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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-03
NEW BROOKLYN HOMES
WILL BE DEDICATED
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was to attend and speak, but mott.
fed the local authority by tele.
phone yesterday he could not at.
tend because of an urgent call to
attend a defense housing confer
ence in Washington.
Mayor Thomas E. Cooper will
open the exercises at IL o'clock
this morning and will present the
Rev. Walter B. Freed, pastor OF
st. Paul's Lutheran church and a
member of the local authority, who
will pronounce the invocation.
Mayor Cooper will then present
William B. Campbell, city attor.
ney and the attorney for the hous-
ing authority, who will preside.
James E. L. Wade, city com.
missioner of public works, will dis.
cuss relationships between the
housing authority and the city gov
eminent, and DR.. w. Houston
Moore, chairman of the local auth
GRITTY, and Dr.. w. Houston Moore,
chairman of the local authority,
will review the accomplishments
and purposes of the authority. Mr..
Johnson of Raleigh will bring
greetings from other authorities in
the state.
Broome to Speak
Rev. o. E. Holder, rector of st.
Marks Episcopal church and a
member Of the Colored Contact
Committee, will speak for the ne.
gro race of Wilmington, and Mr..
Broome will bring greetings from
USHA.
Associate Justice Seawell will
then be presented by Mr.. Camp
bell. The Justices first opinion on
becoming a member of the SUI
preme court in 1888 upheld the
validity of the No r h Carolina
housing authorities act of 1885 un.
der which the Wilmington author.
ity was created. This year he up.
held the act again In a test cast
from Kinston, and thus has OBJ
tanned a unique insight into public
housing law.
Mr.. johnson will preside at the
luncheon at l pm. and an after
noon session will follow at 2:3O
with Rev. Mr. Freed presidi &.
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the Tennessee delegation to the

the Tennessee delegation to the
convention.
Oren Root, Jr., youthful N e "
York attorney, who independently
began a want-ad and mail-circula1
campaign for Willkie last spring
Mrs. Ruth de Young Kohler.
Kohler, Wis, newspaper editor ano
wife Of Herbert v. Kohler, presi'
dent of Kohler company, plumb
ing manufacturers.
Representative William Dieter
of the 18th Pennsylvania district,
chairman of the republican con.
gressional campaign committee.
Senator John G. Townsend, Jr.,
of Delaware, chairman of the r.
publican snatorial campaign COM
mittee. ]
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BRITISH TROOPS
WATCH NEW LINE
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inspection of the d f e n e
works.
On this resort beach the
scenes of war and peace
clashed in a blaze of sunshine
and color.
A troop of uniformed school
girls, carrying gas m a k $,
marched into the sand in a
column like soldiers - escort
ed by nuns.
Out over the water ar air.
plane dropped practice bombs
that sent mp white smoke puffs
against the blue horizon.
Back in the hills artillery
men drilled with practice fir
ing, aiming far out to sea.
One officer observed that the
sound of the firing is "good for
the people" as well as good
practice.
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pital with adequate laundering ma
ch1nery or make an appropriation
sufficiently large to allow the hos,
pital to send its laundry out. Lack
of facilities, he said, is a menace to
health due to lack of ability to carry
out sanitation measures at the pres.
emit hospital with the present laun-
dry machinery.
On motion of Harry Gardner these
requests were also taken under con.
sideration, to be DEALT with at a
subsequent meeting of the two
boards, to be held Friday morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-03
TAKE THE HALF LOAF

Recent legislative restrictions on the total
amount to be made available for public pro-
Sects through the WPA have disheartened pro.
ponents of public port terminals for Whining.
ION. With estimates ranging from half a
million dollars upward for the contemplated
Facilities, it is considered that the 500. 600
tnaximum now available, if a project were an
proved by the proper authorities, will not pay
FOR the type of improvements needed for this
port.
While 1t is unfortunate that congress should
Pave completed legislation which will make
he desired goal unobtainable just now a rea.
konable conclusion would be that the project
worth while on any basis and that. not
outstanding the handicap of insufficient funds
br the whole project, any funds which will
1--WE Wilmington better port facilities than
bow exist will build the port and pave the way
pr greater improvements when the nation and
he world return to peacetime
A half loaf is always better than no bread
i all. Public facilities constr lcted with what
honey may be obtained nov would place Will
hington in an advantageous situation and en-
BILE 1t better to compete with other south
ltlantic ports. We are, of course, devoting
III major effort to national defense. But to
Eliminate domestic economic planning on that
ecount would be folly of the worst sort.
Let's get what money we can through the
VPA for port facilities, build them as quickly
, possible, and concentrate part Of our plan
ing, and much Of our effort, on building up
pmmerce for the port, in which every line of
~nsiness, including the existing private port
~lcilities, will find enrichment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-03
ISSUES IN THE WAR

What's the matter with the world today.
There are many answers, as many almost az
there are people in the world. One answer
which seems to hit straight at the mark is of
fered in the Clients Service Bulletin, issued
by the American Appraisal Company, under
date of June rs. In an article captioned "Mae
Dog!" the bulletin expresses the view that ma
who threaten the institutions of free people
pack a As then the guardians thereof must
pack .45s."
Winding your own business, says the bulle
honorable manner seems no protection if what
happened to Denmark, Norway, Holland, Bel
GUM and Luxembourg means anything. Con
corning the principal new weapon of the to
talitarians, the fifth column" and America
duty in the world crisis, the article continues:
And what is the pap fed to men that
causes them to join up with a 9Th Column?
What kind of rot gets into the hearts of
men that urges them to sell out their coun-
try? The lust for power is understandable,
the urge to conquer, the wish to realign
the worlds maps and to become a chapter
in world history, all can be fathomed-but
treason is beyond us. It is the lowest
form of human activity and brings into
the spotlight the lowest form of human.
Try as we will, we can't trudge from
home to the office, do our days work, and
go home again, aid be comforted in the
thought that the rumpus in Europe is far
from us and none Of our business anyway.
No! There's a mad dog on the loose, and
he ranges far and wide. Distance has
been largely eliminated. He may get into
our backyard any time!
There is only one effective treatment
for a mad dog, and it is not to humor him,
nor to sit around and hope he will get we'll.
1t is now all too evident that the war
in Europe is not a localized brawl which
We of the United States can view from
the top of a high board fence and cheer
for our favorites. 1t looks increasingly
like a war, not so much between nations,
as a war between principles, democracy
and freedom VS.. totalitarianism and serf-
dom; between a pattern of life which sug-
gests to our daughters that they have
babies (preferably male cannon fodderl in
or out of wedlock, and one which stands
for human decencies and liberties; be-
tween the building of a nation or a com.
munity Of nations whose solemn pledges
are just that or the building Of a group
whose motto and gospel is that might is
right and that ends justify any means.
1t this is the game that is building up,
make no mistake about it, we have a stake
in it whether we like it or not.
Here the real issues at stake in this wal
are clearly drawn. 1t behooves us to note
them and take our stand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-03
TOP o. THE MORNING

All through this day, o Lord,
Let me touch as many HUes as possible
for Thee.
And every life I touch
Do Thou by Thy Holy Spirit quicken,
Whether through the words I speak,
The prayer I breathe,
The letters I aorite,
Or the life I lve.
-SELECTED.
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BROUCHTON SAYS
VETERANS MAY
BATTLE AGAIN
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address followed a picnic lunch on
the grounds.
Short talks were made by Judge
E. H. Cranmer, retired, Of South
port; w. E. CASTOR, Roy Bangs
berg, Captain w. r. Cox, Lieuten-
ants Moore and Dixon, Of Char
lotte, Addison Hewlett, chairman
of the board of New Hanover
county commissioners, W. R. Dosh-
er, postmaster at Wilmington; G..
David Jones, New Hanover county
sheriff, c. Bum Frink, of South
port.
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ee round table discussions VIII
be presented, dealing with puDne
he using problems. They will DC
led by Rev. Jack Rountree, X. a.
Creighton and Harold ]. Dlle.
hay "
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In order to believe in democracy we must be-
eve that there is a difference between truth
nd falsity. good and bad, right and wrong
resident Hutchins of the University of Chicago.
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1CS1uC1IG pI4y 1SAcA " ool PVVS
a year and meals and other items
are in line with those figures, Nc
Caig pointed out.
Addison Hewlett, chairman Of the
county board of commissioners,
pointed out there was no capital
outlay item in the budget as pre-.
scented and McCaig replied that
whereas a "mixup'' had caused the
expenditure of all funds in COM
pleting the urse home at the hos
pital without plumbing fixtures and
a heating plant being installed, that
it was hoped the matter could be
cared for later.
Emmett Bellamy, attorney, made
a plea for capital outlay funds but
did not ask for any specific amount
and said he is Of the opinion that
whereas the commissioners should
give James Walker Memorial hospi-
tai what aid it needs, that when
plans are made for expansion of hos
pital facilities for caring for negro
patients, that such expansion should
be made at Community hospital and
not at James Walker Memorial hos
pital. Ultimately, he said, negroes
should be divorced from James Wal
ker Memorial hospital and Commu-
nifty hospital should be given ade.
quate facilities to care for all negro
patients.
DR.. Foster Burnett urged that the
commissioners do something imme-
diately to provide Community hos.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
DRIVER IS KILLED
IN TRUCK WRECK
Man Identified AS J. A
Wichard, Of High Point,
Dies Near Dunn

DUNN, Aug. 12.-R-A man ten
tatively identified as j. A. Wich'
ard of High Point, was burned to
death near here today when an OIL
truck collided with another vehlcie
and burst into flames.
Coroner J. M. Mclean of Lilling.
ton, said the man was driving the
oil truck, and was burned beyond
recognition. His Identification by
other truck drivers was not def
mite, Mclean added.
The accident occurred on the Lii
highway, when
the oil truck was in a collision with
a truck hauling a load of batteries.
Two men listed by the coroner as
L. c. Tilley and G.. H. Sullivan,
both of Greensboro, were ordered
held by a coroner's jury.
Mclean said Tilley was driving
the truck loaded with batteries, and
Sullivan was his companion. Both
are employed by the Lipe Motor
Lines of Hickory, he added.
After the collision, the oil truck
ran off the highway, struck a &C.
ment culvert, overturned, and burst
into flames. The driver, whose
body was pinned between the door
and the steering wheel, apparently
died almost instantly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
Hill Says Tobacco Firms
Not Guilty Of Charges
In Anti-M Monopoly Action

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-RH
George w. Hill, president Of the
American Tobacco Co., cited to-
day a 1887 report of the Federal
Trade commission to back up his
claim that American and other big
tobacco companies were not guilty
of the charges brought by the de-
partment of justice in its anti-mo-
nopoly suit filed in the federal
court at Lexington, KY, or July "a.
at Lexington, KY, on July "a.
Hill gave his comment in a r.
page pamphlet history of American
tobacco and the domestic tobacco
industry. 1t was prepared for dis
tribution among the company's own
stockholders.
"That genuine competition be-
tween the various tobacco man.
ufacturing companies has existed
since 1922" said Hill, lis well
known not only to those who have
studied the industry, but to govern
ment representatives who have n
alyzed the business from time to
time in the course of various in
vestigations." 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
SITUATION NORMAL
AT MYRTLE BEACH
Mayor Graham Says Not
Single Hotel Or Other Build
ings Damaged By Storm

MYRTLE BEACH, S. c., Aug.
12.-Mayor Ben Graham stated to-
day that mot a single hotel, guest
house or any other building at
Myrtle Beach has been damaged as
a result of the heavy winds which
dashed this coast Saturday night,
Sunday and Sunday night"
Chief of Police F.. E. Davis re-
ported that a ''few shingles had
been blown off the roofs of several
cottages"
1.-THE situation here now is COM
pletely normal with operations in
full blast" Mayor Graham said.
land many of those who left the
beach have returned"
The tides, the highest since the
storm of 1885, did not reach the
boardwalk and in fact smoothed
out the strand and widened it from
four to six feet, making the beach
more attractive. People were on
the beach today bathing in the
surf or fishing from the piers.
The fact that no disastrous wind
disturbances have ever struck this
resort is believed to be attributed
to the fact that Myrtle Beach is in
the center of a convex curve with
Cape Fear and Cape Roman at the
northern and southern ends, re-
spectively, the mayor said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
CURRENCY PICTURE
TO BE EXHIBITED
Know Your Money Will Be
Shown AT Herring's Store
And Courthouse

The Home Service stores of Will
mington, in cooperation with the
police department. are sponsoring
the exhibition of the film entitled
"Know Your Money" here.
1t will be shown tonight at Her
rings store, Fourth and Meares
street, for a group of merchants OF
that section, Paul T. Marshburn,
president of the Service stores,
announced yesterday.
On Wednesday night at 8 o'clock
it will be shown in the superior
courtroom.
L.. O. Padgett, of Charlotte, agent
in charge of the Secret service
in North Carolina, will be on hand
to explain the film, which is being
presented here for the first time.
employers, and those who handle
money r invited to view the film
which depicts the chief character
istics and differences between gen.
uine and counterfeit money.
The film, produced by the U. S
secret service, upon the authori-
cation of the Secretary of Treasury
has already been shown before 40
million persons in the United
States.
A special display of legitimate
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
Marriage Will Not
Exempt Young Men
From Consumption

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-@
Young men who take their
best girls hands and rush to
the marriage license bureau
to become husbands b e
Uncle Sam can draft them for
military duty, have no assur-
ance that they won't be called
for a years active training I'M
der terms of the Burke-Wads-
worth CONSUMPTION bill now be-
fore the senate.
The measure contains no spe-
cific exemption Tor mar
ried men. They will be re-
quired to register for service,
just as any other male citizen
from 81 to 80 years Of age, if
it becomes law.
The president is authorized,
however, to defer the training
"Of those men in a status with
respect to persons dependent
upoz them for support which
renders their deferment advis-
able.' The measure contains
no definition of "dependents.'2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
Democrats For Wiukie'
Organization Planned

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-R-For
nation of a national democrats
for Willkie'' organization, headed
by two former members of the
Roosevelt administration and one
of the country's youngest univer'
sity presidents, was announced to-
day.
The new organization, said Alan
Valentine, 39-year-old president OF
Rochester University, and execu-
tive director of the group, will seek
members and support only from
Democrats and will work indie
pendently of the Willkie organiza-
tons, including the Associated Will
kie clubs, although of course we
will maintain friendly relations
with them"
In addition to Valentine, a ma
tional committee of four to direct
it's activities included j John w.
Hanes, former undersecretary of
the treasury under President Roos-
evelt; Lewis w. Douglas, early new
deal budget director, and Mrs. Ro-
berta Campbell Lawson, of Tulsa,
Okla. former president of the Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
Fender Livestock Fair
Will Open On Sept. 8

BURGAW, Aug. 12.-Plans for re
viving the Fender county agricul
tural livestock fair here the week
of september 9 have been perfected
the sponsoring Organization has an
nounced.
A large vacant lot in the heart OF
Burgaw has been secured for the
show. Tents will be used for ex'
hibits and premiums will be offered
in all departments.
A resident secretary will be an
nounced within a few days and will
begin work on the preliminary de-
tails of the show.
DR.. w. H. Young, mayor of Bur-
gaw, has expressed his pleasure that
the fair will be revived and believes
Fender county will certainly make
a creditable showing from the stand
point of exhibits.
A full program for five days and
six nights has been mapped out, in
Guiding Tuesday, school day, when
all white school children from Pen
der county will be admitted free to
the grounds up to 4 p. m. A fea-
ture of the program will be a dou-
BILE cannon act, which will mark the
first time this act has ever been
presented in this section.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
SPORTS
REPLACES
MCCOY WITH AS
Duke Graduate Of '39 10
Take Over Second Base In
Mack's New Shakeup

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12.-LP-
Benny Mccoy, the Philadelphia Ath'
letics' $65,00O second baseman, was
benched Indefinitely today in an in.
field shakeup Connie Mack hopes
will lift the AS from the American
league cellar.
Mack replaced the 22-year-old in.
fielder from Granville, Mich, with
Larry Davis, a rookie graduated
from Duke university in 1889.
Seven months ago, Mccoy was so
promising that the Athletics IT.
year-old president and manager paid
him S45, 900 for his signature on a
tWo-year contract-salary 5000 an
nually. Nine other major league
teams had bid for his services after
Commissioner Kenesaw M. Lands
declared him a free agent.
The price was the highest ever
paid for a free agent and the high
est for an AS player since Connie
Mack obtained Lefty Grove from
Baltimore Is years ago for 500, 600.
But Benny failed to live up to his
advance notices as the boy who
would revitalize the Athletics. Last
year, in SIS games with the Detroit
Tigers, he hit 1902 and his fielding
was a sensation.
In 372 times at bat for the AS,
however, Mccoy has hit only SO
times for an average of .258. A
month ago he was even worse, with
.248, and on June 8 his average was
.279.
Mack said his high-priced recruits
fielding hasn't been up to standard,
either. At this late date in the sea-
son, the Athletics have the worst
fielding record in the league.
Connie also rearranged his infield
to place centerfielder Fred Chapman
at shortstop in place of AL Brancato
and Joe Gantenbein at third in place
of Al Rubeling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
NATIONAL GUARD
BILL APPROVED
BY HOUSE GROUP
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has at least one person solely de-
pendent upon him for support if the
man makes a request to be dis
charged within the 20 day period
The reserve components' include
the national guard.
Like the senate bill, the house
committee version would continue
the Presidents authority until June
80, 1912, and would authorize issu'
ance of certificates to the men upon
completion of their year of service.
Men holding these documents and
still qualified to return to their jobs
could apply for reinstatement with.
in 40 days.
If they were employed by the fed.
eral government or it's territories OF
possessions, their employer would
be required to restore them to their
original position cor to a position of
like seniority status and pay"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
PROGRESS

Fifty-four years ago there
we're only Is fire alarm boxes
in the City of. Wilmington
there are 10Y today.
A card listing the location of
the various alarm boxes on
April 1, 1886 when Charles d.
Myers was chief of the city
fire department was recently
mailed to Fire Chief J. Ludie
Groom.
Back in 1885 there were three
boxes in the Brooklyn section:
six in the city north of Market
street and six in the city south
of Market street. One of the
boxes was located at the old
Carolina and Central railroad
depot at Brunswick and Mutt
streets.
Chief Groom said last night
that not a single one of Tho
present boxes is in the same
location as those back in 1886.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
1olks Between Rumoo;;o
And Bulgaria Hit g..

v
a;i Berlin n., Aug. Pap u,
d fMeen pe,h negotiatio Via r.
the eession Of southern Dobr1;o9 Owe,
the latter have struck . ooIuJa %
cause of Rumania's das;n s''ag be.
tain the Black Sea port % ge,
and the Danube river ci.,, balce
istra, the German w Oh Sas.
ciared tonight in QUOTING !, $ DE-
dispatch. d sota
Bulgaria was said to have re;...
s sat;, was not ready to BEGIN ''r NJ,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
Six Are Killed When
Train Hits Automobile

BOWLING GREEN, O., Aug. IL.
-R-Six persons enroute to their
Indiana homes from a religious
convention were killed today when
a Baltimore and Ohio passenger
train hit their car at a grade
crossing near Weston, seven miles
west of here.
Coroner H. E. Whitacre said the
victims were the Rev. Oliver l..
Forester, pastor of the Alliance
Gospel Tabernacle at Logansport,
Ind; his wife, Bessie, and Miss
Lucille Reed, also Of Logansport;
Mrs. Ethel Minglin, of Wolcott,
Ind, and an unidentified man of 80
and a 10-year-old boy.
The victims were returning from
a christian and missionary alliance
convention at Beulah Beach, O. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
BOMBER CRASHES
ON TEST FLIGHT
Mechanic Killed When Large
Craft Falls And Burns
At Santa Monica

SANTA MONICA, Aug. 12.-R-
A big bombing plane, designed for
war use in Europe, crashed and
burned today on a test flight, killing
John Parks. Pilot Robert
brush and Flight Engineer Paul
Dennis jumped from the plane, a
Douglas Dbl, in their parachutes.
The Dbl is a twin-motored dive
bomber similar to the one that
crashed here in January, 1899, killing
its pilot and injuring a French army
officer who was riding as an OBJ
server.
Douglas officials said ne cause
had been ascertained for today's
crash but that an investigation was
launched Immediately by Douglas
engineers, government officials and
Civil Aeronautics association experts.
Prior to her defeat by Germany,
France had ordered 100 of the Doug
las dive bombers at a cost of $l2,-
600. 900. Several of the bombers were
completed and delivered to France
before the French-German armistice.
Robert Bower, civilian pilot, wit
messed the crash from the air while
flying above the plane.
ut crashed in a field about 100
wards from the Culver City airport.
IT saw it coming across Culver
City airport at a high speed, and
parts of the cowling and other parts
were flying off.
II could not tell what caused the
trouble. 1t went down. Two para
chutes landed apart from the
wreckage. I Immediately came back
to Clover field to report"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
Softbau Games Called
Because OF Wet Grounds

Wet grounds caused postpone
ment of the two softball games
scheduled at Robert Strange park
last night.
The two games-Boys Brigade
VS.. Company A and Taylor Col
quit VS.. City Optical - will be
played off at a later date.
Tonight's schedule will be Bak-
r VS.. Spofford in the first game,
and Godwin's vs.. Ethyl-Dow in the
second game. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
Oil And Pennies Taken
At Montgomsry's Store

Police yesterday were investi-
eating a report that the store of
Clyde Montgomery, at Fourth and
Meares street, was broken into
early yesterday morning.
Five quarts of oil and 81 pennies
we're stolen from the store and
8 IA gallons of gasoline from a
pump outside the store, the report
said,