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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-09
VANDYKE CASE HEARD IN
June COURT TERM HERE

The VanDyke suit was brought by
R. E. VanDyke, administrator OF the
estate Of his l5-year-old son, against
The Atlantic Greyhound Corpora
ton and L. N. Robinson, the former
owner and the latter driver Of the
bus that figured in the collision with
the youth. Charles VanDyke, in which
the lad was fatally injured, dying
soon after reaching the hospital here.
Damages asked were $4,000.
The accident occurred on the eN-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-09

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action if any necessity arose.
The Senate passed legislation au-
thorizing organization OF home
guards within states whose National
Guard units nave been called into
federal service. The measure now
goes back to the House Tor action
on Senate amendments.
In the House. Democratic leaders
abandoned temporarily at least
plans to recess or adjourn, Speaker
Ravburn saying they were actuated
bv .."~o~~-,. s.'tfici-.., t. us.
The cnlei senate change in the
home guards measure as previously
passed by the House was d provision
giving the Secretary of War control
over the proposed new military units.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-09
VanDyke
Appeal Lost
Continued from Page One)

firmed; State eX rel Woodward VS..
Hunter, ct al, Johnston, reversed;
Hodges ct ais VS.. Stewart ct ais, Har-
nett. affirmed: Shoemaker VS. Goats,
Johnston, affirmed: Manning VS.
Hines, Wayne, affirmed; Thomas vs..
Railroad company, Wayne, affirmed;
Lee Ell al VS.. Stewart, Johnston, re-
VerSed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-09

Or the 100000 acres of small grain
harvested in North Carolina annual
", between 100000 and $4,000 acres
are produced in the Piedmont coun-
ties. says Z. c. Blair Of State College.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-09
Cotton Prices
Again Lower

New York. Oct. 9.-(AP)-Cottoh
futures opened l to . lower.
Around noon the market was un,
changed to lower, October w.
March 9.55, July 9.46.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-09

Senators said this would meet Il
complaint by organized labor that the
House bill would have made possible
formation of ''vigllante" groups to
SUPPRESS unions.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-09
Stock market
Leaders Slip

New York, Oct. 9.-(AP)-Stock
market leaders with a few exceptions
slipped slightly today. .,
An early downturn. accomplished
in somewhat Of a brisk manner, STALL
cd when steels and motors suddenly
stirrened. Toward the fourth hour
trends were static.
Among the Stcadier shares were U.
s. Steel. General Motors, Chrysler, U.
c, r,,ll,,,. .,,d AD,o,.ican TeleDhOne
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-09

Paul Louis WELLER, head If tho
Gnome ct Rhone Airplanc and
Motor Company, was arrested by
the French government at Yichv
and informed. Marcel Block, mann
facturer of French bombcrs. was
accorded the same treatment ~
the government continued its drive
to fix the blame for Frances Lack
of preparedness.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-09
Recess Plan
Goes Ahead

Continued From Page -OneH
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Costly Delay

It is understandable that some delays would
occur in preparing for any major public I'M
provement. Great projects do not blossom
overnight. Perfecting arrangements takes
time. The important thing is to start early
toward any objective, so that decays may not
become a stumbling block.
Thus, had arrangements for an armory been
started sooner the present delay, While the
CITY and county governments hunt for common
ground of cooperation, would not now hold up
the undertaking and jeopardize the project
itself.
There is no good reason why the city ana
county boards could not have determined their
Joint or separate responsibility long ago. An
armory has long been in the official eye,
purchase, of the Marine Hospital tract long
considered. The method to be employed In
ACQUIRING the land and placing the burden
of construction could have been decided well
in advance, so that when the project won ap-
proval in congress the machinery for it would
already have been set up.
This is not said in recrimination. Both city
and county boards are to be planned for lack
of foresight, to be sure, but that is, as we
saw. water over the dam. The matter is
brought up to point the very urgent need for
better planning-for a look ahead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

sporting blood in his veins would call that
nitching duel a fitting climax to a hectic
race.
Baseball historians, digging out the records
to find another year like this one, tell US
that back in 1908 things were even more
breath-taking. Well, that was a long time ago.
AS far as this generation is concerned here
are no complaints that the game ought to
send more chills up and down our backs.
Count it as a net gain, too, that the Yankees
have been dethroned. Last year, when they
won the American league pennant and went
on to the worlds OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
talk was that they were too good and some
thing would nave to be done about 1t. Some
thing has been done about it, without the help
of artificial measures, to the benefit OF the
sport.
All credit and congratulations to Detrolts
Tigers and Cincinnati's Reds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Tiger! Tiger!

That victory over the Cleveland Indians that
made the Detroit Tigers champions of the
American league was Of a piece with the kind
ct baseball season the majors have given us
this year. Even the fans who saw the home
club 60 down to defeat got their moneys WORT.
in thrills.
The Indians had little more than a fighting
chance, it is true, but that fact only heightened
the excitement. And when the best that Bob
Teller could do was pitch a three-hit game
that was not quite good enough, while a rookie
Detroit hurler by the name of Floyd Giebell
was chalking up a shut-out, anybody with
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Editorial Comment
WELLES SPEAKS OUT
Asheyille Citizen

Rarely. if ever, has the American public
been treated to a clearer exposition of United
States foreign policy than in Undersecretary
Sumner Wales Cleveland address. Mr.. Welles
was thoroughly candid. He sharply defined
Americas requirements both in Asia and in
Europe. There could be no mistaking from
mined to pursue a vigorous and consistent
course in the realm of international relations
This program has two specific detectives.
First, the United States demands respect for
its rights under the Nine-Power Treaty on the
Asiatic continent. Second, America is commit
ted to the material Strengthening of Great
Britain to enable her to combat aggression
in Europe and in the Mediterranean. Both
policies are compatible. In redefinition they
set before the world the detectives of Ameri-
can democracy, rid of complacency and avid
ly aware of it's role in a world where interna-
tional boundaries no longer curb the ambitions
of agressor nations.
If, in truth, the new Axis agreement is
aimed at the United States, Mr.. Welles' words
are its sharpest rebuttal. We are preparing,
be hoped, will not be of a belligerent nature.
said the Undersecretary of State, for any
eventualities." These ''eventualities," it is to
If they are otherwise, Americas position has
been made clearly apparent. In Mr.. Welles'
words was the plain affirmation of Americas
of international morality. In a world atrnos-
phere poisoned by appeasement, past and pres
ent, his statement contains the refreshing viri-
lily of American democracy aware of its capa-
bilities and bent upon achieving its goal. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
ON TRIAL
in EASLEY DEATH
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challenges by the defense. Tonight
when all available juror had been
called, Judge John J. Burney or
dered that Is additional men be
summoned for jury duty and Sc.
lection Of the panel will be re-
sumed tomorrow m orning at 9
o'clock.
District Solicitor David Sinclair
said that the four negroes, who
allegedly assaulted Easley a few
weeks before his death, are be-
ing charged with murder. assault
with a deadly weapon with intent
to kill and resisting an officer.
Judge Burney again today de-
ferred sentencing four young men
Glen Walker, William Guthrie,
Johnnie Stokes and George Gynge
Lem-who were convicted yester-
day of charges of storebreaking
and robberies in this section.
A number of other minor cases
were tried at the morning ses-
sion. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
The Nazi Way

NorWay's rulers have now solved the prob
lem of how to govern the unwilling people of
this once free and still proud nation. Tired of
set up a despotism much on the lines of the
approved Hitler model.
BY decree of the high Nazi commissioner
King Haakc1 has been deprived of his throne
and the Norwegian parliament simply erased.
In their place Major Vidkun Quisling, whose
traitor, assisted by Is commissioner appoint
ed by Hitler's representative. will conduct al
fairs in the name of the new Nasjornal Sam
ling, or National Union.
This government, of course, will function
only as a means of relaying Hitler's orders to
the Norwegian people. The Nazi high COM
missioner admits as much by his warning
that Norway cannot hope to regain any degree
Of freedom and independence except through
the National Union. which appears to be SINH
lar to the National Socialist party in Germany.
Norwegians will not be fooled by this, but they
understand-that they must do what they are
told or get worse treatment.
Possibly there are some slight differences
between this latest Nazi invention and their
previous experiments in government. The Nor.
Wegians may enjoy a little less latitude than
the Danes or the Slovaks, a little more than
the Czechs, much more than the Poles, who
are considered fit only for slavery by the
leaders Of the German god-race. At that, they
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
A Bad Bargain

Considering what Japan has had to pay for
considering also the doubtful value Of what
she has received in return, it is easy to under
stand her desire that the people of the United
States be properly impressed by last weeks
pact. Obviously Japan desperately wants us
to be frightened.
This hope is frankly expressed in the Japan
Times, which says that the American people
may now sit back and take stock OF the
state department., which has SO bungled its
international affairs that it has made an enc
my of Japan, involved Great Britain in new
difficulties, done no good to the United States,
and brought the war perilously close to the
Pacific ocean, In other words, Japan would
like to have us so worried that we will change
our course.
1t will be a shock to Tokyo if the result
is otherwise, for Japan is now obligated to
fight the United States if this country should
attack Germany and Italy. That really
means that Japan would have to bear the
brunt of a war involving the United States,
even if she is not the object of American
policy. But if Japan considers herself attacked,
what help can she get from Germany and
Italy as long as Britain rules the sea?
1t is a bad bargain the Konoye government
has made, at least on its surface. Unless
Japan has been assured that she need not
fear Russia, she has traded something for
nothing. 1t may be true, then, that Hitler
forced this alliance on Tokyo by threatening
that unless Japan came into the Axis she would
make a peace with Britain that would end all
hope of a new ORDER in East Asia.
In any event, this treaty reflects doubts on
the part of all three signers. There is con-
siderable comfort in that thought for Ameri-
cans who must now see, more clearly than
ever before, where our danger lies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
READY
FOR DEFENSE JOB
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pend in large part both their for
tunes and the course of their lives
in years to come.
This being so. the question arises:
Are the railroads Of America ready
to meet what may eventually prove
to be their greatest test? From
what 1 know and from all 1 can
learn, 1 believe 1 can assure you
that the railroads Of America today
are perhaps better prepared to meet
the defense needs Of this country
than any other single unit of our
national economy.
TT is interesting to know that the
national defense program, as present
ly outlined, will require, it is esti-
mated, an average of approximately
$4,000 cars per week, or only 4 per
cent of the average weekly loadings
in 1899.
Your railroads today are ready
to meet any situation that can be
%foreseen. in either peace or war;"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
SteriliZers Needed

The spread of colds and throat infections
which is attributed to the present inclemen1
weather, directs attention to Wilmington's pub
lie health regulations and particularly to one
which is not generally observed.
The ordinance provides that all drinking
glasses used in places of public refreshment-
restaurants, cafes, drug stores, etc.-shall be
sterilized after each service. It's a wise pro-
vision, capable of reducing the spread of colds
in all their vicious forms and even more SER
ious diseases, more notable for disobedience
than observance.
Some drug stores, a few restaurants, have
sterilizers and obey the ordinance. Some
others use only paper cups which are thrown
away after use. But Wilmington has other
establishments where drinks of one kind and
another are served where a rinsing in warm
water is the sole treatment drinking glasses
are subjected to.
Recently a glass was purchased in a res,
taurant and put under a microscope. 1t dis
closed a variety of disease germs-including
tubercular bacilla. Doubtless the proprietor
believed he was doing all that is necessary
when his glass went into a clean porcelain
vat filled with steaming water and soap pow
der. But his glass was a menace to the health
Of any user.
Sterilizers should be required in all places
where drinks are served. Any places which
rebelled should be closed in the interest OF
the public health. And now, with winter COM
ing on. and the inevitable large increase In
colds that winter brings, is the time to start
a crusade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Governmen
under Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck ana Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrightsuiHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cope Fear River channel, Uid
sr Turning Basin. Nth ship 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 s~ustdined-yteld 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 native grape 0roWing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sandtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Quotations

Virtual CONSUMPTION of large incomes we
already have. The next step must be a con-
siderable advance toward CONSUMPTION of small
and medium incomes.
DIR. v. o. Watts, for the Los Angeles Cham
Der of Commerce..
power over Europe and possibly the world
are socially >uprooted usurpers. They come
from the no-man's land that lies between the
classes.
DR.. Hans Speier, sociologist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

we need leaders, but they will be
of no avail if we have not got de-
+cency, morality, and self-reliance
ourselves.
Democracy cannot win out in this
world Of today, nor can we maintain
our freedom it we are not free in
our own souls and lives, and we are
not free in Jul souls if we are look
ing for easy money, easy jobs, dirty
political deals, feeding at the public
trough at someone else's expense if
we can work ourselves, and all the
rest of what has been replacing
what the Frenchman I started with
found here. I am not speaking of
the necessarily unemployed at the
moment Or of politics, but of funda-
mental morality.
Democracy is the only form of life
humanity has found in which it can
have freedom of speech, thought,
religion, and the right to be ones
self. If that goes, all I care for in
life goes.
The trouble is not with democracy,
as I see it, but with the deteriora-
ton of our own characters. What
we need to make us an efficient and
powerful nation is not a change in
our form of government, but a
change in our own hearts and
desires.
l am not preaching a sermon, but
talking only as an American profess
sional man who loves America and
wants to keep alive the American
Dream which has been the finest
mankind has yet dreamed.
] an not speaking of candidates
or leaders of other sorts. I am think
ing of just every one of us in private
life and as 1 have watched democracy
and America here, and been in many
other countries, I more and more
believe that the fate of democracy
in the world and of a life for free
men lies with no leader, no con
|queror, but just with you and ne and
Oil tIS ICSl VI us OluIIidIy
cans, and how well we car discipline
ourselves in our lives and what kind
of people we turn out to be.
Hex Beach takes a look at Hitler's
blueprint for living, and comes Nm
with greater appreciation for the
American way of life, in the next
article of this. series on Our COun-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Brickhouse To Meet
With Farmers Club

c. M. Brickhouse, district farm
agent, will meet with the Farmers
club Thursday night. Oct. 8, at 1880
O'Clock, it is announced by County
Farm Agent Ralph GaIphin.
The district agent Viii discuss the
1941 program.
The reports will be made at the
meeting by the maj ketins committee
on the adoption of brands and stand
ards to be used for vegetables.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

after a few days asked him what impressed him most.
He said at once, THE way everyone of every sort
looks you straight in the eye" Another incident. I had
an Alsation who delivered goods to my apartment
and talk with me, and he said once, This is America.
In Germany 1 would leave a parcel at the servants
entrance and never be able to sit in a room like this
and talk, man to man, to a person like you"
I believe in this way of life, in what America
does for people, and in our democracy. We have built
a sort of society in which all can make the most of
themselves in the way they want and are able to.
Our democracy to me is our most precious posses
sion. 1t and not national wealth or foreign trade is
America. 1t can be taken from us in two ways-by a
discipline imposed on us by some man or group, the
Nazi and Fascist way, or by our failing to use self
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
COMMITTEE URGES
MORE BRITISH AID
CONTINUED from Page One)

tNOlkkkxluCu L 1AS OAAS
threat" and on the grounds that 1t
is Timely and conservative and
points us to a definite foreign pol
ICY"
]. C. Hobbs, formerly a legisla-
tor from this county and an cleo
trical contractor, urged that the
resolution make plain that the COM
mittee does not wish the naval
strength of the United States weak
ened in the Pacific in the face Of a
japanese threat.
Fechtig, defending the resolution,
said that no such weakening OF
Pacific ocean forces is necessary.
II have great confidence in the
people in Wilmington" he said.
They know what to do and can do
it without weakening the Pacific
ocean forces.
There is no doubt we are going
into this war;" he reiterated. I'VE
shouldn't sit here and be towards.
To sit here and parley about such
things when we are able to do
something is silly"
Milton Calder warned that the
United States is not yet prepared
to declare war, and w. D. Mac
MILAN, chairman Of the group, took
the floor to point out that the reso.
luton did not call for a declaration
OF war but merely the use of U. S.
warships to convoy food and mate
rails to Great Britain.
Carl H. Davis, solicitor general
of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad,
urged that the matter be suggested
to the President with a request
that "he do whatever is necessary"
but without a demand that the
resolution be put into effect.
The Rev. E. W. Halleck, hitting
at congressional delay, approved
the resolution, saying it is what
we should have been doing long
ago.
Richard B. Gwathmey, also OF
the ACL legal department, urged
caution, asking that the resolution
be made as a suggestion to the
President, with a promise of back
ing ii he should see fit to carry it
out.
Pigeon Love, inland waterway
boat operator, urged the group not
to soft pedal this thing. Shipping
men tell me that planes and am
munition are going to England now
in English bottoms. We should
make a stand that is clear and de-
cisive."
Several calls for the question fol-
lowed and on the vote there were
Ayes" and Noes with the chair
ruling that the ayes predominated.
The group then endorsed all pre-
vious actions of it's executive com.
mittee and any future aid which
this nation can give to Great
Britain.
The question of the resolution
came after W. D. Macmillan, chair
man, has made a report on all past
activities of the organization here
and on his recent trip to Washing
ton when similar representatives
from other such groups over the.
nation conferred with President
Roosevelt and Secretary of State
Hull relative to aiding Great Brit
ain in the current war.
On completion of his report the
group gave him a voice Of conf
dence and authority to appoint n
committees he may feel necessary
for the successful prosecution OF
the work of the organization.
For the second time in two weeks
the committee as a whole elected
a new member to the executive
committee. Last week Ppmeroy
Nichols was elected to fill the va.
cancy created by the death Of
George Kidder. Yesterday the
members elected Tom Orrell to
fill the vacancy left by the death
If e AK~KYE1A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

will not be much worse off than the Germans
themselves.
For the Nazis know only one method, and
that is tyranny. They lack either the patience
or the capacity for anything better calculated
to earn the respect of their victims. It is a
principle that has always failed, in the long
run.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
AGED WOMAN DIES

CHICAGO, Oct. L. Up A death
certificate today gave Mrs. Dolores
Diaz Ledasma's age as 115 when she
died Saturday. 1t said she was born
at San Louis, Mexico, March Is, 1925.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
TOP o. THE MORNING

our attitude OF nina toWdrd it.
REV. ANDREW HOWELL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
o America and

I do not believe that democracy and what I call the American Dream
mus fail e a preserve them if we want to- but in order to d so We
nus discipline ourselves, Or somebody will discipline US and take ON
Way If life from us
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

Americans Need Only Change
Of Heart, Not Of Government
Writes James Truslow Adams
BY JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS
Author of March of Democracy "The Living JEFF
of Amerjca." etc.

OF America, etc.
What does America mean to me? 1t means everything, but above all
a way of life. 1t means the chance to be yourself and to make the most OF
yourself you are capable of without being told what you are to do or
how to do it.
Many years ago I brought a young Frenehman to America and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
WEATHER
Continued from Page One)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-(P-N. cath
err bureau records of temperature ard
rainfall for the 81 hours ending s p. M:
HiUh In1u Prer
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

Hex Beach takes a look at Hitler's
blueprint for living, and comes Nm
with greater appreciation for the
American way of life, in the next
article of this. series on "Our COun-
try"