ceive the money that is due them
or will there be trouble?
Ans: A settlement will take
place within the next COUPLE OF
MONTHS. They will receive every
cent that is due them from the
death of their father.
C. C. B.: I'm very dissatisfied
with the way that l am living and
l wish to know if l go to New
York will things turn out as l
have planned?
Ans: Go to New York. 1t would
be the best thing for you under the
present circumstances. Make con-
tact with your sister after your
arrival. Make up your mind to
profit from past experiences and
do not place yourself in the same
predicament again.
C. L. L.: Have been correspond
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-06-07

Mr.. Calvin Beckett, Mr.. D. Mills,
and Mr.. G. Wruckford of Chicago,
Illinois, were weekend guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Chapman,
TOT st. Anthony avenue. During
their brief visit, an impromptu
party was given in their honor at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. LIE Roy
Lazenberry, 4O3 Western avenue.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-06-07

John Williams of Minneapolis
was first to register for the second
Negro Open Golf to be staged at
Theodore Wirth golf course (for-
merly Glenwood), Sunday, June
80, 1910.
James Slemmons and Theodore
Allen, tournament sponsors, are
urging those who are planning to
enter to register as soon as pos
sible so that flight alignments may
be made according to your aver
age scores.
The following are authorized to
accept the 81 registration fee:
John Williams, Charles Noble,
James Lee, Ted Allen, James W.
Slemmons and Minneapolis Spokes-
man office.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-06-07

W NC OAASANN' AA~
have asked US to mention to the
women that there will be flight
for the fairer sex, if enough women
register by June goth. The pro-
motors are frank to admit that
last years participation as far as
the women are concerned was quite
poor, so they are asking that all
ladies either register with yours
truly at the Halle Q. Brown or
send names to the paper. Many
beautiful prizes are being offered
to the "gals" this year-remember
you must register before June
goth. As for you men folks, we're
betting anyone who can as much
as hit a golf ball--a prize is await
ing you; really, you don't have to
be good to win here. Prizes will be
given for many novelties, such as