The Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.). 1941-08-15 [P

UXXx dictional and other management-labor disputes Anti-Noise Ordinance “UP ABOVE THE WORLD SO Fair remain unsettled? On the basis of a 40-hour HIGH—!”_ Enough JUilmtngtim week, idleness of 23,400 workers represents While the eastern seaboard faces a probable week. This the loss of 936,000 man hours every shortage of coal and a hypothetical shortage to maximum #tar would seem as great an obstacle of council is bent on Wilmington’s ions iJlonting gasoline, expressed in this fault in the method of let- are art,c? Published Daily Except Sunday production as any creating a shortage in the noise nuisance. those of the author Star-Newi «! a By The Wilmington ting war industry contracts. In contrast with the first two, this indisput- may not always ham, At The Murchison Building that American with its It is not solacing to think ably will enjoy public support whereas the position.—The B Owner and Publisher Editor* R Page, its bit for Hitler All Departments idleness is doing others face secret) and in the case of gaso- Telephone By WESTBROK PEGLER 3311 line, open protest. NEW DIAL YORK, Aug. 14,-In An ordinance is proposed which would pro- w ~»» Second Pass Matter at Wilming- Coast Guard Station uigton, custom borbids Pnt.rxi hibit certain offensive and oPicers »nn Postoffice Under Act of Congress rest-dispelling armed forces N C.. to be seen in of March 3, 1879. Beach noises at night, with garages, taxicab stands pJ What has become of the Wrightsville / MOW TM'HtCK. in uniform, except in time and gasoline stations in residential sections ofT SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER coast guard station project? ing war or in time of or In Advance listed for 9 dovoobail. cocktail !' Payable Weekly but certain specifically closing between o’clock [ idea being that the Combina- Its exact status is a little foggy OF THI S statesmen p.m. and 7 a.m. Rigid enforcement of such VOUT the Hill might take Star News tion facts are self-evident. The chief of these is fright or a law would a in v 20 .15 30 to go long way making sleep ‘rwuiG brage at the sight of i Week ...$ $ $ that no concrete effort has been made bring so ^ 3 90 for residents in the affected $.60 »•» was possible neighbor- clanking warriors, and 3 Months !••••*. the matter to a head since the project cut 0f7! hoods. military appropriations to 7.80 15.60 launched. All other reasons for delay apparent- prev! J year .10.40 But it would be necessary for the council a putsch. The wisdom issue and are therefore unim- of News rates entitle subscriber to Sunday ly stem from this, this to go a step farther if unnecessary night noises thetic decree has been of Star-News_ portant. debate!? are to be eliminated. That would formally in the actually step services, with cnl BY MAIL When conditions at Washington were investi- a few officers be to forbid the idle tooting of motor vehicle holding that a Payable Strictly in Advance that President Roosevelt J gated it was learned dier should wear the Combina- horns and the routing of trucks through less habit of h tion had let it be known he would veto all legisla- trade in Star News populous and level streets. peace as well as in 1 Month ...$ 75 $ 50 $ .90 tion not directly linked to defense. Rep. Most of them Such an ordinance as the one in force, and prefer mufti f0, 3 Month. 2.00 1.50 2.75 however, has out that several personal Bayard Clark, pointed at for would reasons which 6 Months 4.00 3.00 5.50 enforced, Atlanta, example, per- ap. not only is an adequate coast guard essential ply not only in the 1 Year 8.00 6.00 10.00 form a miracle in Wilmington. In the Georgia capital bat in national defense, but that Mr. Roosevelt, everywhere else. One an is that News rates entitle subscriber to Sunday issue capital auto driver who honks just to be th since the word on vetoes, has signed officer in uniform has of Star-News passing is dealt with at court. Trucks no privacy doing something in several bills of a non-defense nature. For both public, but may be follow inoffensive routes. And badgered by (DAILY WITHOUT SUNDAY) despite its great bore these it appears there is any who has a cousin 6 reasons, therefore, to servin', 1 Month .$ .50 Months.$3.00 size, compared Wilmington, it is a much at Fort no reason longer to delay a definite and Snelling and regards S Months .1.50 12 Months.6.00 good Its residents in if that quieter city. sleep peace, fact as a bond of concerted effort to secure the necessary grant interest with (Sunday Only) so or invite if a inclined, police interference professional man of .20 6 for the beach station. arms who 1 Month .$ Months.$1.25 boistrous. is 1 Year .2.50 weary of talking shop i Months .66 There are some vessels of and only 10,000 many types an anti-noise ordinance would make a wants to read a Yes, detective storv Card of Thanks for at the rate of records of this These are or look charged listed in the port. different of but to be ef- out the train window Count words to line. city Wilmington, An 25 cents per line. five of the coast other is the idiotic, ™ entitled to the protection guard. fective it should include all kinds of needless useless' ex' pensive and uncomfortable THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In addition Davis authorities have re- affec' Camp noises. tation known as the entitled to the exclusive use of all news Sam Brcvne Is three boats and will secure quested probably belt, adopted from the » stories in The Star. British appearing Wilmington the first World them. Does not this identify the project with War and neve- FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1941 abandoned by our defense? army, lest a decision so to do wound the — --—-—i Washington Daybook feel There has been some hesitancy to bring the ings of General John J. Pershim matter to the attention of Senator Bailey, Serving No Purpose Star-News By JACK STINNETT As as Program long the old gentler^ Government chairman of the senate commerce committee, and Consolidated City-County WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Around Capital lives, presumably fcr a re- over the head of Clark. It interval after under Administration. Representative Town: spectful he is laid Council-Manager in would be a discourtesy to do so, but there away Arlington, officers of an- Publio Port Terminals. When the Supreme Court reconvenes in Oct- other generation will have to wear seems no good reason why Mr. Clark could ober, there will be added to its one this Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving furnishings heavy harness which serves not invoke Mr. offices in behalf of the strangest articles that the highest judi- no but to and Marketing Facilities. Bailey’s good purpose torture the imj cial body of the larni has seen in modern inside it and of an undertaking so essential to the success- needlessly consurr.! Seaside from Wrightsville It is new Associate Highway times. Justice Robert H. so many thousand units of leathe- ful operation of the defense effort in this sec- Jackson’s chair. and Beach to Bald Head Island. rocking brass which might be put ;■ tion of the Atlantic seaboard. from the Extension of City Limits. When the new justice came to Washington straying again theme c! seven years ago, he brought his chair The War As Others It my piece, a symptom of senilitv 55-Foot Fear River channel, wid- Furthermore, there is no good Reason why rocking Interpreting Say Cape with him. In it, he would sit and rock and which occurs more often these with lanes into the people at large and boat owners in and which I er Turning Basin, ship particu- read his briefs. It’s just a plain, ordinary WHY NOT A COMMUNITY SING? days trust you will lar should not Mr. Clark in the effort chair—no fancier remind me of, but kindly, please. industrial sites along Eastern bank south support rocking than Grandma used The problem of recreation for My thought for the day is that he be to make to have a coast to sit and knit in. But up the political ladder Roosevelt-Churchill workers has of Wilmington. may expected soldiers and defense if it is that it went with Mr. Jackson. When he was Solici- possible congress River Road to via guard station established on land the been giving the people of Newport Paved Southport, Wrights- tor it was in his and would be impressed by the General, office there he News trouble for some time. A very ville governing body has secured for that pur- number of officers on desk Orton Plantation. would sit and rock and read briefs by the Overshadow War News number of recreation centers have duty in Washington were they to it Wood Production pose. hour. As Attorney General, he did not have so been but cannot go Development of Pulp KIRKE opened, they begin it would be a much brief to and the chair went -By L. SIMPSON- uniform, very wise reading do, to take care of the strangers in through sustained-yield methods through- the idea to insist that all government into a little cubby hole several rooms removed Although greatest military of the authors and the governments and our midst—men in uniform press agents, of their out Southeastern North Carolina. from that one where he his con- crisis of the German-Russian con- regardless spacious held for which to secure men in industries. Next they spoke engaged defense official classification or guise, be Industrial and Resort Promo Rationing: ferences and mapped the policies and fights flict is shaping up into the battle Unified economic of an to wear some of the of the Roosevelt-Churchill equality opportunity What’s the matter with out- required distinctive one justice department. Still, there were Odessa, tional Agency, supported by county- Gasless to “all or vic- door community sing once a week? garb to identify them to the states- nights having made no great dif- days, many of them, when he slipped away to statement takes first place in the states, great small, We held them in the city during men and the people. There are wide tax. ference in the amount of motor vehicle fuel solve his problems in the old rocker. war news. tor or vanquished.” the last war, and with great suc- so many of these now that r.o Shipyards and Drydocks. As associate of the The chosen leaders of the Brit- That is an obvious to consumed in states on the Atlantic seaboard, justice Supreme Court, attempt cess. And they are attracting thou- man in the government has any Health Center Southeastern there probably will be as much brief ish and American peoples proclaim idea of their Negro for the probability is that Secretary-Coordinator reading undermine Hitler on his home sands of persons once or twice a total number. They as the one-time lawyer of Jamestown. N. Y., their solidarity in the matter of have crept into the woodwork of North Carolina, developed around the Harold front. His greatest appeal to many week in Portsmouth, which has Ickes will invoke a rationing plan with has ever post-war aims. As for the current done—and the story is that he will in for them in a the national capital during these Hospital. Germans known to view his Nazi gone big way. Community the purpose of at least do most of it from the little old chair struggle they grimly imply that last and a cutting consumption rocking A at the eight years bit, quietly, whites. that has seen there can be no with Hitler with distrust is the community sing high one Adequate hospital facilities for one-third. If this step is taken and cards is- him through to one of the highest peace regime argu- by one, on the recommenda- or Hitlerism on school athletic field would attract Junior High School. judicial posts in the land. any terms. ment that Britain with American tion of this or that bureau chief sued to consumers limiting the amount of gas- several thousand persons and, if There have been backing is out to destroy Germany and all of them, it goes without Tobacco Warehouses It’s something of a paradox that the Supreme widespread would a for Export Buyers. oline that be and if as a properly handled, go long So- may bought weekly, the Court had to from "its whispers in Europe that Hitler, at nation; to dismember and saying, are bread-and-butter emerge horse-and bug- way toward solving the recreation Development of native grape growing order is some in his Russian cam- utterly disarm her economically cialists, at least, and some true- strictly enforced, the desired saving gy days’’ before it got its first rocking chair point problem. Newport-News Press. Southeastern North Carolina. paign and before winter sets in to as well as militarily. believing collectivists. throughout will assuredly result, whether it is needed or justice. stalemate the war there, would American observers of long res- It is not merely a question of Modern Tuberculosis Sanatorium. not. Over in “Defense of DAYLIGHT TIME STORY Square”—a quadrangle launch a offensive. If idence in Germany and only re- numbers and of the gross aggre- land between the peace so, Willard and Washington ho- returned Nazi A time gate expense of keeping them in This gasoline is a fine fiction. It he has been answered in advance cently say propa- daylight saving story shortage tels and the of Commerce—a score as TOP O’ THE MORNING— Department so far as the President Prime gandists have made much of that overheard: An office in a Pee jobs on salaries ranging high doesn’t and girl exist. Nor need there be a threat of more of the weapons and accoutrements to as a inter- You’re wrong, says my wise old horsey, Minister are concerned. argument induce dissenting ele- Dee town called up the landlady $10,000 year. Equally of shortage if available facili- of modem warfare are on display. ments in to the to find out what time esting is the fact that they con- If God ’ll change you transportation The Roosevelt Churchill sea Germany accept dinner would you’re willin’, right are and There machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, Hitler-made war. have seen be served on the first stitute a horde of tenacious away. ties were utilized for shipping petroleum from was a of They day that an and what- meeting definitely part who have de- mortars, cannon, airplane, tanks, little prospect, however, that seri- daylight saving time came into ef- cunning parasites He’ll tidy up your life so your friends the Texas-Louisiana fields to the East coast. the war-of-nerves. It goes without dis- not. It is becoming one of the most popular ous to Hitler or fect. veloped a remarkable skill in won’t know that the was de- public opposition you But there is no reason to exhibits in There is no admittance saying meeting on suppose that Mr. Washington. to his ever-widening war program The irate landlady already con- covering quiet hiding places And He’ll help you change the world by a signed to impress upon Hitler’s new ones fee and no restrictions. People swarm over can arise in a nation under the the payrolls and spotting Ickes will fail to impose needless rationing Axis mate and the fused over the change, and mop- plan He’ll show you, the take of and listen Japanese upon in advance when some developed exhibits, pictures them, heel of the Nazi police system. ping sweat from her brow, re- But be willin’—an’ upon eastern motorists. Vichy regime in France the grim warns that a new you gotta absolutely to the soldiers in charge explain details oi The Roosevelt-Churchill move instinct them determination of the English and my time and God’s time, it will willin’— And when he does state how they work. that with German administrator is coming in. bring- revenues, usually not to be di- suggests battle plied: For God to hold the reins His American leaders his own or that at way! created for Walking past the other day, an officer in the losses in Russia Mr. ing apologists, highway construction and main- verted from their main objective unquestionably “Well, by Maybanks’ time, be cut —From "Come Wind, Come Weather” naval information service let out a round into terrible appropriation is about to good itself. mounting figures and it will be twenty minutes. But by tenance, will drop alarmingly. In North Caro- oath. ever it shows Protective Coloration with no* end to the struggle yet be at least an hour.”—Florence lina the loss Bid to Germans Like creatures of the wild, the; in revenue is expected to reach “Look,” he almost screamed. I did and there in sight, London and Washington (S. C.) News. 1 There is also an open bid to lave developed a protective color- Obstacle to Production $990,000 was tht navy’s newest amphibian tank—with may have intimations of rising monthly. the German people to throw off which is to the appear' a couple of youngsters perched on its discontent in A ation, say, top, It comes public Germany. CINDERELLA SLIPPERS an. It’s a the Hitler yoke. specifi- ance of statisticians, librarians It is William S. Knudsen’s opinion that de- good thing that the net balance in peering into its innards and listening, open- German defeat in Russia well cally in point four of the joint wonder the and an art of dis- the state’s fund mouthed, while a navy spieler inside explained might turn the tide Hitler Many people why quiet geniuses fense can reach the mark highway tops $11,000,000. the endeavor against a dis- production half-way how it declaration, pledging creator of Cinderella obliged her guise on the books whereby Otherwise there worked. at home. Defeat in a negative fe- At that would have to be a to wear may be by January. rate, he says, we "should sharp “I don’t know what you call it, but it’s the sense—a winter stalemate of his glass slippers to the ball. gruntled ex-journalist in the state institutions than their ed as an executive assistant advance in the tax rate on or — Glass be orn- hit the peak by July, and after that America gasoline high- height of something or other,” said the naval great crusade might serve the slippers might highly ability to each.” research secretary, whose job and care “I’ve been for weeks to same amental, but certainly not very atj can write its own ticket on war way development abandoned. Other- officer. trying get purpose. an. material.’’ This is one of the most pene- tually is to ballyhoo his chief permission to put out pictures of that tank to This is admittedly pure specula- comfortable for dancing. The truth To do this—and he the wise, that is without higher taxes and with of all the criticisms of the of the Ne- emphasizes point—it the The trating tion as to the is that the came general philosophy newspapers and magazines. answer motives behind the story from France Their ref customary expenditures for the “Red Gallus” Governc" Talmadge Deal, whatever it is. will be necessary to put on more speed in highway work, has been, ‘Not a chance, it’s a dramatic Roosevelt-Churchill and some early translator or as always military ges- ommendations are as various state would soon find and the evils* he is th /, ’ng upon subcontracting defense orders. In his own itself so deeply in debt secret’.” ture. If their action does nothing adaptor mistook the old French but di- state with his false is- their number is great, that would be Defense housing has given rise to more ex- his utterly else, however, it puts them and word vair, meaning “ermine” for ea;- graphic way he adds that there must be a years required to restore a bal- basic reason for hiring in sue of racial in Geor- — periments than you could shake a shingle at. antagonism their governments on the offen- verre, meaning “glass.” Ameri- interes- little less “I could almost in ance. case is not one of public say Washington” One of the latest developed by Charles F. gia. sive on the nerve-war front. 1 can Mercury. As it but the individual’s desire for,» the of defense contracts. He favors is, the 11 millions and more on hand Palmer’s defense agency is a two- handling housing easy and secure job would movable tolerably negotiated contracts instead of the bid system, last less than a year if average opera- family, two-section, duplex. Each volving only mild exertions. 12 24 were section is feet wide and feet long. Each for ui and the use r>* the division tions continued and the reve- An example purposes contracting pools, supporting has a room in a bee- livirg the center, kitchen at is one who has nue a lustration of large contracts into smaller dividual units dropped $990,000 month. one a bath at the other. role ■ end, drawing $21 a day in the And Mr. Ickes has It worth " and even bonus payments for early deliveries. created this distressing would hardly be mentioning except “consultant” on the books for that each section has one of the release Doubtless there is need for reform in the situation at a time when the national defense just slope ing departmental publicity roof and the two hook together like children’s up is heavier and heavier but, admittedly, it i? impossi method of placing defense contracts. The little making demands upon blocks. tn building even to guess how many the state’s The 12-foot width was arrived at business firm should have a better chance to highways. because are when the term press agent that is the maximum width of any structure share the production burden not in the in never used and euphemisms a. only ■ most states that be moved down a if all may public It is my theory tl at interest of speed but for the continued exist- n Dr. Lecture highway. When defense housing wants to move, members of this corps of Meyer’s •• ance of small industries which are now in a all is unhook the a they have to do pieces, load genders were made to wear them on them off to necessa •• desperate struggle to survive an race long trucks and pack new tinctive uniform, not unequal Wilmingtonians are offered a rare ■ oppor- centers, no matter how many miles away. 2 unattractive like that of crpn with * major industries. This situation needs to tow tunity learn something of the inside work- or paupers in an English correcting, and needs it quickly. the at ings of the Nazi party in Germany at first 1 gaudy like those of in Pre‘ But there is no reason master and postman J to hope that the hand. Editorial Comment ■ continental Europe, Congress United States can reach peak defense produc- The local American Legion post has ar- the people both would learn tion the middle of TALMADGE AND EDUCATION a by next summer, or for ranged to present Dr, Ernest W. Meyer, for- view with a certain alarm Asheville Times the m- years to come, unless the labor situation is dition which today only merly a member of Germany^ Washington Monday, August 4, The Atlanta Journal pub- About-*, too. cynical can suspect. speedily corrected, staff and now on the of Buck- lished extracts from 15 Georgia newspaper Washing \ embassy faculty person in four, in Mr. editorials and condemning Governor be a Newspapers containing Knudsen’s hope- nell university, at the court house on August deploring believe, would prove to Talmadge for his attacks on the state’s educa- bureau ful forecast also printed dispatches in connection with the American- thumper for some showing 26, legion’s tional system. Presumably, The Journal is tak- identified. that 30 strikes in defense reaucrat and, thus Industries still ism program. a accurate poll of the state be ing pretty press, appointments could ^ threaten the rearmament effort and the returns all seem to run one n with failure, Because Doctor Meyer could no longer ap- way, and revealed as an there be down and that the number of idle though here and may found a Tal- workers is in- prove the military or religious or de luxe charity. political, doubtful supporter—the reports as pork An Associated Press madge pub- unnecessary to Pr creasing. summary con- course adopted by the National Socialists he lished do not say. It seems * this revelation tains this ominous paragraph: One of these protesting the effect of resigned his position in the diplomatic service newspapers, The which w » Echo, very clearly perceives the legislative body ;J “Since early June., '.the number of men and severed all connection with the Oglethorpe deceived ruling far-reaching harm which Governor been deliberately ^ Talmadge a bod. made idle by strikes in industries in his native land. For a or more with his docile and harmless holding party year is inflicting political control of the »avy of educaton. officers of the army, | army orders has averaged about 14,000 daily. he has spoken before many Americar. audi- institutions has compiled marines. .the was The Echo figures a Tuesday figure 23,400.' Some of ences under sponsorship of the Federal Coun- of showing high percentage illiteracy among men affected the young “ACCIDENTS” the walkouts seriously output cil of Churches of Christ in America. registered for the draft. In JAPANESE Olethorpe County inclined to accept of planes, tanks, machine tools and chemical It is not assuming too much to believe that 326 out of 1,435 were unable to sign their We are 59 of these .ha the names, and untaught youths are pan’s statement taj, equipment.” his message will bet informative with accide equally white. DETAIL V/QRk of the rnutuila was ^ How can it be to reach top pro- that of Admiral Yates whose lecture have heard possible Stirling, The crying need, therefore, is for a better From what we duction—and less will suffice—as long here was also the school system, says The Echo; it accuracy of the Japanes