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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-25

producing roughly half the output of
the whole world. With 6 per cent
OF the worlds people, we produce SO
per cent of it's wealth. Germany.
Italy, France, Britain, Russia, Japan
rolled into one do not approach u
industrial potential - whether it be
measured in horsepower, coal, oil,
iron ore, metals, TRANSPORTATION
equipment, or output per man per
hour. We have what it takes to
overwhelm them all.
In addition to its wealth, this
country has institutions more demo.
cratic than any other country has
ever had. I am talking of something
more fundamental than our Constitu.
ton and political forms. We are
without the traditions of class priv.
lege which poison not only Europe.
and Asia, but Latin America as well.
Only Canada and Australia share
this asset with us. We are all de.
scendants of poor immigrants, born
on the wrong side of the tracks.
only aristocracy we possess is
that of money. But when a pluto
crat thinks he has founded a dynasty
the family fortune is quite likely to
explode under him. The Sixty
come, and pouf! they are
gone.
We have little pride of race, for
are a crucible of all races, We
little pride of noble blood, for
mobiles didn't come over in the steer.
W. have little sense of class,
for poor boys are always working
way through college to elbow
stuffed shirts out of the professions.
are probably incapable of a pro-
letarian revolution, for outside of a
few clerks with horn-rimmed spec
in the communist party, no
American will admit he is a p~roletar-
ian. We have no state church to
brighten us into subsection with
ghost stories. We refuse to accept
notion that anyone is better than
we are. When somebody sets up
be, it is the practice and duty of
good Americans to pull the chair
out from under him. We r not
split as is unhappy Europe, into 26
sovereign nations, each with a DIFF.
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ferent language, currency and tradl'
ton.
You can search the pages Of hs'
tory and you will find nothing lle
the United States of America record
ed there. 1t is unique and alone
Many of it's habits and practices are
stupid, inefficient and deploraole' IS
financial system at the moment l.
in a mess. But its 1872 million Gl'
zens, who never learned 10 loV'A
their hats to their betters, opera'llo
the most massive industrial plant u
all times over the broad face OF oil
integrated, self-sufficing conllneN'
have a rendezvous with destiny "
will take more than the contempt
airy uproar as to who is to oe Wv
uneasy master of a torn ana lN''
Europe, to upset that destiny
We must organize for liberty Say,
John Dos Passos, pointing OUT va a
nations dangers at home !" " ~
next article of this series on y"
Country"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-25

receive postage-paid ballots by mail At their
station.
Approximately one-third OF the states per-
NIT absentee registration for voting, including
soldiers and sailors.
Early in the country's history mos' Oh tne
states had laws disfranchising those IN mill
tarv or naval service because there was a gen
eral fear of military domination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-25
TOP o. THE MORNING

Calm Soul OF all things, make it mine
To feel amid the city's jar,
That there abides q peace of Thine
Man did not make or mar.
The WiH to neither strive nor cry,
The poUer to feel With others, give,
Calm, calm me more! Nor let me die
Before I haze begun to Nve.
Quoted by REV. JON BUNTING
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-25

happen in the same way to us. If we 60 smash, it will
be in a manner all our own. If We move forward to
greater stability and strength, as I think we shal, it
will not be On the pattern of Greece, Rome, Germany,
Russia or the British Empire.
Because I deeply believe this, I am not greatly
worried about a military conquest of this country or
about it's succumbing to brigades of Fifth Columniss
preaching Fascism, Nazism, Communism in foreign
longer time lag. There is one possible condition, as 1
see it, which can reduce this country to impotence,
and that is distrust of their government by the young
people OF America. Another decade of joblessness and
nopelessness will bring them to this state. If we can
not give them work and faith by 1850, perhaps we'd
better go down the drainpipe.
The United States, unlike any other great power
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-25
Man About
Manhattan

16S1a4tO oAAAR \oA0 AoJ' SVkt'
Awe are into the tropics now
and the flying fish are becoming
a little jittery-probably because
they are being chased by dolphins.
These dolphins are pure liquid mo
ton. They leap like gentlemen
riders from a e only family
troubled by the summer trades.
Off the starboard a rainbow is
trying to hook one of its ends
into the sea. We had a show
er a few minutes ago but it passed
without even disturbing the sun.
Come to think of it, there aren't
enough clouds down here for a
sun to hide under. We do have a
few miniatures, but they are
mostly puffs of cotton, put there
no doubt by the directors of the
Porto Rican steamship line to en-
phasize the blue of the water and
the sky. (
Our deck steward is the spittin'
image of the late Huey Long, and
our bar steward is so much like
Charles Laughton that every time
he comes in 1 expect him to start
reciting Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress. I asked 'Huey'' if anybody
ever told him he looked like the
late senator, and he replied,
"Senor, every trip, a hundred
times"
I did not win the ships pool to-
day. 1t takes sever turns around
the deck to make a mile. We
have a number of Spanish priests
aboard en- route to the West Indies,
and also six nuns, but the nuns
are American. The Spanish fathers
do not speak English. We also
have a doctor from Albany who
has been invited to recommend
an anti-tuberculosis program for
the Dominican Republic, and a
concert pianist from Boston who
is along merely for the ride. So
you can see that we have a mixed
company.
The news has just leaked out
that one of the dining room wait
r is a survivor of the Moro
Castle disaster and he is now be-
ing pointed out as NJ of the real
celebrities on the ship. This shows
you how easy it is to hobnob with
greatness unawares. I picked this
information up in the swimming
pool this morning from Ruth
Bishop of Coatesville, Pa, who
won $3.50 at bingo last night, and
Mary Gena Young of Bethlehem,
Pa.
The purser tells me we have
three corpses aboard, which &C.
counts no doubt for the storm we
barely missed the first two days
out. At least that is what the more
superstitious of the passengers
claim. The peculiar thing about
these corpses is that all are men,
and all three, by a strange coin
cidence, died of a broken neck.
The captain of this ship which,
by the way, is the S. S. Borinquen,
is going to take his vacation after
THIS Ill and visit his son, a plebe
Annapolis. One of the passen-
gers asked him if he ever got sea-
SICK, and he said, No, he didn't,
but sometimes he got pretty sick
OF the sea. He has been a captain
on this run for 81 years.
tomorrow around noon, we hit
Juan. I'm leaving ship there.
!! want to see some of those cock
nights, and chew some of that
sugar cane. I want to rest in the
OF a papaya tree, and let
surf sing me to sleep. I want
20 stroll through streets that were
centuries old before St. Augustine,
rla., was even a trading post.
mats San Juan est. john, the
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HIGHWAY LOAN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24'-I .y
The export-import bank I'M e0u snr
loaned Costa RIGA $4,6Oo,CV wv Dan
construction of part Of the .s',,
American highway extending
San Jose to the Panama polu''
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-25
Star-News Program

Consolidated Ctty-County Government
under Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck n Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highpay from Wri0htsrtIs
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Feov River channel. pid
sr Turning Basin, vtth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, vio
orion Plantation.
Development Of Pulp Wood Prodxo
ton through sustained-yteld methods
throughout Southeastern North carolin0
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY n
countrywide tGr.
Shipyards ane Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed aroxnd the
Community Hospital
Adequate hospital facilities for ,ohites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Ezport Buyers.
Development OF ndtips 0rope 0rototng
throughout Southeastern North Cavolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sandtortnm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-25

Oldest city in the western hem
lsphere. 1t is the only spot in the
new world where Columbus ac-
tually set foot. 8
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Fair Enough
ny WEsTBROOK PEGLER

The Star wishes it's readers
to know that views and opin-
ions expressed in this article
are those Of the author and
may not always harmonic
with its position.-The Editor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-25
OUR COUNTRY
Americas Original Style
Of Government Is Barrier
To Conquest---Stuart Chase
BY STUART CHASE
Author of "A New ]

The United States of America is something new in the world. l wBl
that more of my fellow citizens could feel this in their bones. 1t canno
be compared to any other country, past Or present; it operates under
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-25

The wood used for the sounding board of a
piano and some of the parts is seasoned in
the open air from three to five years.
Insects have the most powerful muscles OF
any animals Of their size.
TIL first lightning rod in the world was set
up by Benjamin Franklin in 1852.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-25

p1e, possessing all the raw materials it needs to support its people
WHnn !s own boundaries, or within easy access in other parts OF
Norm America: Unlike Russian resources, ours have been fully de-
Evening star., 1940-02-25

great arms of defense - plus our in
dustrial arm must be a cO-Ordi-
mated team always ready to protect
our American world.
Due to present world unrest. our
War Department last fall was able to
borrow the soldiers" and get the
money from our Congressman for
practical and desperately needed divi-
sion and corps field training But they
had to beg Congress to permit them
to transfer soldiers temporarily from
Evening star., 1940-02-25
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

their antiquated small Indian posts,
and send them south for this training.
As a result we now actually have
five peacetime divisions of infantry
and one of cavalry concentrated in
the South and West, undergoing ade-
quate large-unit training for the first
time in our entire beaeetims history.
At last we have brought our Army
out from behind its stone-wall isola-
ton and permitted it to have the
practical experience of active defense.
For the first time in our entire ma
tional history we can face the prospect
of grave emergencies and unknown
crises with the assurance that we are
not to be caught entirely helpless and
unprepared.
At best it will still take US about a
year to have our two Emergency
Corps fully trained. completely
equipped and ready for instantaneous
action - and even then they will still
be somewhat short in personnel. Each
of these East and West Coast Emer-
gency Corps will consist of three
streamlined Regular Army Divisions,
with full contingent of special Corps
troops - such as Corps heavy artil-
lery, an antiaircraft regiment, etc.
The two Emergency Corps will each
number around $4,000 seasoned
troops. They will be equipped with
the most modern and effective weap-
ons, with heavy fire power and great
mobility.
They will be sufficiently motorized
so that each streamlined division.
which will number some 1900 men
when brought up to wartime strength,
can move swiftly and efficiently on its
own motor transport. They will have
the striking power of the old square"
division of 27,OOO- and will be able
to move with three times the speed.
Some units will be wholly mechan-
lied and when this mechanization has
been completed at some distant date,
they will be even superior in equip
ment to the famous "Panzer" motor
lied divisions of the German Army.
Unquestionably there are weak
(Continvsd on poos 20)
Evening star., 1940-02-25

Emergency Expeditionary Force. That
calls up visions OF our mixing into
European or Asiatic wars, but our
Task Army is really conceived as a
striking force that might possibly be
used to sustain the integrity of our
Western Hemisphere. 1t is not incon-
ceivable that England and France
might be defeated in this war. If this
happened the victorious powers might
claim as part of their booty some of
the English or French islands in the
Caribbean - or even parts of Eastern
Canada And should an unfriendly
power establish air and naval bases in
any of these points, the safety of our
invaluable Panama Canal and of our
Eastern cities and great industrial
areas would be gravely endangered.
If worst came to worst we would have
to fight to keep an unfriendly power
from establishing bases in our Ameri-
can world.
This is where small but perfectly
balanced and fully equipped Task
Army would be worth its weight in
silver dollars. 1t, along with the Army
Air Corps and the Navy and Marines.
would take care of any such threat.
But to do this effectively there must
be definite plans laid out for all posi-
BILE emergencies - for landing troops
on foreign shores is one of the most
difficult of all military tasks, and calls
for fine cooperation within the Army
Air-Navy-M Marine team. Actual prob
lens of transporting and landing con-
siderable bodies of troops are now be-
ing undertaken.
Our present Army program should
be looked upon as the first step in a
Permanent Defense Plan. Nothing
should be permitted to weaken it. Its
continuity is its greatest strength.
Only by following it through in lean
years and fat years can this country
secure even moderate peacetime
safety.
Our Congressman must realize that
here is something that cannot be tam
pered with. The General Staff has
now developed a sane and absolutely
essential program for the building of
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Reductions Ranging to 96. rs

Reductions Ranging to 96.7%
Even Is minutes after Listerine
gargle. tests showed bacterial reduc-
tions on mouth and throat surfaces
ranging to 96.7%. Up to 8O% an hour
afterward.
In view of this evidence. don't you
think it 'sa sensible precautions against
colds to gargle with Listerine Anti
septic Systematically twice a day and
oftener when you feel a cold getting
started? Lambert Pharmacal Com
pany, 81. Louis, Mo.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
u. S. ARMY STEPCHlLD OF CONGRESS?
Continued from poss eight

a small but highly efficient army. 1t
must be carried out without regard to
either waves of fear, pacifsm or econ
omy. 1t must be considered as essen
tial as fire department. 1t must work
in full accord with planned team of
the Navy and Air Force. Our three
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Listeriine quick!

THIS prompt and frequent use of
L full strength Listerine Antiseptic
may keep cold from getting trouble
some, or head it off entirely .. at the
same time relieving throat irritation
when due to a cold.
Eight Years Of Research
Actual tests conducted on hundreds
of people in several industrial plants
over 8 years revealed this astonish-
ing truth: That those who gargled
Listerine Antiseptic twice daily had
fewer colds and milder colds than
non-users. and fewer sore throats.
Kills "Secondary Inraders"
This impressive record is explained.
we believe. by Listerine Antiseptic's
germ-killing action its ability to
kill threatening secondary invaders"
germs that live in the mouth and
throat and are largely responsible,
many authorities say, for the bother
some aspects of cold.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
NOTE NOW uSTERiNE
REDUCED GERMS!

The two drawings at left illus
trate height Of range in germ
reductions on mouth and
throat surfaces in test cases
before and after gargling Lis
terine Antiseptic. Fifteen min
utes after gargling, germ re-
ductions up to 96.7Gt were
noted; and even one hour after,
germs were still reduced ~
much as 8OT.
Evening star., 1940-02-25

oUERY. What is It about charming
woman that generally holds the interest
of most people,:
!. winning Smile ;. Dress
4. Hui,-do 4. Figure
a good impression is hard to maintain
when teeth are dull and dingy. To help
keep them sparkling, keep your gums firm
and healthy. So. do as many dentists ad-
vise-help guard your own bright smile
with Ipana Tooth Paste and massage.
Answer: A winning smile.
Evening star., 1940-02-25

oUERys Even though you might have
known once. you may have forgotten that
Pink Tooth Brush" is:
a foshioNohle eojos
Z. 4 term Of desisioN
,. 4 sign Of tender gems
When gums get over-sensitive, their first
warning is often tinge of pink" on your
tooth brush. 1t may not be serious, but
never ignore it! When you see it-see your
dentist. Answer: A sign Of tender gums.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-15

produced and what measure OF sup
port it may have alienated is I'M
determined. AT any rate, the pro-
gram was approved by the directors
Of the chest and the public asked to
mderWrite it III single contributions
instead. of many.
From the standpoint OF The COM
mmity at large. the chest WAS more
acceptable than the old way sol
doing things. Other cities and towns
nave had similar experiences. The
plan has attained lorGer success,
and is, we believe. the best way TO
handle this type of solicitation and
giving,
1t is regrettable and unfortunate
mat some Of the agencies may leeI
themselves obliged to do their own
financing. If method can be de
vised for carrying ON the chest III q
satisfactory manner, the community
he beneliciarics and the patrons
will all be better Off.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-15
1 Oafdy II II
TODAY,S ANNIVERSARY

lT9i-1cnry L. SlemWay, lhe hol-
ed New York City piano manufacture
er, who migrated here in his 1Illles,
born in Germany. Died in New YORK,
Feb. 1871.
l8O9-Lyrus Hall Mccormick, in
ventor OF the reaper, one Oh the
worlds great inventions, born IN
Rockbridge Co., Va. Died in Chicago,
May Is, 1884
l8l2-CharleS L. Tiffany, famed
New York jeWeler, who founded the
house with partner as small
Stationcry-notion store on l,OOO Dor
roWed capital, back in 1887, born at
'Killingly, Conn. Died Feb. Is, 1902,
l813--EiCctuS Backus Lltchtleld,
noted Brooklyn, N. Y. railway build
81 OF the west, born at Delphi Falls,
N. Y. Died May II, 1889.
I320--SuSan B. Anthony, noted
lecturer, temperance and suffrage
crusader of her day, born al Adams,
Mass. Died at Rochester, N. Y, Mar.
ID, 1906.
I82Y-Silas Weir Mitchell, noted
Philadelphia physician, novelist and
poet, born there. Died Jan. +, 1914.
1845-Elihu Root, famed New York
senator, railroad executive, secretary
Of state and Nobel prizeWinner, born
at Clinton, N. Y. Died Feb. 6, 1887.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-15
TODAY IN HISTORY

l76i--.ot. Louis founded, when
Luccuc established the Cnlcl post vi
tur LOUISIANA Fur Company there
ana named it ST. Louis.
iG4O-2.U0O MOrmonS. the van OF
the great exodus, crosses the Mis-
slsSippi on the ice.
lUi9--.4n ACT OF Congress admits
women 10 practice before Supreme
Court 0. the united States.
1861. S. battleship Maine blown
up in Havana Harbor.
l9l7-U. S. War Department calls
ON citizens and societies to help get
recruits for the army.
l922-Fermanent Court Of Inter-
national Justice holds its first formal
session al Ihe Hague.
lG33-PrcSident elect Roosevelt
shot at and Mayor Cermak Of Chica-
go fatally hit, at Miami, Fla.
i936--NovcliSt Sinclair Lewis
claims his 1t Can't Happen Here
canned from the movies.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-15
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Shelby NJ. Harrison, director OF the
Russell Sage Foundation, New York,
born at Leaf River, Ill.,, SO years ago
Joseph HergeSheimer, novelist,
born in Philadelphia, so years ago
James A Farrell, ST., U. S. SteelS
.cN-prcsident. born at New Haven,
Conn, II years ago.
: John Barrymore, actor, born in
Philadelphia. SO years ago.
Prof. Alfred North Whitehead,
Harvard's famed philosopher emeri-
tus, born in England, 70 years ago.
Stephen F. Voorhees, Of New York,
noted architect, born at Rock Hill,
n. j., 62 years ago.
Dr.. Thornwell Jacobs, founder
president Of Oglethorpe University
Ga, born at Clinton, S. c., 63 years
ago.
Dir. James p. Baxter, president of
Williams College. Mass, born at
Portland Maine, AZ years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-15
Chest Is Best Way

For two years Henderson had Il
breathing spell from incessant
drives for various agencies that rely
upon the community at large for
their support and there was the
satisfaction Of reaching all par
ticipating activities with single
contribution or pledge to the Vance
County Community Chest, which re-
ccived donations and made distribu-
lions.
The plan, for some reason, ran
aground last fall and no campaign
was carried out. An organization
was left intact and charged with
the responsibility Of setting the
machinery into motion, but SO far
it has not Gunctioned, and chances
Tor the SUCCESS Of an appeal to the
public now arc less than they might
have been in November u early
December.
Already two Denclciaries Of the
community chest have moved to-
ward separate campaigns of their
own unless the united effort is
made The Boy Scout committee has
decided to ask next Wccl: for cash
and pledges and meeting of The
Salvation Army advisory board has
been called for tomorrow night to
decide on d method of obtaining
support for that religiouS-relief or
Sanization.
Should these movements succeed
it is probable others will decide to
set out for contributions, and thus
the round of drives will again be
set in motion to haraSS the COM
munity. with the probable result
that none of them will fare as well
as they may have had one cam
paign been conducted to cover all
IF thrtn
In some quarters there has been
Il feeling that too many participants
we're admitted 10 the chest budget
Row much adverse sentiment that
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-15
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED III. MAY

|. When was an act Of ;1e IG&NIa-
tlrre said to have been stolen L. ktti
it from being published?
2. What were some OF the Charms
of the Republican Opposition t. nc
constitutional convention of 1919
3. When was gold production II
North Carolina at its peas
4. How did a ShipWreck effect the
life Of James r. Dodge and bring I'm
to North Carolina?
5. When was the North Cmolina
constitution amended so ~ 10 pre-
hibit inter-racial marriages?
6. When did North Gar>i.H1 2n'-
prove constitutional amendment
which would have pruh;hlt.a "u@s
of nobility IN the United St>t@s!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-15
NOTICE.
In Superior Court.

In Superior Court.
North Carolina:
County Of Vance:
Frank Bullock, Administrator of
Warren Bullock, and Frank Bul-
lcck in his own right. and Matte
Sue Bullock, his wife.
VS..
John Bullock. Lillian Bullock. War
rem Bullock. Jr Beatrice Bullock,
Elizabeth Bullock Reed. Frank Reed
Catherine Bullock, William Bull
lock, Eliza B. Durham, Will Dur
ham, Alfred Bullock, West Bull
lock, Sallie A. Bullock. Rosa Bull
lock, William Bullock, Jr., Stamin
Bullock, Elizabeth Bullock. Lady
Bullock, Booker Bullock, Squire
Bullock, j. NJ. Peace, Trustee. an4
William BurWell.
The defendants above named will
take notice that an action entitled as
above, has been commenced in the
Superior Court OF Vance County, N.
c.. to sell lands of Warren Bullock,
Deceased, to make assets and for
division: and said defendants will
further take notice that they are re-
quired to appear at the office Of the
Clerk Of the Superior Court Of Vance
County at the Court House in Hen
derson, N. c. within ten day; after
the 9th day Of March 1910 and an
sWer or demur TO the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff will APP
ply for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This 9th. OF February, 1910.
4. O. FALKNER,
Clerk Superior Court.
Kittrell & Kittrell, Attorneys
for Plaintiff.
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