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Evening star., 1940-04-15
RuroI Wages Climb
As Workers Decrease
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department re-
ported that farm wage rates,
rejecting a decline in the
rural labor supply, had increased
this spring to the highest point since
1881.
The average wage rate on April
l was reported to be 124 per cent
Of the 1904 level, or points
higher than on January and
points above April /, 1899.
However, the number of persons
working on farms declined from
9,960, 900 on April i a year ago to
9,797 900 this year. Ofncials said two
factors contributed to the decline
increased INFLAMMATION Of agricul-
ture and migration of many farm
laborers to industrial areas.
Present wage rates on a monthly
basis, without board, were said to
average $3641. and day rates, with
out board, $1.55.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Virginia Killings Called
Double Murder, Suicide
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
1.-two men and a woman we're
killed yesterday afternoon near Cro-
zet in what county authorities de-
scribed as double murder and suicide.
The victims: ]. w. Mawyer, 81, re-
tired farmer; his wife, about 70, and
Charles Gross, about 30, son of Mrs.
Mawyer by a former marriage.
According to Commonwealth At
torney E. v. Walker, Gross shot
his stepfather in the left eye with q
single-barrel shotgun, reloaded the
gun and shot his mother in the face
and then wounded himself fatally in
the head. Gross lived several hours.
The Mawyers were found in chairs
in the living room of their home
last night by Arthur Mawyer, son
of Mawyer by q former marriage,
who had come to the Mawyer home
to visit his father and stepmother.
An inquest was conducted by DR..
Ernest Davis of Crozet, who rem
dered q verdict of double murder and
suicide.
According to Mr.. Walker, Gross
frequently had quarreled with his
mother and stepfather and threat
ened their lives.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Howes 10 Resign
From Postal Post
To Enter Politics
First Assistont
Postmaster General
Sees President

First Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral william w. Howes said today
he is going to resign from the Post
Once Department. which he entered
seven years ago as Second Assistant
to Postmaster General Farley.
Mr.. Howes made the announce
ment after a five-minute appoint
ment with President Roosevelt at
1855 pm. today. He said he was
getting into politics and was going
to head an uninstructed delegation
from South Dakota to the Demo-
cratic National Convention. He in
dicated he would quit within so days.
Mr. Howes is former member of
the Democratic National Committee
from South Dakota and is widely
known in the Northwest. He is a
lawyer.
White House Secretary Stephen T.
Early said Mr.. Howes' appointment
with the President today was to dis
cuss routine Post Office administra-
tive affairs.
The appointment was sandwiched
in busy day for Mr.. Roosevelt. The
Chief Executive arranged to 60 at
noon to the American Union
for an address marking the 5Oth an
niversary of the union. He re-
turned to his Office for the five
minute appointment with Mr.. Howes
and then went to the White House,
where he was to be host to the
Pan-American Union Governing
Board at l pm. luncheon.
The Pan-American activities
caused Mr.. Roosevelt to cancel his
regular Monday morning conference
with the big four" congressional
leaders-Vice President Garner, SEN
ate Majority Leader Barkley, Speak
er of the House Bankhead and
House Majority Leader Rayburn. He
plans to see them tomorrow morn
ing instead.
The President will 60 to the sea-
son-opening baseball game tomor-
row afternoon and throw out the
first ball in accordance with tradi-
ton. Because of the ball game, his
regular Tuesday afternoon press con-
ference has been Cancelled.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Landing Of Troops
Forecast Friday by
Constantine Brown

Constantine Brown, colum-
mist commentator for The Star
on foreign affairs, last Friday
in his column This Changing
World" printed a report that
an allied expeditionary force
was on the seas en- route either
to Norway or the Netherlands.
Early today the British an
nounced that troops had de-
parted for Norway. Observers,
well knowing that troop move
ments are not announced on
embarkation, were not surprised
when at 8 a m. there came news
that the troops had landed at
several Norwegian points.
German newspapers yester-
day printed distorted excerpts
from Mr.. Browns column of
Friday under such headlines as
America Reports: British In
vasion of Holland IMMINENT"
Mr.. Browns statement that
an allied force was aboard
transports last Friday has been
borne out by today's news. His
references to the destination
Norway or Holland-were en-
tirely speculative and would be
interpreted in no other way by
American newspaper readers.
The landing in Norway, of
course, definitely disposes Of
any speculation concerning
Holland.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Americas Will Meet
Force With Force,
President Warns
New World Wants None
Of European Bosis Of
Life, Roosevelt Says
Tert OF Roosepelt's address.
Page Alb.
BY BLAIR BOLLES.


The nations of the New World
will act decisively to preserve their
scheme Of lasting peace from
threats from abroad if the neces-
sity arises. President Roosevelt told
the governing board of the Pam
American Union today in an ad-
dress commemorating the union S
50th anniversary. The speech, which
had only vague and general yet
condemnatory references to the war
in Europe. was broadcast nation
ally over three networks and re-
broadcast around the globe in Span
ish, Portuguese, French, German
and Italian.
The Presidents statements car
ried far beyond any Interpretation
that has previously been given, the
decision of the 81 American re-
publics made last October at the
special Panama Conference to effect
legallstic machinery for keeping the
European war from our door. He
spoke as "we' for all the republics
rather than for the United States
The waning of Mr.. Roosevelt puts
teeth in the Declaration of Panama
which established a wide zone
around American land areas into
which the Americas asked the bel
ligerents not to come for war pur-
poses. Apparently the speech de-
fines the preservation of the West
ern Hemisphere from the war as
this country's primary interest in
the course of the European war.
Moreover, it links the republics in
a closer unity than the past has
established.
The President held up the peace
of the Americas-baSed on good
will" and continued because we
have agreed, as neighbors should. to
mind our own businesses"-as an ex-
ample of what the world might fol-
low. He has concluded that the
whole world now is struggling to
ind the basis of its life in the
coming centuries he implied. The
New World wants none of the Euro
pean basis, he said.
Will Meet Force With Force.
"The cooperative peace in the
Western Hemisphere was not created
by wishing; and it will require more
than words to maintain it. In this
association. of nations, whoever
touches one of us, touches all of US.
We have only asked that the world
go with us in the path of peace.
But we shall be able to keep that
way open only If we are prepared
to meet force with force if challenge
is ever made.
To-day we have no illusions. Old
dreams of universal empire are again
rampant. We hear of races which
claim the right of mastery. We learn
OF groups which insist they have
(see PAN-AMERICAN, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-04-15
2 More Transports
Sunk, English Say;
Air Raids Continue
Four Hits Are Scored on
Troopship Convoy, One
Fired, London Declares
~ the Associated Press.


LONDON April 15.-Great Britain announced today
the against the German invaders while her navy and
an force hurled bolts at the Nazs in widespread Sec
tions in and around Scandinavia
(In Berlin German officials asserted that no British
landed Norwegian points occupied by Ger
either Narvik anywhere else, but may have
effected landings elsewhere
admitted that the British may be somewhere
along Noways jagged coast of nearly 900 miles The coast
little hideous but these srategicay unm
portant, the Germans sad)
joint admiralty communique
that Norwegian capped week emo
med with these reports by the British:
The laying barricade the entire Ger
Baltic coast from Kiel Bay to Luthuania.
The topedong of the 10000on German pocket battleshp
Admiral Scee British submarine Spears The admiralty
did say whether the Admiral scheer sunk. e
Claim Two More Transports Sunk
The sinking British submarines of two German Transports
bringing supply ships reported sunk
admiralty scored four
hits transport convoy in the Skaggerak.
Continued British aerial raids Stavanger and
gasoline dump believed destroyed night raid the fifth
Gemanys invasion savanee and the admiralty said
German transport set afre at Bergen.
Landing Reported Made Narvik.
British naval squadron led by the batteshlp Warsple
Saturday deoyer at Narvik northern
Norwegian ore port. ~'43''~"' EsH<.'5.,
information lacking the number OF
where the British expedonary force landed Nor
north.
points among likely landing places
Namos miles north Gemanhed Tondhem and
Andasnes about miles south of Trondhem
Chamberlain conferred today with Clement
Attlee Arthur Greenwood. opposition Labor leaders.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Vessel Reports
: = Z +
Sub Encounter { i
7
Off Canada
Radio Calls Leave
British Freiehter's
Fate in Doubt
By the Associated Press.

q" tne ASSOCIATED freSS.
THOMASTON, Me-, April 15.-
Mackay Radio said it had heard a
radio station, presumably Canadian,
report that the British freighter
Graig's distress signal-sent out
early today after sighting a sub
marine 300 miles northeast OF New
York-had been "all cleared up" at
7 am.
Although Mackay explained that
distress all cleared up" meant that
the air lanes had been cleared Of
the Graig's distress calls and had
returned to normal work with
other ships" details OF the encounter
between the freighter and the un-
identified underseas craft remained
undivulged.
Earlier, the Mackay station at New
York picked up two fragmentary
messages. one from the $685. ton
vessel saying Sub coming close. ''
and another from the Canadian
government station at Camperdown
Novia Scotia, which reported receiv-
ing an SOS distress call from the
Craig and interpreted it as "indi-
eating attack, but no further de-
tails" - -
Meaning Of Call, in Doubt.
Mackay was unable to say whether
the third message reported the dis
tress cleared up meant that the
Craig had escaped the submarine
and no longer needed assistance,
or that she had met serious trouble
and was unable to send additional
calls for help. The possibility re-
mained. also. that the submarine
was British craft or belonged to
4 nation neutral or friendly to
Britain.
The position given in the first call,
40 degrees 43 minutes M 57qdegrees
"A minutes W.. would have placed
the vessel. registered from CardiH,
Wales. and owned BY the Craig
Shipping Co, of London about 300
miles southeast Of Halifax, N. 8.
Naval authorities in Halifax
said no sos had been received
there from the S. S. Craig. Ma
val sources added. however, that
they were taking all necessary
action.") .-t..-.'.
The Graig's position indicated she
was within 200 miles of the neu-
trality zone limits, but probably
| outside. its .Creaches. The zone
roughly follows the Goth parallel.
f. Several Sub Reports.
There have been a number of re-
| ports of submarines operating in
waters of the Western. Hemisphere.
On March | the British freighter
Southgate reported she had been
attacked by submarine 100 miles
northeast of Puerto Rico, but the
next day naval plane sighted her
and found that she apparently was
not in danger.
The British tanker Ell Ciervo was
reported to have sent a signal say
ing she was chased by a subma-
rine' off Trinidad. When the yes
sci reached Halifax on April l her
crewmen expressed belief they had
sunk German submarine after the
tanker had fired is shots at a
U-boat. The undersea craft disap-
peared, they said.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
7 Allied Submarines
Destroyed, Reich
Announces
Morse Mobilization
In Oslo Region
DecIored Crushed
BY Louis R.,LOCHNER,
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent


BERLIN, April l5-Germany
today ANNOUNCED two more allied
submarines had been sunk in the
Skagerrak., a Norwegian torpedo
boat captured and a German mer-
chant ship sunk by British air raid
ers at Bergen.
Establishment Of a strong British
naval blockade of Narvik, important
Northern Norwegian ore port, also
was acknowledged by the Germans,
who said their southern forces had
crushed" NoEway's attempt to mo-
bilize in the Oslo region.
The high command in a commu-
nique, declared the two new subma-
rineS raised to seven the bsses of
allied undersea craft in recent days.
Two British air raiders who sank
a German merchantship at Bergen
subsequently were shot down, the
communique declared.
Shedding only scant light on Ger
manys land operations in Norway
the communique reported capture
Of Honfoss in the Oslo area and
said Norwegian efforts to mobilize
had been crushed" in that region.
DNB, official German news
agency, reported that German
forces in Norway had captured 300
prisoners. seven cannon and guam
tity of small arms and ammunition
southeast of Oslo.
The captured Norwegian torpedo
boat Hval will be put into service
with German crew, the announce
ment stated. reporting quiet on the
western front, but that two British
planes were shot down.
Contact With King Broken.
Authorized sources acknowledged
that contact had been broken be-
tween King Haakon and the Ger
man Minister to Norway, Kurt
Brauer.
Although these sources declined
to say so, this became evident when
a proclamation of Gen. Nikolaus
Won Falkenhorst, German Army
commander in Norway, demanded
Norwegian submission under threat
OF death, and that of King Haakon
declared Norway's will to fight.
Still, however, Germany does not
consider herself at war with Norway,
although authorized sources pointed
out that Germans were seizing Nor
(See BERLIN, Page A-22.)
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Inter-Americon
Affairs, Reviewed

Lawrence Duskan, chief Of the
Division Of American Republics
Of the State Department, will
b the quest speaker tonight on
the National Radio Forum over
WMAL at 1880 o'clock.
Mr.. Dutsan will discuss rels.
tions between the United States
and the other American repub.
lies during the last 50 years.
He also is expected to empha.
size the kreater need for inter.
American unity in the light Of
the European war.
The program is ARRANGED by
The Star and is heard over q
eoast.to.ceast network Of the
Natioaal Brosdsastint C.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
B U II etin

BUCHAREST, April IS tP.-
Strict control of Danube River
traffic was enforced by Rumania
today following German threats
to send gunboats down the river
Immediately to protect German
shipping from alleged English
sabotage"
Evening star., 1940-04-15

1t was reliably stated that he
informed them he would make
a full statement tomorrow in the
House of Commons on the Brit
ish landings in Norway.
Communiques Relate Quicker Tempo.
The quickened tempo OF the war
in the north was related in terse
communiques from the war office,
the admiralty and the air ministry.
A joint war office-admiralty COM
munique merely said that British
forces have now landed at several
points in Norway"
British warships were reported to
have destroyed seven German de-
stroyers in Narvik Harbor, in north
ern Norway, Saturday.
The fifth British aerial attack upon
Stavanger, port on the western
coast and near the southern tip of
Norway, was said by the British to
have been perhaps the most effective
raid there.
Air Transports Cause Little Alarm.
The British said that one pilot Of
the coastal command flight, which
was said to have returned without
damage" reported sudden red
glow at Stavanger apparently caused
by big explosion, perhaps of one of
Germany's hastily built gasoline
dumps.
Germany's novel maneuver in
transporting large numbers of troops
by planes is causing little alarm to
the British, it was said in London.
Neutral military experts expressed
belief that the British intended to
carry out systematic destruction of
inland airdomes and strate water
(See LONDON. Page A-22)
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Minnesota Publisher Dies

OWATONNA, Mimi, April IS up
e. K. Whiting, So, past president
of the Minnesota Editorial Associa-
tion and weekly newspaper pub
Usher, died here yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Weather Forecast

Cloudy, slightly warmer, occasional rain
tonight; minimum about "A; tomorrow
cloudy and warmer, with local showers
in afternoon. Temperatures
81, at pm; lowest, 36, at 80 am.
From the United States weather bureau report
Full details on Paee Az.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Continued on Page AZ, Column /
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Most people in Washington have The
Star delivered to their homes every
evening and Sunday morning.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

(see PAN-AMERICAN, page A-4)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
One Saved, One Missing
In Navy Plane Crash
Ey The Associated Press.

Ey The Associated Press.
CAPE MAY, N. j., Aug. IA
United States Navy plane today
burst into flames 4 miles offshore,
its rescued Naval Reserve pilot said.
and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean
as he and his companion bailed out.
The other man was missing.
1t. c. E. Rieben. jr., 80, OF Harris
burg, Pa, was quoted by Irwin Yost,
Coast Guardsman, who rescued him
aboard a picket boat, as saying he
and w. c. Savers of Philadelphia,
Naval Reserve first-class seaman,
had been flying a half hour when
the accident occurred.
There was sudden explosion
and we were surrounded by burning
gasoline as we bailed out" Yost
quoted 1t. Rieben.
The pilot received burns and was
treated at the naval air base hospital
here. Six planes and Coast Guard
boats searched for Savers off nearby
Wildwood, where the crash occurred.
Two other planes were with 1t.
Rieber's craft in maneuvers. The
Reserve units arrived August 3 for
aerial gunnery training.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Aerial R. F. D. Opened
For 81 Communities
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IA
postman-on-wings took off from
Philadelphia Airport today as a
permanent aerial r. F. D." was
inaugurated.
Departure of the plane opened
pickup and delivery airmail service
to 81 communities in PENNSYLVANIA,
New York, West Virginia and Della
ware, after year of experimental
runs.
A ceremony at the Municipal Air
port was one of five scheduled for
the day at five terminal cities.
Flights we're planned over routes
extending between Pittsburgh, Har-
risburg and Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
and Huntington, w. Va, and Pitts
burgh and jamestown, N. Y.
At points of call, a hook on a IS.
foot cable attached to the plane is
provided to catch mailbags hung
from 40-foot poles. The planes drop
incoming mail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Toxic Police Bar March
On British Embassy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Aug. 12.-Police prevented
a march on the British Embassy to-
day after 5000 persons held an anti
British mass meeting beneath Ger
man, Italian and Japanese flags.
The meeting, sponsored by the
Municipal Council, adopted resolu-
lions demanding withdrawal of the
British from the Far East and IA
yoring strengthening of Japanese
relations with the Rome Berlin axis.
Hundreds of police surrounded the
meeting hall, cleared adjacent
streets and threw a Gordon around
the nearby Imperial Hotel, to FORE
stall any incidents involving for
eigners.
One anti-British resolution, adj
dressed to British Ambassador Sir
Robert Leslie Craigie, accused Brit
ain of being "the arch enemy of the
development of East Asia"
Another urged "a show Of Japanese
spirit by offering Britain before the
altar Of the sacred crusade"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
By JOHN d. LEONARD.

The Federal Government will give
up details of its administra ton of
Greenbelt, Md, as we'll as that of its
two other model communities.
Greenhills and Greendale, within a
short time, it was learned today.
1t is understood that officials from
each of the three communities have
recently been in conference with
Agriculture Department officials
who are working out plans for the
change
Convinced that the communities
have attained the desired degree of
-sufficiency, the department
hopes to turn over administrative
details to individual housing au-
thorities, or incorporated resident
associations" depending on the ma
ture of the laws of the State in
which the community is located and
the desire of the residents of the
community. 1t was explained that
in counties of certain States pro-
vision for establishment of housing
authorities has not been made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
GreenbeIt Will Be Leased
Or Sold by Government Soon
Rent Schedule and Standard for
Selecting Tenants Would Be Kept

Under the plan. the Agriculture
Department either would lease or
sell the communities to the housing
authorities or incorporated resident
associations. 1t also was under
stood that the Government would
receive an annual rent from the
Housing Authority or association if
the community was rented on a
lease. If community were sold, 1t
is understood that the Government
would take a mortgage to be paid in
installments. In any case, the an
nual rent or mortgage payments
would be obtained from individual
tenant rents.
1t also was understood that these
housing authorities or associations
would approve their communities
budget and also would be respon-
sible for working out tax program
with State and county authorities.
When the new plan goes in effect
it is expected the Federal Govern
ment will reserve the right to in
spect the communities budgets to
(See GREENBELT, Page A-6)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Cudohy on Clipper
Flying From Lisbon
Nv the Associated Press.

Nv the Associated Press.
LISBON, Aug. 12.-John Cudahy
United States Ambassador to Bels
GUM, who was reprimanded last
week by Undersecretary of State
Welles for his comments on the
situation in Belgium, left for the
United States by clipper today.
Also on board the plane was Orme
Wilson, American consul at Brussels
1t was learned that Mr.. Cudahy
saw Foreign Minister Lord Halifax
Minister of Aircraft Production
Lord Beaverbrook and Hugh Dalton
Minister of Economic Warfare. while
in London and that he told friends
none took exception to his published
remarks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12
Summers Resolution
Backed by Mrs. 0'Da\
And Tinkham
Influential Members
Of House Join Ranks
For Representation

Representative Caroline ODay OF
New York, chairman of the House
Committee on Election of Presi-
dent, Vice President and Repre-
sentatives in Congress. and Repre-
sentative Tinkham of Massachu-
sets, ranking Republican on the
same committee, joined today in
strongly indorsing the Summers reso-
luton providing a constitutional
amendment empowering Congress
to grant national representation to
residents of the District of Co.
lumbia.
Both have studied carefully the
plight of the voteless residents OF
the National Capital and their
pledge of cooperation to put the
Summers resolution through the
House is significant because their
committee deals with just what the
District people are seeking-to vote
for President and Vice President
and to elect their own representa-
tives in Congress.
Today Chairman Summers of the
House Judiciary Committee was
completing his arrangements to ap-
pear tomorrow before the Rules
Committee asking a special rule fol
early action in the House on his
national representation resolution
He is to be accompanied at the hear
ing by Representative Guyer Of
Kansas, ranking Republican on the
House Judiciary Committee and
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee.
Hope was expressed today by
House Minority Leader Martin thai
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