davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-07-12

menu III InlS country IN favor OF the
continuance and expansion of the pres
ent administrations policy.
Regarding the possible objections to
the plan proposed, the first and most
obvious is that it might be regarded as
endangering our neutral position and
hence as unacceptable to that great ma
jority of Americans who oppose our
intervention in the war. The answer to
this is that no provision suggested above
would be in contravention of our duties
as neutral under international law.
This country has the right to take
whatever measures may be necessary to
provide for Its future protection. even
though measures with this end in view
might incidentally afford some aid to
belligerent.
Another objection which might be
raised to the plan proposed, is that
Great Britain might fail to keep her
obligations under the agreement just as
the Petain government in France vio-
lated its agreements with Great Britain.
OF course, there can be no absolute as
surance that this might not occur. But
it is dificult to believe that any British
government would violate such an
agreement, for 1t would be made not
only with this country but also with
Canada, a dominion Of the British
Empire.
1t might further be objected that
Great Britain would not be willing to
make an agreement of the kind sug-
gested, at least in the form of treaty,
since by doing so 1t would admit the
possibility or probability of defeat, and
would thereby injurs the morale of the
British people. In answer to this, It
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Wilmington's Position

observation-disclosures who attended a mass meet
ING at the court house on Thursday night went
m record as endorsing the plan to send Britain
an destrovers left over from the last World war.
The project has been before the American peo-
Mo for some time and raised echoes in con-
sress. It was given its greatest impetus by
General Pershing who recently broadcast an
appeal for it on the ground that our own ma
tional security largely depends upon Englands
success in the war with Hitler.
Messages both to the President and to the
North Carolina delegation in the two branches
of congress have been sent revealing the attl-
tude of those who participated in the mass
meeting and, we must believe, many other
Wilmingtonians who did not attend.
It is difficult to understand the arguments
advanced by some Americans against giving
Britain this practical and much needed AID IN
her hour of need. They say that to send war
craft across the Atlantic for use by Europe's
one remaining democracy would be to take
actual part in the war, tt" invite attack and to
ieopardize our own naval strength. Seldom
have more s~pecious reasons ever been ad-
vanced for holding back in a major emergency.
In fact, reply may be made that by refusing to
give Britain this aid now, and so make her
fight the more difficult, we are inviting at
tack. Every circumstance that increases Hit
ler's chance of winning the Battle OF England
invites attack in this hemisphere.
Often as it has been said, it still is an ines
capable fact that England is our first line OF
defense. She is fighting our war, not hers
alone. We are pledged by the Presidents
word to give her all the aid We can short OF an
armed force to help her stem the tide of Ger
man conquests. Why, then, should we refuse
her these swift little boats so greatly needed
if Hitler should launch an invasion? The dis
senters say it would put us in the war. 1t is
more likely to keep us out of the war. They
claim it would weaken our navy. Is it not more
likely to save our navy, by strengthening Brit
We cannot dodge the fact that if Britain falls
we will be helpless in the Atlantic for at least
four years-a long time as Hitler measures
Surely, if go American destroyers
can help save Britain we would be guilty OF a
grave mistake if we held them back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
More Light on Farms

Not only the communities to be served but
the Rural Electrifica Authority as well Is
to be congratulated upon the project just an
nounced under which $50 miles of electric lines
will be erected and approximately $500 rural
farms lighted and powered in Robson, Scot
land, Hoke and parts OF Cumberland counties.
The loan made by the federal government is
for $428, 900 and the operating firm, to function
under the REA regulations, is known as the
Lumbee River Electric Corporation.
The project is described as the largest. single
undertaking of the sort in the south. Whether
it has a peer or not, it is of tremendous i'm
portance in the development and progress OF
this states rural sections and inevitably will
result in the betterment of living conditions in
its area of service. North Carolina had al
ready established a notable record in rural
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Son Follows Father

It is so seldom that sons follow in the foot
steps of their fathers with notable success that
the few cases which do occur deserve more
than casual recognition.
Such a case, is offered in the family of G. c.
Huntington, whose death was reported recently
and who had spent more than 40 years in con-
tinuous Y. M. c. A. work. Mr.. Huntington,
born in Illinois in 1854, and reared in New
York, became secretary of Denver's Y. M. c.
A.. in 1881, when the metropolis of Colorado
was a busting, riotous mining town of &, 900
souls. His eminent success in that post led
him, on advice of friends, to take a theological
course and to become pastor of Presbyterian
churches in Colorado for some years. Then,
back to the Y. M. c.. A., as general secretary
at Pueblo. When c. L. Gates, international
field worker, was transferred to the South, he
1899, he became general secretary of the Char
lotte organization, where he did notable work
until 1904 when he accepted the post of inter-
state secretary.
Thus the father set the pace for the SON..
B. Huntington, secretary of the Wilmington
Y. M. C. A., who succeeded Edwin Kettle in
1910. His first assignment was as physical d.
rector, to which he had devoted much Of his
life up to that time. Made acting general Sec
rotary in tn fall of 1910, Mr.. Huntington soon
engaged in the major project of securing an
adequate home for the association. His life in
Wilmington has been so closely allied to the
city's religious, athletic and cultural develop
ment that no special summary of it's accom-
%plishments is needed to establish the fact that
he has been a force for betterment in his COM
munity. He credits the US progress to his
board of directors, and it detracts nothing from
his own achievement to acknowledge that with
a less efficient directorate he could have done
little. But, by the same token, it is obvious
that the board would have fallen short of the
mark without his executive ability and his tai
en- for leadership.
The elder Huntington was respected through
out the states Of this section of the South. His
son, following his example, enjoys the same
distinction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11

HOLLYWOOD. - Artie S h a W
sprawled in a three-passenger gar
den chair beside his mountain-top
house above the Hollywoods and
talked about movies, music,
agents, j%itterbugs, reporters, COS
sip-mongers and marriage.
1t made good listening. The 80
year-old, abdicated swing-king is
something Of a character here
about because he has opinions and
can express them. Also because of
an impulsive nature which three
times has prompted him to toss
away his baton and maybe a mil
lion dollars in favor of meditative
and less profitable pursuits such as
reading Lafcadio Hearn and study
ing chemistry.
Convinced by his behavior that
Shaw is crazy, many members Of
the picture colony began looking
for a breakup of his marriage with
Lana Turner as soon as the couple
flew back from the ceremony at
Las Vegas. He is certain that per-
sistent, pitiless rumors had a lot to
do with the separation which came
in four and a half months.
The musician really has a vari-
ETY. of enthusiasms, but he is
typed as a perverse and acidulous
screwball something like that ell
der and unrelated Shaw, Geroge
Bernard. It's a hard thing to
shake. When a magazine inter-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11

identification. With this project completed,
the state will take rank among the country's
If there are any persons who accept the ar
gument Of New Deal opponents that the Roose.
administrations have been of no benefit to
the people of the United States, they need only
to note the thousands of outlying homes and
farms which have acquired modern lighting
and power since the REA came into existence.
And this New Deal agency is but one of many
born under the Roosevelt regime for the i'm.
provement of living conditions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Six Youths Enlisted
Here For Army Service

Six young men from Southeastern
North Carolina enlisted during the
past week for service with army
units in Panama, Hawaii, Camp
Jackson, and Fort Moultrie, S. c.,
Sergeant S. w. D. Bennett reported
yesterday.
They included: Harvey L. Mar
lowe, Is, son of William S. Mar
lowe, of Shallotte, and Mack L.
Hewlett, of Shallotte, quartermas-
ter corps at Fort Moultrie; Troy T.
johnson, 10, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee G. johnson, of Burgaw, eighth
medical corps, Camp Jackson.
Hollis F. Fields, 10, son of Luther
Fields, of Boardman, coast artil-
lery in Hawaii; Wilton Gappins, 10,
on of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Gappins,
of Whiteville, coast artillery in
Panama; and Tom r. Parker, 20,
son of Mrs. Annie j. Parker, of
Warsaw, field artillery in Hawaii.
They were transferred to Fort
Moultrie for six weeks of preli.l-
mary training prior to active duty
assignments for three years over
seas. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Editorial Comments
From Other AnqIes
EVERYBODY PROFITS BUT THE FARMER
Macon News

Macon News
Wellsir, the tobacco auction season opened
in Georgia today.
So that noise you heard wasn't a Chinese
l~aundryman's convention.
Anyway, tobacco's a great thing.
For your ediication, tobacco is a plant.
It is also a plague.
To begin with, farmers plant tobacco seed
in beds so the blue mold can find it easier.
Blue mold is to tobacco what bollweevils
are to cotton and your mother-in-law is to
you.
After the blue mold has ruined your bed,
you send off and pay too much for plants from
somebody else.
Then you and the mule and the AAA set
out the plants.
1t used to be bad enough when it was just
you and the mule. But now the government
has to count the rows. All farmers agree this
country would be better off with more vision
and less supervision.
After it comes up, it either rains too
much or it doesn't rain enough. Rain,
like a woman's petticoat, is never just
right.
And there's always hail.
Halls hail.
In fact, between the bugs and the buy
ers, the farmer doesn't stand much chance
nowadays.
The buyers . gallop up and down the aisle
eating boiled peanuts while the auctioneer
sings snatches of Flat Foot Floogie."
Without, of course, the "doy-aoy."
It doesn't make any difference who gets the
tobacco at the warehouse. The buyers will
shoot craps for it that night AWAY.
The farmer gets his check Crowded the
loan man isn't waiting for him at the
cashiers window and doles it out to the
wife and kids. The old lady buys herself
a dress she doesn't like and the younguns
buy ice cream and hot dogs and get the
stomach ache.
If there's anything left over, the farmer may
buy himself a pack of readymade cigarettes.
Cigarettes are made from tobacco and
tissue paper and radio program.
A pound Of tobacco will make enough ciga-
rettes to supply three college girls for a week.
Yet cigarettes sell for about a penny
apiece whether tobacco's a dime or a dol
lar a pound.
Yessir, tobacco's a great thing. Everybody
makes money out of it but the farmer. But
after all, what does he expect?
He only grows it. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Police Chief Complies
Night Alarm Directory

Police Chief Joseph c. Rourk
asked last night that the city's
merchants and operators of all
business establishments who have
not thus far been contacted by the
officers phone headquarters and
give the name and address OF per-
sons they wish called i'll case OF
disturbance at their business places
during the night.
The department is making a
complete list of business estab.
lishments and their owners or op-
orators in order that they may
know who to contact in case any
thing happens to the stores or Of
fees during the night.
Many have been seen by officers
making a survey around the city,
but those who have not, Rourk said,
are asked to call headquarters and
give the information.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
MCELROY
Fisher Re Elected

The Ocean Highway Association used good
Judgment In rejecting W.. Louis Fisher presi-
dent, not only because the highway has at
iained it's important place under his leadership
but because he is best fitted, through his init
mate knowledge Of the associations affairs,
development and possibilities, to effect it's util-
lxation in the national defense program. This
Is one more instance where the man on the job
Is preferable to any substitute, and where a
ehange in administration would place a brake
IN progress.
The federal government is expanding its
plans for highway use both in the transport of
Industrial and agricultural output and for the
rapid movement of troops and their equipment
in case Of a military emergency. Highway
maps are being closely studied. It is recog-
nized In official quarters that without adequate
traffic facilities the armed forces of the nation
would be under a severe handicap. Naturally
1t is desirable to utilize existing highways
which could be brought up to the standard re-
quired for military use without complete re-
construction, rather than build new ones. Not
only the expense of new construction but the
time involved in new projects is to be avoided
wherever possible.
This is where the Ocean Highway, Route No.
II as it is designated, enters the picture. It is
the most direct road between New York and
Jacksonville. 1t parallels the Atlantic coast
and its mileage is less between these cities
than by any other route. With comparatively
small expenditures of money it could quickly
be made available for large troop movements
and transport of tanks, artillery and other
mechanical equipment. 1t traverses territory
which will play an important role in Atlantic
defenses. A few bridges will need strength
ening. Some curves will need elimination
Some distances could be shortened to advan
tage.
able to impress upon the military authorities
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Cotton Marketing Class
Arranged At Whiteuille

An all-day Institutional meeting
on cotton marketing quota records
for the personnel of county farm
agent offices in Southeastern North
Carolina will be held Monday, Au-
gust 10, at Whiteville.
Miss Elizabeth Morris, chief
clerk, will represent the Office of
R. W. Galphin, county farm agent,
at the meeting, which will be at
tended by representatives from the
counties OF Brunswick, Columbus,
Bladen, New Hanover, and Robe.
son.
The meeting has been called nv
E. Y. Floyd, of Raleigh. state ex.
ecutive officer for the agricultural
adjustment administration, WIZ
says similar meetings for ginneTe
and buyers will be held where de.
sired. VIC,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
AND HE HATES
ACTING

You may recall that he appeared
in Dancing Coed" which did I
lot for Lana Turner and was ius
an interlude for Shaw, who dread,
acting. Now he has been engaged
by Boris Morros and Robert Still,
man to lead a neWly-assembled Or
chestra and arrange the music for
their next production for Para
mount. Second Chorus" co.sar.
ring Fred Astaire and Paulettt
Goddard, will offer small challenge
to the acting timidity of Mr.. Shaw
His real interest is in fixing up the
score.
That isn't all. Shaw has agreed
to lead his band regularly on the
Burns and Allen radio show, and
he has accepted a bid to conduct
the last program this season Of
the National Symphony 0rcae:a
in Washington, D. c. He recvs-
nizes the invitation as a ~fatterIns
nod from good music to the ideal
ism of an ex-sWlngmasteT, SO
there'll be an original Artie Shaw
composition along with his ar
rangements of some Debussy aA
Ravel.
He also is working on a couple
of screen stories about a band
leader, largely autobioGrapnlcaI
But Shaw hopes to go on IRON
there, perhaps as writer and CO.
producer of dance band lae'
which are as richly dramatic a,
circus lore. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Star-News Program

Consolidated 0tty-County Government
under CouncilMana0~ Administration
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected TRUCK and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Eho,os.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsv'Hs
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel. w1d-
er Turning Basin. Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paved Rive, Road to Southport. eta
orion Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood ProdMc
ton through sustatned-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial N Resort Pro
moaonal Agency. supported BY one.
countrywide tar.
E%hipyards n Drydock.
Negro Health center TO, Southeastern
North CoroHna. developed around tho
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for Dhites.
Juntor High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF nativs grape grouping
throughout Southeastern North Caroline.
Modern Tuberculosts Ednatortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Presbyterians To Meet
At High Point 1uesdq

HIGH POINT, Aug. lO-'f-Ln'
Presbyterian synod Of morn
Carolina will convene here lNs
day, Sept. 8, at the First Pres'!
terrain church, in annual SeS'.y"
and will last through lhuf'u'''
Sept. S.
Among the first business u p'
synod will be the election oil a INV
orator to succeed the retiring nl', v
orator, the Rev. H. H. o'oAe '
Jefferson. ,
The next morning the SYNOD VIZ
receive reports on religious eoU'T :
ton and Evangelism. The new j. T.
Rupert McGregor of Burlington j..
chairman of religious educda' =
and DR.. P. D. Miller OF Ralelsn =,
chairman of evangelism. "A W.! VI,
munion and memorial service W.
also be held Wednesday morn+DS
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
NAVY RECRUITING

Dear Sir.
I wish to take this opportunity to
thank you for the cooperation shown
this office while under my super
vision. The splendid publicity given
has been one of the foremost fac
tors in obtaining selective recruits
for the u. S. Navy, from Southeast
ern North Carolina.
It has been a pleasure to have
served as the representative of the
U. S. Navy in Wilmington and the
adjoining territory, in the capacity
of U. S. Navy recruiter. It is hoped
that in some future date I will have
the opportunity to again serve this
community in the interests Of the
U. S. Navy.
F. l.. WILLIAMS,
Chief Electricians Mate,
U. S. Navy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Book Highlights

German Subs in Yankee
Waters" by Henry J. James
Gotham: $50 is a timely book,
so timely that it ~startles you.
1t is a record of German u
Boat operations of tn first
World War off New York and
New England. James writes,
for instance, of the U. S. armed
cruiser that struck a German
mine off Fire Island in New
York's outer harbor and sank,
o. the sabotage in the Atlantic
fishing fleets, of the German
effort to cut cables and lay
mines off Broadway itself. The
following dramatic bit James
garnered from a German log:
"Our next assignment was to Gu
the cables off New York Harbor
We cruised leisurely up the coast
arriving off Fire Island just aftel
New York gave us liter
ally a thunderous welcome with E
terrific electrical storm which pre-
us rom beginning opera
lions at once.
1.-The morning of May %, 1918
was fair, with a gentle west vino
and calm sea. We could see the
beach at Fire Island, and thu
standing out SO white
the low green hills. We
dropped our cable-cutting shears
attached to a grapnel overheard
attached to a long wire rope. Back
and forth we cruised, trolling moi
Tor fish, but for any of the cables
We might run across
When night came we could see
he lights Of Broadway. Some Of
he boys suggested that we sneak
up the Hudson River and go to q
show on Broadway. What a joke
hat would be! For three days we
crossed and recrossed w h t we
hoped were the cable areas, and
or three nights we were tormented
~ the lights of Broadway. On the
list we ceased fishing, hoping il
lot believing that we had cut every
cable coming from New York. Our
were to make a raid off the
New England. coast"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Medical Care
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D

bY OLGlS NAs ~
Whenever the bare feet come in
contact with the flooring Of a show
er bath, or the platform around 8
swimming pool, or the springboaro
by river or ocean, there is the pos.
sibility Of picking up a small veg
etable fungus invisible to the eye.
which lives to feed on moist hui
man skin. 1t causes the common.
est of American skin diseases-a
breaking out in the form of little
blisters, which itch intensely and
b e C o m e inflamed on scratching.
This being the bare feet and swim
ming season they are particularly
likely to occur just now. When the
skin gets wet it gives an additional
invitation to ringworm invasion
commonly called athletes foot.
Treat PROMPTLY
Get at it early with prompt treat
ment and you will save yourself
a lot of trouble. If it develops in
to a chronic case, successful treat
ment is very difficult. The fungus
will attack skin on any part Of the
body and may easily invade the
hand, get under the f~ingernails
from scratching and be carried to
any part of the body. A complica-
ton occurs when the blisters get
infected and this requires special
treatment.
When you have a fresh eruption
the blisters should be broken, US
ing a fine needle that has been
dipped in tincture of iodine and
the entire surface painted with
mild tincture of ioline GU. S. P.).
The eruption is especially likely
tc appear between the toes, and in
boys schools is called toe rot. If
the iodine does not clear it up ap-
ply Whitfield's ointment, obtain
able at any druggists, for a few
nights.
Prevention of %reinfection is i'm
portant. Stockings should be
changed daily. Distinction of shoes
may be done by inserting a piece
of plotting paper on which has
been poured a teaspoonful of For
maldehyde solution, wrap them up
for tWenty-four hours and then give
them a good airing.
When infection has occurred and
pus forms the part should be treat
ed with gauze soaked in l to 1000
bichloride of mercury solution, then
dried and ammoniated m e r C u r y
ointment applied. After the acute
inflammation has subsidized the part
should be treated with mild tine
ture of iodine and Whitfield's oint-
ment.
Many Different Forms
There are many different forms
of ringworm, some of them being
killed by one germicide,' some by
another. Hence the number of rem
edies that have been suggested at
one time or another arc legion. The
fungi r great sensitizers OF the
skin and in the chronic form this
makes the application of strong
ointments difficult. The use Of a
powder called Quinsana, made up
Of Hydroxyl-qunoline, sodium Dor
ate, sodium perborate and boric
acid has been followed with good
results. 1t may be powdered on
the parts, between the toes, on the
groin if crossed infection has &C.
Cured there (dhobic itch), on the
toe nails and finger nails. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
TOP o. THE MORNING

Growth in spiritual ereperience should char
acterize the life OF every Christian. . It.
could be q neverending process. . From the
moment We give our hearts to Christ until We
close our eyes upon the scenes of this World,
we should seek G1Ways to possess a greater
love TOR God and man, a clearer understanding
of the ddvine Word, a mobler character, a deep
er purity of life and thought, a greater use
fulness in service, and all the other accom-
Spirit in our Tues.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing IN
this department; They replesent ene
respondents are + NAT aii
communications m u Sc contain the
correct name and address for our
records. though the latter may be
stoned az the writer sees fit. The
star.News reserves the right to alter
anv e that for any reason Is OBJ.
;a%ctionable. Letters on controversial
subiects will not be published.