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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
Editorial Comment
BILLBOARDS
Dallas News

Because the billboard lobby has defeated
advertising under adequate regulation in Tex
as, some of the states most scenic roadsldee
are becoming Uttered with signboards that
rob highway users of the pleasure they nor
mally would have. In addition, the billboards
distract the attention of drivers and interfere
with careful driving; they have become in
many places a serious mental hazard.
In an effort to remedy this situation, a new
bill to regulate outdoor advertising has been
formulated for consideration by the next Texas
legislature. This measure, it enacted, will
ban advertising signs from within 100 feet Of
the highway right of way and will push them
back 300 feet from public parks, Fairgrounds,
forests, schools, reservoirs and cemeteries.
It will impose an annual license fee of S. to
$50 for companies erecting and maintaining
roadside signs, plus a permit zee OF &c per
square foot for each sign with a MINIMUM of
81. The license fee will 60 to the state high.
way department to pay for administering the
law, and the permit fee to the general revenue
fund. .
This bill is patterned after those which other
states have found useful in checking the Dill
board nuisance. It's provisions are mild COM
pared to some in the law of other states. IN
Maryland, for instance, the annual license Zee
for firms engaging in billboard advertising is
from $50 to 5000 a year. The Texas law would
affect an estimated 5000, 600 square feet of
advertising structures in Texas which are out
side of municipal limits. The courts have held
repeatedly that. since the enhanced value OF
roadside property comes from public action
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
"COllard Matinee"

Saturdays "collard matinee' at the Riio,
'heater is not a new project in Wilmington.
There have been others, but that fact does
not lessen the novelty or the fine potentialities
of the undertaking.
Children are to bring collards to the theater
and receive in exchange tickets for the show
which will offer three entertaining film fea.
lures, including versatile Jane Withers in the
Chicken Wagon Family" There is no other
obligation upon the youngsters - just bring
a collard, and the theater doors swing open.
But that is not all there is to the project
Later in the day the young women of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
THANKS

To the Star:
On behalf of Wilmington Post No.
10 of the American Legion and the
ex.service men of New Hanover
county, I want to express to your
publications our sincere appreciation
for the liberal space and editorial
comments given us on the occasion
of our Armistice Day celebration,
and in connection with u mem
bership campaign and other Legion
With your help, Wilmington Post
No. 10 now ranks with the leading
posts in the state of North Carolina,
and you have played no small part
in bringing to the attention of the
.ex-service men their responsibility to
the Legion as an organization and
the cause which it represents.
Again thanking you deeply, I am
Very truly yours,
w. r. DOSHER,
Commander, Wilmington
Post No. 10, American Le-
gion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
The Congressional Session

There is no better way to appreciate the
vast changes in the American scene during
the past year than by checking back over the
record of the congressional session now draw.
ing to a close.
When congress convened last January there
were comparatively few legislative items OF
any importance on its calendar. Economy
sentiment was strong and a valiant effort was
made by many member of the senate and
house to put an effective brake on mounting
federal expenditures. The outlook was for a
session which would add little Of importance
to the legislative record but might mark the
turn toward a more economical use of public
funds.
There is an amazing contrast between this
picture and the actual record that this con-
gress presents to the nation now. Instead OF
e~conomizing, the legislators have set up a
peacetime spending record of $25, 572, 819, 1897.
Instead of enacting few new laws, congress
has put through a mass Of statutes that are
making revolutionary changes in American
life and American economy.
It has voted peacetime military conscrip-
t1SAi, oAO AK = 1dd4o W T. odLJ
and provided for enormous expansion of army
manpower and material. 1t has authorized
the construction of a two-ocean navy at a
cost of many billions of dollars to be spent
over a period of years. Heavy new taxes have
been levied and money voted for a great new
air force.
AL of these moves have been made with the
overwhelming approval Of the American pub
lie. All of them flow from the drastic changes
in the international situation which have taken
place since last May. The legislative picture
has altered as the world has changed. But it
is curious to note that outside of legislation
and appropriations specially called for by de-
tense needs the record of this congress is vir-
tually what was anticipated II months ago.
Little new legislation OF any other kind was
passed and other spending was kept at or be-
low the level Of previous years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
M'MILLAN'S PAINTINGS
To The Star:

10 The Star:
AS an old renegade Wilmington
ian, one who ran away many, toe
many years ago, may l set down
for your readers a few happy inn
pressions gathered yesterday quite
by chance? The days when they
trotted out the fatted calf for the
returning prodigal are so far in
the past that l had no vestige Of
any such hope when, without en-
thusiasm l left the brutal street
scene behind and opened the door
of the little Art Museum. And here
the feast was spread: a spiritua]
and aesthetic feast to be sure; sci
and waiting for those who live by
such fare. 1 refer of course to the
Henry Jay Macmillan exhibition.
1 suppose the significance, GER
tainly the zest of life consists not
in mere duration but in stringing
together, like a chaplet those high
and timeless moments which left
us quite out of ourselves. At such
moments, not only are all the sen.
sorry faculties heightened but fur
tive strains of a strange new mus
ic break through from the unchart'
ed seas of our subliminal life. We
all have our own private chap;
Let's: pick out at random for in:
stance the sound of a flute through
early mist in a Punjab garden;
the sight of a Chinese lady in
black silk pyjamas smoking a Gig
arctic in a long holder as she
stands at dusk by the edge of a
terrace on the mountain behind
Hong Kong; (apotheosis of grace);
or finding an effigy of Alexander
the Great in the very tield of the
battle of Arbela; or discovering an
early Flemish calvaire in a log
house in Siberia: or again, try to
recall your emotions the first time
you heard Respighi's pines of
Rome or Holst's "Planets'' or De-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
Hitler Spreading Nets

Hunsary's addition to the Axis, the latest
move by Herr Hitler to strengthen his position
in southeastern Europe preparatory to a thrust
against the Greeks and against the British in
Africa, was so much a foregone conclusion
that 1t takes second place in public interest to
the changing situation in Bulgaria.
1t is easy to supply the reasons for the
sensation" reported in Sofia when it was
announced that King Boris had returned from
Berlin after talking with Adolf Hitler.
In the first place, even the fact that the
Bulgarian ruler had left his capital was kept
a secret. Nothing was said in Berlin either
before or after his arrival, and the whole
affair was kept well hidden. The natural con-
clusion is the talks must have been of the
utmost importance.
In the second place, the revelation that the
conversations took place seems to indicate
that Hitler got whatever it was he wanted.
The disclosure was made at Sofia, true enough
put II the two men had failed to agree, il
seems reasonable to believe the secret would
have been kept.
Finally, the importance of Bulgaria to the
'oH PloAAo 1OI carrying LUe war 1nCO
the Near East is too obvious to be missed.
IL Hitler actually means to launch a drive
at Suez he must have Bulgarian cooperation
IT. order to place his troops on the Turkish
border. Even if he plans nothing more than
a move to help Italy against the Greeks he
needs the consent of King Boris to the use of
Bulgarian territory.
Hitler might strike without that consent. He
might decide to attack Yugoslavia, if it is
not forthcoming. But the best plan is to make
q deal with the Bulgarians, if possible. and if
seems that is what lay behind the talks at
Berlin.
The fact that Hitler has just been dealing
with the Russians and the further fact that
the Bulgarian press has resumed the campaign
Tor a port on the Aegean, make it look as
though Hitler's strenuous efforts during the
last few months have at last begun to bear
1rult. The sensation in Sofia is certainly I'm.
derstandable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
TALEBEARERS

To the Star:
Among the many choice gems IL
the Book Of Proverbs is the follow
ing:
Where no wood is, there the fir
goeth out; So wh~re there Is NJ
talebearer, the strife ceaseth." p
Sometime ago, while in a farm
home, I repeated this proberb, an6
a daughter Of the home Immediately
remarked that she knew it was so
for since several trouble-makers ha6
left the neighborhood, it hadn't beer
like the same place.
A decent and friendly interest in
the welfare Of our fe!lOw.beings
causes us to like to hear the in
cidents that make up their daily
lives-Johnny Jones or Sallie Smith
has got a job-Willie Brown has en-
listed in the army-Fred Simmons
has gone to an aviation school-Mr.
and Mrs. Blank have 4 brand.new
son.-Mr. Stevens and his family
are moving to Florida-such items
as these can be mentioned just as
readily in as out of the presence
of the ones concerned.
No right.minded person is inter-
ested in the Shiny details gathered
by the talebearers on their i unds
from door to door or from person,
as they greedily hunt and retail
every unsavory morsel they can
find, bringing a bone and carry.
ing one," az the Old saying has it.
Some of them, not satisfied with the
truth, manufacture and circula
malicious falsehoods about others.
What is the explanation and &C
tuating motive of the t%alebearer and
the scandal monger? Is it the con.
seriousness of their own family
skeletons" which drives them on to
unearth as many other Skeletons"
as they can?
Have forgotten the authors name
but will close with a few lines from
a poerl: Gossip: Uncle Isom's
Views:
II don't complain bout tellin' news,
but dis yer scandal.peddlin'!
o de harm OATS sprung
From SIGH seed de devil strung!
Why on earth do people pillow en-
in an tend 'em wild dey tonguer'
F. H. WILLARD
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22

Junior sorosis will peddle the, coIlards Ito
passefs-by and the money will be turned over
to the Red Cross to swell the revenue from
the Roll Call campaign.
Two splendid detectives are thus to be
achieved. The first is to give underprivileged
youngsters a treat, and that is always worth
while. The second is to help the Red Cross
reach its goal. And for those who like them,
will be available at moderate prices.
Any way you look at it, the ''collard matt
nee'' is a fine undertaking.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Great in
dignation has been aroused in GER
tain circles here by a writ of ban
ishment against one of the leading
journalists of New York. It ap-
pears that the Stork club, tn e
swank rendezvous Of scions and
scionesses of New York society,
revoked the visa of Mr.. Harold
Ross, the editor of the New York
er, in circumstances involving the
freedom of the press. Mr.. Ross
not only confirms the report but
adds that the issue is not personal
but. in his belief, fundamental.
II think it is fundamental" Mr..
Ross states-"some word they use
in editorials"
Mr.. Ross relates that on the eve
ming in question he went to the
Stork club as the guest of a lady
who was having a little brawl in
honor of the engagement of two
young friends and was just sitting
there eating olives when the min
istre de la presse of the Stqrk
club came up and said he might
stay the evening through but could
never come back.
Stunned
Momentarily stunned, Mr.. Ross
brain reeled as he specialized on
the reason for this drastic action.
He thought for one mad moment
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
Star-News Program

Consolidated Ctty-0osnty Government
ynder Council anager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
snd Marketing Foc4lttes.
Arena for Sports o*d Industrial
sho1os.
Seaside Highway from Wyt0htsuiHs
Beach to Bold Head lsland.
Extension OF CITY Limits.
S5-Foos Cape Fear Rlve- channel, .otd-
{, Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south Of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, pto
orion Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Produe-
ton through s1statnedyied methods
throughout Southeastern North Coroana.
United Industrial and Resort Pro
mottonal Agency, supported BY one
countrywide tas.
shtpyards and Drydock.
Negro HeoHh Center 1or Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital
Adeqaats hospital faotHties tor whies.
Junior Htgh School,
Tobacco WdyehoHss for Export Buyers.
Development OF natips grape 1ro1o4n1
throughout soHthedsteyn North Coyolino.
kode7n Tsbeyeulosis Edndto1Jum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
NURSE Reid

HONOLULU, Nov. q. III.
group of Americans returhln7 s,rrsd
United States from japan IAN.
here today that Miss ram" .sioa.
renee, of Ontario, Calf, d ~ frnr
airy nurse had been remove -, At
the japanese ship YaWata ';os..
Yokohama and charged VIII ,ona
ing Japan's peace ~preser'a''0D
military statute.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22

in road construction, the public
has a right to limit the use to
which this property is put. Prompt
action in imposing effective bill.
board control is essential if Tex
as Is too WOO successfully the tour
ISL trade to which the states seem
&c resources entitle it. The cur
rent Dill on this subject should
nave serong support from citizens
anu bodies interested in pre-
serviag Iexas landscapes from the
blight that already has
of the state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22

Editors note: The contributor of
the above letter is the grandson
OF the late William Hobbs Chad.
bourn with whom he spent part of
his youth at the old family home
which stood upon the site of the
present Y. M. c. A. on Market
street. MIR. Chadbourn has return
ed to America after q years
abroad where, in the army. the
foreign service and private ex-
ploratlons war and revolution
seemed to dog his steps. Decorated
oy the French and Belgian Govern
ments and made a Fellow of the
Royal Geographical Society after
his travels in Kurdistan and Meso.
potamia, MIR. Chadbourn has long
been a contributor to learn jour-
mails both here and abroad. BY
avocation a painter himself: Che
studied the art of buono fresco at
Paris under Maitre Baudoin), it
is particularly appropriate that he
should bring us this fresh and
searching appreciation of Henry
MacMillan's work and a happy
circumstance that these sensitive
encomiums should come from an
erstwhile Wilmingtonian to his fel.
low toWnsman. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22

when. through love or war or what.
ever accident of life that generates
that tragic polarity Of the emo
tons: the undulation beneath the
surface, the pent-up or stultified
emotions snap and from resulting
pain comes that great thing, the
ultimate work of art.
When that moment comes, when
the beautiful wild music that raw
iSheS the heart while soaring it
breaks loose, sleepy old Whining
ton won't have time to yawn and
wonder how to recognize that son
who has already added lustre to its
name: the outer world will be
tanning its hospitable gates, the
beautiful ''live-writings'' will be
borne off in joy to be honored in
far-aWay places and staid. COM
placent Wilmington will, almost in
spite of itself, have the nimbus
OF fame thrown about its name.
PHILLIP HEMENWAY CHAD
BOURN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
TOP o. THE

There's q hand that holds US steady,
Wounded once for you and me.
Shall our lUes soy, I'VE are ready,
Blessed Lord, to foElou Theey"
-(ADAPTED)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22

gotten to put on his pants, but
glance told him that this was nd
the cause. Then, with a trivial e,
cuse, he left the table and hurrej
to the press headquarters, whe!s
the columnists regularly accret,
tied to the night club sector re-
ceive their official press release;
to inquire the reason.
AS the press officer on duy
shook out a hand towel and brush4
his collar for him, Mr.. Ross asitd
what it. all meant. The word;
poured from him in a torrent,
whats it all mean?" he gaspei
what do you mean what's it al
mean?" the press officer evaded
giving Mr.. Ross shoes a tlscA
II mean what does it all mean
"You mean somebody's been
mean?"
Convinced that he could Obtain
no satisfaction from this suave an.
willy functionary, Mr.. Ross sought
an interview with the prime minis
ter of the Stork club, MI. Shermsl
Billingsley himself. But Mr., Bill
ingsley had left for the eveninl
However, the Ministre de La Pres
Sc did grant him another inter
view, admitting that he was BAR
ished on a ccount of something
which had been prin.>d in the New
Yorker. 1t further appears that
the offending item concerned TIL
dean of the night club of the gents
room corps of journalists and thai
Prime Minister B%illingSley had
been put on the spot. The dean
had threatened that if Mr.. R@'
were not banished he, the dean
would regard that failure as a DE-
liberately unfriendly act and s'aI
a press campaign against the S'O.'
club-the way Adolf Hitler does "
little nations.
Noted Incident
Mr.. Ross further states that &
he entered the Stork that eVeia'
he noted an incident which qua Nv
impress him at the time Do' W.
came significant later
Il noticed the dean sitting iAes'
as I came in" he said. i oio Nv
consciously see him, but sfls-,'
him out of the corner OF my Ho,G
Soon afterward the dean lei'' an'
again 1 cannot say | saw MN T.
but I noticed a distinct lmp'0"
ment in the atmosphere
81 have since learned that tn
dean went to another nlshl y' i,
riding in a light tank escorted y,
the first and second platoonS :"
company of his bodyguaTo' II,
from the other club pholieu ..r
utimatum to Premier billllss.
who thereupon ordered the p Nv.
minister to issue the order o. '"
ishment.
81 am convinced that Bil,a NJ
ley was put on a spot, but, as i ~
this action strikes at the ,.i;
tapfoots of free American lu no-t
If you could work in me 5d Az
fundamental again l Woup0
preciate it. mali
Mr.. Ross now joins the co." bar
of journalists who have pees Mn
ished from Rome, Perrin anu .ecrs,
COW, but he says he mas Al:
agents planted in the o'0in ta1
will defy the censorship
way. ,..ofh
much upset. He is a salo0'. Galicsa
not a diplomat, and me ;ry,2
problems of press relations !. I ~ h.
ing the dignity and vanity ,,o oa i
gents room corps OF J9u bus.
are a constant peril TO n' !
ness,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
IKE Editors
LETTER BOX

The editor does Got necessarily
endorse any article appearing In
The denartment, They represent the
views Of the individual readers. Cor.
.asnondents are warned that all
Recommendations mus contain the
correct name and address for our
records, though the latter may be
signed al the writer ees fit The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason IL OBJ.
iecfionable, Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-22
Fair Enough
BY WEsTBROOK PEGLER

The Star wishes it's readers
to know that views and opin-
ions expressed in this article
are those of the author and
may not always harmonic
with its position.-The Editor.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18

The booklet will contain two maps,
one loF transportation and the other
covering recreational areas. Eighteen
photographs have been submitted.
1ney represent IL scenic shots. two
DUDE ranch scenes and others Of rodeo.
cattle on the range, skiing. a state
highway marker and the capitol build
ing at Helena.
Montana: A Profile In Pictures. -
one OF the first state picture books to
appear under the American Guide
series Will be published this spring by
M: Barrow & Co., New York pub
fishing house. It viii sell at q cost
between 81 and $50.
Finished by rotogravure process in
an attractive formal, the book will
present a colorful cross section OF
Montanas scenery, life, industry and
recreational facilities Over l40 out
standing pictures. gathered through
the assistance Of Montanas Inc, the
United States forest service and many
other agencies, accompanied by a per-
tment 5,000-word Informative manu-
script have been submitted 10 Wash
mgton, the state WPA supervisor
stated
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18

Crockett an old Snake (Shoshone) In
dian who said he was the sentinel who
first saw the men with faces pale as
ashes-Lewis and his three men-was
captured by them, shown the power
OF their firearms, and given presents,
then released He told how his story
had been disbelieved by Chief Cameah-
wait and the elders Of the tribe, until
the meeting with Captain Lewis In
company with the three ShoShone
women
It is too bad, for history's record.
that neither the Lewis and Clark jour-
mails, Farnham, nor other white men
recorded the name of this Indian, q
name which should have a place be-
side that Of Sacajawe in the archives
of the west.
Farnham said that this Indian. ever
since his release at the meeting with
Captain Lewis, has been much hon
ored and loved by his tribe, and every
white man In the mountains.
HE Is now date 1830S) about 30
years old, and poor. But as he Is al
ways about Fort Crockett, he Is never
permitted to want"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-18

tween eastern and western merchants
for Montana'S business increased. Al
the opening of the 1870 season, the
rate war opened with the river inter-
cts cutting rates to 81 cents a pound
to drive out all competition. In spite
of this. much shipping was done by
teams from Corinne, Utah, a station
aging cents a pound. This distance,
between Corinne and Helena. was 449
miles via Henrys fork and 466 via
Beaverhead, the trip requiring about
As days. Actually this was nothing but
an experiment and while a few who
carried their own freight did very
well, for the most of them it was
losing proposition This continued until
1871 when the Far West Co. was Or
to do business with Montana, but the
Far West was not a success and 1t
folded up at the end Of the season.
BY 1872 competition had forced the
rates down TO where goods we're being
delivered in Helena from Corinne for
as low as 3 cents pound by the
few who had managed TO
stay in business and new concerns who
had started freighting outfits. Con-
freighting was so nearly di
vided that it was difficult to deter
actually coming overland from Corinne
or I'D the Missouri But business men
enjoyed the war and profited every
time somebody gave the rates a shove
a little lower The river routes, by
constantly reducing rates, offered the
transportation but were hav-
ing little or no success in completely
forcing the others out Of business.
It was cutthroat competition; but in
5pite Of rate reductions by the river
the overland freighters were
helped by the railroads The Union
Pacific was adding little to its north
ward narrow gauge branch each year
md the closer the rails came, the
lhorter the freighters' haul.
At the same time the Northern Pa
;ific was rapidly building across the
Minnesota and Dakota prairies, but
Tue 70 a panic, was forced to halt
work for awhile at Bismarck and 1t
lidnt play as big part In the rate