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Evening star., 1939-07-31
Germany Enters
Battle of Mails
French Report
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS. July 31.-Europe's propa-
ganda battle of the mails" took a
new turn today when a number of
French professional men turned
over to police letters they had re-
ceived from Germany describing a
Polish menace" in the issue over
Danzig.
Some Frenchmen regarded the
pamphlets. which were mailed from
Cologne, Germany. as a sequel to
letters from England earlier this
month which were sent to Germans
over the signature of Stephen King
Hall. German Propaganda Minis
ter Paul Joseph Goebbels charged
they were inspired by the British
foreign office.
The pamphlets received here bore
the name Of Karl Hans Fuchs. de-
scribed as the press chief of the
Free City Senate.
Authorities asked that the letters
be turned in to police to help gauge
the extent OF what was regarded
by many rs q Nazi propaganda
drive
Evening star., 1939-07-31
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, July 31.-The United
States consulate general today asked
the German secret police whether
Mrs. Franz Lem, said to be an
American citizen, Is in the Dachau
concentration camp as charged by
her husband.
Lem, who is German, informed
the United States Embassy In Paris
that his wife had been interned at
Dachau on a charge of having car
ried on anti-Nazi propaganda. Lem
said his wife, formerly Lili Harrison,
was born In New Orleans April 10,
1914.
In his complaint to the Paris
Emassy Lem said that both he and
his wife had been arrested but that
he escaped from Dachau July 10.
Consular authorities said several
days might elapse before an official
reply from the Gestapo would reach
them since investigations of this
kind involve red tape and corre-
spondence between the central
headquarters of the secret police
and the commandant of the con-
centration camp.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
U.S.. Woman Reported Interned
In Nozi Concentration Camp
American Consulate General Asks
German Police for information

who complained that his wife was
imprisoned, had no papers to prove
even his own identity or his wife's
American citizenship, but that his
story was being passed on to the
Berlin Embassy for inquiries.
An inquiry also was sent to the
State Department at Washington
for a check on the wife's passport
which, Lem said, was issued In New
York.
GA passport was issued to a Lilli
Harrison. going from New York
to Hamburg, Germany, in jan
uary, 1888, the State Department
here reported)
Lem said he and his wife arrived
at Hamburg from New York last
May 3 and shortly afterward both
were arrested.
Lem said he escaped from Dachau
July 10 and made his way to the
frontier, crossing into France under
fire of German border guards.
After telling the embassy his story,
Lem went to Zurich, Switzerland.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Japanese Businessmen
Hit Treaty Abroootion

TOXIC, July 81 (P).-The renova-
ton party, strong Rightist organ
ization, delivered today to Premier
Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma a resolu-
ton condemning abrogation of the
Japanese United States trade treaty
as "an unfriendly act" by the United
States.
The party is not represented in
Parliament, but includes numerous
influential businessmen and poll
ticians.
The resolution cited Japans ef-
forts toward friendship with the
United States and declared that "the
government should notify the United
States that Japan will take ade-
quate measures to meet the situ-
alton unless the United States reco-
nizes the new order developing in
the Far East and shows friendly
attitude toward Japan"
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Railway Mail Guards
Save Army Pay Roll,
Capture One Bandit
Two Of Three Robbers
Escape Under Fire os
One Is Wounded
BY the Associated Press.

CHAMPAIGN. Ill.,, July 3l.-Rail-
way mail guards aboard an Illinois
Central train shot 1t out with three
robbers near Delrey today, wound
ing and capturing one and saving a
$4,000 pay roll destined for the
Army air field at Rantoul.
Driven of by hail of bullets,
two OF the robbers escaped in a
small black sedan on Route IS be-
tween Delrey and Onarga in Iro-
quois County.
The State highway police head
quarters here reported a mail clerk
was beaten on the head in the fight
The captured robber was taken into
Champaign and sent to a hospital
He was conscious, but the extent of
his injuries was not learned at once.
G. E. Richards. the Illinois Gen.
trail station agent at Onarga. said
two OF the robbers boarded the train
when 1t made its scheduled stop
there.
They had been lettering around
the town all morning, he said, and
just as the train was about to pull
out one climbed aboard the engine
tender and covered the fireman and
engineer. The second climbed into
the right-hand door of the mail car.
Before the train had gone $50
feet, Richards said, two shots rang
out. The third robber kept up with
the train in the automobile, driving
along a road which parallels the
track for some distance.
Railroad men at Delrey said that
when the train passed slowly
through there the fireman's face
was bloody, indicating he had been
In the fight.
A blockade was thrown around
Iroquois County, but several hours
after the attempted holdup the
fleeing car had not been sighted.
State police reported the last two
numbers of the cars license were
COS or 625.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
u. S.-to-hew Zealand
Air Route Permit
Will Be Sought
1888 Tragedy Halted
First Efforts to
EstubIish Line
6y the Associated Press,

SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.-Par
American Airways announced to-
day it would ask the Civil Aero
nautics Authority for permission to
establish bi-weekly passenger, mail
and express service between Cali
fornia and New Zealand. The new
route would include Los Angeles as
a stop for westbound planes.
Pan Americans first efforts to
establish the 8.000-mile line were
tragically interrupted January IL.
1888, when the Samoa Clipper, max
ing a final survey flight over the
route, caught fire and burned off
Pago Pago, Samoa. Capt. Edwin
c. Musick. noted trans-Pacific COM
mercial pilot, and six other fliers
died in the flames.
The new route is to include the
following sections: Westbound-
San Francisco to Los Angeles, 365
miles; Los Angeles to Honolulu.
256l miles; Honolulu to Canton
Island, 1919 miles; Canton to
Noumea, New Caledonia, 989 miles.
and Noumea to Auckland, New
Zealand, 1,124 miles.
Service Is to be started with one
OF the 42Ea-ton planes such as now
are being used on Pan America S
San Francisco-China run and
across the North Atlantic. Sched-
uled flying time is to be 40 hours.
elapsed time four days. Steam
ships require about Is days.
The announcement said the out
bound stop at Los Angeles would be
made for the time being, with the
clippers returning from Honolulu
directly to San Francisco" Only
through" traffic would be carried
on the San Francisco-Los Angeles
leg.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Girls Swim Saves 81
From Copsized Cruiser
By the Associated Press.


STONY CREEK, Conn, July 81.
The heroic efforts of Miss Cynthia
Chaplin, attractive socialite, saved
the lives yesterday of 80 companions
who were on moonlight sail and
the captain of the capsized 3O-foot
cruiser.
While the others floated Miss
Chaplin swan for nearly As minutes
before her shouts attracted the at
tention of an oil tug boat which
picked her out of the water and sped
to the rescue. A physician reported
the survivors in fair condition.
Capt. Doolittle, owner of the
yacht, said several hours after the
near tragedy that he had warned
the gay group to stay of the TOP
of the cabin several times.
They kept going up on top de-
spite my warnings" he asserted.
until g. wave rolled the boat and 1t
turned upside down"
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Roosevelt, Studying Bills,
Fails to Catch d Marlin

the Hatch measure. He has re-
ferred to the bill as meeting his
approval as to general objectives,
but he fears 1t is loosely and vaguely
written.
He has until next Thursday to
decide whether he will sign or veto
or fail to act on this legislation,
which some Democratic leaders
have declared will seriously weaken
the Democratic party's organization
If it is allowed to become law.
There has been no end of specu-
lation as to the decision the Presi-
dent will reach, but he has not yet
given any hint of his action.
It Is understood the President
also gave some of his week end
(see FIsHIl 81. Page A-l2.)
Evening star., 1939-07-31

Despite the excellent marlin fish,
ing of the Maryland coast, where
he spent the week end on the
presidential yacht Potomac, Presi-
dent Roosevelt gave only an hour
of his time to fishing, devoting the
rest of the two-day trip to study of
the Hatch bill banning Federal
workers from participating in poll
tics, and other pending matters.
This was reported as the Presi-
dent returned to his desk this
morning.
While the White House would
not indicate definitely just what
other matters the President studied
on his cruise It vas indicated he
has not yet concl He'd his study Of
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Aeronoutics Work
Will Be Discussed

Robert H. Hinckley, chair
man of the Civil Aeronautics
Authority, will be the guest
speaker tonight on the Ma
tional Radio Forum over
WMAL at $3.50 o'clock.
Mr.. Hinckley will discuss
the progress and work of the
Authority during the past year
and also will outline its future
program.
The National Radio Forum
is arranged by The Evening
Star and Is heard Over q coast
forecast network d (the Ma
tional Broadcastin1RF
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Search of u. S. Woman
BY Japanese Reported

TSINGTAO, China, July 81 R.-
The searching of an. American
woman and Briton by Japanese
controlled Chinese customs authori-
ties was reported today.
Mrs. Sadie Wilhoit, a Shanghai
resident holidaying at Tsingtao, said
she was searched and detained
briefly by customs agents who con-
flscated nearly 200 Chinese dollars
(about $50. The Japanese are try
ing to suppress this currency.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Army Bomber Poised
For Nonstop Flight
BY the Associated Press.


BURBANK. Calf, July 31.-A new
22-ton Army Air Corps flying fort
ress" bomber is poised for a nonstop
flight to New York and a quick re-
turn to Wright Field at Dayton, Ohio.
Authorities said the takeon would
depend on weather conditions.
In command was Maj. Stanley M.
Umstead, chief Of the flying branch
of the Army Air Corps material divi-
sion at Wright Field. With him was
a crew of three.
The four-engined bomber, first of
fleet of 80 Boeing planes built with
special engine superchargers for high
attitudes, was flown here from Sc
attic Saturday.
With Maj. Umstead were Capt.
Leonard r. Harman, co-pilot; Louis
Sibilsky, flight engineer, and Mark
H, Koogler, night mechanic, all of
Wright Field.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
$4,000 Demonstrate
Before Britain's
Embassy in Toxic
Follows Reports PorIey
On Tientsin Dispute
Is DeodIocked
By the Associated Press.

TOXIC, July 3l.-Fifteen thou
sand Japanese gathered in front of
the British Embassy today after two
mass meetings in which speakers ac-
cused Great Britain of refusing to
live up to the spirit of her agree
ment on Japanese right-of-way in
occupied portions of China.
The demonstration, similar to
that put on by a much larger crowd
July IA on the eve of the British
japanese conference to settle the
Tientsin dispute, followed weekend
reports that the negotiators Of that
dispute were deadlocked anew.
Deadlocked Saturday.
The conference reached a dead
lock Saturday on japanese in
sistence that Britain agree to the
surrender of 100000 Chinese dol
lars (about $3,888 ,000) deposited in
banks in the British and French
concessions at Tientsin-money of
the central Chinese government for
Its war against Japan.
The Japanese demanded the
money be turned over to the
Japanese-sponsored Peiping govern
ment which has outlawed the
Chinese currency in North China
and is trying to replace it with its
own banknotes.
A subcommittee was to have met
today to discuss this question, but
the session was Cancelled for some
undisclosed reason and a general
meeting of the conferees was set
for this afternoon.
Currency Also a Factor.
Another factor in the reported
deadlock was Japanese insistence on
British support for the new North
China currency and on withdrawal
OF British support for the central
Chinese currency.
After the two stormy mass meet
ings. where speakers shouted new
charges against the British, parades
formed and the demonstrators
poured toward the embassy grounds,
but were kept at a distance from
the gates and wall by a ring of
policemen.
They sang the same songs and
carried the same banners as they
did on July IA.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Pope's Peace EneycIicoI
Is Expected August IS
By the Associated Press,


VATICAN CITY, July 31.-A
Vatican informant said today Pope
Plus XII expected. to issue his first
encyclical, an appeal for world
peace, on August Is, the date Of
the feast of Assumption.
Msgr. Antonio Bacci, Vatican Sec
retary Of briefs, expected to present
a draft of the Latin text to the
pontih for approval next Friday.
Vatican sources said the final
wording Of the encyclical and the
date of the release might be affect
ed by the international situation.
One said the Pope had delayed the
encyclical from last spring while he
carried out peace soundings through
Vatican diplomatic channels.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
New Orleans Records
Fail to Show Name

NEW ORLEANS, July 81 LR-
Birth registration records here do
not show the name of Lii Harrison,
said by her husband, Franz Lem,
to have been interned in a Nazi
concentration camp at Dachau, Ger
many.
No relatives of the woman could
be found here.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
British Guard Arsenal
Against |. R. A. Attacks

6y VIe HSSUClALeQ FreSS
LONDON, July 31.-The war off,ce
has thrown heavy infantry guard
around Woolwich Arsenal, Britain's
largest ordnance factory, as pre-
caution against possible bombing
attempts by members of the out
lawed Irish Republican Army.
An immense store of war materials
is kept at the arsenal located about
10 miles from London.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
HoIifox Sees Kinq

LONDON, July 81 R.-King
George vi today received Foreign
Secretary Lord Halifax. presumably
to hear a report on the interna-
tional situation prior to the royal
family's departure tonight for an
11-week vacation In Balmoral Cas-
tie, Scotland.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Recreation 5etup
Provides 4Aides and
Center Director
Miss Boxer to Keep
Old Position, Boord
Members Indicute

The District Recreation Board to-
day decided on a reorganized Dis
trict recreation set-up including In
its top positions four assistant
directors and a director of COM
munity centers.
1t was obvious from what board
members said after the meeting that
Miss Sibyl Baker, director of the
former Playground Department.
would be given her old position Of
director OF Community Centers at a
salary cut of $1.100.
The full board meeting today fol-
lowed three preliminary meetings
last week of Recreation Director
Lewis r. Barrett with q two-man
subcommittee at which spade work
% the new plan was done -...
The board announced today that
present personnel, carried in the
lower brackets of the new setup,
will be continued at present salaries
for the remainder of the summer
and that personnel in the top posi-
tions will be appointed Immediately
and permanently. Who will have
these positions will not be an
nounced until later in the day after
a telephone poll of the Board of
Education has been taken to ratify
the new setup.
Fifth Assistant Director.
For all intents and purposes, Com
missioner David McCoach, jr., said
today, the director of community
centers will be considered as a fifth
assistant director and will have di-
rect charge of the two general COM
munity centers secretaries, the 10
community secretaries and four per-
manent community center clerks.
This system has to be placed in
effect because the community CEN
ter positions are specifically exempt
from reorganization under the cur
rent District Appropriation Act. Be-
cause Of this exemption any reor-
ganization at the present time is in
the nature of a makeshift.
The four assistant directors are
to be responsible directly to Mr..
Barrett. They will have charge of
white and colored recreation sec
tions and their personnel and white
and colored city-wide programs,
respectively.
This direct clearance to the direc-
tor was placed in effect at the in
stance of John H. Wilson, senior
colored member of the Board of
Education.
The colored population has
brought great pressure to bear for
this clearance of responsibility be-
cause under the old Playground De-
partment this system was not in
effect and is in effect in the school
system
Appointment Indicated.
Although 1t was not formally an
nounced, the members of the board
were obviously considering Miss
Baker for her old position as COM
munity center director. That Miss
Baker undoubtedly will be given this
post was indicated by the phraseol-
ogy of board members, although
they declined to announce her ap-
pointment officially until after the
School Board poll.
Exempted personnel in the lower
brackets probably will be given new
titles and the temporary employees
of the Community Center Depart
ment as we'll as employees of the
Playground Department will be
grouped under the four assistant di-
rectors and not under the director
of community centers. Buildings
dSee RECREATION. page A-I21
Evening star., 1939-07-31
New Clipper Plane
Flying to Baltimore
BY the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, July 31.-The
American Clipper, newest of the six
giant clipper ships of the Pam
American Always to be put into
transatlantic service, took off from
Shushan Airport at $50 am.
&C. S. To today for Baltimore.
Capt. A. E. Laporte said he ex-
pected to reach Baltimore in eight
hours. The American Clipper. which
left San Diego, Calf, yesterday,
will begin her first transatlantic
flight Wednesday.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Complainant Is Lacking
Identification Popers

PARIS, July 81 (Py.-The United
States Embassy here disclosed today
it had asked the embassy in Berlin
to investigate reports that a young
American woman had been interned
in a Nazi concentration camp at
Dachau, Germany.
Embassy officials said Franz Lem,
Evening star., 1939-07-31

oFtttH ana france hGDS tTted
for nearly four months to BRING
Soptet Russia into dnti-aggression
'front.', but conclusion OF alliance
has been delayed by failure of
Britain and France to meet
Russian terms. Latest obstacle
cropping up has been propision
for indirect aggression" demand
ed by MoscoU.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 31.-Prime Min
lister Chamberlain acknowledged be-
fore the House of Commons today
that definition of the term "indi-
rect aggression" was the major snag
holding up conclusion of the pro-
posed British French Russian mu-
tual assistance pact.
He made this disclosure in a for
eign affairs debate a short time
after he had announced Britain and
France would send military mis-
sions to Moscow-probably this
week-for staff talks.
There is no secret" Mr.. Cham
berlain declared, about the fact
that the British government, the
Soviet government and the French
government combined have not yet
been able to agree upon a definition
satisfactory to all parties on the
term indirect aggression, although
all three realize that indirect ag-
gression might be just as dangerous
as direct aggression and all three
desire to find satisfactory method
OF providing against it,"
Mr.. Chamberlain said political
discussions on the proposed British
French-Soviet mutual assistance
pact would proceed side by side
with the military conversations.
The British mission. he said, would
include Admiral Sir Reginald
Plunkett- Ernie -Erledrax. Air Mar
shall Sir Charles Burnett and Mai.
Gen. T. G. G. Haywood.
The Soviet government has pro-
posed that at the present state Of
negotiations it would be an advan-
tage to begin military conversa-
tions forthwith" he said
His majesty's government and
the French government have con-
CURED, and arrangements are be-
ing made to send British and
French military representatives to
Moscow as soon as possible"
France announced last Friday
she was sending Gen. Joseph
Edouard Doumenc as the head Of
her mission.
Sidesteps Pact Questions.
Mr.. Chamberlain sidestepped ques-
tions whether Great Britain in
tended to follow the United States
action in denouncing the American
japanese trade treaty by abrogating
the 1911 British-Japanese trade
pact.
He said the matter would require
careful consideration and he was
not prepared to make a statement
today.
Consultations with the dominion
governments will be necessary" he
added. Broadly speaking, the aims
Of the British government and the
United States Government are sim
liar, but the conditions are not ex-
actly the same"
Laborite Philip Noel-Baker sug-
gested Britain had far greater
provocation than the Americans and
should start immediate consulta-
tions with the dominions with
view to action parallel to that of
the United States
Mr.. Chamberlain replied, I'VE
shall keep in touch with the do
miniorS."
Launching the foreign affairs de-
bate. Liberal Leader Sir Archibald
Sinclair said:
Let me say quite bluntly to the
(Soc DANrr Dor. ~
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Japanese Planes Bomb
Near Hong Konq Border

HONG KONG, July 81 (P.-Jap-
anese planes carried the war in
China to within sight and hearing
of this British crown colony today
with bombardment of Shumchun, a
village less than a mile from the
territorial border and 18 miles from
the heart of the colony.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Summary of Toduy's Star

Virginia Democratic group favors
retention of poll tax. Page B-1
Two killed in auto accident near
Laurel, Md. Page B-1
Great Falls Bridge bill to conform
to planners ideas. Page B-1
Evening star., 1939-07-31

Foreign.
Japan's envoy asks Hull to clarity
treaty abrogation. Page Al
$1,000 demonstrate before Britain's
Embassy in Toxic. Page Al
Indirect attack question stalls Mos
COW parley. Page Al
Volunteer army helps Bombay shut
of alcohol tonight. Page Al
France fixes death for 10 of1enses IN
new anti-spy code. Page A
NotionoI
New Dealers pledge tight to finish
on lending bill. Page Al
U. S.-to-New Zealand air route per-
NIT to be sought. Page Al
Army to engage in biggest war games
in years during August. Page Az
Kentucky farmer surrenders after
escaping posse. Page Az
Garner forces planning 'front.'
porch" campaign. Page Al
McNutt backs Roosevelt administra-
tons policies. Page As
Washington and Vicinity.
Trial justice contest in spotlight in
Arlington primary. H1ge B-l
Evening star., 1939-07-31
6. 0.P.S Senators
Seek New Slash
In Lending Bill
Export-Import Bank
Cut to $4,000, 900
Sought by Taft
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Congress begins its eighth
month Thursday. Since January
) 1t has refused administration
request for neutrality laW revi-
sion. Other proposals turned
dO1un include a national Stdte-aid
health program. President has
1oon fights for Government reor-
gdntsation and for pirtually all
appropriation bills, including de-
tense and relief. In recent weeks
giant lending bill as ,oeu as hous-
ing and ,O1ge-hour amendments
haze met stiff opposition in Con-
greSS.
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Two Arrested in Clash
At Plant in Detroit

DETROIT, July 81 R.-Picket
lines were reinforced today by the
@. I. o. United Automobile Workers
4 'see RIOT. Page A-5J
Evening star., 1939-07-31

(See PACT, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1939-07-31
NotionoI
Woshinaton and Vicinity,

Trial justice contest In spotlight in
Arlington primary. lge B-l
Evening star., 1939-07-31
Indirect Attack
Question Stalls
Moscow Farley
Stoff ToIks With
Russiu Revealed
By Chamberlain
BACKGROUND-

BACKGROUND
Brfttn and France hare tried
tOr nearly four months to bring
Soptet Russia into dnti-aggression
'front.', but conclusion of alliance
has been delayed by failure of
Britain and France to meet
Russian terms. Latest obstacle
cropping up has been propision
for indirect aggression" demand
ed by MoscoW.
Evening star., 1939-07-31

(See LENDING, Page AID
Evening star., 1939-07-31
AZ Hurt in Riot
Al Cleveland
Auto Plant
Truce Affected With
5000 G. !. O. Pickets
After Pitched Bottle
Pictures on Page AS

BACKGROUND
United Automobile Workers.
c. I. o. strike to enforce demands
for contract for skilled workers
and designed to halt production
OF 1910 model automobiles Das
called at Detroit plants of Gen.
eral Motors on July S. The strike
threto 1000 out OF ,Oork. General
Motors officials claim iDdlkout
tDas result of dispute bet,Deen
c. I. O. and A. F. of L. factions.