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Evening star., 1940-06-26
Repeats Good Advice Of
Theodore Roosevelt.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Speak softly and carry a big club"
That was the profound advice of an
earlier Roosevelt. 1t was good advice
when given, and it is good advice now.
The sooner and the bigger we get our
club, the better. If we are not attacked
within the next IL months we stand a
good chance of not being attacked at all
unless Germany conquers both Eng
land and the Soviet Union, in which
case Hitler in time could outbuild us by
sufficient margin to make our success
full invasion likely.
To prevent this we should give all pos
sible aid short of war to England now
and, If necessary, to the Soviet Union
later on.
At the same time we must not forget
to speak softly We should remember
how wilson's IA points penetrated into
the minds Of the German people in 1918
and greatly hastened their decision to
seek peace.
To speak softly" this time would mean
to offer a new set of IA points, in
cluding redistribution of colonies, equal
access to raw materials, freer movement
of emigrants and capital, and complete
destruction of that crazy quilt of high
tariffs, quotas and currency manipula-
tions which wrecked international COM
merce and helped bring Hitler into
power
Speak softly and carry big club"
Let us face Germany with very heavy
stick in one hand, and in the other
genuine offer of better world for every
body, including the Germans.
Vineland, NJ ROBERT S. FIELD.
June 81.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Strategic Materials

Importance of developing adequate
sources of supply in this hemisphere
for the strategic materials we now
import from far corners of the earth
should not be overlooked in carrying
forward plans for inter-American
economic unity. The American
Council on Public Affairs recently
published proposals for total de-
fense," on which President Roose-
velt is reported to have based his
project for a cartel to control all
expo rts Of the Americas, emphasizes
that our strategic needs can be
met here or in the Latin American
nations.
Aside from the military necessity
of assuring uninterrupted supplies
of such things as rubber, tin, man
ganese and other items not now
produced in this country, the advan-
tages to all concerned of developing
production of such essentials in the
American family of nations are OBJ
vious. Many of our neighbors to the
south now produce surpluses Of agri-
cultural commodities that are in
direct competition with our own
farmers. The strain on Pan-Ameri-
can economy would be lessened by
the development of complementary
rather than competitive products,
greatly increasing trade within the
hemisphere.
Strategic materials which must be
imported into the continental United
States include antimony, chromium,
coconut shell char, manganese, ma,
nila fiber, mercury, mica, quartz
crystal, quinine, rubber, tin, silk and
tungsten. The council lists rubber
as one of the most important mate
rials now imported in enormous
quantities from the Far East and
calls attention to Department of
Agriculture request now pending in
Congress for million dollar appro-
priation to develop rubber produc-
ton in Latin America. Early action
on this pending matter would give
a start to a program that might we'll
be as important to hemisphere
security as armament production.
However, as the council emphasizes,
the tremendous resources of the
Western World cannot be developed
without the active assistance and
cooperation of all countries involved
Measures to formulate a definite,
far-reaching plan and secure the
necessary cooperation should be
undertaken without delay.
Evening star., 1940-06-26

will have a king - like all the ma
tions." But He was truer Israelite who
said Call no man master" Call no man
your father upon earth" There is the
door for progress, for government of, by,
for. the people. 1t is inversion of this
principle which begets tyranny.
In sense, truly, salutation Is due the
nag symbol of our resolve to keep it un-
sullied. But how absurd to attack and
impose disabilities upon people who do
not understand this, when we know that
none will salute the flag with more
JUNCTION than fifth columnist, nor pa
rade 1t more than, say, member of the
Bund. WILLIAM H. SPICER, MD.
Arlington, Va.
June 81.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
No Power on Earth

One more Memorial Day has come and
gone
On silent feet to join the rowing host
OF yesterdays =. disillusioned ghost
Mourning lost peace-bowing to myr-
midon.
Remembered living haunts an echelon
OF sun-warmed slabs of stone-void Of
riposte
Shall tyrants make of faith an idle boast:
OF hope useless, tattered hanger-on?
An ugly war defiles the heathered hills:
Untamed, relentless, Haunting shame
lessly
The blood of youth upon the saw-edeed
blade
OF greed and hate. But 10 the
requiem stills:
No power on earth can blot out CAL
On GOD, let us remember
PEGGY LAwSHE.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Argues Advantages
OF Democratic Solidarity.
TO the Edftar AZ Ths Star.

Congratulations to Edmund l.. Becker
on his communication, Union of
Democratic People Proposed" which ap-
peared in The Star. June 20. For the
past five years I have thought that
union of the United States and Great
Britain must surely be inevitable. Now
the matter OF France joining in that
union is proposed.
Some three years ago became ac-
quainted with an official Of shipping
line to Central American ports, who was
In position to see the activities of the
Nazis in that area. He said, in effect,
that there would be no stabilized peace
until Great Britain and the United
States should become to all intents and
purposes one nation. He seemed some
what amazed that another American,
myself, felt convinced of the same thing.
Since then have met many others who
felt likewise.
Let us take look at the atlas and
see what a union Of Great Britain,
France and the United States would
mean, assuming that France can be
rescued. The British Empire COM
priSes approximately 1919 million square
miles of land surface; the French, S
million; the United States and possess
sions. nearly 4 million. This makes q
total of approximately 22h million
square miles of the land surface of the
earth. The total land surface is only
52h million square miles. With about
AZ per cent Of the land surface of the
world bound together in a United States
Of Democracy, how far would Hitler get
with his international lawlessness? With
750 million peoples the combined popu-
lation of the British Empire, the French
Empire and the United States and pos
sessionS united against Hitler, believe
that he could be stopped. And this
doesn't take into consideration that
much Of the rest Of the world could be
brought into close friendly relations with
this union. The British Dominions have
the choice Of standing together or stand
ing apart-so far they have sprung to
the common defense. Is there any
logical reason why this scheme of things
could not be extended to include two
other groups Of peoples, the French and
the Americans, all working toward a
common goal, namely, to live and let
live?
KATHERYN VAN DEN BERG.
June Al.
Evening star., 1940-06-26

the error of implying that President
Roosevelt is pursuing a course de-
signed to lead lis into the present
European conflict. With that view,
widely held though it seems to be in
the Republican party, The Star is in
complete disagreement. But even If
it be conceded that the former Presi-
dent was wide of the mark in this
respect, his address as a whole still
stands as a guiding light which the
Republican party must follow If it, in
turn, expects to be entrusted with
the leadership of this Nation next
November.
Evening star., 1940-06-26

1t is felt that the time is coming when
we must either advance or retreat. Prob
ably we need new stepping stones to pam
Americanism. There has been created
since 1884 new branch Of the
Department of the Interior, called
the Division Of Territories and Is
land Possessions, which might admins
trate the islands well. As the Federalist
sagely remarked more than $50 years
ago, safety from external danger is the
most powerful dictate Of national con-
duct" For this reason it has been UNDER
stood in official circles for many years
that the United States would intervene
before an enemy advance could set foot
on a Caribbean Island.
June IA. r. g. MOORE.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 11riter, although the use OF
a pSeudonyn, for publication is
permissible. The Star reserues
the right to edit all letters ,uith
q D1e1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1940-06-26

The Anzacs land in Great Britain
"just begging for war" It is thought
that any delay in granting them
their wish will not prove too irk-
some.
Evening star., 1940-06-26

Whether we get in the war or do
not get in the war, let us keep the
local boys and girls summer camps
going full blast.
Evening star., 1940-06-26

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the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
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herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1940-06-26
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Evening star., 1940-06-26

DANGER spot Is said by many to be the
Dutch colonies. Curacao, Bonaire and
Aruba dominate the ports of Colombia
and Venezuela. Their trade is mainly
with the United States. Curacaos in
terest has changed with the years from
piracy to phosphate. Aruba now is i'm
portant as storehouse for oil. drawn
from Venezuelan lakes. It is hampered
only by lack of water. Naval experts
are bothered by the fact that Santa
Anna has an excellent harbour just 669
miles from the Canal Zone. Today it
Will hold airplanes and submarines. With
dredging, 1t could accommodate fleet Of
battleships for the South Caribbean.
The French possess Guadeloupe, Mar
Unique, Marie Galante, Les Saintes,
Desirable, st. Barthelemy and half of st.
Martin the other half is Dutch), islands
rich in romantic history. Operated as
bases by belligerent power, these
islands and French Guiana could be
thorn in the Atlantic side of our defense.
But the theory of colonies is dame
trically opposed to the principles upon
which the United States was founded.
We did not become an imperialistic
nation until the Spanish American War.
Philippine sugar has competed with
Louisiana produce. The doormat to
China has not prevented the open door
from being slammed shut. Puerto Rico,
for a long time without definite status.
is still somewhat of problem child.
Nonetheless, several Presidents and
Secretaries of State in the past have had
projects of annexation of the south. Pres
ident Roosevelt has clearly defined his
policy as one to protect all the Americas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
NORWAY WARNED
NOT TO RESIST
CONTINUED From Page One)

The German commander also
committed the death sentences of
all N~orwegians who, according to
international laws of war, have for.
feited their lives" (This presumab-
ly is a reference to civilian sniping
and other ~undercover acts of franc.
tireur against the German occupa-
tion.)
General o Falkenhorst said he
was availing himself for the last
time of my highest privilege" in
making this proclamation and that
it was taken in the same large
scale spirit in which the Fuehrer
presented his one time only offer
to the Norwegian nation and gov
eminent on April g."
cat the time of the invasion of
Denmark and Norway, the Reich
government declared that Germany
had mo intention, through h e r
measures now or in the future, OF
infringing upon the territorial in
tegrity or the political independence
of the Kingdom Of Norway.")
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
DIR. WILL
SPEAK AT SCHOOL IN
~BLADENBORO SOON

BLADENBORO, April 20. - DR..
Carlyle Campbell, president Of
Meredith college, Raleigh, will de-
liver the commencement address
at the graduating exercises of Bla-
denboro public school, Friday eve'
ming, April rs. Forty.seven stu
dents will be given diplomas of
graduation from high cchool.
The Rev. r. H. Satterfield, pas
tor of the Winter Park Baptist
church in Wilmington, will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon Sunday
afternoon, April Fl, at 8 o'clock.
Miss Eloise Simmons, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. F. Simmons,
was chosen by the student body to
reign as May queen at the annual
May day exercises Wednesday,
April "a. Miss Gladys Perkins was
named maid of honor. Senior at
tendants include Miss Annie Merle
White, Miss Louise Cole, Miss Pau.
line Dove; junior ATTENDANTS: Miss
Ella Surles, Miss Vivien Davis,
Miss Melba Davis, sophomore at.
%tendants: Miss Velma Guyton, Miss
Wilbur High; freshman attendants:
Miss Agnes Davis, Miss Marie
White. Twelve interpretive dances,
representing the months of the
year, will be featured in the pro.
gram. Competitive athletic games
will be held in the afternoon. Miss
Eudel Formyduval, physical edu.
%cational instructor, is in charge of
the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

were unopposed for vice prss,.
and secretary, respectively ''-eA'
Other officers include,
Rising senior class-Arcbie
MILAN of Raleigh, prestdenr, Glc'
old Bailey Of Bald Creek, vioa mar
ident: Bill Phillips of WARSAW pres,
Ed Lilies Of Middlesex, in rup "aq
for secretary. "olf
Rising junior - George Waikiki.
of Durham, president; DevtarM'ns
er Of Burlington and Rov 1oS'
low of Draper, run-off for aUS'
president; John Mathis of r,,r .N'
secretary. E'
Rising sophomore-Henry r,
of Durham, president; jim TosS
ington of Lacrosse, Va, vice. "l'
ident; Rowland Pruette of vs.
boro, secretary; Bob Pops If ~
field, treasurer. A'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
WAR MANEUVERS
END FIRST WEEK
{Continued From Page One)

combat over 500 square miles OF ives
Georgia in the last six days.
Enlisted men will hear about il
later. They have another week OF
field work here. Maj. Gen. Walter
C. Short, commander of the Fourth
Corps, was host.
He will lead $4,000 men agains'
the Ninth Corps of about $4,000
headed by Maj. Gen. Walter Kreu
ger, in the Sabine river valley Of
Louisiana and Texas May 5, for eli
mactic war games of the Third
Army" regional training force.
General comment on performance
of Fourth Corps units was good"
Particularly pleasing was the way
new motor transports, 4-wheel anc
6-wheel drivers, took to rain-soakec
sand and clay in cross-country work
Heavy showers Friday provided adj
verse conditions which were needed
for a test.
And there's plenty Of cross-coun
try work.
Tactical problems that Wouldn'
arise in actual warfare are created
by scores of "off limit" signs about
farms in maneuver territory off the
infantry school reservation. Owners
of these tracts declined to grant the
army "~tresspass rights" Hence al
troops must go around them.
Most farmers, however, gave USE
Of their land. Many Of them will
find their property in better repair
as a result. Bivouac areas are clear
ed Of stones and stumps as a matter
Of routine. Engineers grade second
airy lanes and replace rotted bridges
to speed troop movements.
Rents and claims officers are
charged with settling for damages
done inadvertently by movement o.
the corps.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
MISS MILLER CHOSEN
MAY QUEEN AT EAST


GREENVILLE, April 20.-Miss
Dorothy Reed Miller, of Whining
ton, a senior at E a S t Carolina
Teachers college, has been chosen
for the second consecutive year to
preside as queen at the May Day
celebration of the college, which will
be held this year on May f..
Miss Miller has been at the col
lege here for the past three years,
having transferred from Duke uni
versity when she was a sophomore.
A member of the Young Women's
Christian association, she has for
the past three years been selected
to take the part of the angel in the
traditional White Gift service, or
Nativity scene, of the Association
at Christmas time. She is a member
Of the Association for Childhood
education, and has worked on the
staff of the college magazine.
Las year Miss Miller was incIud-
ed in the E. c. T. c. annual, the
Tecoan, in its feature section of
beautiful girls on the campus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
ALLIES SAY NINE
PLANES DESTROYED
CONTINUED From Page One)

DESTROYED. The French said they
shot down two German planes on
the western front in savage aerial
duels while their anti-aircraft guns
b aged another in central France.
In addition, one German bomber
crashed at the tip of Holland aft
err being hit by a Belgian planes
fire. The dog-fights veered re-
peatedly ove the Netherlands and
Belgian borders.
Scores of planes were engaged i'll
the violent struggles over the
front lines, themselves occupied
with heavy exchanges of artillery
fire and the lepulse of several Ger.
man infantry attacks.
One royal air force plane was
forced to lano 'by enemy action
the British reported. A French
fighter was forced down within his
own lines.
The British admiralty also re.
ported aerial successes in the north.
There, a communicate reported,
three German warplanes belonging
to the %squadrons seeking to break
the flow of Allied troops and sup,
plies to Norway were brought down
and others we're damaged.
The communicate from the Brit
ish air forces in France said:
This morning, fighter aircraft
of the royal air force were engag
ed in several battles on the west
ern front. One of our fighters at
tackled and shot down a Heinke,
Ill, which fell in French territory
near Charnay. The crew were cap
tured.
"One of u patrols attacked an
other Heinkel Ill which was es
corted by three enemy fighters
The Heinkel and one Messerchmidt
100 were shot down.
Later another of our patrols at
tackled a formation of nine enemy
fighters. AS a result of this en-
gagement, once Msserschmidt 10!
was brought down behind the
French lines and another is be
lieved have been destroyed.
Pilot Escapes
"One Of Jul aircraft was forced
to land by enemy action. The pilot
escaped unhurt. All the rest of oul
aircraft returned safely"
The French communique sale
one of its German victims was E
reconnaissance plane and another
a pursuit ship. The crew of the
one brought down by ground fire
was captured in a woods by French
troops.
BERLIN, April 20.-P-In all
battles along German-French Dor
der today, DNB Official German
news agency announced tonigh'
that four enemy planes Gan Amer
ican-made Curtiss, British spitfire
French Morane and French Pote.
63) were shot down. One German
pursuit plane was reported lost.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

Scheer, pocket battleship, 10, Ooo
tons; Emden, cruiser. 5,40O tons;
Gneisenau, ~battleship, $4,000 tons;
Scharnhorst, ~battleship, $4,000 tons;
Luetzow, formerly the Deutschland,
pocket battleship, 10000 tons.
British and others report these ad-
ditional Nazi merchant losses:
Amasis, passenger liner, 1929
tons; August Leonhardt, freighter,
1888 tons; Bremen, 51,731 TONS;
Ionia, freighter, 3,102 tons; Kreta,
freighter, 1859 tons; Main, passen-
ger ship, 1924 tons; Moonsund,
tanker, 321 tons; Poseidoin, 1911
tons; Skagerrak, tanker, 6,044 tons.
British claim capture of: Alstar,
passenger liner, S,514 tons and three
trawlers - Blakenburg, 344 tons;
F%riesland, PAT tons; Nordland, 1893
tons.
France:
Admits No Losses
Admits no losses and denies Ger
man claim that battleships Foch,
$3.50 tons, and Dunkerque, rs, 500
tons, have been seriously damaged.
Norway:
Admitted naval losses: Aeger, de-
stroyer, $50 tons; Eidsvold, warship,
4,166 tons; Norge, warship, 4,166
tons, with $40 deaths on last two.
Admitted merchant losses; Tosca,
freighter, 5,12S tons, ~torpedoed, 2
killed.
In addition the torpedoboat Hval
was captured by Germans.
With the new listings, the AP
totals for the war to date show 529
ships of 1,775,O31 tons destroyed.
More than 1886 persons have lost
their lives and Ito have been list
ed as missing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

be Scoutmaster and Frank Elliott,
assistant.
Troop committeeman are Homer
Paxton, j. F. Wilson, W. L. Hobbs,
w. L. Wilson, and Haskell Apple.
white. Charter members of the Troop
are Franklin Wilson, Harry Paxton,
Jr., Odell and Cyres McKeithan, Roy
and Ivan Elliot, Frank Ellis, Brad,
ford Davis, Clyde Brown and Cool
edge Baldwin.
White Scouts of this district are
looking forward to the annual
craftsmanship contests in May and
the annual field meet in June.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
ship LOSSES RISE
DURING THE WEEK
Continued From Page One)

planes came within a few hours of
the sinking of the ~5,404-ton freighter
Hawnby and the 1,037-ton coastal
steamer Mersey with 10 dead OF
missing.
AS on a previous raid last Wed
nesday night, British planes sped out
to sea to engage the Germans. Fir
ing, reported to be the heaviest OF
the war in that vicinity, continued
until shortly after II p. m.
The suffering flares, the sweep
ing beams of searchlights and the
flash of the guns drew scores OF
coastal residents to the seafront
after the raiders swept out of the
northeast to be attacked by the Brit
ish fighters and anti-aircraft guns.
Ends Abruptly
Then the hour-long fight ended as
abruptly as it started and the Ger
mans headed toward the northwest.
The Hawnby and the Mersey were
the first British ships destroyed by
mines in the southeast coastal area
area this month.
The air ministry issued the FOL
lowing communicates:
Late Saturday night there was
some air activity in the ne1ghbor-
hood of the Thames estuary. Anti
aircraft defenses were IN action, IN
GLIDING our fighter aircraft. NO at
tacks on shipping have been report
ed and no air raid warnings sound
ed"
Here is a resume of the situation:
England:
Admitted naval losses: four de-
stroyers-Glowworm, 1885 tons,
sunk by two enemy d~estroyers, 145
men missing; Gurkha, 1850 tons,
sunk by planes, IA killed; Hardy l.
4S5 tons, lost at Narvik, 16 killed,
2 missing; Hunter, 1870 tons, lost
at Narvik, AS dead.
Admitted naval ships damaged:
Aurora, cruiser, 5,27O tons; Eclipse,
destroyer, 1,4Oo tons; Hostile, de-
stroyer, 1910 tons; Hotspur, de-
stroyer, 1910 tons; Renown, battle
cruiser, $4,000 tons; Rodney, battle
ship, $4,000 tons.
Admitted merchant losses: HaWn-
by, freighter, 5,404 tons, sunk by ex-
plosion; Mersey, freighter, 1,o37
tons, mined; stancliffe. freighter,
4,511 tons, torpedoed; Swainby,
freighter, 4,935 tons, torpedoed.
Germans Claim More
Germans claim these additional
British losses:
Cossack, destroyer, 1870 tons, set
afire and stranded at Narvik; York,
cruiser, $3.50 tons; also claim dam
age to Eskimo, destroyer, 1850 tons.
The British also admit loss of the
1,575.ton submarine Thistle with So
men. Germany says she has sunk
Z British submarines since April 9.
Germany:
Admitted naval losses: Bluecher,
heavy cruiser, 10000 tons; Karlsruhe,
cruiser, 5000 tons, casualties I'M
known.
Admitted merchant losses: None.
Verified merchant losses: Three
f%reighters serving as troopships or
ammunition ships Antares, 1858
tons, %torpedoed, 100 killed; Rauen.
fels, $3.50 tons, sunk by warships
at Narvik; Rio De Janeiro, 1921
tons, torpedoed, 800 killed.
British and others claim these ad.
ditional Nazi naval losses: Admiral
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
FLUCTUATIONS

Louis T. Moore, manager of
the Wilmington Chamber of
Commerce, said yesterday he has
received a letter from C. Med.
Davis, of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad company, acknoWl-
edging the trade body's COM
munication felicitating him OIL
his elevation to the post of eX-
ecutive vice-presIdent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
IL DUCE SURE
NAILS WILL WIN
CONTINUED From Page One,

and Italian people would win tbei,
vital rights"
Hitler also got kilograms on nj,
51st birthday from King Christian
of Denmark, whose country is IN,
der protective" German occun,.
ton; King Leopold of the Belgtans,
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netbor
lands; King Carol of Rumanjs.
Prince Paul, the regent of Yugos.
lavia; King Vittorio Emanuala %
Italy; Regent Nicholas Horthy Of
Hungary and Generalissimo Fran
cisco Franco, chief of state Of
Spain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
NEGRO SOUGHT

Police Chief Joseph C. Rourk
yesterday acknowledged receipt
of a letter from Leroy Powell, of
Pensacola, Fla, requesting as
sistance in locating a relative,
Archie Cameron, negro, who is
believed to be residing in the
Wilmington section.