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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03

the present chaos to an end and begin to lay
a firm foundation for IN organized, a peaceful
and prosperous world" 80
aid in the hope that we may speedily bring
effort. at this time is wholly impracticable,
then what is the alternative? Must the
world face chaos and the o~verturn of its liberal
and democratic civilization as well as the
destruction of the foundation upon which that
civilization rests, because it lacks courage -.
to attempt to save the s%tupendous gains Of
the last 500 years?" In answer, he added:
Nothing is impracticable which the worlds
the worlds courage and the
worlds idealism are united to undertake"
This, we believe, answers, Senator Wheeler.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
The 18th Congress

Congress, which has been through a tenn
.pestuous and long session, will reconvene to-
day to deal with problems no one can appraise
in advance. No one knows in detail what
America must face in 1941. All that is known
is that we are confronted with a crisis that
threatens our national existence; that to meet
it we must continue our defense effort at a
faster pace and at the same time provide
Britain with the augmentation which will
give her strength for victory over the dicta-
tors in her war for survival.
To do this congress will have need OF sober
judgment, careful calculation, tempered de-
~cisions, for much of the burden rests upon
congress and in large measures success in the
effort depends upon it's ability to act correctly
and quickly in the thousand and one emergen-
.cies that will arise.
It is important, yes, essential, that politics
be in adjournment during the fateful year that
lies ahead. America cannot hope to weather
the crisis Europe's war has created II there is
political warfare in the national legislative
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
|R0BES0N'S VIOLENT.
DEATHS TOTAL 6S|
Automobile Accidents, Homi.
cides And Suicides Mark
"Bloody" 1910

LUMBERTON, Jan. 2.-Sixty.
eight persons met violent deaths in
Robson county during 1910 a sur
vey here revealed today, chalking
up one of the worst IL months pc
RODS of violence in the county's
long history.
The "bloody reord" showed that
% more persons died of violence
than did in 1889, when As deaths
were listed.
Many causes were listed but the
greatest was death by automobile
accidents. Thirty-six persons were
killed on highways and streets in
Robson. Twenty homicides, three
suicides and nine recorded under
"other causes completed the list.
Among other causes were drown
lings and death under the wheels of
trains and the list revealed that
one man met death when the hen
1iOOoC AC "oo 1Cpdll Ing
another died when a pile of bricks
|tumbled on him and still another
succumbed when a tree fell on
him.
The homicide rate was the worst
since 1887. On the basis of The
1910 census - rs, 1927 - 26 persons
died for every 100, 900 population
as compared with 1875 in 1889, 27.14
in 1888 and 81 in 1887, figured on
the 1880 census figures.
The violent death rate per 10O,-
900 population was SO in 1910 as
compared with II in 1889 and 70
in 1888.
November led the months in
number Of deaths with II and no
month showed a clean slate.
BY months violent deaths oc-
Cured as follows: January, 5; Feb
ruary, S; March, S; April, 6; May,
3; June, 6; July, 6; August, S;
September, 6; October, S; Novem-
Der, II; December, S. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
Butler Appeals To Reason

OF the many answers made by Americans
to Senator Wheeler's proposal that this coun-
try sponsor a movement for negotiated peace
in Europe, none seems to have quite so strong
an appeal to reason as that of DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of Columbia uni.
versity. Doctor Butler was speaking, not in
direct reply to Senator Wheeler, but as presi-
dent of the Carnegie Endowment for Inter-
national Peace. But, in sharp contrast to the
Montana senator's radio speech of Monday
night, he denounced isolationism and suggested
that the United States invite the American
governments, from Canada on the north to
Argentina and Chile on the south, to Join a
movement to give all possible aid, short of
war, ito nations fighting democracy's bat
tle."
Further, Doctor Butler said: 1T is the plain
teaching of history that there is only one
way to avoid war. That is, first, to limit and
then, in time, to remove the causes of war.
This requires worldwide international cooper
alton. Every upholder of a policy of national
isolationism, no matter what he may profess,
is really at work to make war possible and to
injure the interests of his own people,"
Doctor Butler went further in his analysis
of the world situation, declaring it is mo
European war on which we look, but a world
wide war in which every nation is engaged
and from which every nation will suffer Sc
verely. The military contest in which all ma
tons are not taking part, is only one mani
f~estation of this world war. 1t is the social,
the political and the intellectual conflict which
is universal, and which has brought about
the military conflict"
Isolationism, he said, sis not and never has
been the traditional American policy" and
cited steps by Presidents Mckinley, Theodore
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson and Harding in urging
International cooperation to preserve world
peace, to prove his statement, and then sug-
gested a joint movement by the American
nations to defend democracy by giving -.
aid in the hope that we may speedily bring
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1871
Star-News Program

Consolidated C~ity-County Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial ShoUs.
Seaside HighWdy from WrightsviHe
Beech to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, ,oid-
er Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved Riuer Road to Southport, uia
rton Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Production
through sustained-yield methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo.
tiomal Agency, supported by one county.
Wide tao.
Shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital ~iNties for phites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF natiDe grape growing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tubercu1osis sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
Allen Is Among Winners
In Adv Writing Contest

Bill Allen, of S16 South Second
Avenue, was one of the prize win
ners in a building and loan ad-writ-
ing contest conducted in the class
of Professor M. D. Taylor at the Uni
versity of Uorth Carolina, Chapel
Hill.
The prizes were contributed by the
Building and Loan associations of
the state and more than 100 adver-
tisements were submitted by the
class, Martin F. Gaudian, of Raleigh,
executive secretary-treasurer, N. c..
Building and Loan league, reported.
Contest judges were: J. R. Jarni-
gan, of the Carolina Power and Light
company, Raleigh; r. H. Carson, adj
vertising manager of the News and
Observer, Raleigh; and Henry Greg
DRY, Jr., of Rocky Mount, president
of hte league.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
Temple Finds School
Kinda Dull So She's
Returning To Pictures

HOLLYWOOD Calf, Jan. 2.-R
- Shirley Temple says she finds
school kinda dCll"-so she's going
back into pictures at $500 a week.
Shirley, her parents and attorney
appeared in court today for approval
of a contract to play opposite Mickey
Rooney in a new series of Andy
Hardy pictures.
The contract, effective February
Is for 40 weeks, provides that:
The studio (Metro-G oldwyn) will
be required to arrange with the
board of education for her education
during that time. She is to make
no more than eight radio ~broadcasts
and in all pictures she must either
be the star or co-star. Half of all
her net earnings will be put in a
trust fund for her.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
Bill To Permit American
Ships To Operate In War
Zones Planned By O'Leary

WASHINGTON, Jan. g. Up -
Legislation to permit the operation
Of American vessels under foreign
flags in combat zones was proposed
today by Representative O'Leary
D-NY).
The New Yorker, a member of the
house merchant marine committee,
said he would introduce a bill, prob.
ably tomorrow, to clarity the mari
time commissions authority to per-
NIT transfer Of ships to foreign reg
istry for operation in North Atlantic
trade routes.
O'Leary said his plan envisaged
the formation of foreign corporations
by American shippers to which
American vessels could be transfer
red and operated in North Atlantic
trade routes now barred to them by
the neutrality act.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
1902 People Obtain!
Seeds For Gardens Here

During the past six months 1902
people called at the city garden
program offices for seed, Carl
Render, director, said today.
Of the 300 appropriated for seed
the program spent 1913 for seed
retailed at 1851. The balance OF
S2O7 will be used for the spring
gardens.
The office force made 1910 visits
and conferences during the period.
Approximately $500 worth of fruit
jars, plants and seeds were do
mated by interested citizens.
Nearly all of the gardeners TAX
ing part in the program had mus
tard, turnip greens and collards
from their gardens in December,
Render said. During the month
lO5 persons called at the off
for seed, and 1893 visits and con
ferences were made. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
Advertising Media
Donate ~$5,OO0,OOO
To National Defense

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 R-
Advertising media of nearly all
kinds donated between 81, 000,-
600 and S., 1000, 900 in space and
time to national defense and
the army recruiting program
in 1910, William HI. Rankin,
advertising and public relations
executive, said today after
completing a survey.
Rankin described as the
Outstanding cooperative and
sponsored advertising of the
year, the campaign conducted
by. Lieut.-Col. Thomas B..
WOODBURY., head of the army
publicity bureau.
Millions of dollars of news,
editorial and Photographic
space was devoted to national
defense by the newspapers,
while magazines, radio, bill
board and trucking concerns
all carried material publiciz-
ing military preparedness,
Rankin said.
The government for the first
time made extensive use of
newspaper advertising with a
$250,OO0 campaign in Septem-
Der for military enrolment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
|AUT0 TAG CASES
| CONTINUED HERE
Leroy Haynes, Negro, Given
30 Days On Farm For Vio-
lating Liquor Law

Fourteen persons, charged with
displaying 1910 automobile license
tags drew continuances until Jan.
uary 10 when their cases vera
called yesterday in recorders
court. Walter r. Davis of Erwin.
charged with the same offense
failed to appear when called and .
capias was ordered for his arrest
under $500 bond.
Those persons who were arrested
for using improper license plates
were: W. C. Cation, Earl w. Far.
res, of Wallace, Dan W. GALLOWAY
Lula K Howard, of Hampstead
u. G. Henderson, Margie Casildis
Moore, John Nuckton, Of Castle
Hayne, Charles E. Pearsell, of
Rocky Point, Robert G. Starlev.
lClaud Wade, negro, route /, Nor.
ris Caldwell Weaks. Mrs. J.. P
Vaught, Steve Pearsall, of Rocky
Point, and Raymond Best Of
Erwin.
Leroy Hayes, negro, charged
with transporting and
ron-tax paid liquor was sentenced
to the county farm for 80 DAYS.
James Wingate was fined S. and
costs with a Today stay of Jude.
ment for assault with a deadly
weapon Dannie Dove, negro, was
sentenced to the state highway for
civ months for f,e+ ,o
driving.
Hermon Tyson, negro, 9O9 Cleve.
land alley, was sentenced to the
county farm for 10 months on 2
charge of larceny and receiving.
G. c. Long, of Leland, was fined
costs of court for operating an
automobile w i t h an exhaust
whistle.
For shooting firecrackers upon
the street, R. H.. Futchs was fined
cne-half court costs. Victor Guess,
OF Kures Beach, was fined $50 and
costs and ordered to pay F. W.
Tennison $3.50 or serve four months
on the county farm, and his on.
Grating license denied for one year.
Tor operating an automobile intox-
icated and damage to personal
property.
Bruce Freeman, negro, charged
with violating the liquor law and
driving with improper brakes, was
assigned to the county farm for
Is days with a Today stay of judg-
ment under $500 bond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
Local Court Of Honor
Postponed To Jan. !

The monthly court of honor for
Boy Scouts of the Wilmington dis.
trict, Cape Fear area council, origin.
ally scheduled for Monday night,
January 6, has been postponed until
Tuesday, January Z, at the same
hour, David L. Lilies, scout execu.
tive, said yesterday.
Applications for advancement are
still due at Boy Scout headquarters,
u building, on or before Fri
day afternoon. Lilies ordered all Boy
Scouts to report at Pembroke Jones
park at 7:so o'clock Monday night
for the burning of the Christmas
trees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03

halls. Only by laying aside fractional disputes,
by uniting in a common cause, can the 18th
congress rise to its full stature and meet its
obligations.
The solemn responsibility of preserving the
nation rests squarely upon the shoulders of
the peoples representatives and senators gath
ering today at the capitol. They may count
upon the people to support them in any neces-
sary legislation, provided always that they
are motivated by the high purpose of the ma
TONS welfare and protection in all of their
acts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
1871
Raleigh News And Observer

Today begins a New Year. Tradition makes
it a period for pausing to take stock, to predict
the future and to resolve to profit in the future
by mistakes of the past.
Only the rash would predict with confidence
what the year 1871 holds in store for the world
and for the United States. But it seems clear
that the course of events in the United States
will be shaped to a great extent by what trans
pires in the rest of the world.
AS a whole, the people of the United States
enter upon the New Year more prosperous
and in a better state of well-being than ever
before in their history. The United States is
also at peace. But there hangs over this coun.
try the shadow of a war which has already
spread suffering and misery to every portion
of the earth except the Western Hemisphere.
Much of the prosperity reflected in humming
industries is due to an unhealthy and bloated
condition resulting from war orders fr o m
abroad and at home, the latter being not for
actual war but the creation Of a great defense
machine, such as this country has never had
before.
These defense measures have been aimed
frankly at Germany and her allies and with
them, and as a part of them, the United States
has adopted a policy of every possible aid
"short Of war; to Great Britain and its allies.
How long and how far that policy can be pur.
sued and continue "short of war; will depend
to some extent upon developments beyond the
control of this country. President Roosevelt
has taken the position that war will be avoided
and that the best way. to avoid it is through
aid to England.
But while world events are transpiring 50
rapidly as to cause IL months to seem a very
long time to be covered by prediction, a pre-
diction can be made for a shorter period with
a great deal of confidence. Industrial expan.
sion will continue in this country for the pre-
dictable future, which certainly will include
the next few months and America will con-
tinue to be a land Of plenty.
In North Carolina as in the rest Of the
United States, the shadow Of world events
and national events looms so large that local
affairs seem to lose their ordinary Importance.
In North. Carolina, as the year closes, there is
tranquility which contrasts sharply with the
turmoil in the world. A Governor is retiring
from office more popular than when he be-
came Governor and a new Governor is about
to enter office unusually free from commit
ments.
North Carolina is receiving its full share of
the prosperity OF the nation, but the loss of for
elgn markets for agricultural products is a
phase OF the uncertainty as to what is to follow
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
Blythe's Suit Against
80 Loew's Is Dismissed

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 2.-LPp-Fed'
eral Judge H. H. Watkins of Ander,
son, S. c., has dismissed the suit for
$25o,ooO brought by Legette Blythe,
Charlotte writer, against Loew's,
Inc, distributors of Metro-G oldwyn-
Mayor motion pictures.
Blythe is author of marshal Ney;
A Dual Life. He brought the suit
on the allegation that MGM had
made unauthorized use of his book
in the production of a short '"The
Bravest of the Brave"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
GABLE LOSES TOOTH

BALTIMORE, Jan. 2-R-Dental
surgeons who pulled a tooth for
Clark Gable today found an infection
that they believe is partly respon.
sible for a shoulder pain from which
the screen star has been sufferirg.
The extraction, performed by DR.. B.
Lucien Brun at Johns Hopkins hos
pital, required an hour and a half.
Gable submitted to the operation un-
der a local anesthetic,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03

the present expansion of war in
dustries which is Of peculiar con-
Germ to North Carolina.
But for good or i'll, 1941 is here.
The country has decided to retain
its present leadership for four more
years and there is a reasonable
basis for the expectation that the
progress of the last eight years will
be continued.
Tomorrow's Ifs" are best left
for tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
War Interpretive
Continued From Page One)

ate and intended by Berlin as a
grim warning.
1t might have been that. Irish
ears must still be humming with
echoes of President Roosevelt's
fireside chat references to that
country. Berlin may have decided
that the proper answer to that
American broadcast would be a
demonstration of what would hap.
pen to Ireland if she yielded base
sites so vitality important for En-.
gland just now.
Irish Temperament
Irish temperament is historical
ly noted, however, for prompt and
vigorous resistance to force or
threats of force. Much as they
need bases in neutral Ireland, Brit
ish leaders have carefully walked
wide Of any hint at force to obtain
them.
Berlin strategists must be well
aware of that aspect of Irish char
acter. Yet bases on the west coast
of Ireland could prove of such
help to England in beating off the
final Nazi attack that Berlin may
have decided to run risks in an
effort to keep the bases out of
British hands.
Dublin has stated officially that
one re-bomb picked up had Ger
man markings" There is some
speculation that Nazi bombers aim
ing at English west coast targets
might have gone astray due to
unfavorable weather conditions.
That does not seem possible.
A navigation error of 200 miles
or more, and involving crossing
of the Irish Sea, is hardly credi-
BILE. 1t appears far more likely
that Nazi spokesman will charge
the British with using reconstruct
ed German planes and German
bombs against Ireland in order to
stir up resentment against Ger
many.
Berlin has never backed down on
its charge that the British them
selves sank the liner Athena, first
sea casualty of the war, in an
effort to drag the United States
into the struggle. There were
Americans a b o a + d. homeward
bound to escape the war.
New Chapter
Whatever the origin or purpose
OF the air raids on Ireland. they
have opened a new chapter In the
British-Axis war books. If they
lead Ireland eventually to abandon
her neutrality and cast her lot
against the Axis, they may have
a major place in the history of
this war.
Irish bases are probably the most
vital strategic element of the war
at this stage. Use of west-of-Ire-
land ports from Lough Swilly in
the north to Berehaven in the south
would permit Britain to double
her protection of North Atlantic
conveys.
They would cut in half the re-
fuellng, turn-around period for
British aircraft, surface craft or
submarines assigned to guard the
danger zone reaching 400 miles
or more westward off the Irish
coast. That would be tantamount
to doubling the size of the protec-
tive fleets in that area.
From bases on Ireland's south
ern coast, British craft could sup
plement the protection. now. afford
ed the southwestern English coast
line against Nazi invasion. In
creased use of the south route via
Georges channel to English
west coast ports would be possible
for cargo ships.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
OLD STORY

PORT CHESTER, N. Y, Jan. D.
uf-lt was an old story today for
the Robert Hansons, parents of a
two-day-old boy, when they were
awarded merchandise prizes given
for the first baby born this year in
Fort Chester. They collected just as
heavily when they won with the first
baby of 1939-a girl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
OVER ASSESSED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 ZIP, -
The Internal Revenue Department
found today that R. j. Reynolds
Tobacco Company of W~inston-Sa-
lem, N. c., had been over assessed
$91 ,432 on income taxes for 1886.
Of this amount $32, 8O8 was ere
dited and $58, 623 was refunded. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03

The U. S. board of tea experts
consists of seven men, who, by
tasting hundreds Of samples, die
tate the quality of the 20, 900, 900,
ooo cups of tea drunk annually in
this country
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
A RUN A GAME

MINNEAPOLIS, Bobby Esta-
leila played in the outfield for
Minneapolis in LAT games last sea-
son.. He scored 147 runs. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-03
TOP o. THE

Speak to all more kindly
Than the year before!
Pray q little oftener!
LoUe q little more!
Cling q little closer
To the Fathers lone;
So, life belo1D shall liker groW
To the life above.
R. OF G. W.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-17
"ToRRID z0NE"',
 NOW FEATURED,
 I 10TH tEN1ORy 'll
James CagneY, Ann Sheri- dan and Pat 0'Brien
 Leading Stars

James Cagney. Ann Sheridan and Pat O'Brien are the triple threat star trio heading the cast of the 20 Century's "Torrid Zone, which is the current feature. Di- rected by William Keighley, Tor rid Zone" is an exciting comedy drama. set against the exotic trop- ical background of the South Am erican banana country.
 Cagney and O'Brien are cast as the hard-boiled plantation bosses for a big fruit company and Miss Sheridan as an American torch singer who goes to the "torri6 zone to cash in on her talents as singer and card sharp. Also fea- tured in the film are gravel voiced Andy Devine, Helen Vinson. Je- rome Cowan, George Tobias, and many others. "Torrid Zone" is ar original screen play by Richaso Macaulay and Jerry Wald.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-17
IMPROVEMENT
 CLUB FORMED
 ON HIGHWAY
Residents Formulate Plan fo Secure Sehoo! Build
 ing for Section

With a campaign to erect q school for Highway residents as their first project, the Aux Bay Improvement Club was formed last Friday at the home of Cliff Mason. John Wagner was elected president and John Noyak. secre- tary. Nineteen Glacier Highway home-owners attended the meeting
 The club will try to, get actior this year on school building ant claims there are 85 students riding school busses into Juneau. This number added to the ten students at the Tee Harbor School and the IT at the Winfield School would al be included in plans for the new building.
 Members plan to include Men. denhall and Lynn Canal precincts extending from Vanderbilt Hill 1T the proposed project.
 Another meeting is scheduled fol Wednesday of this week.