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Evening star., 1939-11-19
Three Men Killed
In Traffic Mishaps
In Nearby Areas
Former CopitoI Heights
Mayor and Two D. c.
Residents Are Victims

Thomas ]. Luckett, 43-year-old
attorney and former Mayor of
Capitol Heights, Nd, and two
Washington men were fatally in
jured last night in traffic accidents
on Maryland and Virginia high
ways The driver of the car which
struck Mr. Luckett was charged
with driving while under the influ-
ence of liquor.
The District men killed were:
Clarence Priddy, 54-year-old w.
P. A. worker, of the 600 block of
Ninth street S.W.
Horace N. Ready. 40. of the 300
block of Massachusetts, avenue NE.
A hit-and-run driver. for the
arrest of whom Maj. Ernest W..
Brown Immediately offered a 500
reward, last night knocked down
and seriously injured Policeman
Paul E. Chappelle, about 25. of the
eighth precinct, while he was stand
ing on the street side of friends
car on Wisconsin avenue just below
Woodley road NV.
Condition Reported Serious.
At Emergency Hospital the night
admitting officer said the police
man had been rushed to the oper-
ating room and that his condition
was serious"
Policeman Chappelle, police said.
had gone off duty at midnight and
saw a friend, R. A. Lowe of MARI
boro, Md, parked in his station
wagon on the west side of Wiscon-
sin avenue below Woodley road. The
policeman crossed the avenue and
conversed with Mr.. Lowe, placing
one foot on the running board of
the station wagon on the street side.
A car, described in subsequent
radio loOkouts as a small black
coupe, bearing District tags. and
with a damaged right side, going
south on the avenue, crushed Po-
liceman Chappelle, tossing him
about 10 feet. A pool of blood
marked the spot where the police
mans body landed.
He was rushed to Emergency Hos
pital and hunt started for the
driver of the hit-and-run car.
Maryland State police reported
Mr.. Priddy, bachelor, was killed
when he lost control of an automo-
bile and crashed into a fence on
the Livingston road near Accokeek,
Md. He was alone in the machine.
Hitch-Hike Attempt Fatal
Police said Mr.. Ready was at
tempting to hitch-i1ike a ride at
Carmel Church, 18 miles south of
Fredericksburg. Va, when he was
struck by a truck and killed. His
body was removed to Elkins' funeral
home in Fredericksburg. Identifi-
cation was made through drivers
permit.
Physicians at Casualty Hospital.
where Mr. Luckett died late last
night, said he suffered a possible
fracture of the skull and a COM
pound fracture of the left leg when
struck in front of his Office at 201
Central avenue, in Capitol Heights.
He was walking across the street
when an automobile said to have
(see TRAFFIC, Page A-30
Evening star., 1939-11-19
One West Coast Strike
Ends With Pay Increase
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18.-The
coast wide strike of the Marine
Firemens Union against steam
schooner operators ended today with
the signing of work agreement and
return of about 400 union members
to the go vessels tied up in the 10
day dispute.
Union members voted four to one
for ratification of the contract with
the Shipowners Association Of the
Pacific Coast. Union leaders said
it brought an overall increase OF
about Is per cent in pay, in return
for which the unionists relinquished
demands for Saturday afternoons
off in port.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Bright Pupils
Outwit Parents
To Win Contest
BY the Associated Press.

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. 18.-
Six eager. bright-faced parents went
down to defeat in question con-
test against six Junior high school
pupils, equally as eager - but
brighter.
The parents smiled knowingly as
the youngsters floundered for the
meaning of "E Pluribus Unum." But
the order was reversed when this
one was fired at the parents: Name
the musical compositions played as
bride marches down an aisle and
when she leaves.
The Wedding March," one moth
er guessed. Others tried, but also
failed.
The pupils-who scored 1,845
points to l,782-looked on indulent-
ly as the correct answer was an
nounced: Bridal Chorus" from
Wagner's "Lohengrin" and wedding
music from Mendelssohn's Mid
summer Nights Dream"
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Waterway Negotiations
Pushed, Says Hepburn
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO. Nov l8.-Premier
Mitchell Hepburn said today that
negotiations for completion of plans
for the st. Lawrence waterways
scheme are well under way.
Everything possible is being done
to have the agreement between Can
ada and the United States signed as
soon as possible so work can be
commenced" the Ontario Premier
said. .
Premier Hepburn, who opposed
the scheme intended to make inland
waterways available to ocean vessels,
withdrew his objections shortly after
Canada entered the war. It is un-
derstood, however, he has asked the
Dominion government to allow On
tario to export power and to divert
water to the system from the Ogoki
and Long Lac diversions in Northern
Ontario.
Premier Hepburn said it is up to
the Dominion government to trans
nit to President Roosevelt the On
tario proposals.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
President Huchu
Issues Warning
To Countrymen
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press
PRAGUE, Nov. 18.-Nazi Ger
many used the firing squad again
today and then added martial law
to its stern measures to stamp
out anti German moves in the Pro-
tectorate of Bohemia -Moravla.
The execution of three more per-
sons, two policemen and an un-
identified Czech, brought to IL the
number shot to death in 48 hours.
Nine students were executed yes
terday.
Martial law, established in Great
er Prague, Prague-land, Kladno,
Beraun and Horchwitz, did not af-
feet German citizens. All these dis
trlcts are near Prague, Kladno to
the west, Beraun to the southwest
and Horchowitz to the northeast.
Taking notice of what they said
was agitation for a strike among
workers in Bohemia's large indus
trial cities. union leaders warned
members tonight against leaving
their work benches. All Bohemia is
highly industrialiZed, especially in
coal and iron works.
Hacha BrOadcasts Warning.
Simultaneous with the establish
ment of martial law, President Emil
Hacha broadcast a warning, that
any further sacrifice for the Czech
nation serves no purpose"
President Hacha declared that
demonstrations would be suppressed
by the public might" of the Ger
man and Czech governments and
urged the people of the protecto-
rate to "obey with all discipline the
appeal which I and the govern
ment direct to you"
Prague appeared calm outward
ly, but reaction to the executions
of the alleged ringleaders in the
anti-German acts, and the closing
OF Prague academies and univer-
sites for three years was reported
to have spread to other sect. IS of
the protectorate.
1t apparently was for this rea-
son that martial law was intro
duced in the five areas.
Incidents similar to those in
Prague were reported to nave
occurred in Bruenn CBrno,, the
protectorates second largest city.
Picture Of Events.
The first detailed picture of what
occurred during the night from
Thursday to Friday preceding the
executions was pieced together to-
night through informed sources.
Detachments of Schutzstaffel
(Black Shirt elite guards were sta
toned in the streets where the stu
dents homes were located. Machine
guns were set up in some places
and during the early morning hours
the schools were occupied suddenly.
In the Svehla Institute, according
to one version, a secret printing
establishment was discovered.
Another report said that the
Schutzstaffel found an illegal radio
broadcasting station in operation
there.
1t was said that entry into the
school was forced when the stu
dents attempted to block the S. S.
lSee CzECHS, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Man Is AsphYxiated,
Several Burned in
Nearby BIazes
Seven Hurt Fighting
Fire in Old Home
At Clinton, Nd.

One man dead of asphyxiation
and several persons burned were the
net results last night of a series OF
fires in nearby Maryland and the
District.
Harvey L. Harmon. 57-year -old
resident of Clinton. Md, was pro-
nounced dead of asphyxiation by
Providence Hospital doctors after
he had been rushed to the hospital
by the Marlboro Rescue Squad from
a nelghpors house where he had
attempted to aid in the control of
an oil heater which was not operat-
ing properly.
The neighbor, Albert Edelin,. re-
turning home, found his house filled
with dense smoke. Attempting to
enter the building he cut his wrist
badly and his neighbor, Mr.. Harmon,
came to his aid, entering the house
but being quickly overcome by smoke
and fumes.
Aged Man Rescued.
In another Clinton Md fire
last night an 80-year -old man was
rescued and several other persons
were forced to flee when fire broke
out in the old Surratt home Seven
persons were injured fighting the
fire. 1t was finally brought under
control after it had destroyed a dis
used kitchen, where the fire was
said to have broken out, and a wing
of the house containing three bed
rooms.
Vincent Miller, 80-year old father
of B. K. Miller Clinton merchant
and owner of the house, was trapped
in his bedroom Advised to jump,
he refused and firemen rescued him
with ladder. Mrs. Ella Curtin
and other residents in the historic
home were forced to flee.
Treated for Burns.
Ira Brashears, At, of Berwyn. Md,
was treated last night for burns on
his body received, Washington po-
lice were informed, when he went
to sleep with a burning cigaret in
his hand. He was rushed to the
hospital by the Branchville Rescue
Squad. His wife, Dorothy, was treat
ed at the same time for burns on
both hands, received when she ex-
tinguished the blaze with water. Mr..
Brashears was said to be in an un-
determined condition.
First and second degree burns
were sustained last night by Merle
Blair, AZ, of 1923 Potomac avenue
NV, when can of paint remover
he was using in building at 40
Tennessee avenue NE. burst into
flames when it came in contact with
an electric floor plug. Police said
Mr.: Blair was treated at Casualty
Hospital and released. The blaze
did little damage to the property,
they said.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Raid Warning Sounded
In Southeast EnqIund
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 18-An afraid
warning sounded tonight on the Es-
sex coast in Southeast England, the
all-clear signal following within 80
minutes.
Warnings also sounded in inland
Essex towns but were followed
shortly by the clear signals.
The air ministry announced the
alarm was caused by the appearance
of an unidentified aircraft.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
D. {. Bar Plans Probe
OF |nstaNment Sales,
Collection Methods
Sweeping Investigation
Promised os Special
Committee Is Named

A sweeping investigation into
sales and collection practices o1
credit and installment houses anc
finance companies in the District
will be made by a special committee
of the District Bar Association.
Beginning of the probe, expected
to be one of the most exhaustive
ever undertaken by the bar group
was made public in a letter writer
by Seton Darr. president of the
association, to George D. Horning
who has been named head of the
10-man committee.
Mr. Darr said the "far-reaching
effect" of certain credit practices,
"as we'll as their pernicious nature
and the harm being done, justify
and demand thorough action by the
bar association"
The bar head, outlining channels
he suggested the committee look
into, mentioned practices that were
the outgrowth of suits in Municipal
Court. He named nine schemes
that he thought would bear investi-
CATION by the committee.
One of the schemes was the use
of "dunning" letters by installment
and credit retail stores. by collec-
ton agencies and by lawyers.
May Violate Blackmail Law.
. Quoting from an opinion rendered
recently in the Court of Appeals
Mr.. Darr said that the court held
that a letter couched in strong
language for the purpose of collect
ing debt may amount to viola
ton of the blackmail statue of the
District of Columbia" He asked
that the committee consider propos-
ing legislation that would bring
"dunning' letters within the mean
ing of the Districts blackmail
statute.
With regard to other practices
Mr.. Darr also urged legislative ac-
ton and the sponsoring of rules to
be adopted by the courts. He added
IF the question is one of Legal
ethics from the standpoint of the
lawyer, you may want to recommend
that certain practices should be
condemned as unethical and for
hidden to our members. If there is
uncovered evidence of wrong doing
on the part of any lawyer, your
findings and evidence should be i'm
mediately presented to the Grievance
Committee of District Court"
Mr.. Horning said last night that
each of the nine other members OF
the committee would be assigned to
investigate one of the channels and
their findings pooled. The probe
he said. probably would last
months" with a possibility that
public hearings would be held.
To Consider Complaints.
The committee head, whose office
is in the Southern Building, asked
for letters from any person having
complaints on the matters his COM
mittee will consider.
Mr.. Darr, in his letter. pointed
(See BAR, Page Aid
Evening star., 1939-11-19

'It seemed as if the explosion
was right under him. All oil
pipes burst and people in the
cabins were smothered."
Trouble With Lifeboats.
The ship was listing sharply, he
added, and some of the lifeboats
could not be lowered properly.
The steward said second ex-
plosion, apparently another mine,
came within Is minutes of the first.
Il saw about 80 people in the wa
ter and the sea was covered with
oil" he related.
Doctors and ambulances waited at
the quayside as the injured we're
brought to shore at the unnamed
British port
The gravely injured were hurried
to hospitals. while others were given
first aid at the dock.
Among the survivors hospitalized
tonight was a 1l-months- baby
and a little boy who called continu-
ouslv Where is my daddy?'
Admiralty Accuses Germans.
The admiralty charged the Ger
mans laid the mine in the channel
followed by merchant ships and
added that there is no doubt that
they were laid for the specific pur-
pose of destroying such shipping"
The statement added that the
mishap to the Simon Bolivar lis a
further example of the utter dis
regard of international law and die
tates of humanity shown by the Ger
man government
Authoritative sources in Ber-
lin, commenting on the sinking
of the Simon Bolivar in the North
Sea, said, "A German mine could
not have been responsible They
declined further commentD
Press Raises Voice.
The British Sunday morning press
with one voice attributed the sink
ing to 'Nazi gangster methods" and
described it as another ruthless
blow at peaceful shipping"
The last listing of the Simon
Bolivar in the New York maritime
register showed the vessel sailed
October II from Barbados, West
Indies, for Amsterdam
Lloyds register lists The Simon
Bolivar's home port as Amsterdam.
She was 419 feet long and was built
in 1927.
The vessel belonged to the Royal
Netherlands Steamboat Co.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
BroziI Takes Scunyork

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S R.-The
Moore-McCormack liner Scanyork
was turned over to the Brazilian
government today-the first of IA
ships the company recently sold to
the South American republic for
S3,500,000. She will sail for Balti-
more and Philadelphia Monday.
Fourteen new ships to take the
place of the craft sold to Brazil are
to be built by Mccormack.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

features OF q day
in W h c h four
other major COL
legiate elevens re-
manned unbeaten.
The Hoyas fin
ished their CAM
paign with seven
victories and a tie.
Tennessee, rank
ed No. l in the Ma
tion-wide poll last
week, continued
o n it's winning
way by whipping
Vanderbilt, 1870.
Cornell, the out
standing Eastern
leader, not only
remained in the
undefeated, un-
tied class, but re-
bounded sharply
after two narrow
victories to crush
Dartmouth, 1916,
in the sections
b i g 6 It game.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

Concentration of German
troops on the borders of the
Netherlands and Belgium in
recent weeks raised the specter
of a German invasion of the
Western European neutrals in
order to strike more effectively
at Britain and France.
Early last week Dutch Premier
Dirk Jan de Geer in a radio ad-
dress declared emphatically
there was no threat of a Ger
man invasion and in following
days the tension in the low
countries subsidized.
Germany gave as the reason
for her troop concentrations the
need for disposing of troops too
numerous to be cared for di-
rectly opposite the French Mag
mot Line.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
26O Survivors Are Landed at
Unnamed Port in E England;
Many Badly Injured

Dy
LONDON, Nov. 18-The Netherlands passenger liner
Simon Bolivar sank the North Sea with possible loss of
140 lives today after striking mine which the British ad-
mralty charged the Germans had laid without notifying
neutral shipping.
The vessel carried 400 including and
children total of 260 survivors, of whom 10 said to be
crewmen, landed unnamed British port
Many of the rescued reported badly injured"
Official expressed that all those missing
dead.
Worst Non NAVAL Sea Disaster of War;
British losses
Europes current
The heaviest non-fghting ship previously the
sinking the British liner Athena northwest Of Ireland Septem
Der the Britain declared Germany The
Athenas loss reported at 112 persons.
Two other Ships their and nationaes undisclosed
damaged by spot Bolivar
sank. Both port.
British rawlers picked the Simon Bovar survivors who
cuded British Neherlande and other naonaties
Those able to travel were brought to London
Steward j. H. Wers declared the ship about 20 miles
off the English when terrific explosion shook her.
THE master, Capt H. Voorspuiy killed the bridge"
WriSters
Evening star., 1939-11-19

North Carolina,
tied once, also was
b e a t e n for the
first time by it's
traditional rival,
Duke, 1873, in the
South's m a jor
g a m e, W h | e
Princeton won the
Big Three title by
defeating Yale.
1877. AL a b a m a
dropped its third
S t r a i 6 h t game,
G e org ia Tech
beating it, 60.
George Wash
ington won it's
first major game
of the year by
beating Kansas,
14-7, and Catholic
University closed
its hom me CAM
paign with a $40
rout of Loyola of
the South. Mary
lan nd WAS heqten nv
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Hoyus Beut N. Y. U. for Record;
Duke and Missouri Win

GeorgetoWn's second successive un-
defeated season, achieved yesterday
by blanking N. Y. u, 14-0, at New
York, was one of the outstanding
Evening star., 1939-11-19

of the select group when it bowed
81, to Missouri in a game in
which the championship of the Big
Six Conference was at stake.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
North Sea Mine Sinks Dutch Ship:
Be|ievedDead> Reich Blamed;
Nazis Clap Martial Law on Czechs
Nozi Army Reported
Leaving Borders of
Holland, Belgium

BY Radio to The Star.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 18.-Ger-
many started to withdraw its
troops from the Dutch and Bel
gian frontiers today, it was
learned here.
tCopyright, 1899, by Chicago Daily
News, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Norris Opposes
Defense Boost
In Next Session
Advises Congress
To Stress Domestic
Economic Issues
BACKGROUND


EUer since European ,Ddr broke
out, most Washington observers
haze looked torUard to btg
increase merit session in the huge
defense appropriation uoted by
Congress for the current fiscal
year. Some estimates haze er-
ceeded $4,000, 900 900 for both the
Army and Nary. but in recent
1Ueeks departmental experts hare
expressed the opinion this figure
is far too high.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

V. M. l. at Norfolk, 1870, and Ameri-
can University ended it's season with
out victory when it was swamped
by Swarthmore, $50.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

Iulane'S ESQ win over Columbia in
an intersectional battle also kept the
Green Wave in the unbeaten class
Oklahoma. however, dropped out
Evening star., 1939-11-19

Complete Details in sports section.)
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Weother Forecast

Cloudy and somewhat colder, followed by
lntermittent light rain today; tomorrow
rain and colder. Temperatures yester-
day-Highest, 70, at pm; lowest, a,
at am
From the United States Weather Bureau report
Full details on Page A-2
Evening star., 1939-11-19

(See BAR, Page Aid
Evening star., 1939-11-19

tSee CHEST, Page A-8D
Evening star., 1939-11-19

(See DEFENSE, Page A-4.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-28
People In
The NeLDS

Former Kaiser Wilhelm. a ven
cradle man of so years. stuck to
his quiet routine al Doom, Meth
erlands. today. following world
events through newspapers, radio
and private advices. The former
kaiser refraIned customarily from
making any expression on inter-
national situations. The interests
Of his family are mostly in Nazi
Germany. subject TO Adolf Hitler's
word
Assistant secretary Of war Louis
johnson said at Boston that the
present neutrality act actually
was a discrimination act" which
would favor Germany and penalize
other countries BY placing an ex-
port embargo on arms in event OF
a European war. This, which was
very nearly equivalent to present
ing Germany with an Atlantic
fleet, could only be an encourage
ment TO Germany to produce the
kind of crisis with which We strug-
gle today" johnson told the an
nual encampment of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars
Marlene Dietrich, German-born
actress who became an American
citizen, is back in Hollywood after
a visit to Europe, where she found
not so much excitement as in the
United States. There's more ex-
element here than in Europe"
Miss Dietrich said. But there
they have become accustomed to
preparations for war. l don't
think it's Is hopeless as reports
indicate" =.
President Gerald Nugent of the
Philadelphia Phillies was to enter
a hospital at Allentown, Pa, today
for a hernia operation. Nugent,
president of the Phils since 1888,
was stricken during Saturdays
game -.
Ralph Morgan, president of the
Screen Actors Guild. and two
guild officers are enroute to New
York in an effort to bring about
a settlement of the movie labor
dispute between actors and stage
hands unions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-28
Make 1O7 Awards in Annual
Country Club Junior Event

second. L. Thomas Murray, jr.,
and George Weyerhaeuser.
Girls singlesEWinner, Barbara
La Casa second, Barbara Blanken-
horn. Doubles-Barbara La Casa
and Barbara Blankenhorn; second,
Frances olzendam and Donna Rog-
ers.
Mixed doubles - Winners, Bar
bara LaGasa. and l.. Thomas Muir
ray, jr.; second, Frances olzendam
and Erskine Graham.
Field Events
Three classes-A, ID to Is; B,
Q to IL; c, s and under.)
50-yd. dash (boys)-Class A, Will
liam Woollery; Class B, George
Weyerhaeuser; Glass C, Jerry
Rogers.
50-yd. dash (girls) - Class A,
Ann Murray; Glass B, Dianna
Scott: Class C, Christie Scott.
Sack race (boys) - Class A,
Thomas Lyle; Glass B. George
Weyerhaeuser; class C, Jerry
Rogers.
Sack race (girls)-Class A, Vera
Frazer; Class B. Jean Strong;
Class C, Eleanore Mills.
Shoe race (boys) - Class A,
James LaGasa; Class B, George
Weyerhaeuser; Glass C, Jerry
Rogers.
Shoe race (girls) - Glass A,
Frances Olzendam; Class B, Jean
Strong; Class c, Eulalie Bloedel.
3-legged rae (boys)-Class A.,
Rod Olzendam and Jack Pascoe;
Glass B, George weyerhaeuser and
Erskine Ingram.
3-legged race (girls )-Class A,
Marian Ingram and Frances Oh
zendam: Class B, Jane Titcomb
and Jean Strong.
Pie-Eating contest - Boy, Dan
West; girl, Frances Olzendam.
Water Events
Freestyle-Boys, Corydon Wag-
ner, Jr.. Erskine Ingram, A.
Dwight Orr, Jr.; girls. Vera Fra
ger. Marion Long, Joan Wingate.
Back stroke - Boys, Corydon
Wagner, George weyerhaeuser,
Brewer Thompson; girls, Hazel
Schaeffer, Marion Long, Eleanore
Mills.
Diving-Boys. Norman Yule, l..
Tom Murray, Brewer Thompson;
girls, Hazel Schaeffer and Vera
Frazer (tie), Frances Olzendam,
Eleanore Mills.