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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04
NORWEGIAN FORCE
CALLS ON GERMANS
FOR AN ARMISTICE
Continued From Page One)

French, without notifying me, to
lay open my flanks in the rear so
was cut off from any possible re-
treat toward Mosjoen."
(The British war office later is
sued a statement in London that
there is no foundation for the
statement that the Norwegian COM
Of the Allied decision to evacuate
the Trondheim area or that he has
negotiated an armistice. The com.
mander-in-chief of the Norwegian
army and his staff embarked on a
British man of war on the night
Of May IL, 1940."
(The British statement did not
name the "commander-in-chie
Colonel Getz made his order of the
day as acting commander of Trond-
dag in the central Norwegian area
around Namsos.)
Troops Expected
German troops were expected in
the area held by the Norwegians at
any moment.
The Allies general withdrawal
from all the center Of the country
left them with a grip upon Norway
only in the far northern sector
about Narvik, the German-held iror
ore port.
Whether some Of the troops with
drew from central Norway would &c
lIv- -
ficer said they were going "to Eng
land"1but in any event, the war ir
central Norway was finished.
All fighting was reported stopped
The British and their French
"Blue DeviT' supporters pulled Out
of the Steinkjer-Namsos front, 60 tc
100 miles north of German-occupieG
Trondheim, leaving behind entrench
ments, supplies and ill-equipped
hopelessly outflanked Norwegians
Then they sailed away in their ships
If Colonel Getz can be believed
they did this without even telling
the Norwegians and hence running
his line of retreat northward along
the railway and motor road to Mos
joen, some 80 miles away.
At Narvik, the arctic ore por
which the Allies have ringed-som'
800 miles north Of Namsos-th,
British and French, apparently, ex
pect reinforcements, preliminary t.
starting push from three direc
tions of the town. German force
still are holding out at Narvik and
even there, are reported in some ad
vices to be showing signs of often
sive action in an effort to break tn
siege.
Bombers Active
German bombers also have pene
, trated now to the Narvik area, an
are described as active.
/ News of the Allied departure fror
Steinkjer and Namsos came sudde1
ly and stunningly, on the oath da
! of Norway's invasion.
The world already knew of tn
withdrawal of the British expedition
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04
METHODlSTS ASK
DRY LAW RETURN
Report Calls On Church To
Launch Campaign For
u. S. Law

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., May 8.
P)-The general conference of the
Methodist church was asked today
to launch drive to arouse public
demand for return to national pro
hibition as the Anti-Saloon League
of America girded for a renewed
fight on liquor traffic.
The recommendation to the Metho
dists was contained in a report by
the Committee on the State Of the
Church headed by DR.. Ernest F.
Title of Evanston, Ill. Delegates
were asked to adopt a resolution
calling on the church to labor by
genuinely educational methods" for
a voting majority of citizens over
the country which would demand
a prohibition and make it effec
tive"
Ralph S. Cushman Of st. Paul,
Mimi, president of the Anti-Saloon
League, announced last night that
groups campaign because "the time
is ripe'' and said a $1,500,000 drive
fund would be raised shortly. Cush
man is a Methodist bishop.
The leagues board Of directors
elected George w. Crabbe of Balti
more, Nd, executive secretary to di
rect activities throughout the ma
ton. He has been superintendent o.
the Maryland Anti-Saloon League
for 23 years.
"The liquor interests" Bishor
Cushman said, "would be attacked
with renewed energy.
"When prohibition was repealed
we saw the futility of trying to teach
the public about the evils of the
liquor traffic, and we relaxed, but
undoubtedly the public is now un
dergoing a revulsion."
Such a tendency was noted in the
Methodist committees report which
declared:
"Society is insisting on larger con
troll of Qiquor) production and will
continue so to insist. Many who are
loud in their insistence that indus
trial producers shall be hedged about
by legal restrictions are equally loud
in their demand that in the realm OF
consumption the individual is to be
free to do as he pleases -"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04

With five exhibitions during the
month of April, the Wilmington
Museum of Art attracted $500 per.
sons, a decided increase over pre-.
ceding months.
The exhibitions consisted of paint
ings by Finnish children, etchings
and paintings by Saul Raskin, hand
crafts of the southern highlanders
better paintings for American homes
and the New Hanover High school
are classes exhibition, still showing
Gallery talks were given before
several school classes. Saul Raskin
lectured during high school chapel
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04
HOUSE SHELVES
AMENDMENTS TO
WAGE-HOUR LAW
CONTINUED From Page One)


situation, an opportunity arose to
submit them a second time. Again
the Barden amendments were ap-
proved, and others with them. Ad-
ministration leaders, seeing the
trend, raised little objection, in
the hope that the result would be
just what finally happened - the
bill became so loaded with amend
ments and so unwieldly that it was
rejected.
When the last amendment had
been approved, Mrs. Norton esti-
mated that 100000 workers now
under the law would be removed
by the changes. Rep. Bland ID
Va), the author of one adopted
amendment, vigorously disputed
her figure, contending it was too
high by at least 715,000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04
Large Increase In Attendance
At Art Museum Here Reported

period and talked to an adult group
at the museum.
Ten puppet shows were given in
the white and colored schools, the
high school Art club met twice, the
Wilmington Camera club held two
meetings, and the Social Center
group met four times.
Daily puppet classes were given
free to children.
Attendance during the month was
as follows: visitors to exhibitions, l.,
|572; gallery talks, 2OS; lectures, L.,
563; club meetings and special acti
vities, 1874; and puppet classes
It's; total, 6,892.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04
|U. S. VESSEL HIT
ATBERCEN DOCKS
Flying Fish, Back Home,
Brings Stories Of Bat
ties In Norway
BY JOHN A. MOROSO srd

BY JOHN A. MOROSO Srd
NEW YORK, May 8 Up The
bullet-scarred American freighter
Flying Fish returne' from the Nor.
wegian war zone today with an ex.
citing story of how she and another
American vessel were caught in a
furious battle between German land
and sea forces and Allied warplanes
at Bergen last month.
In London British source said
no report had been received of the
machine-gunning of the Flying Fish
and that 1T is to be deeply regret.
ted if it did occur.)
Even before the ship docked there
was a sharp conflict between the
captain and some members of the
crew as to whether they were rak-
ed by Allied or German bullets.
Capt. w. w. Wollaston, veteran
Of the United States navy during
the World War;, declared his ship
was truck accidentally by bullets
from a Norwegian land battery
which had been taken over by the
Germans and which was firing on
British warplanes.
II vas on the bridge and I saw
everything that happened he said.
The shore battery fired on our ship
by accident
Sixteen of the 48 members of the
crew, however, were equally en-
phatic in a signed statement that
their ship was raked-accidentall
they agreed-by one of the Allied
planes. p
The ships log described the Incl
dent as follows:
April IL p. m. during an
air raid, plane circled between
the Flying Fish and the line Of
fire Of shore batteries, and a spray
of machine gun bullets struck the
Flying Fish, hitting the foredeck
and several drums of oil on deck. No
member Of the crew was injured" I"
The log also reported that on
Charles R. McMormick was caught
April 16 the American freighter
in a spray Of machine gun bullets
that cut its mast stays and wire
riggings.
The state department recently in
stituted inquiries to determine the
whereabouts of the Charles r. Nc
Cormick when the vessels opera
tors expressed concer mover it's fail
ure to answer a cable ordering it
home. The ship presumably sought
shelter in a Norwegian ford.
There was considerable variance
in the stories told by the Flying
Fish's crew, but all hands agreed
that the American ships, which dis
played their colors prominently,
were struck by accident.
Capt. W. W. Wollaston Of Den.
yer, Col, said the Flying Fish al
so was hit by fire from land fort
ress which was aimed at an attack
ing plane.
No one on either the Charles r
Mccormick or the Flying Fish was
injured.
Captain Wallaston also described
the destruction of German cruiser
and German supply ship by British
bombers during the battle.
when did you first learn thai
something was amiss?" Captain VOL
laston was asked by the NBC an
nouncer.
At that time, he said, the harbol
master ordered blackout. Tht
crew, he said, "stood things well,
but the population of Bergen was be
wildered.
did the crew at any time leave
the ship?"
NO"
"Were the Germans well supplied
when they came in?"
"Yes."
They were well disciplined, too, he
added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04

recommending the bill IN ~.
other committee members wera use'
so optimistic, however, ana N'C
contended that reversal Of ~, 'oms
ller vote would put the conn;,, ear
in a ridiculous light of yieIdinn Tee
pressure. 10
Many members were critica, NJ -
committees procedure in emn,o,; Ing
a secret ballot to table the bin 's
Well-informed legislators said :,
fate of the bill would be detorn,, '"s
to a considerable extent bv noI;.;
situations in individual states, rafh'
er than along party lines. "''
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04
A LITTLE MORE SHE1K
THAN SWISS CAN STAND

some Moroccan "sons of the .-des-
ert" have so many charms for the
Swiss maidens of Solothurn canton
that the cantonal police have come
between. them.. ..g =
The Moroccan troops patrol the
French frontier near the Ii It'll e
Swiss town of Rodersdorf. Can
tonal authorities noted with alarm
that there was considerable hirt-
ing going on between Moroccans
and Swiss girls. Now cantonal po-
lice ,trol the border highway tc
discourage such goings-on.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04

plant production and increase the
fertility of our SOIL
He promised that if elected COVER
nor he would call meeting, before
the 1941 legislature meets, of farm
experts to discuss agricultural prob
lens and to formulate a farm pro.
gram.
Although shaken up in an auto
mobile accident Thursday, when his
car skidded and left the road near
his home in Ken!y, Paul Grady,
democrat, made three commence
ment speeches-at GAINESVILLE, Ever
etts and Williamson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04

A check of representative news
papers made by the University Of
Toledo showed that % percent Of
the daily stories dealt with crime,
5.3 percent with foreign news, 5.3
percent with society and 8.5 with
sports.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04

In 1887, New York and Ala
bama represented the extremes of
concentration of doctors. New ork
state had one physician for every
507 persons, Alabama one for ev-
ery 1890.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04

Blue glass is produced with CO.
baltic oxide; cupric oxide makes
green and red glass; stannic oxide
makes opaque white; chronic
oxide makes yellow-green; ruby
red glass is made by adding gold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04
ALLIED WARSHIPS
REACH ALEXANDRIA
CONTINUED From Page One,

Allies, their major forces witbdr,u-
from Norway, prepared for possih,I
extension of the war to the rnns
east.
Coastal and anti-aircraft batters,
We're manned, military flying was
reduced to conserve engines ,s,
personnel, and the "desert s;.
watch" of lonely Egyptian sentino,.
linked by telephone was strung ON,
across the sands from the vin,
delta to the western frontier witb
Italian Lybya.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04

Arizona is sometimes known as
the Vale 'ntine State" from the
fact that it was admitted to the
union on February IA, 1912.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04

Rural free mail delivery In tbo
United States was begun in small
way in 1896.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-04
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COURT REPORTER
Decision In the Strange Case of
"HENRI, THE LION TAMER"
Continued From Page Eight

Continued From Page Eight
GUILTYr Pierre Henri,
the famous lion tanner was con-
victed of the charge of cruelty to
animals" He was first tried in a
small court, presided over by
magistrate, where his guilt was es-
tablished, carrying with it a small
term Of imprisonment and a fine,
the amount of which the record
does not disclose. 1t was this decree
of guilty that the Kings Bench,
the British high court, affirmed.
On account of the color and
atmosphere surrounding the circus,
with its glamorous performers and
the sensational presentation of
Henri himself, this case attracted
more than usual attention. The lion
tanners record of four thousand
performances without mishap was
a strong argument for his defense.
Many thought that the affair
should have been attributed to
"just an unfortunate accident, "
but the court thought different.
Quoting from the record, the
court said: eve think the convic-
ton of the lower court was justified.
The fact that prod-irons were
usually used on the animals, proved
the dangerous nature of the per
formance and the mere bringing
together of wild animals and tame
ones constituted a gross act o1
cruelty"
This is a true case. Reference o.
citation may be had by sending {
stamped, self-addressed envelop,
to 'Bela Lanan-Court Reporter
Starting Next Week
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Evening star., 1940-05-06
Catholic Daughters
Group Will Give
ReceptiOn

reception in honor of new men,
bers will be given by the Court OF
Our Lady of Lourdes. No. 1120,
Catholic Daughters of America,
Bethesda, Md, Wednesday, at the
Woman's Club Of Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Norbertine Overholt, grand
regent, and the degree officers will
exemplify the first degree, and Mrs.
Charlotte MacDermott, grand re-
gent of Court Forest Glen and her
degree officers will do the second
degree.
Guests will include the Rev.
Joseph Little and the Rev. John T.
Sweeney of Bethesda, the Rev. Ed
ward Roach, Thurmont; the Rev.
Edward Dunn, Baltimore: the Rev.
A. j. Burggraf1, superior of St.
Pauls College, Brookland; Miss Ida
Wyvill, Upper Marlboro; Miss Flor
ence Winter, national chairman of
the Convert League; Miss Augusta
Uhl, territoria! deputy, and Miss
Josephine Walsh, grand regent of
Court District of Columbia; ;,s Miss
Virginia Meyer, Miss Agnes Powers,
Mrs. Mary B. Kelly and Miss Fran
ces Cassidy, Baltimore, and Miss
Marie Stang, grand regent of Court
Archbishop Curley, Gaithersburg.
Mrs. Margaret B. Keyhoe, a men,
Der of the Montgomery Players, will
give a group OF monologues.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Relief Corps Head
Will Join Ceremony

Miss Mary g. Pinnock, president
Department Of the Potomac Wom-
ans Relief Corps. auxiliary to the
q. A. r., will attend the services
conducted by the American War
Mothers next Sunday at 2:30 pm.
In the Amphitheater at Arlington
National Cemetery in honor of the
World War heroes. She will place
a wreath on the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier and will be accom-
panied by the department color
bearer, Mrs. Ella Southard, and
Color Bearers No. Mrs. Margaret
Brodt; No. 2. Mrs. Rosalie Shelton;
No. 3, Miss Ruth Scott, and No. 4,
Mrs. Minnie Watson. Other MEM
bers of the party will include past
department presidents and stan ofn-
GERS, Mrs. Della L. O'Brien, Mrs.
Bertha B. Brown, Mrs. Cordelia
Pollard and Miss Mary A. Howarth.
Meetings of the Memorial Day
Corporation will be held at Central
High School May 8, Is and %, at
8 pm, to formulate plans for the
memorial services in the cemeteries
of Washington and nearby by the
allied patriotic organizations on
Memorial Sunday and Memorial
Day.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Mandate Committee
Will Entertain

The Peoples Mandate Committee
will entertain at luncheon May IA
at the Carlton Hotel in honor Of
Sonora Dona Anita de Alvarez-Cal-
deron of Lima, Peru.
Sonora de Alvarez-C -Calderon is a
leader in the Lima Committee of the
Peoples Mandate and is coming to
Washington as a delegate of the
Peruvian government to the Amer
ican Scientific Congress, which meets
here from May 10 to May 18. Her
husband is a delegate to the con-
gress from the University Of Lima.
Miss Mabel Vernon, director of the
Mandate Committee, and Mrs.
Thomas Burke, chairman for Latin
America, who have been the guests
Of Sonora de Alvarez -Calderon in her
Lima home, are in charge of lunch
con arrangements.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Girl Scout Troop
Will Be Given Flag

The newly organized Girl Scout
Troop No. - will be presented with
q flag by the Potomac Society, Chill
dren Of the American Revolution,
today at o'clock at the Presbyterian
Church at Bethesda, Md.
The flag will be presented In honor
OF Mrs. Carl H. Giroux, organizer
and first senior president Of Potomac
Society and now District Of Colum-
bia state president. G. A. r.
Mrs. william D. Leeth, state chair
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Sorority Dinner

Members Of the Washington As
sociation of Phi Mu Alumnae will
give a progressive dinner party We'd
nesday, the first course to be served
at the home of Mrs. Donald Christy,
and the second course with Mrs.
John Reed.
Husbands and escorts are invited
to the annual affair, which is in
charge of Mrs. William Bradford,
assisted by Mrs. Leighton, Mrs. r.
Kelvin Shivers and Mrs. John Reed.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Author to Sneak

Gamma Chapter, Zeta Beta Chi
national sorority, will meet tomor-
row at 8 pm. at the Washington
Hotel. Miss Violet Sweet Haven
author of Hong Kong for the Week
End" will be the guest speaker.
A business meeting will follow
the address, when plans will be an
nounced for the Mothers Day
breakfast on Sunday at the May
flower Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-05-06

man Of the Committee on the Cor
rect Use Of the Flag. D. A. R., will
speak on "Our Flag" Mary Jane
Rogers will make the presentation
address after being introduced by
Mrs. Robert Mason De Shazo, senior
president Of the Potomac Society.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Manhattan Washes
a 9 Ib. Bundle for
only 39t

You can't beat that! A Glib.
bundle-usually 40 to so pieces
washed cleaner than you've
ever seen clothes washed before
all returned in war paper, just
damp enough for easy ironing
for only 39c. And you get q day
off in the bargain!
Evening star., 1940-05-06
And Your Clothes
Wear Longer, Too

It's a fact. Manhattan saves
you money by saving your
clothes-because there's no rub
bing or scrubbing. The Net
Bags get the wear-your clothes
get the wash-and last longer
than when washed by any other
method.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Phone Manhattan
And Enjoy Life

You'll get back the cleanest,
sweetest wash you've ever seen
only 39c for 8 lbs. (Or, for
only 24c additional, we'll iron
all the flatwork.) Phone for q
Manhattan routeman now!
Evening star., 1940-05-06
St. Duvid's Society to Meet

st. David's Society,". composed OF
citizens Of Welsh descent. will meet
at 8 O'Clock tonight in the All States
Hotel. Welsh music will be featured.
Grifnth Evans will preside.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Look At This /!

Why should any woman stay
cooped up doing the washing
these fine days-and see the
sun only when it's time to hang
up the clothes? Manhattan does
the washing now for less than
you pay for laundry supplies
and hot water to do the wash
ing at home.
Evening star., 1940-05-06
Manhattan Methods
Get Clothes Cleaner

Whites are whittier, colors
brighter, when Manhattan does
your washing. Your things are
sorted by types and colors-
then Uashed separately in Net
Bags. Palm oil soap and rain
soft water get out all the dirt.
Everything sparkles with fresh
ness!
The midland journal., 1940-01-26
EVANGELIsTIC SERVICES
THE JAMES METHODIST CHURCH
Rising Sun, Maryland
Rev. J. B. Dickerson, Pastor

Much preparation is being made
by the James Methodist church for
the special services which will be
held Feb. 4-18th. Prominent lead
ers will participate. One of the out
standing young clergymen of the
peninsula, Rev. Roy L. Tawes, will
give series Of sermons beginning
Sunday evening, Feb. 4, through
Friday evening, Feb. 9th.
Rev. ]. G. Mccoy has been invit-
ed to preach Sunday. evening, the
11th, and Monday evening the 18th
The 13th-16th will bring DR.. War
rem Bowman, Ph.D., as the preacher
on four evenings. Tuesday through
Friday. Two of the guest speakers
have written books that have had a
wide circulation.
Rev. ]. B. Vaughn, Methodist
Pastor at Milton, Delaware, will be
guest soloist, and lead group sing
ing at the Children's and Women's
meetings. Miss Susan P. Davis will
be present with her Thermein, a
musical instrument which she plays
without touching, an instrument
that is played by vibration.
Any people who may be interest
ed are invited to attend.
The midland journal., 1940-01-26
REAL ESTATE SALES

Wheeler & Grier, Oxford Real
tors, have sold for James w. Arm
strong, the semi-detached dwelling,
No. 13 Addison Street, Oxford, to
Francis L. Dawson, who after max
ing a number of improvements in
the building, will take possession on
or about April /.
James Woolman has purchased
the Wells building, ON North street
in Elkton. the consideration being
$1,000.
Mr.. Woolman has conducted q
newsstand business in Howard Ho-
tel building, Elkton, for years, and
the Wells building was occupied as
the County Health Office. which NOV.
ed last week to its new quarters In
the recently completed Court House
The midland journal., 1940-01-26
LESLIE OWENS

Leslie Owens, a lifelong resident
of Perryville, died Jan. IA, at the
home Of his son, Leslie Owens, Jr.,
in that town. He was IS years OF
age and was son of the late Haz-
eltt and Adaline Benjamin Owens.
Mr.. Owens was the youngest and
last member of a family of fifteen
children, including three half sis
ters, and was a retired railroad car
inspector, having been employed
with the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Perryville for over fifty years.
The deceased was the father Of
fifteen children, nine girls and six
boys, only four Of whom survive;
Mrs. May McClume of York, Pa, and
Mrs. Daisy Hand, Mr.. Asa Owens,
and Leslie G. Owens, all of Perry
vile; also fourteen grandchildren
and twelve great-grandchildren
survive. d.
The midland journal., 1940-01-26
w. N. A. BASKETBALL

The West Nottingham Academy
varsity basketball team filed an un-
usally tough assignment and remain
ed undefeated last week, disposing
of three opponents which heretofore
have proved most difficult.
Avon-Grove High School, beaten
the past two years by slim one
point margin, was Tuesday night 3
victim on their own floor by a score
of "A to 13. Goldey College was con-
quered ON their home floor at the
Wilmington Y. M. c. A., Thursday
afternoon, 52-17.
In the game on the Armory boards
at Elkton Saturday night the Ma
room ran up % to z count in the
first half against Franklin and Mar
shall Academy. But the visitors brac-
ed in the second half, and while they
never threatened Nottingham's lead,
finished on the short end of q re-
spectacle 31-22 score.
This Saturday Afternoon the Ma
room will journey to Media, Pa,
to play the Williams School team,
and Wednesday afternoon. January
81. will find them again on the Y,
M. C. A., court at Wilmington where
they will engage Beacon College In
the first Of a two-game series 81
400 o'clock