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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Naval Aqe Bill Passes

Legislation fixing the maximum
and minimum age limits for ad-
mission to the Naval Academy at
81 and II was approved by Congress
yesterday. Senate action sent the
measure to the White House. Pres
ent limits are 20 and is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

His widow, Mrs. Anna Atkinson
Marks, and a son, Raymond Atkin-
son Marks, survive.
Funeral services will be held at
1890 am. tomorrow at the Fort
Myer Chapel with burial in Airing
ton National Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Pershine's 80th Birthday
Marked by French Radio
BY the Associated Press.


VICHY, France, Sept. ia spe-
cial program lauding Gen. John J..
Pershing on the occasion of his
80th birthday was broadcast over
the French radio today.
Marshal Philippe Petain, now
Frances premier, sent best wishes
to Gen. Pershing through Ambas =
sador CASTOR Henry Haye, calling
the American World War COM
mander his "old fighting comrade."
Gen. Pershing yesterday received
a congratulatory message from King
George of England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

possible support of their countries
against Japan in the event he re-
nounced the French regime at
Vichy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Roller Skater Injured

Jean Golf. II. suffered a fracture
of the right arm when she fell while
roller skating in front of her home,
1888 E street NE, yesterday. She
was admitted to Casualty Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Raymond Marks Dies
In Walter Reed at AZ

Raymond Marks, 48, Of 2l26 Con-
necticut avenue NV. Washington
representative for the Raisler Heat
ing Co. of New York City, died yes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

American authorities here said
they had no information on the
subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
CEMETERY LOTS.

BEAUTIFUL LOCAT1ON-LOT 20, SEC
ton 10, Cedar Hill Cemstery. Sacrifice
need cash. Atlantic 5312. 1Ss
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
GLOVES

AS a means of fostering clean sports and
clean living among young men, the an
nual Golden Gloves contests take a high
place. Still new, as concerted athletics go,
they have established themselves in top flight
events, and focus as great interest as the
Olympics themselves. One sign of their true
worth is the increasing number of partlcl'
pants and the widening frontiers of the dis
tricts from year to year.
A few words on the way Golden Gloves
functions are appropriate. The program Is ma
tional in scope. Amateur boxers try their
skill first in local contests. From these, win
ners advance to district meets, and from
there to New York or to Chicago, according
to the region from which they hail. From
the New York and the Chicago round, semi.
f~inalists in each weight group go into the
finals. These winners and the runners-up re-
ceive appropriate trophies.
Wilmington is district headquarters for
tl1S SocllOu, WHERE Lu6 6llluludl1OuS w opoA'
sored by the Star.News and the Brigade Boys
club. When the local contests are over, win
ners will go to Atlanta for the southeastern
contests, as guests of the sponsors, with all
expenses paid and entertainment within safe
athletic bounds provided gratis. Any boy over
sixteen who meets the physical requirements
may enter.
The Stdr-News feels that in sharing the
local sponsorship of the program it is help.
ing a worthwhile experiment in building
good citizenship. The boys who train as
carefully for the contests as members Of a
school athletic squad, who vie so hard for
victory and give the best they have in the
ring, are equipping themselves for the con.
tests of adult life, when they will have
need for the lessons in craftsmanship and
right living they are learning from the
Golden Gloves. They will be better men for
the experience.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
RESOLUTIONS

Perhaps the best resolution anybody can
make is to resolve to stop making resolu-
lions. They seldom fail to end in compromise,
and to compromise with oneself is to lessen
self respect. To say cpl do thus and So and
then weaken in performance-well everybody
knows that cheap feeling.
Stop smoking, drinking, nagging, spending
needlessly? Fine. But stop without burdening
oneself with obligation to do so. On the other
hand, if a resolution must be made, then
stick to it through hell and high water.
There is no other way to placate conscience.
And conscience has a mean way of painting
CHASTITY pictures on the dark walls of the
mind IL night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
HAPPY NEW YEAR

This, too. is a day for thanksgiving. The
New Year finds America free from the war
clouds lowering over so much of the world.
1t finds North Carolina in an advantageous
situation economically.
And especially it finds Wilmington happy
after a Christmas which carried revenues
from the splendid practice of giving at high
levels.
For all of which there is reason to give
thanks, and particularly may we be grateful
that the day itself is too firmly fixed in the
calendar to be moved backward or forward,
With deep appreciation for the support and
patronage of it's readers, the Star extends a
Happy New year to all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
QUOTATIONS

We must not allow ourselves to become in
tested by the hatreds based on outworn preju-
dlces that have been rekindled for their own
selflsh ends by the dictators of Europe.-Dr.
Franz Boas, emeritus professor of anthropo-
logy, Columbia university.
Inc hope of enduring peace among nations
is little short of an illusion unless there can
be provided for it a solid foundation of eco
nomic we'll being for all MISUNDERSTANDING of
State Cordell Hull.
1t seems that the world has forgotten Christ's
message of peace, the voice of reason and
Christian brotherhood.-Pope Plus XII.
Everyone must know we belong together in
life and death.-Col. Gen. Walter Won Branch.
itsch, ommander-in-chief of German armies
When a song isn't sung to death, it will live
Al Dublin, songwriter.
Victory will be ours. We not only hone for
1t; we know it.-Dr. Joseph Goebhe1s Maj
propaganda minister.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
REUNION FOR THE DIONNES

Because of their unique position in society,
whatever happens to the DIoNNE quints is
news. What changes are made in their diet,
what new words they learn, what new toys
they receive, what is done for their %snuffles.
and a thousand other incidents in their daily
routine, to say nothing of visits to royalty
and disagreements between parents and
guardian, bring the printers to life in a
thousand newspaper offices. And the wide
interest is justified on the ground that moth.
ing in an ordinary lifetime has been so sur.
prising as their arrival and survival.
So, when announcement comes that DR..
DAFoE is to resign his guardianship, with
peace restored with the belligerent father
OLIVIA, and the quints are to be reunited
with the family as soon as a proper house
is built, it is no wonder the newspapers
seize upon it as a piece of prime new to be
exploited with equal consideration with the
earthquake in Anatolia and the continued
defeat of Russian troops in Finland.
Whether they will continue the remarkable
progress which has characterized their five
and a half years under the new conditions,
in the new environment, and exposed to pos.
%sibilities of illness from contact with broth.
ers and sisters and the other children of
the community, against which they have
been SO carefully guarded heretofore, or
whether they will be able to adjust them.
selves to the free masonry of ordinary child.
hood after their long segregation, is some
thing the future alone can determine.
One can understand the wish of parents to
have all their children at home. But it is not
apparent in advance that the arrangement in
this case is in the interest of the five little
girls whose lives have been so shielded since
the day Of their birth. One compensating
factor lodges in the announcement that DIR.
DAFoE will continue to watch over their ply.
steal well.being in their new home as he has
in their nursery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

This is to extend an invitation to readers
TO use the columns of this paper for opinions
or suggestions. There is always something
interesting going Oh in city, county, state
or nation. We are convinced that members
OF the Stars big family of subscribers would
enjoy knowing what you think about it.
Write a letter /, the editor, stating your
views. The only Limitation upon your contri.
button is that it be in good taste, and mot too
long. Space is at a premium. And that you
sign your name. No anonymous letters will
be considered for publication. If what you
have to say is worth saying, it is worth
signing.
Space will be held daily for your use. Now
let us have your letters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
ARGENTINA FACES
GLOOMY OUTLOOK
Farmers Have Problems OF
Poor Wheat Crop And Slow
Export Movement

. BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 31-LPp-
It's a gloomy new years outlook
which A%rgentina's wheat farmers
faced today poor crop, record
carryover of unsold grain, slow ex.
port movement.
The outlook is just as cloudy, for
the same reasons, for the national
grain board which maintained a
minimum price of seven pesos
(about $3.50 for 22O pounds of
which for the last yield and ended
the season with a 1000, 900 long-ton
surplus.
With the December harvest COM.
pleted, trade sources estimated the
total 1939-4O wheat yield at no more
than 100000 long tons compared
with $500 900 in 1938-39. For yea
Argentina has been second only to
Canada as the worlds leading wheat
exporters.
Much Of the reduced yield is of
interior quality because of unfavor.
Die weather which included unsea-
sonable October rains in the north.
ern provinces and a severe frost on
December 5 which wrecked promises
OF above-normal yields in the far
south.
And Is per cent of the farmers
are tenants who work on a share
basis.
Reports to Buenos Aires officials
said half the growers in the fertile
San Francisco area found their
so bad they did not bother 10
cut it.
Grain experts said another reason
wheat growers were disheartened
was the fact that British purchases
were being made mainly in Canada
n Australia, indicating reduced
demand for Argentine grain in the
London market.
The national grain board aban.
doned its maintenance of the seven.
peso minimum price when wartime
speculation drove quotations above
that level temporarily. Experts
agreed 1t was unlikely the govern
ment would renew the Subsidy" be-
cause of the huge expense involved
IN this last year. A large portion
of the 1889 crop, purchased at the
minimum level, sold at considerable
lower prices in the world markets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01

than he could in 1870. The output a person
working on farms increased 81 per cent from
1909 to 1929. This increased productivity Hlaue
it possible for rs per cent fewer persons -
produce an agricultural output ~ per cent
greater in 1929 than in 1909" And the proceo'
has continued and is continuing.
It is the familiar story of the individual
revolution though comparatively novel in the
field of agriculture which has only recently
been feeling the full impact of mechanical III
vention. And if we take the long view 1t 10 q
decidedly pleasant story. For 1t IS the s!oiy
of a vast increase of real wealth. cohaoileu
with an equally amazing escape from the
worst forms of drudgery and a constant IN
crease of wage rates. Meanwhile, OF course
if has its diverse side which has to do with
those nainful dislocations resulting in techno-
logical unemployment.
The report cites an instance Of the latter
due to increasing use of the combined mar
vester-thresher which, it says, mas olsplaceu
more than 100, 900 of the 100000 migratory
workers who formerly found employment III
the wheat belts" Their absorption in other IN
d1,s+rv presents an immediate problem which
is multiplied constantly throughout the INDUS
trial structure. :.
II is problem for which the solution is
most emphatically not a brake on progress
Let us ask ourselves BY way OF Illustration
whether the reduction of migratory workers
quite aside from the increased prouuetln
which has come with it, is not in itself a boon
to be enjoyed by those in future generations
who might otherwise be condemned to TINS
type of drudgery? The point is that the
saving of labor is a positive good which, how-
ever. puts society under obligation to create
opportunities for employment elsewhere. Ana
normally. with the encouragement of private
enternrise. it fulfills the obligation automatl-
cally. New industries spring into being; old
ones under the spur of chronological improve
ment expand; the volume of employment shows
a net increase at higher wages. Normally this
beneficent readjustment goes on. But when
government or labor, or both, crack down on
private enterprise it suffers a check, the con-
SEQUENCES of which we have seen all about
us in the last several years. Chronic unem-
ployment is not the fault of the machine but
of an economic policy inimical to production.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
LONDON FUNERAL
RITES ARE Held
Many State Officials Attend
Services For Legisla-
tive Librarian

RALEIGH, Dec. 81 QP State
officials and other residents of North
Carolina filled the Protestant Epis-
copal Church of the Good Shepherd
this afternoon, where funeral serv-
ices were held for Henry M. Lon
don, legislative reference librarian
since 1919.
Many persons also attended serv-
ices an hour and a half later al S..
Bartholomew's church in Pittsboro,
where London was buried.
London, 60 and a native of Pitts
boro, died here early yesterday of a
complication of heart diseases. At
ter an illness of several weeks. He
was a prominent Episcopal lay lead
er, secretary of the trustees of the
University of North Carolina, secre.
tar~y-treasurer of the North Caro-
lima Bar association, and an officer
OF a score or other organiza.
tons.
The Rev. James Mcdowell Dick.
pastor of the Church Of the Good
Shepherd, and the Ri. Rev. e. A.
Penick, bishop of the Episcopal
diocese of North Carolina, officiated
at the service here. The Rev. ROYAL
Shannonhouse, pastor of st. Bar
tholoneW's, officiated at the service
in Pittsboro.
Pallbearers were Jonathan Daniels
OF Raleigh, and five nephews, John
Huske Anderson, Jr., and William
everett London of Raleigh, Henry
London Anderson of Charlotte
James Ielfair Gordon of Newark,
N. j., and Edwin Marlborough of
Durham.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
$50 ARE RESCUED
BY FRENCH ship
Passengers, Crew Of Burning
Spanish Liner Cabo San
Antonio Picked Up

SEVILLE. Spain, Dec. 81 Up -
A French vessel rescued $50 pas
sengers and crew today from the
burning Spanish liner Cabo San An
tonic, which caught fire 500 miles
west OF the Canary Islands on a
voyage from Buenos Aires to Cadiz.
Owners of the 12,5S9-ton liner,
Ybarra and company, said they were
Informed there were no casualties.
Distress signals from the Cabo
San Antonio, considered one of the
best liners in the Spanish merchant
fleet, were relayed to the Spanish
marine command by an English
source. Other liners were heading
toward the burning vessel to at,
tempt salvage.
Among the ships 1854 passengers
were the family of General Juan
Vigon, head of the Spanish national
list military staff during the civil
war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
Man bout

Bv George Tucker

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-He was a
Greek and he was a waiter n ne
came from Sparta to the united
States fought with the American
army in France, and wound up,
eventually, in Sparta, New Jersey,
az q waiter in the Old Sparta Inn,
an Inn where the Colonists used to
% for their buttered rum in the
davs before the Revolution, when
Moody's raiders were sweeping
through there.
His name is Teddy Pringos, and
he is a very good friend of mine
Sometimes l go up there and fish,
or hunt, as the case may be, ana a
number of years ago 1 formed the
habit occasionally of taking him
books to read.
All this time he was waiter, but
after a while he bought an interest
in the Inn, and then in a little
while he owned it outright. 1t wasn't
much of place when Teddy got it,
and he began to make a few I'M
provements, TO- and then, when
he got the money.
In his reading he became fasci.
mated with the story of George
Washington-he calls him The Fox
Hunter-and though he never adj
mitted as much, it was easy to see
that Washington had become his
hero.
AS Teddy read more, and as he
made new Improvements on the Inn,
l began to notice something vaguely
familiar about it's appearance. There
wasn't anything I could identify
outright. But one year he would add
a wing here, and the next he would
add a wing there-and finally-last
summer that is-it was complete.
And for the first time the full sig
nificance of all these changes be-
came apparent.
1t was Mount Vernon. There it
was, with it's high, white columns,
it's long verandah, it's windows and
it's strange, sypathetic colonial
elegance.
All this, you understand, took
years-six, seven, maybe eight. But
its there, and SO today the Greek
who came from Sparta, New Jersey,
is the master of his w particular
Mount Vernon-the Sparta Inn-no
less than George was master Of the
home hat now is a shrine where
thousands of visitors pay their re-
spects every year.
I think I love the Sparta Inn so
much because they let me arrive in
the middle of the night and amble
on back to the kitchen and steal
things out of the icenox without say
ing anything to anybody. If 1 want
a steak at 4 a. m. l cook it. I have
yanked whole turkeys out of the
lceboX, and whole hams, and all the
wonderful fruits that are a matter
of course with Inns that are excel
lentlly managed, and gorged until l
couldn't walk.
l have a date in January 10 go up
there and fish through the ice and
forage in the iceboX, and sit comfor-
table, afte- it is too dark to fish, in
a pleasant bar and swap pleasant
talk with a Greek who found in
George Washington an inspiration
and an ideal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
Funeral Services Are
Held For Alex Swain

SOUTHPORT, Dec. 81 - Funeral
services for Alex Swain, SO, member
of a prominent Brunswick county
family, who was found dead Friday
were held this afternoon at 8 o'clock
the Southport Methodist
church.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. Mr.. Harrison, pastor OF
the church. Interment followed in
the family cemetery.
MI. Swain is survived by a broth
er, Fred Swain, of Southport, a sis
ter, Mrs. Mary A. Williams, of jack
sonville, Fla, and by a number OF
nieces and nephews.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
st. Paul's Lutheran
Circles Plan Meets

The schedule for meetings of St
Pauls Lutheran church circles was
announced yesterday as follows:
Circle one: Mrs. Henry Habe-
NIGHT, leader; with Mrs. ]. c.
Whiteford, 1415 Dock street,
Wednesday afternoon at $50
o'clock.
Two: Mrs. William Kamer, lead
er; with Mrs. Chris Buttleman,
316 South Third street, THURSDAY
morning at 1890 o'clock.
Three: Mrs. Anna B. Pieper, lead.
er, with Mrs. Sam Behrends, 41s
South Nineteenth street, Tuesday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Four: Mrs. jamie Render, lead
er: with Mrs. H. B. Stone, Gil
Orange street, Thursday night at
s o'clock.
Five: Mrs. Will Render, leader;
with Mrs. Grace Ingram, 1925
Orange street, Tuesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
Six: Mrs. Conrad vessel, leader,
with Mrs. Mamie Goodwin. Castle
Hayne road, Tuesday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
Five Persons Killed
In Clash In MEXICO

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 31.-R-
rive persons were killed and one
was wounded critically in a clash
between soldiers and villagers at
a Marcos, about so miles east
OF mere, it was reported today.
Flghting with guns started when
hernandez Gonzalez Villajuana, a
minor treasury official, went from
Ilaxcala with an escort of soldiers
10 protest illegal timber cutting.
1hfee soldiers and two villagers
were slain and Villajuana was
wounded. Several t~ownspeople were
arrested.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
TOP o. THE MORNING

Launched upon another year,
Saviour guide us!
Do1Dn the NnEnoum stream OF time,
Be beside as!
In the danger zones, o Christ,
Keep Thou near us!
NdNght haze We to fear or dread
IT Thou steer as!
PerilS grave mag loom around.
Faith be tested;
But WiM Thee the rudest Wave
May be breasted.
NEEDHAM PHILLIP
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
Ammunition Recovered
By Irish Authorities

DUBLIN, Dec. 31.-LP-Irish au-
thorltles today recovered two and
a half tons of ammunition hidden
under a straw stack near Dunda1k
and asserted it was part of the
nearly % tons seized in the Dec.
% raid on the magazine in Phoe-
nix Park, Dublin.
Officials, who blamed the out
laWed Irish republican army for the
raid, said nearly half of the stolen
ammunition had been recovered.
Troops of the Ireland (Eire) army
continued to keep up a strict pa
troll around Dublin, searching all
vehicles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
Close Of 1899 Brings
Tragedy To Two Couples

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31-CP-
The close of 1889 brought tragedy
to two young Los Angeles couples.
MI. and Mrs. James A. De Shur-
ley aWoke to find their 2-months-
old son, Doren, had smothered to
death in his carriage.
Fearing Gerald, their 4-months-
old o would be cold during the
nlght' MI. and Mrs. Leslie T.
Weens' placed him in bed between
ehem' He was dead, apparently
from suffocation, when they awoke.