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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Guard Bill Approved

BY adding its approval to the resolution ac-
cepted by conference committee, the senate
has completed legislation authorizing the Pres
ident to call the National Guard into active
service for any period up to one year. To
make it unanimous the president has only to
affix his signature AS he initiated the legsla-
tion he will hardly delay this routine proce-
dure.
the National Guard and the Reserve OFF,
GERS Corps, numbering approximately 100000
members, with the exception of enlisted men
with dependents or others under 18 years of
age, will be put through intensive training with
the idea of using them to train the large body
of recruits to be impressed into service when
ever the senate stops wranging over conscrip-
tion and approves selective service measure.
In addition to the two organizations mentioned,
enlisted reserves and other units subject to ac-
tive service are included in the provisions of
the legislation just completed.
Thus one more step in the national defense
is taken, one more barrier against war
threat from abroad raised. Many Wilmington
citizens will be called, fine young men who
have established themselves in business and
the cty's varied activities. It will be right for
us who are left to think of their going not SO
much as war measure as war preventive
America has only to make her defense i'm
pregnable to avoid conflict. No ambitious war;
maker or combination of war-makers will ha.
zard attack on this country if we are prepared
to hurl them back. A large, efficient army will
do as much to save America from war as lack
of defense could do to precipitate it.
The legislation providing for the call speci-
fes that all employers must reinstate guards
men upon their return from service It will
ease their minds if organizations of which they
are members back this up by declaring NOR
atorium on dues and assessments during their
absence.
The Wilmington Kiwanis club has taken this
step. Kiwanians called to service will be re-
heved of all financial obligations to the club
while away without sacrificing their member
ship. Probably other civic clubs have taken or
will take similar action. The example ought to
be followed by all organizations. including the
churches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
GILLETTE THANKED

Col. George W. Gillette,
District Engineer, Wilmington, N. c.,
Dear Sir:
Permit me to thank you for the
prompt action you took in relieving
the situation at Weldon. Your fidel-
ity and service loom high in the
hearts of the people Of Weldon and
on the shores of the Roanoke river,
and the look of despair and desola-
ton quickly disappeared from the
eyes of these unfortunate people.
Blankets, cots and water were
among the greatest needs of the CON-
munity and your prompt action in
securing them was a master stroke.
In times like these at Weldon, when
hope, home-life, savings and all seem
to be lost, and sufferers seem un-
able to face the future, it is then
that the will of God asserts itself
and produces men like you whose
minds bid them to go forward, know
ing that in the end all will be well.
Wilmington is proud of you.
Sincerely,
G. H. HUTAFF,
President Weldon Coca.
Cola Bottling Co.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
DEFENSE HIGHWAYS

Dear Sir:
The War department and the
Public Roads administration have
devised a net work of roads cover
ing 10000 miles to meet military
needs which would necessitate
Strengthening 1000 bridges.
In North Carolina, perhaps the
greatest contribution to national
defense, through highway improv-
ment, would be to restore the or
iginal road to Fayetteville and
Fort Bragg (the Niger Head
Road beginning at Point Peter,
between the two rivers. The rum
ming time to Fort Bragg and our
industrials centers, such as Dur
ham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem,
High Point and the Linville Gap
could thus be considerably reduced.
Terminals for military stores,
remote from attack, are another
war time headache. Eagles Island,
across the river, is well adapted
for storage of aviation gasoline and
oil as well as explosives. This
would obviate transport through
the city, and save additional time.
The peace-time value of such
road to our beaches is obvious;
also it would open up valuable
farming lands between tAe Cape
Fear, Northwest and Black rivers.
LINDS TY RUSSELL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Book HghHghts

Two years ago Winston
Churchill published a grimly
prophetic book, while Eng
land Slept" 1t had a lesson
for Britain. Now, John F. Ken
nedy, son of Ambassador Ken
nedy, writes similarly chal-
longing book with a lesson for
America. 1t is why England
Slept" (Willard (Funk: $2).
Here is calm, dispassionate
analysis of the British mind
which could not bring itself to
face the totalitarian reality
and here is frank recognition
of certain weaknesses in
American democracy which
Kennedy warns must be cor
rected as sort of first line of
national defense. To read this
book is to appreciate VIII a t
America must do NOW. Take
this brief excerpt:
When it democracy competes
with system of government
which cares nothing for perma
nency, a system built primarily
for war, democracy, which is built
primarily for peace, is at a dis
advantage. And democracy must
recognize it's weaknesses; it must
learn to safeguard its institutions
if it hopes to survive.
In England, we can see vividly
where democracy failed. In the
case of the A. r. P, for example
the government failed to get vol
unteers until after Munich h a d
driven home the seriousness of the
situation. But Germany had r..
100000 members by 1886. She
needed no such shock to build ur
this vital defense measure.
We can't escape the fact that
democracy in America, like de-
mocracy in England, has been
asleep at the switch. If we had
not been surrounded by oc S
three and five thousand miles
wide, we ourselves might be cav
ing in at some Munich of the
Western World.
We must always keep our arma-
ments equal to our commitments.
Munich should teach us that I'VE
must realize that any bluff will be
called. We cannot tell anyone to
keep out of our hemisphere unless
our armaments and THE PEOPLE
BEHIND THESE ARMAMENTS
are prepared to back up this COM
mand. even to the ultimate point
of going to war. There must be
no doubt in anyone's mind. the
decision must be automatic: if We
debate, it we hesitate. ii we ques-
ton, it will be too late. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Noted German Pioneer
In Teleuision Passe,

BERLIN, Aug. 24-(RAPaul Got
tlleb Nipkow, a pioneer of tele-
vision and credited with inventing
technique for that science, died
OF heart attack today, two days
after observing his Both birthday.
In 1884, DR.. Nipkow patented his
invention as ''the electrical tele-
scope" but his patent lapsed when
ne, was unable to pay costs of ex-
tending it.
For the next 80 years he worked
as an engineer for railway signal
company.
IN the meantime, his idea was
developed and improved by others.
Six years ago, at the age of IA,
ne finally received public recogni
ton when he was selected honorar;
president of the newly-founded Ger
man television society
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Nazis Issue Warning
To Neutral Shipper

BERLIN, Aug .14--'P'-hH3'''.
ed German source isSuea De"
warning today to non '5L19e' civ
shippers, ASSERTING thu g 'lrlS'
sion," to the British DaYlcel Sy'
tenn is IAN unneutral act.
Britain has expanded this SyS'
tenn, under which neutral shlps
cargoes are approved by BRUSH
authorities at ports of origin '0l
clearance through the BLOCKADE,
England is no longer IN po9+ s.
ton to exercise effective, alfusn, n
control of the sea, the Oei''1it g
spokesmen said. "Theretore' :, -
neutral shipping voluntarily p..' ,..'
itself under British control Oy ~ ~
ters of safe conduct it does 50 "l'D
out compelling necessity
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Medical Care
BY LOGAN CLENDEN1NG, M. D.

If We are faced with another
nationwide conscription for mill
tary service we will get once more
as we did in 1917, a cross section
diagram of the incidence of physi
cal defects in our young male pop
ulation. Many people can carry
out activities in civil life with nc
evident disability from d S
that for one reason or another will
unfit them for military service.
In 1917 one out Of every three
candidates was rejected for some
physical defect. This would mean
that if 100000 men are called
in the draft, 100000 will be found
sufficiently inadequate to be reject
ed.
The 'Musts''
Height and weight-T h S cate
CORY is really not a physical defect
and in times of extreme emergen-
cy could be relaxed. But the army
likes to have it's ranks look uni
form and those over six feet, six
inches in height or under five feet,
four inches, are turned down. eve
might get up special tall and short
regiments. l have a notion the
little guys would put up a pretty
good scrapD Weight between lis
and 180 is standard Seventy three
thousand men were rejected in 1917
on account of underweight.
Flatfoot-This is an obviously in
surmountable defect for soldier.
Nearly third of all reflections
will be from this cause. Bunions
equally bad.
Hernia-In the last war, soldiers
could be ordered to have hernias
repaired. This saved good many
men for service, but even SO a
hundred thousand men were dis
qualified for this reason in World
War /.
Teeth Weapons
Bad teeth-You have to have
twelve good teeth Army food is
good, but you must be able to chew
it. No special diets are arranged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

HOLLYWOOD. - In Little
Men" there are scene-stealing chill
dren, dogs, donkeys and ducks, an
oomph COW and calf, and J a k
Oakie. Said Kay Francis, whose
name will have top billing: IF
I'm going to be noticed at all in
this picture, I'll have to come into
every scene walking on my
hands"
Accustomed to attention, elegant
gowns, and $125,000 pay checks,
the actress is accepting her loss
of spotlight in remarkably good
spirit. Miss Francis used to be
somewhat intractable, but 1 doubt
that Hollywood would blame her
much if she tossed a tantrum in
the faces of Producers Towne and
Baker, Elsie the COW and Oakie
the Hockey.
My recent report on the movie
mutilation of Little Men" was an
understatement. Director Norman
Mcleod sometimes is obliged to
toss in whisp of Louisa Alcott's
minor classic, but he does this
apologetically and unobtrusively
by providing comic diversions in
the same scenes.
In one sequence Miss Francis,
as 10, is explaining to George Ban
croft, swindler, all about Plum.
field, the school. The dialog is
needed to establish the situation.
Audience attention, however, will
be glued on Mr.. Oakie, another
crook, who during the conversa-
tinta clxxl1x oh /. i L:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
MEN AS GODS
IN. w Herald Tribune

The airmen of England, fighting man to
man in the skies, are nothing less than the
center of the world today. We in America
strain our eyes and ears for news of them.
We cherish every item of skill and daring
that the censors see fit to pass.
They are few in numbers, as armies of any
age have been counted. True, only long
roll of effort by many men makes their flight
possible an effort of invention, of expert
ment, of pioneering in the past and of manu-
facture and maitenance in the preset. But
when the great soaring thrust of wing and
instant skill of aim spell victory or defeat,
one pair of eyes, one brain, one body, stakes
all. Even on the German side, which depends
more upon numbers and organization and less
upon individual daring, the totals run in the
hundreds at the most a few thousand. On
the side of England a score of pilots can re-
pulse a far-flung raid. At the climax of the
struggle the whole cause of British survival
the fate, indeed, of the Western world-may
rest upon the heart the genius of a few
score of flyers.
''Never in the field of human conflict was
so much owned by SO many to so few" Wins
ton Churchill said in vivid summary of the
British achievement in the air 1t is too soon,
obviously, to take this particular contest as
typical OF the whole vast struggle that lies
ahead. The second World War, like the first.
may yet claim its millions of victims. But
this Homeric battle by champions of un-
matched gallantry has already become dra-
matte fact has lighted a sky otherwise grimly
dark with machine-lke destruction.
Ones mind turns back to the great warriors
of old who fought single-handed for their
armies and their peoples-to the Homeric
champions, to David who slew his Goliath, to
the knights of the Round Table There never
was such jousting as has filled the skies over
England and the Channel in the last few
weeks.
The fight is ours, as Americans are coming
more and more clearly to see May it not,
also, be a victory for mankind everywhere
over the dead hand of the machine age that
created the shambles of the last year? It is
by machine, to be sure, an enormously in
genlous and complicated machine, that the
alrman flies and fights But there is no
question which of the two is the master.
Here mechanism has passed into such realm
OF subtlety that it lies helpless until man
supreme man, wields it, So far from s,h.
jecting the to automatic control such :.
creation yields new magic for the service of
human beings-if they can be wise enough
and brave enough to use it.
One must be dull indeed. not IN be nro-
foundly stirred by this great spectacle 81
swift so invisible, so incredible! If on1v ~
should be prophetic of a day to come when
men shall once more be as gods! =
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Star.News Program

Consolidated Otty-Connty Government
under CounctlMano0er Administration
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected TrAck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Indnstr1os
Shows.
Seaside Highway from Wr1ghtsvtl1e
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF CITY Limits.
s5-Foot Cape Fear Rtver channel toid'
er Turning Basin, toith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved Riper Road to Southport, Vto
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prodnc
ton through snstoined-yteld methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro
mottonal Agency. supported BY ore.
countrywide tas.
Shtpyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Cavolino, developed aronnd tho
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for sohites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehonse for Export Buyers.
Development of nattvs grape grotoin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tnoerca1osts sandtortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Two More Local Roads
Shown On N. {. Maps

The Old River road from wi, ~T
mington to Southport ana IeCT To,to
improved N. c. 139 from Sham +be
to Whiteville ore included .day III
ls4o maps distributed yestefaaiaic3 5e%aiic
by the state highway ana pr p~ober
works commission, the chall'''
of commerce reported oon.
The new map folders a-So .;on
tain pictures of Orton plah'as,o,r. or.
a typical border belt tobacco LAM LAM
ket scene, and surf flsflli1s re.
the coast, the local trade oo"' i
ported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing in
this department. They represent the
views Of the individual readers. Cor.
respondents are W ar ned tnat al
communications m 8 contain the
correct name and address for our
records, though the latter may be
signed as the writer sees fit. The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason is OBJ.
iecfionable, Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

the kids mothers, who figure that
unit publicists can do more than
anybody else for their brats by
writing cute things about them
and having lots of photographs
taken.
Soon this set the little darlings
chorus greetings to Mr.. johnson,
hurl themselves into Mr.. John.
sons arms, play cunning jokes on
Mr.. Johnson, and bring home,
made fudge to Mr.. johnson. The
other day 5-year-old blond mop.
pet marched up and said Mr.,
Johnson, would you like me to
tell you my life story?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

Airline operations in February,
over the II lines operating within
the United States, for the first two
months of 1910 showed an increase
of 70 per cent over the same period
of 1899.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

Born in Scotland, John r,aed
Jones was a captain in the o.'s sd.
States navy, served as redi diod
miral in the Russian navy rnl
and was buried in France diU .red
years later his body was Iell'0 Z
to Annapolis, Md
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

The following open letter to
Col. George w. Gillette has
been received by the Star-News,
which gladly passes it on to its
readers.-The Editor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
TOP o. THE MORNING

You aoho continue to long for God, what are
you aoaiting for? Folloao your deepest longings
to the foot OF the cross!
HALLEsBY
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
MOTHERS CAN'T
STAY AWAY

It's always amusing to Watcn
the mothers on a set where LOT
of children are working. You can
actually feel the intensity of their
anxious concentration. The Lit
tie Men" set is precisely 40O feet
long, and most of the action takes
place at one end. Before the com
pany settles into business. DireC'
tor Mcleod firmly herds the ma
mas and auntis clar down to The
opposite end and begs them to stay
there.
The 18-er more Immediately be-
gin hitching their chairs forward
A few inches at a time and, pc
haps unconsciously, they move il
ward the center of action. In .
couple of hours they're all st;na
in a semi-circle behind the car
era.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

thought I'd never live long enough to hear
the Senate OF the United States debating wheth.
er to vote supreme power to the President in
ington. ""'i
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
IN HOLLYWOOD
BY PAUL HARRISON

opens the school safe. He finds
his coat tail caught in it when he
tries to step innocently away.
Another time, while Miss Fran
els is talking, Oakie leans against
a wall and absent-mindedly pulls
at a piece of string or yarn he
finds dangling there. Keeps on
reeling it in, and eventually it
turns out that he has taken most
of the stitches from a Home
Sweet-Home sampler. Naturally,
the customers will pay little at
tention to Miss Francis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
FARM UNDER
ROOF

The principal set for Little
Men, is impressive-probably the
largest ever built indoors. Three
adjoining sound stages have been
opened into an unobstructed area
of 1.3 acres containing house,
barn, sheds, stream, road, trees
and patches of lawn and fields.
A vast cycloramic curtain sur
rounds all these and increases the
perspective. The grass is arti-
ficial, but shrubs and flowers are
growing in the earth that covers
the floor. Hens have begun to lay
in the chicken coop the corn, ,un-
der the hot sun arcs, is doing fine.
Publicity men don't get much
f1attering attention around the stu
dos, but they're treated like Santa
Clauses by child actors. This at
titude, of course, is dictated by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

know how to pack, says Isabel Nc
Cord, travel fashion authority
Choice of luggage and the way
the travelling woman packs her
wardrobe share In importance with
the wardrobe and the cruise ITSELF
saws Miss MCC0rd. This d0eSn I
mean that you should 60 out and
buy complete new set of luggage,
but 1 suggest you give a little
thought to what you have at home
and how you can supplement it to
advantage. A trunk in a stateroom
is always In the way unless you
occupy suite with trunk room"
Few Bags Needed.
The average 10 day to two week
vacation cruise wardrobe containing
everything the feminine cruise trav.
eler will need can be packed in two
or three bags. A fairly large suit
case measuring by Is by % inches
is practical, not only because it will
hold lot, but because 1t fits under
a standard Pullman berth and can
well. These come with hangers or
with trays.
Another good piece is combina
ton hat and shoe box, Miss McCord
points out. Shoes fit around the
sides and hats or other things fit
in the center, Bags such as these
come in anything from the lightest
air-flieht fabrics to heavy leather
In buying new bag in the ex-
pectation of much air travel stick
TO fiber. For that streamline effect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
The Travellers Notebook
Pan American Union Travel Division
Scouts Latest Passport Scare;
CoIifornio's October Calendar

tumnal spectacle, it is to the Shen-
andoah National Park of the Blue
Ridge in Virginia that Capital resi-
dents go for Skyline Drives grand
stand seat" in the show which begins
in October
J. R. Lassiter, park superinten-
dent, has announced that the trees
will begin turning color about Oc-
tober 3, continuing until October
90 The peak performance is ex-
pected between October IA and 19
The parking overlooks of Skyline
Drive are strategically located for
sweeping views Of the forested
mountains, valleys and hollows.
Will Rogers. Left Ericsson, gold
seekers of 40 and others who
played a colorful part in Southern
California will be honored in fiestas
, and celebrations in the area during
October
Already the following high light
events have been scheduled:
Through October - First annual
! $4,000 open Southern California
saltwater fishing tournament. Pa
cific shores from Coronado Islands
to Santa Barbara
Through October - Will Rogers
ranch home, Santa Monica, open to
visitors until December IS. Library
will be left as will" left it. CBene-
fit Red Crosse
October 3-9 tentative)-Artists
fair, Los Angeles China City. Dis
play of painting and sculpture. Art.
lists at work Models posing. En-.
tertainment. Outdoor artists cos.
/ tune ball.
/ october 5-l3-San Diego County
Fair. Del Mar
festival, Santa Barbara. Prizes fol-
most interesting costumes from
Iceland, Finland, Holland, Belgium
France. England, Ireland, Scotland
Denmark. Sweden, Norway, United
| States.
october 6-Champion of cham
pions golf tournament, Lakeside
Golf Club, Hollywood
October u (tentative) - Portola
/ days, Santa Cruz Pageant and
/ dance commemorating Hist ami
versary of landing of Portola expe-
dition at Santa Cruz in 1869
October l2-Pioneer day, Pasc
Robes. Free rodeo, parade, dane.
ing. People in costume of gay '90s
october 10 Solemn pontifca
mass, L. A. Memorial Coliseum
Celebrates centennial of Catholic
diocese and arrival of Bishop Fran.
els Garcia Diego y Moreno in Cali.
fornia in 1910. Coliseum seats lo5,.
900.
October l9-20-Gold rush days
Parade, carnivals, free barbecue
variety of contests such as compe-
tition between handbook miners to
acclaim worlds fastest hard-rock
drill operator. Residents costumeo
in frontier style reminiscent of days
when Mojave was terminal and
supply point for SINNERS of famous
20-mule borax teams and mining
camp days.
October 1927 - Santa Barbara
County fall flower show, Santa
Barbara.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
Strato.CIippers 10 Cut
Rio Time 48 Hours

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 21-An i'm
portant step forward In increasing
trade and travel between North and
South America will be inaugurated
by Pan-American Anyways System
October 2, when a special series of
Strato-Clipper cruises will be insti-
tuted to Rio de Janiero at saving
Of 80 per cent over regular round
trip fares and usual travel expense.
Passengers, leaving Miami in new
four-engined Strato-Clippers, will
arrive in Rio in only two days,
seven hours, a full 48 hours faster
than previous flying time.
The new rates are the lowest in
the history of South American air
travel
From October 2 To December 81,
Pan-American will offer a special
series of three times weekly Strato-
Clipper cruises. The flights are
made entirely in daylight. En- route
TO Rio, passengers will spend a
night at San Juan, Puerto Rico, or
Port of Spain, Trinidad, and at
Belem, Brazil, on the mouth of the
Amazon.
In Rio arrangements are being
completed for the special reception
and entertainment of cruise pas
| sengers.