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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-23

ers who has never asked for a New
Deal favor or a New Deal job, de-
spite unswearving loyalty through
three elections But he is about to
have a job thrust upon him with
the insistence that he take it. Geo
will be urged to join the group Of
civilian buyers attached to the
OPM.
#mm#
me TOO MILLARD?7
George Radcliffe, junior senator
from Maryland, is one of the most
genial and popular members of
Congress. Patient with his consti-
tuents, painstaking in his work, he
is more approachable and probably
more representative of Maryland
than the senior senator.
But just at present George is in
high dudgeon. In fact he is seeing
red. He has even gone to the point
of giving orders that no one calls
him a rubber stamp shall talk
to any member of his stamp.
All of this, as you may guess, is
because the epithet rubber stamp"
has been hung around Georges
neck so frequently. Apparently
George is afraid that it may change
from an epithet to an epitaph.
Also the thing that gets under
the Junior Senator's skin today is
not merely being called rubber
stamp" for Roosevelt, but a rub
Der stamp" for Senator Tydings.
Apparently this inks him more
than anything under the sun.
Unfortunately this reputation is
not going to be an easy one to live
down. For George has come to bat
for too many of Millard's projects.
Continued on Page 81
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-23
HANGOVERS
By
LITTLE HEISKELL

While no records are available,
it is safe bet that the Copies
will discover that this special
election on May 27, will present
more problems than a hound has
flees. Reason for this is % lack
Of organization and ~ absence
Of money. The former is not a
secret, but the latter is proving
a real stumbling block to the
COP leaders in the Sixth Dis
trict.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-23

From the standpoint of raising
money, the meeting was COM
piete flop but from the fireworks
angle, it wasn't so bad. Anyway
the Senator is reported to have
slept we'll that night, amid pleas
ant dreams.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-23

My informant tells me that an
effort was made to pacify the
Senator by suggesting that he
run for County Commissioner,
come next election time. But the
suggestion didn't "jelP' and the
Senator continued to "pour it on"
the high priests.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-23

From all sections of the Dis
trict the cry is the same, and
AIlegany Charley is said to be los
ing faith in his supporters who
have up to this writing failed to
shake the sheckles out Of those
who are supposed to be interest
ed in sending him to Washington.
The State Cnetral Committees in
the various counties have called
numerous meetings for the pur-
pose of collecting expense money
and their efforts in this direction
have been extremely weak.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-23

Recently one of these sessions
was held in Hagerstown. All the
leaders were present - that is,
those who direct the destinies of
the Grand Old Party in Washing
ton County. The meeting, in the
form of a round table discussion,
was breezing along beautifully,
I'm told, until the head men call
ed on former State Senator Err
nest w. Miller for contribution
to the cause" The result of
this request was speech by the
Senator who told 'em in no un-
certain terms that Stewart didn't
contribute to his campaign and
that he saw no reason why he
should she'll out for the AIlegany
County candidate. He also used
the occasion to remind the Com
mittee that Stewart had promised
both he and State Senator Kim
ball of AlIegany County to stay
out of the race in 1888 and 1910
in order to give somebody else
chance. This promise was brok-
en-, Senator Miller said, and from
now on out he is under no obIiga-
ton to MIR. Stewart. He did not,
however, say he would support
the Republican nominees oppon-
ent.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-23

Motorists who gaze too intentIy
at the scenery are in danger Of be-
coming a part of it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
Lindbergh and the Shoemaker

There is the old saying that the shoemaker
should stick to his last. 1t is worth remember
ing in the case Of Charles A. Lindbergh.
Colonel Lindbergh would have been wiser If
he had stuck to aviation, in his testimony be-
fore the house foreign affairs committee. In
that field he is an acknowledged expert with
considerable knowledge of the air forces now
engaged in war and it would be difficult to re-
flute his contention that an air invasion across
the Atlantic is absolutely impossible at this
time"
His opinion, backed up by the statement that
mot a single squadron of transoceanic bomb
ing planes exists anywhere in the world today
is a good deal more convincing than other re-
cent statements on this point.
But the colonel is in no position to judge who
is going to win this war. He is entitled to his
gloomy opinion that not even a combination
of Great Britain and the United States could
beat Germany but it is not worth a jot more
than that of any other non-expert individual.
It is also obvious that he seriously under
rates our present peril when he says that this
continent is in no danger of invasion by sea or
air as long as we maintain an army, navy
and air force of reasonable size and estab-
lish adequate bases.
The trouble with this argument is that we
possess no such army, navy or air force and
cannot build them for several years to come.
If the Axis powers crush England this spring
they will possess armed forces, air fleets and
shipbuilding and plane production facilities far
in excess of ours, not to speak of the possibility
that they may seize the powerful British fleet.
Then, even if invasion by air is entirely rulea
out we will remain in extremely dire peril.
1t is to avoid that contingency by no means
remote, that the administration is moving,
with the backing of a majority of American
citizens, to bolster Britain's defense before it
is too late.
1t SO happens that whenever Colonel Lind.
bergh ascends the rostrum he puts in a plug
for Hitler. Has he been converted to the Nazi
faith? At least, he is no longer a good
American.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
Editorial Comment
THE WEED OF GOLD
(Wins.an-SaIem JournaN

The Winston-Salem tobacco market closed
Wednesday, the final days sales bringing the
total volume sold to an aggregate of 1855, ITO
pounds.
The official average price for the season was
announced to have been s17.16 per hundred
pounds. While not a record figure, this was
higher than last years average, and was rather
good, especially in view of damage done to a
considerable quantity of 1910 crop by rain,
flood and other abnormal weather conditions.
It compares favorably with the 47-year aver
age Of $500 for the grand total OF 1889, 749,
216 pounds of weed sold on the local warehouse
floors since the season of 1893-94.
This season the tobacco farmers of the Old
Belt have received on the Winston-Salem mar
ket a total OF So, 1875, us. 80. An average of
$125, 026.4 40 was paid out daily to growers for an
average of 728, LIST pounds of weed sold on the
floors. Even the inferior grades
brought better prices than at first anticipated,
37,028 pounds of scrap tobacco sold on the
closing day bringing an average of So. SO.
The season., therefore,, may be regarded as
a very successful one from the standpoint of
both the warehousemen and the growers. 1t
has released into the farming area of the upper
Piedmont over eight million dollars in pur-
chasing power, while the augmented services
of the local market, the big Christmas party
which has attained countrywide renoWn, and
other efforts on the part of Winston-Salem civic
leaders to promote closer relations between
city and country have undoubtedly created
new values not computable in terms of tobacco
poundage or dollars and cents.
These exertions in the promotion of the COM
mon interests Of the market, the city and the
farmers of the Old Belt will extend into the
new season. Thus with the control program
continuing in effect, the season of 1941- AZ prom
ises to be even better for the market and the
farmers than that of 194O-41. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
An Astonishing Move

Some of. the by-products of the defense pro-
gram are enough to cause many literal-minded
persons to rub their eyes in disbelieving as
torishment. For example, it is something OF a
strain to get used to the idea that the nation
must step up food consumption as a means Of
preparing against war.
Nevertheless, plans directed to achieve this
thing are now being formulated at Washington
by the National Research Council, a body OF
specialists whose job is to provide the govern
ment with the best scientific knowledge avail
able. Eventually they will be put into effect
by Paul V. McNutt, who is "coordinator of all
health, medical, welfare, nutrition, recreation
and other related fields OF activity affecting
the national defense.'
The theory back of all this is that defense
workers must be healthy and that the best re-
suits cannot be expected from men who have
been on a depression diet for a decade. 1t is
added the whole nation must be put in better
that will arise out of the defense effort and
will be multiplied if the nation is involved in
war.
1t will be observed that this scheme fits in
very nicely with the farm situation. Export
markets are shrinking and the problem of using
the nations capacity to produce food is grow.
ing more acute. Granted that a large section
OF the population could and should have better
things to eat, hitching this wagon to the de.
tense star leaves us wondering just what else
is going to be held out as a prime necessity
to national security.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26

ress rapidly from this point on, unless the own
ers of land along the route demand exhorb1tan'
prices for rights of way.
Owners will do well to consider that the I'M
provement contemplated for the highway WILL
improve their holdings materially and enhance
values. Their ultimate gain will be in doing
their part in making the broad highway posi-
BILE, and any paper loss they absorb for the
land used for right of way will be more thar
offset by the steadily increasing value Of the
balance of their property.
Another consideration, which ought to be as
important to them as to everybody else, is
the better safety situation which will spring
from a four-lane road. Already the highway,
with its narrower surface is crowded and ac'
cidents- are not infrequent. If this condition
exists now, while the highway bears only the
increased traffic occasioned by labor crews
moving between the camp site and Wilmington,
it is not difficult to foresee what it will be
when the troops arrive.
With the highway department in sympathy
with the movement for widening the highway
it remains for owners to cooperate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
Star-News Program

Consolidated Ctty-County Government
under CouncllMana0er Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena TOR Sports and Industrial Shous.
Seaside Highway from WrtghtsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Did.
err Turatng Basin, Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved RiveY Road to Southport, TIA
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Production
through sustatned-yteld methods through.
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial n Resort Promo
tional Agency, supported By one county.
Wtde tao.
shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital -iNttes for uhttes.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Developm n OF nattve grape 0roWtno
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sandtortun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
For Greater Unity

The Rev. W. A. Gottschall, who spent two
days in Wilmington last week, in connection
with the unity effort of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews, described the work of
the conference as a movement to find a COM
mon ground for all religious groups from which
they may, without infringing upon the separate
doctrines of any, work together for the spirit
.ual and moral awakening of the people.
A natural reflection on this is that if this is
worth doing at all, and no reasoning person
can seriously doubt that it is, it is also worth
carrying into other human relationships, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26

is equally DESTROYS in social, business, recre-
ational and all community activities.
It is not necessary, as we understand Doctor
GottschaH's position, for any group to sur
render any Of its cherished beliefs or creditable
detectives, but it would be well to tear down
the barriers that stand between groups to the
end that, without sacrificing anything distinc'
lively their own, all may unite in major under
takings for the common good of the whole
community.
What that means, Of course, is that cliques
would have to admit the possibility that other
clioues are fundamentally right, from their
separate viewpoint, and that these differences
are not of themselves great enough to prevent
fusion in other matters which affect the lives
of all. The idea deserves exploration by every
individual.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
The Balance Sheet

With the fall of Tobruk now an accomplished
fact it is worth while to draw up a new balance
sheet showing the accomplishments of the
British Army of the Nile in their campaign
against Marshal Graziani's defending forces,
That balance sheet is impressive.
The British have in their hands well over a
third of the estimated man-poWer of the Italian
armies in North Africa. They have captured
immense stores of military supplies. 1t IS
clear now that any remaining threat to Egypt
or the Suez canal has been removed-at least
as far as the Italians in Libya are concerned.
Thus General Wavell is in a position to con-
tinue the advance, in order to wipe out Mar
shall Graziani's badly shaken force completely.
or to halt their progress now, dig in, and ship
men and material to Greece.
Meanwhile the pressure on Italian East Al
RIGA, which has been cut off entirely from
Italy, will continue. The situation of the Ital.
ian troops there is hopeless. They can hold
out for a time, no doubt, but they are in nc
position to do anything more than that.
Clearly, the next move is up to Hitler, since
Mussolini is incapable of reversing the tide O.
British victory. He can be expected to move
with vigor. Undoubtedly that is what MIR
Churchill had in mind when he told the British
Commons last week that events of the utmos
importance are impending in this theater O.
war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26

seeming laziness of the poor peo-
pie of the South. Fired by the
scientists zeal to establish truth,
DR.. Stiles asked John D. Rookie
Teller, Sr., to finance a survey into
the hookWorm menace. The oil
magnate was interested and over
a period of years DR.. Stiles was
permitted to carry out his work.
He made his original field head
quarters in Greenville and Spar
tanburg, South Carolina, there
finding the proof he wanted: Hook
worm was, unquestionably, re-
.sponsible for the indolent behavior
ism of thousands of poor whites Of
the South. Through South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Florida DR.. Stiles
carried his research, fact verify
ing fact.
BY 1912 DR.. Stiles had SO con-
clusively proven the relationship
between hookworm and the con-
dition of the South's poor whites
that an entire new field of medical
research was established: The re-
lationship between organic disease
and human behavorism. When the
NOTED zoologist had completed his
preliminary work in the hookWorm
field under the Rockefeller COM
mission he returned to active duty
with the U. S. Public Health Serv-
lice. and in 1912 was assigned to
Wilmington for the standard-find-
ing survey.
Aided Local Campaign
During his five year residence
in this city DR.. Stiles interested
himself in a quiet, unobtrusive
way. in a furious local fight involv.
ing the creation Of the New Han.
over county health department.
DR.. Nesbitt and other physicians
were waging a struggle with poll,
tics for the establishment of a
health department from politica.
interference. The tremendous
prestige DR.. Stiles enjoyed threw
the balance of power to DR.. Mes.
bitt and associates, and the coun
ty became a model for high-stan'
dard health departments.
OF DR.. Stiles and his work, the
Charlotte, N. c., Medical Journal
III an article prepared by DR.. Ern.
est Bullock of Wilmington, has this
to say in its October, 1916 issue:
49,. Through the results OF
this (hookworm) work the South
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
A4-Lane Highway

With ths appointment by the highway COM
mission Of r. H. Barnes as contact engineer
with the WPA, the commission announces that
it will start acquiring a 100-foot right of wav
on highway No. II, through Fender and New
Hanover counties.
This is another step forward in the move
ment for a four-lane road to Camp Davis at
Holly Ridge, where 20, 1000 troops will go into
training as anti-aircraft gun crews. And ii
seems to indicate that the project should prog.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
ECHARLEY'S AUNT
TO Be PRODUCED
New Hanover High And Coun-
tv Council Of PTA To
Sponsor Play
By Glenward Blomme

The New Hanover High school
Parents and Teachers association
and the County Council of the
PTA W present the New Han
over High school Faculty in the
~farcical comedy, Charley's
Aunt" a play in three acts with
a cast of seven males and five
females, the latter part Of Feb
ruary. The tentative date has been
set for February 81.
The play written by Brandon
Thomas was originally produced
in 1892, long before automobiles,
aeroplanes, etc., were heard OF
and the play was built around the
/ customs of the period. Sometime
later the play was altered to suit
the times.
The first act introduces the au-
dience to Jack Chesney's rooms
in college. Jack is very much in
love with Kitty Verdun. A college
chum of his, Charles Wykeham,
is also violently in love with one
Miss Spettigue. The young men
at once lay their plans and ask
the objects of their affections to
Join them at their rooms for lunch
con in order to meet Donna Lucia
D'Alvadorez, Charley's Aunt, who
is expected to arrive from Brazil.
! Miss Spettigue and Miss Verdun
accept the invitation, but the mil
lionaire Donna from the antipodes
sends a telegram saying that she
will have to defer her visit for a
few days. The problem is solved
at once by forcing another under
graduate of the name of Lord
Fancourt Babberly into a black
satin skirt, a lace fishu, a pair OF
mitts, an old-fashioned cap and
wig. AS Charley's Aunt, then, this
old trump is introduced to the
sweethcarts, to Jack Chesney's
father, and to Stephen Spettigue.
Unexpectedly the real aunt turns
up, but she assumes the name of
Mrs. Smith or Smythe. To attain
his OBJECTIVE, the rich widows
hand-the solicitor invites every
body to dinner. She gets his con-
sent to the marriage of his ward
to young Chesney, and eventually
everybody but the avaricious So
licitor is rendered overwhelmingly
happy.
The characters: Brassett "a col
lege SCOUT; Jack Chesney; Charles
Wykeham, Undergraduates at
ST.. Olde's college, Oxford.); Lord
Fancourt Babberley; Kitty Verdun,
(Spettigue's Ward) Ann Spet-
tigue, (Spettigue's niece; Col. Sir
Francis Chesney, Bart, date In,
dian service); Stephen Spettigue,
Solicitor, Oxford; Farmer, "a col
lege SCOUT; Donna Lucia D'Alva-
dorez, (from BraziD; Ella Delahay,
an orphan; Maud (parlourmaid).
Act l Jack Chesney's rooms,
St. Olde's College. Oxford (morn-
ing).
Act II Garden outside Jack Ches-
ney's rooms (afternoon).
Act w Drawing room of Spet-
tigue's house (evening.) 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26

has reclaimed thousands up
thousands of it's sons ana o"~9 7"g
ters-once victims of dlSeaSs'
healthy and more efficient ,o,7.
After leaving Wilmington IN 18th .St+b
DR.. stiles went to Washington "Ir
the Public Health Service oe ;nto
ing his talents to research ln aJ,
scores of unexplored fields o. i've, red
icine and zoology. He was te.lI ,sS
from the service in 1880. Ai'H rEIee
in official retirement, DR.. 9, oor.
remained in Washington anu ?
|ried out geological studies u.''r nrp.
few months ago when Illness
vented his future work.
Among the many degree f .3i,
ferred upon the zoologlst IN IN
country and abroad was an LDo nj
bestowed by the UNIVERSE sri.
North Carolina in 1912 IN Ieso n
ton for his work and paper
the hookWorm. aoctor,
Mrs. Stiles survives the o0E MIS-.
as does the couples daushtei
Fades johnson of MoII
IN, j
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
Coast Guard Pilots
Trained At N. f. Base

ELIZABETH CITY, Jan. 25.-LR,
The Elizabeth City Coast Guard
air station has become a training
station-or information station
for Coast Guard pilots who have
received training at the naval sta
ton in Pensacola, Fla, and there
is a good possibility that pilots will
be trained here before they r sent
to Pensacola, Lieut.. R. L. Burke,
commander, said today.
Men who have received their
training at Pensacola are being
drilled here especially in Coast
Guard work before they are assigned
to their permanent stations, Burke
said. They will stay here for from
one to three months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
Civil War Animosities
Echo Camp Controversy

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.- (P -
Civil War animosities were echoed
today in a controversy over a War
department order changing the
name of Camp Peay, near Tulla-
homa, Tenn, to Camp Forrest.
The decision thus to honor the
memory of Nathan Bedford For.
rest, colorful Confederate cavalry
general, was taken over reported
protests of Major General Samuel
T. Lawton, 33rd division comman'
der, and other officers of the Illinois
National Guard that Forrest was
objectionable"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-26
Bruce Cations
In Washington
The Star-News' Washington
CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON.-Some day soon it is going
to occur to Congress or the administration
that the railway labor act offers a fine blue
print for keeping strikes from interrupting the
defense program.
Under this act, as amended in 1884,, the
National Mediation Board has been quietly
but effectively helping railroad management
and railroad labor compose all of their diff
ferences around the conference table. Since
1884 there have been but two railroad strikes
neither on a major trunk near two
minor work stoppages involving comparatively
few people. More than 1000 labor agreements
have been filed with the board and upward Of
800 disputes have been mediated.
In this one field, at least, there has been
evolved a system for keeping the industrial
peace which is fair to both sides, does not rest
upon coercion or restriction and enables the
industry to keep on working while its labor
problems are being ironed out.
The whole set-up is fairly simple. The rail-
road labor act directs the board to dispose of
labor disputes by acting on these four prin-
ciples:
Avoiding any interruption to commerce.; for
bidding any limitation on the workers right
to join or form a. labor union; providing for
complete independence of both workers and
carriers in the matter of self-organization to
carry out the purposes of the act; and provid-
ing for prompt settlement of all disputes.