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Evening star., 1939-11-20
Mrs. Roosevelt Recommends
Hoover as Refugee Expert

Herbert Hoover's name was
broached at Mrs. Roosevelt's press
conference today as a possible can
didate to head an organization CO.
ordinating all refugee work.
Mrs. Roosevelt told the news
paperwomen she thought no one
had as much experience as Mr.
Hoover in working for refugees.
She said such an organization is
still in the stages of discussion and
that she thought it was particularly
desirable as means of making only
one financial appeal instead of
many and as way of cutting down
on the overhead of large number
Of separate organizations.
The Red Cross, she pointed out, Is
financed entirely by voluntary con-
tributions and only does an emerg-
ency job. She cited the large num-
ber of other organizations designed
to help the Polish, the Chinese and
the Spanish refugees and also those
who have been admitted to the
United States under the regular
quotas but must have help in adjust
ing themselves to the life here.
The Government, she said, would
have no part in financing the Or
ganization except that if it eventual
ly became necessary for various
governments throughout the world
to contribute to alleviate human suf-
fering, this Government would also
play a financial part.
An evil of having so many differ
ent organizations, was, she said, that
prospective contributors after sew
eral appeals, get confused and dc
not look into any of them.
She also discussed at her press
conference the new American Youth
Commission report which asked TO,
Evening star., 1939-11-20
S178,373 Pledged,
Increasing Chest
Total 10 S1,51S,722
1898 Pct. Of Quota
Roised With Drive
Ending in Two Doys

With only two days remaining in
its campaign, the Community Chest
has total of s1,51S, 1921 .06-or 1898
per cent of its quota-pledged by
l39.807 contributors, according to re-
ports at it's eight report meeting at
the Willard Hotel today.
Additional pledges of $17S,373.O9
were reported from 22,086 contribu-
tors today.
In plea for intensified efforts to
raise the quota, Lawrence Williams
president of the Washington Board
of Trade, told the workers:
ut is far cheaper and much more
effective to develop good citizens,
healthy in mind and body, than it
is to maintain hospitals, jails,
asylums and other institutions of a
corrective rather than a preventive
nature.
Chest President Coleman Jennings
declared that failure is incon-
ceivable when we know that every
dollar less than our goal would
withhold from some man, woman
(See CHEST, Page ABB
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Known Ship Losses
OF Nations Now 135
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Destruction of three more British
ships-the Pensilva, Wigmore and
Torchbearer-in the North Sea to-
day sent the total known ship loss
of all nations to 1875, with total
tonnage of 538,313.
The British admiralty announced
the 4,258-ton Pensilva, ninth cas-
ualty of the past week end, had been
lost by enemy action" Her crew
was saved.
The steam trawler Wigmore, 345
tons, was sunk by mine and her
crew of 16 was believed lost. Sink
Ing of the Torchbearer, 1857 tons,
was disclosed when four of her crew
Of l3 landed at an English port.
The British blamed German-laid
mines and the Germans blamed
British mines for the wholesale
destruction. Sea warfare's toll OF
deaths was at least 2,056
British losses rose to II, five times
the known German loss of H.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, Nov. 2O.-A woman
armed with two guns shot down
Brooks Coffman, 80, an attorney, on
Main street today. He died a half
hour later.
Miss Corrine Maddox. 26, whom
Coffman was charged with stabbing
with an ice pick last May, surren-
dered to police soon after the shoot
ing.
i have just shot Brooks Coffman," !"
Assistant District Attorney Jimmy
Martin said she told him
Coffman was under a charge of
assault to murder for the ice-pick
Stabbing of Miss Maddox. Miss
Maddox, found wounded at a gravel
pit near Irving, Tex, recovered
after several weeks in a hospital.
George Lawton, telegraph COM
pany representative, told newspaper
men he was sitting in a main street
office when he saw woman shoot
ing at Coffman. She had a revolver
and an automatic pistol.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Detroit Plant Secrets Stolen
By Germans Dies Charges
Noz, Soviet Agents Now Across Ocean
Got Valuable information, He Says

described by him as Nazi spy who
was entertained by patriotic So
ciety, given ready access to numer-
Gus plants, permitted to take pic
lures and to obtain extensive, infor-
nation about industrial processes.
This information is now back in
Germany she said.
Mr. Dies said much information
was obtained from Communist party
members disgruntled after the Ger
Russian alliance was an
nounced. He added:
"I"intend to talk to approximately
10 of these informants today, secret
ly. Of course, I can't reveal their
names. But l can say that four or
five of them are also members of
labor unions"
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Chang New Chairman
Of Executive Yuan

CHUNGKING, Nov. 20 [P.-Gen-
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek today
assumed the Craftsmanship of the
executive yuan, a post equivalent to
that of premier, replacing H. H.
Kung, who became vice chairman.
Chang, at the beginning of the
conflict with Japan in 1887, resigned
as head of the civil administration
to assume command of China s
armed forces.
The generalissimo now is concur
rently president of the Supreme De-
fense Council, chairman of the Mill
tary Commission, chairman of the
Peoples Council and leader of the
Nationalist party.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
japanese Increasing
Forces in kwanetung,
Chinese Report
Nipponese Claims Troops
Have Entered Kwongsi
Are Denied
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONG KONG, Nov. 20.-Reports
from Chungking said today a Jap
anese force landed on the South
China Coast, in Western Kwang-
tung Province, already numbered
10000 and was beng reinforced
hourly, chiefly by cavalry. =
The landing was started last
Wednesday for the declared purpose
of cutting the Chungking govern
ments back door lifelines" through
French Indo-China and British
Burma. = sc
Chinese dispatches declared the
Japanese advance units had not
penetrated KWangsi Province, north
of their landing point, but acknowl-
edged drive of increasing intensity
toward Yamhsien, about Is miles
from the KWangsi border. Last week,
the Japanese reported reaching
Yamhsein.
Thirty Miles From Indo China.
japanese reports placed the in
vaders within Is miles of Manning
capital Of Kwangsi Province, and 30
miles from the Indo- China road.
While main Japanese force ad-
vanced 5 miles toward Manning
they said, more Japanese units land
ed yesterday on upper Tonking Bay
and pushed eastward within 40 miles
of Pakhoi. Tonking Bay treaty port
still Chinese-held. O., t,,
Chinese said a japanese naval
landing party yesterday on the PAX
hoi Peninsula a few miles east OF
the treaty port also threatened 1t.
AS the Chinese pictured the, Jap
anese offensive their foe had famed
out for a three-pronged attempt tt
find the most vulnerable point oi
the Chinese line through foothills
protecting the Kwangsi border, only
As miles from the coast.
Sees DEFENSE Favored.
The Chungking spokesmen re-
Cdlleu IIldG hWduSSl S SCTOng man
Gen. Pal Chunk-hsi-recently de-
clared his militarized province woule
welcome an attempted Japanese in.
vasion because, he said, all condi.
tions favor the defenders. Gen. Pa
estimated the Japanese would neec
at least two divisions-perhaps &c..
600 mentor the effort.
Chungking officials appeared gen.
orally optimistic over the threat tt
Kwangsi, but it was recognized off.
cially that loss of Manning, capita
of the province, about 80 miles nortf
of the japanese landing position
would affect seriously Chinese pros.
ecution of the war. 1t is a supply
and transportation key point.
Evening star., 1939-11-20

employment of unemployed youth.
She said she didn't agree with the
argument that young people with
out jobs might become restless ele-
ment in the community and stir up
war feeling She said she has found
no desire in youth. either employed
or unemployed, to 60 to war.
Still discussing youth problems,
she said Government projects for
girls were more costly than those
for boys because girls needed more
chaperoning. She pointed out that
families, while perfectly willing to
turn boys out on their own. were dis
turbed about letting girls go out
for training unless assured of super
vision.
She cited as an example a girls
camp she was interested in at Bear
Mountain which was finally closed
because its organizers felt they had
no right to spend so much money
per capita when the money could be
spread over a wider group in other
ways.
Asked what housewives should do
in the face Of rising prices for food
she advised them to find out from
their Agricultural Bureau what sea-
sonable prices would be and then
report back to the bureau any un-
seasonable rise in prices.
She said she thought an effort was
being made by Government agencies
to try and keep prices at more
normal level than during the last
war, but that it was up to the con-
sumner to provide the Government
with information so that the Gov
ernment could bring pressure to
bear on stores where prices appeared
| unreasonable.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
R. &c. Head Discusses
Lending Program

Emil Schram, chairman of
the Reconstruction Finance
Corp, will be the guest speak
er tonight on the National
Radio Forum over WMAL at
1890 o'clock.
Mr.. Schram, successor to
Jesse Jones, will discuss "The
r. F. c. and the Business
Lending Program"
The National Radio Forum
is arranged by The Star and is
heard over a coast-to-coast
network Of the National
Broadcasting Co. (
Evening star., 1939-11-20

Hospital For days, he hoyered be-
tween life and death and it was
finally necessary to amutate one of
his legs-which had been injured in
a fall in the course of his suicide at
tempt
Mr.. O'Harrow was finally nursed
back to health in their expensive
new home in Hillandale, near Silver
Spring, and his wife tried to stir
the desire for life in him. He started
looking for another job and one day
late in october he told her he had
found a position with the Federal
Housing Authority and was to start
work November /.
That day, Mrs. O'Harrow drove
him to the Office and upon arrival
found that he did not actually have
job, but was to take an examina-
ton for position. She left him
unattended for a few minutes in
the F.. H. A. Offices and when she
returned he had vanished.
He was virtually a helpless Grip
pie and Mrs. O'Harrow was near q
breakdown from anxiety.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Antarctic Flagship Due
To Sail Wednesday
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BOSTON, Nov. 20.-The U. S. S.
Bear. flagship of the Governments
expedition to the Antarctic, will sail
on Wednesday, 1t. Comdr. Richard
H. Cruzen said today, provided a
plane which she is to carry to the
polar regions reaches here by then.
The plane was left in Philadelphia
by the North Star, leadoff ship of
the expedition, because of insuffi-
cient storage space. The Bears
crew and dock hands hustled today
with the work of storing aboard 100
tons Of supplies and equipment.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
For Boys and Girls

On Page BIZ of today's Star,
Jane and Fred begin a thrilling
Christmas adventure-an ad-
venture that takes them soar
ing through the sky to the
North Pole, where they will be
the special guests of Santa
Claus himself. From now until
December %, Jane and Fred's
Christmas Adventure" will be
a daily feature of The Evening
Star, always to be found on
one of the classified advertis-
ing pages.
Meet Jane and Fred today
by turning to Page Biz, and
watch for them in the classi-
fed section every day.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
BY the Associated Press.

oS the ASSOCldltu EEcSS.
DETROIT. Nov. 20-Representa-
tive Martin Dies, Democrat, of
Texas, chairman of the House Com
miUtee investigating subversive and
American activities, said in an
interview here today that Nazi and
Communist agents now across the
ocean" had stolen important in
formation" of military value from
Detroit industrial plants.
Mr.. Dies was here for one-day
secret conference about such mat
ters.
The primary purpose of his COM
mittee now, he asserted, was to
break up foreign spying and to pre-
vent sabotage in industrial plants.
He cited one case of a lecturer
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Roosevelt Wants to Cut
Deficits, Says King

BY the Associated Press.
Senator King. Democrat, of Utah
reported after a White House con-
ference today that President Roose-
velt had shown great interest in
finding a way to prevent large Fed
eral deficits.
The Senator, critic of large scale
deficit spending, told reporters he
was very much pleased with the
Presidents attitude regarding econ
omy and taxes. He declined to
elaborate
Evening star., 1939-11-20

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 20.-Mines at
least temporarily supplanted sub
marines as the leading sea menace
off the British coast today as the
floating explosives added still fur
ther to the wars greatest week end
toll for merchant shipping. Nine
vessels were reported sunk in the
North Sea over the week end, with
lit persons dead or missing.
The sinkings included the 345-ton
British trawler Wigmore with a
crew of 16 and the 1,267-ton British
collier Torchbearer, which were dis
closed today -Four survivors of the
Torchbearer's crew, reported to have
numbered 13, were landed at an
English port.
British Freighter Is Ninth.
In addition, the sinking of the
4.258-ton British freighter Pensilva
"by enemy action" was disclosed. 1t
was not Immediately clear whether
the vessel was mine victim. Her
crew was landed safely.
A total of 1T persons were dead
or missing in the sinkings. The
total tonnage lost was 32,006. Neu-
trails lost five ships to Britain's four
Simon Bolivar, Netherlands, $500
tons;
Grazia, italian, 5,857 tons;
Blackhill, British, 2492 tons;
B. o. Borjesson, Swedish, 1886
tons;
Carica Milica, Yugoslav, 6,37l tons;
K,aunas, Lithuania, ,52l tons;
Torchbearer, British, 1857 tons;
Wigmore, British, 345 tons.
Pensilva, British, "4,258 tons.
Bolivar Loss Not Computed.
Authorities had not computed the
full loss of life in the sinking Sat-
urday of the Netherlands liner
Simon Bolivar, but the number was
set tentatively at 40. Eleven were
believed drowned or killed by ex-
plosions aboard the four other ships
The admiralty accused Germany
of laying the mines, and the Brit
ish press today ragged against the
Nazis, stresslng the presence. OF
women and children aboard the
Simon Bolivar. which was bound
for the West Indies from Amster-
dam. -..-- ,,- -s.e5 '.'T
On Berlin, however, German
authorities declared "a German
mine could not have been re-
sponsible" for the sinking of the
Simon Bolivar0
The Grazia was the first Italiar
merchantmen to become European
war casualty. 4.--
May Surpass Athena Loss.
The Simon Bolivar disaster pos.
sibly was the worst to civilian ship.
ping since the war started. Unles.
the death list of 40 is reduced ir
the final survey, it will surpass The
toll of 112 persons lost in the sinking
of the British liner Athena Sep
tember 3.
Some of the 260 survivors of the
Netherlands liner told of harroWins
experiences between the time two
explosions rocked the ship and she
settled in water so shallow her fun
nels showed.
ut was just like hell" youne
Netherlander said. The first ex.
plosion blew me down three decks
I saw people blasted dead, just lik'
knocking down ninepins.."
Some SmOthered in Cabins.
One survivor, a middle-aged mar
with a battered nose, said some
passengers were smothered in theil
cabins when oil pipes burst, ane
others, unable to get into boats
slid or jumped into the water"
Some others, though, just stayed,
added barefoot, shirtless British
bank clerk. They just stood or
deck and watched us go. Mayb,
they didn't get off,
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Arnold Tells
Policy on Labor
Trust Charges
Milk Probe Outcome
Moy Show Fate of
Building Inquiry

BACKGROUND -, !. =
Federal anti trust cases agdfnI
labor unions taue brought: all
sorts OF charges into. the picture,
from ShoU case smashing to
strikes, threats OF strikes and
piolence. often the contentious
here habe been that labor unions
haze conspired to close certain
markets. In one case four labor
officials are charged 16tth con-
Spirdcy as a result of dispute
among the unions over Which
should do 1Dhat.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
New Sinkings
Bring Two-Day
Toll 10 Nine
177 Dead or Missing
As Mines Replace
Subs as Menace
BULLETIN.

LONDON, Nov. 20 (P-The
admiralty announced tonight
German aircraft had made an
unsuccessful bombing attack" on
a British destroyer in the south
ern part of the North Sea.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Foreign.
Two-day toll of sea war is nine ships
sunk. Page Al
Violent storms hamper Germans on
western front. Page Al
japanese increase Kwangtung force,
Chinese report Page Al
Plane disabled by Dutch fire, Ger
man pilot dies in crash. Page Al
Prague workers deaf to agitation for
strike. Page AS
Soviets urge world youth to oppose
continued war. Page AS
National
Mrs. Roosevelt recommends Hoover
as refugee expert. Page Al
Antitrust campaign clarified for
unions by Arnold. Page Al
Detroit plant secrets stolen by Nazis,
Dies charges. Page AS
Three G. o. P. groups confer soon on
planks for 1910 race. Page A-16
Washington and Vicinity.
Derrick gives views at Warrenton
milk hearing. Page Al
Evening star., 1939-11-20

(See CHEST, Page A-3D
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-09
State. Can Get Together
II They Will

People who deplore the extension OF federal power
usually trouble in answering the question: WELL who's
going take of those things which affect two or more
states, if not the federal government"
Offhand might say there was no other answer.
But there And gradually the states finding IN the
technique of interstate agreements and joint operations
Compacts to control sewage flow in four OF the coun-
ry major basins have either been approved or are
pending today among 6 states and the District OF Columbia
The Council of State Governments that invaluable agency
which working to coordinate the work OF states IN gs
atve and administrative problems reports that the valleys
the Ohio Delaware Potomac and Red River of the North
are the major rivers affected.
Each flows through territory in many states. Clearly,
leach state has rights and interests None be selfish
about its rvercontrol without affecting the
Others They might have all stepped aside and asked the
federal government to take charge But they did not
Instead they got together Nine states included for
instance in the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation
pact Indiana and West Virginia have ratified the
ment 1t is pending in Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania
affected The agreement becomes operative when five
states have ratified.
North and South Dakoto and Minnesota have approved
compact for pollution and conservancy of the Red River
of the North The Delaware basin already under the Joint
control of New York. New Jersey Pennsylvania and Della
ware.
For many years the Port of New York Authority. a
joint creation of New York and New Jersey has handled
business in connection with navigation between these
states and handled it effectively and WELL 1t is gradually
paying out both states the money they entrusted to it.
Possibly for federal "encroachment such
fields is the hepesness OF the states themselves
They forget their sovereignty except for oratorca
poses.
1t is when states step up and demonstrate their ability
to gappe with their problems that the cry for federal aid
dies down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-09
Out Of the Jungle

Every mother in America-and every dad who has
been sent to buy shirt for his small sonw give cheer
at the that the American Standards association has
worked standard system of sizes for chldrens gar
ments.
From you won't go into store and find that
pair of pants for 12-year-old is really built for Oliver
Hardy while in the store the street. 12yearold
trousers too small for Singers Midget
Many and many husband has gotten in the doghouse
ut home because the shorts he bought for Willie have
been all wrong-due to the confusion in marking Sizes
The who started the present system of marking
sizes have been the fellow who invented crossword
puzzles; one is as hard to solve the other.
Like explorers coming out of jungle maze, Dad and
Mother America will sigh with relief when the size situation
of chldren's garments is finally Strengthened out.
Now, when finally they reminder womens clothing so
that 45year-od matron doesn't size is houseoat
the shopping problems of American males will be solved!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-09
BRIGHT MOMENTS
IN 0REAI LIVES

Warden c. F. McClintock. of
the West Virginia state peniten-
uary, is a great believer in ath-
letics for all inmates of the pfis-
on. His football team was the
first to leave the walls for a Sc
ries of games outside the con-
fines of the prison, and his base
ball and basketball teams have
made creditable records. all
though playing inside the walls.
The warden is a great fan, and
attends most games.
He tells one of a huge lifer.
who weighed almost 270 pounds,
who was playing tackle for the
prison team. In scrimmage ses-
sions he had been pushed all over
the field by smaller man who
was trying out for the gray
CARRIED eleven.
The coach demonstrated with
the big fellow, then lost his tenn
per and gave him a sound cuss-
ing. The team was gathered
around, and finally, after the
storm had subsidized. the varsity
quarterback spoke up:
"Aw. give him a chance. He
might not make the team this
year. but he's young; and se-
cording to the books he's got
about so years to play yet, and
we'll need him, believe me-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-09
A NATIONAL PENSION

Editor, The Times: The house
of representatives at Washing
ton has voted on the Townsend
old age pension and turned down
the measure by three to one.
The Washington congressional
delegation voted for the bill and
SO did the delegation from Cali
fornia. The old folks now know
how the congressman feel.
There is now talk in Wash
ington city of passing a pension
and giving twenty dollars per
month to be matched by the
same amount by the states. Bet
ter no pension at all than to con-
tinue to turn over national
money for some man like Ernst
to dispense. He has shown that
he cannot do the job so as to
please those who need a pension.
No one who thinks can expect a
liberal mind from men who draw
$500 per year, or a governor