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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08
A Needed Highway

While it is not probable that a Wilmington.
San Diego highway will be undertaken at this
time, because existing t~ranscontinental high
ways are already available, with the southern
route represented by the Old Spanish Trail.
it is something to dream about and plan for
when the defense emergency has passed.
In the meanwhile, one section Of the pro.
posed highway is an immediate need and
should be promoted by all interests where a
true understanding Of its importance is recog-
nized. A new highway from Wilmington to
Birmingham, built sufficiently strong and wide
to meet all transport and military needs,
would greatly facilitate the movement Of In
dustrial and agricultural production and the
quick transfer Of mechanical military forces
ir a crisis.
Birmingham is to be the southern center OF
the defense industrial effort. With its great
steel mills, its iron and coal deposits aud
business organization, it is peculiarly well
situated for production. With highly perfected
highway communication to Wilmington, whose
port is so admirably. located for transship.
ment Of Birmingham products, the rearrna.
ment program would take a step forward.
Furthermore, such a highway would traverse
4 rich agricultural region, tapping large areas
given over to cotton and tobacco, as well as
vegetables, all Of which could hnd their way
to manufacturing and consuming markets best
through Wilminston's port.
This link in a new southern transcoutinsntal
~thoroughfare would be an invaluable asse,
both to the federal government in its pre-.
paredness program and to the producers Of
goods whether for war purposes or the family
table. Wilmington cannot 20 wrong if it ap.
plies a concerted effort to promoting its con.
~struction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08
, Editorial Comment
Greensboro News


An already high and ~oft.expressed admira-
ton for Cordel Hull is raised another notch
by the forthrightness with which the secretary
Of state came forward to nip an obfuscating
move by the America First committee against
the newly arrived British ambassador, Wis
count Halifax.
The committee, through its director, r.
Douglas Stuart, Jr., protested to the state de-
partnent against what it considered the i'm
propriety Of the ambassador in going directly
TO the chairman Of the senate foreign rela-
tons and the house foreign affairs committee
to inquire about the status Of the lease-lend
bill. such conversations" Mr.. Stuart contend
ed, ARE, in fact, efforts to influence the legis-
lative branch Of our government" Secretary
Hull, however, promptly declared that he saw
no improperly and that the committee protest
was without justification or standing in so
far as his department was concerned.
In that position, Mr.. Hull is eminently right.
Lord Halifax is here to represent his govern
ment and there can be no harm in his calling
upon high officials Of our own government
which is committed to collaboration with Lon
don In all measures short OF war;. The
directness Of the Halifax calls commends
them to US. Surely this method is to be pre-
fsrred to indirection, to undercover approach
es and to a more subtle and concealed propa-
ganda. We are confident in our own thinking
that the world would be in much better shape
today II diplomats and other governmental
representatives had been franker, more open
and direct in their dealings one with another
and with the citizenry Of their respective ma
tons.
Great Britain has no higher interest than
that in the status of the lease-lend bill, in
accord with which its own plans and our CO.
operation must be worked out. In seeking this
information the ambassador was serving his
government to best purpose and, in supplying
first-hand and official answers to questions
which we assume the committee chairmen in
turn asked him, may have been rendering
similar service to 4 Washington ditto which
is highly desirous Of facts for its own enlight-
eminent and guidance. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08
WAGE HOUR GROUP
IS DISCLOSED
Shown in Reports and Recon-
mendations Filed With Gov
ernor J. M. Broughton
NA.swt~;hr'

RALEIGH, Feb. 7-C)-A wide
open split in the state wage-hour
commission was shown today in
reports and recommendations filed
with Governor Broughton for SUBJ
mission to the general assembly.
Three members of the five-man
group which was authorized by the
1899 assembly to study the feasibil-
ity of state wage-hour legislation
recommended that no wage laws
be enacted, and that hour laws
simply be ammended to eliminate
some Of the existing exemptions.
Two members, in a minority re-
port, urged the legislature to es-
tablish a minimum wage Of Is
cents an hour and a maximum
work-week of 48 hours.
The majority report was signed
by H. Pat Taylor Of Wadesboro,
former state senator, and by two
members of the present assembly
Senator Hugh Horton of Williams
ton and Representative Henry c.
Dobson Of Elkin. The minority re-
port was submitted by Forrest H.
Shuford, North Cardinals labor
commissioner, and Capus M. Way
nick, High Point editor and form
er chairman of the state highway
and public work commission.
The majority report said that
no state had enacted a wage-hour
measure, and that there was no
need for such a law in North Caro-
lima, because: Neither sweat shop
conditions nor the evil practice OF
exploitation of men, women and
minors in North Carolina exist to
any appreciable extent; that 80
per cent or more of the service,
retail, manufacturing, and other
industrial businesses of North Caro-
lima are vitality interested in the
welfare of their employees and do
not take shortcuts or adopt the
tactics of chiselers and exploiters
in their relationship with their
workers. 49,"
The minority report said that in
vestigations by the state depart
ment Of labor had disclosed some
cases in which hotel cooks were
working 66 to II hours a week for
sos to $3.50 A dishwasher IN
a diner was working "a hours a
week for $3.50 in cash and SO IN
credit towards meals.
"Such extreme cases show that
some employees in the state are
greatly in need of wage-hour pro-
lection" the minority report con-
tinued.
Both the minority and the major
ity recommendations would ex-
empt agricultural and domestic
workers from labor legislation.
But the report differed widely on
the effect Of a state wage-hour on
the farmer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08
Disappointment Is General

The disappointment Governor Broughton
must feel at the action Of the joint finance
committee Of the legislature in voting down
q proposal to take the sales tax OH all food
articles intended for home consumption, is
shared by North Carolinians generally. It had
been widely hoped that the meals we eat
would not continue to be levied upon for sup
port Of the state.
But there is some consolation in the know
ledge that the whole sales tax issue has not
been settled and that a strong group at Ra-
leish favors a reduction in the rate from three
per cent to two. II this proposal should win
legislative approval the saving it would create
might be equivalent to the longed-for exemp-
ton on food.
While the legislature is considering this tax,
it would do. the people Of North Carolina a
great service If it put into force the use Of
tokens as 4 medium Of collection. BY this
means the tax would be equitably apportioned
among all buyers Of goods, and bring to an
end a form Of petty graft which has turned
30 many people against the levy.
There is just complaint against the custom
Of collecting a penny on a ten'cent purchase
which is nearer six per cent than the legal
three. BY issuing tokens for as little as one
sixth Of a cent purchases down to a nickle
could be taxed correctly and no purchaser
would have a reasonable excuse for complaint.
Merchants declare that despite the penny
collected on dime sales, they come out at the
small end Of the horn, and offer their books
to prove their contention. This indicates that
the present method is as Objectionable to the
storekeeper as the buyer. It is fair to believe
that tokens would do away with abuses and
complaints and losses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08
Marion May Celebrate
Its tooth Anniuersary

MARION, Feb. 7.-GP-The cham
Der Of commerce has under consid-
GRAFTON a proposal for celebration Of
the Tooth anniversaries Of Marion
and Mcdowell county next year. A
1897 legislative act set UP the Nc.
Dowell centennial commission with
authority to set q date for such a
celebration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08
WAR FOR u. s. IMPROBABLE
ASheville Times

Honest fears seem to prompt Norman
Thomas to such statements as he made yes
terday before the Senate Foreign Relation
Committee-that adoption Of the Lend-Lease
bill would soon be followed by dispatch of
American troops to Europe. But the cold facts
far as all reasonable possibilities are con-
cerned.
Against this fatalistic view Of the Inevitable
ty Of war, The United States News in its cur
rent issue sums up what 1t terms inside re-
ports. on what President Roosevelt and his
advisers are thinking and saying, in substance
a. follows:
1.-The United States can aid Britain more
by not entering the war. This reason gains
all the more force when it is remembered
that Axis partner Japan in all likelihood would
force US into war il we should become involved
In war with Germany. Such a conflict would
inevitably reduce the stream Of American
munitions to Britain.
mi. Roosevelt is determined to prevent
an Axis victory, but he is convinced that this
purpose can be better served by the unalter-
able determination not to wage war unless the
United States is attacked. II the worst should
come In the battle for Britain, he might re.
commend supplying the British with flying
boats, submarines, some more old d%estroyers
and some army equipment. But the President
has made it clear that he would not regard
this as an act Of war, even If the Axis should
brand it as. such.
a-The President is represented as convinced
that the best policy in the crisis is the course
supported by most Of the American people.
And from every trustworthy source Of infor1na'
ton 1t is evident that the great majority be-
lieves-the more America can aid Great Brit
ain in ornaments, the less is the probability
that this nation will have to ight Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08
MAN SOUGHT

RALEIGH, Feb. 7.-C)-Gover.
nor Broughton sent requisition
papers to Arizona today asking for
the return to this state Of a man
listed as D. W. Fagg. The papers
said Fagg was in Nogales, Arlz.,
and vas wanted in Durham county
to face a charge of forgery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08
RESIGNS

RALEIGH, Feb. T. Up Miss
Walter Belle Taggart, a secretary in
the Governors office since 1925,
has resigned ito take a rest" She
has been succeeded by Mrs. Ger.
trude Newman Of Raleigh,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08
Star-kews Program

Consolidated Cyty.CoSxsy Government
ande, Council Aonager Administration.
Public PORT Teynsinnls.
Perfected Tyxek oad Berry PrsssrS|ss
and Aoyksttng Fdctlttes.
Arena 1oS Sports and industrial shoses.
Seaside Htohwoy from Wrighssvt7s
Beech to Bold Heod lslon6.
Eztenston Of CITY Limits.
35Foot Cape Fear River ehoNHel. w.
er Turning Basin. wtth ship lones txte
industriol sites along Eostern bank soyth
OF Wilmington.
Paved Atvey Road to Southport, es
Orion Plantation.
De%pe1opm n Of Pulp Wood Production
through sustatned-yteld methods through
OUT Southeastern North Coyoltno.
Unified lmdustrtal end Resovt Promo
tionoI Agency. supported BY n county
Uids toS
Shtpyd,ds M Drydoeks.
Negro HedAh Center iov So1theestssA
North Carolina. developed 0round xs
Community Hospital
Adequate hospttal ~tNties for sohttss.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Wdrehovss for Export BSyevs.
DEVELOPMENT o. ndttvs 0rops 0roHtS1
throughout Southeastern North 0erojtxs.
Modern TNbercnlosis g0natort1M.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08
TOP o. THE MORNING

T~omorro1v-oh, 't1oiH neper be
II zoe should 1ive a thousand yedrs!
Our time is all to-day, toddy,
The same, though changed; and 1oh1le
1t flies
With still small uoice the moments soy:
"To.day, today, be Wise, be ptse."
JAMES MONTGOMERY
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08

else his power in any Of the lands thus far
conquered by the Nazis.
In the meanwhile, 'France Forever may
be assured that American sympathy goes out
to it in its noble effort.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08

liberties. To the right-thinking
young man, this is not only a re-
sponsibility, but it is a high
privilege"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08

The most tragic thing about this (world
situation) is that we have created it; made II
inevitable and inescapable.-Rev. DR.. Joseph
r. Sizoo, New York pastor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-08

We americans not going to have peace Just
because we love peace.-Thomas W. Lamont,
Morgan partner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-25
Plane Permits
Are Held Up
CAA 10 Make Study
OF Alosko Area
ASIIIN6TON

WASHINGTON - The Civil
Aer0uauties board late Nednes-
day postponed consideration q the
applications Of = Alaskan air
Lines Tor permanent operating per
naits pending = complete study u
the unusual circumstances met
with in Alaska air transportation.
The 5 applicants viii be per
mitted II continue operation pend
lng the completion Of the boards
study.
The board said its aetion was
taken "a step toward insufing
that Alaska viii ultimately be
provided Nth the highest type
Of air service suitable for eoudi-
tons there"
Alaskan air service" the
board said. lis surrounded by
elreu m stances 80 different
than those present In eonti-
mental United states that fur
Their consideration should he
given 10 problems of general
regulatory policy, Including
possible need for legislative
action"
The board said IL would hold
hearings during the next three
al Anchorage. Fairbanks
aud Juneau. Raymond ". Slough
was named 10 serve as examiner
at the hearings.
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Prices on Wholesale Mart
Remain Unchanged Locally

Shipments Of watermelon, canta-
loupes and grapefruit were re-
ceiyed in Tacoma Thursday by
wholesale market dealers. Melons
held at 500 per cwt.. and eanta-
loupes were quoted at 81 per crate
Grapefruit ranged from - IS Ia So
per crate.
Hale peaches were priced at
81 30 and the eastern Washington
variety of the fruit was quoted at
IS cents per crate.
In the poultry division. Leghorn
hens were quoted at from % to %
cents per pound. and colored hens
from IS to IS cents per pound.
Colored broilers and friers were
quoted from 25 TO 20 cents per
pound.
Listed prices are wholesale.
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Langlie Names
State Printer

OLYMPIA - Gov. Arthur Il.
Langlie Thursday appointed o. II.
Woody. editor and publisher of
The okanogan Independent. as
state printer. effective August Is.
He replaces o. II. Olson. former
ly newspaper editor at Pasco.
who has been state printer the
past eight years.
Olson formerly taught in the
Waterville high school and WAS
principal of Ritzville high school
before going To Pasco Ms publisher
of The Herald He WAS a menu
Der of the 1929 and 1881 legisla-
tive sessions. being one of the
few Democrats in the house of
representatives..
In addition To being publisher
of the semi-weekly paper in
okanogan. Woody also owns ex-
tensive business interests in that
city.
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Germans, Vichy
Agree on Ships

NICHY. rance Nichy and Ger
man governments have reached an
agreement by which the Germans
are to return to their owners inn
mediately ali French boats of less
than 800 tons which had been
seized at the time of the German
occupation, 1t was understood
Thursday.
Included are several thousand
pleasure yachts. tugs and fighting
boats, 1t was said.
This dispatch might be of great
significance. A year ago Germany
was assem- bling vast fleet of
small craft with the intention of
attempting an invasion OF Great
Britain. Return OF the boats to
their French owners would indicate
that no invasion attempt was in
prospect.
Buy L. S. Bonds and Save,
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People in
The News
BY UNITED PRESS

Frank Rosen of Philadelphia.
who threatened TO give his lighting
fixture plant to Uncle Sam unless
40 employees ended walkout,
gave up and signed contract
which will cost him 100000 in
wage increases.
Merlin Hulse. 81. of Dayton, o,
brought assault charges against
the Northridge cult ON grounds
they tried 10 beat the devils out
of him.
German Interior Minister VIII
helm Prick signed decree that
Jews will not receive compensation
for damage suffered in air attacks.
Patrolman Julius ErdN of New
York used to say nothing would
surprise him except couple of
rattlesnakes ON Madison ave. The
snakes showed up this morning,
two OF them. and Erdy WAS duly
surprised. Nobody knows how they
got there.
paul ID. Butler. British CONSUL
general in San Francisco since
iy3s. SAYS he has been recalled 10
England To take new diplomats
post
Charles q. and Kathleen Norris,
writers, disagree On the extent ~
American aid 10 Britain. Charles
wants "all-out. aid. kathleen OPP
poses it Wednesday they found
n two-foot ~" symbol Of the Brit
ish victory campaign. chalked on
the sidewalk in front Of their
home.
BANK TRANSACTIONS
Seattle Thursday ciearings. So
500 .o2e.o7. balances ss.7Ti .2oe.s6;
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II HAPPY
Mi;rfhdau
TIL RSDAf. July -

THURSDAY. JULY -
Mrs. Ferol HauKland. 4o7 80.
n -.
Bobby AeDonald. sses Fast
-.
Rev. ". A Moore. 4o5 No. ID
81.
p. T. Short. I2is No. sth It.
Jessie Williams. ass 80. steele
IT.
Owen ,. Flgood. zoos 90.
Fa~csft ave-.
Larry o1D"oles. Camp Muir
ras.
Leonard Thomas, 1916 50.
18th II.
Willard Norman Abelsen. 22es
Pa sherman At.
Clara n. Naring, 1889 SO. Ia
coma ave.
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Thursday with volume light. while
special issues in many instances
were strong on selective buying.
Commodities continued under the
domination of the Japanese move
on Indo China Black pepper.
which comes from the Orient. ran
mp sharply. Rubber futures had
gains that ranged TO half-cent
pound. SILK Was strong for time
but II reacted on profit-taking.
World sugar futures made new
highs for the season. Wheat Was
up cent or more and cotton up
more than a dollar a bale.
Airline stocks were popular for
q time and some of them held
fairly good gains.
New highs were made by Budd
Manufacturing preferred. General
Realty preferred, Hercules Powder,
Central Foundry, Mekesson A. Rob
bins. u. 8. Industrial Alcohol, Ma
tional Acme. Phillips Petroleum.
Standard Oil of New Jersey, and
Lehigh Valley Coal issues.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-25
Japans Move Into Indo- China
Dominates Commodity List .
Markets at q Glance


Eteeks: Irregular In moderate
trading.
Bonds: Irregular.
Curb stocks: Irregular.
Wheat: TO /. cents higher.
Corn: Up !. 10 4 cent
Cotton: Up about $40 a bale.
Silver: Unchanged in New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-25
SACRED CONCERT

Tacoma Gospel Workers. nom
seetarian, will conduct a sacred
concert and meeting Thursday
night at the Little Chapel. 1877 =
Commerce st The public is in.
vited.
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%BIRTHDAYS|
NJ IL
FAMOUS AMERICANS
IL I.y -
Icempil.d By fssrslsp..di. ,fH.anis.l

stI1 ~
i796-John Middleton Clayton,
politician. at Dagsborough,
Del He was member Of
the L. S. senate and seere-
tary OF state in President
Tyler's cabinet for a short
time. Ills brief tenure OF
the state portfolio WAS not
able chiefly for the negotia-
ton OF the Clayton Bulwer
treaty.
ii9s-John Adams DIX. ma jor-
general Of volunteers during
the Civil war. Il. ). senator.
secretary Of the treasury.
and governor OF New York.
At Bosoawen, n. IL. He also
was minister 10 France Tor
three years. As boy he
served in the War of 1872.
lS19-Josiah Gilbert Holland. au-
thor and editor, at Belcher-
town, Mass. After prsetie-
ing medicine for short
time. he became an assist
ant editor and one of the
owners OF the Springfield
Republican. In 1870 he be-
came editor and part owner
of Seribner's Monthly, which
later became The Century.
Among his popular writ
ings were History of Wes-
tern Massachusetts" and
Life of Abraham Lincoln.
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Investment Trusts

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

FOREIGN EXCHANGE
>EM NORk STEADY. Thursday
} =. m. eahle rates. England.
pound. 4a4. Canada. dollar. ~ s.
7-is. M 90 Lis Japan. Yen. $50 :.
euhs. peso. oasA Mexico, peso,
.2o70.
Portland - Thursdays cleartnEs.
s.. POS 1856 AZ. balances 1851 sol.
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Lost and Found


/ oSI-f'foln Tacoma Veterinary Hos-
/ litzl orange frlSlau cal Has Ia
lurea tzl l.Ost Friday u Saturday
Gall 5a4s u a4C- PIP aIlap. iur re-
WziG
EOuNp- shelI-rImmsd slAsses VIII
ton Toad I1tloW beach july 2Otn
Call CAsMklL OPTICAL COM
PAkY
/ osT : Brown biilfold "Wednesday.
l contained MONEY Can identify
t5hersl rfuard Garland 7nF2
l OST-Rsd Male Cocker spaniel.
RUSTY Isrs no cellar. Reward
lakewood 1855
! oST-White dress = Airs Ayres
l. 1oH Reward lakewood 374s
I osT-GLAssEs advertised without
l. charge Call Cssueil Optical Co.
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Honesty Always Pays
FINDERS OF lost articles sdyer-
tised below. please take notice
After you have returned the
articles TO the loser. so to The
Tacoma Time. office. elo Mar
ket. where YOU will De pre-
scented with two guesi tickets TO
the Temple thester.
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TUESDAYS QUOTATIONS.

Quotations courtesy Dean wltter d
Co. Washington Bldg. members
New York Stock Exchanse)
HIeh Low CInsa
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NeN flrst Pull Last
Moon Quarter Moon Quarter
Aux n JulY g Aus 9 Aus a
Data supplied nY I. q weather
bureau. Department OF Commerce.. .
Washington forecsst-Fsir to-
night and Friday. Normal tenn
peratures. Moderate to fresh north
vest wind off coast and over
inland waters Of Washington.
A. Tacoma, S a m. Thursday
Overcast. Wind southwest m. p.h.
Barometer 20 e5. rising .02.
Rain last - hours. none: since
July /. .oe inch. a shortage Of A.
inch; since Jan. l. 1916 inches. a
shortage Of Tor inches.
sun rises Friday at al; sets at
7:52.
Weather on July "a. 1910
Cloudy. Maximum temperature
was 20 degrees and minimum SIS.
Highest wind velocity Was Is
m. n. from the southwest.
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N. Y. CURB STOCKS

Closing Prices Furnished BY
DTan Mftter a COMPANY
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Salespeople, Agents
Male Help Wanted

THREE Young men to learn trade.
Wages paid while learning. Apply
Al once. TAOS South Tacoma WAY,
Tacoma Washington
-Middleaged unincun1bered
chicken man, Scandinavian pre-
ferrer Write CD Tires
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Buy L. S. Bonds and Save!
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BANK TRANSACTIONS

Seattle Thursday clearings. So
500 .o2e.o7: balances ss.771 .2o6.s j.
transactions xi7.ss3. 600 90.
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Situation, Wanted. Male

ArY KIND u 81 foss Esv. =.
ter pickup GAFlsna 1859.