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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-29
VISITING HERE

Mss Marie Louise Conley. stu
dent at Duke university, is spend
inc a few days at her home In
OIeander and has a her house
guest, Miss Jane Thomson, OF
CraWley. La.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-29
WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, Jan. %. -R -
Weather bureau records of Temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-29
Bishop Hughes breaches
At Grace Church Soon

Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, of Wash
ington, D. c., will preach at the
Grace Methodist church the week Of
March % in special evangelistic serv-
ices.
Bishop Hughes is n of the great
preachers of American Methodism
and Grace church feels fortunate to
have him, the Rev. J. F. Herbert,
pastor, said yesterday.
The cucumber is mentioned in
the Old Testament and figures in
ancient history as far back as 5000
years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-29
MRS. CARRIE E. E

Mrs. Carrie Eubank Reece, So,
of Jacksonville, died at 1920
o'clock yesterday afternoon in
James Walker Memorial hospital
after a short illness.
Mrs. Reece is survived by her
husband, Melton Reece; n son,
Woodrow Reece; one daughter,
Mrs. Clayton Littleton; one grand
child, of Jacksonville; one brother,
the Rev. W. H. Eubank, and one
sister, Mrs. ]. j. Farrar, of Will.
mington.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-29

NOW TO H MOST popular line of cars it has
ever offered, Pontiac adds a new and striking
modeicthe low.priced Metropolitan TOR.
after q bigber1prieed and seusat;ouaHr t~oeessI
FIJI Pontiac body type.
This new Metropolitan is a four-door. four.
window sedan with a smart, enclosed resr
quarter. With two windows on each side i
takes on lines and contours impossible to
achieve with the conventional six-window
design. In addition, it combines unusual rear.
compartment sP,aGiousness with the privacy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
The Postwar Disorder

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT and Prime Minister
L Churchill have told u.s. in their eght-point program.
a good deal about the new postwar" order.
But what the average American etizen-the- tax
payer the worker and the business mans thinking of
intensely is the postwar DISORDER.
We can still recall wildly in this country the hnan-
cal and social disorders that followed the last
That will be as nothing compared to what must
face following this particularly if comes to
sudden end.
This is the true picture of what will confront the
American people after this as presented by John T.
Flynn the noted economist in his syndicated column
IA vast debt.
C-"The rehabilitation of the war industries-milIons
- turned out to grass.
C-"The general less than $4,000 900
I-"The unacceptable taxation
"A pack of visionary gentlemen with the simplest
of all schemes to right, but all heading up to
his: TAX AND TAN, BORROW AND BORROW,
SPEND AND SPEND"
Mr. Flynn has not exaggerated an ota
This NEW DISORDER will bring on a new deal
the color Of which will be RED.
We shall be confronted with threats of revolution
and dictatorship
Our democracy will be bankrupt actually and
spiritually.
Regeneration, riots and taxes shall have killed
freedom in all its forms.
THIS vision Of the new disorder also comes from
i quite another Robert Gardiner Casey, Aus
traan minister to the United States painted this picture
Of the postwar world in address before the Ad
vertising Club Of New York
Eve will all be in various degrees Of exhaustion,
physical material financial and economic We will have
problems to tackle complicated by tariffs, the vagaries
Of international exchanges the bitter struggle between
competing national vested interests the problem of gold
the problem of depleted purchasing power and the diff
fcuy of disposal of international surpuses-a of which
boil into the great social problem of unempoy
ment"
And that the reason why so per cent Of the Ameri
people say no WAR.
And it is also the reason why they not cheering
about the EIGHT POINTS
The postwar world" has only two points for the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and ANARCHY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
Runyon Tired Of BeIi++Iers
Of u. S. Fighting Proves
BY DAMON RUNYON

new low in pessimism and lack
of confidence which we do not
think will be shared by Ameri-
cans generally.
Why should we not be sure Of
our ability 10 lick Japan, or any
other nation? Have we created
the greatest navy afloat and
mustered the flower of our
youth in a mighty land force
only TO be dubious of the out
come Of a fight even with a
little matchbox country that
has been begged down for four
years in a war with the poorly
equipped Chinese? We do not
believe IT. Not for a minute.
We are told that we are not
prepared for war when were
we ever prepared for war?
Never.
Never, because we always have
cravenS of little vision who ever
seem to be found in places of
authority, always eager 10 ham,
per the efforts of those who look
beyond the lands edge to the far
horizons OF the future; rabbit
hearted ScoundrelS who are will
ing 10 diSarm us and leave us
naked TO our enemies if their
own convenience and comfort be
not disturbed; who are always
willing 10 haul down our flag no
matter where il has been
planted, or at what cost.
4 MERICA does not want 10
~ make war. America never
wants 10 make war. But that
does not mean that we have lost
the capacity for making war
when il comes TO a showdown
despite this new fashion of call
ing the decision against us be-
fore we start. We are tired of
hearing that kind of CAB. Let us
60 back 10 the old topic of how
good we are just for change
Across the skies Of history, in
letters Of fire and blood is writ
ten the imperishable saga of
American arms, indicated and
undefeatable. Lexington. Bunker
Hill. Yorktown. Gettysburg. Shi-
loh. the Wilderness. San Juan
Hill, Manila, Chateau-Thierry,
the Argonne-thiS is our heri-
tage of undying glory, the an
swer TO the piSmires pratlng of
our impuissance and a warning
10 any enemy that we arc al
ways on top at the final gong
Copyright. 1871. king Features synd., Inc
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
A Bow to the Firemen

ONCE each year Detroiters have opportunity to
~ show in tangible way their appreciation of the
excellent service given by their fire department
The occasion is the annual Detroit Firemen's Field
Day being held today and tomorrow august 30 and 81
at Briggs Stadium.
Here is your chance to say thank you to your 1450
fire fighters who 12500 calls and battle 5000
blazes year to keep your homes and property safe.
Buy Fremens Field Day ticket. Thus you will
be contributing to the Detroit Fremens Fund Associ
alton for stricken fire fighters their widows and children.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
TO TIE EDITOR:

TO TIE EDITOR:
DREVIOUS to the communis-
tic invasion. Finland enjoyed
the highest form of democracy
in the world.
This fact was acknowledged
by noninterventionists and in
terVentionistS. Both agreed
that any aid 10 brave and hon
est Finland was just and honor
able. Finland is again fighting
for freed ON, Independence,
liberty, and all that democracy
stands for
How many Americans, under
the circumstances of today,
have the moral courage TO 60
10 the aid Of Finnish democ-
racy?
In 1918 American boys died
on foreign soil TO make the
world safe for democracy.
Today our American boys are
being slowly led TO the slaugh-
ter. seemingly 10 make the
world safe for communism.
Wise Britain realizes the
danger Of communism. This is
the real reason why she is not
making any serious attempt TO
invade the continent at this OPP
perfume time.
Surely Americans are not go
ing 10 be dumb enough TO be-
lieve a story that's going
around that the purpose Of
Hess flight was TO foment a
Scotch revolution.
1t is possiblee 10 prove that
Hess made nine flights 10 Brit
ain before the final one that
ended in a mishap. The real
purpose Of these flights is not
for public information.
But we all have a right 10 our
own guess. Here's mine: Amer
leans. prepare for another
shock. Do not be surprised if
America and Britain in the near
future 60 10 the aid of Germany
in her battle against the Red
menace.
In the meantime. let's do as
the intelligent British are doing,
and prepare 10 defend our own
country against any invader.
xyzEnNn N cVxxNvGnN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
The Fair Will Show You

rT-HE Michigan State Fair is a great thing for busy
Deroters and for everybody else in Michigan because
it gives them chance take inventory just how inn
portant state they 1--we in.
This year especially important that all of as ee
70 the fair This year the fair will emphasize Michigans
role in the vital drama of national defense production
Michigan citizens who perhaps have been little dis
mayed by political charges Of tagging defense production,
will have ample opportunity at fair of seeing with
their own eyes the tremendous effort being exerted by
local industries.
They Will get better understanding of what big
task il is 10 switch factory from normal activity 10
Tense production And they will beyond question
how splendidy Michigan industry is performing the task
The usual instructive and entertaining fair features
will be on hand undimnished but the big show will be
national defense production. II is show that will make
proud OF Mchigan's might in the national defense
program
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
Connolly Answers

la west coast Of South
America; tb) northern
Africa; (c) northern Central
America.
2-ta cotton gin: CHI steam
boat; (c) telegraph.
3-CaJ bird; (b) fish; CO. beast.
la Brooklyn, n. Y; OBJ
Ithaca, n. Y; (c) Cleye-
land. O. U
5-(a) Xerxes: (b) Westminster
Abbey; CO. Vergil.
6--Ca Japan; tb) Fire; tc)
Cuba.
la East Europe and North
Asia: (b) St. Petersburg and
Petrograd; (c) 170,467 1876.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
| e If ers TO
th @ Editor

TO THE EDITOR
TIIE hearts of mothers of war
age sons go out in gratitude
to The Detroit Times for its
staunch stand against the inter-
ventionistS.
1t is the one Detroit paper
which has not deserted us.
We shall not soon forget its
loyalty and courage in the face
of the almost overwhelming
pressure everted by hysterical
barbarlSm.
MRS. w. LeBAR,
124 Chestnut street,
Wyandotte, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
Quiz Answers

1-"Volga Boatmen" Russia;
Merry Life'-Italy; The
Lorelei Germany.
almost two-thirds of trees
growth is made at night.
3-Annapolis, Md. Peggy
Stewart was the name Of a
brig carrying tea from Lon
don. II was owned by an
Annapolis merchant, and
named after his daughter.
The owner was forced to
burn the ship and it's cargo
4-(a) September-Labor Day;
(b) November - Election
Day.
5-Darwin estimated il at So, 900
10 the acre.
6-False. Bats are among the
most accurate flyers in the
world.
limited States Marines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30

WE CAN remember when
w every American kid was
nurtured on the thought that
this nation could knock the
brains out of any other nation
on the face of thee earth; that
when old Uncle Samuel tipped
his star-spangled coat tails in
wrath, the rest of the world
best have a care, and that any
citizen who did not believe in
the depths Of his soul in the
invincibility of his country was a
louise.
We can remember when II
was the fashion 10 sort o keep
this idea Steaming in the schools.
in the press and from the public
roStrum at all times: when pa
triotiSm was always pronounced
as if 1t were spelled with CAPT.
tai p and was taken as a matter
of course by every American.
and when our president. who
ever he might be, and our other
statesmen, roared eternal def
ance at kings and queens and
kaisers and cars and bluffed
the hell out of them and made
the very name of American
something sacrosanct.
But it seems that nowadays
all that stuff is very Corny, or
old timeY, and many of the
papers you read and the speak
ers you hear are busy telling
us. not Of our proWess, but of
our weakness. and how II does
not look as If we can ever get
stronger.
They are not telling us who
we can lick. but who can lick
us, and to hear them talk we
cannot lick anybody. which we
think is a dirty lie.
The kids of today must be
getting a fine notion of their
Uncle Samuel if they believe
that junk.
IN THAT basis we might as
" we'll throw away all our
traditions of the men who stood
with Jackson at New Orleans,
and Stormed the heights Of
Monterey with Zach Taylor. and
of those who fought under
Grant and Lee on a score of
battlefelds with a ferocity and
bravery that astounded the
world.
We might as we'll forget
PerShing'S warriors who rolled
up the kaiser'S legions, of the
same identical stock and blood
as the men Of the army that is
now supposed 10 be the great
est ever modified but that is
having its troubles with the
Soviet hordes. mediocre mill
tary array at best.
We have today a school OF be-
littlement of all things Ameri-
can. of all American exploits of
the past and the possibilities of
the future. as If 10 make us feel
small and mean; a school
that teaches that our military
achievements were always the
result of accident or due to the
utter futllity Of our adversarieS.
II is this school that tells us
that in the first World War our
efforts did not decide the issue.
though until we came along the
Germans had the Allies leg
locked and since then, sepa-
rately and together, the British
and the French were unable 10
win a battle against the Ger
mans.
ONLY the other day out of this
~ school Of belittlement. we
read an editorial that said we
ought not 10 be too sure Of our
ability 10 lick Japan. a state
ment that We thought struck a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
BAERlNG DOWN On. The NEWS:
BOzCling Allen Hills
BY ARTHUR "BUGS" BAER

don't get much excited about things but do think
strikes az this time out Of place hill in bowling
alley
That's what put France behind the eight ball for keeps
in France 1927 and again 1898 and you could
that nation going to pieces like crab claws shore dinner
The stdoun strike originated in France and now there
is IL France with enough stand up.
All ever asked was quarantine on European man
ners and customs
All they ever served was grief and gravy. And all we
got the grief
OF course, nobody expects 20 be total isoationss
When you 90 another tobacco shop for snuff
you have your his business
Dfsf1bg'sa service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
Transport
Fie-up Needs
Hard Study
Planned Action Held
Immediate Need
BY HUGH S. JOHNSON

WE NOW have a transporta-
W ton tie-up that threatens
the East with a gasoline short
age and the West with a
congestion of grain through ele-
vators already crammed and a
possible shortage of cars to
move the crops.
The National Transportation
Act, signed by the President on
Sept. 1S. 1910, called for "a
board of investigation and re-
search" TO advise on tranSporta-
ton policy. 1t said in part:
ut shall he the duty OF the
board to investigate the relative
economy and fitness Of carriers
by railroad, motor carriers and
water carriers for transpOrta-
ton service, or any particular
classes or descriptions thereof,
with the view Of determining
the service for which each type
OF carrier Is especially fitted or
unified: the methods by which
each type can and should be de-
veloped so that there may be
provided national Transports
ton system adequate to meet
the needs OF the commerce OF
the United States. of the postal
service and of the national de-
Tense :"
For about six months after
the passage Of this act nothing
was done about this. Then the
President nominated Nelson l..
Smith, Charles West and Wayne
Coy Later when the Senate
seemed reluctant 10 confirm
West and Coy the names Of
Robert Webb and C. f. Childe
were substituted. Still no ac-
ton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30

HAPPENED 10 help prepare
L the report of the national
transportation committee Of
1882 on the same. or a closely
similar. subject. II was not a
statutory committee hut since
this new and still-born board
is only advisory that doesn't
make very much real difference.
But there was a very real
difference, and il was this: that
committee was composed Of eX-
President Calvin Coolidge. ex-
presidential candidate Alfred f..
Smith, Clark Howell. publisher
of the Atlanta Constitution; 3.
NJ. Baruch and Alexander Legge,
former vice chairman of the
war industries board and presi-
dent Of the International Har-
veSter Company.
It's studies were conducted in
conscientious and exhaustive
hearings by the committee and
IN a searching economic inveSti-
cation by the Brookings Institu-
ton
The gentlemen suggested by
the President are doubtless fine,
able Americans, but, for a ma
tional advisory boards findings
10 carry authority and convic-
ton. its members should be men
of something approaching ma
tional stature and some greater
distinction than local office
holding, kindness 10 their fam
lilies and love for their mothers.
WHY this provision Of that
W statute has not been ade-
quately carried out. / don't pre-
tend 10 know. or even guess. II
has been suggested 10 me that
IT is because the President
doesn't desire any adverse re-
ports Just now on the ST Law
renee Seaway and the Florida
Canal.
l have no means Of knowing or
checking that. / don even believe
that the statutory provision for
research and planning was broad
enough. II doesn't include air
and pipeline carriage. But il
must be apparent 10 everybody
that the greatest fault in our
present war effort is headlong.
implanted unexplored action.
The results Of this. as sure as
sunrise. are shortly going to be
apparent in sharp national dis
satisfaction which is already
appearing, not only in this par
ticular field Of transportation,
but in many other places.
Some Of these have not de-
fined themselves. but they soon
will do so. The darkness
through lack Of fact gathering
and study is so deep that the
extent Of these evils can't even
be guessed. But II appears so
great that I wouldn't like to be
at the receiving coop when
these chickens come home TO
rooSt.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
2 Louisiana
Senators in
New Probe
What May Become Of #
Hinges on Prosecutor
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

AS THESE dispatches inti-
"A mated last week, something
certainly is doing in New Or
leans involving the Federal De-
partment of Justice and the
political interests OF the two
United States Senators from
Louisiana.
The Senators are Allen Ellen
der, who was Huey Longs
obedient dummy in the speakers
chair of the lower house of the
legislature in the sessions which
ratified the dictatorship, and
John Overton.
James A. Noe, avho was a
powerful member of the mob in
Huey'S day, was to have gone to
trial in the federal court in New
Orleans on August IL on a
charge Of defrauding the govern
ment of SOS. 05S69 in income
taxes and S4.35S in excess prof
its taxes on the earnings for
1885 of the Win or Lose Corpo-
ration, which Huey organized.
Before that date, however.
Noe. who appears 10 retail some
political strength or nuisance
value in the role OF an unrecon-
structed Longster, minated
that he intended 10 run for
BLENDERS seat in the Senate
in 1912.
On May IL the term OF Rene
Viosca. the incumbent federal
ct-attnrney-ia New--0F--
leans. expired and he has not
yet been reappointed or sue
ceeded and is not serving. al
though he has not formally
resigned.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30

THE burden must be heavy on
a mans mind who invents a
machine in the belief that he is
doing something TO further the
good Of mankind only 10 find
that In his own lifetime his in
ventlon has been used to threaten
civilization and to flatten out
women and children on the
pavements OF great cities.
Orville Wright exposed to the
world something of this burden
on his conscience the other day
when he said:
I'm n sense, l guess we didn't
know what we were doing when
we built our first plane. We
never envisaged the plane as n
terrible engine of war. But
there will always be some one
who will abuse anything"
Suppose by some magic The
= Wright brothers had been able
10 foresee in 1903 what their
invention would have led to,
would they have junked the
machine? l think not.
Man has never cared anything
for consequences. If he ever had
stopped 10 think of where his
actions. his inventions, his
visions would lead TO his will
would be paralyzed.
Suppose some one had told
Columbus that his voyage would
lead to the looting and plumber
ing OF a vast continent and TO
the extension of human slavery.
he would not have turned back.
And suppose some magician
would have shown Robert Full
ton that his steamboat would
lead to battleshipS He would
not have stayed his hand and
brain.
Orville Wright should not
have any regrets. for no man
knows the future. and, not know
ing the future, man is not
responsible for the evil con-
sequences of a normal impulse.
b GREAT ideas sometimes grow
" from lowly words. There's
yahoo. for. instance. The YahooS
were a degraded lot of humans
who lived on the borderlands OF
Brazil and British Guiana.
From these people Dean Swift,
the Anglo-IriSh satiriSt. poet
and devastating cynic. got the
word yahoo. which. in "Gulliver's
Travels. - describes the lowest
. kind Of men-Swift, Of course,
Meant all men.
Now when we say Hes a
yahoo. we mean he's a moron.
white trash. "hill-billy' a
tobacco roader
Seeing what Swift did with
the yahoo. I've lately been try
ing 10 dope out a philosophy Of
yoohoo. a word that is soldier
boys salute TO pretty girl and
that Gen. Ben Lear never wants
10 hear again the rest of his
mortal days.
YoohooiSm will be defined in
the dictionaries of the future as
Toutine-busting. a yoohoo will
be a fellow who kicks over the
traces. who refuses 10 be put.
who makes whoopee when he
ought 10 be on the job, a shoot
fireworks guy, regular devil
of-a-fclloW. you-Can t-bet-on-
him jumping bean Yoohooing
viii be going on a lark. throw
inc your hat over the mill.
getting "pipcd" at the bishops
party, and that sort OF thing.
When Edgar Allan Poe and
Percy 3. Shelley were fired out
Of West Point and Oxford,
respectively. they were guilty of
yoohooism. They thought. talked
and acted out OF turn.
p s 1t may be little late
in the day 10 record my opinion
OF the matter. but l like the
way those soldier boys stuck 10
Gen. Ben Lear on the yoohoo
Incident There's real discipline
and loyalty for you!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-30
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