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Evening star., 1939-01-08

jerry Potocki, is in Chicago, where
he went for the banquet and man.
moth ball which the Kosciuscko
Foundation arranged last evening.
At the banquet the Ambassador was
guest of honor and speaker. Col.
Mccormick presided and also made
an address. The Ambassador is re-
naming over Sunday and will re-
turn to Washington tomorrow or
Tuesday.
French Ambassador Host
At Dinner Last Evening.
The French Ambassador, Count
de Saint-Quentin, entertained at
dinner last evening, when the Chief
Justice and Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes were the ranking guests.
Others in the company were the
Hungarian Minister and Nine. Pei
enyi, the Egyptian Minister and
Nine. Hassan, the Counselor of the
Netherlands Legation and Countess
van Rechteren Limpurg, the Chief
Justice of the Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia and Mrs.
D. Lawrence Groner, the chairman
of the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones,
the Canon of the Washington Ca
thedral and Mrs. Anson Phelps
Stokes, Judge and Mrs. j. Harry
Covington, the Secretary of the
American National Red Cross, Miss
Mabel T. Boardman; the former
Undersecretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Dan Acheson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert H. GroSvenor, Mrs. Nicholas
LongWorth, Mrs. Frank Allen West,
Miss Irene Boyle, Mr.. Coleman Jen-
nings and the First and Second Sec
Tetaries of the French Embassy, NJ
Jacques Dumaine and M. Armand
Berard, and the Attache of the En-
bassy and Countess de Gramont.
The Colombian Ambassador and
Sonora de Lopez are expected to ar
rive in New York tomorrow from
Peru, where the Ambassador was a
delegate to the Pan-American Con-
ference recently held in Lima. The
Ambassador presented his letters of
credence as personal representative
of his President the end of October
and almost Immediately sailed for
South America. The Ambassador
and Sonora de Lopez will come to
Washington late tomorrow or early
Tuesday. They will be joined the
middle of the week by their daugh-
ters, the Senoritas Lopez, who are
students at Notre Dame Convent
in Baltimore. The Senoritas Lopez
will spend only day or so with
their parents and return to Balti-
more.
. The newly appointed Italian Am
bassador, Signor Don Ascanio Co.
lonna and Signora Colonna are ex-
pected to sail the latter part of this
week or early next week for this
country.
ENJOYS on Brief Trips
Out of Town.
The Swedish Minister and Nine.
Bostrom sailed yesterday for a cruise
through the West Indies and are not
expected back before the end of the
month.
The Danish Minister, NJ Otto
Wadsted, will go to New York to-
morrow or Tuesday to meet Nine.
Wadsted and their small son Otto,
tr., who will arrive aboard the Paris,
which sailed from Havre January 4.
The Hungarian Minister and Nine.
Pelenyi will entertain at dinner
wednesday evening at Estabrook,
the new Legation on Albemarle
street.
The Minister of Finland and Nine.
Jarnefelt sailed yesterday for the
formers new post in Rome, leaving
the Secretary of the Legation, DR..
Sigurd Won Numers, as Charge
d'Affaires. DR.. and Nine Won Nu-
mers are very popular, both in the
diplomatic circles and in resident
society.
The retiring Minister of the Do
minican Republic, Senor Don Andres
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Brazilian Ambassador
Off for Vacation
In Europe
New Secretary of Embassy Is Charge
D'Affairs During His Absence;
News of Other Diplomats
By KATHARINE BROOKS.


Brandao months vacation
of the Embassy
fres Senior Washington
few short weeks having arrived after Thanksgiving
accompanied here by their three Pedro Pauline
Andre Manuel getting
the house at 1928 Foxa which
of the
speaks Spanish
Portuguese well English She vivaous
interest the especially decorative
few months the affairs Brazil diplomatic
capable hands of Senior and Senhora Guimaraes
Chilean Ambassador daugh-
ter Senorita Marta Tcco left here December arrived Fri
day In Santiago de Chile They met there the Ambassadors
daughter de
Gaza Tco and of the popular trio ladies In
family of the Ambassador
expected to here before the early spring.
The Belgian
return tomorrow from New York where they spending
Evening star., 1939-09-18

things which had been taken out of
our pockets, now piled on a desk.
At one point in the questioning
we heard the loud voice of the
tough-looking officer in the next
room, raised to shouts. Some one
was being cuffed four, five, six and
seven times. We went on with
questions and answers. For 10
minutes I could hear through the
closed door the sound of a man
shifting. Gradually the police were
convinced of our identity.
First they gave us back our
money. After some more question
ing we got our passports back, and,
finally, the things we had had in
our pockets.
"C'est la Guerre," the French
speaking inspector remarked. And
I hope you excuse us. Would you
like some tea?'
We were shown to room with
two beds. Throughout the night
some one with a flashlight would
open the door and peer at us and
when We stirred, close the door
again.
This morning we came back to the
international bridge. We wondered
if they throw spies into the Dniester
after they have shot them. We did
not see the man with the beard.
(Copyright, 1889, by Chicago Daily News,
1nC.D
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Van Keuren 10 Direct
NaW's Expansion
Building Program
Former Philadelphia
Yard Official
Sworn In

Capt. Alexander Hamilton Van
Keuren became chief of the Navy
Bureau of Construction and Repair
today, with the rank of rear admiral,
and for the next four years will di-
rect the great naval building pro-
gram authorized by Congress.
The officer who will supervise the
greatest peace time naval expansion
program in American history has
been industrial manager of the Phil
adelphia Navy Yard since April,
1887.
Admiral Van Keuren relieved
Rear Admiral William G. Du Bose,
who has been named director of the
David w. Taylor Model Basin at
Carderock, Md. Admiral Van Keu-
rem was sworn in at noon by Rear
Admiral Walter B. Wood, judge ad-
vocate general of the Navy, in the
presence of Admiral Harold B. Stark,
chief of naval operations.
The new chief of construction Is
So and was graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1908. An expert
in naval architecture and construc-
ton, he has had a wide experience
in the construction corps. He re-
ceived a special letter of commen-
dation from the Navy Department for
design work on protection of Navy
vessels during the World War. He
was technical adviser at the Naval
Conference in London in 1880 and
at the General Disarmament Con-
ference held in Geneva in 1882.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Lincoln Civic Group
To Meet Toniqht

The Lincoln Civic Association will
hold it's first meeting of the fall
term tonight at o'clock in the
Stevens School, 21st street between
K and l. streets, President E. F.
Harris announced today.
Mr.. Harris will appoint a special
committee to represent the interests
of the association in rehousing &C.
tivities in the West End sector, fol-
lowing a report on a recent mass
meeting sponsored by the group.
A resolution will be offered by
Mr.. Harris asking abatement leg
islation on tenement housing which,
he said, is detrimental to health.
Election of officers for the coming
year is included on tonight's pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
F. B. |. investigating
Alleged Munitions
Salesman Here
Declared to Have
Solicited Orders
At Embassies

A 47-year -old man, said by police
to have claimed to be the vice presi-
dent of an international arms firm
and who assertedly had papers on
his person indicating that he had
solicited orders from the Polish and
other Embassies here, was being in
vestigated today by the Department
of Justice.
Detective Richard Felber of the
Metropolitan Police Department
said the man, Gerald Francis Laugh
lin of the 1900 block Of G street
NV, had solicited Col. A. Chramiec,
Military Attache of the Polish En-
bassy, for orders for machine guns.
The detective said he had talked
with the Embassy, which admitted
that Laughlin had called to sell the
guns, but denied that orders had
been placed with him.
Probe Declared Incomplete.
The Washington field Office Of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
which is handling the case, gave no
details of the probe thus far, but
said that the investigation is not
yet complete. Whether any of the
alleged sales are possible shipments
of arms that might be in violation
OF the embargo under the neutrality
law was not known. Mr.. Felber said
he had turned over to the bureau
most of the papers found in Laugh
Inns possession.
Mr.. Felbert showed newspapermen
papers he said he found on Laugh
Inns person which included cata-
logue of Thompson Sub-Machine
Gun Co., the addresses of all en-
bassies and legations here and scrib-
bled notes listing the prices of rifles,
mortars and several types OF ma
chine guns
The detective added that the busi-
ness card found on his person car
ried the name of The American
Oversee Corp, foreign representa-
tives and brokers-patents, pro-
cesses and Inventions"
1t gave Laughlin's name as vice
president with Paris, France, ad-
dress, 43 Avenue de rOpera.
False Pretense Charge.
Laughlin was arrested Thursday
on a false pretense charge for al
legedly selling an assurance" policy
for an Atlanta (Ga0 flrm-the Acme
Life Insurance Society-which he
asesrtedly did not represent.
Assistant United States ATTORNEY
David A. Hart initiated the investi-
cation of Laughlin after Richard
Lain, an agent for the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co., had complained
Laughlin allegedly had sold a pol
icy to Miss Priscilla E. Pratt of 3OO9
South Dakota avenue NE, who
called Mr.. Lain to ask his opinion
OF the policy's value. Laughlin was
scheduled to be tried at Police Court
today.
Detective Felber also showed
newspapermen a card assertedly
found on the defendants person,
which gave the name of Col. P. Fill
hacus, military attache of the Fin
nish Legation here.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Miss Blackburn
Is Named Assistant
To Lowell Mel|ett
Director Of Division
Of Press Intelligence
Receives Promotion

Miss Katherine C. Blackburn, who
since August, 1888, had been director
of the Division of Press Intelligence
of what now is the Office of Gov
ernment Reports, an executive Office
of the President, has been promoted
to the position of assistant director
OF the Government Reports Office
The new position carries with it a
salary Of $500 year, an advance
from $4,000 which Miss Blackburn
received as the division director.
The promotion was due to her
general efficiency and good work"
Lowell Mellett, director of the Office
of Government Reports, explained
today. Under Miss Blackburns di-
rection more than 1000 900 newspa-
per clippings, dealing with Govern
ment activities, have been filed Her
Office at one time functioned under
the old National Emergency Council.
lin an interview today regarding
her promotion, Miss Blackburn, who
is At and native of Connecticut,
modestly declared she is mot a very
neWsy person." but that she has
concentrated on hard work and
doing a job" Her promotion be-
came effective Saturday.
Miss Blackburn received a high
school education at Litchfeld.
Conn, and subsequently took spe-
cial courses dealing with interna-
tional relations and affairs at Co.
lumbia University, New York Uni
versity and at the University of
Geneva.
Prior to Government service.
which began in April, 1888, at the
State Department. whence she went
in August of that year as director
of the Press Intelligence Division,
Miss Blackburn was with the old
League to Enforce Peace, and for II
years was secretary of the Woodrow
Wilson Foundation. She accom-
panied the United States delegation
to the London Economic Conference
in 1898.
In her new position Miss Black
burn expects to supervise the work
of the Press Intelligence Division.
In any absence of Mr.. Mellett she
will act as director Of the office of
Government reports.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
SquoIus Victims Rites
To Be Held Here Tomorrow

Plans for the funeral of 1t. q. g.
Joseph Hester Patterson, who lost
his life on the submarine Squalus
OF Portsmouth, N. H., May %, were
announced today by the Navy De-
partment.
Services will be held at Fort Myer
Chapel at II am. tomorrow. with
burial in Arlington National Gene
terry. 1t. Patterson's body was re-
covered with those of other victims
a few days ago.
1t. Patterson, the only officer to
perish on the submarine. was an
ensign at the time, but was pro-
NOTED posthumously to lieutenant
on June 4. He had been recon-
mended for promotion and had
taken his examination for the
higher grade.
The officer was q and a native
OF Oklahoma City. He was grad
uated from the Naval Academy in
June, 1886. While at Annapolis he
became famous as a track athlete
and was member of the United
States team at the Olympic games
In Berlin. His widow, Elizabeth
Greenlee Patterson, survives.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Hope Is Held Squa|us
Be Returned
To Navy Service
Admiral Brinser to Head
Board Examining
Croft This Week
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Sept. 18.-
A naval board of inquiry, which
already had interviewed 80 survivors
of the ill-fated submarine Squalus,
began new phase of it's investiga-
ton today, assembling evidence un-
covered during examinations of the
craft.
Navy yard employees continued ef-
forts to rehabilitate the submersible
while waiting an official decision
as to whether the vessel would be
returned to service. The decision
was left to naval board of inspec-
ton, headed by Rear Admiral Harry
L. Brinser, expected to arrive from
Washington this week to examine
the $4,000,000 submarine
Hope that the vessel might still
be serviceable, although it had been
under water from the time it sank
May % until it was towed into port
last week, came when 1t. Comdr.
John B. Longstaff, attached to the
navy yard, said nothing had de-
veloped to indicate it would be nee
essary to retire the ship.
The first funeral of a victim of
the disaster, which took 26 lives, was
held yesterday at the Portsmouth
Armory for Charles M. Wood of Kit
terry. Me, civilian employe of the
navy yard. 1t. Oliver F. Naquin,
commander of the Squalus, was
among the throng attending. Burial
was in the Freewill Baptist Gene
terry, Kittery Point, where a Ma
tional Guard squad fired a volley
over the grave and Taps were
sounded.
The bodies of seven were to be
placed in Arlington National Gene
terry, Washington, and other victims
were to be buried in their home
towns in various parts of the
country.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Three-Story Plunge
Kills Woman, 81

Mrs. Mary E. Tayloe-who said
she had nothing further to live for
was dead today after a three story
plunge from the window of her
apartment at 2016 P street NV. last
night.
Mrs. Tayloe, who said, in note
that she feared blindness was i'm
minent, plunged from the window
about 11:30 pm. Her body was
discovered by William Landon, who
lives in the apartment below hers.
She landed on the concrete alley
and was pronounced dead at the
scene by an Emergency Hospital
ambulance doctor. Coroner A. Ma
gruder Macdonald said this morn
ing he would certify suicide.
In her note, Mrs. Tayloe said she
was "a years old and widow.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
By RICHARD MOWRER,

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
ZALESZCZYKI, Poland, on Ru-
manian frontier, by courier to Ru-
mania, Sept. IA (delayeO I'm war
time they shoot spies very quickly
and without much ado. That is why
I was so scared. They arrested us
on the international bridge which
spans the River Dneister. 1t was
7 o'clock in the evening and already
dark. The Rumanians had let us
through easily. On the Polish side
the guards turned their dimmed blue
flashlights on us and We recognized
the man with a beard We had
met him three days before in Snia-
tyn, another Polish frontier town,
and he had been very suspicious Of
us then.
The spy scare in Poland has
reached the proportions Of hysteria
and almost everybody is suspect,
particularly if he is foreigner and
does not speak any Polish. And
here was this same man with the
beard peering at us with a fash
light stuck in our faces. He rec
ognized us and uttered a triumphant
"Ha, ha." And we were under
arrest.
Placed Under Guard.
Armored guards marched us to the
end of the bridge, two right behind
us and one ahead. Then we were
halted and more flashlights were
turned on us. The men had their
pistols out. Two of them began to
go through our pockets. Others
barked questions in quick succession.
We could not understand Polish.
"Who are you?' Where do you
come from?" who allowed you to
cross the bridge?" why don't you
speak Polish?" they shouted at us
in German without pausing to listen
to our explanations.
"Eondc I'm tho r,,orI hohivoS ~ a
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Correspondent Is Given Scare
When Held as Spy Suspect
Richard Mowers First Thought
Is Death Penalty Without Trial

shouted suddenly and showed me in
the back. They kept flashlights on
us and shouted in furious Polish,
keeping their pistols out. In the
light of the flashlights fitting over
the scene at the end of the bridge,
mems faces looked bestial, wild and
in state of high nervous tension.
I could see no one in the crowd who
appeared the least inclined to listen
to our protestations. They had
made up their minds about us ap-
parently and kept their pistols IN
their hands.
Taken to Police Station.
A man who spoke a little Eng
lish came up. He was not much
help.
"You say you are British" he
snapped at my companion. But you
speak English with an accent" a
remark which was true to the ex-
tent that my friend was Scotch
man. This man eased the tension
somewhat, however, for we were
made to get into ear. Our guards
escorted us to zaleszczyki police
station. There would be no shoot
first and ask questions afterward.'
At the police station they went
through our clothes again. A tall,
tough-looking officer yanked my
hat off my head and examined it.
Then he tossed it on a bench. He
shouted when he talked and asked
the other men some questions. He
paid no further attention to us and
we were told to go into the next
room.
For three and a half hours we
sat on the two chairs in the room,
and a police inspector, who spoke
some French, questioned us in the
presence of another officer. They
went through our papers with me-
ticulous care and examined the
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Report
FURNISHED by the United Stat


so tonight cloudnes
Wednesday gentle northeast
winds
continued tonight
with Wednesday
Wednesday
VgnaMosty cloudy tonight and tomorrow followed by
rows M north and central portions tonight
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Short Interest Drops
As Market RoIIies

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-Relatively
few traders appear to have been
speculating on decline in the stock
market when it rose sharply at the
outbreak of war.
The short interest on the New
York Stock Exchange-stock bor-
roWed and sold in anticipation of
decline-was smaller on August 81
than at any time since the records
were commenced in 1881. The total
short interest was 435 ,273 shares.
against pervious low of 447,543 on
January 81 and 1889 at the end
of July.
Stock which has been borrowed
and sold must be bought and re-
placed at later date. If the mar
ket declines the speculator makes
profit; if it advances he takes loss.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Six D. 6. Men Named
For Antarctic Trip

Six Washington men were named
today among the II scientists who
will venture into the Antarctic this
winter on a research expedition for
the United States Department of
Interior. The men are: Biologists,
]. E. Perkins, Herwel Bryant, M. j.
Lobell and Malcolm Davis; meteor
ologists. D. L. Areuberg and Arnold
Court.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Lost Shift of Term
Made in District Court

The last shift in assignments in
District Court for the summer, prior
to the regular opening of court
for the fall term two weeks hence,
came today.
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat
began his two weeks service in
Motions Court. Taking the bench
in Criminal Court No was JUS
tice Peyton Gordon, who will have
that assignment regularly when the
fall term convenes.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Weather Conditions Last Fl Hours.

Weatner SOnoiti0hs L1st 81 houIs.
Pressure Is high almost generally over
the United States, Lake Placid. N Y,
l.O34.5 millibars (3O55 inches); Rock
Springs, Wyo., 1:024.0 .millibars (30;34
bars 1922 inches) A trough OF low
pressure extends from Northern Florida
east-northeastward over the ocean. S. s.
Of Eastport, Me. 1,0O9.1 millibars 600. so
inchesl. Pressure remains relatively low
over the Western Gulf of Mexico, Browns
vile, Tex. 1929 millibars go 81 inches).
and it is relatively low and falling over
Montana. North Dakota and California,
Sar. Diego, Calf. 1,011.2- millbars go So
millibars t29.95 inches) Showers have
occurred in the Southern States. New Mex!-
co and portions of New England. The
weather has become much cooler from the
Upper Ohio Valley and the Lower Lake re-
gion eastward to the Atlantic Coast. while
there has been a reaction to somewhat
higher temperature in Minnesota. the Da-
kOtaS and Nebraska
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Leqion Post Raises $4OO

The Fort Stevens Post, No. 80
American Legion, raised approx
mately $400 yesterday at bull
roast" at Stansbury Hall. The
money will be used to send the
posts drum and bugle corps to the
American Legion Convention, to be
held in Chicago September 25 to %
Evening star., 1939-09-18
CoughIin Asks March
On Capital for Peace
BY the Associated Press.


DETROIT, Sept. 18.-The Rev
Charles E. Coughlin asked his fol-
lowers yesterday to "organize an
army of peace" and march on Wash
ington to protest any change in the
present neutrality law.
The Royal Oak CMich.) priest de-
clared in his regular Sunday broad
cast that "The American Legion
the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
other similar bodies are best quail
fled to lead an army of peace"
Organize your neighbors, your
family, your club members, your
fellow citizens" the Rev. Mr.. Cough
lin urged. Not only petition your
Congressman to keep strict neu-
trality, but demand that he and
his family get out with you and
march on Washington in the great
est peace-time demonstration of all
time"
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (P.-Edward
James Smythe, national commander
Va oAAC L AoOSoooAlC w al tclGIdIlS Ol
the United States, began organizing
veterans today for march" on
Washington to protest any change
in the neutrality law.
Mr.. Smythe said he received a
telegram from the Rev. Charles e.
Coughlin of Detroit yesterday urging
the organization of an army of
peace" Today he set up field head
quarters in an uptown dance hall
and said he expected at least 10000
veterans from the East would join
him.
Mr.. Smythe also said he had COM
municated with his representatives
in Boston to arrange for a contingent
from that city. The New York
veterans, he said, would be joined
by those from Boston on Wednesday
night and all would leave here by
bus and private car Thursday
morning.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
TrujiIIo Yacht Due
Today in New York
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
The Dominican Legation said to-
day Gen. Rafael L. Trujillo, former
President of the island republic,
was returning from France aboard
his private yacht.
He was expected to arrive at New
York this afternoon or tonight. He
visited Washington several weeks
ago before leaving for Paris to join
members Of his family. The latter
arrived at New York aboard the
liner lie de France recently.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Coordinate Naval PutroI

BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 18 (R).-
Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay
established a co-ordinated naval pa
troll of their territorial waters yes
terday to safeguard their neutrality.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Los Angeles Heut-Stricken

LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 R,.-Los
Angeles had its hottest day in six
years yesterday as the temperature
shot up to 100 degrees.
Evening star., 1939-09-18

REMOVING TRAFFIC HAZARD-The intersection of street
NV and the Rock Creek Parkway dangerous traffic point
the past will be eliminated by s28O0O grade separation prof.
ect under This air view shows the progress
work on the undertaking. The lines imposed the picture
dcate the the project is finished
Evening star., 1939-09-18

Sale of homeopathic remedies has
been prohibited in Argentina.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
River Report,
Precipitation.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at Great
Falls today.