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Evening star., 1940-03-24
Dance II Planned.

Dance II Planned.
The Recreational Association Of
the Surgeon Generals ONCE will
give . dance at the Hay.Adams
House On March 20.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

Ensign j. F. Doubleday Of Green
Bay, Wis, a former cadet at the
United States Coast Guard Acad-
envy, has reported for duty with the
local battalion, and has been as.
signed to the special Naval Academy
candidate division.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

At a special meeting of the De-
partment Executive Committee that
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Fuirfux Police

A progressive step that may be
expected to prove of lasting benefit
to Fairfax County has been taken
by the board of supervisors in au-
thorizing the establishment of a
county police department indie
pendent of the sheriff's Office. After
June / the new department will
handle all criminal work in the
county, leaving civil and court work
to the sheriff, who heretofore also
has directed criminal Investigations.
4 All other counties in the suburban
area, Montgomery, Prince Georges
and Arlington, have found it advis-
able to separate the police force FROM
the sheriff's Office. All have made
the change in comparatively recent
years for approximately the same
reasons and apparently with sue
.eessful results. In Arlington the
change was made this year, 50 it
may be a little premature to hail the
new setup there as a success, but
certainly in the other counties there
has been no suggestion that the
police be put back under the sherif.
e1n general, the division of work be-
tween police and sheriff seems log
sical. A separate police department
often leads to such improvements as
higher personnel standards and civil
service ratings, and the public, as
rule, is better satisfied when the
county board has control or super
vision of the police force.
Fairfax has gone about setting up
Evening star., 1940-04-21
"LOOKING BACKWARD"
By the Right Reu James E. Freeman D. ILL., d., D. c. L.
Bishop OF WashtnQton.

stand without hitching," and we are too
easily satisfied with the "let well enough
alone" policy. Unfortunately, this is too
frequently true Of our youth. They study
too much and follow too closely the lines
OF least resistance.
We are making history today by look
ing forward and not backward. It is
wonderful when we come to study closely
His life, how forward-looking Jesus of
Nazareth was. Unlike all other religious
teachers, He was ever seeking to project
the worlds vision into the new day and
to compel it to recognize the opportuni-
ties of hopeful and promising tomor-
row.. Even in dealing with the worst
forms Of human sin, He looked forward
and not backward. If vice had shac-
kled and bound some weak and erring
mortal and If condemnation for the sins
Of the past had closed the doorway to q
better and triumphant future, He de-
clared in hopeful words the pardon that
broke the shackles and opened the door,
saying Neither do condemn thee; go,
and sin no more"
We shall not make progress by talking
overmuch Of the good old days" or by
too frequent reference to the superlative
qualities Of those who have gone before
just now this old world needs the strong
tonic Of rational optimism and rea-
sonable hope. We need in every depart
ment of our life what the late President
Wilson called forward looking" men and
women
Christianity in its highest conception
is essentially optimistic in tone The
Gospel is not book of "donts," it is a
book of dos" We are not moving into
future over whose archway is the leg
end, "They leave all hope behind who
enter here; we believe we are entering q
future that is to bring the whole race of
mankind to saner and more Christian,
and hence, higher levels Of thinking and
living.
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Mrs. Putrick CumpbeI|

The greatest actress Of her time
has died, and her passing has been
but little noted by a world obsessed
with destruction. Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell belonged to a period which most
modern critics presume to regard
with unconcealed contempt, but It
was an era in which the things that
make life worth living were better
protected than they are in the arro-
CANT and violent present. She was
a person Of gentle charm, possessed
of qualities Of mind and heart which
now, unfortunately, too often are
considered "old-fashioned" and for
that sorry reason held In scant
esteem. Yet those who knew her well
and the public acquainted with her
only across the barrier Of the foot
lights rejoice In memories Of her
Evening star., 1940-04-21

A brilliant writer many years ago
wrote an interesting volume under the
above title. in which he sought to indi-
cate how future generations would meas
ure their advance by studying the SEEM
ing snaillike progress Of preceding ages.
When Edward Bellamy wrote his book he
was not reckoning with such an age as
that through which we are now passing.
No prophet or statesman could have
foreseen the tremendous developments
which the world has witnessed in the
past four years, and doubtless it would
be quite as impossible for any living
prophet or statesman to clearly forecast
what is to be In the period that lies i'm
mediately ahead.
Too many Of us measure our progress
by looking backward. we register our
gains by repeated reference to our yes
terdays. It Is good thing to keep .
diary, but it Is not an overhelpfu thing
to live too much in Its soiled pages. The
old maxim that What has been must be-"
has arrested human progress, paralyzed
enterprises and halted both science and
invention. In his great work on science
and religion, the late Andrew D. White
indicates the dark periods Of human his
tory that were marked by bigotry and
superstition, and that resulted in imped-
ing both the thought and the action Of
some Of the worlds finest geniuses.
Happily, these days have long since
passed, but it is well to be reminded just
now that progress is determined, not by
barking back to the things Of tradition
or by roting overclosely what our fore
bears Sld. Some one once wrote an ad-
mirable article under the caption, Prog
ress Through Oblivion Of the Things Of
the Past" 1t is well to be proud and
loyal to the best things that have marked
our advance, but 1t is unwise to feel that
somehow the whole universe must be
shackled to hitching post. Too many
Of us are like David Harum's horse, we
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Blockade in the Pacific

Now that the spread of war to
Norway has closed one big gap in the
allied blockade of Germany, Britain
is paying more attention to shutting
off the flow of contraband to the
Reich through other channels.
The main leak in the blockade now
is Russia, through which Germany is
obtaining-if British claims are ac-
curate-considerable quantities of
raw materials, particularly metals,
from the United States and other
neutrals.
Vladivostok, Russia's Far Eastern
port, is the port of entry for the
cargoes of copper, rubber, tin,
molybdenum and aluminium, which
are shipped over the Trans-Siberian
Railway through European Russia
into Germany.
The blockade in the Pacific, if ap-
piled in full strength, as the British
now indicate it will be in few days,
presents special problems which, in
some ways, are potential sources of
more trouble with -belligerents
than the allies experienced with
Scandinavia.
In the first place, a close blockade
of Vladivostok will encounter resist
ance from both Russia and Japan,
the former claiming that inasmuch
as it is not belligerent any blockade
of its ports is contrary to interna-
tional law; the latter claiming-as,
indeed, it already has done-that the
Sea Of Japan, on which Vladivostok
lies, is Japanese lake, in which such
belligerent action as the blockade
could not be tolerated.
Another great obstacle, but one
which the allies, with their vast
resources, may be able to overcome,
is the tremendous extent of ocean
which must be covered if the block
ade is to be made effective l.. waters
outside the immediate vicinity of
Japan. A naval patrol will have to
be maintained in a great belt about
5000 miles long from Hong Kong
around Japan to the Kamchatka
Peninsula in the north.
It is a Gargantuan task which the
allies undertake in trying to shut of
Germany's source of supplies through
Vladivostok, but one which Britain
and France appear resolved to under
take, in spite of its difficulties, in
order to make the blockade alright.
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Circle Underpuss

One Of the items eliminated from
the District appropriation bill by the
House was $4,000 fund for pre-
liminary plans for the Scott Circle
underpass. Approval of tentative
plans for the project has been given
by the Park and Planning Commits
sion, and Friday night the Traffic
Advisory Council unanimously urged
early action on the tunnel.
Delay in construction of the Four
teenth street overpass, which will
carry large volume of traffic over
the Speedway exit, Tidal Basin out
let and Maine avenue, is OF less i'm
portance. The Planning Commission
deferred action on this project at
its last meeting. Results of the
traffic flow survey have not yet been
compiled: Morgantown Bridge, which
is expected to divert some through
truck traffic from Number One high
way on Fourteenth street, is not
completed, and nothing has yet been
done on a belt route to draw inter-
state traffic from the center of the
city. Upon all these depends the
future of the problem at Washing
tons approach to Highway Bridge.
But Scott Circle is not in the same
class.
When Massachusetts, avenues
traffic congestion became an acute
problem, various agencies, after con-
siderable study of means to improve
it, agreed that system of grade
separations offered the only solution.
This system was presented on the
theory that Dupont Circle should be
the first, for various reasons, most
outstanding of which was the wrong
way arrangement of street car
tracks, But Congress, against the
judgment of traffic experts, des-
ignated the Thomas Circle tunnel to
be first. Resulting has been an in
creased confusion. especially during
the evening rush hour, at Scott
Circle, making construction at that
point in the near future absolutely
necessary.
1t is to be hoped that the Senate
face the facts of the situation and
restore the appropriation for plans
to carry Sixteenth street under the
statue of General Scott.
Evening star., 1940-04-21

its new police force In Q thorough
way. First 1t had legislation enacted
to insure the legality of the move.
Then it named a special committee
to study the police reorganization
proposal and now it has named an
advisory committee to assist in
drafting regulations for the new de-
partment. Officials with police ex-
perience have been named to the
committees. Thus with legislative
sanction and the counsel of expert
enced advisers the new department
will start functioning under auspi-
ciouS circumstances.
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Strategy in Norway

.. There is no way of determining
with certainty now whether the Brit
ish and the French have landed 30
600 or 10000 troops in Norway, as
reported by Swedish newspapers, but
1t seems reasonable to assume that
the allies have landed in force on
Norwegian soil if one strikes some
sort of balance between the unofficial
reports, official claims and official
denials.
oi The best information available,
from Swedish newspaper reports, is
that allied landings have been made
as far south as Laerdal, some 80 miles
inland at the head of the Sogne
Fjord, just north of Bergen, and at
two points flanking the important
city of Trondheim. These points
are Molde on the south and Namsos
on the north, the latter being near
Steinkjer, where the Norwegian
forces are reported to be concen-
trated.
AL SOuU1lCdoUNl1l 4NOl W. dy plI~
ture is becoming clearer, with the
Germans holding practically all
Norwegian territory lying east of
Oslo to the Swedish border and north
as far as Hamar and Elverum, the
northernmost points to which the
Nazi troops are reported to have
penetrated.
Oslo is connected with the Atlantic
coast by two railways, one leading
to Bergen, the other to Trondhein
German consolidation of her internal
hold upon Norway appears to depend
upon her ability to control the length
of these lines. Apparently that con-
troll has not yet been established,
but if it should be cinched the two
strategic ports of Bergen and Trond-
helm could be fortified by shipping
heavy artillery across the Skager-
rak to Oslo, thence transporting it
by rail to the two key ports.
British landing points have thus
been chosen with the most scrupu-
lous regard for the strategic value of
these railways. Laerdal is only some
twenty-five miles from the closest
point of the Bergen-Oslo line, and
the problem of cutting this line and
preventing German reinforcements
from arriving by land appears to
involve primarily the matter of get
ting enough troops into the area to
attack the Germans successfully
over the rugged terrain.
The strategy in the Trondheim
district is equally clear. Both Molde
and Namsos, the other points where
British and French are reported to
have landed, are at the extremities
of branch lines connecting with the
Trondheim-Oslo railway. An en-
veloping movement on Trondheim
by the allied forces which now flank
it may isolate the Germans there
and establish the main allied-Ger-
man battle line in Southern Norway,
rather than at the narrow waistline
along the Trondheim Fjord.
The land offensives by both allies
4. and Germans, then, signify a race
for control of two vital railways, pos
=, session of which will determine
where and under what conditions
the battle for control of all Norway
will take place.
Winston Churchill expects the
allied campaign In Norway to run
well into the summer, and the mag
nitude of the task bears him out,
but Britain and France are by no
means in an unfavorable position
for it's performance.
Evening star., 1940-04-21
The Grebbe Line

For the first time since the adop-
ton of its constitution in 1848, the
Netherlands government has de-
clared the entire country to be in a
state Of siege which permits the ex-
ercise of drastic powers to suppress
subversive activities and, if war
should come, to conduct the defense
Of the nation.
The people of the Netherlands hope
that they will be able to stay at
peace. AS Premier Derek Jan de
Geer put it in his address to the ma
ton on Friday: 1--WE have received
assurances from both belligerents
that they would safeguard this neu-
trality of ours. We trust that this as
surance can be relied upon. But, in
any case, we wish to make it per-
fectly clear that we ourselves are
perfectly able as well as determined
to protect our neutrality"
A year ago that warning might
have been heavily discounted by
potential invader, but today it will
be received with respect, for the
Netherlanders are prepared to wage
valiant fight in defense of their
country. The precise nature Of the
new defenses which have been erect
ed in the Low Countries is military
secret, but the broad outlines of these
Notifications are fairly well known.
Assuming that the thrust into the
Netherlands, If it materializes at all,
should come from Germany, the in
vading forces would have to contend
first of all with series of pill boxes,
tank traps and small Notifications
along the frontier. Their purpose
would be merely to hold up the ad-
vance until the fighting units along
the second line of defense are pre-
pared for action.
This second line is formed by the
River Yssel and the River Mas and
an inundated area between them. All
bridges would be blown up imme-
diately and artillery and machine
gun fire would make the crossing of
these rivers a hazardous and costly
undertaking. Without doubt, however,
a determined and powerful enemy
could break through, and to guard
against just such contingency a
third defense line has been prepared.
This is the Grebbe Line, a truly
formidable series of fortifications
running from Lake Yssel to the Bel
gian frontier.
1t is here that the Netherlands
troops would make their real stand.
This line consists in the north of
a series of inundations and termi-
mates in the south in the swamps of
Peel These inundated lands are pro-
tected by great number of invisible
bitches, serious hazards for a
mechanical force, and they can be
swept with a crossflre from heavy
guns far behind the line.
Should an invader fight his way
through these obstacles he would still
have to contend with the so-called
water line, series of foundations,
before he could reach the strategic
ally important coastal provinces of
Holland, Brabant and iceland. In
the meantime there is every reason
to suppose that help from the allies
would have arrived.
The Netherlanders, needless to
say, fervently hope that they will
never find it necessary to put these
defenses to the crucial test. But
should that necessity arise, 1t may
well(be discovered that Premier de
Geer knew whereof he spoke when
he alluded to the determination and
the ability of the Netherlands to
fight in self defense.
Evening star., 1940-04-21

genius and offer no apology for their
preference.
Mrs. Campbell perhaps was the
only woman who met Bernard Shaw
Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats,
Arthur Symons and Frank Harris on
equal terms. Wit was their stock
in trade, and she was endowed with
enough of 1t to match their best.
Her love of beauty, her devotion to
the English tongue and her passion
for the arts of language were unsur-
passed by the most distinguished Of
her masculine contemporaries. She
was star In the theater because she
was by nature an individual illumi-
mated with a spirit superlatively
bright. The discipline to which she
subjected herself made her a more
compelling character than any she
played.
So it happens that every Mrs.
Tanqueray and every Eliza Doolittle
Of these later years is a reflection
OF Mrs. Campbell. She created those
roles from the raw material of their
authors scripts, and her successors
are wise in being content to initiate
them. But her larger part in the
drama OF last decades Of the nine
teenth and the first decades of the
twentieth century was even more
real, much more compelling. Her
husband died fighting the Beers,
her son died fighting the Germans.
She lived on into a crueler time
and was to the end contradiction
OF all that is ugly in the tortured
earth.
Evening star., 1940-04-21

President Roosevelt warns Con-
gress that fifty-nine Americans may
have to remain in Antarctica unless
further funds are forthcoming. That
would be putting American citizens
in cold storage, all right.
Evening star., 1940-04-21

A young lady attended the banquet
in observance Of the sesquicenten-
nial of United States patent law
costumed as photography" It is
assumed that her dress of celluloid
Aim was marred by neither over nor
under exposure.
Evening star., 1940-04-21

Germany may have a hand that
she can bet with confidence against
the "three kings" of Scandinavia,
but perhaps not one that will win
against the same three cards but
tressed with supporting pair.
Evening star., 1940-04-21

It is stated that the District Of
Columbia income tax is "far from
dead" Possibly. but 1t does not feel
30 good. either.
Evening star., 1940-04-21


faced very directly with its choice.
The United States could cut loose from
the Philippines and let them fend for
themselves. This country could forget
about its rubber and tin supplies in the
Dutch East Indies and British Malay
States and turn to substitutes. In event
Of British defeat the United States
could tell Australia and New Zealand to
look out for themselves. All Of those
decisions would be for the people to make.
II the decision was to pull out, the fleet
and air force Of the country could then
be devoted to defending the west coast
of this country and defending obligations
in Latin America.
But 1t is next to impossible for this
country to dominate the Far East below
China and to dominate this hemisphere
as well unless the British handle half Of
the job.
The British cannot handle their half
Of the Job unless they win the present
war. And there is grave doubt whether
the British are going to win this war
unless they get some help in the form Of
credits and unlimited supplies Of air.
planes-and possibly pilots-from the
United States.
This country, Mr.. Roosevelt and State
Department officials realize, will be
forced to make up its mind.
It can continue to sit on the sidelines
while European nations fight for domi-
nance-knowing that If the British and
French lose, the United States will have
vastly different problem Of defense
or IT can throw its economic force on the
side Of the allies in the hope that q VIC
tory by them would bring stability and
no need for vast new defense outlays.
Evening star., 1940-04-21

NAL, furnished the whalebone which until
not so very many years ago stiffened the
corsetS. bonnets and other millinery of
the women Of the world. At one time
whalebone was worth $4,000 q ton.
Then came the Civil War to destroy or
divert scores upon scores Of ships and
there also came the development Of coal
OIL or kerosene, to say nothing Of gas, to
infringe the monopoly which whale oil
had enjoyed as an illuminant. RAPIDLY
the industry declined to almost nothing.
It was in 1904 that Norseman invent
ed the Sven Foyn gun. The old whalers
had used a harpoon hurled by hand.
The Sven Foyn gun shot the harpoon as
a cannon shoots shell. Whaling went
into mass production. Steamships had
supplanted sailing ships. The early
whalers had made three-year voyages
to I'LL their casks. Now . dx-month
voyage was sufncient. The first com.
pany for commercial whaling was found.
ed In Norway and from then on Norway
led. Ships Of 10000, $4,000 and a hish
In one case Is 1900 tons-usualiy con-
verted hners-are used in the trade.
In 1904 Norway produced 81 400 tons
OF whale oil. Last year production was
100000 tons. Now comes the question
as to what Is to become Of this industrv
With Norway otherwise occupied. It Il
worth millions Of dollars . year. The
International Council for the Exn,or.~
ton OF the Sea. an adjunct Of the League
OF Nations. has tried to control whaling
but, 80 far. unsuccessfully. Perhapg III:
time has come for America to re-sntsr
the Lists.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-17
Peace Council TO Meet

Emphasizing the necessity OF full
information on the initiatives and
amendments to be voted upon In
the November election, the Wo-
mems Council for Peace has plan
ned an appropriate program for
their meeting Thursday in Emer-
son hall.
Rev. Chester Thompson of Span
away will discuss Initiative 139."
DR.. Allan Emerson, president Of
the Old Age Pension union, will
explain Initiative AL"
Mrs. Margery Smith will deal
with the two amendments. A con-
else report on International Events
will be given by Mrs. Jessie B.
kastner.
The sandwich lunch hour will be
changed from 1890 to II o'clock
in order that any one interested
may have the opportunity of at
tending a class from to 1:30 on
Propaganda Technique" by Mr..
Carol Jenkins. The public is cor
daily invited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-17
Visitor From Oslo
To Be Speaker

Mrs. Elizabeth Pritz. former IL
brarian at the University of Oslo.
who came to the United States
last month by way of Sweden. Fin
land. Russia and Japan. win speak
at 100 o'clock Friday afternoon
in Normanna hall. She viii appear
under the sponsorship of Dsugh-
tiers of Norway.
Mrs. Pritz has been engaged in
lectures in Seattle since her ar
rival from San Francisco. She was
the luncheon guest two weeks ago
of Mrs. Henry Berglund.
In her talk Friday. she win tell
of things pertaining to the war
exactly as she saw them and will
answer, as far as possible. ques-
tons concerning conditions in
Norway.