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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
POPULATION

Final figures on the population of New Han
over county and of Wilmington city both top
earlier estimates. If we cheer a little as a re-
suit, we are to be forgiven.
In the past decade when population shifts
left many communities under par, it is credit
able that this area, of which Wilmington is
the trade and financial center, should not only
have held its own but made a definite advance.
If the city's increase is but 1,019, it is to be
remembered that this does not represent the
growth of the metropolitan area, OF which the
suburbs are an integral part and all of which
have spurted ahead in recent months.
Examination Of the report of the census su,
pervisor, j. H. HARRINGTON of Lumberton, re-
veais the gratifying information that all town.
ships of the county have made gains. Wrights'
Vile and Carolina Beach are still to be report
ed, but it is clear that they, too, will show sub
stantial increases.
The Wilmington community, which virtually
includes the entire county, with it's present
47,811 inhabitants, gives promise of larger pop
ulation growth soon, not only because of its
rich back country but because it is destined
for a conspicuous part in the national security
program. AS this program develops and the
government swings into the task of perfecting
defense, Wilmington will march ahead at an
accelerated pace.
Projects which must be launched in this vi
cinity, whether military, industrial or agricul-
tural, to assure abundant supplies of all kinds
for emergency use, will put New Hanover
county and adjoining counties prominently on
the defense map, with consequent improve
ment in the economic situation.
If all goes well, and it will, Wilmington
will be among the states top communities in
another decade. This prophesy will be the
more easily fulfilled if the city's younger lead
ership, with it's fresh enthusiasm and clear
vision, exercises it's right and its power to
lead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
Editorial Comments
From Other AnqIes
COALITION CABINET
Raleigh News And Observer}

The appointment by President Roosevelt yes
terday of two prominent Republicans to his
Cabinet was significant in both foreign and do
nestle politics but it in no real sense created
any coalition cabinet in the United States.
At home the naming of Stimson and Knox
to the Cabinet of this Democratic administration
undoubtedly caused CONSERVATION among the Re-
publicans about to convene in Philadelphia to
nominate a candidate for the Presidency. The
acceptance of places in the Roosevelt Cabinet by
their last Vice-Presidentia candidate and their
last Secretary Of State nut a politically unpleas-
ant emphasis on the weakness of their own
party and the strength and appeal of the Demo-
cratic administration at this time.
More important abroad than at home, the two
appointments informed the world that there will
be no cleavage between Americans in the build
ing Of American defense.
This is not coalition government, however. No
provision for a government composed of both
parties is made in the American Constitution.
President Roosevelt has appointed able Repub-
licans to important posts before. They served.
however, as these eminent Republicans will
serve, as officials of a Democratic administra.
ton.
In this important time in the affairs of the
world and of America the best men available
should be called to service to help erect the
impregnable defenses of the United States. The
President with all America to choose from has
chosen these two men. They have a great job
to do. They will not lack for support from all
the people, regardless of party, in doing it.
Still they not only do not make a coalition
government, no coalition government is needed
or desired. In the midst of the World War,
Woodrow Wilson declined the suggestion that
any type of coalition government be created in
"hlch there was a political sharing Of both the
responsibility and the offices. He recognized
that under the Constitution that responsibility
could not be divided even if he wished to do so.
There is no war now to give reason for the
resurrection Of the suggestion. Furthermore,
there is no reason for any effort to bring the
parties together on the present question of
building national defense. Republicans and
Democrats in the Congress have both shown
themselves strongly in favor of the preparations
program which has also the practically united
support of all the people of the United States.
In advance Mr.. Roosevelt's action shows any
enemy this land may have in the future that
men in this land are neither divided by party
nor barred from service by party where import
ant national effort is concerned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
DEFENSE, AND PRIVATE BUDGETS

Attention is directed to the effect on the
price of living by the rearmament program,
by the New York Herald Tribune. Analysts,
says this paper, whose financial discussions
are always sound, who have been exploring pos
sible repercussions of the national defense pr =
gram on the whole economy of the country
raise a number of points.
In New York it is emphasized that expen-
diture of SIS, 900, 600, 900 or $50, 000, 900, 900 will
be required to attain any sort of military pari-
ty in land, air and naval strength, with poten-
tial enemies. Such huge sums would certainly
be spent promptly if the need is as urgent as
the experts say.
Meanwhile, the addition to the tax burden
so far has been light considering the job in
prospect. Another matter is the quickened
public sentiment for prompt federal action on
some sort of compulsory military training.
Any plan which might be effected would raise
questions of the individual or family unit and
it's requirements.
One of the leading commentators in Wall
Street believes that sale of lower-priced con
sumner goods, such as grocery and department
store items, may continue to be maintained
fairly we'll around current levels. Somewhat
less assurances can be had, however, as to the
stability of other retail expenditures involving
relatively large amounts, as in the case of au
tomobiles and residential building.
This, of course, is because of uncertainty
as to the effects on other business of a rise
in military manpower, industrial mobilization
and production Of military equipment on q
grand scale. Economically, therefore, the eff
feet of the defense program on the household
budget is completely problematical.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
THE SAFEST PLACE
(The Fayetteville Obsierver)

We deplore the attacks which were made in
Illinois by misguided patriots On members of
the religious sect of Jehovah's Witnesses, the
people who consider that it is a mortal sin to
salute the American-or any other-flag.
1t seems that the townspeople of Litchfield,
ILL.,, attacked the Witnesses, wrecked 16 automo-
bIles for them, and then added insult to injury
by putting 81 of them in Jail.
NOW this is a free country and there is no
law requiring any civilian to salute the flag any
place. We have sympathized with the troubles
OF Jehovah's Witnesses in getting their chill
dren educated in places where flag s%aluting is
compulsory.
But there appears to have arisen a crusading
spirit among the Witnesses. They don't stay
at home. They get in their automobiles and 90
abroad in the land putting pamphlets on PEG.
pies porches. The crew that got rougt-housed
in Illinois was from Missouri.
We repeat that if anybody doesn't want OF
salute the flag it is his business.
But in this day and time the best and safest
place not to salute the United States flag is at
home with the shades pulled down and the doors
locked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
Man About
Manhattan
By George Tucker

NEW YORK, June 21.-f you
should happen to encounter, on
your wanderings in New York, a
man nearing sixty who has a polo
mallet in one hand and the world
tied to the other, his name will be
Douglas G. Hertz, possibly tn e
most bizarre human being among
all the millions who call this water
grit island their home. Bizarre is
scarcely the word. His record
reads like something thought UP
by Achmed Abdullah. Listen:
Born i. California and served as
captain in British army 20 years .
was on Lusitania when it was tor
pedoed :. Saw action in GallipoI
campaign Managed the negro
heavyweight champion Jack john
son . Dropped a fortune trying
to organize a Pan-American oil
cartel Acted in silent movies
opposite Marguerite Clark Has
raced turtles in Miami and pigs
in Los Angeles. Introduced dog
racing to Staten Island Recent
ly completed deal with Turkish
army for 20, 900 donkeys 80. Tried
to buy famous Tombs prison and
turn it into a wax museum . j.. .
Drinks only champagne for break
fast :. . Dimes chiefly on fowl -.
Is president of a music publishing
firm and owns a swing band ...
Is now producing a Latin-American
film on Long Island Is a real
estate operator and owns the Pega-
sus Polo and Hunt club at Rock
leigh, New Jersey Club has
sanctuary for famous old mares
and stations which h a made
names for themselves in theatrical
work One of these was Anna.
a mare VINO carried the late Ru-
dolf Valentino through The
Sheik." Anna died there recently
and was inferred with honors. An
ma also was famous as an opera
star Owns a night club named
after the horse Sun Peau, a great
money winner in his time
Great love just now is polo go.
Says he will bring the son of the
late Will Rogers and his polo
team east soon to compete at Pc
gasus i. . Dreams of a vast chain
of polo fields from coast to coast,
80 polo can become the average
mans pleasure rather than h e
rich mans fun"
Mr.. Hertz has been fondly dub
bed 'Barnum on Horseback" by
his press agents. They like to e
fer to him as "a cosmopolite Paul
Bunyan." which no doubt he is.
Certainly at so he def analysis
He says he sleeps only three or
four hours out of "a and consumes
strong spirits at a rate of two
quarts daily. His arena at Pegasus
is said to be the largest indoor
arena for rodeo and polo matches
on earth =. Actually, it is a vast
airplane hangar which MI. Hertz
transferred to Rockleigh from
Floyd Bennett Field. My losses"
he admits casually, r about ten
grand a month, but then what's
ten grand when you're having
fun"
This statement perhaps explains
him better than anything anyone
else could say. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
A PITIFUL MIGRATION

There is a pathetic side to Britain's plan for
deporting many thousands of English children
tc the colonies and the United States. The pro.
posal offers a fair measure of security for the
youngsters but only anguish for their parents.
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Afri-
ca, the United States are to receive large con.
British government has created to handle the
migrations perfects it's plans. All can offer
little breasts or compensate the men and
women whose homes will be screwed in their
absence.
Yet, it appears, the plan offers the only way
Britain can protect it's children from the Nazi
blitzkreig. Children enjoy no immunity from
H1TLER's bombers, as Poland, Belgium, Holland,
Norway and France can testify. All is grist
that comes to H1TLER's mill. Babes in arms,
toddling three-year-olds, adolescents fall in
windows with their mothers and old men and
women when his planes are firing. Only by
getting them away can Great Britain hope to
have a younger generation to carry on the EN-.
pire's traditions.
But the plan seems to fall short of its best
achievable goal. One is tempted to ask why
the mothers are not to be sent with the chill.
dren? The fathers, Of course, are needed in
the grim war task which lies ahead. They
must defend their land and contribute what
they can in labor, even in the sacrifice of their
lives if necessary, to the conflict. But the
mothers can do little in this terrible job. They
are more likely to be in the way, and because
of their grief lose what efficiency they might
otherwise employ in war industries.
Their migration with their children would
improve the outlook for themselves and the
youngsters. Surely the lands which are avail.
able for their resettlement could have no com
plant if their new wards are attended by their
own mothers, their natural protectors and
guides. The new Britain, wherever It's outposts
are to be established, will be the greater if
mothers and children are not separated
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
Star-News Program

Consolidated City County Government
under Council Manager administration,
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shoes.
Seaside HighWay from Wrights0iHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
Sj-Foot Cape Fear River channel, uid-
er Turning BASIN, Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern q
south of Wilmington.
Pared Rtuer Road to Southport, tia
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throuohout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY one,
Countrywide tdI.
Shipydrds and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for lrhites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF natiUe grape grotcing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sdndtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22

pox-oftice leaders. Buck Benny
Rides Again" Zone hour and "a
minutes) and 'Typhoon" Zone hour
and eight minutes, ought to con-
vince the doubters of brevity's
virtues. Both are "A" pictures,
both r keyed to the box-office.
''Typhoon' at least has little ia
commend it from a strictly critical
outlook. Buck Benny" draws
kindly critical acceptance and vet.
even here, part of it's box-otfice
power car be attributed to quicker
audience turnover. A pleasing
short picture that sends audiences
out happy, to tell waiting audiences
about it. obviously is a better bet
than n which by sheer length
puts them in a coma, sore of
heart and sitting equipment-if for
no other reason than that it clears
the theater for new customers. The
customers will wait for a good long
one, but Hollywood has made
enough Drlng : your lunch bores
~ oa iurtner entertainment.
lacking production spit .ges.
When Hollywood gets on with
its story the public can get on
nome and to bed at a reasonable
and be refreshed to come
back for more. eo'
Scrip; Script of 7 Love You Again.
William Powell : Myrna Low,
IS funny enough to Warrant ra I nre.
dc OF a renewed cycle Of
Weakness ,,aa ~ - if the picture is as
his spots.B ane leopard can change
hnd Co., +ba is a long step t. s awan
sgr Lore Ad1. a bright spot in Il was
an Aaventuress," GOES was
which SOUNDS 1n TIL the Third Floor"
s ,nln sno thrifty BEGINNINGS. - HIS ms
CT comedy. The Old Prof nsy ny ,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
By Robbis Coons-

HOLLYWOOD June 81 - One
rather merciful effect of the new
film economy drive, from the point
of view of the customers, may be
a general shortening of the time
taken to absorb what has passed
for entertainment.
All the major plants, confront
ed with market losses, talks once
again of restricting or eliminating
their "B" product, concentrating
on the "A' or intendedly superior
pictures. The so-called "evil' of
double features is under scrutiny,
and there are other evidences that
producers, in these dark days, wish
to get back to fundamentals.
In the getting, they might well
recall the screens beginnings.
when nic~kelodeons amassed prof.
its by rapid audience turn = overs,
and seeing a movie show was a
diversion rather than a miniature
career or protracted ''sitzkrieg.'
The piling on of so-called PRO
duction values" reached a peak
in the big Wind" a peak justified
by the public interest that has
made it SO phenomenally success
full. However, the Winds r few
and far between, and rare is the
story that requires or does not
suffer from excessive running
time.
The added expense entailed oy
most production value" stuff may
be a sharp enough reminder 10
movie : makers Of that excellent
neglected slogan, Lets get on
with the story" When you con-
slider that such a satisfying COM
edy, as my Favorite Wife" UNI ae
reels itself in one hour and 20
minutes, you find even less e1
cuse for the wearisome dragging
cut of less potent theses. MI al
look at Paramount's two curreh'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
Former Tyrreu Auditor
Sought For Embezz!snet

E June 2l-R-freaa'
lex C. Handy, director Of the 'a% s
bureau of investigation, sald w.''
one of his agents was on Inc u'-
of a former auditor Of Tyrreli COW,
ty, wanted on charges OF emOVA-'
ment. .,a.,-
Handy listed the former aua ..y5
as Milton A. Davenport, ana S' ar,
a warrant had been s~ o. Nm W Il
charging him with taking NV" "
the county's funds. !, ,ri
Davenport is At years OIL. a.s ol,
weighs about $50 pounoS' i', Ja.
said, He added that the nlan Nj.
appeared last August 10, a,ss- M !
ing his wife he was g0HlS
fishing trip.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22

lysts, besides al the usual posts
such as t%ellers, bookkepers, de-
partment heads and junior execu-
tives. All have an opportunity to
serve themselves and the general
public in daily operations.
There r several types of banks
to choose from. For example, we
find the mutual savings institutions,
where depositors are the first and
foremost regard. Then there are
commercial banks who handle the
bulk of the corporation business.
and the trust companies which in
addition to their fduciary business
are department stores of finance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
2OO-GaNon Distillery
Seized By ATU Ag'''

Alcohol Tax Unit inveslls@'s sre
the U. S. treasury depaF'."t. n A
Yesterday reported the se'lrr N 1000
2oO-gallon capacity "ooo s..ast;on.
salons Of mash fit for dis', ..g3s5d
and 1O4 gallons OF non Thurs.
li,uor in a raid conducted +onn.
dav afternoon in Northeast ~"
ship of Brunswick coun'S -, loca.ei
about one mile east OF the r.ratjen
George Robbins, vas in 0p }oosoa.
at the time of the raid A 10, -o5' tn,
fl fired do shotgun signal shots and near AZ.
operators escaped in the NO4 the s4l
bv before officers reacnso
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
Structure That Houses
Historic Compiegne Car
Donated By American

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, June D.
artistic structure tha.
houses the historic railway dining
car in Compiegne where French
and German high officials me. to.
day to talk peace was the gift 10
the French government Of Arthur
H. Fleming, retired millionaire
lumberman of this city.
While travelling in France a num-
Der of years ago, Fleming saw the
car, in which French Marshal Focn
handed the Germans the 1918 arm
istice terms, standing in the open,
being d%eteriorated by the ee,
ments.
He communicated with the
French government and his otter
of a 1000 structure to house me
historic car was accepted. He later
was decorated by France, Inc
building is a one-sto7y concle'S
shrine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
NO CELEBRATION

BERLIN, June 21.- Up There
we're no cheering throngs, no con-
f .ti-showered parades today in
Berlin as the word came back
of the terms to beaten France IN
historic Compeigne forest. Ger
mans at home received the news
with the same calm accorded all
of the recent victories Of German
arms-a calm in sharp contrast to
the celebration of the armistice OF
1918 in the cities of the Allies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
CONTRACTS PLAChp

NEW YORK, June ,o.s
New contracts for p.;osn ait
more than 1,5O0 A'" in tn
planes have been placed ~ ,ods:
last week, it wa ahiIoa Anglo
bv a spokesman for the ,,tbopg
French PURCHASING ooai' vas no
the ALLEGATION OF the planes 81 VT
stated stir it was assumed that al s,ts i'd
he made available to 'Ne IA TAX
who have said they W9 s,.a tsel
up all French suppIsS
are able to use.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
JOBS FOR JUNE GRADUATES
Banking Offers Escape From Routine,
But Requires Study To Meet Changes =,

We have investment bankers
whose main business is financing
bond issues and handling of in
vestment accounts. There is also
the Federal Reserve Bank system.
which ~supervises much Of the
banking business of the entire
nation through its various branch
eS.
There is a wealth of material
and opportunity for the graduate
to study in choosing his or her
career.
Banking today is not a static
business-it has changed from the
old traditions as much as any 9TH
er trade or business we know Of.
With all the changes that have
been brought about since the de.
preston days of 1929 to 1888, it is
particularly a young mans ca
reer spot today, for the young men
and young women of today will
ue the bankers of tomorrow.
Don't think of entering banking
as a career unless you are willing
to recognize the necessity of con-
tinuous study to meet the ever
changing methods and styles of the
profession. Today the American In
stitute of Banking serves IS, 600
members in schools over the coun-
try, offering opportunities for ad-
vanced study in various related
subjects to provide better banks
and bankers for the future.
At Rutgers University more
than 600 bank officers are regis
tering for intensive study in a spe.
cial graduate school set up by the
American Bankers Association to
improve the quality of bank admin
istration.
Credit being the backbone of our
country's business-and it is ad-
mitted that 80 per cent of the ma
tons trade and commerce is done
on credit-the graduate %pobseeker
must recognize the importance of
the banking profession and the op-
portunity for success offered those
who have a better than usual IN
Outstanding of the fundamentals of
accounting, business management,
and commercial law.
The new employee in any bank
finds a changing world opening
up before him. He can take pleas
ure in helping to complete some
item of finance, making a loan,
drawing up a mortgage or entering
into a trust agreement. He will
find that each day brings some
new problem to be solved or some
new contract to be established, SO
that one is not bored with routine
details.
The remuneration may be mod
est to start with, but with proper
application, the rewards are sure
and certain. One is assured a COM
Portable living with a fair degree
of security for his efforts.
For personal qualifications we
would suggest a clean, neat ap-
reasonable accuracy IN
figures, a willingness to cooperate
with ones fellow workers, and the
ability to make friends, for bank
ing depends on individual contacts
II you, the 1910 graduates, are
to apply yourself to a big
lob, and make friends for yourself
and your bank, we believe you can
md the start of a happy life in the
banking fraternity. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22

ing has much
to o f f e r any
y o u n 6 man or
woman.
There r e 50
m a y depart
mental activities
in banking, that
there is no scar
city of different
types of work.
We have statisti-
clans, auditors.
C o m ptrollers.
appraisers, in
veStment ana
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
DOWNING WINS

CHICAGO, June Ii f. Mon.
Rice Downing, Jr'' Junio'
roe, La, added the western to h'
golf championship '''g rne Louisi'
growing list of titles. me freshman
ana State university iES5 md
earned the crown with r., d
victory over Harry Deas Lilo hnd
New Orleans, in the 0U ogpS
over the Mill Road couls sso.
Nv the University Of CAl'S'"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
CLOSED

CHAPEL HILL, June 21.-LR-
Attended by delegates from six
southern states, the first southern
regional conference for advisers in
the Girls Reserves, in session at the
university Monday, was brought to
close today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
TOP O. II

Our olGn country urgently needs q moral
and spiritual awakening. I sometimes Wonder
uhether the trumpet call OF the ancient
prophets WiH not be necessary to reUiUe and
restore moral and spiritual ideals.
-SECRETARY HULL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22

the Western Hemisphere from encroachnent
by alien peoples.
If the BURKE bill, or something like IT, Is
approved they will have their chance, and wei
come it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22

OCALA, Fla, June 21-R-
oeven persons were killed by light
nlng nine miles north of here dur
ing a thunderstorm late today. !