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Evening star., 1940-10-23
japan Begins Removing
Troops From Longson
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HANOI. French Indo-C China, Oct.
23-Removal of Japanese troops
from Langson, in the northern bor-
der region Of French Indo- China,
began yesterday, with two trains
taking about 700 soldiers toward
Haiphong, on the coast.
Removal of the troops, who fought
their way into the country last
month, had been scheduled for a
week ago. Despite considerable ap-
prehension over the delay, officials
said it was due solely to destruction
of a railway bridge south of Lang
son.
The previous announcement in
Hanoi said 10000 to 10000 japanese
troops would be removed in keeping
with a French-Japanese agreement
to keep only 5000 garrisoned in the
country
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Storm Off Nicaragua
Moving Northwestword

By The Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Oct. %
The Weather Bureau reported today
that a tropical storm which has
been in the Caribbean Sea for sew
eral days was central at a IN, East
ern standard time. near Cape
Gracias, Nicaragua, and apparently
was moving slowly northwestward.
1T has shown no indication OF
increased intensity, but is attended
by strong winds and limited area
of gales" the bureau said in $50
am. advisory. Continued caution
is advised in the region of Cape
Gracias and thence into the North
west Caribbean Sea, especially in
the Gulf Of Honduras"
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Maurice Evuns to Lecture

Maurice Evans. English actor,
will lecture November II at the
National Theater for the benefit of
the Washington Committee of the
British War Relief Society. The
lecture will be on Shakespeare
in Peace and War"
Lord Lothian. British Ambassa =
dor, heads the list of patrons for
the benefit which is in charge OF
Mrs. Duncan Phillins.
Evening star., 1940-10-23
12-Siory Office Building
Planned on H Street

Plans for the construction OF a
12-story Office building at 1918 H
street NV, estimated to cost ST.
100000, filed by the Charles H.
Tompkins Co. of this city, were
being reviewed today by District
Building Inspector John w. Och
mann.
A. r. Clas was named architect
for the structure The building will
be 13O feet high and will contain
nearly 100000 cubic feet Of space.
Evening star., 1940-10-23

The trough OF relatively low pressure
upper Lake resion. Sault Ste Marie Mich,
1907 :5 millibars t2a.75 inches) Pressure
Is low over the North Pacific States. Ia
toosh Island. Wash, l006s mllibars
t29.73 inches High pressure overlies the
Gulf States and the Atlantic States and it
extends eastward covering most of the
western Atlantic Ocean with the highest
pressure about 1929 millIbars go 30
inchesl. approximately $50 miles OF the
Delaware coast. A smaller hlgh-preSsure
system Is advancing eastward this morning
over the northern Plains States Huron. S,
Oak l0H03 mIllibars t30.l3 Inchesl.
During the last ~ hours light rains have
occurred over the Pacific Northwest. and
there have been scattered showers on the
Carolina coast al in the lower Lake re-
sion and northern New Encland. The
weather has become much warmer over
he lower Miss,ssippi Valley. the Ohio
Valley the Lake region and the North
Atlantic States. Cooler weather IS spread-
Valley and the northern Plains States
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Hnutson Under Knife

Representative Knutson. Republi-
can, of Minnesota underwent a
minor opera ton today at Providence
Hospital, where he had been under
treatment for bronchitis during the
last 10 days. The hospital described
his condition as satisfactory. and
said he would be confined to his bed
for several more days.
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Two Nearby Areas Get
Hatch Act Exemptions

Federal employees residing in Ia
koma Park and Glen Echo. Md.
now are qualified to take part in
municipal government affairs, under
the amended Hatch Act, the Civil
Service Commission announced to-
day This privilege now has been
granted in nearly a dozen nearby
communities.
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Draft Board Offices Listed
Revised Headquarters of "a D. c. Groups
And Telephone Numbers Are Announced

headquarters the
with their telephone numbers yesterday by Brig
Albert seectve District
emphasized that all seectve service egbes who have
registered should with and
those who i'll registration day should doctors
certificate when they appear for registration.
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Heads Cancer Foundation

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Oct. %
tSpeciaD DIR. John Shelton Hors-
ley of Richmond has been elected
president of the Virginia Cancer
Foundation to succeed the late Mrs.
William Washington Hines OF Pc
terSburg,
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Six British Vessels Sunk,
All Hands Lost, Goydo Says

ROME. Oct. % LP)-Virginio
Gayda, authoritative Fascist editor,
asserted today that six ships of a
large British convoy we're sunk with
the loss of all hands by Italian war
Evening star., 1940-10-23

The board locations follow
Board Headquarters of
Area. Local Board.
l. Jackson Elementary School
3 Murch Elementary School
g. Mann Elementary School --
4. Calvin Coolidge High School
5. Truesdell Elementary School
6. Raymond Elementary School
T. Bancroft Elementary School -
8. Adams Elementary School ---
g. Weightman Elementary School
10. Cooke Elementary School
II Central High School ------
II. Gage Elementary School
13. Henry Elementary School -
IA. Fairbrother Elementary School
Is. Bowen Elementary School
16 LenoX Elementary School
II. Hilton Elementary School
18 Hayes Elementary School ----
49, Gales Elementary School
20. Brookland Elementary School
81. Langley Junior High School -
% Landon Elementary School
23. Eastern High School ----
"a. AnacoStia Jr.-Sr. High
D. c. Selective Serv Hdqrs.
Natl. Selective Serv. Hdqrs.
Evening star., 1940-10-23
River Report.
Weather In Various Cities.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
a. Harpers Ferry. Potomac clear al Great
Falls today
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Report for Last ~ Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest. a.. noon today year seo 81
Lowest. IS. 5 a N. today. Year ago. AZ.
Record Temperatures This Year.
T:-hest. 100 on July q
Lowest F. on January 81.
Humidity for Last 2t Hours.
From nooa Yesterday 10 noon .odayN
H.ehest. % per cent. at $50 A n t0dar.
Lowest. 80 pr cent. at ! so pm. yes
tsgday.
Tide Tables.
Furnished bv United States Coast and
CO.
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Foreign Stations.

Foreign Stations.
Noon Greenwich time today
Temperature. Weather
Horta tFayan. Azores % Cloudy
Current observatlons)
San Juan Puerto Rico - CLOUDY
Havana Cuba - Cloudy
Colon, Canal Zone rs Cloudy
Evening star., 1940-10-23
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation

Monthly precipitation in inches In th'
Capital current month 10 datel
Evening star., 1940-10-23

Furnished bv United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
THE FARM PROGRAM

THE attitude of the North Carolina State
L college extension service on "balanced
prosperity in the South during the decade
Just starting shows careful planning and fine
understanding of a difficult situation.
A Raleigh dispatch reveals the states agri
cultural leaders as advocating a balance be
tween cotton and tobacco on the one hani
and d~airying, poultry and livestock on the
other, with a strong determination to avoid
too sudden a change from the so.called cash
cropping" to livestock farming, on the ground
that a quick switch would drive many ten
ant farmers from cotton and tobacco farms
What other merits the program holds, and
they are many, the fact that the agricultural
leadership at State college is doing such
splendid work toward putting North Caro-
lima farmers on their own feet deserves the
highest commentator. It's goal is to help the
states farmers to financial independence
free from federal aid. With the cooperation
Of the farmers its program is capable OF
achievement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
WORD FOR GRADUATES

Complaint is heard in many quarters that
college graduates, as a general thing, are
not prepared for business life. With equal
Justice it might be complained that business
it not prepared for college men.
This inability Of business to take care of
the thousands of pupils who pour out OF
schools at the end Of every term with no
prospect of finding gainful employment is a
much more serious economic problem than
is the South. The South is finding a solu.
ton for its troubles, greatly exaggerated as
they have been. There seems to be no solu.
tion of the graduates problem, unless, of
course, the government should discover a
way to place them in jobs, and that appears
too fantastic even for Washington to con.
slider.
1t probably is true that many college
graduates are not fitted for adult careers Of
any type, but higher education is not to be
condemned on that score. If it does nothing
else, 1t broadens the view of pupils, and
teaches them the inestimable value of men.
tai concentration, something the average per.
son lacking their training in class rooms
never possesses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
State Farm Bureaus
Legislation Supported

RALEIGH, Jan. 10 Up The
State Farm Bureau Federation's
proposed legislation for long-term
crop control and parity payments
for tobacco and peanuts was given
the support of representative bank
ers, merchants and warehousemen
here today, Secretary E. F. Arnold
reported after an advisory commit.
tee meeting.
j. B. Hutson, assistant AAA ad-
mlnistrator, conferred with the
group and expressed sympathy in
the bureaus proposals for commod-
ity credit purchases of tobacco for
foreign buyers, five-year crop con-
troll programs and efforts to estab-
fish parity, Arnold said.
The committee adopted a resolu.
ton requesting that the bureau.
warehousemen and tobacco boards
of trade be given a voice in promul-
cation Of rules for collecting penal.
ties on over-planting of tobacco,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11

duced, too by knowledge that there
have been no big battles.
Madame is perplexed by this
contrast to the terrific days OF
1914, but she continues to read her
newspaper avidly, watching with
scorn Hitler's efforts to split France
and Britain.
Gas Masks Neglected
The possibility of an air attack
on Paris doesn't disturb Madame
so much now, since none has &C.
CURED after many weeks of wal.
She is encouraged in this attitude
by the return of thousands of Pa
risians who evacuated the capital
before hostilities commenced. And
Madame no longer carries her gas
mask everywhere she goes.
She still dresses smartly and
on a small amount. She can buy
whatever she pleases in the shops,
although some shops have closed
through lack of business or Of per-
sonnet. The principal difference she
notices in shops is that windows
are cri%sscrossed with gummed pa
per as protection against splinter
ing and there are big signs point
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11

secret connivance Of Germany and directed not
only against the Allies but also against Rus'
sia.
If this agreement means what it seems to
mean, then it puts Germany in a far tougher
spot than it puts Russia. Observe that it is
made with Hungary and not with Rumania,
the nation in most danger of attack from the
Reds. Observe also that the italian newspapers
are crying that the italian front is In the Car
pathians-which is to say in Transylvan1a-
which is to say in the territory Hungary
claims from Rumania-and not in Bessarabia
or any part Of Rumania east OF this disputed
territory. What it really seems to say to Rus
STA is: All right, you can take most OF Ru-
mania, but you had best stop when you get
to those mountains.
On the other hand it effectually blocks any
joint action of Germany with Russia to seize
mastery Of the Balkans. For Germany's only
good road into Rumania is through Hungary.
The approach from Slovakia is too difficult
and too narrow to be feasible for a Blitzkrieg.
And If Mr.. Mussolini means what he says,
any attempt Of Germany to go through Hun
gary now would be a desperate gamble. With
Yugoslavia open to the Italians, it would have
to succeed within a far shorter period than
was required to overrun Poland, or the Ger
mans would find themselves with an italian
army encamped within sight Of their back
door, with every prospect of the Allies throw
ing in armies to back up the Italians. That
would leave Germany worse off on the eastern
front than she was at any time in the last
war right up until the final collapse. For in
that war, she succeeded in maintaining her
front in the southern and eastern Balkans for
nearly the whole period.
All this, as we infer, must be taken with
caution. There is a curious silence in Berlin
concerning the case, which may be consterna-
tion-or something else. And on the other
hand, there is a little sound OF jubilation from
London and Paris. On tie surface of the mat.
ter, however, it begins to look as though the
Allies might not have to whip Germany: her
allies seem bent on doing the job first.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
PERSHING ON THE JOB

The War department and army command
ers are fortunate to have General PERsH1Ne
in Washington in a time so fraught with diff
ficult problems. The AEF commander is q
patient at Walter Reed hospital, though not
bed-ridden, and proposes to remain ION tap
during these crucial days, instead Of spend.
ing the winter as usual in Arizona.
His experience not only in the last World
war, but in Europe since the Armistice, and
his understanding of the present situation
peculiarly fit him to advise the military
leaders, and it is gratifying to learn that
they are availing themselves Of his services
AS an advocate Of full peacetime strength
for the army and the national guard. PER
sH1NG's word will have strong influence upon
legislation bearing on the subject.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
COULD HELP

Strictly speaking, the federal government
is under no actual obligation to maintain a
great force Of laborers through the Works
Progress Administration The WPA was ere
ated for the employment of idle workers as
a relief measure when private industry could
no longer maintain customary payrolls. Dur
ing the years Of its existence WPA has kept
thousands of families from want, probably
from starvation, by giving fathers, husbands,
brothers, and even the women of the house
hold a means of livelihood in projects which
have also enriched communities with public
buildings, better streets, park and recreation
enterprises, sewing units and many other
valuable projects. It has been one form OF
paternalism which has resulted in benefits
which may be calculated only by imagining
the state of the people if it had not been
created. WPA activities have been possible
only because the taxpayers of the nation
shouldered the financial load at heavy per-
sonal sacrifice.
One would suppose that workers who have
been able to sustain life for themselves and
their families with the money thus provided
would be filled with gratitude. and doubtless
many are. But there are frequent outbursts
Of dissatisfaction among the beneficiaries,
especially with the rate of pay, and as fire.
Quently movements to unionize WPA forces
to prosecute a demand for higher wages
spring up.
Granting the workers have not received
union scales, it is nevertheless true that
they would have been unemployed over a Pc
Rod Of years If they had been required to
wait until private industry could reabsorb
them at higher rates Of pay. We must be.
lieve that efforts to ~unionize them are due
to labor agitators who so seek to glorify
themselves and fill their own pockets with
fees for bringing new members into the
union fold. We would like to believe that,
except for this baneful influence WPA forces
would direct their extra.curricula efforts to-
ward a return to industrial payrolls, which
are steadily increasing as recovery progresses.
If this is not the true state Of affairs, the
federal government would be justified in ap-
plying measures to halt the agitators. And
if the government failed to see the expedi.
ency Of such measures, it would be up to the
taxpayers to take a hand. Revolt against fur.
Their taxation for relief, as afforded by the
WPA, might have a salutary effect.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
QUOTATIONS

It is the failure OF the democratic societies
to meet real issues with relatively successful
policies that is largely responsible for the re
version to fanatical dictatorship and the rs
ing chaos of war.-John w. Studebaker, U. S
commissioner Of education.
It is my deepest conviction that the war has
been hopelessly and irretrievably lost for the
Nazis.-Capt. Franz Won Rintelen, chief Ger
man sabotage agent In U. S. during World
war.
I do not maintain that balancing the budget
is an easy feat, but it can be done if there is
a conviction and determination that it must
be done on the part Of the president of the
United ~States.-Senator Robert A. Taft (Rep.,
Ohiol.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
A WISE JUDGE

The upstate judge who passed up oppor
tunity to send two teen-age boys to Jail fol
robbery and arson, and instead sentenced
them to repay the owner whose house they
robbed and burned, displayed the wisdom OF
q SOLOMON.
A term in prison would end someday, and
the boys probably would emerge to continue
in crime. This is the way many hardened
criminals are made. Their sentence will keen
them employed for a longer time, and more
~usefully, than Incarceration, and give them
ample chance to discover that wrongdoing
never pays. It will take the pair many years
to earn $1,000 to clear their debt to society
And in the meantime they may be ex.
pected to discover that honesty is worth
while after all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Suppose You Lived In France:
French People Are Finding It Hard
To Keep Their Home Fires Burning

ing the way to the abri (air raid
shelter) "for our clientele"
Madame carries a flashlight a!
night because of the blackout. She
walks more because subway and
bus service is restricted, though
not so badly as at the start Of thu
war. Train service is better, too
No Ration Cards
The only food restrictions Ma
dame has to face are the closing
of all butcher shops on MONDAYS
and the ban Of the sale of beef on
Tuesdays. There are no ration
cards and no prospect OF them
since France is one Of Europs'
most elf-sufficient nations.
Keeping the home fires burning
has become a problem. Man?
apartment landlords, bereft Of mos
of their tenants, cannot afford cen
trail heating for those who remain
So Madame has resorted to electra
heaters, coal fires, or to digging
the old base burner out of the c'
lar. The landlord helps on the fuA
bill by reducing the rent.
Madame still goes to the moTs'
unless she has seen all the shows
in town. Cinemas we're forced 70
continue showing the same PIE
lures or to revive old ones 10
many. weeks when war halted Co.
nestle output and curtailed &
portations.
That is nothing, however, com
pared to the closing time Of caoS
rets. With Jean, home on fur
Tough, more cabarets are opening
These open at 6 p. M, but my
turn you out in the very bud VI
the evening, by pre-war standal1
III sharp,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
ANOTHER TAFT N

A recent news film displayed Senator TAFT
in the act of tearing up a copy of the new
budget. Perhaps it was his idea of the way
to balance the budget, not in two years as
he said could be done, but by one strong
rip. AS Senator TAFT is an avowed candidate
for the republican nomination for President,
he may have hoped to win votes to his cause.
Another view is that tearing up the budget
is quite as futile as his speech alleging to
show how it could be balanced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
LABEL FOR FARM
GOODS APPROVED
Continued From Page One)

The governor and council of state
were urged to give every consider
alton" to the proposed structure,
which would house poultry and live
stock exhibits and, it was said,
might be used for such indoor events
as basketball tournaments.
Seeking to prevent use of "mis-
leading terms in advertisements OF
baby chicks and Matching eggs, the
board adopted grades and termi-
nology Of the national poultry i'm
provement plan and forbade Use
Of the terms "AA" and "AAA" and
similar letters or figures in describ-
ing chicks and eggs.
It was decided that use of an Of
fetal state label for farm horti-
cultural crops and animal products
should be optional.
Rules and regulations for potatoes
sold. for seed purposes were adopt
ed, with the board ruling that "po-
tatoes sold for seed or for propo-
CATION shall meet the requirements
of U. S. No. l grade and shall
show the grade or be plainly mark.
ed mot graded"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
FAST ONE
Charlotte News

In his last public utterance on the subject,
Slsnor Mussolini assured the world and Ger
many that the Axis was still made of solid
STEEL that he was still the Nazis' fully ally,
ana tnat the only reason he hadn't come to
Germany's aid was that Hitler had advised
him that it was entirely unnecessary.
1t so, then he is the most wonderful al,v in
sight, including Joe Stain, and the most won.
derful enemy Britain and France ever en-
countered. For he has just struck the most
decisive blow for Allied victory yet managed
by anybody.
If, that is, we are to take his new agree.
ment with Hungary at face value and el,ni-
nate-never a quite safe thing to do in con-
sidering Fascist moves-the possibility that it
Is a double doQble-cross. executed with the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11

Nc Worry Over Money
Madame has many things besides
writing, however, to occupy her.
She knits for the soldiers. French
women always have been ardent
knitters. But Madame has changed
her pre-war favorite colors of blue
and pink for khaki and beige.
There are mems jobs to be filled.
Madame may now be punching
tickets in the subway-or even
reading gas meters. And if she has
time left over there r the volun-
teer service corps.
Madame doesn't have to worry
too much about money, If she
hasn't a job or a nest egg. The
government allows her IL francs
daily for herself Go francs in the
provinces) and 4 francs 50 CEN
times daily for each child. (The
franc is worth about 2 Ia cents.)
She does worry though-a lot
about Jean. This worry has been
somewhat by the de-
mobilization Of men 40 years old
and fathers of two or more chill
dren.
Madame's concern has been re.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
LECTURES OPENED
BY MRS. EVERETT
Continued From Page One)

sional, agricultural, educational as'
labor and other important grcup'
These needs should be based on d.
curate facts and figures when c@
ried to the taxpayer for 1uF'D'
supplements to education.
The schools are the puo|'
schools and should be operated al
community enterprise, Mrs. E'e's y"
declared. Then, and only them WIZ
schools be able to make the rUs'
sary progress which will recogaD'
the child as a distinct personaN'"
she said. i,
This afternoon Mrs. Everett WV
speak on can Enri .hed Currlculu,
for North Carolina Schools NV
will speak Friday afternoon on w
subject, Making Teaching a -"
fession in North Carolina ~.
final lecture will be given IN
High school auditorium Friday nsD'
at 8 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
CONVICTs ESCAPE

EXETER, Eng, Jan. 10. Pr
Three %convicts escaped tonight from
dank, dread Dartmoor prison, i'm
provlsing a ladder to scale a 2o.foot
wall. They challenged the prisons
grim record recapture for ev
prisoner who has escaped. One of
three Alfred Sparks, participant
60 ! the Dartmoor mutiny Of 1882.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
PROTESTS AGAINST
MURPHY RECEIVED
CONTINUED From Page One)

ate confirmation as attorney gen.
eral by a 1877 vote last year.
A telegram from Senator Ellen.
der (D-La.) now in Louisiana, was
among messages received by the
committee relating to Murphy's an.
pointment to succeed the late Pierce
Butler.
The Louisiana senator said he
was sending the judiciary subcom.
mittee a number of newspaper clip.
pings about Louisiana state affairs
and added:
Il do not want to believe that the
head OF the Justice department is
aware of how his assistants are mis-.
using their sacred trust.
"These tactics are nothing short
OF persecution and are intended 10
intimidate the citizens of a SOVEREIGN
state"