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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30
WANTED

BOARDERS AND LODGERS
WANTED-Board, lodging and laun-
dry, $40 per week; Lodging with
breakfast, $3.50 week; Lodging only,
So per person or SIS per couple. Must
have good morals. For further in
formation phone Pocomoke 431.
Aug 1876
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30

FOR SALE-My home ut 210 Ced-
ar st. Price reasonable. Mrs. Alon-
"a Blades. Aug 9-4tp
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30

FOR RENT-September 1, four
room apartment, private bath, large
porches, good condition. SIS. per
month. Pocomoke City National Bank.
Aug. 9-4t
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30

FOR SALE-Oliver Tractor Plows
and Disc Harrows. Harry E. White,
Mackenzie Park, Va, Aug. 9 1T.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30

DESIRABLE APARTMENT FOR
RENT-Private bath, all modern con-
veniences, good location, garage in
cluded. Possession at once. Apply Alice
R. Young, FOG Walnut St. Phone
283-W.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30

NOTICE-Price on hair cutting
IS cents will remain the same at
Shaws.
July loft.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30

SALE OR RENT-Bungalow, 602
Walnut. Mrs. M. S. Pilchard.
Aug left
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30

FOR Rents or 4 room apt. with
bath. Excellent condition. Apply to
J. B. Mears, 13 Front st.
Aug 18-3tp
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30

FOR RENT - Desirable six
room apartment, private bath, porch,
garage, immediate possession. Cor
ner Walnut and Fifth SITS. For in
formation write. Wilson C. Outten
Y. M. G. A., Norristown, Pa.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30

APARTMENT FOR RENT-Furn-
ished or unfinished. Mrs. E. I.
Blaine, 209 Market st. Aug-16-H
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-30
ANNAPOLIS - MATAPEAKE
ROMANCOKE - CLAIBORNE
FERRIES
SUMMER SCHEDULE-194O
Effective June II, 1910
DAILY AND SUNDAY
Eastern Standard Time

Between Annapolis and Matapeake
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
They Don't Know Us

If the inferenceS were not tragic, Musso-
lini's promise, through his military commenta-
tor to give much of the British Empire to
the United States in exchange for complete
neutrality would be laughable.
Through this commentator, Mario Appelius,
II Duce "offered'' Canada, the Bahamas, Ber-
muda, jamaica, Australia and New Zealand
to this country if it will only stop aiding
Britain and let it's friend go down under the
Axis head.
Of course, there is no more chance of Mus.
solini's accomplishing his purpose, either
against Britain or for the United States, than
for the proverbial nowball that found itself
in an unpleasant climate. But the "offer'
shows how poorly the American way of think
ing is understood in Rome and we must be-
lieve, in Berlin too, for it hardly would have
been extended without Hitler's consent.
Having noted the failure of Japan's saber
rafting to scare us, these two brigands next
attempt to bride US. There must be some
vulnerable point in our armor, and if it is
not where they first thought it, it must be on
the opposite side.
If we know anythink about the psychology
Of the people and government of the United
States we suspect that had there been any
inclination to lessen our aid to Britain, which
there was not, it would take only a brazen
proposal like this to make us redouble our
contributions to Britain's defense.
We don't scare, and we don't bribe, but we
work like devils for our friends when some
body makes us mad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
De Gaulle In Africa

Although the Cameroons are a long way
from Senegal, and perhaps less important
strategically, the arrival of General De Gaulle,
commandant of the Free French" forces, at
Duala and the hearty welcome he received
from the garrison and civilians is quite anoth-
er matter from his attempt to land at Dakar
last month. His coming may mean big things
for Frenchmen who chafe under the German
yoke in occupied France.
1t also may mean a great deal to the British
who still have to win the Battle of Africa, now
stalemated, with the Italians under GRAHAM
a thorn in the desert flesh of Egypt. This new
expedition of De Gaulle, launched SO auspici-
ously, may signal the turning point in French
colonial opinion and draw to the tricolor he
has raised in the Cameroons the thousands of
soldiers under the Petain government, which
in turn is under Hitler's heel. It may even be
the means of swinging the 200, 900 or more still
modified French troops in Syria into line for
further hostilities against the Axis.
If it should do so, the outcome of the Medi-
terranean campaign, on which Hitler h a S
staked so much, could not long be in doubt.
A very efficient vice could be frightened on the
Italian forces in Africa, and with the British
navy still in control of the Mediterranean
Italy might have to initiate the British flight
from Dunkerque to save Graziani and his
armies from humiliation. ,
True, this is wishful thinking. At the same
time, it could transpire. It depends on De
Gaulle's capacity to draw men to him, no less
than his ability to direct them in battle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
Time To Act

- &c incorrect to say that Wilmington has
ho.n e,,biected to a water famine during the
,.s+ few davs. Not for one minute has there
been the slightest shortage In the city supply
WILMINGTON has suffered an injustice by the
far.snread word that a famine existed.
Rut the situation has been no less serious
for all that. Without rains for a long time
and tides exceptionally high, and with musk
rats hogs and other burrowing animals dig
ding at the dam behind which the city wafer
is stored. salt water in the Cape Fear river
penetrated the barrier and mixed with the
fresh water delivered in the mains. Ihera mas
a1wavs been an ample supply, but it was vie
n the taste. and still is. Householders have
been put to considerable annoyance in having
to get their drinking and cooking water from
wells because of it brackishness.
A similar condition has arisen before, and
should have been corrected long ago. There is
no valid excuse for neglecting to correct II.
The citv administ xation is ~culpable. 1t has
failed to safeguard the people of Wilmington
against a known threat to their welfare and
convenience, and is to be censured for al
lowing such a condition to exist, once it be-
came known. 1t will merit the deepest cen
sure if it fails to take immediate steps to
prevent a recurrence.
The fact that the city commission is to
be in session today to consider remedial meas
ures and consult with engineers on an under
ground supply indicates its recognition of re-
sponsibility and obligation in the troublesome
If it is thoroughly aroused to the
need. there will be no needless delay in draf-
ing a water policy which will save the people
of Whining ton from another experience similar
to what they are going through now. There is
plenty of fresh water available. 1t is up to
the administration to develop it and put it in
the homes of the city as quickly as the
physical work can be done.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
Editorial Comment
SELF-PORTRAIT
Charlotte News

John Nance Garner probably told more truth
than he intended. Yesterday he pulled up
stakes and left Washington apparently for
good, after a brief visit of two weeks. Before
that, ever since the nomination of Mr.. Roose-
welt at Chicago, he had been taking it easy in
his pocket borough of Uvalde, Texas.
And as he shook the dust of the capital from
his ten-gallon hat, he told the reporters crypt
cally:
That's the way I came in and that's the
way Pm going out"
What he meant to refer to is not clear. But
what is clear is that there is noyrecord of his
announcing that he was resigning the Office of
Vice-President of the United States and re-
nouncing the salary that goes with it-that he
took no account at all of his duties in that
office.
And so his words, as we say, acquire a
meaning which probably go beyond what he
himself intended.
How he 'came in''-that is, arose to such
great prominence in the United States that
the people ultimately honored him with the
second highest office within their gifts well
known. He did it simply by making politics
his first value and devoting himself solely to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
Memories Of SOusa

Announcement that the Marine Band will
play in Charlotte on October %, inevitably
brings the name of John Phillip Sousa to
mind, for it was under his guidance that it
made its nearest approach to perfection, and
was, probably, as near perfection in concerted
musical performance as it is possible for any
organization which lacks string choirs to come.
And it is impossible to think of Sousa. at
least among the oldtimers, without recalling
his own band, organized first for the Worlds
Fair at Chicago in 1893 and later used at
Manhattan Beach during the summers and
for tour at home and abroad whenever winter
came.
1t was during the time that Sousa was at
Manhattan Beach that he inaugurated Sunday
afternoon concerts at the METROPOLITAN Onera
house in New York and ventured into strictlv
orchestral scores with exceptional success.
Schubert, Brahm, Beethoven symphonies
were on THESE programs and because he had
trained his largely augmented clarinet choir
to simulate, rather that initiate. violins be
achieved results that no other band master
in the memory of the longest-lived music
lover could even approximate. One nerforro.
ance in particular stands out-the Beethoven
Ninth symphony, in which he used a chorrs
OF 200, with Metropolitan stars in the leads
1t was sheer beauty.
Now, the band he conducted for years in
his early career-one of the three service
bands which the government maintains in
Westinghouse to be heard in Charlotte IF i.
cannot be brought to Wilmington, and at this
late date with the itinerary complete that
could hardly be arranged, Wilmingonians tc
whom music is a dear thing, even without
strings, can at least emulate Mohomet ir
the famous episode Of the mountain, and &C
to Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11

agencies, including the Advisory Commission
for National Defense.
Mr.. Smith has introduced in the house a res
olution providing that, Notwithstanding such
rulings or any law to the contrary, no finding
of the. labor board shall be binding on other
government agencies while an appeal from
the decision in question is pending in the
effectively would dispel the fog that has been
thrown over the defense program by the Jack
son opinion.
It is true that the defense commission has
let it be known that it does not understand
the jackson ruling as a bar to awarding de-
tense contracts to firms held in violation of
the Wagner act by the labor board. Presum-
ably the public is to gather that the defense
commission will go as it has in the past, grant
ing contracts to companies able to fill them
whether or not these concerns are involved in
difficulties with the labor board. Perhaps the
commission is right in this Interpretation and
no interference need be feared. 5
However, more light on the point will be
of the house committee investigating the
has called Mr.. Jackson. and other high
officials to explain the circumstances that pro-
duced this ruling, has finished his inquiry. In
any event, the Smith resolution seems to offer
a safe and sure way of removing all doubts
and thereby getting the defense program back
on the track.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
WATER SUGGESTION
Dear Sir:

DSo1 ol1
The present salt condition of our
city water supply takes us back a
few years ago when similar condi-
tons existed at intervals which,
however, were not so severe.
AS far back as the fall of 1888
our city water was contaminated
with ocean water, due to our sup
ply coming from TONERS Creek
which receives its supply of water
from the Cape Fear River.
It is noted from a recent issue of
a local paper that the suggestion
was made by one of our commits
sioners that in order to eliminate
the salt condition from the city
water, it would be necessary to
remove the intake of the city water
plant to Kings Bluff on the Cape
Fear River, some 20 miles above
the present reservoir.
1t is my thought that a sufficient
volumn of water is available in
Hoods Creek. The mouth of this
creek where it empties into the
Cape Fear River is approximately
1G miles above Toomer'5 Creek. By
extending the city intake to this
creek at a point just northeast of
where the Seaboard Road crosses
the stream, 1. am sure that an
abundant supply of water could be
had, The distance from the pres
ent intake to the point referred to
in this creek is approximately eight
miles. 1t is true that the water
in this creek becomes rather low
during extremely dry periods. New
ertheless, with the construction of
a suitable reservoir there would
always be a necessary supply of
water. A suitable place for such a
reservoir would be approximately
five miles from the mouth Of this
creek, some distance from e
tideWater and therefore above the
salt water line.
This suggestion was made some
years ago, and as tn e present
source of our water supply has
proven to be a failure, why not try
the above as a solution to our
water problem?
B. M. JONES
314 South Fifth street,
Wilmington, N. c.
Oct. 10. 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
Under CouncilMdnager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shous.
Seaside Highway from WrightsUiHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF CITY Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid-
err Turning Basin, uith ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, Ola
orion Plantation.
Developme emit OF Pulp Wood Produc.
ton through sustdined-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro.
motional Agency, supported BY n
countrywide tao.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for 1ohites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF natice grape groa1ing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdndtortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
BAPTlSTS TO MEET
HERE OCT. z q
Gathering OF Wilmington AS
ISOLATION Will Be Held AT
Gibson Avenue Church

The annual meeting of the Will
mington Baptist association will be
held Tuesday and Wednesday, o.
tober % and %, at the Gibson
Avenue Baptist church.
The Rev. Arthur j. Barton, pas
tor of the Temple Baptist church,
is moderator, and the Rev. Joe
Allard, pastor at Seagate and other
rural churches, is clerk. The Rev.
G.. W. Billiard is host pastor.
About 40 churches having a
membership of more than 1000
belong to the association, the ter
ritory of which embraces New
Hanover, Fender, Onslow, and adj
jacent counties.
Program features will include
the annual business session, cleo
ton of officers, appointment of
committees, hearing of reports on
various phases of church work dur
ing the past year, and preaching
services.
The Rev. L. C. Pink, of Jack
sonville, will have charge of the
music, and the Rev. j. N. Evans,
of Wallace, will preach the annual
sermon.
Among those who are expected
to attend the meeting are l. G.
Greer, of Thomasvile, surperin-
tendent of o%rphanage work; DR..
John C. Slemp, of Raleigh, editor
of the Biblical Recorder: DR..
Charles E. Brewer, Of Raleigh,
president emeritus of Meredith col
lege; and the Rev. j. c. Pipes, of
Asheville, general missionary OF
the state Baptist convention.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
Hills Pupils
To Knit For Troops

The first group, Seventh Grade
pupils of Forest Hills school, in
response to the local Red Cross
call for knitted. garments for the
boys in camp, will meet at the
home of Mrs. A. R. Hardwick,
Brookwood, tonight at 7 o'clock
with Mrs. Carl Powers.
Anyone having discarded scraps
of wool to be used for six-inch
squares is asked to take them to
the Red Cross workroom or call
3440.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
Many Former CCC Bows
Are Enlisting In Army

RALEIGH, Oct. TO- Up Many
North Carolina youths who were in
the CCC r enlisting for military
service, T. I. Grier, state supervisor
of CCC selection, said today.
Indications are that many boys
are going directly from the corps
into the army, and other are enlist
ing sometime after they get out,
he said. "Other things being equal,
the army would rather have a boy
with CCC training than n With
out"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11

its pursuit, to the end of acquiring
office for himself.
The nation stands before a crisis.
Congress will remain in session.
The vice-president Of the United
States should be at his post. In
stead he goes home to sulk. and
continues to draw his salary. He is
quite right. He plainly goes out
with the same values he brought
with him when he came on the
stage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse n article appearing IN
this department. They represent the
views Of the individual readers. Cor
respondents are W a r n e d 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
jectionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
Nantahala Power Company
Plans New Development

WASHINGTON, Oct. TO- Up -
The Federal Power Commission dis
closed today the Nantahala Power
and Light Co., Franklin, N. c., had
filed notice of its intention to con
struct a 300, O00-horsepower hydro
electric development on the Little
Tennessee river, in Swain and Ora
ham counties, North Carolina.
The company, an affiliate of the
Carolina Aluminium % de
clared the energy proposed to be
generated would be sold to the pub
lie and it's affiliate, which is engaged
in the manufacture of aluminium for
national defense.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11
Would Remove DOubts\

Representative Smith of Virginia has sug-
gested what may be the best and quickest way
out Of the confusing situation created by At
torney General Jackson's ruling that findings
OF the National Labor Relations Board are
binding and conclusive on other government
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-11

Sights And Sounds
BY ROBIN O

11SbL L WI w. A1S AASAiS
scene for s"Tropic Sinners" is fin
ished after nine days Of shooting,
and the dispensers of blood make
up haven't worked overtime.
For nine days, off and On, the
antagonists have been at it. Mar
lene Dietrich, no active partici-
pant, still got herself mussed and
thrown around as the cause of it
all. Billy Gilbert, the innocent by
stander, got himself killed" John
Wayne, with a mere trickle Of
blood from his lip, got himself
knocked out"-which is the plot
device for saving his life - and
Broderick Crawford, Oscar HON.
Okla, Mischa Auer and other par
Elephants, adherents of the rival
brawling factions, emerged &C
cording to their respective fates,
but not streaming with blood.
Tay Garnett, the director, has
an idea about that. Tay thinks a
little blood, enough for realism, is
all right, but that too much gore
on the screen is unwelcome to
patrons.
"Acrobatic, not CORY" is Gar
nett's slogan for r fights. He
likes flying tackles, leaps fir O
rafters to victims below, a bit of
jiu-jitsu and Irish caresses to the
jaw. Makes for fast action, he
says, and doesn't upset audience
sensibilities. In these times, es-
pecially audiences want to get
away from thoughts of blood.
There's enough of the real thing
flowing to make the makeup art
lists collodion pot a thing to be
used sparingly.
For all that, screen gore has it's
partisans. Michael Curtiz, for in
stance. Mikes from the continent
tai school of movie-making. On
the continent they used to like
their murders. drippy, red a n d
warm. Maybe the continent has
been cured of that by now, but
when Mike was learning that was
how it was. The continental audi
ence not only could take tit de-
manded the ultimate in realism.
When the decks of the vessels
in the Sea Hawk got spotty with
BLOOD" that's Curtiz realism.
Mike would say that was how it
was, wasn't it? You got more of
the same in Dodge City" You
get it from Mike any time the
setting and the action call for it.
although he al skip it in his
quieter efforts like -Four Daugh-
ters." Santa Fe Trail" his pres
ent preoccupation, ought to have
lots of opportunities.
I believe D. W. Griffith, who
pioneered so many other film de-
vices, was the first in this country
to utilize the shock value Of gore.
he did it In Intolerance" with
that not-too-quick closeup flash of
a soldiers head being sliced off
with a sword, neatly at the neck.
Il remember not sleeping for
nights after seeing it until I
learned it was just a prop-head.)
The scene sent even adults SPIN
ming in\their seats.
Victor Fleming used the same
technique for the Shock scene
OF Gone with the Wind that
staircase episode in which Scarlet
demonstrated that a maiden in dis
tress could S a pistol if called
upon. One quick flash of the re-
suits, and a swift transition to 9TH
er scenes while the patrons hair
settles down again. 1