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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11

sees for postage on shortpaid mail
and the forwarding of such on re-
ceipt of postage.
Changes of addresses for the box
sections and transients are recorded
in the general delivery section, to-
gether with the daily resulting for
warding mail.
Directory service is given by the
general delivery clerk to all made
quately addressed mail not originat-
ing in the city and every effort is
made to make correct delivery of
each piece.
The personnel of the motor We
hicle complement consists of three
regular employees and n substitute.
This service is charged with the
duty of handling all the incoming
and outgoing mail to and from the
stations, the upkeep and service of
the trucks used except such as major
overhauling which is done at the dis
trict garages in Norfolk. The mail
is handled with a fleet of six trucks
which cover parcel post delivery,
station service, collection and relay
service.
City Carrier Service
The carrier service in the city
limits is one of the most unobtru-
sive yet valuable functions of the
postoffice. The Wilmington compile
ment now consists of IS regular ar-
riers and four substitutes. These
men travel an average of 6 IL miles
twice a day, and in some cases,
the routes are as much as 8 IL
miles in length for a single trip.
Mail pouches weighing up to SO
pounds are the burden of these men
as they leave the main office.
Each carrier having more than SO
pounds of mail for distribution has
one or two storage boxes. To these
boxes packages of mail prepared
by the carrier before he leaves the
main office are sent by truck and
picked up by the foot carrier when
he reaches that spot.
Two deliveries are made by foot
carriers to business and residential
sections on five days a week n
one On Saturdays. Collections OF
mail are also made by these car
riers, and aside from this, there is
one night collection by truck in
residential sections, with two day
collections and m at night for the
business sections.
The city service rendered by
the Wilmington. foot carriers covers
approximately 100 miles of travel
from the p~ostoffice per trip.
Indicating a further growth In
Wilmington, the city service has
been extended to the suour'
han sections of Oleander, Woodcrest
Country Club Pines, and Sunse'
Park. These additions give u
toulouse deliveries to several u
dred families who formerly were de
pendent either upon business 40
J dresses, postoffice boxes or rura'
service. j..
Special Delivery
Special delivery service, render
ed between the hours Of 7 a. m. ane
IL p. M, is performed by three
messengers. During December ls3:
there were 4,040 pieces of specla
delivery mail handled by these mes
sengers.
Mail is received in Wilmington" by
means of railway, star ano
rural route. There are five mails ar
irving here each day by train ano
there are as many. departures. Inc
only rural route bringing mall ron
another office is that which brings
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
ALLIES BUYING
APT TO Be LIMITED
Premium Dollar, Store Sup
plies Factors Shading Hope
OF Big Purchases
BY Cambridge Associates

WNen war was declared last Sep.
TENDER, it seemed to some that the
business mans Santa Claus had
come around the corner. The first
talk was of millions pouring into
the country in search of all kinds of
raw materials and manufactured
goods. Soberer second thought cen
tered on the possibility that the
warning countries might spend no
more than necessary in a country
whose currency commands a prem
ium.
Early in the fray, an estimate was
made by the financial division of the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce Of the investments and
cash balances of other countries in
the United States. Britain a n d
France were reported to have some
$4,000, 000, 900 between them; while
this figure may sound huge, $4,500,-
000, 900 was available in 1914.
Beyond the mere mechanical diff.
ficulty of getting the machinery in
motion there are three good rea-
sons why Allied purchases will be
limited. In the first place, Britain's
war machine was close to full gear
at the beginning of hostilities, and
materials for an extended wartime
lad been accumulated. In the Sc
cond place, trade arrangements had
been made with the sterling-cur-
rency bloc; trade returns for recent
periods show that half of the Unit.
ed Kingdoms imports ind two-thirds
Of her exports are normally with
these countries. Every means will
be sought to increase these ratios,
particularly that of imports, as long
as sterling is at a discount.
RATIONING
Finally, falling in line with Ger.
many, Great Britain is ready to in.
%augurate a system of r%ationing. Ger.
tain food-stuffs must be imported
and therefore require foreign ex.
change; consumption Of these can
be limited to an extraordinary
state.
Total foreign investments and
cash balances in the United States
ire in the vicinity of $4,000, 600, 600
The leading five nations are; the
United Kingdom, with 81, 500, 000, 900
Canada, s1,4Oo, ooO, 1000; the Neither
lands, 81, 900, OOO, 900; Switzerland
5000, 900, 900; and France, $500, 000,-
900. 1t is surprising to see such
large totals for the small neutrals
Over 81, 900, 100000 of t h e tota
amount represents purchases of in
vestments in this country from 1885,
to 1887.
Availability Of the above balance
is, of course subject to certain re
%stricting factors, and the only ba
sis on which a lively trade will
belligerents can be forecast is thai
of reciprocity. And along this par
lie many difficulties. Business me1
r generally not capable of ar
ranging barter programs. Such ar
engagements are made by govern
ments and require a great deal O.
time and patience.
Of the British and French ba
lances in the United States. about
$685., 900, 900 were in common stocks
and a total of 1920, OOo, 900 in negot,
liable securities. Much concern was
felt at the beginning of histilities
over the effect Of liquidation Of
these securities on American securi-
ty markets. 1t is now apparent
however, that the financial system
is proof against shock Of this nature
although it may hamper any tenden
'cy toward runaway markets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11

nuke postal savings, money or
Aeis increase with increased bust
heSS ana the money order business
mas Shown a steady increase
wi 'he past six years. The amount
\. nloaey sent from Wilmington to
~ Del parts of the world by means
money orders for the years indi-
Satec Is shown below:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25
CHAPTER VIII

Rreathlessly Francie dashed into
the hotel. Her father and Aunt
HAT were seated In lobby brilliant
with Indian rugs and pottery. She
told them about ousty IN q rush OF
words.
John Weston frowned. "0usty's
becoming q problem. I'm sorry the
boy showed such poor judgment.
But perhaps this will be o lesson
"You--you mean you won't help
him2" Francie gasped.
I'm not sure ! ought 10, dear '
Mr.. Weston said. "Gusty's q guest
Of this state, The ofiicer was only
doing his duty. 0usty should learn
to obey the rules without quawk-
soh, Pops" Francie moaned,
"he = he didn't mean 10 lose his
'sThe road 10 purgatory Is paved
with good intentions, Aunt Hat
said sententiously.
John Weston said, Don't worry,
Francic, 0usty will work out his
own salvation. Whatever his
faults, the boy Is self-reliant. Now
let's have O bite OF supper and 60
TO bed Wen need an early start
to make Hollywood BY day after
tomorrow,
But, Pops"
mo Francie, I've made up my
mind"
In the coffee shop Francie tried
10 force down some supepr, but
each bite choked her. Her con-
ception Of prison life had been de.
rived mainly from sensational
movies, She saw 0usty locked up
In o dirty cell discovering that
shs had taken the ticket. She saw
him, disillusioned and bitter,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25

thought. "Francie, I could, and
/ perhaps should, forbid you TO take
any part in all this. But I won't,
That would be making your de-
cision too easy. My advice Is to
sleep on 1t and be ready for dusty
In the morning.
Francie went TO her own room.
She stood by the window watching
the theater sign, now dark. Jerry
Finney was like that - something
that flashed brightly In her mind
then went out. 0usty Oair was an
ohtainable reality.
And Ousty had been so sweet
10 her ell day. Even Jerry Finney
couldn't have been more so. sud-
denly she wanted to ride with
Gusty tomorrow, ride In TO Holly
wood by his side, with no guilty
knowledge Of stolen ticket be-
tween them. Let Gusty have the
glory. Why, hadn't he admitted
that he was doing II for her?
When Francie crawled into bed
she had made up her mind. Shed
give 0usty the ticket and ask him
To forgive her.
But morning brought no 0usty
When John Weston emerged from
the coffee shop the clerk gave him O
letter. He read II, handed II 10
Francie. Prom Gusty," he ex-
"Dear Mr.. Weston, the J. p. told
me how you tried TO square things
Thanks, but I'm going to get 10
Hollywood on my own. I'm not
crying for help every time ! get
In q jam. 50 I'm moving on az
long as the old jalloppy's got gas,
and here's your 10 bucks. Tell
Francie I'll see her In the movies"
oh, Pops !" F'rancie battled
tears. I'll was going 10 give II
10 him."
I'm afraid 0usty's in for bad
time OF IT," John Weston said.
"He--he'll hate me, won't hep
ened abruptly. IT know what ]
can do, Pops. 0ustyll 60 to the
radio station. It'll wait for him
there and give him the ticket"
Francie was eager, excited. Why
1t was Just like o NOVEL Shed
haunt the studio waiting for him
waiting to sacrifice her own chance
for fame so that dusty might have
his. Gusty would forgive her and
everything would be perfect.
Her fathers. voice shattered the
dream into shining little bits: "Its
very good plan, Francie, except
for one thing, Losing this money
may make II impossible for 0usty
to get TO the broadcast on time.
II he has TO stop and earn money,
II may be days :. )"
Frrancie buried her face In her
hands. Poor Qustyl She prayed
that he would find some way 10
get there. She told herself he
would, but guilt and remorse over
whelmed her.
Ito BE Continued
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25
STAMP NEWS

THREE years ago Adolf Hitler
- Joined philately's picture gal.
lery with the FIRST Hitler birthday
commemorative stamp. Shown
above Is the fourth stamp Of the
series, a semi-postal released
April 20, 1910, celebrating the
dietator's 5lst birthday. The
stamp pictures the Reichsfuehrer
pattlng a little girl who Is giving
him present and flowers.
Those four stamp issues cover
Notwithstanding events In the ca.
reer OF the one.tlme Austrian cor.
poral. Hitler's pledge to respect
Belgian neutrality, given In Ccto.
Der, 1897, was worth less than the
stamps.
His 4oth birthday saw Hitler o.
ruler Of Austria. The converse.
lions ct Munich took place In the
same year, and Mails won the
Sudeten area Of Czechoslovasia.
A month before his 50th ami.
versary, the Relchsfuehrer took
over the remainder Of C2echoslo.
vakia, and Lithuania surrendered
Memel. April, 1880, also saw Hit.
Ter denounce the Polish non.ae.
erosion pact and the British naval
agreement. Invasion Of Poland
brought French and British decla.
ratlons Of war on Sept. 8.
Hitler celebrated April, 1910, by
invading Denmark and Norway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25
Rebelyahs Meet

Marion Rebekah lodge will observe
i1eAghbor's night Thursday evening
IN Odd Fellows hall. The followi..a
lodges viii be guests: Martha lodge
plainville; Ruth lodge, Bristol; Unity
lodge, New Britain, and Aquilla
lodge, Wallingford. The visiting lodg-
e viii furnish the entertainment
after which refreshments will b.
served.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25
HIREDox NO. elee STOLEN

Philadelphia (Up)-philadelphla
police are searching for Fire-box No.
o1e9. In . trafflc accident here, an
automobile crashed into &C. During
ne excitement. someone stole the
boz--post and all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25
MARY PATIERNO
GUEST AT FETE
Bride OF Next Saturday
rendered Reception OF
Home OF Parents
CHESHIRE NEWS
Hubert Rigney
Cheshire Phone SS4

Cheshire, June 26-Miss Mary Pa.
tierno, who will become the bride OF
Michael Finelli oil Waterbury, Satur-
day at 0 o'clock In st, Brigid's
church, was honored at reception
given by her parents Mr.. and MRS.
Nicholas Patierno OF Warren street.
Those attending included: Mr.. and
MRS. Anthony Finelli, Mr. and Mrs.
Patriot santavrenere, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dominic Papiano Mr., and Mrs. Jo-
seph scuillo, Mr.. and Mrs. Rocco Pa
gano, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Caparasso,
Mr.. and Mrs, Stephen Barber, Mr..
and Mrs. julius Kreiger, Mr. and
Mrs. Dominic Diorio Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Hornbecker, Mr.. and Mrs.
Romeo Minicucci, Mrs, Rose D'Amieo,
Mrs. Rocco Labriacco, MRS. Nancy
Gallo, Mrs. Virginia Pesce, Mrs. MI
chAel Salvatore, Mrs. Justina Chin.
carello, Mrs. Thomas Chieffo, Frank
MARITIME, Frank Curti, Miss Jennie
Gallo, Mr.. and Mrs. Christy Carogga
and Miss Josephine Chincarello.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Tassmer OF Ma.
pie avenue announce the birth OF O
son Monday morning.
MIR. and Mrs. George Close OF
Ridgeview Place had as their week.
end guest their daughter, Miss Bet
W Close Of New York City.
Picnic Saturday
Rev. Or. Norman 8. Howell, rec
tor Of 81. Peters church, and Miss
Alice Carey will DO In charge Of the
annual picnic Of the church school
~ Recreation park In southington
June 40.
Misses Nancy ueiger and Helen
Meyer and Ralph Davis, Arthur
Smith and Donald Code, are at the
University OF Connecticut as repre-.
sentatives OF the CONGREGATIONAL
church at the Young Peoples Con.
ference.
Members Of Quinniplac tribe, Red
Men, win meet In the new clubhouse
this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman A. Taylor
and Miss Marion Taylor OF Jarvis
street and Miss Betty Rigney OF Ma.
pie avenue are spending O few days
at Bantam Lake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25

me Winns named Russia for the
Nwedes. A small colony was found.
- on The pnieper 81 Swedish trihss-
men and the Films called the colon-
isla "Rhu0tsl." Later this became
Hos. and then rus" which
meant roHegs 90 aoafareEe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25
CR AMllJM
CRAckE RS
How's YOUR VOCABULARY,

H0w's YOUR voCABULARYs
The English language 10 rich In
synonyms. Give Ave for each Of the
following words:
/. Aggregate. (Noun)
2. Clunasy.
3. Eccentric.
4. Hungry.
8. Soft.
Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25
CAST or CHARACTERS

OA5A ~ VAAAasnSASSS
FRANUrE wEsToN--a GIRL with
. voice and ambition 70 crash
the movies.
0UsTY GAR = garage mechanic
who can give out on q trumpet
JERRY FTNNEY - Movleland's
youngest glamor man.
YESTERDAY, Francie drives
Fer Gusty and they have . de-
lightful day. AZ dusk they reach
the mountains, park on q curve.
0usty n Just about 70 kiss
Francle when q state trooper In
terrupts, lectures Gusty for park.
ing on q curve. Gusty talks back
and The trooper threatens \
fine and q night In jail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman A. Taylor
and Miss Marion Taylor OF Jarvis
street and Miss Betty Rigney OF Ma.
pie avenue are spending o few days
At Bantam Lake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-25

Members Of Quinnipiac tribe, RED
Men, win meet In the new clubhouse
this evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-24
WSTRlAl PEACE
WHOSE TERMS?

81. I. Carrasco, state labor commits
oner, declared IN Ell Centro this week
that unionzation of agriculture, Stabih-
zatlon OF the labor supply and concilia-
ton Of labor disputes will bring indus
trial peace.
With stabilzation of the labor supply
and conciliation of labor disputes. no.
body will quarrel. They are obiectives
which should be sought by every person
who wants To see industrial problems
solved
Unlonlzauon oI agriculture is another
matter. That it would advance the n-
dustrlal peace problem one inch toward
solution IS open 20 grave argument.
Unionization of the san Francisco Wa
terfront certainly failed TO bring peace
there. 1t had lust the opposite effect.
1t created radical strife for which San
Francisco has been forced to pay mil
lions of dollars in damage
Los Angeles, where unonization has not
made nearly the headway il has gained
IN San Francisco, has been-by compari-
son-as free from labor disputes as a
flSh Is from feathers.
Is there any reason TO think that apri-
cultural unionization would bring peace
10 agriculture any quicker than maritime
unonlZatlOn brought peace To san Fran
cisco? We think not.
Imperial Valley farmers never have.
90 not now and probably never will OBJ
Ject to unlonizaton of their employees.
What they do object to is the attempts
unions have made to gain control of the
business Of agriculture by debating who
shall be employed, how they shall be en-
ployed, under what conditions they shall
work and how much work they shall do.
A man who cannot hire competent
employees and fire incompetent ones can
not operate his business as it should be
conducted. The average farmer asks
nothing more Of the world than that it
let him mind his own business
Unionization of agriculture may help
to bring industrial peace. but before un-
ionization anywhere can bring peace of
any kind, the unions are going to have
to learn that contracts are not made to
be violated at will. that a man whose
business makes twenty dollars a day
cannot pay out fifty dollars a dav in
wages, and that every man has right
to hold any job he is fitted for whether
he belongs to a union or not.
Industry and agriculture are willing
to welcome industrial peace with open
arms, but there can never be peace until
it starts within the unions
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-24
TEMPEST IN 4 TEAPOT

A congressional committee Investigate
ing the National Labor Relations Board
was shocked to find the other day that
trial attorney hired by the board had
never tried anything but one lonely un-
contested divorce case in any court be-
fore he got his appointment
Somehow, we cannot see that it makes
much difference
The labor board attorneys with twenty
years experience don't seem TO have done
much better than the voungster with
nothing to back up lis powerful posi-
tiop.
You can get good men who haven't had
much experience, Or YOU can get poor
ones with lifetime of ii.
Trouble with the labor board. it seems
to get the poor ones with a lifetime of
experience, and then. just 10 keep them
company, go out after the inexperienced
ones who aren't so good, either
What the labor board needs is some
body who knows how to pick good men.
regardless Of experience.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-24
THlS.lS A WAR
OF WAITING

(ChrlStlan Science MOnitor)
There is no factual basis for the re-
current suspicious in America and else
where that what is going ON in Europe is
4 sham or "phonv" war.
Why, then, the amazing calm that has
prevailed in the western theater of mill
tary action? What is the reality behind
two recent French Jokes: that civilians
ask when the war will be over while sol
dlers inquire when it will begin and that
the Japanese make war without declaring
it while the French declare war without
making it:
II Is possible 10 play the game uI ci.reS.
which is modelled on War in TWO WAYS
There can be a swift trading of pieces or
each PLAYER may hold his main pieces III
reserve. merely sacrificing pawn here
and there. 1t is the second method that
has been preferred by the beligerentS
IN the present war.
ParadoXical as it may sound. it is the
potential deStructiveneSS of war that has
made it 50 relatively bloodless up to the
present time. Each side holds back with
It's OWN engines OF destruction partly
from fear of reprlSals.
For Britain and France this waiting
policy can easily be rationalized. Every
month without serious fighting means
more trained soldiers and more muul-
uons. For Germany the advantages Of
delay, apart from TIE opportunity of
improving the training of its troops, are
not SO clear. But Herr Hitler may hope
to develop. by threats and cajolery, a
kind Of continental blockade system
against Britain, to strengthen Germany's
political and economic links with the
Balkans. To test out Russia as q purveyor
Of supplies and as in recent weeks to
attack British naval power. Or he may
simply wait for something to turn up"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-24
Famous Sayings
Willis Thomtons Editorial On:
Truths Disguise

II the people OF Russia are under
some misconceptions about the
Russo Finnish conflict, here are a
few reasons why. The following are
excerpts from Pravda. official Com
munist party organ
Our people love the Red army
and spare nothing for consolidation
Gi its might"
The Soviet people will read with
love and admiration the names OF
It's daring sons fighting under the
victorious banners of the Red army
Tor liberation of Fmland's toilers
from oppression OF the Mannerheim
&an9 ant. for tho security OF our
northwestern frontiers"
every warrior lighting against
The White Finna perfectly realizes
hla honorable international duty"
The tollcrs Of FINLAND regard the
Red army as their liberators from
the monstrouS oppression of Finnish
capitalists, landlords. and their in
spirerS. British and French impcr-
ialiSts."
That's Joe Stains idea of the
truth. It's the only kind of news"
the Russian people are permitted
10 read
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-24
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Dissects the News

WASHINGTON. - Only the sur
face has been scratched in the fed
eral investigation of espionage by
Communists. according 10 insiders
here.
Nicholas DOzenberg, one of the
party big-silots who pleaded guilty
to passport fraud in New York a
week ago, got his sentence deferred
on agreement to help the govern
nent III its probe. If he tells all
he knows, it is believed here. he
can help plenty.
Dies committee investigators have
full aoSsier on Dozenberg. They
assert his espionage ring had agents
ir high government departments
and agencies here, and that he was
regularly getting photostatic copies
OF government documents for trans
mission to Russia. Papers were
photographed by miniature cameras,
they say. and the films were sent
overseas.
They were working out scheme
TO trap one Of these agents in the
act Of getting films to Dozenberg
when Omen sprang their own trap
and pinched him. You'll undoubt-
cdly hear more about this when
the Dies committee gets its new
appropriation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-24
PEOPLE NEED
THE TRUTH
Ocean Beach NcW-S)

Ocean Beach NeWS)
The spiritual need for truth has be-
come more vital in some countries of the
world today than the human desire FOR
daily bread.
In fact, robbng the peoples of entire
nations of the truth and feeding them in
stead on lies and mass propaganda has
resulted in actual physical starvation
for millions
In this age Of ruthless dctatorS, whose
Very existence and cOntro! depends upon
the constant spread of untruths and mis-
information among their peoples, denial
of the right TO truth has produced far
more horrible misery than would the
loss of bread. The dire need of truth
OvershadowS all else-Once it is lost to
a people.
Despite human errors and failings of
some, the vast majority Of newspapers
in the country have held the torch Of
truth high They have eXertrd effort
to convey accurate and reliable facts to
the people. Even in their individual edi-
,oriaI XpreSSions-whch are entirely
apart from The news co!umn>---+}lev have
expressed their honest opinions in the
public welfare They have constantly
striven to build their communities and
the nation, and in so doing merit public
confidence and support
Well may We in America be thankful
for press which is free To print and
defend the truth for its people