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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
Dies Shaping Report
On Propaganda Sent
U. 5. By TotaIitarians
Committee Aide Points
To Foet Thut Mail Cost
Is Borne by Taxpayers

The House committee investigat-
ing American activities today
began preparation of a special re-
port which. it was said, would reveal
the extent Of propaganda litera-
ture" sent to this country by Ger
many. Russia and Japan, and dis
tributed through the mail at the
expense of American taxpayers. The
report is expected to be made public
early next week.
Chairman Dies, just before leav-
ing Washington late yesterday on
an extensive speaking tour, asked
the Post Office Department to fur
nish the committee with Informal
ton showing how many lions" Of
the propaganda material arrives in
this country each week for distri-
button through the mail.
At the same time, Mr.. Dies dis
closed that despite his attacks on
Nazi agents in the United States,
his name is on the mailing list of
a German propaganda bureau, and
he regularly receives copies of a
mimeographed pamphlet from Ber-
lin entitled News From Germany"
Mailing List Growing.
Copies of these news reports.
according to information in possess
sion of the committee, are now sent
to about 100000 persons in the
United States and the mailing
list" is being enlarged through APP
peals from the German propaganda
bureau for the names and addresses
of friends of yours" A copy OF
the mailing list was seized recently
in Chicago. The names listed, 1t
was said, are those of persons in all
walks of life in nearly every part of
the country.
Aside from the lease" with which
Hitler is distributing his propaganda
in the United States and the cost
to the American taxpayers, Chair
man Dies. it was said, Is concerned
most of all about the influence 1t
might have on the people who re-
ceive it.
Robert E. STRIPPING, committee
secretary, pointed out that most of
the propaganda literature from
Germany comes into this country
via Siberia and arrives at Seattle
Under an international treaty. he
explained. the Post Office Depart
ment must distribute the literature
free, since Germany makes no
charge for mail sent from the
United States to that country for
delivery.
The irony of the situation, how
ever, is this: Germany, Mr.. Dies
believes, is sending propaganda into
the United States and this country
is not attempting to tell the totah-
tartan powers the advantages of a
democracy.
Seek More Names.
Periodically, those persons in this
country receiving the German prop
uganda, according to data in possess
sion of the committee, receive a
memorandum with the literature,
which reads:
with compliments and best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05

the Marking regime previously had
been published in the Soviet Press
without comment.
Smetanin's statement, Tass de-
clared, was delivered after receipt
of q note from Japanese Vice Min
lister Of Foreign Affairs Chuichi
Ohashi explaining that an article
in the Marking Toxic accord pro-
viding for point defense against
Communism and elimination of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
Policy on China Stands,
Russia Tells Japan

Bv the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Dec. 5.-Soviet Russia
has advised Toxic that her policy
with regard to China" remain.
unchanged by Japanese recognition
of Wang Ching-wei's Marking
regime as the Chinese national
government" Tass, official news
agency, reported today.
Russia maintains diplomatic re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05
THE EVENING THURSDAY DECEMBER s.

wishes. Hoping to be favored with
more addresses of friends of yours"
These memoranda are signed:
"B. P. A.-League for Cultivat-
ing Friendship Abroad, Berlin, w
Is. Fasanenstrasse."
Most of the Russian and Japa-
nese propaganda literature" in pos
session of the committee, it was said,
relates to the economic situation
in these two countries. The Ger
man reports, however. deal almost
exclusively with the progress of the
war from a Nazi viewpoint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05

lations with the Chinese govern.
ment at Chungking and generally
is regarded as an important source
of supply for Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek's armies.
Moscow's attitude was made clear,
Tags said, In a statement handed
to the Japanese Foreign Office yes
terday by Russian Ambassador Con-
stantin Smetanin.
News of Japan's recognition Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05

Communistic elements was mot
directed in any way against the
U. S. S. R."
Ohashi was quoted as saying the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05

article dealt solely with internal
conditions" and does not affect
Japan's desire to adjust her re-
lations with the u. s. S. R."
Evening star., 1940-06-01
u. S. Embassy Clerk, |nterned
By British, Educated Here
Tyler g. Kent, Son of Foreign Service
Ex-Officer, Attended Two D. c. Schools

Tyler G. Kent, 2e-year-old clerk
in the American Embassy in London
who went to school in Washington,
has been discharged and interned by
English authorities under their de-
fense regulations.
officials here withheld any details
of the charges against Kent in order
to protect the interests of this Gov
ernment.
The State Department merely con-
firmed London announcement that
Kent had been under observation, I"
had been discharged from employ
ment by the American Government
and had been interned by order of
the British Home Secretary under
defense regulations.
His detention first was limited at
last week when dispatches from
London reported the arrest of an
employe of the American Embassy
in the British counter espionage
drive.
Kent was the son of former
American Foreign Service officer
and was highly recommended to
the State Department. His mother
is understood to be living in WASH
ington now.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Man, II, Found Shot,;
Another Arrested,
Friend Hunted
Woshingtonion Near
Death in Hospital
Of Head Wound
BULLETIN.

Harvey Fritter, wanted by
police for questioning in connec-
ton with the shooting of William
D. Hennessy, jr., in Mount Rainier,
Nd, early today, was arrested this
afternoon at his apartment, 437
Tenth street NE. He was taken
to the ninth precinct station and
held for Prince Georges County
authorities.
A T-year-old Washington man
was found shot through the head
on Otis street in Mount Rainier,
Md, early today.
While the victim-William D.
Hennessy, jr., of 626 M street S.W.-
lay at the point of death in Cas-
ualty Hospital. Prince Georges
County police searched for a friend
with whom he was seen last night
after arresting a third man they had
joined at nearby Maryland night
club.
Mr. Hennessy was found crumpled
on the sidewalk in front of 1926
Otis street, the home of w. S. Tomp-
kins, a printer with the United
States News. Mr.. Tompkins told
police he was awakened about 4
o'clock by an awful explosion"
Mr. Tompkins discovered the VIC
tim lying near hedge, his head
bleeding profusely.
At Casualty Hospital, doctors said
a preliminary examination showed
that a 30-caliber bullet had been
fired into Mr.. Hennessy's forehead,
(See SHOOTING, Page A-20
Evening star., 1940-06-01

He was born in Newchang, Man
churia, on March "a. 1911. He at
tended st, Adams School here from
1926 to 1929, later attending George
Washington University in 1928
after first attending Princeton Uni
versity and the Sorbonne and the
University of Madrid.
Kent was appointed clerk in
the American Embassy at Moscow
February IL, 1884, remaining there
until he was transferred to London
last September 2l, shortly after
outbreak of the European war. On
cials said that so far as known here
he did not request the transfer to
London.
In announcing Kents arrest in
London today the British Home
Secretary issued the following state
ment to the Associated Press:
In consequence of action taken by
the American Ambassador in CO.
operation with British authorities,
Tyler Kent, a clerk who has heen
dismissed from the employment of
the American Government, has been
under observation and has been de-
tanned by order of the Home Sec
retary."
Evening star., 1940-06-01
1,100 Americans Seek
Passage Home on
Liner Roosevelt
Some War Refugees May
Be Left Behind When
Ship Sails Today
By ]. NORMAN LODGE,

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
GALWAY, Ireland, June NEARLY
100 Americans sought passage
home on the liner President Roose-
welt amid confusion today.
Passengers had their tickets, but
at noon nobody knew whether they
were actually going on board.
There were reports here the liner
Washington would call for passen-
gers left behind because plans to
carry some passengers between decks
were cancelled without explanation
The youngest passenger scheduled
to sail was Elizabeth Ellen Kennedy
of West Orange, N. j., born two
months ago. The child's father, an
English citizen, is staying behind.
The ship arrived off Salt Hill late
last night and took on 600 tons of
fuel and other supplies. While it
waited with steam up, customs
officials searched all baggage. The
only reason for the unusual pro-
cedure was that they were told that
someone was trying to take out
considerable money"
Unofhcially it was explained that
the search was for explosives. The
crew of the President Roosevelt was
not allowed to come ashore and none
but bona f1de passengers were al
lowed on the tender or the liner.
The ship is expected to sail late
tonight under sealed orders.
The liner had extra berth accom-
modations ready and cots were
placed in the public rooms.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
26,OOO French Taken

BERLIN, June (Pl.-Raining more
death on British troops seeking to
withdraw from Flanders, the Ger
man air force today added five
British transports to its list of sink
ings while the Nazi infantry was
reported marching $4,000 French
prisoners back to prison camps
from the blood stained fields around
Lille.
The German high command an
nounced that the resistance CT
French units trapped in Northeast
France had been broken. but ad-
mitted that the difficult terrain
around Dunkerque, rendered worse
by the flooding from canals, was
hindering German action against
that port, the Allies point of with
drawal from Flanders.
Today's high command commu-
nique indicated German offensive
was stirring along all fronts.
1t reported bombing attacks
against Allied troops in a forest
south of Abbeville, near the west
CHI GcIulllluS VI UIlc ScIIIldA 1OI +.
ward line in France, and a sally
against French forces at Lechesne,
on the other end of the line.
An authoritative source said the
high command probably would an
nounce the tabulation of its collec-
ton of guns, war equipment ano
other booty abandoned by the Allies
in Flanders in an all-embracing
communique. The spokesman said
these stores are enormous"
He described British reports of
orderly retreat from Flanders as
bloody irony and shameful Gym
icism."
The Germans reported these
naval successes:
Five British transports bombed
and sunk outside Dunkeruue.
One destroyer and one sub
marine sunk by German torpedo
speedboats.
Three destroyers or cruisers
| (See BERII I'M. pace l-20
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Rush May Delay Sailing
Of Liner From Genoa

GENOA, June (P.-The rush of
Americans eager to quit Italy before
the Mediterranean is bottled up by
possible spread of the war threat.
ened today to delay the sailing of
the liner Manhattan until tomorrow.
officials who had hoped to start
the ship back for the United States
today were handicapped by a jam
of 1900 passengers-almost all of
them Americans.
Some who had to be turned away
offered as high as 81 900 for the 5000
to $400 tickets-without takers.
Offices of United States repre-
sentasives were filled with crowds,
weeping, pleading.
Shipping officials said another
1900 Americans had reservations in
advance to sail on the liner WASH
in1ton-but there was no indication
when It would reach Genoa.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
.Nazis Launch Somme Offensive:
Holding South Bank French Say;
20 Warp|anes Credited to R. A. F.
Gort in England;
Thousands More
Cross Channel

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 1.-Destruction or
serious damage to 10 German war
planes against 10 British losses in
extensive raids over Northern France
was reported by the Air Ministry
today
Yesterdays toll, it said, was 56
Nazi planes at cost of 16 British
craft reported missing. Another IA
German planes were shot down
about dawn today over Dunkerque,
France, with one British plane lost,
the ministry said.
Medium heavy British bombers
attacked German troops, motorized
columns and artillery in forays yes
terday and last night in Flanders,
the ministry reported.
Torpedo Boat Sunk.
1t said naval aircraft also had
sunk a German torpedo boat off the
Belgian coast.
The Air Ministry said the battle
in the skies yesterday ragged un-
ceasingly while the Allied withdrawal
continued. German bombers, pro-
tected by swarms of fighters, came
over hour after hour and. the min
istry said, the Royal Air Force fight
ers "waged relentless war against
them
One announcement said the
prifich n,
five to one at times.
The sound of anti-aircraft guns
and machine-guns was heard off
the southeast coast of England to-
day. German planes were believed
to have been driven off.
The War Office announced today
that Gen. Lord Gort, commander
in-chief of the British Expedition
ary Force, has returned to England.
A War ONCE announcement de-
clared that Lord Gort returned to
England on the orders of the gov
ernment as result of the good
progress in the evacuation of the
B. E. F.. and consequent reductions"
OF the forces in Northern France.
King George vi received Lord
Gort and conferred on him the in
sigma of the Knight of the Grand
Cross of the Order of Bath.
War Council Meets.
While all of London's evening
papers proclaimed the Germans had
lost half a million men in their
attempt to wipe out the B. E. F.,
an official announcement said the
Allied Supreme War Council met
yesterday in Paris and reached full
agreement regarding all measures
which the situation calls for
The official announcement of the
war council meeting said the ses-
sion gave full proof that the Allied
government and peoples are more
than ever implacably resolved to
pursue in the closest possible con-
cord their present struggle until
complete victory is achieved"
Meanwhile thousands more of
British and French troops were ar
irving in England from Flanders.
Gen. Gort was likened by the Brit
ish press to Sir John Moore, hero of
the Peninsular War, who saved his
army from annihilation by Napo-
Icons troops.
r. A. F. Guards Evacuation.
Boatloads of soldiers moved stead
| lily across the Channel. The move
ment was screened by the Royal Air
Force.
Increasing numbers of Gen. Pri-
oux's French troops fought through
lCao 0AIDON a
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Italian Trade Pacts,
Ready for Signing,
Withheld by French
Government Spokesman
Resigned to Prospect Of
Duce's Entrance in War
BY the Associated Press.

bS tHe ASSOCldJeu fTesS
PARIS, June 1.-France decided
today to withhold approval of COM
mercial and economic accords with
italy which were ready for sigma
ture and government spokesmen
seemed resigned to the prospect of
1taly's early entrance into the war.
1t has been said that all prepara-
tions are complete for such an
eventuality.
Something is expected to break
fairly soon," said French spokes-
man.
The decision on the trade accords.
announced at the foreign Office,
reflected the tenseness that has
arisen over 1taly's warlike attitude.
A Ministry of Information spokes-
man had estimated that the ques-
ton of Italy's final decision would
come to a head in the first half Of
June.
Meanwhile, according to French
diplomatic reports, Soviet Russia is
exerting stronger pressure daily
on the Baltic states.
This was represented as providing
a serious worry" for Germany, per-
haps partly offsetting Italy's pro-
German attitude.
The decision on the French-Ital-
ian accords was made as the imme-
diate aftermath of rupture IN
economic and contraband control
negotiations between Great Britain
and Italy, authorized spokesmen
said.
The accords involved are mostly
renewals of previous commitments.
Negotiations had been completed, it
was said, and signatures would have
been affixed in a matter Of days.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
u. 5. NaN's Largest
Batt|eship Launched
Amid Precautions
Walsh Declares Program
Will Protect Nation
From Any Attack
By the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-The
35,000-ton battleship Washington,
first capital ship addition to the
United States feet since 1921. was
launched into the Delaware River
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard to-
day before cheering crowd of
10000.
Wartime restrictions blanketed
the navy yard as the $65. 900 900
battle wagon slid down the ways.
Fifteen-year-old Virginia Mar
shall, great-great-great grand
daughter of Chief Justice John
Marshall, christened the battleship
in honor of her home State, WASH
ington.
Chairman Walsh of the Senate
Naval Affairs Committee, declared
in an address to the gay throngs
of spectators that the launching
signalled the beginning of renais-
sance Of naval preparedness" that
will protect the United States from
any attack.
THE American people," said Mr..
Walsh, "are determined at all costs
to prepare for any eventuality that
may follow the European war"
Referring to controversy over the
relative merits of air power and
sea power, Mr.. Walsh contended that
"an adequate Navy, capable of
meeting and defeating an enemys
navy at sea, is the only sure way
that war can be kept at a safe dis
tance from our coasts and the only
sure way to bring a war to a close"
Construction Figures.
AS evidence that other powers
have not lost faith in the need for
battleships, Mr.. Walsh said Ger
many had recently completed two
and has four under construction,
Italy had completed two and has
two building, Japan-on positive
information'-is building four and
'it is believed that she actually has
eight or more under construction,
Great Britain has nine building,
France has completed two and has
four under construction.
He added that the United States
had completed one today, would
complete another on June 13 and
had six under construction.
In considering British naval
losses by air attack, Mr.. Walsh con-
tinued, one should take note that
the British Navy operated under
"the worst possible conditions"
Due to the limited range of air.
craft, our self -sufficiency in food,
and our geographical location, the
United States is not confronted with
a similar situation" he said.
Mounts 16-Inch Guns.
The washington, mounting nine
16-inch guns, exceeds by 1900
tons the largest ship the Navy
now has af1oat. However, the
Washington and a sister ship, the
North Carolina, which will be
launched at the New York Navy
Yard later this month, will not join
the fleet for more than a year.
Coast Guard orders stayed ship
ping on the Delaware at least
four hours for miles on each
side of the Navy Yard while the
750-foot warship was eased into
the channel of League Island.
Stringent precautions were taken
both in air and on land to prevent
unauthorized photographs. A police
guard was established on the New
Jersey side of the river and only
authorized visitors were permitted
in the yard.
When completed, the Washington
will carry 1,450 officers and men,
have a radius Of 5000 miles and
cruising speed of % to 80 knots. It
Is the first of 68 vessels the Navy is
rushing to completion.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
The Spirit on
The Air

Tune in WMAL at $50 o'clock
toni eht for q dramatic alton Of the
first episode of the thrilling story
Of The Spirit, one Of the three new
Comic Book personalities to be
brought to Washington newspaper
readers by The Sunday Star to.
morrow.
The Spirit, Lady Luck and Mr..
Mystic will appear each Sunday in
the new Comic Book Of The Sun.
day Star, which 10 in addition to
the regular comic favoritss familiar
to oil Sunday Star readers.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
President Will Take
Week k-End Cruise

Planning week end cruise down
the river on the White House yacht
Potomac, President Roosevelt sched-
uled only three appointments today.
Those to see him are Henry Luce,
magazine publisher, recently re-
turned from Europe; Chairman
James Lawrence Fly of the Federal
Communications Commission and
Senator Pepper, Democrat, Of
Florida.
AS his guest aboard the Potomac
Mr.. Roosevelt invited Senator and
Mrs. Byrnes of South Carolina and
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins.
Miss Marguerite LIE Hand, personal
secretary to the President, also was
to be in the party.
Evening star., 1940-06-01

French forces still are waging a
furious rearguard action aaginst
the Nazis closing in on the narrow
ing Dunkerque corridor.
Allied naval guns and the Allied
air forces are supporting the with
drawal and embarkation, proceed
ing under the additional cover of
low-lying fog that has hampered the
operations of the numerically SUI
perior German air force.
One officer returning from Flanders
said the commander of the B. E. F.,
Gen. Lord Gort, faced the danger
of the rearguard battle with the
humblest Of his men. The general
returned to England today.
French poilus fought side by side
(sAA 81. ii. n. Pad A.al
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Repeated Attacks

PARIS, June l (P).-New French
positions on the south bank of the
lower Somme were attacked re-
peatedly by the Germans today as
the remnants of the Allies retreat
ing northern armies hastened their
embarkation at Dunkerque with the
aid of low-hanging rain clouds.
The French said they held fast
against the Nazi onslaught.
Bearing the brunt of the German
assault along the Somme was a
single bridgehead which the French
succeeded in establishing on the
north side of the river. Lesser at
tacks were launched against French
positions on the south side of the
stream.
The Germans accompanied their
assault along the Somme with an
attempt to land troops by sea on
the Channel coast between Dun
kerque and Boulogne, which they
hold.
Fleets of torpedo carrying
launches were directed mostly
against small harbors and fishing
villages.
Massed Infantry Attacks.
Masses of infantry, supported by
tanks, planes and artillery were re-
ported by military spokesmen to
have taken part in the German at
tempts to force a crossing of the
Somme.
The Germans found their way
blocked by strong defenses which
the French constructed during mop
ping up operations along this front
last week.
The French reported last night
that they had liquidated the last
German bridgehead on the south
bank of the river in the vicinity OF
Abbeville.
The first German attacks were
launched yesterday noon and were
continued until nightfall without
letup. At dawn today the Germans
(see PARIS, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1940-06-01


Although it was announced def
mite figures could not be released
as yet. informed sources reported a
tremendous increase in the numbers
of homecoming troops within the
last "a hours.
When King Leopold Ill ordered
the surrender of the Belgian army
last Tuesday and thus laid open
the Allied left flank, the B. E. F.
appeared to be faced with the al
ternatives of putting up the white
flag or being annihilated by an on
rushing German army of some
1,00O,O 900 men.
There has been neither surrender
nor annihllation. Covering the
withdrawal Of the British Army
Hitler sought to destroy, Hrttish and