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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
The Legion Viewpoint

AS veterans of the last great war in which
this country was engaged the members of the
American Legion deserve to be heard in this
new crisis which threatens the nation. They
have suffered, perhaps more keenly than the
rest of us, the disillusionment of the last de-
cade, of seeing a new war and a new and
more terrible military despotism follow the
conflict which was to end all wars and make
the world safe for democracy.
At their convention last year these men adj
vocated strict neutrality. It is hardly to be
wondered at that the emphasis of this years
meeting is on a militant America, strongly
armed for defense, keenly alive to subversive
dangers within, realistically prepaid to fight,
if necessary, for life. Citizen soldiers who have
seen war and know it's sacrifices would be the
last to want to fight again. But they are also
apt to be the first to see the necessity for
adequate preparation in arms and training to
meet any danger which may arise.
1t is in this mood that the convention adopt
ed resolutions calling for defense measures
even stronger than any which have been I'm.
SO far. The Legion wants an army of
200, 900 men, more naval bases, mandatory
military training for the CCC, a removal OF
all mediocre and incompetent leaders from
the armed forces, the barring of Communists
an Bundists from any public office, allowing
only full citizens to man American ships. Fl.
nally, the Legion urges the creation of a perm.
anent system of universal military training.
Some OF these suggestions are clearly SOUND
and well taken: we fail to see the necessity OF
wisdom of accepting others of the proposals
now. The present CONSUMPTION system, for ex
ample, extending over a five-year period
should be adequate to meet any foreseeable
need for manpower. After this crisis is over
will be time enough to decide whether the Unit
ed States will have to maintain permanent,
a huge military establishment at enormou:
cost. We cannot yet see that far ahead.
But whether these proposals are adopted Of
not they represent the wholly patriotic sug
gestons OF men who have served their coun
try Loyalty in the past. AS such, they deserv,
the nations consideration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Governmen
under Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highuay from WrightsuiHe
Beach 10 Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cope Feor River channel, Wid-
er Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paued Riuer Road to Southport. via
orion Plantation.
Developme OF Pulp Wood Produc-
hon through sustdined-y yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported by one
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center tor Southeastern
North Carolina. developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for Uhites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape groaoing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdnatortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY A C

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. Answering the
mail orders:
M. G., Columbus, O.-You'n have to take
up your problem of rising prices with Aunt
Hit" but if you are less familiar with Dean
Harriet Elliott than I am (Which is knowing
her hardly at alb you hadbetternot address her
that way. Prices are up here in Washington,
too. Government officials aren't worried yet
and although sturdy, round-faced Defense Com
missioner Elliott has been buster than an ice
cream merchant in mid-August, she hasn't ESQ
far as I know had to put the screws down
on anybody yet.
What the administration and Miss Elliott
figure SO far is that the upcoming prices are
merely a reflection of improved industrial con-
ditionS. However, if you feel differently about
it, write Aunt Hit a letter, in care of the De-
tense Commission, 10th and Constitution Ave.
I'll guarantee that if you have a legitimate
cause, you won't get ignored. "Aunt Hit is so
darned busy NOT ignoring people that she has
had to cancel her three-times-a-week golf game
and give up swimming. For the former Dean
Of Women at North Carolina u, that's a heap
of being busy.
L. d. N, Portland, Mel don't want to
make any enemies up there, but to be honest
1 think opinion here is about $3.50 on that AZ
Maine goes" business.
AS nearly as 1 can get it, the whole thing
tdI CCO UdCh III AulSOAl . GAI44O o4AA, OSSo0SC i
held true for a while, became something of a
political adage. However, political wiseacres
here say that Maine is not even typical ant
that if you want to get the true pulse OF voting
trends, you should 60 out lowell, say some
county in Iowa or Nebraska. Louis Bean, the
Department of Agriculture statistician, who is
up to now, one of the best election guessers
in these parts, also subscribes to this theory
d. D., Poplarville, Miss.-I have a column
coming up shortly on the defense program
but I'll give you the lead on it now. I thinl
the more serious bottlenecks are being broker
out.
The situation is changing so rapidly that this
might not hold true until tomorrow. VIVA
some of the commentators seem to have over
looked is that although we, in this country
are not getting orders as fast as we might
England is getting deliveries about as last al
our present industrial set-up can come across
Those who subscribe to the theory that oul
first line of defense is in the British Isles thlnl
this is perfect.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
Many Mothers, Children
Are Moved From London

LONDON, Sept. 29.-R Eleven
thousand mothers and children were
moved from London to the compara-
tive safety of the countryside over
the weekend.
The record exodus in two days
raised the number moved since the
start of the aerial bombings on the
capital to between $4,000 and 100, 900.
Most of the women and children
were from the poorer districts Of the
East end where blocks of houses
have been wrecked, leaving thou.
sands homeless.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
Man About
Manhattan
By GEORGE TUCKER

SAN JUAN, P. R., Sept. 29.-To-
day we drove out through roads
that were lined with coffee and
Australian pine trees, and p a t
pineapple and %sugarcane planta-
tons, to Puerto Rico's most mod
ern rum distillery, the Carioca dis
tillery, which has become n OF
the show places of the island.
If you have ever visited Ben
Marden's Rivera in New York you
will get some idea of how this
place looks. 1t isn't at all real, in
the sense that you expect to find
a factory or a distillery. 1t is pat
termed along color and architecture
al designs that Walt Disney might
have thought up.
On all side is lush tropical foil
age. Almond trees, and the flam-
ing flamboyans throw patches of
red against the darker background
of the canebreaks. You see tower
ing coconut trees, fronds waving
in the light summer trades, which
are never still, and you see boys
%shinneying up those trees with long
wicked machete knives (made in
Connecticut, and chopping off the
green coconuts.
Down here they cut them while
they are green, for then they hold
a quart of milk. There is a trick
of d~exterously flourishing the knife
and trimming away one end of the
coconut, so that you can drink the
milk in comfort. 1t is quite a trick.
I tried, but couldn't get anywhere
with it.
After this refreshing drink we
advanced upon the distillery. The
air was heavy with the smell of
molasses. 1t is pumped into the
ground in storage tanks, much as
oil is stored under ground.
The Carioca distillery has sew
eral of these bright, new build
ings, all of which look like night
clubs. You could pass your hand
over any part of it, and wear
white gloves, without soiling the
gloves. You see giant copper watts
holding thousands of gallons of fer
menting rum. You go into another
building and a chemist is care
fully analyzing the new rum and
the old, and the ingredients he
puts into the rum, in hundreds of
test tubes. You go into still another
building and there you will find
the Assembly line.
This is the bottling works. An
endless stream of empties is fed
mechanically into a central point,
where they are filled by machin-
cry. AS the bottles come out one
man places a stopper in the mouth.
Another bangs the cork with a
hammer, ramming it home. Wom.
en- are next in line, and these are
slapping labels on the bottles as
they move past. Today they are
bottling white rum, because the
label says ''blanca."
Outside, laborers are leveling off
a new drive which has been named
Frances K Avenue. Landscape ar
lists ri fashioning new designs
in the always luxurious tropic
shrubbery. Off to one side hun
dreds of barrels are stacked, ready
and waiting. They r pouring
mortar for a nwe storage house.
10 the right, you can gaze out
over the harbor, and to a tiny is
land in the mouth of the harbor,
Where once the lepers were kept.
Beyond that is the sea and the old
route which the pirates used to use
as they beat up from Peru against
lne summer trades. From this
point you can see also the noun
'alns and the blue sky and the ba-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
Up

BOMBAY, Sept. 29. - Up The
Council of All India Moslem league
unanimously adopted today a resolu-
ton declaring the league cannot &C.
cept the viceroy's invitation to send
representatives to the expanded ex'
ecutive council and the proposed new
war advisory council.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
SHORT CIRCUIT

SANTIAGO, Chile. Sept. 29.-R-
A short circuit halted trolleys and
left homes without electricity in sew
eral sections of the city today. En-
gineers said last nights minor earth
ouake was not the cause, however.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30

1OuSlt one war IOr IT6euOu dHu uOsPOAolC yin
for union. Our history in war and peace is the history
of brave men and women and often of brave children,
too. In addition to this incredible effort we have de-
signed and developed a form of government that has
been a model and inspiration to other nations.
1t is not strange that the speed and size of this
achievement has left many gaps and brought problems
faster than we can solve them.
1t is not strange that a second world war coming
on top of all our own difficulties should leave us
feeling that we are suddenly faced with more dan
gers than we should be called on to handle.
But it would be strange if a nation, always at
the forefront in any enterprise Of daring and noted
for its resourcefulness, should not meet these dan
gers and conquer them.
The first step, as we form for our tremendous task,
Is to remember our past; not only our great names
but also the uncounted numbers of plain people, native
who created this new world who cleared the woods
and manned our armies and our ships and made our il
Then we can go ahead, looking on our country with
pears with reverence and on orselves with confidence
A sword and a vision-Taylor Caldwell sees the
to the survival of democracy, in the next article
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30

The iridescent colors seen on q
thin film of oil is due to certain phe-
nomena which result from the mu-
tual action of the rays of light on
one another.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30

and the mango trees and, indeed,
all the beauty and warmth and
color that help to make Puerto
Rico what X is 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
Editorial Comment
WHOLESOME CHOICE
Raleigh News and Observer

Inc selection of Representative John Nc
Soinnlck OF Massachusetts as majority leader
" Vie House OF Representatives is a whole
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
TOP O. THE

ut is q great security against sin to b
hooked at it,
CARDINAL NEWMAN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
Fair Enough
Rv wEsTRROOK PEGLER

The Star wishes its readers
to know that views and opln-
ions expressed in this article
are those of the author and
may not always harmonic
with its position.-The Editor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-30
COUNTRY
America Child Of Courage
Need But Remember It's Past
To Go Forward -James Boyd
Rx JAMES RQYD

Author of Drums" "Marching On" Long Hunt Roll River" etc.
This country is the child of courage. .
In 10 generations our people have won a continent from the bravest
aborieines and made it into a unique power in the world. They have
Evening star., 1940-03-19
Charles E. Houpt, jr.,
Architect, Dies

Charles Elvin Haupt, jr.. promi-
nent local architect, died yesterday
at his home, 1929 P street NV,
after a prolonged illness. He was
50 years old.
At the time Of his death Mr.
Haupt was an associate architect in
the Public Buildings Administration
OF the Federal Works Agency Mr.
Haupts designs included the Schafer
Memorial Hall for ST. Pauls Luther
an Church, of which he was a
member.
Son of Lutheran minister, Mr..
Haupt was born in Lancaster, Pa.
He was former secretary of st.
Pauls Church Council and treasurer
Of benevolence.
Surviving are his widow, Lila C.
Haupt, and a son, David c., of
Washington.
The Rev. DR.. Henry w. Schneider
pastor Of st. Paul'S Church, will
conduct funeral services at Hysong' s
funeral home, 1900 N street NV,
Thursday at II Am. Burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-03-19

class, from Greensboro, N. c., who
jammed shut watertight door be-
tween the flooded after-battery COM
partment and the dry control room,
returned to Portsmouth yesterday
as a volunteer to serve aboard the
Sailfish.
His action in closing the heavy
door against the weight Of the rush.
ing water left 26 men, including his
best friend, in the rapidly flooded
after compartments, but saved the
lives of the other 80. Eight men
rushed through the door to safety
Evening star., 1940-03-19
$50 Firemen Attend
Dance at WASHINGTON Hotel

If there had been a fire at the
Washington Hotel last night, there
would have been some $50 flremen
on hand to put it out. They at
tended dance sponsored by Local
S6 of the International Association
Of Firefghters.
Fire Chief Stephen Porter and
his wife were in the crowd of off,
duty f1remen who danced, watched
a floor show and were presented
with door prizes by Harry Bell of
Engine Company No. "a.
A worldwide brotherhood of fire.
men. the International Association
of Fire1ghters is affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor and
sponsors research into scientific fire.
fighting methods.
Evening star., 1940-03-19

return to his post as head Of the
Finnish Central Bank, from which
he assumed the premiership Decem-
ber l.
The report was coupled with ru-
mors that Field Marshal Baron Carl
Gustaf Mannerheim might take a
more prominent part in the gov
ernment.
The PresidiuM OF the Supreme
Soviet is scheduled to meet in Mos
COW March % to approve the treaty,
which the Finnish Diet ratified last
Friday.
Evening star., 1940-03-19
Finnish Cabinet to Quit,
Copenhagen Hears

BY the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, March 19.-The
newspaper Berlingske Tidende pub
lisned today report from Helsinh
that the Finnish government would
resign Immediately upon formal ex-
change OF ratification of the peace
treaty with Soviet Russia.
It said Premier Risto Ryti would
Evening star., 1940-03-19

as Maness held for them Just before
pressing 1t shut.
The submarine, salvaged after
months of effort and brought home
last September 13, will be COM
manded by 1t. Comdr. Morton c.
Mumma. 1t. Hiram Cassidy will be
depth officer and second in COM
mand
Evening star., 1940-03-19
Easter Monday
Will Again Usher In
f gg Rolling Fiesta
Mrs. Roosevelt Makes
Plans for Traditional
White House Event

Easter Monday will mean to
Washington again this year its own
traditional celebration-egg rolling
on the White House lawn.
Mrs Roosevelt gave the official
go sign to the Easter Monday fiesta
yesterday--a celebration which an
nually attracts more than $4,000
adults and children.
The rule that adults cannot be
admitted within the grilled gates
'unless accompanied by children will
be enforced and will probably, as
usual, result in a brisk business for
the enterpriSing youngsters who
sometimes have a score of papaS
and mamas at a dime apiece before
the day is over.
Mrs. Roosevelt will make her first
tour of the grounds at $50 am,
soon after the gates open. Before
strolling across the lawn, however,
she will pause at the steps leading
to the grounds to accept bouquets
of flowers brought by the celebrants
and to pose for pictures.
FreSl0ent to Greet Guests.
The President is expected to greet
the guests from the portico some
time during the day, and Mrs.
Roosevelt will make several trips
through the crowd.
Children of cabinet officers and
friends of the family meanwhile
will be entertained at a children'S S
party in the White House during
the afternoon
Part of the official entertainment
planned for the thousands on the
lawn will be concert by the Uni
verSity of Rochester Glee Club.
which will sing from the portico at
2,30 pm. As in past years, there
will be a constant parade of enter
talnment features on the grounds,
including a series of bands and
games directed by the citys recrea-
ton instructors.
Ready for Emergencies.
To take care of those skinned
knees, as we'll as fainting spells,
nervous exhaustion and upset stom-
achs, the Red Cross will put up a
firSt-aid tent on the grounds. An
Emergency Hospital ambulance and
internS will be on hand. The tele-
phone company will have a truck on
the grounds equipped with tele-
phone booths.
A portion of the grounds will be
set aside for lost children. Girl
Scouts, Girl Reserves and Boy
Scouts will be on hand to effect
reunions as we'll as entertain the
lost ones until they are claimed.
Mrs. Roosevelt recalled at her
press conference yesterday one case
Of father who brought his small
child to the egg rolling, forgot all
about her and went home. The
mother finally claimed her young
daughter at pm.
Evening star., 1940-03-19
Recommissione Squa|us
To Have Hero in Crew
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., March 10.
When the submarine Squalus-re-
named the Sailfish-is recommis-
stoned next summer one of her
crew will be Lloyd B. Maness, whose
super" feat of strength saved 80
lives when the submersible plunged
to disaster last May %.
Maness, electricians mate third
Evening star., 1940-03-19

British prize crew first took to
Freetown, Sierra Leone, on the West
African coast, was announced in
London November 8.
Evening star., 1940-03-19
Will Talk on Census

DR.. Philip VI. Hauser, assistant
chief statistic'sn for the Division
of Population, Census Bureau, will
talk on "Cepnls Tract Data, the
Key to Bett'' Communi..' Plan
ming" at a lui'eheon meeting of the
Washington Council of Social Agen-
cies tomorrow at 1890 pm at the Y.
w. G. A, Seventeenth and K streets
INV.
Evening star., 1940-03-19

Chile expects to produce enough
tartaric acid as byproduct of its
wineries to supply all the country's
acid needs,
Evening star., 1940-03-19
$1,000, 900 Opium Cargo
On Seized Nuzi Vessel

By the Associated Press.
GIBRALTAR, March ia mil
lion-dollar opium cargo was part of
the prize when the German freighter
Uhenfels was captured of the Af-
rican coast last November, 1t was
announced today as the ship ar
rived here for examination in dry
dock.
Seizure of the 7,063-ton ship, which
Evening star., 1940-03-19

Inland Paraguay expects to have
en- outlet to the OCEAN through the
projected free port at Colonia,
Uruguay.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Next Weeks Tides, Weather
Best for Invasion of Britain
Next Good Tides Come in September, but
Storms and Fog Cloud England From Then On

the way across the North Sea and
English Channel.
2. High tide-Essential in order
that the fiat-bottomed barges of the
first landing force can be driven
high. enough on the beaches for
tanks to be run OF onto the sand
in water not too deep to put them
out of commission.
3. Fog in the English Channel
To screen the expedition on its way
over. Sometimes the center Of the
Channel Is foggy when 1t is clear
on both sides.
Would Be Vulnerable.
These experts say preliminary
air bombardment and landings on
the beaches all would be prepara-
tory to the first major objective in
any campaign to invade this coun-
try-seizure Of y port. Once a port
had been obtained, they explain, the
Germans could try to supply the
landing force by deep-water freight
ers conveyed by airplane and sub
marine and possibly run in through
lanes Of mines as a further safe
guard.
However, the British would not
be just sitting around while all this
was going on.
They point out Hitler's expedition
would be vulnerable as soon as it
got into its ships and would remain
that way on the trip across and
during the attempted landing.
They said they were confident any
Nazi landing force would be "elim-
mated" in short order.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
By the Associated Press.

6y the ASsoclateo FfeSS.
LONDON, Aug. 2.-The almanacs
say that II Adolf Hitler is going to
start his blitzkrieg. on England this
month, the best times for 1t will be
next Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday mornings.
II the Fuehrer passes up those
days, the next best come in Sep
tember, from the I'd to the 7th.
Third choice would be october 1-6,
then October 30-November 4.
All Of those are periods when the
tides will be the highest.
The British are inclined to be-
lieve that, If the Germans don't
make the stab by mid-September,
no invasion will be attempted until
next spring. Ordinary prudence on
the part of the Nazi general stan
these observers say, will demand
that at least six weeks be allowed
for the campaign.
Storms, Fog in September.
They point out Hitler can't count
on good weather for operations Of
his air force once the equinoctial
storms begin in mid-September
From then on, Britain is cloaked in
fogs and mists so thick even the
natives can't find their way around
and the Germans would be bound
to get lost.
Neutral military men, picturing
the Nazi attack as they might run
it, say 1t should have these condi-
tions:
l. A calm sea-To keep the Ger
man soldiers from getting seasick on
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Finn Workers CIubbed,
Toss Reports in Moscow

MOSCOW, Aug. 2 (P.-A dispatch
by Tass, official Soviet news agency,
said today that Finnish police in
Helsinki clubbed workers who were
attempting to attend a meeting of
the Society of Friendship and Peace
With the U. S. S. R. Similar clashes
occurred in other Finnish cities, the
dispatch said.
The dispatch followed by a day
the warning of Premier Vyacheslaff
Molotoff that Finland must drop
anti-Soviet tendencies if she expects
to maintain good relations with
Russia.
The Tass dispatch said more than
1000 workers assembled in a Hell
sinki working-class quarter carrying
such slogans as "Despotism cannot
prevent us from expressing our
selves on the future" and Long
live Soviet-Finnish friendship"
But police arrived on the scene,
used their batons, and when the
workers resisterd by hurting stones
several men and women were beaten,
Tass related.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Germans Are Satisfied
With MoIotoff Speech

BERLIN, Aug. 2 R.-Authorized
German sources referred today with
obvious satisfaction to the remarks
of Russian Premier Foreign Com
missar Molotoff yesterday about
the United States and also praised
his "clear and objective expose of
Russian relations"
The Moloto1 speech left no doubt,
they said, that any attempt to inter-
pref German-Russian relations as
strained were completely wrong.
Asserting that Molotoff had indi-
Gated that any American attempt
to interfere with Russian foreign
relations would be rejected, the Ger
man sources said that was mot un-
important" to Germany.
These authorized German sources
also said they derived satisfaction
from what they termed Molotoff' S
rejection of English diplomatic and
propaganda attempts to drive a
wedge between Russia and Ger