Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11

The ship was one day out Wnen
the Athena was torpedoed. ...
From New York it was reported
that Mrs. NC. du Pont of Whining
ton, Del, also was on board. She
said that her chauffeur, her maid,
her car and her luggage were all
aboard the torpedoed Athena and
that she had not heard from them
since. Mrs. du Pont, who had been
grouse shooting in Scotland, said she
started to sail on the Athena but
decided that "a neutral boat would
be better"
Chief occupation for passengers
aboard the Johan van Oldenbarne-
welt, besides attempting to under
stand the Javanese crew and vice
versa, was translating the radio news
dispatches in French, German,
Spanish and Polish, the refugees
related
Two Others Return Home.
Two other Washingtonians who
returned home today after fleeing
Europe were Mrs. Florence Howard,
music instructor of 1903 New
Hampshire avenue NV, and Mrs.
Miriam Hilton of 5000 Connecticut
avenue NV, who had been vaca-
tioning on the Continent since July.
They arrived in New York last Tues
day aboard the Champlain after
leaving Paris August 49, Mrs. How
ard said they found Paris "a seeth-
ing mass of excitement"
David H. Blair, jr., Princeton
University senior. who lives at the
Wardman Park Hotel, was aboard
the lie de France when she docked
in New York early Saturday. On the
same liner were Mr.. and Mrs. Mayne
R. Coe, the former chemist at the
Beltsville Experimental Station.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. Frederic
Wenchel reported today that they
had received cablegrams from their
son Adam and daughter Catherine,
who have been touring Europe by
bicycle this summer, stating that
they were sailing aboard the Kungs-
holm at Copenhagen. They are ex-
pected tc arrive in New York Thurs
day. Adam is a law student at the
University of Pennsylvania. The
Rev. Mr.. Wenchel is pastor Of the
Christ Lutheran Church here.
U. S. Employees Stranded.
Two Agriculture Department Of
ficials, who returned on the Johan
van Oldenbarnevelt also, revealed
that three colleagues, with their
wives, were still stranded abroad
Those who were back at their
desks today were Dr. T. Ray STAN
ton, senior agronomist in charge of
oat investigation, and w. J. Sando,
a biochemist associated with him.
They were in Edinburgh attend
ing the Seventh International &C.
netics Congress during the crisis
preceding the war. The Congress
was called off day early and ap-
proximately $50 Americans in at
tendance began scramble for boats.
DR.. Stanton and DR.. Sando man
aged to reach Amsterdam, get aboard
the Dutch motor ship and sail out
into the Channel fog just before the
war broke.
Left in Edinburgh.
Left behind in Edinburgh-and as
far as is known still there-were
DR.. and Mrs. M. T. Jenkins of the
Westchester Apartments, DR.. and
Mrs. Marcus Rhoades of 1928 Second
road, Arlington, Va, and DR.. H. C.
McPhee of University Park, Md. At
the Agriculture Department. where
all three of the men are employed,
it was said that word had been re-
ceived that all were safe. but did
not know when they would sail.
The Office of Representative Knut-
son, Republican, of Minnesota, re-
ceived a cable today that he was
sailing today from Southampton,
England.