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Evening star., 1939-11-29
Loss of 753 Vessels Small Dent
In Worlds Merchant Ship Total
British Empire, With 80 Of Her Carriers
Sunk, Is Principal Loser So Far

ton of 8 warships, but German
authorities yesterday claimed the
sinking of a ninth wardog-a heavy
cruiser.
They said . submarine COM
manded by Lt.-Capt. Guenther
Pricn, who last month sank the
battleship Royal Oak at Scapa Flow
sank the cruiser, described as of the
London class (32-knot ships Of
nearly 10000 tons). The date was
not given.
Official quarters in London said
nothing was known Of the Nazi claim
and that it might have arisen from
belief that the cruiser Belfast had
been sunk. The Belfast was dam
aged November 81 by mine or tor
pedo, but the admiralty has denied
she was sunk.
If the German contention is cor
rect, Britain has lost 90 merchant
and naval vessels. The 9lst victim
was accounted for today in the
sinking OF the 1,023-ton steamer
Rubislaw, with the probable loss OF
13 of her crew.
Lacking verification of the Ger
man claim, the grand toll of YES
sells in the war remains at 1865. At
least 1850 persons have died. Sew
eral hundred are listed as missing
Total tonnage lost is 649,2l2.
The following table shows known
merchant marine losses through to-
day, as compared to respective sizes
of the merchant fleets prior to the
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Col. Charles Burnett
To Be Buried Friday

High-ranking officers of Germany
Japan and the United States will
act as honorary pallbearers at the
funeral of Col. Charles Burnett, g.,
U. S. A., former chief of the Bureau
of Insular Affairs. Col. Burnett,
who died yesterday in Walter Reed
Hospital, will be buried with full
military honors in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery Friday after serv-
ices in the Fort Myer Chapel at
2 pm. Bishop John Thomas Dallas
of New Hampshire will off1ciate.
Honorary pallbearers will be 1t.
Gen. Friedrich Won Boetticher, Mill
tary and Air Attache of Germany;
Mai. Gen. Masasumi Yamauti, Mill
tary Attache of Japan; Maj. Gen.
Henry Gibbins, U. S. A., quarter
master general; Maj. Gen. John K.
| Herr, U. S. A., chief of cavalry
Brig. Gen. r. H. Jordan, U. S. A.,
assistant to the quartermaster gen.
eral; Col. E. r. Warner McCabe,
assistant chief of staff for Military
Intelligence; Col. William R. Bet
tison, U. S. A., retired; Col. Walter
D. Smith, U. S. A.. field artillery;
1t. Col. William E. Shipp, U. S. A.,
cavalry, General Staff Corps, and
1t. Col. Norman Randolph, U. S. A.,
infantry.
Evening star., 1939-11-29

tributors throughout the country
Ultimately, the stoppage affected
approximately 100000 workers and
was costing an estimated $4,000, 900
a day in lost purchasing power.
From the beginning it was war
of words" with hotlyworded state
ments issuing from the headquar-
tiers of both the corporation and the
union almost daily. With the excep-
ton of Individual fights along the
picket lines, violence flared only
once, when a general fight broke out
at the gates to the Dodge plant last
Friday. Several persons. including
two Detroit policemen, were injured.
Cost of Dispute.
The State Labo- Mediation Board
attempted to take a hand in medi-
ating the dispute, but without
success. Mr.. Dewey, representing the
United States Department OF Labor
began his mediation efforts. Later
a system of "co-mediators' was
established, with Dewey and Arthur
E. Raab, chairman of the State
Board. conducting negotiations.
AS the dispute dragged on, sur
passing the 43-day span of the Gen.
eral Motors sit-doWn strike of 1887
various back work" movements
gained headWay. Leading one such
movement was Homer Martin. preSi-
dent of the rival A. F. of L. United
Automobile Workers Union. A
march of "A. F. Of L. workers into
the plants had been scheduled fol
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Execution of Polish
Diplomat Unconfirmed

Polish Embassy officials today had
received no Official word to confirm
press dispatches that Alfred CHA
powski, distinguished Polish diplo-
mat, who is father of Countess
Lasocka, wife of Count jerry Lasocki,
Embassy attache here, had been ex-
ecuted by a German firing squad.
The countess, grief-stricken over
the report, had visited her parents
at their estate near the German
frontier shortly before the outbreak
of the war, but since that time has
received no word directly from them.
Indirect information had come that
her mother was in a German po-
litical prison.
The countess father, was Polish
Ambassat or to France, and since re-
tirement from that post in 1897 had
been living on his estate. He pre-
viously had served as minister OF
agriculture.
Countess Lasocka could not un-
derstand why he might have been
marked for execution by the Ger
mans.
Evening star., 1939-11-29

Loss of 153 merchant vessels ag-
gregating at least 6O3 1886 gross tons
in 1914 weeks of war has cost the
lives of many hundreds Of persons
and millions of dollars-but the
merchant marine of the world as a
whole has been hardly dented.
Lloyd's register lists a total of
29, 1853 merchant vessels with a gross
tonnage of 68,5O9,4 thus the loss
of total tonnage amounts to less
than l per cent.
The British Empire, with the loss
of SO merchant ships of at least
304 ,039 gross tons, is the greatest
numerical loser, but the total tom
mage destroyed is only slightly more
than l per cent. The tonnage of
seven of the ships is unknown, as
British officials have not identified
them, merely announcing their sink
ing.
Lloyd's lists the British EN-
pire as having, at the start of this
year, 8,977 ships of 21,001, 1925 gross
tonnage.
OF Germany's listed 2,459 ships
of 4,482, ,662 tons, is vessels of 76,221
tons have been sunk.
Frances losses number 8 ships
of 52,3l7 tons. At the start Of the
year her merchant marine COM
prised 1921 ships of 2,933,933 tons.
acknowledgement nations have lost
46 vessels of I'll, 1903 tons.
In addition to the 80 merchant
ships Britain has conceded as lost
she has acknowledged the destruc-
Evening star., 1939-11-29
F. B. |. Target Ronge
Contract Awarded

The Southern Construction Corp.
of New York was low bidder on the
construction of a target range for
the F. B. l. at the Marine Barracks,
Quantico, Va, when bids were
opened today at the Navy Depart
ment The company's bid was
$149,132.
Other bids included w. F. Mar
tens of Newport News. Va. $154,-
900, and the Northern Virginia Con-
struction Co., Inc, Alexandria, Va,
$154,885.
A low bid of $47,127 was submit
ted by the McAvoy Engineering Co.
of New York for target range equip
ment Other bidders were Doyle &
Russell, Richmond, Va. SAT 1880, and
the Engineering Construction Co.,
Baltimore, Md, $66,592.
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Education Held Shield
AGAINST Dictatorship

To avoid danger of dictatorship
the American people need the ad-
vantages of adult education, accord
ing to DR.. Harold Benjamin, dean
of the education department of the
University of Maryland.
Speaking to the District Adult
Education Association at the Ma
tional Education Association head
quarters last night, DR.. Benjamin
stressed the point that adult edu-
cation also was needed to consoli-
date the gains childhood has made
in the regular school systems of the
country.
Information is what the American
people need, and deserve under the
system of efficient freedom In this
country, the speaker said.
Democracy can work faster in
crises than any despotism,' he said,
IF only the people are informed as
to what is going on.
Even the meanest intellect in a
system of freedom, like ours, Is en-
titled to all the information he needs
and wants in order to operate in it..
To restrict information in a democ-
racy Is crime, crime which even-
tually leads the democracy before
the execution squad of the big boss
dictator
In a panel discussing the SUBJ
ject were: Miss Maude Alton, prin-
cipal of Webster School, DR.. Mil
dred Weise, curriculum and teacher
education specialist for w. P. A.,
and Dr. Howard Long, assistant SUI
perintendent of District schools.
Presiding was DR.. Chester S. Will
liams of the United States Office OF
Education.
Evening star., 1939-11-29

District Bar Association. Mr.. Gar
diner voiced high praise of the
ability and service of 10. v. Morgan
now the sole member of the Board of
Tax Appeals.
Lucy Hancock, speaking for the
American League for Peace and
Democracy. which she said had a
membership of about 1000, urged the
Commissioners to sponsor a plan for
an elected city council and suggested
use Of proportional representative
system in the voting. She also urged
creation of a Labor Department to
take over the work of the District
Minimum Wage Board, the District
Unemployment Compensation Board
and possible other agencies dealing
with labor matters.
Speak for Traffic Department.
Washington I. Cleveland of the
District Motor Club of the American
Automobile Association, Whitney
Leary, chairman of the Traffic Ad-
visory Council, and Richard j.
Murphy. manager of the Washing
ton Automotive Trade Association,
were among group spokesmen who
championed the retention of the
Department of Vehicles and Traffic
as an independent agency.
Speaking for the Young Repub-
lican Club of the District, Writ
Smith told the Commissioners his
group was opposed to any plan for
reorganization of the municipal gov
ernment which did not provide for
local suffrage. He indorsed the po-
sition of the Federation of Citizens
Association and the District SUI
frage Association on this point. Mr..
Smith voiced approval of the provi-
sion in the Seal plan for provision
of a municipal civil service system.
Martin Chancey, speaking for the
Communist party of the District,
announced that his group held no
confidence in the rule" of the Com
missioners or their Kitchen cab
met" He said that since reorganiza-
! ton ideas embodied in the Griffen-
hagen or the Kennedy plans called
for either an elected or appointed
city council, which would wipe out
some of the present jobholders," the
Kitchen cabinet" position was to
hold onto the present form. This
seems to be the genesis and sub
stance of the Seal plan," he asserted
Agitation for suffrage for the Dis
trict will continue, even should the
commission form of government be
continued, he declared. He argued
that such cities as New York and
Baltimore we're governed better than
| the District.
Jesse P. Crawford, speaking as an
individual, declared he held strong
Evening star., 1939-11-29
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Evening star., 1939-11-29
ChrysLer
Continued From First Page)

Ter workers to join the U. A. w.
c. I. o. within 80 days.
A strike before all grievance pro-
cedure is exhausted, whether it be
walkouut. sit-down or showdown
strike, nullifles the contract.
Unions to Meet Today.
There was no official confirmation
of any of these terms, which will be
submitted to the rank and file
membership of the U. A. VIC. I. O.
Five local unions from Chrysler
units arranged meetings today.
In virtually continuous conference
since early Tuesday afternoon, ne
gotiators for the corporation and
union completed details of the con-
tract at 6:45 o'clock this morning,
nearly seven hours after the gen.
eral agreement ending the strike
was made known.
Chrysler workers lost $4,000, 900
in wages during the 35 working days
of the controversy, it was estimated,
and the dispute cost the corporation
$l02 900, 900 in loss of sales at the
start of its 1910 production season.
Formal announcement of the set
tlement came at midnight, after an
all-day conference attended by K.
T. Keller, Chrysler president; Philip
Murray, national vice president of
the C. I. O.; James F. Dewey, Fed
eral labor conciliator, and other high
officials of the union and corpora
ton.
Ratification Expected.
Union pickets withdrew from the
gates of the Chrysler plants imme-
diately after the settlement was an
nounced, and the corporation agreed
! to close the Enthusiastically kept
open to any employees who wished to
work during the course of the dis
pute-in order to prevent any last
minute confusion
! Ratification by the locals was con-
sidered merely a formality in view
/ of previous experiences in the indus
try's labor Quarrels.
The wage issue had been the prin-
cipal point blocking settlement
for more than a week. Other dis
puted points concerning the terms
of a new contract had been settled
earlier in the protracted negotia-
| tions.
Started With Slow Down.
Starting with showdown quar-
| rel at the Chrysler main Dodge
| plant here October 6, the dispute
spread through the corporations in
terdependent system of manufac-
turing units until production of 1910
model cars was paraiyzed. Other
concerns, notably the Briggs Manu-
featuring Co., were affected by the
tieup, along with dealers and dis
Evening star., 1939-11-29

faith in the commission form of
government, during an extended
discussion of government theory and
the details of the Seal plan. Mr..
Crawford declared he had observed
various forms of city government in
operation and was convinced that
the District had now the "cleanest,
most efficient city government any
where in the United States.
William j. Thompkins, recorder
of deeds. spoke in praise of the
present District government, COM
menting on the records of the three
Commissioners. Read them in
Who's Who," he declared emphati-
cally, land you will come to the
conclusion that you have the finest
city officers in the country"
Views Filed in Letters.
A number of organizations did
not present spokesmen at the hear
ings, but filed letters or statements
with the Commissioners. The Wash
ington Building Congress, Inc,
through its president, Hector NJ
airing, and Theodore I. Coe, chair
man of its board, strongly urged
continuation of the Engineer Com
missioner control of building.
AS far as building construction
goes, they said in letter, the pres
ent system, because of its freedom
from politics, is "by far the most
satisfactory, efficient and economi-
cal' and system to be jealousy
guarded"
The Washington local of the So
cialist party filed a statement with
the Commissioners calling for suf-
frage and creation of an agency
whose sole function is "the repre-
sentation of workers and the estab-
lishment and maintenance of fail
labor standards"
Mary C. Dent, president of the
local Teachers Union, urged in a
letter that any reorganization OF
the District include express Ian
guage protecting teacher tenure as
set up in the organic act of 1906.
Support for separate labor de-
partment came from the Washing
ton League of Women Shoppers
The statement pointed out that at
present labor services are distributed
through five separate and unco-
ordinated bureaus and departments
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Mother Of D. Oman
Falls Is Stories 10
Death in New York
Mrs. AdeIoide Tote Was
In Apartment Of Man She
Had Sent Cryptic Wires
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Mrs Ade-
laide Tate, 38, divorce, fell to her
death today from the 18th floor
Greenwich Village apartment of a
man to whom she had directed three
cryptic kilograms.
Mrs. Tate lived in Riverside
Drive apartment where another
tenant, Mrs. Helen Van Valkenburg
described her as the former wife of
a West Point graduate, now in the
oil business in the South. Mrs. Van
Valkenburg also said Mrs. Tate had
two children, a son, Albert, a Gov
ernment employe in Washington,
and daughter, Louise, a student at
Louisiana State University.
The owner of the apartment, Age
Skiolvig, a chemical engineer en-
ployed by the Shell Oil Co., said he
had known Mrs. Tate about two
years. He said she had a key to his
apartment and had frequently run
up telephone bills there
He was in the Middle West on
business, he said, when he received
a series of kilograms addressed to
him at Cleveland and St. Louis, all
charged to his telephone. When he
returned today, he told detectives,
he rebuked Mrs. Tate and she went
into the bathroom A short time
later he said, he opened the door
and found the room empty and the
window open.
The son, Albert Tate, who is en-
ployed in the Interior Department,
left for New York today after hear
ing of his mothers death. He lives
at 2030 G street NV.
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Gov. Dickinson Points
To Lessons in Strike

LANSING, Mich, Nov. 20 (P.-
Gov. Luren D. Dickinson Of Michi-
gan said today the protracted
Chrysler labor dispute carried with
it two lessons - that Everybody
loses" in such stoppage and that
the State should have authority to
prevent such halt in production.
There is no sense in union max
ing demands for twice as much as
they expect to get" the Governor
said, land for employers refusing to
do anything about it at all I am
not saying that was the situation in
this strike, but common sense tells
us some way must be found to pre-
vent a situation where everybody
loses"
The Governor commented that
industry loses two months produc-
ton, workmen lose two months
wages and probably lose a lot of
public support. Every business in
Detroit loses, and the city itself
loses in property values and in pres
tige as an industrial center. -
These differences should be settled
without plants being closed down
and men thrown out of work"
Evening star., 1939-11-29
Traffic Safety Island
Claims Another Victim

The traffic safety island at Thir-
teenth and F streets NV. has
claimed another victim.
Mrs. Rose Silber, IS, TIT Quebec
place NV, was recovering from in
juries received when she fell over
the island yesterday. She was
treated at Emergency Hospital for
contuSionS.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-22
Wings Over
Jordan To
y
Sing Aug. Is

TOLEDO, Ohio.-"Wings Over
Jordan" the most unique musical
aggregation on the Columbia net
work, will appear in Toledo, August
Is. at the Civic Auditorium through
the auspices Of the Mems club Of
All Saints Episcopal church, L. H.
Kimbrough, president
The Rev. Glenn T. Settle, pastor
OF Gethsemane Baptist church OF
Cleveland is the originator director
and president OF the organization.
The chorus is all Negro, gathered
from local Negro churches. Six
months after the first presentation
Of their program over station VICAR,
Cleveland, the chorus was accepted
for nationwide presentation over
the Columbia Broadcastins System
It now ranks among the features Of
the network This musical group
every Sunday Morning at go a n. i.
inspires millions OF listeners On
tour this group has packed the
largest auditoriums in the cises Wis
tied. They sang 10 $4,000 people in
Baltimore, Md, with mere than 5000
standing outside.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-22
.Sepia City,
Cabinet In
Initial Meet

TOLEDO. Ohio-The first meet
ing OF the Sepis city cabinet was
held d, 400 Indiana avenue last
Wednesday Members Of the group
include Mrs Gwendolyn Morelsnd,
publicity director and public rels-
tons counsel; DR. R. F. Pulley. com
missioner CT finance; DR.. L v Eng
hsh. commissioner Of health; LuciuS
Huntley. commissioner OF public
safety: John Dlles, commissioner OF
housing: Mrs c NJ Markham, COM
missioner Of public welfare; Elmer
Williams. assistant commissioner OF
public welfare: Attorney Clarence
Smith. corporation counsel and ad-
visor: Robert Lewis. chief invesii-
gator; T. Woods and Rev Joseph
Smith. beard Of advisors; James
Hill, councilman. eighth ward; Arch
ic Britter, councilman, seventh
ward
The cabinet Will meet every Sec
ond and fourth Wednesday Of each
month with Robert FIndley, n1syor;
Ed Jackson, vice-msyor. and Elzora
Swan. secretary.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-22
AGREES TO BOND

TOLEDO. Ohio Mrs. Evelyn
Thorion. 30. OF 452 Indiana avenue
agreed having Raymond Galloway
to sign a peace bond for $500 when
the latter was arrsigned in Judge
Ramey's municipal court.
Mrs. Thorton had Mr.. Galloway
arrested for assault and battery last
Sunday morning She was booked
as a complaining witness but was
Immediately released.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-22

| happened 10 hear some ladies
on Cantin avenue discussing G. Dur
ants Terrible 30. You ought to 40
something about that, old man, !
would rf-f-WeEe- you----------
X X \
Now that Leo is back. some OF
yea boys will have 10 stop SO much
playing around the Three Dueces
and Edith will have 10 buy her ham
burgers at another place. Do you
dig that, W S?
-fftfefe-4f-s-seE=,, q .-sss.-Cs.- around
town NJ. H wao had better take
It real slow with some certain little
chick ana l wouldn't tell you nc
lie.
y X X
You've heard Of gil scouts walk
ins on hikes, but you have never
heard Of girls leaving home in a
car and come back walking. Shame
on you OF. and BL.
s; 4 x
BY the way, boys and girls. Brown
Sugar has a hamburger and ice
cream place on the avenue now and
he Is dong pretty fair, too. Drop
IN and give him a break sometimes,
X 4 X
DID you know that there is GER
tain lot OF hidden talent that has
not yet been discovered Take for
instance, Armelia, the lady who
jumps out Of speed. NJ automobiles
without breaking anything.
* * X
Carl Anderson. the one-armed pi-
sno artist, really knocked the cats
out at HaFFy,s Saturday night and
believe me this fellow is the real
Mccoy.
Bob Staunt n is Just 100 much.
At Harry's last Saturday night, he
and Neitie Goodman were Just like
two doves" What's the matter
with the other chicks. Bob? You
know who l mean, plsyboy.
X X X
Say Banks and Mamie, don't use
the corner at -HaFFE,s Beer psFloF
10 discuss matters. Remember, every
woman's place is in the home
Il x 81
Theru15 Mu-uturt-- ttfc-i7ttie-fat4yy-
who plays real hard, once threat
ened me about putting her name in
the paper, well here 1t is sga!n and
do be careful little lady
X X x
Dan Mshoney Is now escorting the
llttle red head girl around the high
spots these days Can you imagine
fha17
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-22

Miss Alglenns Sisnor is visiting
her auht Mrs, Ole White. who is
. resident Of the Brand Whilock
Homes. Miss Signor IS Detroit
TeslGent.
The Starleis gave a dance at the
Recreation room last week. Skip
Boykin and mis- Swinging Cats fur
nshed the music.
X Il 4
Miss Lencre Williams, Al Williams
and Johnny Jones gave an amateur
show al the Brand Whitlock recre-
alton room last Friday. Among those
on the program were Miss Nettie
Goodwin, Miss Adele Vines, Harold
Cunningham, Buster Thomas, Gloria
Baltimore. Ivy Nixon and Kenneth
Moreland Boykin and his swing
band were the trumpeteers.
X X X
Don't forget the beauty contest al
'swayne Field Sunday, July %.
There viii be contestants from
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and
Missouri A douoleheader baseball
game will preeede the affair.
Robert Stanton Jr.. and Barbara
Jean Stanton were the week end
quests Of Miss Ethel White and Mrs.
Mary Stanton.
\ 4 y
Miss Emma jenkins, OF 367i7
kebrsska,-is- somewhat improving
rrom her illness.
X i
&C Mrs. Stella Ford who had an
operation at County hospital last
week is improving at this writing.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-07-22
Twenty-three Get
Jury Indictments

TOLEDO. Ohio. 80 Tweniy-three
persons were indicted by the Lucas
county grand jury according 70 a
report filed Monday in common
pleas court Carl Avery. indicted on
the charge Of burglary and larceny;
Herbert Beard. indicted on the
charge Of larceny and breaking and
entering: John Stewart, burglary
and larceny: and John Byrd. mali
ciously injurins property were some
Of the persons who were indicted