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8>tai Published Daily Except Sunday By The Wilmington Star-News At The Murchison Building R. B. Page, Owner and Publisher Telephone All Departments DIAL 3311 _ Entered as Second Class Matter at Wilming ton, N. C.. Postoffice Under Act of Congres of March 3, 1879 _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER Payable Weekly or in Advance ' Combina Star News tioi 1 Week .$ .20 $ 15 $ » 3 Months. . 2 60 195 3 9 1 Yeai-b... 10.40 7.80 15.61 News rates entitle subscriber to Sunday issu< of Star-News_ BY MAIL Payable Strictly in Advance Combina Star News tior 1 Month .$ 75 3 50 3 ,'9| 3 Month.2-jW 2'7’ l ye“r . 8.00 6.00 10.01 News rates entitle subscriber to Sunday issui of Star-News ' (Daily Without Sunday) 1 Month .$ 50 6 Months -$3.0( 3 Months . 1-50 12 Year . 6.0( (Sunday Only) 1 Month .$ .20 6 Months .$1.2! 3 Month.. 1 Year . 6.0( Card of Thanks charged for at the rate o 25 cents per line. Count five words to line THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Is entitled to the exclusive use of all news stories appearing in The Wilmington Stai WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1940 Mar-news program Consolidated City-County Government tinder Council-Manager Administration. Public Port Terminals. Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving and Marketing Facilities. Arena for Sports and Industrial Shows. Seaside Highway from Wrightsville Beach to Bald Head Island. Extension of City Limits. 85-Foot Cape Fear River channel, wid er Turning Basin, with ship lanes into industrial sites along Eastern bank south of Wilmington. Paved River Road to Southport, via Orton Plantation. Development of Pulp Wood Produc tion through sustained-yield methods throughout Southeastern North Carolina. Unified Industrial and Resort Pro motional Agency, supported by one county-wide tax. Shipyards and Drydock. Negro Health Center for Southeastern North Carolina, developed around the Community Hospital. Adequate hospital facilities for whites. Junior High School. Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers. Development of native grape growing throughout Southeastern North Carolina. Modern Tuberculosis Sanatorium. TOP ’0 THE MORNING Often I have been overwhelmed with grati tude for the sudden, sharp, blinding bolt tha has stopped me in some mad course, but . should be just as grateful for the mellow Ugh that filters down thro' the air so softly upot me in my daily icalk. To-day, I must thinl of all the light that comes to me in my path Surely I will be thankful if I realize that Got \n His love and tender compassion for me ii holding a light for me to walk by. —PELL. Sidewalk Traffic Now that street traffic has been brought un der fair regulation, and with the holiday sea ■on approaching, when shopping throngs wii infest the business district, it is approprate t consider sidewalk traffic, and the need fo pedestrians to remember that they and al others similarly abroad may go about their ei rands more easily if human barriers to prog ress are not created for conversational' put poses. There are always doorways at hand, avail able for friendly chats. Or the building line offer convenient stopping places. Althoug curbstone gossip is more or less taboo in pc lite society, the curbs are preferable to th middle of the sidewalk. A little ordinary courtesy will keep Wilminf ton sidewalks passable at all times, howeve large the crowds. It will be well for everybod if the same spirit of consideration for other that prevails in homes is practiced on th streets. An Able Secretary Secretary of State Hull’s reported decisio to remain in the cabinet during Presidei Roosevelt's third term will be welcomed b a great majority of his countrymen. It is easy to understand Mr. Hull’s desii to return to private life. He is no long< young; he has been on a difficult job for long time during a period of acute inte national stress. No other secretary of sta' in history, in fact, has served longer than tt eight years which Mr. Hull will round 01 next March. Bu it so happens that no man in publ life today has the complete confidence of i many men and women as the secretary state. In an era of bitter political divisions 1 has remained largely above and aloof fro partisan strife. Americans, by and large, r . fS • ' - gardless of party, like and trust Mr. Hull and P believe., in what he stands for.. Nor is this feeling confined to citizens of this country. In the nations of Central and South America he is regarded as a great and good friend and the living embodiment of the good neighbor policy. They too would like to see him carry on in his present post. Mr Hull, we feel sure, does not regard him * self as indispensable. But he must also be aware that his continued presence in the cabi net will be an important asset to the Roosevelt administration, both because of his close fa i miliarity with foreign affairs and the con ) fidence which voters of all parties have in him. ) __ » The Farmers' Meeting Truck farmers of southeastern North Caro lina have not only climatic eccentricities to fight, but often national opposition as well. This was demonstrated last spring, when i the National Vegetable Growers conference i asked that no farmer without a truck quota 1 be permitted to plant more tnan one acre oi 1 vegetables without penalty from the AAA. 1 The maximum was placed at three acres, when they sought to have any county growing as much as 300 acres of truck declared a ‘truck county”, which would bring it under the restrictions of the AAA program, the limit was expanded to 400 acres. The truck farmer, it appears from this, is outvoted at every turn and faces a handicap ; before he plants a crop. And this is bad economics. For when growers of other crops, tobacco and cotton, for example, may increase their truck plantings without let or hindrance, they impinge upon the rights of truck farmers — who have only their vegetables to depend on for a livelihood—and create market over stocking, which drives prices down, while still enjoying the benefits of AAA favoritism to ward their own main crops. These and relative matters are on the agenda of the mass meeting to be held on November 25 at the court house. As they con cern Wilmington’s business community nearly ' as much as the farmers themselves, it is to be 1 expected that the city’s commercial interests 1 will be well represented and share in the ^ discussions. The Case For Democracy 1 i At the recent conference of the Inter-Ameri can Commission of Women at Washington a i resolution for the preservation of democracy | was adopted. The text of the resolution is notable. It reads: “Whereas: It is the duty of the women of America to be united in the democratic ideal, since their indifference to such an , important matter would presuppose the abdication of their rights as an integral part of humanity, whose destiny is at stake: and “Whereas: Great numbers of women gave their lives in the epochal struggles by which there was bequeathed to us a continent free of all oppression, and that ' it is our duty to preserve such a precious heritage intact for our descendants i “Resolved: To call upon the women of : America to unite in the cause of true de mocracy. 1 2. To make a request to all the govern ments to encourage and aid initiatives tending toward the preservation and de fense of the principles of democracy. 3. To consider the defense of democ racy as their most noble and glorious task, and to work without respite for the in dissoluble union of all the nations of this hemisphere. Designed primarily for women, there is no real reason why the closing paragraph should not become the keynote of every loyal citizen. The defense of democracy truly is a "most noble and glorious task” in which every Amer ican ought to share, just as every American ought to “work without respite for the indis • soluble union of all the nations of this hemi • sphere.” I There is something fundamentally wrong > with the Americanism of any citizen who ■ would evade this obligation. 1 __ “You And Who Else?” --- i When Mussolini says that he will break Greece’s back, the inevitable query is “You and who else?” 5 ^ Greece’s back may be broken, but Mussolini can’t do it. His army has proved that. Save s for an initial advance, before Greece got set to fight, Italian forces have been in constant retreat. At no time, since the invasion was launched, have they displayed either striking power or y military leadership. Now 30,000 Italian sol diers are in a trap at Koritza and their fellows e on other battlefronts are hotfooting for home and mother. Yet Mussolini shouts aloud that he will crush the Greeks. In the circumstances none save a megolomaniac could talk so foolishly. n Yes, Greece’s back may be broken. But if it U is- il will be in spite of Mussolini, and not y because of his aid. \ _ e Doodling Decreases T ___ a One of the oddest items of news which has come out of the recent campaign is the report e of the American Institute of Laundering that e the spirited contest brought a boom to the lt nation’s laundry business. Hundreds of thou sands of linen tablecloths and napkins have c had to be sent to the wash because luncheon o and dinner guests have used pencils to add sf up figures or draw “doodles” on them. ie This is unfortunately as far as the institute’s n report goes but it seems to us that this is a e- matter which would bear investigation. We, w for one, are curious to know what was behind all this luncheon-table penmanship and ar tistry. Did people doodle more at campaign luncheons because they were excited or be cause they were bored? Did they mark up huge quantities of table linen because their nerves were on edge or because they were trying to figure out who was going to get the most votes? Unless some waiter or laundryman with a boundless curiosity and an analytical mind took the trouble to investigate and make a record of the doodlings we shall probably never know. We are inclihed to mark it down to the heat of the campaign and let it go at that. But it all goes to show that you can’t ever satisfy everyone. Here while all the rest of us sighed our relief that the campaign is over, the laundry meri are probably mourning the fact that ioodling is falling off and that there will be smaller bundles in the week’s wash. Centralized Purchasing The National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers is authority for he statement that centralized purchasing in live states—New York, Virginia, Maryland, Missouri and Massachusetts—has resulted In ower prices paicTfor state supplies and great sr efficiency in purchasing. Economy was effected in these states by itandardization of departmental supplies and )y competitive bidding, a study made by E. S. Naylor of the federal treasury depart nent, shows. A noteworthy practice is that of warding contracts for supplies to the lowest ‘responsible” bidder rather than to merely the owest bidder. Most of these states have provisions for iubmission of estimates of needs from state iepartments, advertising, submission and opening of bids, award of contracts, inspection )f goods, and the submission and approval of nvoices for payment. Each state has a bu reau, division or department for centralized surchasing. When open market purchases are sermitted, they are controlled'by the central Jurchasing agency. By such systematic operations the taxpayers if these states reap a definite benefit. It is to five the taxpayers of this community equiva ent benefits that the movement for consoli lated city and county government under coun :il-manager administration had been launched. — Editorial Comment GIVE IT A REAL TRIAL Raleigh News and Obeserver Even the skeptical must be impressed by he good results which have been obtained un ier a limited merit system among North Caro ina State employes. So far, the system has been tried only when t was required by Federal laws, which gov ;rn State employes paid from Federal funds. Even that trial has been incomplete, because ;he State, despite its large surplus, has not ’'et found the trifling sum necessary to pro vide for examinations among employes of the health and Welfare departments. However, he critics appear to have been put to rout in he case of the Unemployment Compensation commission, one State agency now under the merit system, despite vigorous protests from iome quarters. All State employes should be placed under a merit system and all should also be placed un ler a law forbidding political activiy on their Dart similar to the Federal Hatch Act, whch already applies to State employes paid from Federal funds. The two acts should go to gether. Merit systems are not perfect. Flaws are sasy to discover in such systems. Sometimes they bring about a complacency which is al most as deplorable as the incompetence which always flourishes under a strictly political system of appointment. On the whole, however, the merit system is vastly preferable to the political system. The merit system should be given a real trial. Eovernor-elect Broughton is fortunately in a position to administer such a system success ’ully. The circumstances of his nomination and election were such that he will be under ’ar less pressure than some of his predeces sors to make his administration a political Dne. A merit system would not only promote efficiency, it would to a very great extent take State employes out of State politics and permit a free choice nf t.hp n#»Yt MARATHON AND THERMOPYLAE (Washington Post) We cannot know, yet, what the modern Hero otus will write about the Greek war of 1940. Military experts appear t0 agree that only the most substantial sort of aid to Greece will be sufficient to keep the Axis forces long at a standstill—if both ends of the Axis move. But such ability as the Greeks have shown—to resist, and even to take the offensive—is an all-around surprise. And the Greek soldiers are being likened to the heroes of Marathon and Thermopoylae. The comparison is not only interesting but salutary. Marathon was a Greek victory over the invading Persians, Thermopylae was a defeat for the Greeks at the hands of the Persians. Both became proud landmarks in Greek history because of the heroism of the Greek forces that took part. This was no, less marked at Thermopylae than at Marathon. But at Thermopylae there was the ancient counterpart of a “fifth col umn.” A traitor showed the Persians a moun tain path by which they got behind the Greeks holding the mountain pass “a little above and a little below Thermopylae.” And there were among the allies that made up the Greek front some groups that were partisans of Persia. At Marathon the Greeks mustered some 11, 000 men to bolt the second expedition launched against them by Darius in the summer of 490 B. C. The first expedition had met disas ter in a storm off Mt. Athos, in which at least 20,000 Persian soldiers had perished. Now with a force much greater the Persians came again and landed on the plain of Marathon. The Greeks descended on the invaders, who in their overwhelming numbers regarded the Greks as “madmen.”, When the fight was over, say the estimates of Herodotus, the Greeks had lost 192 men, the routed Persians, 6,400. At Thermopylae neither a more complete mobilization of Greek allies nor a strategi cally strong position saved the Greeks from defeat. If Premier Mussolini was thinking of Fair Enough BY WESTBROOK ePEGLEIg The Star wishes its readers to know that views and opin ions expressed in this article are those of the author and may not always harmonize with its position.—The Editor. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—To the historic honors won at Adowa, Caporetto, Guadalajara and Lissa, the dashing invincibles of Benito Mussolini have now added new glories, inflicted by the Greeks in Albania and the British at Taran to, where the Duce’s indomitables upheld the famous, if somewhat queer, traditions of their arms. To be sure, the flight of the irresisti bles in Albania did not equal in magnitude the spectacular ad vance to the rear which has ma4e Caporetto a name too sacred to be mentioned out in Italy, nor in speed and form with the magnifi cent feat of footwork achieved at Guadalajara in Spain. But, man for man, the forces which ran the Greeks to exhaustion over the mountains in recent days have no need to apologize to the survivors of Caporetto, and the heroes of Guadalajara will have to admit that they did their running on a faster and straighter track. After an, spirit counts ror a great deal in Mussolini’s scoring system, and the forces in Albania certainly de served to be marked A in earnest ness as they tore for home when the fighing started. Blame Duce If there was any blame at all, it belongs to the Duce, in selecting for this contest a terrain in which the roads were narrow and wind ing and the curves improperly banked. Reports from the Greek side agree that the track was not at all suitable for championship performances. The conquering le gions were compelled to slow down on ' the turns to pitch over the cliffs and there were bottlenecks in which some of the slower mem bers impeded men behind who were full of run and wanted only road room. So, notwithstanding the fact that an extraordinary proportion of in vincibles were caught, the forces involved doubtless will receive from the Duce the cherished right to wear the proud insignia of a cloud of dust, which is awarded to all distinguished regiments of his forces. This device, unlike the bat tle honors of other nations, is worn in the space between the shoulder blades, where it is most likely to impress an enemy. If it were worn in front of course, no enemy would ever see it. Undoubtedly, the Duce’s quar termaster department will now be called on for a technical report on the efficiency of a type of running snoe worn Dy ms mvmciDies in the flight from the Greeks. After Guadalajara, when so many casu altes were found to be suffering from hob-nail wounds in the rear, it was decided to do something to abate this hazard, and rubber spikes were substituted for a time, but were abandoned when the sol diers stewed them in gear grease and ate them for mussels, a great delicacy as long as they lasted. The more daring minds on the Duce’s staff proposed long, wicked sprinters’ spikes and a mere shell of a shoe for the utmost speed and a regulation issue of tin-body ar mor in the sole of the pants to re duce casualties from tramping. But, after all, the Imperial Le gions of the All-Conquering Will are not mere sprinters. They are distance runners, too, so we do not know whether they were using spikes in Albania where they ran a marathon race. It is hard to see how Mussolini can conscientiously honor the he roes of the naval engagement at Taranto on an equal scale with those of the old battle of Lissa. It is true that, on net results, they upheld the traditions of Lissa, but, after all, they didn’t run away during the action. They had al ready run away and were hiding at the time, whereas, at Lissa, the Italian fleet not only achieved a historic defeat but followed that with a magnificent flight from the Austrians comparable, in sea war fare, to the most glorious fgats of running ever recorded by the land forces. If the Duce starts * rewarding men for inartistic defeats he will cheapen his honors, and his im perial hosts will begin to sock themselves on the chin just to win medals for their shoulder blades. In the Duce’s hosts of land, sea and air, two elements should al ways be combined in any tradi tional performance, defeat and flight. Taranto was not entirely in the best tradition. 1 BATTLESHIP FIRE IS EXTINGUISHED (Continued From Page One) out aboard the destroyer Gwynn at Boston navy yrad last night, the second blaze there in three days.) A New ork Shipbuilding com pany spokesman said investigation, indicated today’s blaze here re sulted from an employe’s welding torch which ignited rubbish n a forward part of the hold. A prevous blaze, on October 11, 1939, was ascribed at that time to a hot rivet orweldin g sparks. history when he launched his at tack on Greece, it must have been Thermopylae and not Marathon that held his attention. CEILING-RAISING JOB ' The company discounted the pos sibility of sabotage in either case. Eighteen workmen were exam ined by yard physicians after the fire this afternoon—but only one required hospital treatment. His condition was reported as good. Seven of the 18 were .overcome by fumes within the hold and had to be helped out. The first of two alarms sounded at 2:08 p.m. (EST). Company em ployes had controlled the flames with chemicals, however, before arrival of six Camden fire com panies ten minutes later. The fire was at no time dan gerous, the company spokesman said, and damage was confined to “some scorched woodwork.” 1 NATIONALIST BODY OUSTED BY SWISS (Continued From Page One) Swiss government’s views, recent ly called the movement “a true copy of Germany’s National So cialist party.” uu nuv. ivJ me ui£cuj.u.ctiiuii uctu offered what some commentators called an ultimatum, demanding immediate permission for its press to resume publication, freedom for imprisoned members of the "Na tional Circle,” and restitution for the "moral and economic dam age” done to the circle’s members. • The order of the federal council, announced over the nationwide ra dio in Switzerland’s three national languages, said that the movement “and all its subsidiaries” were dis solved. The dissolution is effective tomorrow. The “subsidiaries” include the organization’s newspaper. A communique of the federal council said: “The National Movement tried recently to transform by illegal procedure Swiss institutions and to compromise public order and cre ate conflict.” 1 LEWIS ASSAILS WILLIAM GREEN ^VVUUUUVU »»VMI A «•§« vllv / crooks and racketeers of the or wails and laments of the Amalga it wonderful’. ‘‘But there is no peace because you are not yet strong enough to demand peace on honorable terms.” Lewis brought the delegates to theirfee t cheering when he said he was not weary of the fight for industrial unionism he undertook to lead five years ago, and that those who had left CIO ranks to go with the AfL had "taken the easy way out.” With words that appeared to be slanted toward the peace advo cates on the convention floor, Lewis added: “If there is anybody else who wants to take theeas y way out, let them take it.” Referring to Rosenblum’s pro posal for further exploratory con ferences on AFL-CIO unity, Lewis declared: “I’ve been an explorer for a ong time. Do you want me to ex plore Bill Green’s mind?” “I’ve done a lot of exploring into Bill’s mind and I give you my word—there is nothing there.” 1 There are more than 420,000 miles of railway track in the United States. NAZIS BOMB BRITISH INDUSTRIAL SECTION (Continued from Page One) midlands pictured it as one of the fiercest and most widespread as saults on that region since the battle of Britain began. At least one of the invaders ran afoul of Britain’s balloon barrage. This plane crashed in flames in the marshes off Jenkins Lane, at Bark- i ing, in Essex. • The first reports pictured the Nazi ' attack as directed largely at one j anonymous manufacturing town < where the raiders seemed bent on | repeating devastation wrought last week at Coventry. , Bombs of all types rained down 1 upon nearly all parts of the town, < whose identity was closely guarded • by the censor. Casualties are not yet known — but last Thursday night’s raid on J Coventry, also in the midlands, left j at least 300 dead, hundreds more , wuunuca auuu aytiiimg wret'Kagc, . The Coventry raid went several hours, extending overnight. 1 Meanwhile, other raiders pounded ‘ at London, two other midland towns ' and numerous villages. ^ The Axis bombers flew in mass ] formation of between 80 and 100 • planes across the English Channel 1 at nightfall and shortly after struck 1 at England, Scotland Wales.-' One raider was brought down in 1 flames in Warwickshire during the ( midlands attack, making the second i German plane destroyed during the 5 night. While their fellow fliers were ^ pounding London as usual, bombers * dropped flares on the midlands town ! and then came back to drop explo sives. Observers said flashes from explosions lit the sky for over an I hour with only brief intervals be tween the bursts. Spasmodic gunfire, the roar of heavy explosives and the flash of incendiary bombs ushered in another night of raiding in London. Simul taneously, reports told of raiders c over Eastern Scotland, Liverpool, • the midlands, Northwest England, s East Anglia, Kent and Wales. J Sunset Park Gas Supply « Restored After Stoppage \ 1 The gas supply in the Sunset t Park area was restored yesterday afternoon after being cut off by t the stoppage of a high pressure i line at a point near Third and ! Queen street. ; Officials of the Tide Water Pow er company said that the block in * the line became apparent about c mid-day. Gas service was restored v about 4 o’clock. 5 * Pretlow Named Head Of i Cotillion Club Here c __ \ J. C. Pretlow, Jr., was elected ^ president of the Inter-Se-Cotillion „ club at a meeting of the organ- ° ization last night. Other officers elected were:Mon- ^ trose Hinnant, vice-president; J. J Arthur Brown, Jr., treasurer; and c T. R. Ames, Jr., secretary. i Plans were made for a dance o on the night of December 26. 5 p -P CHOOSES b IRVINGTON, N. J., Nov. 19.—UP) Bernard Bernheim, who was given p his choice between army enlistment c and standing trial on a charge of o selling illegal liquor, was certified yesterday for induction into the army fc by his local draft board, , YULE TOYS BEING DISPLAYED HER Merchants Of City Decora Windows In Preparation For Visit Of Santa Merchants of Wilmington are 1: ng their windows with toys of: lescription in preparation for tl ipening of the Christmas shoppii eason for Southeastern Nor Carolina Friday afternoon, wh ianta Claus pays his annual vi o the city. The toys on display are tho if yesteryear mixed with those oday and show windows of t tity are beginning to look li ianta Claus’ own private domicil Toy dealers are expecting th he old standbys of dolls, wago md scooters will be in most c nand, but added to this usual mposing array are a number lew toys of ingenious nature whii ire sure to appeal to the childre Meanwhile, plans were bei: mshed yesterday to get the ci n festive mood for the visit ianta Friday afternoon, when tomes roaring down from t tforth Pole in his special airplar .landing at the county airport, Sa a will start from there or. t our of the city in a specia, milt float. ut: jjetaaca uuuugn ion he will give the signal for t; Christmas lights to be turned iver the city and then the Chri< nas shopping season will be ° All children and adults, too. f hat matter, in Southeastern Nor Carolina, are extended an invit ion to be in Wilmington Frids or the annual visit of St, Nick, J. S. CONSIDERS GREECE’S APPEAL FOR ASS1STANC (Continued From Page One) f the world for ‘‘planes . ■ lanes . . . planes” to defend he elf against the next, surge of alitarian war. Prime Minister Then Nicoloudi aying he spoke especially to Bri in and the United States, urgj hat Greece’s friends not be W ;d by her successes thus far 1 he Balkan war. “We won’t make the same fl ake as heroic Finland which, k ent with her first successes, fau o ask for help from abroafl ' Did foreign newspaper correspor nts‘ . . ...... , Ben Switzerland, declared 'he ighcomman d already had * l German and Bulgarian ^ ‘all necessary steps” to.meef] rj le kingdom’s Macedor.um lerman and Bulgarian /ard the Aegean sea ana Ireek port of Salonika, ' ^ ources in Bern said. nl ‘ t any hour now.”) ,j. Reviewing the situation <* •ont, Nicoloudis said, ”1 a ' da y to announce today, the f the war, that our her0’c Li i mopping up the last ie bee f Greek territory which ha' , rofaned by fascist ^ ushing the enemy back ania. -pat iff “Towns and villages of k* a, Drtancear e menaced and , anvinced that victory " 1 ars.” . , ;i0i Koritza, Albania, Italian in'a ^ ase 10 miles from the Gree ar, was a maor objectiv*
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