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such an accusation and to prevent
his own henchmen from giving that
impression.
Yet today word comes that Mayor
La Guardia of New York City, who
was selected by the President to be
head of our section OF the cana
n-American defense commission,
has plunged into the third term
campaign in behalf of Mr.. Roose-
welt.
Supposing William Knudsen were
to come out tomorrow for Willkie-
everybody knows he is going to vote
for the Republican nominee-and
were to issue public statements on
the subject in the middle OF the
campaign. Well, Mr.. Knudsen Is not
a politician and will keep his po-
litical thoughts to himself as he
works hard to get production of war
weapons. But the country would be
shocked if Mr.. Knudsen expressed
political viewpoints publicly, and
that applies to everybody who is a
part of the defense program at the
moment.
Suspicion in Canada.
Mayor La Guardia occupies an
important defense post. Already in
Canada there is suspicion that Mr..
Roosevelt put on the dramatic meet
ing with Premier Mackenzie King
on the very day of the Willkie ac-
ceptance speech August II in the
hope Of blanketing the publicity of
the Republican NOMINEE, and that
Mr.. Roosevelt's interest in Canada
at that moment was not as far
reaching as it had been supposed.
Evidence of this is to be found in a
speech by one of the leaders in the
Canadian Parliament, R. B. Hanson,
who, in discussing the Canadian
American defense talks, said that
President Roosevelt, seeking re-
election" had taken the initiative
in arranging the conference with
Mackenzie King, and that 1t was
designed, in part at least, to assist
Mr.. Roosevelt in his present posi-
ton"
Now on top of that with a political
statement from Mayor La Guardia,
the Canadians and many citizens
of this country will come to believe
that the Canadian American de-
fense talks are part of the deliberate
effort of the administration to create
a war psychology favorable to the
third term ambitions of the PreSi-
dent.
For 1t is conceded that without
the war emergency, there would be
no justification for a third term.
Henry Wallace, the vice presidential
nominee, however, in his speeches
has plainly indicated that he ex-
poets Britain to be defeated and
Hitler to be ruling the world during
the next four years. Spread Of this
idea is an essential part of the New
Deal strategy which has been fully
approved by Mr.. Roosevelt.
One reason for this, of course, is
that if England emerges victorious,
or If it looks in the next few weeks
as though England can hold out,
there will be less and less reason for
the talk about "appeasing" Hitler.
Wallace Is Back Tracking.
Incidentally Mr.. Wallace is pack
tracking a bit of his foolish charge
that vote for Willkie is vote for
Tyif1or In y1nu
THE Republican candidate is not
an appeaser and is not a friend of
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Scont Comfort for WiIIkie

candidate got SO per cent of the
total vote. while the Democratic
candidate received AZ per cent.
According to the analysis of
national politics c"Ballot Behavior
prepared by Mr.. Louis H. Bean,
crack statistician of the Department
OF Agriculture, such a result spells
an overwhelming Democratic victory.
For when Maine Democrats cast AZ
per cent of the total vote in this
barometer State" it means that the
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I n e American
Federation of
L a b or. H o "
many more polit-
ical speeches the
Chief Executive
will make during
t he campaign
which just now
Is swinging into
activity will de-
pend upon how
serious the Will
kie threat be-
comes.
w h en- I the
President W a S
~0~,{ret,l <1-
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gency and I n e
W hole defense
program as a
m e a ms of eX-
plotting by pub
licity and other
vote getting de-
vices his ow n
ambitions for a
third term. Such
a arg e / S
fire ly h e a r d
aroun d t h e
coun try, and
hence it becomes
important for
the President to
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Recoicitront Plant


very long ago. the Nelson plan voluntary business
operation hit The corporation
An official of the corporation listened fatty
High Navy officers pressed the but to avail
Thereupon the Navy Department communicated with Nelson
planned the attitude requested that something
No the Government sympathetic
business than Nelson this
would poies
invoked 1t took the steel official seconds make
mind. The Navy order filled promptly.
Point of Story
This has not turned defense commission members their
conviction that voluntary system the better method obtaining
They look rather the
conviction
officials
at least to threaten recalctrant manufacturers.
official pointed the
ments the conpion bill Both the the
take recacnt businesses Bernard Bch chairman of the
Board during the last war has indicated that while he believes
voluntary method should
have to commander industry Baruh had
his ampfd testimony that
viously before Congress.
discussing industry
remained the background effective which
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age to the French
and B Belgian
ports where self
propelled Ger
man barges are
now gathered to
carry an invad-
ing force to Brit
ain.
Whether the
zero hour has
been fxed for
this or next week
nobody can say.
But military OBJ
servers point out
that Hitler is un-
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career In business and politics, II
you follow my advice and play your
cards right.
In the first place, you should lose
no opportunity to impress on Messrs.
Knudsen and Stettinius and other
business leaders connected with the
defense commission, that the whole
draft mechanism is your exclusive
work. Don't let them imagine that
any other Army officers have been
working on the plan for the last 81
rights Of authorship for the whole
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tive Brewster. Republican, in his
race against the popular Democratic
former Governor, Louis J. Brann.
The percentages obtained by Repub-
hcan candidates for Governor and
Senator, from 1928 to 1s40, inclu-
sive, follow:
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vitaliZed the whole program of regu-
lation during the last war" He illus
trated his point with an example
similar to that of the steel concern:
I'VE were having great diff
Guilty" Baruch recalled, with one Of
the strongest men in the whole in
dustrial field. He did not see what
the law was. And he intimated, in
a very diplomatic and polite way.
that they were not going along, and
that would be that so I took out a
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HE opinions OF the rtters this page oDn
necessarily The Stars Such opinions
Stars effort to all sides OF questions OF
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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What to Do When Crisis Passes

Then when the crisis is past will be position to offer
suggest liquidation
for pose great agriculture
When have the might
speculation for few
that will have
after few Wall Street will bring another the
will be called
time in pushing yourself forward the ideal post
industrial administrator.
BY the time people with
bounced out of job will become
call This Mans Opinion and let against the
and Government of
strategy industry agriculture business well
religion, morals. science and the oeli
phaps officer gentleman which case this
brilliant prospect will be 10 you.
Scont Comfort for WiIIkie
There
in which
national admittedly played important pa-he Republican
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BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

President Roosevelt is taking Wen
dell L. Willkie seriously. He made
an avowed political speech to the
International Transfers Union OF
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La Guurdiu's
Third Term
Speech Hit
Conudu Declared
Suspicious of U. S.
Defense Moves
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

The most important charge that
has been made thus far against
President Roosevelt in the campaign
is that he is using the war emer-
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We, the People
Open Letter to 1t. Col. Hershey Advises
Head Of Draft How to CopitoIize on Post
BY JAY FRANKLIN.
Dear Colonel:


see by the that you'll Col Lewis
head Of the Joint Army and Navy COMMITTEES in charge secv
will do the work. having spent years preparing act
Needless to say Colonel you threshold brilliant
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This
Changing
World
Anti-Aircruft Fire
Muy Be Delaying
Nuzis' Invasion
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

British light cruisers and Destroy
ers in the Channel, together with
r. A. F. bombers. are reliably re-
ported to have caused serious dam
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The Capital Parade
Voluntary System of Factory Cooperation
In Defense Program Generally Satisfactory
BY JOSEPH ALsoP and ROBERT KINTNER.

Shortly after the National Defense Advisory
President drafted
and given practically unlimited cooperation with
Knudsen Setus and the other defense commission
soon discovered that he must make fundamental deconwhehe
re-arm the country speedily and adequately.
Since there bottneck question
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OUldII priority IOr Government
orders over those of private business.
After conferences with many busi-
ness leaders, he decided that a VOL
untary system, for the time being
at least, was much superior to a
highly regimented and extremely
complicated legal plan. Key de-
fense plants were asked to give first
attention to defense orders. Ac-
cording to competent defense COM
from business has been almost 100 n,
Evening star., 1940-11-10

Woman, 81, Gives
Warning as Blast
PeriIs Lives Of 7
Furnace in Basement
ExpIodes at Store
On 6 Street

An S1-year-old woman gave the
warning last night that probably
saved the lives of seven other per-
sons when a coal furnace exploded
in the basement of a building at
800 G street NV.
Mrs. L. Leeds, who lives in the
brick building atop a notion store
and delicatessen, smelled smoke
shortly before 8 pm, when the
furnace in the basement exploded.
She hurried to rooms on the second
floor of the building where seven
of her relatives were gathered and
gave the alarm.
The relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Dunn and their daughter, Barbara
Ann, 2; Mr.. and Mrs. James Red
mond and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Bourke, were in the apartment but
had heard no noise from the ex-
plosion.
When the door of the apartment
was opened at Mrs. Leeds knock,
smoke and gas poured into the
room. Mr.. Bourke broke two window
panes and firemen ran ladders up
the walls of the building.
However, the men were able 10
carry the women and child to safety.
Mrs. Leeds was almost overcome by
smoke and was treated by by
ISLANDERS.
The furnace was in the basement
Of a store owned by H. S. and w. E.
Ethridge. The fire was quickly ex-
tineuished. Hundreds OF curious
spectators halted traffic for blocks.
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Famed Centour Division
Reported Annihiloted

LONDON, Nov. 10 Sunday P).-
Italy's crack Centaur division OF
$4,000 men, trapped by Greek troops
in the Pindus Mountains, reportedly
has been annihilated, a Reuters
british news agency dispatch from
Athens said today.
Two infantry regiments and one
of artillery formed the Italian dl-
vision cut off from the main Fas-
cist forces.
A great number of the trapped
men were reported to have been
drowned in a flooded mountain
gorge swollen by heavy rains, while
others perished from hunger and
cold, the dispatch said.
Heavy Greek forces seeking the
destruction of the italian division
scaled 6,000-foot mountain ridges.
Women from neighboring villages
aided them in hauling their arma-
ment up the mountainsides, the
Athens report said.
Captured Italian officers ques-
toned by the Greeks in Athens
said the commander of the Italian
forces In Albania was Gen. Visconti
Prasca, the dispatch said.
Break In Communications.
The Greeks said the Italians, IN
attempting to take a road leading
southwark to the strategic Greek
town of Ioannina, had gone so deep
into the mountains as to permit
break in their own communications.
Big Italian guns and much war
material were said to have been
dumped into a ravine to prevent
their seizure.
All along the 1O0-mile front there
was action today, and the heaviest
fighting yet seen was reported from
the Koritza sector, where the Greeks
appeared to be slowly pushing back
the invaders.
A new contingent of 260 Italian
prisoners-31 of them Alpinists with
feathers In their caps-arrived in
Salonika under circumstances sug-
gesting that the British and Greek
naval patrol of the Adriatic was
sharply limiting Italy's efforts to
supply her troops.
SaIonika Has Alarm.
The prisoners. their Greek guards
reported. offered their money-and
some even their wedding rings
for food.
Salonika had an air raid alarm
this morning, but no planes were
sighted over the city.
All Greek officers 46 and Al years
old were called up for service and
workers in several industries were
assigned to making war material
under pain of court-martial.
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Greek
(Continued From First Pageo

that is, from the KoritzaPhlorina
road, from the Pindus road and
from the west.
The Pindus road had been con-
sidered by the Italians as more suit
able to deal blow at the Greek
Army. The Greeks frustrated that
Italian attempt and dispersed the
Italian Army Of the center, which
consisted of the choicest Italians
the Alpine division Of Centaurs.
THE advance along the coast line
in the western sector-an advance
whose object was to unite this col
unn with the central army-has
been rendered problematical and the
failure of the northern sector as
result of the occupation of important
positions in front of Koritza bars
this columns movement to Mace
donia."
The trapped column was made up
of two infantry and one artillery
regiments, and had howitzers and
other guns, portable wireless trans
mitters, Horses and mules and con-
siderable equipment.
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tuberculosis Body
To Meet November 20

The annual public meeting of the
District tuberculosis Association, to
be held at the Y. w. c. A., Seven
teenth and K streets NV, at noon
November 90, will be addressed by
DR.. Esmond r. Long, director Of
the Henry Phipps Institute Of Phila-
delphia.
DR.. Long will talk on "Chest x
Ray Examinations in National De-
fense." The theme of the meeting
is Total Defense"
A review of the associations ac-
tivities of the year will be presented
by DR.. j. Winthrop Peabody, presi-
dent. Vacancies on the Board Of
Directors will be filled.
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on October 5, shortly before the
State Department advised Amer
leans in China to leave.
The word indicated, he said, that
those who would leave would be
women and children, and possibly
some men. He said he lacked spe-
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Mrs. Roosevelt Says Children
Are Due Better, Not Easier, Life

ion that youth has a feeling they
are not needed" and added:
Il would rather see young people
do things We don't approve of-or go
too far in this way or that-as long
as 1t comes from desire on their
part to improve things for a great
many members of their own genera
ton"
To prepare youth for "the kind of
world they must face" she contin-
ued, they must gain courage, better
health, keener value sense of
spiritual values, and a belief In their
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By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. e.-Mrs. Flea.
nor Roosevelt said today parents are
under an obligation to give their
children mot an easier life, but q
better life"
Youth has troubled outlook, -
she told q conference of the United
Parents Associations of New York
City. Life has not been easy for
them the last few years, and 1t won't
be easy for them in the next few
years"
Mrs. Roosevelt expressed the opin.
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part In the machinery Of democracy.
Speaking later, Mayor La Guardia
told the conference Our job Is to
create conditions so that the citi-
zens of tomorrow will have some
thing to look forward to-"
Defining Democracy = for all, Z"
Mayor La Guardia said 1t means
mot only the right of suffrage, but
also the right of economic security.
I'VE believe, and the American
people believe-and that was decided
a few days ago-that this land of
plenty can provide a decent and
proper living for all of the people"
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cific information on the number and
names of the probable evacuees.
Methodist sources said officials Of
the church's Foreign Missions
Board had discussed withdrawal Of
personnel in China, but had taken
no action.
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Presbyterian Missionary
Groups May Leave China
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 9.-Dr. Darby
Fulton, executive secretary of the
Foreign Missions Board Of the
Presbyterian CHURCH, said today
he had received word from China
that some members Of the church's
missionary families probably would
be evacuated.
DR.. Fulton said the information
was in reply to . communication
sent to missionary leaders in China
Evening star., 1940-11-10

A swordfish drove its sword
through IS inches of hard wood and
IA inches of oak of the South Sea
whaler Fortune.
Evening star., 1940-11-10

Highly polished tool
steel blade. leather
tipped select hickory
handle. All sizes re-
duced. s4".
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02
BY RUTH

Ii men knew as much about
women as women know, and WON.
en- knew as much about men as
men know-it would be just dandy.
No woman would bother to make
excuses for the man who does not
call her up as often as he once
did. She would know that as long
as a man wants a . woman, nothing
stands in his way.
1T WOULD BE so MUCH EASIER
No old man would let a young girl
make a sucker out of him by
marrying him for his money and
%divorcing him in a year or less.
He would know that young girls
are no more attracted to old men
than young men r to old women.
No woman would kid herself in
to thinking that it is more i'm
portant to spend money on making
the house look nice than on fixing
herself up, or to be a perfect
housekeeper than a real companion
to her husband.
No man would pull the mis-
UNDERSTOOD line, because that line
lowers him in the eyes Of even the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02
s 9 { | F T Y
knowledge Of Opposite Sex
49, Would Bring An "Armistice"

woman who pretends to be sym.
pathetic.
No woman would ever waste her
time trying to impress a man with
her brains, her wit, or her efficien-
cy. She would know that the
minute he became impressed with
any of those, he would start look
ing around for a girl smart enough
to let him impress her with all
three.
THE THINGS WE WOULDN'T DO
No man would be flattered by
the attention of a flirt-no matter
how good-looking-because to a
flirt any man is a MAN and there
fore worth bothering about.
No woman would ever try to
talk to a man as she talks to an
other woman, knowing full-well the
man would say of her, "She is a
nice Woman-but she hasn't a bit
of seq appeal" -
No man would comment to one
woman on another woman's looks.
And no women would tell a man
how smart she thinks another man
is. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02
HAPPINESS, C.. O. D.
Continued From Page Ten)

Take some telegrams-haw"
kilograms, sir? Did we over
look"
Poor Mr.. Weems was proud of
his efficiency as the Mortified
business secretary. His consterna-
ton showed suddenly.
Certainly, Mr.. Weems Is your
hearing failing? I said kilograms
kilograms, sir"
Oh, of course, sir!"
Within an hour Mr.. BENJAMIN
w. Merrifield had spent about $500
OF his assets communicating with
a dozen or so big business exec
utives, some of them in far distant
places, all of them famous for
their financial strength. And each
one of them chuckled appreciative-
ly over an after-dinner speech
heard that evening in the historic
Merrifield mansion.
Oddly enough, one of the men
who received the little rhyme was
in Mexico City, Mexico, and by
chance he happened to show ii
laughingly that evening to a news
paper man. The newspaper man
liked it so well that he telephoned
1T to his office. There, one of the
great Geographic agency represen-
tatlves read it and chuckled, and
because news was slack this par
ticular evening. he put it on the
telegraph wires to newspapers the
world over, which, of course,
brought it right back to the morn
ing papers in Ben Merrifield's own
home city. Papers love nothing
better. than a little feature of
cleverness or oddtiy with which to
brighten their front pages, and so
Mr.. Merriield saw his-or Tempe
Hyde's-little verse staring at him
from the paper next morning, and
was astonished thereby.
He didn't=reafize nathe mo-
ment, but that was the beginning
of a revival. of interest. in whatever
Mr.. Merrifteld did, or whatever
happened att his fnds@o.ld man.
sion. - - II
ITO no Cou<;rro5N
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02
TO REVIEW
HITLER AUTOBIOGRAPHY
FOR RED CROSS FUND

Rabbi M. M. Thurman will re
view Adolf Hitler's autobiography
"Mein Kampf" on Tuesday night
July 8, at 8 o'clock at New Han
yer High school auditorium, it is
announced by Mrs. Ida B. Speider,
executive secretary of the local
Red Cross chapter.
A small admission price will be
charged, with benefits going tt
help make up Wilmington's wal re-
lief quota.
A total of $500, which is $4Oe
short of the mark desired, has beer
raised to date by the local Red
Cross, Mrs. Speiden said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02
NOTICE TO PUBLIC

All advertising appearing In these
columns is for reputable and reli'
abe concerns, so far as we can
ascertain from a careful investiga-
tion.
1t is u intention. however. to
see that every firm that uses these
columns is required to live up to
their obligations. Therefore. should
you reply to any '7vertisement on
this page and services are not rem
dered as advertised, The Star News
wants to know 1t.
The U. S. postal regulations are
very strict in such matters as such
an act would be misuse of the U. S.
mail and the Star-News will see
that any attempt to defraud Is
promptly handled by the P. O. de-
partment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02
ALLEGATIONS Are Made
To Carolinas By NYA

WASHINGTON, July 1 -tR--Ihe
National Youth Administration an
nounced today ALLEGATION OF
$o7, oo4, 900 for operation of its
out-of-school work program, which
Administrator Aubrey Williams
said would be keyed to national
defense plans.
The ALLEGATIONS included:
North Carolina, 81, 1924, $50; South
Carolina, S / ,078, 879. Q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02
PLANES READY

LONDON, July 1-(R-A British
Colonial Air feet of forty heavy
bombers capable of dropping a hun.
dred tons of high explosive on Ger.
many every day" and $50 Spitfire
fighters is now ready to take the air.
An official statement said today the
fleet was built with funds subscrib.
ed in the colonies and will be man.
ned by Colonial commanders, pilots
and gunners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02

WASHINGTON, July i B -
Former Senator Fred H. Brown of
New Hampshire, who resigned re-
Gently as comptroller-general because
of ill health, a nominated today
by President Roosevelt to be a mem
Der OF the tariff commission for the
remainder of a term expiring June
16, 1941. The nomination was sent
to the senate without comment from
the White Horse
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02
MAGNOLIA BAPTISTS
WILL CELEBRATE
HOMECOMING DAY

MAGNOLIA, July 1.-Homecoming
day will be observed at Magnolia
Free Will Baptist church on Sunday,
July 7, it is announced by the pas.
tor.
All former pastors of the church
have been invited to attend and
make brief talks, and music will be
given by the Woods Grove trio. A
picnic lunch will be served on the
grounds. The public is invited to IT.
tend and bring baskets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-02
NOMINATION CONFIRMED

WASHINGTON, July /. Up -
The senate confirmed today the nom.
nation of Robert H. Hinckley of
Utah to be assistant secretary of
commerce, succeeding J.. Monroe
Johnson.