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Evening star., 1940-06-10
Policeman HurIs
Nightstick to
Stop Fugitive

Policeman F. A. Jordan of the
1st precinct was credited with bring
ing the art of nightstick twirling
to a new high today.
Mr.. Jordan, like every other po-
liceman who ever wore shoe leather
away on a beat, is an expert at
doing tricks with his nightstick. He
was patroling his beat early today
when he came upon a street fight.
Five colored persons had a COL
ored man down and were sys-
tematically delivering kicks to the
mans face. Mr.. Jordan broke up
the sport and succeeded in collar
ing one Of the battlers.
The man hit the policeman.
knocking off his helmet, and started
to run. Mr.. Jordan wound up,
threw his nightstick 10 feet at the
fleeing man and hit him squarely
in the head.
The man fell to the ground and
Mr.. Jordan caught up with him.
The fight started again and Mr.
Jordan drew his gun and shot the
man in the foot. The prisoner was
removed to Gallinger Hospital,
where he remained for treatment.
Evening star., 1940-06-10

Britain's motion picture produc-
ers are concentrating more than
ever on feature films appealing to
the outside world.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Civilized Men Pray
For French Victory,
Bu|Iitt Declares
U. 5. Envoy Speaks
At Rites Honorine
Joan of Arc
BY the Associated Press.


DOMREMY. France, June 10
William c. Bullitt, United States
Ambassador to France, declared yes
terday that from one end Of this
earth to the other, every civilized
man is praying, after his fashion, for
the victory of France"
Here at the birthplace of Joan of
Arc. at the close of a ceremonial
presentation of an altar donated by
Americans to the village church, the
Ambassador placed a white rose at
the feet of a statue of the Maid Of
Orleans, in the name of President
Roosevelt.
Joan of Arc worshiped at this
church in her childhood five GEN.
turies ago.
Large Gathering Not Permitted
Only small group was present at
the ceremony Crowds were not per-
mitted because of the danger from
flights of German planes over the
Domremy region. about 80 miles
south of the now German-held
junction Of the French, Belgian and
Luxembourg borders
Americans know on which side
stand right, justice and Christian
| decency and on which side are
wrong, cruelty and bestiality," Mr.
Bullitt said.
H'Thnv he1ieyo in Eropcop
| The altar was donated by Ameri-
cans "of all churches and faiths
who desired at this moment to ex-
press their belief that the spiritual
forces represented by Joan of Arc
would triumph over the forces OF
evil" said statement given out in
connection with the ceremony.
Offering From All Americans.
The Ambassador said that this
altar is offered to France and tc
God by young and old Americans
Of all churches and faiths who re-
we're Joan Of Arc and love France.
THE gifts to build it have come
to me from Catholics and Protest.
ants who wish to express to theil
French brothers their faith thai
Christians are right and that the
spiritual forces of the earth will
triumph over the forces of Satanism
I'VE know that the French blooc
flowing today is being spent for al
the values of 1000 years of Christian
civilization"
Americans, Mr.. Bullitt said, "be.
heve in France because they know
that in the heart of each French.
man there burns always, whether
he is conscious of it or not, the flame
of Joan of Arc.
They are certain that this flame
will never be put out and that
Evening star., 1940-06-10
'Cobber' Koin, Britoiin's First
War Ace, Killed in Accident
New ZeoIonder, u,
Downed 40
Germon Planes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 10.-Britain's first
air ace Of the war, Flying Officer
E. J. "Cobber' Kahn, unofficially
credited with more than 40 German
planes shot down in action, has been
killed, it was disclosed today.
His death resulted from a flying
accident while on duty, not in action.
A New Zealander, Kahn had re-
Gently been named to head a group
of British pilots with a bag of 20
or more enemy planes on rowing
commissions.
Kahn. who was % years old. was
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross last March for gallantry in
France in attacking. with another
plane, seven Nazi bombers and chas-
ing them into German territory.
Previously Kahn had shot down
flve German planes-two Dornier
bombers and three Messerschmitt
fighters. In one air fight he had
to bail out" when his machine was
shot down.
He was wounded by shrapnel in
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Virginia Legion on Alert
For Fifth CoIumnists
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LYNCHBURG. Va. June To-
Virginia members of the American
Legion have formulated a program
OF their own for dealing with fifth
column activities. q
E Ralph James of Hampton. de-
partment commander, told the sixth
district Legion conference here yes
terday that information regarding
subversive activity was forwarded
to department headquarters and
then turned over to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
The Legionnaires, he said. were
acting quietly in an effort to pre-
vent any attempt to disrupt the
American way of living.
The State commander expressed
appreciation to the General Assem-
bly, for its passage of the Heller bill
denying the use of public buildings
to persons advocating overthrow of
the Government. and expressed re-
gret that Gov. Price saw fit to veto
II
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Aliens
Continued From First Page)

Service moves from the Labor De-
partment to the Justice Department
Friday.
Hopes for Passage This Week.
The flngerprinting and registra-
ton program would be carried out
by the immigration Service. All
aliens except officials of foreign gov
ernments and their families would
be required to register at post Offices
or other places designated by the
immigration Service, which would
formulate regulations to implement
the law.
Senator Connally, Democrat, Of
Texas, sponsor of the legislation,
told reporters he hoped to obtain
Senate approval this week. The
House previously has passed SINH
lar legislation.
Under Mr.. Biddle's suggestion, po-
lice units of the Treasury and In
terror Departments would aid the
Border Patrol. which has the pri-
mary responsibility for keeping a
watch on aliens.
The Border Patrol has 856 officers
and men and is expected to get 7l2
more under a bill submitted to
Congress last week.
Many Engaged in Smuggling.
Under Mr.. Biddle's proposal this
force would be strengthened by the
$50 men in the customs patrol. 237
park rangers and 1900 Coast
Guardsmen.
Mr.. Biddle has presented his pro-
posal to representatives of the other
departments. and the conferees
views will be studied by Willard
F. Kelly, head of the border patrol
The number of persons engaged
in smuggling in aliens has been
estimated at 1000 to 1,5OO.
The move toward Tightening police
lines at the borders follows action
by Secretary Hull last week denying
unrestricted entry to residents of
neighboring countries who previo-
ously were admitted without pass
ports.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
rench British and Norwegian Troops Are Withdrawn From Norway
Ford 10 Study Plane Today
10 Check on Output Claim
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 10.-Henry Ford.
genius Of mass production. who pc
riodically startles the industrial
world with some undertaking SEEM
ingly impossible Of achievement, ex-'
pected to learn today precisely what
may be involved in placing airplane
manufacture on a volume output
basis.
The 76-year -old Mr.. Ford, offering
his aid to the Government in its
defensive armament program. has
said that under certain conditions
ne could get airplane production up
to 1000 units day within SIX
months after an order to go ahead.
had been given.
Today Mr.. Ford and a group Of
his engineers planned to examine
| at the Ford Airport in nearby Dear
born the type of pursuit plane the
United States War Department be-
lieves would be most needed "in an
emergency" Mr.. Ford asked that
| the plane be sent las soon as pos
sible,' and the War Department
responded Immediately that the ship
would be delivered to Mr.. Ford to-
day.
Ever since Mr.. Ford's assertion a
fortnight ago regarding mass output
OF airplanes, his Office at Dearborn
has been in frequent telephone COM
munication with Washington.
There have been numerous in
dications since that considerable
technical work in connection with
the plane production program al
ready has been put under way
in the Ford engineering department.
Evening star., 1940-06-10

every plane now is needed on the
western front" he said.
King Haakon's declaration was in
similar vein and explained that
Norwegian resources, as we'll as SOL
diers withdrawn from the Narvik
front, would be placed at the dis
posal of the Allies in France.
Will Fight on Other Fronts.
Gen. Ruge, who was urged to go
with the government, but stayed be-
hind to negotiate the surrender of
his remaining troops to the Ger
mans. issued statement declaring
that Norway. "in spite of the fact
that we are not defeated" was
abandoning its resistance to save
the northern part Of the country
from being completely destroyed" :"
Addressed to Norwegian men
and women" Gen. Ruges statement
said:
The first phase of the war is
over. We are meeting dark pc
riod. but the fight will continue at
other fronts, where there also are
Norwegians.
Keep in mind that time when
we fought together as one man We
will not finish this war until we
again live under the Norwegian
flag as free men"
Nazi destroyers first sailed into
Narvik harbor to capture the city
on April 9.
Once a modern port, Narvik has
been reduced to a mass of ruins as
the result of bombardment from
sea and air. while the Germans
themselves, in their retreat toward
the Swedish border. have destroyed
parts OF the railway to Sweden.
According to experts here, there
is therefore little or no possibility
that Germany could hope to restore
her supply Of valuable ore shipments
via Narvik this summer.
Nazis in Control of Ports.
In gaining control of the bat
tered wreck of Narvik harbor and
the other Northern Norwegian ports,
Germany obtained stranglehold on
virtually all commerce from Sweden
and Finland. Occupation of South
ern Norway and Denmark gives
the Reich control of the Baltic out
let, and leaves the small, unde-
veloped Finnish Arctic port of Pet
samo as the only free port in the
northern countries of Scandinavia
and Finland
Reports indicated that the main
force of the Allies, with some Nor
wegians, withdrew from Narvik in
transports with a naval escort on
Saturday. They were said to have
left under heavy Nazi fire, similar
to that encountered in the en-
barkation from Namsos.
These reports apparently we're
borne out by mention in an off,
clal British communique of a naval
engagement in northern waters last
Saturday, and the German high
commands claim that the British
alrplane carrier Glorious, a DESTROY
er, a troopship and a tanker had
been sunk.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
723 Refugees Back
After Terror
Voyage From Ireland
SIS. Roosevelt Races Home
Through Storm; 2 More
Liners En- Route
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSociat ted Press.
NEW YORK, June 1O.-The
Statue of Liberty became a sentinel
of safety and peace today to new
hundreds of American and alien
refugees fleeing the widening holo-
caust of European war.
Steaming through fog and rain,
the commissioned United States
liner President Roosevelt. a
floating nursery" with $50 children
among its 723 passengers. docked
last night after a nightmare voy-
age of storm and terror from CAL
way, Ireland.
1t was the first of three United
States liners racing home with
Americans stranded in the path of
spreading battle zones.
The Manhattan. scheduled to ar
rive late today, will bring 1904 ref
ugees from Genoa. Italy. Hundreds
of clamoring passengers who miss
ed the boat at Galway will be
picked up later in the week by the
United States liner Washington,
which sailed from a French port
Saturday.
Half of Refugees Are Women.
Rough weather and shortages OF
fresh water and diapers added to
the troubles of passengers aboard
the President Roosevelt, which was
jammed with hundreds of extra
cots and lifebelts.
Half of the refugees were women.
manv of them wives of American
businessmen who remained in Eng
| land. At least two had husbands in
the British Royal Air Force. Among
the children were 80 babies. whose
mothers were forced to launder for
them in sea water.
There were also IA Rhodes schol-
ars. who agreed the British were
confident they'll win in the long
run
Scores Of passengers were so sea-
sick they remained below decks
for days. Describing storm that
struck the ship the third day after
they left Galway on June 2. Mrs
Paul H. Sullivan, wife of Good
year Rubker Co. official said
Every one though the ship had
broken in two. There was a terrible
noise and the motors shut down. We
were told later that the propeller
came out of the water, the ship
pitched So"
Disturbed by Nazi Warning.
For the first two days out the
passengers were uneasy because of
Nazi broadcasts that the British
planned to torpedo the liner and
blame the deed on Germany IN
order to bring the United States
into the war.
THE passengers seemed sus-
picious of each other" said Mrs.
Theodore Talcott Slater of West
Hartford, Conn, but as the ship
came nearer to the United States
the strain was lessened"
A well-stocked bar that remained
open "a hours day helped the
men forget the inconvenience OF
the water shortage, stewards said
Thirteen barking dogs added to the
uproar of the children, who romped
all over the ship.
Other passengers included Mrs.
Robert Montgomery, whose movie
star husband became a volunteer
ambulance driver in France, and
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt.
Mrs. Roosevelt said that her hus-
band, fighting as a major in the
British Army, had retained his
American citizenship.
Evening star., 1940-06-10

Seaweed and seagulls can be used
as food, declares London expert,
but special care is needed in pre-
pairing the birds.
Evening star., 1940-06-10

whatever may come, 1t will never
be conquered. -
THE invader is killing men.
women and children and
worthy are the soldiers who stand
against fire and even treason"
In closing, the envoy said:
Guard France! In the service Of
God and man let your spirit lead to
Christian victory"
The ceremony was held in the
garden between the house where
Joan of Arc was born and the
church where she was baptized and
made her first communion.
Evening star., 1940-06-10

White House or State Department
had advance information on what
Mr.. Bullitt would say in his address
In ceremonies at the birthplace of
Joan of Arc.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
Officials Here Silent
On BuNitt Speech

By the Associated Press.
Administration officials made no
comment yesterday on the state
ment Of Ambassador William c.
Bullitt that every civilized man
prayed "for the victory of France"
There was no hint whether the
Evening star., 1940-06-10

Service moves from the Labor De-
partment to the Justice Department
Friday.
Evening star., 1940-06-10
King Haakon Arrives
In England With
Official Staff
Monarch Reported
To Have Been Informed
Of Allied Action

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 0.-Withdrawal
OF French and British troops from
Northern Norway was officially an
nounced today.
Norwegian troops also have been
withdrawn to be reformed for ac-
ton on other fronts.
Troops and material from Narvik
and Northern Norway now can be
used to greater advantage else
where in the main struggle, the an
nouncement said.
King Haakon Arrives.
The Ministry of Information also
disclosed the arrival in England of
Norwegian King Haakon and his
government.
The announcement said: with
the foreknowledge and understand
ing Of his majesty, the King of Nor
way, and the Norwegian govern
ment, the British and French troops
have been withdrawn from Northern
Norway.
The King of Norway and the
Norwegian government are now in
Great Britain and a proportion of
the Norwegian armed forces have
been withdrawn from Norway in
order to be reformed for action on
other fronts
The capture of Narvik enabled
action to be taken to prevent the
Germans using it for the export of
Troops and material from Northern
Norway can now be used to greater
advantage elsewhere in the main
struggle to defeat German attempts
at domination, upon the outcome of
which Norwegian independence
finally depends"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08
Italians Take
Port And CITY
In Somaliland
Troops March Into leila,
On Gulf Of Alden, And
Also Seize Hargeisa
PUSH LOOMS
Fascist Authorities Claim
Successes In Air Raids
On British Bases

CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 7.-R-1tal-
ians advancing in British Somali-
land in an apparent overture to
a great war of peimre for domi-
nance in Africa have marched into
leila, a port on the Gulf of Alden
across from the British protector
va for All attack upon Britain's
vital strongholds in Egypt.
leila Undefended
leila was declared to have been
undefended.
All these moves suggested an
Italian campaign to occupy the re-
gion of the southern outlet of the
Red Sea-an essential in British
empire communications - before
the expected assault on Egypt it.
self.
The British, outnumbered on
land but including some of e
worlds strongest desert troops,
proclaimed at their middle-eastern
headquarters here that they vel.
coined the showdown, expressing
condencfie that the British n a Wy
would starve and cut off Premier
Mussolini's African soldiers in the
end and destroy his African dream.
The Italian forces facing Egypt
the land of the Suez Canal so
essential to the British-were con-
centrated near Bardia, Libya. The
British declared officially the
enemy had not set foot across the
frontier.
THE only Italians presently on
Egyptian SOIL" they said, "a
one general and 818 officers and
others-prisoners."
The Italians Unanswered for
position for ane enveloping attack
on Egypt; French Somalland ap-
pears now in their hands and Ital-
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08
HUNGARY TO MAKE
STRONG DEMANDS
Calls For Return OF Three.
Fourths OF Transylva-
mia. From Rumania

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. =
Hungary served notice tonight
that in her 20-year-long territorial
dispute with Rumania she will be
satisfied with nothing less than a
return Of 10 per cent of Transyl-
vania.
This work, it was learned on high
authority, was given to Raoul Bos-
sy, a Rumanian envoy, in a half
hour talk with Hungarian Premier
Pal Teleki at the foreign office.
Bossy it was announced will re-
turn to Bucharest tomorrow to in
form his government of Hungary's
position.
Signs that Germany was pro-
ding Rumania to make a quick set
tlement of Hungary's claims were
seen today in Bucharest.
The newspapers there ceased all
claims for resistance against the
Hungarian demands. Instead, they
reprinted a erlin foreign office ar
tic1e which criticized Rumanians
"who have assumed an attitude OF
false heroism in settling relations
with Hungary" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08
BRITAIN TO LINK
PLANS WITH U. S.
Told 1t Must Dovetail Mill
tary Effort With Ameri-
can Defense Program

LONDON, Aug. L. Up Great
Britain must dovetail her own mil-
itary effort with the American de.
tense program to win the war, par
Lament was told today.
The government spokesman, Ar.
thur Greenwood, pictured Amerl-
can factories-guided by war-train-
ed technical experts from Britain
in the role of supplementary pro-
ducers of war material with the
British fighting forces as the con.
sumers.
His comment raised the question
of immensely increased shipments
of arms from a country gird1ng
for her own defense but at the
same time seeking to aid the Brit
ish in all ways "short of war"
1.-THE need to supplement Jul own
production by drawing upon the
vast and invulnerable capacity of
North America has immensely IN.
creased since the fall of France"
Greenwood said.
"While but a few months ago
we we're placing orders with Amer
lean industry to supplement the
deficiencies in the combined AL
lied production, we now need to
embark on a much more exten-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08
ANNOUNCED BY DAVIS
EIectroc = Motive Corp,
GIN. Subsidiary, Viii.
Build Engines
DELIVERY SLATED
Coast Line And Pennsylva-
mia Also Order Fl Steel
S~treamlined Coaches

An order, said to be the largest
of it's kind ever placed, for 10 die
selelectric passenger locomotive
units, was announced by c. Mob.
Davis, of Wilmington, executive
vicepresident of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad company, in New
York yesterday, according to an
Associated Press dispatch.
The ElectrocMotive Corpl, a sub
sidiary of General Motors Corpl,
at La Grange, ILL.,, will build the
units.
Delivery in October
F. W. Brown, general manager
of the A.C.L., said here last night
that the first delivery of the en-
gines will be made in October and
will continue until December.
The dieselpowered locomotives
are expected to be placed in opera
ton on the A.C.L lines some time
in December.
While the value of the order for
the units was not revealed, a
spokesman for the road said that
both the dollar total and the horse
power involved e the greatest
on record for passenger diesels.
The announcement by Mr.. Davis
also revealed that the Atlantic
Coast Line and the Pennsylvania
Railroad have ordered 81 stainless
steel streamline coaches to double
the capacity of the Champion"
new streamline New York to Flori
da flyer train operated jointly by
the two companies.
George B. Elliott, president Of
the A.C.L., said last night that ad
ditional cars are to be bought from
time to time. 1t is expected that
the order for the new streamline
coaches will be augmented to go
with each of the diesel locomotive
In making the announcement in
New York, Mr.. Davis said h a t
greater vacation travel to Florida
was primarily responsible for the
order. However, he added:
1.-The rapid gains of industry in
the southeastern states demands a
corresponding increase in new
trains. The manufacturing centers
of the intermediate south can be
expected to increase their produc
ton since America, because of the
European war, is forced to supply
its own markets, and we look con
fidently to new and greater develop
ment in the south in the n ca r
future" 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08
Agreement Is Made To Put Water
Carriers Under ICC Regulations

meet rate-war competition by rail-
roads, while its opponents argued
that it would disrupt the whole
rate-making process. Wadsworth
made public a letter to the house
membership ~contending that its
elimination was unjustified and un-
precedented since both chambers
had approved it.
The big bill, which originated
with a committee appointed by
President Roosevelt four years ago
also would repeal the statutes
which require the land grant
railroads to carry government
freight and troops free and would
authorize the Reconstruction FL
nance corporation to make certain
new railroad loans where private
financing is lacking