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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-03-25
UNITE TO help
SHAREHOLDERS
MASS MEETING AT 3 JOY ST

MASS MEETING AT 3 JOY ST.
In connection with National Share
cropper's Week, the League for In
dustrial Democracy and the Greater
Boston branch of the NAACP are put
ting on a meeting to explain to the
people of Boston the Importance of
helping the white and colored share
troopers of the South organize in a
union, which will not practise any
racial discrimination, in order to get
for themselves better conditions The
meeting will be held at Joy ST., Bos-
ton, on Friday evening, March 31st,
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MUSIC LOVERS AND
ORGANIZATIONS

The New England Congress for
Equal Opportunities is issuing
call to all music lovers and organi-
zations TO be present at a meeting
TO be held Wednesday, March
10Th, 1889 at $50 Mass. Ave. at
$50 PM. This meeting is in in
terest Of the Annual Pops Concert
TO be held at Symphony Hall.
Every organization and individual
should be deeply interested and
should be present or send at least
three representatives. TO this meet
ing.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-03-25

Introduction of master of ceremonies
by Mrs. Lille B. Ballard. Rev. NJ. j.
Minor; Invocation, Rev. L. E. Ford;
welcome address, Deacon C. Crawford;
address, Rev. R. NJ. Owens; greetings,
by visiting clergymen; music by
Peoples Bapt. Church Choir. Ushers:
S. K. Parker, E. P. Payne, George
Parker. CITIZENS NIGHT-Tues-
Clarke, P. Brown, P A. Turner, P.
day: Invocation, Deacon E. M. Dukes;
vocal solo, John Powell; welcome ad-
dress, Joseph Maddox; vocal solo, E.
Mansfeld; address, Hon. W. L. Reed,
Governors Council; violin solo, Mrs.
CONTINUED on Page ~
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Widow of Gen. WohI
Is Overcome by Gas

Overcome by fumes from a leaky
gas heater at home, Mrs. Fenella
Wahl, 48, widow of Maj. Gen. Lutz
Wahl, former adjutant general OF
the Army, was taken to Walter Reed
Hospital today for treatment.
1t was said at the Wahl residence
2649 Woodley road NV. that Mrs
Wahl finished a game of cards last
night and retired to sitting room
to read. A broken furnace necessi-
tated the use OF gas heater.
Mrs. Wahl was said to have fallen
asleep while reading and as she slept
was affected by gas from the heater
Gen. Wah died In December 1919
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Two More Allied Ships Sunk;
u. S. Liner Saves SO Britons
French Tanker, Larger Than Athenio,
Is Attacked; Crew Apparently Drowned

war. The Athena was smaller by
534 gross tons.
The tanker last touched Houston
August 9. 1t then had crew of Al
aboard, but its agents there did not
know how many were aboard on the
present voyage. 1t was the largest
merchant ship ever to negotiate the
Houston ship channel.
The sinkings sent the known toll
of ships lost to 68 and the tonnage
lost to 286, ,406.
It was the thirty-four known
British loss and the third French
casualty.
The rescue was the fourth per-
formed by United States line boat
since the war began. A total of 120
men have been picked up by these
ships.
Last reports of the Heronspool
said she arrived at Swansea, Eng
land, August 81 from Hamburg.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
BY the Associated Press.

oy Vic hSSOCldIcu 1ICSS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-The Amer
lean liner President Harding radioed
today that she had rescued the
crew of So of the British freighter
Heronspool while proceeding to aid
the attacked French tanker Emile
Miquet. The Heronspool was sunk
off the Irish coast. The Harding
said it found the tanker in flames.
The crew apparently had drowned.
Capt James E. Roberts sent the
following message to the United
States Lines in New York:
cat 2:10 pm. CE. S. T) Thursday
responded to sos from French
tanker Emile Miquet in latitude
50.08 north, longitude IA west. At
1:50 am. sighted and rescued crew
Of SO in boat from British steamer
Heronspool. None missing. Reached
Emile Miquet afire No sign of
crew. Proceeded at 9:37 am"
The Harding left lie Verdon Oc-
tober II for New York with SGT
passengers ABOARD.
The Emile Miquet left Corpus
Christi, Tex, September II with
136.087 barrels of crude oil. Her
tonnage of 14,115 made her one of
the largest oil tankers afloat She
was presumably bound for LIE Havre
The Emile Miguel was the largest
merchantmen sunk in the current
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Japan About 10 Lose
Strategic Port,
Chinese Declare
Collapse Of Offensive
Brings Threot to
City, Hong Kong Hears
BY the Associated Press.


HONG KONG, Oct. 13.-Chinese
dispatches asserted today that
Japan's year-old foothold in Yochow
strategic port on the Middle Yangtze
River, was gravely threatened as a
sequel to the collapse of Japan's re-
cent offensive in Human Province.
The Chinese asserted that the
invaders were being pushed back
ncrthward in Human, Kiangsi and
Southern Hupeh Provinces and had
reached the lines they held before
the start, nearly a month ago, of
the Human drive which Chinese as
sert resulted in a major Japanese
setback.
Recapture of Yochow, gateway of
Human, would erase the most i'm
portant of the Japanese Army's
gains since the fall ow Hankow Oc-
tober Is, 1888.
Chinese advance forces pursuing
the retreating Japanese were said to
have cut the Japanese railroad COM
munications north of Yochow. The
Japanese were reported to be re-
moving military supplies via the
river from Yochow.
With the immediate objective of
forcing Japanese abandonment of
Yochow, the Chinese reported they
were heavily investing remaining
Japanese positions in Northeast HUI
nan, Northwest Kiangsi and South
ern Hupeh, the three inland prov
inces which lie athwart the inner
valley of the Yangtze.
Japanese casualties have reached
1000 in the last four weeks in this
area alone, the Chinese contended.
On the Yangtze's north bank they
reported recapture of Hwangmei,
which the Japanese took 16 months
ago in some of the bitterest fighting
in the Yangtze Valley campaign.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Roosevelt Reveals
He Sent Personal Plea
To Soviet President
Note to Aid Finland
Edited by Hull,
Executive Reveals
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

American action in behalf of
Baltic peace and preservation of
Flnlands territorial integrity took
the form of personal message from
President Roosevelt to President
Kalinin of Soviet Russia. it was dis
closed today by Mr.. Roosevelt at
his press conference.
Presented to Soviet Foreign Com
missar Molotov yesterday by United
States Ambassador Laurence A.
Steinhardt, the appeal expressed an
earnest hope that nothing arising
out of Russian Finnish negotiations
would disturb present peaceful rela-
tions. Mr.. Roosevelt said today there
undoubtedly will be at least ac-
Acknowledgement of his message, al
though such has not yet been re-
ceived.
In describing the entire incident,
Mr.. Roosevelt said concern was felt
here on Monday over developments
on the Baltic political front, signs at
that time pointing to an extension
of the war"
On Tuesday, he continued, repre-
sentatives of several Baltic govern
ments visited the State Department
and the White House. Among those
coming to the White House were the
Swedish and Finnish Ministers.
These two and Ministers of Den
mark and Norway all called at the
State Department during the first
part OF the week. There was no
suggestion of joint action, however.
Hull Helped Editing.
Increasingly disturbed by reports,
Mr.. Roosevelt said he drafted his
personal massage to President Kali
min Wednesday morning. Later the
plea was edited In conference with
Secretary of State Hull. It still re-
mained a personal message, however,
the Chief Executive emphasized,
embodying the hopes of continued
peace in the Baltic area. At an
proximately noon on Wednesday 1t
was dispatched.
Actual text of the message was not
released to the press at that time,
Mr.. Roosevelt explained, because it
had not been delivered. 1t is not
being released at this time, ne con-
tinued, because this Government
(See MEDIATION, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Senate Group Proposes
S50,000,000 Drought Fund
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A group Of Senators decided today
to ask President Roosevelt for a
$50, ,00O, 900 emergency fund for use
in agricultural areas devastated by
drought and floods this year.
The decision was reached after q
three-hour conference with Federal
officials in charge. of rural relief.
The meeting was called by Senator
Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama.
After Agriculture Department off,
cials informed the group that un-
favorable crop conditions had added
more than 10000 farm families to
emergency rolls in recent months,
the Senators decided to send a rep
resentative committee to the White
House.
Appointed to confer with the
President were Senators Bankhead,
Connally, Democrat, Of Texas; Cap
per, Republican, Of Kansas; Burke,
Democrat, Of Nebraska and Mead,
Democrat, Of New York.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Reich Through
With DuIudier.
Chamberlain
BULLETIN.

BERLIN Oct. 13 P.-
Informed quarters report
ed tonight that Germany
was exchanging views with
Soviet Russia and Italy
through her ambassadors
following Prime Minister
Chamberlain's rejection of
Reichsfuehrer Hitler's
peace proposals.
1t was indicated Ger
many's next major war
move would be taken after
these consultations, which
were understood to have
started today.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Oct. liking
Gustaf today invited and received
acceptances from the Kings of Den
mark and Norway and the President
of Finland to meet him in Stock
holm october 18, presumably to dis
cuss the Finnish-Rus question.
Foreign ministers of the Scandi-
navian nations will accompany their
rulers.
The specific questions to be dis
cussed were not Immediately dis
closed, but it was understood that
the Finnish situation in the face of
Russian expansion in the Baltic
would predominant.
There was some speculation of the
likelihood of a general peace move
by the Northern countries since
King Gustaf had been suggested in
some quarters as a possible mediator
for an European peace.
1t was recalled, however, that a
meeting of the three Northern kings
in 1914 developed no such move.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Turkish Minister
Enters Discussion
With Soviets
NeutroIs Strengthen
FinIund's Position for
ToIks at KremIin
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Oct 13.-Amid reports
that some form of agreement would
be signed by Russia and Turkey
within the next day or two, the
Turkish foreign minister, Sukru
Saracoglu, was received in the
Kremlin late this afternoon.
In the absence of any ofiicial
comment from either side, observers
believed the prospective pact would
settle questions in relation to the
Black Sea and the Dardanelles and
would define the attitude of each
nation toward the other in the cur
rent European war.
Agreement Held Imminent.
The impression grew in diplomatic
circles here that an agreement was
imminent, as the Kremlin's talks
with the Turks caused indefinite
postponement of further conversa-
tions with the Firms.
The Finnish envoy, DR.. Juho Kusti
Paasikivi, who had planned to visit
the Kremlin again this afternoon,
visited the Soviet agricultural exhibi-
ton instead. He might be asked to
60 to the Kremlin later tonight for
resuming the parley begun yesterday
at Russian invitation, but even the
Finnish Legation was not informed
whether he was expected.
Paasikivi was believed awaiting
general instructions from home be-
fore proceeding further.
Position Is Improved.
The Finnish position for dickering
with Russia was improved by diplo-
matte backing of the United States,
Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
The Washington Government and
the three Scandinavian countries
in effect urged Russia not to make
demands upon Finland which might
endanger Russian Finnish relations.
United States Ambassador Laurence
A. Steinhardt had a one-hour con-
sultation with Foreign Commissar
Molotoff, in which he presented
Washington's request that Russian
proposals to Finland be so framed
as not to disturb peaceful relations.
CA State Department explana-
ton of Mr.. Steinhardt's action
said it was "a unilateral and en-
tirely independent action of the
United States Government" Ap-
parently this was intended to
make clear that the move was
not connected with the similar
steps OF Sweden, Denmark and
Norway
(The notes of the Scandinavian
countries were identical. They
said that each government ex-
pected nothing will occur which
would prevent Finland from con-
tinuing independently to main
tain her neutral position.")
Talf for Hour.
The representation were made
yesterday about the time DR.. Paasi-
XVI and his aides had their first ses-
sion with Soviet leaders.
The Firms were closeted for an
hour at the Kremlin with Josef
Stain, Molotoff, Assistant Foreign
Commissar Vladimir Potemkin and
Vladimir Derevianski, Russian Min
lister to Poland up to the time of the
Russian-German partition of that
nation.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Dies Witness Saws
Gambler Loaned
Union $1,750,000
Some Of That Went
As Police Graft, Says
Ex-Churter Communist
BULLETIN.

The Dies Committee was told
today the Communist party had a
unit in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
which for years gathered infor-
nation about ornaments. which
was relayed to Moscow. Maurice
L. Maxim, who identified himself
as charter member of the party,
testified 1t had shop nuclei" in
every plant where party members
were employed.
A former charter member of the
American Communist party told the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities today that Arnold Roth
stein, slain New York gambler,
loaned the Communist dominated
Furriers' Union about $1,75OOO0 in
1926, some of which went to New
York policemen.
The witness, Maurice L. Malkin,
Russian-born naturalized American
citizen, testified that $4,000 was
paid to policemen in a 17-week pc
riod during the 1926 furriers' strike
for keeping away from the unions
"sluggers."
Maxim, who testified he was a
member of the Communist party
from its inception in 1920 until 1896,
said he was sent to Sing Sing on
conviction of felonious assault grow
ing out Of the furriers strike. in
which several persons were injured.
Names Policemen.
The witness said these officers
were among those paid with Roth
STEMS money:
Johnny Broderick, whom he identi-
fed as chief of the gangster squad;
Jesse Josephs, Broderick's assistant;
Barney Ruditsky and "Curley" Boyle.
After identifying his Communist
party membership card and other
credentials" Malkin told the COM
mittee that after the Communists
gained control of the furriers' union
the leadership retained the law firm
of Snitkin & Goodman to help with
plans for the strike.
He said the attorneys put us in
touch" with Rothstein, later slain in
q New York hotel.
In response to questions from j. B.
Matthews, committee investigator,
Maxim said copies of receipts for
the money loaned to the union were
found in Rothstein's possession after
his death.
Contacted "Guerrillas."
Maxim said that, in addition to
furnishing money to the union Roth
tein was supposed to put us in touch
with the New York gangsters who
were supposed to do the guerrilla
work" for the union.
Questioned about his conviction
Maxim said he was chairman of the
"Out-of-Town Committee" for a
strike at plant in Rockville Center,
Long Island, NJ Y. and was in the
(See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Turkish Foreign Minister
Slated to Return Home

1STANBUL, Oct. 13 R.-Usually
well-informed sources. said today
Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu
would start for home tomorrow
from Moscow, where he has been
since September rs.
Reports that Russian Turkish
pact had been signed could not be
confirmed.
Political circles, however, ex-
pressed confidence that the pact is
ready and may be signed at any
moment. Announcement would be
made at Moscow, It was believed.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
German Patrols Suddenly
Holt Attacks on French
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Oct. l3 LP).-German
patrols were reported today suddenly
to have abandoned attacks in which
they had failed five days to capture
any French prisoners.
Military advices said the French
Army was keeping sharp watch on
the front. wondering why on a
"magnificently clear night" it was
calm except in the Warndt Forest
region, where a communique said
small enemy patrols were repulsed.
French observers speculated on
whether the Germans intended to
launch major offensive They said
the Germans, from their attempts
to take prisoners despite adverse
weather. appeared equally anxious
to know French intentions.
The reported halt in the German
raids was ascribed to the possibility
that they were too costly.
French Making Traps.
The Germans, French reports said,
were sowing woods and hills of the
front with mines and traps of all
descriptions, compelling the French
to advance only step by step" with
utmost caution.
President Albert Lebrun gave
added emphasis to Premier Dala-
dier's speech of Tuesday rejecting
peace on Adolf Hitler's terms. The
President thanked the Premier for
expressing so slearly and firmly the
unanimous feeling and will of the
French nation"
He delivered the thanks at a cabi-
net meeting at the Elysee Palace
where M. Daladier spoke at length
on the diplomatic and military situ-
alton. A communique issued later,
however, gave no details of what he
said at the two and a quarter hour
session.
10000 British Massed.
Military observers said reported
concentration of 10000 British
Tommies on the northeastern front
meant either an early French
British offensive or a continuance
OF the effort to provoke Nazi big
scale assault on heavily fortified
allied positions.
The British apparently had not
yet been put in action. After five
days of defensive action the French
last night were said to have resumed
their stabs at the German line.
Military advices said German at
tacks at scattered points along the
l0O-mile front between the Moselle
and Rhine Rivers had been repulsed.
There are now $4,000 British
soldiers in France with more prom
ised, according to British War Min
lister Leslie Hore- -Belisha. Behind
the-lines munitions stacks weigh
into the millions of tons. Tanks
are hidden in the forests and thou
sands of camouflaged planes are
ready for battle.
(Reports from Basel said
French troops closed the Rhine
River dam gates at Kembs, near
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Dynamiting by French
Of Rhine Bridges Is
Reported in Berlin
Germans Holding Up
Offensive in Worndt
Forest Region
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 13.-The German
high command announced today
that French forces had dynamited
Rhine River bridges at Wintersdorf,
Breisach and Neuenburg.
A communique said the bridges,
leading from the Alsace- Lorraine
sector into Southern Germany, were
blown up yesterday.
Otherwise there was little war ac-
tivity in the west, while in the east
German troop movements toward
the new German-Soviet Russian
border in partitioned Poland were
reported nearing completion.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Gulf of Finland Ports
Closed to Finnish Ships

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 13 (P.-The
newspaper Berlingske Tidende re-
ported in dispatch from Stockholm
last night that the Finnish govern
ment had closed all ports of the
Gulf of Finland to Finnish ships as
a precaution against seizure" in
the event of trouble.
Five ports, including Helsinki, were
affected.
Finnish ships can call at Abo and
points northward on the Gulf of
Bothnia. Foreign shipping was un-
affected by the closure.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
By LOUIS LOCHNER.


BERLIN. Oct. 13.-Authorized
Nazis today said Germany was
through with Prime Minister Cham
berlain and Premier Daladier but
still was waiting for neutral re-
sponse to Adolf Hitlers Reichstag
speech Of last Friday.
Any such action by neutral ma
tiors-among whom they said they
regarded the United States as the
only one powerful enough to dc
something effective-however, must
come from them and not as a re-
suit Of any diplomatic action or re-
quest by Germany, they reported.
These interpretations of Ger
many's position were made after
two developments:
DR.. Otto Dietrich, Germany's
press chief and one of Hitler's
closest advisers, told a small
group of foreign correspondents
he thought that only the United
States yet could intervene to pre-
vent "the most gruesome blood
bath In history"
An official press release on Mr..
Chamberlains speech yesterday
said the Briton had rejected the
hand OF peace stretched out to
him by the Fuehrer" and
Britain's war aims meant war
against the German people, war
against the German Reich unto
annihilation.
No Reason to Canvass Nentrals.
1t was pointed out authoritatively
that Germany, through DR.. Dietrich
and others. once more had warned
what would be in store for the world
II Great Britain was not brought
to the conference table. But there
is no reason, Nazis said, why Ger
many should go around to neutral.
to request them to mediate.
Hitler's appeal last Friday fol
peace that those peoples and theil
leaders now speak up who are of 8
similar (peacefuD mind" was sale
TO have been an official document
addressed alike to neutrals and bel.
ligerents.
Now, authorized sources said, /,
Is up to neutrals to make theil
voices heard on their own initiative
and in consciousness of their re,
sponsibility-and not because Hitler
or any other belligerent should ask
them.
"Unheard-O of Insult"
The official press release indi.
Gated how completely through
with Mr.. Chamberlain Germany
considered herself. 1t called hi.
speech IAN unheard-of insult te
Germany" and said that in it thu
Prime Minister did not represent
the cause of the people but tn.
cause of a small clique which see.
its task in war"
From the experience of Yer.
sailles," the statement concluded
the German people knows wha1
England's will to annihilation car
do and it, therefore, knows the patti
it must trod in order to foil thi.
will of its enemies"
DR.. Dietrich, who talked infor.
mally with correspondents after hi
had been with Hitler for severa
hours, said he felt Britain hac
risked what he called "her insolen1
reply" through Mr.. Chamberlain
only because she relied upon thu
United States to support her.
Armistice Hope Shattered.
DIR. Dietrich declared Prime Min.
lister Chamberlain's speech hao
shattered all hope of an armistice on
(See BERLIN, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Belgian Mission
Reported Coming
For u. S. Planes
BY the Associated Press.


BRUSSELS, Oct. 49, Informed
sources said today a special Belgian
mission to purchase airplanes in the
United States would leave Rotter-
dam tomorrow.
The mission of four officers, headed
by Maj Theis, was expected to spend
approximately 100000 900 francs
(about s6,600,000) for a virtually
complete new Belgian air force,
aerial instruments, anti-aircraft ma
chinery and also army equipment.
A dispatch from Naples said
Georges Theunis, former Belgian
Premier, was aboard the Italian
liner Conte di Savoia bound for
the United States to investi-
gate possible sources of supplies.
Theunis heads special economic
mission. the dispatch said.
The aviation mission will report
to the Embassy in Washington and
then visit American factories.
AT the Belgian Embassy here, a
spokesman declared that, while no
information had been received re-
garding the military group, George
Theunis, former Belgian Prime Min
lister, is expected to visit the United
States shortly on special mission. +"
Details of the Theunis mission were
not revealed.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
B U I|etin

LONDON, Oct. 13 (P).-
The British admiralty an
nOunced that the British
Navy's patrols had sunk
two German submarines
today.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
BULLETIN.

LONDON, Oct. 13 (P).-A war
Office spokesman declared today
that British and French military
forces are ready for anything"
from Germany, now that Brit
aims main expeditionary force
has moved across the Channel
to France.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Britain Reports Rescue
By American Vessel

LONDON, Oct. 13 (P.-The Brit
ish admiralty reported today a SUBJ
marine attack on the steamer
Heronspool and the rescue of the
crew by an American ship. but gave
no details as to when or where the
5,202-ton British vessel encountered
the raider.