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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
In w Washington

WASHINGTON.-You can figure
out that Cuba is a likely destina.
ton for a nice piece of that $500,
900. 600, just voted for the Export
Import Banks use, if you take a
look at what's happening to Cuba's
sugar trade.
Cuba produces close to 3,0O0,-
600 tons of sugar. Nearly two-thirds
of it is sold to the U. S.: Europe
ordinarily buys the rest. The war
has cut the European trade in half,
however, and bids fair to kill il
entirely within a few more months.
When that happens, Cuba-whose
whole economy rests on sugar
will be strictly up against it. So
will Strong Man Batista.
Which means a strain on the
good neighbor policy. The U. S.
built up the Cuban sugar indus
try, and used to buy so per cent
more. than its present quota. Cuba
will inevitably turn to Washington
for help, and Latin America in
general will figure help is due.
But-since the U. S. has more su-
ar growers of it's own than it
knows how to satisfy-there SIM
ply is no chance the Cuban sur
plus can be sold her.
Hence the betting is Cuba will
get a good slice of cash from Uncle
Sam,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
YARNELL POINTS
TO U. S. DANGERS
Admiral Approves FDR's
Policy, Sees Threat To
U. S. By Axis

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. s.-RH
the basic issue confronting
Americans today, says Read Ad-
miral Harry E. Yarnell, retired, us
whether this nation is prepared to
live indefinitely as IN armed camp
md whether our form of govern
nent can survive the PRESSURE of
events abroad.
The war in Europe and the war
in Asia" he said, "are phases of
the same war. If we are going to
help the remaining free nations we
must be prepared for the alterna-
tive of war;
The admiral, who retired last
wear as commander of the Asiatic.
fleet, spoke last night at a meet
ing sponsored by the Philadelphia
.1unior Chamber of Commerce and
the Naval Reserve Officers asso-
citation.
Washington is not going head
long into war;" he declared. 1T is
irving hard to avoid war.
But the new triple alliance of
Germany, Italy and Japan is
aimed directly at us. It is intended
to scare us from shifting the bal
ance in either Europe or Asia"
The United States navy now is
equal to anything in the Pacific"
he continued, land the British can
be depended on to take care of the
Atlantic"
Britain's announced intention of
reopening the Burma road may
provoke Japan to drastic action"
Yarnell warned, resulting in a
crisis involving the United States.
But, he said, I'VE may be bet
ter prepared for a showdown with
Japan now, while she is begged
down in China than we will be six
years from now" when the two
ocean navy is completed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
Andrews, Jones Praise
Beer Dealers Cleanup
Star-NeWs Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.

RALEIGH, Oct. - Both the new
and the retiring president of North
Cardinals Sheriff's Association are
convinced of the merits of the
Clean Up or Close Up" campaign
which has been conducted by the
Brewers and North Carolina Beer
Distributors committee, headed by
Colonel Edgar H. Balm.
The Campaign 'has produced
splendid results" according to the
Chatham's Sheriff G. H. Andrews,
recently named head of the asso-
citation. The committee should be
highly commended for its leader
ship in the cleanup or closeup
drive" said Sheriff c. David Jones
Of New Hanover, who is being sue
ceeded by Sheriff Andrews.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
FLYNN HELPED
CORCORAN OUT

Democratic National Chairman,
Edward T. Flynn is generally cred
tied here with an assist, at the
very least, in Tommy C%orcoran's
unexpected resignation of his gov
eminent post.
Understanding is that when
Flynn accepted Jim Farley's post
he did so on condition that both
Corcoran and Harry Hopkins will
resign. Now they're out-Hopkins
to try to regain his health, Cor
coran to work for a third term
via an independent citizens com
mittee,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
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Try one laxative that won't bring on
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
Gehringer Is Planning
To Retire From Game

DETROIT, Oct. 9.-R-The on
GLIDING game Of the 1910 World Sc.
ries at Cincinnati yesterday may
have also been the final major league
appearance of Charles Leonard Geh.
ringer, Detroit Tiger second base.
man, who has been one of the games
greatest infielders for almost two
decades.
Gehringer disclosed to a news
paperman friend before the game in
Cincinnati that he would probably
retire unless he was cured of a back
allment suffered while shoveling
snow from the sidewalk in front of
Els Detroit home last February.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
BUT WHERE'S
THE ARMY?

But to even the unframed eve,
there is a catch in the whole setup.
The number of troops S ms
small, in comparison to the lob
that may be ahead. Regiments of
native Malay troops are in traiu-
ing, and there are units of In
dians, Sikhs and Burmese being
whipped into shape to handle ma
chine guns and anti-aircraft of all
calibers. But they don't make AZ
army and they haven't been sea
soned under fire.
The number of aircraft in Singa
pore is not impressive. The air
fields are not as well defended as
the Dutch in the Indies.
There are few war vessels al
the base. There is little work If
the naval shops. The U. S. nava
base in Hawaii at Pearl Harbol
is 10 times as impressive.
The whole setup has the appear
ance of being a deserted hive. On
short notice, it could probably be
Lieu WILL ~QolllCSS-11h OCCo.
But it is when you consider Sing
apore as an empty shell that the
remark of the British naval Officer
becomes significant: Your Amer
lean fleet would fit nicely into Sing.
apore."
The British and the Dutch
would like that, you bet! T h ( )
would no doubt swap an awful 10
if the U. S. would make Singapore
an American naval base-to &c
fend the nearby Philippines.
1t is Understandable and taker
for granted that the British neeo
all their ships and all the mer
they can muster from any part
of the Empire for war in Europe
And it is good military and nava.
sense to hold the unthreatened out
posts with forces as small as posi-
BILE. These very facts, however,
stress sthe point that the Britis!:
Empire is not now a Pacific power
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
In Hollywood
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD - News from the
front: Members of the British col
ony in Movieland have been get
ting stronger reassurances fir o m
friends abroad about the war than
are to be cleaned from the local
papers. When somebody gets a let
ter from Cousin Sir Cuthbert Who
zis, he relays the contents among
his c%ountrymen and in no time the
drawing rooms r echoing with
by-gads and cherries.
Anna Neagle has been having
quite a time with her two aunts,
intrepid ladies of 60 and "a who
are taking care of the stars home
in England. The place is 7 miles
from Hendon and 10 from DeHavil-
land, both Nazi bombing objec-
tives. Miss Neagle has been trying
to months to persuade them to try
to come here, or at least to leave
the region where they are. She
sent a cable several weeks ago and
got this reply: Sister and 1 went
up to Lndon today. Saw Irene
Packed theater, huge crowds.
Please make more happy pictures
like this. Love-"
Other day the actress read a re-
port (from Berlin) about the whole
Hendon district being wiped out.
Another pleading cable brought
this answer: 'All well. Quite safe.
Don't worry. Our airmen r
grand"
THE VIEW
IS SUPERB
The ountess of Jersey, a guest
about-Hollywood these days, has
had a long letter from David Niv-
IN. From a previous widely-circu-
lated story, Movietown figured
Captain Niven was stationed at
some training camp near London.
The recent letter indicates he's
now with the anti-invasion forces
on the southeast coast. Anyway, he
tells of seeing this sign on a quaint
little inn there: dodgers Taken.
Good Food-Fresh Air-An Excel
lent View of the Enemy" ..
Fred Astaire has an anecdote.
His sister Adele, you know, is Lady
Cavendish. And Lord Cavendish,
as you probably didn't know, is a
member of an anti-parachute pa.
troll. Sleeps in his clothes and dash
es out at eerie hours to patrol the
lanes and beat the woodlands.
Before writing to her brother,
Lady Cavendish had seen her hus-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
Churchill Named Chief
OF Conservative Party

LONDON, Oct. 9.-R-Prime
Minister Churchill today W a S
elected unanimously leader OF the
conservative party, succeeding
Neville Chamberlain.
His election as head OF his par
ty as well as of the government
had been considered certain since
Chamberlain last week stepped
out Of the cabinet and relinquished
his party post.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
Singapore
BY T EDISON

SINGAPORE, Straits Settle
ments- Your American fleet"
said a British vice admiral in Aus
tralia, would fit nicely into Singa-
pore"
In that brief, facetious statement
is wrapped neatly the whole story
of Singapore naval base, British
Gibraltar of the Far East on the
most important small island in the
world, excepting only Manhattan.
No one outside the British war
office knows exactly how many
millions of pounds have been
poured into the defense of Singa-
pore, an island some {" miles in
circumference, the adjacent waters
and the small islands which dot
the harbor.
Concerning all these defenses
there is a great deal of official
hush-hush, and only the British
know how to put this on h
maximum effectiveness.
Commercial airliners coming in.
to the new Singapore airport, built
on made land at the waterfront,
are forced to fly in and out of the
city on a narrow channel. Fly on
a non-military plane over any part
of the western end of the island,
an area seven miles long and three
miles wide, and you get shot down.
Go cruising aimlessly about the
harbor in your yacht and patrol
boats will be after you, if you
don't run into a mine before the
patrols can warn you off.
The hills and islands are sup
posedly honeycombed With anti-air.
craft guns OF all sizes, and big
caliber coast defense guns which
can outshoot and %outrange any,
thing that might be brought against
them. There are .airfields that
would take hundreds of planes.
There r barracks ind camps and
forts that will house thousands of
soldiers. There are miles of barbed
wire and first and second line de-
tense positions all around the is
land, as anyone can e by going
out East Drive.
There are supposedly wen-de-
fined lines of defense up across the
Malay peninsula, to thwart anyone
who might have the idea of land
ing in, say, Indo-China or Thai
land, and marching south on Singa-
pore.
There is a navy yard with a dry
dock and floating craving docks
big enough to take the largest
ships afloat or on paper. There are
naval shops to make every repair
a war vessel might need.
There are supposed to be sup
plies on hand to withstand a siege
OF three years or more, and a
tactical plan worked out to fight
it out that long, if necessary, TO
maintain Britain's hold on this 100
year-old free port, fortress a n d
outpost.
And so, by reputation, Singapore
is synonymous with impregnabil-
ity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10

and it cannot be until Australia
and New Zealand can achieve their
hoped-for roles as independent and
self-sustaining dominions within
the Empire. Only then will they
have the rating Of world powers in
Pacific affairs. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10

Beautiful coats in needlepoint and
tweeds some with fur col
lars and others pain. Silk rayon
Innings. An unusual value in
these coats priced at
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
TOO MANY
EXTRAS

The extra situation in Hollywood
as been little improved by honest
administration at Central Casting.
Previously there were a few hun
dred favored extras who at least
made a living. Today, with studio
jobs meticulously assigned 50 that
each eligible atmosphere player
gets his fair share, they're a ii
starving.
Everyone knows the answer:
There r 1000 extras where there
should be no more than $500. But
they won't quit; they just bleat.
If I sound unsympathetic, the fol.
lowing incident will show one rea.
son why: Frank Capra recently
sent an order to Central Casting
for $500 $5.50-a-day extras. That's
the lowest class; he just wanted a
mob scene, a human BACKGROUND.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10
MINE WORKERS
JOLT LEWIS

Signs are multiplying that John
L. Lewis hasn't helped himself
a bit with his own United Mine
Workers by attacking FDR and
playing bah with the c. I. O.s
left-wingers during the past year.
The U. M. W. has, of course, been
a solid Lewis outfit since way
back when: but it's also pretty
firmly non-red and pro-Roosevelt.
In electing its officers, U. M. W.
dominates by petitions from the
locals and elects by referendum.
Currently, says an apparently re-
liable report, petitions have come
in from some 700 locals-of which
200 nominated Lewis while 500,
plunked for Phil Murray, C. I. O.
vice president.
This doesn't mean Lewis will be
unseated. Murray is 100 per cent
to him and almost certainly
would never run against him. 1t
is taken, though, as a striking re-
Election of the miners opposition
to Lewis recent course.
WORRIES
FOR N. l.. r.. B.
The labor board will be in a pref
ty fix if the Senate accepts the the
House provision barring the use of
any labor board funds for support
o a research division-which may
be just what the Huse had in its
The action was aimed at the
boards head researcher, David Sa-
poss. The House tried to cut of
his money last June, but the board
its funds and kept him
and mos of his staff. Now the House
has put through a clause SO tight,
in its ban on the spending of money
for research, that if it stands up
the board won't even be able to
the material for its costom-
airy statistical reports to its re-
gional offices.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-10

band come in at dawn, completely
pushed and out of temper. What
did you find?" she asked him.
"Lovers!" snorted the noblemar
-Four pairs of lovers!. Demmed
outrage! -. An OUTRAGE for them
l mean -. Hitler shall answer
for these violations of British pri-
vacy!"
Nogales international., 1940-05-18
erosion Threat
To Livestock
Industry
By JAMES G. ANDERSON

United Dress Staff Correspondent
TUCSON. Ariz., May 17-UP)-
Erosion ard the silt which is its
by-product are threatening Ariz0na'r
livestock and agricultural industries
as well as the expensive system of
dams which provide water for al
most Ell crop lands in the state.
Led by the u. S. Soil Conserva-
ton service, a division of the de-
partment of agriculture, a small
group of engineers and highly train
ed field men are leading the fight
against erosion in Arizona-and they
made no effort to minimize the dan
ger to the two leading industries
and the multi-million dollar irriga-
ton projects.
Allen K. Kinnison, state coordi-
nator for the conservation service,
said erosion in Arizona received it's
impetus many years ago when over
stocked ranges denuded the land of
vegetation, leaving no grass CIR plants
to catch runoff from rain.
Most seriously damaged areas, ac-
cording to Kinnison, were the San
Simon valley in southern Arizona
and one of the most important riv-
ers in the state, the Gila river in
the Stafford district.
Kinnison explained that the rains
had furrowed gullieS into the land
which had been eaten bare by sheep
and cattle, gullies which grew into
miniature canyons Silt was carried
by the water into the tributaries
which feed the irrigation systems.
He said that so great was the
amount of silt being carried into the
reservoirs, main control points in
Arizona's irrigation system which is
valued at $43, ZOO, 900, that their ca
pacity was threatened seriously.
AS an example of the danger Of
silt clogging water reservosir, Kin
nision said that effective operation
of Coolidge dam, one of the. main
storage dams of the states irriga-
ton system, would extend only
"about so years unless the huge
silt deposits being carried into it
coult be stopped.
He said that water scarcity in the
state, underground as well as sur
face moisture, was hindering de-
velopment of the farming industry
in Arizona more than any other
single factor. And, he added, ero
sion leading to floods seriously
menaces the water supply.
Kinnison urged that private in
dustry, sheepmen and cattlemen anc
farmers contact the soil conserva
tion's office in Tucson and help thu
Nogales international., 1940-05-18
State Treasurer
CONTINUED from Pag One)

l.
ton was formed in the seventeenth
century, by g: great-great grand
father of Mr.. Petersen, who was
chief, by appointment, for one OF
Denmark princesses, and by his
grandfather who followed in his
footsteps, thus handing down the
incentive for the culinary art to
the author of this cook book.
With the exception of recipes fur
niShed fer Mr. Petersen's cook book
by Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Garner,
respective wives of President Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt and Vice PreSi-
dent John Nance Garner, all others
were supplied by Arizona women and
men, the majority from the wives
of county treasurers in Arizona.
The Kitchen" seems to have i'm
parted a magic charm to at least
two persons in Arizona who have
been successful in public life, name
ly: the late George w. P. Hunt,
seven times governor of Arizona,
frequently and affectionately dub
bed the greatest Roman of them
all" whose first employment in
Arizona was in Globe kitchen at
q. nominal per week" wage.
September 10, 1913, Mr.. Petersen,
then a young man who had taken
the late Horace Greeley's advice to
young men to "go west" had ar
rived at Douglas, Arizona. His cash
in hand was an infinitesimal sum,
but he soon procured job as FRY
cock in a restaurant at three Gol-
lars fifty cents per week. During
the World War Mr.. Petersen served
q part of his three and a half years
enlistment as a cook. So, with such
a background, it is not strange that
he is capable Of compiling such a
! cook book as we have before us,
and tc anyone VINO perchance might
want to know why he did it," the
Cnly answer is that it YVES done out
! Of spirit of culinary pride that
just wouldn't rest pent up any
longer.
Nogales international., 1940-05-18
Arizona Ranks
FaUOrably In
National Study

A number of interesting facts rel
ative to the status OF Arizona edu-
cationally were revealed by a na~
tional study entitled Public Educa-
tion published by the Wisconsin
Education Association.
With respect to per capita income
Arizona ranked 10Th with an aver
age of $491 IS. The U. S. Average
was $479.61.
In value Of school property per
pupil enrolled, Arizona ranks 35
with a value of S181 per pupil in
comparison with the US average of
S274.
In total yearly cost per pupil en-
rolled, Arizona ranked 21st with an
average of $82 46 in comparison with
a U. S. average of $81.19
On the other hand, Arizona rank
Nogales international., 1940-05-18
Quarantine Of
Alfalfa Romoued

PHOENIX, May 17-(UP) - The
Arizona Commission of Agriculture
and Horticulture announced today it
had removed quarantine on ship
ments of alfalfa from Mohawk,
Wellton and Parker valleys in Yuma
county.
The ban on shipments was placed
a year ago when the three areas
were found to be infested with
Egyptian weevil. Removal of the
ban, however, did not apply to the
Yuma valley, part of Coconino coun-
ty northwest of the Colorado nor
the University of Arizona's expert
mental farm near Tempe, in which
the quarantine still remains in ef-
feet.
Nogales international., 1940-05-18

ed sixth in the percent of total pop
ulation age SIT both inclusive. The
percent for Arizona was 29.6, only
10 below South Carolina which held
first place. The average for the U. S.
is only 1856.
In percent of total population en-
rolled in school, Arizona ranked
fourth with a percentage of 1858 in
comparison with an average of
Nogales international., 1940-05-18
1897 for the U. S. as a whole.

1897 for the U. S. as a whole.
In average salary of teachers. su-
pervisors and principals, Arizona
ranked 18th with an average of ST.
$500.
In percent Of school expenditures
devoted to salaries of teachers, SUI
- VISITS and principals, Arizona
ranked 33rd
Nogales international., 1940-05-18
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fight against erosion by cooperating
with department. engineers which
are especially trained to combat the
menace.
Nogales international., 1940-05-18

WARNINGS! When you buy a
refrigerator this year be sure
you're not paying good money
for an out-of-date, last years
model offered at reduced"
prices. Also don't be misled by
special model priced for adver-
tising purposes. See Kelvinators
complete line of 1910 models, all
at greatly reduced prices.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-29
Coolidge Woman's
Club Meeting

Last Thursday the Coolidge
Woman's Club enjoyed covered
dish luncheon at their club house
with % members present. The
program on Americanization was
in charge of Mrs. D. 8. Davis. An
informal talk was given by Max
Williams on educational program
for citizenship, and quizzed men,
bers of the club during his talk.
Baron J. v. Anriemma, Financial
Secretary of the Salvation Army,
gave a short story Of his life in
that religious organization and
sang four songs accompanied on
the piano by Mrs. B. L. Steward.
Mrs. Mynona DeGroff spoke on
the development of personality
and introduced Mrs. ODESSA Po-
we'll who personalized the life OF
Cleopatra. The luncheon hostesses
were Mesdames Jackson, W. d.
Johnson, G. L. Johnson and Kemp
ton.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-29
Star Chapter
Meeting

The o. E. S. Chapter met
Wednesday night in regular ses-
sion with Alpha Sheriff., Worthy
Matron, presiding. After the meet
ing a patriotic program observing
Washington's Birthday was enjoy
ed with music, readings, and NOV
ing pictures of the Scuttling of the
Graf Spec, and also Grand Cany-
on scenes shown by R. J. Jones
with interesting views taken by
himself with his motion camera.
Refreshment tables were color
ful with miniature cherry trees and
patriotic runers of red, white and
blue Cherry pie and coffee were
served by the committe, Mrs. A.
j. Dunaway, Mrs. ]. ]. Jones, Mrs.
Truitt and Mrs. Bob Cochran. The
Russian Auction of a beautiful
Flag Cake baked by Mrs. Lii
liam Watson, was auctioned off by
r. ]. Jones and netted over $500
TO be applied on the o. E. S. home
fund. Mrs. Zahalsky won the cake.