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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
JAPAN SHORT-SIGHTED

The japanese are myopic, individually and
in their governmental dealings. That is to
say, they cannot see with their minds any
farther than they can with their eyes,
An example of this is found in the way
Japan is treating American claims for dam.
age to buildings and other property destroyed
by japanese bombers in China. The japanese
officials, hearing the complaints, contend
that Japan is not responsible under interna.
tional law, and that if Americans are paid
they must look to China. But Japan cannot
invoke international law for the simple rea-
son that it's ruling applies to nations at war
and Japan has not declared war on China.
If the japanese were far sighted, they
would find a better answer than this, in the
interest of the amity they seek and the per.
petuation of the American treaty which is
soon to expire. if for no other reason,
If they were clear-sighted, they would know
that America will not enter into any agree
ment with a government which refuses to
safeguard it's nationals and their investments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Repatriation OF Employment
Termed No | Job OF Business

DETROIT. Jan. 1S.-R-Greater
regularization of employment is
business homogeneous number
n job" and the reactions of men
out of work one of it's major dan.
gers, William L. Bait, chairman of
the business advisory council of the
department of commerce, told the
society of automotive engineers
here tonight.
Addressing a general meeting Of
the society's annual convention, he
said that what is taking place now
and what may occur within the
relatively near future" will deter
mine in large measure whether the
future holds in store "a competi-
tive form of economy and of govern
ment ownership, governmental con.
troll and central authority"
Bait, who is president of ski
industries, expressed the conviction
collective bargaining as a guaran-
teed right of labor is here to stay"
and added:
How fast unionism as the force
to implement the collective bar
gaining principal for labor, is to
grow, will be considerably influenced
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19

,;e;,a ,ron,isos .nd assurances emanating from
Toxic. But even in this militarlstlc 1lelo the
realists must recognize that CONTINUATION -.
ther Chinese adventure, with any degree OF
success, is absolutely dependent upon 'iaue
relations with the United states.
Last year, for instance, TINS country sou
Japan Sc per cent of its war goods. Ihls was
the average figure; for many specific Items
tho purchases ran much higher. For example
90 ner cent of Japan's copper, ~ per cent VI
its scrap iron and steel, 81 per cent VI us
ferro-alloys, rs per cent OF Its aircraft ana
tools. Ct per cent of its metal WORKING hlachih-
erv 65 per cent of it's petroleum., 65 per cent
of its automobiles, parts and accessories %
per cent of it's other iron and steel sehl-n1anu-
ia ctures. az per cent of its lead, 50 per cent
Of it's hides and skins and 81 per cent OIL us
internal combustion engines came from the
United States. If an embargo is voted on these
goods and commodities, especially WIN olner
world sources virtually closed by war ana m
tensive preparations for war, it is at once seen
that the militarists and their schemes "oulu
probably be the first to fall.
The other side of the economic wise is repre-
scented by our purchases of Japanese products
Japan's normal sales OF SILK, canned llsh ana
other specialties in this country constitute
one-fifth of it's foreign trade. From these sales
the empire obtains foreign exchange WIFE
which to make it's own necessary war pur
chases. In sharp contrast to the dependability
of japan upon American markets, our own eN-
nort trade is so we'll diversified that Nippon
accounts for only one-thirteenth in a normal
year: that against the one-fifth OF the Japa'
nese volume for which we account.
These figures tell their own story; a story
which explains the cabinet difficulties, retlec'
tive of conditions behind them, in Toxic, and
orr own governments hope of securing a more
satisfactory readjustment of Far Eastern prob
lens in which it has vital stake.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
WPA STREET WORK

Dear Sir:
NV attitude toward the unemploy-
ed man who has responsibilities is
indeed kind and sympathetic, and I
know of no greater agency of re-
lief to such men than u present
so-called WPA. Also, may I say that
T think the founders of such an
agency of relief are to be commend
ed for their humanitarianism. l deep
" appreciate the privilege of being
a citizen of a country whose policy
would be to care for all. But let's
ultimately become WPA workers OF
mo those who need to be cared
for.
The I'M in which our street
improvement program is being han
died by WPA workers causes me to
wonder if the present result is due
to the lack of laborers. If so, boys,
you may cheer up; for, as 1 see
it, my employer, and many others
like him, will have no need for their
employees if the streets remain i'm
passable to the extent that u pa
irons can reach us only on foot.
May 1 humbly suggest that we i'm
prove a small portion of a street
at a time, rather than block one
half of the streets in the city and
do nothing about any of them?
Certainly these men who r en-
ployed in this project need the en-
ployment; no II objects to that
But, will someone in authority or
ganize this work to the best possible
advantage of the businesses of the
city? For, after all, it is business
that pays the bill. If this is not
eXpedient, then the only solution
| have to offer is that u WPA
friends be taken out to the great,
nearby Green Swamp where they
may be furnished employment with
out %hindering business from going
onward to a prosperity comparable
to our growing responsibility to hu.
nanity.
Respectfully,
H. T. WARREN.
Wilmington, N. C.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
PERILS OF IMMIGRATION

With approximately ten million workers
still idle and times none too good for tax
payers who must support them, the time is
ripe to consider what is to be done about
the aliens who seek escape from war Or per
s~ecution at home at American ports of entry.
figures are Illuminating. In the fiscal
year ending last June 80, there were admit
ted 43,500 Jews, 6,70S Italians, 1924 Ger
mans, 5,O76 English, 2,96S Irish, 1868 Scotch,
1863 scandinavians and 2,214 French.
Are We to keep immigration bars down,
like this, or shall we, in justice to our own
unemployed and the persons who pay the
national tax bill, send them back to their
own lands?
In view of the recent exposure of II con-
s~pirators who sought to overthrow the gov
eminent, seize the public utilities and the
treasury, and kill off a dozen national legis-
lators whom they considered obstacles in
the way of their revolt, and of other known
subversive activities of communists and 9th
er alien groups, it is imperative that we deal
with foreigners not only incapable Of earn
ing a living and must be given relief, but
who spread sedition and plot against the
government.
Senator ROBERT R. REYNOLDS, sponsor of re-
stricted immigration and father Of a bill to
curb the present influx, believes that alien
arrivals unable to support themselves and
unable to give a good account of themselves,
should find the door closed when they knock,
and that those who are admitted should be
registered, as aliens are abroad, whenever
they change their habitation.
The senator f~oresees a day, if repressive
measures are not employed, when North
Carolina will have to absorb q part of the
undesirable immigrant influx, as has the
west, and face a labor situation through the
Vaccinations Of communists and other evil
doors as costly, economically and politically,
as any the west has had to endure.
His crusade for further restrictions on i'm
migration and stricter regulation of aliens,
which he is now conducting in congress-, will
he the easier if North Carolinians hold UP
his hands for victory.
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by our attitude as employers. .. .
the employee will have to be con
WINGED that we honestly agree with
his right to be free from unfair dis
charge, his right to bargain collie
tivly, his right to belong to a union
if he wants to.
ut seems to me inevitable that
the pendulum will swing still furth
err in the direction of security for
labor. To the extent that it is not
provided voluntarily by private en-
terprises, it is likely to be provided
by legislation or judicial interpre'
tation.
Bait asserted that business suf.
fered a considerable loss of conf
dence because the man in the
street felt business had let him
down."
IF he gets the idea that III crit,
cism Of the Wagner act. the Wage
and Hours act and similar legisla'
ton, is for our Owl selfish inter
est and so that we al be freer to
take advantage of labor, then we
can be prepared for legislation far
more stringent than anything we
have seer so far"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
REFUSED TO BE DOWNED

The New Hanover Farmers club has no
intention of laying down on the job of get
ting it's cause before congress with the hope
of obtaining legislation enabling it's members
to get their truck on the market under ad-
vantageous conditions.
The clubs truck and marketing commit
tees are to meet this afternoon to decide if
a general meeting to formulate a program
to this is advisable. No better estimate of the
clubs attitude could be found than in the
fact that former rebuffs at Washington have
not dampened it's ardor or weakened its de.
termination to win, or, if it must go down,
to go down fighting.
Perseverance has been known to move
mountains. Who knows? 1t might move con
gress. The farmers club at least is right in
hoping that it will. =
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
L P

WILMINGTON offers one splendid example
W of industrial development in recent
years.
The Ethyl-Dow company, which came only
a few years ago, has created a payroll ol
100000 a month, which is largely spent in
Wilmington, as the employees, for the most
mart, are residents of the city. In addition
if buvs great stores of supplies either in
Wilmington or through Wilmington business
houses. These, in the course of a year, are
reported to include $4,000 tons of sulphurlc
acid, 1000 tons of coal and 1 ZOO tons OF coke,
100000 gallons of alcohol, and 3O,OOO,ooo
kilowatt hours of electric power. Other sup
plies for maintenance are also all purchased
locally.
This is on the tangible side. On the in
tangible side is the publicity given Whining
ton through the existence at its doors OF
only plant of this kind in the country.
is the Ethyl-Dow company which filters
bromine from sea water and sends it to
plants in New Jersey and Texas where it is
with gasoline and lead to produce
motor fuel required for airplanes
used by all motor vehicle operators who
demand a no-knock fuel. Technical and scien-
tific journals and the daily press of the
country have exploited the plant so fully that
the space they have devoted to it as news
would have cost millions at prevailing ad.
vertising rates. And in all of it Wilmington
has had a conspicuous place. The benefit
Of. this cannot be computed in tons or gal
to the city.
In visioning the future, it would be we'll
to consider what help Wilmington would re,
ceive if other industries with as large pay.
rolls, with as great purchases of supplies,
with equal publicity, were established here.
Or, consider what other factors could go into
making Wilmington a greater, better city, in
which all the people would have a share eco
nomically.
The Star-Neus is seeking the views of Will
mingtonians on projects which in the indi.
opinion offer the best opportunity for
community advancement, and offers cash
prizes ranging from s25 to 81 for all sugges
tions accepted.
What do you suggest?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19

DAYBOOK
BY PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Canada ought to
be flattered to blazes at appointment of James
H.. r. Cromwell as U. S. minister there. This
is the first time Ottawa has been classed as
a spot where a diplomat must have money to
reach to keep up appearances.
There was a time, not far back, when diplo-
matte posts were considered pure political
gravy, The lads most willing to open their
purses to finance political campaigns were the
ones who got their choice.
That tradition has not altogether faded, even
in these days of career diplomats. 1t prompted
one of the wise cracks that started Washing
ton cackling when Cromwell economist and
husband of extremely wealthy Doris Duke
Cromwell, was appointed.
Jimmy Cromwell got Canada" went the
jibe, and Doris Duke got the democratic par
ty deficit"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19

TIE M DISGRACE to be broke; it's only a dis
grace to stay broke.-Sally Rand ian dancer.
All men who have to serve hoie 'nah i've
. IN nrison are doomed, but they don't
roa1izo i+-Rov Gardner, ex-convlct, in fare
we'll note written before he committed suicide.
He couldn't get the nomination now if he
wanted it-Alf M. Landon, G.O'P. presidential
candidate in 1886, referring to president Roose-
welt.
We n,,1st have a free legal profession if we
arc To have freedom in Amerlca.-Charles A.
Raardsley. president, American Bar association.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
TRAVELLERS AID
NAMES OFFICERS
James E. L. Wade Elected
President Of Organization
For Coming Year

James E. L. Wade was elected
president of the Travellers Aid So
iety of Wilmington for the ensuing
year to succeed George Rountree
Jr., at a meeting of the Society in
the chamber of commerce offices
Tuesday night.
Other officers elected included:
Mrs. Herbert Bluethenthal, vice
PRESIDENT; Harry Solomon, treasur
er; Mrs. Berenice Stellings, record
ing secretary; Mrs. w. B. Cooper,
honorary vice-president.
The annual report of Miss Julia
T. Yopp, executive secretary, was a
feature of the meeting.
Committees appointed were:
Finance. @. Legrand. the Rev.
Walter B. Freed ard George ROM
tree, Jr.; Publicity-Mrs. Berenice
Stellings, chairman, Mrs. McC. B.
Wilson and Mrs. Henry Peschau;
Station-Mrs. B. NJ. Jones, Mrs.
rhomas Woodbourn, Mrs. T. E.
Cooper, Mrs. C. D. Maffitt and Mrs,
Martin Willard.
Board members include: Mrs. j.
J. Allen, Mrs. Herbert Bluethenthal,
Mrs. T. E. Cooper, Mrs. Roscoe
Doss. the Rev. w. B. Freed, Mrs.
B. NJ. Jones, J. G. LeGrand, Mrs,
Grace Little, Mrs. A. V. L~affiteau,
Mrs. c. D. Maffitt, Howard A. Pen.
ton, Mrs. Henry Peschau, Mrs.
Berenice ~Stellings, Harry Solomon,
George Rountree, Jr., James E. J..
Wade, Mrs. McC. b. Wilson, Mrs. ].
Walter Williamson, Mrs. NJ. S. Will
lard, Mrs. John E. WOODBURY., Miss
Mildred Hutaff and Hiss Yopp.
Miss Yopp's report stated that
5,39S persons were assisted during
1889. Consultations amounted to
Alb, interviews 1,47S, kilograms 70,
visits 23S.
There were 2,160 l-lajor cases. The
ages OF persons cared for ranged
from two years to 70. Means of
travel were provided in 2,16o. cases
and a number of individual services.
such as providing medicine or care
during travel, were provided.
One Of the chief features of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
LEARNS LESSON

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 1S-(P-
Sleepy, a Springer Spaniel puppy
learned a lesson in cold weather
eating technique today.
His owner, unaware that the
temperature had dropped to Is
below zero. placed the dogs dish
of milk outdoors.
Sleely Tapped up the milk. His
long, shaggy ears got into the
wet dish. When he started to
walk away, the dish came along.
frozen to one ear. S~Erilk%yips
brought his owner to the rescue.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
XEIIE2E IApAN EINDS ITSEI e
WHERE JAPAN FINDS ITSELF
Greensboro News

The Japanese cabinet crisis, with it's special
emphasis upon that c%ountry's relations with
our own nation, can be understood in it's full
est import only against a background of Nip
pon's dependability for it's very economic eX-
lstence upon outside sources Of raw materials
and markets for sale of it's own predominant
ing products.
Opposition to more cordial relations with the
United States, which insists upon maintenance
Of the open door policy in China and stead
lastly refuses to recognize Japanese territorial
gains on the continent, derives almost solely
rom the military party, as the army, particu-
larry as it operates in China, has overridden
the civil government time after time and null
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
TOP O. THE MORNIN

Has someone seen Christ in yoN today2
Christian, look to your life, I pray
There are aching hearts and ~bighted souls
Being lost in sins destructive shoals.
And perhaps Of Christ their only uiew
May be uhdt Of Him they see in you.
Viii they see enough to bring hope and
cheer!o
Look to your light! Does it shine out clear?
SELECTED
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
Robbin Cocas

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 1S.-It's nice
to know-as 1 e by the papers
that Clark Gable remembered all
the things the eX-Mrs. Gable 90.
sephine Dillon) taught him. Miss
Dillon was commenting on Cables
Rhett Butter performance, prior tc
taking on her new assignment as
college dramatic teacher in Mis-
souri,.
There must have been 4 num-
Der of other things this Gable guy
remembered, facing the toughest iot
of his life, and again facing another
one in Strange Cargo"
He could have recalled, for one
thing, his transforming start with
the Jewel Players of Kansas City
his best equipment for a dramatic
career this is how Clark describes
it) a voice that could out-yeil any.
thing in the house'-and how he got
that voice, yelling to make himself
heard from the tops of Oklahoma
prairie oil rigs.
He could have remembered when
the Jewels financially embarrass-
ed, disbanded in Butte, Montana, and
the kind of night it was when he
hoped a freight for Portland, Ore
Igon. He must have memories of the
department store there, where the
Gable personality was put to use
selling neckties instead of selling
Gable. And of the time when Earl
Larimore also in neckties) organic
ed a touring dramatic group and
Gable did his first and only appear
ance in. blackface and skirts-as a
Negro cook named Eliza Goober
who became chief of police in a thing
called "When Women Rule 1t was
a role matched in originality only
by his part in 1.-THE Villain Still
Pursued Her. Billy Gable (as he
was billed them played the baby,
cradie-size-but only as an off-stage
infants cry.
The name of Gable now would
bring the folks in from miles
around, but it didn't keep that luck
less troupe from going broke. They
rode the mllk-boats and made one
night stands along the Columbia,
and struggled into Portland.
He can remember carrying a spear
with Jane Cows Romeo and Juliet"
production, and the sudden silver lin
ing to his dark cloud of ambition
a part in What Price Glory?" and.
when Hale Hamilton quit the show.
promotion to the Quirt role, and six
more successful parts with Producer
Louis O. Macloon, who'd spotted him
as the sp~ear-carrier with Cowl.
N n OF those parts was with
Lionel Barrymore in "The Copper-
head" Which started a lasting friend
ship and brought him his first film
test. He wasn't the type. Thew said
something about his ears, as IT re-
call it.
There was stock in Houston, Tex
as, and finally-Broadway. "Macbi.
na1," the. play was, and the critics
were nice about it. More plavs and
the time he began to get a little 'fat.
headed" with success-~he saws 50
himself-and had to give himself a
mental dressing-down to work the
ham" out of his system. And Los
Angeles, and the part of Killer Mears
in 1.-THE Last Mile and Lionel Bar
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
TO DEATH

WATERFOWL, S. D., Jan. 19.-GP
His shack unheated and foodless,
Ole Matson, Sc, froze to death in last
nights % below zero weather. In
vestisators found today $500 in
travellers checks and cash hidden in
the building.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Short Docket Heard
In Recorders Court

OnIy five cases were heard in re-
corder's court Yesterday.
The six months sentence placed
Edward Patton, who was found
guilty "Wednesday of indecent ex-
posture was amended to three
months.
William Johnson, negro was SEN
to pay two dollars per week
for ten years for the support of his
child borne by Edna Mae Gillespie,
negress.
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rymore in the audience. And
the film test-for a role in Bird of
Paradise''- with Gable wearing a
lolncloth, his hair cur1ed, and a flow
er stuck over his EAR. No
wonder he hit pictures as a bearded
cowboy.
And eventually, Rhett Butler, who
remembered all the things Josephine
Dillon taught him, and a few other
things besides.
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APPROPRIATE

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Jan. 18.-N1
With the temperature slipping
gatherings scheduled in Springfield
tonight were cancelled OF postponed
except for a travelling lecturers
talk on Siberia
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The Editors
BOX

The Editor does not n~ecessari-
" endorse any article appear
inc in this department. They
~renresent the views Of the in
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are warned that all commune
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SIGNED as the writer sees fit.
The Star-NeWs reserves the
right to alter any text that for
anv reason is Objectionable.
Letters on controversial SUBJ
iects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Star-News Program

l.. Shipydrds.
9. Increase OF Port Facilities.
5. Adequate Hospital Facilities.
L.. Annexation OF suburbs.
5. Development OF Fort CasueH as
Health Resort.
6. Promotion OF Canning Industry.
:. City Expansion Commission.
8. Junior college.
ACHIEVEMENTS WE HAVE
FAVORED
Stun Clearance.
Free bridge across the Cape Fear
river over HighWdy 20.
Free ceuseWay to Wrightsuille Beach.
Recreation Centers.
Municipal Auditorium.
Preservation OF Old City and Thai
ian Hall.
Civic Centre.
Organised industrial services for VIII
mington.
Adequate school facilities for Viii
minqton and Nel0 Hdnouer county.
lrutfic signals on streets OF Whining
ton.
T%hirty.foot channel from Wilmington
to Southport bar.
Construction Of third lock n dam
betWeen Wilmington ana Fayetteville
on the upper Cape Fer river.