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Evening star., 1939-11-23
Woshington-Lee Beats
George Washington High, 21-7

Russ Arnaud's second touchdown
of the game and Merle Hoover S
third conversion gave Washington
Lee High School of Arlington, Va,
21-7 victory over George WASH
ington High of Alexandria in the
annual Old Oaken Bucket game at
George Washington Stadium today
before 5000 fans.
The triumph gave the Little Cen
erals a three-to-two edge in the
series started five years ago.
After scoring twice in the first
half to lead, 14-0, Washington-Lee
sewed up the victory on a 40-yard
march midway in the third period
Junior French, who had passed to
Arnaud for the first touchdown
made a first down on two plays
and put the ball on the enemy {
29-yard line to set up the third
score. Wally Legg then went
around left end to the 1-yard line
and Arnaud crashed through center
for the touchdown.
George Washington scored in the
last minute of play on long pass
from Jack Kreamer, substitute back
to jim Taylor that was good fol
Evening star., 1939-11-23
British Parliament
Is Prorogued by
King George
No Material Goin Sought
In Conflict, Ruler Says;
New Session Tuesday
Py the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
LONDON. Nov. 23.-King George
VI prorogued Parliament today.
A new session is scheduled to open
November % with full dress debate
on all aspects of the war.
The Kings statement ending the
present session declared the war
with Germany was being fought to
preserve the birthright of liberty.
He called the invasion of Poland
"a challenge which we could not
have declined without dishonor to
ourselves and without peril to the
cause of freedom and the progress
Of mankind"
The Kings statement. read to
the members, said that despite ef-
forts Of Britain to preserve peace.
Germany, in violation of her
solemn undertakings, wantonly in
vaded Poland"
OF Britain's aims he said, I'VE
seek no material gain Liberty and
free institutions are our birthright.
which we, like our forefat theirs, are
resolved to preserve"
The King thanked Parliament for
prompt and ungrudging" accept
ance of heavy financial burdens
which he said has deeply impressed
the world and demonstrates the un-
flinching determination of my
people to make every sacrifice for
victory"
The Kings statement was read bv
Lord Caldecote. the lord chancellor.
Prime Minister Chamberlain ear
lier told a questioner in Commons
that this was not the time to con-
slider offering to let other countries
join the British Empire as a part
OF war reconstruction.
The government. he told Opposi-
ton Liberal Geoffrey Mander. sees
no advantage in considering the
possibility suggested in the question
unless and until it arises in prac-
tical form"
Evening star., 1939-11-23

30 yards. Taylor caught the ball
on the Westinghouse 10-yard line
and ran unmolested over the goal
line. He then kicked the extra
point.
Merle Hoover converted after
both touchdowns.
Washington-Lee, undefeated in
nine games this season, scored in
the first six minutes of play. After
picking up two first downs on
straight running plays French
dropped back to his own 37-yard
line and threw a short pass to
Arnaud, who squirmed through the
entire G. w. team and ran Al yards
for the score.
The Little Generals made their
second score in the second quarter
on three running plays from the
Presidents 25-yard line. Wally Legg
fleet captain of the Washington-Lee
team, went around right end for is
yards, ana then French tore through
tackle to the 1-yard line. French
then scored on charge around left
end.
The game was last of the season
for both teams.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
Western Defeats Eastern, 74-7,
For First Title in 81 Years
SqueIches Second-HoIf Rally to Snatch
Victory Before $500 at Central Stadium

and then smacked right tackle to
score. Snow passed to Nance for
the extra point. Eastern bottled up
to Westerns 38 as the half ended.
Third Period.
Eastern capitalized on a brace of
successive 15-yard penalties against
Western to score early in the third
period.
Western was penalized back to its
own 18-yard line and Barnes punted
out of bounds on the Western 43.
Cohill and 500 rammed Off
tackle to the 81 and pass from
Cohill to Kidwell clicked for 20
yards to move Eastern to West
ern's II.
Cohill lost yards at left end be-
fore 500 picked up at center 500
then reversed to league, who lat
eraled to Hallama, the latter streak
ing around right end l3 yards to
score. league added the extra
point from placement, making the
score Western, IA; Eastern, 7.
Fourth Period.
After Barnes punted out on East
ern's "a, the Lincoln Parkers moved
to Westerns IA before the Red
Raiders braced to take the ball on
downs. Passes from Cohill to
league and Hallama featured the
drive, which was checked when
fourth down pass from Cohill, IN
tended for Halylama, was incom-
plete.
IgleSias skirted right end for %
yards, but DiMeglio recovered
Barnes tumble for Eastern on
Westerns 35.
Neam intercepted Yocum's pass,
but fumbled, WoolWine recovering
for Eastern on Westerns As. Yocum
was thrown for a 13-yard loss by
Nance and Western took possession
of the ball on Easterns 35 as more
of Eastern'S passes failed. Play
ended with the ball in possession of
the Red Raiders on the Eastern 35.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
Reich Pressure
Wrecks Cabinet
In Rumaniia
Trade TuIks Ended
As Nuzis Fail to Get
New Concessions
Ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Nov. 23.-The Ru-
manian government resigned today
after a breakdown of trade negotia-
tons in which Germany brought
pressure to obtain more oil and food
stuffs from Rumania at lower cost.
Premier Constantine Argetoianu
handed the cabinets resignation to
King Carol, who asked him to at
tempt to form a new government.
Argetoianu formed the cabinet Sep
tember %.
He was named Premier a week
after the assassination of Premier
Armand Calinescu by members of
the outlawed Fascist Iron Guard.
His appointment ended an interim
military rule with Gen George
Argesanu as Premier
Carol was expected to call meet
Ing of the Clown Council to consider
the crisis and any emergency steps
to be taken. Informed persons said
that German pressure caused a
cabinet split. some members want
ing to yield to demands of the Reich
while others held out.
The resignation followed closely
upon Rumanias refusal to grant an
increase of nearly SO per cent in
the exchange rate of the German
mark-a blow at German hopes for
greater trade with this country.
A German economic mission, hav-
ing failed to get the rate raised
from Ais Rumanian lei to 60 lei for
each mark, left for Berlin by air
last night
In terms of American money,
such change would have raised the
marks purchasing power in Ru-
mania from 303 cents to 438 cents.
Rumania also declined to furnish
tank cars which Germany would
need in buying Rumanian petro-
leum, but did agree to lift en- en-
barge on the export of bearing
seeds to Germany.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
Yale Gives Browder
Right 10 Speak

BY the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. 90
Yale's historic campus gates were
opened today to Earl BroWder, Com
munist leader.
Conrad Seipp of Chicago, ILL.,, sec
retary of the Yale Peace Council,
announced President Charles A.
Seymour had granted the student
group permission to have Browder
speak in a university building.
The council. said Seipp. sopho-
more, decided to bring Browder to
New Haven because the latter's
civil liberties have been attacked at
Princeton, Dartmouth and Harvard
The Communist leader will speak
here next Tusday.
Only yesterday. Princeton joined
Harvard in refusing to have Brow
der, now under a Federal indictment
speak on its campus At Dartmouth
officials are trying to make up theil
minds as to whether he should bt
allowed to speak there.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
Fascist Grand Council
To Meet December 7
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME. Nov. 23.-Premier Mus
solini today summoned the Fascist
Grand Council to meet December 7
in the Palazzo Venezia.
There was no immediate indica-
ton whether Italy's highest policy
forming body had been called to
consider the international situation
or internal problems.
Foreign observers, however, ex-
pressed belief that II Duce prob
ably would lay war problems before
the Council, perhaps with a view OF
defining further Italy's position.
The conflict is vitally affecting
the country's trade, maritime traffic
finances. industry and economic
situation.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
German Plane Routed
As Parisians HuddIe
In Air Raid Shelters
Six Ships Shot Down
In Days Air Battles,
French Report
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
PARIS. Nov. 23-Thundering
anti-aircraft guns shortly after mid
night today turned back an invading
plane while PariSians huddled in
AFRAID shelters. Alarms gave the
city 5-minute margin of warning
The plane was sighted at 1912
am. 1t wheeled over the capital
and then flew out of range of anti
aircraft guns. There were no re-
ports of bombs dropped. The all
clear signal came at l am.
One minute before the Paris alarm
Northwestern France was put on a
state of alert. Several hours earlier
two air-raid warnings were sounded
in Northern France.
A German Warplane was shot dowr
this morning by a French pursuit
ship after it had circled over
Franche-Conte. The plane fell ir
a field.
The French high command re-
ported today that six German fight
ing planes were shot down yester-
day. five on French soil and the
sixth on Belgian territory.
Three of the crew of the last plane
were reported to have died in q
flaming crash in Western Flanders
last night. while the pilot para.
chuted to safety.
This mornings communique said
"A fairly quiet night on the front
Artillery fire at various points.
During the day of November 2:
we brought down five enemy fighter
in our territory. Moreover, a Ger
man reconnoitering plane attacked
by our fighters fell on Belgian ter
ritory'
A dispatch from headquarters O.
the British Air Force in France sait
seven German reconnaissance plane
were shot down yesterday in aeria
combat and an eighth destroyed b,
nti-aircraft fire Two French
planes were said to have been los
in the action.
The French also reported sue
cesses in naval NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of two submarines within three day
by the same torpedo boat. One o
the submarines had been spotted b.
naval aircraft.
Premier Daladier last night an
nounced formation of an inner cab
met to intensity economic warfar
against Germany in collaboration
with Great Britain. The II mem
bers of the inner cabinet includ
the ministers of finance, merchan
marine and blockade.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
|Wife Is Accused
Of Numbering Husband
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Nov. Backward
j. Walthall, 55-year-old navy yard
employe, was shot and instantly
killed in the kitchen of his home
early today. Norfolk County police
arrested his wife, Mrs. Freida Wal
thal, on a charge of murder and
placed her in the county jail.
County Officer w. P. Powell quoted
Mrs. Walthall as saying that her
husband twisted her wrist and struck
her, and then handed her a 45-cali-
Der revolver with a remark to shoot
me" if she dared.
The police said she told them she
pulled the trigger five times. Her
husband was struck five times, three
bullets passing through the body
and lodging in the kitchen wall.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
Trapped by Tear Gas,
Kidnaper Suspect
Kills Self in Hotel
Dies After Detective
Pleads for Surrender;
Victim Is Held
BY the Associated Press.


TOPEKA, Kans., Nov. 23.-
Trapped in a tear gas-fllled hotel
room. a kidnaper suspect shot him
self in the head and died early today
after gun and word battle with
detective.
Floyd C. Walden, 30, Davenport,
Iowa. auto salesman. told Police
Chief Charles D. McKnaught the
man. still unidentified, abducted him
in Davenport Tuesday morning.
Papers in the dead mans pockets
indicated he was registered with the
Iowa Employment Service at Mar
shalltown, Iowa, as A. L. Morford
a butcher.
Walden said he slipped away after
the kidnaper took sixth-fioor room
at the hotel late yesterday and
called police Detective F. l..
Thompson and other officers rushed
to the corridor outside the room.
Fired at Each Other.
Thompson called the man to the
door. The man fired. striking the
detectives pistol. Thompson fired
back, hitting him in the hand. All
the time he kept talking to the man,
trying to get him to surrender.
i've got too much hanging over
me-" the man said. IN never drop
this gun"
Thompson kept up his arguments,
but after 40 minutes the man
slammed the door and dared the
officers to come after him.
The detective ordered tear gas
spurted into the room. A minute
later the officers heard shot. They
found the man lying on the floor
critically wounded He died in a
hospital soon after midnight. His
fingerprints were sent to the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation.
McKnaught ordered Walden held
on vagrancy charge Ito check some
discrepancies in his story
Drove Through Three States.
Walden said he was kidnapped
while delivering car.
He just stuck gun in my side
and told me to keep driving"
The man forced him to drive 54(
miles through Iowa, Missouri ano
Kansas, ne said, holding up filling
stations at Monroe and Des Moines
Iowa, Tuesday.
Walden said they spent Tuesday
night in 1ndianola, Iowa.
While they were on the road, the
kidnapper kept him covered with q
pistol and never gave me chance
to grab it," Walden related.
The kidnaper suspect registered
al the hotel as "Al Moore" anC
Walden as Ralph Barnes" of Chi
cago. He said the man ordered him
to use false name.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
$4,000 Tickets Sold
For California Come
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23.-Sev-
enty-five thousand tickets have
already been sold for the December
9 football game between the Trojans
OF Southern California and the
Bruins of the University of Califor-
mia at Los Angeles.
Indications point to a duplication
OF the 1938-U. S. C-Notre Dame
battle in Memorial Coliseum here,
when more than l0l 900 packed the
huge stadium.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
Sharp Earthquake Shakes
Illinois and Missouri Cities

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 23-An earth
shock which lasted an average of
80 seconds, but apparently did no
major damage, was felt in many
Missouri and Illinois cities between
9:l6 and 9:20 am c. S. T., today.
The Rev. James B. MacElwane, st.
Louis University seismologist, said
the center apparently was 25 to 80
miles from St. Louis, either west or
east
One of the needles on the univer-
sity seismograph was knocked off its
hinges. so sharp was the shock.
Shocks were reported at Kansas
City, jefferson City, Ste. Genevieve
Evening star., 1939-11-23

Columbia. Festus and Hannibal, Mo,
and at Belleville, Alton, Springfield
and Chester, III.
Mrs. Nora Colligan, at Clayton
Mo, near St. Louis, said she was
knocked out of bed by the tremor.
A series of major quakes occurred
in the Central Mississippi and Mis-
souri, Valleys in 1911 and 1912. The
region was sparsely settled and
damage was negligible Reelfoot
Lake. near Union City, Tenn. and
the Missouri and Kentucky borders
were formed by settling of the
earth's crust during those quakes.
The region is underlaid by series
of faults.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
No Late Afternoon
Editions Today

Due to the. Thanksgiving
holiday the $50, Night Final
and Night Final Sports edi-
tions of The Star will not be
issued today.
Subscribers to these editions
will receive the regular home
edition.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
| Nozi Mines Reported
Dropped in Thames
By Porochutes
Ry tho ASsoc;atad preSs

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 23.-The EX-
change Telegraph Co, British
news agency, asserted today it
had learned that German
planes flying low over the
Thames estuary last night
dropped mines by parachute.
1t said authorities described
the mines as being exception
ally light and containing a
very high explosive.
A large number of these min
iature mines could be Sowed by
one aircraft. it was added.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
Six More Ships
Added 10 HEAVY
Sea War Toll
Destroyer Is Beoched
After Hitting Mine;
40 Feared Lost
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 23.-Six more
British, French and neutral vessels
today were added to heavy maritime
losses of the past week from mine
and submarine warfare
Losses disclosed today were:
The British steamer Darino, 1851
tons, sunk by submarine November
10. Sixteen of the crew were be-
lieved missing. Eleven survivors
landed on the East Coast after
Evening star., 1939-11-23
Hundreds Believed
Killed as Quakes
Shake AnatoIia
Six Villages Reported
leveled; Cold Adds
To Suffering
By the Associated Press.

ANKARA. Turkey, Nov. %
Hundreds were feared today to have
been killed and many villac
destroyed by violent, intermittent
earth shocks over a period of "a
hours throughout Anatolia. the
western section of Turkey.
Six villages were reported leveled
in East Anatolia Deaths were high,
especially in Erzingan. on the east
ern edge of Anatolia, one report
said.
Icy weather increased the suffer-
ing among hundreds of homeless
Evening star., 1939-11-23
Swiss Ruid Nozi Puper

BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. % R).-
Swiss anti-propaganda police today
raided the Offices of the Neue Basler
Zeltung, a pro-NaZi newspaper
which has a large circulation in
Germany and almost none in Switz-
erland Authorities said a number
of documents were seized.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
Windsors Attend Paris
Thanksgiving Service
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Nov. 23-The Duke and
Duchess of Windsor attended
Thanksgiving services today at the
American Church of Paris. The
Duke, Who has the rank of major
general in the British Army, was in
uniform.
Evening star., 1939-11-23

spending three days in a submarine
before being transferred to an Ital-
ian ship,
The 4,576-ton Greek freighter
Elena R, sunk by a mine; "a per-
sons saved.
The British steamer Geraldus. q
494 tons, formerly named the Can
dleSton Castle; 26 saved
British trawler Sulby, 287 tons
sunk by submarine off the Scot
tish coast; seven saved and five
missing.
French fishing trawler Saint
Claire B-922, sunk by mine, II of
- crew members feared lost.
French Fishing trawler Bayles II,
sunk by submarine, l6 saved.
Godfrey Shakespeare, parliament
tary undersecretary to the admir-
atty. told the House of Commons
that Is mines, all German, had
come ashore on the eastern Eng
liSh coast within the last fortnight
Destroyer Beached.
Lie duIllI amy itIdltu tlldl lIl6
destroyer Gipsy was beached on the
east coast Tuesday after striking a
mine. Forty of her crew were miss
ing and 81 injured Built in 1896
she carries a normal complement OF
145
AS partial consolation, Britain had
the spectacular destruction of a
German air raider off the east coast
which witnessed aerial combat for
the third successive night and
the third time in one day
Villagers over wide area heard
the bark of anti-aircraft batteries
and saw searchlights grope the skies
While fighting planes went up to
give chase
1t was officially announced that a
German plane was shot down al
sea and another driven off.
The British and French forces or
the western front also reported sue
cess in the air, with destruction OF
eight German planes yesterday.
Magnetic Mines" Blamed.
British naval writers have sug-
gested that the sudden increase ir
ship losses is due to magnetic
mines" )" planted by the Germans al
depths too great for minesWeepers
to detect, but so devised that they
rise when a sizable vessel passes
overhead.
Sir John Simon, chancellor of the
exchequer, said in a radio broad
cast last night:
You have been reading in your
newspaper of this latest abomina
ton of German savagery-the mag.
netlc mlne-secretly deposited il
channels of the sea in order to blow
up without warning neutral ane
British shipping alike. = All tha
skill and science can devise is de.
voted to meeting the new danger
We are confident our efforts will b,
successful"
Appeal to Small Investors.
Appealing to small investors t,
buy new national savings certi
ficates, Sir John called the wa
"the most expensive ever fought.
and set the expense at f60OO,00
1928 100000 daily.
An Order in Council formally in
stituting Britains campaign t,
throttle German exports probabl
will be issued early next week, au
thoritative British sources said. I
was expected neutrals would b
advised by notes on the new phas
of allied economic warfare.
British sources disclosed tina
members of a Netherlands delega
ton, who have been conducting trad
talks in London, were going hom
lin the next few days" for consulta
ton with their government. TIL
talks will be in temporary adjourn
ment."
Netherlands shipping has beel
brought to virtual standstill by tn
suddenly increased mine menace an,
by Britains plan to blockade al
German exports. Britain relies o.
the Netherlands for much of he
orrc ,,oroJ,,ofe
Evening star., 1939-11-23
British Official, Wife Shot

LONDON, Nov. % tP.-Sir Will
liam James Reid, 68, former acting
Governor of the Indian Province OF
Assam, and his wife were found
dead of gunshot wounds today in
their rural home.
Evening star., 1939-11-23
japanese General Killed

PEIPING, Nov. % (P).-Lt. Gen.
Norihide Abe was killed in action
southwest of here near Paotingfu
on November 7, Japanese Army
headquarters said yesterday.
Evening star., 1939-11-23

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