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Evening star., 1940-05-03

pose 1t was paid--namely con-
tribution to . political campaign" !"
The prosecutions contention WAS
summed up by O. John Rogge,
United States Assistant Attorney
General. who asserted there Is mo
magic in the phrase, Campaign
contributions.'" Mr.. Rogge added:
There Il no question these con-
tributions were made for postal ap-
pointments."
The prosecutor then cited evidence
that Pickens County Commissioner
H. Grady Jones, on trial with
Whelchel, had transmitted two
$1,100 checks to the Representative
in behalf Of Hulon Holcomb and
Paul Grogan. Both later got Jobs
as rural carriers at Bail Ground, Ga.
The prosecution had charged
Whelchel, through Jones, received
$500 from Hayward Mashburn for
appointment rs postmaster at Tate,
Ga. Judge Marvin E. Underwood
yesterday threw out this charge on
grounds Of insufficient evidence. Six
counts remain.
In fighting the accusations, the
defense introduced Roy Redd, q
former bank cashier at Cumming,
Ga, who testified he offered the
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Whelchel Contends
Money Was Given
For Campaign
Judge Throws Out Two
Counts Alleging Sale Of
Postal Job at Tote
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
GAINESVILLE, Ga, May 3.-The
Federal Court trial Of Representa-
tive B. Frank Welchel. charged with
selling postal jobs, focused today
on the purpose for which he is
alleged to have received $2,70O from
constituents Of his rural North
Georgia district.
The money was paid" chief
defense Attorney Paul Carpenter
told the court yesterday. what
we're talking about is for what pur-
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Golfers Long Shot
Costs Him $500

Because Otho s. Edgar, auctioneer
and golfer Of note, drove q ball
farther than he thought he could he
was ordered by q Melbourne, Aus
tralia. court to pay $500 to Mrs.
Eileen M. Singer for damages sus-
tanned when the pill" hit her In
the forehead.
Edgar's friends declared the ball
travelled 242 yards, but Mrs. Singer
said it went only $50. She also
charged Edgar did not call Fore
When Mrs. Singer left the hospital
she claimed 1925 damages, but
Judge Book compromised the balls
travelling distance and the damages.
Evening star., 1940-05-03

to do extra work or do overtime.
He kept It his desk during his
daughters marriage, but when the
foreman asked him to work over
time, Millward refused and rushed
to the wedding reception in his over
alls.
PITY to break . record like that" {"
said lillward. but hang it all, I
had good enough reason"
Evening star., 1940-05-03
8 Norwegian Students Took
Roeros, Telephone Call Reveals
Writer in Sweden Talks With Youth;
No Germans There, but Line Goes Dead

to speak with me. I don't know
what happened to the student. I
don't expect ever to know. It's Just
one Of those umendable stories that
crop up every day In this war, and
pass quickly and are buried deep
and forgotten.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Daughters Wedding
Ends Workers Record

Fred Millward's 40-year record Of
never saying mo" to his boss at the
ironworks In Hounslow. England,
was Jared by his daughters we'd
ding. Millward had never been late
nor absent and he never had refused
Evening star., 1940-05-03

Representative $50 from q pros-
pective postmaster.
Hell no. I don't accept contribu-
tions," Mr.. Redd quoted Whelchel
as asserting.
Evening star., 1940-05-03

A sound motion picture theater
with capacity Of 500 has Just been
opened in the mountain village Of
Uspenskoye, North Caucasus.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
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Evening star., 1940-02-17
Nazi Court Decision
Holds Egypt Enemy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAMBURG, Feb. ia German
prize court announced today q de-
cision which In effect means Ger
many is oficially in state of war
with Egypt.
For practical purposes Egypt has
been regarded as a foe but the legal
position has remained obscure.
Egypt broke of relations with Ger
many last September 4 but never
has declared war.
The court decision seized the car
goes of lumber and telegraph poles
on the Greek steamers Omonia and
Marietta Nomikos which were con-
signed to Alexandria, Egypt, but
were halted en- route from Sweden.
The vessels were released to their
Greek owners.
Attorneys arguing for release OF
the cargoes said that under the
Treaty Of Lausanne Egypt attained
the right of independent decision on
the matters of war. The counter
argument was that Egypt is acting
in warlike manner by interning
Germans and participating In the
economic blockade against the
Reich.
The court also confiscated two
Finnish vessels and their cargoes
which were en- route to England. A
Latvian steamer en- route to Holland
with lumber was released after the
Netherlands government assured the
court the lumber would remain IN
| the country.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
John Arthur HinckIey
Dies Aboard Liner

John Arthur Hinckley, "a, socially
prominent resident Of Fauquier
County, Va, and former secretary
to the late Warren Delano Robbins,
United States Minister to Canada,
died yesterday aboard the S. S.
Borinquen, en- route to Puerto Rico.
With his wife, Mrs. Helen Robin
son Hinckley, daughter of the late
Theodore Douglas Robinson, As
sistant Secretary of the Navy under
President Coolidge, Mr.. Hinckley
sailed Thursday from New York
Word of his death was received by
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Blaise de
Sibour. The cause of death was not
known Immediately.
Besides his wife, Mr.. Hinckley
leaves a son, John, 7, and his
mother, Mrs. Herbert Bargamini of
New York City.
Mr.. Hinckley was native of Con-
necticut. His father, John A.
Hinckley, who died in 1911, left him
a $2,700,000 estate. He moved to
Warrenton several years ago after
purchasing Kilkenny" once owned
by Chief Justice John Marshall. The
estate is well known to Warren
tons fox-hunting set.
Mr.. Hinckley was member of
the Metropolitan Club, the Chevy
Chase Country Club, the Racquet
and Tennis Club and the Knicker-
booker Club in New York, the War
renton Country Club and the Old
Dominion Hounds, Virginia hunt
club.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Admiralty Communique
Entry Into Norwegian Waters Ordered
From London, Statement Declares

maneuvered so as to try to sink the
Cossack as she prepared to board.
In doing so, the Altmark ran
aground stern first and the Cossack
came alongside and boarded her.
Fighting followed In which, ac-
cording to a wireless message from
the Altmark, four Germans were
killed and Ave seriously wounded.
One British casualty was sustained.
The Altmark was overpowered,
part OF her crew fled to shore, and
the rest submitted. Between three
and four hundred British prisoners
who had been battened down below
were now found, rescued and taken
on board the Cossack, which with
other British vessels in company is
now approaching British shores.
The liberated prisoners state that
during the Norwegian examination
at Bergen of the Altmark, their ef-
forts to make their presence known
to the searching party were un-
needed.
A full report has been called for
both from Capt. Wan, whose con-
duct has been highly commended,
and from the freed prisoners upon
all circumstances.
In the early part of these pro-
ceedings the German tanker Baldur,
passing by outside territorial waters,
was summoned to stop by the de-
stroyer Ivanhoe, Comdr. P. H. Ha-
dow, Royal Navy, and thereupon
scuttled herself in German fashion.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
|CIerics to Confer
ION Dog Buried
In Cemetery
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WEST WARWICK, r. l., Feb.
17.-Decision whether a German
police dog will be permitted to re-
main buried in a satin-lined steel
box atop its late mistress casket
in the cemetery of st. Phillips
Episcopal Church, Crompton, must
await a conference of church au-
thorities.
The Right Rev. Granville c. Ben
nett, suffragan bishop of the Rhode
Island Episcopal diocese, said last
night no date had been set for a
conference with the Rev. Harvey B.
Marks, church rector.
The dog was buried within the
consecrated limits Of the cemetery
about a month ago in accordance
with q deathbed promise made to
Mrs. James w. Houston, parish
ioner, by her husband. Last week a
group Of persons opposed to the act
dug up the. animal and transferred
its remains to a cemetery shed, but
1t was reburied at Mr.. Houston'a
direction.
Since then West Warwick police
have maintained an almost constant
watch at the cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
New Deal Spending
For Propaganda
Hit by Dewey
6. o. P. Condidute Sets
Publicity Figure at
$100, 600, 900 Yearly
BY the Associated Press.

6y tne ASSoClated FreSS. .....r
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. IT,
Thomas E. Dewey charged last night
that the Federal administration is
spending more than 100000, 900 q
year for propaganda to perpetuats
itself.
THAT is the most staggering bid
for power in our history" the New
York district attorney and candi-
date for the Republican presidential
nomination said in a talk to Wyo-
ming Republican leaders.
He asserted the national budget
has been drawn so carefully that
you could get no idea how many
paid propagandists" are employed
by the Federal Government.
But they slipped up when they
let the post Office report show the
amount spent for free mailing by
the Government"
He explained that in 1888 the
Government spent $35, 100000 for
free mailing, exclusive of the Post
Office Departments own mail and
the congressman mail.
I'm the last year the Republican
party was in power in Washington
that figure was $4,000 900. 1t jumped
to $l4 300, 900 in the first year of the
New Deal and to $23 ,000, 900 in the
next year."
Mr.. Dewey estimated that large
advertising firms spend from one
fourth to one-third of the cost of
mail-order campaign on postage.
IF postage is as much as one
third of the total cost of the New
Deals propaganda-which I doubt
that figure of $35, ,700, 900 for post
age means they spent $107, 100000
on propaganda alone in 1885,"
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Armament Stocks
Opened 10 Firms,
French Declare
Big Munitions Supplies
|. Have Reached Finland,
Army Sources Soy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Feb. 17.-Military sources
said today France has opened her
stocks of war material, both old and
modern, to help the Firms fight
Russia.
Planes, anti-tank guns, heavy ar
tillery, automatic weapons and large
quantities Of other munitions have
arrived in Finland, these sources
said.
Among the consignments said to
have been put to use already by the
Films at the front was shipment
Of hand grenades which left France
January Is.
First Comprehensive Report.
The statement by military sources
was the first comprehensive report
of French aid to Finland since the
League Of Nations approved assist
ance to the embattled republic.
Many French planes" have
Joined the Finnish squadrons, the
military spokesman said.
The French declined to give exact
figures on various types of material
because such information would be
Of use to Russia. They said, how
ever, that at the request Of the
Finnish government French heavy
artillery of World War patterns and
modern anti-tank guns had beer
dispatched.
The Firms were reported to have
preferred the old type heavy ar.
stinery for certain types Of action.
Finns' Credit Unlimited.
Finland has an unlimited credit
in our old material" French
spokesman said. He added that
through a skillfully devised trans
port system all the aid had arrived
safely.
France will continue to send aid,
the spokesman declared.
Military dispatches from Finland
indicated. French sources said, the
Finnish situation is serious, but mot
critical"
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Glover Park Citizens
Hear Talk on FIaq

A patriotic program marked the
meeting of the Glover Park Citizens
Association last night in the In
dustrial Home School as an Amer
ican flag was presented.
Mrs, w. D. Leetch of the District
D. A. R. spoke on THE Flag and
What 1t Stands For" Daniel Par
sons, bugler of Scout Troop Is,
sounded Salute to the Colors" and
Dan Campbell, past commander of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
spoke on the value of patriotic
meetings. A double quartette under
the direction of Miss Mildred Pad
gett from the Washington A Cap
pella Choir sang sacred selections for
the occasion.
After hearing John L. Werheim,
president of the Firemens Asso-
citation of the District, the associa-
ton opposed further reduction in
the personnel of the Fire Depart
ment. w. c. Cunningham offered
the motion, which was amended
at the instance of Mr.. Campbell to
ask replacement for is men recently
dropped.
The association decided to sponsor
a cub scout pack in the Glover Park
section.
A letter written to Traffic Director
william A. Van Duzer by Mrs.
Blanche S. Galloway of the Stoddert
School PIT. A., asking for stop
light at Wisconsin avenue and
Calvert street NV. was read. The
letter also requested that Thirty-sev-
enth from Wisconsin avenue to CAL
vert street NV. be made one-way for
southbound traffic. Mrs. Galloway
reported Mr.. Van Duzer had replied
that attention would be given the
matter at once.
Two new members were admitted
into the association, which was pre-
sided over by Sheldon w. Fairchild,
association president.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Anii-pIane Defense
Equipment Ordered
For British Ships
Protection for Crews to
Be Provided Before
Leaving Ports
By the Associated Press.

6S tne ASSOClateu fEeSS.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE admiralty
announced today all British ships
must provide protection against
machine gun attack from enemy
aircraft for their crews before leav-
ing any port in the United King
dom.
simultaneously, Great Britain
started registering an estimated
250,000 youths Of % today for war
service.
The admiralty order was effective
Immediately, and while it was only
announced today, it was dated Feb
ruary IA.
Ship owners were told they would
be advised from time to time on the
kind of protective equipment that
would be required.
Mobilization Stepped Up.
The British stepped up their mo-
bilization program to permit the
quick absorption of the new recruits
and place 2,500,0O0 men under arms
before 1941. Youth being registered
today are expected to be called to
army camps early in March.
A British pilot was reported to
have bombed d German submarine
in the North Sea as 1t submerged.
The bomb was said to have struck
just ahead of the disappearing peri
scope, and patches of oil appeared on
the surface. The submarine was not
seen again.
Freighter Torpedoed.
Torpedoing of the 4,622-ton Brit
ish freighter Langleeford in the At
lantic Wednesday was disclosed last
night when Is survivors landed on
the West Coast of Ireland in a life
boat. They said one sailor had
been killed by the torpedo, two died
in the lifeboat and a second boat
carrying the captain and IA other
crewmen were missing.
The admiralty disclosed British
and French naval cooperation had
reached high point of perfection
with a French admiral commanding
the convoy for the second contingent
OF Canadian troops crossing the At
lantic.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Berlin
Continued From First Page.)

alton which could have the most
severe consequences"
The serious view taken of the case
by Berlin authorities was empha-
sized when foreign representatives.
for the first time since the close of
the Polish campaign, were invited
to Sunday conference at the Will
helmstrasse.
Authorized sources gave vent to
indignation with terms such as
"bestial piracy" and "reversion to
medieval practices" They said that
the Altmark, being embedded in ice,
was virtually on Norwegian soil
when the British attacked.
"A logical consequence would be"
said one such source, that next
some British man of war enters
some Norwegian town and shoots
down the representatives of some
German trading post there"
While press conference was in
session, the report of the Altmark's S
captain reached Berlin by telephone.
The report said:
AT 10 pm. attacked by the de-
stroyer Cossack while in inner
most part of ford. Part of the
crew abducted, numerous wounded.
Ship lies within ford against
strand"
A few hours later the captain
wired again saying:
"The English made reckless use of
weapons, even against those fleeing
across the ice or swimming in the
water. On board were four dead
and five seriously wounded"
According to the captain, the Alt
mark was travelling one and one
half miles off the Norwegian coast
between Stavangerfjord and Kris
tiansand yesterday when he sighted
three Blenheim (British) planes
overhead.
They apparently were sending ra-
dio messages, he said. Soon a Brit
ish cruiser and five destroyers ap-
peared, but five Norwegian torpedo
boats mixed with them and warded
off the British several times.
Tried to Ram Vessel.
Early this morning, the captain
reported, he observed a dark vessel
sliding into the ford between two
Norwegian torpedo boats. He asked
for its name, but got no reply.
Suddenly the unknown vessel sig
nailed, If you don't turn by (sic)
Immediately, we will open fire"
The German captain then tried to
ram the other vessel, which now obvi-
ously was British, but found he could
not because of her position. He
then tried to clear lifeboats and
scuttle the Altmark, but the British
boarded before he could do so.
Continuing, the German captain
related that the British shot wildly
among his crew and even fired at
men who took to their heels across
the ice foes surrounding the Alt
mark.
He said the total number of dead
was not known, but five certainly
were dead. (The British admiralty
said four Germans were killed and
five wounded)
All the dead and wounded showed
wounds in the stomach, the cap
tain said, indicating the British
fired at close range. He said there
also were indications the British
used daggers in boarding his ship.
The captain of the nearest Nor
wegian torpedo boat rendered every
possible assistance, he said, but what
this might have consisted OF he did
not make clear.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
By the Associated Press.

LONDON Feb. 17.-Follo1oing
Is the tert OF the British ADMIRAL
ty communique today describing
the release OF about 800 captipe
British merchant seamen from
the German prison ship" Alt
mark by British destroyers::
1t will be remembered that the
Graf Spec sank seven British mer-
chant ships in the South Atlantic
before Christmas. The officers were
made prisoners on board the pocket
oattleship and were tolerably treated.
The seamen, on the other hand,
were confined in the Altmark, an
auxiliary of the German feet, which,
according to reports of the British
prisoners liberated from the Graf
Spec, was armed with concealed
guns.
Between 300 and 400 British mer-
chant seamen we're held prisoners
in this vessel and, upon evidence of
those of them who were transferred
to the Graf Spec and later rescued.
grievous hardships and seventies
were inflicted upon them.
Since then the Altmark vanished
from the seas and no trace of her
could be found until it appeared on
the 18th (of February that she was
moving down the Norwegian coast,
taking advantage of its peculiar
configuration and endeavoring to
convey these three or four hundred
British merchant seamen captives
through Norwegian territorial wat
ers to confinement in Germany.
Air Reconnaissance Made.
Accordingly. certain of his mai
esty's ships which were conveniently
disposed were set in motion and
certain aircraft reconnaissances
were made. as a result of which
vessel bearing the name of Altmark
and conforming in every respect to
her description, yesterday afternoon
took refuge in the Norwegian Fjord
Of Guessing after having been sighted
by coastal reconnaissance aircraft
and intercepted by his majesty's
ship Intrepid, Comdr. R. c. Gordon,
Royal Navy.
Orders were given by the admi-
rally, with full authority of his
majesty's government, to enter neu-
tral waters, search the Altmark and
rescue any prisoners if found on
board.
Josing Fjord has a dead end, and
two Norwegian gunboats appeared
at its mouth. The British COM
mander, Capt. P. L. Wan, Royal
Navy, of his majesty's ship Cossack,
was instructed to offer to place a
joint British and Norwegian guard
upon the ship and to escort it with
British and Norwegian warships to
Bergen, where search could be
conducted and the whole matter In
vestigated according to international
law. This offer was not accepted.
The captain of the Norwegian
gunboat stated that the ship was
unarmed, that he knew nothing
about any prisoners on board and
that she had been examined at
Bergen the day before and had re-
ceived permission to use Norwegian
territorial waters on her passage to
Germany.
Upon these assurances, the British
destroyer force withdrew from ter
ritorial waters, but after dark, on
receipt Of admiralty orders, the de-
stroyer Cossack, with the British
commander on board, re-entered the
fjord.
Norwegians Passive.
The Norwegian gunboats refused
cooperation in a search, but re-
mained passive. The Altmark was
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Russians Claim Capture
OF u Finnish Positions

MOSCOW, Feb. II (R.-Russian
troops chopped away steadily at
Finnish defenses along the Lenin-
grad-Viipuri Railroad today as the
Red Army reported capturing two
towns and % more "of the enemy's
defensive Notifications"
A Soviet communique said the
advancing Russians on the Karelian
Isthmus had taken Leipasuo and
Kamara, two towns along the rail-
way about Is miles from Viipuri.
(Reuters, British news agency,
reported in London the Firms
launched an air offensive and
bombed the Leningrad Railroad
which supplies Russia's Karelian
Isthmus troops. Several stations
were reported set on fire)
The reported capture Of % more
Notifications brought to Its the
number of such Finnish positions
the Russians assert they have taken
on the isthmus.
TN the seven days offensive of
the Soviet troops, the enemy's losses
in fortifications occupied by the
Soviet troops constituted 40 ma
chine guns and ITO guns" the COM
munique said.
Two of the "a defensive positions
were described as iron and concrete
artillery forts.
The reported capture Of Kamara
and Leipasuo indicated the Russians
still were trying to outflank Finnish
forces in the Summa sector, where
desperate fighting has been reported
for two weeks. The two towns are
a few miles north and west Of
Summa.
The Russians said the Films had
launched a counterattack, but were
"repulsed with great losses on all
sectors of the 'front.'"
With the exception Of the Karelian
Isthmus fighting, comparative quiet
was reported by the Russians In
other sectors except for clashes OF
infantry units in some places"
Russian airplanes were reported
to have carried out successful raids
on Finnish troops and military OBJ
jectives" and to have shot down five
finnish planes.