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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Spain May Be Next

We have watched Russia play a jackal part
in. POLAND and Italy enter the war in the hope
of feasting on the carcas of dead France.
scarcely alive, throw in her chips with the
Axis powers on a chance of getting a bone to
gnaw if Britain falls.
For some months there have been reports
that Germany was sending mechanical forces
into Spain preparatory to a land attack on
Gibraltar. This has been done, il accounts Of
the movement are accurate, in violation Of
every known rule of international law and
common decency. For Spain is a neutral coun.
try, in name at least, if not in fact, and
armed forces of belligerents have no right
in neutral territory. To give the presence Of
Nazi soldiers in Spain a semblance of right
to be there General Franco sends a Spanish
minister to Berlin for conference with Hitler
and Won Ribbentrop ostensibly to authorize
their transit across Spain for the anticipated
attack. They are there, but not officially. Sane.
ton must be given, and this, it would seem,
will mean the entry of Spain into the conflict.
1t is hard to believe that Spain, which has
undergone a cruel civil war so recently, and
is near bankruptcy as a result, would want
part in another war, but must do the bidding
Of Berlin and Rome which came to the aid
of the Spanish rebels. Spaln's entry into the
war, if it comes, will be because Hitler and
Mussolini ordered her to come in, on the
promise Of a share in the spoils. That bait
probably would be enough for Franco, even
if other compelling reasons were lacking,
which they are not. Franco is under a heavy
debt to Germany and Italy.
Gibraltar is fairly safe from assault by wa
ter. 1t is not apparent that it is equally safe
il attacked by land. Britain's problem will be
more complicated than ever if Spain per
mits" Nazi forces to cross its soil for a land
offensive against Gibraltar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Invasion Attempted?

The testimony of British travellers, arriving
In Lisbon, that an invasion Of Britain on a
small scale was attempted last week by the
Nazis and repulsed, lacks confirmation, and
has even been denied by high authorities in
London, but corroborates the declaration of
DR.. Charles F. Bove, formerly a Paris sur
geon OF note, on reaching Jersey City. He,
too, declared an invasion had been attempted.
If it really occurred, and it might have. the
British authorities naturally would want it
kept secret. The less it allows to become
known of its defense accomplishments, the
better for its operations.
1t is quite in keeping with Hitler's known
strategy, however, to try out his plans on a
small scale before putting them into effect
on a large scale. He may have sent some
ships across the channel with a landing force
aboard to learn how well Britain is prepared
to repel such an attack.
If he did, the failure Of his forces to get a
foothold ought to convince him that Britain's
defenses are sturdy. The Lisbon travellers say
no German landed, that the ships were de-
stroyed and that bodies are still washing up
on Britain's shores.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
The Castor Plant

The castor bean is something nobody. es-
pecially a child, likes to think about. But it
is not without its commercial value. The an
nouncement, therefore, of experiments with
its cultivation in this vicinity to determine if
it may be grown profitably, is noteworthy.
An oil is produced from the bean. an in
secticide from the leaves. If soil and climatic
conditions are right and extensive planting is
undertaken, southeastern North Carolina may
confidently look forward to greater farm pros.
perity in a few years. The demand for both
castor oil and any effective insecticide is al
ways heavy.
Some years ago, when a variety Of scale
attacked the citrus trees Of California and
worked about as much havoc in that crop
as the boil weevil has done in cotton, it was
discovered that castor plants were a favorite
nesting place for the cottony-cushion and the
black scale, and the state ordered all castor
plants destroyed. They had been used extern.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
T

I heard Sam Goldwyn deliver a talk in Eng
Ish-why shouldn't I talk French? Walter
Wanger, movie producer, explaining a recent
radio address from Montreal In French.
Our policy has been to trade space for time.
DIR Quo. Chinese ambassador to Britain. 2
In arriving at these important decisions on
great international questions it is the duty of
every citizen to inform himself thoroughly
and to bear his part in the responsibility
Myron C.. Taylor, presidential representative
to the Vatican, on returning home.
Apparently there is much in common, psy-
chologica !ly. between breaking away from
faith in the traditional economic order and
breaking away from faith in the traditional
religion.-Prof. Goodwin Watson, Columbia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
"Too Late"

Major General Douglas Macarthur, former
chief of staff and at present military adviser
to the Philippines and field marshal of the
Philippine army, declares the American re
armament effort should synchronize with Brit
aims defense, that whatever urge we feel fol
speeding our own defense program Britain's
need of our assistance should not be over
looked, lest we find ourselves in the position
of conquered countries who epitaph is too
In a cablegram to the William Allen White
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the
Allies, General Macarthur warns that the
United States would be making the greatest
strategical mistake in all history if it did moi
send immediate aid to England to prevent
the smashing of the English-speaking peoples
one by one.
He wrote:
You ave my military opinion as to
whether the time has come for America
to give continued and further aid to Eng
land in the fight for civilization. The his
tory of failure in war can almost be sum-
med up in two words, too late" Too
late in compromising the deadly purpose
of a potential enemy. Too late in realizing
the mortal danger. Too late in prepared
ness. Too late in uniting all possible forces
for resistance. Too late in standing with
ones friends.
Victory in war results from no mystery
alchemy or wizardry, but entirely upon
the concentration of superior force at the
crificsJ roinfS IF romhaf To fare an al.
versary in detail has been the prayer OF
every conqueror in history. 1t is the secret
of the past successes of the Axis powers.
In this war it is their main hope for
continued and ultimate victory. The great
est strategical mistake in all history will
be made if America fails to recognize the
vital moment, if she permits again the
writing Of that fatal epitaph too late"
Such co-ordinated help as may be re-
garded as proper by our leaders should
be sy~nchronized with the British effort so
that the English-speaking peoples of the
world will not be broken in detail. The
vulnerability of singleness will disappear
tomorrow but today.
It must be remembered, to appreciate the
significance of General MacArthur's mes
sage, that the author has devoted his entire
career to military strategy. What he says is
not the outpouring Of an amateur, but the
he emergency and with the conditions Britain
must overcome to thwart Hitler's ambition of
world conquest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
AN OPEN LETTER
Hon. Thomas E. Cooper, Mayor,
City of Wilmington.

Hon. Thomas E. Cooper, Mayor,
City of Wilmington.
Dear MIR. Cooper:
Realizing we have so much to Of
fer vacationists, and realizing we
should capitalize on every chance
we have to remind the public at
large of our attractions. we sug-
eest that the Commissioners, or
the responsible city officials, have
the idea included on the 1941 city
auto tags.
The idea has been carried out in
Fayetteville and Asheville success
fully. The Asheville license has a
mountainous skyline with t h e
phrase Entrance to the Great
Smokes. 1t would be an adver-
Using medium and still at no tx
pense to the city.
The Jaycees think the idea is
worthwhile because it will remind
visitors in Wilmington of u as
sets and trips made by local citi-
zens out of the city will help
spread the facts abroad. AS a sug-
gestion we submit: an outline of
the waves of the ocean and maybe
a e gull or two, with the line
THE Seashore Vacationland."
Hoping you will give this your
careful attention, we are,
Sincerely yours,
Wilmington Junior Chamber
Of Commerce,
L. C. LEGWIN, JR., President.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

sively for decorative purposes, the large
leaves and brilliant beans affording a pleasing
relief in otherwise drab landscapes.
Naturally it will have to be determined that
the castor plant will not be a menace to other
CROPS hereabouts before its cultivation is pro-
NOTED on a large scale. AS it is already pro-
fitably cultivated in Florida, and our condi-
are approximately the same as there.
problem would seem to have been solved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

among the new ana the old Ameri-
cans undoubtedly there are traitors
and srafters, profiteers, trouble
makers anG termites. The past did
not lack them; the present should
not be incapable of dealing with
them.
But the world is different now,
they tell me You could wait for the
growth of a fighting unity once, now
it must be full-grown in an instant.
1t is true. But we made speech here.
We have made it not only on wheels
but on wires-without wires. Some
times now we swoop in decision like
a dive bomber, We may be quickly
wrong, but that is not lack of unity.
That is somebody's minority opinion.
Maybe mine.
But today decision must not only
be swift in emergency, it must be
also continuous, implacable, main
tanned. There was a continuity which
q Il yOoIS IL llle Cl6CClOn OIL
Harding to the defeat of Hoover-a
continuity in the American mind
which ran at least from 1920 to the
decision-making disaster in the fall
of 1929. 1t has been eight years since
the first electoral determination up
on the New Deal. Now in almost un-
opposed unity, the decision upon
military and naval security has been
made. Who expects that mood to
change soon?
America a babel, an ant hill over
Nurned? I have heard some of the
voices. AS n of the ants I have
others in a good many different
parts of the hill.
There are differences certainly
between a man cutting pulp in a
Maine woodlot and a mar on an au-
tomobile assembly line in Dearborn.
may even be an anger between
an old Yankee and an Irishman in
Massachusetts, even blood between
some southern white men and a ne
gro %neighbor. We are a people ready
with our epithets everywhere
But America! That's different. We
the politicians and the profess
patriots make the speeches
about it. We don't want to go to war.
did. grandfather in spite of
the things he said after he got
oack. We don't think about ourselves
heroes. We certainly don't think
aoout ourselves as the saviors OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Court Rules BergdoH
Must Serve Sentence

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-'.H-o ,.o,
er Cleveland Bergdoll, WoTla wi
draft dodger, lost today an apPI .e
to Federal court, which fulsU ,or.
must serve the full SeVen-yedi o,,r,
tence imposed by an army wv
martial. ,sod
A five-year term was lmp0I DE-.
in 1920 after his capture aS nce
serter, and a tWo-yeaI SEN s re.
was added last year alter No he.
turn from Germany whence
fled otter his first trial ss.
Judge John C. Knox, IN dls"D DE-.
ing a writ of habeas CORPUS he
MED Bergdoll's c%ontehtlon sn' If a
was entitled to the lenlency FONT
1916 peace-time order OF PIesr de-.
Wilson limiting punishment im nsert.
sertion to 10 months II the tbqn
er had been in service le0S
six months
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Star-News Program

Consolidated .City.County Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highvay from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF city Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid-
sr Turning Basin. with ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc.
ton through sustained-yteld methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY one
countrywide tao.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center TOR Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse TOR Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape growing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tubercnlosts sdndtortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Editorial Comment
GROSSLY
Raleigh News and Ohservo,

Secretary of State Cordell Hull has charged
that Wendell L. Willkie, Republican candidate
tor President, is grossly ignorant of the his
tory Of the past few years"
Those are strong words. They are particu-
larry strong words coming from the mild
hammered Secretary Of State, who is accus-
toned to weigh all of his %utterances care
fully. But the charge is fully established by
the facts. and the language employed by the
Cabinet officer preserves his own reputation
for moderation.
The particular outburst of Candidate Willkie
which evoked the well-earned rebuke of Secre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
The Editors
BOX

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endorse n article appearing in
This department. They represent the
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signed as the writer sees fit. The
Stor.News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason Is OBJ.
iacf,onable, Letters on controversial
Subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

cuss the boss, damn the Republicans and denounce
the Democrats, to stomp brogans in fury at town
meeting, fuss about taxes, complain about the poor,
blame the rich. We began to quarrel before we
landed in the wilderness, we moved across the noun.
tains and the prairias arguing among ourselves, some
times with guns. We made the American unity in a
bloody civil war.
Maybe we could have made a better job of Ame.
lea If we had always moved in disciplined agreement
doubt it. Maybe this would be a stronger .Amaia
now II we the people always spoke with the Sane
voice, the same views. l am not sure. But | am sure
that there is now as there has been an AmIiSn
unity stronger because it is the willing unity Of .hG-
Vlouals and not the docile or driven unity of the mass
are NOT tho ~a..1 go. o ,uo Va
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
RIOTING

IA R, Internationalized
Zone, Morocco, Sept. 17.-REDaily
rioting in Casablanca, French Mo.
rocco, between supporters of the
vlchy government and of General
Charles De Gaulle, leader of the
free french faction still fighting
with Britain, was reported todav in
usually reliable quarters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Man bout

BY George Tucker

NEW YORK, Sept. l7.-Buddy
De Sylvia was wise when he ele'
waited Betty Allen to the co-star.
ring role in "DuBarry Was a
Lady" Previously that post had
been held by Ethel Norman, who
has retired now to assume new
chores in another De Sylvia tune
farrago, Panama Hattie" which
comes to Broadway in a littl e
while.
All stars have understudies, peo-
Pile who are letter perfect in their
cues and lines. Their function is
to fill in when the star becomes
temporarily indisposed. But all toe
often these talented and worth
while people r ignored when a
leading figure leaves the cast for
good. TIL eproducers, short-sight-
eddy we think, cast about for well
known names, sometime with
names in excess of their talents
In this instance De Sylvia turned
thumbs down on the new name
idea and justly rewarded a girl
who for months has faithfully per.
formed her chores as u%nderstudy
to Miss Norman. She went on the
other night and won herself a
heartening round of applause in a
part for which the well-liked Miss
Norman had set a high standard.
Doing good work is not a new
experience to Miss Allen, who
has been understanding stars on
the road and on Broadway for ten
years. This is her first real break
She was almost in tears when re
porters interviewed her after her
difficult first night performance.
Il can't believe it," she walled.
"At last I'm going to have a real
speaking part on the stage, a part
all my own"
Miss Allen was reminded that,
after all. she had played important
parts in such companies as "Of
Thee I Sing and May Wine"
But that was always on the
road-never on Broadway" S h e
said. And playing the road with
out eve playing Broadway is like
having a photograph of someone
you like or seeing food without be-
ing permitted to touch it,"
People who invade Miss Aliens
apartment in West 55th street are
apt to Be puzzled when they first
get a load of the furniture. Mostly
it is reminiscent of the seashore-
a beach table, a beach umbrella,
folding beach chairs-almost
everything a vacationer might
need except a pail, shovel and bot
tie of sun-tan oil.
Well" explains Miss Allen de-
fensively, 1--WE always wanted a
terrace apartment, and this is it,
That is, it's a sort of understudy
to a real terrace apartment, when
I get one
We don't know whether this
dream is ever to be realized, but
can tell you that ''DuBarry"
is lucky to have a person IKE
Miss Allen handmade for the Job.
This is a screwy, improbable sort
of musical. Bert Lair is the male
star. He plays the part Of a be-
fudd!ed WASH room attendant who
accidentally gives himself a Mickv
Finn and dreams he is the kino
of France. It's rough, riotous,
risque comedy, and Broadway likes
it. In a few weeks it y!-l 90 into
it's second year. n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Hollywood.
Sights And Sounds
BY COONS

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. H. Looks
as if Sterling Hayden, who's been
places, is going places. And may
be Enrol Flynn had better start
moving over now.
Hayden is the slim, broad Shout
dered, human skyscraper (6 It. A.
type. He's handsome, but not over
ly so, and rugged. He has blue
eyes, crisp blond hair, 212 pounds
and poise.
1t was the poise that did it.
TWenty-four years old, he boasts
a theatrical background limited to
one appearance as a spear-carrler
in some show back east. But he's
a sailing man, and somebody saw
him handling a boat in a heavy
blow and he looked exactly like
the man in charge, which he was,
of both boat and the elements.
Somebody said here's a movie bet.
The movies need leading men who
look like the man in charge.
You'll see him first in Virgin
ia," in which he makes stately
Madeleine Carroll look like a little
girl in pinafores, and in which he
practically dwarfs Fred MacMur-
ray, we'll over 6 feet himself. How
does it come that a youngster
who's merely carried a spear, and
once, gets a leading role first time
at bat, and in a big picture to
boot? Well, that's a chance Para
mount and Director E. H. Griffith
are taking.
when you have a prospect like
this says Ned Griffith, tits fool
ish to put him through the usual
grind of bits and extra stuff. We
know this boy has something -
we're going to use it now"
A newspaperman, Toln Horgan
of Boston, took steps when Sterling
Hayden showed up broke in Boston
after and ocean voyage. Horgan
sent a LITTER and pictures to Holly
wood, and Hollywood arranged a
test. Hayden met Griffith in New
York, where Griffith put him
through a scene from Anna Chris
tie" a difficult test piece very
theatrical, requiring good delivery
to make it sound natural"
Hayden had poise enough to get
a contract Immediately. They ship
ped him to Hollywood, and when
Griffith started virginia." they
put Sterling Hayden right with the
major leaguers.
He's a native son of Montclair,
N. j., but a dozen cities have been
his home. He learned sailing up
in Maine, took shore leave only
long enough to make a pass at a
couple of tony schools, but finan-
cial difficulties sent him back to
sea.
He voyaged on the schooner Pur-
q IL 4NOW 1O41OOAI, i'll w
Balboa Beach, Calf, for Is cents
a month. Took a freight train back.
He has done six round trips to the
Grand Banks of Newfoundland
with a Gloucester fishing crew. He
was fireman on the steamer Flori-
da on II round trips to Havana,
skipper on the schooner Chiva,
mate on the Yankee for a round
the-world cruise, navigator on the
Gertrude L. Thibaud when it raced
the Bluenose in the International
Fisherman's race. He's been prac-
as many places as Enrol
done practically as much
and shows it.
AS for pictures, he's taking 'em
in poised stride.
If this is acting" he grins, Its
better than working" Al;
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
TOP o. Fl MORNING

ut any man draU back, my soul hath no
pleasure in him." (HebreUs 10;38).
1t is Of serious consequence to draw back
Nhen spoken to by the living God.
HALLESBY
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

civilization. We'd rather 20 TO tie
movies than the a
But we are Americans and all tha.
that has ever meant in any AmeT'
can time. A little bit of honest his.
tory beside the current fears, |
think, will show that we never faced
or fought a war with anything Ike
the unity which already is erected
in this land.
1t isn't in the newspapers, it Goes
not come over the radio. But 1t Is
out there in the country. 1t Is IN
the bank and the labor union, us
on the porches of the country clu0S
and in the pool rooms and the SUE
day school classes. Not in one moI'
than the others.
To hear it where it is often Still
sounds like a quarrel, as arsuneN'
tative, individualistic, and dcSma''
the pioneers were, as the NE,
patriots were. But those who Ae''
only confusion in it have he's'
heard America speaking.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
OUR COUNTRY
Jonathan Daniels Sounds
Warning To Those Who Hear
Only Confusion In America
BY JONATHAN DANIELS

Author of "A SOutherner Discovers New England" and "a SMtlernr
Discovers the South"
I can claim NJ credit because I come from a region where long ao
men went around grumbing that it was a rich mans wal and \ Door
fight but fought like the devil just the same.
= I'm glad I'm a man of a land where a mart of frmdnn has n IN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

When a light is flashed on the
walking stick insect, it a,tnn, -
cally freezes into immobility. ?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

are n product now OF a melting pot that did not mot.
IL may D sc but SOnetlmes as an old American have felt almost
rebuked in my own casual acceptance of nv citizenship by the eager,
passionate allegiance of new Americans to the meaning of this land
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

Gladys Hasty Carroll tens
what the American way Oh '"o
means to her, an what sne
thinks it means to all OF u.s. III
the next article of tins series
on "Our Country"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. H. Looks
as if Sterling Hayden, who's been
places, is going places. And may
be Enrol Flynn had better start
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