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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
C INSURANCE

Editor, The News:
Perhaps the Propeller club will
ioin lis in qualification at a bit OF
~appreciation from New York and
Florida.
Sunday morning the beautiful
cruiser, sybil, owned by M. I. Mad
igan of New York, put in at South
port. She was coming Up from
Florida and Mr.. Madigan and his
partv were being met here by cars
that took them overland to New
York.
I was puzzling at something or
other about the boat when Captain
John Van Mill slapped me on the
back and said, She is the same
Sybil, but we used to have Aer
painted white. Do you remember
when I spoke to you two years ago
about needing a basin here Tor
yachts and about getting the dead
line on marine insurance policies
extended to below here?"
We happened to have letters with
us, referring to both the matters
that he had spoken to us about
two years ago, and Captain Van
Mill looked and acted as if it was
the best news he had heard this
year.
The above actually happened, just
as we describe it. I had not men
toned marine insurance or yacht
basins to him. I was merely trying
to puzzle out some connection be
tween the beautiful mahogany col
ored Sybil at the dock and the snow
white one of two years ago.
W. B. KEZIAH,
Executive Secretary
Brunswick County Chamber
of Commerce
Co11fbnorf
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
WASHINGTON

BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, April 9. Pity the poor
federal communications commission. Juniors
homework in arithmetic isn't even A-B-C COM
pared to the problems that James Lawrence
Fly's commission has to solve.
Take frequency raodulation-hereinafter re-
ferred to as FIN. Even the name sounds tough.
If you are not up on your radio news, that's
the new method of high-frequency, static-less
high-fidelity radio broadcasting and reception,
developed principally by Major Edwin Arm
strong, the man who gave the world the super
heterodyne.
About all you and I have to know Is that
"high-frequency" means broadcast and recep'
ton in the upper megacycles, as opposed to
standard amplitude incubation, which is broad
cast and received On the lower-bracket wave
lengths, or frequencies. Even the dub knows
what "static-less" means. High fidelity" means
you can broadcast anything from a grunt
basso to the overtones in a fiddler's upper
register-and the right sound will come out
in the business end Of your receiver.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
ROOSEVELT WINS
OVER GARNER AND
DEWEY ADVANCES
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death of Senat : James Hamilton
Lewis, was well ahead Of Ben!'
min S. Adamowski.
In Nebraska, republicans vote
Tor Dewey or Vandenberg, IN q
continuation of the electoral tell
in which Dewey emerged a 2.to]
victor in Wisconsin last week. LIKE
Dewey in Illinois, President kooss'
welt had the Nebraska democrats
primary all to himself.
The days voting chose 80 dsF
gates to each convention from LII
no1s and ii from Nebraska, 0'
mad no binding effect upon no"
these should vote. 1t has been ira
dltlonal with Nebraska delegations
however, that they should be gula'
ed by the preference primaries fol
one ballot at least.
A victory for the third.ter.n forces
IN illinois was considered d fore
gone conclusion. There, the 'o,'
getting powers Of the Presidents
name were bulwarked and re'A'
forced by the Woodworking sA4
dominant democratic o~rganizail3''
the Kelly-Nash machine in U"'
cago, and the organization OF Gg''
ernOr HOrner
However, unless the PresIas4'
Won by terrifically overwheim'As
llgures, the Garner-anti-th,Td lei"
group was prepared to claim,
1t did when Mr.. Roosevelt oe'.
Garner 3-to-1 in Wisconsin u,
Week-that the size of the G3Fns'
vote had crippled the third ts'"
drive.
Dewey's hackers, elated at IL,
wisconsin victory, were ho2etu'
duplicating that success in NeoEas
ka, and thereby pushing their nl"n
to such heights of public atten'S'
that regardless of what mtgh' Aa,
pen between now and CONVENE,
time, his candidacy could not
ignored.
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The Editors
BOX

The editor does not n~ecessari-
" endorse any article appear.
in this department. They repre-
sent the views of the individual
readers, Correspondents a r g
n that all communications
must contain the correct name
and ozdress for u records,
though the latter may be signed
as the writer sees fit. The Star
News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason is
Objectionable. Letters on con-
reversal subjects will not be
published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10

insane patient staying in the hos
pital a year or two, while in the
other hospitals, the patient is re-
turned home in a few days or weeks.
1t is also true that each year re-
Gently there have been more peo-
pie who 'cracked' ana had to go to
mental hospitals for special treat
ment. Our hospitals ara packed full,
but this is a result % the fact that
we have a larger pTopo ,,tion of old
persons in our population now.
The only actual increase in men
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
Man bout
Manhattan
By George Tueken

by george lucken
NEW YORK, April 81 doubt
that Charles Chaplin will give up
making pictures to manage the Gin
cinnati Reds, but he may; then
again he may not. AS pre-
dicted in this space, Easter fell en-
Sunday this year -. Lin Yutang'
C~onfuscius and Walter Winchell
have formed a syndicate to ex.
hibit the Yellow races cultural
achievements at the Worlds Fair.
l.. What ever happened to Babe
Ruth? He isn't in the Yankee line
up anymore. Don't be sur
prised if Mahatma Gandhi, who
speaks Hindu fluently, abandons
India to accept the post Of vice
president for a large American dia-
per firm. -. Whether Artie Shaw,
when his divorce becomes final, will
remarry Lana Turner, who is now
is wife, is anybody's guess. But
they're very much in love.
Postmaster Farley V parts his
hair in the center. Leslie How
ard and Winston Churchill have
pronounced British accents. !
can't believe FDR and certain Re
publican candidates r feuding. -.
Ditto China and Japan. Aside
to readers: If you want more OF
this dot and dash stuff, don't write,
wire. Can it be true Mrs. Eddie
Cantor will leave Eddie to marry Al
Jolson? $50. She and Eddie have five
daughters, all girls. The Bob
Howards (she was Andrea Leeds.
but nobody knows who he was) ex'
pect Sir Stork. Carl Hubbell,
star southpaw of the N. Y. Giants.
is left-handed, insiders insist.
David o. Selznick had quite a sea
son for himself. He discover
ed' Gone With the Wind. AL
though I think this column spotted
Gone With the Wind first
Now it's Elliott who may enter into
competition with the President by
turning his Texas ranch into a
Xmas tree preserve . Joan Craw'
ford and Franchot Tone will be ar
item after she divorces Doug Fair
banks, Jr. . AS predicted in this
space, Mayor LaGuardia was I'm
successful in his attempt to transfer
the motor industry from Detroit tc
Neh,y Work However. there NAV
be a conspiracy underfoot to trans
fer Mayor LaGuardia from New
York to Detroit. I doubt thai
Justice Frank Murphy will resign
from the Bench to supplant viii
Hays as movie Car, but he may
then again he may not. Ely
Culbertson parts his hair on the
left side.
Toscanini, between broadcasts, is
experimenting with a death ray thai
will nullify bombers. Mussolin
is experimenting with a bomber tina
may nullify Toscanini ... 1 can
believe John Barrymore will quit the
stage to captain the American Davis
Cup team, but he may; then agar
he may not. Ona Munson, the
Belle Waiting of G.W.T.W., does
not really live in Atlanta. She
lives in Hollywood. Fredrit
March's nickname is Freddie.
Sentimental thoughts: there's {
broken heart for every light or
Broadway. 80. Question: can any
thing be more lonesome than the
whistle of a freight train at night.
/. Sign on bus Station: 1885,
to Miami" Wish I had $751; 5
. What's this about George Raft
and Norma Shearer? -. They may
then again they may not. Sug,
gested title for champion Joe Louis
The Brown Bomber. . . Don't be
surprised if l don't write any more
columns like this. . Divorce head,
lines are brewing for a certain actor
who parts his hair on the right side
|. I don't believe Sinclair Lewis
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
BIG NAVAL BATTLE
REPORTED RAGING
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Bergen, Norway. The Ger
mans said two battleships
and two heavy cruisers were
struck several times" by
heavy bombs, but the
admiralty said "the truth is
that no battleships have been
d damaged and but two
cruisers received very slight
damage from s%plinters."
On the other hand, the
German steamer, Amasis, T.
129 tons, was reported from
Stockholm to have been tor
pedoed off the Swedish west
coast, where the attacking
submarine would have had
to invade the Kattegat, north
of Denmark.
Stung into action by Ger
many's lightning dash into
Norway and Denmark, Prime
Minister Chamberlain quick
ly pledged full support of the
British French Allies to Nor
way, which resisted invas-
tion; and British warships
sped northward to combat
German naval units which
yesterday steamed through
the Skaggerak from the Bal
tic into the North sea.
Powerful, Ships At Sea
Powerful units of the
navy are at sea-" Chamber
lain told an uneasy house of
commons in the only official
hint that naval action al
ready might be in progress.
THE members will realize
that it will not be in the
public interest to give details
at this stage as to any opera
tons in which they are now
engaged"
But reports that a major
battle was under way be-
tween combined units of the
Allied fleet and nazi war
ships conveying German
landing parties to Norwegian
coastal towns trickled in
from French and Scandina-
Wan sources.
One report was to the eff
feet that the Kneisenau, one
of Germany's two 26,000-ton
battleships, had been sent to
the bottom.
With these reports, war
fever in London rocketed to
it's highest pitch since Bri-
tain and France declared war
on Germany September 3.
The British government launched
immediate measures. An early morn
ing cabinet session was followed by
the announcement of full aid to
Norway and that necessary steps
were being taken by the allied fight
ing forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
LIVESTOCK DAY

WENONA, April 9. Up Live
s'ocA Jay Tor Eastern North Caro-
ma farmers will be held here
,loilom. animal husbandmen from
~ {. State College will discuss re,
search work at the Blacklands
ofanc experiment .station.
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m a d e exactly
that claim. Both
their reasoning
and their Stats
tics have been
w r o n g, how
ever.
1t is a fact
that there are
twice as many
people in hospi-
tails because of
a mental disor.
lei as are in
hospitals for all
O t h e r diseases
combined. But
t h i s is due
largely to an
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
TOP O. THE MORNING

When I stand before the throne,
Dressed in beauty not mig oWn,
When I see Thee as Thou art,
Lord Thee 4Citb ]unsinning heart,
Then, Lord, shall l fully kn01U,
Not till then, hoW much I 0We
ROBERT MURRAY MCCHEYN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
BY DONALD A. LAIRD
PHI. H.. Sci. n.

Is it true that somewhere around
the year 1875 there will not be a
same person left in the country?
Some professional alarmists have
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
If That Were All

Now there's no argument that all this would
improve broadcasting and reception. The FEC
would be only too glad to admit that, If there
were nothing else involved. But there are
"knowns" in the problem that produce "un'
knows in any answer you work out.
For instance, there are two schools Of FIN
thinkers-the wide band and the narrow band.
Major Armstrong and his troops belong to the
wide-band army-and they say that they need
licenses in the very heart Of the television
broadcasting range. The narrow band boys
(RCA, with it's crack about we're ready for
FIN anytime you are" is the leader here) say
you don't need the wide-band limits to make
the public take notice. OF course, both sides
hold patents.
But that isn't all. FM broadcasting (and con
sequently reception has a horizon limit-like
television. So, if licenses are granted to broad.
casting stations in cities, where do the farm.
ers and villagers come in?
Also, if FEC granted FIN licenses to every
station in the country, where would As, 900, 00O
radio receiving sets come in? Not at all!
Also, if FEC gives away televisions choice
wave bands, where will teievision come in?
If you don't think FEC has a headache, put
that problem down on paper and try to find
the answer-but don't lose your temper and
throw your radio set out the window.
Five or 10 Years
Mr.. Fly and his SeXtet OF experts are being
paid to see that the march Of progress doesn'
trample right over your pocketbook. AS neal
as [ can find out, here's what is going te
happen: Five to 10 years from now (barrinG
a hundred or so unforeseen possibilities) yor
and l will be listening to some kind of FIN
broadcasting, on FM receivers.
Lily Pons can take her highest note anG
we'll hear every quaver in it. In the broadcasting
studio, nails can be hit with a hammer ant
it'll sound like nails being hit with a hammer
A bell can be rung and it'll sound as if some
one rang the bell. A pumpkin can be dropped
on the floor and it'll sound "squash"-not like
a man being hit over the head as it does to
day.
In the meantime, maybe some of us will
have FIN units (cost, $50. so and up today
but they'll get cheaper later on); or dual re
ceivers for FM and standard receiving (cost
$125 and up-but they'll come down, too)
Broadcasting stations, using both types, will
supplement standard broadcasts with FM STUFF
and if the public really goes for the FIN
fast, they will increase it and decrease the 9th
er until the old Observation-Disclosures days O
radio are as dead as the flicker days of films
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
a former olympic swimn

is a former Olympic swimming
champ. AS predicted in this
space, Mayor LaGuardia's attempt
to move the movie industry from
Hollywood to New York hasn't sue
ceeded. However, there may be
a conspiracy underfoot to move
Mayor LaGuardia from New York to
Hollywood,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10

Southport.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10

The British government launched
immediate measures. An early morn
ing cabinet session vas followed by
the announcement of full aid to
Norway and that necessary steps
were being taken by the allied fight
ing forces.
AS the announcement was read
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-28
Our Own Affair,
Germany. Comments

BERLIN - Commenting on
President Rooseyeit's speech 90
the American nation Sunday
night, authorized German quar-
tiers said;
Germany repeatedly has
made her standpoint clear; n
the United States feels herself
threatened. II Ia her own affair
n she desires 10 build up her
defense. We have never given
the United States cause 20 feel
herself threatened by Germany.
We have never engaged In bel
hgerent activity In the western
hemisphere. n Roosevelt feels
menacod, ~ IL not by Germany
hut from some other direction.
Our attitude II that America Il
for Americans. The same rule
applies 10 Europe"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-28
Satko Is Racing
OF Doc Siork

NANAIMO, b. C.-Paul Satko's
homemade ARK Of Juneau" was
racing the stork to Alaska today,
in defiance of a Seattle court
ruling.
His wife revealed when they
arrived here, out of the courts
Jurisdiction, that she was ex-
pecting another child soon-her
eight. Since the 4l-foot, cum
bersome Ark is powered by a
12-year-old truck engine that
makes a top speed of six miles an
hour, she doubted if the Ark would
reach their Alaskan promised
land" before the baby arrived.
A juvenile judge had ordered
satko. a 4e-yesr-old unemployed
welder. to strengthen the Ark be-
fore he undertook the 1,500-mile
voyage to Cook inlet, to protect
his seven children from tneir
fathers folly"
Satko made some Of the re-
pairs, put his family aboard early
Saturday morning and sneaked
into Canadian waters from Ana
eortes, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-28
z Murder, Inc,
Thugs Doomed

NEW YORK Harry Happy
Malone and Frank (the dasher)
Abbandando, first members of
Murder, Inc, to be brought to trial
and convicted, today were sem
fenced to be electrocuted during
the week of July Z.
Malone and Abbandando, both
30, were found guilty by a blue
ribbon jury May 20 of the murder
of George Rudnick who. they De-
lieved, had turned informer on
them.
Their conviction and sentence to
the death penalty were the first
results of Brooklyn District At
torney William O'Dwyer's drive to
break up the gang, which made a
business of numbering for profit.
Sentence was imposed by Judge
Franklin Taylor, who presided at
the trial.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-28
People in the News

The Republican national COM
mittee arrangements group an
nouncsd At Philadelphia that for
mer President Herbert Hoover viii
address the National convention
during the week Of June - -.
Robert Montgomery, motion pic.
turs star. said A. London he Nas
going 70 Paris early this week 70
Join the American field service
corps IN France A. an ambulance
driver. His studio. Aetro-Colo-
s,yn- Mayer. has given him a leave
Of absence He finished one Of tao
films he went 10 England 10 make
ana the other mas been Indefinitely
postponed
Mrs. EIeanor Roosevelt told the
New York Congress o. Youth that
at no time In these last few days
would congress even consider
sending an army sbrosd." but shs
said the nation must arm TO pre-
vent sacrifice Of human lives
Jackie Coogan and his slrplsns
we're safe today and . sheriff
yosNe was called back from ths
ella river bottoms near the Ar
zona California border. He Was
missing three hours yesterday %
a scheduled night 70 Yuma. ARR.
from points east He said later he
had Klased Yuma and MADE q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-28
Germans Insist
Ship Menaced

BERLIN Authorized German
quarters said today signs were In
creasing hourly that the British
planned some manipulation Ia
harm the American steamship
President Roosevelt and 10 throw
the blame on Germany TO arouse
var fever In the United States"
Earlier the official German news
agency ID. n. Is. had warned this
United States Of a "dastardly
British plot 10 sink the President
Roosevelt on It's return journey
from ireland with Americans flee.
ing the war rome.
Authorized quarters said the
German government had communi.
Gated with the United states en-
baAsy In Berlin regarding the
President Roosevelt. and u was
hoped that by tomorrow details Of
the communication could be dis
closed.
Authorized quarters emphasized
that the alleged plot against the
President Roosevelt was regarded
BY The German government with
ssoiicitgds and seriousness. and
II vas said that some time ago
the London correspondent Of a
United states newspaper warned
the world soon would learn Of
something which would on II
with horror and disgust"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-28
Navy Acceleraies
Recruiting Program

WASHINGTON - The navy To-
day began seeelerating the pace
Of its recruiting program.
Officials ordered recruiting sta
tons to enlist 1000 men during the
month of June. Original June en-
hstment plans called for only $500
men.
The quota enlargement followed
a congressional boost of authorized
navy strength from $4,000 70
ITO. 900 men.
The navy now has I35,l25 en-
listed men. The June quotas pro-
vide for 672 men in the north
eastern section; GIT in the south
eastern; s41 in the southern states;
PTS in the midwest, and 5s2 from
the far west.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-28

forced landing IN California 49,.
Secretary Of the Interior Harold
l.. Iekss said ct Cleveland inst
night that America ~ili tolerate
no ahfth column. Dut that IN deal.
ing Nith alien spies." civil iiber-
ties must b protected. That tbsrs
are traitors within. no reasonable
man can count Iokss told nearly
] 900 persons Al ina soth ami
yersAry of ne Temple. one of ths
oldest synagoguss IN the MIDDLE
vest -.
A scheduled bstrofhai reception
II the hons 81 Movie Producer
BaI Roach AZ Hollywood Was has
thy changed 70 Wedding dinner
today DecsDas Hal Roach. Jr. and
Mra. AHA Hunt flew 70 Yuma.
ARR yesterday ana we're married
The couple had planned "a marry
early if1s summer, Bat changed
their plans.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-28
Preshyierians Crack
Bertrand Russell

BUFFALO, N. Y. - A report
made to the United Presbyterian
church general assembly asserted
that the Bertrand Russell episode
was "a stigma on our national
higher education system"
The report said that although
IN. appointment Of Russell British
philosopher. to the faculty OF tne
City College Of New York had Deen
cancelled by the courts, II stiii
|. = stigma that the academic
voice was as rsucous and as
anarchistie as the episode diVuis-
cd The report was made by tne
Rev. Charles p. Poudeit. OF chi.
saro. secretary Of the board o.
education Of the assembly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-28
Congress Today
SENATE

NENATE
Considers minor bills.
Appropriations su beo mmit,ee
considers relief bill
Military Iffairs committee
studies bills to regulats private
military organizations.
HOUSE
Considers resolution To send
Townsend silver purchase act re-
pealer back to senate, and presi-
dents fifth reorganization order.
Naval appropriations snocom-
mittee hears Admiral Harold X.
Stark.
Banking and currency commit
tee considers block booking bill.
Irrigation committee considers
new Boulder dam bill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-28
BY j. w. T. MASON
United Press War Expert

Germany's occupation of
parts of Boulogne and other
centers along the channel
coast has come from the
wrong direction to possess
value for any attack on
Great Britain.
Unless the Germans can
break the strong line of the
allied armies farther east,
the present German posi-
lions along the channel
must be considered as hav-
ing questionable offensive
Importance, as far as the
British Isles are concerned.
The combat area in Flan-
ders and northern France
somewhat resembles a wavy
drawing of a huge, distort-
ed pipe. The bowl is occu-
pied by the Germans, with
the outer side curving from
Antwerp to the Somme.
The allies are massed along
the hundred miles of this
outer side, trying to keep
the Nazis within the bowl.
The pipe stem joins the
bowl in the vicinity of Cam
brai, Valenciennes and st.
Quentin and follows the
Somme westward toward
channel, swinging north
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