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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Bans Clamped
On Admission
Foreigners
Government Extends Drive
Against Formation Of
Fifth Column
MORE FUNDS SOUGHT
Marshall Asks That Army
Be Boosted From $780,
900 To 100000 Men

WASHINGTON, June 5-R-The
state department clamped rigid re-
strictions upon the admission OF
aliens to the United States tonight
in an extension of the government S
drive against the formation OF a
fifth column" within this country.
Under two executive orders, en-
try will be permitted only to those
who can establish a Legitimate
purpose or reasonable need" for
coming into the nation, and the
shore leave of alien seamen will
be sharply and cautiously limited.
Requests Funds
The announcement followed a re-
quest by President Roosevelt that
congress provide funds for 500 ad-
ditional agents for the federalism
reau of investigation, bringing the
total to about 1000.
Mr.. Roosevelt asked a total of
s6,558, 800 for the justice depart
ment, of which 81, 1858, 800 would
be for the FBI and 81, 200, 900 for
the immigration and naturalization
service.
The budget bureau said that the
FBI needed the additional sum ito
meet the obligations that will be
imposed upon it by the proposed
expansion of the national security
and defense program"
Meanwhile, General George c.
Marshall, the chief of staff, pro.
posed that the army be increased
from $50, 900 to 400, 900 men as a
means, he hoped, of avoiding any
necessity for emergency p a C {
time mobilization of the Nationa.
Guard.
Opposes Plan
And, late in the day, Presiden'
Roosevelt expressed opposition to
a plan advanced by Senator Aus
tin (R-Vt) for the creation of
five-member non-partisan author
ity to assist the president with hi!
defense program. Mr.. Roosevelt
described the proposal as ''unnec
essary" in view of the defense
commission which he appointed
last week.
Earlier, committees of the house
and senate, acting swiftly and al
but unanimously, approved a con
gressional restatement of the Mon
roe doctrine, phrased in unmistak
able terms and addressed, the sen
ate group said, specifically to Ger
many.
Formally reporting the legisla
ton, the senate committee said thu
contemplated action was mate
rial and urgent at the present TIM
by reason of the ownership by tn
Netherlands of certain islands il
the Gulf of Mexico and the con
guest of the Netherlands by Ger
many"
The legislation, introduced b.
Senator Pittman D-Nev) and Rep
Bloom O-NY), states that tn
United States would neither rec
ognize nor acquiesce in the trans
fer Of title to any portion of tn
western hemisphere from the non
American nation to another.
After voting it's approval OF this
the senate committee proceeded t
fatten again an effort by Senate
s Pepper O-FD to put American
assistance to the Allies on an lev
northumberland basis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Rv DREW

LONDON, June 5-R-Ever
mindful of big Berti>a shells,
planes and parachuters that
can hurdle the channel III a
matter of minutes, England TO-
day had her regular troops
drilling on village greens where
no soldier has marched since
CromwelI's time, and the usual
Iy tidy countryside is strewn
with b~arricades.
This is Britain's long invio-
late home battlefront, where
Britons now are ready to spring
info instant action when, and
if, the blitzkrieg TURKS from the
battle lines of the continent
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
TRAGIC MIGRATION
STARTED BY WAR
Endless Stream OF Human
Misery Moving Through
Northern France
BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER

VIII THE GERMAN ARMY, BY
'hLEPHONE TO BERLIN, June 5.
-'F'-This war has set in motion
history.
mere Is nothing more pitiable
r,o" Vaese endless streams of human
S that I have encountered
IAN and again in northern France
and Belgium.
Death and suffering are bad
'DUsA Tor the men in uniform.
Of Vhese hundreds of thousands
Wv men, women and children and
Iosn l's' p lodding along as the merci-
sun burns their faces or backs,
"0ltlnued on Page Four; Col. g.
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WEATHER

Nor,h FORECAST
tinue14 wal aroma: Partly cloudy. con-
warm Thursday and Friday,
ending 7.9n data for the "a hours
'''o p; IN. Yesterday.
La Temperature
HI. 50, i III; Y; 7:3O a. m. 70; 1:3O D.
minimum ~. y. m. II; maximum 81;
w. mean Il; normal rs.
$50 . Humidity
H. il; IN IN ~; 100 a. m. "a; 1:3o p.
Tota, g, Precipitation
none; tots, = hours ending 7:3O D. m.
l'9S inches Since first of the month
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lides For Today

'ued On Page Seven; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Plane Exports

There is not much comfort to be found in
a set of figures of American exports of planes
and plane engines which have been made
public during the past few days.
The most important fact that these stats
tics reveal is the lack of progress that this
country has made in expanding the aid we
are sending to Great Britain. AS long ago as
December, 1889, we exported 294 planes in a
single month. In June, six full months ago,
we managed to export 372. But in October,
the latest month for which figures are obtain
able, our total exports ran to only 1874 planes.
It must also be remembered that Britain is
getting only a part, although an increasing
proportion, of these planes. OF October's 334,
the British received only 280 and only a part
The impression that these figures make is
lightened slightly by the steady gains made
in exports of plane engines. From February,
1910, when they totalled 285, our exports OF
engines had risen to a total of CAB in October.
This is far from enough and far too few of
the motors are of the type which the British
acutely need. But at any rate we are gaining
at an encouraging pace.
1t is only fair to add that the shipments for
December, 1899, were unusually heavy, COM
pared with preceding months, and reflected
an accumulation of planes rather than new
production. But even taking this into account
the years increase remains dismally small,
This country can and must do infinitely bet
ter if it is to produce enough planes to Sc
cure it's own defenses and lend substantial aid
to Britain in time to be of any good. The
moment has arrived to demand the impossible
and to get it done, not only in aircraft pro-
duction and exports but all along the line in
our defense program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Editorial Comment
SCOUTS AND TRAFFIC
Charleston, w. Va, Gazette

We gladly give our traffic officers due credit
for having worked hard during the Christmas
shopping rush. Conditions were unprecedented
because of the great surge of shopping and the
officers whistled and waved theoretically,
though not always intelligently. There were
countless traffic jams.
We wish now that Charleston had tried the
experiment that met with success at Whining
ton, N. c. 1t is an annual custom. The Boy
Scouts went on traffic direction duty in con.
gested districts and, we are told, there was
vast improvement in pedestrian and vehicular
traffic.
Traffic direction may well be a part of the
Scout program of usefulness. The Scouts have
demonstrated their ability here in this line or
several occasions, and they take pride and de.
light in it. We are told Charleston cannot hire
an adequate number of officers for this pur.
pose. If the Scouts are willing to help, why
not overcome the difficulty in this economical
way?
But wouldn't it be awful if the Boy Scouts
should show up the experienced traffic flat
ties? In this possibility we foresee passive re.
~sistance on the part of city officials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Pointing a Distinction

When five hill-billy recruits polished off S.
biscuits for breakfast with the explanation
that they had never before tasted white bread
they did more than provide us with an AMUSING
story. They pointed to a significant difference
between life in the new world and the old.
In the greater part of Europe an incident
Of this sort would not have excited comment;
it would not have been news at all excent that
hungry men had so much to eat. For in these
countries for centuries people have been divid-
ed into classes by the kind of bread thew ate
War and famine increased hunger but peace
did not vary the diet. Uncounted millions
munched black bread all their lives with newer
so much as a taste of white.
Americans, living in the midst of abundance
have forgotten these distinctions. Things that
have been SO far beyond the reach of tho i'm.
MAJ in Europe that he has never even tho,,obt
to hope for them are commonplace to the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Quotations

In America, if one would be respected, he
need only be respectable.-Judge Robert N.
Wilkin of Cleveland to class of new citizens.
Enough's enough.-Mrs. Pierre Riendeau,
70, Montreal, asking divorce from her 86-year-
old husband of go years.
The United States is not escaping and can
not hope to escape the profound consequences
to our way of life which must follow the chaos
abroad.-Chester c. Davis, National Defense
Advisory Commission.
The man who OWNS stocks and bonds and
has a taxable income must make more sacri.
fices of his income in order to preserve any
part of the whole.-Af Landon, quondam G. O.
P. presidential candidate.
For my part I want no single step taken re-
latlng to war that is not given time for public
debate.-Herbert Hoover.
l have been tuning in on these (radio) COM
mentators. 1 found out that they have a rhythm
to their way Of speaking, and that I can CULVER
to it.-Marian Miller, burlesque dancer known
as the Queen of CULVER
Only the totalitarian nations are wholly free
OF labor strife in peace and war-and they
accomplish this at a price we think too high
10 pay.-Senator Robert F. Wagner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Narrow Bridges

North Carolina has made much progress
in highway development since the automobile
became a necessity rather than a luxury,
but still has to make one improvement before
its roads may be given high rating for safety.
This is to provide bridges of the same width
as their approaches.
Bridges narrower than the roadway leading
to them are a menace to human life. What
ever the cost of widening, it will fall far short
of the mortal sacrifice their continued ex-
istence entails.
Among the traffic accidents in southeastern
North Carolina during the Christmas holiday
period was one near Hallsboro, where j. E.
Eichorn and Miss Elizabeth Jolly were killed
and Mrs. Eichorn gravely injured when their
automobile ran into the bridge abutment al
Bogue Swamp. The bridge is not of uniform
width with the highway and the abutment is
a definite obstacle to traffic-so great an OBJ
stacle that the Eichorn car was the fifth to
be wrecked there in a year.
1t is not pleasant to reflect that if the
bridge were not narrower than the approach.
ing roadway two lives would not have been
snuffed out. And this is only one of many
such spans to be found on North Carolina
highways. Similar tragedies may happen at
any one OF them at any time. It is the states
duty to correct the evil wherever it exists
without further loss of time
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
A Matter of Time

Those who have been waiting for MI.
Churchill's speech to the Italian people to bring
immediate results have of course, been dis
appointed. There is no sign that Mussolini
is any less secure than he was before the
British prime minister spoke. His regime is
still in power.
That fact, however, does not alter the va
lidity Of the conclusion that Mr.. Churchill had
good reason to hope that this unprecedented
speech of his would in time bear good fruit.
He would not have bothered to make it other
wise. He evidently believes it was worth while
to begin to drive a wedge between the Fascist
regime and the Italian people.
Possibly the Italian people do not yet realize
What has happened to Mussolini's plans. They
will soon wake up, however, for their armies
In Ethiopia are cut off. Marshal Graziani's
forces will be fortunate to escape total defeat
and the Greek affair is bound to be a steady
drain on Italian resources. Meanwhile the
blockade will grip tighter and tighter, British
bombers from Crete will drop their charges
or Italian cities, and the time may come
when British troops will land on Italian shores
Even if German help comes, Mr.. Churchill.
words will be remembered in the weeks ane
months ahead. The edge of the wedge ha,
been inserted. Time will drive it home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
MANY MORE JOIN
ANTI WAR MOVE
Marshall Says SAL Author.
ize Use Of Names In Plea
Against Conflict

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 20.
H--Verne Marshall, chairman OF
the No Foreign War committee,
said in a telegram to President
Roosevelt tonight that SAL more
persons had authorized the use OF
their names in a plea against I'm
volvement of their country in a
foreign war"
A message to the White House
yesterday bore almost 5000 sig
natures" Marshall said, adding
that the new names included $500
members names authorized by the
Toledo, O., council of the National
Legion of Mothers of America and
600 members of the Austin Wom-
ans club of Chicago.
Marshall wired the President,
shortly before he began his fire
side chat to the nation, that the
new signatories ARE more of the
common people"
"They are the workers, farmers
housewives, small business men
and other producers of cannon
fodder, food and money necessary
to the senseless destruction in
flicted ON helpless peoples by wars
they detest," the telegram said.
Names and addresses of the new
signers, Marshall added, were in
the committees files and avail
able for scrutiny at any time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
B0ttlenecks

To many men and women the most dis.
couraging thing about our defense progress
must be the frequency with which new bottle
necks turn up. A few months ago there was
much talk about a shortage of skilled labor;
later the worst lack was in new machine
tools. Now the Northrop Aircraft Corporation
is reporting that while it has enough men and
enough machines it is being forced to curtail
production because of inability to obtain aIu-
minum for it's planes.
What has happened, of course, is that com.
simplification in describing any single thing
in the defense bottleneck. Actually industrial
production is an extremely intricate process
in which the lack of any one of a thousand
different items may create a bottleneck. A
failure anywhere along the line in the supply
of workers., of essential materials or of tools
will slow up manufacture of the armament
we need.
It is the task of those in charge Of the
program to meet these needs and, if possible,
to foresee them before they occur. A shortage
Of aluminium for plane manufacture, for ex-
ample, would be an extremely serious thing
which could throw our whole production pro-
gram out of gear at its most vital point. TIC
avoid this it may be necessary to withhold
aluminium from non-defense uses SO that air
craft factories can get the supplies they re.
quire.
To accomplish this the defense heads must
have both the foresight to anticipate bottle.
necks and full authority to deal with them.
That is what Mr.. Knudsen and his associates
on the old defense commission did not have;
it is what we hope he does have under the
new setup. For unless the men in charge o.
the defense program as a whole nave this
power and exercise it effectively the whole
effort will bog down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30

noorest here. We are a little more aware OF
MIR own bounty today when millions abroad
are crying out in hunger. But it still does not
occur to us that for many persons hunger,
or the lack {" the finer products OF the earth,
is a permanent state.
The proof of the difference is to be found
the fact that few will feel particularly sorry
for the hill-billies who have had to live on
corn bread all their lives. Good corn bread is
a delicacy in its own right.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. Ann
Sheridan made news with that
party of hers the other day-news
of a kind not ordinarily made by
stars under suspension by their
studios.
Annie's invitations said one of
the things she missed was IN e
chance to see her friends, so would
we drop around and see her? OF
course W. would, and we all ex-
pected bulletins. We got none. An
ME talked freely of her studio trou-
bles when you asked her, but
There's nothing neW-and this is
just a party, honest!" And that
was news!
The Pat O'Briens, Frank Nc
Hugh and Jane Wyman were
among the early arrivals from the
Warner lot, where Annie's serv-
ices are held-in idleness-until
her salary demand is settled. An
ME said she expected Rita Hay
worth too-but Rita didn't show.
Rita was tired out from a heavy
days work in the role of STRAW
berry Blonde" the role Annie
would have played but for the sal
airy impasse.
Proving it's an ill wind, etc., this
HayWorth girls career is blossom
ing because Of the role. She hadn't
been at Warmers two weeks before
they were talking of buying half
her contract from Columbia.
1t would be a calamity to the
lensers if Rita follows the example
OF many another leg-art starlet
Who has succeeded and bans future
leg-art. She says she won't-most
OF her fan mail came from news
paper and magazine stills"
Rita had hard times before she
got the breaks" One of the dam
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-Connty Government
under CouneiLAaaager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and MoyketinQ Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial Shoes.
Seaside Hiohway from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cope Fear River channel, Wid.
er Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved Riper Road to Southport, pia
Orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Production
through sustain ID methods through.
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial M Resort Promo.
tional Agency. supported BY one county
pide tas.
Ehipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina. developed around the
Community Hospital
adequate hospital ~ilities for Uhites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0ro1ing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Man About Manhattan
BY GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Cafe con.
%versation in New York has been
enriched by the misadventures Of
a certain author, a likeable but
incautious fellow, who went into
Yorkville on a little bender and
came out with a nice plaster cast
on his nose.
Yorkville, as almost everyone
knows, is the German neighbor-
hood of Manhattan, and while
many nice people live there, there
are also those who ere not always
regarded as ideal playmates.
After spending the afternoon
running down some material for
a story the author in question
dropped into one of Yorkville's
numerous beer gardens to refresh
himself against the long journey
home. After a few beers a belli-
cose mood overlook him and he
noticed, for the first time, that the
WATERS and other guests were talk
ing about the var and paying some
nice compliments to Hitler.
Banging his fist against the bar
he announced, Hitler is a bum!"
There was a short silence. The
waiter shrugged and turned away.
Most of the conversation had been
in English, but it now lapsed into
German.
After a couple more beers our
hero banged his fist against the
bar and again announced that Hit
ler was a bum! When no one said
anything to him he cried, "Wassa
matter with you guys-don't you
agree with me?"
About that time the waiter was
seen to nod his head knowingly
to a pair of his colleagues. They
seized the belltgerent and heaved
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Berle Says Dark World
Clouds May Clear In Al

WASHINGTON, Dec. 90 IN
A. A. Berle, assistant secretary OF
state, said tonight that 1941 may
see the dark international clouds
begin at last to clear"
"Yet this can happen" he said
in a radio address (MBS), "only
if we make it SO. No other nation
has the power. Our happiness in
the new year rests in our own
hands"
Berle said that in 1941 I'VE shall,
have greater responsibility to helr
other nations, who propose, as we
do, to maintain their independence
and their way of life"
1--WE shall have to use all our
glorious economic strength to
work with our neighbors in South
America" he continued. 1--WE shall
have to help Britain with her de-
Tense; to help China in her gal
liant struggle for existence"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Hollywood Sights and Sounds
ROBBIN O

cling Cansinos, she danced with her
father down in Aqua Caliente. But
the experience she seldom men.
tons is the time when, the dancing
Cansinos being down on their luck,
she and her dad took a job as the
floor show on one of the old gam
bling barges.
TT vas ghastly-I was sea-sick
the minute I got on the water and
all the time until I got back on
land, but we danced. We fished
too, between shoWs-and came
home and cooked the fish for din
ner. We were flat broke"
But shortly after, Rita was
signed for her first picture work.
A promised role as Ramona
went to Loretta Young instead, and
Rita (now Hayworth) started over
in the "B's.' Her important pic
lures are still few c"Only Angels
Have Wings" Susan and God"
THE Lady in Question:" "AngeIs
over BroadWay''), but she is on
her way.
One OF the customers at show
lngs OF "Knute Rockne, All-Ameri-
cam" was a 71-year-old pastor who
mad never before seer a movie or
a stage play-although his S O n,
John Qualen, had been an actor
20 years.
The elder Qualen, still active as
a Lutheran minister, broke his rule
to hear John recite that Norwegian
prayer in the film-a prayer he
himself had taught his son, 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30

him into the street. His hat fol
lowed almost Immediately.
This sort of snapped him out oil
it and he wisely went home. Next
morning, a bit remorseful at max
ing a scene, the author went back
down to Yorkville and sought out
the proprietor of the beer garden.
He was sorry, he said. He didn't
mean to start a row.
The boss was delighted. "That's
okay," he said genially. Have a
beer on me-"
So they drank the beer, and then
the author insisted that the boss
have a beer on him. After several
more beers our hero again be-
came exhilarated and turned his
attention to the crowd, mostly
huge, blond young men of Ger
nan stock.
Hitler is a BUM" he beloved,
banging his fist against the b a r.
The boss SUDDENLY lost his smile.
The hum and the stir of CONVEX
sation fell away. A complete
silence reigned.
"You heard me-" shouted the
author. II said Hitler was a bum,
and I meant it, and I think you're
a pack of buns, too"
The rest of the tale, pieced to-
gether from fragments of evidence
offered by the passersby, is this:
They heaved him to the street
once more, but not until one of
the boys had quietly planted a
fist on our hero's nose. That broke
said nose. At the hospital the doc
tors told him it would be painful,
for awhile, but not necessarily
fatal. He never did get his hat
back. And among his New Years
resolutions, he admits, IS the re-
solve to eschew beer and picking
quarrels with strangers. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Alumni OF Wake Forest
To Meet In Whiteuiue

WAKE FOREST, Dec. 29.-R)-
Wake Forest alumni and students
from Bladen and Columbus counties
will hold a banquet Monday night in
Whiteville, r. H. Burns, Jr., presi-
dent of the organization, announced
today.
Representing the school will be DR..
Nevill Isbell, Walter Holiday and j.
L. Memory, Jr. Burns said arrange
ments had been made for the show
ing of Carolina-Wake Forest and N.
C. Statewide Forest football pic
lures and still pictures in color of
campus scenes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
SHIPMENTS CLIMB

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80. - Up -
Increasing deliveries under defense
contracts, the department
said today, helped to send manufac-
turers' shipments to the highest lev
lie of the year in November.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
WATER CIT OFF

VlCH1, France, Dec. 29.-LP-
Inc water supply Of Marseille was
cut off temporarily today when ice
on a canal from the reservoir stop
pea the flow. The shortage affected
chiefly suburbs and factories.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Fair Enough

The Star wishes its readers
to know that views and onin
ions expressed in this ariel.
are those of the author anS
may not always harmonic
with its position.-The Editor