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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
What We Fight For

Many pens are busy framing definitions Oh
some frivolous, others merely sentimental
In our humble opinion one for the best was
given by Thomas Jefferson in a letter ex'
pressing regret that he could not attend a
ceIebra ton in Washington on the fiftieth an
niversary of the signing of the Declaration
of Independence.
The letter was addressed to Roger c. Weight
man, then mayor of Washington, and was
written only few days before Jefferson died.
1t is therefore his last legacy to the Ameri-
the letter in part reads:
The kind invitation received from you,
on the part of the citizens of the city OF
Washington, to be present with them at
their celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
of American Independence, as one of the
surviving signers of an instrument preg-
nant with our own and the fate Of the
world, is most flattering to myself, and
heightened by the honorable accompani-
ment proposed for the comfort of such
journey -.
I should, indeed, with peculiar delight,
have met and exchanged there congratula-
tions personally with the small band, the
remnant of the host of worthless, who join
ed with us on that day, in the bold and
doubtful election we were to make for our
country between submission or the sword;
and to have enjoyed with them the con-
solatory fact that our felloW-citiZens after
half a century of experience and prosperi-
ty, continue to approve the choice we
made. May it be to the world, what I be-
lieve it will be Co some parts sooner, to
others later, but finally to alb, the signal
of arousing men to burst the chains under
which monkish ignorance and superstition
had persuaded them to bind themselves,
and to assume the blessings and security
Of self-governmen+
That form which we have substituted, re-
stores the free right to the unbounded ex-
ercise of reason and freedom of opinion All
eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights
of man. The general spread of the light
of science has already laid open to every
view the palpable truth, that the mass of
mankind has not been born with saddles
on their backs, nor a favored few, booted
and spurred, ready to ride legitimately,
by the grace of God. These are grounds
of hope for others.
For ourselves, let the annual return of
this day forever refresh our recollections
of these rights, and undiminished de-
votion to them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
End Of A BuZzard

Twenty-odd years ago Benito Mussolini rode
at the rear of the Fascist march upon Rome.
When the Fascists march out Of Rome he
will ride at their head-if he has not fled or
died in the meantime.
With the approach of Italy's elimination as
a minor partner in the Axis firm. it is in
teresting to recall rumors that have had cur
rency from time to time concerning dis
positions he is thought to have made for get
ting out from under One is that he keeps
loaded revolver in his desk; another. that
his plane is always tuned up for flight into
the farthest waters its supply of gasoline will
carry him TO. and that en- route he will take
a lethal drug secreted in the plane Still
another has it that he already possesses a
hide-out in Switzerland. along with German
leaders.
We are told, also, that he is cancer vic
tim, in which case Nature will relieve him of
necessity to commit suicide to escape death
at the bar of international justice as the muir
derer he is. And then there is the report
that his mind has gone astray and that COM
plete idocy will soon make it impossible for
him to know what is happening to him.
There is no knowing which OF these is true
or false. But of one thing we may be sure:
Mussolini will not only pay with his life for
his crimes, oy one means or another. but
he the laughing stock of mis- generation
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
You Can Bank On Them

Wilmington's banks are to be commended
for setting up depository for war bonds
purchased by persons lacking a safe place
to store them.
It has long been the opinion of observers
that many bonds are offered for certifica-
ton because the owners have no means of
guarding them against theft. To test this,
and at the same time encourage others to
hold on to their bonds until they fall due
the banks have initiated this program which
properly belongs to the Treasury but has
been neglected at Washington.
Henceforth no bond buyer will be able to
claim that he cashes in because he can hide
folding money more easily than his bonds. If
he submits his bonds for settlement he will
have either graver OF completely trivial
excuse for doing so. He may actually need
the money to tide over emergency in which
case there can be no justifiable complaint
from any source. Or he may merely want
the money to waste, as so many industrial
workers previously unaccustomed to high
wages do.
It can only be hoped that this constructive
step by the banks will reduce the bonds Of
fered for cancellation to minimum. 1t GER
tainly deserves full cooperation among war
bond holders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
Congressional
'SUTTLETIES'
The inside on the Washington scene of
interest to the Carolinas,
BY HOWARD SUTTLE
Star-News Washington Bureau
PREDICT COFFEE RAT1oN1NG END

NEW ORLEANS, July 24-Americas food
shortage warehouses are literally bulgng'
with coffee and sugar, according to compe-
tent authorities in these industries interview
ed here during the past few days.
The nations coffee surplus is so great.
in fact, that importers and roasters in this,
the nations great coffee port, are predicting
that there is no longer any necessity for
rationing this breakfast beverage. They are
expecting an announcement soon from Wash
ington, setting August II as the date for lift
ing coffee rationing restrictions.
Although the sugar picture is just about
as rosy, many declaring that sugar should
no longer be rationed, the great need for
this commodity in the manufacture of am
muniton is expected to prevent complete re-
moval OF sugar rationing restrictions. Au-
thorities in the industry here who would dis
cuss the matter, however, contend that more
sugar could be made available to the civilian
market without endangering the war program.
There is enough sugar at Sugarland, Tex,
alone, to keep America in supply for two
years." one expert here declared
The coffee and sugar situation, as report
ed here, is in line with the statement in
Washington this week by War Mobilization
Director James F. Byrnes that there is a
possibility of releasing more supplies for ci-
william use.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
Thanks, Geraldine

Geraldine Earrar wants to know if WE can't
consider the merchant "an honest Individual
who wants TO make fair profit on mis- sales,
snd cease harassing him by continually ure-
ing to pry into his affairs by personal con-
tac.."
Miss Fa1rar is not merchant. In fact
she is now hardly more than a tradition
to most people. But couple of decades ago
she was packing them in at the Me!ropol;tsn
and taking mole curtain calls than could be
ccunted without an adding machine Now that
her singing voice has lest its charm we arc
grateful that she has an equally sweet speak
ing Ys;sc and power to use it against the per-
secuhons Of the OpA.
Could We not ease the mind of the con-
suIpsr," she also asks Chaster Bcwles, OPA's
general manager, IN fewer eyhortst:ors in
the dubious struggle TO make points and prices
marry!" And. while We at it, why not
locescue Indifference 10 the attitude toward
the gcnsrsl puoiic?"
Why aet rsduce the bulk Of printed matter?
Above Su. Why not rephrsse he bulletin
ph:aseolosy ana diminish the verbiage to the
point ,f clarity which she acknowledges, wa
:uspcat with sly sroile, might curtail the
effort of those 1850 lawyers that give Sena.
tor Byrd snd the, rest Of the nation such
concern"
x the OPA had not imposed so mary bur
d~nx and sect SC many contradictory irstruc
aons. we woujd Ike to send Miss Fa-tsr or
chios. As it is there is time and money onI,
for or reverential gratitude.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
You re
Telling Me

It's Grandpappy jenkins who
points out that the corn-on-the-cob
season is the kind that fellow
can really sink his teeth into.
Some sunspots are said to be
10000 miles wide. Old Sol can
show us thing or two when it
comes to blackouts.
In the glacial times formations
of ice often reached 10 miles in
height. For once the supply Of
ice cubes exceeded the demand
Switzerland has a presidential
election every year. How come
it manages to remain so peace
full?
Grandpappy jenkins says the
reason convention delegates are
referred to as visiting firemen'
is that so many naturally gravi-
tate to the towns hot spots.
I!
A West Coast bird fancier IS Try
ing to breed a camouflaged pigeon.
Imagine your embarrassment to
have a roofing shingle or CHM
ney brick suddenly start cooling at
you!
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
Carolina
Bird-Lore
THE PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER
BY C. S. Brimley

The Prothonotary Warbler, whose
front name was apparently given
it to call attention to its bright col
ored head and neck and may be
freely translated "Bright-headed, !"
is a common summer bird of our
eastern cypress swamps, and so
far as we knew breeds as far west
in the State as they extend. In
color it is bright orange on the
head, neck, and underparts, while
the wings and tail are blush gray
and the back olive, and in size it
is somewhat smaller than a Chip
ping Sparrow though of different
build. having comparatively long
er wings and a shorter tail. Its
chosen habitat is some pond or
lake, edged or dotted with cypress
trees in the thickets around which
this bright bird seeks its food.
Unlike all our warblers, it does
not build its nest in a tree or bush
or on the ground, but seeks some
natural hollow or a woodpecker
hole which it lines with grass,
moss and other suitable materials,
and in which it deposits its four
white eggs which are but lightly
spotted with darker, the breeding
season being mainly, at least, in
May. The most inland locality in
which it is known to breed is Rob-
ertson's Pond on upper Buffalo
Creek in Wake County, but this
does not exclude any other cypress
dotted swamp or pond that I do
not know of. West of the cypress
section it is known as a straggler
nearly up to the edge of the noun
tains, our most western localities
being Winston-Salem, Thomasville,
Statesville and Charlotte. We have
very little data as to its arrival in
and departure from the State,
but the earliest arrival date is
March 25th in Craven County, and
the latest departure September 7
at Chapel Hill. There are very
few resident observers of birds in
the Prothonotary Warbler-cypress
swamp region and most of our
data from transient observers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
Franklin ForesawA Army
Descending From Clouds

Chanute Field, Illinois, were ex-
perimenting with mass jumps, par.
achuting to earth by the planeload,
ten at a time.
An Army sergeant patented the
special-delivery parachute for drop
ping weapons and supplies along
with paratroopers. His "article
carrier" was demonstrated in 1929
at Brooks Field, Texas, when a
machine gun parachuted to earth
simultaneously with its crew of
three and all went into action 20
seconds after landing.
The paratroop idea travelled a
devious route to the Nazi mind,
which first put it to lethal use.
The Russians took up parachuting
as a sport after a Russian army
officer suggested it as a means
of attracting Soviet youth to fly
ing. He got his idea from watch
ing an American county fair crowd
enthralled by the jump of para
chute stunter.
In 1885 the Russian Army in its
war games demonstrated before
foreign attaches a mock capture
of an airport by brigade of $500
parachutists, who received their
equipment also from the skies,
including light tanks and artillery.
The German attaches report of
this incident is presumed to have
inspired the training of Nazi para
chute troops.
The United States had not
single paratrooper when Nazi par
achutists capture of the Rotterdam
airport in May, 1910, established
the parachute as an effective tool
of modern warfare Then the U. S.
Army welcomed back home its
earlier idea, and organized the
first parachute battalion at Fort
Benning, Ga. In the summer war
games of 1941, Uncle Sans '.Um-
brella Boys went into mimic ac-
ton for the first time on Septem-
Der Is, when 127 parachutists des-
cended and captured a Louisiana
cotton match
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25

The parachute troopers who
were the first Americans to in
wade Sicily demonstrated a kind
of modern warfare in which the
United States has pioneered.
Although the Axis first used
paratroops in combat, these sol
diers from the sky are as Ameri-
can in origin as ice cream cones
and apple pie, according to the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
Benjamin Franklin foresaW them,
General William C'Billy'D Mitch.
ell advocated them, and the U. S.
Army was experimenting with them
fifteen years ago.
Franklin, in 1888, was serving
as ambassador to France from the
young, vulnerable United States,
and like the wiliest modern mill
tary attache he looked for new
methods of warfare that might
affect the security of his country.
He witnessed in Paris on Novem-
Der 21, 1888, the balloon demon
stration that went down in history
as mankind's first authenticated as
cent into the air. The same day
he talked with one of the inventors
of the parachute. Two months la
ter he wrote that a country might
in the future have to defend itself
from 'Ten Thousand Men Descend
ing from the Clouds
A U. S. Army captain made the
worlds first parachute jump from
an airplane. Capt. Bert Berry be-
gan the plane-and-parachute part
nership in March, 1912, bailing out
at St. Louis, Missouri, from Be-
noit-Pusher plane piloted by Tony
Janus.
1t was General Mitchell who pro-
posed turning the passive para
chute of emergency self-preserva-
ton into a weapon of offense. In
the First World War he advocated
dispatching 10000 American SOL
diers on an invasion behind Ger
man lines by parachute. Nothing
came of his suggestion.
In April, 1923, U. S. soldiers at
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
Civilian Defense
Timetable
BASIC TRAINING COURSE

BASIC TRAINING COURSE
New Hanover High school room
107 at P. M.
Fire Defense A
Monday, July 26 and every two
weeks thereafter.
General Course
Tuesday, July 27 and every two
weeks thereafter
Gas Defense b
Wednesday, July % and every
two weeks thereafter.
First Aid 10 Hours
Beginning Monday night, July rs
and every night through Friday, at
First Christian church, 3rd and
Nun streets at 8 P. M. Miss Lou
Use Siler, instructor. Anyone de-
string to take course is asked to
attend.
Training Schedule For Maffitt
Village
Thursday, July 22, General
Course.
Beginning Friday, July 20, First
Aid.
Monday, July 26, First Aid.
Tuesday, July 27, First Aid
Thursday, July 20, Fire Defense
A.
Friday, July 80, First Aid
Monday, August 2, First Aid.
Thursday, August 5, Gas Defense
B.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
SCORE LABOR SYSTEM

The chief complaint of the large importers
who operate their own private docks was that
the inequalities of the governments wage re-
gulations are initiating against them.
An official of one of the larger companies
pointed out that he had recently brought in
from other areas number Of laborers, plac-
ing them on the payroll at the ceiling wage
permitted by the government of 40 cents per
hour
planned, because they can work down on the
public docks and in other industries at as
high as $1.02 an hour.
''We are willing to raise our wage rates,
but government regulations won't permit us
to do it,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
AS Others Say 1t
ELEANOR

There's a limit to American i'm.
agination, vivid though it is. That
limit has beer reached. It seems
the lovely Myrna 10y became Ill
and could not attend the pres
dental home at Hyde Park to act
in a pay called Button Your
Lip" So M,s. Roosevelt invaded
!. draf.ee's dream with the line,
'Myrna 10y can't be here Can t
I take her placer"
1t is recorded that the curtain
then descended amid cneers ard
applauses from an audience that
included Queen Wilhelmina a n
Secretary Morgenthau. Nc on e
will cavil at that. 1t is even pos
sible to accept, along with othel
fantastic possibilities. the assump-
ton that a United States soldier
might have dream with Mrs
Roosevelt in it (sne's been nearly
every place nlse), though it would
hardly fall IN the wish-fulfilment
category of mothers ham a n d
biscuits, a Berlin barbecue or the
girl back home.
But what of the theatre-port
in a storm, haven in a ratified
cosmos, escape from the things
that are to the things that were?
What if Myrna Loy's Hyde Park
stand-in decloes to be Fontaine,
Cornell or Helen Hayes or-limbo
the thought-Betty Cradle? The
theatre is at the crossroads here.
II views with alarm, to say moth
ing of trembling with apprehen-
sion.
Let Myrna 10y recover wit h
lightning rapldity. Let the Crit
les Circle keep its reviews, if
any, more restrained than Mark
Twins observation viewing t h e
Grand Canyon, II pronounce it a
success" Let there be light when
the First Lady asks: Cant I
take her placer" No, Eleanor,
No!'-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
OVERCOMING SUB MENACE

The fact that imports of coffee sugar cas-
tor beans, cocoa, tin, nitrates and other Latin
American products are increasing is another
indication that Uncle Sam is winning this fight
with the Axis subnarines-that more United
Nations merchant ships are "gettng through
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox recently
stated that the United States navy is win
ming the fight with the Axis undersea PROV
lers
Importers here hastened to explain, however,
that since the military has first call on the
ships available for cargo, there is no as
surance that recent increases in imports of
coffee and sugar may be continued.
1T just so happened that ships in South
American ports had space for coffee and it
was brought in because other more neces-
sary supplies were not available at the time
the ships were being loaded one official
declared
He pointed out that other South Amer-
can products, such as the castor bean, cocoa,
tin and nitrates are considered much more i'm
portant to the war effort than coffee and that
when such supplies are ready for shipment
they must take space priority over coffee
The castor bean is used in manufacture of
medicines, and war supplies, tin and nitrate are
critical materials, while cocoa is used in max
ing chocolate bars that 60 in the soldiers
emergency kit, he explained.
The improved sugar picture is due to pros
poets for a good domestic crop, plus more
available shipping space for imports from Cuba
and other Latin American producing areas
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
4H Camp To Be Held
At White Lake Soon

Fourth club boys and girls who
expect to attend camp at White
Lake, July 81 through August A.
are urged to register at the home
agents office in the customhouse
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday.
Only boys and girls who have ac-
tually been enrolled in All club
work will be eligible to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
QUOTATIONS

You can't run a place like this from =
desk-Warden Roy Best of Colorado peni
tertiary.
l looked around at those gathered on the
bridge Every face was calm, without anv
sign of fear. Every lip was firm. Every eve
was steady. These were men under fire fac
ing possible early and rapid extinction. It was
impressive to see such courage. London
Daily Express Correspondent Henry KEYS de.
scribing u. S. attack on New Georgia island
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
A WRITER JUMPS

a New York newspaper, report
ing the death of a Peruvian states
man who jumped out of a hotel
window, said, He had done moth
ing recently. except writing" Ap-
parently, a man who has nothing
more important to do than write
is rather expected to jump out of
somebody's window. - Roanoke
Va.O Times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25

support in fact. II there is truth in it, as there
well may be- it is apparent that the Ger
mans overlooked one important preliminary
to any kind of peace. 1t is that the Allies
have definitely declared that no peace will
be considered until after the unconditional
surrender of the Axis
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
EMILY POST SAYS So

There was good old-fashioned
word which fitted exactly-tacky!
We are speaking of the lame-brain
damsel who stumbles down the
sidewalk or across the street suck
ing a soft drink out of paper
cup.-Easley IS. c. Progress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
Our Chief Aim
To aid in every way the prosecu-
tion of the war to complete Vic
tory.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

There has never been great and BEAU
tiful character, which has not become so
by filling we'll the ordinary and smaller
offices appointed by God.
HORACE BUSHNELL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
OUT OF CONTACT

The white collar worker Just
can't appreciate the magnitude of
the excess purchasing power prob
lem. He never comes in contact
with it.-Greenville Is. c. News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25

The German Stuka bomber is
now called obsolete. Seems it
just dived right INTO oblivion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-25
Coast Guardsmen Appeal
For Piano And Cudd

A used washing machine u .
ly needed by the Coastal PlcNeI ,o..
Wrightsvjlle Beach, ana a
able price will be paid for one
Because of the lack OF a A,
ing machine, men stationed ,+.
base are having to wash thei S' .s
mer whites by hand and l''' o.,
is requiring considerable time ~.
labor. The machine WoGid Oe q,
chased through use of the "'
funds. "A.
Anyone having a WashIh5 ~,
chine for sale is asked to co' n,
Lieut.. James Houlihan, at
base.
-V--
A legend of Mohamfntso9'sr, n,
teaches that every one oi N
faithful will be rewarded III ii
Mos1em heaven with d halt., al,,si
72 beautiful damsels, el"''
with perpetual youth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-12

manlike, been aware that she was
beginning to fill the proportions OF
a dream girl in Vernon's thinking.
At first she thought that he, like
herself, was just lonely, but, after
the first two weeks when they were
seeing Washington together, he
said to her one night, 1--WE got ar
invitation for you. Bert and Mar
ion have heard SO much about you
they want me to bring you out to
the house for dinner Sunday"
"Marion?" asked.
my brothers wife. She's a
Washington girl, born here. You'll
like her, and I know darned will
she'll like you."
"Oh, Vernon, then you could
have known lots of girls in Wash
intgon!"
mot like you," he said.
Another gold star went up be-
side Vernon's name in her mem
DRY. 1t was a pleasant feeling that
boy like Vernon would prefer her
to all the girls he must have met.
Beth was beginning to think she
was very lucky girl. One night
after she'd written Andrea a glow
ing letter, telling her about how
much she liked her new job and
Washington, she began to think Of
her luck, stringing each contribu'
ton on a mental thread.
First there had been the fortui.
tous, if sad, circumstance of the
judges death. Then there was the
little legacy of the money she had
tucked away into a savings ac-
count. Three hundred dollars was
no great fortune unless one con-
sidered it in the light of that nest
egg that so few working girls can
count upon against a day of need.
To Beth, it was large fortune in
deed, although her salary was $32
a week.
Then there was the meeting with
Dennis Archer. She thought of him
OlCC1l, dllu CdCll ll111G WILL illS4 cap
ing understanding. Once she had
blamed him for his relationship
with Andrea, but now she had
come to understand loneliness, and
she felt that Dennis might have
been lonely, having a wife who
cared so little for him that she pre-
ferred life away from him. She
could understand why Andrea's
young loneliness must have be-
come poignant to him. She could
understand all too we'll how win
some and charming Andrea could
be. Anyone would be drawn to An
drea with her warmth, he gaiety.
After that, Beth thought of Ver-
ron and how he had changed every
thing for her by just being there.
BY all the nice things they did to-
gether. And bringing her to his
brothers house, where she had
made friends at once with Marion
Blake. Nor was Marion now the
only girl friend she had in Wash
ington; the other girls in her
boarding house had taken her in,
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