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Evening star., 1940-09-12
Wi||kie Scores
Foreign Policies
OF Roosevelt
Says They Are Clumsy
In Critique on
Labor Speech
By the Associated Press.


RUSHVILLE, Ind, Sept. 12.-De-
scribing President Roosevelt's hand
ling of foreign affairs as clumsy -
Wendell L. Willkie said today that
"the United States cannot but fail
In the present world struggle under
such leadership"
In a statement issued Just before
going to Indianapolis for a confer
ence with other Republican leaders,
the presidential candidate made
this comment on Mr.. Roosevelt's ad-
dress last night:
II have never felt so encouraged
about the outcome of the election
as I did after listening to Mr.. Roose-
velt's speech last night.
IF the American people have
any sense of realism Of the con-
dition of the world in which they
are living, they will reject over
whelmingly President who preache;
such lass-conscious and economic
sabotage doctrines were preached
last night.
The kindest words which can be
applied to the Presidents speech
are that he does not understand
the laws of economics, government
finance or the forces at work ir
the world today.
Compared With Blum.
'The United States cannot but
fail in the present world struggle
under such leadership-it is ths
same doctrine which Blum Of France
taught"
"In addition. the Grass repudia-
ton by the President in his ac-
ceptance speech of the foreign re-
lations plank of the platform
adopted by his self controlled con-
venticn at Chicago" the statement
continued, land his momentary re-
adoption of that same foreign rela-
tions plank last night must be dis
tressing to all lovers of candor and
forthrightness in public office.
He apparently has become dis
turbed by his own clumsy handling
Of foreign affairs"
Mr.. Willkie dictated his statement
to a stenographer before breakfast
then sat in the Hotel Lollis dining
room and proof-read the finished
copy.
He had busy day ahead before
his departure tonight on Western
speaking tour.
The presidential nominee made 6
noon appointment at Indianapoli!
with Senator Charles L. McNary o.
Oregon, vice presidential candidate
National Chairman Joseph w. Mar,
tin and Gov. Harold E. Stassen o.
Minnesota.
The four agreed to talk over ar
October itinerary for Mr.. Willkie, a!
well as questions Of party policy anc
campaign organization.
To Make So Speeches.
Returning here late in the after.
noon, Mr.. Willkie will pack his bag.
for departure at 1880 pm. (centrs
standard time) on special trair
which will take him to the Pacific
Coast and back to the East. During
Evening star., 1940-09-12

SACoSCl e1idii eAloI Va LiAAiAil5 ~.
The announcement of one of the
greatest chemical triumphs of all
time by which the processes of ma
ture, requiring approximately 200.-
100000 years, are telescoped into
a few moments, was made by DR.
Ernst Berl, research professor of
chemistry at the Carnegie Institute
of Technology at Pittsburgh.
DR.. Berl drew a handkerchief
from his pocket. In an hour" he
said, It can turn this into a good
grade of bituminous coal. In an
hour and a half I can make an
thracite out Of 1t. In two hours 1t
can be turned into a good grade Of
gasoline
Recognized as one of the fore
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Machinery Approved
For Draft in District;
$4,000 10 Register
Personnel Of Boards
To Be Named Soon,
NeCooeh Says

facing the District m a position
for immediate application of the
draft as soon as the Burke-Wads-
worth bill becomes law, the Com
missioners today approved a detailed
plan for registration and conscrip-
ton of District residents.
1t was estimated at the District
Building that if the bill as finally
approved carries the age limits of
81 to 35, some $4,000 Washington
men would be registered and under
the plan adopted each one would be
given his own number, in prepara-
ton for the lottery which will de-
termine who should be called and
when.
The plan as approved was changed
but very little from the proposals
submitted to the Commissioners
last Saturday by Maj. Beverley c.
Snow, Assistant Engineer Com
missioner; Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox,
commanding officer of the District
National Guard, and Col. C. o.
Dravo, adjutant general of the
Guard.
The most important change was
that the Commissioners dropped
from the plan proposed arrange
ments that colored men be registered
at colored schools. and white men at
the white schools, suggestion that
had bene made, it was said, only in
the interest OF convenience.
To Be Registered at Schools.
AS the plan now stands, in the
local board draft areas into which
the District is to be divided, where
there is more than one school desig-
mated in an area for registration the
men may go to whatever school they
wish.
Col. David McCoach, jr., Engineer
Commissioner, said. that the Com
(See D. c. DRAFT, Page A-3J
Evening star., 1940-09-12
West Virginiun Held
In SIuyinq of Wire
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SPECIAL DISPATCH 70 Inc Star.
CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, Sept.
12.-Vernon Turner, resident of q
mountain section 5 miles from here,
was under arrest today while police
investigated the staying of his wife.
Mrs. Turner was nearly decapi-
tated by blow from sharp-edged
weapon. Her body was found In the
Kitchen Of their home last night.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Bunkheud's Condition
Reported Much Better
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FreN.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 12.-The con-
dition of Speaker Bankhead was
considerably improved today and
his physician. DR.. George w. Calver,
said he might return to his Wash
ington apartment during the day.
Mr.. Bankhead was taken Ill sud-
denly Tuesday night shortly before
a scheduled political address here.
DR.. Carver said he was suffering an
"Excruciatingly painful" attack of
sciatica.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Italians Say: Subs
Prey on British
Ships in Atlantic
Sinking of II 1000 Tons
In Single Voyage Is
Credited to One
BY the Associated Press.

ROME. Sept. 12-Italy declared
today that her submarine arm had
reached into the Atlantic Ocean to
prey on British shipping. crediting
one boat with sinking $1,000 tons
in single voyage beyond the Strait
of Gibraltar.
The high commands communique
also claimed that in a raid on
Alden, British base at the entrance
to the Red Sea, at the other ex-
tremity of Italy's battle front. two
British destroyers were sunk by
air bombing September / and 2.
The communique declared Italian
bombers had smashed again at Brit
ish troops and supply depots along
the Egyptian coast and acknowl-
edged the British had raided the
harbor of Derna, in Libya.
apparently both Italy and
Britain are preparing for ma
jor action on the Libyan-Egyptian
frontier, either planning to take
the offensive or fearful of drive
by the oppositionD
The Italians said bombing of a
British supply dump at Sidi Bar
rani, Egypt, caused fires and ex-
plosions. In addition, the COM
munique said. English armored cars
were scattered by bombing and ma
chine cunning, and railroad works
on the Egyptian coast were bonn
barded.
AN enemy plane of the Blenheim
type was shot down. and another
probably was shot down." the Ital-
ians reported. "One of our planes
failed to return"
The Italians claimed today nearly
a 6-to-1 superiority, over the Eng
lish in air losses inflicted in the
first three months of the war and
better than a 2-to-1 advantage in
ships sunk at sea.
Evening star., 1940-09-12

most coal and oil chemists, results
of some of DR.. Berl's earlier expert
ments were published freely in SCI
entiflc journals. DR.. Berl said this
was before the present sensational
results were obtained and also be-
fore gasoline supplies became such
vital military problem.
The final steps necessary for the
process we're not revealed, nor the
exact costs. Colleagues said they
understood national defense lead
ers are watching the experiments
with keen interest.
Entirely aside from present con-
ditions. DR.. Berl told interviewers,
(See SCIENCE, Page A-10D
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Correspondent Sees
No Bomb Damage at
TempeIhof Airdrome
Py the Associe ted Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. IAN ex-
animation of the Anhalter
railroad station in Berlin and
the Templehof Airdrome failed
to disclose any bomb craters or
signs of fire which British
communiques today said had
been caused by their bombers
A correspondent who spent
half an hour criss-crossing the
airdrome among military and
passenger plane runways and
buildings, failed to see any
damage. The Anhalter Sta
ton, in its huge yellow brick
shed full of putting trains, ap-
peared as usual.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Hercules Plant Got
Army Powder Award
Of s545 900 Today
By the ASsociated Press

By the Associated Press.
The Hercules Powder Co
plant at Kenvil, N. j., scene of
two terrific explosions, only to-
day was announced as the win
ner of two new War Depart
ment contracts for smokeless
powder. The orders totaled
S545, 900.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Cunudiuns Get U. S. Rifles

OTTAWA, Sept. IL (R.-Munitions
Minister Charles D. Howe announced
yesterday $4,000 Lee-Enfield rifles.
purchased recently in the United
States, have been delivered to
Canadian troops.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Stations in German
Capital Hit; Fleet
Hammers at Bases
BULLETIN.

LONDON (P.-Two German
conveys were attacked by British
bombers off the French coast
yesterday while other squadrons
attacked barge concentrations,
docks and shipping in widespread
raids on German-held territory,
the Air Ministry announced today.
Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 12-Britain
struck repeated blows at Germany
early today to ward off imminent
invasion-aiming blasting air at
tacks at railway stations and yards
in the heart of Berlin and the
Tempelhof Airdrome, while Lon
don's defenders beat off with a
"blitz barrage" hundreds of NaA
warplanes which struck in the
night with the heaviest attack of
the war.
Anhalter railway station and
yards and other yards near Pots
dam station were lighted by flares
and then straddled by heavy ex-
plosives, the Air Ministry said The
British claimed yesterday to have
hit Potsdam station repeatedly.
Anti-aircraft batteries in Berlin's
Tiergarten, only stones throw
from German government buildings,
were silenced by salvos of bombs.
Another raider dropped explosive
and incendiary bombs over Tempel-
hof Airdrome, Berlin's main airport,
the Air Ministry said.
London had a 12-hour rest from
air raids during the day, the first
alarm sounding at 4:39 pm. Ger
man warplanes could be seen ap-
preaching high in the skies shortly
after the alarm sounded, but anti
aircraft guns opened up as the Ger
mans came over in great waves and
a short time later there was a hull,
suggesting that the planes had
turned aside. The all-clear sounded
at Sal pm.
Repulse Hailed as Victory.
Britons hailed as a great victory
the repelling of the night attack on
London, which apparently was at
tempted by the greatest number of
planes yet sent against the city.
German raiders, coming in un-
precedented numbers on the fifth
night of their destroy London" Of
fensive, bombed two hospitals, many
houses and small factories in the
southern part of the city, but failed
to reach important objectives and
were thrown back by fierce anti
aircraft fire which turned the Sep
tember night into ghastly, roaring
thunderstorm.
Military circles hailed the nights
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Science Turns Almost Anything
Into Gasoline in Two Hours
MoIosses, Weeds, Even Dead Cots Become
Fuel in Amozine Chemical Triumph
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
Star stan Correspondent.

DETROIT Sept REPRODUCTION of high quality gasoline out
of molaes two hours much greater than that Of
getting petroleum from the earth before the Amer
ican Chemical Society here today.
BY variations of the method hard and soft coal be
made hour from leaves weeds cotton wood
growing thng-bu at considerably
Evening star., 1940-09-12

barrage, based on new methods of
prediction of the flight of planes, as
success" 1t was the loudest ever
heard in London in all the months
of raiding, and threw up veritable
curtain of exploding steel through
which few German bomber crews
dared dive. Many of those who did
dare, were trapped, these sources
said.
r.. A. r. Active, Too.
While ground batteries and flyers
blasted at the hundreds of planes,
the Royal Air Force poured its own
tons of explosives on German objec-
tives.
Light naval forces, aided by
bombers and coastal rifles, also were
disclosed to have hammered at Ger
many's invasion ports" on the
continent.
Units of the British feet were re-
ported officially to have taken the
offensive in an attempt to smash
German preparations for the long
threatened invasion, which Prime
Minister Churchill warned his people
yesterday could be expected at any
moment.
The Admiralty said Nazi shipping
and ports vital to an invasion at
tempt had been bombarded from the
sea, but declared it could not give
details without disclosing informa-
aon which might be helpful to the
Germans.
heavy British coastal guns also
Jolneo In the bombardmcnt last
mgnt, and were hammered in turn
oy sWarms of German dive bombers
t alo long-range guns, which made
tne Dover area tremble under the
wars worst shelling
British planes swept across the
Channel in force, and the German
guns nnally became silent after hours
OF intermittent shellinu Great
columns of black smoke rose from
the sea between Calais and DUN
kerque. "iio ~
Although the London barrsoe re-
ouced to about 20 the numhsr of
bombs dropped in the central ', c,tv "
tsee LONDON, Page A-4]
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Czech Flyers in Action

LONDON, Sept. IL [P.-A Czecho-
Slovak bomber squadron recently
formed in Britain has made its first
raid over enemy" territory, the Air
Ministry News Service said today.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Summary Of Todoy's Star

School officials plan to ask larger
budget appropriation. Page B-1
Commissioners get plan to revamp
inspection services. Page B-1
Evening star., 1940-09-12

(See BERLIN, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-09-12

(See BLAST, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Weather Forecast

Fair, continued cool tonight and tomor-
row; lowest temperature tonight about
4S degrees. Temperatures today-High-
est, 81, at 3 pm; lowest, so, st
$50 am.
From the United States Weather Bureau report.
Full details on PAGE A..
Evening star., 1940-09-12

Most people in Washington have The
Star delivered to their homes every
evening and Sunday morning.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
To Be Registered at Schools.

(See D. C. DRAFT, Page A;
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(See WILLKIE, Page ADD
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-08
HORSES PARTIALLY WRECK
LARGE GREYHOUND BUS

Early Monday morning of last
week, four persons and Mary
Fehn, Mrs. Marion Parson, of Brook
Ign, N. Y, and Kenneth Christensen,
of Baltimore, a U. S. Coast Guards
man-sustained cuts, decorations and
bruises, when a Greyhound bus, on
which they were passengers was par
TALLY wrecked on the old Elkton-G las-
gov road ,one mile east of Elkton.
They were all given treatment at IN
ion Hospital.
Three horses belonging to Harry w.
Keithley strayed from the field and
crossed the road directly in front of
the bus. Two of the three horses were
willed in the spill. Thirty-one pass
enegers ,enrouts to Baltimore and
Washington, were hurled out of their
seats.
Three hours after the accident an
other bus was sent to Elkton and the
passengers were permitted to con-
tinue their trip. The driver and help
er escaped injury in the spill.
The case is being Investigated by
State Officer William E. O'Hara.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-08

Sturgis, Anna Pearl and Shirley
lambert, Norma Truitt, Jean Don
aldson, Virginia Northam, Phyllis
Barnes, Jean Blackboard, jeanette
Leake, Donald Hudson, Billy John
son, William Lewis, Charles Hitch
Paul Smack, Howard Purnell, Bob
by Cherrix, Van Harry Bradford
Mrs. Carl Phillips, Mrs. Hargis Brad
ford, Miss Berta Bradford, Mrs. Mil
tonBarnes, Mrs. Roscoe Smack and
Mrs. w. L. Purnell.
Mrs. Carlton Evans and son, Barry
have returned to Laurel after spend
ing week with Mr.. and Mrs. Le-
land B. Richardson.
Mrs. S. j. Maddox has returned af-
ter spending sometime with Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Shea in Easton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Pruitt spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Layton in Georgetown.
Mrs. Henry Miller has returned to
Wilmington after visiting Mrs. Will
liam L. Purnell.
Mr.. Raymond Mount who has en-
listed in U. S. Navy, left Sunday
for Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. Earl White of New York spent
the weekend with his family here.
Mrs. T. D. Lepps of Palo Alto, Cal
ifornia is visiting her sister, Mrs. c.
Russell Higgins and Mr.. Higgins.
Miss Marjorie Godfrey spent the
first of the week with Mrs. Cora
Godfrey and Miss Grace Dickerson
in Indiantown.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Howard and
Mr.. Bernard Richard Johnson, of
Overlook, Pa, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Richard Howard and Miss
Lille Howard.
Mrs. Cora Godfrey and Miss Grace
Dickerson of Indiantown, Miss Eve
Ign Shockley, Miss Marjorie Godfrey
Mr.. Charles w. Shockley and Mr.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-08
HALF MILLION
MD. CHICKS ARE
NOW In TEST

More than 100000 Maryland chick
ems are now in the process of being
tested and selected as breeders during
the coming year for hatcheries CO.
operating in the poultry improvement
plan in the state it is announced by
Charles S. Williams of the University
of Maryland Poultry Department, who
is working with the Maryland Poul-
try Improvement Board in supervis-
ing the selection of birds.
There is about a 20 per cent in
crease in the number of flocks and
birds participating in the plan this
year and approximately 80 hatcheries
are cooperating. The eggs are OBJ
tanned from more than 1,7O0 flocks
which have been culled properly and
from which reactors to the pullorum
test have been removed.
Mr.. Williams emphasizes that much
time could be saved in the selection
and blood drawing work if hatchery
operators and flock owners would CO.
operate as much as possible in the
plan. Matching equipment of the
proper kind would greatly facilitate
the work and if the hatchery opera
tor would arrange with his flock own
ers to have the work done by commun-
tiles much time and expense in travel
would be saved for the solicitors and
testers. Hatchery operators should
encourage flock owners to take an in
terest in the improvement of their
flocks, as it ultimately means more
profit to both.
It is stated that good premium fol
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-08

road on Wednesday morning is slow
ly improving.
Mr.. an Mrs. Ohio West visited Mr.,
and Mrs. John Myers in Westmins-
ter, last week.
Miss Frances Truitt has returned
after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. James
Russell in Hagerstown.
Mr.. Irving West is spending some
time in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Esham, Mrs
Benjamin Esham and Mr.. John Car
mean, of Wilmington spent the week
end with relatives.
Mr.. Munroe Townsend of Western
Maryland College, Westminster spent
the weekend with friends.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-08

George Moore of Snow Hill and Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Shockley We're din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sewell
Chopper near Ocean City, on Sunday.
Miss Margaret Wilson and Misses
Grace and Elma Shockley spent Sun
day with Mrs. w. H. Cox in Camden,
N. j., and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dy-
mond in Oaklyn, N. j., Mrs. Myra
Shockley, who has been spending sew
eral days there accompanied them
home.
Mr.. Marvel Shockley, of Denton,
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph E. Shockley.
Mrs. Charles A. Townsend, of Ger
mantown, Pa, is spending two weeks
at her home here.
Mrs. Walter Hearthway entertain
ed the st. Margarets Guild on We'd
nesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Ward and
daughter, Jean, spent several days
last week with relatives in Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hearthway
visited relatives in Georgetown, on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stanford spent
the weekend in Wilmington.
Kenneth Parks visited Leland Ray
Gladding in Pocomoke, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Segal spent
Sunday with relatives in Harrington.
Mrs. James Kelly is visiting, Mr..
and Mrs. John Holloway in Newark,
Del.
Mrs. Jacob Segal has returned
home after spending two weeks in
Washington and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Allen CULLEN and daughter,
of Ocean City, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Hearthway, last week.
Miss Mabel Carmean of Whining
ton is visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Percy Shockley who was in
jured when her car skidded on the
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-08
PROTESTS TOLL CHARGES
ON SUSQUEHANNA BRIDGE

w. Brewster Deem, of Denton, at
torney to the Caroline County Com
missioners, speaking at the semi.
annual meeting of the Eastern Shore
County Commissioners Association
last Monday in Easton, declared the
charging of toll rates on the new
Susquehanna bridge between Perry.
vile and Havre de Grace was an tout.
rage"
Mr.. Deem asserted that the state
should provide a free route between
the Eastern and Western Shore. He
said that the bridge was advantageous
to Baltimore, because it drew trade
from the Eastern Shore.
Centralized almshouses, the costs
of roads and schools, in addition to
the new toll bridge, provided lively
debate at the meeting. The propos-
al that centralized almshouses be es.
tablished in the places of almshouses
now maintained by each county had
both supporters and opponents among
commissioners from the nine Shore
counties, but the association took nc
formal action.
Several State Senators, all from the
Eastern Shore were present and an
other meeting with them was proposed
to discuss the possibility Of changing
the gasoline tax revenue ALLEGATION al
the next Legislature.
Several commissioners said they felt
the allotment of 80 per cent of the
gasoline tax revenue to Baltimore
City was too large, as the amount
left to be divided among the 90 coun-
ties was not enough to maintain coun-
ty roads.
w. S. Marvel, of Easton, vice-presi-
dent of the association, said some
commissioners also criticized a re-
quIrenlenL mat 81 per cent of coun-
TVS taxation revenue must be alloca-
ted for schools, if state school aid is
received.
Some commissioners felt, Marvel
said, that increasing school costs were
a burden on the taxpayers, and that
the 81 per cent appropriation was too
large.
About 81 commissioners and SEN