davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-09-27
Miss Ingalls, Peace Pamphlet
Flights Curbed by c. A. A.
Permit Is at Stake
For 'Bombordinq'
Restricted Area

The weather and the Civil Aero
nautics Authority today had pro-
vided Washington with defense"
against Laura ingalls,, girl flyer who
yesterday bombarded the city with
peace pamphlets.
The weather precluded flying, and
the c. A. A. had clamped down on
Miss ingalls, with an order which
demanded she show cause why her
flying permit should not be re-
voked for her activity yesterday.
Miss ingalls, circled over the city,
dropping from her plane a shower of
leaflets from the Women's National
Committee to Keep the United
States Out of War. The leaflets fell
near the Capitol, the Washington
Monument, and a few were said
to have drifted down on the White
House grounds.
When she landed her plane at
Washington Airport, Miss ingalls,
found herself summoned before the
c. A. A. to show cause" why she
should not be suspended as flyer
and fined.
The c. A. A. charged that she
had flown through restricted
zone-fying over the White House,
Capitol and adjacent downtown area
is prohibited-and that she had
dropped pamphlets without permis-
sion of municipal officials.
She denied flying over the White
House and said she did not know
permission of local officials is re-
quired to drop pamphlets.
The printed matter was addressed
ITO All Members of Congress" and
said:
Never before in history have
Evening star., 1939-09-27
German Attack Reported
In Wissembouro Area

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. u P.-
German troops were reported in
advices received today to have at
tackled on the western front directly
under the big French guns at Wis
sembourg, near the tip of the elbow
In the parallel German and French
lines.
This attack, like others in the Wis
sembourg sector, apparently was de-
signed to flank French forces in
the Vosges forest west of the Wis
sembourg fort, where the advance
German forts of Fischbach and Lud-
wigswinkel were reported cut off
from main line Notifications pro-
tecting the Pirmasens-Landau road
Wissembourg, built in the seventh
century on the site of a Benedic-
tine abbey, was ghost city today,
bereft of civilians.
The French forces were reported
to have withdrawn to the Hill of
Pigeons, just west of the city, and
the fort, leaving their patrols in pre-
carious possession of st. Paul Castle
at the head of the salient north Of
Wissembourg.
Evening star., 1939-09-27

reporters that the War and Navy
Departments had asked him to direct
public attention to the fact that
some foreign purchasers were at
tempting to buy strategic war ma
terials' in this country in the open
market.
Wants Goods Saved for U. s.
He said he hoped those in a posi-
ton to control or prevent such pur-
chases would do so, because the
United States did not produce such
materials as crude rubber, man.
ganese, pig tin, and metallurgical
chrome, and it was trying to build up
a reserve stock of them.
He added that he had no present
intention of asking Congress to in
crease the $4,000, 900 initial ap-
preparation to buy such materials.
In 10 days or two weeks, he said,
he expected to receive report from
the War Resources Board headed
by Edward R. Stettinius, jr., United
States Steel chairman, after which
he would thank the members for
their cooperation and disband the
board.
The board, with several ex-officio
members. has been preparing a plan
for mobilizing industry in time of
war and has been working on other
preparedness measures.
1t was appointed while Secretary
of War Woodring was in Panama.
and there have been indications that
War Department officials have been
at odds over the action.
The President yesterday refused
to give an opinion on the neutrality
bill clause permitting sales to bel
ligerents on 90-day non-renewable
terms. He said 1t was very COM
plicated and he did not know
whether this would mean cash or
credit.
Informed that a constitutional
argument was brewing over a Sec
ton of the bill permitting Congress,
as we'll as the President, to declare
when state of war exists abroad,
Mr.. Roosevelt, replied that it was a
moot question. 1t was nothing to
worry about, he said, because it
may not reach the Supreme Court
until all present, including himself,
were out Of their present jobs
He said he had no more informa-
ton regarding submarines off the
American coasts, but told of an
American patrol ship trailing an
unidentified ship off Cuba until
it was satisfied she was on a peace
full and legitimate voyage.
johnson Bloc Meets.
While the White House press con-
ference was going on, neutrality bill
opponents-15 of them-met in the
Office of Senator johnson, Republi-
can, of California and decided to
limit their main fight to the repeal
clause.
Many in the group expressed
pleasure over the remainder of the
bill, but Senator Rye, Republican,
of North Dakota said:
1--WE aren't going to permit all of
this window dressing to divert us
Evening star., 1939-09-27
from the one, lone issue-repeal Of

from the one, lone issue-repeal OF
the embargo"
Some opponents, including Sen
ator Clark. Democrat, of Missouri,
were talking Of amendments to for
bid armed merchant ships or bel
ligerent submarines to enter Amer
ican ports.
Senator Clark also disclosed yes
terday that he planned to introduce
an amendment by which transpor-
tation Of supplies to belligerent
Canada would be placed on the same
basis as to European belligerents.
BY the terms Of the pending bill
inland waterway transport is ex-
empted from the American
shipping requirement, circum-
stance which would permit Amer
lean Lake steamers to carry supplies
to Canada.
Lindbergh Data Studied.
Data on the comparative air
strengths of European countries
given by Col Charles A. Lindbergh
yesterday to group of Senate mem
bers, are being studied today with
an eye to its possible effect on
pending neutrality legislation.
Col. Lindbergh saw group Of pro-
repeal Senators yesterday. Today
he was at the Capitol with Senator
Borah, Republican, of Idaho, an op-
position leader.
Col. Lindbergh, who for many
months was engaged in a first-hand
study of European air forces, aero
nautical research and manufacture
ing facilities. has just completed
a thorough study of aeronautical
research facilities in the United
States for the Army Air Corps in
his capacity as a colonel in the
Air Reserve.
Senators who were present at the
three-hour talk with Col. Lindbergh,
including luncheon in the Office of
Senator Bailey of North Carolina,
chairman of the Senate Commerce
Committee, said later that Col. Lind
bergh did not say he was opposed
to repeal of the arms embargo,
nor did he say he favored it.
They gained an impression, how
ever, that he regretted his recent
radio speech had been interpreted
as an attack on those who favored
repeal of the embargo. On the other
hand, he would have regretted, they
believed, an Interpretation of his
speech as favoring repeal.
His one impelling motive in max
ing the radio speech said member
of the group with which Col. Lind
bergh talked, was to do what he
could to keep this country from
being involved in the European War.
He did not speak either in support
or against repeal Of the embargo,
either in that speech or in his
conversation with us. got the i'm
preston that was matter he was
leaving to Congress, believing that it
should chart the course which will
keep this country out of war"
The meeting apparently was ar
ranged by Senator Byrd of Virginia,
an old friend of Col. Lindbergh. Un-
usual efforts were made to keep the
affair away from the press, and the
flying colonel was escorted by cir
cuitous route from Senator Byrd s
Office In the Senate Office Building
to the committee room in the Capt.
tol.
Evening star., 1939-09-27

on the other hand, were violated be-
fore with creation Of the Bohemian
Moravian protectorate in the disso-
luton Of Czecho- -Slovakia.
Arguments Of the group favoring
dissolution Of the Polish state ap-
parently eliminated in q desire to
establish unhampered communica-
tion lines with Russia and its great
natural resources. Moreover, this
group maintained, an independent
Poland, with its memories of defeat
at the hands Of Germany, would be
constant source of unrest and a
hotbed of Polish agitation for re-
vival Of the republic.
Patience Nears Exhaustion"
Dispatches from the western front
reported only artillery fire and
minor scouting activities. There
were hints from official quarters,
however, that German patience"
over the situation in the west was
approaching exhaustion"
Military quarters emphasized that
Germany up to now had refrained
frorl undertaking the offensive on
the western front, but observed that
Evening star., 1939-09-27
PoIand's S Survival
Debated as German
Envoy Goes 10 Russia
Portitionine Is Believed
Decided at Conference
Of Hitler and Chiefs
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. 27.-The question
whether Poland would survive as
an independent state or disappear
from the European map occupied
diplomatic quarters today as Ger
many's foreign minister, Joachim
Won Ribbentrop, went to Moscow.
Won Ribbentrop was accompanied
by the Soviet Russian Ambassador
to Berlin, Alexander Schkvarzeff,
and group of foreign Office experts.
German Leaders Confer.
The German policy toward par
tition of Poland was decided, OBJ
servers believed, at conference last
night of Fuehrer Hitler, Won Rib
bentrop and Field Marshal Her
mann Goering. No official comment
was Forthcoming on the conference,
which continued into the early
morning.
Hitler summoned Won Ribbentrop
and Marshal Goering Immediately
upon his return to Berlin last night.
The Fuehrer had been absent from
the chancellery since he joined his
troops on the eastern front Septem-
ber 3, the day France and Britain
declared war on Germany. Ber-
liners took his return as sign the
Polish situation virtually was set
tied and that Hitler intended to
concentrate his attention on the
west.
Berlin newspapers gave considera-
BILE attention to- Won Ribbentrops
visit to Moscow, which, they said,
was for the purpose of discussing
political questions resulting from
German and Soviet occupation Of
Poland.
Differences in Germany.
Informed quarters said sharp diff
ferences of opinion had prevailed in
Germany regarding the Polish situ-
alton. A strong group of Nazis
close to Goering, it was said, favored
complete elimination of Poland and
establishment of Russian German
frontier. A more moderate group
was reported to favor creation of a
Polish buffer state between the
Reich and the Soviet.
Those opposing elimination OF Po-
land as an independent state argued
that millions of foreign nationals
would be incorporated into Ger
many, which would be contrary to
Hitler's often-voiced principles.
These principles, it was pointed out
Evening star., 1939-09-27

American women been SO aroused
and determined to keep their chill
dren out of war;"
1t continued:
American women do not intend
to have their men again sent to die
on foreign soil.
Therefore, we ask that in con-
sidering changes in the Embargo
Act there be no rush legislation.
We ask you to go slowly, carefully,
cautiously and that Congress remain
in continuous session during the
critical period for the protection of
the American people"
The committee has headquarters
in New York City and lists Cathrine
Curtis as its national chairman.
Evening star., 1939-09-27
House Bloc Moy Coll
For Other LeqisIution

More than 40 House Republicans
are cooperating to call up other
than neutrality legislation after the
"gentleman's agreement" expires on
October 8. unless the Senate shows
a purpose to have a showdown on
that question within a couple Of
weeks. Representative John Schafer,
Republican, of Wisconsin said today.
He announced that he will call up
the anti-lynchjng bill on October Q
If the neutrality issue is not before
the House at that time. Any one of
the 2l8 members who signed a petit
tion to discharge the Judiciary
Committee from consideration of
that measure can call up the anti
lynching bill after that date.
House leaders will be able to re-
strain committee chairmen from re-
porting other legislation, and the
Evening star., 1939-09-27
Neutrality
Continued From First Page.)

country-wid network of the Nation
al Brpadcasting Co. Scheduled at
1920 o'clock, the program is broad
cast locally over Station WMAL.
Keeps Hands of.
Meanwhile, the White House
maintained its hands-oH policy, Of
fering no comment Oh the present
form of the neutrality law amerd-
mentS.
Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of
Wyoming conferred briefly with the
President both ON matters of reu-
trality legislation and The work of
the Temporary National Economic
Committee, of which he IS chair
man..
Later, he told reporters that he
had informed the President that he
had not made any statement on
neutrality because of my prejudice
against seeming to commit myself
on an issue until it is actually pre-
sented in final form"
II think" he added to reporters,
that the bill in its present shape
probably will be satisfactory"
Doughton Sees President.
Mr.. Roosevelt conferred briefly
this morning with Chairman Dough-
ton of the House Ways and Means
Committee. but the Representative
said later that he believed there was
little likelihood of any effort to
enact tax bill at the special ses-
sion. He said he had no important
discussion about neutrality with the
Chief Executive.
Naval preparedness problems were
to be discussed. however, at an ap-
pointment with Chairman Vinson
of the House Naval Affairs Com
mittee.
In conformity with the admins
tration's hands-off policy, Secretary
of State Hull declined late yesterday
to express his views on the text of
the neutrality bill before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
Expresses Faith in Congress.
WllUlIlS W oclldUOI VdIlucIlDeTR,
Republican, of Michigan. a commit
tee member and repeal opponent,
who had sought his views on the
revised measure, Secretary Hull said:
Il really have not in mind at
present any particular comment in
addition to the personal and official
communications heretofore present.
ed to the Congress and its COM
mittees relative to the problem to
which you refer.
The executive branch having per-
formed its duty under the Constitu-
ton, the matter of the proposed
legislation is, of course, now in the
hands of the legislative branch. in
whose ability to solve the problem
I have complete confidence"
Mr.. Roosevelt had little to say
about the neutrality bill at his press
conference yesterday, but he told
Evening star., 1939-09-27
Average Of so Stocks
Reaches Yeur's Peak
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-The Asso-
ciated Press average OF 60 stocks
advanced yesterday to 535, its highs
est level since November IA, 1898,
eclipsing the previous high for the
year of 53.4 established on January 1.
The average Of 30 industrial stocks
rose to 76.1, compared to its high
for the year of ITO, while the
average Of Is rails equaled its high
of 23.8.
The average of IS public utility
stocks stood yesterday at 1913, COM
pared to its top for the year Of 4O6.
Evening star., 1939-09-27
BustIes, Wasp Waists
Out for Her, Asserts
Mrs. Roosevelt

Mrs. Roosevelt can't imagine
herself being inveigled into buy
ing a dress with a hustle.
She told her press confer
ence today that she hadn't had
a chance to look at the new fall
clothes and didn't know when
she would shop, but bustles and
wasp waists were out as far as
she was concerned.
Evening star., 1939-09-27

Democratic leadership is now saidCl
to be endeavoring to forestall actha =
at this special session on the anti.
lynching measure bt setting a data.
in January for disposal of that legis..,
lation. If this can be done it is pre-
dicted that the special session can -.
close in November. 9F.t
Evening star., 1939-09-27

the situation was one which a major
power could not with dignity "tol-
crate" indefinitely.
Evening star., 1939-06-28

control Of money lodged in the
Treasury
While it remained in Wall Street,
he added, Americans, such as i'm
porters and exporters, lost large
sums, probably hundreds of millions.
He declared somebody had made a
good part of that money, and that
resentment had developed among
many people because some of the
profits no longer could accrue to
private bankers and international
spectators.
Chuckling over the fact num-
ber of Republican Senators had
voted for a fixed silver price, he
looked at the vote in a newspaper
and read aloud these names: Sem
ators Vandenberg, Lodge, Republi-
can, of Massachusetts,; White, Re-
publican, of Maine; Austin, Repub-
lican, Of Vermont; Barbour. Repub-
lican, of New Jersey; Danaher,
Republican, of Connecticut; Davis,
Republican, of Pennsylvania, and
Hale, Republican, of Maine.
When a reporter mentioned that
some Democrats also supported the
silver amendment, Mr.. Roosevelt
said that was correct, but that those
Republicans were supposed to be
against free coinage of silver.
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Secret Service Wins
In Revolver Matches

The United States Secret Service
agents on the White House police
force took top honors yesterday in
the preliminary revolver matches
for Treasury agents in the District,
held at Camp Sims.
The White House team scored
3,185 points for the days matches
as against 3,118 for the uniformed
force of the Secret Service
The local Bureau of Internal
Revenue officers had a five-man
team in the matches against the
Treasury's regulation six man
groups and scored 2,357 points.
H. w. Francis, White House
team. made individual high score,
shooting 551 out of a possible 600.
Earle Reynolds, White House. and
R. J. Mansell, uniformed force,
were tied for second, 546 each.
Other high scorers were C. P.
Horner. uniformed force, 543; E. A.
Ross, internal Revenue, $50: F. K.
Mclaughlin, White House, 536:
H. r. johnson, White House. 536,
and I. L. Law. White House. 528.
The White House and uniformed
force victors will represent their Or
CARNATIONS during the Treasury
finals the week of August 7.
Evening star., 1939-06-28

Ireland paid over $23, 900 900 foe
American products last year.
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Is. u. Investigated
While Police Hunt
Former President
Fight Between Bonks
And Stute Authorities
Seen Over Looms
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Louisiana, quiet since the as
sassination OF Senator Huey
Long, is again seething NTH po-
ltical turmoil. GoD. Richard w.
Leche resigned Monday night in
the face of threatened Federal
probes OF w. P. A. and P. w. A.
and 1t. GoU. Earle X. Long,
brother OF Huey, succeeded him.
More fre,Dorks tDere added yes
terdny 1ohen DR.. James Monroe
Smith, Huey's hand picked head
OF the State university, resigned.
He Is being sought on the for
NAL charge OF embessling $780,
900 OF university funds.
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Mrs. Longworth's Lost
Travelling Bog Recovered

Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth,
daughter Of President Theodore
Roosevelt and widow of former
Speaker Of the House Nicholas Long
worth, today had her travelling bag
and a deep respect for the sleuth-
ing abilities of the Union Station
officials.
Mrs. Longworth, getting off Z
train in the station Monday, dis
covered as she left the platform
that she had a bag very much like
hers but definitely not hers. The
suitcases had become mixed on the
platform, she said.
She left the other bag at the
station and notified officials of the
mistake. Late yesterday she said
she had been informed by the Pull
man officials that the missing lug
gage had been found. She said It
contained nothing of great value.
Evening star., 1939-06-28

givings. DR.. Chester Ames, ply
sician to Louis, declared: The tests
showed Galento in a high state of
excitement" Another Louis at
tendant said, "Galento looked pretty
scared"
Galento, who stood on the scales
for most Of the squaring off photo
graphs with Louis, still lacked a
couple of inches Of Joes height.
Tony was first to leave the COM
mission Offices and shortly after he
seated himself in the car he was
stopped when a black automobile
gently crashed into the left front
fender. Police and New Jersey
State Troopers cleared the path
and ignored the incident
Louis still was being .sloted as
1-to-9 by Broadway bookmakers to-
day while the odds on Galento were
6-to-1 with few takers, although
wagering was expected to pick up
later today when the new Jersey
crowd moves into the city. The
largest detachment of police ever
assigned to a fight in New York
have been ordered to report at
Yankee Stadium by 6 o'clock to-
night.
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Monetary
Continued From First Page)

the producer, giving him standard
silver dollars for it, or silver certifi-
Gates. The Government credits It.
self with the silver it so receives at
$l.29 an ounce because it can issue
such silver in the form of currency
and pay its debts with it at such
price"
The Treasury again cut its for
eign silver price today, this time
from 40 to 381s cents per ounce.
Second Cut in Two Days.
The second reduction in as many
days followed the new policy of the
Treasury, inaugurated within "a
hours after the Senate voted to for
bid further purchasing of foreign
silver. On Monday the foreign price
had stood at 43 cents.
Although officials have declined to
give any formal reasons for the
cuts, they indicated they were in
tended to prevent the dumping of
large amounts of foreign silver in
this country before Congress finally
determines the future silver policy.
House leaders moved quickly to
block the Republican attempt to
delay agreement on the monetary
legislation.
Seek Conference Action.
They obtained from the Rules
Committee parliamentary authority
which, If ratified by the House IT.
self. would send the bill Immediately
to conference.
Republican strategists had sought
to forestall this action until after
the Presidents monetary powers ex-
pire.
The complicated monetary situa-
ton overshadowed in interest all
other topics before Congress. In
order to consider it, the House inter-
rupted debate on the administra-
tons neutrality bill.
The Senate action in striking out
much of the monetary bill was criti-
cized roundly yesterday by President
Roosevelt at Hyde Park, N. Y.
Sees Defense Injured.
Failure to renew his power to de-
value the dollar, he said, not only
would place control over money once
more in the hands of Wall Street
and international spectators. but it
also would undermine national de-
fense through weakening of the
United States position in foreign
trade.
The President pointed out that
for five and a half years he had
held the right to devalue the dollar
from SO down to so per cent of its
former gold content.
Noting that this authority had not
been used. he reiterated that the
administration had no intention of
using it unless other nations took
steps that necessitated it. AS long
as the right of devaluation exists, he
said, the chances are 10 to l that
it will not have to be used.
Mr.. Roosevelt, speaking almost
angrily at times, turned to the
Senates silver amendment. Men,
tioning several Republican Sena-
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Mans Death by Gas
Is Called Suicide

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said today he would issue a certifi-
cate of suicide in the death of Vim
cent Gilrain, IS, of 2164 Florida ave-
nue. NV, found unconscious in a
gas-f1lled room at that address last
night.
Mr.. Gilrain's body was discovered
by his wife Otie, who summoned the
Fire Rescue Squad and an Emer-
gency Hospital ambulance.
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Rails Ask More Time
To Study Control Bill
py the Associated Press.

ry the Associated Press.
r. v. Fletcher, counsel for the
Association of American Railroads,
yesterday asked a Senate Interstate
Commerce subcommittee to wait
until the next session of Congress
before ending hearings on proposed
legislative controls over rail ex-
penditures.
Mr.. Fletcher said the bill under
consideration had so many ramifi-
cations the roads needed time to
study 1t before giving their views.
Senator Truman, Democrat, Of
Missouri, chairman of the subcom-
mittee and co-author Of the legis-
lation with Senator Wheeler. Dem
ocrat, of Montana, told Mr.. Fletcher
he would give consideration to the
request. He told reporters he per-
sonally would prefer to finish the
hearings this year.