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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Davies Is Appointed
Special Assistant
To Secretary Hull
Will Deal With Trade
Negotiations and War
Emergency Problems
BY the Associated Press.

Joseph E. Davies. American AM
bassador to Belgium, was designated
by President Roosevelt today as .
special assistant to the Secretary of
State, to deal with war emergency
problems and international trade
negotiations.
Mr.. Davies recently returned from
Brussels to report at the State De-
partment and White House.
Today's announcement said:
The President and the Secretary
of State have asked Ambassador
Joseph E. Davies, recently instruct
ed to return from Belgium to the
United States. to accept post in
the Department of State; to under
take certain duties having to do
with war emergency problems and
policies. and to serve as an adviser
on affairs concerning international
trade and trade negotiations.
Ambassador Davies will be desig-
mated as special assistant to the
Secretary of State. He was in
formed the President and Secretary
Hull of his willingness to accept"
Mr.. Davies went to Brussels last
year after tour of duty as Ambas-
sador to Soviet Russia. There was
no indication who Mr.. Davies sue
cessor at Brussels would be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Neutrality Reservation
Is Made by Uruguay
B, the Associated Press.

bN the Associated Press.
Uruguay, which has an important
seaport but an insignificant navy.
made a reservation in signing the
pan-American protest against viola
ton of the Western Hemisphere
neutrality zone.
That official information was
joined. however, to a statement to-
day that the reservation does not
invalidate the force of the protest,
with which Uruguay agreed in prin-
cipal.
1t is understood here that Uru-
quay wants assurances of mutual
support In case she is obliged I'M
der any future decision of the Amer
lean republics to take steps that
might place her in danger of reac-
ton from European belligerents.
Further consultations are to be
entered into by the American re-
publics to decide specific steps to
be taken by them in case Of future
violations Of the zone.
Steps under contemplation include
prohibition against American ports
helping to supply or repair war
ships, which have committed warlike
acts within this hemisphere's Sc
curitv zone Another advanced by
several Latin American nations is
internment of such warship seek
ing refuge in an American port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Janitor Admits Staying
Policy Operator
Ry the Associated Press.

ES the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Deputy
Chief Inspector John ]. O'Connor
said today Majoe Greenfield, a.
colored janitor, admitted the STAY
ing of James Cangro. "A, small
time policy operator, whose stabbed
and strangled body was dumped on
vacant lot in the Bronx Christmas
morning.
Homicide Bureau detectives said
Greenfield confessed the Staying
after all-night questioning. explain
ing he felled Cangro with a claw
hammer in quarrel over colored
woman known as Annabelle.
The alleged confession countered
earlier reports that Cangro was slain
in the beginning of war of ex-
termination for control of the policy
racket in the Bronx.
Cangro was convicted in 1926 on
policy racket charge and had been
arrested at other times. On another
policy charge he was convicted and
fined $50 in 1887.
He was married, a brother said,
and had three children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Deterioration Of Rails
Blamed for Recent
German Wrecks
Little Done to Improve
Roads Overburdened
By Military Traffic
By FRANK SMOTHERS.

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
BERLIN, Dec. 26.-The war on the
economic front, within and without
Germany, is increasingly gripping
attention following recent disastrous
train wrecks and the series of trade
agreements concluded between the
Reich and Rumania. Denmark. the
Netherlands and Sweden.
The first reaction in economic cir
Giles to the trade agreements is that
the fresh arrangement with Ru-
mania is rnoderate-but very mod
erate-gain for Germany, not ac-
cording with her previous hopes, and
that the arrangements with the 9TH
e- states do not notably alter the ex-
listing situation.
Friday nights train wrecks, with a
death toll of at least 1872 killed and
100 injured in the first and so killed
and 80 injured in the second, have
riveted attention on the condition
of the German rails, which increas-
ingly looms as one of Germany's
most difficult home problems.
Deterioration Long Admitted.
1t is impossible to tell to what ex-
tent the deterioration of German
rails specifically accounts for eight
train wrecks within the last five
weeks-nine, if one includes the
killing Of 10 persons in a bus which
was hit by train at Linz, Austria,
December II.
In any event, this deterioration in
the Reich's rolling stock long has
been an admitted fact. In economic
| circles, it is pointed out that it
started before the taking over Of
Austria, as the Nazis' economic pro-
gram put new burdens on the rails
without a commensurate railroad
extension and repair program.
Since the taking over of Austria
and subsequent to the annexation
of Czecho-Slovakia and Poland, the
burdens placed on the rails mounted
further still. Great troop move
ments in the crisis before the pres
ent war added to the strain, and the
movements of soldiers and war sup
plies in the war have added, of
course, great deal more to this
burden.
Rolling Stock Scarce.
Rolling stock and equipment are
admittedly scarce. Many express
passenger trains were moved from
service after the war started as
result of the overburdened condition
of the lines
Such facts would not appear to
be an adequate explanation for the
overlooking of stop signals on the
part of engineers. as was reported in
the case of both of last Fridays
wrecks. but wrecks are inevitably
associated with the state of rail
equipment. The blackouts under
which trains operate also are popu-
larly blamed.
tCopyright 1899, by Chicago Daily News,
Inc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Ruby Keller Granted
Divorce From Jo|son

LOS ANGELES, Dec. rs P.-
Actress-Dancer Ruby Keeler OBJ
tanned a divorce today from AL
JOlsOn.
The one-time film dancer and her
nanny singing husband parted Oc-
tooer 10. Subsequently she charged
him with extreme cruelty and
grevious mental and physical suffer-
ing" They were married Septem-
Der 81, 1929.
The action asked custody of their
son, AL, jr., 4. A property settlement,
understood to provide Miss Keeler
with $500 week or $4,000 cash
If she remarries, has been reached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Damage Repaired,
Ship's sos Cancelled

THOMASTOWN, Me-. Dew. Is [P)
The crew of the Norwegian steam
er Tana won battle with the stormy
North Atlantic today, repairing a
broken rudder in midocean and can
ceiling call for assistance.
First fragmentary radio messages
picked up by the Mackay Radio
station indicated the Tana's distress
was acute and that one of her life
boats had been swept away by board
ing seas An hour later the $685.
ton vessel advised the damage had
been repaired and that she had re-
sumed her course. The Tana gave
her position as 1850 miles east OF
New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Mrs. Corowoy Receives
YuIe Gifts at Hospital

Flowers and gifts from scores of
friends, among them the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt, made Christ
mas merry for Senator Hattie w.
Caraway of Arkansas, even If she
did spend 1t in a hospital.
I'm feeling fine" she reported,
'but I'm fiat on my back, Of course.
They may let me sit up for New
Year Day."
Mrs. Caraway entered Emergency
Hospital December 9 for stomach
operation Her physicians have
not indicated when she may leave,
but she said she expected to be at
her desk III the Senate Tin very
few weeks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Hitler Reported on French Soil
lon Christmas Visit to F ront
Crossed Border in No Mans Lund
With Gifts for Front-Line Troops

Led by the captain commanding
that sector. he visited French con-
structed concrete dugouts now In
German hands, and then walked
through woods to the extreme front
line. The informants said he would
have made an easy target for
French guns.
During his visit Hitler promoted
the captain, his guide, to the rank
of major.
About dusk the Fuehrer departed
He distributed gifts to soldiers on
watch, and as he walked away the
church bells in nearby Spicheren
village pealed their customary
Christmas music.
Though Spicheren village is out
side the German lines, a patrol
entered the town merely to ring the
bells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
British Steamer Sunk
By Torpedo With
Loss Of 14Lives
StunhoIme Is Attacked
Only Two Hours Out
OF English Port
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 26.-The British
steamer Stanholme, 2,473 tons, was
reported today to have been tor
pedoed and sunk with loss of IA
lives off the west coast OF Eng
land.
Ten survivors said the ship had
been torpedoed without warning
Christmas Day.
Most of the crew was below decks
when a terrific explosion sank the
ship, only two hours after she left
port.
The only uninjured survivor was
the captain. There was one woman
aboard, Mrs. Mabel Jenny, wife of
the chief engineer. He drowned.
Seaman E. l.. Evans said, I'VE had
no warning and no time to launch
a lifeboat. I pushed small raft we
had on deck into the water and
scrambled onto it.
1--WE were picked up by lifeboat
of Norwegian steamer, whose crew
had heard the explosion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Man Dies in PLUNGE
Woman From Gas
In Washington
Former Real Estote
Salesman Leaves
Three Notes

The deaths of two persons-a man
who plunged from gas-filled room
on the fourth floor of his residence
and a woman who was found over
come by gas in the kitchen of her
home-were under investigation by
police today.
Francis M. Wallace, At. former
real estate salesman, was found
critically injured in front of 1926
Fairmont street NV. early this
morning. He died a short time later
at Emergency Hospital.
Mr.. Wallace, a roomer at that
house, left three notes in the room
His body was discovered about 7
am. in the front yard by Mrs. Lu-
ellie Murphree. nurse at Garfield
Hospital. who lives in the rooming
house.
He was removed to the hospital
where he died about $3.50 am. of
injuries received in the fall
Note Addressed to Woman.
Police said that gas was coming
from three jets in stove in the
room. The room is in the front
of the house and Mr.. Wallace's body
had struck bench in the front yard
One note, addressed to woman
who rooms at the same house. said,
according to police: 1--WE decided
this is the best way OUT
One of the notes, police said. was
dated December % and the others
had been written subsequently,.
Mr.. Wallace. friends at the room
ing house declared, formerly sold
real estate here. Lately, he had
been making electric cords for cleo
trio irons and selling them in Wash
ington.
He had lived in Washington about
II years, coming here originally from
Milford, Conn. For the past sew
eral days, friends said, he had ap-
peared depressed.
Body Found by Brother.
Mrs. Frances May Payne, Is, of
706 Nicholson street NV. was found
dead in the kitchen of her home
this morning by brother who had
come to pay a Christmas visit. A
gas jet on an oven was open. She
was pronounced dead by an Emer-
gency Hospital ambulance physi-
clan.
Alone at the time, her body was
discovered by Robert Rosson of
5815 Fourth street NV, who de-
tected gas on entering the home.
Police said they found a note ad-
dressed to Harry" Her husband,
Harry w. Payne, a gasoline sta
ton operator, was at work at the
time, police said. They would not
divulge the contents of the note.
The woman had been dead about
four hours when discovered, a ply
sician said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
German Patrols RepuIsed;
British Over He|go|and
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 26.-The French mil
itary reported today the repulse OF
pre-dawn Christmas raids by Ger
man patrols east of the Moselle
River.
The heaviest skirmish, which the
French officially described as "se-
rious," began at 4 am. on Christ
mas with artillery and mortar prep
aration.
They said the French did not
suffer a casualty in routing the
Germans in an hour-and-a-half
fight.
BERLIN, Dec. 26 P).-Machine
gun volleys beat off British air at
tacks on German vanguard" boats
In Helgoland Bay Christmas Day
the German high command report
ed today. adding that the German
Army participated in no fighting
on Christmas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Turkish Freighte!r, Crew
OF "a Lost in Hurricane
b the Associated Press

d CNS ASSOCIHCeU FEcSS.
ISTANBUUL, Dec. 26.-The Turk
ish freighter Kizilirmak, 2794 tons,
Struck rocks near Sinope during
violent Black Sea hurricane and
went down with her entire crew
of "a.
Scores of trawlers and other light
craft were missing today after the
storm. It was feared some Of them
were lost with Ill hands. Lifeboats
searched for survivors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Maryland Exercise Boy,
Kicked by Colt, Dies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Nd, Dec. 26--Horace
Clogg,, 30, exercise boy at Samuel
D. Riddles Glen Riddle Fa1ms near
here, died today of injuries suf-
fered when he was kicked by a colt.
DR.. F. S. Nichols, who examined
the body, said Clogg, whose home
was in Berlin, died instantly. Wit
nesses said Clogg was working With
six other exercise boys leading
yearlings around the stables when
he approached too close to the heels
Of a Man-o-War colt and was kicked
in the chest.
Mr.. Riddles string Of horses in
cluded Man-o-War and War Adj
miral.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Gifts and PET Dog Save
Family From Hillside Drop
Ry the Associated Press.

~ the ASSOCIATED FTeSS'
UNIONTOWN, Pa, Dec. &c.
Christmas gifts and pet dog saved
the Clarence B. Sisley family from
what might have been violent death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sisley and their
8-year-old daughter Joan were driv-
ing from Pittsburgh to nearby Con-
fuence for Christmas when car
rammed their machine toward
guard rail.
Their car turned over and came
to a stop precariously on top the
rail, the weight of the dog and gifts
in a rear seat preventing it from
tumbling over a 20-foot embank-
ment.
The three hardly dared move for
several minutes then squeezed out
the front seat to safety, using the
utmost caution lest the car lose its
balance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Brentwood Woman
Held in Auto Death

Mrs. Dorothy M. Fiste, 20, of
Brentwood, Md, was held for &C
ton of Police Court under the Neg
ligent Homicide Act today by q
coroner's jury inquiring into the
trafAc death of Robert E. Fetner,
a, Of 1921 Douglas street NE.
Mr.. Fetner was struck late Fri
day by IN automobile operated by
Mrs. Fiste in the $500 block Of
Seventeenth street NE. He died
early Saturday In Casualty Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN, Dec. 26.-Authoritative
sources reported today that Adolf
Hitler had walked across the frontier
into France while he was spending
Christmas with German forces in
the Westwall Notifications.
1t was the first time since 1918
that the Fuehrer had set foot on
French soil, these informants said.
Then he was a corporal with the
10th Bavarian Reserve.
The authoritative account said
that on Christmas Eve, with orderlies
carrying gift packages, Hitler crossed
the frontier which now is a no.
man STAND, but which until a few
weeks ago was occupied by the
French.
He spent "some time" in the
vicinity of Spicheren Heights, be-
tween Saarbruecken and Forbach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
British Losses 2,511Men,
Three on West Front
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. Military sources
today said that official figures, ap-
proved by the British, disclosed
only three British soldiers had been
killed on the western front since
the war began, with 2.070 killed in
naval service and 438 in the air
force.
The total OF 2,511 compared with
a French death total of 1884.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
| Girl, Paralysis
| Victim, Gets Note
from President
BY the Associated Press.

RUNNEMEDE, N. j., Dec. 90
One of 14-year-old Myrtle Eliza
beth Smiths most enjoyable Christ
mas presents is a letter from Presi-
dent Roosevelt wishing her speedy
recovery from infantile paralysis.
III since she was IA months old,
Myrtle Elizabeth Us just now learn
ing to walk and her parents hope
that she might sometime enter the
Warm Springs, Ga, sanitorium in
which the President is interested.
President Roosevelt wrote:
"One of our friends informed me
that you have infantile paralysis.
I do hope that you will keep up
your courage and that you will soon
be greatly improved. With this note
I send you my best wishes for a
merry Christmas and a happy new
year."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Moscicki Is Permitted
To Go to Switzerland
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
BUCHAREST, Dec. 26.-Ignace
Moscicki, former President of Po-
land, left Rumania today for a
sanatorium in Switzerland seeking
treatment for heart disease.
Moscicki was informed when he
fed into Rumania as the Russian
and German Armies occupied Po-
land, but permission to leave this
country was granted after con-
sultation with physicians.
He was accompanied by his wife
and daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
james J. Britt Dies

ASHEV1LLE, N. c., Dec. 26, @.-
James j. Britt, 70, former Republic
can Representative from the 18th
North Carolina district and former
chief counsel of the Federal Pro-
hibition Bureau In Washington, died
ct his home here early today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
POPE Sends Aid to Firms

VATICAN CITY. Dec. rs R.-
The Vatican announced today that
Pope Plus had sent "a large offer
ing" to william Cobben, Apostolic
Vicar at Helsinki. to be used to help
Catholics In Finland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
National

Ambassador Davies appointed spe-
cial assistant to Hull. Page Al
Roosevelt starts draft on message to
Congress. Page Az
Norris says he will never seek pub
lie office again. Page Az
Hopkins reports gains In q. 8. econ.
omy for 1889. Page B.e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
White House
Explains Status
Of Taylor Post
Agent to Vatican to
Function as Did
Norman H. Davis

(Terts OF the church leaders
replies to Mr.. Roosevelt will be
found on Page B-1O.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Hitler reported to have been on
French soil. Page Al
British ship torpedoed, IA men
lost. Page Al
Deterioration of rails blamed for
German wrecks. Page Al
Two Finnish battalions routed, Rus
slams say. Page Az
De Valera urges war settlement
now. Page AS
New japanese diet session opened
by Emperor. Page AS
First Australians landed at British
port. Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26

(See TRADE, Page A-3)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Cooper Union Names
D. {. Man 10 Faculty

Edward Slater shairy, a native of
Washington. for six years head of
the engineering department at Rob-
ert College, Istanbul, Turkey, has
been appointed professor of civil
engineering at Cooper Union, New
York, 1t was announced today by
DR.. Edwin Sharp Burdell, director
Of the institution.
Prof. Shairy, whose appointment
Is effective September /, is 80 and
attended Mckinley Manual Train
ing School here, He later went to
Lehigh University and the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology,
where he received bachelor of SCI
ence and master of science degrees
in civil engineering. For three years
he was instructor in civil engineer
ing at M. I. T. He also taught at
Newton (MassD Academy and the
University of Minnesota before 60
ing to Robert College, where he
served for nine years, one year as
assistant professor and two as as
sociate professor before becoming
head of the department. He also
has had wide experience as a
structural designer and consultant
in bridge and other construction
projects. He is author of Elements
Of Structural Engineering"
At present Prof. Sherry is living at
401 High street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Wood Ticks Collected
For Vaccine-Makinq
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July 1.-THE
wook tick-carrier of Rocky Noun
tain spotted fever-is the object of
a bring 'em back alive" hunt in the
suburbs of Philadelphia.
Already this year bites from infect
ed ticks have resulted in three
deaths. In seven other cases the vic
TINS have recovered. Last summer
seven persons died Of spotted fever in
the Philadelphia area.
Residents of main line" suburbs,
where two of the deaths have &C.
CURED, have been bottling ticks
plucked from pet dogs and sending
them to doctors at Jefferson Medical
College.
Infected ticks are ground up to
make vaccine. From them and the
harmless ones, which show up far
more frequently, physicians hope to
obtain accurate data on the Incl
dence of infection.
DR.. Hobart A. Reimann estimates
that one of every 100 ticks is infected
with spotted fever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Bruin Twizzlers
BY PROF. J. d. FLINT,
( Pluribus Unum

We are searching for some special
10-letter words today. A common
characteristic of them is that they
all contain the letters ONE in that
order somewhere in the word. The
first word starts off with those
letters and the second word has
them as its second, third and fourth
letters and SO on down the line
through the eighth, which has them
as its last three letters. Here are
your clues: /. An adverb meaning
from one point of view. 2. What you
feel when you're in strange city or
have no friends. 3. Having to do
with sounds, speech. 4. What a
number of European "big-shots" are
now. 5. What you have If you
haven't integrity. 6. A class of
articles usually found on desks. Z.
1t may happen to you if you stray
from the righteous path. 8. An in
strument found in many large
Offices.
(AnsWer on Page Bib
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Asiotic Indiuns Hope
To Guin CITIZENSHIP

A delegation Of Asiatic Indians
took hope today from the action of
Representative Lesinski, Democrat,
OF Michigan that some 5000 Indians
living in the United States might
be admitted to citizenship. Mr..
Lesinski introduced a bill into the
House yesterday which would &C
complish this end.
Ramlal Bajbai and Muberapali
Khan Of the India Welfare League,
New York, the members of the
delegation, explained that the 1924
immigration Act excluded Indians
from citizenship. But he said the
5000 for whom he seeks an excep-
ton have lived in the United States
In some instances as long as Is or
30 years and have wives and fami-
lies.
The two men are staying at the
Hamilton Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Joseph McInerney,
Labor Leader, Dies
In New York City
AT. Of /. Executive Had
Been III Five Months;
Headquarters Were Here

Joseph A. McInerney, president Of
the Building and Construction
Trades Department of the American
Federation of Labor, died in a New
York hospital late yesterday after
an illness of five months, the As
ISOLATED Press reported.
Mr.. McInerney had served in this
capacity for the last two years. His
Office was at A. F. of L. headquar-
tiers here and his home at the An
napolis Hotel.
He was born in New York Oc-
tober 20, 1891. He attended the
public schools there Before becom-
ing an A. F. of L. department head,
he was business manager of the
Marble Workers Union, with head
quarters in New York, for II years.
Mr.. McInerney was interested in
sports, particularly swimming, base
ball and boxing. He was a mem
Der of the Elks, a Catholic and a
Democrat.
Surviving are his widow, three
daughters, son, three brothers and
two sisters.