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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20

lean munitionment of potential enc
mics Of the United States
Let us consider only one possible
result:
At this moment, the United States
Fleet in the Pacific has II battle
ships, while the japanese feet has
10 Taking into account gun power.
protection and general efficiency,
the superiority Of the United States
Fleet is much greater than this
would indicate-rather better than
three to two. This is ample superb
GRITTY to prove decisive, even without
considering the possibility Of our
bringing the three old battleShips
now in the Atlantic to reinforce the
main fleet.
IL Big Ships Being Built.
But Japan has under construc-
ton at the present time probably
eight battleships of 10000 tons and
upward, and in addition, proba bly,
four battle cruisers of new type,
of 10000 tons or slightly more. OF
these, four battleships and two
battle cruisers are due for COM
pletion in 1912; but since at least
two Of the battleships were laid
down as long ago as 1887. it is
possible in view of the strained re-
lations with the United States that,
were steel available, these ships
might be rushed to earlier COM
pletion. An attempt to do so would
be natural, at any rate.
1t should be clear as crystal that
ton of steel rails will be just as
useful for such work as ton of
legal" scrap. 1t will be dificult
for legalistic interpreters Of the
embargo to justify their conduct to
the American people if American
ships and seamen are unnecessarily
sacrificed at some future date be-
cause Japan has been allowed to
proceed with naval building pro-
gram that could have been curtailed
by a pro-American rather than q
pro-Japan Interpretation Of policy.
We must not, of course, leave out
Of account the American suppliers
who are still willing and even
anxious to do thriving and profit
able trade with our potential enc
mics, and to press for interpreta-
lions of policy permitting them to
do so. We have these people always
with us. So have other countries.
There were plenty of examples Of
this sort Of business interna-
tionalism" in the last war, and in
this one. 1t was one of the great
contributory causes Of the fall Of
France; not only In its material
but its moral effects, its undermin-
ing Of confidence, its breeding Of
q cynical distrust of all government
and all leadership.
With regard to Americans Of this
stripe, here, too, half -measures will
be worse than useless. Nor viii half
measures be taken once the issues
are made clear.
tcopyr.sht. 1910. b, tAs Ns~i York III
bsms, Inc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

1t has long been the conviction Of
this writer that the recognized prin-
ciples of war, tested by the expert
ence of centuries, can with benefit
be applied to the conduct of inter-
national affairs in the present crisis.
We are opposed by people who have
set out to conquer the world. We are
not legally at war with them. but
they are actually at war with us
and with all that we stand for and
that gives life and civilization any
meaning for u.s.
In opposing them. as oppose them
we must, we are allowing ourselves
to be bound and blinded by purely
legalistic conceptions-by such
phrases as short of war "obliga-
lions of neutrality" hemisphere
defense" and the like. We lose sight
of the immense Importance of the
time factor. and fritter away the
precious hours and days that are
left to us. We abandon the initia-
tive to the enemy. reserving action
on our part until he commits some
overt act; and when We take &C
ton we do so partially and inef-
fectively. 1t is this particular phase
of the matter, this business OF half
doing things. of wasting time and
effort, of a lack of realization of the
dramatic appeal Of fortnight meas
ures, with which am here princi-
pally concerned.
Let us look for moment at our
embargo policy with regard to ia
pan. Obviously, the purpose OF any
embargo on war material to Japan,
under present circumstances, Is to
reduce Japan's war potential while
increasing our own. and perhaps
also to have a certain moral effect.
We have imposed an embargo on
scrap Steel most important item
in Japan's list Of imports and one in
which we were her chief supplier.
But how have we carried this ad-
mirable decision out. In practice?
Many Rails Going to Japan.
We have allowed a legalistic in
depreciation of scrap steel to be
made which bars shipments of &C
tual scrap but permits shipment
of such things as steel rails-which
are available in great quantity in the
United States due to replacement OF
railway tracks. to the abandonment
of certain trackage, sidings, and so
on. and the tearing up Of street
railway lines. Rails are going out
to Japan in shipload lots.
We have ruled that goods actually
loaded before the date of the en-
barge have been already exported,
though the ships may not have
sailed; cargoes have in consequence
been rushed into ships at various
ports to take advantage Of this rul-
ing.
We have ruled that old ships, go
ing out to be strapped for their
metal content In Japanese ship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Communist Party Calls
Emergency Session
b. the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Oct. l9.-The Ma
tional Committee of the Communist
Party today called a special national
convention of the party for Novem-
Der Is to meet IAN emergency sit
uation" created by the Voorhis for
elen-control law.
The committees call for the con-
vention in New York declared that
the act of President Roosevelt in
signing the so-called Foreign Con-
troll Bill which in effect outlaws
organizational expressions of the
principal of international working
class solidarity, creates an emer-
gencv situation for our party, as II
will for the trade unions"
The Voorhis Bill. signed yes
terday by the President, requires
registration with the United
States Attorney General of orga-
niZations subject to foreign
control or advocating over
throw of the United States Gov
eminent
Party rules for the selection OF
delegates, the call said. required
that each district send one delegate
for the first 500 members and an
additional delegate for each addi-
tional 1000 members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Note Writing Bandit
Robs 7 Here; Signs
Threat The SHIPPER
Women Clerk in Ice Cream
Store and Grocer,
Nearby, Are Victims

Either Washingtons fugitive
'sniper' has turned from murder
ing to robbing or someone is in
fringing on the tradename of the
slayer of four persons here recently
Mrs. Mary Miller, clerk in an ice
cream store at 1881 B street NE
was robbed of about IS in coins
Yesterday by a young white mar
who handed her a note reading:
Hand me the money. Bills Over
fast. Or I will blow your brains
out with a silent gun. Signed
The SHIPPER"
The bandit. slender and about q
years old, had his hand in his coat
pocket, as if he had gun. Mrs
Miller said. After she had given
him the money in paper bag, he
fed on foot west on B street.
Mrs. Miller said the man had en-
tered the store twice before he
robbed her. She was alone when he
got the money.
About Is blocks away another
young man who fitted a description
of the one who held up Mrs. Miller
got 81 in change last night after
handing his victim a note demand
ing money. The victim was LYMAN
Zitoner. proprietor of grocery at
225 F street NE, who said the BAN
dit held his hand in his pocket and
did not show q gun.
Harry Ross. proprietor of another
grocery at 57O1 Dix street NE, re-
ported he was robbed for the Sec
ond time in two weeks. A colored
man brandishing a revolver got Sill
from him but returned 50 of it when
MI. Ross argued about it, the gro
Ger reported. The bandit escaped
in car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Mai. Eliot Crticizes Embargo Interpretation
Which Lets Japan Still Get Steel Rails

wards. do not become scrap until
they enter Japanese ports.
We are allowing shipment OF
class A steel and other forms Of
steel and iron export, other than
scrap, without restriction.
We have taken no measures to
prevent the export of scrap from the
Philippine Islands, major source
of supply which is outside the area
OF the presidential proclamation.
Is this an embargo, or is 1t q
joke?
It is possible to argue that We
ought to check Japan, or appease
Japan, but it is not possible to
argue that we should take half
measures which. while exacerbat-
ing our relations with that coun-
try. accomplish no useful purpose.
Either we should embargo all
steel and iron to Japan, or none.
Then there is the matter Of the
embargo on aviation. We have shut
of exports of high-octane gas to
Japan. Japan has bought up the
whole output of the Netherlands
Indies in this product.
But we continue shipments of low
test gas, crude OIL Diesel oil, kero-
sene and other petroleum products
to Japan. The refinery capacity
of Japan is not great, nor are her re-
serves sufficient for more than q
six months period: but it is quite
obvious that if our intention is to
reduce her war potential, we should
embargo oil shipments of all kinds.
Another LOophole Utilized.
Furthermore, both as to aviation
gas and as to steel, we have yet an
other loophole of which full ad-
vantage is being taken by the Jap
anese, and that is the question of
export licenses issued before the en-
bargoes went into effect, some of
which are being interpreted in such
q manner as to allow of continued
shipments to fulfill the terms of
the licenses. This legalistic loop
hole should be promptly stopped up.
Embargo should mean embargo-it
should be interpreted by all con-
cerned as an instrument of ma
tional policy for the achievement of
necessary national ends, and not as
a legal instrument to be interpreted,
twisted. evaded and rendered of no
account.
There can be no doubt whatever
that the American people fully sup
ported theS decision taken to lay
these embargoes on exports of war
materials to Japan. Japan de-
clared herself in effect our enemy
when she joined the triple axis. It
is not to our interest to munition
her, and we have her munitionment
under our hand.
The American people are entitled
to know whether the wise and firm
policies announced by its Govern
ment are being watered down in
execution, to what extent legalistic
evasions in practice are being per-
mitted to obstruct the execution Of
these policies and to continue Amer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
The SedqefieId Hunts

GREENSBORO, N. c., Oct. 49,
The season at Sedgef1eld opened
with big fox hunt, the first Of 20
scheduled for October and Novem-
Der. The calendar includes the an
nual Sedgefield Horse Show Oc-
tober q, the Thanksgiving hunt and
breakfast November % and the
gymkhana December /. Hunts to
come include October Is, 10, %, Is
and 80, November 2, 6, 8, IS, 20, %,
% and 30 and December /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20

British Sofia Legation
Burns Documents in
Preparing 10 Flee
Bulgarian Press Predicts
Failure for Effort to
Holt Axis Penetration

BY the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 1.-the
British Legation was reported today
to have burned its confidential docu-
ments in case 1t is forced to with
draw hastily from this Balkan
kingdom and the controlled press
predicted failure for a last-minute
British diplomatic offensive in
tended to halt axis penetration of
Southeastern Europe.
While British Diplomats George
Rendel, Minister to Bulgaria, and
Sir Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen,
Ambassador to Turkey. conferred at
Istanbul, the newspaper Slovo said
the measures decided upon there
were bound to be fruitless.
Greece and Turkey dislike the
prospect of sharing the fates of
Holland and Belgium" which they
will invite if they comply with
British schemes, the paper said.
Demands Believed Considered.
Observers believed the conference
ives bent upon checkmating the
axis expansion in the Balkans as
long as possible. possibly trying to
persuade Bulgaria to defer terri
torial claims in Thrace against
Greece, and to reject any Rome
Berlin invitation to join in a mill
tary adventure against Greece and
Turkey.
While there was no confirmation
in dispatches from Berlin. Rome or
Athens Of Carlo reports that a
series Of axis demands already
have been made on Greece, various
Balkan reports indicated such de-
mands may be under consideration
Continuing Turkish defense meas
ures on the European side of the
Dardanelles was indicated by a re-
port the Jewish colony at Adriano-
pie. near the Bulgarian and Greek
frontiers, had turned its school
building over to the Turkish Army
for a base hospital
Deny British Urged Protest.
Sources close to King Boris OF
Bulgaria denied the British recently
had urged that he protest against
the presence of German troops in
Rumania, and that he act TO pre-
vent a similar Nazi penetration of
Bulgaria. The denials were occa-
stoned by reports in the German
newspaper Tageblatt in Bucharest.
King Boris recently received
personal letter from King George
VI of England, however. seeking in
general terms to promote the
friendship of the two realms, 1t
was admitted.
The British monarch's letter, 1t
was stated authoritatively. warmly
congratulated Boris on Bulgarias
recovery of Southern Dobruja from
Rumania in direct negotiations. He
expressed the hope Bulgaria would
continue her present policy Of neu-
trality.'
At Ankara the official Turkish ra-
dio branded as "German-Italian
lie reports that British War Secre-
tary Anthony Eden, now on a visit
to Egypt, would go to the Turkish
capital. 1t added: Turkeys road
is her own "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
u. 5. Detoins Vessel
With Steel for japan
By The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. Oct l9-Immigration
and customs agents today detained
the Greek freighter Maria L., loaded
with scrap steel for Japan, because
five alien sailors escaped Thursday
after being denied entry into the
United States for lack of ere
dentials.
The ship was held pending the
return of the men or the payment
of bonds or fines of $1,000 each by
the ship owner. The Maria L.,
which arrived Wednesday to bunker
] 900 tons of coal, had loaded the
steel at Charleston. S. c.. before the
embargo on scrap became effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
South African Planes
Ruid Eritreun Bose
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. l9-The South
African air force operating from
the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan raided
Barentu. in Italian Eritrea. yester-
day and damaged nine grounded
Italian airplanes with bombs and
machine-gun fire, the Air Ministry
reported today.
At the same time, the r. A. F.
raided Gura and Diredawa. in Ethi-
opia. Salum, Italian-occupied base
in Northern Egypt. the Dodecanese
Islands and the Island of Rhodes.
the communique said.
JERUSALEM. Oct. 19 GP).-Air
raiders approaching Palestine S
coast in brilliant moonlight gave
the Holy Land its first night air
raid alarm tonight but no bombs fell
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-02-02
VARIOUS PREFERENCES
GIVEN ORIGINAL OWNERS
IN STATE LAND SALE

Clarence W. Lock. executive Secre-
tary of the State Land Office Board.
announces the terms under which
state-Owned properties will be offered
for sale at public auction. beginning
February Is. 1910
Former owners will be given every
possible opportunity TO regain posses
sion " their properties through the
liberal terms being extended by the
board
These properties. which reverted to
the state because of taX-delinquencies.
will be offered for sale To the highest
bidder, with the provision that no bid
OF less than % per cent of the 1893
assessed valuation will be accepted
Purchasers who had no previous in
terest in the property must pay cash
for the full amount Of their bid within
~ hours whereas, former owners may
repurchase ON time payment con
tract.
The terms of the contract will re-
quire down payment Of 10 per cent
Of the amount Of the bid but in no
case less than So. The balance of the
contract may be paid i'll monthly i'll
Stallments of not less than $500 per
month: all contracts 10 be paid i'll full
in a period not exceeding ten years.
The unpaid balance of the principal
will draw & per cent interest. and the
amount IF the inteEe>I will be included
with the in>tallment> 10 be paid In
Mr. Locks opinion. this liberal ar
rangement should enable practically
every owner 10 repurcha>e his pro
periy.
Lists of descriptions of properties To
ht. offered for sale are now available
al the. offices Of the county treasures.
Detailed iufOrnla ton regarding the
procedure 10 be followed in bidding al
The auction sale i likewise available
I'll these offices. and il is suggested
that all these who are interested III
he sale should secure this mfornEl-
ton promptly
All sales will open in the office of
The county treasurer. and if such of
fict. i not suitable la hold the sale. ii
will ihen adjourn To such ether i"ra-
lion a. may he selected.
In COMMITTEES where the sale may con
liuur over = periOd IF time. u calendar
showing the. descriptions Id he offered
each day will be prepared and posted
a; The Mace OF sale This will make il
possible for those Interested In Diuulhs
ON = certain parcel 10 know what day
il will he offered.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-02-02
Sundry Mishaps Of
Meterin g Public

carey Hartev nf 16I Isiverbauk ave
nue. ran into a arked ear belonging to
Olive Eagan of 24T superior bOuHe-
ward. Friday night Total damage to
cars. so.
Same damage was done the same
night when George J StraSner OF 4h3O
Monroe street. EcorSe. ran into the
rear end of Edmund SiedOw's car,
which was dOuble-pa rked
4 thre%-car collision in front of the
police station early Sunday morning,
resulted in four persons being taken
10 the WyandOtte General hospital for
treatment. The victims were: Mrs.
Homer Harmon OF 2641 Fifth street.
decorations of the lower lip and chin
and both knees: Mr.. Schaeffer. lacera-
lions Of the forehead: Edward Flor
kow>ki two fingers on the left hand
cut: Edmund GiernatowSki. lacerat-
cd lip.
The cars were driven by Edward
FlorkOwSki. n. of 400 Ninth street !:
Homer Harmon. ~, Of 264I Fifth
street. and Stanley Alicki. 23. Of 1874
Mckinley avenue.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-02-02
Winter Slack
Shown in Building

Bul!0inG permits We're issued ar the
office II the city engineer during Jan
uary a. follows:
One-StOry comulevcial build.n. at
2~'bH2 Fort street, owner joseph KaI-
ash. $7.l23
Alterations To dwelling ar 2126 Bid
die avenue, owner Richard Thomas.
$>OO
Alterations u dwelling at 30 Pop
lar street. owner Edw Reichenbach
$500.
One->tory addition at 80 Superior
boulevard, owner VIM. CaS>ell. StsO
T'wo-Story dwelling AT 1s55 Thir-
teenth street. owner Robert Bennert.
$3.50
One-Story dwelling at Ga Highland.
"wner Robert Mayer. S36RJ
TwO-Car garage at 1901 Chestnut
street, owner Roy q Patchin. %}25
Alterations 10 gas station at 2O7O
Biddle avenue. owner Duncau 4 H;iw-
kinS. 500.
One-stOry dwelling at 22::9 Vine
4.
go.
One->tory dwelling at 3lO0 Twenty
first street. owner Ideal Construction
Co. S4.4tD
one-s-ory dwelling at BIO Twenty
first street. owner Ideal Construction
co. $440O
One-Stcry dwelling ar 693 Fourth
street owner Albert Hoist. 81 49,.
Garage M 20J4 Eleventh street. own
er Mary Hibbel. $50
Alterations To dwelling at SSl Cher
rs street. owner Louise Stern. 500
TwO-Story dwelling III 351J Thir-
teenth street owner Joseph kowal-
cZyk. S2.424
Alterations 10 dwelling at 1902 I
Eighth street. owner Walter Wi>niew-
ski. 500
One-StOry dwelling and garage at
1919 Eighteenth street. owner Bruce
A. Mckay, $500
Alterations 10 dwelling at J1S Su-
perior, owner VIM. Beattie, SSH
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-02-02
Is Candidate for
Justic { Of Peace

Joseph j. George announces his can
didacy for the office Of justice OF The
peace in the spring election.
Mr.. George is native Wyandotter.
having been born in Wyandoit". Nov
embcr ~. 1910. The son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward A. George pioneer ~e;:
dents of the city. He was educated in
Tie local schools and the University Of
Detroit. receivin" his bachelor IF sci
elEe degree i'm 19:I2. subsequently TAX
liz The law course at the same insii-
tuition. being awarded the LIB. de-
gree in 1872 He has S'en pra"ticirg
attorney i'm Wyandottc for tn; past
four years.
George WAS an exponent of the lire
mems civil service. Amendments. ad MT
&c by the people of Wyanduttc ~ Il
charter amendment in 1876 IL wa>
appointed member of the first civil
Service O. mmi>Sipn and is sill ~rrv-
in. ia This capacity.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-02-02
BAKTLEA j. DOAIE CONMENDS
W14NDOTTE OLD TIMERS

T" the Editor.
The Wyaudottp Herald.
Wyaudottr. Michigan
Dear Sir
II l. hpar'eniuG when y ewing from
afar the activities aAt enthusiasm. y
The Wyamdo1rr old riM"~>
Some # them may ~ 81 b.. aiytn,-
cil in years. IL ont q o- lei to
believe in looking bIck owe thu his
terry t some al Wyaudutt,'> ,,ra-r:bu-
tiuu> tu the athletic. field. Bu- at.er
all. men are. to all in-rIt> and pur-
posts. ~ old a. they feel ami when a
group T men feel tAt urg,. IL >-:mu-
late interest in clean and wholesome
sport anon. the On-cnminE youth Of Il
community. for Une-yenGure the
Thought that they can never grow old
There are men who are fifty sixty.
seventy years old and again there are
men who are fifty Sixty. seventy years
young: il il all Il state of mind anu
of heart and of the care Of the body.
The people of Wyandotte should in
deed be- proud of The old timers they
have made contribution 10 the dth-
letic. physical and, may | not say.
spiritual life of our bel, we'd old city.
A city i not judged from afar by
its tall buildings or even lis industrial
prOwe>S. h.lt more often by the >pirii
and pride III lis citiZcnry and the fu
ture of WyandOtte will depend largely
upon The WhOleSCmencSS of lis on
rushing .,nuth and the spirit they in
culcatc into the rank aud file of those
In more teSpunSible positions aud the
ability To make for the city Il happier
and better place in which To live.
The Influence OF an OrganiZa ton
such ~ The WYandCtte old timers can
u,vcr be covered in dollars and cents
nor can il fail 10 have the united SUP
port of he people of Wyandotte when
once they grasp the constructive influ-
tnce of this unSelfiSh organization.
Long I've the WyandOtte old timers.
Yours very truly.
BARTIIEY j. DOYLE
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-02-02
Community Fund
Pledges Are Good

There has been steady increase in
the percentage Of COLLECTIONS on COM
mIuiry fund nled.eS in the last five
years according 10 figures released
Saturday by Percival Dodge. mana ging
director Of the fund A. Of I'p... 81,
1882 the fund had collected 67 per
cent Of the total pledged for thar year.
metropolitan Detroit'> record OF
payments on collections always has
been good" Dodge said rOf recent
years. however. il has beel almost
phenomenal For the la>t fen- years
our collections have been over .I6 per
cent"
II 1898 the amount collected a6.1
per cent: in 1851 il was 3d. per cent
in 1896 il was 96 3 per cent and in the
fifth year 1885,. il WAS 95.3 per cent.
The amounts pledged in the years
from 1885, through 1922 were SLIP. 730
in 1895: $2.O47 400 in 1896: s.. 243. 936
in 1877: ~ 39>. 2.6 in l9}S and ST.
40 767 in 1899
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-02-02
DOWN RIVER HIkERS

All reservations for SNOW train tick
cts must be in 10y midnight tonight
The cost is S1.IJ, the place Lake Odes-
50 Leave reservations at 404 Pine
street tonight Those taking the snow
train meet at WyandOtte city hall -
4 30 a IN. Sunday There will be ne
local hike this Sunday.
The local unit. No. IS. are also plan
ming a sleigh ride party in cOnjunc-
ton with unit s. The date tentatively
set for this event iS sunday. Febra-
airy Is Reservations must be made in
ADVANCE. and should he made with the
leader at 404 Pine street, or call Wy
andOtte 022J-J.
The local group will attend the hik-
erS rally at Rouge park on Feb. ii.