From the Aug. 14th Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then" by Scott Nunn. He goes back through the Star-News papers from 70 years ago for these stories.
AUGUST 2, 1942-- The Secretary of the U.S. Navy in World War I, and the only man FDR called "Chief," (FDR served under him) Josephus Daniels, was expected to be in Wilmington August 8th to speak when the local Navy recruiting station climaxed its Eastern North Carolina Navy Day drive to enlist 100 men.
Daniels had also been the former secretary of the Navy and had recently been elected to be ambassador to Mexico.
Daniels also had been publisher of the Raleign News & Observer. The Navy recruiting publicist who released this story was Jesse Helms, who went on to be the long-serving US senator from the state.
I Wonder If Daniels Showed Up? --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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