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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10

end. Courage alone is not enough. In this
case, it can be enough only if the Italian
braggart increases the magnitude of his blum
behring's, and that seems well-nigh impossible:
This was he case in Finland. Despite the
magnificent stand made by the Films, despite
their early victories, despite the plumbers of
their adversaries, Finland's only hope lay in
getting enough help from outside to match
Russian power. When help failed to come,
Finland fell.
The Greeks are in precisely the same situa-
ton today. Once the full power of the Italian
military machine is thrown into the fray, the
fate of Greece will depend on how much help
she is able to get firm her British ally.
Britain can give her sea power; she can
lend her air power to a limited extent. But
the battle for Greece proper is primarily a
battle of land armies and for a contest of this
sort the British forces in Egypt and the near
East have few men and guns to spare. Every
thing which they could mass in Greece would
not be enough, if Germany decides to help
her f~altering Italian ally.
In that case, however, it is reasonable to
that Turkey would take a hand, and
Turkeys strength might well balance the aid
Hitler gives to Mussolini. Everything n o w
transporting in that part of the world shows
that however v~aliantly Greece uphold her ma
tional cause, the issue is actually in neither
her nor Italy's hands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Far-Flung Defenses

To the men responsible for the defense of
the United States in case of war the announce
ment comes none too soon that arrangements
have been made with other American nations
for the use of air and naval bases on their
territory by our military forces, They would
have liked it better if it had come sooner.
It is no secret that army and navy officials
at Washington have been seeking prompt &C.
ton to assure the United States of proper
bases IN Central and South America if it
should become necessary to defend this hemi.
sphere. They have been urging speed. quietly
but insistently, on the ground that it takes
time to equip bases if they are to be of anv
value. Some fears have been expressed that
delay might force a change in present nlans
However, the state department did have .
problem Of procedure on its hands. Despite
the degree OF solidarity that has been at
tanned among the American republics. the old
fears of the Colossus of the NORTH are mi
yet entirely dead in our neighbors to the south
For that reason it was decided not to attennt
to lease sites for bases but to seek permission
for their use.
This permission has now been obtained and
the technical task of selecting bases for Joint
defense and of deciding just how the work is
to go forward has been undertaken. In pen.
eral, it is said, the bases will be DEVELOPED by
the governments of the countries in which
they are to- be located and the United States
will provide technical help and certain equip
ment.
Since the cooperation of all the American
nations is of the utmost importance, it is
gratifying that the right to use these bases
we shall have to pay too high a price for ou1
consideration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Chance for All to Help

The Junior m of Commerce is SO
earnest in its effort to foster and develop SEN
timent for managerial government that it has
opened an office on Princess street Wnere
information will be available and a petition
NAV be signed calling upon the board OF
elections to bring the matter to a head by a
special ballot.
The Star-News, which has long advocated
a consolidated city-county government under
co~uncil-manager administration welcomes this
effort by the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
not only because it promises to advance a
cause which should be successful but also De-
cause the organization can strengthen its own
for service through such an impor-
tant campaign.
It is to be remembered, however, that the
deciding influence, in this as in all other ma
ior undertakings for betterment in city and
county, rests with the people themselves. The
Jaycees cannot do the job alone. Nor can
the Star-News. If it is to be done, the people
unite in the effort.
Wilmington and New Hanover county will
enioy the fruits of consolidated government
and managerial administration only if the citi-
zens bring the necessary pressure to bear for
the change.
What this means, of course, is that every
body who wants the whole community to bene-
fit by the proved advantages of managerial
administration must get behind the Star-News
and Junior Chamber of Commerce in the cam
paign now taking definite form.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Invitation to Mr.. Roosevelt

The Brunswick County Chamber of Com
merce, through W. B. Keziah, its secretary,
believes that the best time to strike is when
the iron is hot.
That is why Brunswick county, and particu-
larly it's county seat, Southport, is moving
ahead-why, for example, Southport was
chosen for the recent writer's conclave, which
will bring southeastern North Carolina unlimit-
ed publicited, and why Southport now has an
excellent yacht harbor.
It is also why an incitation has gone for
ward to President Roosevelt to visit Whining
ton and Southport to see at first land the
need for defense provisions and to enjoy a
day or two of fishing on Frying Pan Shoals
which is unexcelled from Key West to Bangor.
The aforesaid iron is plenty hot right now,
as everybody knows. Defense is the order of
the day. This section of the Atlantic coast
must have protection of the first order if the
whole shoreline is to be made impregnable.
There is no better way to insure that this
protection will be forthcoming in time than
to have Mr.. Roosevelt view the lay of the
land in person. Hence the invitation from the
Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce by
the hand of its enterprising secretary.
Mr.. Keziah deserves high praise for his
jealous work to promote the interests of his
own county and all southeastern North Caro-
lima.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Out of Their Hands

Like Finland before her, Greece is stirring
the minds and hearts of men by her coura-
geous stand against overwhelming odds With
their small army, their tiny and antiquated
air force and what few modern weapons they
have at their disposal the Greeks are fighting
bravely and we'll. At Koritza they have been
reported for days to be on the verge Of a
major victory; lsewher along the line they
have been holding fast.
But these early successes should not lead
to false optimism about Greece's ultimate vic.
tory in this war, despite Mussolini's misrnan-
agement and stupidity. The incontrovertible
fact is. that the more powerful nation, in a
conquest so unequal, is likely to win in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Hitler Speaks

Herr Hitler's Munich address, which was
delivered behind closed doors to his old COM
panions, in strong contrast to his last out
burst in the same city when he narrowly es-
capped assassination, obviously was planned as
a prop for German morale.
Thus we hear him quoted as saying that
the war will be carried to a decisive con-
%clusion, that there will be no compromise.
In bridge the same mental process is known
as a psychic bid. One player names a weak
suit to discover what support for it may lodge
in his partners hand.
Hitler dwelt on the strength and unity of
the German people, probably in the hope of
setting aside the demoralizing effect of Brit
ans destructive air attacks both on industrial
germany and on Berlin itself. There can be
no doubt that German morale has suffered
under the British attacks, else why should he
place special emphasis on these ''cowardly
assaults on civilian populations while his own
air force is attacking London by day and
night with increasing casualties among non
combatants?
Yes, 1t was for the German people that the
fuehrer unleashed his wrath at the enemy in
Ue Munlch LoWenbreau. It is the Nazi method
OF cloaking the German failure to invade Eng
land or crack the morale of the British people
by air attack.
The people of Germany are allowed to know
only what the Nazis care to tell them, and we
may be sure that they are not told of the
stalWart defense across the channel. All thew
actually know is that their capital is under
tire when they had been advised that no war.
plane could possibly penetrate it's defenses,
Instead of defining a definite national war
pollcy' 1t seems that the Hitler speech was
an acknowledgement of blasted hopes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
HERE AND There

A sick spinal column is as evil as any
Fifth Column Harold ]. Reilly, president
York Physiotherapists.
Intervention and hemisphere solidarity are
Incompatible Laurence Duggan, State De-
partment Latin America specialist.
Preparedness here is a sort of vaccination.
DR.. Hans Simons, New School of Social Re-
search.
In our France children learn at school
America has never refused a great human OBJ.
ligation.- Henry Bernstein, French refugee
playwright.
Our chief peril is the mar who measures
greatness by the pocketbook.-Dr. Frank King
don, New York Aid-the-Allies advocate.
Real name of Buffalo Bill was Giovanni
Tambini, says Italian press, which pretty soon
now, will reveal the buffalo was imported, too.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
TOP % THE MORNING

Il an, amazed at a man like you going to
these conUentions,'' said q man to his minis
ter once. "What neD thing can these conven-
ton speakers tell you? 1t is all in the Ne10
Testam ent.' "YeS," he replied, "thats the
trouble: and ne have let these things in the
out of the NeD Testament, and into our
hearts and 73ues.' In Gods Treasury, our
share of Pentecost's blessing has been deposit
cd for each Of us By our Father God. Haze We
claimed and received our share?
REV. JOHN MCNEIL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-CoAnty Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
ShoWs.
Seaside Highway from WrightsuiHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid-
err Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Pared River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Developme OF Pulp Wood Produc'
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported by one
countrywide az.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, devs!oped around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities TOR whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF ndtine grape 0rowing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sandtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
LIBRARY PLANNING
FOR BOOK WEEK

National book week will be OBJ
served in the Wilmington public
library beginning Tuesday morn
ing with a unique display of new
children's books.
Mrs. Emma Woodward, libra
rian, is presenting a ladder dis
play of the books with new edi.
lions for older boys and girls &C.
cupying the top two shelves, books
for children between the ages OF
10 and IL, eight and seven, and
five and seven, respectively, on
the next three shelves, and books
for very young children on the
bottom shelf. The ladder will be
on display the entire week before
any of the new books may be
checked out.
Book week has been observed
since 1919. The observance was
placed in November as the fall
months are the busiest time OF
the year for the sale of children's
books and parents seem to take
more interest in them during the
time. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
HOLLANDS NAILS
PUT ON PARADE
BIackshirts Favor Collabo-
ration With Hitler's
New Europe

AMSTERDAM Via Berlin), NOV.
9.-R-Five thousand blackshlrted
Dutch Nazis marched through the
streets Of the capital today under
the slogan "the streets belong TO
us" in an orderly demonstration AFT
recent bloody clashes with politi-
cal opponents.
Scores of persons have been slight
ly wounded, it was disclosed, in re-
peated clashes between the Dutch
Nazis and members of the Neither
lands Union party.
Thirty members Of the Union
party, which says it favors collabo-
ration with Germany in her New
Europe" but holds out for spiritual
and independence and non-exclusion
of Jews, were arrested at The Hague
last Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Ministers To Debate
Religious Subject,

The Rev. James R. Lee. pasta,
of the Sixth Street Advent Chris.
tan church, and the Rev. O D
Baird, pastor Of the Church -
Christ, will engage in a publio
discussion in the Sixth Stree.
church, Monday and TUESDAY
nights of this week, it was Ar.
nounced last night.
Monday night, beginning at .
o'clock, the question of the I'M
mortality of the Soul will be ~,
cussed. MIR. Lee affirms the ono.
ness of soul and body, and Mr.
Baird denies this in favor of tbs
souls Immortality.
Tuesday night at 8 O'Clock tbe
discussion will rela'? to the snh.
ject of Hell" Mr.. Baird affjrn,s
the position of eternal, conscious
torment for the finally incorrigibIe
wicked, and Mr.. Lee denies this
in favor of the total destruction
of man by the fires of the last
day.
Each speaker will have a half.
our to present his views, and this
will be followed by a fifteen min.
ute rebuttal each.
A brief song service will begin
at 7:45 o'clock each night, and
the discussions will start promptly
at 8 p. m. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Mr.. Lee will speak tonight ON
the subject, How a knowledge Of
the Truth makes us Free" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
What Is The City Manager Plan?

the manager in the operation Of
the scheme. However, in some
charters it's legal name is the
city manager plan, and In Others
the commission-manager plan
This last term is very clumsy,
since a commission is properly
speaking a group of admlnlSlra-
tors whereas, if there is a mana
ger the commission takes no part
in administration.
Briefly, a city is considered as
having the manager plan II the
people choose a legislative body
called a council or a commission
which appoints a professional man
ager who has control over admin
istrative affairs, and has broad p
pointive and removal powers over
his subordinates.
A Business Arrangement
The plan is nothing more or less
than the application to munlclpal'
tiles of the method of organization
found best in operating a business
Today almost every business is Of
ganized as a company. The com
pany has stockholders and the
stockholders elect a board OF dlrec-
tors. The board determines lAe
broad policies to be pursued IN ue
business and hires a manager 10
carry them out and report to lhe
board. If the manager does goou
work and business thrives, he Keep
his job. If he is no good, ne y
soon fired. If the board sets up
poor policies, it is ansWeraple I"
the stockholders who can elect ON.
er directors at the next company
meeting.
The city manager plan operate
in precisely the same way lAe
difference is mainly n OF names
but there is of course, one Vltai
distinction. The object OF the ure
company is to make dividends, Om
the object of the municipality IS "
provide service. But both plans
however, are based on the prh'
ciple of centralizing responslDlIlII,
If the majority of the people
want good government, and inc!
usually do, this plan enables mn.
at once to place the blame IL |Ne!
do not get it. Responsibility IS NV
divided between the council anu
an executive who can stand on ms
dignity and say to the councn,
II was elected by the people; CON
you tell me what to do NOR y
administrative responsibility olviu
ed among several elected olIlcl'"
as under the commission plan,
Under the manager, plan uf
manager cannot pass the pucA =
they keep an incompetent man,
It is interesting to note that the
one governmental form when NV
manager plan closely resembles -
the usual organization OF IoV@i
school systems. People discover
that the best way to keep the puD
lie schools out of spoils polu.'
was to give them a separate so'
eminent under an elected Schoo'
board which chose a compe'eho
professional superintendent OF NV
schools. The manager plan IS 'h,
scheme as applied to the Wllor
of city government, instead Of on'
to one department
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
BULGARIA IS HIT
BY EARTH SHOCKS
Damage Reported; Center
Believed In Rumania;
Reports Meagre

SOFIA. Bulgaria, Nov. 10.-(Sun'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were awaken
ed early today by several consecu'
tive earth shocks felt throughout
Bulgaria.
The tremors occurred about 3:42
a. m. (8:42 p. m. EST Saturday,.
Chimneys collapsed in n village,
seriously injuring n person, but
full reports of damage were no. i'm
mediately available. nor was the
e%picenter known.
The first report indicated a severe
earthquake had occurred about 225
miles from Sofia in a n~ortheasterly
direction-toward central Rumania
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Independent Voters
Group To Stay Intact

NEW YORK, Nov. .-R-May-
or F. H. LaGuardia announced to-
day that the pro-Roosevelt Nation
al Committe of Independent Vot-
ers, which he headed, would be
kept alive and active" as a po-
litical organization to keep the
people accurately informed on fed
eral problems"
Informed of the mayors an
nouncement, Wendell L. Willkie,
defeated republican presidential
candidate, said: ut puzzles me.
Does this mean they are getting
ready for a fourth term?" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Slightly Warmer Weather
Is Predicted For Today

Slightly warmer weather was
in prospect for Wilmington this
morning. Paul Hess, meterolgist
said last night.
He predicted that this morning
shortly before sunrise the mercury
would slump to about 40 degrees,
four higher than yesterday morn
ing's low of So degrees.
Yesterday morning, he S d,
there was a fairly heavy frost,
which did considerable damage to
small and tender plants. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Urdareanu Arrested
By Franco Government

SEVILLE, Spain, Nov. 9.-R-
FORMAL arrest Of Ernest Urdare.
anu, chamberlain of former Ru-
Malnlan King Carol whose extra
ditlon has been sought by the pres
n Bucharest regime, was dis
closed today.
Inc arrest was made a few
hours after Urdareanu returned
yesterday from Madrid, where he,
Carol and Carols red-haired
friend. Nine. Magda Lupescu, had
gone to plead their case. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Endicott Johnson Will
Raise Pay 5 Per Cent

B~INGHAMPTON, N. Y, Nov. g.
Up Endicott Johnson corporation,
whose 20, 000-worker shoe manufac-
turing organization is the second
largest in the country, announced
today a five per cent wage increase
effective Tuesday. 1t will amount to
about $ 1,25o, 900 a year.
The increase balances a five per
cent deduction for medical costs
which was taken from pay envelopes
in the spring of 1888.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Chamber Of Commerce
To Haze Call Meeting

The executive board of the cham
Der of commerce yesterday called
a special meeting of its members
and other interested people for
Nov. 10 at 8 p. m. in tn super
ior courtroom of the county court.
huse.
The announcement said a call
meeting of the members of the
trade body and any citizens in
terested in increasing it's effec-
tiveness for the common advance.
ment of this section will be held
at the time and place designated. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
LOST CHILD

CARTERSVILLE. Ca, Nov. y.
-R-Commissioner Lon Suli'
van of the state highway pa
troll ordered lookout notices
broadcast tonight when nun
dreds of woodsmen and CCC
boys failed to find two-year-old
Murray Upshaw, Jr. missing
since yesterday noon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10

Over five hundred communities
including six counties-are now op'
Grating under the full-fledged coun-
Gil manager form of government.
They range in size from Cincln,
matt, Ohio, with a population Of
451, 900 to Bendix, N. j., which
is credited with IS inhabitants. The
list includes 1872 cities in the Unit,
ed States, 16 cities in Canada, four
in Ireland, and one in Puerto Rico.
Those who live in these cities
say that they r home towns to
be proud of. They say that in these
cities graft and corruption are US
ually at a minimum, OF practl-
cally nonresident. They tell US,
that their government costs only
as much as it must cost, and not
as much as a political clique wants
it to cost. They insist that the man
or woman who lives in those cities
can be sure of having his govern
ment do all the things for him
that need to be done, and that 1t
will do them well. And finally,
thew saw that the citizen in those
cities can always be sure of get
ting a fair hearing for any pro-
posal to change what the govern
ment is doing. In short, they say
that in their home towns govern
ment not only belongs to the peo-
pie, but it is run entirely in their
interest.
Not Magix, but Logic
Sounds like a miracle. But poll
teal scientists and experts in gov
eminent don't call it a miracle. In
stead, they consider the city man.
ager plan accepted political doc
trine, and its principles are taught
as such in all American univer-
sites. In the 80 years which have
passed since the city council of
Staunton, Va, passed an ordinance
hiring a general municipal man.
ager," the city manager plan has
grown until it is referred to now
throughout the world as The
American Plan"
What is this american Plan of
city government which has been
adopted by almost one in every
five cities of over 10, 1000 popula-
ton in the United States? What is
the plan which has caused IA per
cent of the urban population of
the United States lthe Bureau of
the Census calls cities over $500
''urban'') to call their home towns
best governed? Just what is
meant by the term IN a n a 6
plan?"
To begin with, it is usually pre-
ferred to call the plan the coun.
cil-manager PLAN, because h e
council which appoints the man.
ager is even more important than
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
World
Bulletins
ARRESTED

CARMEL, Calf, Nov. 9.-R
Two soldiers and a civiliai,
were arrested today by police
and a federal bureau Of investi-
cation agent and accused of at
tempting to sell government am
munition stolen from the Mon
terey Preside.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Art Museum PLANNING
Annual Meet Nou. Id

The annual meeting OF the mem
bership of the Wilmington Mu-
scum of Art will be held Thurs
day, November IA, at 8 p. m.
All members are invited tn at.
tend in order to hear the annual
report. There will be a meeting If
the board of trustees immediately
following, to elect officers for the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
SEN. @VANDENBERC
RAPS UNITY PLAN
Continued From Page One)

gress would be over the question
of adjournment. Democratic spokes.
men have talked of possibly adjourn
ing on Nov. 10.
chusetts, the house republican lead
err, said, however, that he would
object to ending the session "as long
as there is any emergency"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
MILESTONE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-R
The War department reported
today as a milestone in the his
tory of American military educa-
ton" that 406 officers had COM
pleted a new course of combat
training which is to be given g.
900 men annually.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
WITHDRAWN

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-LR-
American Red Cross officials
said tonight that most OF the
organizations personnel was be-
ing withdrawn from France be-
cause of the difficulty of getting
supplies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
BOMBING

SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. 9.-@
pennsylvania state police to-
day questioned another employe
of the Scranton City hospital for
contagious diseases in their in
vestigatioin of the bombing
which killed two children of the
city's public health director.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
DR.. Warshauer Called
To CamD Shclhv Post

DR.. Samuel E. Warshauer, of
Wilmington, has been called to ar.
tive duty as a first lieutenant in
he medical reserve corps, U. s
Army. .4
He will leave this morning for
his post at campt Shelby, Miss. 2