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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
Highway Needs

In his inaugural address, Gov. J. M. Brough-
ton declared that much of our primary road
system must be entirely revamped or rebuilt
if we would meet the expanding business and
traffic conditions of our state"
Among the governors recommendations and
suggestions, none seems to impose heavier
obligation for immediate action than this.
North Carolina is expanding at a tremendous
rate. The establishment of defense projects,
with their accompanying great increase In pop
'~ulation, finds some highways already made
.quate, and as these rearmament enterprises
grow to larger and larger proportions, en-
ploying more and more workers, and as the
quantity Of material and supply deliveries in
creases with the larger demands, this made
quacy will become a definite handicap as well
as increase the hazards of accident.
With Governor Broughton on record o r
highway improvement, it is incumbent upon
the legislature to buttress the highway COM
mission financially that it may 60 to work
promptly with the object of meeting the need.
At the same time, as better and broader roads
are as much a military as a civilian necessity
it is right to expect the federal government
to participate both in the work and the ex-
pense Of a greatly expanded highway pro-
gram.
As the heaviest traffic for some time to
come will be in the nelghborhood Of defense
projects, roads serving army bases and in
dustrial communities engaged in defense pro-
duction should have first consideration.
The highways serving Fort Bragg and Fay
~etteville are a fair example OF a traffic bottle
neck. The highway between Wilmington and
Camp Davis bids fair to equal it. Military and
public interest demands that these highways
be quickly widened to four lanes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
Star-News Program

Consolidated ~City-County Government
under CouncilManager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial shops.
Seaside Highway from WrightsvtHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wtd-
er Turning Basin, NTH ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
orion Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Production
through sustaine d-yield methods through.
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo
tional Agency, supported BY n county.
Dide tao.
%shipyards n Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital ~sities TOR Whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF ndtive grape groUin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdnatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
Loveustone's Independent
Labor League Disbands

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-tR-Jay
Lovestone, former secretary of the
Communist Party In America, an
nounced today that his Independent
Labor League Of America had dis
solved itself 'in a spirit of hope
that progressive and radical labor
units of the nation would combine
to blaze a new trail to genuine
American democratic socialism"
The dissolution was decided by
delegates to a national convention
here, the statement disclosed, be-
cause "the existing socialist and
radical groups are essentially out of
touch with American life and it's
problems" while "as an organic c
ton of the labor movement, Ameri-
can socialism virtually does not
exist"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
EXPRESSES THANKS
Mr.. R. B. Page,

Mr.. R. B. Page,
Wilmington Star-News,
Wilmington, North Carolina.
Dear Mr.. Page:
The Better Business club of Will
mington wishes to express to you
appreciation for the excellent CO.
operation received during the past
year.
1t was because of the space,
large caption, and ready visible
columns that were so graciously
given by your paper to our activi-
ties, that the success of our organ
ization detectives were attained.
You perhaps will be interested
to know who u members are,
and I am therefore enclosing a
list Of our membership with this
notation taken from the minutes of
a recent meeting. I'VE favor merg-
ing into the new Chamber of
Commerce, but stand ready to be-
gin organization activities as a
Better Business club in case our
detectives a. stated in February,
1910 r not carried out"
We shall always remember and
be grateful.
Very truly yours,
BETTER BUSINESS CLUB
of Wilmington and it's
Trade Area.
BY Frances w. Trigg,
Secretary.
Tan IN 1Qd0
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
C. of C. Reorganization

It is of prime importance to wilmington
that the reorganization Of the Chamber Of
Commerce, on which much progress has al
ready been made, be pressed with all pos
sible energy at this time, so that the city
and New Hanover county may reap the full
benefits of the opportunity to move ahead al
forded by the ship yards, by Camp Davis and
by other defense projects contemplated for
this vicinity.
The purpose of the recognizing group is to
emerge with an organization adequately
stated and financed for promoting major re-
sources and realizing on major possibilities.
not Of Wilmington alone but OF the entire
county. In the plan, as now constituted, the
chamber will maintain a department for devel-
opment of tourist and vacation assets
Wrightsville and Carolina beaches and Will
mington's own advantages as a winter resort.
Another department will promote the county's
agricultural interests. Still another, upon
which the chief burden will rest, to be di-
rected by a general secretary who will be an
experienced promotion and industrial engineer
with a record for success, will have to DO
with the development Of commerce., Of indus
try and general business.
The group hopes to have at its disposal all
funds legally available for advertising, under
stood to reach the imposing total of $25,OOO
a year. With this money it is said to be the
plan to reinforce the national advertising car
ried on by the state. When tourist resorts are
the subject of a widely circulated advertise
ment, for example, it is the purpose to parallel
it with an advertisement setting forth the at
fractions of Wrightsville and Carolina. When
the subject is farming, New Hanover county
vegetables and the opportunity in agriculture
would be the local "tie up" But, chiefly, when
North Cardinals industrial opportunity is ad-
vertised, the chamber would draw attention
to New Hanover county's advantages Tor pro-
duction. And ali this would be followed up, or
Anticipated, by the personal efforts of the
executive secretary, in the field-not at an
office desk-whose duty it would be to travel
and promote new enterprises.
Here is an ambitious program, the success
Of which will depend jointly upon public sup
port and the wise choice of department chiefs.
There is a difference, however, in that where
as the head of a department not up to his
task may be replaced, the whole undertaking
cannot be carried on without public coopera-
ton and backing. At the start, then, the great
err obligation seems to rest upon the people of
Wilmington and of New Hanover county to
unite in creating a Chamber Of
which can function with 100 per cent efficiency.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11

ASPECT of the conflict are always Illuminating.
They occupy a parallel place in contemporary
informative writing with Maj. George Fielding
Elliot's daily military articles.
Wilmington Post No. 10 is to be congratula-
ted upon securing this distinguished naval Of
ficer and writer as a feature of its American
ism program. Admiral Stirling will discuss
the 'Challenge Across the Pacific" at the
New Hanover High school auditorium on Feb
ruary "a.
With the announcement of his lecture made
so far in advance, it will be possible for
Wilmingtonians whose interest is focused on the
war abroad to arrange their engagements so
as to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
1pchurch Retained Head
Of Cotton Council Unit

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. TO-
UT. B. Upchrrch, Jr., of Rae
tore Hoke county, was reelected
chaiman of the North Carolina
Vlrglia unit of the National Cot
ton Ouncil of America, when the
organization held it's annual meet
ing hee today. r. G. Eubanks,
OF Chalotte was elected as one
OF the <ce-chairmen of the coun.
Gil.
Other vce-chairmen for 1871 are
P. D.. HeNdon of Kings mountain
and Edwin Pate Of LAUREL Hill.
D. N. Gilbrt of Greensboro, Sec
rotary, andF. j. Beatty of Char
lotte, Treasurer, were reelected.
Upchurch named the following
a public citations committee:
Fred j. Johnon of Raleigh, A.
D. Cashion ofHuntersville, R. G..
Eubanks of CHARLOTTE, and j. I.
Morgan of Famville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
|S0K0LSKY UPH0LDS
U. S. WAY OF LIFE
Lecturer Who Speaks Here On
Tuesday Is Outstanding
Convert To Capitalism

George Sokolsky, who m to
Wilmington on Tuesday night to adj
dress members of the Community
Forum, is perhaps the worlds most
outstanding convert to capitalism
and defendant of the status quo in
the American way of life"
This brilliant journalist and econo-
mist began his adult life as a rabid
young radical. Two years in Russia
during the Kerensky and early Le-
min regimes completely cured him
and placed him irrevocably in the
ranks of the conservatives.
ut was this first-hand acquaint-
ance with communists and actual
practice of communism that made
me a conservative" Mr.. Sokolsky
said recently. "The Russian revolu-
ton made me fearful of all revolu-
tons, the brutality of the mob, the
ruthlessness in the SUPPRESSION OF
the individual, the dire suffering OF
innocent ment and women who want
ed to be left alone, the utilization Of
all the machinery of despotism to
achieve an ideal, the trickery of ris-
ing politicians to me all this
was distressing and disgusting"
He himself defines his position as
follows:
ST am a conservative in the major
ways of life, a capitalist in my eco
nomic thinking and a rigid constitu-
tionalist in my political thinking.
More than anything else, I fear the
concentration of power in the hands
of any one individual in government,
no matter how benevolent he may
be, no matter how sweet-tempered
and k~ind-hearted, 1 fear the distator-
ship of anybody"
Mr.. Soko1sky will lecture at $50
o'clock at the New Hanover High
school auditorium. Single tickets will
be on sale at the door.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
Herbert Shenrd Giuen
Is MonthsOn Highways

Herbert Shepaa received IS
months on the state highways
when convicted yesterday in re-
corder's court IN clarges Of drunk
and resisting arrest.
The cases o. Cora Dudley and
John Moore, oarged with viola
tons of the 1iql or laws, were con-
tinued until toby. Bill Turner was
found not guilt of charges Of
drunk, disorderl conduct, and as.
sault on a femle,
Judgment wa accepted in the
case of l.. L. Horell, convicted
recently on charges Of drunken
and reckless driving with damages
to personal properly resulting, who
was fined $50, taNd with the costs,
and ordered to make restitution OF
SIS to the prosecuting witness. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
Duke OF Windsor May
Attend Miami Air Show

MIAMI, Fla, Ian. TO- Up IL
good weather prvails tomorrow at
Cat Cay, Bahama, the Duke OF
Windsor is expectd to fly here for
the afternoon performance of the
A1l-American Air raneuvers.
Since there is nc airport at the
island resort, it willbe necessary to
bring the duke herein an amphibian
plane, rough weathe might prevent
such a plane from hiding near the
Cay, so miles from hire.
First reports indicaed the duchess
might accompany theluke, but later
it was understood shewould remain
at Cat Cay until tHe leave for
Nassau Sunday. Shom the duke
come to the air show. he prooaoS
would return late tomrroT aHa'
noon
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11

tarianism. It's for warand not for
peace"
Senator Mcclellan D-lenn.rPro-
posed repeal of all lays which
would in any way interferewith our
giving Great Britain all aidthat the
President or congress might ind ne
cessary."
Senator Taft (R.Ohio)-Th bill
"authorizes the President to make
war on any nation in the Worlo and
ito enter the present war if he wines
to do so, as he apparently does.No
congress except a rubber-stamp On.
gress would enact such a bill"
Senator Connally D-Tex.eFavo.
ed Supplying arms and munition
to the nations fighting against az
gression and for the survival o
democracy and free government"
Rep Vorys R-OhioeIt's a stream
lined, modern declaration of war an
should be considered as such"
Senator Thomas D-Utahe"It
not as far-reaching as world event
warrant. The President should hav
the power to send American ship
with supplies into the combat zones.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
, Washington Daybook
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10-The opening of Con-
gress, as a dramatic spectacle, ordinarily is
a flopperoo, a additionally dull matter in
which certain dull traditions are observed
without any straining for pomp...
The House Of Representatives meets, an
swers roll call, elects a Speaker (Sam Ray
burn of Texas this time), gets sworn in an
masse (Inless there is someone whose ere.
dentials are challenged), appoints committee
of three to notify the President that Congress
now is in session and ready to receive any
communication he desires to pass along.
The Senate meets, answers roll call, swears
in the new member in blocs of four, appoints
a committee of two to notify the President.
The five committee members from the two
houses meet in the c1oakroom, shake hands
around, perhaps have a cup Of coffee and
then 60 back to their respective halls to re-
port that the President has been duly notified.
He hasn't, of course, but the custom is a
hangover from pre-telephone days when the
boys had to take to horse and splash through
the mud to the White House, or else the
President might not have known for days but
that the gentlemen were up on the Hill fight
ing a mass duel.)
hen the two houses adjourn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
ANNULLEp

GRETNA, La, Jan. 10.-R- A
three-year penitentiary sentence
given Jack Swanson, Jr., 15-year-
old Wales Center IN. " h G h
school honor student on a charge
OF breaking and entering was an
nulled here today in a hearing be-
fore Judge L. Robert Rivarde, Jr.
The youth who told the judge at
time of sentencing that he was II
years of age in order, he said, to
escape being sent to the reform
school, admitted entering a resi-
dence but said he took only an
apple. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
FLYING SENATOR

RALEIGH, Jan. 1O.-RN
Legislator Roy Rowe Of Pen
der county is fast earning the
nickname of THE Flying SEN
ator."
Under supervision of a Will
mington pilot, Rowe flew a
plane to the capital for the
session. 1t was an hour and a
half hop.
The senator has already done
his solo stint and plans to get
his private pilots license be-
fore the assembly adjourns. He
has his order in for a plane of
his own.
His theatres in Burgaw and
Elizabethtown require Rowe to
commute frequently to Char
lctte. He wants to cut his trav-
cling time in the future by fly
ing the distance,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
Man About
MAJ
By GEORGE TUCKER.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Bepnv
Goodman's brother operates p
place on Sind street that is famous
for its barbecued ribs. Ezra Stone
takes a double order of ribs everv
time he goes there, then SPENDS
three hours in R.illy's gymnasi.
UNI, working it off. :. Andre
Kostelanetz, besides being a great
conductor, is an authority on bird
lore and has a collection of rare
specimens, mostly from South
America, in his home. Vim,
Saroyan's book of short stories.
which were mainly reprints from
tales previously published in mag.
azines, did not get many en-.
%thusiastic boosts from the critics.
|. But John O'Hara's series Of
stories, published in the New
Yorker in the form of letters by a
guy named Pal Joey, has bobbed
up on Broadway in the form of a
first rate musical comedy. 1t is the
first hit comedy on record that
has a heel for a hero.
Most of the foreign consulate
offices used to be located near
the Battery, but now they are be-
ginning to take up quarters in
Rockefeller Center. The Italian of.
fees are the most luxurious in
town. . -. The two literary cele.
brities of the moment are Ernest
Hemingway and Kenneth Roberts,
. . Their newest novels are run
ming away with best-seller lists.
Many and varied are the back.
stage legends told about small
town companies of actors. but the
one that amuses Hal Forrest the
most concerns the company that
was playing THE Forty Thieves"
The performance was given in
a small-town hall. and as there
were only eight people in the cast,
the entry of the robbers was aug.
mented by their passing out at
the back Of the stage and re.en.
tering at the front. Unfortunately,
one of the actors walked with a
limp, and when he had entered
the cave five times a voice from
the gallery cried, "Stick it, Limpy.
You're on the last lap"
Times r a little better along
the flop house routes in New
York, according to the city's 1e41
report. On last Christmas only g..
100 people availed themselves of
the free dinners offered by the
city. It was a reduction of more
than 5000 from the 1899 Christ
mas.
Patricia Prochnik, daughter Of
the last Austrian ambassador to
the United States, is singing in a
nightclub in Washington, D. c. 80.
Meyer Davis admits that bowling
is his favorite pastime. . He owns
nine professional alleys. -. Arnold
Grass, the restaurateur, is expert
at fencing. . which should be a
warning to people who try to walk
out without paying the check.
Benny Leonard, who has Joined
Jack Dempsey, Jack Sharkey, and
other ex-ppgilists operating res
%taurants, says he will give any
one free dinner and drinks who
can name the first prizefighter
who ever opened a restaurant. .
Benny's place is where Dawes
Blue Room used to be, and it's a
seafood grill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
Two Kelly Men Leave
For Service In Army

KELLY, Jan. 10 The entire
community gathered at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. z. v. Corbett last
night to honor Alfred English Pitt
man and David Jasper Hilburn
who left today for Fort Bragg
where they will be indicted into
the army.
Music was played by Nathan Hill
burn, violin and mandolin, Quin-
ton Corbett, banjo, z. V. Corbett
and j. A. Core, violin, Mrs. J. A.
Core and Mrs. Lorenza Corbett
Rawls, piano.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
COL. Il. P. DAVIS

To The Star:
I would like to pay tribute to
Colonel Richmond p. Davis, known
in army circles as "R. P"
We were stationed at Fort Mon.
roe, Va, when Colonel Davis was
in command, and he was we'll liked
by all who knew him and so was
Mrs. Davis.
Lives of great men all remind
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints in the sands of time"
This has certainly come true for
Colonel Richmond P. Davis, of
Statesville, N. C. There shall be
many footprints at Camp Davis"
recently named in his honor, and
may the camp do justice to his
name. Here's to Colonel Davis!
MRS. AUGUSTUS NORTON
1917 Market Street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
TOP O. THE

There's much of pain ne do not knoW
Within the life OF every one,
Then let our Kindness overflow,
Our little day may soon be done.
So, let's be kind thru all the gear
In aDord, and deed, and thought
ThGtd angels may, a1ithout a tear,
Look ON the worE we'ue a%orought!
KINDNESS" By Helen Moore
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
The Editors
Box

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endorse any article appearing in
this department. They represent the
views Of the individual readers. Cor
respondents are warned that all
communications must contain the
correct name and address for our
records, though the latter may be
signed as the writer sees fit. The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason is OBJ
~jectionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
1000 BILLS

l 600 BILLS
When the 18th Congress convened, the House
ran off its routine on schedule, except for the
big parade to the hopper where the members
drop their proposed bills. Before the gavel
fell, one hour and Sc minutes after conven-
Ing, the boys in the House had poured ap-
proximately 1000 bills and resolutions into the
hopper.
Over in the Senate, however, more than
one Of the members must have been bored
with the lack of excitement on opening day.
Or maybe it was because the spiderwork of
steel rafters recently installed to bolster the
chamber roof lent an air Of strangeness and
unreality that had the gentlemen jumpy. A.
any rate, in the 80 minutes that the Senate
was in session plenty happened.
In the first place, N-year-old Sen. Hiram
Johnson, of California, reelected on an all
party ticket, let it be known that he would
have none of this business Of being escorted
down the aisle by his state colleague to take
the oath of office. One of the Senate's oldest
customs is that the incoming senate shall be
escorted to the Senate presidents platform
to take the oath. When Sen. Sheridan Downey,
California Democrat, stepped Up to accom-
pany Senator johnson, the latter declined, and
firmly. It was reported, how automatically I
do not know, that the Senate veteran protest
ed that it was a silly custom and that he
was perfectly capable Of walking up the aisle
alone. It was the fifth time Senator johnson
had taken the trip, the first time he had
taken it alone.
Custom went to pieces again when ex-Sen.
William H. King, of Utah, kept his seat and
calmly read the Congressional Record while
the successor, Sen. Abe Murdoch, was being
sworn in. According to Senate rules, Senator
King, being a former member, has the priv
lege of being on the floor whenever he pleases,
but capitol veterans said it was the first time
in memory that any outgoing senator had
kept his seat while his successor was being
given the oath of office.
THE LANCER CASE
The real dramatic climax of the day, how
ever, came when Sen. William LANCER, North
Dakota, stood up to take the oath and Senator
Barley, majority leader, interposed: There
have been filed with the Senate and I now
have on my desk charges of various sorts
from citizens of North Dakota objecting to
administration Of the oath Of office of the
Senator-eiect, Mr.. LANCER. I have read these
charges and affidavits, which, if true, are
serious and would seriously affect the qualifi-
cations and fitness of the Senator-elect to be-
come a member of this body"
It was about that time that you could have
heard the proverbial pin crash to the floor.
But the Senate beat the problem in short
order. After assuring the. Senator-elect that
the Privileges and Elections committee would
give speedy consideration to the matter, the
BODY agreed to let Mr.. LANCER take his oath
without prejudice to the Senator and without
nreiudice to the rights of the Senate"
of such stuff is Senate history made. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
A Notable Event

The forthcoming lecture by Rear Admiral
Yates Stirling, Jr., retired, which is sponsored
by the local American Legion post, ranks well
up among the leading events of the winter.
Admiral Stirling is an authority on naval mat
tiers both of historic and current interest. His
contributions to many American newspapers
nm trends in the European war and the naval
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11
WILDCATS RECORD GOOD

NoION.-Northeastern Uni
verslty teams won II contests,
lost 43 and tied four during 1910.
Wildcats took Big Ten champion
ships in tennis and water polo,
tied for the baseball title. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-11

that Britain must move cautiously and greatly
increase her strength in the Mediterranean
before she attempts to apply the boot.