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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
Passenger Fares

Last February the Interstate c o m m e r c e
Committee, ordering a return to the basic
coach passenger fare of two cents a mile on
eastern roads. from the experimental rate OF
two and one-haf cents, said: I'VE find that
the future revenue results of the eastern rail
roads will probably be more favorable under
a two-cent than under a two and one-half.
cent basic coach fare in the eastern terri.
tory Since the lower rates went into effect
in March the results have been distinctly dis.
appointing, offering a contradiction both to
the I. C. c. statement and to the claims OF
the one or two roads which actively favored
the lower level of rates.
It is now reported that the roads are con-
sidering the possibility of asking for an in
crease. The matter probably has not reached
the stage of formal consideration, a railroad
group concerned with such changes having
not been informed Of any pending action.
The question Of why the lower rates have
not been successful is a complex one, major
elements in the problem being the degree of
competition by bus and by private automo-
biles,> and the possibility that total travel has
been considerably less than normal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
It's Severest Test

The Constitution of the United States, the
anniversary of which is generally observed
today by some form of public recognition,
faces, we must believe, its severest test in the
new order created by Adolf Hitler ct al.
The future of this country depends, not so
much upon its fundamental authority as the
willingness of the American people to perpetu-
ate that authority.
The test is whether the democracy it up
holds is what the American people want. II
1t is, the United States need fear no foe, even
in this day of terror. For the United States
can be made invincible under any onslaught,
II the citizens put their whole souls into the
reservations of its high ideals.
Rearmament is at the roots of the matter.
Not only must there be physical and material
rearmament but moral and spiritual rearma-
ment as well. We must recognize the imper-
alive need of clinging with greater ~tenacity
than ever before to the rights, the decencies,
the ~verities, set up by the Constitution.
That is, prhaps, the chief need now. Even
more essential than guns and planes and
consecrated to the things the Constitution gave
us at the start and will forever give us If
only we want them greatly enough.
Our hearts must be right. When they are,
no fifth column can hope to march in this our
country
The world is not as it was yesterday. To-
morrow it may again be different. But no
change in any part Of the world can affect us
or our security if we cherish as we should
this great heritage of the Founding Fathers.
1.-THE world passeth," says the Bible, but
the man who doeth the will of God abideth
forever" Without irreverence we may accept
this as applying to us and with relation to the
Constitution. and know that its pledge will
be fulfilled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17

Many nations have now gone
mad for the same reasons that
drive individuals crazy: frustra-
ton, defeat, avarice, vengeance,
decisions of grandeur, and so on.
Fascism and Communism r
not revolutions" They are es-
capes - the same escapes" that
rob individuals of their reason by
not taking into consideration all
the actualities of human living.
Fascism is an attempt to compel
it from the masses up. But man
does not live by economics alone.
The duped radicals among our
youths and the pension-salivating
morons among our old people
naively imagine that man can be
legislated into being someone else.
So do many other reckless nit
wits. But every attempt to out
law a frailty of the human species,
or to administer a synthetic virtue
into it, has run through immemor-
ial phases of enthusiasm, dictator
ial enforcement" and debacle.
We remain neither black nor white
left nor right, but an evolving bred
that is at once both altruistic and
competitive.
In these terrible weeks we dim
ly see why most of mankind is so
dissatisfied. His neS forward
stepTthe machine-has given him
so much so quickly and with such
a tangle of illogical distribution
nat 1t has made him variously
SNUG, spellbound, submerged, and
desperate. Some men have decid-
ed machinery is a god and invent
ed communism for its universal
worship. The Nazis have iconized
sclence into devil-workship and set
out to destroy with it. They have
nc better plan for individuals than
tctal subjugation to their tools. In
america people have continued to
keep mans character in command
OF his material. The most inef-
Iectual experiment of the N e
Deai, the most passionate protest
OF he reactionary, are both, in
essence, expressions of that one.
single human way of life. To ask
ourselves now for a statement of
the American case'' is to show
solne absorption of the. poisons be-
ing force-fed to us. There has
never oeen any other case for man
than democracy.
~ that clear certainty we will
maintain ourselves. Since it is wis
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
The Scene May Shift

With the time drawing to a close for Hitler
to invade Britain before bad weather sets In,
and without any indication that he will be
more successful in the few days that remain
than he has been in the past weeks of prepar-
alton, it appears that the Nazi fuehrer will
have to revise his strategy and possibly have
IN shift his campaign to another theater OF
war in the hope of so Gripping the British
Empire that conquest of the British Isles may
he undertaken at another time with greater
chance of success. Such great uncertainty
surrounds Hitler's plans that no man not IN
b;s confidence can do more than surmise what
he NAV or may not do. Any consideration OF
his strategy, therefore, is purely speculative.
But if, as now seems probable, he 1alls TO
invade Britain soon, it is not improbable that
he will seek to create a diversion somewhere
else to draw the British out of their magn1-
ficently defended island.
Should he do this, it seems probable that a
large force of Nazis might join the Italians
in the African campaign. Italy hasn't been
doing so well there, despite minor accom-
plishments. In fact, Mussolini must have
been a great disappointment to his Axis part
ner IN the uTee IIlOuLllS LII 1AS
war. The British navy is still strong in the
Mediterranean. The Suez canal is still untaken.
Alexandria, Cairo, Malta, Gibraltar are I'M
shaken. The Mediterranean has no new mas
ter. Britain's lifeline is still uncut. Mussolini,
in fact, has done nothing to justify the faith
Hitler reposed in him three months ago. II
Hitler could change the situation in the Med
iterranean and in Africa he might hope to de-
liver a Gripping blow to his arch enemy. And
he may try it.
There is no way to determine if Britain
could withstand united Nazi-Fascist attack in
the Mediterranean area. Perhaps the Axis ar
mics and air force in joint attack could do
what Mussolini has failed to do alone. The
battle itself would have to determine that.
But there is one factor which would make a
Joint African offensive as difficult as the Of
fensive against the British Isles, if it could
be utilized by the British. That is the force OF
200, 900 or 800, 900 French soldiers in Syria
which Petain has refused to demobilize.
If these troops were to throw in with Britain,
especially if General de Gaulle should go from
London to command them, Hitler would find
the conquest of Egypt no easy matter. With
the British strongly entrenched in Egypt and
the French moving in on the Italians from
the rear, even Hitler would need superhuman
attributes to get them out of the pincers.
More and more it becomes apparent that
Herr Hitler has created a machine for his
own downfall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
On An Ascending Scale

We have seen the Community Forum grow
in a few years to one of Wilmington's finest
civic, cultural and educational forces. Its re-
markable growth is due to the fact that 1t has
been kept from its inception non-pohtcal'
non-sectarian, non-partisan and, we are glad
to be able to say, non-highbrow.
The executive committee that directs this
activity has entered upon the annual men,
bership drive, in which the Junior Sorosls IS
putting forth it's strongest effort. Air a d y
many Wilmingtonians have subscribed but,
several hundred more are needed to make the
Forum a complete success this season.
All who can do so should join promptly,
without special solicitation. 1t will be to their
own advantage to attend the lectures course
which Jay Franklin will open in October. This
is a movement which gives more than full
value for membership fees, and everyone
in every strata of life is privileged to avail
of the opportunity.
The program for this season is OF even
higher class and wider scope than last year,
Following Jay Franklin will come George So
kolsky, widely informed traveller and writer,
whose knowledge of world events is proba-
bly, as great as that of any living man. And
in addition to knowing what he talks about,
Mr.. Sokolsky has the rare ability of impart'
ing his knowledge in simple and entertaining
ways which makes him a ~favorite among for
UNI audiences everywhere. DR.. Will Durant
who will close the season, is too well known
here to require special introduction or recon-
mendation.
In these days of conflicting political ideolo
gies we need frank and honest discussion or
all sides of public questions by qualified auth
critics to help us think clearly. The Forum
gives all Wilmington that opportunity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
HIGHWAY COSTS

Dear Sir:
In the Star, under issue OF Aug;
ust 30th., there appeared an edi-
torial headed: "Rains Teach High
way Lesson"
The gist of the article was that
future losses on secondary roads,
this year so heavily damaged,
could be eliminated through the
paving of the entire system.
To determine just how this the
DRY would work out in practice, I
had our engineers estimate tn e
probable cost of thus treating some
49, 900 miles of roadway. Their an.
swer was that original cost, at a
minimum, would be $3.50, 600, 900
and that annual upkeep would to-
tai $50, 600, 600. They added that if
some hypothetical and benevolent
Croesus would present the state
with one half billion dollars, we
could not afford to accept it for
new construction, as the upkeep
would bankrupt us.
So, it would seem, we will just
have to lick our wounds and carry
on in the same old way, hoping
the Lord will not be so generous
with his wallops in future years
as in 1910.
WILLIAM M, JONES
Public Relations Represen-
tative, State Highway and
Public Works Commission. 4
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Fair Enough
VFSTbRO6lK MdER

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was good. But in practice the bust
ness of by-passing the legislature
and referring long and complex is
sue to the voters is a menace to the
very right to vote.
The American system intends that
the people shall elect representatives
who-God help us-are presumed to
be men of conscience, patriotism and
somewhat superior intelligence. 1t is
presumed, moreover, that h e s e
elected agents will have the time,
the mental equipment and the char
acter to consider wisely measures
proposed in the proper place and
make the laws with due regard for
the liberties of those whom they
represent. The fact that they have
been guilty Of many failures and
much neglect is no reason for be.
lieving that the mass of voters would
do as well. On the contrary, as the
founding fathers knew, the voters
have other things to think of and,
not to flatter them, need protection
from their own emotions and cupid
ity and the receptions of persuasive
but leering liars.
Democracy contains the process
by which American freedom can be
repealed utterly in the adoption, un-
der emotional stress, of a measure
disguised as California's ham m
eggs was, in the gaudy colors of
something for nothing. And the lib
critics Of the ham n eggers in Cali
fornia were saved for them only by
a two-to-one vote Of those whom the
ham m eggers hated as @oppressors.
Never was a people so gulled as
the Americans by the word "democ-
racy," the whole case constituting a
hell of a commentary on the educa-
tional system of a nation having al
most as many seats of learning as
saloons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
TOP o. THE

There Wds q feast in Jerusalem. Pomp and
solemnity prevailed in the temple; ~testively
attired people acre present evreyohere in the
city.
Up on the Mount of Olives Jesus sat a1eep-
ing. He loued this people, and especially this
city. Jesus stood helpless. And Uhen zoue can
no longer come to the rescue of the loved one
arho is in mortal danger, lo1e Ueeps. Since
that day Jesus has qUept over mann cities and
over many human beings.
Friend, can you take lightly that sin over
aDhich Jesus Weeps?
%. HALLEsBY, Ph.D.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17

world, mankind has often tried to invant and impose
upon himself a government superior to himself.
Such boot-strap lifting has ended inevitably in fail
ure because of the nature of us all.
We have hitherto guessed instinctively, and now
we can show scientifically, that to be in harmony with
an environment, each individual must be able 10
exercise certain biological functions. He must have
a purpose that is not out of reach of his particular
capacities. He must constantly struggle toward thal
purpose. He must be free to make his own choices
Such freedom can come only from an intrepid inspec-
ton of all motives, lofty and base, cerebral anu
animal. Those are the elemental conditions for one
man and thus for many. They form the basis "
oI1r constitution
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports ma Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrightsuiHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF city Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Uid-
er Turning Basin. peith 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 sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial n Resort. Pro.
motional Agency, supported by one
countrywide tGr.
S%hipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina. developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of native grape gro1ing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdndtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
QUOTATIONS.

THE .Judeo-C hristian faith has dared to assert
that the human personality in the fullness Of
it's complex unity is the highest product OF the
creative activity OF the wor1d.-Edwin E. Au'
brey, professor University of Chicago.
If we do not act now WI may discover that
the sympathies of our southern neighbors are
ne longer with us. And the day may come
when we shall wish desperately for that sym
pathy.-Senator Wagner, N. Y.
Risk is inherent to swift and vigorous action
Solicitor General Francis Biddle.
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saloons.
for service from his 10 C a

BILE for service from his lo C
group.
Questionnaires then will be sent
to the men, in the order in which
their numbers were drawn, ask
ing the number of dependents, ply
Steal disabilities etc.
On the basis of this information,
the men will be classified as fol.
lows: Glass I available for i'm.
mediate service), Class II (serv.
ice deferred because engaged in
essential occupation), Glass I II
(service deferred because of de-
pendents), and Glass w (Service
deferred by law-legislators, judi
ges etc.,.
Meantime. a Washington board
will determine a quota for each
state, based on the population and
number of men from that state
already in the army o. n avy.
From this quota, will be deduct
ed the number of men who vol
unteer for a years training.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
SECOND NATIONAL
GUARD CALLS MADE
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Continued From rage oh''
day for a years intensive uaH'
ing. The total strength Of the suaro
is about 24O, 900, and all ultimately
will be placed in training
The units ordered modified OIL
October IS, their home states sA0
future training stations are;
9th division Qess the 27tn 'aiiN
company, New York, to for' NV
clellan, Ala; 9th division os"
the 9th tank company and conI
panies F. and l., 10TH meolS 1r
regiment), Ohio, to Camp ohe oord
Miss: Sind division Qess 'he V mis.
tank company, Michigan ana w.
consin, to Camp Beauregaru' Mis- Mis-
1O2nd observation squadron , Iraf
sissinni to Meridian, Miss; lO'r ~
observation squadron, Michigan
Camp Beauregard, La. The
In addition, these units from ~.
Puerto Rican department were 4a.
dered modified and Will DE- rt.
toned as directed by the oep"
ment commander: or+ers
Headquarters and headquar'sa.
comnany. 92nd infantry brlgau Mo
295th infantry; 29otn hllaiiA I,erv
fret battalion. 253rd coast a%rtlllely
first b]atta1ion' 162nd field artillery
tirst D h.ttaI;on 2o1st coast artll'
lerv (anti-aircraft) and tlrs' 0D'
talon. 13Oth engineers.
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er to seize lunatics than 10 0u u|II
barricades against them, we ,rs
establish upon the land that Is areat
not merely a fortress, out d s
base from which to strike va.
mania at it's source. Human irs
son has not yet prevailed me Eve
fore our arms must. We VIII
t. this effort our brains, our DiO' *
our treasure, because to 90 ~ +nl
to conduct with dignity the pd N
process of our evolution anu
achieve one further step III
ling mans unshakable sen
dence. rn.
Jonathan Daniels sounds a "ai So.
ing to those who hear only oo
sion in America, in the mex
ticle of this series on "ouf
try"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing IN
this department. they represent q
views Of the individual readers. Cor.
respondents are W ed tnat az
communications m u st contain Inc
Correct name and address for our
records. though the latter may be
signed as the writer see fit. The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason is OBJ.
fashionable, Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
DRAFT REGISTRATION
DATE SET BY F.D.R.
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Sin the military SERVICE" Mr..
Roosevelt said, they will be in
diligently led, comfortably clothed
well fed, and adequately armed
and equipped for basic training.
By the time they get physically
hardened, mentally disciplined and
properly trained in fundamentals,
the flow of critical munitions from
factory to combat units will meet
the full requirements for their adj
vanced training.
'In the military service, Amer
leans from all walks of life, rich
and poor, country-bred and city
raised, farmer, student, manual
laborer and white collar worker,
will learn to live side by side, to
depend upon each other in mill
tary drills and maneuvers, and to
appreciate each others dignity as
American citizens.
Universal service will bring not
only greater preparedness to meet
the threat of war, but a wider
distribution of tolerance and un-
derstanding to enjoy the blessings
of peace"
Mr.. Roosevelt signed the bill,
seated at a table in the spacious
cabinet room, its tall French Win
dows open to the gentle breezes
of a balmy September afternoon.
Behind him, stood Chairman Shep-
pard (D-Tex) of the senate mill
tary committee, and Chairman May
D-Ky) of the corresponding COM
mittee of the house. He used
two pens and handed one to
each. Secretary of War Stimson
and General George c. Marshall,
army chief of staff, also we're pres
ent.
The second pen appeared to give
the president some difficulty and
he dipped it repeatedly in the ink
well before he could use it salts
factorily. At one point, Mr.. Roose-
welt could not recall the date. An
aide prompted him and he added
that to his signature. When the
ceremony had been completed, he
lit a cigaret, tilted back in mis-
chair and read for the news reels
the statement he had given the
press.
The registration date was fixed
by a proclamation, in which the
president also said that America
stands at the cross roads of its
destiny" adding:
Time and distance have been
shortened. A few weeks have seen
great nations fall. We cannot re-
main Indifferent to the philoso.
ply of force now rampant in the
world. The terrible fate of nations
whose weakness invited attack is
too well known to us all.
I'VE must and will marshal our
great potential strength to fend of
; war from u shores. We must and
: will prevent u land from becom-
ing a victim of aggression"
HOW 1T WORKS
WASHINGTON, Sent. 16. -(R-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17

Jumbo, giant African elephant,
made more than 81, 900, 600 for the
Barnum and Bailey circus in three
years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
HOW IT WORKS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. -(R-
Here is how the draft will work:
On October 16, all men 81 to IS,
inclusive, will register at registra-
ton places to be established in
each neighborhood.
Local boards-it is intended to
have 5000 to 6,500-will shuttle
the registration cards and give
each a number.
A series of numbers will be,
drawn in Washington by lot. When
the first number is drawn, each
man who has the corresponding
number in a local boards file will
be put down as the first man liza
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
By PHILIP WYLIE

Author of 1.-THE Murderer Invisible" "The Big Ones Get Away" etc
A nation is no different from an individual. Its nature is COM
by all. People associated in states cannot long maintain either sub
human or superhuman appearances. In a restless effort to make a better
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-17
OUR COUNTRY
Human Reason Has Not Yet
Prevailed -. Therefore Our
Arms Must Philip WyIie

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NEA Service and The Wilmington Morning Star By the nations most
famous authors.
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Tobacco MarketRepOrts

Sales supervisors or other officials O. the North Carolina markets
bacco sales:
NHorLat Ds--
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
Fate In Doubt

The fate of 113 American seamer
on three freighters imperilled b.
cross-fire and bombing in Norwe
gian ports remained in doubt to
night as President Roosevelt rede
fined the European combat ION K
bar United States shipping from
northern Europe.
Two of the ships were within
earshot of British air raids on Ger
man warships at Bergen and &
third was at Trondheim, where the
British were reported storming the
city.
Efforts by tha State department
and American operators to contact
the vessels or their European
agents were baked by a German
and Norwegian ban on communica-
tons.
The endangered ships YER
Flying Fish, 1874 gross tons, a
new 100000 vessel built by the
U. S. Maritime commission and op-
Grated by Moore-McCormack Steam
ship company, crew of AZ under
command of Capt. W. W. Wollaston
of Denver, Colo, at Bergen.
Charles r. Mccormick, 6,O27 tons,
crew of SO under command of First
Officer William Schultz of Oakland,
Calf, at Bergen.
Morwacsea, 1855 tons, crew of
SO under command of Capt. ". A.
McHale of Glen Rock, N. j., at
Trondheim.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
MILLER TRIUMPHS
In SUPREME COURT
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and motored to his South Georgia
home to study the decisions.
Miller hailed the decisions as a
victory for the democratic prlnci-
pies of government" and said the
time when he would seek admission
to the guarded road building would
depend upon counsers advice
Within the ten days allowed, spe-
cial attorneys are expected to re
quest rehearings on the mandamus,
Injunction and contempt cases in
volving the present three-man road
board, a gubernatorial aide and capt.
toll guards who twice forcibly elected
Miller from the chairman's office.
The high court ruled invalid the
executive order by which Rivers
ousted Miller last Dec. 2 in a dra-
matte climax to the feud with his
longtime neighbor; engendered by
disagreement over highway fiscal
policies.
Affirmed also were superior (coun'
ty) court contempt convictions, car
rying optional Jail or fine sentences
against Commissioner L. L. Patten