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Evening star., 1940-04-16

Fredrikstad and Moss had no Nor
wegian soldiers. One company OF
Germans could occupy these towns
and countless others as easily as a
company of American regulars could
occupy Stamford, Conn.,, or VIM
netka, ILL.,, at this moment. Much
easier, IN fact, because the Nor
wegian police have no weapons.
Everywhere en- route to the bor-
der we saw clusters Of ablebodied
men in towns and villages, but they
were standing around, not knowing
what to do. We did see four strong
farm boys carrying suitcases, OBJ
viously wanting to get somewhere.
But we saw only these four and
they did not know that two Ger
man columns had already cut by
them on the main road. You got
the impression that the people of
Southern Norway, simple and be-
wildered, had no leadership and
either thought it was too late to
fight or did not know how to reach
their army. Whatever the reasons
may have been, German occupation
in all this territory was a pushover
and we did not see one lone minute
man with rifle in hand to give pause
to the invaders.
100000 Troops Needed.
I was told that Norwegian peas
ants are patriotic and would want
to fight. If this is accurate and
II the government forces have weap-
ons to give them, then some real
resistance may be built up in Gen.
tral Norway, 100 to 200 miles north
Of Oslo. providing the army proves
to have organizing powers and a
hghting heart. The truth Is that
nobody knows the answer to these
questions.
In any case, however, the allies
would be foolhardy to delay sending
strong expeditionary force a
single minute in the hope that the
answers may prove Affirmative. The
Norwegians may not have munitions
with which to resist more than a
week or two, or they may not be
spiritually capable of any prolonged
resistance. Which of the two is the
case does not matter much because
Norway cannot be saved for the
allied cause or even for itself by the
Norwegians.
My observations inside Norway
make 1t appear indisputable that
only Anglo French intervention
with 100000 or more troops can save
Norway for the allies-but the
western powers must now move much
faster than they have ever moved
at any moment, automatically or
militarily, during the past eight
years.
(copyrisht 1910. Chicago Daily News. 1ne.)
Evening star., 1940-04-16

Owen D. Young Heads
Advisers for Clinic
Al Rochester u.
Theme Of Discussions
Will Be New Frontiers
In American Life
1y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, April 10
Owen D. Young, honorary board
chairman Of the General Electric
Co., heads IL business and profess
sional leaders who will participate
in the University Of Rochester's May
10 clinic on New Frontiers in
American Life"
The clinic is designed to bring
to light new frontiers which college
men and women may attack with
enthusiasm and courage" as well
as ito evaluate the efficiency of
higher education in preparing youth
to achieve them"
Mr.. Young, chairman of the
clinics advisory council, and other
executives will meet with students.
faculty, alumni and vocational coun-
selors at the conference. Other
leaders accepting invitations thus
far include:
David Sarno6, president, Radio
Corp. OF America; David M. Good
rich, board chairman, B. F. Good
rich Co.; Clarence Francis, president,
General Foods Corp; Juan Trippe,
president, Pan-American Airways:
Rufus E. Zimmerman, vice president,
U. S. Steel Corp; Langbourne w.
Williams, president, Freeport Sui
phur Co.
John ]. Pelley, president, Associa-
ton OF American Railroads; Fred
erick E. Williamson, president, New
York Central Railroad; Hortense M.
Odlum, president, Bonwit Teller,
New York City; Mary Van Kleeck,
director Of industrial studies, Rus
sell Sage Foundation, and Arthur
Hoadley, Midwestern manager,
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Stockholm
Continued From First Page.)

dering the Norwegian army and the
public not to resist.
2. All military buildings and
coastal fortresses to be delivered in
tact to Germany.
3. All communications to be main-
tained at Germany's disposition.
4. Export of war materials from
Norway to be halted.
S. All radio stations to be turned
over to Germany and the press in
structed to carry only information
approved by German authorities.
6. Suspension Of all maritime
commerce and commercial air serv-
Ice, with the understanding that
shipping to German and neutral
Baltic ports might be resumed later
7. Delivery to Germany of charts
showing the location of all Nor
wegian mine fields.
The Norwegian government also
broadcast last night to Norwegian
ships at sea or in neutral ports a
warning to disregard any instruc-
tions purporting to come from their
owners in German-occupied Oslo.
kilograms which you receive
from Norway signed by the owners
are dispatched by German authori-
ties" the warning said. Orders
received from the Norwegian Lega-
ton Qn Washington, D. c. or
broadcast over the British broad
casting station are authentic.
Masters on the high seas may
contact the nearest allied naval au-
thorities and ought to avoid calling
at neutral ports"
Norwegian soldiers fleeing across
the southern frontier into Sweden
told correspondents they had been
betrayed by their officers and were
prevented by lack of equipment from
putting up fight.
without Food q Week.
Many Of the soldiers said they had
been without food since the German
invasion began week ago. They
said conditions in Southeastern Nor
way, from which most of the peas
ants already have fled, was serious
due to lack of food and other neces-
sary supplies.
Swedish authorities announced
that the crews of seven Norwegian
planes which had crossed the from.
tier and landed in Sweden had beer
tnterned.
Sweden continued to take strict
precautionary measures to guarc
against surprises, warning the pub.
lie by posters against spreading I'll.
mors or believing unconfirmed re.
ports. Similar cautions were ad.
dressed to theatergoers and radio
listeners.
(The Berlin radio broadcast
an announcement that all light
houses on Sweden's southern
coast had been extinguished last
night-a precaution which dip
1omatic circles said would be
taken only under extraordinary
circumstances)
Reports reaching here from
Sweden's west coast said two un.
identified German cargo boats hae
struck mines off Marstrand, at tn,
narrowest point in the Kattegat
and suffered serious damage.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Rare Books on Exhibit

Two cases Of 18th and 18th CEN
tury illustrated books were placed
on exhibit yesterday in the rare book
room Of the Library of Congress.
The books, taken from the collection
Of the Cosmos Club, were deposited
for safety. Several of them, par
ticularly those containing early
woodcuts, are the only examples OF
their kind in this country.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Stowe
Continued From First Page.)

(COntlnued from t1rSC Fage.)
side Norway during the first four
days of the lightning paced German
occupation, I am convinced that un-
less the allies continue landing di-
visions of troops they cannot save
the Norwegian governments scat
tered forces from early disaster. In
finitely more than the fate Of the
Norwegians is at stake. The turn
ing point and possibly the outcome
of the second World War now hangs
in the balance just the other side
Of the Swedish mountains.
Naval Victories Not Enough.
However brilliant the British
naval victories may be, however
efficiently the allied mines may
choke off re-enforcements and sup
plies to the army of occupation,
these $4,000 or $4,000 German regu-
lars are more than capable OF
crushing all organized Norwegian
resistance within a short time. If
the Norwegian defenders should col
lapse Germany could devote its full
attention to using at least five air
fields in Norway for ruinous air
raids on the British Isles, which at
points are only 500 miles away.
Moreover, if the Nazis, as many
fear, can swiftly wind up their
campaign against untested and
possibly discoordinated Norwegian
troops, they will surely put thou
sands Of Norwegian men to work
building many more airports and
fortifying them. Once this is ac-
conpliShed, the entire flank Of the
British Isles would be exposed as
never before.
1t is vitality important to recog-
nize that the supply problem Of
Germany's army Of occupation
however seriously its supply life
line may now be throttled by mines
and the British Navy-can only be-
come a matter of life and death to
the Nazi invaders if the Germans
are compelled to fight and pay
dearly for every mile of advance
they make into Central and Western
Norway. Until now there is no in
dication whatever that the Germans
will be compelled to use either very
much ammunition or very many
guns.
Big Supply Of Oil.
If the Nazis can conquer Norway
within 10 days-which is by nc
means inconceivable, and, without
more allied action, may be prob
able-then they will have no neces-
sity for worrying about immediate
transportation supplies for their
army. From 500 to 1000 German
bombers and pursuit planes could
then easily hold Norway, and prob
ably for long time to come. Num-
tions for the occupying air fleet
could easily be brought in.
AS for fuel for airplanes, Norway
Is one Of the richest prizes among
non-oil producing European coun-
tries that Germany could seize
Fearing the western war, Norway
bought up nearly years supply
of gasoline and also lubricating oils
last summer. Since September she
has been perhaps the only European
nation without any rationing OF
gasoline. Thus, Norwegian gasoline
could probably fuel thousands of all
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Nurses Dine TONIGHT

The Public Health Nurses Of the
District will hold their first annual
banquet tonight in the Highlands
Hotel, Connecticut avenue and Cali
fornia street NV, at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
u. 5. Foreign Service
Officers in Sweden
Evacuating Families
Other Americans
Expected to Leave
Reluctantly

The wives and minor children Of
American foreign service officers In
Stockholm have been ordered evac-
uated to the United States, but ap-
parently only about tenth of the
other $500 American citizens in
Sweden wish to leave, the State De-
partment was informed yesterday.
The foreign service families Or
dered evacuated were understood to
have left Stockholm Saturday night,
going through Germany to Genoa,
Italy, to sail on the American liner
Washington next Saturday.
Frederick A. Sterling, American
Minister to Sweden, advised the de-
partment that apparently only be-
tween 100 and 200 other citizens de-
sired repatriation, remarking that
most of the $500 Americans resident
IN Sweden long had been married to
SWedes and did not wish to leave.
Norway Conditions Uncertain.
Raymond Cox, First Secretary of
the American Legation at Oslo, re-
ported that disruption of communi-
SooAoAA 1dSAlAllCS tlllOuSllOuG INOIWdy
made it difficult to check on the well
fare Of Americans in that Nazi-in-
vaded country. He said his own fam
lily and those of other foreign serv-
ice officers remaining in Oslo were
believed safe at point in Northern
Norway.
Mr.. Sterling reported that the
foreign service wives and children
who had left Stockholm included
Mrs. Ethel Snow, wife of Vice Consul
William P. Snow, Portland, Me-, and
children Charles and Christine:
Mrs. Helen Jenkins, wife of Third
Secretary Douglas jenkins, jr.,
Charleston, S. c., and Douglas, 3rd.;
Mrs. Lillian Alfsen, wife of Vice
Consul Fritz A. M. Alfsen, Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Consul Lynn w. Franklin of Be-
thesda, Md, with wife and four
children, proceeding on leave of alb
sence, are accompanying the above.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Listed from Bethesda.

United States Consul Franklin,
listed as from Bethesda, Md, has
been in the foreign service since 1912
according to records at the State
Department. He has served in many
parts of the world. For a brief pc
riod, in 1919, he was in Washington,
but the rest of the time has had
pests ranging from China to Italy.
He was born in Ocean Grove, N. J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01

morning. Yesterday morning George called
on me when was working hard on my list,
and he wanted to know what it was for.
well, George" said, before breakfast
l always make out list of things to think
about. Then after breakfast l think about
them when I'm eating my egg"
So George said, Now, let me get this
straight, Oracle you eat your egg after
breakfast"
How could l eat it any other time,
George" said. After all. it only takes me
three minutes to eat breakfast and it takes
five minutes to boil the egg So naturally l
have to eat my egg after breakfast"
George understood then, so read him nv
list of things to think about 1t Just happened
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OODNESS II s getting SO QOn nave
q minute to myself these days on &C
~ count of everybody is always asking
me what think Only this morning my girl
friend Bubbles said, Looks like rain, Oracle
what do you Think" And then at lunch my
uncle said. For Pete's sake, Sweet Sue won
the second race at the track yesterday! What
do you think of that?" They all come to me
for advice, and it's such terrible response
bility.
But when you really come to think about
it, thinking is wonderful thing. was telling
George the other day that there are 50 many
wonderful things in the world to think about
that we all ought to think more about things
than we do think. That's what told George,
and for one heartily agree with him.
So George said, Oracle it must be very
interesting, what you think. You ought to
have your thoughts engraved on a pin
head, for instance"
"Oh, George" said, and blushed; my
thoughts aren't really worth engraving. I'll
just write them down myself"
So that's exactly what I'm going to do right
now Of course, realize that this is going to
be the very hardest thing l ever tried to write.
because one of the wheels has just dropped off
the typewriter table, and that makes the table
terribly unsteady. l never could see why they
put wheels on typewriter table anyway -
you can't go any place on one
But that isn't what started to say. think
everyone could stand some advice on how to
think, and right off the bat I'd advise every
one to read more, because reading is such a
wonderful thing to broaden your mind. And
that reminds me = really should run next
door and borrow book won't be second
honestly.
There, that wasn't long, was it? And l bor-
rowed the most exciting book. It's called
Who's Who, and III bet it keeps you guess
ing right up to the very end. Now, where was
|? Oh yes, about reading and how it broadens
your mind Take my brother he reads all the
time practically book a month and
his mind has grown very active. In fact he
thinks too much sometimes. Last month he
got put in Jail for it Il mean thinking too
much. was telling George about it. George"
l said, 1T all started when that mean officer
arrested him for driving the other way"
George is awfully dumb at times. What
do you mean, the other way?" George said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01

about, now? Oh - thinking. Thinking is a
very healthy thing for everybody, but to
think right you have to be healthy to start
off with. So think this would be a very good
place to set down my five rules of health.
And just to make them convenient for you,
they are numbered in order = l, 2, 3, and so
on, through to 5.
l. Breathe often
2. Eat every day
3. Get some sleep
4. Always dress before leaving the house
5. Etcetera
Of course, the Etcetera is the most impor
tant. That has to do with what you think.
| always make out an EtCetera list every
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Forgot II Wos Midnight

night
Why, Gracie?" George said.
Well" said, If my brother had remem-
bered it was midnight he would have put his
headlights on But what made the officer mad
dest was that my brother was driving sixty
miles an hour So he hollered at my brother.
Imagine it! He said Where did you ever get
lcense?' And of course then the joke was
on the officer because naturally my brother
hasn't got any license. But the officer made
my brother go to court anyway. And the
judge asked my brother why he was driving
sixty miles an hour the other way with his
lights out And he said it was because he d
got to thinking, and the more he'd thought,
. the more he decided that it was dangerous to
be driving car without any brakes. So that's
why he was driving sixty miles an hour - he
was rushing to garage to have the brakes
fixed before he had an accident But the Judge
gave my brother thirty days. 1t was just
frame-up, of course"
George agreed He said he could easily see
it was frame-up lust the way they framed
Jesse James," George said.
But the most important point about the
whole thing was that my brother thought too
much about those brakes. Otherwise I'd
never have got put in Jail. A little knowledge
is dangerous thing, always say, and George
says certainly ought to know. George can
say real nice things when he wants to.
And now l really ought to run next door
and borrow another book, because books are
so useful. Nobody take their eyes off this page
for single second, because I'll be back before
you know it.
Hello, everyone. got wonderful book.
It's called Advanced Problems in Differen-
I tial Calculus" and it looks like just the book
I've been wanting. Well, what was talking
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WHEN you exercise your mind every day on
problems like these, you get to be very wise.
And best of all, you begin to have a wonder
full insight into human character. can read
human character just like l read book =
except that it takes me longer to read book
Now there's the case of MIR. Arbuthnot, for
instance. Mr.. Arbuthnot is friend of Georges,
and l always admired him until began to
make out Etcetera lists and learned more
about human character. Then noticed ter
rible thing about Mr.. Arbuthnot. Mr. Ar
buthnot always wore belt and suspenders
besides - and how can you admire a man
who doesn't even have confidence in his own
trousers?
Of course, George sticks up for Mr.. Arbuth-
not. George says he is the finest type of fellow
and that if you were in trouble he'd give you
his last dime. But told George, what can
you do with dime nowadays?
1t just goes to show.
Oh, goodness I've just got to borrow an
other book. III be back before you can say boo :.
CONTINUED on Dogs ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
II ARMY AIRMEN
KILLED IN CRASH
Two Homes Fired By Flam-
ing Gas After Collision
Over Queens Borough

NEW YORK, June 17.-(R-Two
army bombers collided half mile
above residential section of
Queens borough today, burst into
flames and carried II army fliers
to death in the burning wreckage.
Two homes were fired by fam
ing gasoline but by what seemed
lil-e miracle no civilians in the
thickly-populated area were killed.
One woman was burned.
All aboard the two bombers were
killed. Army officers Immediately
opened an inquiry.
Another mid-air collision, at Tul-
sa, Okla, cost the lives of two
students and an instructor during
routine maneuvers. One of m e
dead was a government cadet. Two
persons on the ground were in
jured.
The crash here, a few miles west
of Mitchell Field, Long Island army
air post, cost the lives of six pi-
lots, one commissioned army Of
ficer and five men holding reserve
commissions, and five enlisted
men. 1t happened only few min
utes after the ships took off from
Mitchell Field.
Lieut.. Paul Burlingame, West
Point graduate and native of Louis
vile, KY, leading a three-plane
'V'' formation, had radioed the
pilots of the two wing planes to
change positions, he himself in
tending to drop back to the left
wing, when the collision occurred.
In the maneuver, the plane of
Burlingame and the one piloted by
Lieut.. Richard M. Bylander of Lit
tie Rock, Ark, collided and locked.
The third plane flew on, unscathed.
A fourth plane, which had been
in the formation but at the mo-
ment was flying about 300 yards
to the rear, was pulled into steep
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
! ny French
Escape Naziis'
Alsace Trap
Few Thousand Alpine Chas.
seurs Rescue 100000
Maginot Troops
MOUNTAIN FIGHT ENDS
Rescue Gives Boudoin Mill
tary Backing For Call
For Honorable Peace

cat the French Border)-June ID
-(R- The dramatic
battle of the Jura mountains end
ed this morning and the Germans
powerful motorized army finally
closed the door on its Alsace-Lor-
raine trap after fighting battle
worn. Frenchmen who refused to
believe their country has offered
to surrender.
By the doggd battl, fw thou
sand Frnch Alpin chassurs hao
rscued a fresh army estimated al
leafs at 100000 Maginot fortres
troops who literally were snatcheo
from the trap before the Germans
could close it.
Military Backing
The rescue gave the new French
foreign minister, Paul Boudoin
military backing for his Statement
last night that the French woule
never lay down their arms to &C
|cept a peace which was dishon
orable.
Most French1nen in Switzerland
said they believed the Nazi de
mands on France would permit al
honorable peace, but that Bou
doin's words were directed mainly
at Premier Mussolini.
They believed old Marshal Pc
tain would consider Italian dema1
for Corsica, Savoy and Nice "dis
honorable" peace terms, and tina
the veteran of Verdun and hi
army and people might fight on, il
spite of desperately deadly odds
rather than submit to such terms
The 100000 whoes recue yester
day places such last ditch figh
within the realm of military pos
sibility, stood in an orderly guart
early today on the lower Jura.
Commanded by BessOm
They were khaki clad fortress
troops of the lower Alsace Magino
line, most of whom were umdel
command of General Bessom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
EX-SERVICE men
TO MEET FRIDAY
Establishment OF Home
Guard Will Be Proposed
At Gathering Here

A mass meeting of all ex-servlce
men has been called FOR Friday night
at 8 o'clock in the superior court
room of the New Hanover court
house, Wilbur Dosher, commander
elect of the Wilmington Post No. 10,
American Legion, announced yester-
day.
At the meeting, he said. 1T Is
proposed that all ex-service men will
be asked to enlist in a home guard
or constabulary to be used for nome
defense in the event the national
guard should be called for duty away
from Wilmington.
Judge John J. Burney will be the
principal speaker and will address
the ex-service men on '"The Veterans s
Responsibility to His Government.
1--WE want all ex-service men IN
New Hanover county to attend TINS
meeting. regardless of their a1lllla-
ton or non-affiliation with any vel-
erans' organization Dosher said.
"It is our hope that every ex'
service man will join a veterans
organization of his own choice eno
through that organization VIII olIei
hi. services in the constaoulary
which we anticipate forming.
"some people "eem to have the
idea we veterans have always oeen
IN the receiving end. Regardless OF
the falsity or truth of that this
:. tho time for us to be on the
putting end =. .. to give our Ser
vices to the nation.
.E,very soldier has been tralneo
+o take orders. The ex-servlce men
are the best prepared to carry out
the work it is anticipated this con-
s+abn1ary would do If the natlonal
ouard should be removed from VIII
1,,ineton," he said.
arrangements Lave been made Tor
tho superior courtroom to be cooled
Ill, large electric fans through the
"a,,r+esv of the Tide Water Power
,nanv. Dosher said, as it is an
+icinated there will be a capacity
crowd on hand.
rhere are more than l,2oo ex-
uorvice. men in the county, he point
"a ont. and these men, organized
ITO constabulary, would be very
1,e1nful in the event the national
g,,ard should be called for duty away
IRON, Wilmington