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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
(lRvER BIDDING
FOR FARLEY AID
n...& For Alliance That
'' rpald Be Used To Stop
F. R. Third Term

r,,. weeks political calendar:
ddn,eesday-kansas, 18th congress
Ine'' district holds republican
d0l, aaotion to elect two delegates
National convention.
to ,an'r,rsday--Kansas. list con-
%l.eional district holds republic
ssss' convention to pick two ma
t;noal delegates. oon,,.os
.l,a, district holds republican
sl v,n, to pick two national
delegates
saturday-Louisiana republic
convention elects IL dele
e ,atss to national convention.
~,cu1NGTON, March 1s.-R-
associates of Vice Presiden
.los' said today that he was seek
1s'Is noIitical alliance with Jane
ing :. rIev in a n effort to proven
4 1a term nomination for Pres
dent Roosevelt: uo;d nuo,
u would offer Farley for secon'
s"' ~, the ticket. Nc information
P0'' ,;,olosed however, as to tn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
New British War Loan !.
Heavily Ouersubscribed

LONDON, March 1S.-GP-Brit-
aims new $1,000, 600, 900 three per
cent war loan has been oversub-
scribed, Chancellor Of the Exche-
quer Sir John Simon informed the
House of Commons today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
In Hollywood

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, March 1S.-Life
Is a mystery to Leslie Charters;
IN fact, it's m mystery after an
other. If he isn't writing one, he's
reading one to zee how the other
Whodunnit experts are faring.
None Of them is faring any bet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
GOLF CLINIC

GOLF CLINIC
GREENSBORO.-The second Car.
DINA Golf association Country club
clinic will be held here Saturday
night. Horton Smith, Sam Snead and
Paul Runyan, top flight profession.
ais, will be the principal speakers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
FLASHES
OFLLFE
by The Associated Press)

by The Associated Press)
BOSTON - T h r e e Brookline
youngsters are sure they can make
Novelist Edna Ferber laugh, given
a chance.
Reading published reports that
she would give 500 to anyone who
could cause her mirth, the trio went
to her hotel armed with a large
feather with which they planned to
tickle her feet."a
Unfortunately, Miss Ferber h a d
checked out.
SOME SWAP
TOWANDA, Pa. - Walter Finch
and Glenn Brenchley agreed to
trade horses sight unseen"
After turning his horse over to
Brenchley, Fin.h says all he receiv.
ed in return was a wooden saw.
horse.
He swore out a complaint charg.
Ing Brenchley with larceny.
SWEET SURPRISE
WICHITA, Ka. - A swarm of
bees lived in the walls of DR.. w. H.
Cannes garage for three years.
When they failed to appear after
recent warm weather, DR.. Gaume
opened the wall. The bees had froz.
en- to death in the unusually cold
winter.
DR.. Gaume shared 100 pounds of
honey. stored in three years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
d. S. Attorney General
Bans All Wire-Tapping

WASHINGTON, March 1S-GP-
The order went out to Omen today
that wire tapping will not be toler-
ated.
Acknowledgement: Jackson decided
to apply the ban to all federal in
vestigators, through a further or
der to federal attorneys that no
case should be prosecuted "in which
it appears that the case has been
r%eveloped in whole or in part as
the result Of wire tapping after
April L."
SEEK POST
'NEWTON.-J. W. Hollingsworth
of Newton and John c. Stroupe of
Hickory announced their candida.
cies for Catawba county recorders
court judge.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Strange Coalition

John L. Lewis apparently success
full bid for the political support of
the National Negro Congress, all
organization which appears to be
strongly pro- Communist in it's SYM
pathies, adds another unit to the
rather strange coalition which is
being formed under the leadership
of Labor's Non-Partisan League, an
adjunct of the c. 1. O. The Negro
Congress, should 1t finally decide to
cast its lot with the bipartisan
League, will join forces with the
American Youth Congress, which has
been accused of, but has denied
being, a Communist front organiza-
ton. At other times Mr.. Lewis has
indicated that the league would
welcome the support Of old-age
pension groups and farmers.
Precisely what the Negro Congress
hopes to accomplish for the people
it claims to represent by joining such
coalition is not clear. With one
hand, according to its former presi-
dent, A. Philip Randolph, who re-
fused to seek reelection, the con-
gress accepts money from the c. I. o.
Evening star., 1940-04-30

Go those now in control of Great Britain
scrupulously avoid any conflict with
Soviet Russia for doing things which
are deemed cause for war with Ger
many? Again, why do those now IN
control of Germany scrupulously avoid
any conflict with Soviet Russia, substi-
tuting instead a campaign of friendly
cooperation? Since Soviet Russia is
already in complete Bolshevik control,
the international forces behind Boshe-
vlSm naturally do not wish to embroil
Soviet Russia in their exhaustion proc
ess, but to limit such exhaustion proc
ess to nations not yet completely taken
over Is not this the only explanation
that makes sense?
Is it not also evident that these in
ternational forces would rather take
over the rich U. S. A., without first
eXhausting it? Are they altogether
without hope in this regard, if they can
substitute emergency war powers for
constitutional American liberty? Let us
keep out of war and preserve our con-
stitutional American liberty, so that the
U. S. A. may survive the cleverly de-
vised exhaustion process, and keep the
torch of liberty burning against the
planned sole survivor, Soviet Russia.
GEORGE E. SULLIVAN.
April q
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Urges Catholics to
Pray for Peace.
To the Editor of The Star.

Those who protest against the appoint
ment Of representative to the Vatican
don't realize they are protesting help
of untold value to their own welfare!
The church has not only been a definite
and militant force against evil and for
the advancement of good, but it has been
the outstanding sponsor of that intan-
gible but powerful weapon Of prayer
which, in all its fragility, is more potent
than the most elaborate weapons that
puny man has invented!
At the present time Pope Plus XII has
issued special call to every Catholic
and Catholic institution in the world for
prayer to the Mother of God for peace
during every day of the month of May,
which is dedicated to her. More things
have been wrought by prayer than this
world little dreams!" Who knows but
this simple act may keep us American
parents from the agony of having our
sons go through the suffering and death
Of war or worse, returning a ghastly,
manned caricature of human being.
1t is too bad there are any so short
sighted as not to see these things.
FORTUNATE CATHOLIC.
April 26.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Hot Doc!

The Republican National Conven-
ton at Philadelphia next June will
open, and continue, in a sedate at
mosphere. So says Walter E. Ales-
sandroni of the citizens committee
on arrangements, who has barred the
low-brow hot dog from the Conven-
ton Hall "in the interest of dignity"
with or without mustard. The field
is left wide open for speechmakers,
who will not have to shout to make
themselves heard above such raucous
cries as "They bite! They bark!
Get em while they're hot!"
1t is not, however, thought that
for this reason speechmakers will
shout any less than is customary:
nor is it considered that the edict
will be death blow to baloney. In
Its cylindrical form, incased between
rolls, it may have been thrown for a
loss, but in its more general and
political form it will not suffer.
Roloney there will be in vast pro-
fusion. 1t may not be of the kind
that is taken in through the mouth,
but there is more insidious variety
that enters the ear and scrambles the
thoughts, and it will take more than a
resolution of citizens committee to
eliminate that. Still, John Hamilton
approves of the frankfurter rule so
strongly that he would eliminate
Franks wherever found, especially
from the White House.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Accent on Youth

war is strenuous business. It
calls Tor extraordinary energy and
stamina. 1t is not for old men. 1t
is with these facts in mind that the
War Department is placing decided
accent on youth in its emergency
Inspired efforts to bring our fighting
forces on land to an efficiency peak
seldom attained except in time of
war. Now that smaller, hard-hit-
ting streamlined divisions have been
organized, the Army is finding it
advisable to place younger, more
vigorous officers in command of
them. This policy, which follows
the European pattern, is the out
growth of lessons learned during the
first World War and emphasized
anew in the series of large-scale war
games which the Army has been
staging in past months. General
Pershing preferred his brigadier gen.
erals to be about forty-five years old
and his major generals to be about
fifty and he so reported to the War
Department from France in 1918.
The rigors of active field service, he
found, put severe strain on older
officers, unless they possessed un-
usual physical proWess. Simulated
war maneuvers held recently have
tended to confirm the soundness of
Pershing's attitude.
In line with the rejuvenation pro-
gram, President Roosevelt last week
recommended the appointment of
group of brigadier generals whose
ages average slightly more than
f1fty-three years - much younger
than the usual appointment average.
Many older officers possessing emf
nent qualifications for the higher
ranks were passed over in the search
for younger candidates. 1t is unfor-
tunate that experienced and capable
men should have to be passed over,
of course, but the President appar-
emily felt that the times are too
critical to place individual considera-
tions ahead of the welfare of the
Army as whole.
Another evidence of the youth
movement is the request to Congress
by the War Department for legisla-
tion lowering the mandatory retire
ment age for brigadier generals from
sixtyfour to sixty-two years and for
all others officers, with a few ex-
ceptions. to sixty years. Officers
would be promoted automatically
after fixed periods of service, instead
of stepping up according to seniority
when vacancies occur. This bill has
passed the House, has received the
approval of the Senate Military At
fairs Committee and is awaiting ac-
ton by the Senate. Enactment of
this bill will be another forward step
toward rehabilitation of the Army
in preparation for whatever emer-
gency may come in an era of ominous
pOrtents.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Fire Everlasting

The sun has been burning" for
at least 30O0,OOO,oOo years. All this
time it has been radiating light and
heat into space A tiny amount of
1t has been intercepted by the planet
earth, captured in green leaves, pre-
served in oil and coal.
All this time the bulk of the parent
star has not decreased by a measur-
able amount. There has been no
evidence that the sun is turning to
ashes and that eventually it will be
a cold cosmic clinker hurtling
through space. The fire of the sun
is of a kind not known on earth
the fire of the energy of exploding
atoms.
Yet even SO, after an almost in
finitely long period, it might be ex-
pected that there would be an end.
Energy and matter are interchange
able Where the one appears the
other disappears. True, enormous
amounts of energy come from tiny
amounts of matter, but the general
law of transference still holds good.
Some day there will be no more sun.
1t is comfort, at least, to be as
sured that we need not worry for
another 12,OO0,O0O0O0 years, or at
least four times as long as the suns
planetary system has been in ex-
istence, and more than twenty times
as long as any form of life whatso-
ever has existed on earth. Such is
the conclusion of Doctor H. A. Battle
of Cornell University, as reported to
the American Physical Society here
the other day after an exhaustive
analysis of the series of atomic trans
formations by which the fire of the
sun is produced
The coal" of the sun is carbon
Just as is the fuel of the earth. The
carbon is destroyed and then recre-
ated again and both the destruction
and the recreation give out heat.
But, of course, that energy which has
been radiated into space cannot be-
come carbon again, unless it be in
some new creation In which all the
Evening star., 1940-04-30

and with the other from the Com
munist party. He described this as
an unhealthy condition, warning
that the donors of money to the
congress also will seek to control 1t
and to supply its ideas. If he is
correct. the congress, at best, will
owe a divided allegiance to the Com
munists and to the Non-Partisan
League. Under such circumstances
1t is difficult to see how any political
advantage can accrue to the colored
race as whole.
If Mr.. Lewis has any definite polit-
ical plans for the near future, he has
not as yet revealed their nature. But,
under all the circumstances of his
developing "non-partisan" move
ment, it would seem that the men,
bers of his own labor organization
should be vitally interested in ascer-
tanning the precise nature of the goal
to which he is leading them.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TrdceUeH.

in the books as 7 inches in length.
(End of bill to end of tail)
This species is sometimes called the
white winged blackbird, on account Of
It's odd plumage. The bird does not look
like blackbird, nor has it similar
habits. This is just another instance
of how wrong popular nomenclature
can be.
But there is little if any record of
lark buntings in this territory, although
the so-called lark sparrow has been
seen.
TAe lark buntings are gregarious,
seldom going it alone. They fly in
flocks even in nesting time. They fly
into the air singing and come down
still singing.
They somewhat resemble starlings in
their superablities at mass flight If
one starts to fly, the whole flock flies
up at once, and keeps a-wing until a
leader settles down, when all descend.
Our own yard was overrun last Sunday
by purple grackles and starlings.
Both of these are beautiful in coloring,
properly seen. Like some aquarium
specimens, these purple-black birds de-
mand reflected light to show them at
their best.
Many person who has come to look
upon starlings as colorless has been
amazed TO note how they sparkle and
shine when the sun is on them lust
right
Both the starting and the grackle have
what is commonly called electric blue
In their color schemes The grackle
has more of it, of course, and much more
glistening, but it lacks the gold-green
flashes the squatter birds possess.
| The home gardener will not particu-
larly welcome group of grackles, but
| he may take advantage Of their pres
| ence to observe them, especially if he
| has feeding station close to a VIM
dow.
| A great deal of fuss has been made
/ against the starlings. but they are not
| one-tenth the liability in garden that
the grackle is. For one thing. the small
/ bands of starlings are not steady visitors.
! The grackles, on the other hand, will
come every day, and about the same
| time, If you let them.
Our advice is not to let them. for
While they may seem harmless now
| later on they will murder f1edglings in
the nest. They are particularly severe
on baby cardinals.
/ The thing to do, therefore is to sally
| forth, when the grackles have had a
! little to eat and chase them away
/ Ones mere presence in the yard will
| do it.
| The important point is to be around
| the next day when they come back
/ Another sally will show them that
( they are not wanted. If the human
/ element in this serio-comedy is as per-
sistent as the bird the grackles soon
/ realize that they are not wanted and
| do not come back
If they are personally greeted each
/ time they come, they will not come
and the baby birds will have one less
enemy to contend with this summer.
Evening star., 1940-04-30

Dear Sir:
"I have chanced on bird new to me.
He seemed to be the only one of his
kind, among several vesper sparrows.
Il had taken my binoculars to the
Monument Grounds to get good look
at the vesper sparrows using this field
as migrating station.
Behind clump of grass ran a SPAR
rowlike bird of the same size as the
rest.
THE binoculars picked up flash of
golden yellow.
THE head of this lone bird had alter
nate broad stripes, running lengthwise,
like those of a white e-throated sparrow,
but the stripes were black and golden
yellow
And his undersides were more than
merely streaked Underneath his mark
ings were pronounced, because of the
broadness of the wavy black stripes.
These stripes covered all the breast
and reached we'll up to the throat.
There was no patch at the throat
as has the white throat; nor was there
any spot on the breast as has the song
sparrow.
VERY truly yours, A. O."
Could this be an oven bird?
This is the famous bird whose nest
resembles a small outdoor oven.
1t is mostly found in open woods,
where it builds its arched nest on the
ground among leaves or pine needles.
The oven bird is only about six inches
long, which puts it in the fairly small
class. The nest is made of leaves, grass
and strips of bark, arched at the top,
with only very small opening.
The swamp sparrow also answers
somewhat to our correspondents de-
scription. This bird is shorter than the
oven bird, being but 5a4 inches long.
The stripes on its head are not so dis
tlnct and 1t lacks wavy lines on the
breast. The oven bird, for that matter
has no lines, but its spots might be
seen as lines.
Other birds which might be fitted into
lne description, with some straining are
the sharp-talled sparrow, 534 inches, and
Hensiows sparrow, inches These both
have somewhat greenish heads.
A Silver Spring correspondent wants
to know about bird he saw.
He was jet black, with pure white
wings fairly short bird about or 7
| inches long, and he had a stubby tail
He seemed to be real hungry, but
after feeding at the station he few away
and l haven't seen him since
He paid no attention whatever 10
the other birds, just concentrated on his
dinner. He waybled once or twice. a
sort of lively tune
Sounds as if it might be a starting
which somehow managed to acquire
| white wings
The starting, however, is longer be-
Ing some 81 inches in length.
The species the description nearest
fits is the lark bunting, which is given
Evening star., 1940-04-30
April 27.
Thanks Star Writer
For Generous Act.

To the Editor Of The Star:
My attention has been called to an in
cident that took place in Washington
today, which think the people of this
city should know. A certain veteran of
the World War passed away, and the
city officials, not being able to locate any
relatives or friends, had the body placed
in the District of Columbia Morgue.
Among the veterans effects, Gin
searching for clue, so that they could
communicate with any relatives or
friends) they found a letter addressed to
this veteran, Reddish by name, and the
writer of the letter was John jay DAILY
OF The Evening Star The city officials got
in touch with Mr.. DAILY right away, and
Mr.. DAILY spent the better part of a busy
day to contact the Veterans Administra-
ton, got a copy of the mans fingerprints,
and had the body removed, and saw to
it that the man will receive a proper
funeral.
Mind you, none OF this was in the line
OF duty, yet he gave of his own time,
ana expense, telegraphed some of the
people whose addresses he obtained from
various sources, and when the man is
finally laid to rest, Mr.. DAILY will be
present at the grave and the man he is
doing it for is hardly known to him.
The American Legion, Department of
the District of Columbia every year
awards citation for meritorious service
for the individual who has done the
most for the good of the Legion, and
don't think I am making a mistake in
asking the department of the American
Legion of the District to make the award
to Legionnaire John Jay DAILY.
HARRY CEDAR,
Vincent B. Costello Post, American
Legion.
April %.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Sees Russia at Root
OF Worlds Evils.

VI VOTId Evils.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Your open forum regarding the sec
ond World War is attracting considerable
attention and admiration. Only by hear
ing all honest viewpoints can the real
truth be discerned.
Representative Thorkelson has dis
cussed, through your columns, what
he calls the British plan and purpose to
embroil this Republic in this second
World War through propaganda, as was
done in the first World War. We are
told by British propaganda that We must
fight now to make the world safe from
aggression. We were told before that
We must fight to make the world safe
for democracy.
One of your correspondents, Mr.. Err
nest E. Oswald, now tells us, through
your columns, that This war is un-
questionably for the principle of the
maintenance of international law" and
ito prevent the subsection of whole
nations and even the whole world to
conditions far worse than slavery"
May I present few points for con-
slderation?
l. Great Britain-Without the Slight
est reflection upon the British people
generally, is it not evident that Great
Britain cannot properly be regarded as
the arch enemy of aggression? Her
record of aggressions is so extensive that
the sun never sets upon her domain,
and those now in control do not hesi-
tate to f1out international law
2. Nazi Germany-Without the slight
est reflection upon the German people
generally, who are under regimented
control almost as subjugating as Bolshe-
vism. is it not evident that those now in
control of Germany do not hesitate to
fout International law?
3. Soviet RuSsia-Without the slight
est reflection upon the Russian people,
who ares victims-not devisers-of Boil
shevism, is it not evident that revolu-
tionary undermining and ultimate de-
struction of all civilized governments
aas been the constant objective of Soviet
Russia since 1917? Our then Ambassa-
dor to Russia, David R. Francis, de-
clared in January, 1918, that the Boil
shevik leaders ARE internationalists"
who care little for Russia or any other
country" (Russia from the American
Embassy, by Ambassador Francis, p.
214. At p. 227 of his book, Mr.. Francis
quoted Bolshevik pronouncement of
Feo. S, 1918, disclosing their sinister
purpose:
I'VE want to transform the war of
nations into civil war"
In other words, wars of nations serve
the Bolsheviks by exhausting civi lized
nations for Bolshevik take-over through
civil war. Mr.. Francis added in his
book published in 1920:
"All Of the unrest throughout Europe
and in this country and in every coun-
try en- the Western Hemisphere can be
traced back to this Bolshevik expert
ment." (p. 33N.
4. The Real World Aggressors-Is not
this second World War due to the same
secret world aggressors who manipu-
lated both sides of the first World War,
and sat upon all sides of the Versailles
peace table, where the groundwork was
laid for this second World War? Why
Evening star., 1940-04-30

celestial debris of the old universe is
gathered together and recombined In
new forms. The sun is forever be-
ing reborn.
AS long as the sun lasts life on
earth may last. Only half billion
years have suff1ced for the evolution
from trilobite to man. What may be
expected in a future of more than
twenty times half billion years?