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Evening star., 1940-04-13
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. April 13.-Moderating
weather over much of the grain belt
and absence of any startling news
from Europe led to scattered selling
in the wheat pit today, which re-
duced prices about "a cent at times.
The market had a fairly steady
tone, however, and rallied frequently
to around previous closing levels.
Prospect of little precipitation in
the Southwest the next few days
tended to check declines but for the
most part traders limited operations
in view of the situation abroad.
Buenos Aires wheat prices were
off more than a cent at one time
but closed only 1s-5s cent net lower.
with May contracts there at 7Oh
cents compared with the Chicago
price of above SLOT.
Private reports indicated tempera-
lures were rising in the Southwest,
but no precipitation was received
and none was promised. Dallas
Tex, reported frost and tempera-
lures in the Southwest as of $3.50
am. ranged from IS to 81 degrees
The Ohio Valley had some precipi-
tation and there were showers at
some spring wheat points. The week.
ly forecast indicated one or two pre-
cipitation periods are likely in the
Upper Mississippi Valley and North
ern Great Plains this week, but not
much rain was promised for the
Southwest.
Corn prices were about steady
The official Argentine estimate OF
1910 production was 434.212, ,0OO
bushels compared with a crop OF
191 100000 last year. This is the
largest harvest since 1886 and Is
expected to give Argentina an ex-
portable surplus of approximately
345 100000 bushels.
Oats showed little change, but rye
and lard prices were slightly lower
the latter rejecting the Govern
ment report showing domestic stocks
are the largest in history, totaling
more than 269 100000 pounds, or
more than double holdings a year
ago.
At II am, wheat was y lower to
V higher, compared with yesterdays
finish; May, 1.07h; July, 106as,
and corn also was u off to V up;
May, 597s; July, 60h.
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Mrs. B. I. Merchant Dies
Unexpectedly at Her Home

Mrs. Berenice Wyeth Merchant,
wife of Col. Berkeley T. Merchant,
died Unexpectedly last night at her
home, Merlands, near Kensington,
Md.
Socially prominent, Mrs. Mer-
chant was well known in WASH
ington and was a member of the
Sulgrave and Chevy Chase Clubs.
Her daughter. Miss Berenice Wyeth
Merchant, made her debut here last
fall. Col. Merchant is associated
with the brokerage firm Of McKnew,
Fairfax & Co.
Born in st. Joseph, Mo-, Mrs. Mer-
chant was the daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Wyeth.
She was married to Col. Merchant
in 1925. They had made their home
at Merlands u years.
Besides her husband and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Merchant leaves a STEP
son, Marvin Hatfield Merchant, q
first classman at West Point.
Funeral services will be held at 4
pm. tomorrow at the Pumphrcy fu-
neral home in Silver Spring, Md.
Burial will be Monday In Arlington
National Cemetery.
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Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO April 13 P, Omitted States
Department OF Agriculture) .-Salable hogs
500; total. $500; nominally steady: ship
pers took none; estimated holdover 500;
compared week ago, $50 pounds up 25-35
1925 higher.
pared Friday last week: Good and choice
steers 50.75 higher; common and medium
grades, 25-6O up; common kinds now
selling at 500 down showing least advance:
closing trade very active at upturn, with
buyers competing as though short of cattle;
fed heifers, $3.50 higher; cutters and COM
mon beef cows. 75 up; all other cows. $500
higher: bulls 30 higher and vealers fully
LOO over late last week; fed steers and
heifers predominated in crop; cows, bulls
and vealers being exceedingly scarce;
choice steers topped at 1925; next highest
price 1900 with little above IL 90 and
bulk at s.25-10.75; choice OBS pound
heifers reached 1875; best light heifers
1000: bulk $50 down; cutter cows sold
up to 6.25: sausage bulls to 7.15, and
choice heavy vealers to 100.
Salable sheep. 5000; total, $500: COM
pared Friday last week: Fed western
ins bulk handyweishts. 10. $751; 90; week
bulk: 1os5-10.s5;, supply shorn offerings
bulk clipped Westerns, some fed locally,
6.75-9.2 .25; few loads late. 9.35; deck to city
hytchsrs eiAR; syss :%caEcs % most xooled
s.ssss Msasss'ns sssS lips a;sa aaaSsi BUD a'"n'
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Selected Stocks Up.
Others Remain in
Narrow Range
Aviotion, ShipbuiIdine
Issues Move Ahead
In Quiet Session
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

hSooSidtSo ASoS lhahSihA Vlitcks
NEW YORK, April 13.-Aviation
and shipbuilding stocks, together
with an assortment of other special
ties, pushed upward in today's
market while most leaders loafed
over the narrow route.
With dealings slower than in the
previous Saturday, favorites tackled
on advances of fractions to more
than a point, with a number going
into new high ground for the year.
Transfers for the two hours were
around 100000 shares.
Trading contingents generally in
clined to a cautionary attitude for
the reason the majority desired to
keep fairly liquid over the week end
when more definite news on the
British German conflict in Scandi-
navia might appear. At the moment,
though, Wall Street doubts regard
ing results of overseas fighting were
plentiful.
Steels were laggards the greater
part of the session as much confu-
sion was still apparent in board
rooms following yesterdays cut Of
81 ton in sheet quotations by the
principal manufacturers. At that,
stocks in this group held rather well
as forecasts were heard of a possible
minor upturn in next weeks mill
operations.
Persistence of heavy purchasing
of steel from abroad was a sustain
Ing influence for the metals. On
the other hand, fears were expressed
that the psychological effect of the
price slash might be depressing In
other industries which recently had
observed signs of a broadening Of
forward buying.
Bonds and commodities were un-
even.
Among curb gamers were Alumi-
mum of. America. Bath Iron Works,
Creole Petroleum, Pennsylvania
Central Air Lines and Sherwin
Williams.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Capt.. ". |. Lind Dies
After Greeting Son
Al Baltimore Pier
Navy Budget Officer
Falls Dead After Seeing
Youth Awoy 18 Months

Capt. Wallace L. Lind, 81, budget
ofiicer of the United States Navy,
fell dead last night on q Baltimore
pier, shortly after greeting his son
who had just disembarked from a
ship bringing him home from a
year-and-a-half stay in the West
Indies.
Mrs. Lind, who was with him,
said they had spent few minutes
with their son, Wallace, jr., who
had come ashore temporarily dur
ing the customs routine. Young
Wallace had returned to the boat
and the Linds were walking along
the dock to rejoin him when Capt.
Lind collapsed.
He was rushed to Johns Hopkins
Hospital, where doctors said he had
died of a heart attack.
Won Navy Cross.
A veteran naval officer, Capt.
Lind was stationed at the Navy
Department here in the Office of
the Budget Officer at the time of
his death, having been in Wash
ington since July, 1899. He made
his home at the Kennedy Warren
Apartments.
Capt. Lind was born in Brainerd,
Mimi, and was graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1911.
He was taking a postgraduate
course in steam engineering at the
Naval Academy when the United
States entered the World War and
was assigned to command the trans
port U. S. S. President Lincoln.
The transport was torpedoed in
the North Atlantic May 81, 1918.
For his efficient training of the
boats crew, which resulted in the
saving of the lives of many of the
men aboard, Capt. Lind was awarded
the Navy Cross.
Won Other Decorations.
His multiple duties during the
years of his Navy service included
assignments as executive officer of
the Naval Air Station at San Diego.
Calf, 1923-25; engineer officer of
the battleship Arizona, engineer Of
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London
Continued From First Page.)
one more British plane was
downed at Narvik, but did not

one more British plane was
downed at Narvik, but did not
mention British losses elsewhere)
The British Navy was supposed to
be coursing the northern seas seek
ing German naval units. 1t was gen.
orally believed in London that the
allies would make no effort to land
troops until the North Sea was
cleared of German ships.
Battle Near Stavanger.
Another bomber formation, flying
northward toward Stavanger. gave
battle to a large force of German
pursuit planes which apparently
were assigned to protect retreating
naval vessels.
DNB, official German news
agency, said British bombers also
raided Narvik. German-held port
in the Artic, but did no damage
yesterday
With the sealing of the Baltic
Sea by gigantic mine field planted
in its North Sea approaches, in
Guiding the Skagerrak and the Kat
tegat, the British and French allied
navies counted on bottling up the
remaining German feet and thus
simplifying the job OF cutting the
life line between Germany and the
Nazi forces in Norway.
Reports from Stockholm, Sweden,
that the Norwegians we're putting up
hot resistance against the invaders
strengthened the British belief that
the Germans soon would be in an
untenable position.
Some observers predicted that II
the Norwegian adventure went badly
for Germany. Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler might try to stab in another
direction-possibly into Sweden, Bel
gium or the Netherlands.
German Error Seen.
Military observers contended that
the Nazis had bitten of more than
they could chew when they sank
their teeth into Norway.
That little country's deep ravines
and scanty communication systems
favor defenders in guerrilla war
fare. making impracticable the
lightning action of mechanical
forces such as subdued Poland in
less than month and moved into
Denmark almost without opposition.
Geography, however. also offered
serious tactical difficulties to the
Allies in any attempt to land forces
to aid the Norwegians.
The broken coasts with deep,
narrow inlets are readily defended.
Unless troops are landed by stealth
and surprise, as the Germans were
Tuesday, they could be chopped
down by few machine-gunners,
these observers said.
The Norwegian coastal contours
also were forcing the mighty British
fleet to play cat-and-mouse game
with the remaining German ships.
In the opinion of naval experts,
even submarines would be daring
destruction if they ventured into
the confined fjords to attack.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
British Drive Fails,
German Radio Claims

NEW YORK, April 13 (P.-British
attempts to repulse the German
action in Scandinavia have met with
complete failure" the German
radio said today in a short-wave
broadcast heard in New York by
G. B. S.
The German announcer quoted
Adolf Hitler's newspaper, Voel-
kischer Beobachter, in resume
of the military situation, which
said in part, as heard by c. B. S.
'They British actions) only re-
suited in tremendous losses, which
outnumber our losses enormously.
Also, it has to be taken into ac-
count that the German defense
position in Scandinavia within the
past three days has been strength
ened enormously and the enemy was
in no position to prevent this.
Moreover, the risk for the enemy
has grown, while the risk for the
Germans decreased In the same de.
gree."
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ficer of the Boston Navy Yard in
1930-33, executive officer of the bat
tleship Omaha in 1933-35, duty in
the Office of Naval Operations here
in 1858 and command of the
Omaha in 1883.
AS commander Of the troopship
President Lincoln, Capt. Lind was
a superior officer of Capt. Joseph
A. Gainard, who later was to be-
come well known as commander of
the City of Flint. Capt. Lind
escorted Capt. Gainard about the
city when the latter was a visitor
here.
Besides the Navy Cross, Capt.
Lind was also decorated with the
Mexican Service Medal the Victory
Medal, transport class, and the
Roy al Order of Vasa of Sweden.
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Dratha
[. MINNIE ELIZARETH

PouLsoN. MINNIE ELIZABETH. On
satprdsy az April l3 lS49 r. her f. TssIdnTs r.
PoULsoN eTp m d devoted oe wife Of charles es PouI, +
SON mother of Mary S. Powell: sister of
John, William. Alfred, George and Walter
Notice of funeral later. ARRANGEMENTS
by Malvan e. Schey
REID; MARY. On Wednesday, April o;
1880 at Gallineer HOSPITAL MARY REID
devoted friends Mrs. Luvenia King Annie
Wood and Frances Shorter. Remains rest
ing at the j. L. Lowe funeral home, al3
from the Park Road Community chureh,
lth St, and Park road NV. Rev, o. L.
mortal Cemetery.
RoGowsKY, CHARLES W. Suddenly.
A'F RoGoWsKy HtS at Of Dsnfia snf RAN aa
ss: e . later Service, by
SIMMONS. WILLIAM H. On Saturday.
s ADF ne 49, wAM at n hs FsIfRss sMMos 'S sestea yea
Henry c. and Leila T.. Simmons. Remains
resting at stewart's funeral home. 80 H
Notice of funeral later. IA
sTODDARD. JANE ELEANOR On Fri
day. April IL 1910. at the residence Of her
ehnrch 5ohn Va JANE EaS5 ss
and mother Of Mrs Herbert Il Powell. San
naefa Mrs eRarss say smeh Hfh q + fHaesaa Va
and Mrs. Roger S. creel of Charleston,
home 4Os Washington St, Falls Church.
Va. where funeral services will be held. IA
WALLER. KENNETH EARL. On Friday.
kFNsEH REM Ii s4e Ri WAHR RI2Ydenss sssd yss1s
beloved son of Earl c. and Velis e Waller
Services will be held at zrkles. funeral
home; $40 st ne. on Monday April 5.
se sery 10 am ih'ermen' ceoar Hill Gene
WILLIAMS, MORRIS. Departed this life
aospta RS MoRRs As Williams Ian az desotsd hgs
ther of Mrs. Bertha Lowery, Marie Temple
man, Margaret Mondell, Elizabeth Fer%uson,
Umatila Ferguson. Stewart. Albert and Le-
T. Rhlnes & Co. funeral home, 221 North
Patrick St, Alexandria; Va.
noon rom y he b hd shoS SnnaaS Rans Ae
Gunston Va. Rev. Hall oficiating. Inter-
ment church cemetery. IA
.nvyl WILLIAMS; l. 1s.o WINNIE M On SATURDAY:
road Alexandra, Va. WINNIE NJ VII
LAMs, l She is survived by two sisters,
games Of BaiIsys cross AZ Roads Faizts!x #!
liams OF Chesapeake Beach. Md.
Funeral services at the Demaine funeral
home. S17 King St, Monday. April Is. at
pm Interment Bethel Cemetery. Alex
andria. Va. IA
ZOLLI, JOSEPH On Thursday, April
II, 1910, JOSEPH ZOLLI, beloved father
Of Mrs. Frances Fusco and Mrs. Santina A.
Russo.
Services at his late residence Az G St
ne. on Monday April Is. at $50 am
Mass in Holy Rosary Church at q am.
Relatives and friends invited Interment
ST Mary's Cemetery. Services by Cham
bers' Southeast funeral home IA
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Murder Charge Faced
In Mercy Killing
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOUGHTON, Mich, April 49,
Abraham White, SO. was held in the
county Jail here today awaiting ar
raignment on a charge of murder
in the mercy killing" Of his deaf,
dumb and blind son.
Sheriff John G.. Salmi said that
White, a railroad section worker,
had confessed killing his son Fred
erick, Is, yesterday by submerging
his head in a wash boiler of water
until he drowned.
The sheriff said the boy, who was
the couples only child, was mentally
incompetent and suffered frequent
convulsious. t'
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Bundsman on Trial
For Plot Against U. 5.
Is Found Hanged
Defendant Terrified
By Death Threats,
Attorney Reveals
BY the Associated Press.

Ds tuS AooOSihttu 1000.
NEW YORK, April 13.-The body
of Claud Gunther Ernecke, 36, Ger
man-American bundsman, accused
with 16 other men of plotting to
overthrow the United States Gov
ernment, was found hanged today
In the basement of a Brooklyn
apartment house.
Police, who listed the case as a
suicide, said note was found with
the body, but its contents were
withheld.
A wide search had been under way
for Ernecke since his disappearance
yesterday, two weeks after the trial
of the alleged seditious conspirators
started. His $500 bail was ordered
forfeited when he did not appear in
court.
Detectives said Ernecke apparent
ly had gone to the apartment house
basement, around the corner from
his home, Thursday afternoon and
hanged himself. Medical examiners
said he had been dead at least SO
hours.
A rope tied to steam pipe and a
small box which apparently had
been kicked from under him told
the story.
Judge Declines Comment.
Federal Judge Marcus B. Camp
bell said yesterday the trial of the
other defendants would be resumed
Monday regardless of whether
Ernecke was found Informed to-
day of Erneckes death, the Judge
declined comment.
Ernecke's lawyer, former Magis-
trate Leo Healy. said the German
born bundsman had become terror
stricken over threats made against
his life as result of testimony de-
plctlng him as a ringleader of the
alleged plot. One anonymous threat
warned that his tongue would be
cut out.
MIR. Healy said today he had tried
to soothe Ernecke, but his efforts
appeared futile. The lawyer said
Ernecke had only s1.2O when he last
saw him on Wednesday.
Government Witness Faints.
The trial was adjourned Wednes-
day when Dennis Healy, principal
witness for the Government. tainted
after three days Of cross-examina-
ton by Ernecke's attorney. When
it resumed yesterday the witness was
still too i'll to continue. 1t was then
that Judge Campbell ordered
Ernecke's bail forfeited and issued
bench warrant for his arrest.
The witness had portrayed
Ernecke as one of the leaders in the
alleged plot to overthrow the Gov
ernment, and had testified that the
German had told him he would like
to fight against Jewish refugee
Americans"
Ernecke, according to information
released by the F. B. I. at the tim,
OF his arrest in January, was borr
IN Berlin, Germany, June 2. 1903
and held first naturalization papers
A salesman and a member of the
German-American Bund, he hae
serced in the cavalry of the New
York National Guard.
His first enlistment was on March
2, 1881. He re-enlisted In April
1886, and was promoted to corporal
a year later. but in the following
year was denoted "for reasons un.
known" He was honorably dis
charged April II, 1889.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Arlington Rites Held
For w. G. HoweIIs

Col. William G. Howells, associate
editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
was buried yesterday in Arlington
National Cemetery with full mill
tary honors.
Col. Howells, So, died April at
McConnelsville, Ohio. He was q
veteran of the Mexican border cam
paign Of 1915 and the World War.
He was head Of the Plain Dealers
Columbus (Ohio) Bureau for IS
years and was president Of the Ohio
Legislative Correspondents Associa-
ton for six years.
Surviving are his widow and a
son, William H. Howells Of Cleve-
land.
Evening star., 1940-04-13

afternoon of April II on Narvik port
was unsuccessful, One British air.
plane was shot down. Conditions
were unchanged and quiet in the
Trondheim region. Consolidation of
coast defenses progressed.
Air Raid on Stavanger, Too.
The British attempted an air
raid with strong forces on Bergen
during the afternoon of April IL.
Timely defense by the German air
force, according to present informa-
ton, resulted in the shooting down
of eight enemy planes, including one
by anti-aircraft fire.
Similarly unsuccessful was an air
raid on Stavanger. carried out in
numerous waves late in the after
noon. One enemy plane was shot
down.
In the Oslo region the day
passed without noteworthy con-
ficts. Scheduled movements there
were carried out without a hitch.
Nowhere at sea was there note
worthy fighting yesterday.
In the west the day passed with
out special developments. The air
force carried out several reconnais-
sance fights over Northern and
Eastern France and over Paris"
Criticism of Swedes Voiced.
Criticism of alleged Swedish ef-
forts to arouse opposition to Ger
man occupation of Norway was
voiced in Berlin, but authorized
sources said ,he Swedish govern
ment had given assurances it was
not responsible for any such agi-
tation.
The fact is" the authorized
sources said, that the German oc-
cupation of Norway is proceeding
without a hitch and without the
slightest opposition from a large
majority of the Norwegian people.
IF the Swedish press and radio
persist in arousing a spirit OF op-
position In Norway. no favor is be-
ing done to the Norwegian people.
Resistance, which fortunately is
not being met by the German ex-
peditionary force, would merely
mean that Norway would suffer the
fate of Poland"
Understanding Increasing.
Meanwhile, it was insisted, an un-
derstanding of German motives was
increasing in Norway, and hope was
expressed that King Haakon soon
would establish government which
would pursue neutral policy as de-
manded by Germany.
Authorized commentators said
they were not greatly impressed by
British reports that new mine fields
had cut Germany of completely
from the North Sea.
"The British Navy cannot lay
mines in spots which its ships can
not reach" they said.
Moreover, the technical difficult
ties Of laying such mine barrier
across the deep waters of the Skag-
errak present problem which can
not be solved in few days"
The Germans said they were
awaiting some British action against
the German positions in Norway.
"It is inconceivable," they said
that great sea power like England
would permit such a challenge to It's
prestige to go unanswered"
The authorized sources added, with
a show of confidence, that Germany
was ready for any emergency, how
ever.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
lit Mrntnrtant

CULLEMBER. MARY F. A tribute Of
love and devotion to the memory of my
dear mother MARY F CULLEMBER, who
13. 1884.
Mother: Not dear, though you are gone away,
In the memory of your smile
%oNEhY x SFf S5h DAuGHfER ri f. .hf fAURA URe HUNT
LYNN. GERTRUDE ALLEN. In loving
mfmoTy ~ TTT r 1YnM q our & dear mother GERTRUDE M
years ago. cH1hDREN 4nTl1 IL 'aSf aND HUSBAND. !.
loved mother EVA LEWIS e9ssS who N 'pa passed
away eight years ago today, April 13. 1882.
A precious .,, one from us Is gone.
place is vacant in our hearts
That never can l,b, BE- filsd, nf,I,, ,,,,
NEWTON. MYRTLE ALBRIGHT In
MYRTEE OF AhsR1eMT GHrs ssWfoN Whc
passed a,s away two years ago today. April
We tried so hard to save you
Our prayers were all in vain
This world would seem like Heaven
MOTHER IN Law. MRS. N, NEWTON :
NEWTON. MYRTLE ALBRIGHT. In
MYRTLE ALBRIGHT !ps1T SIHsr HEWroN' 9o who who
passed ssway two years ago today, April
Is 1888
My dear mother is out Of her pain.
From this world Of great disdain:
From this world of sorrow and hate:
This is our lifetime fate.
LOVING SON. RANDOLPH RODNEY. AND
HUSBAND
RATTI. GINO A. In sad and loving
memory Of our dear husband and father.
GINO A. RATTI, who passed away three
years ago today. April 13. 1887.
Gone is the face We loved so dear.
Silent Is the voice We loved to hear:
Too far away for sight or speech.
But not too far for thought to reach.
sweet-to remember our. Gino dear.
LOVINGLY. LIMA AND CHILDREN.
SAVOY. RACHEL MANN. In loving
memory of our. dear wife and mother;
RACHEL MANN SAVOY. who departed
this life forty-nine years ago, on April
13, 1891
Her spirit abides with US
EDWARD A. SAVOY. HIS DAUGHTER
AND HIS SONS.
TIMBERLAKE. CHARLES H.. Sacred to
athHfApnEg thf soHy fsvsa
this life four years ago today April l3'
1896 Anniversary services at HOLY Re-
deemer Catholic Church
Gone. but not forgotten.
HIS WIFE. EMMA TIMBERLAKE.
TROULAND, BELLE A. In loving re-
membrance of BELLE A. TROULAND: Who
died two years ago today April IL. 1898. j.
GERTRUDE M. McNALLY.
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St. Matthews Lutheran

Lets Be Different" will be the
subject of the Rev. Theodore p.
Fricke tomorrow at II am.
The Sunday School Board will
meet Monday, 8 pm, with Emil
Wenzil presiding. The Rev. Mr..
Fricke will speak on "The Psychol-
ogy of Teaching" .
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Civic National Forum

Miss Ruth Jerome of the Dale
Carnegie Institute of Public Speak,
ing will address the Civic National
Forum at pm tomorrow in the
National Forum Hall, 1911 U street
NV. Her subject will be Training
the Young for leadership"
Evening star., 1940-04-13
British Pass Relief Coroo

LONDON, April 13 (P.-The Brit
ish contraband control yesterday
agreed to permit a second $3.50 900
worth Of United States Red Cross
supplies to be shipped to Poland.