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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
. Editorial Comment
PATRIOTISM BEFORE PARTY
Christian Science Monitor

Many nations having the two-party system
have found that extreme partisanshlp should
end sat the Nations edge" Foreign policy
manifestly cannot be switched every i m e
party control changes. In the United States
there have been many examples OF the natural
continuity of foreign policy. The most recent
has been the harmony between the Stimson
and Hull regimes in the State Department.
Mr.. Hull continued the Stimson non-recogni-
ton policy and Mr.. Stimson has vigorously
backed the Roosevelt-Hull program.
Yet the United States has had experience
with partisanship carried into foreign policy.
The last time Americans faced a world war
partisanship was largely submerged during
the conflict. 1t rose, however, in an unhappy
way when in October, 1918, President Wilson
appealed for the election of a Democratic Con-
gress to support his conduct of the war. 1t
continued when he failed to name some of the
leading Republican Senators on the peace dele
cation that went to Paris. For their part,
many Republicans allowed personality a n d
party to send them into opposition to the
League of Nations simply because Mr.. Wilson
had fathered it and was uncompromising in
his advocacy of it. Many of them saw the
necessity of some cooperation for world
peace. They tried to invent a different phrase,
an Association of nations but ended with
an isolationist policy.
The peace was ost-and Americas respon-
sibility was large. 1t continued through the
rejection of the World Court, even after Elihu
Root had persuaded fifty nations to make it
over to suit America. The Neutrality Act, with
its effort to say that America would make
no distinction between aggressors and their
victims, prolonged the attitude of aloofness.
Step by step, those who thought that Ameri-
ca could live as a hermit have found them
selves mistaken. The shocks of the last year
have Jared all except a small group into a
conviction that the United States is vitality con-
cerned in the outcome of the present struggle.
Yet today united action is gravely threat
ened by a sense of party opposition. Most OF
vision of the Neutrality Act and against con-
s%cription. In the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee's handling of the lend-lease bill all but
three of them opposed even the amended
form. There is every indication that the party
line will be very perceptible in the floor de-
bate.
The President, by his failure to call minority
members into consultation when the bill vas
formulated, has aggravated the situation. La
ter he did talk with the minority leaders Of
the House and Senate about amendments, but
if the Wilson difficulties are to be avoided the
White House should make further efforts to
help erase party lines on this great question.
With Wendell Willkie courageously going
against his party's congressional leaders, a
bridge has been built by which the President
and the Republicans in Congress could achieve
a large degree of essential national unity on
the developing decision in this crisis. The
people will welcome greater efforts on both
sides to do SO. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
The Basic Issue

Far too much time is being wasted in the
not Germany will be able to invade this coun-
try if Britain falls. For the probability or i'm
probability of an immediate invasion is not
the fundamental issue.
The question is far broader than that. The
question is: What chance would the United
States have to live in peace and security with
Hitler the undisputed master of the continent
of Europe, with British sea power destroyed
and with an aggressively minded Germany in
close alliance with other aggressor nations,
such as Japan.
There are still some people like Colonel
Llndbergh who apparently believe that the
United States can remain comfortably secure
whatever happens abroad. But they overlook
both the enormous implications of a German
victory and the impelling force behind tn e
Nazi revolution.
They fail to see that a Germany dominant
in Europe would also have the power and re-
sources to achieve domination of the seas, to
take over control of the trade and politics OF
South America and to permit Japan to shut
off our trade with Asia and the East Indies.
Even if we escaped actual invasion, this would
leave us perilously isolated without a friend,
our trade cut off and our continued existence
threatened by a combination of aggressive
conquerors.
This, in it's broad form, is the case for aid
to Britain. 1t is because most Americans are
convinced of it's accuracy that help to the
British, in some form, is assured.
The argument about invasion serves to OBJ
scure not merely this picture but the basic
issues which the lease-lend bill itself presents.
The legitimate basis for discussion is not how
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under CouncilM Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck n Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial Shous.
Seaside HighWay from Wrt0htsviHe
Beech to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel. pid.
er Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, go
Orion Plantation.
Developm OF Pulp Wood Production
through sustained-yield methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo
tional Agency. supported BY one county
.Oide taz.
shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital ~tNties for Uhites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers,
Developm ent OF ndtive grape 0roUtno
throughout Southeastern North Caroline.
Modern Tuberculosis SdndtOrium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
WINANT NOMINATED
ENVOY TO BRITAIN
Continued From Page One)

Nelson T. Johnston, who in urn
replaces Gauss as minister to Aus
tralia, and William Dawson was
shifted from ambassador tn Pan
anna to the newly created post of
ambassador to Uruguay. Edwin c..
Wilson, now minister to Uruguay,
was named to the Panama am
bassadorship.
Anthony J.. Drexel Biddle. Jr..
now ambassador to Poland, was
designated as the American envoy
to four governments-an assign
ment unique in the history Of the
diplomatic service. He will serve
also with additional compensation
as ambassador to Belgium and
minister to Norway and he
Netherlands, attached to the exiled
governments Of those four Ger
man-occupied countries in London.
AS further evidence of the con
tinued recognition of Germa1-con-
Guered nations, President Roose-
welt designated Jay Pierrepont
Moffat. now minister to Canada,
t. serve in addition as minister
to Luxembourg, whose exiled gov
eminent and royal family are now
in Canada.
Other diplomatic changes were.
Bert Fish of Florida, now minis
ter to Egypt, transferred to Portu-
gal as minister.
Herbert Claiborne Pell Of Rhode
Island, now minister to Portugal.
transferred to Hungary as minis
ter to succeed John Montgomery,
Kansas dairy operator, WHO has
resigned.
Alexander C. Kirk of Illinois.
now embassy counselor in Rome.
promoted to minister to Egyps
johnson, who began his dinlc-
matte career as an Interpreter in
China in 1907 and has been minis
ter or ambassador there for twelve
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07

years, was said to have been trans
ferred to Australia to enable him
to return to a peaceful life with
his family after many Years of
narrowing experiences in China.
Gauss, who first went To China
in the same year as Johnson. has
spent most of his life there lii v;ri-
Gus diplomatic and consular posts.
Formerly consul general at Shang-
hal, Gauss was embassy counselor
when he was assigned a year ago
as the first American minister TO
Australia.
Winant, who is expected to leave
soon for London, is now chairman
of the International Labor office,
a research organization connec' ed
with the League of Nations. A re-
publican, who served three terms
as Governor of New Hampshire,
he was the first chairman OF the
Social Security board. resigning IN
1886 to defend, its administra alton
against republican attacks during
the presidential campaign. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07

make you aware of their presence
by suggestion or inference only
and when you look for them-ol
sniff hard, should I say-they are
not there at all.
However, when walking in Full
ton street there can be no doubt
as to ones whereabouts. Ones
senses play no tricks then. The
whole neighborhood seems to ally
itself into a grand assault against
the nostrils; on a hot midday it
will make you reel. Here are
thousands of pounds of fish, raw,
sharp, blunt, rising in reeking coils
of smell. No matter how you hold
your breath, it will be there when
you breathe again. 1t clings to the
clothes and seems to invade the
pores. Some people can't stand it;
they gag. Yet n old man who
has a shad stall swears he hasn't
smelled a fish in 80 years.
Well, Manhattan is an island,
anu IL IS WdlC1 OLll, 4IOl1l lGS
police stables, from it's department
stores and candy kitchens come
the varying odors of the universe.
We have Harlem smells, and deli
catessen smells, and the smells OF
July nights on the great lower East
Side. We have the mingled odors
of olives and Roman loaves WITH
raw tobacco and Italian cheese.
There are the stockyards and the
breweries, and the Internal smell
of the dye factories; there are the
popcorn stands and the Tenth ave
nue. bars, and the early morning
perfumes in the crowded lunch
rooms which are sometimes over
towering. I got a Whit of a GER
tain very powerful ordor once my
self when I was quite young, and
it changed the whole course of my
life. It was printers ink. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
WPA to Use 5000 Men
On S. {. Power Project

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-P)-The
Work Projects administration an
nounced today it would use 5000
men Immediately to speed clearing
of timber from the Santee-C Cooper n.y.
droelectric power development basins
in South Carolina.
Howard @. Hunter, acting WPA
commissioner, said his action follow
ed that taken yesterday by William
S. Knudsen, director-general of the
office of production management, in
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07

great our peril of invasion is but whether the
provisions of the measure accurately meet
nresent and foreseeable future needs. What
should be concerning congress chiefly. and
what it has barely touched on In THIS DEBATE
is the definition and Limitation OF the grant
of power to the President to carry out the
policy of helping Britain in order to defend
ourselves.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
Four Scheduled to Die
In S. {. Electric Chat,

COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 6.-l>-
-Four white men are scheduled to die
in the electric chair at the State peni-
tertiary tomorrow, three for criminal
assault and one for murder. The
executions will begin at $50 a. m.
So many persons have applied for
permission to witness the executions
that witnesses will be handled IN
two shifts.
Hugh Evans, %, and Willis Evans,
20, brothers, and Hampton Lee, 70,
were convicted of criminal assault
upon a Columbia white woman. The
fourth man is j. C. Ham, II, con-
victed of cutting the throat OF Miss
Ruby Boiling in Easley.
The United States is the worlds
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07

wait to be forced to do a thing which can be
done with good grace and at small. expense
without the laws Intervention? Remove the
smoke-stack hazard now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
TOP O. THE

The furnace of attlictiom retines us from
edrth's dossiness and sottens us for the impress
sion of Gods stamp.
PIERRE AYL
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
STR ANGE HOcoI.

A house in New JelSey nj a
in the shape of an elepit+hfetd
contains six rooms, S;nd lie:
spiral staircases in the .l bal
The howdah on the alliid
is IS feet from the gro~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07

designating s}ntee-c0cDs., -. ar:
necessity to national defe 9[1ss,er ~
city power OUTPUT there Al, hp'[ tilosl'
was estimated at 7oO'0V'
hours annually.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07

The United States is the worlds
foremost producer of sulfur.
Evening star., 1941-04-14

suance of warrant by the North
Carolina court: that he was not
under indictment or charged with
crime in that State.
Assails Affidavits.
He also contended affidavits sup
porting the extradition request
showed that they were based upon
information and belief; that he was
not fugitive from North Carolina;
that eXtradition was sought not in
good faith but to serve a private
purpose and that on return to North
Carolina, he would be subject to
physical abuse and de-
tained at a prohibitive bond Further,
Mr.. Pelley claimed the suspended
sentence under the North Carolina
laws was limited to five years and
that this period expired before the
request of the Governor for extra
dition.
Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner,
who wrote today's opinion, heard
the case with Associate Justices
Justin Miller and Wiley Rutledge.
Evening star., 1941-04-14
Appeals Court Rules
PeIIey Must Return
To North Carolina
Affirms Discharge Of
Writ in Case Involving
Sale of Securities

William Dudley Pelley, the Silver
Shirt leader and publisher, must re-
turn to North Carolina for further
legal proceedings growing out of
charge that he sold securities there
illegally, the United States Court
of Appeals decided today.
Although Mr. Pelley's attorney, T
Edward OConnell, was at his home
in Lowell, Mass, on a brief Easter
vacation today, indications were that
the fight will be carried to the Su-
preme Court in the publishers at
tempt to evade being forced to re-
turn to North Carolina.
Motion Filed to Revoke Bail.
After the opinion became known,
United States Attorney Edward M.
Curran and Assistant United States
Attorney Barnard MargOliuS filed in
the Appellate Court a motion to re-
woke Mr.. Pelley's bail and TO vacate
the order of District Court in grant,
ing him a release on $1,000 bond,
on which he now is at liberty. 1t
Is understood Mr.. Pelley is at NobleS-
vile, Ind He has five days, under
the rules of the United States Court
of Appeals, to file an answer to the
motion to revoke bail.
Mr.. Pelley is wanted in North
Carolina for sentence and judgment
on the second count of an indict-
ment accusing him of making false
representations to sell securities and
stocks in that State and for the
revocation of a suspended sentence
imposed on the first count of the
charge, accusing him of selling Sc
curitieS without registering as
dealer, as required by law.
Affirms Ruling.
Today's decision of the appellate
court afflrmS the District Court find
ing which had discharged writ
of habeas corpus and remanded Mr..
Pelley to the custody of United
States Marshal John B. Colpoys here
for return to North Carolina
In the Superior Court of Bun
combe County, N. c., Mr.. Pelley was
convicted on January %, 1885, on
the first and second counts of a
16-count indictment. On February
II, 1885, he was sentenced on the
first count to the State prison for
one to two years, but the prison
sentence was suspended on condition
he pay fine of $1,000 and costs.
On the second count the plea
for judgment was continued for five
years. Mr.. Pelley paid the fine and
costs and was released.
On October 10, 1899, the North
Carolina court issued an order for
the arrest of Mr.. Pelley, who then
was outside the State. and last
March the Governor of North
Carolina sent an eXtradition appli-
cation to Chief Justice Alfred A
Wheat of District Court. After
hearing, Justice Wheat issued an
order surrenQering MI. Pelley to the
North Carolina agent as fugitive
from justice. The habeas corpus
petition followed, Mr.. Peliey claim
ing that the papers for his extradi-
ton contained no statement ofsany
crime committed in North Carolina;
did not specify any offense he COM
mitted which would justify the is
Evening star., 1941-04-14
Press
Continued From First Page

the Laborite Daily Herald says the
British public has been las griev-
ously misled as was Canute by his
Sycophantic, self-deceiving cour-
tiers"
Our ostriches try to persuade
themselVeS-and us-that every
Allied triumph is a major triumph,
every enemy triumph a sideshow,"
continued the Herald in one of the
most biting attacks on the govern
ment since the Norwegian cam
paign.
The Herald agreed that the cru
cial struggle will be fought in the
Atlantic, but added: Let us expel
the childish notion-the imbecile
notion-tthat the trend of war in
the Balkans and Africa can have
no weighty effect on the real war
'Libya should make an end to all
that nonsense that it could not
happen here"
Standard Joins Warning.
The Evening Standard, published
by Lord Beaverbrook. Minister of
Aircraft Production, Joined in the
warning:
"A few hundred German tanks
have arrived at the borders of Egypt
and changed the picture of the. war
Bardia's loss is not fatal, but we
cannot run the same risks with our
own ports. Suppose the Germans
sought to land two mechanical di-
visions, 300 tanks, on this island"
Evening star., 1941-04-14
D. {. 0rdtory Winner
Goes 10 Regional Contest

Miss Mary Hayden, winner of the
District oratorical contest spon-
sored by the American Legion, left
today for Roanoke, Va, where she
will participate tomorrow night in
the Legion's regional elimination
contest.
Miss Hayden, a student at Holy
Cross Academy, was accompanied
by her parents, Dr.. James J. Hayden,
associate professor of law at Catholic
University, and Mrs. Hayden, and
Guy U. Cogswell, contest director
for the District.
Should Miss Hayden win the
regional contest, she will become
eligible for the sectional eliminations
in Wilmington, N. c., Wednesday
night. The national contest will
follow later in the week, possibly
in Charleston, S. c., although the
exact location has not been decided.
The winner of the national event,
the fourth such contest sponsored
annually by the Legion, will receive
a $4,000 scholarship donated by
Eddie Cantor, stage, screen and
radio star.
Evening star., 1941-04-14

Cellulose fodder is being produced
in Sweden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-05

lieved to have originated, and the flames were stopped from following a line along the upper part of the building. The second alarm was sent in by Chief Thomas F. Cav anaugh because of the cloSeneSS of the apartment houses.
 Loss Is Unknown.
 Martin L. Martus, president of the concern, said he was unable to determine the loss until he had a chance to view the ruins. Up to press hour no estimate was given as to the amount but the loss will run. 1t is believed, into many thou sands of dollars.
 The company has a branch plant on Mill street, MT. Martus said, and 1t will be used as temporary plant. The Mill street plant was making automobile batteries.
 Lieut.. Eugene Legge. aide to the fire marshal, who assisted in inves- tigating the fire, said that eight companies did not return to their stations until nearly o'clock in the morning, with two companies remaining at the scene to watch the sEnoulderins hubble and were still playing hose on the debris. Comsr. John Brodie was at the scene.
 Mir. Martus lauded the firemen for the inhIa.sf ii which NIsy Ntfe able Co check the spread Of the fire ln spite Of the hcadway it had gained.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-05
Saitkowski Case Has Gone Into Jury's Hands
Continued from Page 1.)

tion or explanation Gas given by the defense) for Saitkowski's actions"
 Second, the intoxication point has been eliminated. Saitkowski admitted he was not drunk, and therefore could not be driven to the crime on the excuse of drunken ness; he committed the crime of his own free will"
 Continuing with the important iS- sue of reconciliation in the execu- tion of the Beall hammerings, Fitz- gerald pointed out that the accused placed a hammer in the cellar of the cottage just one week before the assault. "A motive is unneces- sary to be proved" said Fitzgerald.
 In conclusion, he asked that the jury return verdict of murder in the first degree.
 Judge Baldwin's Charge
 Judge Baldwin, in charging the jury of ten men and two women, cautioned them against considera- tions in the case of Mrs. Beall's death. It was inevitable that her name be brought into the trial, and that Medical Examiner Krsch- baum's testimony showed she died of the assault made on her, but that these facts should not enter into any of the considerations of the jury.
 In outlining the general prin- ciples to be observed, Judge Nun ger said, Tt is necessary for the state to prove all allegations of first degree murder beyond a req sonable doubt. Strong suspicion will not be enough"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-05
ITALY LEAVING
 ARMS IN RETREAT
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(Continued from Page D was reported filtered with guns, ammunition and trucks which the Italians abandoned for the sake of speed.
 The defenders of Barentu were stumbling along the goat tracks leading to the Asmara Ethiopia road. They also were reported to be abandoning equipment while a small force of machine gunners tried to protect their rear.
 It was believed possible that the 15,0O0 men fleeing along the rail- road might try to make some sort of stan dat Keren, but the town lacked strong defenses and seemed unsuited for fight against the sort of attack the British are making.
 The Italian force which defended Barentu, originally numb ering about 5000, according to latest re- ports, was believed to have lost about 1,500 prisoners in addition to several hundred killed.
 In northwestern Ethiopia, the British forces had gained positions between 30 and 50 miles beyond the Gondar river and were driving the Italians toward strong Ethiopian tribal forces in Goj1am province.
 British motorized units were al- ready well beyond Cyrene, on the Lbyan coast, and were advancing on Barce, 60 miles away. Barce is the last stronghold of the Italians before Benghazi, 75 miles further west.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-05
WILLKIE STARTS
 HIS FLIGHT HOME
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(Continued from Page D shaking hands with the Americans, Willkie said, keep smiling, boys Willkie wore a Tuxedo. The rail- way station was guarded closely by police. The public was excluded ana no government officials were pres- ent.
 Yesterday, Willkie had flown from Manchester, England to Dub lin, Fire, for three-hour confer ence with Prime Minister Eamon DeValera, then he had flown to London to be received by King George. He said his conversation with DeValera had been Frank and free" that T told DeValera clearly my views and those of the American people, and he told me his.
 'Tt was a very interesting discus sion and I got the information ] wanted to get" he said.
 Left Good Feelings
 Commenting on Willkie's depart ure the London Times said, "every- where and with everyone he left the impression of sincerity, friend- ship, boundless energy and radiant high spirit which has been intense ly heartening. Maybe Willkies evil dence before the senate committee will help clear up misconceptions and expedite passage of the leaSe- lend bill (the British aid bilD. We in Great Britain naturally hope this will be the case for the time factor is urgent and important, but however that may be, his visit has been a real help and real encour- agement. His breezy personality, un- affected friendlinesS and the very unconventionality of his approach have acted as tonic wherever he has been among uS."
 The sight of Bristol's ruins Seem- ed to impress Willkie deeply.
 "Yes, pretty bad! Pretty bad!" he murmured as he rode past wreck ed churches, shops and houses in ar automobile with the Lord Mayor.
 "But it doesn't seem to have got Bristol down very much," he added T still get the impression that youl city is humming with activity.
 "The folks back home are very up- set about Bristol's ordeal. Bristol is romantic place to people over there because so many of their an- cestors sailed from here when col onization began"
 Before boarding his plane Willkie autographed football which will be used in a charity rugby match Sat- urday.