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Evening star., 1940-06-15
Wife of u. S. Diplomat, Home
From France, ReveIs in Peace
Meals Served in Shifts
On Trip Back
Aboard Manhattan

Back home after four years in
Russia and France, Mrs. Frederic
Waller, who arrived with her 4-year-
old son, William, on the S. S. Man
haitian Monday, is enjoying peace
and quiet for the first time in
many months.
The contrast between life at the
home of her mother, Mrs. H. c
Brunner, 4611 Langdrum lane
Chevy Chase, Md, and a Paris
apartment, where lights were
blacked out every night and air
raid sirens often sent her scurrying
for safety, is the pleasantest treat
she has had in long time.
THE trip back from Genoa on
the Manhattan was quiet and un-
eventful," she explained, "but we
could never be certain what would
happen next. Looking back, the
thing that impressed me most was
the efficiency with which the 300
extra passengers were cared for.
There were nine shifts for
meals and every one was served on
time"
Mrs. Waller, former teacher at
the Phoebe Hearst School, and her
husband, who is vice consul in Paris,
came to France a year and a half
ago from Russia, and were stationed
in Lille and Nantes before being as
signed to Paris about four months
ago. Mr.. Waller remained there
after after his wife returned with
their son.
"The refugees started coming
Evening star., 1940-06-15

ond shot the colored man threw
down his gun and surrendered
A near riot developed at the scene
following the shooting. Police who
had rushed there in response to a
riot call had to use night sticks and
olackjacks on the crowd which
pressed in on a scout car in which
Brocker was placed.
The prisoner became excited as
additional police arrived, it was said,
and tried to fight his way out of the
scout car. After he was subdued, he
was placed in a patrol wagon and
he again tried to fight his way out,
police said.
Mr.. Thompson, the father of four
children, died shortly after being
taken to Sibley Hospital. His wife,
Mrs. Louise F. Thompson. was sum-
moned but arrived after his death.
Victim Was Off Duty.
Mr.. Thompson was off duty when
shot. He was en- route 10 his home,
at 2240 Evarts street NE, after
serving on a detail stationed in
Potomac Park for the visit of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to the All Club en-
campment.
On Wednesday a shooting occur
Evening star., 1940-06-15
President Pays
Visit 10 4-HC|ub
Encampment
Chief Executive Luuds
Groups Work, Compares
1t to Youth Elsewhere

Farm youth here for the 14th
National All Club Encampment
could talk of little else today ex-
cept the surprise visit President
Roosevelt paid them at the Poto-
mac Park camp site yesterday.
Riding in an open car, the Chief
Executive, accompanied by Mrs
Roosevelt and Ambassador to Mex
leo Josephus Daniels, accepted two
gifts from one of he campers and
then spoke informally a few mo-
ments.
Il want to repeat to you what
our Ambassador to Mexico, Josephus
Daniels, just said to me-" Mr.
Roosevelt told the group. He said
You know there are some countries
in the world-Without mentioning
any names-that are organizing
young people. young men and young
women, for all kinds of work under
government regimentation. We in
this country are carrying on a great
deal Of this work without Govern
ment regimentation
That is why this organizat ton
and other young peoples organiza-
tlons that are run under the prin-
clples of self-government instead of
RECOMMENDATION are doing such a
wonderful job for the United States.
And I believe that this a. Club
work all over the country, in every
county that know anything about,
is one of the most valuable con-
trlbutions that we have to the fu-
ture of the Nation"
The gifts presented the President
by David Landers, 20, oxford, N. Y.
were a picture of sailing ship and
a bound program of the week S
encampmnet. Young Landers was
accompanied by Virginia Graham,
Is, of Pullman. Wash. Eliza
beth White, 18, of La Crosse, Va,
with Wallace Kleinhaus, 81, Ply
mouth. Wis. presented to Mrs.
Roosevelt bouquet of roses and
a book of photographs of All Club
activities.
The Presidents party was greeted
at the camp site by Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, M. L. Wilson,
director of the extension service;
Ruben Brigham. assistant director
of the service, who is director of the
encampment, and Miss Gertrude l..
Warren of the service field staff.
The 173 delegates today held
sessions at the Agriculture Depart
ment and this afternoon were
scheduled to visit the Capitol and
the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Evening star., 1940-06-15

red which took the lives of two
other policemen. Sergt. Charles F.
Cummins was shot by Policeman o.
L. Blackwell, who then was fatally
wounded by his own gun.
Mr.. Thompson had served two
separate periods with the park
police, having been appointed the
last time on March 3, 1888. A ma
tive of Washington, he served in
the Warld War with the Marine
Corps.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by his children, Kenneth, IA, pupil
at Taft High School; Keith, 10, and
Joyce, is, both Tech students, and
w. Ivan, 10, of Langdon School; his
mother, Mrs. Blanche Thompson
and two brothers, Roland and
Leonard Thompson.
Mr.. Thompson's is the third death
in his family since December, when
one of his aunts died. Another
aunt, Mrs. Agnes Harding, was IA
tally injured several weeks ago when
she fell on some steps.
Legion Services Arranged.
Members of Police and Fire Post
%, American Legion, will hold serv-
ices for Mr.. Thompson, who was a
member of the post, at pm. Mon
day in the Hysong funeral home,
1900 N street NV.
The funeral will take place Tues
day following services at 10 am
in St. Francis De Sales Church. 212f
Rhode Island avenue NE. Burial
will be in Arlington National Gem
etary.
Evening star., 1940-06-15

one shot into the ground, Brocker,
powerfully built man, wrested the
gun from the officer and shot him
several times, police said.
The colored man had twisted the
gun from the policeman's hand"
Mr.. Shearin said. Il tried to hold
him by the wrist but he was too
husky for me. The policeman
warned me to watch out-the man
might shoot.
when the shooting started I ran
for my cab and went to summon
aid"
Policeman E. T. Wade of No. 2
precinct was directing traffic at
First and K streets NE. when Eu-
gene F. Trailkill of Alexandria, Va,
drove up and said policeman had
been shot at First and I streets NE.
Pvt. Wade jumped into Mr.. Trail
kills car and at First and Myrtle
streets NE. Mr.. Trailkill cried to
the policeman, Here comes the
man that did the shooting"
Near Riot Develops.
THE man running had a gum
Mr.. Wade said. land I pulled my
gun as I ordered him to halt. The
man swung on me with his gun and
! fired at him twice. On my sec
Evening star., 1940-06-15
6. 0. P. Convention
Appointments Made
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, June 15.-W. David
Tilghman, jr., State Republican
chairman and chairman of the State
delegation to the Republican Ma
tional Convention announced yes
terday appointments to convention
committees.
j. Glenn Beall of Frostburg was
named to the Resolutions Commit
tee, which will begin its sessions a
week prior to the start of the con-
vention, June "a. Others to repre-
sent Maryland include:
Notification of nominee for vice
president: J. Frank Small, jr., Clin-
ton.
Mr.. Tilghman said he had named
James c. Jenkins of Baltimore to
succeed Mr. Beall as delegation
secretary.
Mr.. Beall resigned after his ap-
pointment to the Resolutions Com
mittee. --... -. =.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

All quiet on the western front.
So the Hales found it the morning
of May 8.
An ominous quiet-for the next
day the Germans opened their great
western push.
And now the Hales are in Wash
ington. They tell terrifying stories
of the ill-fortunes of war.
Millions of civilians, Dutch, Bel
gian and French, are being pushed
forward by the German Army.
1t is like arithmetical progression
each step ahead the Germans make,
there is less space for the French in
France and more refugees are
crowded into that space.
1t creates a gigantic problem in
feeding and housing. 1t sows the
seed of desperation among the
civilian populace on which revolu-
ton feed.
So the Hales said yesterday.
Went Abroad in March.
They are Mr.. and Mrs Girard
Hale of Santa Barbara, Calf.
In March they went abroad AS
volunteer co-operators with the Red
Cross to inquire into the expendi-
lures of funds for refugee relief.
The problem of the refugee then
was slight. People still were asking
petulantly whether Western Europe
was the scene of a war or a tame
blockade.
On May the Hales went up to
the northern end of the Maginot
Line, at Longwy. Now Longwy be-
longs to the Germans. But then
French soldiers on duty there felt
that the attack never would begin.
They had waited since September,
and nothing had happened The
Maginot Line itself was an uncom-
portable fort. Gushes of water from
springs flowed through Its cement
walls. 1t was wet and dank, and
filled with mist from the yapor of
the intruding water.
Dined With Gen. Corap.
During an earlier visit to the
Maglnot Line. the Hales' dined with
Gen. Henri Corap. commander of
the 9th French Army. He thought
action would never come. Recent
unverified reports say he was shot
by France for neglect of duty when
action arrived.
The Nazi invasion of Holland and
Belgium and France at once created
a grave refugee problem. South
ward streamed the hordes of the
homeless, hungry, many scarcely
dressed
The Germans, said Mr.. and Mrs.
Hale, not only drive forward the
enemy armies. but insist on COM
plete evacuation by civilians of the
territory they hold.
p They have two methods of clean
ing out the civilian populat tions of
the towns.
In one, the Germans equip groups
OF 100 or so fifth columnists and set
them on the roads going southwark.
Whey they reach town, they shout
with alarm to the townspeople and
Evening star., 1940-06-15
King, Randolph Receive
A. D. A. Proposals

Letters suggesting a series of tech
nical amendments designed to
clarity general powers given the
Alley Dwelling Authority under the
District Act and to give assurance
that the authority has power to
borrow from private sources were be-
fore the chairmen of the Senate and
House District Committees today.
The amendments, suggested by the
authority, have received the ap-
proval of the Budget Bureau, SEN
ator King and Representative Ran
dolph. committee chairmen. we're
advised. The two principal purposes
OF the amendments, the authority
pointed out, are:
ITO assure the intent of Congress
as expressed in the act, that the
authority is fully empowered to
borrow money from private as well
as public sources, pledging as secur-
ity its own properties and income
The credit of the United States and
the District of Columbia government
are specifically excluded. So the
authority must establish its own
credit to the satisfaction of private
lenders.
ITO clarity and make more effec-
tive the general powers given the
authority by previous legislation to
deal with slum squares which do not
happen to contain inhabited alleys
During years since the inhabited
alleys first became recognized as
focal points of disease, crime and
vice, their influence has spread
across the boundary streets to other
squares" the agency said.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Demurrer Upheld 10 Suit
For $1,000 Paid 10 Paper

BY stan Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 15.-A
demurrer to the suit seeking to re-
cover $1,000 paid the Montgomery
County Sentinel, weekly newspaper
Tor publication of the delinquent tax
list In 1899, was sustained in Cir
cult Court here yesterday.
William Wilder Evans. attorney
for Albert M. Dorsey, plaintiff in
the taxpayers suit, was given addi-
tlonal time to amend his petition
after Judge Charles w. Woodward
announced he would sign an order
sustaining the defendants demurrer
The suit named the five county
commissioners, former County Treas
urer Forest Walker, County Treas
urer John B. Diamond. County Ac-
countant Alexander K. Hancock
and the Maryland Publishing Co.,
publishers of the Sentinel.
The county commissioners author
lied payment of $1,000 to the Sem
tinel, which was made from the
contingent fund and not from the
delinquent tax fund, as required by
law, Mr.. Evans contended.
Defense counsel showed the county
was reimbursed later from the costs
assessed at the tax sale.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Studied
To Block Beer
Tax Evasion
Dealers Reported
Planning to Dodge
Defense Levy.

The Senate Finance Committee
worked today on a plan to prevent
evasion of the new defense tax on
beer, while the local Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board expressed con-
Germ over reports that dealers here
were laying in supplies in advance
to dodge the tax.
The beer tax bill has passed the
House and would raise the Federal
levy on beer removed from a brew
cry from the present IS barrel to
$6 a barrel on July /.
1t Is further provided that a floor
tax OF 81 barrel be laid July i on
beer which had previously been sub
Ject only to the IS tax. The Senate
committee was working on other
details which would prevent any
evasion of the tax.
Inquiries Received.
The local board delved into re-
ports that Washington dealers are
planning to lay in greatly increased
supplies of beer before the tax be-
comes effective. The board said it
had no positive evidence, but had
received inquiries about the prob
lem from wholesalers.
Members of the board plan to
confer at once with the Commits
sloners as to whether the Federal
administration should be consulted
about the situation and to raise the
question OF what counter steps might
be taken.
With other members of the board
IN agreement, Chairman Thomas T.
Lodge said:
II Washington beer dealers are
laying IN greatly increased supplies
OF beer, several damaging results
might develop. The dealers might
by this means be able to avoid paw
ing increased beer takes, which. in
our opinion, would be a very unpa-
trlotlc thing. since this increased
TAX Is intended to raise funds to
pay the cost of American defense
plans. 1t would be exceedingly un-
fair to the consumers if the dealers
later increased retail prices on the
beer they bought in advance of the
adoption of the increased beer tax.
1t could do harm to the little dealer
whose finances would not permit
him to buy greatly increased stocks
of beer.
Unemployment Increases Feared.
Furthermore, any wholesale adop-
ton OF this program might possibly
disturb the economic situation in
the whole beer industry, by causing
a decline in purchases later from
the breweries, which might cause at
least temporary periods Of increased
unemployment"
Mr.. Lodge said he had advised
| wholesalers, who have consulted
with the board. that they may con-
troll the situation to some extent bv
placing dealers on a cash-on-
livery basis if they find the indi-
vldual dealer is exceeding reason
able credit in seeking greatly in
creased supplies. Under A. B. c.
rules, retailers are required to pav
their bills by the 18th day of the
month following the month in
which they buy their supplies from
wholesalers.
Evening star., 1940-06-15

cry that the Germans are coming
and they had better leave. They
pretend they are refugees. The
townspeople join the southwark
march.
In another method, the Germans
rig up sound truck with a siren,
which they drive into French town.
There they let 60 the siren, sound
ing the "alert." the signal for all
civilians to get into the cellars.
After a period, the siren sounds
the "all clear" The civilians come
out from their houses, only to find
their village in the hands of the
Germans.
The invaders order them to de-
part southwark at once. They can
not re-ented their houses. They
must leave with what they have on.
So the Hales say. They returned
to the United States on June 10 on
the S. S. Manhattan. They went to
tea yesterday at Dumbarton Oaks,
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, in Georgetown. They
are staying at the Mayflower.
The result of these strategieS were
that by mid-May the roads to Paris
were choked with refugees. They
entered the capital in droves, look
ing for food and shelter.
Red Cross Goes Into Action.
The American Red Cross went
into action. 1t divided money at the
rate of 100000 francs a month
among the American Friends of
France, headed by Ann Morgan
and the International Child Refugee
Committee. controlled by the Ameri-
can Quakers.
Wayne Chatfield-Taylor. former
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
arrived in Paris from the United
States as co-ordinator of the funds
distribution. He supervised the work
of caring for the refugees in Paris.
Straw was laid on the floors of
public buildings, old barracks, ex-
pansive homes.
Huddled together, the homeless
slept in safety. Paris then was still
well out of the German reach.
They were safe but unhappy.
Their homes were gone. Families
were separated. In the railroad
stations, the French established
what they call "salles de reconnais-
sance," where on a bulletin board
the refugees scrawled messages.
Il want my mother. Jeanne"
So went one message.
The paramount problem now is
one Of food, the Hales say.
The Germans are living off the
land. The crops this year were poor.
Few crops for next season are being
sown. The refugees being driven
southwark must be fed off lanj
meant to feed its inhabitants.
The personal tragedies of war are
an old story to Mrs. Hale In the
last war she was Kathleen Burke.
She spent four years assisting in
the medical relief of the Scotch
armies.
Her husband was in the A. E. F..
"a years ago. Soon they will return
10 California, where Mr.. Hale has a
ranch in San Luis Obispo County.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Traffic Injuries Fatal
To Two Virginians;
Man Hurt in Crash
Daniel L. ToIson, 20,
And Earl MeKinny, Ia,
Are Latest Victims

Two men died in Georgetown
Hospital yesterday from injuries
received in accidents in nearby Vir-
ginia. The were:
Daniel l.. Tolson, 20, of 1882 E
street NE, who was injured Thurs
day in Fairfax County, Va.
Earl Mckinney, IA, of Arlington,
Va, who succumbed yesterday after
noon, a few hours after being
knocked down by a car in Airing
ton.
Mr.. Tolson was the brother OF
Detective Sergt. Aubrey Tolson and
had worked as clerk at a Union
Station newsstand. He was in
jured when his car and another
sldesWiped at Lee boulevard and
Lee highway, Fairfax County.
A native of Triangle, Va. he came
to Washington about three years
ago. He is survived by his mother
and father, who live in Triangle;
three brothers and four sisters. in
cluding Mrs. Elma Patton and Mrs.
Alice Wietzel of Washington.
Mr.. McKinny was on foot at the
time he was injured. police said,
and was crossing the street at Lee
Highway and Glebe road. He died
about 4:45 pm.
Otto Engelman, so, of 1908 Sheri-
dar street NV, was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital about 4::3O m. to-
day after the car he was driving hit
a tree on Sixteenth street NV.
between Taylor and Upshur streets
NV. He was seriously injured.
George Taylor, 10, of Branchville,
Md. was in undetermined condition
at Casualty Hospital this morning
with injuries received in an acci-
dent at Branchville.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
| Brother Saves
Child, A. From
IEIectrocution

BY stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 15.-
Four-year-old Charles Moore OF
l1o6 Wilkes street is alive today be-
cause his older brother managed to
knock him free from 1900 volt
electric wire yesterday.
Charles squeezed through an iron
fence surrounding an electrical
substation near his home and
clutched wire around which insu-
latlng tape had become loosened.
Hearing his brothers screams,
William Moor forced a fence bar
and rushed to his brothers side
William knocked the child free of
the wire with a sharp blow to the
shoulder. William also felt a mo-
mentary shock, police were told.
Charles was treated at the Alex
andria Hospital for severe burns.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Policeman Slain
Making Arrest;
Inquest Today
Truck Driver Held;
Officer Killed by Own
Gun in Street Row

An inquest into the fatal shooting
of Park Policeman Ivan w. Thomp-
son in fight with a colored truck
driver who refused to submit to ar
rest was scheduled at the Morgue at
noon today.
The policeman was shot with his
own gun, wrested from him in the
struggle with the truck driver.
The truck driver, Clarence Brock
er. "a, of 54 I street NE, was being
held at No. precinct station. Said
by police already to be on two years
probation on charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon, Brocker
was arrested near the Sscene of the
shooting at First and I streets NE.
about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Third Shooting in Three Days.
The shooting, the third in the
ranks Of Washington police in as
many days, grew out of Mr.. Thomp-
sons attempt to arrest Brocker on
some traffic charge, police said.
Brocker was at the wheel of a
company truck, which his brother
drives, but had no authorization
to use the vehicle, police said Wit
nesses were quoted by police as say
ing Mr.. Thompson ordered Brocker
to halt after he had forced the
policemans car on the sidewalk
as the two were driving east on I
street.
Brocker stopped but refused to
leave the truck, according to Willard
E. Shearin, taxicab driver, of 305
Seaton place NE, who was driving
east on I street when the truck
passed him. The policeman then
attempted to pull Brocker from the
truck but he resisted, Mr.. Shearin
related, and Mr.. Thompson struck
him once with a blackjack.
Subdued Only Temporarily.
This blow, police quoted Mr.,
Shearin as saying, subdued Brocker
temporarily but a moment later be-
gan graphing with the policeman
again. After Mr.. Thompson pulled
his service revolver and had fired
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Aid to Allies Protested
By Farm Cooperative
Yy the Associated Press.

Sy the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, June 15.-W
G.. Wysor, general manager OF
Southern States Cooperative, with
membership of $4,000 farmers
telegraphed President Roosevelt 9
protest against the Government s
policy of providing material aid tc
the Allies.
The message declared "the trade
in method of transferring owner
ship Ct Government war equipment
to the Allies is an obvious and un-
worthy subterfuge," and asserted
the American people want no part
in the war.
Copies were sent to each member
of the Senate and House from the
organizations operating territory o1
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, North
Carolina and West Virginia.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
First-Aid Course Planned

Enrollees are being sought for the
first aid course to be given twice
weekly by the American Women S
Voluntary Services, 1905 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, under auspices of
the D. c. Chapter of the American
Red Cross. it was announced today
Glasses will be held Mondays and
Wednesdays from 7:30 to $50 pm
Information may be obtained by
calling Dupont 4730.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Restaurant Association

Members of the Washington Res
taurant Association this afternoon
were attending their fifth annual
picnic frolic at ODonnells Griffith
Farm, near Forrestville, Md South
ern style chicken was on the dinner
menu.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Woman Escapes Execution

ANNAPOLIS, June Is (R.-Death
row in the Maryland penitentiary
lost its lone woman occupant today
as Warden Patrick j. Brady was re-
heved OF orders under which he
would have directed the first official
hanging of woman in Maryland.
Gov, OConor yesterday commuted
the sentence of Martha Rose, COL
ored, OF Frederick County to life
imprisonment. She was convicted
of the AK Staying of her husband.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Pays for Car in NickeIs

BERLIN, Conn, June IA P).-
Chris Zahary, Plainville candy store
proprietor, toted a peach basket full
OF nickels into an automobile sales
agency today and offered it as down
payment on car. Statesmen count
ed up to $500, got tired and took
Zahary's word for 1t that the 30
pound basket contained 5000 coins.
Evening star., 1940-06-15

-HdTT1S q E1Uzng PHOtO.
through Paris shortly after the first
big German drive in the north" she
recalled, "but later French officials
routed them around the city to
havens in the south. The evacua-
ton began long before I left and
only a few of the 80 apartments in
our building were occupied when I
left.
Genoa was the first place had
been where there were no nightly
blackouts, but suppose they were
put into effect there shortly after we
left and Italy entered the war.
"It's wonderful to get home and
live IN q normal atmosphere again.