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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
CAMP COMPLETION
EXPECTED IN MAY
Revised Estimates Set Total
Cost of Camp Davis
At $12,880,66O

Construction of Camp Davis, the
Coast Artillery's anti-aircraft fir
ing center at Holly Ridge, is ex-
pected to be completed by mid
May. with the total cost of the
camp. according to revised costs
and estimates. to be $l2 $50, $50.
The revised figure was compiled
from statistics gathered by the As
sociated Press in Washington and
included the item of 81 236, 600 ask
I'd of congress Wednesday by the
War department for the compile
ton of the project
First troops. which will include
trained key men of both officers
Continued OH Page Twelve; Col u
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
REDS CHANGE STAND
About.Face Leads to Speed
Up Of Military Prepara-
tions by Yugoslavia
IS NEXT PATHWAY
New Developments Bring
Sudden Rise in Already
HIGH Balkan Tension

BUCHAREST. Feb. H.-'R-So-
viet Russia was reported tonight
IA have done an about-face and
raised strong objections to Ger
nan thrust through Bulgaria TO
Greece leading to a speed-up OF
military preparations by Yugo-
sIavia. the country which might
cfer a second-choice pathway to
the NaziS.
This turn of events, plus threat
ened British diplomatic break with
Bulgaria. and British-Turkish ne
gotiations in which the two nations
were said to have reached full
agreement on Balkan and Eastern
Mediterranean problems, brought
sudden rise in the already high
Balkan tension.
Reserves Called
Diplomatic advices reaching Bu-
charest said Yugoslavia began call
ins up reservists on Individual
orders.
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Ak
sander Cincar- r-Markovic suddenly
returned without explanation to
Belgrade after taking part in rati-
tlcation Of a Yugoslav-Hungarian
friendship pact at Budapest
The reported change of attitude
by Soviet Russia, heretofore rep
resented as acquiescent to Ger
nan transit through Bulgaria, was
said to have increased fears in
Belgrade that Adolf Hitler now
might attempt to sweep down Yu-
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
BRITISH B0MBERS
ASSAULT COLOGNE
Planes Hit Factories and
Warehouses and Leave
$50 Fires Burning

LONDON, Feb. 27.-REBritish
bombers destroyed factories, ware
houses and oil storage tanks in a
devastating assault on Cologne
which left $50 fires burning IN
that third largest city of Germany,
the air ministry reported tonight.
Royal Air Force pilots observed
burst after burst of high explo-
sive bombs on buildings and
wharves in their 2 12-hour over
night battering of the Rhineland
City, the bulletin said. The target
Continued OIL Page Four; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
SATTERFLELD
ALSO ENTERS
CONTROVERSY
Disturbance Reported
Raging About 100 Miles
South of Cape Hatteras

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-(R
The weather bureau advised at
1880 o'clock tonight that a dis
turbance has developed off the
NOrtl Carolina coast and is cen.
traI about 100 miles south of
Cape Hatt.eras with lowest pres
sure about 29.71 inches.
The bureau added, this dis
turbance will move northeast
ward with increasing Intensity
and cause strong shifting winds
and gales some distance off the
middle Atlantic coast"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
BY HENRY AVERILL

RALEIGH, 27. - Representatives
Jack LeGrand and John r. Morris,
of New Hanover county, today intro
duced in the general assembly a bill
creating new civil service commits
sion for the City of Wilmington and
which, if enacted, would completely
remove the city police and fire de-
partments from the authority OF the
commissioner of public safety.
The bill is patterned after the
act creating the City of Raleigh
Civil Service commission, and pro
vides:
l. Creation, within so days of
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
GermanBuSineSSmanSavS
Earl Struck Him In Cafe

nectlon With the army or politics,
received American newspapermen to
give his version.
Il was seated at my table," he
said. Il did not know that the man
was the American minister. He
neither threw or struck me with
bottle while I was seated. Although
would have overlooked the phrase
you damned Nazzi,' being struck
CONTINUED ON Page Four; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
New City Civil Service
Commission Is Planned

-. .. ~-+
enactment, of a five-man civil serv-
ice commission composed of one ap-
polntee selected by majority-action
of each of the city board Of commis-
sioners, the police department, the
fire department, the New Hanover
County Medical Society, and the
Wilmington Ministerial association.
2. That the commission must con.
duct all examinations in writing,
and that police and fire department
vacancies be filled in order from q
priority list based upon such ex-
aminations
8. The chief of the police depart.
(Coutinued OH Page Two; Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
1ollllliued on Page Two; Col. ~
british And Turks Reach
Agreement On All Points

Bri+siA ,,+sNARA. Turkey, Feb. 27.-lR,-
agraa talll and Turkey reached full
conoet oeineht on all points" today
EteIlllng the Balkans and the
snaL elh Mediterranean, a British
ers eSinan os announced, and observ-
rp1..; .t;Apected discussion of the
sa 0's ~ OF turkey and Soviet Rus
retar,. VII while British Foreign Sec
~y Anthony Eden and Turkish
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28

leaders wound up their conferences.
Sir Stafford Cripps, British am
bassador to Russia, was on his
way here from Moscow. He will
arrive in Ankara tomorrow
The Importance of the Soviet
unions role in the shifting Balkan
picture was emphasized by the
fact that Sir Stafford flew through
Continued. OH Page Four; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
by by THOMAS F. HAWKINS

Dr. "a IA Bulgaria, Feb. 27.-R-
nsn - Becker, a German business.
brina; 'Uentlfled himself today as a
T. 9 'Dai m IN cafe alteration with
Satnn,- -iiilister George H. Earle last
Anar'y night, asserting that the
'yon Van diplomat had called him
hin ~,'', nai'iiled Nazi" and attacked
po Without provocation."
fbreo 'i' Who said he had lived
'e"rs IN Sofia and had no con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
KELAMET SEIZED.
BY BRITISH FORCE
Column Seeking to 7 ak e
key Italian oint of
Cheren from Rear

y. CAlRo. Egypt, Feb. 27.-lR-A
- p--ASn column has driven down
aoo nle ned sea coast in Eritrea for
~ wv miles and captured Kelamet,
~ ~ lhlies northeast of Cheren, in
S"st di' effort to take that key Italian
SiielSe iSh Is, point from the rear, Brit
''1 IT, dispatches said today.
,nb t''opS which had fought to Cub
'' some 4O miles northeast of
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
WEATHER
FORECAST

North Carolina: Partly cloudy and
continued cold preceded by snow or
drizzle in northeast portion Frid;,y !:
Saturday generally fair and continued
cold.
(By U. s. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending Z 80 p. m. Yesterday
Temperature
1 80 a. m. SO; 80 u. IN. So; 1 80 p. M
40; 7:3O p. m. 80; maximum AZ; mini
mum "a mean IS; normal 50.
Humidity
1: 80 a. m. 63: 7:30 a. m. SO; ! 80 p. m.
90; 7:30 p. m. 81.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:30
n, m. O44 inches Total since first of
the month 3.14 inches.
Tides For Today
(From Tide Tables published by U. s..
Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
High Low
Wilmington ---- IL :28a + 6:20a
II Alp + 6:36p
Masonboro Inlet ------ 9:12a 3:OOa
9:23ps 3:2Op
Sunrise GAIA: sunset 6:O7p: moonrise
Z :59a; moOnset S:3Sp.
Cape Fear river stage at Fayette-
Vile on Feb. ~, at a. M, 1905
feet.
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
THE HERMAN LEWIS CASE

Week after week we have been
writing about the Herman Lewis case.
We have been saying that his home
was entered by Omaha police officers
without legal right and while there
brutally beat Mr.. Lewis. And Rich
ard Jepsen, Police Commissioner has
done nothing about it. Because Of
this, Lewis has been suspended and
Chief Olson and Walter Korisko seek
to have him dismissed from the fire
department of Omaha.
Who sent these officers into that
home without a warrant? And after
they were inside whittier they had
pushed their way, why did they ass
ault Lewis Immediately after he had
called his attorney. The Attorney adj
vised Lewis that the officers could not
arrest his housekeeper without a war
rant for a m~isdemeanor, if they had
not seen the act committed. Lewis so
Informed the officers, and when he did
50 he was brutally assaulted with a SAP
and a gun butt and his head was split
open in several places and blood was
splashed over the walls and floor. Not
of the officers home; not of a public
place, but of Lewis W home, where
he lived with his two infant children.
Are the officers whom we pay to
attend to law enforcement, entering
religious and moral fields? Do they
think it is their function to regulate
morals? What experiences have they
had in the field Of religion and morals
that fit them to regulate private hon.
es without legal process.
We here and now remind the Mum
icipal Judges and the City Commits
sioners that the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States is binding upon them; it is the
supreme law Of the land and must be
respected. Policemen should be in
structed accordingly.
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
THE A OF GEORGIA

Walter D. Cooking, Dean Of the
School of Education of the University
of Georgia, in 1889, suggested that a
school be established for both white
and Negro students, to be taught larg-
ely by professors from the University
Of Georgia Education Department and
where they would practice together an
study educational, social economic,
financial and health problems.
Now, a demand has been made
upon theGovernor of Georgia to dis
miss DR.. Cooking because he favors
education in its true sense and as it
is given in free American communit-
les. The Governor is against Dean
Cooking, but he was reelected by the
Board of Regents Of the University Of
Georgia by a vote of eight to seven.
That vote is the most enlightened vote
taken in Georgia in several general
ions.
The hill billies and hoe toters of
Georgia will doubtless force the gov
n to dismiss Dean Cooking and
prove he bows to the wishes Of the
backward elements Of his state. But
the incident proves that there is hope
for the redemption of Georgia from
its long night of ignorance.
And let us not forget to thank
Dean Walter Cooking for his fine con
tribution to American Eduction in the
deep, dark SOUTH.
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
DUTY OR RIGHTS?
(by DR.. Charles Stelzle)

wy IL. OI1dI 1OS OCC1L1S)
Since the birth of the American
Republic, we have accepted as supreme
the doctrine Of "the right Of liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness" In
system Of Jurisprudence, and in our
treatises upon statecraft and sociology
the emphasis has been upon the rights
of mankind. We have been hearing
about the rights of the child, the rights
Of women, the rights of capital, the
rights Of labor, civil rights and polite
al rights.
In the Bible, however, there is
practically no reference to the rights
of man. The emphasis there is upon
duty. When the strong Cypress the
weak, we Immediately cry out that
there has been a transgression of
rights. The Bible declares that the
law of brotherhood has been violated.
Does this mean that we are to do
nothing-to simply wait until the OPP
pressor, whoever he may be, sees his
duty? Not at all. Whenever an in
fringement of right, a neglect of duty
occurs-it should be brought to the dir
ect attention of the individual, group
or nation involved and an opportunity
given to correct the commission or ON
ission. If this is not done, steps should
be taken to see that it is stopped and
The rights" r upheld and the "dut-
les" enforced.
Human rights will never suffer
if human duties be performed. Duty
then, and not rights, is the supreme
need of the hour. For the doing of
ones full duty will carry one farther
along than the mere granting of an
others rights. Gradually, men are
coming to learn this important truth.
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON

Mr.. A.. Philip Randolph, the bril-
liant and dynamic labor leader, has
organized a March on Washington"
to protest the practice Of discrimin-
alton against Negro workers in Def
ense Industries and their exclusion
from them. Organizations reaching
every element of Negro life, have join
ed in the plan and it is expected fifty
thousand Negroes will move on Wash
ington. 1t is the elimination of a long
fight made by leading Negroes and
their papers throughout the country
to save America from herself by fore
ing utilization Of the vast productive
labor Of the LOYAL TENTH of the
nations population. Partly as a re-
suit of the threatened March on Wash
ington', President Roosevelt has de-
nOunced discrimination against Ne
gro workers in Defense Industries and
has ordered their employment. Mrs.
Roosevelt since she cannot stop it has
joined it. Secretaries Stimson and
Knox of the War and Navy Depart
ments respectively, have invited Mr..
Randolph to Washington for A CON-
FERENCE. That denotes progress,
for it has been but three months, when
Secretary Of War Stimson was asked
to ban discrimination in his depart
ment, he testify replied that such agit-
alton i~nterferes with National Def
ense To this the NAACP. rejoined:
eve have just begun to fight.
More power to you, Mr.. Rand
olph. May your tribe increase.
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
RUSSIA!

Hitler has invaded Russia. Rus
STA is the present day enigma. Hitler
wants the rich Ukraine, indeed must
have it, if he is to maintain his hold on
Europe.
What can Russia do against the
mechanical Germans? Napoleon die
tated terms Of peace to a Gar Of Rus
STA OF a river raft more than a century
ago, yet the dull, but cunning Musco-
vite was not conquered and proved
that none is invincible. Hitler's prob
lem is but little different from Nap
o%leon's, Nor is Stain more or less a.
fraid Of Hitler than was the Gar Of
Napoleon's time afraid Of him.
If Russia cannot hold the Uk-
raine, Russia cannot survive within or
without the axis orbit. If she holds
by force, Germany will speedily sue
cumb. But all this takes time. Ger
many realizes the vital part Russia
will play in the coming years. And
until Russia is securely bound, Hitler
will not attempt to invade England.
Watch Russia!
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
FORD SIGNS UNION SHOE


Last week The Ford Motor Com
pany at Detroit, Michigan, signed a
contract with the U. A. W.-CIO Union
which included the check off under
which the company collects the dues
and pays them to the union.
During the recent election in the
Ford plant to determine whether the A
F. of L. or the CLIO. should be the bar
gaining agent, each branch Of organ
lied labor sought the support of the
Negro employees. This vote was the
balance of power. 1t went largely to
the CIO. and the CIO. won the election
Now the CIO. has signed a con-
tract with Ford. And thus comes to a
close of industrial strife in a great
manufacturing company.
This new relation between Ford
and the workers was as sure to come as
tomorrow. And while Ford was a
great man in the production field his
views did not conceive of workers as
men. They were things to be ordered
and directed as so much force.
Happily, this is now in the past.
And just as Ford was foremost in the
past in paying the highest wages and
selling the cheapest automobile, We be-
lieve he will now become the best ex-
ample and exemplar of relations be-
tween employer and worker in the
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
WHAT NOW, GRADUATED"

Continued from Page Four
job, you will be asked for references.
especially from the last place where
you worked. If your last employer
will not recommend you, your chances
of getting another job will be mucl
poorer.
1t may be you cannot undo all thu
habits and attitudes learned in Thu
years you have been in school, but vol
can at least re-examine your philos
cphy Of life, your plan for the future
check and double check them, and tall
with people who have had experience
so that you will be prepared to get an
hold that job!
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
DR.. r

Temple University last week on
ferred the degree Of Doctor of Music
upon Marian Anderson, honoring her
for her worldwide reputation and ac-
complishments in music. And in thus
honoring DR.. Anderson they have hon
ored themselves.
Among the Colored People of the
United States today, DR.. Marian An
derson is the number one apostle Of
interracial goodwill.
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
world.

Congratulations, John L. Lewis
and co-workers for the National good.
You have been fair to all workers
through the passing years. And in
that future which stretches out before
America, what you say and what you
do will mean ultimate victory or de-
feat.
We congratulate The Ford Motor
Company, also. 1t has made to Amer
lea and the world a marvellous contri-
button in mass production, high wages
and reasonably good working condit-
ions. Good wishes to all Of you.
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28

miles of Omaha, you will see whence
comes the food to feed half the world.
And the corn, the tall corn, of 10
wa, and other states will be abundant
for all normal needs and more. For
this we are thankful.
All other edible foods are equally
abundant, for which we may gladly
utter a prayer and a hope.
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
FIELDS OF GOLD

The wheat yield this year promis-
es to be very large. In our sister stat
es hereabouts and in our own, soon
will be seen oceans Of waving gold"
in many fields upon hundreds Of
farms. And as you travel the country
side within a radius of one hundred
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28

Man demands justice, and he is right.
But God demands more than Justice
His Imperative is Love. And Glove is
the fulfilling of the law"
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28

uudelOH III 1OOu IUuuCC WHICl Was SO
prevalent in the first World war and
which so heavily bore down upon the
purses of middle class and low income
groups.
In announcing the program of
the department Of agriculture to in
crease supplies Of certain food prod
ucts, Sec. Claude R. Wickard said:
Should unWarranted speculation
drive prices up to unduly high levels
at any time, the supplies in the hands
of the government will be released to
stabilize prices and maintain them at
reasonable levels. Under this ever
normal food program, consumers will
be protected and farmers will benefit
by selling more products at fairer pric-
es than those that have prevailed dur
ing the past few years."
Farmers are requested by Sec.
Wickard to increase pork and dairy
production and enlarge poultry flocks.
In turn for the farmers intensive
cooperation in this plan, the depart
ment will stabilize prices by making
purchases in the open market for the
next two years "at levels approximate
~ as follows; hogs, SO per hundred
weight; butter, 31c per pound; chick
ems, 15c pound and eggs, 22c per doz-
en-"
The $4,000 Negro farm operators
in the 10 cotton-producing states are,
therefore, IN important factor in the
development Of this program to build
up adequate reserves of food.
Negro extension workers, FSA
leaders, vocational agriculture teach
ers and others are emphasizing the i'm
portance Of the AAA which provides
extra payments and inducements for
reducing cotton acreages and stepping
up the production Of food for the fam
lily and feed for hogs, cows, chickens
and work stock.
E. A. Miller, assistant to director,
southern division, AAA, while on a re-
cent tour Of the south told Negro farm
groups that flood grown on your
farms for family use helps to insure
the nations food reserves because such
families do not have to tap the supplies
which flow through regular trade chan
nels for urban and other non-produc-
ing families"
So effective has been the educat-
ional work Of the AAA and other agen
cies in showing farmers the advantage
es of community planning and cooper
alton for better balanced crops, that
such appeals as those of Sec. Wickard
find immediate and willing response.
A typical instance is reported by
Sanford H. Lee, Negro county agent
at Macon, Ga. In speaking Of a coun-
ty-wide drive for building home made
brooder houses for baby chicks he says
that the local FSA office is helping to
finance the projects and that through
the interest of the camp commander
material for most of these brooders
was donated from the scrap piles at
Camp Wheeler"
3. 2. Smith, Negro county agent
at Ocala, Fla, reports that since the
home garden program is SO effectively
organized in his county, he is now CO.
operating in the development of a city
defense garden program with rs Ne
gro city families already enrolled.
Of such is the spirit Of patriots.
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
THE NEGRO FARMER AND
AGRICULTURAL PREPAREDNESS

10y AIbOn l.. HOIsey, Field Officer
AAA for ANP.)
The Negro consumer has a def
mite stake in the programs in which
Negro farmers are so actively parti-
cipating.
Our government has taken pre-
%cautionary steps to prevent that spec
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28
A PLEA FOR THE CHILDREN
dow Ruth TaVlOrl

(by Ruth Taylor)
Lord, give to men who are old and
rougher
The things that little children suffer,
And let keep bright ard undefiled
The young years Of the little child"
John Masefield.
America was founded by earnest
men and women who wanted freedom
to bring up their families according to
the light which was given them-to af-
ford their children better op%portunit-
les to grow in strength and wisdom.
The principle of true democracy is ex-
pressive Of this idea the growth of
the family, the collection of families
into one state, with the good of the ma
jority the will of the state. Religion
throughout the ages has emphasized
the family as a unit in its striving to-
ward spiritual aspirations. The basis
Of virtually all religions is the father
hood Of God and the brotherhood Of
man.
The solution of the problems of
the world today will be the task of the
children who are the men and women
of tomorrow. The only real aid that
a be given them for their tremend-
Gus task is the finest type Of education
and instruction that is available.
1t has been said that the advant-
age of the American school system is
the habits it has inculcated in the
children the teaching of children
from all sorts Of homes that When
they enter the class room they are on a
basis of equality with every other
child in the room-Protestant, Catholic
or Jew, Negro. White or Mongolian-
that there the only superiority is sup
eriority Of brains, of concentration, of
willingness to work. They have to
learn to get along with other children
which is the best training for getting
along with people when they go out in
to the world. AS in life, if they can't
keep up no matter what the reason-
they drop back into another class.
Rain or shine they are expected to be
at school in their appointed places at
their appointed time. They learn that
there are certain things that one can't
get out O. -and they learn that alibis
do not count.
Hate and prejudice are the alibis
Of adults they must not become a
habit with children If a hatred Of
any group or class is traced back to its
source it will prove to be an alibi for
some lack Or neglect or laziness A
child who has learned to suffer, though
it may lose self confidence and courage
may be brought out of its fog-but a
child who has learned to hate is scar
red for life. Hatred is an acid, corros-
i've, penetrating leaving great scars
which never again will be normal.
The great tragedy of the persecu-
tions abroad is not so much what those
who have been physically hurt by them
have endured, great as their suffer-
ings may have beenv but what the per-
secutions have done to the prosecutors
How a children trained to hatred, to
betrayal to calumny from their earliest
days ever become honorable men and
women, or citizens of any decent
world? The utter damning of the
children of the totalitarian states is
not only the greatest tragedy Of today
but the greatest menace to the world
Of tomorrow.
The Omaha guide., 1941-06-28

10Y NUN IayIOfD
Lord, give to men who are old and
rougher
The things that little children suffer,
And let keep bright ard undefiled
The young years Of the little child"
John Masefield.