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DECEMBER 15, 1940, Star-News Program Consolidated City-County Government under 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■ 35-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 Production through sustained-yield methods through out Southeastern North Carolina. Unified Industrial and Resort Promo tional Agency, supported by one county wide tax. . Shipyards and Drydocks. Negro Health Center for Southeastern North Carolina, developed around the Community Hospital. Adequate hospital Alities for whites. Junior High School. Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers. Development of native grape growing throughout Southeastern North Carolina. Modern Tuberculosis Sanatorium. TOP O' THE MORNING Alongside the brutal facts of the far-from ideal Corinthian church, Paul places a' shining ideal. One suspects that First Corinthians 13 describes everything these primitive Christians were not. And yet it describes what they might become. The best Church, and the best Christian, then or now, is the one best described by these immortal words. If for no other reason we might be grateful to that faraway church for having saved for us this poem of chirstian love. It did not describe them; perhaps it does not describe you; but don’t you wish it did? —SENIOR QUARTERLY. A Major Victory By every criterion the British have gained a resounding success in North Africa, and one that can have consequences of tremendous importance. Only a swift reversal of the tide could change the aspect of this smashing blow against Italy, and there is nothing tsf indicate that Marshall Graziana can do this or that the forces under his command would be will ing to back his effort. All reports, except Rome’s official communiques, indicate that the Italians in Egypt have been completely routed and that the.ir defeat is complete. From the beginning of this lightning attack that began only last Monday the British have been cautious about making advance claims. They described it as "a great raid” rather than a major offensive, but Prime Minister Churchill did not overstate the case when he said that, considering the scale of the oper ations, a victory of the first order had been won. What has happened is that an outnumbered defensive force has caught the Italian armies, a quarter of a million strong, off balance, has snapped off the spearhead of the invasion, taken thousands of prisoners and stands astride of the line of retreat of the advance divisions still in action. The British have seized the in itiative. Graziani may have all that he can do to save any sizeable part of his main force. Whether this shrewdly aimed and perfectly timed British blow can be followed up depends on factors not yet to be appraised. But as the situation stands today it appears that it wil! be a long time before an Italian invasion could be resumed. The British can hold the Italians where they are, or force them even further back—even across the Libyan border—and ii they wish they can send men and tanks anc planes to Greece. From Albania, already ar open wound in Italy’s side, they can brinj tremendous pressure to bear. Meanwhile, of course, the navy will increase the strain on Mussolini's communications witl Libya and Albania, while the bombers of the RAF, operating from bases in Greece, will press the war to the Italian mainland. There is no question that Mussolini’s position, none too strong before, has been made precarious by this brilliant “raid” Britain’s mechanized forces have carried out in the desert sands of Africa. Southport’s Advantages With the Holly Ridge base definitely ap proved and construction work actually under way, the time has come for southeastern North Carolina to center its attention upon securing other military or naval projects for this “Un guarded front line of national defense,” several of which are under consideration at Washing ton. In this effort too much emphasis cannot be placed on the availability and desirability and eminent usefulness of Southport, both for the training of defense forces and for defense it self in case of an attack. Southport’s geographical location is advan tageous for both purposes. It offers security for naval craft both from severe storms and for cover in emergency. It is admirably situ ated for either shipyards or drydocks. And with Fort Caswell in close proximity, it could be utilized as headquarters of a large air unit, such as must be maintained on this section of the Atlantic coast if the defense program is to be a thorough one. In conjunction with the great artillery post at Fort Bragg and the anti-aircraft base north of Wilmington, such an air unit is obviously indispensible, and with one aiport there and another at Wilmington coastal attack would be a hazardous adventure for any foe. It is not too much to say that to neglect to place any of these defense projects at South port would be to leave a perilous gap in the defense line. Furthermore, Southport is no less advantageously located for training than for defense itself. With vast areas of unused land at hand, with sheltered water flowing di rectly into the ocean, and within easy com munication distance with Wilmington, the physical requirements are all met. Many thou sands of trainees could be based there and be assured of perfect training conditions in ter rain, climate and supply. Alien Registration One must thank both the authorities and the non-citizens themselves for the fact that the task of registering all aliens in this coun try has proceeded so well. With 90 per cent of all those required to register already on the lists, the progress made is well ahead of expectations. This is also a good time to remind the aliens who so far have neglected to register that less than two weeks remain before the lists lose on December 27. It would be a shame if their negligence spoils the splendid record which has been made so far. The requirements of the law should be clear to all by this time. Everyone who was born abroad and who has not become a full-fledged American citizen through naturalization is obliged to register. This included not only aliens who are residents but those who are visitors or refugees, even if only for a brief period. Children as well as adults are sub ject to the law. Registration of the remaining 10 per cent can be simplified if the authorities have the cooperation of friends and employers of these aliens. In most cases all that will be neces sary is a reminder that the time is short, that they have nothing to fear in complying with the formality of registration, but that there are severe penalties provided in the law for aliens who fail to put their names on the lists. C. of C. Reorganization The Star-News congratulates the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce on the reorganization plan contemplated in recommendations pre sented at a membership meeting on Friday night. It is in line with suggestions advanced at a joint meeting of civic clubs some weeks ago and shows that the seed planted there not only took root but is developing into a well-nourished program. There is no doubt that the people of Wil mington will support the proposal as a means to materially advance their community in terests and help not only Wilmington but all New Hanover county attain the high position, industrially and economically, among North Carolina cities to which it is richly entitled, and for which it is endowed with great natural resources. In the acquisition of an industrial engineer, who must be a man of both experience and vision, this area can confidently look forward to development of its manufacturing possibili ties, and with the concentration of port, traf fic and tourist efforts under a central authori ty there should result greater benefits than with each agency functioning separately. The general plan of reorganization is in line with the new spirit which has been awakened by the expansion of the national defense pro gram in the Wilmington area. By its adoption Wilmington will have accepted a major oppor tunity to forge rapidly ahead. Scouts on Traffic Duty The arrival of Boy Scouts at Front Street intersections yesterday for duty as special traffic directors marked a vast improvement both in pedestrian and vehicular travel. This service, ■ rendered annually at the ap proach of Christmas, when all types of traffic increases rapidly, is in keeping with the scout program of usefulness, but its efficiency is an individual achievement for which the boys on duty, no less than their organization, are to be thanked. It was interesting and gratifying to note the respect paid to these youngsters and the close observance accorded their signals by the Sat urday shopping throngs. Even more impres sive was the reflection that with the coming of troops to Holly Ridge and the additional thou sands which will follow them, it will be nec essary for Wilmington to institute similar traf fic regulation as a routing service daily. It will be hardly necessary to station four of ficers at each corner, but there is no reason to doubt that traffic men will have to be maintained in constant service at all Front street intersections in the business district, and probably other crossings too, throughout every day whose duty it will be to stop all traffic, afoot and vehicular on red signal lights in the interest of safety. The present in dulgence for pedestrians cannot go on in definitely without serious consequences. What this means, of course, is that additional traffic officers will have to be employed, as previously suggested in these columns, and the city administration cannot afford to over look this fact in planning its program for the greater city that the defense effort is destined to make of Wilmington. Bruce Catton s 'In Washington' Star-News, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON.—Pressure of a snow-balling reserve fund is likely to force a change in the unemployment compensation sections of the social security set-up this winter. Under the present law money is coming in just about twice as fast as it is going out. The unemployment insurance reserve fund to day stands at about $1,700,000,000, and is figured to reach $2,250,000,000 by next July. This reserve fund is invested by the secre tary of the treasury in government bonds, each state’s own contribution being held to its account. Thus, instead of contributing to an increase in the national debt, this piling-up of the insurance fund provides a market for some of the bonds which the increase in the national debt puts on the market. LABOR FAVORS LIBERALIZATION From laDor ana important New Dealers comes a demand that benefit payments be liberalized. From business interests comes a demand that the employer s’ burden be lightened—either by a lowering of the 3 per cent payroll tax, or by extension of the ex perience-rating system. Or perhaps both. Whole future of the unemployment com pensation system may depend largely on how this scrap comes out. The Social Security Board is inclined to liberalize benefits, both on the theory that in many states the sums now paid are inadequate and in the belief that anything which would increase ’mass buying power would be all to the good. Under the general heading of liberal izing benefits would come shortening of the waiting period, extension of the time over which benefits can be paid, and hiking of the amounts paid out. In general, both the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. would back such a move. Interesting point is that the final rallying point of the liberalizers may be the McCormick bill (backed by Majority Leader John W. McCor mack), which would write minimum benefit standards into the federal law. End result of such a step would probably be more or less complete federalization of the whole system— which, as it now stands, is actually a state affair operating under a degree of federal supervision. EXPERIENCE RATINGS CENTER OF DEBATE Real center of the argument, however, will be the business about experience ratings. This is a system, now in effect in a number of states, whereby the unemployment insur ance tax which an employer pays depends on his record in regard to stabilizing his own force. An employer who can show that over a three-year period he has kept his force from fluctuating very much and has dis charged few persons pays a lower tax than the employer who lays off a large number every so often. For years the National Association of Manu facturers has urged extension of this system. Argument is that it offers a powerful incentive the employer who is most responsible for toward the stabilization of employment, forces unemployment to bear the heaviest part of the load, and tends to make the whole system a means for helping to reduce unemployment. Labor organizations and the Social Security Board don’t like experience ratings much. They consider this a means of stabilizing un- ■ employment, assert it works out in favor of corporations (like utilities) whose labor re quirements are fairly steady, and say that it promotes the replacement of men by ma chines. c -5 Quotations ___ ( The future of money administration in the ' United States should be devoted to stimulating } the distribution of wealth, so that the output of 100 per cent capacity can be absorbed as produced. —Sir Charles Morgan-Webb, Brit ish visiting economist. ! * * * Unless industrial prices stay in line with farm prices and wages, wr shall be sliding right toward a deep depression as the effects of defense orders slow down. —Carl G. Woos ter, New York State AAA chairman. * * * # ] The cynicism which puts aside as naive and i outworn the impulse to be righteous and un- t selfish is the really dangerous fifth column.— : Dr. George N. Shuster, president, Hunter Col lege. , * * * « My life has been a failure. —Jesse Liver- ( more, market speculator, just before ending < it. j * » * 1 War prisoners are the ‘‘forgetten men” of to- s di?y- Tracy Strong, general secretary, World Alliance, Y. M. C. A. Philosophy is at a low ebb and has itself has°^mntbSardly sPecialized- while religion i as almost disappeared from the curriculum. . ean Luther A. Weigle, Yale Divinity School. * * * trv d°nl suppose there ever has been a coun ca hTs hoeiTT1! m°re generous than Ameri- i native of v"rg^iantam- ^ British War Interpretive BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON Tremendous stimulation of British public morale has resulted from Greek and British victories over Italian forces in the east. There are other factors, however, than the smashing blows struck at Italy to account for British confi dence in the ultimate outcome of the war. The full fury of Hitler’s boasted air power has been tested and proved ineffective to end. the war quickly in a British defeat. Prime Minister Churchill told his people six months ago, when France fell, that the crux of the war lay in Britain’s power to "break Hitler’s air weapon.” It has not been broken; but its edge has been dulled. It has failed to crack British morale, failed to open the way for Nazi invasion of England; failed as yet to bring a real starvation specter before Eng lish eyes in the war at sea. English skies still are dominated in daylight by Britain’s fighter pilots. Only at night do the heavy blows fall which Hitler said would lay England in ruins. Within six months the German attack has been deflect ed from England’s weakest flank, the air, to her strongest, the sea. Nazi air-submarine-surface craft as sault on England's sea life lines now holds the greatest menace to Brit ain. British hopes of attaining victory years sooner than her leaders had reckoned possible six months • ago are clearly indicated. The late Lord Lothian, ambassador to Washington, in his last message urging expedited American help, foresaw possibilities of smashing Germany next year or in 1942. He did not live to learn the full-scope of Italian disasters on two far fronts. There is double mystery in this war. It involves both German and Italian air power, the prime element on which the Axis mates relied in challenging British sea power. Italy’s boasted air force signally failed her in Greece, Albania and Egypt. Just why is known only in Italy. If London knew, Jt might have the final answer to the war's outcome. Germany has not only failed to crush England through the air, but also to reach the crescendo of air attack her air superiority seemed to make possible. Jusy why Nazi bonders have not come over Eng land in thousands night after night instead of hundreds and why there are lapses between mass attacks is known only in Germany. Weeks ago. Churchill told parlia ment that approximately 500 planes within a 24-hour period had been the maximum German attack but might be only a fraction of what would be attained. It has not since been exceeded, even by Berlin war ac counting. London recently knew two full days and nights of bombing sur cease 1n the wake of a great mass night attack. Other English cities had like experiences. They have come to expect a day or so of breathing spell after each air blow. There is obviously some supply or transportation bottle-neck limit ing full employment of both Italian and German air power. It may be gasoline, or merely the difficulties of organization and supply trans portation. The German air attack on England is based along 2,000 miles of the German-held continental coastal area of Europe. A 500-plane daily attack burns up a huge quantity of fuel. If Germany is raiding her war reserve stocks now to supply it and lack of fuel has grounded Italian planes much need ed in Albania and Egypt, Britain’s victory hopes are justified. If it is not lack of fuel hampering Axis air power at both ends, what is it? Maj. Beatty Promoted To Lieutenant Colonel Major George Samuel Beatty, native of Bladen county, has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, re cent War department orders reveal. He is now stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., as a member of the First Armored Division, America’s first “Panzer” unit. Col. Beatty is a brother of Mrs. Malcolm H. Lander of this city. He entered the army in 1917, and after active service, remained in Germany with the army of occu pation. He was awarded the Distinctive Service Cross and Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster for action in France. After he returned to the United States, he graduated in the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga., and from the General Staff school, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Chief Ronrk Warns Firecracker Shooters The shooting of firecrackers in the streets at any time will be strictly prohibited and all offenders will be arrested, Police Chief Jo seph C. Rourk said yesterday. The police department, he said, requests citizens to refrain from shooting firecrackers even in their own yards on Sundays. The city commissioners last week asked cit izens to confine their fireworks to their own yards during the holiday season. 2 NEW PATROLMEN RALEIGH, Dec. 14.—CP)—Major John Armstrong, commander of the state highway patrol, announced to day the appointment of five men as highway patrolmen to fill vacancies. They are Charles C. Powell of Wil son, John L. Carpenter of Newton, T. R. Johnson of Greensboro, J. W. AVilliamscn of Kenansville and J. L. Jones of Lewiston. In England, a Year and a Half Ago I I 0 r t i i i i i \ BUSINESS I 1 AS l USUAL \ 1 n (GOVERNMENT I WORK I MUSTNT interfere WITH PRIVATE I BUSINESS I /f HEA Seriw, lae. IN HOLLYWOOD BY PAUL HARRISON NEA Service Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD—Even though her avidly photographed, traffic - stop ping “strip-down” strike was a publicity isiunt arranged to plug a motion picture, this Gerta Rozan is just the gal who’d do something like that in any justifiable situ ation. After all, she once laughed in the face of Adolf Hitler. Miss Rozan has spunk. And a sense of humor. She also has what it takes to fill out a set of black silk scanties and poise in ’em while picketing the offices of David Loew and Albert Lewin. The idea behind this startling behavior was that her small but dramatic part in “So Ends the Night” had been cut out of the picture to shorten it. The Vienese actress is supposed to have an nounced she would picket the office with a sign. Each day she would remove an article of clothing. She would keep right on undressing until— (1) the police interfered, (2) she froze or caught pneumonia, or (3) the producers relented and agreed to leave her in the picture. REPEAT SHOWING FOR CAMERMEN On the third day, having got Sown to her slip, Miss Rozan shoul dered her sign and took a few warm-up turns. Finally, at a signal from the press agents, she put down the sign and peeled off her slip. Production Assistant Stanley Kramer, who had been poised ner vously just inside the door, rushed out, tossed a topcoat around her and led her into the building. Protesting howls came from the photographers, who hadn’t made nearly enough pictures. So the whole stunt was repeated. I followed her into the office then and was a witness at her confer ence with the Messrs. Lewin and Loew. They played it straight. The ac ress said her role was impor ant to her career, and that the executives had assured her the part had been admirably played. Mr. Lewin sr*id that was true, but they were going to have to chop out a lot because the film was about three hours long. She insisted. He hedged. She threatened to resume her picket ing. And he capitulated. At least part of her footage will be retained —if, indeed, it ever was cut. THAT FUNNY CHAPLIN IMITATOR When Miss Rozan had dressed and was ready to chat, I was able to notice that her eyes are large and blue, that her generous mouth is mode for smiling, but 'that her face can mirror a lot of emotion. I guess she’s a pretty good ac tress. So determined was she to be one that she ran away from home at 14 and threatened suicide if her parents didn’t call off the police who had been asked to send her back. So she was allowed to claim be ing 18 and to play with stock com panies in Germany and Austria. She progressed to prominent roles in the Berlin theater. One day in the dining room of large Berlin hotel. Miss Rozan spotted a little man who she as sumed was a Chaplin ir itator. His nervous motions and the way his tiny mustache wiggled made her giggle. When he turned and glow ered, she whooped aloud at his comic fury. About that time, a couple of men approached his ta ble, saluted and said. "Heil Hit ler!” (This was shortly before he came into power.) Some time later she defied the orders of a couple of Storm Troopers by going into a Jewish shop, though she didn't want to buy anything. Emerging, she was reprimanded by a whple group of brown shirts who had gathered. So she took that opportunity to give ’em a dressing down in front of a curiously silent crowd. Said they made her almost ashamed of be ing an Aryan. An officer said she'd be pun ished for such talk and would get into the newsreels r.s a betrayer of Nazi ideals. “That’s fine!” snapped Gerta Rozan. “I’ve always wanted 'to be in pictures.” 1 Medical Care [ _ BY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D. Is it safe for a woman over 40 ' to have her first baby? About 80 per cent of mothers of first babies are between 15 and 35 years of age. Most of these are ; between 20 and 25 years of age. • Only about 2 per cent of first babies are born when the mothers are over 35, and only 1 per cent when they are over 40. Naturally, the risk is greater over 40—the bones of the pelvis and the tissues are more solid and less resilient. Besides that the dangers of tox emia of pregnancy are more im minent after 40. But certainly in that 1 per cent mentioned above, the great majority come through safely, and the children are per fectly healthy. But the expectant mother over 40 should have extra special care and medical super vision all through the period, r “Muscle Bound” vviiat id meant vy in c tcixu ‘‘rhuscle bound”? In popular phraseology, this applies to a heavy-set, heavy-mus cled man who has been working or exercising so much that he cannot respond by quick or clever movements whep in competitive contests such as boxing or wres tling. It is not a scientific term and there is no good scientific ex planation for the condition. When a muscle is used a great deal it tends to become shorter and hence to produce a strong pull on weak er sets of opposing muscles, caus ing, in certain cases, some de formity. Is regular dreaming every night of any significance? From the standpoint of physical disease, no. It indicates an active mental and imaginative life in the waking hours. Most dreaming is done by persons between 20 and *5 years of age, and dreams in crease with the variety and ac tivity of the individual's mental life. Investigations by the psycholo gy departments in colleges and universities show that around ex amination time or commencement time, when intellectual processes are stirred up, students dream more often and more than once a night. Dreams do not really disturb rest very much because a dream seldom laste more than ten minutes. The after-effects of a dream on the imagination, how ever, may cause depression and a feeling akin to fatigue. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS M. F. W.:—“What medicines will cause the trouble known as low count of the white corpuscles?” Answer—Headache medicines containing amidopyrine. Careful inquiries as to whether a head ache medicine includes this drug should always be made before us ing. Drug firms have stopped put ting out such preparations but somebody occasionally finds an old bottle of headache medicine in the bathroom cabinet, with bad re sults. 5 Book Highlights Few are they who can look back at 80 on a life so rich as that of Ernest Thompson Se ton, artist, writer and perhaps foremost authority on the wild life of North America. And fewer still are they who can cap 80 years with a dis tinguished autobiography such as Seton has now written, and superbly illustrated, “Trail of an Artist . Naturalist’’ (Scrib ners: $3.75). ■ It is not too much to place it among the half dozen best books of the year, twelfth of 14 children, Seton overcame myriad difficulties to achieve success, and not the least difficult was a hard-bit ten Scottish father who said to him one day: “Now, my son, you are 21 years • of age: you have attained to years of manhood, if not discretion. All the duties and responsibilities which have hitherto been borne for you by your father, yuU must now assume for yourself. I have been prayerfully remembrant of our every interest, and I lieet* hardly remind you that for all that is good in you. you are. under God. indebted to your father—and of course, to some extent, your moth er also. “For this, you must feel your' iself under a bond of. gratitude that will strengthen rather than weaken as life draws near the goa that all should keep in view. owe everything on earth, even h • itself, to your father; reveren gratitude should be your on.. thought. While it is hopeless that you should ever discharge t 1 - debt, there is yet another to " ' „ I must call your attention at one • He now pointed to page a-^ page in a ponderous casi’,°en the disbursements that had ^ made for me since my birth- 1 they were, every item wVn and date perfect — uinnit-soona ■ correct—even the original doc fee for bringing me into the _ was there. The whole arnoun $537.50. f “Hitherto,” said he. with ‘rac® of emotion at the thought ° ^ own magnanimity. ‘‘I haw e J " j no interest; but from this v . must add the reasonable a ‘ j of 6 per cent per annum. ^ conceived to be a duty i '|AL Je self as well as to your ''v'n “ j,aii of duty and manhood: and - ^ be glad to haVe you amount at the earlier * tunity.” lumbermen , 1 T'l—The CHARLOTTE. Dec. H 18th annual convention o' ^,ippl-v lina Lumber anti Ruilrlui'-; • Jjfl associations "ill be belli u 15-16. ✓
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