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The Durant news., 1940-12-05
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. p. Johnson, Mr..
and Mrs. Wilfred Johnson returned
Sunday from San Angelo, Texas
CONTINUED on page s.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

feeling for the British and the crew
followed his example"
Frederick Thomas, of the steamer
Trevanian, said:
The Altmark was filthy place.
There was no fresh air. Conditions
were terrible and the Germans made
the prisoners as miserable as they
possibly could with their cruel and
heartless treatment
Tried to Send Message.
During their long imprisonment,
the prisoners made one effort to
summon help. They sealed a mes
sage In tin with miniature union
jack. But when they dropped it
overheard the Germans saw 1t. Those
in the plot got three weeks in the
hold, they said. along with a German
carpenter who furnished solder to
seal the tin.
On the way home, warplanes es-
corting the Cossack sighted four
mines directly in the path Of the
destroyer. They were exploded by
machine-gun fire.
Royal Air Force planes were cred
tied by the Admiralty with getting
first glimpse of the Altmark, after
the long naval search.
AS for the Baldur, she was de-
stroyed shortly before the Cossack
closed in on the Altmark last night
Although the British insisted she
was scuttled, a Norwegian official
indicated she was set afire by British
shells.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Labor Boord
Continued From First Page.)

the committee letters which he
wrote to the Procurement Division
requesting that two companies which
the Board found guilty of unfair
labor practices be denied Govern
ment contracts. There was a third
letter in which similar request was
made in the case of concern
against which a complaint had been
filed, but which had not yet been
given hearing. Committee men,
bers were particularly concerned
over this instance.
Mr.. Madden, defending the prac-
tice-declaring it was perfectly abb
surdr that a company could obtain
benefits from the Government when
it had violated Federal law-told
the committee the requests had been
invited" by the Procurement Di-
vision. A representative Of the di-
vision came to his Office and asked
to be supplied with the names OF
companies enmeshed in alleged
Wagner Act violations. he said. \
The real initiative in this ma
neuver, according to responsible
source, was the International Asso-
citation of Machinists, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor
which was invloved in the Reming-
ton Rand strike. This oranization
was said to have approached Mr.
Madden and later Treasury officials
with a view of turning the Govern
ment steam" on assertedly offend
ing companies.
Naturally" said an official of the
Procurement Division, I'VE want to
know If there is some charge against
a company we are about to give a
contract. It may be involved in
some difficulty that will invalidate
the contract. But this doesn't mean
that we win accept the charge at Its
face value. It means merely that
we will investigate and decide fol
ourselves"
The Procurement Divisions cor
respondence with reference to the
so-called blacklist may set OF some
fireworks when the hearings are re.
sumed Tuesday.
Neither Chairman Smith nor an,
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Wagner Act. No agreement has peel
reached, it was said yesterday.
A. F. L. Asks High Court
To Save 1t From N. |. r. B.
Hy the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
An attorney for the American
Federation of Labor told the Su-
preme Court yesterday that it was
of vital importance" that the tri-
bunal protect labor organizations
from outrageous interference with
their internal affairs" by the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board.
Joseph A. Padway, A. F. L. coun-
sci, challenged Labor Board order
directing the Serrick Corp. of Mum
Gle, Ind, to abrogate a collective
bargaining contract with a Fedora
ton affiliate, the Tool and Die Max
ers Lodge, and to recognize a C. L.
O. union-United Automobile Work.
ers of America.
He contended that the board, de-
parting from custom, had refused
to certify highly skilled tool room
employees as voting unit and had
ruled that all production employees
constituted the appropriate unit.
The litigation, Mr.. Padway assert
ed, involves in its essential features
the question of whether the board
has the power to disrupt and destroy
craft organizations"
The boards order was sustained
by the United States Court of Ap-
peals for the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

you in your career of peril, honour
and usefulness with alternate anx-
iety and exhaltation, have appointed
the undersigned a committee to pre-
sent you with a service of plate in
testimony of their high sense of
your brilliant service to your coun-
try and Of the glory which your
deeds have reflected on her name.
TN executing this pleasing duty,
We beg you to be assured that al
though the tribute which we now
offer is intrinsically of no great
value, it is accompanied by the love
and gratitude of your countrymen. /"
The signers of the letter we're Rob-
ert Wharton, Daniel Smith, Robert
Evening star., 1940-02-18

other members of the House COM
mittee revealed that the Procure
ment Division had been called on to
give whatever information it had,
but this disclosure came from an
equally reliable source.
Some members of the committee
were particularly impressed with the
fact that Congress three times re-
fused to amend the Walsh Healey
Act to provide that companies in
volved in unfair labor cRrges pre-
ferred by the N. l.. r. B. could not
have Government contracts. The
Walsh -Healey Act provides that con-
tracts let by the Government shall
contain a clause providing that the
company must pay the prevailing
wage of the locality where it has
been set by the Secretary of Labor.
These committeeman have declared
privately that the Labor Board and
apparently the Treasury were trying
to go beyond the will of Congress.
There was correspondence show
ing an agreement under which the
Labor Board was to notify the Re-
construction Finance Corp. when
ever a company was charged with
violating the Wagner Act. The
Board was to recommend withhold
ing any loans until the labor troubles
were settled. Federal Loan Admin
istrator Jesse Jones admitted at a
press conference that in three in
stances there. had been delays in the
disbursement of loans because of
Wagner Act charges, but he denied
there was any blacklist" and said
the r. F.. C. itself would decide
whether there was merit in such
charges.
The Smith committee has been
in recess since Wednesday and sew
eral executive sessions have been
held in an effort to decide whether a
preliminary report should be drafted
recommending amendments. to the
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Bidu Sayao Seeks
Marital Happiness
Instead Of Fame
Opero Stor Advises
Women Not to Follow
Career Too Long
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb.I lit is not
a very good life for q woman to
work all Of her life for a career.
Then she dies lonely, disappointed,
said Bidu Sayao, the young Bra
lillian soprano of the Metropolitan
Opera.
when you make the career, you
work all the time, all the time, all
the time.
II hope in five more years at
the most to finish my career. ]
want to live some.
What would I do? I would have
a small home quietly, with some
comforts. with my husband.
And travel sorne. I should like
to know some more very interest
ing countries. India, for example
which I think-oh, so beautiful, SC
interesting"
Marriage viii End Career.
Bidu, who has big, dark brown
eyes and waist-length light brown
hair worn in coronet braid, con-
tinued, when I take a husband,
finish my career.
For how could a husband 60 with
me when sing? Men have an oc-
cupation."
In her fourth season at the Metro
politan, Bidu of Rio de Janeiro, the
first native South American en-
gagged by the Met as a prima donna
already has sung 80 concerts In the
United States in addition to hel
opera roles.
Last year she sang 40 concerts
in this country. When the season
ends here, she goes home for Bra.
lillian tour, and sings in opera al
Buenos Aires.
Here she sings leading roles in LA
Boheme. THE Marriage of Figaro,
"Manon" and '"Traviata." She likes
to suggest the clothes for her roles
Some of them are beautiful gowns
of lace and velvet, cloth of gold and
chiffon.
Favorite Gown.
Her favorite Is a gown she wears ir
"Traviata," of orchid satin and tulle
with an enormous skirt, rich silver
embroidery and pink camellias TO,
trimming.
II like very much that DRESS" she
said.
She still has trouble with English
although she speaks, in addition to
Portuguese, fluent French, Italian
and Spanish. She spoke no English
until she came to New York in April
1896, to sing The Blessed Damosel'
in Arturo Toscanini's all-Debussy
concert.
Bidu rarely goes to the theater
because she doesn't understand
enough English and doesn't care
much for night clubs. She reads
drives or goes to the movies when
she has some free time, which isn't
often.
+, She knows a great deal about dress
design, is fond of furs and has a
beautiful jewel collection. including
watch about the size of her little
fingernail, and some huge Brazilian
diamonds.
II like my work, yes" she said
But have no vacation"
In about five years, therefore
she'll take the vacation" because
"1'd rather be very happy than very
famous"
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Cup
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who lived his last years in elegance
in Washington. who died in duel
at Bladensburg, Md, when he was
only Al, and who is best known to-
day, probably. as the passionate
patriot who once offered this toast:
Our country! In her intercourse
with foreign nations may she always
be in the right; but our country,
right or wrong"
The clue at least to the origin of
the cup is given in the biography,
Romantic Decatur" by Lee Lewis,
published two years ago. Mr.. Lewis
observe that Commodore Dectaur,
as doughty sea-dog as ever fought
for the United States Navy, always
was received with rapture" in Phila-
delphia on account of his exploits
in the war with the Tripolitan pi-
rates in 1903 and 18O4-even though
he had not lived in Philadelphia
since 1893. as3
Philadelphians' Tribute.
On February II, 1918, five Phila-
delphians sent him a letter to
Washington, where he lived in what
is known now ) Decatur House. on
the corner of jackson place and H
street NV, the home of Mrs. Trux-
tun Beale. The letter read:
Dear Sir: A number of your
townsmen, most of whom have
known you from your youth and the
hearts of all of whom have followed
Evening star., 1940-02-18

Smith, Jonathan Smith and Samuel
Relf. Decatur wrote them . letter
Of thanks on April 2. The service
comprised = pair Of wine coolers, q
pair of large waters (trays) and IL
goblets, all valued at $1,076.60. On
each Of these is pieces were inscribed
the same words on the cooler found
at Schiller's:
by citizens Ut Philadelphia to
their townsman, Commodore Deca-
tur, esteemed for his virtue, hon-
CURED for his valour."
The history Of the wine cooler now
at headquarters between 1918 and
the time Of its arrival at Schiller's-
10 blocks from Decatur House-is
unknown. On March %, 1920, De-
catur himself was killed in duel
on the Bladensburg field with Capt
James Barron.
Rich With Prize Money.
The cooler at headquarters is 81
inches tall and 3 inches wide at the
top. The recipient had been the
leading figure in deeds of valor
aplenty to warrant the inscription
put on by the townsmen of Phila-
delphia.
He was born January S, TITO, in
Sinepuxent, Md, where his mother
was hiding while the British army
occupied Philadelphia during the
Revolutionary War. He grew up In
Philadelphia and in 1898 joined the
Navy as a midshipman for the naval
war against France. He was an
officer of great prominence and cour-
age in the war against Tripoli, the
War Of 1872 and the engagement in
1915 against Algerian pirates.
Late in 1915 he retired from the
active naval life and began to live
well in Washington. He was rich
from prize money, and he invested
wisely in Washington real estate
He and Mrs. Decatur were leading
personages in Washington society
during the second Madison and the
first Monroe administrations.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Norwegian Nays Statement
Admiralty Describes Events Leading Up to
Bottle Aboard Nozi Prison Ship AItmork

used searchlights. This was the
big destroyer Cossack, the COM
mander Of which informed the Nor
wegian senior oficer he had orders
from the British government to
force way to free 400 British pris-
oners with or without permission
of the Norwegian government.
He said he would send q rescue
party on board the Altmark and
asked the Norwegian chief to ac-
company the party as repre-
sentative Of the Norwegian govern
ment.
Norwegian Boards Cossack.
The Norwegian ofiicer went aboard
the Cossack, but not aboard the
Altmark. The Cossack then went
up beside the Altmark, which now
began to back out. The British
boarded the German ship armed
with rifles and fighting began
The Norwegian commander said
he had not come aboard the Cossack
to see a fight and returned to his
own ship. The fight continued.
Probably about 400 British seamen
got aboard the Cossack during the
f1ghting. They probably were Brit
ish prisoners which the German
(pocke) battleship Admiral Graf
Spec had taken in the South At
lantic of the Uruguayan coast.
The German ship now ran aground
The Cossack maneuvered out
while the Norwegian serior chief
once more went on board the Alt
mark, the captain of which first said
10 men had been killed and several
wounded.
This figure later was corrected to
five killed and five seriously
wounded.
The German captain said there
had been no shots from the German
side.
1t later was reported that the
German commander had made
everything ready to blow up his
ship and during the forenoon to-
day rumors said that the ship had
exploded and a hundred men had
been killed This is not correct.
The German Legation in Oslo had
given orders that the ship should
not be destroyed. The German
crew is still on board. 1t numbers
about 100 men. Some of the crew
have been ashore, but all went on
board again.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Religious Leaders Appeal
For Labor Peace Talks
BY the Associated Press.

ny tne AsSOclhteu kIebs.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Leaders Of
the Jewish, Catholic and Profess
tant faiths appealed to the G. I. o.
and the American Federation Of
Labor today to sit down at a con-
ference table and settle their diff
ferences.
The appeal was signed by the Rev.
James Myers, industrial secretary of
the Federal Council of the Churches
Of Christ in America; the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. John A. Ryan, director of the
Department of Social Action of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence; and Rabbi Edward L. Israel,
chairman of the Social Justice Com
mission of the Central Conference
of American Rabbis.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
ConnoIIy Expected
At Office Tomorrow

Senator Connally of Texas. who
collapsed Friday night while at
tending a diner, was said last night
to be making excellent progress. and
is expected to return to his Office
tomorrow.
Senator Connally, who was the
guest of the Reserve Officers Asso-
citation when stricken, is at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
By the Associate Press.


OSLO, Feb. 1.-THE NorueCian
admiralty tonight issued the fol-
lo,oirg statement on the British
naval attack on the German
auxiliary altnark::
The German tanker Altmark
passed Geren February 16 at 12:45
pm. southwards, guarded by Nor
wcgian warship, within territorial
waters.
Between Lista and Geren one Brit
ish cruiser and Ave destroyers were
observed. At 4:30 pm, two Of the
destroyers, probably the Ivanhoe
and Intrepid, began to pursue the
Altmark. The destroyers went up
one on each side of the ship, which
stopped The Norwegian warship
placed herself between the Altmark
and the Intrepid One British de-
stroyer put boat out, apparently to
send men to the Altmark, but this
then proceeded toward land, pur-
sued by the Norwegian warship.
Another Norwegian warship came
and the chief of this ship repeated
protests against the infringement of
neutrality and forbade the destroyer
to proceed further into Norwegian
waters.
British Asked to Leave.
The British senior destroyer COM
mander maintained with emphasis
that there were 800 British prisoners
on board the Altmark, the captain
Of which had said that only 1873 men
were on board.
When the Norwegian chief officer
had conferred with the captain Of
the Altmark ne had his ship laid
alongside the British chief ship and
he underlined that the British acted
incorrectly and asked the British to
leave Norwegian territory.
This was promised by the British
commander. who added that he
would wait for the German ship
outside Norwegian territory. Later
in the night, little before pm,
a commercial ship without lanterns
was stopped outside the territorial
limit by one of the British de-
stroyers and fired by shelling with
out any report being given about
what ship this was.
About $40 pm. one of the Brit
ish destroyers came close to the
coast east of Foksteinen, where ii
Evening star., 1940-02-18

British destroyers and a British
cruiser.
Then there began hours of ma
neuvering and argument between
the British destroyers Ivanhoe, In
trepid and Cossack, the Altmark.
and two Norwegian warships.
According to the Admiralty )
story, more or less confirmed by a
Norwegian communique, the cap
tain Of one of the Norwegian ships
insisted the Altmark had been ex-
amined at Bergen, that she was un-
armed and that he knew nothing
Of prisoners on board. He insisted
that the British warships leave
Norwegian waters.
The British destroyers withdlew
but as darkness fell the radio
cracked with summary Admiralty
orders.
Force your way in and free our
men, they said.
Refused to Help Search.
The Norwegian warships stood by,
refusing to help search the Alt
mark. A Norwegian of1cer who had
boarded the Cossack returned Lo
his own ship, saying Il didn't come
aboard to see fight"
An off1cial Norwegian account
said:
THE Cossack went up beside the
Altmark. which now began to back
out. The British boarded the Ger
man ship armed with rifles and the
fighting began"
Lying under matches battened
down with chains, the British pri-
soners on the Altmark bored holes
through the hatchways to see what
was happening.
Here is the story of Seaman Alt
Williams. of the Newton Beach:
I'VE were riding in between the
rocks in pitch blackness and the
ice on top Of the water cracked as
we moved.
Tried to Ram Cossack.
"The British destroyer came dart
ing in with the intention of board
ing the Altmark. The German
skipper swung his wheel over and
tried to ram the Cossack.
Suddenly one of the officers of
the boarding party leaped 8 feet
onto the lower deck of the Altmark
He knocked aside one of the
German guards who came rushing
up, then raced to the bridge and
rang the telegraph full speed astern
with the result that the German
prison ship went hard ashore"
The fight was all over in half an
hour, Williams said.
Others OF the rescued seamen sale
they went for" their German guard,
as soon as the matches were opened
Norwegian accounts described the
amazing test of seamanship" that
occurred before the Cossack outwit.
ted the Altmark.
Tells Of Prison Aboard,
Sharp In the prisoners memory
was the call of the boarding party
from the Altmark's decks: "Are
there British aboard?"
William Curtis of the Doric Sta,
told of his prison voyage:
I'VE were confined for fortnight
without being on deck.
"They would not let us see any.
thing.
There was very little food
black bread and tea, mainly.
For \ long time we got no cole
water, we just had to put up with
tea. Sometimes we got washing
water.
"The Germans do not get any
praise from me. They behaved yer,
badly. The skipper was 4 tyrant.
Curtis continued:
"All the Germans were bad. Tn,
captain Of the Altmark said openl,
that he had no sympathy or kindly
Evening star., 1940-02-18
10 Polish Professors
Reported Nuzi Victims
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. -
PARIS, Feb. 1.-THE deaths of
Prof. Ignace Chrzanowski, promi-
nent elderly historian, and nine
other Polish professors in a con-
centration camp at Sachsenhausen,
Germany. was reported today by the
information service of the Polish
government in exile.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Students Aid Project

Three hundred thousand students
are contributing their time in re-
plotting the plaza in front of the
Imperial Palace In Toxic, Japan.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Chest Expansion

While being examined in Brisbane
for the Australian Air Force r. NAL
comson, aged Is, expanded his chest
from 80 inches to AZ.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

If you can't drive carefully, don't
drive.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
AItmark Prisoners
Describe Battle on
Return Home
'OId-styIe Serop'
Was Fought by
Boarding Party

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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Girls Unnatural
Calm in Murders
Told at Inquest

Continued from Page II
then Slashed her own wrists and
ordered Chloe to put Marquis "out
of his misery with the hammer.
Then she ordered Chloe to beat
the mother with the hammer until
l can't talk anymore"
Mrs. Davis died from loss of blood.
Little Chloe, spic and span in
a bright blue and red striped dress,
made a brief appearance at the
inquest but her fathers attorney
would not allow her to testify.
The child, who asked juvenile
authorities for beer to wash down
a juicy steak last Friday, was
calm today and smiled as she en-
tered the courtroom.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-09
Rumania Denies
BARGE Blast Plot

BUCHAREST, April 9. up
Rumanian and British legation
officials denied today reports
that the British had loaded a
barge with cement, or dynamite
with the intention of blocking
the Danube river trade route
to Germany.
II had been reported that a
barge loaded with hydraulic &C.
ment was to be dumped at a vi
tai spot and halt the flow of
Rumanian oil supplies on the
Danube into Germany. that the
British were going to blow up
the Port of Giurgiu and that
number of British merchant ships
had been seized and their Off
GERS and crews arrested.