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Evening star., 1939-05-06
Pope Plus Reported
In Peace 0vertures
To Governments
May Make New Appeal fo'
Pacific Settlement in
Message Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, May 6.-Sources
usually familiar with Vatican policy
said today they believed Pope Plus
XII had followed up his Easter ap-
peal for world peace with definite
overtures to various governments.
Official or semi-official Vatican
confirmation of such steps was lack
ing, however.
The sources which gave the report
represented the pontiff as being
gravely concerned over the posi-
bility Of an armed conflict breaking
out at this time.
May Make New Appeal.
The Pope himself indicated this In
his April 20 appeal to the Catholics
OF the world to pray to the Virgin
Mary throughout May for peace.
The Pope may make a new appeal
for peaceful solution of Europe s
problems when he addresses a mes
sage tomorrow to the Eucharistic
Congress in Algiers.
No announcement of the Pontiff' S
subject has been made, however. His
message will be broadcast from the
Vatican radio station at am, E
S. T.
Word coming from outside Italy
told Of coferences of papal nuncios
with Reichsfuehrer Hitler yesterday
In his Bavarian mountain retreat
and at Paris with Foreign Minister
Georges Bonnet.
Other Conferences Likely.
1t was regarded as likely here
that conferences of other papal
nuncios with leaders OF the gov
ernments to which they are ac-
credited also had taken place in the
last few days. But it was not known
whether the Pope was proposing
any definite peace plan to Europe.
Some sources said they thought
an indication of what the Vatican
was reported doing might be given
in the Pope's broadcast address to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Reich Moves for Donziig Vote;
Poles Hold Next Step HitIer's
Nation Is RoIIyin9
Behind Position
Taken by Beck
BY the Associated Press.

oy INC ASSOCldteo fIeSS.
WARSAW, May 6-The Polish
people rallied today behind Foreign
Minister Col. Joseph Beck's rejec-
ton Of German demands on the
Free City Of Danzig and the Polish
Corridor, holding the next move
was up to Germany.
Reports of possible mediation by
the Vatican and Italy were given
little consideration.
Rumors that Pope Plus XII might
try to mediate between Poland and
Germany were received with skepti-
cism as Catholic leaders said they
had no information of such an
undertaking. The rumors apparently
were based largely on the meeting
yesterday between 'Reichsfuehrer
Hitler and Msgr. Cesare Orsenigo,
papal nuncio to Germany.
To reports of possible italian
mediation, the Socialist Newspaper
Robatnik commented that Poland
is not cho-Slovakia.
Reich Must Give Proof"
Apparently rejecting the general
attitude of the press, the Newspaper
Kurjer Czerwony declared that 1.-The
world now agrees that Berlin must
give proof that it actually wants
an understanding with Poland
AS proof of Poland's ancient right
to the Free City of Danzig the
Kurjer Warszawski published what
was reputed to be an 18th century
German map of Danzig made in
(See WARSAW, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Carolina Town
Delays Election;
None Registered

TURKEY, N. c.. May 6 fP).-
This Eastern North Carolina
town of 213 has postponed its
municipal election because no
one was registered to vote.
For years citizens have bal
lotted biennially for a mayor
who serves also as city commits
sion and police department. But
the issue OF registration was
never raised until the current
campaign.
One candidate charged that
his opponent was not eligible
because he was not a registered
voter. The other countered that
none was registered and the
town had no registration.
Sampson County Judge Perry
C. Crumpler. said neither can
didate legally was eligible nor
was any resident eligible to vote.
Arrangements are being made
for registration.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Reorganization
Plan No. 7
Due Monday
President Confers
With Advisers on
Interior Setup
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
After suffering one of major
defeats in last Congress ON legis-
lation to effect reorganization OF
Government departments, ad.
nintstration obtained modified
bill this year Uithout great dit-
fculty. By its terms one reor-
ganization plan already has been
promulgated by President, Uith
second no1D near readiness.
President Roosevelt conferred
with his reorganization advisers at
the White House today on his Sec
ond governmental reorganization
plan, which he intends to submit
to Congress Monday. His first plan
won congressional approval We'd
nesday in its initial test.
The second plan will increase tho
scope of the Interior Department,
under Secretary Ickes, it is under.
stood. Under it the Interior De.
partment would get the Bureau Of
Fisheries, the Bureau of Lighthouses
and the Coast and Geodetic Survey
from the Commerce Department
and the Biological Survey from tho
Agriculture Department.
For the conference Mr.. Roosevelt
amended his usual Saturday pro-
cedure, meeting his advisers in his
Office in the executive wing of the
White House. Customarily on Sat-
urday he conducts whatever bust.
ness is at hand in the White House
proper.
Two of the Presidents three con.
gressional reorganization heutenants
attended the meeting, Senator
Byrnes, Democrat, of South Caro-.
lima, and Representative Warren,
Democrat. of North Carolina. The
third Capitol adviser, Representative
Cochran, Democrat, of Missouri, was
invited but could not attend. Mr..
Cochran is chairman of the House
Special Committee on Reorganlza-
ton. Also present were Budget Di-
rector Smith, Newman Townsend of
the Department of Justice and Louis
Brownlow, co-author of the master
reorganization plan on which gen.
orally the Presidents proposals are
based.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Death Of Infant Girl
Being Investigated

The death Of 2-month-old girl
was under investigation today by
the coroner's ONCE.
The infant, Ellen Lynn Kraft,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Morris l..
Kraft, 3345 Military road NV, died
suddenly last night. Her nurse
found her Ill and physicians were
summoned.
According to DR.. H. p. Parker,
who pronounced the baby dead, the
cause Of death appeared to be
strangulation. He was unable to
explain what had caused the
strangulation.
DR.. Parker said the baby had
been underweight at birth and had
spent some time in an incubator.
But 1t had gained strength, he said,
and was normal and healthy up to
the time Of its death.
Summoned also In an effort to aid
the stricken child were Drs. John
A. Logan and John Warren Casady.
Coroner A. Magruder MacD Donald
said he would perform IN autopsy
today In m effort TO determine the
cause of death.
Nh. Kraft u . food broker.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Quake Believed Near
Guatemala Recorded
By the Associated Press.

os tne ASSOClAtSu TIeSS.
WESTON, Mass, May 6.-The cen.
ter of moderately strong" earth.
quake shocks recorded at 1:07:35 am
(E. S. T) on the Weston College seis-
mograph was estimated today by the
Rev. Daniel J. Linehan, S. j., director
of the station, at approximately 600
miles off the Pacific Coast of Central
America, near Guatemala" He said
the quake actually occurred al
1:00:12 am. (E. S. To-.
Father Linehan computed the po.
sition on the basis of reports from
his own seismograph and that al
Fordham University. He said the
center was 1850 miles from Weston
in direction Approximately south.
west" Earth shocks recorded here
earlier in the week from the South.
ern California region were much
stronger" he said.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Plan for PIebiscite
Believed Taken to
Milan Meeting
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN, May GA German pro-
posal for a plebiscite in the Free
City of Danzig to decide whether it
should return to Germany was be-
lieved here today to have been
taken by Foreign Minister Joachim
Won Ribbentrop to Milan for his
conference with Italian Foreign
Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano.
1t was regarded here as FORE
gone conclusion that the free city,
which was established in territory
taken from Germany after the
World War and whose population is
more than 80 per cent German,
would vote to join Germany in any
such plebiscite.
Won Ribbentrop conferred with
Hitler in his Bavarian mountain
retreat yesterday for six hours
before his departure for Italy and
it was admitted officially today that
Hitler'S conferees included Albert
Forster, Nazi district leader in DAN
zig, and Arthur Greiser, president
of the Danzig Senate.
officials also admitted that Mon
signor Cesare Orsenigo, Papal Nun
clio in Germany, was with the
Fuehrer yesterday. They intimated
it had to do with Catholic matters
rather than international political
events by saying the monsignor went
to Hitler in his capacity of Papal
Nuncio and not as Doyen Of the
Diplomatic Corps.
The possibility of plebiscite In
Evening star., 1939-05-06
British Talks
Declared q Success

ANKARA, May 6 (P.-The news
paper Akcham said today that
British Turkish negotiations on Sc
curity "have succeeded"
Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu
was reported to have explained to
the Republican Peoples party that
the basis of the agreement was mu-
tual assistance for security in the
Mediterranean.
It was understood that the agree
ment would be published soon in
Turkey and Great Britain.
Russia, which has been conduct
ing negotiations through Vladimir
Potemkin, the Soviet vice commits
sar of foreign affairs, was reported
informed on the progress of the
British Turkish talks.
Potemkin concluded his diplo-
matte conferences yesterday and
started for Moscow, supposedly on
instructions from home.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Fort Wayne Police Guard
benes After Threats
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, May g.
Telephoned threats against Dr..
Eduard Benes, former President of
zecho-Slovakia, led police to guard
him closely as he spoke here last
night.
Mr.. Benes, on the University OF
Chicago faculty since Germany took
over his country, talked at a Boy
Scout merit badge show and later
lectured in the same building un-
der sponsorship Of the Lions Club.
Scout executives who would not
allow use Of their names said they
had received many calls warming
they would "be sorry" if they let
Mr.. Benes speak. They said the
callers were Nazi sympathizers. This
city of 115,000 has large German
population.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
By GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 6.-Sev-
enty thousand hearts will pump in
swing time for q couple Of minutes
today while the cream of the Ma
tion's 3-year-olds drum around the
historic Churchill Downs track in the
65th running Of the Kentucky Derby.
Tenor, at the least, eight-of the
finest thoroughbreds money and low
ing care can produce will leap from
the barrier at q little after $50
washington, D. c., time) and be-
gin the mile and one-quarter struggle
for the garland of roses and nearly
$50 900 in cash money that go to the
winner.
To the sensitive, slender legged
colts the two minutes that follow will
represent the high climax of careers
that were pointed, since their first
breath Of life, toward winning The
Derby" One owner will be so proud
tonight he could pop. The others
will drown their sorrow and start
looking forward to a year from to-
day.
Crowds Pack Race Mad City.
For days the crowds have been
converging on Louisville, filling the
$20-minimum hotel rooms'until they
bulge at the seams and stopping over
into the long lines of railroad sleep
ers parked in the yards. Heavily
bankrolled, they are expected to bet
more than million dollars on the
Derby and the eight other races on
today's program.
The bulk OF the Derby money will
be riding on Johnstown, the great
bay colt of William Woodward's that
won the Wood Memorial last week
and ran such a sensational Derby
trial five days ago that those who
witnessed it still are gasping. The
big, rugged fellow has become such
predominant favorite that he
might face the barrier less than an
even-money choice in the mutuel
machines.
When the last strains of my Old
Kentucky Home" die on the breeze
and the starting bell clangs, the
general expectation seems to be
that Johnstown will bully his way
to the front of the pack, give his
tall q few tosses as he comes past
the believing crowd the first time
and then settle down to run his
pursuers into the ground.
The general expectation, OF
course, is not q thing you can set
your watch by. Supporters Of the
other steeds In today's race are fond
of recalling that Fighting Fox was
(Saa nEpnV po0a A.sO
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Capital Will Greet
Danish Royalty Today
Without Pageantry
Couple to See Sights;
Somozu Receives
Formal Welcome
By BLAIR BOLLES,

Without the studied enthusiasm
which greeted the arrival of Presl-
dent Anastasio Somoza of Mica
ragua. the Crown Prince and Crown
Princess of Denmark were sched-
uled to come to Washington this
afternoon for a three-day stay
Since they come only as gh-placed
visitors rather than guests of state,
like the Somozas, their welcome will
be simple. Their train arrives from
New York at 1:45 pm.
Crown Prince Frederick ana
Crown Princess Ingrid will stay,
with their royal encourage, which
includes q distant relative of Bar
oara Hutton's former Danish hus-
band, Count Haugwitz-Reventlow
at the Shoreham Hotel. Washing
ton is on the final leg of their jaunr
across the United States, which be-
gan a month ago at Los Angeles.
They came to this country bring
Ing greetings from the old home
land to Danes and descendants of
Danes in America.
For the most part, the roya.
couple will spend their time seeing
the sights. 1t is expected that at
no time will their paths cross that
Of Gen. and Sonora Somoza, who
move today to the Nicaraguan Le-
cation on New Hampshire avenue
from the White House, where they
slept last night. The ceremony for
the Somoza arrival yesterday was
a carefully planned, spectacular
pageant for which even the spec
tators were officially provided in Or
der to impress the visitor.
Visit Mount Vernon.
When Gen. Somoza and Presi-
dent Roosevelt later went to Mount
Vernon, where the visitor planned
to lay a wreath on Washington s
Tomb, the gates to the shrine were
locked As minutes before their ar
rival, so that hundreds of tourists
eager to get into Mount Vernon
were waiting outside in a throng
when the visitors drove up. Even
reporters, except those in the one
Limousine which was permitted to
accompany the procession, were
barred from Mount Vernon. The
tourists could not enter until the
distinguished visitors had departed.
Today the Somozas were to at
tend a luncheon given them by
Secretary of State Hull just at
about the time the Danes reach
the Shoreham, where at 2::25 pm.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Young Surrenders
Allegheny Control
To Ball Agency
Stock Of G. & O. HoIdino
Firm Returned to
Foundation
By the Associated Press.

BY INC Associated fEeSS.
CLEVELAND, May 6.-George A
Ball today regained ostensible con-
troll Of the Van Sweringen railroad
empire from Robert r. Young and
associates.
Thus was surrendered by Mr.
Young 1,200. 900 shares of Allegheny
Corp. common stock held as COL
lateral for a $2,375, 900 note owned
by the foundation.
Allegheny Corp. is the top hold
ing company for the railroad net
work built up by the late Van
Sweringen brothers. Railroads in
cluded are the Chesapeake & Ohio,
Nickel Plate, Pere Marquette and
Erie, and nominally the Missouri
Pacific and Chicago g. Eastern
Illinois.
Young and his associates agreed
in April, 1887, to buy the control
for $6,375, 900. The cash payment
was 100000. The group agreed
to pay the remaining $2,375 900 yes
terday.
The Ball Foundation Is a charit-
able organization set up by George
A. Ball, Muncie, Ind, glass jar man
ufacturer.
The Ball Foundations attorney,
|Coo vOIITCS R.-. %
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Roadside Players
On WMAL

The Roadside Players will
present this weeks edition of
The Star Radio Playhouse to-
night over Station WMAL at
10:30 o'clock.
The players will enact "The
Clock Won't Strike Five" a
radio drama written especially
for The Star Playhouse.
The broadcast is arranged
by The Star with the Cooper
alton Of the National Broad
casting Co.
Evening star., 1939-05-06

the best place from which to keep
an ofncial eye on the proceedings.
Gen. Murray said today that with
a powerful pair of binoculars he
was able to get perfect bird's-eye
view of what each man was doing
and could see all the marching and
counter-marching necessary for the
formation.
Everything went right, he said
today, with a few minor exceptions.
He said he could see what hap
pened from the time President
Roosevelt came out Of the east door
Of Union Station until he rounded
the corner at the Treasury, and
added that he now knew just what
minor changes to make in prepara-
ton for the similar reception to be
given the King and Queen Of Great
| Britain.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
800 New Type Motors
Ordered for Air Corps
, the Associated Press,

INDIANAPOLIS, May 6.-The War
Department has placed an order
with an Indianapolis plant for 800
Viz liquid-cooled airplane motors
Of a type Assistant Secretary Louis
johnson describes as greatest in the
world for high-speed performance"
Col. johnson, disclosing the order
here yesterday, said his department
had supervised experiments which
developed the engine.
The order will be filled at the
Allison Engineer Division of General
Motors, which Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh inspected for the War De-
partment last week.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Broken Cos Main Fire
ImperiIs Key Bridge

A roaring fire at a broken gas
main threatened for a time this
morning the temporary wooden
ramp at the Virginia end of the
Key Bridge.
The fire was discovered by park
policemen patroling the area. They
summoned Engine Co. and the
ramp was wetted down until an
emergency squad from the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. extinguished the
blaze. This was done by inserting
stopper in the leak.
The fire originated, park police
reported, when gas escaping from
q broken outlet became ignited.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Russian Papers Silent
On Pact Negotiations

MOSCOW, May 6 R.-Soviet
Russian newspapers today made no
mention of British-Soviet pact ne
EQUATIONS and printed, without
comment, a 500-word summary of
the speech Polish Foreign Minister
Joseph Beck gave yesterday before
Parliament In Wsrsav.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
3y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt took a hand
In the deadlocked soft coal negotia-
tions today by telling both operators
and labor that agreement must be
reached promptly" in. their dispute
over a new wage contract.
With 100000 United Mine Workers
IDLE in 26 States and reports OF
threatened coal shortages in many
communities increasing, Mr.. Roose-
welt said differences between the two
groups appear not to be insur-
mountable and the orderly process
of collective bargaining should suffice
to bring about their adjustment"
He expressed his views in tele-
gram to John R. Steelman, chief of
the Labor Department conciliation
service, who is in New York trying
to work out an agreement. The
message was dispatched toMr. Steel
man last night and made public by
the White House this morning.
Follows Deadlock Report.
It followed a report to the Presi-
dent from Secretary of Labor Perkins
that the Negotiating Committee, in
cluding G. I. O. Chief John l.. Lewis,
the United Mine Workers president,
had become deadlocked over the
question of a new wage agreement.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that because he
believed the differences could be
overcome by bargaining he urged
that the present negotiations with
the Federal Commissioner continue
and that all sit down with the in
tention to reach a fair, honorable
and workable agreement in a spirit
Of give and take"
The text of President Roosevelt's S
message to DR.. Steelman follows:
THE Secretary of Labor has re-
ported to me that your committee
has been deadlocked on the question
Of negotiating new wage agree
ment. The differences in viewpoint
of representatives of workers and
operators appear not to be unsur-
mountable and the orderly process
of collective bargaining should suffice
w dbOuO
Urges Give -and-Take Spirit.
because Of this I urge that the
present negotiations with the Fed
eral commissioner continue and
that all sit down with the inten-
tion to reach fair, honorable and
workable agreement in a spirit of
give and take. Time is now i'm
portant and agreement must be
reached promptly.
1T is in the public interest as
we'll as your own that you arrive at
such an adjustment. The public
interest is paramount and above
that Of any group. AS President
Of the United States, I caution
the negotiators on both sides to
keep this in mind and continue
negotiations until a speedy settle
ment is made in justice to the two
groups in conference and to the
American people"
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Mother, Helpless, Sees
Fire Take Boby's Life
BY the Associated Press.

0y tII6 ASbUClHCeu FTebS.
WESTWOOD, Calf, May g.
Mrs. Robert Gridley watched in
helpless agony while her 6-month-
old son, Delbert, burned to death
in his crib yesterday.
She was outside with two other
children when the house was set
af1re by an overheated kitchen
stove.
The blaze blocked the only door
to the place.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Soviet Discusses
British Proposals
For Triple Pact
London's Acceptance Of
Moscow Principle :.
Is Reported
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 6.-Ivan Maisky
Soviet Russia's S Ambassador to Lon
don, called on Foreign Secretary
Viscount Halifax today and discussed
Britain's counter-proposals to the
Moscow government on its partici-
patton in the British French system
of security pacts.
These were said by one responsible
source to have accepted in principle
Soviet proposal for a mutual as
sistance alliance among Britain,
France and Russia, but to have
sought modification of Moscow s
wider suggestions for a compre-
hensive collective guarantee to
smaller nations.
Foreign Office spokesmen, however,
refused today to confirm or deny
this or other reports on the nature
of the British reply.
Basis Seen for Agreement.
Usually informed sources said the
British answer should offer a basis
for an agreement with Russia unless
the resignation of Maxim Litvinoh
as Soviet commissar of foreign af-
fairs marked a complete turn against
the Western European powers.
Although it had been reported last
night that the reply had been dis
patched to Moscow soon after its ap-
proval by the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee of the cabinet, the foreign
Office said today it had not been sent
yet, but would be shortly.
The note was expected to be de-
livered to the Soviet foreign Office
by Ambassador Sir William Seeds
today.
Far East Declared Excluded.
Britain was said to have offered
to sign a pact in which she, France
and Russia would stand together in
event of any one of the three being
attacked. Any attack on Soviet
Russia in the Far East was under
stood to be excluded from the British
plan, however.
AA1C 4lOVC dlSO WdS 1CROA VGO w
contain proposal that Russia give
separate promises to aid Rumania
and Poland IF and when" they feel
they need help.
In effect the proposal, if accepted
by Moscow, would reinforce Hngo-
French guarantees to aid those two
countries in resisting any action
threatening their independence.
British circles were anxious to
see how their latest proposals would
be received by the new regime in
the commissariat of foreign affairs
at Moscow.
There had been no indication re-
ceived in London whether Premier
Vyacheslaff Molotoff, now at the
helm of Soviet foreign relations
would be willing to carry on the
negotiations which Litvinof begar
before his sudden resignation thi.
| week.