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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-20

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naugurating National W. r. A. Community
night Among tho noted speakers 10 be
Roosevelt VITA Administrator Co. g. Harrington M
Carmody, Administrator Of the Federal Works Agency
speak from Washington through the facilities Of VOL uual
hlatc In the nations capital
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-20

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-20

South Africa police are round
ing up men supplying rifles 70
natives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-20

SILLY Daniels dog has started
her annual blits.kricg on Wood.
chucks. About dinner time, she
trotted past with q groundhog
that could east q shadow like
Chamberlain umbrella.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
Daniels To Retire

The grandchild who said a third term was
all right for Mr.. Roosevelt ''but not for grand
pa stated the case accurately, Josephus Dan
iels explains in announcing that he will resign
his ambassadorial post at Mexico City in the
near future.
Eight years on duty in a difficult position, he
justly feels, has earned him the right to retire.
Besides, he has some important writing to do
and could not hope to do it in combination
with the ~exacting and distracting duties OF
an envoy.
Surely, the recording of events which have
transpired under his observation during his
active and observant career is quite as i'm
portant as any service he might still render
the government, important as that would be.
Mr.. Daniels life story, so competently start
ed in the first volume of his memoirs, is
destined to occupy a prominent place in bio.
graphical history. So, his retirement, limited a
year ago and now confirmed, will represent
a gain for literature : for the permanent re.
cord Of stirring events during a half century
and more = which will offset the nations loss
through d~iscontinuance of his official services
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
Christmas Truce

Deeply as every human heart must long for
even a brief pause in the fighting, it is more
than anyone dares hope that the Pope's appeal
for a Christmas truce will be honored by the
warning nations. The most that can be ex-
pected is a cessation of hostilities by tacit
and mutual consent,
This has already been indicated by the re.
fusal of Prime Minister Churchill to consider
a proposal On these lines advanced in the
House of Commons some days ago. Mr..
Churchil's answer to the question was a cur
NO, sir" 1t is not likely his attitude will
change, since a truce would involve an agree
ment of a kind with a government that British
opinion wholly condemns.
There is ample justification for the Church.
i'll stand. Again and again Hitler has broken
his pledged word. He has wantonly attacked
nation after nation whose integrity he had
promised to respect. AS for Mussolini, if he
is somewhat less culpable from that stand.
point, he has sought to profit from Hitler
misdeeds. To admit that either dictator car
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07

be trusted in the slightest is not to be expected
of the British government.
Pope Plus himself, apparently, did not count
on any joint agreement among the warning
powers, for he went on to express the hope
that at least on Christmas eve and on Christ
mas day there would be a spontaneous truce.
Even this would be something to be thankful
for. 1t would be nothing more than an inter-
Jude, and yet it would be an acknowledgement
of the Christmas spirit that would bring COM
fort to all men. We may well join in the
Pope's prayer that for a little while, on Christ
mas. the bombs will not fall and the guns will
be still.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
Farmers Bold Program

The truck farmers Of three counties VINO
met at MYRTLE Grove on Thursday night draft
ed 2 bold program. Baked in other quarters
and at = disadvantage with tobacco and cotton
farmers, they will carry their complain
STRAIGHT to President Roosevelt, provided, OF
course, an interview can be arranged.
Should they fail to reach the White House,
enc Of their number will plant a tobacco crop
and offer it at a warehouse without paying
the penalty fixed in such cases by the AAA'
to Law the foundation for a case at court to
test the constitutionality of the AAA program.
AS the validity of this program has not been
subjected to a court ruling, the growers Will
become pioneers in an effort to secure an
equal deal for all farmers.
They have nothing against the cotton and
tobacco growers and are glad that certain
PRIVILEGES have been accorded them. But they
do insist, and with obvious justice, that they
are entitled to equal advantage in their own
branch of agriculture, and are ready and Will
ing to take heroic measures if necessary to
obtain it.
It is hard to believe that the President will
to find time to receive them, or turn a
deaf ear to their complaint. MI. Roosevelt
recognizes the important place agriculture oc'
cupies in the defense program and, we~rnust
believe, entertains no prejudice against any
group of farmers. He is a firm advocate OF
fair play and of an equal chance for all. The
vegetable growers of Fender, Brunswick and
New Hanover counties have reason to expect
a sympathetic hearing when they lay their
case before him.
If this expectation is fulfilled there will be
no need for a court hearing. But if it re.
quires a trial at the bar Of justice to secure
a new deal for them, then let the trial proceed
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
The CLANCY Report

Because it is extremely difficult to evaluate
present position and her future out
look from this side Of the Atlantic any reports
from experts with first-hand knowledge are
highly welcome. This is particularly true OF
the impressions brought back from a trip to
England by a man as competent to judge the
situation as Maj. Gen. James E. Clancy, one
Of the country's leading air strategists. OF
whose observations mention was m a d. in
these columns yesterday.
General Chaney's conclusion that England
can't lose this war unless she becomes over
confident or careless shows a good deal more
optimism than most of us have been willing to
indulge in. But the evidence on which he
bases this judgment is scarcely less encourag-
This includes the inability of the German
air force to gain command of the air, the
great superiority in airplanes, and the fact
that their present night raids, while heavily
destructive, are not doing any great damage
to military detectives.
Nor should the generals statement give rise
to any false ideas that Britain can get along
without large aud continued aid from the
United States. He lists as England's greatest
needs 100 more destroyers, several thousand
more planes, ports in Ireland, merchant ships
and credits. Although he does not say SO, it
can be assumed that his optimism is largely
based on the assumption that many of these
needs will be met.
There are other ways in which a report of
this kind, besides helping to clarity the pic
ture abroad, can be of great value to the
United States. In addition to the mass Of
technical information on modern wal which
he undoubtedly brought home, General CLANCY
offers the broad suggestion h a America
would do well to study defense against night
bombing, better offensive armament for pur.
suit planes and anti-aircraft guns capable Of
firing effectively up to 40, 1000 feet. Informa.
ton like this is of tremendous value in chart
ing our own defense program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07

Ill. . sad lack Of attractiveness in the ousl-
-. .nd concession district. In the new re-
1872 there will be a high degree Of archi-
~tectural beauty which, the towns leaders
claim. will stand comparison with much larger
Atlantic coast resorts.
With the coming Of the anti-aircraft base
north of Wilmington, it is obvious that Carolina
Reach will have need of every facility 1t can
create for the entertainment Of the soldiers
in addition to its regular vacationists ana
summer residents. Obviously the advanced
state of its rebuilding program gives " d
definite advantage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
Carolina Beach Rebuilds

Star readers will rejoice in the news that
Carolina Beach is rebuilding at such a rapid
rate that the resort will be ready to receive
vacationists in even larger numbers than usual
by June l next, when the summer season
~customarily starts.
The Illustrations and article in yesterdays
edition Of the Star give a comprehensive pic
ture not only Of the work under way but of
the spirit of the people who have refused to be
crushed by the fire that swept away their
possessions and wiped out their businesses.
New ordinances requiring f~ireproof materials
and construction, we note, are being rigidly
enforced and willingly observed. Carolina
Beach, so far as the burned area is con-
cerned, will be as safe from flames as human
ingenuity can make it = an economically sound
situation. But that is not the only Improvement
under. way. Before the fire there was notice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
Quotations

There is no disagreement among us about the
defense of America.-Wendell Willkie, recent
G. o. P. presidential candidate.
We have done nothing as churches to share
the cost of gov~ernment.-Rev. Delos OBrien,
Wilmington Unitarian pastor, suggesting that
churches donate offerings to the federal gov
eminent.
The test is the welfare of the nation and
communicate. c. A. Dykstra, Selective
Service administrator, on draft exemptions.
I would not say that the bombing OF Europe
is not a blessing, because at least it will give
the architects over there a chance to start over
again.-Frank Lloyd Wright, architect.
Tyrants by whatever name called shall not
rule over the human race. I would as soon be.
lieve that dinosaurs as big as a house and
extinct before men were born, could return to
swish their long tails through mudholes.-Car
RE Chapman Gait, the famous feminist, ad.
dressing Woman's Centennial Congress in New
York City.
If the Munich meeting with Hitler mad failed.
Germany could nave dropped 2OO0 bombs or
London and we could have made no reply
Sir Neville Henderson, who was British Am,
bassador to Germany and attended the meet
ing alongside Neville Chamberlain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-Coumty Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial Shows.
Seaside Highuay from WrightsviAe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid-
er Turning Basin, with ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Production
through sustained yield methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo.
tiomal Agency, supported By M county,
Wide tao.
%shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital cilities for a1hites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of native grape gro1Oing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sandtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
Man About Manhattan
By GEORGE TUCKER

would you like to make a lot
of money quickly easily?"
Frank asks, by way of explana-
ton.
All that is necessary, he says, is
to invent a hotel key that can't
be carried away. -. Something
in the gadget line that would call
out, Don't carry me away, please,
Leave me at the desk" Something
simple like that.
keys are carried away. Too
many of them. 1t is a trouble
and expense to make new ones,
and too, it's not good to have
many keys in circulation. Of course
we can ask the guest to leave
the key; but that can be overdone.
The maid asks him, the elevator
man asks him, the cashier asks
him, then the porter, then the door
man: Did you leave your key?'
Only the other day I saw a depart
ing guest about to take a taxi
after having run the gauntlet and
there were bubbles coming out of
his mouth. A man a stand only
just so much"
This, roughly, is the way it goes.
Like his career, a hotel mans
"reminiscences do not have con-
tinuity. His life is a series Of
guests walking in and out of his
hotel, and his book is a series Of
faces and impressions, with ar
anecdote for this one and some
thing else for the other. One wo'
man guest at Franks hotel never
stopped talking. "She is this kind
of woman" George Carroll said tc
him: when you ask her a ques-
ton, it's just like taking your fin.
ger out of the dyke"
This book is just like that. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
TWELFTH REPRESENTATIVE
Durham Herald

Official announcement by the census bureau
that 1910 census figures entitle North Carolina
to an additional member of the lower branch
OF Congress, the 18th, tossed into the lap of
the soon-to-convene State Legislature another
redistricting assignment to match the more
explosive one of legislative reapportionment..
Congress is privileged to say something
about Congressional reapportionment, but
nothing that it can say is likely to change the
North Carolina angle. Population gains allo-
cate another representative to North Carolina
and Lindsay Warren Unanswered through a
resolution providing for automatic Congress
sional reapportionment before the next election,
unless Congress prescribes a new formula or
repeats the automatic formula within go days
after the proclamation of official census fig
ures.
The representative-at-large idea whereby a
representative is elected in a Statewide cleo.
tom is practiced in some States, and is permits.
sible.
There is no good reason why North Carolina
shouldn't redistrict, though, and many why il
should avoid the headaches of a representa-.
tive-at-large compromise.
Our system contemplates the election of rep
resentatives from districts by the electors re-
siding therein. We had 10 districts until a few
years ago, when the old Fifth District was spill
to raise the total to II. We can just as easily
re-draw district lines to make the total II. A
a matter OF fact, a good case can be made
for a redrawing of district lines on the basis
that some of our districts are frankly the
product of ruthless political gerrymanding.
So, even though it is inevitable that politi
clans do the job and practice gerrymandine
in the doing, we ought to see to it that thu
scI Legislature fashions another COMPRESSION
al district to cover the 18th representative we
will be allotted in the next election.
Legislative reapportionment, of course. il
| met &c pornrfoN hlI% - 4L@L H.
time not even the tossers of monkey wrenche.
who have defied the Constitution for 10 years
will offer more than perfunctory opposition
to that.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
Editorial Comment
TARHEELIA AND THE DEFENSE
PROGRAM

North Carolina, it now appears, is looming
quite large in the national defense program,
although no defense industries have sprung up
overnight, so far as we have noticed; and the
Piedmont area, despite certain orders which
have been placed, is as yet holding a much
smaller place than that accorded to either the
eastern or western part of the state. In the
latter certain power projects are under con-
struction with defense industry believed to be
in the offing.
OF course there is the air base which is
about to be established at Charlotte. What is
going on at Fort Bragg, the military develop
ment which comes nearest to being a part of
our Greensboro neighborhood, is. Of course,
too we'll known OF need elaboration.
In the more extreme eastern part of the
state a new coast guard air base, although
serving the defense program only indirectly,
was recently opened at Elizabeth City. Last
week saw formal announcement that develop
ment of a SO, 900, 900 anti-aircraft firing base
had been decided upon in the Wilmington
area. 1t is expected that 0 1000 men will be
stationed thereat with the probability that the
marines may come in on the project and thus
enlarge the program. Within the last few days
a party of three naval officers has been IN
specting various sites along the coast for a
station for lighter-than-air craft; and report is
that North Carolina stands an excellent chance
of securing this $4,000, 900 project. What
else may actually be under consideration or
the extent to which the projects already de-
cided upon may develop no one can know or
say.
While the Daily News halls these develop.
ments and the merit basis on which they have
apparently come, it also impresses us greatly
to note that preliminaries for the same have
been handled, so far as public revelations
have made known, with and through members
of the Tar Heel congressional delegation. to
whom the states representation and interests
at Washington are normally intrusted. No
where have we noticed that the service OF
the branch Office of the department of con-
servation and development, requiring half the
time and attention of the dean of N. C. State
colleges school of engineering, were indispen.
sable in the proceedings. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
Hollywood Sights and Sounds
BY ROBIN COONS

somebody tells him.. and how jim
my does keep coming!
Like the three fellows who
stand offside and gently wave their
tin cans. This is a sea picture,
and what's a sea picture without
fog? And what's. a sea picture
without a breeze, to watt the fog
into the scene? The breeze is there
because three other fellows, on
platforms out in the water, are at.
tending to gently turning fans.
Like the gent in the vest, with
the natty Van Dyke, who steps
out from time to time and sprays
oil on Robinson's face and Knox's
face, to make 'em look sweaty
Makeup" they call him.
Like the fellow who takes a
hose and sprays a fine stream
over the ship - because a ship
ought to be wet, shouldn't it?
Like John Garfield, who shows
up with a mild beard and has to
60 back for a half-shave because
the stubble is too stubbly for the
time elpase since he last appeared.
And then there's Skipper Mike,
who's responsible for the synchro.
nization of all these technical eff.
forts. Mike is Away pulling Curt.
izisms-like when he calls you
a thief, you BLUR up"
Mike, after several takes have
blurred up, calls for another.
Better we do it now than al
the p- view" he says sagely
which is no Curtizism but serene
wisdom. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Frank
Case, a smart innkeeper, derives
double profit from his guests by
charging them room and board
and then using them as characters
in his books. Since he knows every
one, the lobby of the Algonquin
is a sort of Peacock Alley for
the brains of the theatrical and
sporting worlds, and the pages of
his books are a rendezvous of
many of the country's most inter-
esting characters.
Franks first book, out a couple
Of years ago, was a collection of
lively "reminiscences a b the
great and the near great called
TALES of a Hayward Inn" His
newest one, just out, is DO Not
Disturb" an apt companion piece.
It is a confessional by the man
who has heard more pleas for a
touch" and more private confess
sions than perhaps any non-cleric
in New York.
The parade of characters through
these pages is a gaudy one-Sin.
clair Lewis, whom he calls Red;
Owen Davis, the playwright;
Charles Macarthur, Frank O'Mally
Rex Beach, Winchel Smith, Tony
Sarg, Oscar Levant, Bob Sherwood
Rex Stout, John Barrymore, Owen
Wister, Anna May Wong, Walter
Huston, Ruth G ordo n, William
Faulkner, Doug Fairbanks, Jr.,
Marc Connolly, Joe Cook, Homer
Croy :. well, there are hundreds.
And there is bright, intimate COS.
sip about all.
There is also a recital of the
trials and t%ribulations that &C
with managing a hotel in New
York.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
Lumber Mill, Logging
Strike Hits Seattle

SEATTLE, Dec. 6.-R-The
spreading Puget Sound lum b e r
mill and logging camp strike hit
Seattle the first time today, closed
the last operating mill in Tacoma
and threatened a delay in finishing
the big cantonment building pro-
gram at Fort Lewis, scene of a
mild influenza epidemic.
An official of the Sound Con-
struction company, holder of the
largest Fort Lewis building prof.
ect, said construction of the $1,000
man 41st division cantonment
might not be completed on it's
scheduled date, January 8, if the
strike continued.
Army medical officers were
anxious for the men to move into
permanent quarters. The influenza
outbreak restricted training work
and put 1,400 men in canvas field
hospitals or confined them to bunk
tents. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-07
EXCHANGE BACKS
MODEL AIR MEET
Will Be Held Here Next Sum
mer During State Ex-
change Club Meeting

Members of the Exchange club
yesterday unanimously endorsed the
first statewide Model Aviation
meet which is to be held next sum-
mer during the state Exchange
club convention in Wilmington.
Jack Russell, j. L. Allegood, and
Knox Council, composing the
clubs Model Aviation commit
tee, each made short talks explain
ing it.
Russell spoke on the difficulties
and advantages Of holding the
meet under the auspices of the
Academy of Model Aviation which
is a subsidiary of the NationaI
Aeronautical association. He salo
that the winners of the meet viii
receive appropriate trophies ano
an all expense trip to the national
contest.
The state organization of Elk.
change clubs is enthusiastic con.
corning model aviation, according
to Russell, and has appointed &
state committee to sponsor Ioca
Model Aviation clubs. The state
meeting has already appropriated
SIS and an additionl $50 from the
convention fund to help defray ex
penses of the Wilmington meet.
Allegood pointed out the Mode.
Aviation meeting would boost the
Wilmington Exchange club be.
cause being the oldest Exchange
club in the state, the local club
needs to establish some new high
water mark of endeavor. He re
minded the club members of the
incoming the locality of countless
planes in conjunction with the Hol.
ly Ridge project, and added that
aviation has stamped itself in
delibly as a necessity in modern
life
Council urged the club to enter
into plans for the meeting with
enthusiasm. He said that the added
expense to the local club would be
neglible as the Model Aviation
meet would cover the entertain.
ment required for a day during
the convention.
The Exchange club will hold a
special meeting December q for
the sons of living and deceased
members of the Exchange club.
The members endorsed the com.
blned meeting of all civic clubs te
hear Colonel Simpson of For:
Bragg speak.