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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
Would Light a Beacon

The fall of Bardia is said to have left the
British in a quandary whether to concentrate
their attack on Tobruk or, swinging south
ward in an arc through the Libyan desert
direct their next major offensive against Ben
gasi, far to the west. Meantime, the Roya
Air Force is bombing Tobruk much as Bardia
was bombed in preparation for its surrender,
and Australian troops are understood to have
penetrated far into the desert westward Of
Tobruk, disrupting Italian communications
and driving outposts ahead of them.
With the British blitzkrieg in motion and the
British command cognizant that more than a
temporary pause defeats the very purpose Of
lightning war; it is not likely that they will
waste essential time debating where to strike
next. On the contrary, they are to be expected
to have their minds made up as quickly as
they can determine the strategic advantage
of one objective over the other, and may be
on their way before this reaches the presses.
But there is one military operation which
we hear little of just now and which, it ap-
pears, at least at this distance, would bring
additional advantage to the British not only
by striking another telling blow at the Italians
and at Axis prestige, but to hearten the peo-
pie in German-conquered countries. This is a
drive against the forces of Mussolini in Eth
opia. A campaign against Italy in Ethiopia,
paralleling Greece's magnificent offensive in
Albania, would come as near knocking the
props from under Mussolini as any blow, less
than a direct attack on Italy proper, could do.
And besides shattering the last hope of the
b~raggart at Rome, the return of Ethiopia to
it's native population, with a government OF
the peoples own choosing, would encourage
the Dutch, the Belgians, Danes, Norwegians
and free French to look forward to similar
reservations in their own lands as quickly as
Great Britain can get a foothold in continental
Europe. With this hope, and with the first
shock of conquest being supplanted by anger
at the Nazis, these peoples would not be long
in organizing such help as they might give,
under the circumstances, to the British cause.
The retaking of Ethiopia would light a
beacon of hope in all Nazi-dominated coun-
tries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
The Home Guard

Creation of a home guard in Wilmington
will provide protection in emergency and give
the members the happy feeling of doing some.
thing worthwhile in the defense of their city
Veterans of the last World war who have
not passed As and other men of Wilmington.
exenpt from,the draft for one reason or an.
other, will have opportunity to join the ranks
and so share the responsibility of guarding
the community from any kind of activities
which threaten it's security.
1t is honorable service, important service
The men Of Wilmington will perform it as
faithfully and competently as if they We're
defending ramparts under attack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08

cessed and unprocessed; textiles in great
variety, cotton, furniture, wood pulp, paper
and lumber. The Wilmington Port Commits
sion sees nearly &c, 1000 tons of freight per
year, now passing through the ports of Norfolk
and Charleston, that should be diverted, a 10
per cent annual increase, a gross revenue,
when tonnage shall have reached 100, 600, of
S138, 900, and with substantial advantages to
shippers in terminal fees and freight rates.
These advantages appear So substantial that
the North Carolina Traffic league is support
ing the application, and Wilmington is armed
with letters of Endorsement and encourage
ment from textile, tobacco and other indus
tries.
This is an enterprise of particular moment
to the industrial Piedmont; the conditions of
doing business have become such that rela-
lively small percentage economies may mark
the difference between life and death. The
situation now, with a vast stimulation of ma
tional defense effort, is especially favorable
for such a development as is contemplated,
and out of it, when the present fever is over,
may come the permanent benefit of a long
desired establishment of ocean shipping for
North Carolina. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
One or the Other

When Abraham Lincoln declared a nation
cannot survive half slave and half free he
painted the picture of the present world situa-
ton.
The dictators have created as grave a pro-
blem in the world today as confronted the
United States then. AS then ther, are two
PHILOSOPHERS arrayed against each other. One
is the philosophy of force-of slavery; the
other, the philosophy of freedom-of demo
cracy. And the world cannot survive half slave
and half free.
This is the problem we as a democracy must
solve. We are free, but only as long as we
deserve freedom. If we fall down in our task
of aiding the democracies now at war against
the powers of force and slavery, we will fall,
and feel the lash, be ground under the heel,
of the dictators, as surely as the little de-
mocracies of Europe have fallen.
There can be no compromise. Hitler has
made this very clear, and for once Hitler has
spoken the truth. The world must be free, or
it must be enslaved by the forces. now fight
ing for its enslavement.
President Roosevelt, in his message to con-
gress, gave a plain statement of what we
have to do to help preserve our freedom for
ourselves, our children and our children's
children. We must give such aid to Britain
and the other democracies arrayed against
despotism as our resources and our industries
can produce, with such speed as will assure
victory. There can be no negotiated peace, no
peace at all until Hitlerism is conquered and
its revival made impossible. There is no other
course.
America, then, has an impelling obligation
to grid itself for this. Let America accept it's
responsibility in full and stop the foolish talk
of political malcontents once and for all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
Editorial Comment
WILMINGTON UPS AND TRIES
AGAIN.
Greensboro News

Wilmington spits on it's hands and takes
another whirl at getting some municipal port
terminal facilities; that is to say, docking,
wharfage, and warehousing structures that
Will make possible a greatly increased volume
OF Water-borne freight and secure for North
Carolina producers and professors a valuable
advantage in rates. The structures are to in
Guide a great tobacco storage warehouse, sup
plying a direct North Carolina outlet for one
OF the states bulkiest and most valuable pro-
ducts. Application has been made to the Re-
construction Finance corporation for tn e
money required, in a 25-years loan to be
amortized by the terminal revenues.
wilmington is finding no difficulty in con-
Vlhclng inlanders that this is a North Carolina
project. North Carolina does an immense bust
ness with the outside world in tobacco, pro-
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
Mrs. Roosevelt Notes
Lack Of COP Applause
For Presidents Talk

WASHINGTON, Jan. T. R -
Remarking that few republicans
applauded President Roosevelt's
message to congress yesterday,
Mrs. Roosevelt said today that she
was astonished and saddened'' be-
cause the republicans did not rise
above personal feelings"
She told her press conference
she did not know whether it was
the policy of the opposition not to
applaud.
1t might be, she continued, that
the lack of republican applause
was a purely personal reaction
to the individual" She added, how
ever, that after all the President,
docs represent the choice of the
people and it must be possible to
rise above personal feeling" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
INQUEST SLATED
IN WHITE DEATH
Probe To Be Conducted This
Morning; Jenkins Being
Held Without Bond

An inquest into the death of
Willie Roy White, 3~1-year-old negro,
who died at the Community hospi
tai January 2 as a result of a frac.
tured skull, will be held in the grand
jury room at the courthouse this
morning at 10 O'Clock.
Bonnie Jenkins, negro, is being
held without bond in connection
with the Staying and District Solici-
tor David Sinclair said yesterday
that jenkins will be tried for his
life.
An exhumation of the body a. d
an autopsy were carried out yester-
day.
When the negro died the attend
ing physician signed the death GER
tificate showing heart trouble as
the cause of death but the autopsy
this morning, in which four doctors
participated, showed the negro died
a a result of a hemorrhage of the
brain, caused by a fracture of the
skull which was caused by a blow
from some heavy instrument over
the head" the solicitor said.
The |octors attending the autopsy,
he said, pointed out there was no
external indication of a skull frac-
ture and that in the absence of in
formation from the man, it would
have been difficult for the attend.
ing physician to determine that the
man was suffering from a blow on
the head.
Solicitor Sinclair said the man
was fatally injured on Jan. l and
died Jan. 2. He was buried Jan. 5.
The exhumation of the body was
carried out over the objection's of
Whites wife on order of Judge John
]. Burney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
Lou Temperature OF rs
Degrees Forecast Here

Temperatures that have been skid
ding into the freezing zone with reg
ularity for the past several nights
will give a repeat performance early
this morning with the low expected
to be 25 degrees.
Fair and continued cold were the
predictions of weather bureau Off.
Gals last night for today. Moderate
northeast winds will predominant to-
day.
The weatherman was a little Cd.
timistic of the weather warming up
some tonight, however.
The mercury yesterday went as
high as 46 and fell as low as 20 de-
grees, with the meal nine below the
47'degree normal mark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
Is LOCAL men
VOLUNTEER HERE
Group To Enlist As Soon
As Selective Service
Quota Announced

If and when Wilmington is given
a quota under the s~elective service
act, there are Is men ready and
r'aring to go, it was learned yester-
day morning at the office of the draft
board in the customhouse.
That number of men have volun-
teered to go into the Army for the
one-year training program and re-
quested that their order numbers be
advanced to allow them to go as
soon as a quota is given the city.
No quota is anticipated here at
least until after June, but when a
quota is given, those men will be
given the opportunity of being the
first to go to camp, it was said.
However, if in the meantime their
status changes and they wish to
withdraw their applications, they
will be allowed to do so.
The lanes of the men were not
available at the draft office, being
held Confidential"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
CARS Collide

Cars driven by Mrs. M. NJ.
Riley, of Oleander, and J..
HoroWitz were involved in a col
llsIon on Front, between Chest.
nut and Grace streets yesterday
with slight damages to both cars
resulting, police reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
White Urges Congress
To Carry Out Proposals
Outlined By Roosevelt

CHICAGO, Jan. T. Up William
Allen White, honorary chairman of
the committee to defend America by
aiding the Allies, and representa-
tives of 16 midwestern chapters of
the organization today urged con
gress to enact legislation to carry
out the proposals outlined by Presi-
dent Roosevelt yesterday in his ad-
dress to the senate and house.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
WILL COOPERATE

PANAMA CITY, Jan. T. Up -
President Arnuifo Arias, in a mes
sage congratulating President Roose'
welt on his address to congress Mon
day, declared Panama would cooper
ate fully "to insure the political in
tsgrity Of OUR continent"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
TRIAL CONTINUED

Trial of the case of Thomas
Mckee, charged with operating
an automobile while under the
influence of intOXicants, reckless
operation, damage to property
and injuries to person in con-
nection with the accident in
which Mrs. Nora Horton, of Win
ter Park, was injured, was con.
tinued until January 16 when
called in recorders court yester.
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
DOG THREATENED

l.. b. Borneman, of Seventh
and Ann street, reported to DO.
lice last night that someone lad
sent him a post card through
the mails threatening to kill his
dog if he does not stop barking
at night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
RUNAWAY BOYS

Officers here were asked last
night to be on the lookout for
two boys, Eugene Pratt, IL, and
Calvin Gordon, Ia, who have rur,
away from their homes in Pin
nacle and were thought to be
llitch-hiking to Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
Mother" of Vice Presidents

New York state has mothered
most OF the vice presidents of the
United States: Burr, Clinton.
Iompklns, Van Buren,, Fillmore,
Wheeler, Arthur, Morton, Theodore
Roosevelt. and Sherman. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
NURSES TO MEET

"A meeting of Private Duty
nurses will be held this after.
moor at 1880 o'clock in the par.
lsh house of st. James Episco.
pal church. The session will be
ned prior to the district meet
ing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
ENGINEERS CLUB

The Wilmington Engineers
club will meet tonight at 1880
o'clock at the Cape Fear hotel
for a dinner session. Reserva-
lions should be made by noon to-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
FIRST President tn Use Auto

william Howard Taft was the
first President of the United States
10 make regular use of an auto
mooll While in office; Warren G.
Harding was the first who knew
how to drive his owpA 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08

Interested persons may enroll
tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock in
the recorders courtroom for the
WPA safe driving class. Only a
few vacancies exist in the class
room.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
RED CROSS

Beginner classes in knitting
and crocheting will be given by
the local Red Cross office if
enough interested people contact
Mrs. Ida Speiden, Red Cross
secretary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
City Briefs
STUDIES

RESUMES STUDIES
Edward Jones has returned to
Belmont Abbey college to resume
his studies after spending the
holidays with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. b. Nj. JOies, here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
PROPELLER CLUR

PROP ELLER CLUB
The Propeller Club, Port OF
Wilmington, will meet Wednes-
day night, January Is, at Z
o'clock at the Cape Fear Coun.
try club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
JUNIOR MME

OCA>IOIN CONINI1LFtCE
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce will meet tonight at 1880
o'clock. All members are urged
to be present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
TOP o. THE

A little girl said: "Sdints are people thu
light shines through"
-"ForWdrd."
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
OF GRIEF

The blood donating squad is Wolfe's idea
an outgrowth of grief over the death of his
wife seven years ago from a streptococcus in
lection. Wolfe believes she could have been
saved had she been given a blood TRANSMISSION
in time. He heard of other cases in the br-
reau. Early in 1887, he discussed his plan
with friends and the nucleus of the present
squad was formed with Wolfe, Thomas and a
few other members of the bureau Legion
post. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
Washington DaYbook
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-There are o m e
folks here in Washington who don't bark bad
humoredly into the telephone when it rings
in the middle of the night. Instead, they jump
up and go into action with the thrill that can
come only to men who are presented with an
opportunity to save a life.
They are not firemen or doctors either. They
are employees of the Bureau of Internal Rev.
enue and members of the bureaus American
Legion Post No. 80. They make up the posts
blood donating squad"
Mostly it is Charles Wolfe, administrative
assistant at the bureau and captain of the
squad, who gets the call or it may be
Arthur J. Thomas, an assistant to Commits
sioner Guy T.. Helvering, who is Captain
Wolfe's first lieutenant. But it can be any one
of the men or women who comprise tn e
squad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-08
ARE TYPED

If it is Wolfe who is called, as it was one
night recently, when an excited, pleading bu-
reau employe told him that his sister had
undergone a tumor operation and her doctors
felt it imperative she have a blood transfu-
sion, the captain goes to work. If the patients
blood type is known, Wolfe consults his little
black book, selects members of the squad who
have the same type and orders them to rush
to the hospital. In this recent case, the en-
ploye's sister had her TRANSMISSION within an
hour and now is at home and well.
The blood donating squad is a Bureau of
Internal Revenue activity. 1t has been opera
ting for nearly four years but it only came
to public attention recently when the officers
sent out invitations to a benefit dance and in
cluded a little history of the squad. Don't get
the wrong idea. The squad has no administra-
tive expense and nobody gets paid for blood
or time. With increased activities, especially
in the last two months, when members of the
squad have turned out for 10 transfusions, it
was found that the necessary taxi fares were
becoming a drain on some budgets. The bene-
fit dance is just an effort to put enough money
in the treasury so that no member will be
out financially.
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-08

conference acclaimed his courteous
gesture.
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-08
Probe Pending Court Martial
Of Five Fort Custer Soldiers

NAACP branch, DIR. U. S. Bag
lev. state president of Michigan
NAACP branches, took members OF
his cabinet to Camp Custer tc IN
vestigate charges that five soldi-
ers of the Gath engineers were be-
ing hela Es responsible for the
Arkansas" incident
Spokesman of the committee, a
reserve officer i'll the medical
corps and veteran in the World
war Dr.. Leach interviewed 1t.
Col. Marcus B. Ray 184th field
lartillery who assured them tnaV
officers of both regiments had Sc
cured all the facts in regard TO
the incident at Camp Robinson,
and stated that he felt sure the
men would be fairly treated and
would receive fair trial before
the proper military tribunal.
The group, at the suggestion OF
DR.. Leach, plans to wrRe the
nudge advo;hte general OF the
fifth division inquiring who the
defense counsel would be, the date
of the trail and the members who
will compose the court martial.
At the state conference to be
held in Flint, the advisability OF
contracting congress and the war
department in an effort to charge
the present system and provide
more military officers will be dis
cussed.
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-08
Urge Negroes
To Visit EnuIand

LONDON, Fng.-(ANP)-At a
special conference of the Foreign
Press association over which Mr..
Prendan Bracken, the minister Of
information, presided, Rudolph
Dunbar, the London editor of the
Associated Negro Press, asked the
minister why the Negro leaders in
America had not been invited to
come to London in the same cate
CORY as the white digDitarics.
He pointed out that they are not
all apostles of gaiety" and that
there are a great multitude of the
Negroes in America who represent
the intellectual aristocracy of their
race
In reply. the minister said that
he welcomed the question being
raised He fully agreed that it was
hioh time that the accredited rep
resentatives of the important Ne
GRO community Of the United
States Of America sent a delega-
ton to England. He said that they
should come for two reasons. First
ly. because they were American
citizens; secondly because thev
played an important part in all
spheres of American life.
Said the minister, "You should
encourage the Negro leaders of
America to visit us: ENGLAND will
give them a most hearty welcome
and there is no limit on what we
would show them" Mr.. Brendan
Bracken praise the American Ne
gro universities. The foreign press
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-08
DR.. Lindeman Describes This
Nations Unfinished Business

front as abroad if America will
remain free of serfdom, said DR..
Edward c. Lindeman, keynote
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-08
America Must Fight Battle
On Two Fronts> Says Leader

speaker at the opening OF the
three-day Youth Conference OF the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, here
Saturday evening.
Addressing 100 delegates, from
colleges all over the nation and the
student body and staff of Hampton
Institute, DR.. Lindeman, promi-
nent educator and government con-
sultant of the New YORK School
of Social Work, outlined what he
termed the unfinished business"
that faces this nation if it is to
successfully adapt itself to a war
economy.
"Emulating China tooay, this Ia
ton must make its greatest strides
toward the fulfillment of democra-
CIV at home at the same time that 1t
calls for "all-out" battle to smack
down tyranny abroad he said. He
called these two simultaneous bat
ties the only kind of total war in
which Americans should partici-
pate.
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-08
No Race Ban At
Remington Plant

WASHINGTON, D. CLAMP
THE Remington Arms Company
does not practice, nor will it coun-
tenance discrimination against any
euploye because of race, creed or
color. and we expect all employees
to abide by the national policy of
this company" With this firm and
clear statement. the supervisor OF
the Denver Ordnance works, at
Denver, inaugurated the comrany's
new plant In a city of $4,000 in
hebitants. of which only 1900 are
Negroes.
John r. Hastings, personnel di-
rector, formerly with the Ford
Motor company of Detroit, has al
ready hired II Negroes out of the
$4,000 persons operating machines
in the plant. And he has made it
clear he expects tC expand this
number tn absorb as many Negroes
as are found, available for work
IN the plant.
Negroes will be hired in all de.
partments, Mr. Hastings states,
and insists that in every training
group of 10 whites. there must be
one Negro. There have been Sc
such groups going through the
plant. absorbing information as to
what the plant manufactures and
the Importance of this work to the
government.
According to DR.. Robert C.
Weaver of the OPM Training and
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-08
Negro Soldiers
Not Gettino Fair
Share Of Centers
Not Half Enough
Is Charge Made
By Edgar Brown
By ALVIN E. WHITE

WASHINGTON-(ANP)- Negro
soldiers are not sharing in the
erection of recreation centers TO
the full extent and according to
the Interpretation Of Public Law
1877. under which these recreatlon
centers are being constructed. The
law clearly indicates that the
buildings are to be constructed and
placed according to need"
One hundred and fifty millions
of dollars were appropriated for
this work of which $16,0C0000 was
to 90 into recreation centers.
To date, some 81 recreation cen
tiers have been approved by the
President for Negroes. which ac-
cording to Edgar G.. Brown, pres
ident of the United Government
EMPLOYEES is mot half enough.
The total amount appropriated
thus far for the Negro recreation
centers reaches 25,9O5 out OF
the l6 millions.
Tt has been pointed out by MI.
Brown that down at Jacksonville,
which is 40 miles from Camp
Blanding. where some 1000 Negro
troops are stationed, the need for
additional facilities for Negroes is
urgent. This town has two prof.
ects for whites, one costing 100000
and another $45,O 900. Besides at
Starke, just II miles from Camp
Blanding, there are facilities for
the whites costing $4,000 While
there are none for Negroes
Inasmuch as the public law un-
der which these facilities were
made possible sets forth specifi-
cally that need shall be the de-
terrnining factor in erection OF
these facilities" it would seem
that the need of the Negro is be-
ing overlooked.