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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
$500 Service Flyers
Supplied by c. A. A.

By the Associated Press.
The Army and Navy have drawn
more than $500 fledgling air fighters
from the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority's civilian pilots training pro-
gram, Secretary of Commerce Jones
said yesterday.
Army air schools have received
1885, and the Navy 70l.
The C. A. A. pilot training pro-
gram, enlarged and altered last June
to create a reservoir of citizen flyers
on which the armed forces might
draw, will graduate approximately
$4,000 students in February who
began training at the beginning Of
the school year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
Children S Hospital
Tomorrow Marks
lis 10Th Anniversary
10Th Year of Miss Gibson :
Superintendeney Also
To Be Celebrated

The 10th anniversary of the found
ing Of Children's Hospital and the
Goth anniversary of the superin-
tendency there of Miss Matte NJ.
Gibson will becelebrated tomorrow
afternoon at the institution.
The occasion will be the annual
meeting of the corporate members
of the Children's Hospital, which
will be called to order at pm.
Charles D. Drayton, president of
the Board of Directors, will preside.
In announcing plans for the cele-
bration, he declared that "as a re-
suit of Miss Gibson's brilliant work
and loyal devotion, this hospital
has become one of the most impor-
tant children's hospitals in America. "
Mr.. Drayton will deliver his an
nual address. DR.. Joseph S. Wall,
chief Of the medical staff, will pre-
sent report for the staff. Miss
Gibson will speak as superintendent,
and there will be reports by Mrs.
William J. Father. jr., president
of the Ladies Board; representa-
tives of the Junior League. Child
Welfare Society and others.
A motion picture will be shown
illustrating the work of the hospital.
and the entire program, it is an
nounced, will last about one hour
Visitors will be welcome from 2
pm. to pm. to the various wards
and departments of the hospital,
and ushers will be in attendance
At S O'Clock an informal reception
will be held and tea served in the
recreation room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
Army Construction Increases
Union Rolls by Thousands
Carpenters Membership Is Up $4,000,
Treasury at Least 81 100000 More

If the applicant obtains the union
permit (by paying down s25 of his
$50 initiation fee) and is hired, he
is placed under a veteran foreman.
The foreman has instructions from
the contractor to observe the new
conner closely. Thus, if he is in
competent he is discharged i'm
mediately and the Government pays
only for few hours work. William
F. Torreyson, secretary of the Car
penters District Council, said yes
terday that all carpenters who fail
to qualify before they have earned
in excess of the first $25 paid the
union have it refunded.
The test plan was arranged by the
contractor, the Charles H. Tomp-
kins Co., Washington, the WASH
ingJon local of the union, and the
Army officers supervising the prof.
ect, Majs. c. F. Gee and Oliver F.
w. Cromwell, The contractor re-
ports only 80 carpenters have been
dismissed for incompetence during
the past month. At Fort Meade,
where carpenters are accepted on
a three-day probation plan, union
officials and contractors yesterday
declared about 1000 had been fired
for inefficiency. Some who fail to
qualify as carpenters at Belvoir are
accepted as laborers after agreeing
to pay an initiation fee of S23 from
their earnings on the instalment plan
to the International Hold Carriers
Building and Common Laborers
Union. More than $500 laborers are
employed on the $7,00O,0O0 project.
Under Baltimore Jurisdiction.
Hiring at Fort Meade, under the
jurisdiction of the Baltimore local
carpenters union, up to 10 days ago
involved no questions of experience
by the contractor. The accepted ap-
plicant went across a road from the
employment Office to newly built
shack on nearby farm used as the
union Offices. There he was asked
how much experience he had in the
trade and his word was accepted BY
agreeing to pay the initiation fee of
SIS within 80 days he was given a
work permit.
The hree-day probation period as
sured him of at least $50 pay, if he
was kept that long. Mr.. Blumen-
berg said in some cases men were
not fired for over a week at Fort
Meade and they, therefore, had
paid the first installment of S23 so
to the union. In about two dozen
cases." he said, refunds were Or
dered.
Pay Scales Lower at Meade.
At Meade, carpenters receive SIPS
an hour $50 a week.. At Belvoir
they receive $162l2 1865 a week..
In addition workers at both places
are granted half for
overtime and doubletime for holi-
day work.
Laborers at Fort Meade about
1000 of them receive 62la cents an
hour while at Belvoir they get 80
cents. Electricians get S180 at Bel
voir but only s1.371a at Meade
Plumbers get sl.37l2 at Meade and
sl65 at Belvoir.
The scale was fixed on the basis
of the prevailing wage in those To-
calities by the Labor and War De-
partments. -.., ...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
Star Adds Twelve Symphonies
To Opera Records Offer
Ten Masterpieces Released Lost Year
Available Again, With Two New Ones

Acceding to deluge of requests
received from music lovers in and
outside Of Washington, The Star to-
day announces plans to widen its
current music appreciation offer to
include the 10 symphonic MASTER
pieces made available last year and
two additional symphonic works.
Beginning at 9 am. tomorrow,
recordings of these symphonic COM
positions will be available for dis
tribution at the special booths in
the lobby of The Star Building,
along with the operate recordings
included in the present series.
Complete details of this supple
mental offer may be found in an
nouncement on Page AS in today's
Star. 'S
The Symphony List.
Here is a list of the 10 master
pieces which The Star is to make
available for the second time:
Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B
minor" tthe "UnfinishedD.
Tschaikowsky's symphony No. 4
in F Major"
Beethoven's Symphony No, 5 In
G Minor"
Mozart's symphony No. 40 in G
Minor"
Bach's "Brandenburg Concertos
Nos 2 and g."
Wagners preludes to Die Meister-
singer" and "Parsifal"
Debussy's Afternoon of a Faun. !"
Clouds" and Festivals.
Haydn's Symphony No. 80 in e
Flat Major"
Brahms symphony No. in D
Major"
Franck's Symphony in D. Minor :"
In addition to these, The Star will
offer two recent symphonic re-
leases-Tschaikowsky's "Nutcracker
Suite" and Beethoven's Symphony
No. in F Major"
Since the close of last years IN
precedented and highly successful
campaign and during the current
opera appreciation program. The
Star has received hundreds of in
quiries from music lovers who missed
out on the symphonic recordings.
Made by Outstanding Orchestras.
In response to the many requests,
The Star made arrangements to
offer again the symphonic works
covered in last years program, plus
the two additional ones, for the ben
eft of those who did not obtain the
recordings last year and for others
who may wish to make replace
ments. These records were made In
the United States by outstanding
symphony orchestras under the d.
rection of famous conductors.
Release of another of the IL operas
featured in the present series
marked the beginning of the tenth
week of the campaign. The newest
offering, ninth since the program
was launched, is Ruggiero Leonca-
vallo's "Pagliacci.'
The eight previous releases, which
will continue to be available, are
Bizet's Carmen" Gounod's Faust"
Verdi's aida" ''Rigoletto" and La
Traviata";; Puccini's Madame But
terfly" and La Boheme," and Wag-
ner's "Tannhauser
Radio listeners will have an OPP
portunity to hear the recordings of
"Pagliacci,' during half-hour pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01

campaigns, are Senators Miller Of
Arkansas and Hill of Alabama,
Democrats; Reed Of Kansas and
Tobey of New Hampshire, Repub-
icans.
Senator Gillette entered politics
as a prosecuting attorney in Chero-
kee County, Iowa, in 1907. Prior
to the first World War he served in
the State Legislature and during the
war was captain of infantry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
PART FIVE.
Exercises to Close
Home Hygiene Glass
Inc SUNDAY StdT, Dec,
PART ONE.

The home hygiene class of the
District Chapter, American Red
Cross, will close the afternoon Of
December with exercises, a DEM
onstration of the work learned by
the class and award Of Red Cross
certificates to graduates.
The present class includes women
who are natives of Russia, Germany,
Thailand, Italy, Austria, Mexico,
Honduras and Salvador.
The class has been meeting In
the chapter house. 1870 3 street
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
Opero Broudcusts

Through the cooperation OF
the National Broadcasting Co.,
The Star Is presenting over
WMAL each weekday morning
excerpts from the operate re-
cordings featured in the opera
appreciation campaign. The
program on which the record
ings are heard. "Today's Prel-
ude," is scheduled daily except
Sundays, from 6 to Z am. The
Stars recordings may be heard
between Gas and 7 o'clock.
The recordings already re-
leasedsin the campaign may be
obtained at the special distribu-
ton booths In the lobby Of The
Star Building each weekday
from 8 am. to 6 pm. The
booths are closed on Sundays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01

gram to be presented at 10 am.
today over WMAL.
This opera also will be heard to-
morrow during another in a series
of special school broadcasts con-
Quoted by DR.. Edwin N. G. Barnes,
head of the Music Department in
the white schools. The broadcast is
scheduled for 2:30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
Movie Bombed, Crowd
Sticks Until Told
Mystery Solution
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 30.-A bomb
blew out the electric supply of
a London theater last night
while the audience was sitting
on the edge of the seats watch
ing a murder mystery thriller.
The manager got up on the
stage and told the audience the
rest of the movie could not be
shown.
The audience refused to 60
home until he told them who
had committed the murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
Berqmun Speoks Tomorrow

Arthur Dutch Bergman, ath-
letic director at Catholic University,
will be the principal speaker at
the December meeting of the Notre
Dame Club of Washington in the
colony room of the Ambassador Ho-
tel at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
Only One IPogJiocc1
LeoncovoIIo Never Was Able to Repeot
With Another Operu of Its CoIiber

(Thts Is the seventh OF a series
OF articles by The Star music
critic on the ~ operas featured
In recordings being offered Tn The
Stars neD music appreciation
program. Subsequent articles in
the series tDill be published CO.
incident ,Dith the release OF the
other recordings
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23
Draft Rules Fixed
As Registration
Date Approaches

HYDE PARK, N. Y. Sept. %.
tUP1-IfNesident Roosevelt today
formally set up the machinery un-
der which l6,500,000 American men
on october l6 will register for serv-
ice in the greatest peace-time de-
fense force in United States his
tory.
The president signed an executive
order which fixed the rules and
regulations under which the first
time draft in history will be
organized. Only men between 81 and
36 in continental United States
are affected. Men in the draft age
residing in territorial United States
will register on a date to be fixed
later.
Some time this week Mr.. Roose-
welt will complete the set-up for
organization of conscript army
by sending the senate a nomina-
ton of an administrator of the
selective service act. White House
attaches offered no hint as to whom
might be selected but speculation
centered around Maj Gen. Allen
Cullion, judge advocate general of
the army, and Lieut.. Col Lewis B.
Hershey, army man who has or
ganized the preliminary machinery
for the draft.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23
British Garry War
To Germany Along
West Africa Coast

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that Japan had permission to land
5000 troops and set up three air
bases. 1t was not made clear what
naval facilities had been provided.
Landing of japanese troops at
Haiphong, the port of Hanoi, started
Immediately. French officials said
that the japanese had given Ger
tain guarantees" in return for the
military rights.
1t appeared that Indo-China might
soon become a battlefield. Chung
king reported that Chinese troops
were prepared for immediate action
to meet the Japanese ul Indo-Cln-
nese soil.
The developments held the pos
sibility of widespread repercussions
The United States had emphasized
to Japan its interest in mainten-
ance of the status quo" in Indo-
China. Informal discussions between
the United States and Great Britain
looking to use of the great Singa-
pore naval base by the U. S. fleet
have been reported going forward
Word came from Tsingtao today
that the US.S. Augusta, flagship
of the U. S Asiatic fleet, was going
to Singapore shortly for repairs"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23
Boiler Kid Wife
Become Parents Of
3 Pound DAUGHTER

CHICAGO, Sept. %. tUP)-There
was new member in the family OF
Fred B. Snite, jr., the Boiler Kid"
today-an eight pound, six ounce
baby daughter.
The baby was born to the young
infantile paralysis victim and his
pretty wife yesterday at Chicago
Lying-in hospital and attendants
said both the child and the mother
were doing fine" after the Caesar
ian section delivery.
Snite received word of the birth
at the suburban River Forest home
of his father, wealthy loan COM
pany executive, where he was con-
fined to the huge "boiler"-the res
pirator on wheels in which he has
spent most of his time during the
last four years. He said he was too
excited for words" and grinned
sheepishly as he puffed one of the
cigars his father passed out.
Fred hoped to go to the hospital
today to visit his wife, the former
Teresa Larkin of Dayton, O., and
his daughter and perhaps confer
with 'TeSsie" on a name for the
child. Relatives said the child prob
ably would be named Teresa. but
Snite said only that it "sort of look.
ike she would be nicknamed Pin
ky.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23
Bruised Abductor
Examined by FBI
In Mattson Case
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managed by Cecil Wetzel, near Pine
River.
How the hell do you get out of
here?n the kidnaper asked when
he was accosted by Wetzel and his
assistant, Ellis Woods.
"Where'd you get that baby?"
Wetzel asked.
Muhlenbroich reached for one of
his two guns.
Ignoring the gun. Wetzel pum-
meled him to the ground and tied
his hands and feet. Then he and
Woods tossed him into the tonneau
of the stolen car and drove him and
the wide-eyed baby to the summer
camp and general store of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Breitenbach.
While a score OF vacationists
watched. Wetzel and Wood handed
the baby over to the motherly Mrs.
Breitenbach and started their cap
tive walking toward a vacant cabin.
The kidnaper tried break for
freedom.
The 220-pound Wetzel, a former
football player, knocked him down
with a sledge-hammer blow of his
fist Blood gushed from the kid
naper's skull. Bystanders hauled
Muhlenbroich into the cabin and
trussed him on a bed, while Wetzel
called the FBI.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23
National Legion
Convention Opens

BOSTON, Sept. 90 (UP)-Presi-
dent Roosevelt told the American
Legion in a message read at the
opening of its 22nd national con-
vention today that the spiritual re-
sources which the Legion fosters
are imperative factors in the
strength and peace of our nation.
The President warned that the
conflict abroad whether we like
it or not constitutes a threat
against the peace of the entire
world"
Naional Commander Raymond J
Kelly in tht keynote address told
the delegates theirs was an all i'm
portant role lin crystalizing the
will and opinion of our fellow citi-
zens TO the end that America may
be united in a common effort for
the common good
j. Edgar Hoover, director of the
federal bureau of investigation, en-
listed the nations 1,060000 Ameri-
can Legionnaires as aides to his
G-men in a counter offensive
against fifth columnistS,
Railways, highways and skyways
brought more and more Legion
naires. relatives and friends to swell
a guest list expected to exceed
100000. Hotels throughout the dec
GRATED city were packed.
The most Rev. Francis j. SPELL
man. Catholic archbishop of New
York. told 10000 persons at es-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23
Survivors Recount
Horror Of Refugee
Ship Torpedoing

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bodies of dead babies thrown about
by the angry sea. They told how
their lifeboats capsized and they
clung to the upturned boats. They
told how women and children died
as the boats fought through the
storm, and how of the 80 people in
one boat, eight were living when
the rescue Warship arrived. Four
of these were children. of whom two
died aboard the warship.
A London publisher held a dead
baby girl in his arms for hours and
pretended to feed it from its nursing
bottle, so its mother would, think
it living. She and her son of IA dice
in the lifeboat and like scores of
others their bodies were put over
board, after brief muttered prayer,
with that of the baby.
OF eight persons who clung to the
keel of one overturned boat, six
numbed by cold and exposure, Slip
ped off to drown as the hours pass
ed A young sailor and a 10 year
old girl remained. Twice the sailor
managed to drag the girl back when
she slipped off. The third time the
waves washed her too far for the
exhausted seaman to reach her.
There were two outstanding heroes
Francis Raskay, Hungarian
newspaperman, and E. A. Bowling,
an Australian. Before he left the
ship, with which the captain re-
mained to the last, Bowling ran
down into burning cabins to bring
women and children to deck Then
diving from lifeboats again and
again, he and Raskay saved many
children who had been thrown into
the water.
When the survivors arrived here
yesterday most of them were in
night clothing. All were at the
point of exhaustion and needed
medical care.
Despite the horror, there was the
story that has been told of each
such disaster in the war, of the
bravery of the smallest children
and the oldest women as well as
the others.
In at least one boat men, women
and children, some of them later to
die OF exposure, sang "Rule, Brit
tania".
Everybody aboard was magnifi-
cent said w. B. Forsyth, of Lon
don. The children obeyed every
order. The boats were tossed about
ike corks and the seas washed over
us continually. Rain and hail mixed
WIFI the spray. Of the 80 aboard
our boat, the weaker dropped one
by one into inconsistencies and
then died. I had the task of buryine
them. I recited as much of the bur-
lal service as could remember be-
lore we put them over the side.
Eight of us were left when the war
snip arrived, and two of the four
children died aboard the warship.
l buried "a men. women and chill
dren.'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23
Norman Adair Wins
Grand Aggregate
AtPisto| Shoot

Norman Adair of Yuma took the
grand aggregate trophy at Sundays
shoot in FL Centre at the first
fall competition of the Desert Pistol
club.
His score was 759. Dee Keesee of
FL Centro was second and Bob Tack
EFT third with scores of TAO each
Other trophies went to Jim Baxter
of Calexico in the slow fire match.
Keesee on the national course, and
Bob Tackett on the police course.
In the B class Tillman Daley had
a score of 678, DR.. R. l.. Secord Sec
ond with 665, and r. O. Smith third
with 663. In the C class D. Vert Won
with a score of 572.
Glass A high score on the %
match went to Fuzzy Davis, 724;
Mrs. Wiess, TO. won second, and
E. Russell, 704, won third Bob Holt
was first in the B class with 652
and E. w. Stauch, COL, second. In
class c Charles Smith was first
with SITS and Herb Baskins second
with 545.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23
Water Creeping
Across Desert
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end surveyed the site and offered
their help. The parking lot will bN
wet down to prevent dust, as will
a space of several thousand square
feet where the Holtville grandstand
will be placed Band music, speeches
and special entertainment will be
held there when the water is turned
in.
Hopes rose that distinguished
visitors will be present for the
realization of Imperial Valleys
grandest dream. Although Senator
Hiram johnson said he regretted
he would be unable to attend on
Oct. 5-the first date set-Kipf
said he was hopeful the later date
might prove more convenient for
the statesman.
Five hundred feet of water had
been turned into the All American
canal at Imperial dam Monday and
the water was reported to have
reached a point 25 miles west OF
Pilot Knob The water was being
held up at each check gate and
permitted to move down only grad
ually.
Chances are that water will ac-
tually reach the Eastside highline
turnout several days in advance
of the date for the celebration, but
the extra few days will permit the
Bureau of Reclamation to give close
scrutiny to the effect upon the
eastern end of the canal as well
as store up supply behind the
highline check gate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23
Countess SmiIinu,
Radiant as Child
Comes Home Again
BY HELEN CIVELLI


HILLSBOROUGH. Calf, Sept. %.
tUP)-The Countess Jane de Tristan
ran down the brick path from her
home last night. radiant. her eyes
shining, her lips firm but smiling
to clasp her only child, three year
old Marc. jr. in her arms.
The child, rescued from kidnaper
by two woodsmen in the Sierra
Nevada foothills. was arriving home
in a car with his father Count
Marc de Tristan.
There was a constant Surging and
elatter from the more than 1000
persons gathered on the lawn.
As the countess ran from the
house, those of us on the terrace
heard the cry:
Here he comes
The car swept up to the entrance
and cheers arose from the crowd
The countess seized the baby in
her arms and closed her eyes.
Then the count took the boy and
dashed into the house, his wife at
his side.
Little Marc looked we'll but be-
wildered by the flashing bulbs and
the glare of news reel camera
flares.
He wore a blue sweater over his
red and white sunsuit and someone
haa encased his chubby legs in a
pair of mems red wool socks.
Once inside. he was taken up
n To ho
doctor who had been summoned. He
was given a glass of water which
he slipped slowly. and then little
soup. He wasn't very hungry,
That. we learned, was because he
had been given good deal of fruit
juice by his captor. His diet OBJ
viously had been planned ahead of
time and consisted largely of can
ned fruits and vegetables which
the kidnaper had stored in his car.
Then the countess held a press
conference in the library.
Tiny, and obviously near the
breaking point, she sat on a sofa.
A cigaret trembled in her hand
and several times she closed her
eyes while she sought to control
her voice.
Il was so afraid" she said, 'that
it wasn't really Marc when they
told us he had been found. could
mt believe it until I saw him.
But now I'm SO happy-I can't
tell you how happy. and so grateful.
The papers have been wonderful
wonderful"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23

planade services last night that the
only road to peace, the high-road
to democracy" is the road back
to Christ and his teachings
Addressing Legionnaires at Holy
Cross cathedral, William Cardinal
OConnell, archbishop of Boston,
called on Legionnaires to speak
out" and in Gods name, Danish
war hysteria." He suggested that
those who wanted to save the
world, start at home with cru
SADIE to preserve the American
family and to protect public NOR
ality by eliminating degrading ele-
ments from movies and other a
muSementS.'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-23
Hatch Says Army
Subject TO Act

WASHINGTON. Sept. %. up
Sen. Carl Hatch, D. N. NJ, de-
clared today that members of the
regular army and of the national
guard units called into active serv-
ice are subject to the purity in
politics" act bearing his name This
Interpretation would bar them from
all political activity.
The status of conscripts in re-
lation 10 the act is different and
raises a nice constitutional sues
ton Hatch added.