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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Nothing to Fight For"

A young draft dodger in New Orleans who
will have three years to mediate in prison
upon his attitude, told the u. S. commissioner
before whom he was brought for trial that
''there is nothing in America worth fighting
for"
Nothing worth fighting for in America?
American families sit down in peace to break
fast; children make off for school with no
terror of bombs. Business men depart for OF.
fees, housewives proceed with their customary
duties and engagements, with no fear of sci.
cure by secret police. American citizens as.
semble in meetings, freely utter their views
on politics and economics, sociology and re-
ligion, and no one may intervene so long as
their discussions are not reasonable. Ameri
cans 60 to theaters, concerts, church, play
bridge-even ~poker-attend athletic contests
mi howl themselves hoarse for their favorites
with no fear that an agent of government
will tap them on the shoulder and lead them
away as dangerous persons because their &C
tons are under a despot's ban.
These things not worth fighting for? Free
dom of action, of thought, of press, religion
business competition-the right to live one:
own life in safety and decency-these are moi
worth fighting for? Surely there is some men
tai warp in the mind of this young man t.
lead him to such a conclusion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
HERE AND There

1t you haven't received cheerful letters from
California friends recently, this may be the
reason-the 1910 census shows Florida to be
the fastest growing state.
The poem, ':In Flanders Field was first
read in the United States by E.. H. Sothern,
the actor, in Brooklyn during the first World
war.
Norfolk, Va, is the worlds largest coal port
also the leading tobacco port of the Americas;
It is the United States fourth cotton port, ane
one of he great fuel oil ports of the world
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD - The ribbers al
Metro aren't helping Jimmy Stew
arts inferiority complex a bit,
since the sneak preview of "Phila-
delphia Story at Huntington Park.
During the scene in which Stewart
finally gets up his courage and
asks Katharine Hepburn to marry
him, an anguished female voice in
the theater cried, "Oh, no! Don't
marry HIM"
And when Miss Hepburn re-
fused Stewart, there was a long,
audible sigh of relief from the fan,
who later applauded a reconcilia-
ton between the feminine star and
Cary Grant. OF course the incident
doesn't mean much, really, but it's
useful in keeping Mr.. SIS ears red.
Stewards jeering pals might be
impressed if they knew what Miss
Hepburn herself thinks of. him.
Before she left Hollywood Noel
Coward gave a party for her. Bar
bara Hutton came with Cary
Grant, Olivia DeHavilland with
Stewart. After dinner they began
playing the old truth game, and
Coward asked the guest of honor
the stock question: Who's h e
most romantic man in Hollywood
with whom you'd choose to. be
stranded or a desert island?"
Miss Hepburn said, Jimmy
Stewart" And Miss DeHavilland
didn't like it a bit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
=. British Sea C commerce.

Britain's magnificent air defense and, lat
terly, air offensive on the European continent,
have occupied so much space in the public
print and so much thought in the non-totali-
tartan world, that her other accomplishments
during the period of staggering assault by
Germany have been crowded aside.
It is with a keen sense of surprise not un-
mixed with e%lation, therefore, that we read
that British imports increased 30 million
pounds (money, not weight in September.
Despite preying German submarines and Ger
man depth bombs and mines around the Brit.
ish Isles and the perpetual attack by war.
planes, Britain landed goods of one sort and
another valued at 80, 632, 023 pounds last month.
This compares with 40, 1924, 267 pounds in Sep
TENDER last year, when the war had lust
started and the Nazi naval power had not
been organized for sinking merchantmen.
Nor was it in imports only that Britain
maintained her mastery of the seas, in mer.
cnant marine as we'll as naval strength. Her
exports also mounted in September over the
same month in 1899. Last month the tota, was
1859, 032 pounds; the year previous % 457 a2s
pounds.
what this means, of course, is that for all
his claims of establishing a blockade around
tne British Isles, Hitler has failed to make If
effective. Beside the record Of inoo;no and
outbound commerce., the losses II. c.rn.n,
nave caused in shipping los significance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Editorial Comment
LINDBERGH THE APPRAISER.
william Allen White, in Emporia Gazett

It is curious to note how completely Charles
Lindbergh has ceased to be an American hero.
He is as honest as he ever was, which is
rather above the American average. He is
as bright as he ever was. But the folks just
don't follow him. Crowds fall away from him.
It is obvious that he is not in the current
of American thought. His speech Monday call
ing for appeasement is one of a series of
public utterances that have found him on the
unpopular side of the great issue of the hour.
1t began a year ago when he advocated taking
Canada.
In his speech he complains because we did
not begin to arm when what he calls Europe
was arming." Why doesn't he say frankly
when Germany was arming" Because only
erna was arming five years ago. Obvious
ly, France, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Hol-
land and Belgium were caught unarmed by
the Hitler war machine. 1t was not Europe
that was arming. 1t was Germany. And be-
cause Scandinavia, Holland, Belgium and
France five years ago held the same high
views of Germany that Charles Lindbergh
holds today, those countries are now in ruins
and IN slavery. For exactly the same reason
that we did not arm against Germany ten
years ago, Great Britain did not arm five
years ago.
Charles Lindbergh would go further with
his public if he would be a little more frank
and. say: Why didn't we arm against Ger
many" And then ask:
Why are we arming against her now
Because the voracious. ambition of Hitler to
rule the world menaces this country and there
can be no diplomatic arrangement that he will
not dlsavoW, no treaty that he will not break,
no alliance with him is safe. The saddest part
OF 1t is that eor some strange reason, certainly
not his German distinguished medal, for Lind
bergh can't be bought that easily-yet for
some strange reason, he is blind to the fact
that Germany is the world menace and only
Germany. Also, he is blind to the fact that
the longer the United States can arm Britain
and keep her fighting, the more time we shall
have to prepare to meet Germany.
The President whom Lindbergh attacks has
recognized for three years what Americans
generally understand all too we'll today. It is
because Mr.. Roosevelt blazed the trail of pub.
lie opinion in 1887, that all appeasers today
hate him most bitterly. That is the real ami
mus behind the Lindbergh attack. 1t is not
love for Mr.. Willkie, nor faith in Mr.. Willkie.
but hatred for Mr.. Roosevelt that inspires
those who would appease Hitler and the ty.
rants. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
~"SLOTTIES" A 1
IN POPULARITY

Some months ago this depart
ment told of the beginnings of what
promised to become quite an in
dustry-slot-machine movies, with
sound.
Today there are II different
companies, either being formed Or
already in some stage of produc-
ton. Jimmy Roosevelt was the
first prominent Hollywoodsman 10
be identified with the "slotties,'
and now comes Cecil B. DeMille
with Talkitone and Hollywood
Quality Pictures, Inc. He and
some of his studio associates are
beginning manufacture of ma
chimes, and their schedule calls
for SO three-minute films during
the next IL months. The old master
of spectacle and action isn't going
to direct the pictures himself, but
he'll supervise the material.
DeMille says he's quite sure the
"slotties" won't hurt theater bust
ness, but some of the rival outfits
are not SO certain. RooseveltS
Panoram company already has
prepared two pictures which run
10 and II minutes, and there's no
technical reason why features Of
almost any length couldn't be
! shown. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Bruce Cations
In Washinqton'
Star-News Washington CORRESPONDENT


WASHINGTON Behind the runors of a
possible goodwill tour of the u. S. fleet
from Pearl Harbor 5000 miles down the Pa
cific to Australia lies the agitation to have the
U. S. fleet lease the Singapore naval base.
Strategists in Washington are beginning to
suspect Britain's struggle to retain her hold
on Suez and the eastern M-editerranean-on
which may hang the outcome of the war
could easily be decided by what the United
States does in the Pacific. And they don't
mean it would be necessary to fire any shots.
either.
Here's the way it's being figured:
Britain can spare few, if any, men to defend
the eastern Mediterranean. The Suez Canal
and the near eastern oil fields may be of
vital importance, but they will have to be
defended with men on the spot or with rein
forcerhents from Australia, New Zealand and
India. Because of the Japanese threat in the
Pacific, however, large bodies of dominion and
Indian troops must be kept at home and can't
be sent to the Mediterranean.
JAPAN KNOWS
SINGAPORE'S VALUE
Japan, however, has not yet acted. If the
United States should get in ahead of her-say
by signing an agreement for use of the Singa-
pore naval base, and putting a part of its
feet there-any japanese threat in that area
would be nullified. Should that happen, tie
Anzacs and the Indian army corps could go to
Suez and to Asia Minor in safety.
Should the U. S.. fleet be visiting in a north
ern Australian port, it would be within $500
miles, or easier striking distance of Singapore
and the effect would not be lost on the jap
anese.
Navy men here are highly confident they
could beat Japan if they had use of the Singa-
pore base. They could clamp on a tight block
ade, they believe, under circumstances which
would compel the Japanese to fight at a great
disadvantage. Further, they think the Japa-
nese are quite aware of it-for which reason
the belief. is growing here that Japan would
not force a war if the U. S. fleet should sud-
denly materialize at Singapore.
CHINESE MAY
E GASOLINE
Opinion in Washington is that reopening of
the Burma road will be an excellent tonic for
Chinese morale, although it will not com close
to offsetting the material loss China takes
through closing of the route through Indo-
China ..
Via Indo- China, the Chinese have been i'm
porting around 100, 900 tons of war materials
a year. Hardly more than a third of that guam
tity can be brought in from Burma, but chief
material importance of r%eopening the route, it
is believed, is that the Chinese will be able to
bet some badly-needed gasoline.
CHINESE GOOD
FOR LONG FIGHT
The long overland haul to Russia has been
the third rou'e by which supplies could get
in to Chin. inging things in that way is
exceedingly nsive, for the road isn't too
good, and l.. d long, long grind.
Informed circles here believe the Chinese
can 60 on fighting for a long time. They
Japanese in fortified strongholds, but they pro-
duce their own rifles, machine guns and am
munition, and they can create plenty of trou-
BILE in open warfare. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
S+ar-News Program

Consolidated City.County Government
under OoumcilM Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsville
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5.Foot Cape Fear River channel, 1oid-
er Turning Basin, NTH snip lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustatned-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported by one
countrywide tar.
shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital
ADEQUATE hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of nattre grape grouping
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdndtortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Book Highlights

What is the truth about the
fall of France There are
many answers, but two new
books 60 a long way to clear
up the picture. They are ''trag-
edy in France by biographer
Andre Maurois Harper's: q,
and Il Saw France Fall,
likewise an eyewitness &C.
count, by Rene de Chambrun
(Morrow: 81 5 o.. Frankly
Maurois charges France with
low public morality, England
with selfish pig-headness
Both countries were divided,
lacking in leadership. Cham
brun says much the same, il
lustrates in the following bit
the treachery that weakened
the Maginot Line:
The captain saw my own Magi
not badge and it only took a min
ute or SO before he was pourins
out his heart. $3.50.
4 am in the Regular Army
ne burst out, land was in com
mand of a fort in our Magino
Line which was impregnable. W.
had orders to resist if we were
surrounded. We could close ou]
doors and had enough food for one
month, and 800, 900 rounds of am
munition for our machine guns
Ever since last September we hae
been getting signals from time tt
time over Dur wires calling fol-
various courses of action, depend
ing upon the likelihood of a sud
den attack. And day before yes
terday, late in the afternoon, we
received the signal to send many
OF our men off on leave! Treason
it's treason!"
why did you leave?" 1 inquired
The captain became more and
more excited as he explained that
before dawn on May 10 the order
came through to abandon the fort
and to reform his unit b e h in d
Brussels. Il checked the order by
calling headquarters. Alas, h S
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

enc was genuine" he continued;
II had to abandon my fort without
firing a shot, without seeing a Ger
man.
And this morning l got the e&-
PLANTATION from our colonel, When
the blitzkrieg began, two OF our
bridges over the southern part OIL
the Albert Canal were not blown
up, and the German mechanIzed
units dashed over them and came
rushing down behind our line Of
forts. And that is why our gen.
eral gave us the order to desert
our posts and retreat. Cest TOR
midable, c'est formidable.' Z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
The Editors
BOX

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endorse any article appearing y
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views Of the individual readers SoI,
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records. though the latter may be
signed as the writer sees fit. The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
anv text that for any reason Is OBJ.
;%ectionable. Letters on controversial
snbiects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
DIES OF BURNS

ROCK HILL, S. c., oct. VI
Eugene Zissett, 32-year-ola
er, died in a hospital here %s
of burns received last night "' s
home. Firemen, called to Zls oak
house shortly after $3.50
found Zissett alone and In pea.
age TO the building was SH7
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

TOP o. THE MORNING
'Tis meier too late, Whi1e lfe shall last,
4 neD life to Begin;
'Tis ne'er too late to le1Ue the past,
And break With self and sin.
-ARMITAGE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27

Berlin apartment houses, we read. have
been ordered not to turn on heat until Oct. Il,
Maybe that's what Hitler means when he
says the Germans are taking the var .coollv.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
IN HOLLYWOOD

NORM won't be going back to that
shop for a long time. The emer.
aids and rubies came from the
prop department.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
Pure H2O


Pure H2O
Water, water, in every main
Sodium chloride does 1t contain
Salty water, it still remains
Even if people do complain.
Industry, business, and what not
Wane
And people, therefore, expect again
Pure H2O in every main.
Therefore city get to work!
Even if your job you shirk,
Give us pure water again
Do not wait for it to rain!
ORVILLE ROBINSON,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
THE QUESTION

ITO be or not to be? That is the
question.
Whether it is nobler in the mind
to take up arms against a sea of salt
or
Rust inside and. made the most of
it,!
N. R. N.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-21
ALL SAINTS HOLD
PICNIC TOMORROW
Pensioners to Spend Day
at Black Rock Park;
Recital Enjoyed
oAKVILLE
Correspondent; Mae villa
Babin. 1917 WsteFtOwn Avenue

oakviiie, June 2i@-The Girl
Scouts met NJ. the home Of their
captain Dfucilia Littiehales Of Edge.
wood road last evening. Supper was
cooked and many Of the girls roast-
cd peanuts while others salted
them.
Those attending were Jean Beach,
Dorothy Barkts, Dorothy Thurn-
berg, June schaffer, Doris Char.
boneau, Marjorie Brandt, Gertrude
Thurnberg, Joan Kelley, and Bar
bara Beach. Many Of the girls ore
planning 10 spend O week at camp.
Church Picnic saturday
All Saints parish picnic will DO
held Saturday at Black Rock state
Park. Those going are 10 meet at
the church at 0:30 O. m. Tra1sp0r.
tation will DO provided for those
without cars.
Lunch will consist OF sandwiches,
salads, cake and fruit. Each family
IA asked TO contribute one Of tho
above articles. PUNCH and leo cream
will be furnished.
Strawberry supper
The strawberry supper az the par
isii house Of All Saints church last
evening was attended by one hun.
dred. The sale Of books and home
made candy was o complete success.
Mrs. Whiteside's Recital
The recital last evening by Eliza.
beth Whitegide, pianist and teacher,
crowded.
Marriage Intentions
Richard Rosengrant Of H0sette
street and Evelyn Chesna Of Charles
street.
Those who are wiling 10 knit
articles for tho Red Cr0ss may got
yarn from Miss Helen Nation OF
Watertown a. she has received
shipment for socks and sweaters.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-21
Appendicitis Causes
$1,000 Deaths Yearly
Medical Experts Point Out Needless High Mortality
Suggestions Offered Persons Afflicted

could be reduced by at least so per
cent through the observance Of a
simple three-point rule. SO, in case
OF q stomach which may turn
out TO be an attack OF appendicitis,
he says 10 play safe and
Call q doctor
Remain quiet and apply an ice
bag 10 the abdomen.
Refrain from taking laxative,
food, or medicine,
SO important Is this procedure
which, DR., Armstrong stresses,
should be followed In every case
of abdominal pain. that 1t win be
brought TO the attention OF millions
OF American families during q ma
tion-wide campaign against APP
pendicitis In which the insurance
company Is participating,
Based on sound medical expert
ence, the recommended procedure is
reinforced by studies made by
health authorities. These definite
ly prove that many deaths from APP
pendicitis can be laid TO self-treat-
ilOAti dtiG VANN oOitiO VI ttlSSG NutllN
be prevented II q doctor were called
In time to provide proper diagnosis
and treatment
The use Of laxatives. DR., Arm
strong says, has probably caused
mroe appendicitis deaths than any
thing else except delay In having an
operation, A recent study OF APP
pendlcitis shows that,
When appendicitis patients took
No laXative-Only l In 90 died.
One laxative--l In 10 died.
More than one laxative---l In 0
died.
How serious Is each days delay
In hospitalizing an appendicitis pa
tient Is also shown by the study,
Among those patients who went to
the hospital at the beginning Of an
attack OF appendicitis, II was found
that
Within "a hours--Only l In 81
died.
Within 40 hours--l in "a died.
Within ~ hours--i In II died.
After 70 hours--l In 10 died.
AS one contribution 10 the nation-
wide campaign against appendicitis,
the Insurance company Is enlisting
Its thousands OF Field representa-
lives for the widespread distribution
OF the three.point rule and other in
formation about appendicitis.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-21

tools OF production, TO minimize
this inherent waste, production
costs must be kept down and II any
OF Mr.. Roosevelt's reforms" stand
In the way they must eventually be
removed.
II was n leader OF the British La
Dor Party, now In the cabinet, who
broke the sad news OF general con-
scription OF persons and property TO
his fellows. Time alone Will reveal
whether, from the management
standpoint, British industry will
function as efficiently under unlver-
sal CONSUMPTION as II would have UNI
der free private management. II ls
TO be suspected that Mr.. Alice was
forced TO accept general conscrip-
ton In order 10 break serious bottle
necks OF production, namely wage
and hour restrictions and the resis-
lance OF the labor organizations TO
the necessary innovations required
by the emergency. An excess profits
tax OF 100 Per cent, also q part OF
the new program, Us an effective
CONSUMPTION OF capital, and this
could have been imposed without In
fringing on the social reforms, had
England deemed II adequate.
Certainly, the CONSUMPTION shoe
will pinch British labor hard. There
will be longer hours. strict wage
control, no strikes, and o dictatorial
determination OF where people shall
work and what they shall do. II
American labor Ia smart II will not
fight too hard 10 maintain social re-
form ag usual. Should II do this, II
will learn that general conscrip-
ton act will pinch labor here as II
will In England.
As the defense effort develops, the
other pressure groups which have
enjoyed the presidential favor will
also have 10 be told that while the
government and the nations re-
sources are 80 engaged they can nc
longer be supported from the Treas
ury In the style 10 which they have
become accustomed. II may be that
out OF all this may come return
10 the doctrine that the people
should support the government and
not be supported by II.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-21

The German Youth Movement,
which grew out OF the defeatist atti-
tude OF the German people in the
early l920's, originally was athletic
patriotic loving, These ORR
ginal detectives were entirely trans
formed by the Nazis.
ITALIAN SYSTEM
MORE MILITARY
The Fascist Youth movement Is
similar to the NaN movement, al
though In some Of It's features, II
preceded the German.
The italian system Is much more
military,
Principal difference between the
German system and the italian labor
organization Is an the character OF
projects-the italian projects being
limited to reclamation projects al
most altogether.
Russia with so many great prob
lens OF backward, agricultural
people, has mad 10 follow tradi-
tional training for Its young men.
The Russian plan, In essence, Is to