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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
ROOSEVELTS CHALLENGE

President RoosEvELTs challenge to a%spirants
for public Office seeking to retire the New Deal
to offer a definite program of their own, in
stead of merely criticizing that of the adminis
~tration, is timely.
Addressing women of the South from the
portico of the White House, the Chief Executive
told potential standard bearers of the opposition
to quit condemning each and every act of this
administration and tell us just how you would
change the laws if you were in power"
Nothing of this sort has been done to date
The men campaigning under the republic ban
ner have spent their time condemning the New
Deal vociferously, but not one has proposed g
program of his own providing a cure for the
ills they allege the New Deal has brought about
AS elections are not won this way, the refec
ton is that until the republicans mend thei1
ways, improve their approach for favor, they
are merely strengthening the New Deals posi-
ton and contributing to it's chances of success
in November; which cannot fail to be accept
able to the democratic leadership and the par
ty membership.
There is no reason to suppose that the Presi
dents challenge will be taken up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
NORWAY

Perhaps history tells of a greater fasco than
Great Britain's expedition to Norway, but it
does not come readily to mind. Not even Ma
PoLEoN's retreat from Moscow was worse.
Without a single telling blow struck by land
forces, Allied troops-and they were chiefly
British-are called home, leaving the little ma
ton London swore to protect and save from
HITLER occupied by the invaders and suing for
peace.
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN, the British premier, will
be taxed beyond even his talent for excuses to
explain awey his failure, the more pitiable in
light of his early boast that Norway had moth
ing to fear once his soldiers took the field.
The inevitable conclusion is that Britain has
suffered in Scandinavia a greater defeat than
if her armies had been routed in actual battle.
1t is all right to say that new threats in the
Mediterranean area fastened the withdrawal,
that the Germans had become so we'll en-
trenched and extended their lines so quickly
with such efficient and well equipped men that
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the Allies could not get a foothold in time to
stop them, that this or that circumstance made
it necessary to call off the Norwegian cam.
paign except at Narvik; but no amount of ex.
planning can down the fact that Britain turned
tail and ran away under fire, or undo the evil
of that act.
The Norwegian failure, however, probably
will have one good effect: the downfall of the
CHAMBERLAIN government. The Manchester
Guardian, commenting on the premier's weak
ness, says: "CHAMBERLA1N's capacity for self.
delusion is a national danger" If this view is
adopted in high places and supported by the
chagrined, bafled and disillusioned people of
England, there is little reason to doubt that
a new prime minister will soon undertake to
win the war Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN has done so
much to lose. When such a change takes place,
as it should, and promptly, there may be a re-
birth of confidence in Allied power to stop
HITLER.
But it will take that, and a quick reshaping
Of strategy and war policies, to re.establish the
Allied cause in the good will and sympathy of
the %neutrals, from whom the Allies must draw
moral support and favorable trade and credit
decisions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
H SILVER FOLLY
New York Times

If it passes the pending Townsend bill the
senate will at last have moved to wipe out the
worst and most foolish part of a fantastic piece
of legislation. The new bill prohibits the Presi-
dent and the secretary of the treasury from &C
quiring any more foreign silver under the Sill
yer Purchase Act of 1884. That act provides
that silver must be purchased until it's none
tary value Cat 81. % an ounce) equals one-fourth
of the total value of the country's monetary
gold and silver together. Despite the purchase
of more than 2,200, 900, 900 ounces of silver Since
the act was passed, at a cost of more than
81, 900, 900, 600, the inflow of gold has been so
great that the goal set by the act is farther
away than it was when the legislation was
passed in June, 1884. Of the silver purchased,
the overwhelming bulk has been foreign. In
1899, for example, nearly five times as much
foreign as domestic silver was acquired by the
treasury. The huge mountain of silver already
acquired by the treasury, in fact, is equal to
more than fifty years domestic production at
the current rate.
The committee report in favor of the Town.
send bill points out that the further purchase
of foreign silver is without excuse: that it is
wasteful of American resources: that it in
wolves bestowal of benefits abroad without con-
siderations of reciprocity; that there is no pros.
pect of fulfilling the 'treadmill terms'' of the
Silver Purchase Act of 1884; that that act has
failed to achieve any of the objects promised
by its sponsors in 1884; and that ''silver buying
is not a proper instrument of foreign policy"
This lcountry's uninterrupted purchasing of
Mexican-produced silver since 1884, the com.
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mittee remarks, has not produced
in Mexico the results which might
be expected from such purchases
viewed as a good-neighbor effort"
AS for the argument that purchase
of foreign silver should be contin-
ued because, by giving foreigners
purchasing power, it makes jobs
for American producers of export
commodities, the committee de-
clares that if there were any valid
ity in the argument 'it would be
a logical step to increase our buy
ing price for silver five or ten fold,
and thereby make five or ten times
as many jobs for Americans"
The enactment of the Townsend
bill would do nothing to end the
indefensible provision which COM
pels u treasury to buy the total
annual silver output of American
mines at the fantastic price of II
cents an ounce. It would, more
over, leave a messy legislative sit
uatlon under which the treasury
would still be directed by an unre.
pealed act to move toward a goal
the achievement of which the new
act would make practically i'm.
possible. But at least the worst and
most costly part of the silver fo11v
would nave come to an end,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
TOP O. THE

Carelessness in the things Of the soul pre-
pdres the aray for the tempter. When ice neglect
prayer and Bible study and public Worship, qe
may not see any immediate results. But they
are there. our spiritual poocers begin to afro
phy; our defenses against temptation to disin-
tegrate; our wills to become acedkened. Thus
aUhen temptation comes We are not prepared to
resist it as we should. -. Spiritual c%dtdstro-
phies seldom come suddenly. Usually they are
the elimination of q long process of achich zee
haze hardly been dWdre. . HoU necessary to
heed the ddmonition of the Word: put ON the
nhole drn1or of GOD, that pc may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil -. and
having done all to Stdnd.
-McEIpoy
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
MORE THAN THIS NEEDED

Apparently some 50-odd Americans believe
that some good purpose can be served by offer
ing a reward of one million dollars for the de,
livery of ADOLF HITLER "alive, unwounded and
unhurt' into the custody Of the League of Ma
tionsl so that he may be tried for his crime
against the world.
In a letter to the Ne1o York Times, the presi-
dent of Carnegie Institute, SAMUEL HARDEN
CHURCH, has announced he is authorized to pay
that sum of money to anyone who can fulfill
this modest assignment. The offer is to stand
good through the month of May. Otherwise
there are no strings to it. Coming from such
a source, naturally, it must be taken at face
value.
Mr.. CHURCH has no illusions about the pos
sibilities Of success in any such enterprise. He
even points out that HITLER would have to be
taken to London, rather than Geneva, because
the German army would wipe out Switzerland
if the fuehrer were a prisoner there. But he ex
plains that he held back from his announce
ment for some time not because he doubted the
feasibility of the plan but because he doubted
that it would strike the Imagination Of the
world"
There, Of course, lies the key to this remark
able suggestion. 1t is really propaganda tina
we are dealing with. The chance Of kidnapping
HITLER is so minute as to be practically non
existent, and Mr.. CHURCH and those he speaks
for realize it fully. Their real purpose is to re
mind us what a nice world it would be if there
were some cheap and easy way of making HIT
LER answer for their deeds.
On this point there is no argument. But Mr.
CHURcH's offer, we are afraid, only ~confuses
the problem of attaining permanent peace by
o~versimplifying it. We shall have to do more
than bring the H1TLERs to book before we Cal
right this sad old world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
shous.
Seaside Highway from WrightsuiHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
s5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, wtd-
or Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport. Oia
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yie1d methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency, supported by one.
countrywide tao.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse TOR Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0roaoin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis S1ndtortnm.
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for refusing a role, was loaned to
Paramount for 1.-The Night of Janu-
airy 16." He promptly bolted from
that one and is being sued for $780,
900 damages said to have been sus-
tanned by the delay in production.
Bling Crosby also has been battling
with Paramount, and is believed
about to wash up an eight-year as.
ISOLATION there. And there are
new indications Shirley Temple
soon will be able to cut paper dolls
from her contract with Daryl Fan
uck.
Director William K. Howard
stalked out of Warmers the other
day, leaving the Knute Rockne pic.
ture in the reluctant hands of the
hastily-assigned Lloyd Bacon. Over
a period Of about 10 years, Howard
has been a star boarder in the Hol-
lywood doghouse, having quit at
least three pictures before this one
Yet he's admired for his somewhat
painful sense of integrity and re-
spected for the fine films he has
completed.
An executive returned to his
Beverly mansion the other d a y
with his third wife in five years.
His little daughter, about 7, met
her new mama and asked shyly,
Wont you write something in my
guest book?"
For a Motion Picture Relief
Fund benefit, a polo match be-
tween stars and producers was or
ganized at the Midwick Country
Club. At the end of the third 90
chucker, Announcer Boris Karloff
doomed over the loudspeaker:
THE reason for the failure of both
teams to cor is that the produce
ers can't and the stars don't dare!"
Patriotism or privacy? - Binnie
Barnes, who h a d her telephone
number enameled on her left
thumb nail, has replaced it with a
British flag. =. Wallace Beery's
hunting trips into Mexico are made
~pleasanter by his appointment as a
U. S. immigration Inspector, en-
titled to cross our borders without
examination. Bette Davis is
putting the final revisions into her
autobiography, which will hit print
soon.
Phooey to the war!-Hollywood
has set a three-year production
record and may soon reach an all
time peak for number of pictures
in work simultaneously. The no
ton is growing that there's plenty
Of money to be made with good
pictures here, no matter what hap.
pens to the other side Of the world.
But the approaching presidential
campaign will be of more interest
to the movie industry than any
previous political fracas. The Mo.
ton Picture Democratic commit.
tee and a Draft-Roosevelt group
the latter headed by Director w.
5. Van Dyke-already are buying
full-page advertisements in the
trade papers. They're beating the
drums of continued neutrality and
additional preparedness.
Jimmy Stewart and Marlene
Dietrich, you may be glad to know,
will co-star in Warmers version of
mo Time for Comedy" If
you see the short that was filmed
around the last Academy Award
banquet, you'll hear David Selznick
paying tribute to Margaret Mitch.
ell for writing "GWTW." But that's
an added scene. AT the actual din.
ner, Miss Mitchell's name wasn't
even mentioned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05

utterly new angle on the game d..
living. This way sometimes can be
as well managed by a creek bank
over the next hill, as in the Can.
adam wilderness. But if one has a
few weeks off and a little car. he
may almost choose his own camn,
ing ground; let him try the moun.
tains this year, the lakes and rr.
ers next, and after that the Oil
Salt itself. Which he will like bes.
will depend on the nature of his
temperament, but he will be the
richer for all three.
David L. Lilies, scout executive
for this council, and Rufus Pitt,
man, commissioner for the Lum.
berton district, left THURSDAY
morning for l-endham, N. J.,
where they will attend the Nationa.
Camp directors training school !.
is expected that they will return
to Wilmington sometime this weeh.
Court OF Honor
Court of Honor will be conducted
for the Wilmington district Monday
night, May g., at 8 O'Clock in the
superior courtroom. Judge Lennon
will preside.
At this time the Civitan trophy
for advancement will be awarded
for the 18th successive time. The
trophy will be awarded at nine
more courts of honor and after the
10th time the troop having the lars'
est number of points in the final
score shall retain permanent pos
session of the Civitan award.
All camporee ribbons for the WI
mington district will be awarded
at this next court Of honor.
The following courts of honor will
be conducted in the Cape tea,
Area Council this month; Monday
May 6, Wilmington; May 10, White
vile; May IA, Lumberton; May H.
Fayetteville; May "a, LaurhbUo.
First Indian Camporec
Pembroke-the first Indian
Camporee ever to be held was con-
Quoted in the Cape Fear Area
Council on the State Normal sch0~
grounds at Pembroke last Wee%.
Four patrols took an active part IL
the demonstrations of handlcTal'
work and other Scouting actIYitle'
A large number Of improVlSea
camping equipment was USED y
the Scouts and Scouters. One "
the most interesting Of these Wa
an oven made from a fVe-Quas'
oil can. Biscuits re baked tAa'
would have put el IN grandmo,As'
to a test.
After the main camping even'
were over the Indian Scouts p!S'
sented Scout Executive DAVID l.
Lilies, of Wilmington, with an az
cut from wood and decorated WIZ
Indian handicraft work. This v"
presented in appreciation OF the u,
terest and work of Scout EXecu~'
Lilies.
Troop to See Fair
A troop of Scouts from the 10y,
Fear Council will attend u.
Worlds Fair of New Work Us
summer. They will probably So+
August, the date of which has ~.
yet been decided. The boys W.
live in the Boy Scout cncamp5ls.
on the fair grounds. The emu
trip, including transportation '~
meals, well cost onlye $50, 81
Tn Rev. Frank L. Goodman
troop SO, Wagram, will be 9c.[
master. Assistant Scoutmas'!. II,
for the troop have not been u.
cided upon. The Rev, G2oo" u,
was Scoutmaster of a World az
unit of Scouts from the TuscaI~;
Council last year. Since. he l@,
moved into the Cape Fear cow
and will accompany a tmIt H !so.
the Wilmington district and o ..I
districts in the Cape Fear Ioy a-,
to the New York Fair this !'~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
$500 Crates Sold
On RosehiN Market

ROSEHILL, May 4-Approximate.
ly $500 crates Of strawberries were
sold on the local market today at
prices from 1915 to $3.50 per crate,
setting a s~ingle-day record for the
season.
The fruit sold during the day was
Of extra high quality throughout.
The sales peak is expected during
the next week.
The local marketing company will
be hosts at a free barbecue dinner
at moo on Wednesday.
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how much reason the colonel
lis willing to listen to-and
what, having listened, he is
game to do about it.
The wage-hour law gives
the administrator lots of pow
er. 1t exempts executives
and professionals and then
lets the administrator say
who is included in those cate
gories: it also exempts pack
ers and Gamers of fruits and
vegetables who work "in the
area of production" and lets
the administrator say what
that expression means.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Bruce Cations
In Washington
Star-News Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Col. Philip Fleming,
wage-hour administrator, faces his biggest test
in the weeks just ahead.
So far he has been popular with both friends
and foes Of the wage-hour aw-with it's friends
because he is an able administrator and has
things clicking and with it's foes because he
listens to reason and doesn't talk big about
cracking down on people.
The honeymoon is over now, though, and two
sets of public hearings will presently show
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
In Hollywood
By PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff
HorroSnnuHor,f

HOLLYWOOD, May 4.-Short
takes: The walk-out parade h a S
been growing in numbers and inn
petus lately, with the three Ritz
scowling along at the head
of it.
After breaki-.g with 20-Century-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Only Occasional Agreemen!

A sundial can agree with a Iy ~,
only when the sun and clocA al
agree, which is four times d d.
Most sundials show a chart lot i,
different periods of the yea- "a,
that additions or subtractlols ,r,c
be made to compute the COW
time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05

OK, Lney quar-
relied over en-
gagements with
Republic, a n d
h a v e deserted
''The Boys From
S y a C u S e" at
Univer S a b e.
cause their roles
were n b j &
enough. This is
what's known as
:. ''Ritzkrieg.
Mild = manner
ed Don Ameche,
recently suspend
nd at hic studio
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Probably No Sugar Laws This Season

ably won't be any new sugar legislation at this
session. A lot of bills had been introduced and
practically all would have cut the Cuban quo
ia heavily; FDR wanted to avert that, and
wrote House Agriculture Chairman Jones sug-
costing that congress simply pass a resolution
continuing the existing quotas.
That seems to be in the cards. There'n be a
fight, though, which may give FDR a hot pc
tato to handle. Sugar refiners want to add
a clause limiting the quantities the offshore
refneries may handle, and the President has
indicated he'd veto any such notion.
If they succeed in getting it he'll either have
to eat his words or make an awful lot OF sug-
ar growers mad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05

-
very tough; the public hearings have to do
with demands that they be liberalized.
Now going on are hearings about executives
and professionals. Due to start early in May
are the "area of production hearings.
Their Importance is shown by the fact that,
simply by changing these definitions, the col
onel could take 720, 900 food processing work
ers and slightly fewer than l, 500, 900 white col
lar workers out from under the law.
Czech Minister Holds Legation
For just about a year now Minister Vladimir
Hurban of Czechoslovakia has been a man
without a country. He is still keeping the Czech
legation open and says he'll do it as long as
the U. S. continues to recognize his country
even if the war lasts 10 years.
The Washington legation is one of four Czech
legations still open; others are in Paris, Lon.
don and Egypt.
AS minister with no tangible country to rep.
resent, Hurban's job now is unlike that of any
other diplomat in Washington. It's really a po
litical job; he keeps in touch with leaders Of
the l, ESQ, 600 Czechs in this country, arranges
for passport extensions, tries to get refugees
admitted and SO on.
Practically no entertaining is done at the
legation nowadays; with the home office lock.
ed up, cash is hard to come by. Nine. Hurban
goes out in local society frequently; the minis.
ter, who is out of town a good deal, somewhat
less SO.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10

ELECTRICALLY cquipt bedroom
furnished house for rent. Cooler;
summer rates. 1915 FL Centre.
81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
m AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
Notice of Time ana Place OF
Hearing Petition to Establish
Birth.
In the Matter of Establishing the
Birth of SACHIKO HIGA,
A Minor.
Notice is hereby given that G1SHO
UIGA has filed in the aboVc-en-
titled court petition praying 1of
an order establishing the birth OF
SACHIKO HIGA a minor. Refer
cncc to said petition Is hereby
made for further particulars.
And, notice is hereby further
given that the hearing OF said petit
lion has been fixed by the Clerk
If said court for Friday the 2lSt
dav of June, 1910 at two O'Clock
P. M. of said day at the courtroom
of Department 2 of said court at
the courthouse in the City OF Ell
Centre, County of Imperial, State
of California, and all persons m
terested are notified then and there
to appear and show cause, II any
they have, why an order should not
be made establishing the birth OF
Sachiko Higa.
Dated this Bird day oi June, l940.
w. J. McCLt,L1hND,
Clerk.
BY G. O. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
ft617 lnrl
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10

FURNISHED Apartment with Frig-
idaire and cooler. Inquire at GA
Olive 6-12
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10
Business Services

BET US Show You how easily that
budget can be balanced by get
ting your new and used building
material here.
Ell Centre LUMBER y Trading Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10
81 Country PrOperty-Rent
% Country PrOperty-Sdie

3 ACRES, New modern house, good
soil, plenty water, fruit trees,
bargain if sold at once Easy pay
ments. mile from FL Centre on
S. d. Highway. Phone l066W.
Gil
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10
livestock

FOR SALE-TWo first calf Jerseys,
fresh very soon. Make good
family COWS. Choice $45.0G. 534
Holt. o-lz
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10
Situations Wanted
IL Business Opportunities

FOR SALE Small paying business,
Confectionery. newsstand, cigars,
tobacco and light lunches. Rca-
sonably priced to sell. Florence l
Dean. 43 So. San Gorgonio, Ban
ming, Calf. els
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10

WE HAVE A FEW repossessed cars
priced right. Peoples Finance q
Thrift Co., 638 Main. Phone Sis
or SIS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10

Post PRESS Want Ad Section
vitality Different Infinitely Bet
ter. Read for Profit Use for
Results
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10
IS Trucks Tractors Tr0ilers

For Sale and built ta
order, $4,000 up. Terms. Ia Vallce
Auto Home 3O3l Date St, San
Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10

COMFORTABLY Furnished house.
two coolers. For summer months.
Reasonable rent. 476 Len Rey.
Phone. 337-J. 6-13
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10

FUR. FRONT apt, private bath,
large yard. SIS. Fur. rear apt
$40 pr mo. 1l8 So. 9Th 6-12
FURNISHED single Apt. for rent
Phone 1894 5-27-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10
Apartments for Rent

3-ROOM Furnished duplex apart
ment with cooler, Adults only.
534 Holt. o. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10
81 Wanted, Miscellaneous

one cent per pound. Call BraWley
642-W. 81 If
Imperial Valley press., 1940-06-10

80 ACRES l. mile from highway 80
Direct water delivery. Drainage.
Immediate possession. Ready for
flax. Priced to sell, $4,000 $500
down. balance years.
l.. J. THOMAS