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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
RALEIGH
BRIEFS
Star.NeWs Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
BY HENRY AVERILL

RALEIGH, Dec. 2S.-Official Ra'
leigh still hasn't got down to bust
ness after the Christmas holidays.
Here's an almost typical example.
Your reporter caught the elevator
in the old Supreme court building
Friday morning and rode up to the
Rural Identification Authority on
the third floor Otis the only agency
on that floor pending renovation
and painting of the part the Utility
Commission will occupy
Entering, he was almost embraced
by Mrs. Leona Flowers, attractive
stenographic chief of the r. E. A.
"You just can't imagine how glad
I am to see you," she fairly chortled.
Visions of having made a hit
flashed cross the reportorial mind
until she added:
do you know you're the first
person who has come into this office
since Christmas. If somebody hadn't
come in, 1 think I'd have gone
crazy"
Then she went on to relate that
not a single soul came in all day
Thursday.
1.-THE phone didn't ring but once
and that was because I'd called
somebody who wasn't in, and she
called me back" added Mrs. Flow
ers.
Along the same lines: - At the
office of Louis Wilson,, publicity
boss at the Department of Agricul-
ture, your news man was told:
"Mr. Wilson's gone down town."
then after a perceptible pause, -
presumably on business"
Many state employees displayed
considerable wisdom by saving three
days of their annual vacation period
so that they could be out all this
week.
Sales tax collections for Novem.
Der increased IA per cent over those
for November, 1889 as the revenue
jumped from $1,0S5, 1882 to $780,
926.11.
Should the same percentage of
increase be maintained through De-
cember-which seems highly prob
able in view of the earlier start of
Christmas shopping-the last month
of the year will show the totally
unprecedented total of more than
1880, 900.
Continuing along the same line of
reasoning. e., a IA per cent in
crease-the January collections will
go soaring up to almost incredible
heights of $3.50, 900.
Inasmuch as Christmas buying
will not be reflected in full until the
January collections are made, there
exists the possibility that North Car
DINA will collect more than $4,000
900 in n month from it's citizens
by way of the sales tax.
When and if, it does J.. Paul
Leonard, Fair Tax Association head
and principal fee of the sales tax
for 10, these many years, will no
doubt grow even more rabid in his
opposition-if that's possible.
Mr.. Leonard has written his asso-
citation members he plans another
march on Raleigh during the gen
eral assembly. Two years ago he put
on probably the best floor show of
the general assembly when with a
whole roomful of shrieking support
ers he blasted away at the sales tax
for about an hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
COTTONSEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2S.-R-
Cottonsee6 oil closed steady. Bleach
able prime summer yellow 5.80n,
prime crude 4.S0nb, Jan. 5.54b, Mch.
5.58b, May 5.68b, July 5.75b.
Bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Railroad Is Sued
Woke Up Congressman

NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-R-A
United States congressman who
charged that his sleep was dis
turbed when a conductor banged
on the door of his Pullman draw
ing. Dom and demanded $1.50 extra
fare sued the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company today for $25, 900
damages.
The suit was filed in federal
court by Rep. Samuel Dickstein,
New York City democrat, who said
the alleged disturbance caused him
humiliation and personal injuries.
According to his petition, the
congressman was awakened about
6 a. m.
A bee visits more than 200, DOC
flOwers for each oI1nce If hOnev-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Sales, closing price and net change
of the fifteen most active stocks to
day:
Socony Vac 23,100-8; d n.
Stand Oil N ] IL, 5O0-33A d u.
United Corp 49, 00-1%; a u.
Gen Motors II, 90O-4S%; a Is.
Gen Elec II, 5OO-32%; d H..
Cont Motors 10, 500; no.
Cons Eds 10, 10O-22A; a IS.
Int Tel and Tel 10, 000-2; no..
Unit Gas Imp 10, 000-9%; a ".
Radio Corp 9,SOO-4%; a o..
II s Steel 9,S0O-69%; a Vs..
Raid Loo ct 9,OOO-18%; a "A.
Int Nickel 8,so0-23%; d r..
N Y Centrayl 8,500-13A; a %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
WHAT STOCKS DID
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-R-The best
advance since Monday was registered
today by wheat prices which reached
the highest levels in about three
weeks.
Wheat closed %-1A higher than
Yesterday, May 87-S6%, July S1b-S1;
corn vi cent up, May 62b-%, July
62%-k; oats ~ higher.
Oman Iioh Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
NORFOLK SPOT

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 28.-RA
Spot cotton 5 points higher. Mid
ding fair 1865; middling 10. 10;
good ordinary 7.95. Sales 281; re-
ceipts none shipments none stock
81, 977.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
N. O. SPOT

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 28.-LR-
Spot cotton closed steady, 4 higher.
Sales 416. Low middling S.94.
Middling 1904, good middling 1854.
Receipts 1868. Stocks 53S, $40,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
COFFEE

NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-R-
Light trade buying influenced by
higher Brazilian spot prices lifted
santos coffee futures 2 to 4 points
today. Sales, most of which were
switches, totaled $4,000 bags.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
BLEACHABIE

NEW YORK, Dec. 20. - Up -
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed ITO higher. Sales 81 O n
tracts. Jan. 6.05b; Mch. GOT; May
6.18-19; July 6.25-26.
Bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
SUGAR

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-REDo-
mestic sugar futures held un-
changed to l point lower today
despite the unsettling effect OF an
easier trend in the spot raw mar
Iket. Sales totalled ALSO tons. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, Dec. 28.-iR-
Peanut quotations jumbos 3 3-8
to 3 IL; bunch 3 1-8 to 3 ii; run
ners 3 to 3 1-8. Market firm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
RUBBER

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-R-Crude
rubber futures closed unchanged to
3 lower. Sales No. 1 standard, 16
contracts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
N, C. HOGS

RALEIGH, Dec. 28.-R-N. C.
D. ALI o 6 steady; Rocky
Mount top CTS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
CHARLOTTE SPOT

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 2S.- (R) -
Spot cotton 1923. O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
N EGs

CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-REButter
receipts 681, 176; steady; I'm
changed.
Eggs, receipts $3.50; firm; I'm,
changed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
CHARLOTTE SPOT

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 28.-R-SpoI
cotton 1915.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-R-Cot.
ton futures overcame early irregu'
larity in last-minute trade today and
closed 2 to 4 points higher, top levels
Of the session.
Spot houses appeared inclined to
offer cotton above 10A cents a
pound for March but pressure .Jas
light. Bombay brokers bought dis.
tant months as part Of current strad-
ding operations to take advantage of
price differences between the New
York and Far Eastern markets.
Worth Street textile dealers look
ed back over a week in which sales
fell far below current output. In
ventory taking was the main cur
rent problem in the trade.
Export Friday SOLO bales; season
so far 597, 084. Port receipts 4,784;
port stocks 3,401, Gil.
Range follows:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
LARD

CHICAGO, Dec. 2s.- R) Lard
tierces 40; loose sos; bellies s.25.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Shipping News
IN PORT
Barges

~ sos
Sandborn, 1923 tons, with sulphur
from steamer Severance, c. D. Maj
fit and company, agents.
Harold, 466 tons, loading cargo OF
lumber at J. Herbert Bate Lumber
company.
Puroil, 1910 tons, discharging car
go Of gasoline for the Cape Fear
Terminal company. .
Tugs and Barges
Tug Warbler, 1850 tons, with
wrecking barge. Chapman, 40 tons.
working on steamer Severance. yes.
sci to G.. D. Maffitt and company,
agents.
Tug H. c. Cadimus and Barge
Waukeshau, 2,227 tons, %discharging
cargo Of sulphur for Heide and com.
pany, agents.
(1tal.) .Villarperosa, 1921 tons,
held in port account of war.
Severance, 1858 tons, repairing.
c. D. Maffitt and company, agents,
INWARD BOUND
Tanker
Canon, 1,439 tons, from Puerto
Rico with cargo of molasses, South.
eastern Shipping service, agents.
Motor Tankers
MFR. Point Breeze, 1914 tons,
from Atreco, with cargo of petro.
leun products for the Atlantic
Refining company.
Mor.) MFR. Ferncliff, 2,4s4 tons,
from Iquique, Chile, via Charles.
ton, with cargo of nitrogen soda,
to Pryde Forwarding company,
agents.
Steamer
America, 1856 tons, from Pacific
coast ports via Puerto Rico and
South Atlantic ports with general
cargo, Cape Fear Shipping company,
agents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-29
Cabbage & Lettuce Plants
Fresh Daily
NURSERY 0

Set out now - dug fresh daily:
Aborvitaes, Boxwood Nandinas,
CameIlia Japonicas, Gardenias,
Hydrangeas, Pittisporums, Aza-
leas, Norway Spruce, etc. Large
assortment, Csc and up.
PANSY PLANTS, Swiss Giants,
3" blooms, Csc dOz. Also Hardy
Candytuft, Thrift, Violets, English
Ivy, English Daisies.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Pun-Americun MESSAGE

President RooSevelt'S message to
the nations of the Western Hemi-
sphere, delivered on the fiftieth
anniversary of the american
Union. contains a realistic analysis
of the world of today and points
with clear vision to the course which
the American republics must follow
If they would maintain their
integrity.
For the benefit of those Latin
Americans who may have flirted with
totalitarianism the President warned
that illusions can have no place in
New World thinking. "Old dreams
of universal empire are again ram
pant" Mr.. Roosevelt declared. "We
hear of races which claim the right
of mastery. We learn of groups
which insist they have the right to
impose their way of life on other
nations. We encounter economic
compulsions shrewdly devised to
force great areas into political
spheres of influence"
The force of these doctrines al
ready has been felt on this side of
the Atlantic. At the moment an
other great war is occupying the
major energies of Europe, but we
may be sure that when the conflict
is over, if not sooner, the enemies of
democracy will be back, seeking with
every means at their disposal to
penetrate and undermine our way of
life.
It was to meet this menace-a
threat that only the foolhardy can
ignore-that Mr.. Roosevelt urged the
Pan-American countries to put their
own house in order and to be pre-
pared, If necessary, to meet force
with force to maintain its invio-
liability.
Mr.. Roosevelt's words were not the
product of an overwrought imagina-
ton. They simply take appropriate
account of the ghastly fate which
has befallen half d dozen peace
loving peoples of the Old World and
recognize in all candor the inescap-
able fact that our immunity can be
assured only through our own united
efforts
The lesson of present-day history,
as presented by the President, is
plain: The peoples Of this hemi-
sphere must stand together now and
in the years to come or resign them
selves to the very grave danger that
they will lose that freedom which
is the cherished heritage of the New
World.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
PARK ROAD.

Dear Sir:
II note in your column This and That
a notation which states, This Is, it must
be kept In mind, the famous devil down.
head, the only bird except the chickadee
which can walk down a tree, head down.
You are referring to the white-breasted
Cor red-breasted nuthatch.
II wonder If you have not perhaps for
gotten the black-and-white warbler,
often called the black -and-white creeper.
II have often watched the comical
antics Of these very active and extremely
attractive birds in nearby Maryland and
also in large cherry tree In my own
yard and have seen them more often
upside down than right side up.
In verihcation I quote from Chap
mans What Bird Is That page 92:
This species (the black and white
warbler) and the nuthatches are the
only birds that creep down as we'll as
up
ALSO from Birds Of America section
3, page 113: That bird referring to
the brown creeper) does not attempt to
come down tree trunk head foremost,
nor to circle a horizontal limb, feats
which are managed with nuthatch- like
ease by the black-and-w warbler
so 1t seems that this latter bird, as
well as the nuthatches. may we'll be put
In the category of upside-down birds.
Il read your bird lore regularly and
have greatly enjoyed it over a long
period of time.
Sincerely, " L. K, ST."
There seems to be some difference
between being upside down, on a tree,
and walking upside down, down a tree!
Some of the books seem to contradict
themselves, or at least are not at all
clear in making distinction.
The one fact which emerees clearly is
that the nuthatches are the champions
IN really walking down, head-flrst.
Most OF us are not so fortunate as to
see the black-and-w white warbler do it.
The only glimpse we have had of this
beauty In 10 years was about minutes,
as the creature fitted around in the
~AoN>AASo VI 1OCuSU Tree.
In that time he made no move what
ever to walk head down.
X
For most Of us, the white breasted
nuthatch will remain the champion of
this sort of thing.
1t really does 1t!
The chickadee mostly poses upside
down, that is, like a woodpecker, it
leans head down, to get at insects and
the like. but probably does little real
walking downward in that position.
X \
Put suet out, all winter, If you want
the chickadees to nest in your yard.
They have begun to nest already.
The choicest bird seed will attract
them. but of itself 1t does not seem
sufficient to make them feel that home
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Praises Editorial on
William Faversham.
To the Editor Of The 8

10 tne Eoltor OF Inc star:
Many old-timers must have apprect-
ated the graceful tribute to William
Faversham that appeared in The Stars
editorial columns last Monday. He was
one OF the last of the old line of actors
that As or so years ago made up the
famous stock companies directed by Au-
gustin DAILY, A. M. Palmer, Daniel Froh-
man and Augustus Pitou and which in
cluded such favorite actors as Ada Re-
han, John Drew, Maurice Barrymore,
Herbert Kelcey, Georgia Cayvan, Will
liam Faversham, Nelson Wheatcroft and
host of others Of whom the present
generation Of theatergoers have no
knowledge. Was not Herbert Kelcey, for
instance. as much of a matinee girls
idol so years ago as the ClarR Gable or
Robert Taylor of recent years?
OF these companies Mr.. Days was
the best known-as popular in London
as in New York-and what a band of
players it was! John Drew, George
Clarke, James Lewis, Sydney Herbert.
Charles Leclercq, Ada Rehan, Mrs. Gill
bert, Adelaide Prince, Kitty Cheatham,
Isabel Irving and Edith Kingdom were
just a few of these delightful artists,
and their repertoire ranged from the
broad comedy "A Night on" to "As You
Like It."
Maurice Barrymore, father of the
present-day Barrymores, was the leading
man of A. M. Palmers Madison Square
Theater Company, and Herbert Kelcey,
Nelson Wheatcroft, Georgia Cayvan and
Henrietta Crossman were few Of the
players that made up Daniel Frohman's
Lyceum Theater Company
About 1891 Augustus Pitou organized
an excellent stock company that in
cluded William Faversham, Nelson
Wheatcroft, w. H. Thompson and Min
ME Seligman. In looking over my old
programs find that this company, with
Mr. Faversham, played twice in WASH
ington during the season of 1882
in october and January-both times at
the New National Theater."
While sitting through some of the
modern noisy, garish, "manmoth" screen
productions and really enjoying them,
too, still we old-timers occasionally find
ourselves signing for something like the
quiet, simple, perfect artistry Of Joe
Jefferson's rip" or one of those old
time stock companies.
April IL. BENZ. M. CONNELLY.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
The Old Sailor

The flame and the reek of the fires of
youth are over;
Draw In your seat, and sit at my
hearth side.
The wild desire that made me once
a rover
Has vanished like the flame: It Is
ebb tide.
The warmth and the glow are still alive
in the embers
To fill my days with comfort and
good cheer;
And the glory OF the strife q man re-
members
Although his pipe and hreside hold
him here.
can close my eyes and see the white
foam breaking,
And hear the roar Of the waves upon
the shore:
can feel my boat as she staggers for
ward. quaking-
Alas, those things will come to mo
no more.
I'm an old done man, and my sailing
days are over:
My legs and my eyes are not what .
they used to be;
But deep in my soul, I am still a gay
young rover
Held here In my chair, my heart Is
far at sea.
BESSIE sCHENCK BUNTEN.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Fears Revival of
Foreign Propaganda.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Now that both England and Germany
have carried their war into the North
Sea and neutral territory, alert foreign
propagandists have hit upon the idea
that now is the opportune time to SOW
the seed of fear into the minds of the
American people and so organize public
opinion that it will be deceived into
favoring revocation, first, of the john
son Act, which bars American loans to
foreign debtors, and, second, of the
American Neutrality Act, which would
place the United States directly into
war, as an ally. In 1916, the English
propaganda had no obstacle like the
Johnson Act. It was easier to con-
jure up the spectre of flood of Huns
with spiked helmets and long-range guns
descending upon the Panama Canal.
Hudson Maxim aided the British
cause by having published under his
signature, an article in an American
newspaper warning of German attack
on the Americas. There must have been
more deliberate lying In the world
from 1914 to 1918 than In any other
Evening star., 1940-04-16
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdce,Dell.

Is just around the corner-of the house.
What they want is that memory OF
tasty suet.
Here is one Of the finest of all birds
which come to local suburban gardens.
1t comes, too, to city gardens. OCCASION
ally, but no way near as often as to the
yard in the suburbs.
Building operations tend to make city
out Of suburbs, but If there are plenty
Of trees, along with the lesser amount of
traffic, the wild birds are more likely to
come than to crowded city streets.
Another visitor to the yard in recent
days has been big brown rabbit.
The fresh stands of grass, Just get
ting greener, are what appeal to him,
It seems.
After few preliminary capers, the
creature settled down to eating. This
Is the first time we have seen him since
last fall.
Rabbits on their own in the suburbs
manage to keep out of the jaws of dogs
very we'll.
Another interesting early spring hap
pening IN one garden was the method
OF building new nest used by mother
squirrel.
She happened to be walking across
the yard, when she spotted an old nest,
blown down
1t had fallen, a mere heap of inter-
tWined grass, stems of locust leaves, and
corn husks.
The moment it came to this, the rodent
stopped, smelled, and then seized a
large amount of the old nest in its
mouth.
1t began to ram this material with
its paws, making it smaller and smaller,
until it could keep a good hold.
Swiftly it ran across the yard, up a
maple, out to the tip-end of the branches.
There it launched itself into space,
and just managed to make the tips of
other tree boughs, from which it assembled
TO the selected site, about 40 feet high
in locust.
1t patted the material down.
Now came the time for another trip,
and like procedure.
The inclusion of the corn husks was
interesting. No doubt they had been
secured from somebody's compost pile
1t worked very hard at this for IS
minutes or more, but after that it seemed
to lose interest, and never again went
back to the old nest, or to the newly
begun one, as far as we could see.
Two or three robins are to be seen in
the yard at all times now. This is good,
because there is no finer bird in a
garden, and do you know why? Not
only because of the general cheer which
the very sight Of him brings, but mostly
because of his song, morning and eve
ming. Sometimes one tends to forget
how much part of the real spring song
this melody of the robin is how it
furnishes the background music, as it
| were, for the entire bird chorus.
Evening star., 1940-04-16

can be redistributed as q contribu-
ton to permanent peace.
Two methods appear to be avail
able: Either accept an increasing
amount of foreign goods and services
with the consequence Of an unfavor-
able balance of payments which in
the long run will diminish America S
gold hoard, or loan the gold-to the
extent of five billion dollars, DR..
Westrick suggests to European
nations. Either method is certain
of encountering strong resistance In
this country.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Economic Busis of Peace

Nazi Germany has been of the
gold standard so long and has COM
batted economic liberalism so relent-
lessly with an entirely totalitarian
economic philosophical which the
barter system is but segment-that
1t is more than strange, but refresh
ingly welcome, to hear a German
economist calling for restoration Of
the gold standard and liberation Of
world trade from its present throt-
Ting restrictions.
DR.. Gerhardt A. Westrick, new
Commercial Counselor of the Ger
man Embassy, presumably was not
voicing the official view of his gov
ernment in his New York interview
Saturday, but his private opinions
are important for the emphasis they
place on the fact that economic lib
eralism, although presently eclipsed
by radicalism which puts war
needs above human needs, is not
completely dead in the Reich.
DR.. Westrick thus stands with DR..
Hjalmar Schacht, erstwhile German
Economics Minister and Reichsbank
president, who in spite of creating
the monster of German barter has
denounced it as barbarian and a
thing to be rid of as soon as possible.
Schacht has always contended that
barter was forced upon Germany by
her tremendous debt burden growing
out of the war, and he left his inf1u-
entail posts only because he could
not countenance the Nazi leaders
radical financial policies.
A return to liberalism, however, is
no part of Nazi economic philosophy,
which has as its objective the crea-
ton of the German state as a COM
pletely self-contained unit within its
'Lebensraum." Thus DR.. Westrick
would appear to be out of step with
the long-range economic objectives
of the Reich's ruling powers by ad-
vocating a return to the gold stand
ard and unrestricted world trade.
DR.. Westrick's private expressions
do, however, pose a vital question for
the United States with respect to
gold, namely: How can the gold
standard be restored internationally
when the United States holds most of
the worlds yellow metal? The prob
lem which the United States must
solve for itself in the months-and
perhaps years-before peace returns
is how the metal it is now boarding
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Opposes Alaskan
Refugee Plan.
By Thomas r. Henry.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Unemployment is a continuous prob
lem," says member of Congress. From
information gained by his congressional
committee, more immigrants than any
other country on earth have already been
received by America. In recent years
the total aliens admitted to the United
States of America exceeds number of
unemployed.
The writer, a former legislator from
San Francisco, knows how cumulative
legislation will work if the plan to admit
$500 900 refugees to Alaska is adopted
The first snowfall would find bills intro
duced to let them enter here. Hard
ship cases." would be the argument,
Later, such hardship cases would tur,
out to be 2,5o0000 unemployment-relief
1olk. E. E. GRANT.
San Francisco Calf,
April Z.