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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
LEADERS TO ATTEND
Supervises Activities 0fEx-
pansion And Evangelism
OF The Church

Leaders of the United Lutheran
church in America will meet at the
st. Pauls Lutheran church, Sixth
and Market streets, for the quarter
ly session Of the Board Of American
Missions or April II and 10, it was
announced yesterday.
Delegates and church officials
from all over the United States will
attend the meeting.
Wide Authority
The board has supervision over
the activities of expansion and "a
gelism of this branch Of the Protest
ant church.
In the work of reaching the
the board supports pastors
in over 300 fields and has loans out
standing on over $50 church build
ings in the erection of which it has
aided. The work of the Board of
American Missions covers contin-
entail United States and Canada as
well as the Virgin Islands, Puerto
Rico and Alaska.
To discover new fields and to test
their possibilities, the board has de-
veloped a Division of Survey and
Research which carefully canvasses
all fields which seem ready for new
work. Parishes supported by the
board are surveyed periodically to
ascertain changed conditions and to
locate new prospects. Reports OF
canvasses are analysed by a trained
staff before recommendations r
made to the board.
Conducts Schools
To keep the missionary personnel
in touch with the latest trends / n
doctrinal thought and practical pro-
cedure, the board conducts three
summer schools for its men. These
schools bring the missionaries IN
contact with some Of the most able
men in the church. The staff OF the
board is always on hand at these
meetings to give the missionaries
the opportunity to present local
Continued on Page Three; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
REORGANIZATION
PLANS ATTACKED
McCarran Proposes Legis-
lation To Kill F. RS
Latest Proposals

WASHINGTON, April 11.-R-
Aroused because President Roose'
welt has decided to rearrange agen-
cies regulating aviation, Senator
McCarran (D-Nev) today proposed
legislation to kill the two most re-
cent government reorganization
plans submitted to congress by the
chief executive.
One of these plans, involving
major aviation changes and other
important shifts, was submitted to-
day, and the other, calling for minor
governmental alterations, was sent
to Capitol Hill April 2. Both be-
come effective so days after sub
mission unless both houses Of con-
gress vote to kill them.
McCarran said the plans would
destroy the effectiveness" of the
civil aeronautics authority, which
he helped to create, and would
make a hodge-podge of all aero.
nautic regulation"
Under today's plan, the CAA,
now an Independent agency, would
be put into the structure Of the
commerce department., except that
it would retain its present quasi
judicial and rule-making powers to
be exercised Independently.
The air safety board, now indie.
pendent of the CAA, would be
abolished and its functions of in
vestigating plane accidents would
be transferred to the CAA. The
board is now composed of c. B.
Allen, former New York (Herald
Tribune) aviation editor, and Thorn,
as Hardin, veteran commercial
pilot, who receive $500 a year
each.
The reorganization plan, which
Mr.. Roosevelt estimated would
save $4,000 annually, also would
transfer the weather bureau from
the agriculture to the commerce
department. 1t has been explained
that the bureau, which originally
was regarded primarily as an aid
farmers, now is vitality impor-
tant to transportation, particularly
aviation.
The order also called for:
Transfer of most duties of the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12

The list of registrars and judges
of election who will serve during the
new registration Of voters the latter
part Of April and during the primary
on Nav rs and on June %, if neces-
sary, was announced yesterday by
H. G. Carney, chairman of the coun.
ty board of elections.
The judges and registrars were ap.
pointed by the elections board, the
other members of which are Robert
Strange and ]. H. Nigel.
The new registration will open O.
April 27 and will close May II.
With the selection TO these judges
and registrars, the way is now paved
for the opening Of the registration
and for the subsequent primary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Nations
Aiding Allies
As Unneutral'
Nazis Reach Understanding
With Danubian Nations
On River Shipping
TRADE SWITCH
Russia Concentrates Troops
At Odessa, Is Miles From
The Rumanian Border

BrCHAREsT, April y (Friday),
LP-German has notified south
eastern European nations that any
crpntrv moving to switch trade
from the Reich to the Allies will
he considered "unneutral," it was
reported reliably in southeastern
ig9ropean capitals early today.
4 German news bulletin issued in
the same capitals also stated the
|Nazis had reached a full under
sanding with the Danubian nations,
PARTICULARLY Rumania, that "river
shining will be safeguarded with
all means.'
The Reich has demanded the right
Ito send its gunboats down the
river to protect transport of oil and
wheat against British sabotage"
Troops Near Frontier
The German notification concern
ing a switch in trade was given
weight by the reported presence Of
more than 100000 German Eight
ming troops near the Hungarian
Frontier, and nearly 200, 900 more at
|CracoW, in conquered Poland.
In addition it was reported here,
without confirmation, that Russia
had concentrated troops at Odessa,
but Is miles from Rumania's east.
fern border.
Adding to the accumulation Of
alarm along the Danube caused by
Ithese developments and the Scandi-
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
KING HAAKON FLEES
Norwegian Ruler, Crown
Prince Escape Before
Germans Raid Town
MANY CITIES BOMBED
Norwegians, Armed With
Shotguns, Rally To De-
tense Of Their Nation

STOCKHOLM, April 12.-
(Friday)-(AP)-King Haa-
kon of Norway and Crown
Prince Olav yesterday fled
from Nybersgund, Norweg-
ian town near the Swedish
border, only three minutes
before German bombers
raided the town, the Swedish
news agency reported early
today.
Several persons were in
jured by the bombs.
Royal Family Safe
The agency said the entire
royal family now is safe at
an undisclosed place. The
king, his family and the
Norwegian government had
gone to Nybergsund from
Elverum, IS miles to the
south.
Both Elverum and Hamar,
to which the government
fled after the German inva-
sion Tuesday, early today
were in flames.
Many other Norwegian
towns were reported bombed
Thursday.
Heavy columns of smoke
were seen from the Nor
wegian-Swedish border south
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
One Report Says British
Landing Men From Outer
Oslofjord, However
%DESTROYERS ARE SUNK
Germany Claims Bombers
Have Damaged Aircraft
Carrier In North Sea
Bv DREW

LONDON, April 11-(APy
The somber shapes of Brit
aims fleet, acclaimed already
as the destroyers of more
than 10 Nazi vessels and
perhaps upward of 5000
Nazi lives, tossed and fought
in prolonged battle tonight,
charged by Winston Church.
i'll with the task of sinking
every German ship in the
gateways to the Baltic.
The first crunch of war;"
set off by German invasion
of Denmark and Norway.
ragged on in the stormy
northern seas, and the royal
navy was bidding for total
destruction of Hitler's sea-
power.
While Churchill made it
plain that, up to the time of
his speech, the Allies had
seized no Norwegian coas-
tai points, British news
agencies continued to bring
unconfirmed Swedish reports
Continued OH Page Two: Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Lutheran Mission Board
Meets Here April 1918
Insurance Men Select
Newspaper Advertising

NEW ORLEANS, April IL
Up - Newspapers have been
chosen for an important part
in carrying the story of life
insurance to the American
people.
Karl Lung, Jr., Greensboro,
N. c., president of the Life
Adv er ii association, a
southern group, said today that
selected newspapers would be
allotted advertising to tell
"this interesting story"
The papers will be selected
for their effectiveness, he said.
He told representatives of
seven states meeting here that
the campaign would start with
in a few months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
FRANCE CANCELS
ALL ARMY LEAVES
Receives Information Ger.
many May Be Preparing
Major Blow On Front

PARIS, April II. Up France
cancelled all army leaves today
after receiving information which
led the government to believe the
Germans might be preparing to
strike a major blow on the western
front.
The exact nature of this Every
clear information was not diyulged
but it was given distinct credence
in official French circles and mill
tary authorities thought enough of
it to warn the public against such a
possibility.
To the French a NaZi offensive
in the west might, however, mean
a German feint against their posi-.
lions preceding a push into the
Netherlands.
French military men emphasized
this possibility.
Despite such gloomy forebodings,
the French found something to
Top+;,uoI n +, Dora Tbroo. G'oI ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
JUNIOR CHAMBER
TO STAGE DRIVE
Plans For Membership e.
fort Made At Meeting Of
New Organization

Plans for a membership drive, to
eliminate in a meeting Tuesday
nlsht at 100 o'clock in the Tide
water Power company assembly
were made at a meeting of
Tue neWly-organized Junior Cham
VET OF Commerce last night.
Each Of the members present took
several membership cards to be dis
IIooted, and each person signging
ana paying dues before the end
Tuesday nights meeting will be-
.'Ls a CHARTER member.
me charter will be secured from
N' national Junior Chamber short
' alter this and the body plans to
,.'se some form of entertainment,
'aVh as a banquet or dance, on
'aarter night.
Inc annual dues are set at eight
'9r"Fs and any eligible person de-
'Volllllued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER

COPENHAGEN, April II. - Up
The German commander of the
army of occupation in Denmark told
me today that considerably more
than an army corps $4,000 to $4,000
troops carried out the invasion of
this country with such precision that
only enc German soldier was killed
and ten wounded.
The Danish casualties we're ten
killed and several wounded, he said.
After being flown here from Berlin
in German Foreign Minister Joa-
chin Won Ribbentrop's private plane,
I interviewed General Leonard
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
MURDER INDICATED
IN KIRTON Deaf H
Further Investigation Of
Case Is Scheduled To Be
Made By Officers Today

WHITEVILLE, April 11.-Sher-
if H. D. Stanley, of Columbus
county, said tonight that there was
of murder" in the death
Of Ford Kirton, 45-year-old World
veteran Of Chadbourn, who
found dead at Murrell's Inlet,
S. c., Tuesday.
The sheriff said that further in
vestigation Of the death will be
made tomorrow morning by George
town county, S. c., officers and
local authorities.
The South Carolina officers who
came he-e Wednesday to reopen
the case upon orders of Governor
Burnet Maybank of South Caro-
lima, will be accompanied to Muir
relIs inlet by Deputy Sheriff W.
S. Billiard, of Chadbourn.
Declaring that his office thinks
the man was murdered" Sheriff
CONTINUED Oh Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
List Of Election Registrars And
judges Is Announced By Carney

Thus far only a few candidates
have filed with the chairman of the
board and fewer have announced
their candidacy.
The new registrars and judges il
the various precincts are as follow
with the first name in each case be
ing the registrar and the second ana
third names the judges:
FIRST WARD, Cornelius Harnett
school, e2O North Sixth street; Mrs.
Leona T. Carroll, 1920 North Third;
Marvin Newton, 1907 North Third;
Frank w. Becker, 4o3 Harnett.
SECOND WARD, first precinct,
Hemenway school, 21o Nortn Flfth
street; u. E. Murrell, 4ls North
Second street; W. P. McGlaughon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12

3O6 North Fifth street; Mrs. C. E.
Clark, Sill Grace street.
SECOND WARD, second precinct,
old courthouse building, Princess
street entrance; S. M. Boatwright,
IA South Third; H. z. Glove, $40
Princess; o. W. Messick, Ill South
Fifth.
THIRD WARD, first precinct,
O'Crowley's Cleaners, Eighth and
Princess streets; J. E. Hearn, 917
Market J. E. Cheek, 709 Princess;
John Spillman, Jr., 619 Chestnut
street.
THIRD WARD, second precinct;
Isaac Bear school, 1910 Market
Continued on Page. Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Only One NaZi Soldier
Killed In Danish Drive

Kaupisch, who made a name for
himself in this war as commander
of German forces in the Polish cor
ridor.
I found him, smiling pleasantly
and courtly, though determined
looking, settled ironically enough in
headquarters at the Hotel Angle
terre, England) favorite hostelry of
Englishmen in this country.
His red cheeks and clear blue eyes
showed little effects of the u hours
of toll in which his forces took pos
session of Denmark.
Continued On Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Germany Claims Thrust
Made In Nick Time
CHALLENGE IS ISSUED
Are Silent Regarding Naval
Battle In Skagerrak
And The North Sea
By ALVIN j.

BERLIN, April 11.-R Ger
many thrust a protective arm into
Scandinavia in "the nick Of time"
to f~orestall an alleged British plan
to attack the Reich from Norway,
Germans contended tonight.
They defied the Allies to break
the German hold in the north,
which they said was being consoli-
dated with a steady, unbroken flow
of reinforcements from Germany,
and claimed new successes in the
naval-air war.
DNB, official German news agen-
cy, reported that German bombers
badly damaged a British airplane
carrier late this afternoon in the
North sea, and that two more Brit
ish ~destroyers bad been destroyed
yesterday at Ma, vik, northern Nor
way.
Except for these reports Germans
closed their lips tightly concerning
{Cox-o n-- r-- I'll ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
HOLLAND EFFECTS
INTERNAL GUARDS
Seeks Safety Against Dan
ger From Within Al
Well As From Outside

THE HAGUE, April 12-(Friday)
- Up Official sources disclosed
early today that the Netherlands
government is taking steps to secure
the country against dangers" from
within as we'll as from outside the
Netherlands in view of the fast-mov-
ing war developments in Europe.
The nature of the steps taken and
planned to insure the security of the
country was not announced.
A semi-official statement said the
government was fully convinced Of
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
REPORT DENIED

PARIS, April 11.-R- The
French admiralty denied tonight
a report attributed to the Ger
man radio to the effect that the
French warship Dunkerque was
damaged and the Foch sunk in
the North Sea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
CHURCHILL DECLARES
BATTLES PUT ALLIES
ON ROAD TO VICTORY
War
Bulletins
TRANSPORT r

LONDON 9pril II. -R-An
Exchange Telegraph British
news agency dispatch from
Goteborg, Sweden, tonight said
that German transports driven
aground in last nights battle off
the Swedish coast were blazing
fiercely and that LOCO bodies
were reported floating on the
water. As many as six of ten
German transports were report
ed sunk by the British in this
action.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
TROOPS LAND

LONDON, April 12.-(Friday)
R-The Reuter- (British) news
service, quoting "authorita-
tive" Norwegian circles in Stock
holm, said early today that
British forces are understood
to have effected a landing a
short distance south of Narvik
and are endeavoring to join up
with Norwegian forces" The
same source, said Reuter-, report.
ed the British and Norwegians
were Fin close contact lear
Bergen"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
NAILS LOSE PLANES

NEW YORK, April IL. -tR-
Twenty German planes have
been shot down in the last few
days by English filters, accord
ing to a British broadcasting
company announcement picked
up here by CHS. The BIC broad.
cast was i'm German.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
WEATHER

w.. FORECAST
nsH carolina: Thundershowers and
rTIaay, much colder Friday
lone E &l!G IN west and central por-
oldsr ffGay; Saturday partly cloudy,
Hresb Ill east and central portions.
VIVA, 70 strong north and northwest
adjn Ts,eGfological data for the "A hours
''oo p. m. Yesterday.
LIN Temperature
h.. AZ 4 IL, OF; 7:30 a. m. 81; 1870 D.
~ p. m. So; maximum So;
US mean 90; normal 81.
l:HN Humidity
a. d m IS; 7:30 a. m. 50: 1870 o.
''9u p. m. II.
Total, Precipitation
hone. lor a hours ending 80 p7 M,
VS. inrbo,aai since first of the month,
Tides For Today
Wilmington High Low
!, --------- O:37a 8:15a
S-aS0nboro 12:5Sp 7:O5p
''o Inlet $4,000 1O:16a 4:4Oa
rise s'5 s.;ss 5:45a; sunset ie s:fip; m a;a7p
moonset 11:12p.
quilted on Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12
Want AID Readers
Have Thousands
To Spend

The spending power Of those
people who read the Star and
News Want Ads runs into the
thousands Of dollars. Many
surveys have shown that
more than 20% of all adult
newspaper readers read tho
Want Ads EVERY day.
Through Star and News Want
Ads, costing as little as 24c a
day go day rate-ads appear
ing in both papers for single
price, your ad a reach the
$4,000 readers of the Star and
News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-12

'ued on Page Three; Col. ~
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Boulevard Zoninq

After eleven years of sporadic con-
flict, which eliminated recently in
resort to court injunction, the gen
tlemen's agreement" between Alex
andria and the Federal Government
relative to zoning adjacent to the
Mount Vernon boulevard is in the
final stages of becoming a formal,
written compact.
In 1929 when the boulevard route
was being chosen, plans called for
skirting George Washington's home
town." The city government made
urgent representations and, by
agreeing to give zoning protection,
succeeded in having the road routed
through Washington street. Part OF
this pledge Of protection was put in
writing, but since no zoning map
was used spot" zoning has become
common and in some cases requests
for changes and plans for buildings
have not been submitted to the Park
and Planning Commission. In the
recent dispute over the city's grant
ing a change from residential to
heavy industrial rating for property
OF the non-conforming clay prod
ucts works near Memorial Circle the
request was not presented to the
Federal commission and only a court
injunction succeeded in preventing
the change
Under the new agreement, which
will be in the form of binding COM
pact, all requests for changes will be
submitted to both the City Council
and the Planning Commission, all
building plans will be passed upon
by the latter and changes, where
granted, will be controlled by zoning
map, Only acceptance by the City
Council is necessary to put this in
force.
Zoning, where it is intelligently ap-
piled. becomes valuable civic asset,
But if detrimental variances are per-
mitted without proper discrimination
it may destroy property and revenue
values without contributing to the
general welfare, This is particularly
true in the case of Memorial boule-
ward, the entire value of which de-
pends upon the character of its
environs
The new agreement contains moth
ing which was not in that of 1929.
but 1t puts the elements of the
earlier compact into legally binding
writing. AS safeguard for the
future and protection against
unnecessary disputes it should be
accepted by the City Council.
Evening star., 1940-04-20

work Of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation and Of the intelligence serv-
Ices of the Army and Navy and to
the searchlight of inquiry thrown
on un-American activities by the
Dies Committee, America no longer
Is fertile ground for alien trouble
makers. 1t is not surprising to learn
from Chief G-Man J. Edgar Hoover
that Communists have launched a
counter-attack on the G-men. A
recent smear" campaign had the
earmarks of a well-organized offen-
sive of Communistic origin. AS Mr.
Hoover told the Daughters OF the
American Revolution Thursday, it is
only natural that his agency should
be the target of snipers, for it is in
the front line of defense against the
spies and saboteurs. It is comforting
to know that this front line is in
good hands-that relentless senti-
nels are on the lookout for any
attemrt to use the Trojan horse"
technique on this side of the Atlantic.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
A Sad Performance

The scene was a church theater at
Evanston, Illinois, and the occasion,
an amateur play, billed as a side
splitting comedy. In the absence of
any information to the contrary it
must be assumed that the audience
had forgiven the management for
the customary forty-five minute
delay in starting and had already
split side or two when the curtain
had stuck and then fallen down,
after the usual fashion of curtains
in amateur theatricals.
On, then, with the play. In order
to increase the fun, the script called
for a killing; and the producer, to
save the victim in case any one was
rash enough to ask for return per-
formance, had borrowed from a
policeman several blank cartridges
for the murderer's gun. In due time
these were fired, and from that mo-
ment subtle change came over all
present. Great sobs began to rack
the audience and tears streamed
down their faces. The actors, too,
became affected with the general
unhappiness and wept unrestrain-
edly. Overcome by their emotions.
all those on both sides Of the foot
lights abandoned the theater and
appointed an investigating commit
tee to discover, if possible, what had
transformed comedy into tragedy.
It was possible. Sadly the chairman
reported, between sobs, that the
policeman had in error provided not
blank cartridges, but tear gas shells.
Evening star., 1940-04-20

mild Norton amendments under a
suspension Of the rules, which would
have prevented consideration of the
Smith proposals. But the conserva-
tive Rules Committee refused to
acquiesce in that stratagem. With
out advance notice and in executive
session, the committee, by the sig
nif1cant vote Of nine to one, voted to
permit House action or both sets Of
amendments. What this portends
for the Wagner Act is not altogether
clear, but certainly it is plain indi-
cation that some amendments will
be passed in the House.
The Norton amendments are con-
fined to enlarging. the Labor Board
from three to five members, protect
ing craft unions, permitting employ
ers to petition for employe elections
and inSuring at least one year Of life
for valid employer employe con-
tracts. The Smith amendments, on
the other hand, are much broader,
looking to the creation of a new La
Dor Board, the separation of its judi
cial and administrative functions
and important changes in the pro-
cedure of the board.
In The Stars opinion, the propos-
ais of the majority of the Smith
Committee are more nearly in line
with the revisions that ought to be
made in the Wagner Act. Possibly
they should not be adopted in their
entirety, but that is a matter for
Congress to decide and the Rules
Committee has acted wisely in max
ing it possible for the House, at least,
to express its collective judgment on
the matter.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Labor Act Chances

The action of the House Rules
Committee in clearing the way for
consideration by the House at this
session of both the Smith and Norton
amendments to the Wagner Labor
Relations Act will be welcomed by
those who earnestly believe that this
statute will have to be revised if it is
ever to serve its stated purpose Of
promoting more harmonious rela-
tions between employers and en-
ployes.
Previously an effort had been made
by the Labor Committee to bring up
for consideration only the relatively