davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07

handicap than this WHEELER-LEA Dill Would
raise. The waterways association was QUICK
to realize it's power for evil, and fastened to
90 on record opposing it. If the Washington
meeting had done nothing more, it would
have accomplished much in crystalllzlng
sentiment against it. But it did more, much
more.
1t heard DR.. J. D. ROSE, a national author
ity on malaria, declare that this disease
which saps vitality and efficiency OF workers
as no other ailment does, must be eradlcated,
as IT can be, by adequate drainage and screen
ing. 1t took the matter to heart for inclusion
in it's program, which the executives elected
on Friday are now busily drafting. 1t heard
DR.. Ben F. ROYAL, president OF the Morehead
City Chamber of Commerce, explain that
waterway development is needed, not only,
as most people think, for floating boats"
but as a conservation measure. The opening
of inIets and channels, he told his hearers,
is a step for greater clam and oyster Crops"
Both need circulating and salt water if they
are to fatten and reproduce their kind. Fish,
too, must have access to inland waters for
the protection of their young. This matter of
conservation will also become a part of the
forthcoming program.
The larger returns from the Washington
meeting, even greater in their potential bene-
fits, however, are in a new unity among rep
resentatives from the coastal area, growing
out of the meeting. 1t is safe to say that
henceforth North Carolina will carry forward
it's waterway development program as a unit,
that old sectional troubles will be eliminated
and that the states waterway needs will get
before the engineers and congress with more
power and cohesion than has ever accom-
panied any similar effort in the past. And
it is equally certain that the results will be
better.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
Editorial Comments
From Other AnqIes
A GOOD WORD FOR CULTURAL
EDUCATION
Charlotte Observer

Incident to the recent meeting in Louisville,
KY, Of The Classical Association of the Middle
West and South, Editor Tom Wallace, of The
Louisville Times, was moved to reflect upon
the education of yesterday which ~paramounted
culture and the education of today which para
mounts vocational proficiency.
And his inclinations are all toward the for.
mer type.
He quickly takes the side of "advocates of
the classes who consider a good library well
used the best instrument of true education
The tribute of the editor to the old-time col
lege professor, the specimen of the Instruction.
al profession who keeps himself literally sat
urated from the vat of classical knowledge, is
timely and deserved.
'Many older Americans" says he, "who were
educated at the best American universities and
IN part at European universities, look back
upon association with professors whose high
culture was an inspiration to them in their
youth and has been an influence upon their
lives.
Such instructors are not produced by an
educational system which lays emphasis upon
studies which, presumably, will equip the stu
dent for his chosen calling, if he has chosen a
calling, rather than upon studies which will
make him an eXemplar of true education.
'The school teacher, the college professor,
who best knows the subject he teaches, and
is best qualified so to teach it that he will
arouse the interest OF those ne teaCneS, IS not
the mere specialist, but one who knows the
roots of culture, and who makes upon the
student the impression that he is a master of
more than the subject he teaches"
Even SO, with all the emphasis that the &C.
casional editor from the outside and the &C.
casional educator from the inside continue to
lay upon the value of classical studies, more
and more it seems the trend in education is
away from such instruction and toward such
studies as will tend to fit one to get a job
as swiftly as possible and hold on to it as
long as possible.
We believe in this sort of training, of course;
it is inevitable in an age of industrialism like
ours, but We insist that it ought to sail under
some other name than that of education.
And while we are at it, we insist, also, that
colleges and universities should be reminded,
ever and anon, that they came into the world
for larger and greater ends than those repre-
sented by this purely secularistic urge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
REGISTRATION IMPERATIVE

1t is impossible to place too much empha'
sis on the new registration of voters which
is to start on April 27. No person, eligible by
age and residence, will be permitted to cast
a ballot in the May primary unless he is
entered on. the new poll list, even though he
may have been voting in the same ward for
half a century. Unless he is willing to sacri.
flee his right of franchise and is content to
have no voice in the choice of candidates for
public office he must comply with the law
requiring re-registration.
A word about the system by which the new
lists will be compiled is timely. The registrar
of each ward in the county will be at the
designated polling place between 9 a. m. and
sunset on Saturdays during the registration
period for the convenience of e~ligibles. But
it is not necessary to register at these places
and on these days only. Registrations may
be made at any time during the period by
calling upon the ward registrar at his home
or place of business; but the registrar is not
and solicit registrations. The act of register.
ing must be voluntary.
Thus it is seen that the burden of register
ing rests solely on the shoulders of the indi-
vidual. That the duty to register rests on the
same shoulders is unacceptable.
This is an important political year, more
important than many election years. In the
state there is a large field of gubernatorial
aspirants. 1t is essential from the personal
viewpoint that the candidate to be chosen in
the May primary, or the two to enter a run
C -I-1J L. 4- -. - -, o-.4,
but of the true majority. This can result
only from a complete registration; and any
regret the individual may feel if the out
come is not to his liking will have to spring
either from the fact that he is not among a
majority or because he failed to become eli
gible to vote for his favorite.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07

come to us for many of our naE!,
trees and plants. A visitor to u
English gardens tells US that Oh
native laurel and rhododendrons al
the pride of the estates. l have az
heard that many Of our native WI
flowers are priced plantinss Of u
parks of Paris, Vienna, BerlIn a.
other continental cities. ,
Some of the finest estates .
America, Handicapped by the hlgnS'
priced architects, are marIeIs .
beauty by the use of u PINE
cedars, redbuds, dogwoods, cra0dF
pies, hollies, and native shrubs aD
flowers. Visitors to Middleton F!a.
garden at Charleston have seen -
hundreds Of bays redbuds, and cfag
apples being planted. Wild honss :.
suckle has a prominent Mace .
the paintings at Airlie at Ni.LhN'
ton.
Who has failed to notice The WI.
drous beauty of our woods in SPIN,
time masses of dogwOod asa"+
a background of pines or cto",
yellow jessamine climbing oI.
fences or hanging over river ba,D ~.
rhododendrons and flaming aZa''%
IN the mountains; redbud mii7'r IT,,
Its purple and pink blooms VITA ~ /.
dogwood, or the wild crao"Ff%,
with its delicate pink blossoms
rival of the japanese cA'''
against a pine forest?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
FORESTS AFLAME

Although forest fires in southeastern North
Carolina have been brought practically under
control without great damage to physical i'm
provements in their separate areas, it is not
to be supposed that all danger is past. There
is always danger where flames linger, and
just now with winds rising at intervals to
high velocity that danger is increased.
That Wilmington is not immune is proved
by the fact that Friday flames approached
within a few feet of the Taylor-Colquitt creo-
soting plant and were forced back only by
of wind. Another blaze in the Carolina Beach
section has been eating its way through tim
berland for days, menacing homes and con-
Stunning som outbuildings.
Elsewhere in the region, especially in Ons-
low county, flames have been spreading since
Tuesday, despite valiant service of CCC en-
rollees to keep them from built-up sections.
A drenching rain would halt them. Even still
air would help. But without either, residents
of imperiled sections are hard put to save
their homes.
The fact that forest fires are raging proves
the need for preventive measures more eff
fective than previously rallied. The loss is
too heavy for the district to bear without
sacrifice in other directions. Trees are too
scarce in this part Of the state to lose any
through fire. And if the fire is the result
of carelessness, the loss is a needless waste.
There is no reason to fear that the present
fires will not be halted approximately within
their present limits. But their existence is
sufficient warning to all persons, especially
tourists who stop at the roadside for meals,
to leave no sparks when they drive away.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
HERE AND THERE

Berlin announces that babies diapers are
now being rationed. Thus Nazis are cutting
three corners to achieve wartime economy.
Descending upon the world with their white
Book" the Germans would have us believe our
Bullitt had misfired.
Chamberlain warns neutral countries to be
cautious about trading with the Reich. After
all, it is very unneutral to be giving aid to the
enemy.
Now that Germany's blaming the U. S. for
the present war, the British should be enjoying
a period Of pleasant respite.
Interesting specimen, modern man. He spends
decades digging millions in gold out of the
ground, then turns around and digs a hole at
Fort Knox to put five billion back in,
Don't envy people who are enjoying meteor.
1c careers. Remember, a meteor flashes bril-.
llantly through the sky and then falls to earth
with a dull and sickening thud.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
JOHNSON STRIKES
AT THIRD TERRIERS
General Hugh Wants Man
Like Farley Or Hull
For Nomination

NEW YORK, April 6. - Up =
Hugh S. Johnson belabored thu
Roosevelt administration tonight
before a group of high democratic
leaders, and inferentially urged that
the party nominate for President
James A. Farley, John Garner, Cor
dell Hull or some other 'old-schca
democrat"
In a speech prepared for the an
nual democratic jefferson dinner
arranged by a committee headed b.
Farley himself - General Johnso-
asserted:
-. Neither our political nor 0l
economic system "a long enduT'
the cost of billions of annual hand
outs to purchase dissident srouTi
and make the nation safe for TIL
democratic party"
Politicians found the tone Of biz
speech significant, particularly
view of the fact that he declarsl
at the start that officials of TIL
dinner were specifically warne;
when I vas asked to come her
that I am not a linguist and cal
only talk like a democrat and no
like the mangled remains left b!
the bright young men of the Wash
ington palace guards"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07

visors had the assurance that, when
completed, it would be absolutely
accurate and well executed"
Rudolph was first lieutenant and
later captain of the Illinois resi-
ment, which served in the Spanish
American war, and was mustered
out on August %, 1898. He re-en-
listed in the regular army in the
21st infantry on November s., 1901.
He was made corporal and later
sergeant while engaged in survey
work at Panay Island in the Philip
pines and after returning to the
United States participated in the
survey of Bull Run battle field. He
later engaged in survey work and
building a military road in Cuba.
An expert rifleman, he was recon-
mended for a commission in the u.
S. Volunteers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
Better Homes Campaign
Awakens Interest Here

The committee in charge of loca
administration of the Better Homes
for America movement announced
yesterday considerable progress has
been made in awakening interest in
the Importance of better housing
Mrs. Paul Burton is chairman.
The body issued a request fol-
Wilminstonians to cooperate in an
effort to awaken a HOUSING con
sciousness among the people.
Programs Drafted
Programs of action in connection
with the movement will be an.
nounced later, Mrs. Burton said.
Writing on Beauty at Small
Cost" Anne Pauline Smith of N.
c. State college, says:
Every home, whether in town or
in the country, presents some kind
OF picture to the %passerby. This
picture may be pleasing, attractive,
and inviting, or it may be bleak,
such as swept yards, or even ugly.
ones first impression Of a person
is gained by the appearance of the
nome in which he lives. A neat,
attractive, well kept home usually
houses a family of wholesome peo-
pie who are an asset to the COM
munlty in which they live.
Every unimproved home in North
Carolina, whether a log cabin or a
pretentious town dwelling, can be
attractive by the proper
planting of trees, shrubs, vines,
flowers and lawn. The yard is the
setting for the picture made by the
u and o~ut-buildings, along with
the trees, shrubs, and flowers, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
FORGET-ME.NOT
Editor Star-News:

Editor Star-NeWs:
The Disabled American Veterans.
Chapter No. IL of Wilmington, and
New Hanover county, wish to ex.
press their appreciation to all citi.
zens and visitors who supported the
d.. A. v. second annual Forget-Me.
Not sale. which was held yester-
day on the streets of the city. Three
Thousand, eight hundred and fifty.
six of these little blue flowers were
sold by mothers, daughters, sisters
and wives Of ex-service men.
Mrs. Lucille B. Edwards, chairman.
citizens committee, and Mrs. Estelle
Blanchard, co-chairman, wish to ex-
tend their sincere thanks to the
following: The Wilmington Star.
News, Louis Moore, secretary, cham.
Der of commerce, for the use of the
rooms as headquarters during the
sale, Mrs. Ferdinand Flick and her
group of Rainbow Girls, National
Youth Administration girls, and to
all the young girls who assisted
greatly in making this Forget-Me.
Not sale a success.
MRS. LUCILLE B. EDWARDS
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under CouncilManager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Taucb and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
shoms.
Seaside Highway from WrightsuiHe
Beach to Bold Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear RiUer channel, MD
er Turning Basin, NTH ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paued River Road to Southport, ria
Orion Plantation.
Development Of Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yie1d methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motionaz Agency, supported by one,
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
ADEQUATE hospital facilities for Whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape grouping
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sanatorinnl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
julius Rudolph, At 20, Retires
After 80 Years With u. S. CORPS

Julius Rudolph, 70, of GIG Grace
street, retired on March 81 after
more than 80 years of continuous
service with the Norfolk and Will.
mington districts of the U. S. army
engineer corps.
Dudolph served with the Norfolk
district from February 5, 1917. tc
March 81, 1920, and with the Viii.
mington district from December 20.
1907, to February 4, 1917, and from
April /, 1920, to March 81, 1910.
Thirty-two years, four months,
and II days of continuous service
were compiled by Rudolph during
his work with the army engineer
ing departments at Norfolk and in
| Wilmington.
Rudolph observed his 10th birth
day on March Is, 1910, and was re-
tired from active service on March
81.
Lieutenant Colonel George w
Gillette, Wilmington district army
engineer, had the following to say
this week in connection with the re-
tirement of Rudolph:
I'm my official capacity, I have
known him over a period of many
years both in his military work fol
lowing the Spanish-American war
and his activities with the Viii
mington district of the army engi.
neer corps.
II can truthfu1ly say that he is
one of the most loyal and efficient
servants of the government I have
ever known. With his retirement,
our office is losing one of it's most
valued employees.
His typographical maps made in
this district in the years gone by
stand today as the most accurate
work we have ever had regarding
the drainage basin at the Tar river
and on the Neuse river. Any work
he undertook, regardless of wheth-
er survey Or otherwise. his super-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
Booker T. Washington
Stamp To Be Issued

TUSKEGEE, Ala, April 6-P-
The first U. S. postage stamp honor
ing a negro will be sold here tomoF
row by Postmaster General james A
Farley.
Bearing the likeness of Booker l.
Washington, founder of Tuskegee III
stitute (for negroes) 50 years as'
and recognized before his death III
1915 as the nations leading neSF'
educator, the stamp will be OF "
cent denomination.
Farley will take a principal PAL
in the stamp issuance exercise
which will include placing a wrea~
on the educators grave and a Ts'
to his statue on the Tuskegee carry
us,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
THANKS

DCdl Sh.
On the behalf of the Wilmington
Junior Chamber Of Commerce, now
completing it's organization, I want
to thank you for your editorial as
we'll as personal encouragement.
Without your influence, the grace
and facility Of your pen, and the
columns of The Star-News such a
civic enterprise as we. propose
would have died a%-borning.
AS soon as u organization is
perfected We will attempt projects
which shall have as their ultimate,
if not immediate purpose the crea-
ton of a better Wilmington i'll
which to live and conduct business.
Then, even more than now, our
successes and failures will depend
largely upon the editorial sanction
and power behind us.
With adequate newspaper trum.
peting, countless Jaycee groups
have accomplished, seemingly, the
impossible. To mention two not
able examples: The San Francisco
Worlds exposition "a one; the an.
nual Southern conference basketball
tournament, which yearly brings
$4,000 people to Raleigh, is another.
We are, therefore, dedicating our
selves to the proposition that Will
nington car be sold to the state and
nation as it has never been sold be-
fore-and with the continuation of
your encouragement we will do it.
Very truly yours,
FOSTER EDWARDS, Secretary,
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
WATERWAYS K UP

TT would be hard indeed to overemphasize
- the Importance for North Carolina of the
organization at Washington on Friday of a
Waterways association to unity the states eff
forts for navigational improvement, flood
control, malaria eradication and seafood con-
servation.
If North Carolina is to take its proper place
i'm great affairs and realize on it's opportunity
through utilization of natural resources,
these four protestant they are closely re-
lated-must be carried forward by a united
program. 1t is the purpose of the new or
ganization to draft such a program, with an
eve for the betterment of all waterway com.
munities.
The hundred and fifty men in attendance
at the initial meeting heard Representative
BARDEN dwell on the need for a comprehen-
sive plan for flood control, with special ref
erence to the Neuse river, pay a well-merited
tribute to the efficiency of Lieut.. Col. GEORGE
GILLETTE, chief Of the war department engi-
neers in this district, and pledge his coopera
ton and sympathetic support of all projects
designed to raise the level Of service on all
waterways and related undertakings.
They heard a letter from Representative
WARREN in which the ~iniquity of the WHEEL
ER-LEA bill was pointed out, and adopted a
resolution condemning the bill. Under this
measure, already passed by the house and
the senate, and now in conference before a
joint committee, with its report expected in
the next two weeks, the waterways and high
ways would be placed under Jurisdiction OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
This legislation is thoroughly bad" Mr..
WARREN wrote. cit would create a complete
Transportation monopoly. 1t would strange
water and highway transportation and force
freight rates up to the level of rail rates. 1t
was denounced within three weeks by the
secretary of agriculture as inimical to the
farmers, and by the secretary of war as
against the public interest. 1t is opposed by
the Maritime Commission, the National
Grange. and the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, the largest of the rail brother
hoods. 1t will throw thousands of workers
out of employment
With the South organizing for a decade OF
prosperity, it is hard to %envision a greater
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
HURRICANE INSURANCE.

Dear Sir:
l wish to thank you on behalf oil
the Propeller club for the splendid
news coverage you have given our
projects and especially for your
very fine editorial in The Star re.
garding the change in the Hurri.
cane Exclusion Warranty.
This accomplishment is the result
of intensive work which was start.
ed by the club a year ago and
which included a special trip by
commander Anderson last fall when
he personally called on the four
leading officials in the Marine I'm.
derwritins field. Great credit and
thanks is also due by the Propeller
CLUB to Mr.. W. 3. keziah of South.
port, for his unceasing efforts on
this matter during the past three
or four years. We also wish to
give thanks at this time to Mr..
Paul Hess of the U. S. weather bu.
reau of Wilmington for the splen.
did report he prepared for us and
which was the basis of our claim
that Wilmington has enjoyed dur.
ing its history a record equal or
better than any other point on the
South Atlantic coast for escaping
tropical storms.
In closing I wish to correct a
slight misunderstanding on this
matter. The so-called Eastport-
Norfolk limits of the Hurricane
Exclusion Warranty have not been
changed as regards vessels sailing
on the Atlantic ocean. Several wears
ago when the inland waterway was
completed as far as Morehead City
an exemption was made resardin.
navigation in finland waters" as far
south as that point. The present
change extends that same eyemn.
ton as far south as, n including
southport, but does not effect the
regulations regarding the Atlantic
ocean itself.
Sincerely yours.
GEO. l.. STEARNS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07

no family can make their home
picture attractive without sonsider
ing these.
DR.. Seaman A. Knapp said: "The
home should be a place of beauty
so attractive that every passing
stranger inquiries: Who lives in that
lovely homer The house is OF
minor consideration - the gorgeous
setting of trees and shrubbery holds
the eye"
While plans are being made for
the yard Improvement, shrubs may
be propagated in the vegetable gar
den, purchased at small cost from
local nurserymen, or taken from
nearby woods. Every family should
have three rows in the vegetable
garden for growing shrubs. In one
row all varieties of shrub cuttings
should be rooted. The second row
should be enriched. Ali small root.
ed Shrubs, which the owner may
root and have given her should be
planted in this and later trans
pianted again. Shrubs should not
pe set as foundation, border, or
scfeen paintings until they are at
ieast TWO years old. In the third
row, partly filled with woods mould,
hatlve shrubs and trees a be
planted until the grounds are ready
lor them. I cannot over-emphasize
the Importance of starting these
piopasaIion rows in the vegetable
garden.
Foreign" Shrubs
we go to China and Japan and
olner foreign countries to find
snruos Tor our gardens while u
1nsl1sh and continental friends
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
The Editors
BOX

Ihe Editor does not necessari-
ly endorse any article appear.
in this department. ThAy repre-
sent 9 yiew 8 of the individual
readers. Correspondents a 9
warae, that all communications
must contain the correct name
and address for III records,
though the 4 ter may be signed
as the writer sees fit. The Star.
News reserves the right to alter
any text that for. any reason is
Objectionable. letters on con-
reversal subjects will not be
published.