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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
MORE FISH FOR LAKE

News that Greenfield lake will be restocked
with fish from the Federal Bureau of Fish
cries is good news from several angles.
One of the angles is that with plenty Of
minnows of the right sort in its waters mos
quito breeding in the lake will be reduced
to a minimum. Another is that by keeping
a record of increase among the several kinds
of other fish to be planted" both the fish
cries bureau and the knights of rod and reel
will know how to stock other still waters in
the area with greatest assurance of good
catches within the specified periods for fish
ing.
1t will be necessary, Of course, to strictly
observe the rules regulating fishing in Green
field lake if the best results are to be OBJ
tanned. Fish taken out of season or the keep,
ing of fish below the required size will be
against the best interests of the fishermen.
Thus, it becomes the duty of all anglers
to observe the rules as sedulously as they ex-
pect guests 10 observe the established rules
Of courtesy while visiting their homes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
MUSSOLINI FESTIVE

b The French general may have been face
tious or he may have been serious when he
said it would make little or no difference
which side she Joined should Italy enter the
war. If she was Germany's ally, the Allies
would have to send ten divisions to squelch
her, and if she swung in with the Allies ten
Allied divisions would still have to be sent
to protect her.
Whether the general was s~poofing or not,
we are likely TO have a chance to see what eff
feet Italy can have OH the fortunes of war
shortly. 1t becomes more and more apparent
that MUssoLINI cannot rest content in his
swivel chair much longer, composing trite
mottos, when he might hope to be winning
the glory of a CAESAR in combat.
And his choice of ringmate in the battle
royal doubtless will be HITLER. If he seems a
little more hasty in his decision than he was
expected to be, it is probably because he
counts the war advantage definitely with the
Nazis and wishes to be in when spoils are to
be divided.
1t is also altogether likely that he is be-
ginning to count his chickens before they are
Matched, a costly proceeding as any farm wife
could tell him. The war is far from over. We
may yet see Italy turning its coast, as it did
in the last World war, before peace comes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
LIBRARY SHELVES

Despite their known faults, it appears that
the wooden book stacks at the public library
will be set up in the library's new quarters
at the reconditioned city hall.
There was some hope that action would be
taken to replace them with modern and safe
steel stacks, but word now is that any change
will probably have to await the making of
new budgets.
The pity of this is that the present stacks
will be about as satisfactory in the new H.
brary as a tumbledown chair would be in the
living room of a new home otherwise com
pletely refurnished.
The danger of it is that the stacks are
flimsy and liable to topple at any moment. If
a patron should happen to be there when
they fell he or she, or most likely the child,
would be crushed. Personal injury claims,
doctor and hospital bills, would have to be
settled, to say nothing of the victims suf-
fering.
The wrongness of it is that the city and
county commissions have failed to find a way
to finance new stacks in time for the transfer
which would combine efficiency, attractive
ness and security.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

stamp plan would be a workable means of
solving that problem. The department already
knows what the plans possibilities are in the
case of foods; now it wants to know about
cotton.
Grower Will Get Small Share
Cotton is a different sort of problem. Most of
the money spent on the food stamp scheme
found its way to the farmer. With cotton, not
more than about 20 cents out of every dollar
will go to the grower; the rest will so to labor.
to distribution and to the retailer. It's the first
time the stamp plan has offered a cut to non
agricultural labor, which will get the biggest
slice of all.
Plan will be the same as for food stamps, in
that the same people-reiefers-wiI partici-
pate, and will get free stamps, good in any
store. along with the stamps they pay cash
for. Stamps will be good for purchases of cot
ton goods. The plan will be different in that
stamps will be distributed quarterly instead of
twice a month; also the outlets will be mostly
department stores instead of grocery stores. .
Nobody knows yet, of course, whether it will
be as popular. Nobody knows what sort Of cot
ton goods the stamp recipients will want-mat-
tresses, shirts. underwear, sheets. or what-not.
Nobody is even sure that the plan is admin.
istratively feasible. That's why it'll start
slowly.
Stamp Plan Expands
Meanwhile, the food stamp plan gives every
sign of being destined to go on getting bigger
instead Of smaller. It's expanding fast now;
is operating in SO cities, will start presently in
20 more, will probably be in 100 by July ! and
125 shortly thereafter.
Which means costs are going up. BY March
l of this year, $5.500.0O0 had been spent on it:
TO maintain it through the next fiscal yean
which begins in July, at the rate it viii te go
ing when July comes, will take anywhere from
$4,000, 600 to 800, 900, 900.
Even that doesn't tap the plans possibilities.
M r9 limo in . tito h rIo,, will ,1a,l,
only 10000 600 people-and there are 20, 900, 600
eligible in the [. S. To let them all in on it
would take around $3.50, 900, 900 a year.
Don't be too sure congress won't eventually
vote that. The plan builds up coolies of back
home pressure. This spring, when the senate
was asked to tack S., 000, 900 in stamp funds
onto the farm bill, the vote in favor was 70
to O..
The thing may easily keep on growing until
it approaches the maximum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
REGISTRATION UNDER WAY

Register now. The books are open and ready
for voter-enrollment.
1t is an old thought and oft expressed, but
loses nothing by repetition: If you don't reg
lister you can't have a voice in an election.
And if you can't vote, you are not qualified
to quarrel with an elections returns.
Registrars will be On the job up to Nav
IS, and will be at specified places on the next
two Saturdays. In addition, they will enroll
voters at their homes at all times and will
call at the homes Of ~eligibles for the same
purpose if asked to do so.
With a primary election so near, it is in
cumbent upon all eligible citizens to get their
names on the great register that the nominee
chosen then or the two authorized to enter a
runoff, are the choice of a real majority, not
merely of more thar half of a minority TAX
ing part in the ballot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

hall used by negroes for social gatherings, in
which the windows are boarded up, to stop
1t, was the fact that windows in
the Natchez hall had been sealed that &C
counted for the great slaughter. Warned by
the experience there, the negro population
here has. wisely decided to change its assem-
bly, place. But the possibility that other
buildings affording but one exit, and that be-
low standard, exist here is not to be over.
looked.
The time is appropriate to suggest that the
fire department start a systematic lnvestiga-
ton of all buildings in Wilmington to see
that standard fire escapes and other exits are
provided, and that they be installed prompt.
ly if lacking.
Heaven forbid that such a catastrophe
should visit Wilmington as that at Natchez.
But heaven can do little to stop it once it
starts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
SYMBOL AND WARNING
RALEIGH News and Observer

Fritz Thyssen, the German industrialist who
aided Hitler in his advance to power and is now
Il refugee from Hitler's government, reveals in
letters to Hitler published in Life that last
December he urged the German dictator to
turn back as long as it is still possible" He
added, "Your policy will terminate in fms Ger
MANIA Herr Thyssen may then have been eX-
eTcising wisdom, but it was a wisdom which
came late.
Thyssen as industrialist was willing to use
the forces Hitler headed when he thought they
might serve Thyssen. Then he was willing to risk
the effect of fascism on labor and his competi-
tors because he thought fascism might serve
his ends. He only developed wisdom when the
full-groWn Nazi power passed beyond the point
of serving Thyssen and included Thyssen in its
oppression. Then Thyssen urged, "Give back to
the Reich a free parliament, give back to the
German nation freedom of conscience, freedom
Of thought and freedom of speech" That came
a good deal too late.
The place to defend freedom is at the first
assault upon it. People who expect to profit by
the destruction of the freedom of others invite
the destruction of their own rights whether
they be industrialists who would exercise i'm
proper power over labor, or labor leaders who
would exercise improper power over industry
or any persons who would invade the rights Of
others in order to increase the powers they
possess. This Thyssen should be before all such
men always as warning and example.
In America the rights of labor are important
because where there are any rights secure for
anybody, the rights of all must be secure, The
same is true of the rights of industria1ists and
of all the diverse groups which are often en-
gagged IN controversy over conflicting economic
ana other interests under democracy. Their
leaders may sometimes think of sec,ri+1 in
terms of absolute victory and power over. other
groups. But when the liberty of anv mo- is 10.
stroyed, the liberty of all is end nenredl evan
the liberty of those who grab quick power in
the process. "
in exile, is symbol for the folly of . ~ = =
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
HYMNS-AND HYMNS

DR., HUBERT PoTEAT of Wake Forest, an or
ganist of note, speaking recently ct Danville,
Va, attacked the use of catch phrases in new
hymns, mentioning particularly brighten
the Corner Love Lifted Me- and There's
Power in the Blood"
These are mild examples of the tendency
to cash in by church hymnal publishers on
new tunes which cannot be termed religious
by any stretch of the imagination, and new
versiication which. as DR.. PoTEAT puts it,
are not far removed from some of the comic
songs and jingIes of the day"
There is nothing in the examples he cites
to create a religious spirit in hearer or sing
er, but they are innocuous in comparison
with one which was exploited many years
ago, proclaiming There may be flies on you
and me, but there are no flies on JESUS"
However, the point Dr.. PoTEAr makes, that
hymns in the modern idium do not promote
a spirit of worship, is well taken. Without
are worthy of acceptance, it is still appro-
pirate to note that old hymns are best for
church use. They have the solcmnity of a
MOZART Mass and are beautiful as a cathedral
window with a Westering sun behind it.
1--WE songs should be left to the jitterbugs.
not reclothed for Introduction into the church,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Star-News Program

Consolidated Cjty-County Government
under CounciLNdndger Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Sho1es.
Seaside Highuoy from WrightsuiHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, tcid.
er Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport. ria
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motionol 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 1chites.
Junior High School.
TOBACCO Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development Of natiUe grape gropin9
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Medical Care
By LOGAN CLENDENING, NJ. ID.

By LOGAN CLENDENING, NJ. ID.
Last summer [ wrote an ar,
ticle about a common summer acci.
dent, that Of a child swallowing a
pebble at the seashore or lakeshore,
and l stated that in my experience
g smooth pebble always passes out
of the digestive canal in about four
days.
[ have just been reading the re-
port of two Boston doctors who have
had a long and remarkable expert.
ence with patients who have swal-
lowed foreign bodies. They have
average period for the intestine is
kept very careful records, and they
confirm my statement that the
average period for a smooth object
to pass out of the intestine is four
days. Their experience covers such
an astonishing series of cases that
it is worth quoting.
List of Objects
I give below a partial list of the
objects which We're swallowed, the
age Of the patients, and the time
required for the foreign bodies to
pass out of the digestive tract:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
BUSES CARS

WILMINGTON takes another step toward
modernization with the substitution Oh
buses on the Wrightsville trolley llne-the
only remaining car service in the cly-py
the Tide Water Power company, and an
nouncement of changes in the route are ex-
pected to better serve the needs OF residents
along the way, especially at Winter Park.
The additional announcement that express
service will be instituted between Wilmington
and Wriehtsville Beach when the resort sea
son is in full swing and patronage demands
it shows that the operating company has a
clear vision of Wilmington's traffic situation
and of its own opportunity for advantage by
relieving motor car congestion.
With buses available at frequent Intervals
during the periods of heaviest travel it is to
be expected that more and more motorists
will avail themselves of the new service and
thus reduce crowding on the highway, at the
time lessening hazards of accident.
Among the greater advantages to the city,
however, from the change to buses is the fact
hat trolley wires and tracks will be removed
and streets on which cars formerly Travelled
he threat to safety imposed by trolley wires
will be removed. With large crews of workers
already on the job improving streets through
put the city under a new WPA program, it is
Princess street, will be under way shortly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

following fortnight. There are
no plans for expansion be-
You'd that. It's strictly an ex.
pertinent, and the war is the
chief reason for it.
Secretary Wallace figures
it like this;
War has already hit our.
agricultural exports; it'll prob
ably hit them worse as time
goes on, and may stop some
of them-like cotton-entire-
ly. If that happens, we have
Tive at home" and con-
sumo things that we used to
sell abroad. Hence. it's smart
to find out whether the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

the evils Of drink. Today, as histrio-
mic hokum aided by free beer a n d
pretzels for the customers, it is com
pleting its seventh year on a Los An
geles stage.
So RkO. Franklin. Director Ed
die Cline and a company of happy
zanies + making it into a movie
u movie that is born to be booed. In
fact, that's the big idea of it; if The
Villain Still Pursued Her wins au-
dience participation, it will be a
novelty hit.
The producers on, Gilbert Frank
lin, first got the notion and wrote
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Minstrel Is Planned
By St. Thomas High

The Holy Name Society of st.
Thomas church will sponsor a min
strel Monday night in the st. Thorn
as high school audit orium,. it was
announced last niGnt.
\ feature of the show will be the
dancing of a new tap team known
as The Sons of Rhythm"
Thelma Bell, torch singer, will
also participate in the program.
The circle will contain such we'll
known minstrel figures as Fred
Simmons, lyric tenor; Roy Pierce,
baritone and George Allen, bass.
End men will be George Taylor.
Louis Taylor, William Campbell,
Fred McRee, Jr., Major Williams
and Ernest King.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

sake, and it had a few other attrac-
tons. The original settlers and those
who came later were uniformly poor
as those who follow conscience are
likely to be-and the colony pro-
crossed slowly with no mills, no cat
tie, and no plows for agriculture.
But it was the one spot in America
where a nan could think his own
thoughts, worship God in his own
way, and enjoy an equal share in
the government. It's single street of
log houses, struggling along t h G
bay, led to the future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Book Highlights

It a myth that the American colo
MES were founded largely for re-
ligious liberty, but u of their
struggles, squabbles, the intoler-
ance of the Puritans, the friend
ship of the Quackers, the ideals of
the Baptists, etc, came not only
religious liberty but American
democracy as well. We o w G a
great deal of religion. So says En-
nest Sutherland Bates in his i'm
portant- book, really a panorama
of U. S. history, american FAITH"
(W. w. Norton: $3.50. You will
find it immensely revealing and
absorbing. Told briefly here is the
story of Roger Williams. purged
from Massachusetts because he
demanded the right to think as he
pleased;
Forwarded by friends in Boston.
Williams, too poor to own a horse,
fled on foot into the wilderness, ac-
companied only by his relative, Tho
mas Angel. 1t being a depth of Win
ter, their chances of survival SEEM
ed slight, but happily they came
upon a settlement of Narraganset
Indians who Hospitality took care of
them until spring ..s
Probably by means of mortgaging
his house and lot in Salem, Williams
able to purchase from the III
dams a considerable tract of land
which he divided equally among the
settlers at little more than nominal
rates. A covenant, drawn up by him
and signed by all, vested the gov
ernment-to deal with Civil things
only'-in the heads of households
with decisions reached by a majority
vote. Providence Plantations w a s
from the outset a miniature demo-
crazy.
1t w a s designed in Williams
words, For those who we're desti-
tute especially o conscience's
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Resolution OF Regret
Al Death OF Hufham

The New Hanover republican exc
cutive committee has adopted a
resolution expressing its sense of
the loss to the party and the COM
munity" suffered in the recent
death of Porter Hufham, U. S. com.
missioner and deputy clerk of fed
eral court here.
The committee is composed of H.
Edmund Rodgers, chairman, J. A.
Bodine, secretary, B. C. Russell, j..
H. Nigel, Don Sullivan, w. A.
Wylie, Sara Bradshaw and Joe
Eden.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not @necessari-
ly endorse any article appear.
in this department. They repre-
sent the views Of the individual
readers. Correspondents a r g
warned that all communications
must contain the correct name
and ~7dress for our records,
though the latter may be signed
as the writer sees fit. The Star.
News reserves the right to alter
any rext that for any reason is
Objectionable. Letters on con-
reversal subjects will not be
published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

S t i'll Pursued
Her
This b~urlesqued
likker flicker is
drawn from t h e
same key as The
Drunkard, or the
Fallen Saved a
melodrama i'm
ported from Eng
land by p. 7. Bar
mum and dispen:-
ed in New York in
1913. 1t was strong
stuff at that time
and ran for a year
as "preaChnlent on
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

present world who would increase
his rights and powers by helping
destroy the rights and powers of
other men. Perhaps he got what he
deserved. Certainly he serves as an
example for all other men who are
ready to be careless of the liberty
others If they can - or think
they can-set what they want in
disregard of liberty. As such he de-.
erves contemplation in America
today,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

lowed in about one per cent
cases.
Large objects may become IL
pacted and cause intestinal o6s'Eu
ton.
Treatment is largely by eApe.'
ton. Mushy foods and soft 's5'
table roughage in the form OF gree
vegetables may be given but ca'"'.
tics should never be USED. lneE d..
liable to cause intestinal moycms-'
which result in perforation.
Questions and Answers:
J. NJ. P: MY feet perspjre VIII
I am indoors in the winter and I"'I
when 1 go out they just ses"
turn to ice. Can you tell me WIZ
to use to prevent this pefsP"
tion?"
Answer These circuIat7rF
turbances of the extremities I'll,
some people more than others, 49,.
definite cause can be assigned "a
are probably due to changes "
erection of the endocrine gI4n'S'
ticularly the thyroid, Pe'SP.
feet can be helped by immSIs'o. d,
cold water to which abou.
of formalin has been @''
,ro,ooo Aoe Aycrag, Time
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

parts. William Farnum, for example,
appears as a derelict and re.enagts
THE Face on the Barroom Floor
To some Of US, this wont seem very
comical.
Numerous asides are addressed
from the screen to the audience, and
at the beginning there is an intro
ductory speech by Billy Gilbert, He
invites the customers to hiss h
heavies and cheer the righteous. He
adds that, following the perform
ance, patrons may sign temperancs
pledge cards at the box office. II
get the fans into a Cooperate.
spirit, boos and applause have been
recorded on the sound track,
Comedy Director
III His Glory
Eddie Cline, veteran comedy d.
rector, is completely happy in this
job as he works out bits Of broal
business with other slap-stick gI
perts. I watched a bellicose little fun
nyman swing on a huge bouncer an.
get tossed out of the saloon. From
tie way they worked on it yoa.
have thought they were filming TIL
Climactic scene Of a $3,000,O0o eD1I
Cline is exacting about SOM
things, easygoing about others n
one sequence keaton heads a po-&
squad seeking Mowbray, GLIMPSE
the heavy and shouts, After hL
men, AS a joke on Cline. d0rr;
the first take, Keaton and the c2II
dashed off in the opposite director
That's a great piece of business
whooped the director. 1T stays NJ
the picture"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Objects Swallowed

Miscellaneous objects were shoe
buckles, toy whistles. keys, picture
hangers, jackstones. etc.
hanger of P%erfOratiOn
Ii a foreign object is not passed
IN seven days, it is time to begin
10 worry. OF course, there is danger
VI a sharp object, such as a pin,
open safety pin, a needle or a phno-
graph needle p%erforating the esop-
i@Sus' the stomach or any part OF
Inc bowel. This, however, occur
WIN remarkable infrequency. In
'0o cases reported, perforation fol-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, April 27.-If there
We're an Academy award for goofy
entertainment, golden statuette with
handlebar mustaches a n d a Ieer
would be designed for Producer Ha-
rold B. Franklin and The Villain
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

Hon. ]. w. Bailey,
Z. S. Senate,
Washington, D. C.
Dear MIR. Bailey;
Please accept my thanks for your
wire of yesterday afternoon advis-
ing the senate had passed the Riv-
ers and Harbors bill.
Our people should be very happy
ove this, not only here in Whining
ton. New Hanover county, and the
adjoining counties, but ali over the
state.
The Cape Fear river from South
port TO Wilmington and Fayetteville
will eventually be, the means of
larger service II our producers and
manufacturers than anything else
We car think of. We should show
u appreciation to you and others
who have been influential in secur-
Ing the necessary aid for the de-
velOpment of the river, making it
possible for water borne freight, i'm
port and export, to be available for
all types OF
and manufactured to be transported
by water over this river at an album
dance of saving in transportation
cost, not only at the present time
but in The years TO come. The more
we use it, the more the savings will
be in time and money.
Please accept our sincere thanks
and appreciation.
Yours very truly.
Wilmington Oil & Fertilizer Co,
Horace Pearsall.
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