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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
CALEDONIA DYKE
BROKEN BY FLOOD
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destroyed by the break in the dyke.
The flood was not expected TO
reach the main prison buildings
because they are located on high
ground.
If the dyke gives entirely away
Las the river rises to an expected
crest of 81 feet Sunday, the Gale
donna camp, largest in the state
may be abandoned, officials said.
The Roanoke, at a depth OF 5O.4
feet, was breaking all. previous Of
fetal records dating back to 1871.
Still climbing higher over its
banks, it was scheduled to be ~
feet in flood within SO hours at
Weldon.
All of Halifax county was with
out electricity for several hours
when the Roanoke flooded the V1r-
ginia Electric anc Power company
plant at Roanoke Rapids. Power
was in part restored through an
auxiliary connection with the Nor
folk plant.
Other eastern North Carolina
streams pushed only slightly be-
yond their banks. The Neuse was
one foot in flood at Smithfield and
was expected to rise another half
foot. A four-foot flood of the river
was anticipated at Goldsboro Mon
day Monday or tuesday.
The Tar River has swollen four
feet above its banks at Tarboro.
It was expected to rise to II feet
by Tuesday at Tarboro and to nine
feet by Wednesday at Greenville.
The Cape Fear was not expected
to flood seriously.
Because of flood waters o n y
three main roads are open between
North Carolina and Eastern Vir.
ginia, highway officials said. They
are % Via Greensboro to Mar
tinsville, Va, ca Via Elizabeth
City to Portsmouth, Va, and 60
Via Henderson to Franklintou, Va.
a route that officials said might
have to be closed any minute.
F. M. Edgerton, district high.
way engineer at Goldsboro, sale
all county roads CROSSING h {
Neuse and Little rivers in Wayne
and johnson counties were closed
Meanwhile, state officials sought
to estimate the destruction
wrought in western North Caroline
by floods earlier in the week.
Damaged Estimated
Chief Highway Engineer W
Vance Baise, just back from {
survey trip through the mountains
reported that between 800 and l,
900 bridges on secondary r o a d
were washed out by floods in tn
west. He said it was impossible t.
, estimate the unprecedented roae
damage.
+ Russell P. Handy, junior statisti
clan in the department of agricul
ture, guaged the damage to west
5 ern North Caroima crops at "wel
over a million dollars" Dean I. o
Schhaub of the N. c. State college
extension service said Wataug;
:. county farmers lost much of theil
hay crop and were seeking to bu.
feed for their livestock.
Governor Hoey, who returned
here today from Asheville, said hi
would ask the WPA for additiona
t food relief projects if needed t.
alleviate suffering.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
BY JACK

Twenty-four Scouts will leave the
Cape Fear Area council this aft
ernoon on the Havana Special for
the New York Worlds fair. Scouts
to make the trip will meet in Fay
etteville this afternoon and catch
the train at 5:12 o'clock, David L..
Lilies, executive of this council said
yesterday.
j. R. Armstrong, of Rocky Point,
will be Scoutmaster, assisted by
Louis Poisson, Wilmington, and W.
7. Raineyl Fayetteville.
The troop will be made up of
Scouts from Wilmington, Fayette-
vile, Rocky Point, Whiteville,
Hallsboro, and Lake Waccamaw.
Scouts will leave New York Aug
ust 26, at 10 o'clock and return to
their posts in the Cape Fear coun-
Gil the following day.
Executives Conference
David Lilies, executive of the
Cape Fear council, will be in
charge of most of the executives
of North Carolina at the Scout
Executives conference to be held
in Blue Bridge, August $3.50. Rep
resentatives from the Carolinas,
Georgia, and Florida will be pres
ent for the conference.
Highlights of the week Of events
will be the speech by w. A. Dob
son and other executives of Region
six.
During the conference discus
sions will be heard on Functions
of the Advancement Committee,
Court of Honor, Board of Review,
Merit Badge Counselers, Troop Ad-
vancement, Committee and Pro-
ceedings, Selection and Training
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
SCOUT NEWS

of Advancement personal, and
other discussions on specific cues
tons as desired.
While in session the conference
will discuss the prospects of med
ical examinations for new Scouts
and re-examining longtime mem
bers of the organization. Camping
conditions for troop camps as well
as those of council camps will be
discussed. Sanitation conditions OF
these locations will be considered
and the group will talk about the
inspection of different meeting
places of various Scouting units.
Emergency Service Corps
Discussions will be heard on the
establishing of Emergency Service
corps throughout Region six.
During recent flood conditions as
a result of the hurricane which
swept through South Carolina and
Georgia, Scouts have worked in
coordination with the Red Cross,
police, and other units created by
the emergency conditions and have
proved a great asset to the cities oil
Charleston and Savannah and other
locations along the coast.
Sea Scouts of Lumberton have
often served the city with many
hours Of rescue work while re.
moving marooned citizens to safe
places.
Scouts of Emergency Service
Corps would work with the Rec
Cross, or other organized units
and perform such duties of rescue
work as cooking for refugees, mes
sengers, and first aid workers
Many lives have been saved as {
result of the organized, trained eff
ficiency of the Boy Scouts O.
America.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
FIVE Local Boys Will
Attend Legion Meeting

- 1--WE wv boys of Wilmington and two
90 Wnlteville will attend the 1910
~. ,sion Of the American Legion S
lar heel Boys state to be held
enapel Hill From August Is
~ nv September l.
rne local boys are:
kot 'ea Newton Day, III, 1O11 Mar
h hs' street; Emile Mitchell salee-
ISL h, W. W~oolcott avenue; Edward
So unlhlng Smith, Jr., Wrightsville
J ~ Ledley Bennett Symmes
Ito South Sixth street; and
str a,lon Avant Woodbury., 1920 Ann
%whhiteville will send: A. J.
ulke' Jr., and R. ]. Lamb. Jr.
marry Symmes, of Wilmington
stst NO, 10, is a member of the
S'a1e commission.
ed me local boys were recommend.
Naa Wy I. T. Hamilton, principal OF
hainu hanover High school and are
met sponsored by the local Legion
do me boys will be quartered in
Of m nles and will have the use
sta" "oolien gymnasium during their
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
WAR RPRE
Continued from Page One)

British reports of enemy air losses
in the terrific struggle, which must
mask a grim realization on one
eide or the other that the end is
already in sight, it is clear that
neither German or British flying
warriors can long endure the pace.
II is also reasonably certain that
both sides are losing or wearing
out planes in action faster than
the can be produced. Both are prob
ably losing either in action or by
continued nerve strain, more skill
ed pilots, bombers and gunners
than they can train Immediately.
A true picture of relative air
losses, both in men and machines,
is not to be sifted out or rival &C.
counts tinctured with propaganda
any more than a realistic account
ing Of bomb damage to either mill
tary targets or popular morale on
either side can be discerned.
A yea or nay of terrible import
for Europe and the world to
C%hurchills grim question - Can
We break Hitler's air weapon
is in making, perhaps already writ
ten; but the facts are known only
10 the innermost official circle in
London or Berlin.
Other factors of the Churchill
balance of two months ago re-
main little changed. British naval
power, the essence of empire, has
been little impaired in two months.
England behind her sea ramparts
seems still secure from starvation,
although Adolf Hitler has warned
ue world that she is under COM
plete blockade. The spectre of star
Vatlon stalks instead in all Nazi
conquered nations on the European
continent, to verify Churchill's two
Alonth old prediction that winter
VII! impose a strain upon the Nazi
regime. with half Europe starving
uaoef Its heel which, for all their
hard"
Does that account for the Nazi
al ~ontzkrleg over England; for
Nazl invasion with all its risks,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
Nazis To Make Penalty
Fit Culprit's Town

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 17.(AP Via
Berlin)-The commander Of the Ger
man army in The Netherlands warn
ed the Dutch today that henceforth
the community where any acts OF
sabotage are committed as well as
the community. of the guilty ones
birth will have to pay a high price"
Declaring sabotage had been con-
tinuing, General Friedrich Christen-
sen predicted possible death penal
ties for offenders against the Ger
man occupation and for persons N
cealing military enemies.
The warning was issued after a
heavy British bomber made a forced
landing north of Brandt today, and
six British crewmen escaped after
changing into civilian clothing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
FsA IS PLAYING
PART IN DEFENSE
..,oro, Farm Assistance
AGENCY Building Up In
terror Strength

.t,e.at.home'' and conserva-
~. nm programs of the Farm Security
w., mninistration + important to ma
auil defense for several reasons,
t,olIaa NJ. CHM, supervisor for the
NnaI rehabilitation division of the
Eu,% in Brunswick and New Han
s eSr counties. said yesterday
q, tbe first place, the FSA pro-
to help the disadvantaged ru-
sf families, giving them greater Sc
la and more of a stake in So
e s,a+y is a form of internal national
, ,stense because it means strength
oeie1 our own national life and
cum nomv. and it will keep out fifth
s.hnmnists' nd borers from with
;,n said G.iIn.
9. the second place, better liv-
If home for the thousands of
,uS income farm families means bet
wv national health, and better
.,.h means better men. Thirdly,
'sahiHtation on the land means
families will not need relief,
and we can devote u full resources
+o national defense.
oFourth, the real lasting strength
nation is in its natural re-
os principally the productivity
tts soil. The conservation pro-
meats preserving and build.
ins this basic wealth.
~ .Finally, a program for a balanced
.uric,lture, with farm families pro
''iaing their own subsistence, VIII
laa,oct orr farmers against the ruin
"H;oh followed the collapse of prices
.t,ar the last war. Farmers may
sard their cash crops, but they
going to provide for themselves
first.
~Closed foreign markets are al
,..dv squeezing the farmers, but
IN farmers are not going to be
saneezed out entirely because they
~ following balanced programs
and living at home
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

I'VE must arise to a new life of
adventure and discovery. We must
make a wider horizon for the hui
man race. 1t is to that new life
that I pledge myself.
Il promise, by returning to those
same American principles t h a t
overcame a German outocracy
cnce before, both in business and
in war, to outdistance Hitler in
any contest he chooses in 1910 and
after.
And I promise that when we
beat him, we shall beat him on
can way"
Turning to domestic issues, Will
kie said he believed that h e
forces of free enterprise must be
regulated"
Il am opposed to business mono
polies," he continued. I believe
tn collective bargaining by repre-
sentatives of labor's own free
choice without interference and in
full protection of those O b i S
rights"
Il believe in the maintance OF
minimum standards of wages and
OF maximum standards for hours.
1 believe that such standards
should constantly improve.
Il believe in the federal regula-
ton of interstate utilities, of Sc
curities markets and of banking.
I believe in federal pensions, in
adequate old-age benefits and in
unemployment. allowances"
Has Responsibility
He said the government has a
responsibility to equalize the lot
of the farmer with that of t h e
manufacturer"
IF this can not be done by
parity of prices" he added, 10Th
er means must be found-with the
least possible regimennation of the
farmers affairs"
He said the New Deal Stands
for doing what has to be done by
spending as much money as PCS
sible," but that he proposal ito do
it by spending as little money as
possible. This. is one great issue
in. domestic policy and I propose
in this campaign to make it clear"
we must regain prosperity, re-
store the independence of our peo-
pie and protect our defensive for
ces," he said. If that is not done
promptly, we are in constant dan
ger. If it is done, no enemy on
earth dare attack us. I propose to
do it."
A festive atmosphere prevailed.
The near 100-degree heat brought
soft drink stands a rushing bust
ness. Bankers hawked Willkie cam
paign canes, buttons, elephants
and banners.
The 48-year-old nominee-"the
n-boy-who-made-good -
shook hands with many old friends
and often turned to shout, Hi
Bill" Hi joe"
Willkie slipped water at frequent
intervals during his speech. S u n
rays pierced the foliage Of sur
rounding trees and perspiration
poured down his face.
Often Willkie gestured with one
forefinger extended-a mannerism
which reminded some of his old
friends of his days as. a school
teacher.
The conclusion of his a d d r e S =
brough another long outbrust Of
cheering and applause. He gave
the crowd a final wave, and left
the platform with Mrs. Willkie.
They planned to return to Rush
vile tonight. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
WHEELER URGES
BASES FOR DEBTS
Continued from rage One)

but cautioned reporters not to spec
was involved.
Despite this, some usually we'll
Informed legislators continued to
insist privately that a destroyer
be consummated in a few days by
executive action.
Meanwhile, the national defense
commission was reported to have
undertaken a survey of widespread
proportions, looking toward the To-
cation of defense industrial plants
in all sections of the country.
These plants, it was understood.
would manufacture such critical
items IS airplane cannon powder
and parts for tanks and planes.
The senate marked time for the
weekend on consumption legisisla-
ton, scheduling resumption of de-
bate on Monday on the Burke
Wadsworth compulsory military
training bill requiring the registra-
ton for possible service of all men
from 81 through 80 years old.
A senate appropriations subcom-
mittee polished up a $5,008. 900, 900
supplemental defense %appropria-
lions bill for consideration by the
full committee Monday and senate
action probably late in the week.
The subcommittee added $34, 000, 600
in direct appropriations and $10,-
soc. 900 in contract authority for
the Army and Navy to the $4,963,-
000,0 900 previously voted by the
house.
How the United States might OBJ
tain leases on naval bases in this
hemisphere still remained a White
House secret after the Presidents
statement. He said that defense
negotiations were underway with
Canada and this led some legisla-
tors to speculate that d~estroyers
might be turned over to that coun-
try.
Wheeler said he thought that
cancellation of a portion of the war
debts would be the most sensible
way of obtaining bases which Gen.
George c. Marshall, army chief of
staff, has said would be extreme
ly useful in guarding the Panama
Canal and protecting against pos
sible invasion from the Atlantic.
Most talked of sites for such bases
were at Trinidad and Newfound-
land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

State department, could not return
in any other safe way.
The passengers. are from the fol
lowing countries: Finland, 1873; Es
tonia, %; Latvia, IS; Lithuania, 1902
Sweden, $50; Norway, 1872; Denmark
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
SUICIDE

BOONE, Aug. 17.-R-Baxter M.
Llnney, SO, a Lenoir attorney, shot
himself to death early tonight at
the home of his wife's mother, Coro-
ner Richard Kelly said. Linney had
been i'll.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
SALTY

Much of the salt obtained
through water evaporation used in
the United States is obtained from
the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The
ocean water off the coast of Cali
fornia also yields great quantities
of the commodity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
CROWDED AREA

Greatest human concentration in
the world is found in the little
prlncipality of Monaco, which has
a population of some "a, 1000 per-
sons in an area of only $40 acres.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

During the World war, about a.
058, 600 individuals served in the
American forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
WEATHER
CONTINUED from Page One)

WASHINGTON, August II. = Up -
weather bureau records Of temperature
ana rainfall for the "a hours ending s
p. m, in the principal cotton growing
areas and ewh
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

The Lesser Antilles are formed
by tops of a submerged chain OF
volcanoes which ring the eastern
end Of the Caribbean sea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

"a; Germany, IS; The Netherlands,
IS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

bonst tus 10 billion half pints of car
19so 9'eo beverages were made in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-07

MEMBER:
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-07

George Bernard Shaw, who has
for many years spoofed his own peo-
pie as no mere outsider has dared
to spool them, has a character who,
temporarily discomfited splutters,
NO Englishman is ever fairly beat
en!"
So it seems to be with the war
Of propaganda which to date has
been perhaps more important in
Europe than the war on the West
crn Front The English have been
beaten-but not fairly beaten. And
this time there does seem something
unfair about the contest.
Radio intercnanges between Eng
land and Germany have been con-
stant. each country trying to beat
down the morale of soldier and civil
ian behind the others lines. Lon
don papers have forthrightly admit
ted that thus far on the battlefield
of propaganda Britain has been
"decisively beaten, and that Goeb-
bells has had a Walkaway.
But the odds really are unfair. In
Germany. every effort is being made
to keep the people from listening to
French or British broadcastS. The
secret listener, caught in the heinous
crime of listening to the broadcast
of his choice. may even have his
head shorn off by that German re-
vival of DR.. Guillotine's ingenious
invention.
The British can't do that. In q
war in which they have announced
that freedom is one Of their chief
detectives it would be most embar-
RAISING to begin the fight by sacri-
ficing the objective SO the only
defense is to laugh off the German
radio barrage that daily blankets the
British isles.
That has not always been sue
cesSful. The British papers them
selves comment on the extent to
which the German brOadcastS have
appealed to the poorer and less
fortunate of the British people, say
ing Look. you are being used as
sacrifices to preserve situation in
which you are miserable. and have
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-07
WHY HOWARD .SOPER
SHOULD BE CITY TREASURER

Outstanding among three candidates
for the position of city treasurer in Ell
Centro from the standpoint of qualifi-
cations, is Howard Soper, professional
auditor and accountant.
Anyone with average intelligence can
accept money for deposit, certify to var
ious accounts and otherwise carry thru
the routine of the office. But routine is
not enough. Recent theft of $4,000 from
the city water department proved it. The
theft very definitely did NOT involve
the city treasurer, nor even touch that
office. Yet it is conceivable that another
time, in different circumstances, the
presence of a professional auditor in
the treasurers office might prevent an
other such defalcation.
That is the insurance Ell Centre needs.
1t is the insurance Soper's election would
give.
Soper's character, his experience, his
specialized knowledge, combine to make
him the candidate most fitted for cleo
tion to the treasurershlp
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-07
GAVIN FOR CLERK;
SOpER FOR TREASURER

This newspaper believes that Neal Cav
in should be elected city clerk and How
ard Soper chosen city treasurer in the
municipal election Tuesday.
The belief is no reflection on the mer-
its of other candidates. 1t is based on
what we believe TO be sound reasoning,
plus consideration of the undoubted pub
lie desire for new faces in city admins
trative positions
We have not heard any important areu-
ment against any candidate TOR either
Job. clerk or treasurer. 1t Is fortunate
that this is so, because in such an event
the task of the voter is a constructive
one; he can choose the best candidate,
not simply vote against the worst Ole.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-07
ANEMIC PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Nevada State JOurnaD

A plant often voiced against sports
and physical education programs in our
schools is made by DR.. Earnest A. lloot-
en-, Harvard's famous anthropologlst Dr..
Hooten couches his criticism in more pic
turesque terms an "underprivleged and
anemic department of instruction and
research condemned to a relatively
futile career Of teaching games to grow
ing children SO that grown-up children
may watch them play
they have become nationally prominent
athletes. Glenn Cunningham, the great
distance runner, provides an outstanding
example.
In countless other cases, persons who
might have been helped have been neg
lected, because of a lack Of proper facil-
tiles.
"Americans," Dr. Hooten points out,
"conSder themselves a sports-lovlng ma
ton. But vcarious eXercise-of the sort
one gets by watching a football game
is not beneficial at all. 1t induces in the
spectator a continuous state of nervous
excitement and muscular contraction
which, when unrelieved, may result in
heart failure, and if alleviated with al
cohol, is likely to be followed by pneu-
monia, or sometimes by Jail sentence.
There are a number Of cases where per
sons suffering physical handicaps have
been aided by physical education or par
ticipation in sports to such an extent that
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-07
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

ed and second, tle question Whe-
ther the Sherman act applies to or
Sanized labor.
This latter point comes up in con-
nection with the building costs drive,
which has won most of the head
lines but is in fact relatively minor
part of Arnold'S broad campaign.
What Arnold really is driving at is
the idea that the government doesn't
need broad controls over production
in this complex modern world; that
it has about all the power it needs
to keep the wheels turning if it
will only go ahead and use it.
BELIEVES CAPITALISM
CAN SURVIVE
AS a matter of fact, Arnold is a
freak among New Dealers. For the
economic planning, the theorizing
and the urge toward centralized
control which fascinate most OF
them, he has no use whatever Con-
trariwise, his own ruthless readiness
to step heavily on organized labor's
toes has given some of his New
Deal conferees the cold shivers.
His idea is extremely simple-that
capitalism can work as we'll in the
middle of the Goth century as 1t
worked in the middle of the 18th,
if prices are just kept fluid, If re-
strictive combinations are knocked
out and if the savings generated by
modern techniques are passed on TO
the consumer. This is much the idea
Senator Borah had 1t made Borah
denounce NRA, which led the New
Dealers to shake their heads and
write Borah down as an out-of-date
individually. Now Arnold is max
ing them like it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-07
WHY NEAL GAVIN
SHOULD BE CITY CLERK

The job of city clerk is not one that
requires merely bookkeeping experience.
1t requires, above all, executive ability.
In addition, it calls for knowledge of
land and building values, since the clerk
is also assessor and collector. 1t demands
a knowledge of business methods to guard
against both shortage and Wastage.
Of the five candidates running for the
position, We believe Neal Gavin most
nearly fills these requirements. For years
he conducted his own business success
fully-a business which gave him daily
experience in land and building valua-
tons, which demonstrated and developed
executive ability, which provided him
with a knowledge of the most modern
of business methods.
The clerks job, too, is one which needs
utmost cooperation with Il progressive
businesslike city council and this We
believe Gavin is able to offer.
AS q property owner, pioneer resi-
dent and Il leader in many civic enter
priSes, Gavin is equipped with that sense
of responsibility towards his community
without which no public official can serve
SucceSSfullV