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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Business Review

Today the Star-News presents its annual sur
vey of business and industrial conditions with
the purpose of acquainting its readers with
what is going on, what advancement has been
made during the past year, and what is the
prospect for further development in the year
ahead.
In the sections added to the regular Star
variety of articles dealing with the m n y
phases of Wilmington's and southeastern
North Cardinals commercial assets, natural
resources, obvious opportunities for expansion
and growth.
This year it is possible to foresee much
wider expansion as a result of the national
defense program, evidenced thus far by the
creation of the great anti-aircraft base, Camp
Davis, at Holly Ridge, and the ship building
plant %abutting Sunset Park where "a cargo
vessels are to be built within two years.
These projects have already brought a great
army of workers to this vicinity with an &C.
companying increase in retail business. and
are serving as a spur to both business and
industrial growth which inevitably will place
Wilmington in the pre-eminent position among
North Carolina cities to which she has long
been entitled.
Nor are these two projects the only major
defense undertakings anticipated hereabouts.
The permanent marine base on the New river
and the marine airbase a little further north
are acknowledged as awaiting only the govern
ments announcement for construction work to
start. Fur thermore, there is every pospect
that the great advantages existing in Buns
wick county and at Southport will be utilized
in the rearmament effort. All of which will
mean a greater prosperity for the states
coastal area, which will be reflected in t h e
years to come in proportion to the soundness
OF the policies and the common sense en-
ployed by the people it will effect.
1t will be quite worth while to retain these
special review sections of today's Star-News.
In another year, when the next business edi-
ton comes out, there will be interest in COM
pairing the two and learning how far Whining
ton and the entire region has progressed in
the intervening period of time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
The Stirling Lecture

American Legion Post No. 10, in Whining
ton, has placed itself under a heavy financial
obligation in engaging Admiral Yates Stirling
to lecture in the city.
AS a fair return the people of Wilmington
are asked to patronize the event, not only to
assure sufficient revenue to meet expenses but
to take advantage of the opportunity thus Of
fered to inform themselves about a situation
which may involve their country in the crisis
IN the Orient.
1t is a fine coincidence that Admiral Stir
ling is coming when affairs in the Far East
are at a crucial stage. He is among the most
thoroughly informed students of Oriental
trends and is recognized both as a capable
writer and lecturer.
Much of his service in the navy was across
the Pacific, some of it under his father, one
time commander of the fleet. Thus he has, IN
addition to his theoretical knowledge of the
Far Eastern situation, invaluable personal ex-
~perience in that region upon which to draw
when he discusses its important affairs.
Failure to hear his lecture will be a personal
loss.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
GEA SNn,

Nays Head, and someone not.
in the cabin a portrait Of a won
identified as Theodosia.
The pirates had captured I
ship, according to the story, !
had taken the beauteous TheodI
to their hangout at Smith ISa
Three ruffians were assigned
guard her, but one night she
capped and committed suicide. D
Infatuated pirate chief executed
guards.
Now it is a fact, some reSii:
will tell you, that three heaii
pirates roam Smith Island al n4
looking for Theodosia; and if
walks through the jungle Of pl
trees at night with a beau-
girl the headless ones will run
to see if the girl is their !
charge.
After the pirates lef. the farm
took over the island but soon
serted it in favor of the mania
Later, farming was resumed at
tervals and today is being carr
on under the islands presen! Of
err, Frank o. Sheriff., of Chars
And today the ghosts have
company coast guard and III
house crews and four men ash
ed to operation of a new radio .
con to guide ships at sea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
COURSE
OFFERED BY NAVY
Interested Young Men Urged
To Avail Themselves Of
Opportunities

Interested young men in South
eastern North Carolina are urged
to avail themselves of the train
ing opportunities offered by the
hospital corps school located on
the grounds of the Norfolk naval
hospital at Portsmouth. Va. one
of the many naval trade schools
on the Atlantic coast, r. l.. De-
loach, local naval recruiter, said
yesterday.
The instruction period in tn e
school has been shortened from
four months to nine weeks in Or
der to maintain the authorized
percentage of hospital corpsmen
in the Navy, which is so rapidly
expanding, Deloach said.
Young men in the Wilmington
section, he said. are invited to en-
roll in the classes which now have
been enlarged from 60 to los stu
dents. One class, under the new
schedule, is received and one
graduated every three weeks.
Deloach said the requirements
for applicants for the hospital
corps school were recently lower
ed. New applicants need have
only one year of high school or
its equivalent, but at least go per
cent of the students in each class
are high school graduates a n d
many have attended college from
one to four years.
The first three weeks at tn e
school are devoted to the study
of anatomy and physiology,
weights and measures, hygiene
and sanitation; the second three
weeks to first aid and minor sur
gerry, bandaging, drills, nursing,
materia medica; and the third
three weeks to nursing.
Following graduation from the
school, the bureau of medicine
and surgery, Navy department,
distributes the corpsmen among
the naval hospitals on the Allan
tic coast where they are assigned
to ward duty for a period of at
least one year. Each graduate is
allowed to state three choices for
duty, and every effort is made to
grant their first preference with
particular emphasis placed on the
nearness of homes to the first sta
tons.
In order to provide the hos
pitfalls with an adequate number
of trained technicians in the va
rious specially branches of tn e
hospital corps, Deloach said, adj
vanced training courses have
been established in x-ray, dental,
physio-therapy, pharmacy, chem
istry, laboratory procedures, op-
Grating room. property and ac-
counting, commissary and gen.
eral clerical work. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Sen. Reynolds on Aid

The people of North Carolina find 1t haro
to realize that they are represented IN the
United States senate by a man who confesseS
that he is an isolationist.
Yet this is the confession Senator Robert II.
Reynolds made on the senate floor last Thurs
day.
The position he has taken is directly op-
posite to the attitude of the vast majority OF
the people whose steward he is.
Senator Reynolds is probably quite sincere
his views. He has long taken the position
that he could not support any move which
would definitely lead to war. And in that posi-
ton he has the support of every on. in this
and all other states.
But he errs when he insists that the lease
lend bill, which he opposes, is the route to
war. It is the isolationist who speaks there,
not the representative of the people of North
Carolina who realize, as he seems incapable
of doing, that it is only by aiding Britain to
the full that the United States may hope to
escape war.
BY his own words Senator Reynolds has
Joined forces with an undesirable element OF
the American people. In his address in the
senate he said, among other things: Some
call us continentalists, some appeasers, some
fifth columnists, some traitors, some pro-
Nazis." It should be noted that he does not
say "them,'' but 'us,' which places him, out
of his own mouth, among a group which, to
say the least, is quasi-American. He places
himself at the side of Colonel Lindbergh and
Senator Wheeler and all others who see no
menace to world security in the threat of Hit
ler's new order.
There is but one possible conclusion to be
arrived at. That is that Senator Reynolds has
chosen to associate himself with persons who
have the narrowest possible view Of Americas
obligations and Americas opportunity to help
purge the world of Hitlerism in all its ruth
less ambitions. He is out of sympathy with
his constituency.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under Counci-Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial Shous.
Seaside Hi5hway from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid.
er Turning Basis,, with ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
of Wilmington.
Pared River Road to Southport, uia
Orton Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Production
through sustained-yield methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo.
tional Agency, supported by one county,
Wide tdr.
%Shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for Whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of ndtive grape groWing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sdndtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Officers Are Elected
By N. C.. Jersey Club

CHARLOTTE, Feb. 22.-GP-The
North Carolina Jersey Cattle club
elected Homer Robinson of Granite
Falls its president today to succesd
Ralph Scott of Burlington.
Others elected were Ted Besh of
Charlotte, vice PRESIDENT; H. M. Gar
riss of Burlington, secretary-treas-
urer; and Scott, Ed Moose of Con-
over, r. S. Edmondson of Moores-
vile, DR.. George Johnston of Will
mington, Hoyle Grift in of Monroe, E.
D. Mitchell of Asheville, Kenneth
Wyatt Of Raleigh, W. S. Terrence of
Gastonia and Vernon Niven If Char
lotte, directors.
Among the speakers were E. D.
Mitchell of Asheville, John Arey, ex-
tension dairyman at N. C. State COL
lege, and representatives of milk
companies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Largest Yacht Basin
Planned At Southpt

Feb, @,-f'
row being worked out call ~
larger and deeper yacht DaSA +,
Southport than was orlglnaly +.
ned and dredged. Along Wiu =.
engagements, there and iiIa,
tions that much more aoeg ~
and permanent facilities VIII
provided than were orlglldl!
pected. The basin was dreoseu .
fall but one hitch and anolnei ,
prevented the construction o. y
icing and docking facilities
According to the present p1
the delays may turn out loi
best interests and may reS~
a really modern basin ana I'd ~
ties. 1t is hoped that soflT Nv.
can be done in a short tlnle' ~
government craft spent lh0"
nigh here and one had u
private dockage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
MODEL AIRPLANE
MEET IS PLANNED
Will Be Staged Here June ~
As Part Of State Meet
OF Exchange Clubs

North Carolina Exchange clubs
at a meeting of the board of di-
rectors in Greensboro last Sunday
heard plans outlined by Jack H.
Russell, of Wilmington, general
chairman of the model airplane
meet to be staged in Wilmington
on Sunday, June u, as part OF
the annual state convention.
The Winston-Salem and H i 6 h
Point clubs agreed at the meet
ing to send some of their crack
aero mode1ers to Wilmington on
Sunday, March 16, for exhibition
flights for gasoline models.
Local model airplano exhibitors
r urged to get in touch with
the model airplane club here or
Russell, of the local Exchange
club, who desires that local en-
tries become eligible In this pre-
liminary exhibition.
Russell yesterday said local air
plane modelers will be contacted
with the view of participating in
the exhibition flights.
"A pronounced enthusiasm pre-
walls in upstate North Carolina
and in South Carolina where aero
clubs are already organized, re-
garding the forthcoming state
model airplane meet and conven-
ton, which for the first time in
history of North Carolina Ex-
change clubs will emphasize avia-
ton through model airplane
meets" Russell said.
The coming state model air.
plane meet will unquestionably be
the most competitive contest ever
staged by North Carolina Elk
change clubs, according to state
exchange officials.
Other local civic service clubs
nave been invited and are assist
ing in the organization of a local
model airplane club on a perma-
nent basis, the organization date
Tor which will be announced in
the near future, Russell said. This
club for boys will participate in
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
tic solution of the National Formu-
larry is also soothing and palatable.
Proper Method of GargIing

The chief criticism of the gargle
is that it does not reach the in
famed tissues of the pharynx in
ordinary sore throat, which is its
only field of usefulness. = ordi-
narily performed it does not. Drs.
Snow and Stern of New York used
fluids that cast a shadow on the
X-ray plate; and found that with
ordinary gargling tn e tongue is
pressed against the soft palate so
that the fluid does not reach the
pharynx. The recommc- ded tech
nique is: Sit we'll back in a chair,
take a swallow of water in n e
mouth and bend the head as far
back as possible. In this position
the larynx occludes the esophagus.
Now protrude the tongue and
grasp the tip with a handkerchief
and try to swallow the water,
which in this position is impos-
sible. You will feel, however, as
if you had swallowed the water.
Now start to gargle, to exhale air
slowly. Then close the. mouth and
quickly throw the head and body
forward. This forces the fluid into
the back of the %pharynx. When
the art is learned, after a f w
trials, try your hot a 1t gargle.
When properly executed the sen
sation is that of great relief from
the throat irritation.
Children can usually not be
taught to gargel successfully.
Whatever science says, 10 ordi-
nary patient with the sore throat
of a beginning cold thinks t h a t
gargling is worth while.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
M. B.-"Could you please tell
me whether it is any use to have
a wisdom tooth filled or would re-
moval of the tooth be best once it
starts aching? l once read that
wisdom teeth are very soft"
Answer Dentists fill wisdom
teeth constantly and they last
about as well as any other teeth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Flashing Of Traffic
Lights Is Explained

Lieut.. John Davis, of the police
traffic squad, yesterday called at
tention of the motoring public to
the regulations pertaining to tn
flashing of the yellow lights IN
the business section.
When these lights r flashing
he explained, it means that there
is a fire in the BUSINESS section,
the alarm has been sounded, and
the fire apparatus is responding.
Motorists should Immediately
pull over to the curb on tn e i r
right and remain there until the
traffic signals say. "go,' or un-
less a traffic officer directs them
to proceed. If motorists will fol-
low these rules, he said, the pos
sihility of a collision with the fire
apparatus will be eliminated. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
MEDICAL CARE

It is the month of sore threats
and the sound of the gargle is
heard in the land.
Does gargling do any good? Is
there a right and a wrong way to
gargle?
Doctors are inclined to believe
that gargling is a harmless but
useless pastime. They haven't
given much attention to the SUBJ
ject, however-at least 1 have just
looked through three textbooks on
nose and throat diseases without
finding any discussion of gargling
at all. But in spite of their ap-
parent lack of enthusiasm l can
tell you as one who knows them
in their native lairs, that doctors
60 right ahead and gargle just like
the rest of you whenever they get
a sore throat.
The theoretical action of gar
Cling is to soothe the sore throat
by a hot or a cold fluid, to remove
mucus and debris, as by a douche,
and to kill germs by the a%ntiseptic
action of the drugs contained in
the gargle solution.
Does Not Kill Germs
All doctors, including myself,
agree, l think, that the last &C.
ton is mostly a Pigment of the
imagination. The germs that cause
apharyngitis or tonsillitis are i'm
bedded under the surface of the
mucous membrane of the throat,
so that the a%ntiseptic action of the
gargle can't get at them. And
there r no selective drugs for
this purpose that will kill the
germs and not harm the tissues
also.
So the first questioned what to
put n a gargle-can be answered
by saying there is no hope in a
strong %antiseptic solution, the
mllder the gargle the better, and
PROBABLY hot water or hot S a | t
water is ss good as anything.
swallowing is an inevitable posi-
nliity during gargling, SO the So
luton used must be perfectly
harmless if absorbed. The time
honored use of a few drops of tine
ture of chloride of iron in the gar
gle has an astringent and partly
soothlng effect. The Golden gar
gle. OF the official National For
mulary OF the druggists can be
used and it is guaranteed on &C.
count OF its taste that it will not
be overused. The alkaline aroma.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
In Washington
BY T EDISON

WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.-How long it takes
a foreigner from one of the 48 states or U. S.
territories and possessions to learn the Ian
guage of the District of Columbia so he can
speak it fluently is something that will have
to be reported on later.
For the moment, it will be sufficient to
say that if ever there was a place where
the chief industry is talk, this is it.
The source of all this talk is the fountain
of wisdom in Congress, which on even the
dullest of days will spout for the official
Record loo, 900 words, and think nothing OF it.
In the full flood Of oratory, this count will
be tripled or quadrupled to equal in v~erbiage
if not in gripping content a good healthy
unexpurgated Gone With the Wind" Gone
with the wind is right.
Anyway, all these words constitute so many
germs which, waited on the breeze even when
not broadcast, spread the talk malady and
madness all over the district, affecting all the
official p~opulace so that they talk too, like
congressman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
TOP o. THE MORNING

This mon receiueth sinners and eateth Nth
them luke 1922.
What an Mnspeakably precious truth their
lips unconsciously uttered! "This man re-
ceiveth sinners and eateth Nth them." Little
did the Pharisees realize that they we're sound
ing the depths OF spiritual reality Whem they
spoke these acords. Someone has made q note
of the fact that Jesus Went to heaven in conn.,
pany Nth q thief.
Quoted By ANNE RANKIN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23

at. Congress and the s,,nrera
Court are fair game for parlor ms.
times OF this sort, and when some
intense blond gazes s%oulfully IN A.
you with an "Oh, you do think the
Supreme Court should have upheld
Thurman. Arnold, don't your" All
you can 40 IS sWoom gracefully in.
to your highball and dissolve,
Another indoor sport is to name
the three most influential people in
Washington today. The answer r.
this n is William Knudsen. Jessie
Jones and Felix Frankfurter h,,t
it takes an hour of free-for-all dis.
cussion to get it.
Anyway they talk
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
County Commissioners
To Meet Monday Norm

The county Commissioners >,
meet at 10 o'clock MONDAY n
ing instead of the usual i'04 A.
3 O'Clock in the Afternoon
son Hewlett. Chairman
nounced yesterday. H.. n,
The time for the Weehiy y,
ing of record was moVeu Tar;
permit a conference WIN ' 5rc,
LeGrand and John H. .a.s
New Hanover county Iepr
tives in the state Iesi''
Hewlett explained. -.,.od
LeGrand and Morris asN'I e.
a meeting with the coui'3 r.
missioners at that ume wi.
cuss pending iegislallve RI
in the General AssemDly sto
plan to leave TO- Rale's" Vow
after the conference
said,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Brotherhood Code

A Code for National Unity has been released
by the Wilmington round table of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews, in conhec-
ton with the eighth annual observance OF
Brotherhood Week now in progress.
The code revolves around the theme OF the
observance, which is National Unity. The slo-
gan for the week is "one nation, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for ALL"
In releasing the code it is hoped that every
citizen, regardless of faith, will adopt it as a
personal guide and that it will be read at
school assemblies during Brotherhood Week.
Its ten articles are.
l. American democracy, with liberty
and justice for all, is the most perfect
form of political community yet known.
2. If our democracy is to be preserved
we must uphold it with u~nselfish and sacri-
fetal devotion.
3. No hostile influence from without can
disrupt any nation among whose people
distrust of one another is excluded.
4. We'must have a patriotism so great
that one citizen cannot hate another.
S. America is a composite of many ra-
cial and religious groups, no one of which
can truly claim superior loyalty.
6. Each of these groups has made its
own distinctive contribution to the national
life.
Z. Variety is a source of strength to the
nation, not of weakness.
8. Men may differ in religious convictions
and yet unite in defense of American liber-
ties.
9. The American liberties are s,,aran.
teed by the constitution to citizens of all
faiths equally.
10. Whatever threatens the liberties of
any of our people threatens those of all. 4
More than a billion pounds of tobacco will
be grown this year. Put that in your pipe and
smoke it!
In a hold-up tussle in San Jose, Calf. a
cop bit off part of a mans ear. Other GODS
caught the rest Of the man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23

When a recipe calls for pe' fl,
often it's convenient to Guy s,, Vt
a damp towel, work qoi'NN
then use as desired.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23

the state meet here in JUNE 1i
other 9TH s'' contests through0p cut.
Carolinas, Russell poln's0
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
AND so, FAR
INTO H NIGHT

The disease is limited to the official govern
ment populace. The native Washingtonians-
the merchants and the people who own the
real estate, the people who are going to make
the money out of the coming wartime Wash
ington largely immune to this talk
ing typhoid, probably because of long contact
with the gov'ment people and inbreeding which
develops a native resistance to the talk germ.
These people, not on the U. S.. payroll, but
who get it in the end, are known as cliff
dWellers' to the government sets. They stick
pretty much to their own society and must
be hunted down like the wild Iberian ibex to
be studied closely. Government amateur an.
thropologists who have isolated specimens of
this homo cliff dweller Washingtonia give as
surance that they talk almost entirely of their
children and divorces and golf games and
movies, and liquor and automobiles, Just like
the people of the United States.
But not the gov'ment people. While the peo.
pie in the rest of the country may do things,
in Washington they just talk about them. There
is no manufacturing or industry in Washing.
ton, just talk.
To an outsider it's quite confusing, at least
at first. Back where people vote, conversation
on reforestation, the shortage of aluminium,
what to do about Guam, the lease-lend bill
or even the sos billion debt limit is taken
and left. But not in Washington. Here the sub
ject is taken, the teeth are sunk into it, and
it is shaken as a terrier shakes a rat. Then
they chew over the bones.
All this talk isn't confined to office hours,
either. You must have lunch with somebody
different, every day, to hash things over. Cock
tail parties are everywhere, conducted with
all the fervor of literary teas. Then these
dinners, with talk afterward on into the night,
in which the current problems of the office
Of Production Management in naming an ex-
ecutive secretary are discussed with all the
relist of the ladies' aid society getting up
to date on the goings on between the minister's
wife and the superintendent of the Sunday
school.