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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
TO BE MADE PROMISED LAND FOR
 EUROPEAN REFUGEES
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, March 11.-Secre- tary Ickes of the Interior is hav- ing a bill drafted to make Alaska a promised land for European refu- grees.
 Already several Senators and Rep resentatives have asked for the privilege of introducing it. In substance, the bill would permit organiZat tion of colonial develop ment companies based on the idea of the Hudson Bay Company and East India Company in pre-colon- ial days Each would be given a particular tract in Alaska to de- velop and would be permitted to bring refugees from Europe in ex- cess of immigration quotas.
 Ickes first began plugging to have Alaska opened up to Jewish refugees year or so ago. At that time they were the only refugees available in mass quantities. Now the idea is that Poles, Films eff they are overwhelmed, and per- haps few SwedeS and Nor wegians might like to come in.
 They would be restricted to life in Alaska until their numbers came up on the immigration list, when they would be privileged to apply for full citizenship, like any other immigrant. The last is still a tentative provision in the framework of the bill.
 RUN
 The development companies prob ably would be largely philanthropic in nature, as the Matanuska col- ony has demonstrated that making money out of development colo nies is no snap job in Alaska, re- gardless of how brightly it is being painted these days.
 The Ickes idea is that privately run communities would not be near ly so expensive as Matanuska.
 There are many tracts avail able along the southern shoulder of Alaska where it is already demonstrated that a wide variety of crops can be grown. PRESIDENTIAL
 MUMBO-JUMBO
 Deadly Twenties A certain Sen- ator who won't be identified as thinking of such things points out that satisfactorily l940 is a bad year for a President to be elected. Since 1840, every President who has been elected in a twentieth" year has died in office. Here they are:
 l840-William Henry Harrison.
 1360-President Lincoln (after re-election.
 1880-James A. Garfield.
 1900-William Mckinley (after re-election
 1920-Warren G. Harding.
 1940-?
 Tn the same chatty vein the
 (Continued on Page Six)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
NipponsSaY Chinese Lose
 Ten Thousand
Claim Decisive Victory in South China Fighting
 Near SWafoW

HONG KONG, March II. = The Japanese army in South China to- day announced that Chinese forces have abandoned 10000 dead after three days of fighting in the area of SWatow
 Masses of Chinese troops were decisively smashed" the Nippon army report declared.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
us. CRUISER
 IN DRYD0Ck

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March H.. The 10.000-ton cruiser Wichita, is berthed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard for what officers said are minor repairs.
 They said there is no truth in the rumor that the Wichita had developed serious trouble while on duty with the Atlantic Squadron in southern waters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
Minnie Mofsehran, Entered As Miss Fairbanks at I(e
 Carnival, Is Miss Alaska

of Minnehaha. Her home is in Fairbanks
 Among other contestants for the title of Miss Alaska" were Miss Juneau" Sybil Godfrey; Miss Uni versity," Carolyn Haggstrom; Miss Palmer" Dorothy Vasaboja Miss Seward" Frances Shea; Miss An chorage,' Mollie Chamberlain.
 Miss Nome,' Margaret Mae Scott, failed to reach here as the plane has been weather bound at Nome since last Wednesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
MEAT RATION
 DEGREE GOES
 INTO EFFECT

LONDON, March 11.-Rationing of certain meats became effective today under a decree limiting the amount an adult may have weekly to 37 cents worth a day.
 Children under six years get 19 cents worth of meat week.
 The restriction, however, does not apply to poultry, game, liver, saul sage and cooked meats.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
ALLIES READY TO AID

LONDON, March II. Prime Minister Chamberlain today told Inc mem bers Of the House of Commons that the Allies are pre- pared to give Finland immediate aid if peace efforts fail
 The Prime Minister declined to answer questions whether the send ing of British and French troops is contemplated or whether the neutrality of Sweden and Norway will be violated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
NAz! THREAT
 MADE ALLIES

BERLIN, March 1.-The High Command of Germany's motorized forces, Gen. Wilhelm Guderain, gives warning that at the "oppor- tune moment" Nazi tanks and ar- mored forces will strike a blow on the Western front.
 Gen. Guderain declared that the German motorized units will crush the Allies the same way they did Poland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
RANGER TX IN

The Forest Service vessel Ranger TX arrived in port Saturday from Sitka with Junior Forester R. R. Robinson and Assistant District Ranger John Brilliant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
RUSSIAN STATEMENT

MOSCOW, March 1.-The Rus sian Military Command announces that further progress is being made in flanking the Finnish Manner heim Line and have gained new fcotholds on the shore of Viipuri Bay. preparing for a rear thrust 0n the city itself.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
Strikes Mine

AMSTERDAM, March II. - The 5000 ton Netherland steamer Amor struck mine and sunk today. Thir- ty-three survivors have been land- ed at Flushing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
Invaders Pounding Away dt Seaport in South-
 west Finland
REAR THRUST ON CITY
 IS BELIEVED PLANNED
London Reports Says AL lies Ready to Help If
 Peace Plans Fail

HELSINKI, March II. With Finland anxious in suspense re- garding peace negotiations, the Finnish High Command announces that the invading Red Army is continuing attacks in Viipuri Bay and have met with success in few places"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11
GLOVER TO KETCHIKAN

Arthur E. Glover. Regional En- gineer, went to Ketchikan on the steamer Yukon on Forest Service business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-11

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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-11-13
Sdlagfertie

Serr Omit @lote): ,@nGoiees
5roulein, tpiiien sic, tpos Sie nit
einem 8abnbof eemeiniom boben 2"
Dame: ,,Nein." III
Serr: $50 reeelmobiee 3iiee." y
Dame (oie ben Sinmeis auf ibr
Autaeseeiibt iebr ,pobl periton6) !
u8iiien Sic 6enn, pos Sic nit ei.
nem @iienbabnIpaeen eemeiniam boz
ben?''
Serr (nad6enflid): .,Hein!"
9ome: .@ine Ylattform.''
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-11-13
D.

Muf 6em 8obnbof bon Sirginio
gitp ftano Elm Monn nno iab oem
eben abfabrenben @iiteral.g nad. @r
,par an ii9 'nidt beionoers ouffalleno,
aber man iab ibm bod an, oab ct
nidt bierber eeborte. Die beioen
8obnbeamten, Die eben pieoer nad-
laiiig in bos eber einem sduppen
eleibenoe 8obnbofsgebduoe auriidgin-
gen, beebrten i'm besbolb NIT einem
balben 8lid. Mls fe beri9munoen
,paren, tpar Der Nann ean5 auein.
Or fob nod cine 9Beile binter oen
@eleiien Der, Damn orebte ct fi6 lang.
fam INN. @r tpar groB uno itattlif,
aber i'm @eten eibt es biele grobe
un6 ftattlibe Manner, 10 bab Dos
ni6ts 8eionoeres mor. Nit langia=
men Sdritten eing er um Dos 8abn>
bofseebdu6e berum. Mls er Inn Die
@de fam, 1en9tete ibm ein selbes
Blafat entgeeen. u8elobnung!"
:fton6 barauf nit eroben oiden 8ud-
itaben un6 6armnter eons Helm, i'm
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-11-13

9eleera,nmItil: .@er ben berii6tieten
Sin 8otton our Strede brinet, er.
b0lt mein babies germoeen - 8el-
lin." @s tpar ,,neetpib, oh Der Mann
leien fonnte. @r Itono iebenialls auf-
fauenS Ianse Dor bieien paar @or.
ten anf 6em gelben BIafat. Damn
eing er lanslom unb eleibiam auBer.
orbentli6 miioe bie Ianae StraBe bin.
inter, bie in oas StGbtden girginia
@itp bineiniiibrte. Nobbem er bic
bolbe StraBe burdiponbert mar, blieb
er Dor einem @irtSbous fteben. @r
iiberleete iid offeniihtlid), Oh er bin.
eingeben lollte. @r mioerItano aber
uno aing nit laneiamen Sdritten oie
StraBe ipeiter bin'nter. Jalt am @n.
DC 5tpei9te ct nod rehts ab nno Damn.
nod linfs, uno Damn ftono ct Dor
eineln nieorigen, ober ipeltloniigen
Sol5bau. Sier iberleete er tpieber
einige Wintten nnihliiiiig. Damn
flopfteS er an Sic anoelebnte !5oustiir.
9a fidb nid)ts riibrte 1,no auf iein
&Iopfen feline antport fon,, trot er
ein. Ser sSlur mar leer, er id)ien ii6
ieoo6 in oieiem Sonle a,,saufennen.
oenn obne oiesmal LANCER ai aogern,
FINITE ct sic Sir rebts auf unD
trat in Elm 3immer.
@s ipar elm iebr ant einoerihtetes
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iten penieitens. Gs bate cine Mn-
5abl roter Fliiidmobel nit Spiben-
oedben un6 eineu r,,noen 2iid) in Der
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ten 8einen uno cine &onnrobe mil
elmer 0fenge photographer nno Slip.
peslad)en. auf einem Der eroben 70.
ten 8liiidltiible lab cine innee 5rou.
Sic muBte geleien boben, oenn Tie
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in ben Sduoen. Nun lob fie auf.
.Ab, 8ent, bu loBt bi6 o,6 mol
ipieber ieben', iaete lie rubig nit
einem fonpentionellen 206eln, oas in
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8irfli6feit ongenebm NOR ober nidt.
Ser Angereoete botte Die Sir Ieife
binter ii6 5uge5oeen. Or nidte leoi9-
lid NIT oem &opf nno iebte ii6 anf
oen Sh1bl, ser neben Der &ommobe
i'm @infel ltano.
uS6 mollte einmal lpieber nod Dir
ieben'', laste er nod elmer gSeile,
mabreno er sic junee Srau onlob.
Sic batte ii6 elm >pe1ia in ibrem ipei-
den Stubl 5uriideeleot, nnb nun lG-
6elte iie, tpobei man cine Reibe tpei-
Der 3obne iab.
(Jortletung iolot)
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-11-13
8aHerfroft

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Ausnubung ser @aiierfraft?"
u8enn cine Srau Iolanee ,peint.
big Ser Mann ibr Dos eetpiinldte
teure Rleio fault"
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-11-13

Isle perben namli6 nod itaunen
tpas eating nun alles tun miro"
Sie Itano bilflos mitten in oel
Slide, als &op 5ereon ii6 BON ben
SiirrabmeH Hite mb ouf iie 5uidritt
,,Mprno", ioete er ro,b, lid - i'd
trGume iebe Nodt BON Dir. Sd, id
iperoe bid beiroten."
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rubig, ueeben Sic iblafen, &op. SSH
iino beioe miioe."
aber er folete ibr. als iie eng al
ben Sero eeprebt lebnte, NIT oe'
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ipieoerbolte er, ,,nnb Damn 5ieben >pl'
,pes bon bier, nod l1tab ober Toni
ipobin."
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einnal: ,,Nein" slber crit, ols e1
iie on iid> 5ieben pollte, fono iie ibr'
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iid ibm. rNibt, y2op. Sd iperoe Si'
nie,nals beiraten. sie iinb ia Der
riidt. @os ion bas iiberbaupt. $50!
iiberiallen Sic mid bier. Sic tpolle,
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so, ionit tpeiter nidts. gsun, id
min sir ober einmol iasen,ooB id
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entidliipfte iie.
uad, 8op'', ioete iie, Sic biloe'
jib bas anes elm. Aber id min Sbner
faeen. Sd babe mein sSSafport beut'
bereits bergeben. sic tommen 81
ipGt. Cute ssodt." sic trot ou:
ser &iide, ober 9fop Sereon tpar mi
einem Sab bel ibr uno rib iie 5,,riid
,,SSas Dalt Du?
sic itobnte unter ieinem @riff uni
fie bate aneit.
,,5ie baben setr,mfen, &op', iagt'
iie 1eile uno porpurispou. Da lief
er iie los.
,,ssein", iaste ct tuiiteno, i'd bob(
nidt getr,1nfen. Sic tauiden ii6
Aber sic brau6en feline @nglt au ba
ben. @eben sic iblofen. Sd tut
ssbnen ni6ts. @ber pieueidt bereuer
Sic zines Cages, boB sic mid bo1
ern6 auriideeItoBen baben. 8en bel
raten Sie aber I'M iibrigen, tpenl
man fraeen barf?"
u@arrp Henmoore", iagte iie leile
aber iie ipubte nidt, oh 8op Sersor
oen 9eamen nod gebort batte, oenl
er eing NIT berriiben S6ritten aus
ben 9aus.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-11-13
Die weltberuehmte
St. Benedict Wund-Salhe

Hprobtes Heilmittel gegen allie Arten Won
alien und frischen Wunden, Geschwueren.
Gewaechsen, Bisswunden, Karbunkeln usW.
schicken. Keine Stemps. 60 Cents die
Schachtel, bel: ]. l.. STAAB, l72o9 Valleys
view Avenue, Cleveland. Ohio.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-11-13

fbraf lie, benn allf Der Sreppe, Die
nod oben fiibrte, bodte &op Serson.
>@r bate anideineno geidlafen nno
ribtete iib nun auf.
Isle fommen aiemlih fpat nod
&aule'. laete er miirriib, als ct iie
erfannte.
Mprna iab i'm erItount an.
,,sSos hun sic bier9" fraete iic
berpunoert.
Aber 8op Jerson ,par aus ireeno=
einem @run6e iblebt selaunt. ST
madte Nnitalten, aus oem Sauie 5u
eeben. SD babe auf Sic gewartet'' /,
iaete er ireerIid. SD b0rte brunten
in Smoofs 8eitaurant, bab es bel ser
alten 8oot &ra6 eeseben bate nno
bab Sic babel eetpelen paren. 9o
bo6te i9 mir, es tpare beiier, alf
Sic au tporten, bielleidt tpiirben sic
nod etipas brauden. anideineno ba=
be itb mid ober eetGuiht."
Wiprna itano nod auf bemielben
Sled. sic ,par auBeroroentlib er=
ltaunt uno bratbte nur miibiam Elm
@ort beroor.
sd oonfe Sbnen, Nop. 9as lit
nett, bab sie fid ettuas Gorge UNI
MIDI eetnabt baben. IS lit mir aber
nidts eeldeben.'
u9as iebe id. Damn fann i6 >pobl
iblafen seben."
,Sa, Sic tperben miioe iein. @enn
i6 oas geipubt bate, nare i'd fri
Der"
uSb, sic brauden iid nidt emit
i6ul6igen." sSn ben Mugen bon &op
Gerson elomm Elm bobnii6es 2ibt
ouf. "Sie tperoen fid ibon amiifiert
baben. Muf @ieoerieben!'
Mprna iab auf.
"amuiiert?) ssein, 8op. aber es
ift f6on gut. Sd oanfe Sbnen a,,i
ieben Sal. Cute No1t."
Cute Nabt', anttportete er, ober
er blieb an Der Sir iteben. Als Mpr-
na i'm aniab, leete er ben &opf auf
6ie Seite. uBas tpirb na6 Sbrer
Meinung eating nun tun?" froste er
uno la6elte. @s ftano elm ausorud
in ieinem @eii9t, Der ibr nibt eefiel.
sd tp,,noere mid, tpie rai6 Sie
iiber Die Borgonee BEL Mrs. Boot
nnterridtet fino."
uOb, id tpette, eona Mortonbiu
meiB 6as l6on."
Sie oudte Die M6leln unb ,ponote
iid gum @eben. 2ansiam ibritt fie
6urd BEN bunflen @ang aur Slide,
mo- iie Ii6 bie flebrigen Singer tpuid
@s lobnte it9 tpobl fau,r1 1nebr, oob
iie iebt iiberbaupt nod su 8ett eing
@s tpar ia aud iobiel Arbeit iiberau
ais fie lt9 sic Sanoe getrodnet batte
un6 iid umorebte, iab iie, bob 8op
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fob iie an, unb ols fie bic Stirn in
5alten 5og, grinite er.
uS1e bnben MIR borber te1ne Ant
MORT .eeseben', iaete er.
WDrna blieb mitten in ser &ube
fteben. ,,Bas baben Sie mid eefraet?
Sd babe es bereeiien.''
sd babe Sie eefraet, tpas @oitin9
nun tpobl nod Sbrer Meinung nnter-
nebmen pirb.'
nNun 9fop, bos lit bod bodit BE-
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-11-13
Rittnod, ben IS. Hosember 1910

Gin paar Boben. bann gebe id Dir
Mnttport.''
sber iiber ben jl,neen Benmoore
tpar cine plOslide Sartnddigfeit ee-
fommen. ussSest min id antmort,
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nod, Jag, bab bu meine 5rau iper-
ben >pillIt, ,,no ib min ,porten, Bis
i6 Did in bie Arme nebmen oart To-
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Gtimme ,,nb .@ebdrbe bes Mannes,
nno iie tuunberte iid, boB iie 10 rubig
.blieb. SSa, iie bate SarrD Benmoore
germ. ST ipar elm anltdnoieer Sunee.
,gr tpor bielleibt ser 8eite bon san5
NortonbiG. Sbr gater fiel ibr ein.
@r piiroe iib fider iiber cine iolbe
Seirat freuen. 3,pan3ig Sabre lang
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piiroe ct peeeeben. 8enn iie iest ia
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riff Bent fonnte ood bierbleiben, big
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gs tp1re oie bette 2oiung oenn 10
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mebr lange balten. @s mar Ieste
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@enn man iebt berfaufen tpiiroc,
fonnte man NIT bem Cribs nod Sic
@l6ubieer balbtpegs befriebieen.
@enn es 10 tpeitereing, maren mebr
ebuloem %, ols @erte. Mber nein,
es ipar unmogli6. Sarrp Yenmoore
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6timme.
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bari"
Sn Mprna NOR nidt oie erobe 2ie-
be, auf Die fie INNER ,partete. @s
tpor nidt bie leibenidaftli6e 2iebe in
ibr, bon Ser fie au &op Serson ee-
fproben bate. Aber als geeen a,pei
nbr Die Nadt i6on tpie6er 51 tpei6en
begann, als eana peit I'M Often iiber
ben @Glbern bie Sterne blafer >pur=
ben, tpor fie 10 .peit iiber,paltiet bon
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fie baran benfen, bab iie nor brei
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.beiratete. bann bate iie olleroings
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-15
BIG ORDERS LET
BY U. S. ARMY
Mass Production OF Machine
guns And 1000 War
planes Ordered

WASHINGTON, Sept. a.. -R)-
The War department ordered mass
production of machineguns and air.
plane engines by two big units OF
the automobile industry today and
simultaneously contracted for ap'
proximately 1000 fighter and pur'
suit planes.
Contract awards announced dur
inr the day involved a total of ap-
proximately $242, oo0, o00. Prospective
delivery dates on the various or
ders were not announced.
The largest single agreement was
with General Motors corporation for
the manufacture of machineguns
The department estimated this would
involve a total of 1881, 1913, 1872. Of the
total, it said, s%s20,000,00O would &C
for machinery to which the govern
ment would retain title.
It was expected, the announce
ment continued, that four Genera
Motors plants at Flint, Mich, sagl
nav, Mich, Dayton, Ohio, and SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, would be fooled for ma
chinegun production in about !!
months.
Another big award was a CONTRACT
to the Packard Motor Car compan,
| Of Detroit for the manufacture o
| Rol!s-Royce airplane engines at al
officially estimated cost of $62,44s,
900.
The number of engines ordere'
was not disclosed, but William
Knudsen of the National Defens'
commits On had announced previous
ly that Packard was preparing t
produce 5000 Rolls-Royce engine
for the United States government
and 5000 for the British. M. M
| Gilman, Packard president, said OF
July 8 that his plant would be toolet
up and prepared to begin actua
production 10 months from the dat
of the contract.
Other contracts announced by tn
War department today included
Marshall Field and company, Spray
N. c., o~vercoating, $160,735. Cramer
ton Mills, Inc, Cramerton, N. C
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-15
Cape Fear Proves Right To Title:
States Most Important Riuer'

, ment came to the rescue with the
sum of 500, 600, 900 spent on the
lower Cape Fear (around Whining
tom and $500, 900 on the upper
Cape Fear Cup to Fayetteville).
Here's how it happened. The low
water level at Wilmington W a S
changed from seven feet to 80 feet.
The river was made 300 feet wide
from the ocean to Wilmington,
about a distance of 80 miles. Com
merce increased from a few thou
sand tons to commodities valued
at $1OO, 600, 900. Large steamers
dawing 26 feet or % feet, and &C.
casionally 30 feet, brought gasoline
and kerosene to Wilmington to
make it the largest gasoline port
on the Atlantic coast south of Balti-
more. 1t gave Wilmington the
claim to practically all the coast
wise and foreign commerce OF
North Carolina.
What a change! Previously Fay
etteville could boast only two feet
of water at ordinary stages. Only
very shallow boats could d o C k
there except at freshets. The Ar
my Engineers wanted eight feet OF
water. And they got it by building
thre magnificent dams.
The first was built in 1916 at
Kings Bluff, 80 miles above Will
mington, at a cost of $685., 985.
Browns Landing, or ElizabethtoWn
received the second dam in 1917, a
distance of Y miles from Whining
ton, for 5000, 633. The third was
built at Tolars Landing IS miles
above Wilmington in 1925 at a cost
of $3.50, $50. The smallest chamber
of these dams is 200 feet by &C
feet.
The upper river" was for the
first time in North Cardinals his.
tory deep enough for river traffic.
Many years had witnessed only
logging and rafting operations with
a little cotton being shipped down
stream on the upper Cape Fear
The fertilizer companies near the
mouth of the river did a good bust.
ness but they were so close to Viii.
mington they were considered part
of the port or lower river" The
two parts of the river we're con
sidered separately for SO long that
most people thought them tw c
streams.
Shallow, Quiet Streams
Thus before 1885 the upper Cape
Fear boasted only a few RATS and
one stern-wheeled shallow draft
steamboat. Trips on the steamboat
were things to be remembered.
Sharp turns in the river-overhang-
ing trees-the quiet of inactivity.
The only sound that reached the
occasional passenger on the steam
boats deck was the splashing of
the large stern wheel and clang
of the engine.
Nowadays passenger traffic is
still small-because of automobiles
and good roads. But these same
automobiles are making the freight
traffic on the upper Cape Fear in
crease by leaps and bounds. Last
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-15

ADVERTISENF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-15
BY GLADYS BEST TRIP

Rivers are important at a n y
time, but with national defense
looming larger, the Cape Fear RI
yer has an added importance.
The Cape Fear is better equipped
for interior navigation than any
other North Carolina river. 1t
stretches from the origin of its
longest source tributary, the Deep
river, in Guilford county for a dis,
lance of 425 miles to the Whining
ton port. In Chatham county the
Deep and Haw rivers meet to form
the Cape Fear proper.
The Cape Fear boasts three
dams-dams that raise the water
level to allow large steel barges
pushed by tugs to proceed from
Wilmington to Fayetteville. Last
year these barges carried on COM
merce valued at over 1900, 900.
This is as it should be for North
Carolina is better adapted by ma
ture for a good system of water
ways than any Atlantic seaboard
state. Sand dunes and beaches
shelter her sounds and river
mouths from the northern Currl-
tuck sound to Myrtle Grove sound
on the south. Such makes North
Carolina very DESTROYS for barge
and small boat traffic.
Potentialities Realized
The Army Engineers at the Gus
tomhouse in Wilmington realized
this when they began planning for
80 feet of water at the Wilmington
port and deepening the two feet
of water at Fayetteville to eight
feet. Until 1910 Wilmington hao
been the largest city in the state.
The shallow channel and distance
from the sea had limited it's devel
opment.
The port at Fayetteville was i'm.
portant because if the gasoline
could be carried by river 100 miles
further inland that would add an
additional 100 miles within econom'
ical truck haul. Economical truck
distance is usually $50 or 300 miles,
and Fayetteville sends the petrol
cum products now as far as Muir
ply, and to most parts of South
Carolina.
Wilmington originally had a con.
trolling depth of only seven feet,
and for many years the Army En-
gineers had wrestled with the old
Cape Fear. Two of the three out.
lets at its mouth were closed, and
all the water forced through one.
The river was dredged. Logs,
snags and even sunken forests
were removed. Bends were
Slaughtered and huge rocks exca-
waited.
But the Cape Fear needed more
than even the expert knowledge of
hydraulics possessed by the Army
Engineers. The Federal govern