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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
7umanians Confiscate
Polish Gold Deposits

BUCHAREST, May S.-R-The
Rumanian government today decreed
seizure of all Polish gold now de-
posted in the Rumanian National
bank.
Ministers explained that the gold
would be applied on Polish debts
to Rumania as we'll as to the up
keen of Polish soldiers and civilians
who fled here from the German
Russian invasion and partition OF
Poland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
Ap Writer. Describes
Fighting In Norway

assured me they had no intention
of leaving, They told me to get
some sleep. But before I C o u | d
close an eye, I was ordered to pack
my Kit and be ready. We were
set to sail May 8.
Streaming up the road from the
Steinkjer front about so miles south
of Namsos, we entered the port as
a terrific bombing was taking
place.
1ncendiary bombs set fire to the
whole waterfront, with swift pur.
suit planes internationally swooping
down on the ghostly city to strafe
the roads with machine guns.
To fool the Germans, the French
had sent trucks toward the front
while their soldiers, on foot, were
leaving it. All the trucks were
empty and, arriving at secluded
spots, they were smashed, their
tires slashed and their gas tanks
riddled. The chauffeurs walked
back, too.
Immediately after the French
had Withdrawn, the British receiv.
ed orders to proceed to the docks.
Leaving behind equipment, person
al belongings and much material
which had arrived only that after.
noon, the troops began embarking
Various regiments which hao
abandoned the Steinkjer front I'm.
der forced march through knee.
deep snow covered So kilometers
(about 80 miles, in less than Il
hours.
Dogtired, they boarded the trans.
ports in the eerie light of burning
supplies and Topped where they
could on every deck.
The last aboard were the COM
manding officers and three Ameri-
cans-two newsreel cameramen
and myself.
Our heavily-laden ship was i'm
properly trimmed and we had an
anxious moment when we found
her nose was stuck in the mud OF
the ford. Hastily herding the
troops after and ordering full
speed astern, the British pulled the
ship out of the mud and she Joined
the homeward-bound convoy.
1t still was light when we left.
No German planes were in sight.
But peace was not for us.
Just after a breakfastless early
morning departure, the first Heink.
els appeared and the cannonading
began. Bombs dropped all around
the convoy ships, especially ours
which was the flagship.
One bomb apparently a 500
pounder-fell less than so yards
astern-so close it's splash fell on
the afterdeck.
Not content with that miss, three
more Heinkels dropped a series OF
chaplet bombs - small incendiary
mlsslles-which formed a perfect
spray framing the ship.
Fire from accompanying ships
fell on either side of us and it
seemed as though they m i e h
spray our decks with falling shot.
The troops were ordered inside and
the doors battened.
Under Cover
I and the American cameramen.
Fox-Movietone's Benny Powell and
Paramount's Arthur Menken-re-
manned as much under cover as
we could but still on deck, they
grinding out a pictorial history
while I made notes-of which 1
was relieved promptly by the adj
miralty when I arrived in Britain.
The bombings continued. We
were paid 80 visits in all with
from IS to 20 bombs on e a C h
visit.
Our ship alone fired more than
100 three-inch shells and several
thousand rounds of machine gun
bullets.
Seemingly from nowhere a dive
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
BRITAIN ADMITS
6 TRAVELLERS SUNK
Naval Vessels Were Among
Those Bombed During
Norway Withdrawal

LONDON, May Subtitle ad-
miralty tonight announced that six
British naval trawlers had been lost
during the Allied armies withdraw
al from the Trondheim area in Nor
way.
Two of the trawlers sank after
air attacks. The other four were
so damaged by air raiders that it
was thought not advisable for them
to attempt to cross the North Sea
and they were sunk by the British.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

money if he "a change his dollars
into pounds at the lower, or free
Market rate.
Late in March, however, the Brit.
ish government ruled that all the
empires exports of tin, rubber, jute,
jute products and Scotch whisky
must be paid for via the official
$4.02 rate. These are products on
which the empire has virtually a
monopoly. Last year, the United
States bought $250,O00 900 worth of
them. New ruling means that an
American out to buy a pound ster.
ling worth of rubber, for instance,
must pay $4.O2 for it instead of 1885.
ARGENTINE MUST
BUY BRITISH"
In addition, Britain is trying a
new stunt in South America. When
goods from Argentina are sold in
Britain, the sterling exchange thus
obtained is frozen" and can't be
used for any purpose except to buy
British goods for import into Ar
gentina.
The drive to increase U. S. ex
ports to South America rested large
ly on the hope that v e if a natior
like Argentina couldn't boost its
sales to the U. S. it could use for
eign exchange obtained by it's ex
ports to Britain to pay for more U
S. goods. Thus, it was hoped, the
United States could get a big share
of the trade formerly held by Ger
many.
Freezing of exchange with the Ar
gentine kills that hope. This may b.
significant for other Latin nations
CAA JUGGLING
WORRIES CONGRESSMAN
congressman interested in com
mercial aviation are puzzled and {
bit worried by the new reorganiza
ton order which abolishes the All
Safety Board and puts the Civi
Aeronautics Authority back in thu
Department of Commerce.
One value of the old setup wa!
that Air Safety was Independent
and, if it chose, could even blame {
crash on a defective regulation o.
CAA itself. Ut never did, though i
has recommended changes in some
CAA regulations.) Now its job will
be done by CAA.
More important, CAA was beyond
political pressure. With its admins
traitor due to be virtually a bureau
head in commerce, the way has beer
opened-in theory, aIyway-for pc,
litical control.
TOWNSEND PLAN
WINS SMILES
Not without significance was the
friendly reception the TOWNSEND
Plan got in the senate the other day
when Senator Downey moved for ar
investigation of the plan and it,
gross income tax proposal. Not only
were kind words said about the plar
publicly, which could be mere vote
catching devices, but in private
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
In Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, May 8. - 1t had
been announced that Cecil DeMille,
with his cast and his crew and his
personal encourage, would go to the
mountains. But Hollywood is not
surprised to find that the noun.
tains are coming to Cecil DeMille.
Not only the mountains, but the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

late May and early in June, should
consult their physicians about the
possibility of vaccine therapy right
now. This is the time to take ad.
vice about the possibility of pre-
vention of the type of hay fever
caused by the grasses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
LONDON DRIVERS
OUT ON STRIKE
Walkout OF Bus, Trolley
Men Paralyzes Trans
port Facilities

LONDON, May S.-R-A light
ming strike OF 500 trolley and bus
drivers and conductors paralyzed
London transport this morning.
Thousands of employees in arma-
ment factories, other industries and
offices reported late for work.
The strike was decided upon over
night following complaints of trans
port workers over new summer
schedules for trolley and bus lines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
Abit Nix Will Speak
At Rotary Convention

ROCKY MOUNT, May s.-tR-
The 1s9th district conference of
Rotary International began today.
Principal speaker at a fellowship
dinner tonight will be Abit Nix
of Athens, Ga. Governor Hoev will
speak tomorrow and officers will
be elected during a business ses-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

Directly and indi-
rect1y, the plan is
likely to be costly
% American bust
ness.
The pound ster
ling is pegged at
$4.02, but in the
free m a r k e t S"
outside of England
it can be bought
Cor $685., or there
ahouts. An Amer
lean trader buying
British goods for
m p ort naturally
gets more for his
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
Daniels
Plans Official Call

MEXICO CITY, May S.-R-
United States Ambassador Josephus
Daniels was scheduled to call at
the foreign office today before de-
parting for Washington, and Ra-
leigh, N. c., on a vacation trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniels planned to
take tonight's train for Washing
ton. After a few days there, they
will go to Raleigh. They will be
gone about a month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

forest primeval.
Trees, from 500 to
500 of them, and
$50 to 80 feet tall,
are taking tempo
cary places in the
u%nfriendly, hard
baked soil of the
Paramount 10 t,
and are even
perching on the
roofs of big sound
stages all over the
lot.
Creation Of an
artificial wilder
ness wouldn't be
60 in
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

william Lloyd Garrison, Tho
litionist at one time, was '0N
the National Philantbroa %
hrst paper published in Ar. M
Tor the promotion of total abS.a I'''
ton from liquor. 'efnp'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, May S.-vitally
needing dollars and unable to borrow
any, Great Britain has set out to get
them by currency manipulation and
renewed competition in foreign trade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
Carolina
News Shorts
By The Associated Press

GASTONIA-U. S. Senator Bur
ton K. Wheeler (D-Mont) will be
the principal speaker at the second
annual Ladies Night dinner of the
Gastonia Junior Chamber of Com
e tomorrow night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
FIREMEN'S SCHOOL

CHARLOTTE-The North Carroll.
ma firemen's school will open here
Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
SCHOOL BONDS

NEWTON-Catawba county will
issue $97, 900 worth of school build
ing bonds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
SAFETY CONFERENCE

WINSTON-SALEM - The North
Carolina Safety conference will be
held here Monday through Wednes-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
BOND ISSUE

CATAWBA-A $4,000 bond issue
to finance construction of a sewer
system was approved in an election
here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
DEDICATION

COLUMBIA-Smith w. Purdum,
fourth assistant postmaster general,
will be the principal speaker at the
dedication of a postoffice here to-
morrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
DR.. JINGLE

RED SPRINGS DIR. Walter L.
Lingle, president Of Davidson col
lege, will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon at Flora Macdonald college
May 26.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
MANUFACTURERS

ASHEVILLE-The American Gear
Manufacturers association will meet
here May 1922.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
d LEADER

UDC LEADER
coNcoRD-Mrss. Guy M. Beaver
of Concord was elected district man
ager of the North Carolina division
of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy here yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
NEW MAYOR

NEWTON-George r. Powell ha
become mayor here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

adequate space, of which there is
plenty hereabout. But the crowded
Paramount lot is surrounded by
apartment buildings and power lines.
contains a 200-foot water tower and
is neighbored by another belonging
to RKO.
Over near the west wall enough
permanent sets have been torn
out to make an open space OF
slightly more than six acres. This
area, which already has been oc-
cupied by a log fort and a French
Canadian town for the filming of
North West Mounted Police" now
is about to contain an Indian vii
lage in a clearing bordered by dense
pines, rocky cliffs and distant peaks.
All the surrounding structures and
other bits Of urban scenery must
be completely masked from DeMille's
cameras-the towers by carefully.
placed trees, the adjoining sound
stage buildings by tremendous ex-
panses of falsework which will be
plastered and painted to look like
cliffs.
SAWED-OFF TREES
PORTABLE MOUNTAINS
This is dandy except that it does
not provide much in the way of
vista. Set designers thought it would
be nice to show treetops and maybe
a snow-covered peak Dr. two in the
distance. And so, hundreds of yards
away, they're erecting sawed-oft
trees on the tops of buildings, and
the plaster department is designing
a portable mountain top.
The trees are bought and felle6
in the San Bernardino mountains
and trucked about 60 miles to the
studio. The state Highway depart
ment is raising Cain about tieups
caused on mountain roads, and RKC
is plaintively protesting that its
main motor gate has been blocked
for hours while huge trees are jock.
eyed through Paramount's ives
gate.
Within, there's a Gathering ma
chine that bores holes six feet into
the hard ground, and two snorting
behemoths with 6o-foot cranes are
picking up trees and putting theil
bases into the holes. It's a sight
to thrill all Observation-Disclosures and
steam-shovel kibitzers.
1t seems incredible, but the stu
dio contends that all this is being
done to save money. DeMille haG
intended taking his company into
the klamath Falls country of Ore
gon for about two weeks shooting.
But Technicolor is exacting about
light conditions. and variable wealth
err might keep a lot of high-priceG
people on location for two months
Even on cloudy days in his Holly
wood forest, DeMille can say, Let
there be light !"-and the electri
clans will turn on dozens of sun
arcs.
Inside Stage Is, which serves as
Paramount's ocean but is now dry,
DeMille has created a smaller for
est glade which is partly full size.
partly miniature and with a paint
ed cycloramic backdrop showing
snowy mountains at a great dis
lance. In the foreground are tall
pines and hemlocks cut off at the
roof.
The scene they're shooting is the
flight from their homes of settlers
chased by a guerilla band of half
breeds. People hurry along the
crude road with a few possessions
on their backs or in wheel-barrows.
The camera is suspended on a crane
behind two plodding horses, as il
the audience were riding on the seat
of a wagon. But the horses aren't
going anywhere. They're harnessed
to a heavy ring in the floor, and
they're walking on a treadmill.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19
CHECK UP ON YOUR
PHYSICAL RESOURCES
State Dept. of Health Adj
vises You To Find Out
"Where YOu Stand"

IF you have not had a complete
physical goin~-1ver recently. treat
yourself to one, before the New
Year gets much older" is the adj
vice of DR.. r. H. Riley Director
OF the State Department of Health
to grnWn-uns in Maryland.
Find out how you stand" he
said. so far as your physical re-
sources are concerned This is au-
diting time in the business world
- it is equally important to have
a periodical inspection Of ones
health assets and liabilities and
to budget ones physical resources
and activities in accordance with
the findings.
so, go to your doctor and your
dentist - unless you have had 1t
done recently - for a thorough
checking up. If you have been
0verdrawing your health account.
or if your reserve supply is low
and needs careful watching, they
can advise you as to the best
ways of building up, or of conserv-
ing. what you have
Nationwide surveys by the u
S. Public Health Service and
other health agencies have shown
steady and disQuieting increase
in illness and deaths from chronic
ailments, not only among the Older
age groups but beginning with
those in early adult life The
steady increase in recent years, in
illness and deaths in the Older
groups from what are known as
the degenerative diseases-heart
disease, diseases of the kidneys.
cancer, cerebral hemorrhage. die
betes and diseases of the arteries
all Of which are particularly as
sOciated with persons in middle
age or older, has focused atten-
ton on these diseases and made
them more and more a matter #
concern to all health authorities.
"A very special reason for the
periodical medical check-up is the
opportunity it gives for the early
detection of a chronic or degen-
erative disease before it has be-
come firmly established. Nearly
all Of these diseases develop very
SLOWLY. The majority can be rec
ognized even in the earliest
stages, in the course of thorough
medical examination. Early dis
cOvery may not make complete re-
r cOvery possible. But in very many
instances there are strong chances
for favorable outcome. Prompt
treatment and a REIMBURSEMENT of
activities under the direction and
regular supervision of the family
doctor will do much to check the
progress of a disabling handicap.
prevent suffering and prolong life
and usefulness.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19
HEADQUARTERS OPENED

The campaign headquarters of
the Washington County Girl
Scouts Council has been opened at
40 East Washington street, and
will be open each day from / to 5
P. NJ. until the conclusion of the
financial campaign the first week
in February Mrs. James S. Webb
is general chairman of the cam
paign.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19
COOLIDGE TABLE MANNERS

\ breakfast guest at the White
House during the Coolidge ad-
ninistration. was astonishGd to
zee the President pour his coffee
rom cup II sauces, says an ex-
change The President added
.ream and sugar in the sauces,
nd tasted the mixture with his
po1n. The guest was about to
y likewise when Mr.. Coolidge
ct tie saucer on the floor for
the dog.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19
WHAT A LETTER SHOULD BE
dimes carved on the u. S. Post
Office in Washington

Messenger of Sympathy and
Love.
Servant of Parted Friends,
CONSIDER of the Lonely,
Bond of the Scattered Family,
Enlarger of the Common Life,
Carrier of News and Knowledge
Instrument of Trade and Industry,
Promoter of Mutual Acquaintance,
Of Peace and Good Will
Among Men and Nations"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19
A PRAYER IN VERSE

Make me too brave to lie or be
unkind,
Make me too understanding, too,
The little hurts companions give
and friends,
The careless hurts that no one
quite intends.
Make me too thoughtful to hurt
others so.
Help me to know
The inmost hearts of those for
whom | care,
Their secret wishes, all the loads
they bear,
That I may add my courage to
their own.
Nav | make lonely folks feel less
And happier ones a little happier,
yet
May I forget
What ought to be forgotten and
recall
Unfailing all
That ought to be recalled, each
kindly thing,
Forgetting what might sting.
To all upon my way
Day after day
Let me be Joy, be hope. Let my
life sing.
Mary Carolyn Davies.
1T DAYS TO AnNERTICE
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19

A man identified as Joseph Con-
way was found in Buffalo suffer
ing from loss of memory, but he
will be in a worse fix if he regains
it. Ten women in four different
states claim that they are married
to him.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19

A tired driver in Newark dozed
at his wheel while waiting for a
red light to change to green
When awakened by a policeman he
was told that the light was a red
lantern placed over an excavation
In the street.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19
BUSINESS MAN RETIRES

John X. Berger, prominent
'hambersburg business man and
ormer chairman of the Franklin
Iounty Democratic Committee,
as retired from business after a
;trenuOus career of 43 years.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19

What a woman needs at various
ages is thus described by an ex-
change: From birth until Is, good
parents; from 16 to 40, good looks:
from 40 to 60, good personality,
and from 60 on-cold cash.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19
For Thy Names Sake

But do thou for me, o God the
Lord, for thy names sake; because
thy mercy is good, deliver thou n e.
.'.r | am poor and needy. and my
- is wounded within me.-psalin
10
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19

The last great war-1914191S-
ten million soldiers killed thirty
million helplessly wounded and
manned.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19


The nations of the earth and their
leaders are engaged in struggle
to determine which land and which
leader is to be the greatest. They
may attempt to conceal their real
motive under a cloak of high-mind-
ed and well-sounding detectives. but
essentially the reason for their
struggle is the desire to be great.
To them greatness means size,
strength, wealth. and position. 1t
means that also to the average man
on the street. What a pity it is that
such is the case and that such a
vicious and erroneous philosophy of
life has been permitted to make its
way even into the Church.
The worlds ideas of greatness are
entirely opposite to Gods standards.
Gods people ought to learn what
His ideals of life are and to live in
accordance with them even in an
unbelieving world. Both they and
the world would be astonished at the
result
1. Dying for Others wv. 17-10.
With surprising clarity and de-
tail the Lord Jesus once more re-
Vealed TO His disciples that He was
on His way to Jerusalem to die and
to arise again. 1t is we'll worth
while to note that apart from divine
foreknoWledge and inspiration it
would have been utterly impossible
for Him to give these facts in such
exact detail.
The point we wish to stress is
that the Son of God was steadfastly
approaching the death Of Calvary.
He had no desire to live for self,
to crafty His own wishes, to prolong
His life, or to improve His position
in the world. He had come to do
but one thing, the will of God, even
to the shameful death of the cross,
there to bear your sins and mine.
Let us give ourselves in loyal de-
votion to our dying and risen Lord.
ii. Living for Self wv. 2O-2Q.
Were it not written for us to read.
we could hardly believe that the
two disciples, James and John, who
were so very near to our Lord, and
their mother, who was a woman of
earnest faith and sacrifcial service
to God, would be guilty of such an
expression of selfishness, especially
in that sacred hour when He had
spoken of His approaching death.
Disregarding what Jesus had said
about His sufferings, they apparent
ly could think only of His coming
glory, and in thinking of that they
could only covet for themselves the
chief places. What strange mix
ture of faith in Christ and an over
whelming desire for self-glory!
Perchance some of us have served
Christ with a selfish desire for per-
sonal glory and position putting it.
self forward to influence our think
ing and acting. Perhaps we do not
see it in ourselves, but are like the
other disciples who, seeing this hate
full thing in John and James, were
repealed by it, even as we despise il
in others. It may be that the dis.
ciples were only angry because they
had not thought to make the request
for themselves.
III. Finding True Greatness (vv
1928.
Rulers" greatness exercise
authority" - how modern these
...nrIc frn,,n rrnrcn oS cnl1n6l They
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19

1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE GLOBE
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19
A FEW MORE LEFT!

Frederic j. Haskin SAYS that al
bnugh there are now only about
'alf as many horses and mules as
here are motor vehicles in the
TniteI States. it is an interesting
thought for the city dweller who
seldom sees a horse that there
still is horse or mule for every
two families in the country.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19
Lesson for January FL

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19
A NEW STANDARD OF
GREATNESS

LESSON TEXT-Matthew 20:17-28.
GOLDEN TEXT-While we were yet
sinners, Christ died for uS.-Romans SD.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-01-19

Put up again thy sword into
his place for all they that take
he sword shall perish with the
word Matt 26:52.