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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
DR.. BIRTHDAY
DANCE ARRANGED
,.,,s Raised By Ball On Jan
''''s a. will Aid Crippled
Children

SCHILLER, county chair
'VD +hs committee for the cele-
'an of the Presidents birthday
'r' .onnced yesterday all plans have
'DD' completed for the campaign
PEEL and at the same time urged
'elS onians to cooperate in the
dl rs,+ +he funds raised will be Civ
ha- +be National Foundation for
y % prevention we of Infantile Paraly-
ths the remainder will be given
ls an. a,1 New Hanover county foun-
datlon' local observance is a part
INC vast campaign being carried
D d. throughout The United States
'' ;med toward raising funds for
n-satting the disease. In addltlon
ee's a,+ending the gala birthday ball
held on Wednesday, January
VWilmingtonians may contribute
u .,ailing contributions direct to
G PRESIDENT, by buying tags on
las street. on January 27, or by
p ,s,ina their donation in the boxes
Isi.h have been placed in pubic
S ',aoss throughout the city.
p1 TAI sales are now underway at
.,tasIs throughout the county and
s' S...,s have been urged to allow
lnai- children to contribute.
'u The Junior sorosis club has vol
sred its aid in staging the tag
'a NJ. dance, at which music will
t.. furnished by Dean Hudson and
", orchestra, is being sponsored
l' the officers Fellowship club,
Dsnnosed of all law enforcement
.s4s in the county. The affair
aul he held in the Cape Fear
.rroorv at c14 Market street and
ail last from 9 p. m. until 1 a. M
dancing program will be pre-
..ntod nv the Ailie Morris Whit
fold and the Belcher studios OF
dsncing. A cake, given by the Roy
81 bakery, will be ratified.
e. L. Wade, city commission
er Of public works, will offlciate
at the rattle.
Tickets to the dance may be OBJ
tanned from any member of the
officers Fellowship club or at any
nj the following business establish
mepts; Service News company, BOG
North Front street; Wulff's News
stand. IS North Front street; and
the Service Drug company, SOz
Market street. The tickets are one
dollar, stag or couple.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
Miss Katie L. Evans
Passes Al Southport

SOUTHPORT, Jan. 20-Miss Katie
L. Evans, II, of Town Creek, died at
10 o'clock tonight at the Dosher
Memorial hospital here after an ILL.,
ness Of several months.
She is survived by four sister:
Miss Dixie Evans, of Town Creek;
Mrs. Nyda Henry, of Bolivia; Mrs.
w. Fl. Walker, of Southport; and
Mrs. Blanche Jenkins, of Durham;
one brother, E. Y. Evans, of Leland;
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements will be en-
nounced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
Itchy Pimples
Kill Romance

Many shattered romances may be
Traced directly to ugly skin blem-
ts.es, Why tolerate itchy pimples,
t,uaehla, angry red blotches or other
nlllatlons resulting from external
y Toe When you can get quick re-
mea IRON soothing P%eterson's Oint-
frelI' Soc all druggists. Money re-
ialiuso II n application does not
aHnsnt you. Peterson's Ointment
a s,n9 soothes irritated and tired feet
elu cracks between toes.-Adv.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
Estonian Ship Sinks
After Striking Rocks

LONDON, Jan. Up Ex-
change Telegram British news
agency today reported from Cop
enhagen that the 944-ton Estonian
steamer Kaston sank when she
struck some rocks after being stop
ped by Russian warplanes in the
Baltic sea, The crew was reported
saved
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
MOSCOW REPORT

MOSCOW, Jan. Fl (sunday).-R
Headquarters for the Leningrad
military area today issued the fol-
lowing communique on the war in
Finland:
Jan. 2o.-Nothing of Importance
took place on the front. In a num-
Der of areas our aviation made sue
cessful bombing raids. Fifteen en-.
envy airplanes were brought down in
air clashes"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
WORLD
BULLETINS

BUCHAREST, Jan. 2O.-(R-
The foreign ministers of Ru-
mania and Yugoslavia sought
today to strengthen southeast
ern EurOpe's uneasy neutrality
before the perils of an uncer.
tain future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
Blythe Will Direct
McNutt Drive In N. {.

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 90 (P) -
State Senator Joe L. Blythe an
hounced today that he had accepted
appointment as director of the pre-
convention campaign of Paul V.
NcNutt, federal security admins
Traitor, for the democratic presiden-
tal nomination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
BY THOMAS F. HAWKINS

WITH THE FINNISH NORTH
ERN ARMY. Jan. 20. The
twisted and frozen bodies of seven
Russians on the rough plank floor
of a farmhouse at the edge OF an
ice-bound lake told the story today
of another Finnish victory on the
Salla front.
For ten days, three times daily
Ped army troops pushed onto the
lake and tried to cross it's half-mile
width to the farmyard position held
by the Firms.
Each time the Soviet band, about
100 in all, fell back, Finnish ski pa
trolls finished them with grenade
fire in a surprise attack. This hap
pened during the darkness of yes
terday morning.
A Few Escape
A few of the Russians escaped
but the bodies of most lay in the
woods back Of the house.
The scene was typical Of the type
of fighting on this front, a semi.
circle of barnyard backgrounds to
the west of Salla village, about 81
miles from the border.
The curve came within 20 miles
of the town of Kemijarvi and
stretched 60 miles to the north and
south. Kemijarvi is about Is miles
from the frontier and lies to the
southwest of Salla.
However, the lines now have been
moved eastward to the Markajarvi
sector, about half way between Salla
and Kemijarvi, with the Russians
retreating slowly to their main fort
ifications at Salla village.
The demolished lakeside farm.
house garrison constituted a small
segment of the Russian force which
the Firms believed totaled around
5000 men in the whole Salla sec.
tor.
Legs Blown Off
The legs of n Of the seven
bodies in the farmhouse had been
blown off by grenades. The arm of
another had been shattered.
Probably members of a ski patrol
to protect the Russian retreat, the
seven had no time to reach for their
weapons.
Their coats were off and appar.
emily they had been resting or sleep
ing. Gas masks and ~knapsacks
were strewn about the floor of the
barely-furnished room.
There was a rickety white bed
without bedding, a battered ivory
painted wooden divan, six straight
chairs in one corner, a wall shelf
filled with school books and a cup
board with a few dishes.
A woman's apron hung Imply be.
side a muslin curtained window. On
a stove set into a wide chimney
was a grease-filled skillet.
An overturned bushel basket of
frozen carrots lay beside a wooden
butter tub. On the wall of a bed
room hung two gold-framed pictures,
one of a youthful soldier, the other
Of his mother.
Outside in the snow 81 gas masks
and 81 knapsacks lay alongside a
dead Russian and a baby carriage
on sled runners.
To the west stood a Finnish clus-
ter of farm Notifications, splattered
with machine-gun and artillery fire,
but still intact. A number of COM
posed farmers were carrying on as
nothing had happened.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
PREDICTED

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-R-
Matthew Vol, executive vice
president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, tonight pre-
dicted that "the labor move
ment. already disunited, may be
further distracted by the issues
of an election year."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
PLANES

AMSTERDAM, Jan. Co.
APeThe Netherlands govern.
ment for the second successive
day reported today it believed
British planes had flown over
Netherlands territory in dark
ness on propaganda missions to
Germany and was asking the
British government for an ex-
PLANTATION.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
No Comment

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90 @ -
The British foreign Offices publ
cation of it's note rejecting this gov
ernment's protests against censor
ship of American mails brought no
comment tonight from the state de-
partment.
1t was understood, however, that
the department still vas studying
the note and had under considera-
ton the question of addressing a
further communication to London
on the subject.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
IN PARIS

PARIS, Jan. 90 (P) Pre-.
mier Edouard Daladier, still I'm.
able to walk because of a frac.
tured instep suffered Jan. Z,
met the French council of min
listers at the war ministry to-
day instead of going to the
Elysee palace as usual for a re-
view of the diplomatic and mill.
tary situation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
DEFENSE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-(R
Admiral Harold r.. Stark,
chief of naval operations, has
put congress on notice that the
navy is so hampered by legisla-
ton that it would take at least
three months to negotiate con-
tracts for new airplanes if this
country were plunged into war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
WINNER

Los ANGELES, Calf, Jan.
Co. Up Walter Mcpherson,
pari-mutuel clerk at Santa
Anita, hit the key which turned
out a $50 slip on the wrong
horse. He stood to lose that
amount because no adjustments
can be made in the "tote." But
the horse won and Mcpherson
pOcketed $775.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
SOCIAL JUSTICE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O-R
"A pastoral letter on "The
Church and Social Justice" will
be issued soon by the archbishops
and bishops of the administra-
tive boards of the National
Catholic Welfare conference.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
GUILTY

TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 20.-R-
Five persons pleaded guilty in
federal court today to illegal
transportation of aliens and
were given prison sentences by
Judge Luie w. Strum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21

Bermuda was settled in 1909 by
a party of colonists under Sir
George Somers, who were headed
for Virginia, but were wrecked on
the ISLANDS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
FAILED

PARIS, Jan. The
Allied high command reported
in tonight's communique ito
the west of the Vosges the ene-
my attempted a raid which
completely failed"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
SENTENCED

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 20.
(AP9JOhn Markham, 26-year.
old Salt Lake City robber-killer,
was sentenced today to die
March 9 before the guns of
Utah's state prison firing squad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
AGAIN BOMB
FINNISH CITIES
CONTINUED From Page One)

ever, were one dead and four wound
ed.
Today's raids, judging from the
rumbles of explosions which carried
into the capital and incomplete re
ports, were unusually severe. Elk
ceptionally clear skies aided the Rus
sian airnen on their missions.
One small city north of Helslnk
was reported to have been the target
Of 81 planes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
FINAL"

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 90 up -
Told that her refusal to marry
him was "final", George Stuart,
"a, of Denver, shot and killed
himself today after wounding
his sweetheart, Mrs. Irene Dun
ming.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
DERAILED

STATE BRIDGE, Colo, Jan.
2O.-R-All cars of the Den
yer & Salt Lake railroads No.
2 passenger train were derail-
ed today, but none of the crew
or passengers was injured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21
T AT BOISE
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express wi heartfelt
thanks and appreciation to all for
their expression of sympathy *
tended us in the recent death Of
Mrs. w. F. Kerr, mother Of Mrs.
G. F. Duke.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. F. Duke and
Family.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-21

Lion Of Idaho" never returned to
the capitol.
Few men in history have welded
as great an influence on the con-
duct of foreign affairs as did the
great isolationist' from Idaho,
and his death was noted around
the world.
London Presses Stop
London newspapers stopped their
presses in the early morning hours
to insert the news. The Daily Ex-
press said he would be remember.
ed as a "bitter critic" of Britain
but that the British should not for
get that "all Americans shared his
creed: America first"
Berlin papers paid tributes to
Borah, calling him an upright
American, who opposed all Euro
pean entanglements. They featured
accounts of his descent from the
family of Katharine Won Bora, the
wife of Martin Luther, German
leader of the Reformation.
The Paris newspaper, L'Ordre,
paid tribute to his ability as q
leader, but added:
HE had always been of u
ad~versaries. He understood moth.
ing, absolutely nothing, Of things
of Europe and made Of this in
comprehension a sort of CROWN"
RITES AT BOISE
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 20.-P-A
statehouse funeral, with military
honors, will mark Idaho's last
homage to it's most respected citi-
zen.
Glen Balch, military aide to Gov.
C. A. Bottalfsen, said services for
William E. Borah, veteran repub.
lican senator, would be held in the
great hall of the state capitol next
Thursday at 3 p. m. Is p. m. EST).
The governor reiterated his de.
cision not to fill the vacant senate
seat until the end Of next week at
the earliest.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Calls Abbott School
Disgrace to City
Good Vocational Institution
Held to Be Of First
importance

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Mr.. George Gooch Of the Sixteenth
Street Citizens Association, judging
from his recent letter to The Star, ap-
pears to be taking the decision Of Con-
gress regarding Wilson Teachers College
as a personal defeat. I challenge his
accuracy when he represents his opinion
as the opinion of Washington.
Why should Wilson Teachers College
take precedence over a new Abbott Vo-
cational School? Abbott as it now stands
is a disgrace to the Washington public
school system. It lags far behind voca-
tional schools IN other cities in both
type of building and in quality and in
quantity of equipment. There Is Moth
ing needed more in the local system
than another up-to-date vocational
school.
Of course, the population of the pres
ent Abbott comes from Northeast and
Southeast. These areas represent our
poorer families who cannot be SO
choosy as our Northwest friends. The
people of the Northwest do not permit
their children to attend Abbott because
it is such an outmoded and dilapidated
structure. Can Mr.. Gooch deny that
Abbott is in far worse condition than
Wilson Teachers College, which was
reconditioned less than five years ago?
Abbott's building was abandoned twenty
years ago by the Central High School
and yet Mr.. Gooch would have us think
it is suitable for while longer.
We do not like for Mr.. Woll to dictate
to us, but neither do we like to have
Mr.. Gooch nor the Sixteenth Street
Citizens Association dictate to us. Let
the decision Of Congress stand. Build
a new Abbott at Sixteenth and Up
shur, equip it completely and modernly
so that the people in that area will find
it good enough to send their children
to- Why should most of the children
attending Abbott come from Northeast
and Southeast? 1t is a condition which
should be corrected, not perpetuated. 1t
can be corrected to some degree by doing
lust what Congress has decided to do,
by building modern plant in the North
west area.
If our student teachers are made Of
the right stuff, they will not suffer from
peing in a building such as the one they
are now in. They are far better able
to adjust to imperfect conditions than
are the adolescents of vocational school
age. Congress has acted wisely and
justly Let its decision stand.
April 8. w. c. WALLIS.
Evening star., 1940-04-12

administrator and the board could
make their path exceedingly difiicult.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority
was set up as an Independent agency
in 1898 after politics had snarled the
administration of the air branch of
the Commerce Department. Since
that time the industry has estab-
lished an enviable record and has
just completed year without a fatal
accident. Under these circumstances,
a change should not be made unless
there are the most persuasive reasons
for it. Senator McCarran was quick
to announce that he would fight the
new proposal, which is based in part
on an earlier reorganization plan
now before Congress.
There are other highly important
and interesting proposals in the new
plan but they, too, require the most
careful study before being given final
approval.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Better Street Lighting
Urged for Safety.

To the Editor Of The Star:
I would like to congratulate The Star
and commend j. B. Zatman upon the
splendid article appearing In the April
7 edition entitled District of Columbia
Traffic Safety Improves With Pedestrian
Still Main Problem" The illustration
bearing the caption Their Lives Snuffed
Out-13 of Them-As If Struck by a
Bolt of Lightning" is an excellent por-
trayal of the traffic hazards which
pedestrians encounter on the streets of
Washington.
This type Of publicity is most timely
and valuable In educating those who
walk to the need for observance of trafic
rules and regulations particularly when
crossing streets.
Keep up the good work, and let me add
the suggestion that since out of the
Is persons killed during the nrst quarter
of 1910 In District traffic accidents lost
their lives at night, 1t would be appro-
pirate to focus attention on night trafac
hazards and the greater danger to which
the pedestrian is subjected between dusk
and dawn. Better street lighting has
been most effective in other communi-
ties-why not try it in the Nations
Capital?
WASHINGTON I. CLEVELAND,
April Q. Manager,
District Of Columbia Motor Club.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Open to Question

For all practical purposes, Presi-
dent Roosevelt's latest plan of Gov
ernment reorganization would return
supervision of the air industry to
the Commerce Department, and in
the light Of experience, the wisdom
of that move is open to serious
question.
The President proposes that the
civil aeronautics administrator, in
charge of such important functions
as operation of airways and pilot
training, report to the Secretary Of
Commerce, who also would control
the purse-strings of the Civil Aero
nautics Board-now Authority. The
latter would perform adjudicative,
rule-making and investigative func-
tions independent Of the department,
assuming in the shift the duties OF
the Air Safety Board, but Secretary
out Of sympathy with policies Of the
Evening star., 1940-04-12
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Tracevell.

Instead Of planting any old shrub or
tree, as caprice dictates. the home owner
had better put In trees and shrubs the
birds particularly fancy.
let it be said that birds like all trees,
and all shrubs, but some a great deal
more than others. A tree is home to
pird. This Is true of any tree. Some
trees. however, bear buds and blossoms
birds like, as well as have boughs and
leaves which somehow seem to make
particular appeal to them.
AS for the shrubs and vines, those
which bear edible berries are "naturals'
for the birds-they can live on them all
winter long, and do. in freezing snowy
months when nothing else much sticks
up above the snow.
The common elder, for instance, Sam
bucus canadensis, is visited by about
100 species OF birds
This is common plant, indeed many
gardeners would shrink from putting
1t in. But if you like the birds, and
want to give them what they like, no
shrub is any better than this one
Fence corners, and unused places often
found behind garages, are excellent for
planting these, as well as blackberry
bushes.
Take the blackberry. Here is a plant
seldom planted in suburban gardens,
but If we consider how many birds are
known to visit it, we would almost make
1t the first thing we planted when we
bought home.
1t is estimated that more than $50
species Of birds come to the blackberry.
Ihls applies as well to raspberry bushes.
Various dogwoods attract at least 100
varieties. Even the common choke berry,
Prunus virginiana, has attracted more
than 80 species.
The bush honeysuckle, long a favor
lite shrub, ranks high as bird at
tractor
Other shrubs in this class are the
5lackhaw, the alder, the various cher
rles, some of the thorns, the inkberry,
and the various privets, as well as the
barberry
among the trees, none is better to at
tract birds than the mulberry, either
the Siberian form or the more COM
mon red form. The honey locust is a
favorite with many birds.
Crab apples rank high.
Vines too often are neglected as bird
lures. The lowly Virginia creeper takes
first place. Others are the bittersweet,
the wild grape, honeysuckles and the
Boston ivy.
Look through any good seedman's
catalog and find Rubus occidentalis,
the olackcap raspberry and Rubus odora-
tus, the Towering raspberry.
There you have two fine bird at
tractors.
1t Is with such simple things as these
that good beginning may be made
in attracting Birds You don't need long
elaborate lists of plants. As our COR
respondent says, building is going on
so rapidly that people who love the
birds must take steps to overcome the
handicaps of crowding. The birds will
come almost anywhere if you give them
what they like.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Pedestrians Lives

One year ago Washington under
took an experiment in safety
designed to protect the lives of
pedestrians. Opinion was divided
among residents of the city, and
some comment on the new regula-
tions was bitter. Principal objec-
tions were that enforcement of the
law would require large number of
policemen on special assignment and
that it caused unnecessary delay to
walkers for the benefit Of motorists.
That the law is difficult of enforce
ment is obvious from the fact that so
great a proportion of accidents occur
in the heavily travelled area which
surrounds the well-policed central
business district. But the pedestrian
rule is an example of regulation
which depends for enforcement on
more than whistles and extended
arms. 1t must be supported by
public acceptance Of its value and
recognition of the need for it. This
is demonstrated by survey of acci-
dents during the first year OF the
laws operation.
In the twelve months prior to
adoption OF the regulation sixty-fve
pedestrians were killed in traffic.
The year following saw six lives
saved. Under the old order 2,O41
walkers were injured as compared
with only 1874 In the past twelve
months. In this more recent period
accidents of all types have increased
nearly twenty per cent, while those
involving death or personal injury
to pedestrians dropped approximate
ly ten peE cent.
Through a personal acceptance OF
civic responsibility, as we'll as an
individual interest In ones own we'll
being, the Capital can reduce still
further the number of accidents
involving pedestrians. There must
not be too much dependence upon
police enforcement alone.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Park Examination

There is no question that WASH
ington deserves the best park system
that can be created with available
funds. AS the Capital of the United
States Washington should be fitted
out with a park framework of ex-
ceptional quality. As a city of several
hundred thousand taxpayers Wash
ington should have community
park system adequate to provide for
the health and happiness of its
residents.
Development Of both the frame
work and the community system is
in charge Of one public agency, the
Office of the National Capital Parks.
The superintendent Of National
Capital Parks has the delicate task
OF seeing to it that, despite the fact
he is a Federal employe in field
Office OF a national agency, the
National Park Service. the needs Of
the local community are not neg
lected nor the needs of the National
Capital overemphasized. He must
follow a course in which a happy
medium is struck-not always an
easy thing to do. The selection of
such man for the vacant position
of Superintendent of National Capt.
tai Parks will be'made through the
long-awaited special civil service ex-
animation within a few days.
Since 1888 the local park system
has been under the National Park
Service. Before that it was either
under the War Department or an
independent Federal agency. The
National Park Service is an agency
charged with the acquisition, de-
velopment and maintenance Of will
derness areas of natural beauty and
historic sites and monuments, but it
has little or no experience on which
to draw for the administration of a
city park system.
1t is the earnest hope of The Star
that the right man, the man to
whom the Nations Capital is en-
titled, can be found as the result of
the examination just announced.