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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-28
IN HALT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. Up -
The Works Projects Administration
said today that no WPA musical
programs would be broadcast after
December 81 until such time as
schedules could be arranged to in
sure widest possible reception of It's
concert music.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-28
PROMOTED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. - Up -
Germany's ranking diplomat in the
United States, Hans Thomson, has
been promoted to minister of the
first class, one grade below that OF
ambassador, it was disclosed tonlght.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-28

Fishermen cut. off the heads of
moonfish before bringing them to
port, because their human-like faces
make them hard to sell
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-28

The Chinese, to produce acre
of rice, use $50 man-hours of Ia
Dor, in comparison to the 25-map
hours used by Americans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-28

events, the Carolina theatre offers
a sports novelty playmate From
the Wild" and an Ozzie Nelson
musical.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
A CRIME AGAINST CIVILIZATION
New York Herald Tribune
New York Herald Tribune

This is a country sick at heart as the in.
credible news arrives from Copenhagen and
Oslo. 1t could not be otherwise. These two
small nations of Europe stood as a symbol of
all that America holds dear. In the Old World
their peoples ~practiced ideals of good will and
Individual liberty which have been the hope
and inspiration of this new continent. Den
mark and Norway-with Sweden-were, in
truth, the pride of civilization. Nowhere else
in the whole world had learning and wellbe-
ing been so widely shared, was progress toward
justice in the economic world so far advanced,
did the flame of imagination burn more bright
ly. There man lived a complete life, at peace
with his n%eighbor and with his neighbors
abroad.
What has been done to these two peoples
of good will is the same as what was done to
Austria, to Czechoslovakia, to Poland, to Fin
land-and it is not the same. All those coun-
tries were, in a sense, products of the last
war; the memories Of old hates hung over
them. Now Germany turns her brute strength
against small and established nations which
maintained their neutrality in the last war
and to which the most arrogant Naziism can
invent no shadow of claim. Here is crime,
stark and blood-red.
The usual pledges against conquest were
given yesterday, to be sure. But before the
day was out the old trick was cynically re-
peated and a pretended government set up in
Oslo, under a renegade Norwegian of NaZi
sympathies, with so scant a following in his
own country as never to have been elected to
any office. Precisely as Russia rescued" the
Films and set up a puppet rule, SO Germany
now ends popular government in Norway and
rules by her own creature.
The bonds of this country with Scandinavia
are ancient and deep-lying. The first discover
ers of North America were Vikings and the
stream of their pioneering has never ceased.
In every state in the Union they are of our
finest stock. Their achievement here as Ameri.
cans has been comparable to their extraordi-
nary progress at home. The first reaction in.
this country to their present fate is inevitably
sympathy and heart-sick dismay.
Above and beyond that emotion, however,
there is appearing a new conviction. The nm.
speakable outrage Of these attacks has in a
real sense cleared the air. The sound policv of
this country has always held it aloof from the In.
cal disputes of Europe. If the sympathies of Amer.
leans have throughout been strongly on the side
of the Allies, the basic issue has to many seemed
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
JUNIORS

City COMMISSIONS WADE encouraged Will.
mington's young people in their ambition for
a community hall when he told a gathering
at the Museum of Art Wednesday night that
he hoped to be able to announce shortly a
recreation center will soon be on the way.
Mr.. WADE was not prepared to say what his
plans are, or from what source funds for the
undertaking may be derived, but the fact
that he definitely announced that something
is to be done to provide a headquarters for a
major recreation program, which the Junior
generation justly insists is needed, constitutes
a pledge that he will carry on with the full
power Of his official position and his ac.
knowledged efficiency. He is not in the habit
OF abandoning a project, once his interest is
enlisted. The present campaign will prove no
exception to this rule.
This settled, the young people will be
chiefly concerned to see that no time is UNI
necessarily wasted in launching the project.
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HAS HITLER B~LUNDERED?

BECAUSE the battle in the north is cnahs-
- ing with kaleidoscope rapidly ana ie-
norts from the area are still fragmentafy' IL
lis impossible to appraise the sltuatlon' -
such news as comes through seems 10 lnui0"'0
that in challenging the Allies might oh 'ne
sea HITLER has Numbered.
The ENGAGEMENTS in the Skagerrak ana
along the Norwegian coast nave Drought heavy
losses to the Nazi invaders both IN naval
craft and men. with the Norwegians lendlng
a hand to the Allies.
That the fuehrer should have undertaken
this Scandinavian invasion is a clear lndlca-
ton of his desperate plight. Without ecandl-
navian ores, which the British mine field mad
ENDANGERED. HITLER could not hope to go on
fighting with assurance that his munitions
would not run out. The invasion was not to
save the Scandinavians from the British, as
he told them and his own people, but to re-
omen the transport lane for ore from Sweden
by way of Naryik.
In 1888 Germany imported from all sources
q, 92S, 900 tons of ore, Of which ~9,992,0OO tons
came from Sweden. The balance had come
from France, Newfoundland, Spain, Algeria,
Spanish Morocco, French Morocco, Tunisia
and Brazil. With most of these sources cut
oft by the war the Swedish supplies are dou-
bly, important. Without them he might as
well go to fighting with spitballs.
There was one other route from Swedish
mines, if the Norwegian outlet at Narvik
failed. He might develop a summer route from
Lulea, in northern Sweden, through the Gulf
of Bothnia and the Baltic, but this is ice
bound six months Of the year and because
of severe weather this winter could not be
ready for use before May. The one-track rail
road from northern Sweden down to Lulea
a very limited capacity and could move
but a small amount of ore. Thus it is ap-
parent that he felt a compelling necessity to
keep up the flow by the Narvik route
1t will not be necessary for the Allies to
complete a rout in their present undertaking
among the northern fjords. That, of course,
would be the thing to do. But if they retake
the territory HITLER's forces occupied in their
quick rush and prove the superiority of their
naval forces, the totalitarian cause will suffer
a blow it will have difficulty in setting at
naught. Above all, if they hope to stop HITLER
the Allies must completely block all
ore supplies from Scandinavian mines. This
is what they seem determined to do, and are
displaying rare skill at the job.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
CAROLINA BEACH ADVANCES

Carolina Beach will advance on another OBJ
%jective in its improvement and development
campaign with ALLEGATION of WPA funds for
extension of water mains, announced at Ra-
leigh recently.
will require expenditure of $40, 1924 and pro-
vide work for 1881 persons. The Carolina
Beach job calls for $1,000 and will swell that
community's public payrolls during the sum-
mer.
Thus the thriving and thrifty resort, which
plays such an important part in Wilmington's
community life and prosperity, goes Onward.
If the highway department is persuaded to
add a third lane to the highway from Will
mlngton, it will be far on its way toward SUI,
premacy among Carolina coastal vacation
spots.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Y. M. C. A. DRIVE AHEAD

The Y. NJ. c. A. is organizing its annual
membership campaign with its customary
skill in choosing able team leaders and
workers.
1t is to be said, though, that whatever the
competency of the groups which will under,
take the solicitation-and the city could not
offer better-the drive cannot reach the goal
without hearty cooperation.
This matter of cooperation is vital. 1t is
essential that the membership total be
reached, if the organization is to function at
its capacity for moral, physical and cultural
uplift among young men and boys of the
community.
If anyone questions the campaign, which
will get under way on Monday and continue
for five days, or doubts the need for it, he
would do we'll to vision what Wilmington would
be like without a Y. M. C. A. with the bene-
ficiaries of it's service deprived of its GYM, it's
competitions, its reading rooms, it's lodgings,
its spiritual guidance and temporal relief.
The goal, 800 members, is not high. Surely
there can be no reasonable holding back when
the workers call upon e%ligibles. Wilmington
is fortunate to have this asset at such a
small cost to it's members.
Let's see that the drive goes over the top
without a struggle, and with a good surplus,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
RIGHT OR WRONG ABOUT PEOPLE
Is Fish 4 Brain Food!

pinhead-sized differences in the
amount of thyroxin seems to make
quite a difference to us.
Fish help the thyroxin factory in
our necks keep up the needed pro
duction by supplying small amounts
of iodine. Thyroxin centers around
iodine. This essential iodine has e
come from the foods eaten. We
can't help it along by painting our
necks with tincture of iodine from
the medicine chest; that might
make the neck smart but wouli
not be a smart thing to do.
1t reminds us of the rhyme about
the house that Jack built: Here
is the fish that supplied the iodine
that went into the thyroxin that
made the brain work better.
Fresh water fish are enjoyable
eating, but usually do not have
appreciate amounts of iodine. But
sea fish, all sea foods, as a matter
Of fact, are among natures best
sources of iodine; and, without
stretching a figure of speech too
much, they are brain food.
But, like needing a rabbit for
rabbit stew, first we must have a
brain to feed.
Copyright, 1910, NEA Service, Inc.)
Next: Should we try Cor accur.
apV or Snpp02
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
RUSSIA GETS READY

The massing of Russian troops at Odessa,
25 miles from the Bessarabian frontier, is
significant.
There has been a strong feeling among com
petent observers Of the war situation in Eu-
rope during recent weeks that the Balkan
area would be drawn into the conflict. The
only question pulling commentators was
whether Germany or Russia would apply the
match to the new power key. Now it appears
they will not be held in suspense any longer.
HITLER or STAIN probably will strike there
shortly.
If the policy of STAIN is understood, he
will wait for HITLER to start the fight and
come in when the way has been cleared fol-
him. This is what he did in Poland. There is
no reason to suppose he will change his tao
tics now, especially as it was so successful
there. He strongly favors marching in where
resistance is negligible. If he failed in this
in his exploit in Finland, it was due not tt
his reasoning but to the Firms unwillingness
to be overrun. Resistance there was wholly
unexpected in Moscow.
However this may be, it is apparent thai
southeastern Europe cannot hope long to es
cape war. The rich oil fields of Rumania are
especially coveted. Without ample supplies Of
gasoline HITLER cannot keep his %airforce aloft
nor his divisions moving in their present
mechanical state. Nor can STAIN sit idly BY
while such a plum is picked by his "good
friend" the German fuehrer. His friendship
may be expected to show itself in demands
for a share of the spoils, as in Poland.
That either will get what he expects, should
Rumania be sucked in, however, is question
able, especially as British and Dutch oil com
panies have let it be known they will fire OF
plug their wells at the first sign of invasion
This, of course, would largely nullify the
totalitarian benefit from attack.
Another element which would work against
the HITLER machine would lodge in the fact
that to divert more Of his forces for a Balkan
campaign would further spread his battle
Zine, and leave his defenses so thinly guarded
that they could not resist heavy attack OF
the Westwall. With thousands Of troops il
Scandinavia and other thousands sent south
his main defense. the Siegfried line, would
be imperiled
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Star-News. Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under CouncilManager Administrators
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shoes.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsuile
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear RiUer channel, 101d-
er Turning Basin, aoith ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, pia
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prodnc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motionaz Agency. supported by one,
countrywide tan.
%Shipyards and Dryoock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for Whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of natiue grape groWing
Modern tuberculosis sanatoriun1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12

tied success on Broadway nay be
attributed to the prestige of the
PlayWrights company, which pro.
duced it; to Maxwell Anderson,
Who wrote it, and to Paul MUM,
who came on from Hollywood in
return to the theatre for that
particular play and gave a fine
performance. Key Largo, actually,
was sordid and dreary with the
eternal dreariness of the Spanish
civil war, and people who saw it,
though they had praise for Mum,
spoke of him through faces that
were melancholy and drawn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Polish Army In France
Anxious To Help Norma,

PARIS, April 11.-HJ-The Polish
Sovernment-in-exile to.
night that the Polish army in
France is burning to get another
crack at the Germans and will take
an active part on an extensive scale"
in defending Norway.
The Polish information bureau
said:
This is al announcement that
units of the reconstructed army will
for the first time lake an active part
Oh an extensive scale in military OPP
eratlons side by SIDE with the allies.
AS is already known the Polish GOV.
eminent was prepared a few weeks
ago to send its armed forces to aid
Finland"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
GROUP APPROVES
FUNDS FOR NAVY
Outlay Of S963,797,47s Given
o. K. Of Senate Appro-
priations Committee

WASHINGTON, April 11.-GP-
A navy outlay of 1896, 797,47s for
the fiscal year beginning July Ii
$4S,0oO,000 more than was made
available this year was approved
today by the senate approximations
committee.
Holding proposed expenditures
Sl23,514,09 below President Roose.
velt's budget estimates, the com
mlttee sliced a net of $1,9S1,960 off
the house-approved total in report.
Ing the bill to the senate for the
chambers consideration, probably
next week.
Providing SAL, 900, 900 in direct ap-
preparations and $25, 00O, 900 in con.
a authorizations for the our
chase of All new warplanes, the
committee defeated 10 to 7 a motion
oy Senator Lodge (R-Mass) to pre-.
vent plane sales to foreign pur.
chasers from interfering with navy
oellVerles. Lodge proposed hat the
navy be directed to spend all of it's
plane appropriations within the fis-
cal e
senator Byrnes (D-SC) who led
Tie opposition to the Lodge amend.
iiehI' charged that it would consti-
.ule d mandate to the navy to
spe1o the funds provided whether
'he expenditures proved wise or not.
Inc committee also opposed the
recommendation of the house COM
t,ee mat work on two new bat
slesnlps be held up until develop.
,llenls IN the European war showed
Mnetner it was feasible to con.
stiuc' afeadnaughts larger than
n Oh $4,000 tons now contem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
UNDERSTANDING

Dear Sir:
We wish to express u apprecia-
ton for the considerate and I'm
derstanding article entitled Gang
plank Up which appeared in your
editorial columns this date.
We are particularly sorry that
general visiting is not authorized
in view of the interest that the
public is taking in our ship. The
people of Wilmington have made
us feel welcome in this, u first
port. We hope that the other ports
visited in the career of this ship
will be as considerate and hospi-
table as Wilmington.
Please accept our thanks for the
copies of the Morning Star which
you have sent down to us.
With appreciation,
R. M. SCRUGGS,
Lieut.. Commander, U. S. Navy,
Commanding.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Seventeen Amendments
To Labor Act Opposed

WASHINGTON, April IL Up -
minority members of the house
committee investigating the labor
board urged congress today to reject
n majority's II proposed amend.
to the Wagner Act, contend
Ing they were based on a distorted
picture" of the boards operations.
The minority Representatives
Healey (D-Mass) and Murdoch ID.
Utah)-recommended, however, two
amendments of their own:
1. Add two members to the three
labor board.
z. BY statute give employers the
right, like unions, to ask for a COL
lectlve bargaining election.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12

far from clear. The rape of peace
loving Denmark and Norway has
Illuminated Nazi psychology with
a clarity that leaves no room for
debate. If these acts can go un-
punished, what security remains
for any people? What hope is there
for the survival of liberty or civili-
cation, as we know it, anywhere?
AS these lines are written, the
guns that leave no doubt' are
speaking on a long front. The
threat spreads sWiftly-from the
Skagerrak to the North Cape, from
the Low Countries to the Danube.
With their eyes single to their ma
tional interest, Americans must
once more take sights, fix their DO
sition and determine their course.
AS a result of yesterdays events
another large area in this hemis-
phere, Greenland, becomes a stake
in the a Calmly and steadily
the country must decide.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Man bout
Manhattan
By George Tucker

NEW YORK, April 10.-It has
been years since the Black Spider
variety of murder play has been
successful on Broadway, and yet
hardly a month passes that some
supposedly smart producer doesn't
come to premiere with another
such drama that barely gets its
head across the footlights before
the ax-men chop it off. These
losses run into thousands of dol
lars and frequently they are fol
lowed by guest pieces in the
newspapers, written by the produc-
ers and the playwrights them
selves, which submit that the crit
les are ignorantly incompetent and
sometimes perverts at that.
1t seems to me the greatest fault
of the producers lies in their
sense Of selectivity. In an era torn
by war, political crisis and eco
Inomic upheaval, who wants to be
reminded that tomorrow we may
die? People want to laugh. They
need to be taught how to relax.
There is reality enough in the
newspaper headlines to remind
them to weep,
I walked into a 44th street the
atre the other night for the open
ing of a play which, up till three
o'clock on the afternoon Of it's
opening day, had cost its hackers
exactly $31, 900. This money was
already down a rat hole. Unless
the play caught on, unless the
public found it acceptable, all the
weeks of terrifying Ito those who
needed the jobs) and expensive and
exhaustive work would be abso-
lutely for nothing. By the end of
the second act all but two of the
critics had departed. Next morning
the death notices were recorded in
%clear-cut statements by the critics.
The play ran through six perform
ances, but actually it was as dead
as the speakeesy era long before
the first act curtain fell on the
llISL ptllOil1ldUCe.
You hear many people mention
ing Hellz-a-poppin and wonder why
it continues to play to packed
audiences. 1t is sneered at because
it is based on prat-falls and low
comedy that tickled grandpa 40
years ago. 1 hadn't thought of it
until now, but Hellz-a-poppin be-
gins to make sense. 1t makes peo-
pie laugh. 1t makes people get out
of their seats and dance in the
aisles. They come out into the
streets after II o'clock in the eve
ming with tears running down their
checks, a d if the tears quickly
freeze on their faces, that is no
concern to the theatre-goers them
selves. They have plenty of warmth
inside, the warmth that comes
from the old-time laughter that
begins at the belt and shakes them
right down to their toes.
What Y the plays that have
been successful in New York this
season? Skylark, which is a light,
sentimental comedy; The Man Who
Came to Dinner, an out-and-out
farce; The Male Animal, a screw
ball college comedy; Life With
Father, the old family album with
modern ~wisecracks; The Philadel-
phia Story, sophisticated comedy;
and the musicals, the laughing,
dancing, melodious reviews.
There are other successes, but
with one or two isolated excep-
tons, they all must be predicated
on the theory that laughter makes
dollars.
That Key Largo achieved a linn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
The Editors
BOX

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in this department. They repre-
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readers. Correspondents a r e
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must contain the correct name
Ind ~7dress for ~ records.
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anv teyt that for any reason is
Objectionable. Letters on con-
~~oyersial subjects will not be
published.
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rectly in a way
different fro n.
other foods. Fish
is a brain fooc
indirectly n fol
an inter e S t / n G
chain of reasons
which took years
of scientific de-
tective work tc
find out.
The brain seems
to work best when
it is in a body
which has an ad,
equate amount of
~thyroNin, produce
cd nnnctnntlM LIZ
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
BY DONALD A. LAIRD
Ph.D.. Sci,D.

Yes, this eating of sea food is
good for brains. Being very precise
and scientific, it must be said that
fish do not nourish the brains di-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12

the thyroid gland astride the wind
pipe, just below the Adams apple.
When the thyroXin is low for n
reason, the thinking becomes slug
gish; in fact, the entire body be.
comes sluggish.
When the thyroxin is up to par,
then the old thought machine huns
along smoothly at top speed. A few