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at 1929 pm. the instruments in
dicated they were underground
blasts, rather than earthquakes.
officials in New York began an
immediate investigation of the ex-
plosion because the Hercules plant
is miles from the Picatinny Army
Arsenal.
Felt Z Miles Away.
The blasts were felt in Flanders,
7 miles from Kenvil. Houses were
reported shaken, doors blown from
their hinges and windows blown out.
A Flanders housewife said the re-
percussion was so severe it broke a
dining room table.
Several residents near Hudson,
N. Y, approximately lbs miles
north of the scene of the explosion,
reported nearing the blasts.
Heard in Dutchess County.
Poughkeepsie officials said it was
heard all through Dutchess County,
where President Roosevelt's an
cestral home is situated. Windows
ratified, dishes were shattered and
lamps were tipped off tables.
Even in Danbury, Conn, tremors
shook the area and police headquar-
tiers was flooded with telephone calls.
Most of the callers asked: Where
was the earthquake?"
Dishes were knocked from shelves
in Danbury and the blast shook the
earth all the way from Stamford
to Old Greenwich.
The Hercules Co. has received
numerous orders from the Federal
Evening star., 1940-09-12
BY the Associated Press.

The peacetime conscription bill
approved by joint Senate and
House committee for submission to
the two bodies for their final action
provides for:
l. Registration of all male citizens
and aliens who have reached their
twenty-first birthday anniversary
but have not passed their thirty
sixth on a registration day to be
fixed.
members and former members
of the armed forces, diplomatic
representatives and legislative,
executive and judiciary officers
would be eXcepted)
2. Liability for a years training
of all male citizens, and aliens who
have declared their intention of be-
coming citizens, in this age group.
3. Voluntary enlistments, regard
less of race or color, of all men
from 18 to "a years old. inclusive.
4. Limitation of 100000 on the
number of conscripts to be in train
ing for the Army at any one period
in peacetime.
5. Restriction on the service Of
conscripts to the Western Hemi-
sphere, American possessions and
the Philippine Islands.
s. Regular Army pay for CON-
scripts, the Army's basic pay being
increased from s2l to $50 a month.
7. Assignment of each trainee,
after his years service is completed,
to a Reserve organization, with sub
sequent short retraining periods for
10 years or until he becomes IS
Evening star., 1940-09-12

Government in the last three
months, involving more than $40
100000. This includes s25, 900 900 for
a smokeless powder plant to be built
for the Government at Radford, Va,
and operated on fixed fee basis.
The company recently announced
it would erect $1,000, 900 nitro cell
lulose plant at Parlin, N. j., near
New Brunswick.
Segregated in 1912.
The present Hercules Powder Co.
was originally part of E. I. du Pont
de Nemours g. Co., but was segre-
gated in 1912, along with the Atlas
Powder Co., in compliance with a
United States Court decree. The
securities of Hercules were issued to
Du Pont stockholders. Its main Of
flee is in Wilmington, Del, Du Pont
headquarters.
as Of the end of 1889, showed assets
of total book value of $40, ,107,974.
In addition to the Kenvil plant,
Hercules has explosives plants at
Bessemer, Ala; Hercules, Calf;
Ishpeming, Mich.,; Carthage, Mo-,
and Bacchus, Utah, the six plants
having an annual capacity of 123,-
600, 900 pounds.
The British Purchasing Commits
sion said it was unable to determine
whether the plant had any British
munitions orders.
However, it was understood in the
Wall Street financial district that
scores of orders had been placed
among practically all of the leading
munitions manufacturers in this
country. Hercules, obviously, would
get It's share Of the work.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Senators Told a President
Can Swing Any Election
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Walter F. Dodd. Chicago lawyer,
told Senate Judiciary Subcom-
mittee today that presidential tenure
should be limited because, he said,
modern Chief Executives have in
herited sufficient power ito sway
any national election"
Mr.. Dodd, a member of the Ad-
ministrative Law Committee of the
American Bar Association. urged
favorable congressional action on a
constitutional amendment to fix the
term of President at six years with
ineligibility for reelection.
He declared that IAN efficiently
political President" coulu use "ad-
ministrative powers over industry,
labor and agriculture and control"
over Office holders and social security
beneficiaries to "re-elect himself"
Another witness at hearing on
the amendment. C. J. Hand, New
York lawyer, told the subcommittee
he was organizing Nationwide
"anti-third term association"
Evening star., 1940-09-12
War Department Lets
S1S,011,641 Housing,
Clothes Contracts
Ammunition and Tents
Included; IS Million
Is for Construction

War Department contracts totaling
$l8,0l1 ,64l for ammunition. clothing,
tents and temporary barracks for
the enlarged Army were announced
today.
Major awards included $15,076,012
for construction at various Army
flying fields and posts. under the
Quartermaster Department, and
$1,289,377 for supplies for the
Ordnance Department.
Only one firm in this area, the
Triumph Explosives. Inc. of Elkton.
Md, received an award. 1t was
s67, ,410 for ammunition components.
Largest of the construction awards
was $7.786,420 for temporary BAR
racks. buildings and utilities at Fort
Bragg, N. c.. This is one Of the
principal Army posts in the South.
Another award of $5,140,l22 was
for tents to house conscripts at
Camp Savannah. Ga.
Most of the clothing awards were
for comforters, gloves, woolen trou-
sers and woolen coats. Two awards
for smokeless powder. for which
there Is great need, were $545 600
to the Hercules Powder Co. of Ken
vii, IN. j.
Barracks Construction Here.
Previously the War Department
reported it had under way or
planned $70,314657 worth of tenn
porary construction to house the
expanding Army personnel.
The work will include barracks,
tent cities, headquarters units, stor-
age space and incidental facilities.
The largest amount involved-$6,-
765 ,650-was for Fort Dix, N. J.
Construction there will include
mobilization buildings and fecilities
for the 44th Division, recruit recep-
ton center, miscellaneous units and
expansion of the flying field.
Among other places where con-
struction is under way or planned,
the amount involved, the purpose
and type of work, we're:
Army War College, Washington
S. 900. to accommodate an increased
garrison. temporary shelter; Boiling
Field, $1,000, Air Corps and in
creased garrison, temporary head
quarters and tent camp Fort EuStis,
Va. $l66.500, Air Corps engineers,
mobilization buildings: Holabird
Quartermaster Depot, Md, s79 $40,
headquarters and motor transport
school, temporary construction.
Other Work.
Langley Field, Va, S1.606, Air
Corps troops, tent camp; Edgewood
Arsenal, Nd, $4,000, temporary
dispensary and storage. increased
personnel, temporary barracks, ad-
ministration buildings and misceI-
laneous facilities; Ordnance School,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Nd,
sl20,900. increased personnel, tenn
porary barracks and administration
buildings: Fort Story, Va, s28, ,7s0,
| increased personnel. temporary rec
reation and administrat ton build
ings; harbor defenses, Chesaseake
Bay, $4,000. 246th Coast Artillery
| (harbor defense), mobilization
buildings and facilities: Virginia
State Camp, Virginia Beach, Va,
$3.50 900, path Coast Artillery, mo-
bilization buildings and facilities;
Fort Belvoir. Va, $50 300, miscel-
laneous engineer and quartermaster
units. mobilization buildings and
facilities: Fort George G. Meade.
| Md, s276.114, increased personnel
and recruit reception center. mo-
bilization buildings and facilities.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Grand Army Elects
Kansan Commander
By the Associated Press.


SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. l2-
William w. Nixon, 94-year old
Civil War veteran of Jewell, Kans.,
was elected national commander in
chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public today.
Mr.. Nixon's election over the only
other candidate, John Willis Car
roll, 90, Lisbon, N. Oak, came as
the 74th national encampment of
the G. A. r. neared a close.
Other officers will be elected this
afternoon.
Slim and straight despite his "a
years, Mr.. Nixon succeeds A. T. An
derson of Washington, Pa. Scarcely
100 of the old soldiers were present
for the encampment.
Enlisting at II, Mr. Nixon fought
as private with the I'd Pennsyl-
vania Heavy Artillery two years un-
til the war ended. He took part in
the battles of Cold Harbor, Fort
Harrison and Petersburg.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Labor Official Joins
National University Stoff

National University announced to-
day appointment of Robert C.
Smith, director of personnel of the
Labor Department, to teach its
course in personnel administration
this year in the school of govern
ment and economics.
At the same time, the appoint
n1ent OF E. Riggs Mcconnell as a
full-time instructor in law of torts
and equity. He took his law de-
gree at the University of Virginia
in 1884.
Mr.. Smith took his degree from
Washington and Lee University in
1926. He was formerly with Grit
fenhagen 81 Associates of Chicago
the agency which made reorgan-
ization survey for the District.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Congress in Brief
TO-DAY.

Senate:
Judiciary Subcommittee continues
hearings on constitutional amend
ment for single six-year presidential
term.
Conferees polish final draft Of
peacetime conscription bill.
House:
Considers minor legislation.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.

A trough Of low pressure extends from
the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and
southern Florida northeastward of the
Atlantic coast. a ship in the Yucatan
Channel. and another about 500 miles east
Of Cape Hatteras. l0OS.l millibars t2S, ~
inchesl. and third ship about 250 miles
east Of Jacksonville, Fla. l009.S millibars
t29.S2 inches). A disturbance Is central
over Oregon, Pendleton, 1006.1 millibars
80 Il inches), and pressure is relatively
low over North Dakota. Devils Lake, 1012.2
millibarS CD 80 inches). High pressure
prevails from New Mexico. Texas and
Louisiana northeastward to the Lake re-
gion and the Middle Atlantic States. Fort
Smith. Ark. 1024.O millibars (30.34
inches).. Showers have occurred in por-
tionS OF the Plateau region, the North
Pacific States the Lake region, North Car
olina, southern Florida and along the
middle Atlantic and north Atlantic coast
The temperature has continued to fall in
the Atlantic and Gulf States, Tennessee.
and the Ohio Valley, while there has been
reaction to higher temperature in the
Plains States and the northern Rocky
Mountain resion.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Commodity Credit Sends
D. {. Man to Chicago
By tn, Associated Press.

By the ASSOCIATED Press.
The Commodity Credit Corp. an
nounced today appointment Of Allan
T. Sawyer of Washington as man
ager Of its new regional headquar-
ters in Chicago.
Mr.. Sawyer was in the grain busi-
ness in Kansas City, Mo, from 1914
until 1929, when he entered the serv-
ice OF the Governments Grain Sta
bilization Corp. For seven years he
has been an accountant and adviser
to the Farm Credit Administration.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Defeat Brings Peace,
Senators Are Told in
Ashurst Swan Soma
Arizonon Says Now He'll
Enjoy Storlit Stiffness
Of Desert Country
By .he Associated Press.

By :he associated Press.
Senator Henry Fountain Ashhurst
of Arizona, noted orator from the
sagebrush country, told his COL
leagues yesterday that great peace
had descended on him since he
learned he was defeated in Tues
days primary.
"At first" he said in what he
called his swan song" II imagined
that the earth had slipped from
beneath my feet.
But after another hour there
came peace and JOY that is to be
envied by the worlds greatest phi
loSophers
why. when you are here worry
ing about patronage and other things,
I shall be enjoying the starlit still
ness Of an Arizona night, the scar
let glory Of the sunset, or wander
ing through a petrifed forest Of
the ageless past"
Been Selling Applesauce."
AS for his future, he said he
might turn to selling apples. be-
cause he has had so much expe-
rience selling applesauce in the
Capital for nearly 80 years" CMr
Ashurst has been a Senator since
Arizona was admitted to state
hood in 1922
In more serious vein, he told the
Senate he did not know and did not
care whether his opposition to the
conscription bill WIS responsible for
his loss of the Democratic nomina-
ton to Judge Ernest Mcfarland Of
Phoenix.
NO man is fit to be a Senator, +"
he said. unless he is willing to
surrender his political life for great
principle"
Once an unschooled cowboy, Mr.
Ashurst started on his public career
when, at the age of 10, sheriff gave
him job as turnkey in the Flagstaff,
AIiz., Jail, and he found time to
study Blackstone's commentaries.
He'll Be Sc Tomorrow.
Before 1A year was out" he once
said, II had the right to call myself
'Five-syllable Henry and at the
end of the second year could throw
56-pound words clear across the
Grand Canyon. AS matter of
course I went into politics"
Senator Ashurst, who will be 66
tomorrow. has served longer in the
Senate than any present member
except Senator Smith. Democrat, of
South Carolina. He is the only
Senator who has represented his
State there since it entered the
Union.
Evening star., 1940-09-12

Burke had Strafaci three down
with three to play, but the little one
time public links titleholder rallied
for a birdie on the 10th and a par
on the 18th to leave Burke ! up with
one to play. Burke then was forced
to come out Of trap with an excel
lent explosion shot, sending the ball
to within foot of the pin for
half and victory.
Burke shot 73 and Strafaci a IA.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Weather Report

District OF and continued cool tonight and onorrow
Maryland and Vignia-Fa and continued cool tonight and to-
vgnia-Far tonight tomorrow, continued tonight
rising
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Ward Defeats Abbott
In Amateur; Chapman
Trims Mccarthy
Johnny Burke Eliminates
Strofuci; Fischer
Gusts Sweetser
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MAMARONECK, N. Y, Sept. II.
Defending Champion Bud Ward
of Spokane and Medalist Dick
Chapman Of the host club won their
way into the quarter-fina of the
National Amateur Golf Champion
ship at the Winged Foot Club by
scoring easy victories this morning
over pre-tournament dark horses. y
Ward whipped Pat Abbott OF
Pasadena, 3 and 2, and Chapman
eliminated Maurice Mccarthy, jr,
former intercollegiate champion
from Georgetown University,
and 4.
Ray Billows of Poughkeepsie quail
flied to meet Ward this afternoon
by beating Harry Haverstick of Phil
adelphia ! up on the first extra hole
with to a S, after coming from
behind to wipe out his rivals two-up
lead on the back nine.
Johnny Burke, another former
Georgetown star, had to go all the
way to the 18th green to defeat little
Frank Strafaci, former protege of
Witty Cox Of Washington, up.
Burke and Chapman meet this
afternoon.
Wehrle Beats Sheehan.
Wilford Wehrle of Chicago ad-
vanced by routing husky Tom Shee-
han of Worthwhile, Mich, 5 and 4,
with steady flow of straight-down-
the-middle, dead-for- -the-pin golf.
In a major upset, w. B. Duf1)
Mccullough, jr., of Philadelphia
knocked out Willie Turnesa, 1898
winner and a man familiar with the
Winged Foot course, 3 and 2. Nc
Cullough was in front from the
ninth hole on, and plays Johnny
Fischer of Cincinnati, a former am
ateur champion who ousted the
veteran Jess Sweetser of Bronxville
N. Y, and 3, this morning.
George Dawson, Chicagoan who
has been playing beautiful golf since
the start of the tournament, went
into the bracket opposite Wehrle for
this afternoons play by putting out
20-year-old Otto Greiner of Balti-
more, 6 and 4.
Chapman was up on Mccarthy
at the turn. Coming to the eighth
hole l up, he banged in a 40-foot
putt for a winning birdie 3 and
scored a winning 4 at the par-5
ninth.
Chapman finished 3 under PAL
for IA holes to close out his op-
ponent. The winged foot ace stuck
a No. 3 iron shot Is inches from
the pin at the 10th to win On a
conceded deuce when Mccarthy
missed the green. and took the 1lth
as his rival three-putted from AZ
feet. A l2-footer for a birdie gave
Mccarthy the 18th, but Chapman
came out of a trap to sink a 6-foot-
er for winning par at No. 13 ano
halved the 14th to end the match
T ne cards.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Report for Last 81 Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
fFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 6S, at pm. Year ago. rs.
Lowest. so. at 9 am. Year ago, 55.
Record Temperatures This Year.
HIGHEST. 100. on July ~.
Lowest. z. on January %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 81 per cent, at 1880 am.
Lowest. IS per cent, at 4:30 pm. yes
terday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers slightly
cloudy today at Harpers Ferry; Potomac
slightly muddy at Great Falls.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow.
High ------------ ABB am. 5:26 am.
Low - 11:25 am.
High ------ 500 pm 5:54 pm
Low ----------- HAS p-m- 1917 p m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today - SAT 6:22
Sun tomorrow - 5:47 $50
Automobi. lights must mus S 5: turned iyS am On
one-han hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to dsteJ:
Evening star., 1940-09-12

The Sun and Moon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25
Foreign Policy Group Asks
More Pan-American Trade
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Foreign Policy Association
said yesterday the three essentials
Of an effective program for Pam
American economic unity" we're:
Encouragement of local industries
in Latin America.
Development of internal trade
among the American republics.
Steps to increase the standard of
living for Latin Americans.
The report by the privately
financed organization said that pub
lie and private investment by both
North and South Americans in de-
velopment of Latin Americas min
eral resources would bring the dual
result of providing strategically
necessary materials and increasing
trade between the United States and
the other republics.
Economic unity of the Americas,
1t was added, means more intra-
Latin American trade as we'll as
more trade with u.s." There is con-
siderable trade now between Argen-
tina and Brazil, Chile and Peru,
Chile and Argentina, and among
Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina,
but little otherwise. With growing
transportation and communication
facilities, the United States is now
in a position to encourage and de-
yelop this trend"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25
The World Today
Greeks Reported Able to Hold Out Many Months
II They Have to Fight Only the Itolions

too lightly armored French tanks.
The Greek infantry was not
blufied by the italian tanks. And
the Greek infantry, which won i'm
mortal tribute, are the Evzones,
mainly descendants Of shepherds
and mountaineers. Probably some
of them had ancestors who were
brigands two or three generations
ago. They have mountain guns
which they pack on their sure-footed
little Greek horses and carry up
the slopes.
With consummate agility and in
stinctive cohesion. they worked their
way up the slopes, always knowing
how and when to take cover, and
had under their plunging fire not
only tanks stalled in the defiles,
but mechanical artillery - also
trucks which cannot move on the
roads, even in level country. Roads
are useful in advancing tanks and
all arms up to the battle line and
supplies in support. The lesson
confirming the general view of our
military experts, even after the Po-
lish and French campaigns is that
tanks, important as they are, can
possibly have an exaggerated place
in the balance of weapons for &C
ton in lands Of varied terrains. In
fantrymen are again warning us
that the infantry Is still the queen
of battles" or, to make the term
masculine, the doughboy is still
king. The staff, in reports which
I have had access to after they
reached America, insist that the
infantry was the supreme factor in
the conquest Of France. where only
20 of the 200 Nad divisions were
mechanical.
The climax of the Greek sur
prises for Mussolini is the taking
of Koritza, which is important not
only as an Italian base and as billets
for his soldiers in winter. but in
that the Greeks have a further bar
rier in the one valley Of any
breadth against an advance on
Salonika. If they pinch out Argiro-
castro they get control Of vital roads
and more natural defenses, which
further enlarges and aggravates the
huge task Mussolini has before him
in reorganization and reinforce
ment for another drive. He may re-
quire that year he mentioned in
his speech to overwhelm the Greeks
II Adolf Hitler should not come
to his aid. The report from Rome
that Greek losses were as great as
the Italian at Koritza is a telling
confession, since the Greeks were
on the offensive.
Why the italian Army has made
such poor showing when it had
more than a year to train and mass
for its task is still a mystery. and
the obvious plan should have been
smashing initial drive, with planes
pounding Greek supply bases In
order to break through into open
country favorable for tanks. Alban-
ians are reported to be revolving
Though they have been deprived OF
arms they will sneak in on the
weary Italian groups In the night
with their knives and provide them
selves with rifles.
released By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. yce.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25
Japan Marking Regime
May Adhere 10 Axis

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 25.-Informed
quarters reported last night that
the Japanese-sponsored Marking
regime of Wang Ching-wei might
become q new adherent of the axis.
following formal recognition BY
Germany, Italy and Japan of wang's
government.
A Tokio-Nanking treaty conveying
Japans formal recognition will be
signed at Marking, Wang's capital,
November 80, according to dispatch
by Wang's news agency.
High Japanese sources in Shanghai
anticipated this announcement yes
terday with disclosure that formal
recognition Of Wangs regime as the
National Government of China"
would come within 10 days.
Informed sources expressed the
belief that if Wang does line up with
the axis, it would have no more
effect on Chinas resistance than did
his order last March to cease
resistance to Japan.
His government has failed to win
any widespread public support or
attract any important Chinese
leaders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25
New Haven Proposes
Interest Payments
. the Associated Press.

6y Ing As6uIlhtcu ftcsSs
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. as
The New York. New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad, which is in the
process Of reorganization. has petit
toned the Federal Court for permis-
sion to make interest payments
totaling $4.6l7,s32. Judge Carroll
c. Hincks ordered a hearing on the
petition for December at 2 pm.
The largest item in the petition
was $3,545,5l7, representing three
quarters payment Of interest, which
fell due between May 1 and Octo-
Der ! in 1896 on bonds secured by
the roads first and refunding
mortgage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25

In spite OF Ineu
initial victories
how long can
they hold out
a g a nst odds
which at the
start seemed to
be ecisi vely
overwhelming?
Our W d e =
spread Army in
telligence sys-
TEN, reinforced
a n d quickened
since the war
began, has been
receiving extern
sive reports by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25
Sumo Reported Named
Tokio's Envoy to Spain

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Nov. 25.-Yakichiro Suma
official Foreign Office spokesman and
former counselor of the Embassy in
Washington, has been chosen TO be
Japan's next Ambassador to Spain
Domei, the japanese news agency
reported today.
The agency also said Yoshio Muto
consul general at Tientsin, China,
had been selected to become consul
general at San Francisco.