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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
INVISIBLE PAINT
WORRIES GERMANS
British Using Application
That Renders Planes
Hard To See

BERLIN, Aug. 30.-RESorns-
hing resembling rough black
SCOT" which is smeared on some
British planes and makes them
iifficult to see at night is giving
German chemists something to
analyze, informed sources said to-
day.
This new war paint" absorbs
he rays Of German searchlghts
10 that on clear night these Brit
lsh planes paying nocturnal visits
to Germany are hard to detect, II
was said.
The planes are shown up against
clouds however, and German mill
tary authorities say the problem
therefore is not so big as might be
thought.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3o.-R-
Development of a paint which 80
reduced the visibility of an air.
. plane that it was able to run a
gauntlet Of searehlights without
being detected was reported by
army air corps officers today.
So Commenting on reports from
Berlin that the British were using
a sooty coating to black out their
bornbers, the officers disclosed
that the United States army had
been experimenting for years with
various so-caued Invisible
paints.
4 In contrast to the reported Brit
ish method, the army had been
using a special buff paint which
.absorbs light so that when sub
,iected to the glare of a search
light it reflects few rays that can
be seen by observers.
is, For daytime use, a two-tone
coating is employed, with light blue
-hues on the underside of t h e
plane to blend with the sky and
darker colors on the top side to
: blend with the ground. By that
method, the planes visibility is
reduced both to observers above
- and below.
This system of camouflage is
reported to have replaced the
World war method of using a
patchwork of various colors to
break up the normal outlines Of
an object and make it more diff
cult to identify.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
Highway Commissioners
To Study Flood Report

RALEIGH, Aug. 30.-tR-The
state highway and public works
commission will meet in Asheville
Tuesday and likely will receive a
report Of a three-man committee
on whether the flood-damaged
Caledonia prison farm in Halifax
county should be converted into
pasture for livestock.
The commission will attend the
dedication Of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
PoLiceman's Pockets
Looted As He Sleeps

ROCKY MOUNT, Aug. 30.-R-
Policeman Ralph Rogers recalled to-
day that he was rather sleepy when
he placed his trousers on a chair
in the bedroom and that he was
soon in the land of dreams.
But sometime during the night
someone crept up on the porch, re-
moved a flower pot from the win.
dow, went into the bedroom and
took a .32 caliber pistol from the
dresser and $24 from Rogers trous-
ers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
British Police Renew
Drive On Fifth Column

LONDON, Aug. 30.1RABritish
police have started a new drive
against suspected fifth column &C.
tivity during Nazi night air raids.
it vas reported today.
On recent nights, there have
been spotted fires which police be.
lieve we're set by fifth columnists
to guide German bombers to their
detectives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
German And Italian
Interned At Bermuda

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 30.
-RHOne German and two Italian
men Of military age we're remov-
ed from the American export lin
er Exochorda and interned here
yesterday. They were passengers
aboard the ship, which is due in
New York from Lisbon tomor-
row..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
Negro Dies, Another Hurt
In Caue-In At Quarry

RALEIGH, Aug. :o.-R-A cave.
In which followed an explosion at
4 quarry near here resulted in the
death Of M negro worker and Sc
rious injury to another.
Coroner Roy M. Banks listed the
dead man as Frank Miller, IS, and
the injured workman as Tom Clegs.
Both are OF Raleigh.
The accident occurred yesterday
afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31

The fatal accident rate FIR
trucks, per 10000 vehicles register.
ed, has dropped 20 per cent during
the last IL years while the nas'
senger car rate has increased ~,
per cent
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Message for Americas

The American denunciation of
Russia's seizing of the Baltic states
amounted to a good deal more than
a simple reafflrmation of the we'll
known United States policy of nom
recognition of territorial change
accomplished by force. It was
intended primarily to warn Germany
and to reassure our Latin American
neighbors
The United States has delicate
problem in its inter American
defense and diplomatic effort. While
it works for a united New World
front, it must be careful to respect
the sovereignty of each of our south
ern neighbors. The German radio
propagandists' Spanish and Portu-
guese broadcasts to Latin American
listeners during the weeks before
the Havana conference criticized
the American movement as a
cloak for Washington's desire to
deprive the twenty other Western
Hemisphere republics of their
liberty
Russsia's action in swallowing
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania gave
the administration an unparalleled
chance for combating this German
argument. "The people of the United
States" Sumner Welles, the Under
secretary of State, said in making
public the American denunciation,
"+ are opposed to the intervention
on the part Of one state, however
powerful. in the democratic concerns
of any other sovereign state, how
ever, weak. These principles consti-
tute the very foundation upon which
the existing relationship between
the twenty-one sovereign republics
of the New World rest" We can be
sure that this observation will not
quiet the German radio broad
casters. But 1t will help allay the
apprehensions Of the Spanish, Por-
tuguese and French speaking peoples
in the American family of nations
about the United States intentions.
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Deserved Rebuke

The attempt of the Wage and
Hour Division of the Labor Depart
ment to force compliance with the
Wage and Hour Act by concerns
doing business with the Government
properly has been rebuffed by Act
ing Controller General Elliott in a
sharply worded decision holding
there is neither. legal authority"
nor need" for such a provision in
Federal contracts.
Mr.. Elliott ruled in a case involv-
ing a highway contractor who was
obliged to agree to this proviso and
by his veto undoubtedly has pre-
vented overzealous officials from
giving wider application to the
principle which they sought to read
into the law in this instance.
The question that Immediately
presents itself is by what assumed
authority the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion acted in promulgating the COM
pliance requirement, and just who
was instrumental in its adoption.
The case Is the first disclosed in
which Government contracts have
been used as a weapon to insure
compliance with this law, but similar
efforts have been made on behalf
of the Wagner Act in some agen-
cies-and held illegal by the con-
troller- generals off1ce-and only
recently President Roosevelt turned
down request by the Congress of
Industrial Organizations for an exec
utive order prescribing Wagner Act
compliance by Government contrac-
tors, holding that this could be
accomplished only by legislation.
The President unquestionably was
right on that point, and the view he
expressed there applies with equal
force to the Wage and Hour Act.
Congress has prescribed the labor
standards 1t believes necessary for
Government contracts in the Walsh
Healey Act, and if this particular
aeld of regulation Isl e be broadened,
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Unity Is Essential

The movement for District suffrage
has had no better friend through the
years than Senator Capper of
Kansas. Himself the sponsor in the
Senate, session after session, of a
joint resolution for amendment of
the Constitution in behalf of ma
tional representation, he has con-
sistently championed every effort to
put the ballot in the hands of
Washingtonians.
Senator Capper's advice now is
valuable. In an interview printed
In yesterdays Star, commenting on
the rising sentiment for action in
this session on votes for the District,
Senator Capper emphasized the
Importance of unity on the part of
District residents. All factions, he
said, should agree on an objective
and work in harmony toward reach
Ing it.
Everybody in touch with the suf-
frage movement has recognized the
differences of opinion among the
most sincere advocates of votes for
the District. There are those who
would be Immediately content with
what Is known as local suffrage"
and others, including The Star, have
felt for many years that purely local
suffrage without representation of
the District in the exclusively
controlling Congress, and the Elec-
toral College, would fall far short of
the mark.
Without the necessary surrender
OF any principles, however, there
should be and, happily, there seems
to be, agreement now that the prac-
tical objective of everybody should
he the Summers resolution. It's pro-
visions are hostile to no specific form
OF suffrage; its passage by Congress
and the ratification of the amend
ment it proposes by the States would
clear the way for whatever form of
suffrage is deemed most wise by
Congress.
It is to be recalled, in this connec-
ton, that Chairman Summers wrote
and introduced his resolution after
participating in four separate hear
ings before the House Judiciary
Committee, in the course of which
various forms of District suffrage,
and various methods of obtaining
1t, were thoroughly discussed. His
resolution embodies his own belief
as to the best method of obtaining
the vote. If there can now be the
unified support of the Summers
resolution in the House, which Sen
ator Capper so wisely suggests is an
essential element in the Districts
fight, the chances for success are
Immediately strengthened. Now is
the time for all good men to come
to the aid of the Districts right to
vote. There will be plenty of time
later on to express differences OF
opinion as to the ultimate form in
which this inherent right of all
Americans is to be exercised in
Washington.
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Restoring Jobs

Representative Wadsworth of New
York is following a proper course in
advocating that the compulsory
selective service bill be amended to
express the desire of Congress that
men drafted for peacetime military
service be assured of regaining their
jobs in private life upon completion
of the training program.
Such an amendment would have
no legal effect and it may be that
there is no way In which Congress
can compel the unemployment of
the trainees. But it does not follow
that adoption of the amendment
would be a mere gesture, or sop"
as one member of the House de-
scribed it.
Young men called away from their
homes and Jobs for purposes Of mill
tary training would be making a
real sacrifice for the welfare of their
country. In most cases it is to be
expected that an employer would
have to engage some one to do the
work of a conscript while the latter
is in service, but as between these
two every dictate of equity requires
that the man thus called away from
a job should have the privilege Of
resuming his employment II he so
desires. To hold otherwise would be
to place a penalty upon service to
country which might undermine the
entire training program.
It is safe tdpresume that employ
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Cruising College

The ordinary conception of a
college includes stately campus
ornamented with imposingly antique
buildings which have taken root in
the sod and become moss-covered,
stated by a corps of professors who
have followed the example set by the
buildings. The whole atmosphere is
one of age-old dignity and perma-
nence. The latest college, however,
is movable, consisting of a trailer
caravan for summer use. Students
get their education on the run.
When the dean sees good-looking
spot, he establishes the university
there, usually staying three or four
days to let the students get the feel
of the campus and work up some
traditions concerning it. It is strictly
up to date, for rolling college
gathers no moss.
The administration building, de-
signed and built by a famous
Michigan firm of road architects, is
the latest thing in the modernistic
or Detroit style, stands out in lofty
grandeur against desert setting of
cactus and fairly towers above the
picturesque old tin cans and broken
bottles of trailer camps all over the
continent. It is thought, however,
that the peripatetic university ulti-
mately will fall, owing to the imprac-
ticability Of carrying with 1t a two
million dollar football stadium to,
be used five times a wear.
Evening star., 1940-07-25

the task is one for Congress and not
for administrative officers.
In addition to heading of an un-
warranted application of the Wage
and Hour Act, Mr.. Elliott's decision
also serves the useful purpose Of
emphasizing once more the impor-
tance OF having in the Office of
controller general an independent
official who refuses to interpret laws
to conform to the personal predilec-
t;ons of those charged with admin
istering them. That point should
not be lost sight of in the impending
appointment Of a controller general
to succeed Fred H. Brown.
Evening star., 1940-07-25
tuberculosis Tests

In the past two.decades the United
States has spent well over $l,000,-
100000 for the disqualification and
compensation Of veterans with
tuberculosis. More than 1000 men
with this disease were admitted to
Veterans Administration hospitals
last year.
The number who actually con-
tracted tuberculosis in the service
probably was not great. BY and
large, the likelihood was probably
less than in civilian life. There can
be little question, however, but that
many entered the Army and Navy
with the disease in an incipient
form. It was augmented by the
rigors OF the new ways of living
forced upon them.
In 1918 the diagnosis of a
subtubercular state was difficult,
time-consuming and costly. The
procedure necessary was impossible
where hundreds and even thousands
of men were passing the medical
examiners every day. Only the most
obvious cases were likely to be
detected.
Today it is possible, as was stressed
by Doctor ]. A. Myers, past president
of the National tuberculosis Asso-
citation, at the recent annual con-
vention Of the American Medical
Association to X-ray the chests of
masses Of individuals at very low
cost. Recent technical developments
have enabled city health authorities
to obtain such records for all the
children in public schools, thus de-
tecting tuberculosis in it's incipiency.
If this could be done for all men
OF military age, the eventual saving
to the Government-to say nothing
of the benefit to the victims them
selves-might well be incalculable.
Every man entering the Army or
Navy is entitled to as thorough a
physical checkup as is possible.
Acceptance of recruits with hidden
diseases which are likely to become
acute during the period of service
not only is of no benefit to the
country and dangerous for the indi-
vidual, but entails eventually an
enormous tax burden.
Evening star., 1940-07-25
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles Z. TracetDel.

Sometimes the back yard takes on the
appearance Of an animal fair, as the
dogs, cats. birds and squirrels, with one
or two wild rabbits, make merry to-
gether.
Perhaps Just . little imagination Is
used. in saying that they play with one
another, for mostly they strictly let each
other alone.
The situation Is something along this
line:
Two dogs by the gate. hoping for .
handout Of salmon. Most dogs love this.
but seldom get 1t at home.
Two cats, lying lazily, as Is the habit
of the species. on the porch steps.
p Three squirrels, eating sunfiower seed
from the birds feeder.
Two dozen birds, mostly English SPAR
rows, eating behind the squirrels.
-Four pigeons and one rabbit.
The dogs, upon this particular oc-
casion, were a speckled bird dog, liver
and white, and Scottie.
The bird dog is very well behaved
fellow, whose one aim in life seems to be
to get salmon.
He never rushes the cats, but waits
patiently until they get through.
In between he drinks out Of the small
bird bath set flush in the ground at the
west gate.
He makes a slop-slop-sloppy noise
which can be heard for many feet.
The Scottie is a patient, well-behaved
fellow, too, one which has just been
clipped, except for his legs, and now the
hair is beginning to grow out again.
This gives him a most interesting ap-
pearance, allowing the dull red of the
black to show through. This is an in
teresting combination. One is likely to
think of the Scottish terrier as not only
black, but pure black, as only black, but
the fact Is that he has this dull dark
red, too.
The Scottie dog, as he is often called,
Is a solemn one. Some specimens seem
rather inclined on the nasty side, espe-
cially when cats are involved. They are
said to be stubborn, and hard to manage.
This particular specimen shows up
every morning on the back porch. He
wears collar and tag, and shows that
he is well cared for; at times, when q
bare spot shows up in this coat, it will
be covered the next day with ointment
The clipping made him look for all the
world like plush dog. His coat has
seemed very much better.
He is patient beyond words, as he waits
for the cats to get through their meal.
Some mornings, however, he will not
touch salmon. Then he seems to prefer
meat. If he finds nothing to his liking
after sitting solemnly around for time.
he pokes of down the steps and disap-
pears beneath the east gate.
This gate deserves word. The ground
goes down sharply there, so that the
bottom OF the gate is perhaps inches
from the grass.
This space permits even the large dogs
to enter, which they do by sinking their
belly to the ground and dragging them
selves through.
With the larger specimens, this must
Evening star., 1940-07-25

ers as whole will cooperate In any
program to safeguard the jobs Of
men affected by the draft. Insurance
OF national security is as important
to employers as 1t is to employees.
and, with Congress setting an appro-
pirate example, 1t is not to be ex-
pected that they will impair the
training program by imposing any
needless hardship on recruits who
have completed their period OF
service. -
Evening star., 1940-07-25
b seen to be believed. You would no
think, of hand, that they could do 1t.

b seen to be believed. You would not
think, of hand, that they could do It.
80
Dogs which once come to yard have
regular routine they 60 through With.
It Is almost as !! they belonged to .
lodge, or something. In which certain
signs and actions must be performed &C.
cordins to the ritual.
Take the setter, or pointer, or what
ever he Is. A kindly fellow, with good
eyes and plenty Of space between them.
Not like some dogs, with close set eyes.
giving them 4 mean appearance, which
scarcely ever is belied. Beware Of dogs
with eyes set too close together.
This big dog enters at the east, and
makes . ceremonious approach to the
aforementioned bird bath on the west.
Here he slops-there is no other word for
1t, unless slup-until about half the con-
tents of the bath Is gone.
The squirrels do not bother much with
the other creatures.
They have become 10 used to the cats
that they seldom notice them until the
latter approach within 10 feet or less.
Then they run lightly up the maple
tree close by, remaining on the trunk,
on the far side, about three feet up.
This is one Of the squirrels great
tricks. But these rodents are curious
animals, and are not content to stay on
the other side Of the trunk forever, or
even 80 seconds, as far as that goes:
they begin to peer out, cautiously, as soon
as they can stand the strain no longer.
This Is a regular peek-a-boo perform
ance. which they play with human or
animal.
It is interesting, when a squirrel
scampers up q tree, to stand stock still,
as the saying has 1t, and wait for 1t to
look out. You may be sure that this
will be only few seconds. There comes
that big eye, bright and interested.
If you have peanut in your pocket.
here is the time to make friend for life.
Not all specimens will come down to
the ground, then. but now and then one
will, and cautiously proceed to get the
goober.
1t seems to work out, however, in most
such cases, that one never has peanut
In pocket when the right squirrel comes
along. This is one Of these queer little
quirks in life about which one wonders
why must they happen. It extends, OF
course, to al walks Of life. One never
seems to have just the right approach at
the right time.
One fine bird, which never comes to
the seed feeder, but which has been
coming daily to the meat feeder Is the
wood thrush.
We think we may say that feeding
ground beef in an elevated feeding sta
ton will attract this bird.
Certainly anything which will attract
this thrush is q good addition to the
nome yard, for there is positively no bet
ter or prettier songster.
Ground meat will lure the brown
thrasher, too, which some observers call
the big thrush" but which is no thrush
at all. although . very good bird in it,
own right.
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Says England Should
Sue for Peace.


Sue for Peace.
To the Editor OF The star:
Because some Of us favor IN English
acceptance Of the Hitler peace offer We
are called enemies Of England" This II
far from the truth. It is love for Eng.
land, the England Of Shakespeare and
Wordsworth, Of Dickens and Thackeray
and George Eliot, that makes one wish
to see 1t preserved from the horrors that
q continuation Of this conflict is sure to
bring. The English people, I greatly
fear, are resting under . delusion
of invincibility from which they
will have q most horrible awakening If
peace does not come soon. Il England
justified in this stubborn refusal to con-
slider peace suggestions when this per-
sistence means the killing of hundreds Of
thousands Of its young men, the Grip
pling, binding, Of lifelong disdgure-
ment OF hundreds Of thousands more.
and the destruction Of most Of the be-
loved old landmarks Of London and the
countryside? Is the retention of the
former German colonies worth so much
- that? BEN N. CONNEILY,
July q. 4,
Evening star., 1940-07-25

instead of expelling the italian and Ger
man troops from Spain-and war with
both of those powers at that time would
undoubtedly have been successful-Eng-
land, and France chose expediency.
And we see the results today. Had they
been just in each Of these cases at what
ever cost, in the sum total the price
would have been cheap.
At the present time we ourselves are
confronted with similar situation. For
three years Japan has been carrying
on an absolutely unjustifiable war with
China, and she has been conducting it
very largely with American munitions.
China has our sympathy, and Japan
has our munitions. In view Of this lat
ter fact one might suppose that Japan
would be our friend. She is, on the
contrary, as much of an enemy as she
dares to be. She is an enemy because
of our adverse criticism and particularly
because she knows that it is just, what
ever her claims to the contrary. In
spite of our sympathies, however, our
munitions keep on flowing to Japan and
our legislators will not stop them, evi-
IDENTIFY for the same reason that England
and France would not interfere in the
cases Of Manchuria. Ethiopia and Spain,
because 1t is "inexpedient." Whatever
measure Of "appeasement" we venture
with Japan, our relations with her in
the future are certain to be worse 20
long Is she Is dominated by the princi-
Piles Of her present rulers. II we now
60 ahead with our present stupid policy,
we effectively will destroy . potentially
powerful friend In the interest Of an all
too-powerful enemy. and We viii not
have the consolation Of right conduct to
support us. On the contrary we win
have the bitter recollection Of criminal
damage inflicted on one Of our best
friends in defiance of reason, justice and
our own national self H-interest
July 10. JOHN r. sWANTON.