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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31

being managed by the chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
Edward J. Flynn of the Bronx Mr..
Roosevelt did not characterize Boss
Flynn, but Mayor La Guardia did
in the following terms: Ed Flynn
of the Bronx is as low and as vicious
as Croker or as Tweed
Il do hope that the President, be-
fore the campaign is over, will
answer these questions:
81 Why it is that after having
spent so billion dollars there are
over nine million men still unem-
ployed in the United States-ap-
proximately the same number as
when he ran for President in 1886?
Charges Lag in Progress.
90. Why is it that we have stayed
IN a condition of chronic depression
for seven and a half years when
every other country in the world,
prior to the outbreak of the World
War. showed greater progress to-
ward recovery?
80. Why is it that, although he
has failed to build an adequate de-
Tense for the United States, he told
Congress last June to adjourn be-
cause there was no necessity of its
staying in session. Since that date
he has requested of Congress bill
lions of dollars in appropriation
for the building Of national de-
Tense program.
81 Why is it that he should be
permitted to violate a principle of
$50 years against a third term
especially at time when democ-
racy is already in peril without the
added menace of long-term personal
power?
IS. How does he justify his ALI
ance with the most corrupt political
machines in America? How does he
explain his first-name intimacy with
their bosses?
Please, Mr.. Third-Term Candi-
date, answer these questions-dis-
cuss them. The American people
are entitled to know the answers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
Death Car Driver
Pleads Drunkenness
And Insanity
Nest|erode Not Legally
Responsible for Fatalities,
His Lawyers Claim

Richard Samuel Nestlerode, 26-
year-old laborer of 1927 Maryland
avenue NE, was so intoxicated June
% that he was not legally respon-
sible for the two traffic deaths for
which he stands charged with Sec
ond-degree murder, the defense
contended today in District Court,
as It began presentation of its evil
dence.
Nestlerode is charged with con-
tributing to the deaths of Joseph
Nappo, ST, of 1850 Tenth street NV,
who was hit at Ninth and M streets
NV, and of Mrs. Edna Mitchell,
40, colored, 814 Twelfth street NE,
during a wild automobile ride that
ended at Connecticut avenue and
@ street NV, when he hit a street
car. Mrs. Mitchell was struck at
Twelfth and H streets NE.
Justice James w. Morris, presiding
in Criminal Court No. 2 of District
Court, overruled late yesterday a
defense motion for a directed YER
dict and this morning permitted
the defense to call a psychiatrist of
its own choosing. Attorneys Levi H.
David and Benjamin Simmons, de-
Tense counsel, told the court this
morning that Nestlerode was tenn
porarily insane.
Assistant United States Attorney
Arthur B. Caldwell, who, with
Assistant United States Attorney
Maurice F. McInerney, is prosecuting
the case, rendered to the defense the
services of Government alienists at
st. Elizabeth's Hospital and GAL
linger Hospital, but the defense de-
sired to utilize its own alienist and
Justice Morris authorized his pay
ment at government expense. Nestle
rode has taken the oath as pauper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
Fire Damages Plant
Making Training Planes
By the Associated Press.

b5 the ASSOCIATED PreSS.
Troy, Ohio, Oct 31.-The Waco
Aircraft Co., working at capacity
production on Army training planes,
was damaged by fire today.
Reporting combustion among oil
rags started the blaze, fremen said
there was no evidence of sabotage.
They estimated damage at $4,000.
Four completed ships were wheeled
to safety, but many plane parts
were lost.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NJ I1SES.
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holders Of the Home Mutual Building and
Loan Association of Washington, D. C.,
will be held at the office of the association
Room f. 63l Pennsylvania Avenue NV,
Wednesday, November 6, 1910 at 800
Pm MAURICE F. FLYNN, President
ODE1L S. SMITH. Sec. Treas.
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virginia. CONRAD c. SMITH, Sec'y.
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libruriun to Speak

Mrs. Mary Walsh, librarian of
the D. A. R. Library here, will dis
cuss genealogical Research at the
D, A. R. Library" at o'clock Sat-
urday night at a meeting of the
National Genealogical Society in
the lecture room at Mount Pleasant
Library, Sixteenth and Lamont
streets NV,
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Lust-Week Attendance
Cuts Worlds Fair Losses
BY tie Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31-A record
last-week attendance makes 1t pos
sible to pay bondholders of the New
York Worlds Fair 1872 cents on the
dollar instead of an anticipated
1874 cents, Harvey D. Gibson, board
chairman of the fair, has an
nounced.
The exposition closed last Sunday
after two-seaSon run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
3-Tier Bunks Planned
For London's Subwuys
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
, LONDON, Oct. 31.-General Man.
ager T. E. Thomas of the London
transport board announced today
that three-tier hunks would be
erected in the capitals subways to
increase accommodations for those
who live underground during Ger
man air raids and that the board
was arranging to supply refresh
mentS in the shelters.
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He Carries Many Names

Sam Cory of Belfast, Northern
Ireland, who has staged Punch and
Judy shows round the world for 40
years, now has a collection of sig
natures on mis- breast. Injured
aboard ship, he has his chest in
plaster of Paris and it is on this
the signatures are scrawled.
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Continued From First Page)
Evening star., 1940-03-01

The wars of Napoleon Bonaparte
spread the power of France, and
added to the GLORY" of the ruler.
They did not. however. bring real
good to the French nation.
There was, for time, dream
OF one country In power over all the
rest Of Europe, but it did not come
entirely true. In the end 1t burst
like bubble.
After the Little Corporal lost his
power. France was able to count
the cost. Hundreds Of thousands OF
French soldiers had died on the
battlefield, and this meant weakness
for the nation during many years
which followed.
One Of these days may tell the
story Of the Lost Dauphin, who
might have ruled France had it not
been for the Revolution. He has
been called King Louis XVII, though
he never had real power. His uncle,
Louis XVIII, took the throne fol-
lowing Napoleon's downfall. The
uncle was brother of the King
who died in the French Revolution.
France was kingdom for SO
years after Waterloo, then became
q republic for four years. From a
republic it was changed to an en-
pire once more, under the rule of
Napoleon III. This Napoleon was
Q nephew Of Bonaparte.
While Napoleon III was emperor
France had a war with Prussia and
the other German states which had
banded with Prussia. In less thar
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Don't Take Ny
Word For II
BY FRANK COLBY.

LIcoHce
Noun. A European plant: a
fdportno extract.
Today's word is almost uni
versally mispronounced 'LIK-rish," i"
yet every American dictionary con-
suited shows this as three-syllable
word.
The first syllable rhymes with
sick; the second or 20" syllable is
like the interjection oh; the third
syllable rhymes with miss, hiss.
Correct pronunciation: LICK-oh-
riss.
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented)
Question: What is the origin Of
the word "hoodlum"?-R. o. L.
Answer: In the early days OF
San Francisco a gang of young ruff
fans was headed by man named
Muldoon. A newspaper writer coined
Q name for the gang by spelling
Muldoon backward - noodlum. A
compositor changed the IN" to "h''
by mistake and the word has been
hoodlum ever since.
The word is used colloquially to
describe a young rowdy. The vowel
sound In the first syllable is the
zoo" Of boot, hoot.
Correct pronunciation: HOOD
hum.
For q personal answer to your
questions about words send q
stamped (3c), self-addressed en-
velope to Frank Colby, care The
Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Loss Of War Cost Billion

In 1914 another war broke out
in Europe. It came to be known
as the World War, and France was
only one of many nations which
took part In it.
For more than four years the
French fought German troops. The
borders Of France were crossed,
and hundreds Of cities and villages
in Northern France were destroyed,
In whole or In part.
France was on the winning" side,
but it was q sad war for her, as
for other nations. More than q
million Frenchmen were killed, and
the country was left loaded down
with debt.
There was hope that the World
War would be the last which would
spread horror over Europe. Many
persons believe there could have
been lasting peace If there had
been a strong League Of Nations,
and an end of tariff taxes in Europe.
AS it has turned out, France Is
fighting once more, and Europe
trembles with the fear OF worse
battles to come.
(For history section of your scrap
| I~eA nad
A leafiet called Famous Music
Masters" may be had by sending
. Scent stamped, return envelope 10
me In care Of The Evening Star.
Tomorrow: "Gldss Heart"
Evening star., 1940-03-01
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

a year Paris was captured. France
was forced to pay the Germans
what seemed in those days a great
sum of money-s1 900 900, 900. The
amount was paid in full in three
years. France also handed Alsace-
Lorraine over to Germany.
The loss of the war brought about
the Third Republic in France. That
republic has lasted to the present
time,
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Not This

Mother: Shame on you-getting
angry and throwing down your scis-
sors that way! If you just keep on
trying, you can learn to cut pictures
as well as sister does. Now try
again."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18
EMMA GOLDMAN

EMMA GOLDMAN, one of the chief apostles of
anarchism in the days leading up to the first
World war, has died just at the moment that
anarchy of another and crueler sort seems to
be enveloping a large part of the world.
In her time, EMMA GOLDMAN was hated and
feared. The doctrine of abolition of all gov
eminent shocked and Mortified the placid era
IN which she worked and preached. She was
thrown into Jail on charges of urging revolu.
ton, violence and bloodshed in the Debs rail.
way strike in 1893; for more than 20 years
her name was linked, directly or indirectly,
with every major act of violence against the
existing order which took place in the Unit.
ed States.
But, at this distance, EMMA GoIDMAN's brand
OF anarchism appears mild compared to the
new doctrines and disorders which afflict many
civilized countries. She repeatedly denied the
accusations that she had preached violence;
in her own view she merely wanted to educate
the people to the point where they could gov
ern themselves instead of being forced to obey
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18
CAROLINA BEACH "OPENING"

Carolina Beach, which has been making ex-
tensive preparations for the summer vista
ton, announces its decision to hold open house
on next Saturday. Which is to say that every.
body who goes to the beach on that day will
be given the handshake that means welcome
and a royal good time. And that means that
Carolina Beach will offer entertainment and
refreshment of the best, and every separate
soul in attendance will be glad he, or she, is
present.
Quite properly, the beach leaders anticipate
an exceptionally good summer. Americans are
not going to other lands in any great number
this year. Travel conditions are below par and
no one can be certain of a cordial reception
abroad. Instead, the summer nomads will take
their vacation fun in the homeland and Will.
mington's beaches, both Carolina Beach and
Wrightsville, will enjoy large patronage. Both
are making their preparations in proportion
to the opportunity.
An especially interesting and entertaining
program is promised at Carolina on opening
day. The promoters may expect a throng from
Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18
THE NEW BALKAN THREAT

III HITLER is to maintain his supremacy in
the air he must have fuel for his planes in ire.
mendous quantities. With the Swedish supply
cut off at Narvik and with much of the Dutch
supply destroyed, it becomes necessary for
him to find other sources.
Where can he find them, except III Rumania.
where deliveries have been far below figures
previously set under a forced agreement? 1t ia
to be expected, then, that the large forces of
Nazi mechanical troops already assembled
on the Hungarian frontier will soon be on their
blitzkreig way toward Rumanian oil fields.
1t is probable that even before this reaches
the streets the war of conquest HITLER start
ed last September will have reached out for
new victims and the Balkans be ahame. RI.
mania, says a Budapest dispatch, is a million
tons of gasoline in arrears Of the quota set bv
the accord signed by the two countries. Hitler
lust can't stand for that. Rumania must he
made to do her part for Nazism. So a force
which required three days to pass through
Dresden on the way to show Rumania that she
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18

avs imposed by others. When she was sent
hack to her native Russia after the World war
she was revolted by the conditions which she
found there and denounced the Soviet regime
as a tyrrany.
This Judgment alone proves how far she
was from international anarchists who follow
ed her. 1t took 20 years of liberals, socialists
and left-wing thinkers generally to find out
what EMMA GOLDMAN discovered at first sight
that Russia under the soviets was not the
realization of the democratic dream but an
absolute and ruthless despotism.
She spent those years waiting and longing
for a chance to return to the America whose
virtues she had discovered too late. Let US
hope hat our own left-wingers will learn more
readily the lesson that it is easier to hold to
the blessings of democracy than to regain them
after democracy has been destroyed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18

can't treat HITLER that way, is ready with fire
and sword to take on another area Of war. 1t is
not a question Of breathing room for Germans
but OF gasoline to fuel warplanes and mechan-
lied and motorized forces and naval craft and
industries that one man may venture on more
exploits for the destruction of civilization.
The frightful aspect of this Balkan invasion
which seems inescapable, is that Italy and Rus.
STA probably will seize it as fitting opportunity
to enter the war. Both have been waiting on
the sidelines, both are in fighting mood. How
well the Allies will be able to cope with the
new emergency, even with the help of Turkey
and the Balkan states which will align them
selves on their side, is unpredictable. There
is, Of course, the possibility that HITLER, at
last, will spread his fighting forces so thinly
that he cannot achieve all his goals, and by
losing one lay the foundation for loss of all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18
Editorial Comments
From Other Anoies
FOR A UNITED NATION
New York Herald Tribune

There is NO need to urge the necessity of swift
preparedness by this nation. The guns wreak.
ing the Nazi will upon the Low Countries, slay.
ing, burning. annihilating, have made of neu-
trality a pathetic folly. Before such bestiality, 70
be neutral, whether In thought, or word, or deed,
is unthinkable. The doubts of Americans as to
the threat confronting them have been blown
to bits.
The single remaining question is a domestic
one-how best can a tragically disunited and I'm.
prepared nation be united behind an efficient
administration? We have already urged in these
columns the necessity for q national viewpoint
and the curbing alike of parttsanship and per.
sonal ambition. The means Of gaining these ends
under the American two-pafty Presidential sys-
tenn are by no means simple. We state the basic
principles as we see them in the hope that wide
spread discission will ensue and that ways
toward unity may be developed.
In the t1nst place, it is as unthinkable as it
would be undesirable to eliminate the coming
election. The American people must and
should have their chance to be heard in Novem-
OCT, as the Constitution prescribes. Such tenn.
perths OF craftsmanship as may be possible must
lhsretore arrive through the normal processes Of
d PRESIDENTIAL year, not by their abandonment.
ror a second point, it seems to us impossible
TO eilmlnate from the election certain basic
principles of national finance which go to the
~, u national efficiency. The conceptions of
puolc economy and effort toward a balanced
budget In respect to domestic expenditures he.
come more vital than ever as increased military
eApeho'tures become unacceptable.
FOR a third point, there must he. as in Tin.
com aay' q new national resolve that. what.
w CONTAMINATION of power seems advisable. If
~ oe w clearly understood to be temporary and
20 Involve no impairment of civil rights
we suggest these fundamentals are starting
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18
sLoVE, CoURTSHIP
AND MARRIAGE
Courtship Requires
Clear Thinking On
Part OF Principals
BY ERNEST r. AND GLADYS H.
GRAVES

Girls spend more time worrying
about courtship techniques and
mapping out the details of their
campaign than do boys. They think
they have to, for so many boys
are somewhat scared by any great
amount of obvious counting by a
girl.
Most boys are still more timid
about counting a girl who is not be-
ing rushed by other boys. So it
seems to be up to the girl who
wants courtship experience to get
the boys headed her way.
This takes clear-headed thinking,
for there is a narrow margin be.
tween a girls figuring only as a
passing fad, and her gathering
many boy friends.
If she cares for the boys only as
scalps to dangle at her belt, her
sun will be short in the land.
But If she takes the trouble to
know and like each one for what he
is, her star will never set.
But if she takes the trouble to
know and like each one for what
he is, her star will never set.
Boys profit, too, by doing some
straight thinking on courtship.
Otherwise they soon find them
selves roped into counting the
wrong girl, or unable to put them
selves across with the one they
want.
If a boy notices that the more a
girl turns him down, the more ex-
cited he gets about her, he may
well begin to wonder if he is not
barking up the wrong tree.
1t may be fun to chase one who
is hard to catch up with, but what
sort OF friend will she make, once
ne does get her attention, If she
hnds him so uninteresting?
Because of much loose talk that
is abroad, it is easy for both the
boy and the girl to get sidetracked
into a courtship code of either pro-
miscuous Or heavy petting.
This destroys the purpose of the
courtship by preventing the COZ.
pies getting to know each other,
except in this one way.
1t also keeps them from becom.
ing interested in new persons, with
whom they might build a broader
friendship as a base for later love.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18
Whiteuiue Legion Asks
Expansion Of Democracy

WHPTEVILLE, May 17-White-
vile Post No. 1877, American Le-
gion, adopted a resolution urging
the immediate expansion Of prin-
c1ples of justice, freedom, and de.
mocracy against any and all con-
t1ngencies at its weekly session
Tuesday night.
The post also went on record as
expressing the belief that an ade-
quate national defense includes the
control of propaganda intended to
involve the United States in the
present war.
The resolution said "it is neces-
sary to suppress all subversive ele-
seeking and preparing to bore
within and thus form a fifth
column' to aid in the future destruc-
ZION OF our government, as has sue
cess1ully been done recently in other
countries"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18
SPONSOR CHOSEN
BY EXCHANGI1ES
Miss Virginia Council VIII
Represent Club In Advef'
Using Tour Contest

The Wilmington Exchange i"
has selected as it's sponsor MISE v"
ginia Council, daughter Of Excnals'
lite C. Knox Council, in the c0"''''
being sponsored by the Carollna "'
tor club to select four young la''''
to make a 1O,OOO-mile adVef''s'D'
tour of the United States.
Miss Council will participate 49,, III
an elimination contest with 0''.
girls from throughout the stats
four are picked for the NIP
Another demonstration Of Tie 1s'
telephone and its intricate "oiN a,I
was given by J.. r. Thomas
manager, and Norris Russel, eng,
neer for the Southern Bel lels'
company.
June % was announced as IN
tentative date for the cutover t 1,l,
manual to dial telephones in WE
mington. amt.
Robert Dannembaum "d' ~.
ted as a new member OF lN'
change club. .-;3sr.
DR.. Guy Pigford, elected .oc1s
Of the civic club bowling N han.
gave a report on the po"nt9 ,sr
uuet held by all team men1oe''
eral days ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18
Star-News Program

Consolidated 0tty-County Government
Under CounciLManager administration
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena tor Sport and lndas1f'a'
Shows.
Seaside Highuay from WrightsvtHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5.Foot Cope Fear River channel. totd-
er Turning Basin. pith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, clio
Orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prod1c-
ton through, sustained-yieh methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY one.
countrywide taz.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Cente.' for Southeastern
North Carolina. developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for phites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape gro,oin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-18

in London when the man with the
umbrella returned, waving a piece
of paper and crying Of peace.in.
our-time.
-Four Sons has a companion
piece in a sense in Metros THE
Mortal Storm" likewise a study
of a family disrupted by Nazi in.
1uence. There'n be a race to get
the rival films to the marques
irst-but The Mortal Storm
won't be propaganda, either. |
have Director Frank Borzage's
word for that, in virtually the same
words as Director Archie Mayo
used. But I'm sure neither Of them
is counting on a world premiere in
Berlin.
Just a visit to the -Four Sons
farmhouse set is a revelation Of
the power of inanimate objects 10
Stir emotion. Here is quaintneSs
and charm and sweetness, a feel
OF good people living simple, useful
lives before they were shaken into
fear and insecurity. The feel is
in the Well-worn tile floor Of the
parlor, with its big square stove,
its center table covered in turkey
red, its rows of pottery ornaments,
its colorful beer stems, its chairs
and its whole rustic simplicity.
Here is a room where good pee
pie lived in peace, and outside, ID
the yard near the barn, a tense girl
is telling a weary young man
you killed him-he fas shot down
in the swamp"
And yet I agree with Archle
Mayo. -Four Sons" isn't propa'
ganda. 1t is no more propaganda
than a movie of a cloud bank, Of
a bathing beauty, or a cro"oea
slum street, of anything that y
beautiful or ugly.