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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
BY WILLIAM ]. HUMPHREYS,
Associated Press War Correspondent.

DOVER, England, Aug. 23.-Red
and green moving vans packed with
furniture moved ponderously up the
Dover hills today, moving inhabi-
tantS and their goods Of this famous
kent seaport which has now become
a front-line city.
For, while there was no official
order to get out, q good many of the
citys 1900 persons have decided
that life is too uncertain now that
the Germans have begun their
Smelling of this coast by big guns
across the Channel.
They didn't mind so much the
bombing raids-at any rate they
were reasonably jolly in ducking for
cover when the AFRAID warnings
sounded-but most of them say now
that the German gunnery is too
poor to be healthy. The big shells
may land anywhere, Doverites be-
lieve.
George Fitzpatricks wine store
was damaged, church was hit, at
least three dwellings were demol-
ished and a movie house was shaken
so badly that the picture was
blurred
The splinters that hit Fitzpatrick
place smashed his German wine
stock. but Fitzpatrick said he didn't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Roosevelt Signs Bill
For :. {. {. Regulation
OF Investment Trusts
Law Termed Another
Milestone in Move
To Protect Investors
BY the Associated Press.

os tilc hSsoSidtou rItSS.
President Roosevelt signed into
law today legislation giving the Sc
curities and Exchange Commission
authority to regulate investment
trust companies and termed it AN
other milestone" in the administra-
tons vigorous program" to pro-
tect investors.
In formal statement, Mr.. Roose-
welt used as a good example of 1.-The
true meaning of this program" the
1885 Public Utility Holding Company
Act which he said was designed to
curb these corporate monstrosities."
During the 1920s." he said, these
holding companies had been per-
mitted to pyramid stock holdings on
top of stock holdings until a few
men at the top. with only micro
scopic investment of their own. could
control the smallest action of those
who ran the far-flung operating
companies at the base of the
pyramid"
Corporations Juggled."
Those at the top juggled corpo-
rations for selfish purposes" he
said This situation was contrary
to the American way Of life and,
had the holding companies not been
checked, they would have threatened
the very existence of our democratic
processes.
The President wound up his state
ment by saying:
I'VE will continue to push our pro-
gram for the protection of the in
weston on all fronts because we are
convinced of it's essential soundness."
AS for the investment trust law,
Mr.. Roosevelt said 1t was not neces-
sary to review "the many unhealthy
practices" it was designed to elm
mate, but that it was sufficient to
note that the investment trusts
themselves urged Federal supervi-
sion.
This attitude on the part o. the
investment trust industry and in
vestment advisers Is most COM
he said.
Program Declared Essential.
1--WE are cleaning house, putting
our financial machinery in good
order" the statement continued
This program is essential, not only
because it results in necessary re-
forms, but for the much more i'm
portant reason that it will enable
us to absorb the shock of any crisis.
TT is source of satisfaction that
businessmen have at least come to
recognize that it is this administra-
tons purpose to aid the honest busi-
nessman and to assist him in bring
ing higher standards to his par
ticular corner of the business COM
munity."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
New Submochine Gun
Reported by Inventor
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED FIcSS-
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. %
The High Standard Manufacturing
Co., a small arms firm here, an
nounced today development Of a
submachine gun of simple design
which it said the Army has promised
to test.
At a private demonstration today.
c. G. Swebilius, owner of the COM
pany and inventor of the weapon,
said one of the chief differences be-
tween his model and existing guns Of
its type was that it could be held
on a target and would not be thrown
of its mark by the recoil.
The gun weighs 8 pounds. slightly
less than the submachine guns now
used by the Army, Mr.. Swebilius
said, and fires from clip containing
20 rounds of .45-caliber ammunition
at the rate Of 600 shots per minute.
Mr.. Swebilius said the weapons
design was so simple that merely by
releasing q small lever 1t could be
taken down and reassembled In q
few minutek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
National Guard Mobilization
Bill Is Sent to White House
$1,000 to Be in First Call September IS
If Funds Are Provided Soon Enough

to be ordered to duty this year under
the authorization. but many more
thousands will be needed should
CONSUMPTION be voted. A large pro-
portion of the $4,000 enlisted
Reservists are married and therefore
eligible for resignation or discharge.
Acting with emergency speed,
Congress approved the authorization
Is days after a request was made
by President Roosevelt in a mes
sage July 20. In contrast, the COM
pani0n Burke Wadsworth compul-
sorry military training bill. also urged
for quick passage by the Army,
Navy and President Roosevelt as an
emergency measure, was introduced
(See MOBILIZATION, Page A-4D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Bombing Of Chungking
Resumed by japanese
By tie Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Aug. 23.-Japanese
warplanes resumed their heavy
bombing of this capital of the
Chinese Central government today
after 48 hours of quiet.
The government considered the
compulsory removal of all civilians
except high officials and those di-
rectly serving war needs.
Approaches to the city were bombed
as well as an area largely devoted to
the trade in wood oil.
Voluntary departures from the city
are being speeded up and recon-
struction of recently destroyed homes
and shops has been forbidden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
YonkerS Mail Pouch
Seized by 6 Gunner
In New York Station
Bandits Believed After
Pay Rolls Pick Wrong
Day for Train HoIdup
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Six gun
men, flourishing six-shooters and
automatics in emulation of Western
badmen, held up passenger train in
upper Manhattan early today, cowed
it's crew at muzzle point, handcuffed
two postal clerks to an iron post and
fed after carefully selecting only
one pouch containing mail for
Yonkers"
The holdup took less than three
minutes.
Federal and city officers expressed
the belief that the gang sought pay
rolls aggregating $l00, 900 which Gus
tomarily are sent by registered mail
twice weekly from New York banks
to Yonkers factories.
They added that the robbers had
chosen the right train, but the wrong
day. Nothing of importance was
contained in the stolen pouch, they
said.
The robbers swooped down on the
train-a New York Central Railroad
(See ROBBERY, Page A-50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
By ROBERT BRUSKXN.

Congress today gave President
Roosevelt final authority to order
into active military service for one
year 100000 National Guardsmen
Reserve officers and enlisted Re-
servistS.
The Senate acted speedily on a
conference report approved by the
House yesterday and sent the meas
ure to the White House for Mr..
Roosevelt's signature.
The authorization expires June 80,
1912. but the Army expects to
muster into service 100000 of the
2420 National Guardsmen by jan
uary l. Fewer than 10000 of the
116 900 Reserve officers are expected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Execution Stoy Granted
To 2 !. R. A. Suspects
BY the Associated Press.

DUBLIN, Aug. 23-Justice Gavin
Duffy today signed a writ of habeas
corpus granting last-minute stay
of execution for Patrick McGrath
and Thomas Green, Irish Republican
Army suspects, sentenced to death
by a military court for the murder
of a detective.
The application for the writ con-
tended the military court which
sentenced the men to be executed
by a firing squad was unconstitu-
tional. A hearing on the writ was
set for Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Mcintyre to Leave
For Capital Today
b. the Associated Press.

BIZ the AsSociAted PfeSS
ASHEVILLE, N. c., Aug. 23.-
Marvin H. Mcintyre. one Of Presi.
dent Roosevelt's secretaries, who has
lived here for the last Is months
while recuperating from serious
illness, expected to leave late today
for Washington.
Mr.. Mcintyre said his condition
had improved so much that he had
decided to return to the Capital and
continue his couvalesceucs there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
9Army Men Die
As Bomb.Laden
Plane Crashes
Storm Disaster Near
Denver Accompanied
By an Explosion
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, Aug 23.-Two officers
and seven enlisted men were killed
in the crash and explosion of a
loaded Army bombing plane on a
bombing range % miles southeast of
Denver last night
Field officers estimated the plane
carried 1000 pounds of bombs. Mai.
A. L. Jewett, post adjutant at Dem
ver's Lowry Field, the bomber's base,
and other investigators said the
craft probably either was struck by
lightning or caught in a terrific
down-draft.
Flares dropped early today from
a searching ship located the wreck
age after the bomber had failed to
return from routine bombing prac-
tice assignment.
A severe electrical storm occurred
east and southeast of the city last
night. Scene of the crash, SOUTH
east of Watkins, is a fiat, dry
prairie country creased by gullies
formed by swift runoff of OCCASION
ally heavy rains. A few abandoned
ranch houses dot the area.
The plane, two-motored BIB
Douglas, and another ship took of
on the assignment at 7 pm. the &C
companying ship returning to Lowry
Field four hours later
The Victims.
The dead:
Second 1t. Wilbur A. Champagne,
Denver. pilot.
Second 1t Robert p Schmidtchen,
Air Corps Reserve, Valley Stream,
Long Island, N. Y, co-pilot
Staff Sergt. William McDearman,
Lebanon, Tenn.
Staff sergt. Clarence L. Hobbs,
Irving, Tex.
Sergt. Truman Fraser, McCrory,
Ark.
Sergt. Roy C. Adkins, Swift City,
Ind
Pvt. Claud E. Hutchinson, Denver.
Pvt. Charles E. Kelly, Texarkana,
Ark, radio operator
Pvt Weldon Bryson. Deport. Tex.
Plane. Occupants Blown to Bits.
The plane was demolished, its
motors and parts widely scattered.
All the occupants had been blown
to bits by the explosion, and parts
of bodies were found hundreds of
feet from the wreckage.
Maj. Leo H. Dawson, Lowry Field
operations officer, said the planes
gasoline tanks, containing approx
imately 800 gallons of fuel. apparent
ly had exploded when it crashed.
Fifteen unexploded practice"
bombs. loaded with small quantities
around the wreckage by the search
ing party.
Had Released Two Bombs.
Officers of the accompanying plane
said the first ship released two
bombs before it disappeared in a
storm cloud.
Soon after, Maj. Dawson said, the
missing plane radioed that it had
lost sight of its sister ship. That
was the last word from it.
The victims we're attached to
the 37th Medium Bombardment
Squadron, which was moved to
Lowry Field early in July from
Barksdale Field, near Shreveport, La
The squadron is scheduled for
later transfer to a new Army air
base now under construction at
Anchorage, Alaska.
An Investigation Board of Mals
Dawson. Arnold Rich and Harold
Engler was appointed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Area Around Calais
SheI|ed by British,
Germans Declare
15,000-Ton Vessel Sunk
By Four Bombs, Nozi
News Agency Reports
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN. Aug. 23.-DNB, official
German news agency, reported to-
day that British long-range guns
shelled the region around the Nazi-
held French port of Calais yesterday.
The agency claimed no damage was
done.
Authoritative British circles
said a few rounds had been fired
in answer to the German Smelling
of the Dover coast area, but
would not disclose whether they
were from land or naval bat
teries.)
DNB also said a German Junkers
plane had sunk IS 600 ton merchant
ship by dropping four bombs on its
deck as it was entering Moray Firth,
Scotland.
DNB said that the ship was in
convoy and that the raid was car
ried out in moonlight. The agency
said another raid started fires in
a plane parts factory at Luton,
northwest of London. So bright were
the flames, Germans said, that they
gave the location to other bombers,
which destroyed the plant.
British Planes Claimed.
Germans reported their air raiders
yesterday shot down II British war
planes, against the loss of three of
their own, despite bad weather
hampering air activity.
Air patrols over the Channel,
these sources added. dispersed a
British convoy near Dover and
badly damaged two merchantmen
with bomb hits. Effective bomb
ings of several British airports also
were reported.
DNB said the German bag in
cluded seven Spitfire fighter planes
shot down over the South England
coast by Nazi pursuit patrols in
the course of the evening.
The high command mentioned
specifically air attack on the Man
ston Airport and night forays on
other bases in Cornwall and Wales
as we'll as an airplane factory and
a motor plant in Rochester. 1t
said fires and explosions followed
the bombardment.
Channel Control Claimed.
Germany claimed "a weapon to
control the English Channel" today
in batteries of long-range guns set
up along the conquered French
Coast. Nazi military sources have
said they have guns which can
shell London, 80 miles from the
French Coast.
Authoritative sources made no
mention of an artillery attack on
British convoy yesterday, as was re-
ported in London, but insisted the
big guns merely were shooting at
targets" Nor was there any inn
mediate mention of last nights
Smelling of Dover, as reported from
England.
"Range-finding and practice she'll
ing" said the well-informed COM
mentary Dienst aus Deutschland,
was proof that emplacement of the
coastal batteries was complete and
that their force shortly can make
itself felt"
Bristol Channel Mined.
At the same time, military in
formants pointed to the threaten
ing proportions" of another part of
the counter blockade of Britain,
mines laid by Nazi planes in Bristol
Channel, one of the chief water
gateways to England from the west.
They described mining of the
channel and extensive destruction"
to Bristol Channel harbors as "a
perilous blow to Britain's supplies
of raw materials and foodstuffs"
On the defensive side, Berlin au-
(See BERLIN, Page A-4)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Eleven Sufe After Crash

BERLIN, Aug. % ([41 via radio) -
Eleven persons, reported last night
as killed in the crash of a Yugoslav
commercial plane in the Karst
Mountains, between Zagreb and
Spalato, were discovered uninjured
today, the Berlin radio announced.
Details were lacking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Porkino Meters for Frederick

FREDERICK. Md. Aug. 70 I'll H.
Motorists are going to have .ii 81
with parking meters after weeaS ~
debate on them. The BOARD "
Aldermen authorized their lnstaiia
ton on q six-month trial basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
British Bomb Holland;
10 Are Reported Killed
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23.-Au-
thoritieS said today that first reports
indicated Is persons had been killed
by British bombers in the Neither
lands early today.
Ten were killed, these sources said,
In Rotterdam; civilians killed. 20
wounded and 80 dwellings wrecked
at a town in the East Netherlands
Anti-aircraft was declared to have
driven the raiders from Amsterdam.
Unexploded bombs were said to have
injured Is in another town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
20 Are Reported Killed
In Rumuniun Air Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Aug. %.
"A passenger plane en- route from
Bucharest to the Leipzig Germany
Fair crashed in storm near Turnu
SEVERN, Rumania, today.
Reports said the II passengers and
three members of the crew all were
killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Air, Naval War RACES.


The comment of the high Fascist
source was made as fierce give
and-take air and naval war ragec
from the Eastern Mediterranean tt
the shores of the Indian Ocean.
An intense bombardment OF 9
British convoy escorted by two de.
stroyers was carried out by italian
planes in the Eastern Mediter-
ranean, an Italian communique
said, and Alexandria, Britain's ma
(The British reported a low
flying attack on Italian warShips
anchored in Bomba roadstead off
the Libyan coast destroyed two
submarines, a destroyer and a
submarine depot ship, and that
bombs falling among airplanes,
trucks and other vehicles gathered
near Derna, nearby caused great
damageD
Relations between Greece and
Italy, grown taut since the italian
press and radio accused Greeks of
the decapitation of an Albanian
patriot" Daut Hoggia, on Italian
conquered Albanian soil, were drawn
tighter today by rumors concerning
British intentions.
Border Closing Charged.
The Albanian newspaper, Tomori,
reported that Greece had virtually
closed the mountainous frontier
with Albania, preventing Albanians
from crossing into Greece to work
their land, and charged the Greeks
with new grievances
Corfu, which Britain was rumored
to be about to occupy, is a Greek
island at the entrance to the Adri-
attic Sea which Italy bombarded and
occupied for a month in 1927, with
drawing only when an indemnity
was paid for the assassination of
an italian official engaged in delim-
iting the Greek Albanian border.
1t is opposite the Ciamuria district
of Greek Epirus which the Italian
press has asserted should be included
under the italian crown with Al
bania.
Crete of Key Value.
Crete, 10 miles off the Greek MAIN
land and less than 200 miles from
the Libyan coast, would be of key
value to Britain in maintaining
her line of communications through
the Eastern Mediterranean with
Turkey, and in defending Palestine
the Mosul oil field outlets, her bases
(See ROME. Page A-4)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Page. Page
Amusements, Radio B-1O
B-4-5 Serial Story B-6
Comics BIOL Society ----B.3
Editorials -A-10 Sports,
Finance ALI A-13-14-15-16
Lost, Found B-6 Woman's Page,
Obituary ---A-12 b.
Foreign
Greek invasion warning given by
high Fascist. Page Al
British shell Nazi batteries along
Channel. Page Al
Argentine Deputy involved in scandal
dies of wound Page Al
Inhabitants evacuate as Dover be-
comes front line city. Page Al
Germany declared paying for war
as she goes. Page A
Slayer of Trotsky and Brooklyn wom-
an closely guarded. Page AS
Cardinal Coma y Tomas, Primate Of
Spain, dies. Page ALL
NotionoI
Glass opposes draft delay as fill
buster Is charged. Page Al
Nine feared dead as Army bomber
crashes In drill. Page Al
Ban on employers solicitation Of
campaign funds urged Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23

New board to discuss hemisphere de-
tense problems. Page As
Knudsen urges plane production lin
tied to few types. Page A
Washington and Vicinity
Summers declines to start represen-
tation petition. Page AS
Mrs. Walcott, widow of former head
OF Smithsonian, dies. Page A-12
Maryland w. P. A. speeds defense
projects. Page B-1
Editorial and Comment
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Letters to The Star. Page Ale
This and That. Page A-1O
Constantine Brown. Page ALL
David Lawrence. Page ALL
Als0p and Kintner. Page ALI
Frederic william Vile. Page ALL
Lemuel F. Parton. Page Ali
Miscellany g.
Natures Children. Page B-4
Service Orders. Page B-4
City News in Brief. Page B-4
Bedtime Story. Page Bio
Letter-Out. Page Bile
Cross Word Puzzle. Page Bill
Winning Contract. Page Bill
Uncle Rays Corner. Page Bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Invasion Of Greece
Threatened in Rome
# British Take Isles
Fierce Aerial and Naval
War Roees From Indian
Ocean to Mediterranean


ROME, Aug. 23.-A clear warning
that Italy will invade Greece If
the British occupy strategic Greek
islands was sounded by high Fas-
cist source today.
Italy is not going to let the Brit
ish occupy any Greek islands. If
the British move into Greece we
will do the same" this source de-
clared in response to rumors that
Britain is considering occupation OF
the Islands of Crete and Corfu.
British Foreign Office quar-
tiers said Britain intends to stand
by her guarantee of Greek in
dependence. given April Is. 1899,
if Greece resists any invasion,
and that a report of a CONVERSE
ton yesterday between the Brit
ish Minister and Greek Pre-
mier John Metaxas was being
aWaited.) ....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23

(See BERLIN, Page A-40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23

(See ROME, Page A-40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23

(See LONDON, Page A-5)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy, continued cool tonight:
tomorrow cloudy, slightly cooler: gentle
north winds. Temperatures today
Highest, 81, at pm; lowest, 81, at
Sam.
From the United States Weather Bureau report.
Full details on Page Az.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23

(See CONSUMPTION, Page A-30
La gaceta., 1940-10-04

to de perecer tambien entire las
llamas.
Jacinto lie salvo de una muer-
te segura, sacandole en- brazos
del brasero, privade de sentido
y con algunas quemaduras que
agravaron conSiderablemente
su herida.
La sonora quedaba arriba, en-
cerrada en- las habitaciones del
|piso principal del hotel, que va
ardia 10 mismo que una tea.
Era fnGtil intentar salvarla
va habria muerto.
Pero. de pronto, parte del edi-
ficio Sc vino abajo con estrepi-
to-; y entire les escombroS CO.
mo vomitados por la hoguera, a.
parecieron los cuerpos de Maria
de las Moves y de aquel senior
que habia venido a la casa aque
LA mahana, sin que nadie Sc ex-
please su aetitud, horas antes
del asalto de los indios...
La gaceta., 1940-10-04
Bnseripci6n semanal: 20 c
ISes Ia. Ave-, YbOr City, Fls,
TelsfoaO Y 1882
OEPORTES
PE1EARAN HOY HENRI
ARMSTRONG Y Ell VETE-
RANO ZIVIC
I'm Combate a IS Asaltos

New York, oct. 4.-El cam
poem mndial de las lat libras,
negrito Henry Armstrong, de
California, Sc batira en- la noche
de hoy, a Is asaltos, con ell vete-
rano Fritzie Vivic, de Pitts
burgh. La pelea tendra lugar en-
la Madison Square Garden y 81
Zivic obtiene la victoria pasara
a ser ell campeon mundial de-
peso welter.
Los dos pGgiles, examinadoS
por ell DR.. William Walker, 81
italian en- perfectas condicione:
para la acci6n. Henry pesarf
146 libras y su rival HAN. Hi
20 ell campe6n sus dltimos ejer
cicios en- el gimnasio de Still
man. boxeando frente a Randy
Brown y Benny Cartageno. Coz
Zivic, en- Ell Pioneer, boxearor
Ernie Robinson y John Henri!
Thomas.
Las apuestas Sc hallan a ia
vor del campe6n.
La gaceta., 1940-10-04
LOS ESPARTANOS PRACTI-
% CARON ANOCHE
Ell PGrtido del SGbGdo
CON los CGimGnes

Bajo los potentes focos cleo
tricos, zen Phillips Field, practi-
caror anoche, vigilados de GER
ca por Nash Higgins y Pierson,
los animosos Espartanos de la
Universidad de Tampa.
Saben los muchachos que les
espera una noche de dura prue-
ba, el sabado; pero tienen la in
tenci6n de hacer con los Caima-
mes 10 que va tuvieron Ell gusto
de rsalizar con les Sombrereros
de Stetson.
Cuanldo los ejerciciesi termi-
naron, Mash Higgins, que no a.
eostumbra a decir todo 10 que
piensa, declares EstamOs listos
para la acci6n. Ye dude que Vic
Hatch y Milan Buchan, los las
timados, puedan jugar contra el
"once" de Gainesville.
Mush Battista, una de las es.
trellas de los Caimanes, pareee
estar en- perfeetas condolences.
Actuaran en- la batalla los 81
guientes o~ficiales: WEIGH, refe-
rec; Bukhalter. umpire; Brown,
jefe de Inca, y Wood, juez de
campo.