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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-BD-
Senator Norris (Ind.-Neb.) suggest
ed today that the administrators
moral embargo" against war-planes
sales to japan and Russia be ex-
tended to all goods.
In addition, he said. American
citizens might well cease buying
any products from the two coun-
tries, which he described as bar
barous."
Norris told reporters that he pro
badly would fight in the senate to-
morrow the proposed 500. 600, 900
increase in capital of the export
import bank, making possible new
loans to Finland and China.
Such a proposal would commit the
government officially, he declared,
and might lead to involvement
abroad.
Norris, one of three senators who
opposed the resolution to expedite
Finnish bond issues here, said that
it would be perfectly ju~stiflable"
for individual citizens or groups to
a commercial dealings with Rus
STA and Japan.
mo one could contend that would
be an unfriendly act diplomatical-
ly', he asserted, because no gov
ernmental act would BE- involved.
1.-THE people have a perfect right
to do anything they want to, and
there is nc a why we should
Russia and Japan with the
for war"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

-~ -" " E Is
home elsewhere, the benefactor is
not the head of a family.
The same rule is applicable to the
term Giving together" in the case
OF a husband and wife. If occasion
ally and temporarily the husband
is away on business or the wife on
a visit, the common home being
maintained. the $4,000 exemption
still applies. The unavoidable alb
sence of husband or wife at a sana-
forum does not preclude the eN-
emption. But if the husband con-
tinuously makes his home at one
place and the wife at another, they
are not living together within the
meaning Of the Internal Revenue
Code.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
SALMON INDUSTRY
WELL POLICED

These sniffers get their biggest
workout in the salmon canning in
dustry-an example Of the policing
which industrialists themselves a
provide.
An inspection service operated by
the National Gamers association
does a first.class job wedding out
bad salmon at the canneries. indie
pendent inspection is carried on
simultaneously by agents Of the ad-
ministration.
Other agents check on both
groups by sampling the canned
PRODUCT at the warehouses in Seat
tie and Portland.
An agent will check in at a ware
house, collect a couple of dozen
cans at random, retire to his office,
pry them open, and go into his act.
This policing job has reduced the
annual seizures of bad salmon from
$1,000 900 a year to practically
nothing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

nothing could be simpler than iden-
tifying a long-defunct fish by TAX
ing one whiff, the thing is really
quite an art.
There are border-line cases, you
see, where an unframed nose might
be in doubt.
Chemical tests are available which
would readily establish whether the
fish was perfectly fresh when can
ned. But the shifting test is quick
Grand shifting evidence is accept
ed by juries more readily than
chemical evidence. Every juror can
understand it..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Costa Ricans Elect
DR.. Guardia President

SAN JOSE, Costa RIGA, Feb. 49,
R-Dr. Rafael Calderon Guardia,
national republican party candidate,
was elected president for a four
year term to. succeed Leon Cortes
yesterday. Latest official figures
showed Calderon Guardia had 76,.
S81 votes; the communists candi.
date 1920 and confraternity 5.458.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20

lngieslde just outside the
fuy UNITS and crashed into ', ,%s
freight cars on a siding. '''
The injured We're rushed
Norfolk hospital, Where Co... " a
them were admitted as 49,, Of
after receiving emeree.n,. O'''sA''
ment. tTeat.
Lloyd B. Wickersham. vic.
dent and general manager ''s''
norfolk Southern Bus conn.,, Tie
SAD the accident was caused sJ', up,
open switch with a coal 90, w an
ne''r to it that the motorm, s1F 50
not see 1t was open. The c'lld
Mr.. Wickersham said, had ,l'0.na
reason to believe the trsa. every
clear. N"NA va,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

tration has col
lected probably
the worlds best
a S S o tment of
sensitive probos-
cises and is pay
ing their owners
just for shifting
on command.
Among the du'
ties that fall to
Uncle Sans food
and drug experts
is that of shifting
canned fish,.
Alt h ough it
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Carolina
News Shorts
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
ELON COLLEGE-Church-relate
colleges were credited with pioneer.
ing in and developing high educa-
ton by two educators who spoke
yesterday at the opening Of Elon
colleges celebration of its Golden
Anniversary.
The speakers were DR.. W. P.
Few, president of Duke university,
and DR.. Oliver C. Carmichael,
chancellor of Vanderbilt univer-
sity, will speak.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
II PERSONS HURT
IN BUS ACCIDENT
Rail Vehicle Goes Through
Open Switch, Strikes
Freight Cars

NORFOLK, Va. Feb. 12.-P1-
Seventeen persons were injured,
several seriously, shortly before Z
a. M. today when a Nc:--folk South.
ern rail bus from Virginia Beach
went through an open switch at
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
METHODISTS

ROCKY neutrality-suspicious.
of the 100 churches in the Rocky
Mount district assembled here today
for three Methodist meetings - a
missionary institute, a youth rally
and the Methodist Advance" ses-
sions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
ADVERTISEMENT
WHAT TO DO FOR
THE ITCH (scabies }

Relief from itch, or that condition
known as scabies, scratches, camp itch
or 7-year itch, Is quickly had with
"David's Sanative Wash" a liquid sui
phur solution which destroys those itch
germs which it contacts, thus easing
that fiery, tormenting itching. Coo at
any druggist or postpaid direct. Money
back If not relieved. Owens & Minor,
Richmond, Va. (adv.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
y. d. c.

CHAPEL HILL - The Young
Democrat Club and the Young Re-
publican Club at the University of
North Carolina will debate the sub
ject: "Resolved that the United
States shall exceed the $4,000. 000,-
900 debt limit" Thursday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
HOT TIP

HOT TIP
CHICAGO-Detective Andrew Car
roll and William Donovan, hot on
the trail of a thief who threw a
rolling pin through a loop jewelry
store window, felt the motors Of all
automobiles parked in the vicinity
until they found one that was
warm.
Inside the car they found papers
which carried the name and address
of Edward J. Morgan. The detec-
tives said when they found Morgan
at home he admitted the window
smashing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Behind The Scenes
In Washington

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-There's
a good living to be made by noses
here-trained ones.
The U. S. food and drug admins
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
MASONS

CHARLOTTE-The Annual on
vention Of North Carolina York
Rite Masons will be held here in
May. The meeting will last three
days. The dates will be announced
in a few weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
WHAT ABOUT COLLEGE?

PRATT, Kas.-A magazine sales
man bolstered his selling points by
telling Mrs. B. W. Taylor. my
mother has a new refrigerator, and
I need the money to help pay for
itn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

William Cullen Bryant always
wrote copy for his newspaper on
the backs of old letters and rejected
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
TRADE BODIES

KINSTON-The Eastern Carolina
chamber of commerce will hold its
18th annual meeting at Bethel
early in April.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
PHARMACISTS

CHARLOTTE-The North Caro-
lima Pharmaceutical association will
Iold its annual convention May 81
% in Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
SVELTE

SVELTE
SAN FRANCISCO-Firemen must
be streamlined.
The civil service commission.
posting notice of an examination,
decreed:
mo applicant whose waist meas
urement exceeds that of his chest
will be accepted"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
FLASHES
OLLIE
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS A negro boy
snatched Mrs. Tryphosa Gagen's
purse containing $3.50 and two
movie tickets.
The movie: Gone With The
Wind"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
RAL E|GH
B R | E FS
Star.News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
BY emf AVERILL

Ridge Parkway connecting ' the
Shenandoah and Great Smoky
Mountains National Parks as "a
crime" North Cardinals Cherokee
Indians completely reversed their
stubborn stand of the past few
years and agreed to grant a right
of-way for the parkway through
their reservation.
Even the voteless aborigines of
Western North Carolina, it appears,
recognize that they must be wrong
if they are in the same company
with the G. o. P.
Do you WANT to buy a duck? Or
exchange a double-barreled shot
gun for a female fox dog?
If you do then read the state de-
partment Of agriculture's "Agricul-
tural Review" for February l.. ono
charge for this ad Mr.. Scott).
Here are some Of the out-of.the-
ordinary folks who have recently
registered with various offices of
the N. c. State Employment sery-
ice:
A former &c" man who was with
the FBI for five years; a young
applicant who has worked during
the past eight years as a chauffeur,
bocVguard, dishwasher, deckhand,
fruit picker and common laborer in
every one of the 48 states, also in
Canada and Mexico; a young grad
uate of the University of North
Carolina, trained in art, mechanical
drawing, advertising, and the de-
signing of textiles and furniture !;
a tires and accessories salesman
with 20 years experience as field
salesman for leading distributing
firms and whose experience includes
courses in executive management
and accounting.
What Governor Hoey called IAN
important observance occurring in
February" begins today and ex-
tends until Washington's birthday.
Though the period is ten days long
it will be known as National
Americanism Week."
Il join in the request that the
people Of North Carolina enter fully
into the spirit Of this association
and join the nation in proclaim
ing u faith in democratic process.
es and in giving the true interpreted
ton Of genuine Americanism." the
governor said when he called for
observance of the period.
Ronald Hocutt, director Of the
State Highway Safety Division, is
still studying last years accident
reports with a view to getting in
this years ticks in the most need.
ed places.
He is still looking for a really
good reason why there we're FAT
fatalities In the last six months of
1889 as compared with only 1876 in
the first half Of the year.
He has urged continued vigilance
in those counties which had excel
lent records last year.
Some Of our COUNTIES made a
splendid record last year and de-
to be warmly congratulated"
he said, "but it might be in order
to caution them that the slightest
relaxation of their vigilance and
safety-consciousness a result in
their being on the other end of the
list in the 1910 traffic fatality re-
port"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
FINDS GIL
IN CREAM

Food and drug agents run into
some rather unexpected things, at
times.
There was one in Nebraska, for
instance, who was making routine
inspections Of creameries. He no
ticed n can of al which had
what looked like Jumps Of butter
fat floating on the surface.
The agent took it to his office
for analysis and found that it had
been adulterated with lubricating
oil. Some slick city chap had been
going round selling farmers a
preparation which would toost the
butter fat content Of their milk.
In the end, both offending but
ter and offending salesman were
o%verhauled.
Laboratory experts Of the ad-
ministration are prepared to make
all sorts of researches.
Preparations advertised to con-
tain vitamin extracts are constant
ly being tested. to see that their
vitamin content II as claimed. A
colony of white rats and baby
chicks in basement laboratories at
the department ofagriculture is
the testing ground for this material.
Surgical dressings are tested for
their sterility. Germicides and anti
septics are tested for their strength.
CANCER SERUM
PRODUCES LOCKJAW
Some extremely complicated lab
oratory jobs sometimes come along.
A year or so ago, by some horrible
accident, a cancer serum turned
out to be a straight culture of te-
tanus germs and gave several peo-
pie agonizing deaths by lockjaw be-
fore the mistake was discovered.
Less spectacular is a new task
given the administration by the
Copeland bill. This is the establish
ing Of reasonable definitions and
standards Of qp lily for certain
foods, and setting up similar rules
Tor proper fill Of containers.
A committee is set up to deter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

q The 1910 Quality Chart
gives you the most revealing
comparison Of low-priced car
values you We ever seen! Dis
cover how much more your
money now buys in size, safe
ty, long life...i in finer quality.
q Take Plymouth's Luxury
Ride. lit will show you the
smoothness and delightful
comfort you can now get in a
low-priced car.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

Do you WANT to buy a duck? Or
exchange a double-barreled shot
gun for a female fox dog?
partment Of agriculture's "Agricul-
tural Review" for February 1. (No
charge for this ad Mr.. Scott).
Evening star., 1940-02-27

pennies as they are years old or any
thing down to one cent"
The money 20 gathered will be
distributed for relief under the man
agement Of . jury of awards, Of
which Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Monsignor John A. Ryan, director
OF the National Catholic Welfare
Conference; william Allen White,
editor Of the Emporia Gazette; DR..
Charles B. Glenn. superintendent Of
schools, Birmingham, Alabama, and
other distinguished citizens are
members. Nothing will be deducted
for administrative expenses.
Such a cause Is its own commenda-
tion. It requires no apology, needs
little explanation. The young Cru
saders-and their parents-surely
will be happy to join in an effort at
once practical and idealistic, a ges-
ture Of mercy in an age which is sad
with suffering from which the inno-
cent are not spared.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
A ChiIdren's Crusade

Plans for a Children's Crusade for
Children, beginning on Good Friday,
have been announced by a committee
Of sponsors headed by Dorothy Can
field Fisher of Vermont. The thirty
million boys and girls now attending
public, private and parochial schools
in the United States are to be invited
to aid their little neighbors in for
eign countries made desolate by war.
Developed in cooperation with
Americas notable educators, authors,
religious and civic leaders," the en-
terprise "has q twofold purpose.
First, to help our American children,
through the tragic object lesson Of
what is going on in Europe and Asia,
to become more fully aware Of the
often-unrecognized blessings they
enjoy In this democratic land. Sec
ond, to give our children q
chance to express in the old-fash-
toned, decent, American way their
sympathy for the homeless, war
stricken children In other lands. As
an expression Of the fellow feeling Of
American children for children In
other lands, the pupils Of our schools
viii be asked to contribute - many
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Half q Ship

When a worm is cut in two, super
stition insists that the separate
halves crawl away into retirement to
repair the damage, the front half in
time growing a tail, and the rear
half a head-this quaint belief per-
sisting despite the obvious disadvan-
tage to the worm Of becoming twice
as liable to capture by the fisherman
or the early bird.
Science has now discovered what
the British tanker does under the
same condition. One was torpedoed
the other day and the bow neatly
removed, leaving the stern thrash
ing the waves wildly. As soon as the
smoke had cleared away. the crew
took a good look at a large, deep, wet
ocean, decided that half q ship was
better than none and that the worm
had the right idea after all. For
three days they navigated what was
left Of it towards port until picked
up by a tug and taken in, perhaps to
grow another head in some dry dock.
It might be better, however, to tile it
away and await developments. The
war Is young yet, and an cd In the
London Times might eventually pro-
duce results. It should read: WANT
ed-half interest In bow Of ship,
tanker preferred. WIN trade for half
interest In stern. Apply. Winston
Churchill, Admiralty"
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Unions and the Navy

The charge Of "anti-union bias"
hurled at Secretary Of the Navy
Edison by the Federation Of Archi-
tects, Engineers, Chemists and Tech
nicians demonstrates principally
that the federation has a rather odd
conception of the proper relationship
of Federal employe unions and the
Government.
The blast was occasioned by Mr..
Edison's rejection of a program ad-
vanced by the c. I. o. affiliate COW
ering working conditions, the rea-
sonableness Of which may be Judged
by one proposal to take design and
construction of naval vessels out Of
the hands Of Navy officers.
The Navy Secretary gave the very
obvious explanation in this connec-
ton that there are important mill
tary aspects of the assignment of
officers to navy yards which must be
maintained" and might have added
with equal truth that the American
public Is not desirous of seeing this
system changed.
Mr.. Edison also turned down q
suggestion for unrestricted transfer
Of personnel, saying that employees
desires must be subordinated to the
needs of the service, and he likewise
declined to institute new machinery
for settling grievances, on the ground
that the present system had stood
the test Of time" and had been
markedly free from vital criticism" !"
In each instance his stand is justi-
fed, as is the pertinent admonition
to the federation-which is threat
ening to take the matter to Congress
that Government employees are
public servants and stand in Diff
ferent relationship to their employer
than does the worker In private
industry.
The personal attack on Mr.. Edison
is reminiscent of the tactics pursued
by certain undisciplined groups in
the early days Of the New Deal
which served no other purpose than
to reflect discredit on Government
employees as a whole. Federal work.
ers long have enjoyed the right to
advance their own cause and to
seek adjustment Of grievances, and
it is desirable that they should retain
this right. But under this arrange
ment personalities and threats have
no place.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
THIS AND THAT
By Charles :. Trace,oen.

The starting drives away the flicker
and other native birds.
HHCp
But few persons who like birds would
advocate q war against these birds.
After all, America Is dedicated to the
square deal, first and last.
And neither the English sparrow nor
the starting asked to be brought here:
They were caught In England. some
time in the COS, placed In cages, and
shipped to America.
The idea, in both cases, was that the
birds would devour certain inimical in
Aects which were bothering American
crops.
You see, we wanted something. It is
always that way. Man seldom does any
thing but that he hopes for some sort
Of gain.
Some enthusiastic person gets an idea,
and puts 1t over" as we say nowadays.
Neither the sparrow nor the starting
ever did what Its one enthusiastic adyo-
cate said 1t would do. It did, however,
try to make the best Of conditions as 1t
found them. And how, as another slang
expression has it.
It looks as II Americans will never
learn anything in this regard.
Here we are, importing certain in
sect to prey upon the japanese beetle.
which gained entrance to these shores
all unwittingly.
And nobody knows just what the new
importation will do whether it will seri-
ously threaten the beetle, or whether it
will become, in its turn, q more serious
threat.
Perhaps we, as a people, will never
learn to let well enough alone.
~
The serious admirer of bird life can
not help but have a certain admiration
for both the English sparrow and the
startling, which really ought to be called
the English starting. It is no problem
over there, for owls keep 1t in check.
Over here. there are not enough owls to
do natures work. in this respect.
Over here, both species have made the
~~oo Va SAAAAA6o 80 t44Cy 1AdtC &OO4lO
Does an English sparrow know how
much we admire the bluebird? It does
not. It simply sees a nesting site, de-
sires ft-and takes It, Certainly 1t has
enough example from mankind during
the last six years, to make 1t quite sure,
II it thinks, that 1t Is a pretty clever
fellow.
The starting, ornithologists tell us, has
made for itself new set Of migration
routes, in this continent, a feat almost
unparalleled. The mind Of man cannot
help but admire.
When these birds come to our feeding
stations, let us remember that they are
doing the best they can, just as we all
do. They are protected by the migratory
bird laws just as the mockingbirds are
1t Is as much against the law to shoot
startling as it is to slay mockingbird
or robin.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
ASHTON, Nd.

A6dTON, No.
Dear Sir:
II wss very glad to read In your column
OF February Z the letter from w. "A. N.
which 70 ably defended the beautiful
mockingbird.
Il have been surprised and distressed
by the letters calling him . demon Q
bully the 'mockingbird problem and,
worst Of all, the Hitler Of the feeding
station
I'VE have several Knockers every winter
and I have never seen them molest
any Of the other birds.
True, the little birds fly up when he
comes to the stand, but 80 they do when
the jays fly down; but they all come
back to the minute the big birds leave it.
Twice recently I saw a starting drive
Q mocker away.
Instead Of mockingbird problem,
we have . starting problem. No matter
how much food put out several times
q day, they never get enough. They
eat everything In sight, except sunflower
seed. ."
Another more serious complaint I
have to make against the starlings is
that they have driven practically all
flickers and red-headed woodpeckers OF
the place by using the holes they bored
to raise their own young in.
Where there used to be dozens Of these
two fine species We now have one or
two each.
Il wish the person who had the bright
Idea Of importing the starlings would
have brighter one and get rid Of theml
Il hope many friends Of the mocking-
bird will come to his defense. fear
some people may think he Is q bird that
should be got rid Of and start shooting
him. That would indeed be real
tragedy. Sincerely yours, C. 8.
p. S.-As write this letter q mock
ingbird Is perching in the vine close
to the window sheltering himself from
the rain"
The problem Of imported birds driving
out the smaller American birds is very
real one.
1t far transcends "the mockingbird
problem" and the like, which, after all,
are only individual reactions to certain
bird actions. From the thousands of
letters received by this column during
the past few years there can be no ques-
ton that in the majority of yards this
very fine bird and beautiful singer makes
considerable Of nuisance of himself.
Many persons who feed the birds would
be very glad II he would stay away.
Those persons who have had only peace
ful, kindly mockingbirds are fortunate
But the problem of the imported birds
ousting native birds is growing year by
year. The English sparrow began it..
A wonderfully capable prolific creature
1t has taken full advantage of conditions
as 1t has found them. It tends to drive
bluebirds out of their nesting sites, and
some other small birds.