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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13

his summer vacations has clerked
in a store, or done house to house
canvassing, or sold magazines, and
is definite in his desire to get into
sales work, the employer obtains
a much more favorable impress
sion.
The young man who sits across
the desk from you and in an eager
and earnest manner endeavors to
do a given job, arouses a definite
interest and makes the most IA
vorable impression. While tn e
young man who. is indecisive and
not certain whether he wants to
do a certain thing creates an I'm
favorable impression on the i'm
ployer.
Personal appearance, conduct
and poise are important factors in
evaluating applicants for jobs.
Carelessness in appearance at the
time of the interview indicates a
lack of respect for the job in
question and creates an impress
sion of Indifference.
The young man who earned a
substantial portion of his expenses
in school or who has used his
summers constructively to equip
himself with some type of expert
ence in his chosen field has a dis
tinct advantage over those who
use this time only as a vacation
period.
Some young men do not get jobs
because they give n the impress
sion they are just shopping around,
rather than trying to find the type
of business in which they can build
a areer
For example, a young man may
be too much concerned about
small initial differences in start
ing salary. He inquiries about
such things as retirement plans
rather than endeavoring to i'm
press upon the employer that he
has the industriousness and the
capacity for hard work that is so
necessary for future success.
Some fail to obtain jobs when
they make written application, be-
cause of their carelessness in
properly filling out the applica-
ton form.
The application form is an in
vitation to the prospective en-
ploye to sell himself to the en-
ployer. If he is careless about any
information regarding his educa-
ton, business experience, ETC., he
handicaps himself by making an
unsatisfactory first impression.
Carelessness in spelling, grammar
and clarity r often present in
the written application of those
who do not get jobs.
Many employers request a pho
tograph of the applicant to be
attached to the written application.
Here again the job applicant often
does himself an injustice. He will
send only a snapshot or attach a
cheap, hastily taken picture that
oftentimes has little resemblance
and never does him justice.
In these small but nevertheless
important ways too many young
men seeking work fail to create
the best possible impression. In
these days of keen competition for
employment, they should not
overlook any opportunity, however
slight, to sell themselves to a pros
pective employer. 4
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ITALIANS PLACE
MINES TO DIVIDE
MEDITERRANEAN
Continued from Page One)

\lOllUllluCu HUH age ollcJ
the Sandman coast, thence south
east to the Sicilian coast.
On the other side, the mines
hfromaic sdwerel ma nlctii Scot
to a point southeast of M t a,
Britain's island fortress, thence to
Anglo, souwest of Rasagedir.
Control stations were set up at
Rosocolmo and Capo Dele Armi,
on either side of Messina, to ex-
pedite passage of neutral S p S
through the straits.
The allies brought the war to
Italy earlier in the day with bomb
ing raids on the great industrial
cities of Milan and Turin and 9TH
er points in the oorth.
Other enemy action of inspect
fed nature burst along the Ligur-
ain coast, on which Genoa is locat-
ed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
REFUGEES ENTER SPAIN

SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN. June
l2-R-Scores of refugees from
France, many of them Americans.
crossed into Spain today and ali
called the situation in Paris sdes.
perate." Some asserted the great
Cltroen automotive factories on the
outskirts of the city had been burn
ed.
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TAX ON DEFENSE
BONDS PROPOSED
Continued From Page ohe'

continued TIuIi A"e'
period from proceeds from lhs II"
taxes. ..7,ce
The legislation also woula IT, ..
income tax exemptions to cle"s.
OOO, 900 new taxpayers; iH'i
corporation taxes and surlaA9a ma
individual incomes between
and 500, 900 and impose a oore
cent supertax on present
and excise taxes. mo;n
Suggestions that congress Eva
in session to write a comprsNe .an,
tax revision measure came and
several finance committeemen, .n,t
Senator Byrd (D.Va) remarked i,
the 81, oo4, ooO, 900 which the Dni
expected to yield was 'A
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do not present
their experience
and qualific atoms
to the best adj
vantage.
It is very diff
fcult for an en-
ployer to become
about a
young mans pros.
poets when he is
uncertain about
what he wants
to do. On the
other hand, if
the applies has
studied salesman.
ship, and during
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13

finding a French plague
said. ,bs
1.-THE criminal arrogane Of '"'
German Reich died mere ,,ulj
German sources declared II war Of.
be a crime" for the fre'ch ri.
tempt to defend Paris. W
ton of the miracle Of the N'., oy
of 1910 could save The c!S'
said
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
TOP o. THE MORNING

A Christian moy take a vdcation-but not
~yacation from being q Christian.
From "ForW0YG'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
, JOBS for JUNE
GRADUATES
Employers Don't
Enfhuse About An
Uncertain Applicant
BY F. M. STAVELY

Director of Personnel, the Fire
stone Tire g. Rubber Co.
Frequently young people fail to
secure employment for two rea-
sons. First, they have no definite
objective in mind, and second, they
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
TIGHTEN
CIRCLE OF STEEL,
FIRE AROUND PARIS

Continued from Page One)
cautiously discussed by an au-
thOrized spokesman only
thusly:
ut may be that the upper
Rhine is be ling brought into
notion"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29

could have been receptive to either
opinion so late as % years ago, with
out totally misunderstanding Ger
many. First, the Refrigerated de-
mocracies could not possibly live I'M
der the external pressure and the in
ternal treachery. Europeans are in
hospitable to democracy; it withers in
their soil. Germany sees to that.
Second, a devastating war is on.
Ruthless, selfish nations, as the Ger
mans show us, will exist so long as
ruthless, selfish men exist with cum
ming to grab control. am but quot
ing or paraphrasing others, hundreds
of others, when I say such nations
are amendable to no argument, no
control, no check, save force; one
such people can keep the world agog.
Therefore, to make our liberty, our
property and our lives safe in the
face of such human folly and human
evil we must resort to force; put
men in arms exactly as we equip
policemen with clubs and guns to
protect us from selfish and ruthless
robbers. To adopt any other system
is precisely equivalent to suicide. 1t
is clear, if we are to have settled
social order, such predatory men and
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
Mexico to attack us. At last neu-
trality became impossible.

Mexico to attack us. At last neu-
trality became impossible.
Think of the complete turnabout
German-made pressure produced in
four months! Nothing American ever
worked so fast, or so completely de-
vastated it's creator. In April. 1917,
war was declared, backed and approx
ed by an aroused public opinion. Mil
lions responded; we bridged the At
lantic with new ships; our men plung-
ed headlong in the tide of war. We
owe that miraculous development of
Americas latent gifts Of character to
little old German man who nursed
his withered hand and delusion of in
vincibility in Berlin.
Germany has corrected much of
our loose thinking; has taught US
much, and has disillusioned us COM
pletely. For example, you men were
told you fought that war Ito make
the world safe for Democracy; that
it was "the war to end war;" You
accomplished neither safety for de-
mocracy nor the end of wars. Today,
democracy is moribund save in Switz-
erland, and under British and Amer
lean flags; and is there under attack.
It now seems absurd that great minds
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29

It is a rare privilege for one who
leads solitary sort of life as Judge
must do to meet face to face so many
members of the great American Leg
ion. I am flattered by the presence
here of your Commander and many
other responsible leaders of your
patriotic body. I am grateful to my
long time friend, Senator Altfeld, for
bringing me to your notice.
shall say nothing tonight I trust
which may add to the current misery
Of the world, or which may stir the
temper of any American, much less
add to the fears which do beset us
however stalwart our faith in our
institutions and our people.
Nor can I tell you any facts you do
not know. My simple hope is that in
a plain, practical way I may share
with you thoughts which in this uni
versal season of darkness and tremb-
ling have comforted me, treasured
me; strangely enough my reassur-
ance is in a measure due to German
influence.
Our subject is the credit side of
Americas long account with Germany
The memorials to German malevo-
lence are non rare. One travels in
Europe to note white crosses, row on
row, which mark the last corporeal
homes Of the fine young men Ameri-
ca sent there; victims in 1918 to
a Kaiser's greed. German soldiers
now tread above their heads.
We hear Of holy places destroyed,
children killed by bolts falling from
"that Heaven that bends above u.s.;
savages in Africa and universities in
England, helpless alike, bombed alike;
minor neutral nations overrun and
pillaged.
At home we find our hospitality
and tolerance violated in sinister,
ruthless and treacherous fashion. To
guard against the tyrant, to protect
our own countryside from desolation,
we must organize great army; we
must double our navy and patrol the
shores of the Atlantic and Pacific
from pole to pole, for how many years
none can tell. Germany would set
our neighbors against US; promises
us an economic blockade, and can in
side job; that is by corruption and
arms to bring free born Americans
in subsection to the will of German
military despotism.
Where is the credit side to the sor-
ry audit? How then since Germany's
professed design is to wreck our in
dependence as a nation can any sane
person say that Germany's influence
in America in any respect, to any de-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
The Credit Side Of Americas Long
Account With Germany


gree is wholesome; that benefits is
sue from German malevolence?
must say in reply that no one can, if
we examine only one side of the in
ternational ledger. The case differs
somewhat if we follow the fashion
of an harassed insolvent depressed
by his business calamities, who turns
for some encouragement to the led
ger page showing his small assets.
So we shall for a few minutes con-
ider the credit side of our long &C
count with Germany.
Please let me assure you at once
that I offer nothing original. The
subjects in my mind have been
thought out and discussed by ADLER
men. 1 can compete with them only
in the quality of my sincerity.
From the beginning of recorded
history we are told that men in times
of ease and relieved of exertion are
prone to degenerate in virility and
civic spirit. We are subject to that
law of nature. Heroic remedies a.
lone are effective to correct a malady
so insidious, so morbid. For example,
in Noah's time it was necessary for
the preservation of society that the
drones, the no-accounts, who had lost
the will to strive be drowned. Sue
cessful nations, like successful indi-
viduals, come up the hard way. Amer
lea did. The hardships, the wars of
the colonial period fathered race
of heroic men, virile people who
dared and wrought valiantly.
It was for George VIII, German
ic King reigning over England, and
in Germany, to add his weight to
subject the thirteen disunited colon
les to the supreme test, and knit them
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29

as one. Save perhaps for royal Ger
manic influence Patrick Henry would
not have demanded that dramatic al
liberty or DEATH" George
III, reinforced by Hessian troops, al
so helped, by feeding the fires of OPP
preston, to forge the will of the Is
colonies to win independence. Then,
save for the blot of slavery, Amer
leans were free men. It took a tt
tanic civil war, the death of thous-
ands, the character of Lincoln to
make all Americans in fact, as in
theory, free.
From the time of the Civil War
until the late World War Americas
problems were mainly domestic with
few of relative major international
significance. The necessity for in
tense striving removed, we broke
training and grew flabby, compla-
cent, and lost the finer tone and quail
ity of our national character. In a
continental sense our army dwindled
to a corporal's guard. War, the dis
cipline of war, seemed as remote as
the Last Judgment. The pacifists
were in control. Nothing short of a
social earthquake, it would seem,
could shake us out of our lethargy;
while our greatest gifts grew rusty
in disuse. In that period Americans
might well have pondered the peril
nency of John Morley's observation
that: "When all has been said of
mans gifts the critical question still
stands over, how he regards his re-
sponsibility for using them" It was
for Germany to povoke the answer to
that critical question; to throw the
switch that turned the light on Amer
ica's fundamental qualities of char
acter, and spurred us from lassitude
to well nigh superhuman endeavor;
as we see from a brief review of the
record.
Woodrow Wilson was reelected in
November, 1916, on the slogan che
kept us out of war;" Next German
ineptitude reached it's climax, broke
loose at it's worst in the plot to set
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29

right to say, 1--WE fought in 1918,
won the war and failed the peace"
You were crusEirgly disappointed
Lately we may be Sure il has teen
patent to you that no one in the jubi.
lation following the Armistice of Mo-
vember II, 1918, paused to think we
never had any valid right to believe
your war would bring permanent
peace. Why should it? Judges and
jurors are not disappointed to find
that the last hanging in the Peniten-
tiary did not stop murders, nor the
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29

nations must be subdued. 1t neces-
sarily follows that men who want
peace, who want freedom, who want
voice in their domestic government
al affairs, and laws they approve,
must risk their lives and fortunes, as
our forefathers did, using necessary
force to compel lawless despots to
respect the rights and the existence
of other nations. And as you know
full well many will perish in that
adventure. It is no easy odd time
job.
Again you Of all men had the first
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
Jobless for 80 Years

The career of Edwin Forest Wilder is
not likely to be used by school teachers
as a model for their charges to emulate.
Mr.. Wilder died in Cincinnati, Ohio, the
other day after heartily enjoying 50 years
Of life, only two of which were frittered
away in working. During his encum-
bency on earth, Mr.. Wilder accomplished
practically nothing. He didn't intend to.
His sole mission was to enjoy life in large
doses.
The only two years that he worked, he
said, were a loss to him. The other 80
years he lived as man Of leisure, play
ing the market and the horses. He was a
law graduate, but he never wasted his
time in practice. Tomorrow, no one will
remember that he ever existed. He left
no mark on the world. But he enjoyed
every year Of his term on earth with
the possible exception of the two that
he worked.
Offhand, it sounds like an ideal way to
get through the span between birth and
death, but there's stickler in it. 1t
takes money to loaf for 80 years, and
Mr.. Wilder had it - an inherited fortune.
Even with this natural advantage, it
must have taken lot of determination
to resist the urge to accomplish some
thing before the grave yawned.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
No Immunity for Neutrals

Both Britain and Germany are reading
the Riot Act to befuddled Norway as a
result of the Altmark incident. 1t doesn't
matter who's right according to inter-
national law, because this code of nations,
during war, is pretty much like gang
land ethics. The act of war itself is a
gross violation of fundamental rules of
conduct, and any gentlemen's code to
govern butchery is bitter travesty.
The victim of criminal acts is, of course,
Norway; and Britain and Germany to-
gether share the guilt for bringing the
war and it's legal problems into Nor
wegian waters. It is not fair to project
neutrals into the dispute. If there must
be war, the best way to conduct 1t, IT 1t
were possible, would be to rope off areas
somewhere strictly within the belliger-
ents' own territories and then to send the
armies in with a final, if futile, admoni-
ton not to hit below the belt.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
Check And Double Check

When Labor Commissioner Joseph M.
Tone stated publicly the other day that
Governor Raymond E. Baldwin was 'abso-
lutely inaccurate in his claims about the
number of new industries that were
migrating to this state he really and actu-
ally echoed similar remarks by other
Democratic leaders of Connecticut. This
wasn't the first time that the very lauda-
tory claims of the governor had met with
body-check from interested Democrats.
In the case of the Tone statement, how
ever, the former Labor Commissioner
took the opportunity of quoting figures
with which he is familiar by virtue Of his
former position in our state government.
It's a dangerous business to make claims
about government being responsible for
this and that improvement in living cen
ditions. The New Deal has found this out
to its sorrow on many occasions.
And Governor Baldwin has been asked
countless times if he and his administra-
ton intended to assume responsibility for
any setback that Connecticut industry
might suffer this year following the glow
ing reports of increased output, enlarged
salaries, full-time employment for more
workers. If the Baldwin administration
will accept the bitter with the sweet, it
may continue to WOO the voter, but If 1t
merely takes credit for accomplishment
and none for recession, people will wonder.
According to latest information locally
the temporary boom has subsidized and
factories are curtailing bit. This does
not fit into the Baldwin theory OF new
Connecticut industrial horizon, but 1t does
fit the general picture. If the governor
intends to be drawn into an argument
with Mr.. Tone or any other Democratic
official or leader, he had better be able to
produce facts and figures that can't be
juggled ambidextrouSly
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

ies, the right Of the residents to take an
active hand in laying out future develop
ments has, at last, been recognized, and
efforts are being made to acquaint peo-
pie with the facts.
In Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and
kontclair, N. J., citizens advisory COM
mittees have been set up to disseminate
first-hand information on city planning.
In many New England cities, "primers"
on planning have been issued. The people
who own homes or plan to build can't
help being curious to know what their
investment is going to icok like In 20
years, in light Of civic improvements The
growing movement to keep them inform
ed viii result in more enlightened citi-
ze11ry.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

When the Chicago Association of Com
merce finished tabulating orders placed
during the past few weeks by $4,000 job
bers who attended the city's 20-odd an
Eual trade shows, officials announced
cheerfully that business had jumped by
is per cent over that of the preceding
year.
Brisk holiday trade generally accounted
for the enthusiasm with which buyers
from all over the United States and Can
ada were turning in orders. Encouraged
by The business turnover around Christ
mas, retailers foreSee continuation OF
favorable conditions during the year
rather than a let-down.
It is a healthy indication. The last
persons in the world to be led too easily
along paths of false optimism are the
retailers, who would find themselves hope
lesSly stuck If business collapsed while
they carried large inventories in their
storehouSeS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
Current Comment

It is imperative that, as a people.
we weigh hypercritically the claims
OF those who paint our hopes and
possibilities as a democracy in COLI
ors dour and drear. Americans have
no heart for defeatism.
Rabbi william r. Rosenblum,
New York.
Diplomatic documents are oc-
casionally composed with the spe.
cial intention Of creating an alibi
for blurring responsibilities in adj
vance.
Professor Oscar Jasz, histor-
ian, Oberlin College.
When an army Of 100000 men
sights against an army Of 1000, 900
I think that almost becomes q big
sporting event in itself.
Former President Herbert
Hoover. discussing sso-Fin.
nish conflict.
Whatever task may fall to me I
shall perform with Ngor.
Leslie Hore-B elisha. deposed
British war secretary.
80 -
Labor must make up its mind
that whatever we can do, as aeu-
trails, to help defeat dictatorship IN
this great combat we should do.
Sidney ATzillmarl. president.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
UNIFORM HIGHWAY RULES
(New York !Tirnes)


Much useful work was done at the
annual meeting here Of representa-
tives Of ten northeastern states to
discuss problems Of highway safety.
It is evident that the motor vehicle
commissioners, the state police ON
GERS and highway experts In this
area are particularly interested in
the question Of greater uniformity
Of regulation. They recognize the
burden put upon the driver, already
harassed by the congestion Of mod
ern traffic, by the necessity Of know
ing and observing different speed
laws, different rules Of the road and
varying methods Of sign-poSting
every time he crosses state line.
While recognizing that speeds by
day and by night are individual
state problems. the delegates TO the
conference strongly urged larger
degree Of uniformity In this matter
and endorsed the practice Of speed
coming. AS to problems Of CONNER
cial vehicles, they went on record
for adoption by the states Of regula-
tions for hours Of driver service and
for uniformity Of regulation as to
the permissible weights and dimen-
sions Of trucks. They also recon.
mended the development Of roadside
refiect0rs, q study OF the economy
Of permanent license plates and fur
ther study Of compulsory insurance,
with retention Of financial resp0n-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
GREAT-AMERICAN STAMPS
Hartford Tines)

N48e4 V4O40 A4AASo/
Even though Connecticut has
been int the last 800 years TIE home
Of men Of leadership and genius in
all the arts and sciences, as well as
in numerous other lines Of activity,
it is to be hoped that we shall not
become unduly excited because they
are not all recognized in the Great
American series Of postage stamps.
Hartford felt that the Mark
Twain stamp should go on sale here
as well as In Missouri because Of
Twain,s connection with the city
during his years Of greatest prolni-
nence. It resented tn e fact that
Horace Wells was not recognized in
connection with discovery Of an
aeStheSia. There Is now some rum
bling because the stamp list Of
great educators, which includes
oHrace Mann, DR.. Charles w. Eliot
and Frances willard does not also
take in Henry Barnard, who ranked
close to If not alongside Mann.
Valid enough claims In behalf OF
all these men could be cited but
perhaps it isn't necessary. The Post
ONCE Department is merely honor
ing great Americans and apparently
Is endeavoring Ing spread its favorS
over wide areas. It Is not necessarily
selecting all worthy Of honor. Nor
does it insist that those chosen are
In all cases the most deserving in
their fields. Mainly, IT Is try to sell