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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25
B, the Associated Press.

By the ASSOCluteo Freess
DALLAS, Nov. 25.--Meager re-
ports from ice-pound Amarillo to-
day said freezing rain had stopped
there, promising some relief from
the storm which isolated the city
and other communities in the Pam
handle.
Highways and streets were Uttered
with poles, wire and trees while util-
ity company repair crews struggled
to restore disrupted communication
lines. Amarillo has spoken only in
terrnittently with the outside world
by short-wave radio since a growing
sheath of ice mantled the area.
But the weather also blew hot In
Texas last night. While at ice
bound Amarillo the mercury dipped
to % degrees, 900 miles southwark at
Brownsville. it scared to 81 degrees.
Radio amateurs from Lubbock and
Dallas reported they found 1t neces-
sary to relay messages by way Of
Hawaii. and points as far east as
West Virginia, to Amarillo. Last
night Amarillo was virtually without
power or water.
Inches of Ice.
No reports had been received from
Berger and Pampa.
The trees, wires and poles strewn
over Panhandle highways had been
snapped like straws beneath 5-inch
coat of frozen mist which had been
gathering for "a hours. The South
western Bell Telephone Co. rushed
80 crews from all over Texas with
1000 new poles.
In Central East Texas rains con-
tinued to send flood waters over
thousands of acres Of rich farming
land.
Henry Wallace, Vice President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25
Cleveland 10 Be Site
OF Aircraft Engine
Research Center
Work to Sturt in Month
On So, 400 900 Project,
DR.. Bush Announces
By JOSEPH s. EDGERTON.


Cleveland has been selected as the
site for the Governments new
Sc, 10000 airplane engine research
laboratory, it was announced today
by DR.. Vannevar Bush, chairman OF
the National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics.
Bids for construction of the new
laboratory will be asked at once and
construction will begin next month
DR.. Bush announced.
The site, adjoining the Cleveland
Municipal Airport, was recommended
by special committee which studied
the merits of u sites offered for
consideration by 81 cities in all parts
of the country.
This will be the third major air.
craft research center established by
the 25-year-old N. A. c. A., which
was created by Congress to super
wise all aeronautical basic research
work for the Federal Government.
The original laboratories at Langley
Field. Va. now are being enlarged
to the ultimate capacity of a rela-
lively restricted site on the big
Army post there.
Work Started in California.
A Sl0,000.000 research laboratory
now is being constructed at Sunny
vale. Calf. where preliminary re-
search activities already have been
started.
The new airplane engine labora-
tory was authorized by an act OF
Congress approved last June rs to
provide adequate facilities for sci
entific research on fundamental
problems of engine design.
Decision of the committee to estab-
lish the laboratory at Cleveland was
approved unanimously by members
of the N. A. C. A. DR.. Bush ex-
planned that the site was selected
after very complete appraisal of
all factors affecting efficient opera
ton of the laboratory because Of the
finding that in its combination OF
advantages the Cleveland site will
best serve the interests of aviation
and of the Nation
Completion of the new laboratory
will make possible tremendous ex-
pansion of the limited aircraft engine
research program. which has been
carried on at Langley Field. Despite
the limited facilities available there,
many important contributions to the
science of aircraft engine design
have been made by the N. A. c. A.
since the World War.
Room for Improvement.
DR.. George w. Lewis, director of
aeronautical research for the N. A.
c. A, explained that although
American airplane engines are at
present as good as those of any other
Nation, there is great room for i'm
provement."
The engine is the heart of the
airplane and in view Of the vital
Importance to the Nation of &C
celebrating the progress, the new
Cleveland laboratory is urgently
needed" DR.. Lewis said The mag
nitude of Americas investment in
the aircraft program during the
next few years necessitates greatly
increased concentration on research
in order to give the country assur-
ance of the maximum possible re-
turn upon its investment and as
surance that this Nation will more
than keep pace with other nations
in aircraft and aircraft engine de-
velopment."
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dertaks to say so without action by
Congress in some approving manner.
The johnson Act prohibits loans
from any source in this country ex-
cept . Government corporation to
nations which are In default on
their obligations to this country.
The President and Secretary con-
ferred at the White House during
the morning.
Island Trade Suggested.
From London came the suggestion
by the authoritative British Press
Association that British possessions
in the West Indies might be traded
to the United States for war sup
plies.
Other British press comment was
to the effect that what Lord Lothian
had In mind was that England was
reaching the end of dollar reserves
rather than Of financial resources
in general. Under the Neutrality
Act, the British have had to pay
cash for war supplies bought in this
country.
Senator Barley, Speaker Ray
burn and Senator Byrnes. Democrat,
of South Carolina conferred with
the President for an hour and a
half this morning-an unusually
long legislative conference. Sena-
tor Barley said the legislative pro-
gram for the new session beginning
January was discussed, but he
could not reveal the trend Of this
discussion.
The legislative leaders said finan-
cial help for England was not dis
cuSSed.
Argentina Seeks Loan.
Another financial problem sched-
uled to occupy the President during
the week is brought by an Argen-
tine economic mission, reported to
be negotiatin for loan of $780,
000,00 from the United States. The
desire of this country to strengthen
hemisphere defense is expected to
assure sympathetic consideration of
whatever the mission proposes.
Undersecretary of State Welles
brought to the White House shortly
before noon the Argentine Ambas-
sador, DR.. Felipe A. Espil, and DR..
Paul Brebisch of the special
economic mission. They were ex-
pected to begin the discussions of
Argentina's financial needs.
The Presidents special train ar
rived this morning after an over
night trip from Hyde Park.
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Congress
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its use would again become neces-
sary nearly a century later.
After the Senate gave up the old
chamber it became the meeting place
of the Supreme Court, until 1885
when that tribunal moved into its
own marble home across from the
Capitol on First street.
Since 1885 the old chamber has
been preserved exactly as the court
left it, with the doors always open
to the thousands of tourists who
pass through the Capitol daily.
Senator King Presides.
All but one of the nine high-back
leather chairs formerly used by the
Supreme Court justices were re-
moved today. In the remaining
chair sat Senator King. Democrat, OF
Utah, president pro TEN of the SEN
ate
Otherwise the room remained al
most exactly as it was when the
court moved out five years ago.
Two rows of chairs from the Sen
ate chamber were arranged in a
semi-circle in front of the rostrum
but there was not sufficient room
to provide chairs for all Senators
Some of them sat on the long
benches occupied by the public when
the Supreme Court met in the
chamber.
Members of the press, instead OF
looking down on the proceedings
from a gallery, as usual. sat on an
other row of benches Immediately
behind the Senators.
This left one row OF seats against
the back wall of the chamber for
the public, but comparatively few
spectators could be admitted to wit
ness the session.
The presence of 40 Senators at
noon constituted a quorum. but Sem
ate Majority Leader Barley lost nc
time in opening fight against
action on the Logan-Walter bill al
this time.
Barley Opposes Action.
Announcing he is going to vote
against taking up the bill now, Sen
ator Barley argued that a better
piece of legislation on the subject
could be written at the regular
January session. The bill, he con.
tended, is one of the most technica
measures considered in long time
Acting Minority Leader Austin o.
Vermont took issue with some Of
Senator Barkleys claims.
The discussion over the Logan
Walter bill was tame and undra.
matte, however, in comparison with
some Of the debates that took place
in that chamber in the days Of
Webster, Clay, Calhoun and othel
outstanding men of the 18th century
Senator Burke, Democrat, Of Ne
braska, interrupted the Democratic
leader to point out that his sugges-
ton for delay until January woulo
nullify the action of the House In
passing the Logan-Walter measure
In January, Senator Burke said. the
House would have to start from
scratch" again.
Senator Barley contended the
operation of the bill might tie the
hands of a Government department
for months, through the provisions
permitting court review Of proposed
administrative rules OF Federal
agencies.
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Texas Storm Hits Panhandle;
Amarillo Is Without Water

elect, was somewhere In rain
drenched East Texas en- route to
Mexico for the presidential inaugu-
ration of Gen. Avila Camacho. Re-
ports at Laredo said Mr.. Wallace.
who left Meridian, Miss, by auto
Saturday, would not arrive at the
border until tonight.
A. p. Stories Sent by Radio.
RI. Rolfe and Henry Nelson, op-
Grating amateur radio station
W5DAM, transmitted Associated
Press dispatches from Dallas to
Station W5CYX in the office Of the
Amarillo News Globe. Reports that
fires, started by broken power lines,
were burning in several parts Of
Amarillo were denied by W5CYX.
The ice-bound area extended from
Amarillo Is miles south and east
and northwest into Colorado and
New Mexico.
Snowplows and repair crews
battled snow and ice over North
eastern New Mexico behind one OF
the worst November storms ever to
strike that region. Snow 2 feet
deep blanketed the northern part Of
the State isolating communities Oh
the main highways.
All air line traffic across New
Mexico was Cancelled. and buses
and trains reached Albuquerque far
behind schedule A heavy fog over
lay the Rio Grande valley and west
across the Continental Divide.
Moderate temperatures enabled
the State Highway Department to
keep traffic moving on all main
highways. both north and east.
A major flood threatened in the
lower Little River Valley, which
drains most Central Texas streams
into the RraZ0S
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AIpho Chi Rho Elects
w. H. Collier President

Wilbur H. Collier of the Chesa-
peake 81 Potomac Telephone Co.
was elected president of the Wash
ington Chapter of Alpha Chi Rho
Fraternity at a dinner Friday at the
Cosmos Club.
Other officers are Guerra Everett,
vice president; william o. BURNER.
treasurer, and 1t. Col. Thomas j.
Frailey, secretary.
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Stowe
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first foreign correspondents of any
nationality to reach the Greek
frontier. This afternoon, few miles
behind the fighting zone, we inter-
view II Italian officers, just taken
prisoners. One of them said:
Italy made a great mistake. We
should never have started the war
at this time"
I asked an Italian lieutenant why
Fascist aviators had been so inefnec-
tive during the first weeks of the
war. He replied:
Il don't understand what hap
pened. None of us understand what
was the matter with our aviation"
In spite of that admission, he
sought to justify the Italian in
vasion of Greece on the grounds that
it was soldiers duty to obey.
Pressure Tightening.
Shortly afterward we were in
formed how the Greeks had recap
tured one village after another and
thrown the Italians back to Al
bania regardless of the formidable
mountainous terrain 1t seems. that
the Greek pressure on Aggregation
is Tightening steadily while the
Italians are simply struggling to
escape further punishment.
We came up to the frontier over
mountain ranges which would have
given pause to Napoleon himself
For more than three hours the road
twisted and wound upwards to a
pass over 5000 feet high. Finally,
the clouds blotted out the valley
below U.s. Now and then snow-cov-
cred peaks rose above them. On
the way we threaded our path
around long '"onvoys of trucks and
munitior :. aims of mules and
horses. we passed 1000 troops.
Today, all the way Greek soldiers
greeted us with cheers and smiles
They were the happiest troops have
ever seen in Is months of war
After they shook their fists and
shouted ION to Rome" nowhere In
the world could you find soldiers
with higher spirit or greater con-
fidence. Troops passed us bearing
rations which were marked Athens
Tirana, or Athens Rome. 1t was like
victory parade and. in fact, that
is exactly what it was.
The highway above the mountains
is a masterpiece of engineering skill
and in excellent condition. Even SO,
Greek women and young boys and
girls of some to is years of age
were working industriausly filling in
occasional ruts. Everywhere from
Athens to this spot the enthusiasm
of the Greek people was the same
and 1t was more than matched by
that of oficers and men.
At last we are in the war zone and
the stimulating atmosphere Of the
front is here. 1t is worth much more
than two days Of hard driving from
Athens to experience this feeling
and suddenly to become associated
with the uninterrupted advance of
the victorious Greek army.
You know the Greeks are inside
Albania from personal contact. You
also know that they will be farther
inside Albania tomorrow and that
neither mountains nor Italian troops
are likely to stop this Greek drive
for a long time to come.
tcopyrisht 1870. chissse Daily News fns)
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(COnIlQueu cTOHl rlTSt HdSc'
of the Communist party, U. S. A.
Furthermore, this report established
the fact that the Communist party
was concentrating its efforts in the
aircraft industry in California. In
accordance with a decision reached
at this California convention Of the
Communist party, Wyndham Nor
timer, well-known party member,
was sent to the coast. The Com
munist party's own publication, the
Peoples World, announced that
Mortimer would take over the task
of organizing in the aircraft in
dustry.
Called Strike Leader.
Something like score Of wit
nesses who have appeared before
our committee during the past three
years have positively identified
Wyndham Mortimer as member Of
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marks, but that he had not gone
into the matter fully as yet and had
not heard the question of credits
for England discussed in the execu-
tive branch Of the Government.
Asked If financial assistance might
be extended to Britain without re-
peal or modification of the johnson
Act. Mr. Hull said he would not I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-25
Morksmen Vie for Fowls

About 30 fowls were won by WASH
ington marksmen yesterday in the
Twelfth Precinct Pistol Club shoot
at Terre Gotta. Held twice q year
for police and civilian members OF
the club, the matches are called
turkey shoots" but the prizes in
clude chickens. Sergt. j. M. Lar
kins was in charge.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
German Advance Admitted By British
 To Have Put Allies In Danger
 ous And Very Obscure Position

UNDATED, May 1 (4) - Peril for the security of their Hanks in northern and southern Europe had the Allied war leaders plain ly worried. The menace in the north is where the fast driving German columns have apparent ly clamped a strangle-hold on central Norway and it was ack- nowledged by British military spokesmen who said the advanc- es have put the Allies in dan gerous and very obscure posi- tion."
 The threat in the south is that Italy might throw her might into the Nazi scales and as precau- ton Britain has ordered the sus pension of her merchant shipping traffic thru the Mediterranean & is sending it around Africa; and in Paris the foreign minister spokesman declared the Italian attitude has "become definitely alarming" in the past two days. U. s. Ambassador Phillips visit ed Mussolini at Rome to get first
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01

brads and Oster Valleys merge there and run as one into Trond- helm.
 On the other Norwegian fronts a German communique reported rapid progress toward Bergen on the southwest coast. Heavy air attacks on the Allied positions at Namsos and Andalsenes regions, f1anking Tronheim on the north and south were inflicted with 6 ships sunk or severely dari4aged, bases set afire and two or three "enemy submarines" sunk.
 Sources close to the British foreign office said that Soviet Russia had deemed the British offers to negotiate trade agree ments as unsatisfactory.
 Pot @ntial' troubisa breWed in southeas. Europe as Hungary warned Germany protected Slo- vakia that she would mot hesi- tate to act in the defense of her national honor" if the rights of the Hungarian minority in Slo- vakian are not respected.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
Germany Claims Land Connections
 Are Established Between Oslo
 And West Coast Port Trondheim

UNDATED, April 30 (P) - Germany claimed to have estab lished land connections between their main Norwegian base at Os To and the west coast port of Trondheim. This would be a dam aging blow to the Allies who are still apparently unable to re sist the Germans rapid drive through the mountainous central Norway, despite the arrival of reinforcements. Although the line is long and thin, it means the Germans are in a position to isolate the Allied forces which had advanced inland from the coast. It also means they have at tained strategic hold on com munications.
 Military sources in London said the Germans have captured the important railway junction of Storen, 30 miles south of Trond- helm and described the Allied position in the Dombas sector as difficult. The prime importance of Storen is acknowledged as the railway lines through the Gre
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
Hatch Bill On State Employees
 Killed By House

WASHINGTON, May (P1 -. The House Judiciary Committee killed the Hatch Bill to regulate political activities of state em- ployees paid by federal funds, which the Senate passed a month ago. After a long fight it was ordered tabled, which means it vii be stuffed away in a pigeon hole. The vote was not announc- ed.
 Chairman Summers of the com mittee declined to discuss, in ad- dition, the restricting of the pol itical activities of state employ ees, paid in whole or in part with federal funds. The measure would also have limited personal campaign contributions to S5.000.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
hand information.

hand information.
 Germany rained new blows on Britain's sea forces and the high command said their fliers had sunk a British cruiser, a destroy CT, five transports, heavily dam aged another cruiser and five oth CT transports. h London, the air ministry acknowledged the loss of 97 planes but said heavy dam age was done in raids last night on Stavanger, Fornebu and Aala- oorg.
 The Germans also reported the capture of considerable war mat erial and more than 4,900 prison CTS in Norway, among them 40 Britons and $500 men of the Nor wegian second division were seiz ed at Lillehammer.
 Swedish reports from Stock holm said Norwegian troops are still occupying positions north of the railway junction at Storen, 30 miles south of Trondheim.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
INVESTIGATING PRIMARIES IN TWO STATES

WASHINGTON, April 29 - Chairman Guy M. Gillettee an- nounced that the Senate cam paign investigating committee has ordered it's investigators to in ouire into the Nebraska presi- dential primaries, also the West Virginia senatorial primary, but would not say what candidates were involved in the Nebraska Republican preferential primary in which Sen. Arthur H. Van denberg opposed Thomas E. Dew ev with President Roosevelt un- opposed on the Democratic side,
 Senator Gillette said the "com mittee is sending investigators to inquire into the expenditure of money in connection with that states recent primary and partic ular reference will be made to presidential campaigns.
 Regarding West Virginia he said the committee received in- formation which "if substantial ed even in part would indicate control of election machinery which is destructive to the oppol tunity for the electorate to reg ister is opinion at the polls.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
Kills
 Annual Meeting!. g. Alaska Legis.

WASHINGTON, May 1 (P) - The House eliminated the provi- sion, in Delegate Dimond's bill, changing the date of the meeting of the Alaska Legislature, pro- viding for annual sessions. The bill was signed by President Roosevelt April 18th and still provides for regular sessions of the Legislature on odd-numbered years.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
@ Boston Del- egates Pledged To Jim Farley

BOSTON, May (P) - An un- instructed Republican delegation was named here for the conven- tion.
 With bay state voters paying only scant attention to the old age pension slate backed by Mo Masters, 69 Democratic delegates of the 72 to be chosen, were pledged to James A. Farley, and named in yesterdays presidential primary. Sixty of the delegates have half a vote apiece, and tw- elve had a third of vote at the Democratic convention. -
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
Annual Session Alaska Legislature Bill Is Killed
Old Age Group Backs Dewey Sans Authorization

BOSTON, April 30 (A) - Only a small percentage of States, two million voters, were drawn to the voting booths of the presidential primary, which featured mainly the question of whether the old age pension group, backing Dew ey, without his authorization, could break into the semi-official unpledged Republican slate.
 William McMasters, leader of the old age group on the Demo cratic side of the slate, and pledg ed to Farley was concede a vic tory
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
Dances on Top 7OO-Ft. Trylon In Hope of Job

NEW YORK, April 30 (P1 - Roy Yost aged 36 of Manhattan, who said he hoped to get a para chute jumping job at the Worlds Fair chose the top of the 700-foet. Trylon tower for a demonStra- tion. He kept police and more than 100 workmen in suspense, with dancing and other antics for more than an hour until yanked back to safety from the inside. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
Shows On May Day In States

CHICAGO, May (P-Galosh es were the vogue in several mid dle western states as Aprips fare well showers turned to wet snow on May Day. A snowstorm cen tered over northern parts of H. linois, Wisconsin and Michigan. This is the fourth time in 63 years that a measurable amount of snow has fallen here.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
Predict Trouble For Republican No-War Plank

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Rl- Prominent Republicans forecast that the Platform Committee would have their biggest battle over the phrasing of the keep out of the war plank. After series of talks with Governor Staseen of Minnesota, convention keynOter, leaders disclosed differ ences of opinion over the precise position which the party should take on the foreign policy.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
North Star Sails Alaska May 25

SEATTLE, April 30 (P) - The Motorship North Star will make it's first trip to Alaska May 18th.
 Nearly sixty men were left at the Byrd expeditions 2 bases at the south pole.
 In the past seven months the ship has covered 36,000 miles.
The Nome nugget., 1940-05-01
Results Primary At Cordova

,CORDOVA, May l - Eyak pre- cinct-Cole 5-Duker 1.
 Miller 5-Reed 0.
 Chamberlain Murray 4-Di- mond 45
 Grigsby 11-Roden 26
 Boyle 34-Sheldon 6
 HeSSe 31-RiVers 8
 Brownell 30; Taylor 12, Burch cite 39; Egan 26; Hatton T; Horn ing 8; Huntley IS; McCutcheon Is; s. J. McCutcheon 8; Nutbeem 6; Smith 19.