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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04

LaGuardia, who is short and SOU
and who wears black hats ti
make Lucius Beebe leap to Id
feet in horror, says, How cua.
anybody with a name like Fioe-I
be elected president?"
The Italians in New York hsa
always played a vital part in II
social and it's cultural life. Thay
are a great many protestant ItI
ians hereabouts, as well as CaAg
olic. Some time ago a Cathot
spokesman made the remark lii
mo Italian could be a good Italia
unless he was Catholic To ti
assertion came a blistering rebuilt
tai. However, all animosities wenI
erased after awhile and the varl
Gus Italian elements became good
friends.
LaGuardia himself is protestant
He is at times a man Of SOne
temper. He is a man who can1at
sit still when the fire alarms clam
or. Scores of confagrations haG4
found him working shoulder d
shoulder through the smoking run
with the iremen. One wondeH
when he ever rests. Seldom a day
passes that he doesn't dictate hui
dreds of letters, confer with nd
tional and state Representative
travel throughout the five gEal
boroughs, dedicating bridges, d
meeting with visitors.
But the Mayor is not a gla.
handler in the sense that the 81
greatly admired Jimmy Walk
was. LaGuardia refuses to POI
with anybody, merely for 'aiI
sake" He despises red tape 4
is politically and constitutions
unconventional. He says only WIZ
he believes, no matter whom \
offends.
All blunt, tWo-fisted men speaI
in a two listed manner. Once I
prevented strikers from plcke'hi
a church, saying, you can't pri
ct God in this town" Again, a1
convention Of Negro physical
and dentists, he told them, %I
crobes know no Jim Grow Law,
The Mayor is seldom taken "a
ually. You either like him or a'
like him Sometimes the ne|sP'I
pers call him 'Fhot headed" ~
all agree that his administrars
has been characterized by hone''I
and vigor-traits that this me'F0G
oils has not always enjoyed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
Editorial Comments
From Other AnoIes
[REWORKS LEGISLATION SPREADS
Charlotte Observer)

(CharlOtte ObSerVer)
North Carolina is one Of six states having nc
statewide fireworks legislation at all, the other
five being Arizona, Georgia, Missouri, Montana
and Nevada, WI are reminded by the Council of
State Governments.
A total of eight states have laws which prac.
tically prohibit the private use of pyrotechnics
on July Fourth or any other day. In two of
the eight states, Delaware and Indiana, these
laws are effective this year for the first time,
The other six states are Iowa, Michigan, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia.
New York State will join the "prohibitory'
group after August !, when a measure enacted
in the 1910 Legislative session becomes effec.
tive.
The purpose of these laws, of course, is to re.
duce the number of accidents and injuries from
the use of fireworks. Injuries from such acci.
dents totaled more than $500 last July Fourth.
In 1888 they numbered 1885; in 1887 there were
1905.
The six states reporting the most fireworks
injuries last year were: New York, 1881; Cali
fornla, $50; Illinois, 1853; Missouri, 357; Ohio, s37;
Massachusetts, 1888.
The laws of the eight states which practically
F>'NkS oS0 " ~ Il dSC
on a model proposed by the National Fire Pro.
tectlve Association. The laws contain provision
for properly supervised public displays, for
which a permit and bond to cover possible per.
sonal injury and property damage are required,
The statewide legislation in many cases re.
placed a scattering of municipal fireworks con.
troll ordinances easy for fireworks bootleggers to
evade, according to the Council of State Govern
ments.
~,
While California and Wisconsin are consider.
ed to have fairly effective fireworks control
statutes, more than 30 states have various kinds
OF regulatory laws, ranging from permission
granted local governments to treat the problem
as they see fit" to restrictions on the type or
size OF fireworks and limits on when and where
they may be sold.
The effectiveness of the prohibitory type of
fireworks control statute is indicated by the
figures on the results Of the first year. The
Council says the prohibitory law has been effec-
tive IN a majority of the states adopting it. .
For instance, Pennsylvania which made the
law effective last year, reduced fireworks in.
Jurles from 1,702 to So, and deaths from six to
none. Utah's fireworks injuries declined from
lS to 5 upon first application of the law last
year, and West Virginia's from al to none. Iowa,
whose law became effective in 1888, showed a
decrease in injuries from rs to 6.
1t would seem that it is about time for North
Carolina to get out of the small group of states
having no statewide law dealing with the use
OF fireworks, when one considers the number
of casualties resulting from their use and the
nuisance which the noisemaking involves, es-
pecially at Christmas time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
Star.News Program

Consolidated City.County Government
under CouncilMonagcr Administrators
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected TRUCK and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports md Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from Wr'ghtsviM
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, 3D.
er Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes INC
industrial sites along Eastern odnE
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, oo
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency, supported BY n
countrywide tdr.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Neoro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for Uhites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF notive grape 0roaotng
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis S1ndt071Nnt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
MORE THAN A HOLIDAY

The fourth Of July is a memorable day in
American history. 1t first sprung into promi.
nence when members Of the continental con.
gress adopted the Declaration of independence
on it and an energetic man cracked the bell
on Liberty Hall in Philadelphia by the force
he put into it's ringing, to celebrate the joyful
news. Since that historic day in 1776 America
has devoted the day to picnics, to %oratory, to
fireworks and, latterly, to heavy death tolls on
the highways.
Today the fourth Of July has particular sig.
nificance. 1t is an occasion for something
more than star-spangled speeches, for merry.
making, for pyrotechnics. It is the day upon
which we must ask ourselves if the indepen.
dence which gave the holiday birth is to sur.
vive the crashing Of the Old World, the threat
to civilization created by Europe's war. the
peril that otalitarianism's spread contains
for the New World. 1t is the dav we must
earnestly resolve, with reverence in our hearts
for the institutions which the Declaration of
Independence assured America, that whatever
emergency world events may crowd upon us.
the United States will find it's entire citizenrv
united in determination that liberty shall not
perish from the EARTH"
This country is the final outpost Of free.
dom. II England is crushed in the forthcom.
ing conflict, the United States must take IN
the burden of civilizations NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the worst that Germany, Russia, Italy, japan
(anu the devil, if need be) can do to impose
their alien theology, their slavery, upon free
peoples.
Today, then, calls for reconsecration by
every loyal American to the cause of liberty;
calls, in very fact, for a sacred vow by every
individual to whom freedom is dear to bend
every effort for the preservation of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness in the American,
not the dictator. way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04

may be attributed to the Fifth
Columnists but much of it may be
attributed to the things mentioned
above.
An efficient army is one with eff
ficient officers and men. Efhcien-
cy comes about through intellect
as well as in equipment and train
ing. It is too late for the flower of
the country to wait until the band
begins to play" AS long as we
have a voluntary army, We can't
be a reformatory and an efficient
fighting machine. The two don't
work together. Under such condi-
tons as we have at present, let
the judges and the leaders Of this
country recognize that the best OF
the manhood is needed for the
service and that the hayward sons
should 60 elsewhere for reform.
Wilmington. N. c.
July 2, 1910.
G. W. GILLETTE,
Lt.-Col., Corps of En-
gineers, u. S. Army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
TOP o. H MORNING

Thy 1oue divine hath led us in the past,
In this free land By Thee our lot is cast;
Thy Word our 1alo, Thy paths our chosen way.
From aear's alarms, from deadly pestilence,
Be Thy strong arm our ever sure defense;
Thy true religion I'M our hearts increase,
Thy 5ounteous goodness nourish us in peace.
From National H~ymn-Danael G.. Roberts,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04

HOLLYWOOD, July 3. - John
Barrymore says THE Great Pro.
file'' is not-definitely not-a life
history of John Barrymore. He adj
mi.s, with a lift of the screens
most expressive eyebrows, that the
character does bear coincidental
Tesemblances.
I'm the first place." he says
with a sardonic chuckle, ''the hero
is a ham actor. In the second he's
nuts. In the third, he is forever
hearing the clank of Jail doors and
begins to miss them when they
stop. They become like the music
OF cymbals to him, ha! I myself
have lived lately amid so much
notes.-the sound of the city-tha1
when I sought quiet I couldn't
rest. -. But no-it's not the story
Of my life. This picture-and it's
very funny-is a compendium OF
all hams!"
John is attired, as Hamlet, sit.
ting on the sidelineS of his set, but
he's not doing it straight-"a ham
Hamlet" he explains.
The great profile is not the
heroic figure he once was, but
there's life, and plenty of it, in
the old boy yet. And his fund oil
stories-related with gusto and lib.
orally sprinkled with picturesque.
inimitable profanity-has not been
depleted. Mention of Winston
Churchill sets him going, recalling
the first time he met the man who
is now Britain's war chieftain. II
was at a party in Scotland, al
which they played charades, and
Churchill-'really a great fellow
for fun, with a marvellous humor,''
got himself up as a buxom scrub.
lady, complete with red nose and
generously padded chest
Speaking Of Churchill reminds
hint saw an old friend of mine
today. Tiny Jones. 80"
Tiny is a bright-eyed, diminu.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
Man bout
Manhattan
BY George Tucker

NEW YORK, July 3-Hardly a
week goes by that somebody
doesn't let loose a blast at Flo.
relic LaGuardia, New York's in
defatigable mayor. These blasts
give him no concern whatever.
The newest one was loosed at him
by one of New York's Italian news.
papers, which said it would rather
have a Chinaman for a mayor
than a false Italian"
This paper called the mayor a
false Italian because Mr.. LaGuar.
ola had just let loose a blast at
Italy for entering the war. Re.
ferring to Hitler and Mussolini as
gansters has been a custom OF
the mayors for years. Although of
Italian extraction, he says the en-
try of Italy into the conflict covers
Italian history with shame.
1t you tried to analyze MI. La
Guardia you wouldn't get any.
where. He is a man who cannot
be parsed, because there are too
many conflicting elements to his
career. He is, first, a Republican.
But he was elected mayor on a
fuslonist ticket. And he is a sup
porter OF Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Florello is an Italian word that
means Little Flower. There has
been lots of talk about the Mayor
becoming vice president, or at
least running on the ticket this
TALL. To these statements MI.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04

nortunity to take over has arrived. Whining
TONS chance to serve the nation on a large
scale is tremendously advanced by the emer-
gency In defense. If the young men Of the city
step in, as they should, this city will be assign
ed an important part in the defense program,
and perform that part with credit and with
economic advantage to Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
Services Are Under Way
Al Cape Fear Chapel

ACME-DELCO, July "a series
of services are now in progress al
the Cape Fear Chapel Baptist
church near here and will con.
tinue at 8 o'clock each nigh
through Saturday.
The services r being conduct
ed by ministerial students from
the nearby Baptist churches of
Goshen and Livingston's chapel.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
The Editors
LETTER BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse n article appearing IN
this department. Ihey represents Tue
views Of the individual leaders
respondents are W "a tnat an
communications IN u S t contain the
correct name and address for our
records. though the latter may be
signed as the writer sees fit. The
Star-News reserves che right to alter
n text that for any reason Is OBJ
;ectionable. Letters on controversial
Subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04

This letter, forwarded to tn e
Star by Senator Reynolds, refers,
among other things, to recommen-
dations for utilizing Wilmington's
resources in the defense program
with special reference to transpor-
tation and distribution from the
vast agricultural and industrial
areas in the Southeast, the Cape
Fear rivers availability as a SUBJ
marine and mosquito fleet base,
for shipbuilding a n d commerce,
Southeastern North Cardinals large
areas of cleared land for military
and air bases, and a naval base
at Southport.-The Editor. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
DEFENSE

Honorable Robert R. Reynolds,
United States Senate.
Dear Senator Reynolds:
Receipt is acknowledged OF your
letter of the 9th instant and the
communication which you inclosed
from Honorable R. B. Page, Will
mington, North Carolina, who Of
fers suggestions relating to nation
al defense.
The War Department is con-
stantly studying matters relating
to national defense and is greatly
aided by public-spirited citizens,
who, like Mr.. Page, present mat
tiers pertaining to that subject.
Mr.. Pages suggestions are ap'
preciated by the War Department
and have been made matter OF
official record for such further
study as may be warranted.
June Is, 1910. ]
Sincerely yours,
LOUIS JOHNSON,
Acting Secretary Of wal
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-04
MISSING

LONDON, July 3.-LP-NlsS2 :,
Tarbat, husband of the fotplsl =,
Dorothy Porter of Louisville =
was officially posted as misS-''
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
DII'H1HERIA

DR.. ADLER S. RooT's arraignment of North
Carolina for failure to cope with the diph-
liberia situation, deserved careful, sympathetic
consideration and study by all health units
and especially by legislative leaders.
The states mortality from this disease, he
revealed, is three times as great as the national
average. There are two deaths per thousand
throughout the country, he said. In North
Carolina there are six. Clearly we have need to
correct this deplorable condition.
The states immunization law, DR.. Roor de-
clared in an address before the convention on
obstretics and pediatrics at the Ocean Terrace
on Sunday night, is not functioning ~satisfact-
orily, as the death rate proves. It is not cuff
Gent to order parents to bring their children
in for preventive treatment. In isolated sec
tons largely populated by illiterates there is
a general antagonism to the law, due to ignor-
ance. Treatment, to be effective, must be taken
to the homes and parents compelled to submit
their children to it, if North Carolina is ever
to be free from this terrible disease.
Travelling clinics would seem to be the only
method Tor coping with the situation. One
thing is apparent: North Carolina cannot at.
ford to continue it's present attempts to en-.
force an uncomfortable law. Revamping of legis.
lation which is a proved failure is indicated.
The states solons will have the duty when thev
reassemble at the capital to reshape the law so
that all children may be brought under it's
proper protection.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
AUTOS mi DEFENSE

There are twice as many motor vehicles in
the United States as in the rest of the world.
OF the worlds total of 5000, 900, more than
10000, 10000 are in this country, according to the
department of We have one vehicle
for every four persons, as compared to the
world ratio of one to every At.
Taxes on motor vehicles constitute a major
sources Of revenue for the states. Gasoline taxes
account for approximately rs per cent Of total
revenues of the 4S states. Registration and
other fees supply approximately Is per cent,
making a grand total of 38 per cent of the tax
receipts of the states derived from highway
transportation. In addition to this revenue,
which runs about a quarter billion dollars an
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
ARMISTICE TERMS

MOST of occupied France and all her At
' lantic coast is to come under German rule
by terms of the armistice imposed by ADOLF
HITLER. Out of what is left must come money
to pay occupation and administration costs.
French armies must be demobilized and dis.
armed-save for a military police force-and
the men of the armies may not aid Britain in
it's defense against Germany The French fleet
save a few ships for the colonies, must be de-
livered at specified ports for internment and
French mine sweepers must help HITLER's navy
clear waters jointly mined by French and Brit
ish forces. All artillery, tanks, anti-tank guns,
airplanes, infantry equipment, munitions and
whatever else the French possessed for max
ing war must be surrendered. German prison
ers must be Immediately liberated and French
prisoners must remain in concentration camps
during the life of the armistice. All aircraft
must be grounded and all transportation fac1ll-
ties turned over to the conquerer unimpaired.
Outside of that, France is at liberty to go
about it's peaceful affairs. The only difference
between France and Poland is that, having
sense enough to yield in time, France escapes
the total destruction melted out to Poland,
which fought on to the end. That she will ulti-
mately escape complete absorption by the
Reich, if HITLER is successful, in his campaigns
against England, is not to be assumed. In event
of a HITLER dictated peace in Europe, the
French will be as completely subjugated as the
Poles are today, as surely as coming events
cast their shadow before.
There is no reason to believe that the non
conforming French abroad, over whom General
DE GAULLE has set up a quasi-dynasty, with the
intent of fighting on in aid Of the British, will
be more effective that the similar government
created for the Poles with PADEREwsK1 at its
head. Meanwhile, the breach between the
French government at Bordeaux and the
CHURCHILL regime in London cannot be Of
material aid to anybody except HITLER, who
will not fail to WOO PErA1S and his associates
away from any lingering sympathy for the
English.
If MUssoL1N1 takes over French Mediterran.
can ports, as he probably will, the war against
Britain will gain impetus, and the French, al.
ready PROSTATE, be in the orthodox position for
the final kick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
REYNOLDS AND THE ALIENS

Senator ROBERT R. REYNOLDS views on I'M
migration and alien deportations assume add
ed weight in these troubled days. The senator
recently stated them over the radio, using the
facilities of the Mutual Broadcast1ng system.
Among his recommendations was the finger
~printing and registration of all aliens in this
country, on the ground that only by this means
will we be able to keep track of those among
them who are not here on legitimate business
but are at work in the interest of a~ntagonistic
governments which plot our overthrow.
He bases his plea on the fact that reports of
tremendous rate since the war in Europe be-
gan. Quoting department of justice statistics,
he reveals that the bureau Of investigation,
under jurisdiction of ]. EDGAR HOOVER, is re.
ceiving complaints of espionage, sabotage and
violation of our defense laws at the rate Of PIT
a day-78, 900 on a yearly basis. For the five
years prior to 1888, the bureau probed only IS
similar complaints yearly. In 1889 the total
had increased to 1851. The senator justly be-
lieves that compulsory registration and finger
printing would do away with a large part of the
nefarious operations carried on by foreign
agents..
Mr.. REYNOLDS also recommends that all i'm.
migration be stopped for 10 years. With TO-
100000 idle workers in the country and ad-
ditional millions working only part time; with
100000 on WPA payrolls, 100000 young men
in CCC camps, and $50, 900 young men and
women graduating annually from schools and
colleges who cannot find employment, cessa-
ton Of immigration would, he insists, simplify
our unemployment problem by giving our own
people greater opportunity for gainful work in
private industry and business.
Another point in his proposals is that all
criminal and undesirable aliens be deported,
in support Of which he cites the fact that
American jails and penitentiaries are overflow.
Crime, according to estimates of the
department of justice, levies an expense of
SIS, 0O0, 000, 900 a year upon the United States.
A large part Of this astounding total goes for
support of aliens. If it were free 1t could be
used in the defense program.
Mr.. REYNOLDS would have this country freed
from all isms except Americaniem. Nazism,
Fascism, Communism are foreign to America
and Americas way of living. They should be
expunged, once and for all.
The congress, determined at last to make
our defenses adequate could not do better than
heed the warning and the recommendations of
North Carolina's senator.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
BIDS ON AIRPORT
MACHINES OPENED
Award Of Contracts For Con-
struction Equipment De-
layed Until July l

The county commissioners yester-
day opened bids on mechanical
equipment for use in construction
work at Bluethenthal airport, but de-
layed the awarding of contracts until
Monday, July 1.
Due to the large number of bids
received and their complicated ma
ture, the board decided to take furth'
err time to digest and analyze the
figures.
Equipment to be purchased, to cost
approximately $4,000, includes a
scraper, rock crusher. gasoline en-
CINE, compressor, drill, gas engine
and several other pieces of machin-
cry.
L. J. Jordan, area WPA super
visor, said> last night work at the
airport will start July II or July
20. depending on the letter of presl-
Dental approval, not yet received at
the Office here.
The work Is scheduled to be COM
pleted at some time in the fall OF
this year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25

nually, motorists currently contribute one-thlrd
of a billion dollars in federal gasoline and
other automotive taxes.
Under the proposed tax schedule In the ma
tional preparedness program, the federal gaso-
line and other automotive taxes will add $685..
600, 900 to the motorists annual tax bill. It
will be worth the burden, if it adds to the ma
tional security.