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Stockholm
CONTINUED From First Paee.)

to his people to fight on for "free-
dom and independence"
The King, who has been driven
from town to town by pursuing Ger
man bombers since he abandoned
Oslo with his government last week
spoke from an unidentified station
somewhere in the interior.
Despite the heartening effect
which the Kings appeal was ex-
pected to have on Norwegian morale
the country's defenders appeared to
be fighting a losing battle on the
southern front.
Swedish authorities announced
that 5000 Norwegians, seemingly
hard pressed, had fled across the
frontier near Halden at the SOUTH
ernmost tip of Norway and had been
disarmed and interned. The Ger
mans were said to have driven sew
eral miles beyond Halden to
Kronsjo, a border station on the
railway between Oslo and Goteborg,
only to retire later.
Some Cling to Positions.
There were reports, however, that
despite determined German efforts
to clear out all resistance between
Oslo and the Swedish border 80
miles away, Norwegian troops still
were clinging to positions between
Mysen and Kongsvinger. Mysen is
about Is miles southeast of Oslo and
Kongsvinger about IS miles north
east of the capital, not far from the
Swedish border
A recapitulation of reports indi-
Gated that the Germans had occu-
pied most of the territory within a
30 or 60 mile radius to the south,
west and north of Oslo.
Frederikstad, Sarpsborg, Holme-
strand, Kongsberg, Drammen and
Hokksund, all south or west of the
capital, were reported in Nazi hands.
North of the city the Germans were
said to be holding all the area to
Lake Mjosen, including the towns of
Jevnaker, Lillestrom, Romerike,
Honefoss and Eidsvold.
Gn Berlin the DNB, official
German news agency, said the
Germans had occupied a powder
factory at Honefoss and had
seized large stores of light and
heavy weapons in munitions
factory at Kongsberg. 1t listed
the town of Hvalshon also as
occupied)
Sweden's Fears Eased.
Sweden itself remained quiet and
fears of involvement in the struggle
appeared to be easing. That the
nations armed forces are on the
alert, however, was emphasized yes
terday when Swedish anti-aircraft
batteries opened fire on a three
motored German plane which flew
over the Uddevalla military bar
racks, and brought it down in flames
after it had disregarded a warn
ing shot.
An unknown number of the crew
was killed. One of the airmen was
taken to a hospital.
Several hours earlier a German
Junkers plane had made a forced
landing near Grebbestad on Swed-
ems west coast. The crew of three
was interned.
British sources reported that
anti-aircraft guns at Goteborg,
Swedish south coast port, had
gone into action late last night
and driven off several planes of
undetermined nationality which
flew over the city. Air raid
alarms sent residents hurrying
10 cover)
Smoke Seen Over Narvik.
From the Swedish border town
OF Riksgransen in the far north
came persistent reports that heavy
clouds of smoke had been observed
Ia the direction Of Narvik and that
German troops occupying that port
Evening star., 1940-04-15
P. S. K. Chapter
To Install Tonioht

Newly elected officers of the En-
sllon~ Triton Chapter of Phi Sigma
Kappa National Fraternity will be
installed in ceremonies tonight at
the American University.
They are William Fausold, presi-
dent; Ronald McCullock, vice pres
ldent; Clifford Evans, secretary:
Latlmer Evans. treasurer; Kenneth
Fox, pledgemaster and Donald Kay
hoe. sentinel
Mr.. Fausold is the schools ten
mis- champion and was chairman
OF the recent Junior prom.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Prices Of some commodities In
Malaga have trebled in the last
year.
Flowing is being done at night
under artificial light in England.
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Probers Urge New
Method Of HANDLING
Traffic Revenue
Employment Of Two
Cashiers Proposed After
Shortage Inquiry

A shake-up in the procedure OF
handling tax receipts paid to the
Department of Vehicles and Traffic,
employment Of two full-time cash.
iers and an analysis of the entire
system of levying and collecting the
departments revenues were recon-
mended today to the Commission
ers by a special board Of inquiry
which probed s2.O25.8 80 shortage in
accounts there.
The board, headed by Deputy Tax
Assessor B. NJ. Machman. eXonerat-
ed Miss Julia L. Vass, Traffic De-
partment cashier, who drank poison
after she was suspended october
IA, and later died, of responsibility
for the missing funds, but said she
was primarily to blame for failure
to deposit the collections with the
District collector Merk c. Dunn
an assistant to Miss Vass, also sus-
pended October IA. likewise was ex-
onerated and the board added there
was no evidence which placed re-
sponsibility on him for any part of
the shortage.
Sharp criticism of past practices
in handling the departments reve-
nues was voiced by the board, which
concluded: That if proper super
(See SHORTAGE, Page A-14
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military observers, journalists
everything except businessmen. To
60 one must have priority and
businessmen do not get priority in
wartime.
The planes from Lisbon to Lon
don do not fly in any schedule. They
go when they can. Big flying boats
take off at dawn from the same
pier that lands you from America,
Or land planes taxi across an air
port Is miles away. side by side with
Fokker tri-motors with enormous
swastikas painted on their tails,
bound for Berlin. You are told
there is much mystery about when
the British commercial planes go
and from what airport. But long
before you leave Lisbon gossip has
told you when and where every
British plane is and who's to be on
board Lisbon and its refugees and
its gossip is story of its own.
When you get to Lisbon. bound
for London. you are interested only
in place on plane-which sud-
denly seems impossible The hours
that matter are spent composing
cables to people at home who don
understand the meaning of the word
priority IN a world whose business
is war-ard in trying to impress an
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President Urges Labor Peace;
Murray Not q Candidate
Roosevelt Stresses
Need for United
Democracy
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. l9.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt. in message to the
American Federation OF Labor, today
urged Just and honorable peace
in the now divided labor movement
in the United States and suggested
labor leaders can find a way toward
that end.
Peace will not be easy to achieve"
the President said in a letter to
A. F. L. President William Green,
who had it read to the convention,
and the intricate problems involved
may not be easy to solve
But when men of honor and good
intention" the President said. sit
down together. they can work out a
solution which will restore the much
needed harmony either by unity or
by a sensible working arrangement"
Stresses Need for Unity.
In his message. the Chief Execu-
tive stressed the need for "a great
and united democracy" in any
emergency which might be forced
upon us
Mr.. Green. in an answering tele-
gram. assured the President that the
A. F.. L. Executive Council was in
full agreement that unity or a
sensible working agreement can
(See A. F. OF L., Page A-3D
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Aide Doesn't Want
Lewis Post as
c. !. 0. Chief
BY J. A. FOX.
Star Staff Correspondent.

ATLANTIC CITY. Nov. l9.-Philip
Murray. vice president OF the c. l. O.,
who has been looked on as a GER
tain successor to John L. Lewis in
the presidency. told stilled con-
vention here today Il don't want the
presidency Of the c. l. o.
Mr.. Murray did not close the door
to election to the office from which
Mr.. Lewis has announced his re-
tirement, but he made it clear that
he has no aspirations to succeed
his friend and associate of 80 years.
He told the convention that he
had disagreed with Mr.. Lewis when
the latter went to the support OF
the candidacy of Wendell L. Willkie,
but there is no disagreement be-
tween us on fundamental issues. y
Raps Defense Contracts
Mr.. Murray Unexpectedly turned
to a discussion of the c. l. O
presidency. which Mr.. Lewis prom
ised to quit if President Roosevelt
was reelected. after sharply Criti-
Ching the present situation under
which firms are given war con-
tracts without regard 70 compn-
ance with labor laws.
Recalling published stories of Tie
last few days that "Philir Mur-
(See C. I. O., Page A-3D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-19
Europa Hit Amidships,
Krupp Production Cut
5096, British Claim
Nozis' Biggest Liner Was
At Dock; Damage to Oil
And Fokker Plants Claimed
Nv the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 19.-The Europa
Germany's largest ocean liner, was
hit amidships while in dock at
Bremen, the Air Ministry News
Service reported today.
Production at the Krupp Arms
Works. at Essen. Germany, it add
ed, has been cut down so per cent
as the result of British bombing
raids.
News reaching England indicates
the growing disruption of industry
in cities of Western Germany" the
news service added.
The Air Ministry said the Krupp
Works were having great difficulty in
obtaining their regular supplies Of
raw materials because of transport
trouble caused by wrecked railway
functions
Three sections of the factory
have been hit and put out of COM
mission" the bulletin said "One
particularly heavy bomb penetrated
to the underground workshop before
exploding and wrecking the place.
Some departments have been closed
and others have had to be moved to
other cities"
Oil and Fokker Plants Hit.
The Air Ministry also asserted that
four large buildings of the Union
Chemical Factory on an island at
the junction of the Oder and Moil
Rivers at Stettin had been wrecked,
the biggest oil refinery at Hanover
destroyed and the Deutsche Vacuum
Oil Co. at Bremen put out of pro-
duction.
Damage to the powerhouse of the
tSee LONDON, Page A-2)
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Kansas Vigi|antes Spoil
Bank HoIdup, Nab Bandits
oy the Associated Press

ey the Associated Press
MOLINE. Kans.. Nov. 19-Roused
by a vigilante alarm, businessmen
carrying shotguns and revolvers
joined with officers today. surround
ed the Exchange and State Bank,
frustrated a robbery and captured
and disarmed the two masked rob-
berS.
Elk County Sheriff Ben Carter
said the two gained entrance to the
bank early today or last night, pos
sibly through window. They were
hiding inside when the bank was
opened this morning.
The men forced Assistant Cashier
Hayward johnson to open the vault,
scooped up the money and started
to leave the building
Meanwhile the vigilante alarm was
sounded. Businessmen ran from
Offices and stores and assembled out
side the bank. One robber ran
through an alley and hid in a car
where he was discovered and dis
armed by two officers.
The vigilantes engaged the other
robber in motorcar chase during
which shots were exchanged. Finally
a blast debated a tire and he was
pulled from the wreckage of his
overturned machine.
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10 More Ships Sunk,
7 Of Them by Dive
Bombers, Nazis Say
Vessels TotoIing
5l,220 Tons Are
Declared Destroyed
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Nov. 19.-Ten British
merchant ships totaling 1920 tons
were sunk off England yesterday
and last night-eight by subma-
rines and two by dive bombers-
the German high command re-
ported today.
In addition. cOmmunique said,
three other ships were damaged by
bombs.
The high command said the eight
ships sunk by submarines were all
armed merchant vessels.
Credited With Four Sinkings.
One submarine was credited with
sinking four totaling 1880 tons.
the other with sinking four, includ-
ing two armed tankers, totaling
1340 tons.
The high command said two
merchantmen of 5000 tons each
were sunk by bombs in attacks on
conveys off the east coast of Eng
land.
A communique described attacks
by a restricted number" of Brit
ish planes on German territory
last night as without effect.
During the night attacks on Eng
land, the communique said, battle
planes of the Italian flying corps
attacked the city on the east coast
of England with good results
Arms Works Declared Raided.
The German air attacks yesterday
were said to have been aimed at
war vital detectives of London
Englands south coast and the Mid
lands. Hits were reported on har-
bors and industrial facilities in
Southampton and armament works
in the MidlandS
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air attache who has a natural
suspicion of journalists.
1t is $3.50 in the morning when
you are called. The taxi arranged
for the night before takes you out
over the cobble stones to the river
harbor front at the edge of town
You have left your camera behind
you because the British will not
carry it, even sealed. You begin to
be apprehenslve before you get into
the plane because it is still dark
and you think of the long flight
ahead through enemy-infested air.
The ship 1 flew in was the Clair
just taken off its transatlantic run
Inside, it had been stripped of all
its soundproofing and insulation.
While we sat on the water in the
harbor a steward came aft and ex-
planned to us how to take the seat
cushions and make them into life
preservers. His pupils were Lord
Lothian. returning English Ambas-
sador to America three United
States Army aviators in multi, a
Swiss diplomatic courier. an uni
Identified lady who was somebody
and myself. We were very atten-
tive. I wondered whether the ship
(Continued IN paoe A Column z \
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-19
By RALPH INGERSOLL.

the in Lisbon two flights Of stairsin plain
house steep and overlooking the harbo That
Bermuda where they pull down the shades when
clipper flies the island keep from spying
where grim serious about
Bermuda somehow it's In Lisbon
the the Sacramento, people crowd
aach who must give permission for the mile
fight into England and it's the real thing.
Word-"priority- feel for
with which the trip taken. For
there three other people to
trip hundred Officers diplomats courier
ed States =:
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Samaria in New York
With 684 and Stories
Of Wars Horror
Mother Sow Boby's Crib
Bombed; Survivor Of
Benures Watched "a Die
Ry In. Associated Press.

BY INT Associated PIeSS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19-The armed
British liner Samaria arrived today
from Liverpool via Halifax with 684
passengers, most of them refugees
from the war zone. and all Of whom
wore their lifebelts constantly during
the voyage The liner has made
nine round trips since the war began.
Among the passengers were Mrs.
Ann Haltrecht, who said that before
she left London a small bomb went
through the crib of her 14-month-
old son and. exploded after it had
passed through the floor below.
She and the baby had gone to bed
after having been in an air raid
shelter until 2 am. she said. After
an initial explosion which blew the
roof from the house." she related,
Il saw a small bomb come down
through the sky. 1t fell into the
baby's crib-we were on the second
floor-went on through and ex-
ploded-and when it did the baby
went up in the air and I went with
him.
1.-The house was practically demol-
ished. but neither of us was injured,
except I was somewhat bruised"
Mrs. Haltrecht's husband is with
the Royal Engineers. She and the
child are on their way to stay with
her sister. Mrs. Lily Norton of
Miami, Fla.
Another passenger with tale of
wars horrors was Arthur E. Bowling,
Melbourne. Australia. a survivor of
the torpedoing of the City of Benares
last September II.
He said he was in a lifeboat with
% others when it was torpedoed and
that he watched "a of the % die "
The boat was water-logged and
almost useless" Mr.. Bowling related.
The passengers in it drowned prac-
tically sitting up. AS each one died,
took off his ifebelt, prayed a few
words, and eased him into the sea. =
Other passengers were Sir Walter
Citribe, general secretary of the
British trades union conference, en-
route to the American Federation OF
Labor Convention at New Orleans,
and Louis Golding, British writer
and novelist, here to write for the
movies.
About so children and some 400
Jewish refugees were aboard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-19
u. S. Newsmon
Listed as Killed
In Bomber Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The State Department was
notified today that Ralph D.
Barnes. correspondent for the
New York Herald Tribune. was
among four persons killed in
the crash of a British bomb
ing plane on a mountainside in
Yugoslavia yesterday.
The information came from
Arthur B. Lane, American Min
lister to Yugoslavia.
Mr.. Barnes was an American
citizen and had been abroad
several years for the Herald
Tribune.
Mr.. Lane said the plane was
carrying large number of
bombs. and the bodies of the
four occupants were found
over a radius of 300 meters
from the wrecked plane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-19
Districts First Two Se|ectees
Are Cleared for Army Sevice

Washington's first two military
service selectees were cleared for
induction today. Both are volun-
teers.
Number | is Michael D. Curley,
%, 6-foot pinch, 189-pound clerk
in the Census Bureau. A former
Chicagoan-and he was visiting his
family in Chicago today. winding up
his affairs preparatory to beginning
a years training-Mr. Curley has
been living at 1853 Church street
NV. He drew serial No. 2544 and
order No. 1893.
Number is George Weiner, %, &C
countant for the Work Projects Ad-
ministration for the last five years.
He, too, was spending q few days
with his family-in New York. Mr..
Weiner Is 5 feet 6 inches tall and
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Hoffman Bill Would Fix
Prices, Cut U. s. Salaries
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Representative Hoffman, Repub-
lican, of Michigan introduced leg
islation today to provide price and
wage fixing on Federal contracts, a
gross tax on all incomes Of more
than $1,000 and salary cuts for all
Federal employees.
The gross income lew would
range from 10 per cent on income
between 81 900 and $4,000 to IS per
cent above $4,000. The salary cuts
for Federal employees would be at
the same rate as the tax.
For instance, members of Con-
gress receiving $4,000 annually
would be cut down to $6,50C during
the current emergency.
Il venture the prediction" said
Representative Hoffman in state
ment, that If we pass law taxing
IS per cent of the salary of the
Congressman during the duration OF
the emergency, there will be at least
q so per cent drop in congressional
oratory on the necessity for war"
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Admiralty Announces Loss
Of IS Vessels in Week

LONDON, Nov. 10 tP).-Thlrteen
merchant ships totaling 71,749 tons
were lost through enemy action"
in the week ended November 10-11,
the Admiralty announced today.
They included 10 British vessels
totaling 81 POP tons. l Allied of 1880
tons and 2 neutral totaling 8,617
tons.
The figures included four ships
sunk when a still-unidentified Ger
man raider attacked convoy of SO
ships guarded by the armed mer-
chant cruiser Jervis Bay November
5 IN the Atlantic and fifth vessel
OF the convoy which was attacked
later from the air and abandoned.
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weighs 168 pounds. His serial num-
Der is 4l91: his order number, 1885.
Both of the young men were
cleared by local draft board No. 10,
which has headquarters at the Cooke
Elementary School. Seventeenth and
Euclid streets NV.
Harlan Wood, board chairman.
said today they had passed physical
examinations supervised by DR..
Worth Daniels, examining physician
for the board. They were classified
as Immediately available by the
board on November 8, and their
physical examination began next
day. Several days were required
subsequently for required laboratory
(See d. c. DRAFT, Page A-3)
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Chest Drives
Pledges Raised
To $996,952
Volunteer Workers
Near Halfway Mark
In Report Today
Audit OF Unit Reports to Date,
Pages B-12 and 10.

Community Chest campaign VOL
unteers barely missed the halfway
mark today in their drive for 81 ,000.-
900 when they reported grand total
of 1896 .952 90 or 4984 per cent Of
quota at the fifth report luncheon in
the Willard Hotel The total rep
resented gifts from 80,604 con-
tributors.
The Group Solicitation and Met.
ropolitan Units still led the way with
81 68 per cent and $3.50 per cent Of
quota. respectively.
The Government Unit trailed with
4734 per cent, and the Capitol Unit
reported 1874 per cent.
Washington newspaper leaders
and men who have been campaign
chairmen or president of the Chest
were honor guests at today's lunch
con.
Addressing an overflow crowd at
Yesterdays report luncheon. Chest
Director Herbert L. Wlllett, lr,
plead with the workers to reach
every individual prospect on their
list.
IF this job is not done we'll" he
said, we will end the campaign
with some prospective givers still
unsolicited and with team quotas
still unmet-all because individual
Jobs have not been finished"
Larger Gifts Sought.
He pointed out that at the fourth
report luncheon last year there were
1000 less givers but $4,000 more
contributed. Chest leaders had
hoped. he said. TO increase the
average of individual gifts by at
least so cents this year. but at the
present rate the average gifts are
below last years standard.
The people of Washington are
voting now" he said. ''on what kind
of social work can be carried on
next year and how much"
The total reported yesterday was
.33605. or 408l per cent of
quota, from 1888 contributors.
Comparing the total with that OF
/ other years, Mr.. Willett said that
while the campaign was still ahead
of some of the worst days of last
year, it was behind the same period
for seven other Chest campaigns.
The Government Unit this year,
he pointed out. was per cent be-
hind its percentage of quota for the
fourth report luncheon last year.
and while there we're 1000 more
givers so far this year there was
$4,000 less contributed than at the
same time last year.
More speed is needed In the
Metropolitan Unit, he said. where
there were fewer givers and less
money reported than Tor the same
time last year.
The Group Solicitation Unit,