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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
Understood To Be
Diverting Shipping From
The Mediterranean
ARE STAGED
Suggestions For Withdraw.
al OF Expedition From
Norwegian Soil Assailed
BY EDWIN STOUT

LONDON, April 80. 49, Up - The
danger Of italian participation in the
European war forced Britain tonight
to take certain precautions'- un-
derstood to be diversion of shipping
from the MISUNDERSTANDING Brit
ish setbacks in Nroway caused an
opposition attack on apparently =
| spired articles" in the press sug-
costing Allied troop withdrawals
from the central Norwegian battle
fronts.
Late tonight a war office COM
munique made this brief announce
ment:
I'm the Dombas area, the British,
fighting with indomitab1e courage,
have resisted any further advances
by the enemy. North Of Steinkjer
the British troops again proved their
superiority in patrol work, inflicting
heavy casualties on the enemy,
Landings Staged
Fresh landings have taken place
along the coast of Norway"
The communique made no direct
mention Of German announcements
of the capture of Dombas, Or the
forging of a connecting link by Ger
man forces between Oslo and Trond-
helm, which seemed to bring the
Norwegian campaign to a fritical
stage.
If the German assertions are true
it means the British forces south of
Trondheim are isolated.
But tonight Sir Archibald Sin.
clair, liberal leader, hit at those sug-
costing Britain withdraw her expe.
dictionary force from the sector.
Withdrawal, he said, was a policy
which could be justified only if the
military situation were beyond re.
pair.
IF indeed that be the case it
would be criminal to urge the gov
eminent to throw away any more
valuable lives in a hopeless or I;
most hopeless effort to retrieve it
(the military situation), but search
ing questions will have to be asked"
he SAL.
Precautions Disclosed
Britain's precautions in the Medi-
terranean were disclosed in an au-
thoritative statement. It said "pro-
n~ouncements by Italians in RESPONSE
BILE positions and the attitude of the
Italian press have been recently #
such a C haracter as to make it
necessary for His Majesty's govern
ment to take precautions as regards
British shipping which would ncr-
mally pass through the Mediter-
ranean."
The statement added it was hoped
circumstances soon would permit
cancellation of the special precau-
lions.
At the outbreak of the war, until
it was clear Italy was staying non
b~elligerent, Britain routed her ship
ping around the Cape instead Of
through the Mediterranean.
It was not apparent whether the
order tonight applied to all British
shipping using the Mediterranean,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
JONES APPOINTED
TO STATE BOARD
New Hanover Sheriff Nam
ed Commissioner OF Of
ficer's Retirement Fund

RALEIGH, April 30.-(P-Gover-
nor Hoey announced today the ap-
pointment of Sheriff David Jones of
New Hanover county and Captain
charles D. Farmer of the state high
way patrol to the board of commits
sloners of the law enforcement bene-
lit and retirement fund, and the re-
appointment Of Police Chief B. M.
haynes of Cramerton.
They Will serve one-year terms be-
ginning June 30.
The governor explained that he
followed the policy Of naming the
president Of the sheriff association,
The president of the law enforcement
association and an official of the
highway patrol.
Haynes has been reelected presi,
oent OF the law enforcement organi.
2atlon and Jones is the new president
Of the sheriff's group.
Jones succeeds Sheriff Clyde o.
Robinson of CASTOR count yand Cap
tam Farmer follows Major John
armstrong of the highway patrol.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
GERMAN WARPLANE'
FALLS in ENGLAND.
Crashes Into Essex Coastal
Town And Causes About
Forty Casualties

LONDON, May 1.-(Wednesday)
R-One of a group of German
Warplanes roaring to within so
miles of London crashed in an Els.
sex coastal town last night, caus-
ing about 40 casualties.
The plane, which plummeted to
earth while anti-aircraft guns
poured shells into the night sky,
hit with a tremendous explosion
within 400 yards of a hospital,
where the victims were carried.
Several houses were demolished
When the plane, which had been fired
on at sea, fell in flames in a resi-
dental district.
An alarm" message was flashed
following the crash and the towns
services were modified swiftly.
Soldiers aided air raid precautions
units in rescue work.
Physicians working in shirt sleevs
gave first aid to the injured at the
scene.
Air raid precautions workers, de-
molition and rescue parties worked
feverishily in the dim light of the
half-darkness.
"We can only be guided by such
lights as are deemed SAFE" ex-
planned one rescue party official.
All the German crew was killed.
Several smaller explosions follow
ed the first tremendous blast which
shook the town.
While the rescue work still was
under way another plane was
heard overhead and all lights were
ordered extinguished.
A crater made by the first ex-
plosion was described by one eye
witness as large enough to put a
house in"
Three unidentified planes flew
over the Humber river estuary at
low altitude while heavy gunfre
was heard. The Humber has been
a favored objective of German
mine-laying planes in the past.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
Airmen Bomb
Supply Lines OF Allies
ATTACK TRUCK TRAIN
Aerial Circus Ranges Nor
wegian Countryside From
Ocean To Swedish Line
BY j. NORMAN LODGE

FORMOFOSS, Norway, about 20
Miles East of Namsosl April 3o.-R
Field Marshal Hermann Goering's
aerial circus ranged the Norwegian
countryside fro mthe ocean to the
Swedish border on this northern war
front today, bombing and strafing
Allied communications, one truck
train filled with Swedish volunteers
and repeatedly machine-gunned a
Red Cross ambulance train.
While activity in the air contin-
ued undiminished a death-like hush
settled over the land operations, in
dicating, perhaps, the calm before
the storm Of a major offensive.
Begin At Namsos
Beginning at Namsos, British
landing place, the Nazi sdropped
seven bombs, which fell harmlessly
into the ford because newly in
stalled British anti-aircraft guns
made the attackers fly too high for
effective aim.
From Namsos the Germans
swarmed over Grong, railroad point
80 miles to the east, where bombers
and machine-gunners alternated in
the attacks. Grong, many times the
objective Of the Nazis, is experienced
in this sort of thing and escaped
without casualties.
Flying into the Sondola mountains,
the attackers paid a brief visit to
without any shooting;
then they droned over the trail that
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
HIGHWAY Y WORK
STARTED BY STATE
Widening OF Wilmington
Supply Section From Is
To 20 Feet Is Begun

T. T. Belts, division engineer with
the state highway and public works
department, yesterday Informed the
chamber of commerce here that
work Of widening U. S. Highway II
from the causeway at Wilmington
to Supply in Brunswick county from
Is feet to 20 feet has been started.
The letter was in reply to a re-
quest for details on the work from
the local trade body.
At present the highway is only 16
feet wide from Wilmington to Sup.
ply. After the present work is COM
pleted. Belts said that plans are to
top the road with two inches of
sand asphalt.
From the South Carolina line to
Supply, the road at present is 10
feet wide and an outfit is now top.
ping this stretch with sand and as.
phalt.
Highway forces have already wild
ened U. S. "a and rs from the
causeway to Leland and this stretch
will also be topped. The work of
widening the highway is expected to
be completed in about two weeks
but it will require a month or more
to top it, Belts said.
The asphalt topping work will be
done one-half Of the road at a time
so that it will not lie necessary to
maintain q, detOur.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
Hitler Praises Troops In
Norway For Their Ire
mendous Today Drive
EXCEED EXPECTATIONS
Invaders Landing Troops,
Supplies Without Inter.
ference AT Oslo
BY O u P.

BERLIN, April 30-(P-The Ger
man high command tonight stamped
the NaZi conquest of Norway as
virtually won wit hthe linking Of
Oslo and Trondheim by ~green-grey
columns, the capture of strategic
Dombas in between, and control Of
the main rail line from the Nor
wegian capital to the great west
coast port.
Adolf Hitler, himself, sent a spe-
cial order of the day to the German
troops in Norway, praising them
70 rtheir tremendous 20day CAM
paign and it's result: The smashing
of an Allied pincers movement aim
ed at cutting off Trondheim by
thrusts from south and north.
Exceed Expectations
The achievements announced to.
day by the high command were said
i Unauthorized quarters to have ex-
ceeded the fondest expectations Of
German military authorities in view
of the difficulties of the campaign.
IOW CIdL lOllQllSlIu is ScCuIcu
and the German troops there no
longer are dependent on supplies
from sea and air, inspired sources
say no time will be lost in start
ing a c%oncentric attack to sweep
the Allied troops from their foot
hold on the stony midriff of Nor
way.
With the announced capture Of
Dombas, railway junction which
connects with the Allied landing
point of Anda1snes, south of Trond-
helm, the Allied Norwegian forces
in tina tsector are being "%pursued,'
it was stated. For several days
there has been heavy fighting be-
tween Allies and Germans at the
gates of Dombas.
First 0 fal to-day the high COM
mand disclosed that a motorized
TonfirvvoI m Doon Th~ooN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
House Alters.
Then Defeats
Plans, 1866
Representative Throws Tn
Hand In Disgust And
Disowns Proposals
FARMERS AID SOUGHT
Are Scheduled To Consider
Amendments Offered Bv
Labor Committee Today

WASHINGTON, April 3O.-LP-
The Barden amendments to ex-
empt large groups of workers from
the wage-hour law we're voted
down, 1856 to 66, in the house today
after being SO altered and load
ed" with additional legislation
that their author, Rep. Barden D.
NC) threw up his hands in disgust
and disowned them.
The debacle, which came as the
elimination of a long controversy
in which President Roosevelt Wig
orously fought the Barden plan,
opened the way for consideration,
beginning tomorrow, of less sweep
ing amendments offered by the
house labor committee.
Original Provisions
Originally, the Barden program
provided that a score of operations
connected with the processing Of
farm products (such as the canning
of vegetables) should be exempt
from the 30-cents-an-hour minimum
wage and the 42-hour maximum
work week.
Barden offered his plan as an aid
to the farmer, saying that if proc
essors' costs increased, the farmer
got less for his products. Oppon-
ents replied that the plan would be
a blow to 1000, 900 or 1000, 900 low
paid workers, without beneitting
the farmers.
Today the opponents adopted the
policy of tacitly inviting legislators
to put Everything but the kitchen
stove' into Barden's amendments,
with the idea that the more they
contained, the more enemies they
would make. In rapid-ire order,
the chamber approved additional
amendments exempting workers in
all newspapers with calculations
under 5000; small banks and trust
companies; the production Of but
termilk; Gamers who engage part
time in canning certain non-per-
ishable products, etc.
Accept Proposal
In addition, critics OF the BarQen
bill gleefully accepted a proposal
by Rep. Brown CR-Ohio) to make
Barden's exemptions apply only
to the hour standards, not the min
imum wages.
Toward the end of the hectic
day, Barden asserted:
st am not for the Barden bill as
it now IS"
On the showdown, which came
on a standing vote without a roll
call, he voted against the measure,
and so did a number Of others who
supported his bill in its original
form. The vote, however, did not
necessarily mean a complete, final
defeat for Barden, since he will
have a chance to offer his amend
ments one by one when the labor
committees legislation is up for
consideration.
The latter bill provides that
some 16 operations not necessarily
performed on the farm shall be
exempt from the hour standards
Obut not the wage minimum). Like
the Barden measure it would also
exempt certain white collar work
ers, along with all employees in
Puerto Rico and the Virgin islands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
NAH TROOPS CONNECT
OSLO AND RONDHEM
AND CAPTURE DOMBAS
Reward Of 81 100000
Is Offered For Hitler
By Institute Leader

NEW YORK, April 3o-R-
A reward of 1000, 900 in cash for
the delivery of Adolf Hitler
alive, unwounded and unhurt,
into the custody of the League
OF Nations was offered tonight
by Samuel Harden Church, presi.
dent of the Carnegie Institute.
His offer, made in good faith"
in behalf of a group of Pitts
burgh residents, was outlined in
the following letter to the New
York Times.
I'm order to prevent further
bloodshed and outrage in this
war of the German aggression,
L am authorized by competent
Americans to offer a reward of
$l,OOO,OOO to be paid in cash to
the person Or persons who will
deliver Adolf Hitler, alive, un-
wounded and unhurt, into the
custody of the League of Nations
for trial before a high court of
justice for his crimes against the
the peace and dignity of the
world. This proposal will stand
good through the month of
May, 194O."
Signed) Samuel Harden Church
president, the Carnegie In.
stitute."
Church, in Pittsburgh, said in
a telephone interview with the
Times, that the time limitation
was made in order to insure that
seekers after the reward would
act quickly.
He said the decision to post
the $1,000, 900 reward was reach
ed by a Pittsburgh group after
they had received private advices
from Europe that Hitler would
strike soon on the western front
in an attempt to break through,
eve nat the cost of 500, 900 Ger
man lives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
q French Boats Quit
Danube For Istanbul

BUCHAREST, April 30-RAThe
Allied campaign to cripple Ger
many's Danube trade was advanc-
ed a step further today when q
French-owned barges and tugs left
the river enroute to Istanbul.
Other river craft under Allied
control were concentrated at Sui
ina. Rumania, ready to leave the
Danube at a moments notice.
More than 300 barges and tugs
leased or purchased by Allied
agents during the winter to keen
them out of the Nazi service were
reported sent to Istanbul in recent
weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
Postal Inspector Takes
Stand Against Whelchel

GAINESVILLE, Ca, April 30
P-Government attorneys worked
Today on foundation evidence in
Ihe federal court trial of Rep. B.
FRANK Whelchel D-Ga.), charged
Nlth selling letter carrier and post
lidsler Jobs in his rural North
Georgia district.
Postal Inspector M. H. Alderman,
~ clarge Of the Atlanta division,
eesIlled yesterday that the con-
slessman told him he had collect
~ s5'zoo in campaign contribu-
nols from persons he helped get
sosernment jobs. Whelchel, the in
bp pr SAID. insisted the contri-
ed I'lohs were voluntary and offer
e0 10 show his records.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
North Wilmington Area
Bus Service Is Resumed

Bus service to North Wilmington
was resumed yesterday following a
petition from 1865 residents presented
to the county commissioners and
following a conference with Tide
Water Power company officials by
a committee from the county board.
Harry Gardner and Addison Hew-
lett composed the committee.
The North Wilmington residents
objected to the discrimination OF
the service and to the fact that
transfers to city lines were made
at the corner of Fourth and Nixon
streets, in the center Of a negro
district.
The power company officials said
the service will be maintained DUR
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01

air tour o fthe state in approx
mately 200 light planes. Hamil-
ton asked that the Wilmington
Jaqcees extend its aid in max.
ing arrangements for the visit.
The Letter stated the 200 filters
propose to tour the state dur
ing the week, arriving in Will
mington on Saturday, June %
and remaining over until Sum
day, June %, spending the night
at WrightsviIel Beach.
Arrangements will consist
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01

ing the mornings and afternoons
hereafter and the line will extend
into the business section, rather
than transferring at Fourth and
Nixon.
With this addition, bus service is
nov available to practically all parts
Of Wilmington and New Hanover
county.
The power company shut off the
service t. North Wilmington when
it discontinued it's beach car service
and instituted buses in it's place.
But the residents Of the section i'm
mediately filed a petition with the
county board with a request that &C.
ton be taken.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
JUNIOR CHAMBER WILL SPONSOR VISIT
OF CAROLINA AERO CLUB ON JUNE d

The Junior Chamber of Com
merce, at ameeti ng of the
membership last night, laid pre-
liminary plans for bringing
about the visit of 200 members
of the Carolina Aero club and
their airplanes to Wilmington
and Wrightsville Beach on the
weekend of June 20.
The club received a letter
from j. HI. Hamilton, chairman
of a committee in the Aero club
making arrangements for All
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01

chiefly of making plans for
transportation and hotel ac-
comodations for the group. A
committee will be appointed from
among the Jaycee members to
work on the project. James
Pennington was made chairman
and other members will be des;g-
mated later.
Further steps were taken to-
ward the staging of a mammoth
Charter night observance when
a committee was appointed to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
THREE KILLED

BENTON, Ark, April 20. I'D
Three persons were killed and at
least five persons hurt tonight when
a tornado struck a sparsely settled
rural area southeast of here. The
dead were Elijah Hicks, about So,
farmer; his daughter, Miss Elsie
Hicks, %, and Mrs. Sophie Miller, 27.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01

make all arrangements. It is
composed of L. C. LeGwin, Jr.,
chairman, w. A. Paterson, Bob
Montgomery, Lansing Brown,
and Luke Mailer,
The body expressed thanks to
te members of the committee
staging the air show Sunday
afternoon.
After adjournment of the
meeting of the membership, a
Continued on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
THIRD PARTY MOVE
CHARGED TO LEWIS
Green Says Clio Leader
Wants To Organize Group
And Become Candidate

PITTSBURGH, April 30.1R-
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor in a
fiery address today declared CIO
Chieftain John l.. Lewis was at.
tempting to organize a third party
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
PEOPLE IN ALL
WALKS OF LIFE 49,.

From the farm to the 400 shop
through the Star and News
Want Ads.
Every household can save by
shopping the various For Sale
Want Ads. For next to nothing
you can furnish an extra room
or servants quarters it
will pay you to make a daily
habit of reading the Want Ads.
And don't forget the Want Ads
will also help you sell those dis
carded household goods which
YOU are no longer using.
To Find the Best Bargains
Read the Want Ads
To Get Quickest Results
Use the Want Ads
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-01
WEATHER

yon., FORECAST
Tbnratdn larolina: Showers Wednesday
and ron partly cloudy, cooler in west
endi chronological data for the "a hour.
''o p; m. Yesterday.
1.9n Temperature
III. %. a m; 81; 7:3o a. m. So: lao n
minimnn '2o p. m. 81; maximum Is.
l"pm 40; mean go; normal es. ~
1:30 Humidity
In. %. d; m. 70; 7:3O a. m. "a. 20 -
1870 p. m. Is. LOU p
Tota, Precipitation
none. lor "A hours ending 7:3o n m
2,39 ipc e6fal since first of the month
Tides For Today
'Hsfon - SOFA SOFA Low
Nasonboro Inlet 5:3op 12:22p
rise POE o:23a; sunset e:55p. wo a1p
moonset 1:54p.
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Evening star., 1940-07-06
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Dy AAAoAN&N o4N W.
Billy Mink had gone up the
Laughing Brook, feeling most un-
comfortable. Grandfather Frog had
watched him go. When Billy Mink
was out of sight Grandfather Frog
suddenly smiled to himself. Then
he opened his big mouth very wide
and laughed and laughed without
making a sound.
Pretty soon Grandfather Frog
beckonhd to the Merry Little Breezes
who were playing on the bank. At
once they stopped teasing the but
tercups and daisies and hurried to
gather around Grandfather Frog
as he sat on his big green nlypad
In the Smiling Pool.
"Chugarum!" said Grandfather
Frog. How would you like a story?"
The Merry Little Breezes clapped
their hands and danced for 10y.
Ever and ever and ever so much,
Grandfather Frog!" they all cried
together.
AL right, you shall have it, it,
Grandfather Frog paused and his
eyes twinkled.
IF what, Grandfather Frog?"
cried one of the Merry Little
Breezes anxiously.
IF you will do favor for me-"
replied Grandfather Frog.
"Of course we will, Grandfather
Frog! OF course we will" shouted
the Merry Little Breezes.
Then Grandfather Frog whispered
to the Merry Little Breezes and
sent them hurrying over the Green
Meadows and through the Green
Forest.
One found Happy Jack Squirrel.
"Grandfather Frog invites you to
be at the Big Hickory Tree by the
Smiling Pool at sundown tonight,
and he says be ready to climb your
fastest" said the Merry Little
Breeze.
Happy Jack smiled. IT will be
there" he said.
Another Merry Little Breeze
hunted until he found Peter Rabbit
Grandfather Frog invites you to
come to the Smiling Pool at sun
down and be ready to show how
fast you can rum" said the Merry
Little Breeze.
II will be there!" said Peter Rab-
bit with a chuckle.
A third Little Breeze invited
Johnny Chuck to come and show
how he can dig and a fourth Little
Breeze invited Jumper the Hare to
come and show how he can Jump
The other Merry Little Breezes in
vited all the rest of the little
meadow people and forest folks to
be at the Smiling Pool at sundown
and. OF course, everybody agreed to
come.
All this time Billy Mink knew
nothing of what Grandfather Frog
and the Merry Little Breezes were
doing. He had boasted that he
could do anything that any of the
others could do and Grandfather
Frog said that could find some one
who could do something that Billy
Mink couldn't do and had called
Billy Mink a boaster.
Just now Billy Mink was waiting
for sundown and feeling very un-
comfortable as he waited. He would
have felt more uncomfortable had
he known of Grandfather Frogs
invitations.
Evening star., 1940-07-06
Rhodes Fund to Aid
Indian Doctor

The Rhodes trustees have made
striking departure by making grant
of 5000 toward the cost of an In
dian doctors training. He is the
son of Bishop Azariah and at pres
ent is working with a medical mis-
sion in South India. DR.. Azariah
will be sent to Europe for a course
of training in a hospital Although
he will not go as a Rhodes scholar,
he is the first Indian to receive q
grant from the Rhodes Fund, &C.
cording to Bombay report.
Evening star., 1940-07-06
THE EVENINGS HIGH LIGHTS

THE EVENINGS HIGH LIGHTS
6oopmWJsv Peoples Platform; Representative young
cans interviewed to give their opinion compulsory
military
7:oopmWJsV Sky Blazers: Damatizaton aerial
bombardment in the 1912 Turkish Bulgarian War
500 pm-WRC, National gang holds circus
party with Billy Hill 12-year-old singing cowboy as
guest artist.
$50 pm-WOL, American Choral Festival Mozart Opera
series having ended, Alfred Walensein begins new
series of classic
$50 pmWMAL Melody in the Night:
and the vocal chorus present interpretations
and ballads
1000 pm-WOL, Old Dominion Talent from the
surrounding country is heard in
Alexandria.
SHORT-WAVE PROGRAM
6:s5pm-BUDAPEsT Hungarian Music HATS meg m
700 pm-MOSCOW Broadcast in English, RV96 meg,
919 M; RNE, IL 25
S:O5 pm-TOKIO Popular songs, JLS2, 1874 meg, 1853
S:15 pm-LONDON, Dispatch From the Front" GSD
255 Csc, 958 meg, 313
$40 pm.-ROME Program organized Federation Business
and Professional Women, EROS, 2RO4, M;
FROG, 1851 m.
1000 pm.-ROME News, 2RO3 3115 NJ; M; 2Ro6
1851 m.
1o5 pm-LONDON In Town Tonight" Csc, e58 meg, m.
1880 pmBERLIN "FIot Of the Wire" s6 meg,
DJD, 11.77 meg, 254 m.
1100pm-GUATEMALA Dance music with the marimba
National Police Force, TGWA 1858 meg, 81 m.
Evening star., 1940-07-06
POINTS FOR PARENTS

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
For the sake OF children's o1Dn
happiness as iDeH as their seruice to
others, 1De should encourage coop
GRAFTON, rather than competition.