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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
In The Balkans

There is one thoroughly plausible explaha-
ton for the events in the Balkans which are
threatening to turn that area into a fresh
theater of War at any moment. That Is he
which Adolf Hitler faces of making
some new thrust to offset the victories which
the British and Greeks have been rolling up
against Italy in Albania and Africa.
OF course, there is always the possibility
that these Nazi maneuvers are merely a felnt
to cover a military thrust which they are
planning elsewhere-an invasion Of England
a drive across Spain to Gibraltar, a seizure OF
French bases and ports. 1t is also more than
possible that Hitler plans only an occupation
of Bulgaria with Russian connivance, at THIS
time, to consolidate further his position in That
region.
This would follow the classic Nazi practice
of never fighting for anything that can be won
by intimidation. 1t would explain the masslng
Of German troops in Rumania and the mas
sing of Bulgarian troops on her Turkish IRON
tier, since only Turkey is in a position to OPP
pose such a move. But it can be fairly certain
in any case that whatever is done will have
the aim of retrieving Axis power and prestige
in an area where it is suffering a steady
decline. e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Good Scout Gone

Baden-Povell is dead, mourned, we believe,
by more persons in the worlC at large than
would be any monarch or potentate on his
bier.
In the orient, where war is the order OF
the day; in Europe, where the battle is great
est; in the Dark Continent, reverberating to
the blasts of shells, and particularly in Ameri-
ca, millions of men and boys are grieving for
their friend.
For it was Baden-Powell who launched the
Boy Scouts shortly after the Boer war, in
which he won distinction at Mafeking, and
because the movement was needed, because
the boys of the world recognized its true
worth, it was not many years until troops
were forming in every part of the earth.
The good scout is dead, but his work cannst
die.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
To Ease Tax Burden

The national budget, fixed by President
Roosevelt at SIT, 4S5, 900, 900, will impose a
heavier burden on income tax payers. They
will not have to shoulder the whole load but
inevitably must do their share in producing
the revenues required.
The need for sufficient money for national
defense and for the augmentation of Great
Britain in her war against the dictators is too
well recognized by the people of the United
States to require at this late day any COM
.parison between what can be accomplished
with adequate funds and what to expect if,
through our inadequate financing, the dicta-
tors win the war and are later in a position
to come and take all that we have, as was
done in the Low Countries and other lands
now under Hitler's heel. 1t is no longer a
question in America of the need for vast sums
of money to make victory for the democracies
possible, but only how the money can be pro-
duced with the least distress for the people.
Thus it is important to weigh carefully the
problem of income taxes, that they may be
adjusted to the ability of the many income
groups to pay, and how collections can be
made with least individual suffering.
In the recent past, for the convenience of
persons subject to income taxes, it has been
the custom to collect quarterly. Now with the
field to be broadened and, in many cases, the
rate increased, the taxing authorities may find
that they can ease the burden Of the average
wage Garner and salaried workers by collect
ing monthly. Surely there will be an advant-
age to the individual if he may make 70 pay
ments instead of one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Everybody Job

With the holidays past and the regular rou-
tine of life resumed, the Junior Chamber of
Commerce is returning to its campaign for
the consolidation of city and county govern.
ments under council-manager administration
The project, which the Jaycees have &C.
repted as their major undertaking, is widely
supported in Wilmington as representing the
best available means for economy, efficiency
and progress.
But the young men who form the Junior
chamber organization and who are putting
forth such a great effort for the consolidation
declare that, while they meet with verbal en-
couragement from many of the city's princi-
pal business men and firms, they are unable
to bring these leaders to the point Of giving
actual, constructive support to the movement.
They will neither sign petitions, say the
Jaycees, nor contribute to the small expense
Of the campaign.
AS the Junior chamber feels that this change
Of the governmental setup is among Whining.
toms most important projects and offers great
n sS}
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Quotations

Our people have proudly refused to yield to
the temporary masters of Norway. Grown
Prince Olaf.
Appeasement is simply another word for
suicide in the Axis dictionary. Joseph c.
Menendez, commandment, Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
These organizations ought to pipe down a
little and not try to run the affairs Of the
country. There's a government in Washing
ton for that. Al Smith, one-time Democratic
presidential candidate.
No nation, not even our own abundantly
supplied country, could long fight a mechan-
lied war without access to foreign sources Of
mineral supplies. DR.. c. K. Leith, con-
sultant on metals, Defense Council.
Citizens have a right to expect that the
schools will help solve problems of fitness. -
DR.. N. l.. Engelhardt of Columbia university.
I've attended meetings, meetings, meetings
almost every night of our married life, and
any wife who stands for t h a deserves a
medal. George Weller of Milwaukee, member
of 81 organizations.
To act in the spirit of Christian mercy is a
good business. Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
= Man About Manhattan

in his favor, being the End Ma
tional Vice-President of their fan
club. Signed: Mrs. LAURA B. Cor
man, the Horace Heidi Crusaders,
Mansfield, Mass"
Comment: It is everything you
claim it to be, I am compelled to
admit.
Dear Sir: I was interested in
your description of Kip's Bay on
East River, where the British land
ed during the occupation of Man.
haitian, and also in a reference to
a cornfield made by you where the
NY Public Library now stands.
You say Washington tried to COM
NIT suicide there. Would you be
good enough to give me yorr au-
thority for this statement. I have
heard the same thing said but have
no recognized authority for it. The
history books apparently have
CLOSED over that incident in Wash
ington's life. Signed: M. L. Mason,
Rochester, Minnesota"
Comment: A number of books
touch on Washington's moment of
despair during this battle. The best
description of it is to be found iii
John Hyde Preston's Revolution,
1776.' Washington never confessed
to suicidal intentions, but the evil
dence seems to be that with his
men streaming in panic, refusing
to stand their ground, he did turn
his horse toward the advancing
enemy and ride slowly, with arms
dangling at his s'ie. toward their
rapidly approaching anks. Several
of his officers raced up, seized the
loose reins, and led their com
mander-in-chief to safety. Preston
thinks there can be no doubt that
Washington deliberately did this in
the wish that a bullet find him the
and there. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Editorial Comment
SAME SENTIMENTS PREVAIL
Fayetteville Observer

TdyCVtCFAAC ODSCApC
Coming events sometimes cast their shadows
before.
On March 10, 1854, when Great Britain was
drifting into war with Russia, General G.. Wat
son Webb, of the United States Army, made
the following speech:
49,. The contingency to which I allude
as being the only one which could prompt
an Interference in European affairs is I sin
cerely hope, very far distant, but it is one
which should never be lost sight of in England,
and which may ultimately be averted alto
gether by its being constantly kept before the
world mean a combination of the continent
(of Europe) at some future day against Eng
land as the great embodiment of constitutional
liberty in Europe.
'That day may come; how soon, if ever,
He alone knows in whose hands are the des-
TIMES of nations; but come when it may, our
interests and our feelings will alike combine
to make us come to the rescue. We shall
come; it may be from a conviction that in,
fighting your battles, we are contending for
the cause of constitutional liberty. Our plea
or our excuse may be self-preservation; but
in such a contingency come we will; and be
assured that the youthful g~iant-for we shall
be a giant before that day arrives-Wll not
come the les willingly or strive less effectively
because his strength will be put forth on be-
half of a parent who, if she was not always
a kind mother, gave to us our Anglo-Saxon
blood. and sent US forth imbued with her laws,
her literature, and her love of constitutional
liberty
The same sentiments prevailed in 1917 and
are prevailing in increasing proportion today. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
WIS.,. AND 7. HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING
President Taylor Presents Re.
port And Directors And
Officers Named

The 53rd annual meeting of the
stockholders of the. Wilmington Saw
ings and Trust company vas held
yesterday in the office of the COM
pany, with a total representation
of 20,082 shares of 3d. 900 shares
outstanding. W. D.. McCaig acted
as chairman and John H. Hardin
as secretary.
After the report of President Tay-
lor, W. L. Bozeman, cashier, dis
cussed the statement and condition
of the bank and reported a net
profit of $40, $50. SO, prior to taxes
amounting to $57, 1855. II.
Total dividends of IS per cent,
or $45, 100000 were paid during the
year, with a net addition to un-
divided profit account of $35, 1877. 81.
Mr.. Bozeman reported 1850 new
loans made during the year, total
ing 9,038, 093. 10. From an original
capital paid in of $25, 900, capital
structure now consists of $500, 900
capital, $500, 900 surplus and 1884,
150.76 undivided profits; total earn
ings since organization being ST.
095, 774.44, of which 81, 036, 623. SO
has been paid in dividends and ST.
O59, 49, rs retained in the capital
structure.
The following directors were
elected: j. G.. Thornton, Hargrove
Bellamy, George B. Elliott, J. v.
Granger, j. w. Norwood, T. F.
Darden, Marsden Bellamy, C. E.
Taylor and Jos. w. Hooper.
Immediately following the stock
holders meeting the newly elected
directors met and reelected all Of
ficers as follows: c. E. Taylor
president; ]. w. Norwood, vice
president; J. G.. Thornton, vice.
president; John H. Hardin, assis.
tant vice-president; VIM. L. Boze-
man, cashier; Herbert c. Davis,
assistant chahier; Ralph W. Sow.
erel, assistant cashier; Ben K. Nor
wood, assistant cashier; Richard S.
Rogers, trust officer; F. B. Ora
ham, assistant trust officer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10

possibility of community advancement, it is
at a loss to understand why any one who
favors the proposal should be reluctant to give
it full support; and it is, indeed, a p~uzzling
The business, professional and civic leaders
are urged to reconsider their position. In do
ing SO they may find that they will best ser1 E
their own interests by swinging in behind the
Jaycees with the full power of their position
and influence in the community.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Star-News Program

Consolidated ~City-County Government
Under CounciLMana0er Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial Shows.
Seaside Highwdy from VrightspiHe
Beech to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, pid
sr Turning Basin, with ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Pared Rive1 Road to Southport, via
Orion Plantation.
Developme tent OF Pulp Wood Production
through sustained yield methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial md Resort Promo.
tional Agency, supported BY M county.
Wide tar.
Shipydrds and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina. developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital ,iiAes for uhites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF ndttpe grape 0ropin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10

appointed to serve the following
committees, none of which had
clerk service in 1889; senatorial.
congressional, rules and blind. The
amendment brings total clerks in
the house to %.
Speaker Null indicated other
committee appointments may be
expected "about Monday" It is
conceded Representative Bryant
will head the important finance
group, Representative John H.
Kerr, Jr., of Warren and equally
important appropriations commit
tee.
Null had said in a speech fol-
lowing his nomination at a house
caucus Tuesday night that there
vas to be no study of figures this
week. There has been no ''study"
OF figures, but the unexpected flare
up OF opposition to passage without
committee consideration of the
salary bill forebode future scraps
between watch dogs" of the state
monies and hackers of spending
measures, observers believed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
TOP O. THE MORNING

For us the Star; but in the land dfar
Where our be1oued, are, they need no Star
For us the might; but in their Country bright
Our happy Saints in light haUe no more night.
For as the Quest; but our beloved rest,
Among the BEST uho haze attained their Quest
For as, for them, the Babe of Bethlehem;
Ne1O born at Bethlehem for us, for them!
BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 always
say let the customers pitch in and
help when they want to:
Dear Sir-I noticed in your col.
umn that you say Billy the Kid
was on the New York City police
blotter as having killed a m a n
there and went west to escape the
gallows at the age of II. According
to the Saga of Billy the Kid, by
Walter Noble Burns, he was born
No. %, 1859 and he killed
his first man in Silver City, New
Mex, at the age of II. The man
he killed was a blacksmith who
was fighting with a man named
Moulton who had befriended Billy
several days before. According to
the Saga of Billy the Kid he would
be 81 years old now if he had lived.
l was wondering if you could tel
me the date that he was recorded
in the NY city police books as hav-
ing killed oysterman. J.. M. Schae-
fer, Poughkeepsie, N. Y"
Comment: Why don't you drop
Harry Carey, care of Paramount
Pictures, Paramount Bldg, N e W
York, a note and ask him to tell
you the story of the incident? He
is an authority on the early life
of Billy the Kid, and would be glad
to give you the information.
y
Dear MI. Tucker-I noticed in
one of your recent columns that
you say you could not find a male
vocal recording of ave Maria"
For your information Larry Cot
ton, wit hHorace Heidi, made a
beautiful recording of the number
several months ago. Drink to Me
Only With Thine Eyes, is on the
reverse side. Hope you will take a
listen. Larry's rendition of both
these numbers is superb-but you
might call me slightly prejudiced
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
TIME BELL SAVES
PAY INCREASE LAW
CONTINUED From Page One)

UOntinued From Page One)
Montgomery seconded the motion
which carried, SO to IS.
Representative Bryant of Dur,
ham, who with Ward led the bill
through three readings yesterday.
argued that ratification without re.
ferral to committee would not con-
stitute a precedent" when the
question Of what about future
bills" was raised by Representa-
tive Weeks Of Edgecombe.
Had the measure been recalled,
salary increases to the state au-
ditor, superintendent of public in.
struction, secretary of state and
treasurer could not have become
effective during the next four years.
The bill had been introduced by
Senator Gold of Guilford and
quickly passed by the senate yes
terday, it boosts salaries of four
constitutional officers from Sc, 900
to $4,000 yearly. It was ratified
without a murmur of opposition in
the upper body today. In con-
trast to the squall in the house.
the senate was in session for 70
quiet minutes before adjourning
to participate in inaugural festi-
vities. President W. P. Horton pre-
sided for the last time before re-
firing as Acknowledgements.
Both houses were scheduled to
convene at IL a.. m. tomrrow
The Is man house rules commit.
tee, named by Speaker O. M. Null.
was expected to report its decis-
ions upon rules which the house
will observe this session. Chairman
Bridger of Bladen said the COM
mittee had adopted "as they are''
the 1899 rules, with the amend
ment that four committee clerks
be added. One clerk each will be
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Clinton Schools Closed
By Defective Boiler

CLINTON, Jan. 9.-The Clinton
high school and the Clinton gram.
mar school were forced to close aft
err the second class today because of
a defective boiler in the heating sys.
tenn in the High school building.
Both schools will be closed until a
new boiler a be installed, B. E.
Lohr, superintendent of Clinton city
schools, said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Columbus County Men
Will Go To Fort Bragg

WHITEVILLE, Jan. 9.-Sixteen
Columbus county men will leave here
Monday morning for Fort Bragg
where they will be indicted into the
U. S. Army under the selective serv.
ice act.
Three men are going from zone
one and 10 from ION two. All are
selected from the list of volunteers
in the county, which has not yet
been exhausted.
These 16 men represent the Jan.
uary quota for Columbus, with the
exception of six negroes who will be
sent January 27. A special bus will
take the men to Fort Bragg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
DRAFTS PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 CH =
The CLIO executive board toda.
drafted the legislative program y
will pursue in this session OF con,
gress, renewing its proposals to he'p
all labor legislation intact ana 20
posing again revision of the co.
structure. $50 a month OLD age
fits, and enlargement of the so's''
ment housing program
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10

An interceptor plane, powered
With a 1000-horsepower motor, uses
Iuel at the rate of SO gallons every
hour, or a quart every II seconds,
When computed at the rate of one
nall pound of fuel per horsepower
per hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
PHOTO FINISH

W~HITEVILLE, Jan. o. 1t
was a photo finish for the
race between marriages and
divorces in Columbus county
in 1910. Records at the regis
ter of deeds and clerk of courts
offices today revealed.
The result was indeciSiye-
70 marriages and % divorces
being credited to the county in
the year just ended. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10

Inc 1lrst portable typewriter in
the United States was patented by
George c. Blickenderfer in 1892.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
= Fair ENOUGH
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

The Star wishes its readers
to know that views and opin-
ions expressed in this article
are those of the author and
may not always harmonic
with it's position.-The Editor.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30
PIANE-NEWS

Passengers carried the past week
by Pilot Tony Schwamm, Wrangell-
Petersburg Air Service We're.
Saturday May q. Petersburg 10
Wrangell-Alan A. Heringhi. Wran-
gel to Juneau-Lew NJ Williams
Van H. Fisk, round trip.
Sunday May 25-Petersburg to
Wrangell-Ed Johnson.
Monday, May Wrangell to Pc
tersburg-Ed johnson, Brig Gil
lingham; Wrangell to Hazel B. on
lower Stikine-Walter Simpson.
Tuesday, May 27-Petersburg to
WrangelI-Brig. Dillingham;; Wran-
CELL to etersburg-Frank Kelly
Frank Vaughn.
Wednesday. May Wrangell to
Petersburg-N A. McEaehran, 1t
Bob Ellis.
Petersburg to Wrangell - Lester
Bjorge.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30
BERING TO REPLACE
NORTH STAR TO ALASKA

SEATTLE - Replacing the mo-
torship North Star, transferred from
the department of the interior to
the coast guard, the steamship Ber-
ing of the Alaska line will sail from
Seattle July 20 with supplies for
government posts from Kotzebue to
Barrow in Arctic Alaska.
The motorship Boxer of the de-
partment of the interior, delayed in
the Kuskokwim river with a dam
aged propeller, will be towed to Sc
attic by a coast guard cutter The
little vessel spent the winter in a
slough seven miles down stream
from Bethel. She will be towed to
GoodneUs bay by the motorship
Meteor, which operates in a mail
route out of Nome during the sum
mer. A coast guard cutter will take
the Boxer in tow at Goodnews bay.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30

troit or Los Angeles. They're any
where from 81 to so. Nearly all are
married. many have kids
Some do nothing but race for a
living others have high paying
winter-time executive jobs with tire
or accessory companies.
Just a few are in the big money,
though Most drivers work in auto
mobile or airplane factories. Just
about every one is a top-notch me
ehanic.
You might think they'd be scared
stiff, wheeling around those turns
at better than 100 miles an hour.
But they say no. automobile racing
is their business. they're used to it.
The 500-mile race is Just another
Job.
You might think they'd get cold
feet, seeing another driver crack up
and die They shrug it off. It hap
pened, they say. because something
was wrong with the man or the
ear. 1t can't happen to them.
The winner is almost always a
careful driver. He keeps an eye on
the car just ahead. of course, but he
also watches what's going on a mile
around the track He'll be there
himself pretty soon, and if there's
trouble he wants to be ready to
steer clear Of it.
A driver takes plenty of punish
ment-that smell of oil and gas and
hot rubber and metal right under
his nose. the car humping up and
down like a caisson on corduroy
road, the motor roaring in his ears
and his face all dusty and greasy.
When he stops for gasoline half
way through the race, the pit men
can yell into his ear and he won't
near a word. His ears will ring all
night aud he'll be sore in the pants
lhe next day.
They all have to put two feet of
adhesive tape around their middles
10 keep their insides from shaking
apart. They dress light, in coyeraIls
or Stacks and sport shirts, and wear
plastic helmits. They carry powder
puffs to wipe the dust off their Cog
giles.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30
They're Off In
Memorial Day
Speed Classic
by Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS - They're away
today in the 31st running of the
annual Memorial Day auto racing
classic on indianapolis historic
track. As they line up for the star
ter's flag. Mauri Rose, airplane en-
gineer. will be IN the pole position,
having qualified for the choice spot
with a 10-mile mark of 12S.691
miles an hour.
Those 30 cars lined up three by
three out there on the track ready
for the 500-mile race are the fastest
of 40 or SO that came to Indianap-
polls this year.
They've all had to go 10 miles at
I15 miles an hour to get into the
race.
Now they must go 500 miles-200
times around-and the one that wins
probably will have to hit that same
clip for the whole stretch.
The cars turn harder and quick
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-05-30

ELKS NOTES

= :
(By Hubert Wellons1
Two new Elks sprouted antlers
at an initiatory session of the
Wrangell Elks lodge last night in
conjunction with the regular lodge
session. The new Elks are Edwin
Isler and Ebert Holbeck.
Harry Williams, who was to have
Joined the herd went out fishing
with a couple of Hlks yesterday at
ternoon and didn't get home in time
Membership committee hasn't de
cided just what the penalty will be
on the old members who prompted
the fishing expedition, but your re-
porter gets it right from the
horses mouth" that it is going to
be plenty tough. Leo Mccormack
and Al Cramer are being PACED.
Report is that Brother Leo. offiez
ial guide of the party, missed Toms
Creek and finally wound up at
Fools Greek. No fooling, they were
late. too late. The delayed imitation
for candidate Williams will be held
next Wednesday night Fish will be
served.
Great evening last night was con
cluded with lunch and lots of it,