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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
Individual Initiative

The decade of progress, in which North
Carolina, through urging from Governor Hoey
is to participate, emissions a 17-point program,
with an office in the national capital to foster,
sponsor and promote government recognition
of the states right to- a share in defense
spending.
This, of course, is as it should be. At the
same time it behooves the people. of North
Carolina to consider how they can individually
help themselves and meet the needs of the
nation in defense preparations. It is right to
plan for the state as a unit. It is no less right
to plan as individuals. This is particularly the
case with farmers. Their programs ought to
be drafted with a view to the national need
and their own advantage.
AS more and more men enter military camps
for training, the need for meat will increase.
Naturally the army will seek beef and pork
near military bases to reduce transportation
costs. Beef cattle and swine grown close to
environments inevitably will have the edge on
stock at a distance. This offers North Caro-
lima farmers, especially in the eastern part of
the state, opportunity to provide meat for
bases in Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas.
Because of the generally open winters and
twelve-month grazing, the opportunity is the
better hereabouts for raising great herds of
beef cattle and hogs, than in many sections.
At the same time it should be a part Of the
farm program to see that packing houses are
established for refrigerating and curing. There
has long been need for a packing house here.
II the farmers of the area start upon a major
beef-raising project, that need will be ines
capable. Any planning for defense in this re-
gion reasonably will include a packing house.
by the farmers with profit to themselves and
benefit to the army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
In The Interest OF Safety

Three boys on bicycles struck Town in a
day is not an enviable record. 1t will not SUI
flee to say that it is exceptional, that it does
not happen every day. 1t can happen any
time, and may happen again any, day The
fact that it did happen and that two of the
three youngsters were gravely injured is a
clear indication that Wilmington needs to do
something about a condition which has long
needed remedial action.
Just what that action can be is not wholly
apparent. But it is obvious that young BIZ
cyclists themselves will have to have a hand in
any safety program, if it is to prove truly
corrective. This is not to place the blame for
these accidents upon the youthful victims, nor
to absolve the auto drivers. 1t is merely to in
sist that all juveniles who ride bicycles must
accept mutual responsibility for safety with
motorists and pedestrians, if similar accidents,
or any other kind involving bicycles, are to- be
avoided.
It is no unfamiliar sight to see three, even
four, bicycles abreast, the riders deeply en-
gagged in banter and paying little heed to the
conditions in traffic or the hazard they are
creating. Obviously, this is the result of child.
jsh indifference to fate' and not a planned
risk.
Whatever blame attaches to the drivers Of
automobiles involved in the three accidents
here cited must not be miaimi2ed or punish.
ment withheld. But, in the interest of future
security, parents and school teachers are en-
couraged to impress on all children in their
charge that they must do their share in keep.
ing the streets of the city safe for all users
including themselves.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
Editorial Comment
A FRIEND OF NEWSPAPERS
Jackson (Miss.) News

No corporation in the nation has greater
faith in the power of advertising than has the
Illinois Central.
printers ink is a perfume as welcome in
the nostrils of the Illinois Central as that
which rises from the smokestacks of our loco
motives hard at work. We of the Illinois
Central believe in the newspapers and in their
power to>do go-d."' So says President Jack
Beven, and he proves his belief by the place.
ment of liberal contracts in the newspapers
of all states served by that great common
carrier.
The newspaper advertising policy of the
Illinois Central was. inaugurated more than a
quarter of a century, ago by the late President
c. H. Markham and has been carried on in
ever-increasing measure by his successors in
office. Relations between the big system and
the press have always been most cordial,
and one of its most admirable features is the
fact that the officers of the system have never
feared or objected to criticism by the press,
provided that it is constructive criticism. In
fact, the company invites criticism of that
characer concerning any feature of the service
it renders.
Each month President Beven has a heart
to-heart talk with the patrons of the system
through the columns of the press, and these
letters have been most helpful in cementing
friendly relations between the COMPANY and
its patrons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22

test judgment: ''You are driving at night.
While driving you meet another auto which
will not dim its lights regardless Of your at
tempts to get him to by using your dims and
brights. In a short sentence state what you
would do"
The answer expected is not given, but pre-
sumably a man who would drive on without
being able to see the road reasonably well
would be given a black mark. His Judgment
would be bad. He might be considered reck-
less. Still, willingness to take a chance ought
not to be a bad trait for a soldier. Especially
when the mission is urgent. Here the judgment
of a soldier is not in complete harmony with
that of a civilian not on IN urgent mission.
What is sensible in peace, in other words,
may be foolish in war-and vice versa. Good
judgment in its soldiers may cost a nation
dear, as the French well know. For our part,
we prefer the British, who don't know when
they're licked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
No Need For

Coming a month late, the claim that a
German invasion attempt made on September
16 was frustrated by Royal Air Force bombers
fails to carry conviction. 1t is hard to believe
that Hitler actually ordered a full dress attack
and then was forced to abandon the plan be-
cause the British broke it up.
The British themselves are responsible for
the natural scepticisn5Lwith which this claim
will be met at home and in this country. In
September there were apparently well-found-
ed reports that the Germans had made an at
tempt at an invasion and had not been able
to go through with it. At that time authorita-
tive British quarters denied that anything of
the kind had happened.
Some OF these reports had it that Americans
returning to the United States had seen the
bodies OF hundreds of German soldiers floating
IN the waters of French ports. However, the
British explained this by saying that possibly
a transport had been sunk. They insisted that
it they had repealed an attempted invasion
they would be only too glad to say so.
1t may be that the British now have in
formation that has changed their opinion. On
the othe" hand, it is just as reasonable to be-
lleve that the preparations now considered an
actual attempt were merely practice maneu.
vers. A real invasion, it seems certain, would
not have been stopped by one days bombing
raids, or even by repeated air attacks. It
would have required naval cooperation as
well.
However, the essential fact is that, what
ever plans Hitler had last ummer Britain
has not yet been invaded. 1t is also true that
a stroke of this kind is not greatly to be
feared during the winter months. Here is
achievement enough. 1t needs no adornment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
NEA Service, Inc

ago, and I asked the doctor if I
could play the piano when it was
well. He said I could, and when
they took the bandages off, sure
enough, I could play"
It is things like this, delivered
in Wynn's droll lisp, that make
people forget about world revolu-
tons. His is the spontaneous com.
bustion of wit without malice. No
one is ever hurt by his remarks.
He never gibes at another's ex.
pense. His humor always grows
out of situations that are normally
brought about, and this, l think,
is the true test of comedy.
In. Wynn's possession is the most
extensive single collection of jokes
in the world. He has been gather.
ing and fling them for a gener.
alton. They number into the hun.
dreds of thousands, although Ed
Wynn himself refers to them as
Variations"
There aren't more than eight
or ten original jokes" he tells you.
"All the others are variations Of
these basic themes. 1 have as
many as three hundred Jokes
based on a single pattern"
Variations or no, when Wynn
tells them they usually make an
impression. One of his earlier, and
to me one of his best, still makes
me laugh every time I think Of il.
It's the one about the boys who
were Dragging about their diving
exploits.
II have a brother" said one,
who can dive off a 100-foot tower
into a bath tub"
That's nothing" lisps Wynn,
with his giggle, my uncle can
dive off a 5OO-foot tower into a
damp rag"
I don't know how he effects you
but when Wynn pulls gags like
this-I collapse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
There's A Difference

Two young army reserve officers are about
to enter upon an experiment. They have won
permission to test the vocational tendencies
and emotional qualities of enlisted men al
Fort Dix, New Jersey, with a view to putting
square pegs in square holes-and thereby in
creasng the efficiency of our fighting forces.
1t sounds like a good idea. Aptitude tests
have been used in business and industry with
considerable success. Yet, we have our
doubts, and they are strengthened by reading
over some of the questions.
This problem, for example, is supposed to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22

Catholics in public-yes, sometimes
even Catholics who are most con-
spicuous in public life-betray de-
mocracy by employing graft and
trickery at the polls, by padding
registrations, by stealing money
from the public funds, by using
public positions to build up private
fortunes and by assuming powers
that are practically dictatorial?
IA group is judged by its most
conspicuous representatives, and
when a group of Catholics no
matter how fine and honest and
democratic they are-is represent
ed in the city hall and in the news
paper headlines by Catholics who
r welded to honest graft and
who hold their power by their al
liances with the underworld, by
crooked voting and the ~rottenest
manifestations of, party politics.
well, the great majority of Cath
olics is bound to suffer for the sins
of the conspicuous few.
THE confessional is the place
for the discussion of this thing
called honest graft. 1t wouN
seem that there would be some
necessity for restitution when a
public official can have a magnifi-
cent country estate, a t e r
home in Florida, a fleet of motor
cars, a Roxy chorus of house serv-
ants, an annual trip to Europe and
a bank account of something like
a half-million dollars on a salary
of $40, 900 a year or less.
Eyes, the day may come when
Catholics in the United States will
be prosecuted. It woule be horri-
bic if the excuse for that persecu-
ton were your dishonesty and your
betrayal of democracy" /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
Wilmington,
Oct. 81, 1910

To The Star:
One reads in the Rev. Andrew
j. Howell's Book of Whining
ton" the following paragraph;
Gov. Tryon tried to ingrat:ate
himself with the people Of vii.
mington who had been so much at
variance with him during the
Stamp Act episodes. He prepared
an elaborate feast. A whole OK
was barbecued and several barrels
of beer was provided and the peo-
pie were all invited to the feast.
And they came; but, instead Of
eating and drinking they rushed in
a body to the tables, seized the
meat and threw it in the river,
and overturned the beer which ran
along the ground untouched"
One wonders if those old spirited
and patriotic citizens of Whining
ton of the year 1865 would not
turn over in their graves if they
could see their descendants, near
ly two hundred years later, meek
ly and supinely drinking salty
water from the same river, and
evidently liking it.
We don't believe that the citizens
of 1865 would stand for it, judging
from the way they did things in
those days, but we think they
would have probably sought out
the responsible parties and done
with them as they did with Tryon's
barbecue.
At least if they could return to.
day they would feel at home as
far as the water situation is con.
cerned. We too are having to gel
our water from wells and Juggling
it long distances. Mind you nearly
two hundred years later. That is
the state Of progress in the yea,
1910.
While we are getting w. p. A.
money for some of the brilliant
projects suggested by some Of oul
learned and heavy thinking lead.
ers, lets get five or six millions
dollars and with the water receipts
build a fine hotel at the foot ol
Market street. We might build il
between the w. p. A. fish stalls,
that have never been used) and
the sewer outlet, so that all the
world might come and partake o:
the wonderful waters Of the old
Cape Fear. It is such good drink.
ing water, it should be marvellous
for bathing and might even have
curative values. It might possibly
even help our city officials. Per
'em up, so to speak. IL,
E. L. BROOK.
ia Orange Street,
Wilmington, N. c.
Oct. 81, 1910
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-Just on the chance
that you think Washington never talks about
anything but war and politics, I'll itemize
som Of the capital chatter that hasn't any
thing to do with either. For instance, Washing
ton wonders
If Bing Crosby, who turned up in a benefit
golf exhibition here recently, isn't about as
good a sport and sportsman as Bagdad on
the Pacific ever turned out. He shoots 10
holes in the seventies, signing % autographs
between each stroke.
If there really is any possibility that the
supreme court will come down with a de-
cision making it unlawful for the $19.98 boys
to copy those veddy, veddy exclusive models
turned out by the 1893 designers of ladies'
chapeaus. There is an appeal before the
tribunal now calling for some kind of a ruling.
Which members Of local society guffawed
and which ones gasped at the shower OF baWdy
patter coming from the National stage on the
seasons first first night" The play was
Susanna and the Elders" It is a story Of a
socialistic utopia of the 10th century, and
while the failure of socialism in such efforts
as Brook Farm occupies much of the dialogue,
so do such matters as breeding committees"
to instruct young folks how to bring forth a
race of supermen. Jack Kirkland, who still
has Tobacco Road" produced Susanna" "
but it is far from that bad-or that good.
ENVOY DAUGHTERS A Hill
How soon Charlie Chaplin will get here in
THE Dictator And whether 1.-THE Bakers
Wife, isn't the most delightful foreign movie
ever shown here.
When they are going to get through with
that unsightly sewer construction work in 9TH
erwise beautifully autumn-hued Rock Creek
park.
II the Boyd sisters, Mildred, Edith and
Elena, daughters Of the Ambassador Of Pan
anna, might not make as big a hit as the
Andrews sisters, Laverne, Patty and Maxene,
if the Boyds ever took up one Of several offers
to 60 into the movies or on the stage. Boyds
and Andrews met here the other day for a
little community sing.
FOOTBALL, TOO
If the Redskins, the capitals own National
pro football team, really will win the league
championship. Just in case you think pro
football is a minor item around here, the Red.
skins average more than $4,000 spectators
each game-and that's about one person in
every % of Washington's population.)
If there ever before was a capital party
like that given for Sister Pascaline de 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under Council Manager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports md Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsvi1e
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid.
err Turning Basin, with snip lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington. >,
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported by one
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of native grape groWing
Modern Tuberculosis Sandtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
Man About
Manhattan
BY GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Ed Wynn,
having breakfast on a train one
morning, looked up from his eggs
and modify declared, my life is
like a goldfish in a bowl. No pri-
vacy whatever"
Just at that moment a waiter
appeared with a lone piece of toast
on a tray. 1.-THE lady two
tables from the end wants you to
autograph this for her," he said.
"You see what I mean," cried
Wynn, mo privacy at ALL" Where.
upon he gravely bit a piece out of
the toast and sent it back to the
lady.
I think I may have related this
episode in some previous column.
But it is SO typical of this zany-
cared comedian that, caught in
the spell of his latest venture in
foolery, I wanted to bring it UP
and set it down beside an episode
out Of Wynn's new show, which
almost everyone agrees is very,
very funny.
When Wynn is funny he is very,
very funny, and when he isn't he
is very unfunny. This new show,
Boys and Girls Together" is
mostly all Wynn, and he doesn't
pause from the moment he ar
rives in a cloud of mothball vapors
until around midnight.
He has some new inventions this
time, too, and one of them is a
gun that shoots in all directions
at once-to ensure h m against
missing. He also has a piano bal
anced finely on a bicycle, which
he plays while riding around.
The little episode that I wanted
to sit beside the autographed toast,
which came out Of real life, con-
Germs this piano. He is talking to
Jane Pickens at the time.
II didn't know you could play
the piano." said Jane.
Il couldn't" replied Wynn, ''un-
til I hurt my hand several months
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
A New Move

If the friendship between Moscow and Berlin
is still as warm as ever, as the Nazis insist
it is, the Russians are picking a strange way
to show it.
The Soviet denial that Germany consulted
Moscow in advance about the occupation Of
Rumania by Nazi troops has been followed
by a critical article in the Soviet army news.
paper, RedeStar. The paper declares that Ger
many's air offensive against Britain has fail.
ed. that the defensive capacity of the British
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
The Editors
LETTER BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing IN
this department. They represent the
views Of the individual readers. o
respondents are " arne that all
communications m u st contain the
correct name and address for our
records. though the latter may be
SIGNED as the writer sees fit. The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason Is OBJ.
iectionable, Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22

Simon to celebrate her 10th BIRTH
day and the fftieth anniversary of
the day she started begging aims.
She has stood outside the govern
ment buildings in all kinds of
weather since before the Spanish
American war. The party was a
fine affair. There were flowers and
food and singing and many guests.
But Sister Pascaline was not there.
The vows of the Little Sisters of
the Poor forbade such pomp and
1r1volity. Throughout the party,
she stayed-and helped - in the
kitchen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
MORE ABOUT WATER
To The Star:

To The Star:
Your editorial on the water situa-
ton is most timely. It is foolish
to spend many thousands Of dollars
on golf greens, take up good
streets to put down better streets,
advertise the beauty and advan-
tages o four city, urging people to
come here to live and deny them
a drink of water when they ar
rive. .~
It seems there is money for
everything except water. Those
other things are nice to have, but
it is possible to live without them.
It is not possible to live without
water.
THIRSTY.
Wilmington, N. c.
Oct. 81, 1910
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
VERDICT RETURNED

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-R-A cov
ner's jury today returned a Veiu
of accidental death and recommeN-
ed that juvenile authorities re'ea.
Robert Dancey, II, whose ~
rifle killed his chum, JACK fs
10, last Saturday. The boys
experimenting with the rifle. .Ia
discharged as the Dancey oo! !,
it, the bullet striking his 1rie'0
the heart.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
Jacksonville High
Begins Physical Ed

JACKSONVILLE, Oct, 21-A phy'
steal education program which ffl"
cipal E. L. Keys says is tied in WIFI
the national defense program "a'
started at Jacksonville High sehooi
this week. All physically able STU.
dents, boys and girls, are require
to take the course n period IAN,
It is being directed by the prlnclp@'
and Coach Errett Gardner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-22
Approach To New River
Bridge Being Improved

JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 2l'-o'@'
Highway commission forces no..
started improving the approach "
New river bridge here. Inc az
proach has been rough n pump
several years and considered la1
ardous to motorists. A pedeS".n.
walk along the shoulder 10
bridge walk also is being DUH