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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28


20 large ones. With an improved
channel to Il feet, these boats may
enter and leave the inlet without
waiting for tides, which not only
increases their hauls in quantities
of fish, but likewise provides safer
harbOrs in bad weather and avoids
the hazards of waiting in stormy
weather outside.
The improvement was for the
fishermen with, of course, the gen
eral benefits resulting to the public
in a more abundant and cheaper
supply of sea food, giving employ
ment to many more fishermen and
what is more important, although
not possible of ev~aluating, the say
ing of lives of those humble and
hard working fishermen.
The corps of engineers favorably
| recommended the construction of .
channel IL feet deep and 200 feet
wide at. Drum inlet. and the work
was completed by the engineers il
March, 1910.
Similar Conditions
4 Somewhat similar conditions eX
listed at Lookout Blight, Robinson
Channel, and other places. Provid-
ing safer channels for the fishermen,
~augmenting the supply of fish, and
permitting more frequent trips were
the aims of the U. S. engineers in
providing these small and compare
lively inexpensive channels.
Work is in progress at the pres
ent time dredging a channel through
NEW River inlet. Approximately sim
liar conditions existed here as al
| Drum Inlet.
Fishermen going through the
shallow existing inlet for fishing
outside would sometimes he required
to wait hours for high tide to cross
the bar. In bad weather this wait
was hazardous.
The U. S. engineers are now
dredging a new channel through
mean low water and 80 feet wide
at the bottom. 1t is expected to
have it completed within two or
three months.
The new channel will permit a
safe passage for the boats with
out waiting for tides, and what is
almost equally important, will
cause a greater inflow of salt water
into New river, greatly improving
the character of the shell fish. 1t
is generally believed that the i'm
proyement will again bring the
famous New river oyster back to
the former position it held a few
years ago.
Fishing is a real industry in east
ern North Carolina. For magnitude
and variety it is probably not sur
passed in the world.
Many Times Repaid
Results from the expenditures by
the U. S. engineers have been re-
paid a hundredfold in cheaper and
better fish, more employment to an
important class of hard working
Americans and no NEAR factor in
the general fight against the High
Cost of Living"
In addition to furnishing a lucra'
tive business to hundreds of large
companies, the industry employs
thousands of fishermen and labor
ers. The bounteous supply of all
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

This permitted what all the fisher.
men in eastern North Carolina have
always been crying for-inlets to
permit the flow of more salt water
into the sounds.
The following year the clam in
dustry picked up slightly, but suf-
ficieHt time had not elapsed for
the ocean water to have its full!
effect. Each succeeding year, how
ever, showed improvement until
last year the value of CLAIMS ship
ped from Atlantic increased 1000
per cent in a period of a few years,
attributable according to the fish
ermen by the influx of the ocean
through the storm-made inlet.
Channels Dredged
With the idea of aiding the fish
ermen in their business, the feder-
al government through the U. S.
engineers has constructed channels
through the barrier beach not only
to provide a greater ingress of salt
water to the sounds but to provide
safer and better channels for the
fishermen, permitting more fire.
quent and safer trips, but also to
provide greater employment by al
lowing more inhabitants in this
section to partake of a lucrative
business, and by providing safer
and deeper channels, avoid the de-
lays formerly ~necessitated by the
waiting for tides.
The U. S. engineers have pro-
Beaufort Bar to Morehead City.
This channel will, of course, ac-
comodate any ship that now comes
to North Carolina. While funda-
mentally a ships channel to acco-
modate ocean going vessels, it in
cidentally permits an inflow of salt
water which stimulates the fish
ing industry.
Less costly but most important
to small fishing communities, the
L. S. engineers constructed chaI-
nels at Drum Inlet, Lookout Blight,
Robinson Channel, from Pamlico
Sound to Beaufort Harbor, Thor
oughfarn Bay to Cedar Bay, Far
Creek, Silver Lake Harbor, and
Swan Quarter Bay to Deep Bay.
A new channel is also in course
of construction at New River In
let. The values of these channels,
While representing modest eXpendi-
lures on the part of the federal
government, are i~ncalculable to the
fishermen. Much property and
many lives have been saved as the
result of this work.
Take the channel at Drum Inlet
for example. Fishermen in the
vicinity desired a channel II feet
deep through the inlet which
would greatly increase the quanti-
ty of fish, sea food, and spawn in
Core Sound, and a channel ever
the ocean bar which would enable
menhaden boats to reach schools
of fish on the north side of Cape
Lookout at times when bad wealth
err would prevent their reaching
them from Beaufort Inlet, and the
inner harbor would afford a haven
for these boats during bad wealth
er.
Outlet For Tides
1t was also believed that open
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

equivalent to election. The other
six:
J. NJ. Broughton, Raleigh lawyer
who teaches Sunday school and
favors removal Of the sales tax
from all foods bought for home
consumption.
Paul Grady, kenlv lawyer, who
wants the sales tax repealed en-
tirely and urges a referendum to
determine whether the state should
scrap its county-option liquor plan
and re-adopt prohibition.
Arthur Simmons, Burlington far
mer, veteran of the Spanish Amer
lean war, makes few speeches but
turns out reams of campaign litera-
ture containing phrases such as,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

Ing the inlet to II feet would pro-
vide an outlet for storm tides
which would prevent overflow of
lands on the mainland as occurred
IN September, 1888.
The fishing industry fairly huns
around Drum Inlet. There are about
90 traWl boats, hailing from points
along the coast between Cape Look.
out and Cape Cod, that occasionally
operate along the coast here.
There L also between $50 to 400
net fishing boats. about Is small
menhaden fishing boats, and about
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

kinds of fish and sea food supplies
countless thousands with food
which is so cheap as to be negllgi-
BILE.
And the surface has only been
scratched. The opportunity for ex-
banding the business is so great
that annually new enterprises arise
throughout the eastern section.
The river and harbor improve
ments shown on the map were
prosecuted by theh U. S. engineer
office at Wilmington, N. c., Lieut..
Col George w. Gillette being the
present district engineer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
=, sob MATTHEW'S
staff Writer

%. .-,,,,1 tho word irII n oc
F-.-0~ ot = nov, or mon
,e ml"' III n r+ro,n v,a+ohinm
.,'"E 'E " 60 aa,1 ,,d r.a;t9
the '' r.,, - movement that will
!1- .Ia presence of a fish
jed. .,,, nook.
afo"'' ,,.o,.a s,,oges+s f,v
tn i. +ro,+ IN sonao
Ie e+raon In Nortb
~"o ''''' ,.,,d means q 1ive1i.
t1r. md M moan 1ive1i.
nu.'
to"" '.
F- u '"7 BUSINESS 1a't
rg \.'.' l'i.''il'' ~ 10 ~
trr Dr. iiIJ l't "a'Ii' n""'9
only ta" iAa Oh man 10 zane Ileili
,rum -.'' l'''Ne 'i'i''ei' anu p"'
.rcta t1 .4'tN" use An"il mas =
tnemv
rr. able no sheltered inland Wa
.,r. IN t.e United states equal in
v,,r, RE, natural sounds OF North
rr-A lbemarle, Pamlico, Cur
,...., c,.., Gogue and others, and
,. s.t, in the union Will be
+.,,.f rn. fishing industry on the
,..r. IT j. aonducted IN this sectlon,
?,5;0 Square Miles,
~,.- .nds cover an area of
,-a sr4.ro miles, or 1,516,979 acres
are rterally alive with fish.
WV .ar.r,v of salt water fish
,,,rrorcrc1 in the sounds. and
VI IN. tropical fish, so highly
-.5 frr sort, may be found in
,.a emf stream 25 to 80 miles sea-
...f .r.m Beaufort.
pr. as.rn. as an industry in this
.,,.f,r is enc of the most impor-
-. rf rs kind in the country. Ap-
estimate II 1000 men and 1000
.. sra engaged in the business.
In Caatcret county alone more
ala. rt0"o.Q0O pounds of edible fish
..f A. a.a tons of fertilizer fish
,.ora handled in 1889. The clam in
..rs,rl amounted to $56,25o; the oy-
.,er business. 100000; crabs, $780,
f5a and shrimp, 100000. In other
,.r9s, the annual seafood business
:n Carceret county last year amount
af 10 over one and a half million
dollars.
This does not include the small
.affs with individual fishermen but
o,.Iv the larger units. Fat backs
49, vorngden. which are found off
,-e coast, noted for the fish Oil and
f.r+fIfzor they produce; North Caro-
,to., roe herring, a delicacy to be
..ored forward 10 if not already
.oi,ved. oysters. clans, crabs, seal
r.,s and shrimp. and many lesser
mes which might generally be
r,,s.a5 rs inst fish-sea trout, sea
b,ss hIve fish. and others. These
.,a shinpad 10 all parts of the coun-
.,.
BeIhayen Oysters
r,o oo,for, of+he oyster industry
EaIravan vhere large oyster
,n,,r,i,r and hacking. factories ship
rbam all over the country. Edenton
fl, tba home Of the North Carolina
rao barrin~ the largest of it's kind
in the world.
Tho marhadan or 'fat back" in
dns+rv comics around Beaufort
and soY.hnorr where large factor
,as anal, ,besn fish and squeeze out
tho varrahra oil leaving the resi-
6ra-fsh sorar-as valuable fer
-~frfzsr
Tho of,t ns.k, is an extremely
o.v 7sr n1- suitable for eating
Inn r.rbrv nrized for the oil. There
ara 1-ar3rry countless millions of
-nasa fish along +he Atlantic coast
and ara so numerous and travel in
sr.5 LARGO schools around Beaufort
and Norahaad CITY that they are
Sometimes freed ND on the beaches
rr the thousands when attacked
bv l7r2ar ans more vicious fish.
# is . matter of record that some
WI .t- ''.'1H2 ~ LIN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Local Negroes Will
Attend Detroit Meet

Three Wilmington negroes will lie
included among the 10 who will
represent North Carolina at a con-
ference of the African Methodist
Episcopal church in Detroit on
Wednesday, May l..
They are G. D. Carnes, T. IL.
Hooper and l.. D. Middleton. Others
from this section of the state are
G. L, Grady, of New Bern, and X
r. Pearce and Warren Dix, of Fay
%etteville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

The castor bean, from which cas-
tor oil is taken. is a native of Afrl-
ca but is grown in most warm-weath.
err countries.
Evening star., 1940-08-05
A.F.L. Building Union
Head adDenouncesLoca|
Leaders in Strike
Brands Calling Out
Of PIusterers Here
irresponsible Action

| An American Federation of Labor
officer today denounced as "irre-
sponsible" the leaders of a local
A. F. of L. labor union responsible
for the latest jurisdictional strike on
two buildings being constructed here
for national defense agencies.
John Coyne, head of the building
trades department of the A. F. of L.,
made the comment, in connection
with the strike of the Plasterers'
Union members working on the So
cial Security Railroad Retirement
Buildings.
irresponsible local leadership
brought about this strike after MIR.
Colleran, the international president
of the union, asked them not to
strike" he said.
Fears General Tie Up.
Mr.. Coyne said that he knew of
no real steps which had been taken
toward settlement of the strike. At
present, only about 300 workers are
affected, but if the strike continues
it will inevitably bring a more gen.
eral stoppage of work.
Labor Department conciliators
were taking an interest in the strike,
as well as in the strike which the
Building Laborers' Union has called
against local brickyard and which
may assume proportions of a serious
threat to construction of the So
cial Security Railroad Retirement
Buildings.
The plasterers' strike began last
week, when about 200 members of
the union walked out to protest a
decision made by the Building
Trades Department of the A. F. of l..
The decision in effect gave mem
bers of the carpenters union the
right to do the work of installing
accoustical tile in the ceiling of the
building.
Mr.. Coyne said this morning that
the disputed work has not yet been
begun. and would not be started for
several days under any circum-
stances.
He pointed out that President
William Green of the A. F. of L.
ndQ aSkeQ Jne union not 10 strike,
and that this request had been
backed up by orders from the New
York international headquarters Of
the organization.
Peace Efforts Continued.
Labor Department Conciliator
Howard Colvin today resumed his
effort to settle the laborers' strike
against several brick concerns sup
plying materials for local buildings.
Officials of the union threatened
to send their pickets to the Social
Security Railroad Retirement prof.
ect to prevent the passage of trucks
bearing bricks from the plant in
volved in the strike
The buildings will be occupied,
upon completion, by the War De-
partment and the National Defense
Commission. Workmen are on a
three-shift basis at the project in
an effort to finish as quickly as pos
Sible.
Evening star., 1940-08-05
Defense Hysteria
Laid 10 Both Sides
In Radio Debate
kye Attacks Roosevelt
Program, Lee Defends 1t;
Fish AssoiIs Secrecy

Accusations that both proponents
and opponents of the administra-
ton defense program are dominated
by propaganda and hysteria were
made last night by members of Con-
gress participating in a nationally
broadcast debate.
Senator Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota, member of the Senate
Military Committee, opposed con-
scription and charged that Presi-
dent Roosevelt's administration
has largely contributed" for polit-
ical reasons to a hySteria which
will one day make us the laugh
ing stock of the world"
Senator Lee, Oklahoma Demo-
crat, replied that opposition to the
Presidents program has been due,
in part, to poisonous German
propaganda" In spite of this prop
aganda. he declared, administra ton
supporters previously forced Mr..
Roosevelt's measures of naval and
air defense expansion through Con-
gress "over the opposition of the
very same group who today are now
criticizing the President because
America does not have enough pre-
paredness."
Representative Fish. Republican,
of New York, asked
why are all the cards KEEP. under
the table, concealed from the duly
elected representatives of the peo-
pie, not to mention the people them
selves?
With whom are we going to
fight?
Where are we going to fight?
why are we going to fight?
Not single member of the
Senate or House can honestly an
swer any one of these questions"
Speaking on the American Forum
of the Air, the members of Congress
were heard locally over Station
VOL.
Evening star., 1940-08-05

8, and Donald, S, were found as
phyxiated in the back seat Of Grants
automobile. A hose led from the
exhaust pipe into the car, which
was parked near the company where
Grant was employed.
The coroner said a note reading
Il do not want you to hurt my chill
dren" was found attached to the
windshield wiper.
Mrs. Grant told him, the coroner
Evening star., 1940-08-05
Roosevelt Backs Racial
And Religious Rights
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-President
Roosevelt declared yesterday that
racial and religious discrimination
imperils the fundamental rights of
all Americans.
He sent this statement to the
Committee Of Catholics for Human
Rights, observing its first ami
versary:
Freedom Of conscience, as writ
ten into the Federal Constitution.
through the wisdom and foresight
OF the fathers, has been a guaran-
Evening star., 1940-08-05

tee Of peace and happiness during
all our life as q nation. Any selfish
group which would discriminate
against any of our fellow-citizens
because of race or religion would
thereby endanger the fundamental
rights of all.
"Only by common recognition of
the principle that all men are en-
titled to life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness can we attain the
national unity which is essential to
the maintenance Of the democratic
way of life and those cherished in
stitutions which 1t fosters and en-
courages."
Evening star., 1940-08-05
Secret Reynoud PorIey
with Herriot Reported
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press
BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 5.-For-
mer Premier Paul Reynaud of
France was reported by the news
paper Nouveliste of Lyon yesterday
to have reached Lyon Saturday from
Vichy and to have conferred secretly
with Edouard Herriot.
The newspaper said M. Reynaud
appeared completely recovered from
injuries he suffered recently In an
automobile accident.
Evening star., 1940-08-05
Red Cross Mercy Ship
To Return Port of Curoo

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The Red
Cross mercy ship" McKeesport will
bring back part of the $1,000, 900
cargo she took to Europe when she
arrives in Baltimore this week.
The vessel originally scheduled to
go to Bordeaux was shifted to Bill
bao. The McKeesport was sent to
Marseille to unload her relief cargo.
Red Cross officials there withheld
at least Is trucks and Is station
wagons ana small ambulances
These are being brought back to the
United States and will be shipped
to England.
Use of central heating is increas-
ing in Peru.
Evening star., 1940-08-05
Bowie Wins Medal

David I. Bowie, 1902 Rittenhouse
street NV, has been awarded the
silver Tuxis Medal at Culver Qnd)
Military Academy, according to word
received here today. The medal
carries the rating of distinguished
cadet.
Evening star., 1940-08-05

stated, that she and her husband
had quarreled following their visit
to several taverns, and that he ap-
parently drove home and got the
two children after she got out Of
the automobile.
Evening star., 1940-08-05
Father Kills Two Sons,
Self With Gas From Auto
By the associated Press.

by Iht ASSCclated Press.
RACINE, Wis, Aug. 5. - Ben
Grant, 29-year-old mechanic, killed
his two young sons and himself fol-
lowing domestic quarrel yesterday,
Coroner E. B. Yanny reported.
Grant and his two boys, Richard,
Evening star., 1940-08-05

The ancient name for the Rock
of Gibraltar was Mons Calve, one
of the Pillars of Hercules.
Evening star., 1940-08-05

England formerly imported &c.
100000 dozen eggs a year from
Denmark.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Every Secret Vitol

ESPIONAGE agents and their co oonspirators
untiringly seek details regarding develop
ments in our plans for national defense. One
successful attempt might enable potential
enemy to counter with devices that would
render our best efforts ineffective. In modern
warfare, advance information can turn an
expected victory into defeat.
Now is the time for us to protect America.
Now is the time for us to build our national
defense and to insure our internal security.
Defending America demands that it be made
invulnerable With this single thought in
mind, the Intelligence branches of the War
and Navy Departments and representatives
Evening star., 1940-07-14

Our greatest dangers arise from within.
Any army, regardless of its size. becomes
vulnerable once it is disorganized and not
properly supported by the people it protects.
An internal upheava in time of war could be
as disastrous as forced retreat from the
front.
Our military and naval forces must be
supported to the utmost. Unity of civilian
forces is as important as unified armed forces.
Everyone knows the story of the Dutch
bow who held off the wrath of the Zuider Zee
by plugging leak in the dikes with his hand.
Today, we must plug the leaks against the
growing threat of Fifth Column in America.
A Fifth Column with its destructive prln-
ciples and objectives is capable of more dam
age to our national defense than a huge in
vading force In fact, foreign invasion would
be practically impossible without the aid OF
an internal upheaval melted by outside forces
The files of the FBI attest to the fact that
we have treacherous guests in our midst who
have returned hospitality with hostility. 1t IS
against these forces that we must arm our
selves There is only one possible explanation
for the recent unauthorized consignment of
several hundred feet of film to foreign ooun-
try: visitor" had arranged, IN some man
ner, to have the tactical maneuvers of our
flying fortresses' photographed. In detail,
scene after scene appeared on the hlm. show
ing the accuracy with which bombs were
dropped from aloft on a designated target.
These pictures, which am glad to say were
recovered, speak louder than words of the
dangers with which we are confronted. And
this is only one warning example. There are
Others that | cannot discuss, for obvious
reasons.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Safeguarding Industries

As EARLY as last summer. a special inten
sive course of instruction in espionage and
sabotage investigation was inaugurated Tor
our nvestigative staff Beyond that, we were
called upon by the War and Navy Depart
ments to survey the protective facilities OF
hundreds of industrial establishments which
had contracts to supply the materials for
building the national defense. A course of
instruction which had previously been pre-
pared for just such an emergency was given to
additional specially qualified Special Agents.
The lessons of the First World War are too
fresh in our minds for US again to be unpre
pared During that period, several thousand
enemy aliens we're taken into custody IN the
United States But many foreign foes were
not even known, with the result that almost
every day there were reports of internal dis
asters - of fires of mysterious origin. ex-
plosions and other acts of violence designed to
cripple our mobilization plans. Since then
several million persons have immigrated to
America Most of these have lived up to the
expectations we held for them. There are :
others, however, who are seeking to under
mine our democracy.
These facts point to the need for unity in
bulwarking our national defense against in
sidious forces that are alien to everything.
that is American. Vigilance and action of the
proper type are essential if the overt acts OF
our national foes are to be met and oountered.
know how that citizen on the West Coast
must have felt when his brother attempted
to sell to foreign power confidential plans
for the construction of airplanes. He never
wavered, however when the interests of his
country were at ISSUE AS a result of his aid,
the brother was indicted, tried and convicted
for violation of the Espionage Statutes. But
more important, the apprehension of this
traitor helped prevent additional confidential
secrets from being bartered over the counter
of spydom-
The maintenance of high morale on the
part of our citizens is an essential phase of
national defense. In maintaining this, we are
defending the essential spirit of American
ism against nimical agents; we are making
our main line of defense impregnable.
NEXT WEEK: "The SuboteUr at Work"
- second ortieie in this importonf series
7-H-4s
Evening star., 1940-07-14

To meet effectively the situations which
have arisen in the present emergency, in
vestigators have been assigned to Alaska,
Puerto Rico and Hawaii. These outposts of
national defense have been particularly ac-
tive. There, as within our continental confines,
every effort is being made by members of
Military Intelligence, Naval Intelligence and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation to pre-
serve our internal security.
Offices have been opened by the FBI in
six new cities, 50 that strategic points may
have the aid of additional Special Agents,
who will be closer to the scenes of possible
activity.
Evening star., 1940-07-14

The and descriptions Of oil ekoroetes ot in
short stories, serois and emeton articles in THIS WEEK
MAGAZINE wholly fictitious. Any Of which
koppens 70 be fhe fhof Of person. living
dsod, is entirely eoioedenfol