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Evening star., 1940-12-04
Birmingham Bears
brunt Of Germans
Night Air Raids
luftwoffe's Striking
Power Is BIunted by
Adverse Weather
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, Dec. 4.-Birmingham
often-bombed heart of the indus
trial Midlands. shared with London
the brunt of German air attacks
last night, but adverse weather
was credited today with bunting
the striking power Of the LuftWaffe
and limiting damage and casualties
to minimum.
Uniformed sources in Berlin
said the attack on Birmingham
was carried out ION a large
scale" and that returning pilots
reported Is large fires blazing in
the city,
A communique issued by the Min
istries of Air and Home Security
minimized the effectiveness of the
German night assaults, saying
clouds prevented them from picking
out their targets.
So bad was the weather last night
that the Germans headed for home
shortly after 10 pm
Operations of the Royal Air Force
likewise were curtailed, but au-
thoritative sources said a small
squadron of its night raiders bombed
railway communications in the
Rhineland, where Cologne has been
a favorite objective.
Bomb Strikes Convent.
The government said today the
German attacks on Britain last
night nowhere were on a large scale
and that first reports indicated the
number of casualties would mot
prove large"
Several persons were buried, how
ever, when a bomb struck London
convent used as an air raid shelter
Incendiary bombs also struck q
crowded London movie theater,
shoWering the audience with sparks
and plaster, but the auditorium was
cleared quickly and the flames were
eXtinguished.
Three woman drivers of American
ambulances were rescued unhurt
from the wreckage of the bombed
convent shelter by Arp workers who
tunneled through debris.
Bombs Fall in Row.
Seven bombs fell in a row in this
district, smashing an apartment
house. Three heavy bombs caused
considerable damage in another
section of London. where a number
OF homes and stores were wrecked
Four bodies were recovered from
ruined buildings there during the
morning.
Although the Germans began their
night attacks or London earlier
than usual, the assaults were
sporadic, and communique said no
large fires had been caused and no
important oblectives hit.
Last night S raid on Birmingham
was the first heavy assault directed
against that city in more than a
week. Planes in the raid. which
was Of comparatively short duration,
dropped fire bombs, high explosives
and delayed action bombs.
Nineteen persons were trapped
when a high explosive bomb hit two
adjoining basement shelters. They
were rescued through an emergency
exit.
Evening star., 1940-12-04

The disturbance that was over Montana
Tuesday morning is advancing rapidly east
ward along the northern border Houghton'
Mich, 1905 8 millibars c2g.1O inchesl. with
trough extending southwestward to Kan
sas. Topeka. 1928 billibars t299l inchesD
A high pressure area is moving eastward over
Portland 03O5 millibars (30.43 inches.
siuthwestward to Georgia and thence over
the Gulf of Mexico. Another anti-cyclonlc
Idaho, 1O26S millibars (3032 inches.
During the last "a hours light SHOWS have
occurred in portions of the lake region and
rains are reported in the North Pacific
States. The eastward advance of the Polar
air mass has brought the lowest tempera-
lures for the season into the Atlantic States
and the Appalachian region. The lowest
temperature reported in the East was q
degrees below at zero at Greenville. Me-
reaction to higher temperatures has oc-
Cured in the plains States the lake re-
sion and in the Ohio and Upper Mississippi
Valleys
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Communists Accused
OF Using Schools as
Sounding Boards
Brooklyn College Head
Says Minority Seeks to
Exploit Its Future
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Dr. Harry
Gideonse, president of Brooklyn
College, charged today that the
Communist party was deliberately
using" the free colleges of New York
City as sounding boards for its own
activities
A witness before the joint legis-
lative committee investigating the
school system, he declared he was
convinced that the overwhelming
majority" of both the faculty and
student body at Brooklyn College
was anti-Communist. but that a
very small minority" of both groups
was seeking to exploit the future of
the college for their own ulterior
motives"
Earlier witnesses had named sew
eral Brooklyn College instructors as
members of the Communist party
and had Described activities of the
party unit.
DR.. Gideonse told the committee
I'VE will act on any legal evidence
you present on which We can act
within the law"
He said he had known when he
took Office in July, 1899, that there
was "a problem" of small group of
Communists and "fellow-travelers"
who took an active part in such
things as class elections, and he de-
scribed how he was "picketed" by
telephone after student election
last MAY, when the so-called Com
munist minority was defeated.
He had no definite information on
the identity of the callers, he said,
but he assumed they were members
of the American Students Union
and the Peace Continuation Com
mittee. Both organizations were
suspended, he added, as the result
of a peace demonstration" on the
day of the election.
Brooklyn College has an enroll
ment of $4,000.
Evening star., 1940-12-04

op d SIlSllG cIIOI LUlIlullu Slc-
vens of the Christian Science
Monitor and myself entered Pog-
radetz yesterday Sunday morn
ing several hours before the
Greek infantry. A Hellenic cav
airy detachment had slipped
through the town before day
break and we thought the infan-
try's occupation had already oc-
CURED.
AS we drove down the winding
road from the hills and across
the fiat plain into Pogradetz not
a single shot could be heard any
where along the front. 1t looked
as if the last two pieces of Fascist
artillery had withdrawn during the
night as expected. A bitter cold
wind was blowing up whitecaps on
the Ochrida. Snowblanketed noun
tains girdled the lakes southern
shores and others dominated the
coastline to the north. Not living
thing was stirring; the town was IS
silent as tomb.
We were driving straight. north
into Pogradetz and had just passed
the outlying houses when machine
guns began to crackle sharply. We
couldn't tell from which direction
the firing came, but it sounded un-
pleasantly close. Themius, our
| Greek chauffeur, swung the car
behind the walls of a brick building
| to the left. BY that time the
machine guns were barking for fair
apparently from heights just be-
! yond the town.
| The lieutenant who was accom-
panying us said, Sounds like the
Italians. We had better get out OF
here fast Nobody disputed his
logic. We climbed back into the
car, not feeling very comfortable as
Themius backed it out into the oper
road again Then Themius made
the old 1880 model car travel faster
| than we ever dreamed it could go
The guns echoed across the valley
as we dashed back to the hills again
When we finally found the gen.
eral we had been looking for on the
way up, he said he thought We had
seen all of Pogradectz that was ad-
visable since the infantry wouldn't
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Patient in WheeIchoir,
Victim of Burns, Dies

James w. Davis. 67-year-old pa
tent at the Home for Incurables.
Wisconsin avenue and Tilden street
NV. died early today in Emergency
Hospital after he had been severely
burned yesterday.
According to the police report, Mr..
Davis was sitting in his wheelchair
in the home and was attempting to
light a cigarette when the match
fell igniting his clothing. He was
treated by a home doctor and then
taken to Emergency.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
issued a certificate of accidental
death.
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Stars Fort Meade
Story Praised in
Columbia Heights
Citizens Association
Adopts Resolution
Opposing Any Fee

A resolution condemning "the prac-
tice of requiring a fee of any kind,
whether union or otherwise, as
prerequisite to employment on ma
tional defense work" was passed at
a meeting last night of the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association in the
Columbia Heights Congregational
Church.
1t was introduced by Mrs. Marie
Flynn Maddox
The text of the resolution follows:
Whereas, it is of transcending i'm
portance to have brought to light, in
connection with this Nations vitally
necessary defense program, as we'll
| as the opportunity it affords for the
employment of thousands for many
years unable to earn a livelihood,
any action of individuals or of or
| CARNATIONS tending TO retard in the
slightest degree the defense pro-
gram, or impose financial burden
upon the needy seeking work there
| on. and
Whereas, The Evening Star.
through an article published in its
| columns and written by Mr.. Robert
Bruskin-who, to obtain the requi-
site information, impersonated a
workman and applied for and OBJ
tanned carpenters job at Fort
Meade, Md.-was instrumental in
| focusing the attention of Con-
gress and the public on the fact
that men obtaining work as car
penters at Fort Meade were required
to pay an initiation fee Of $3.50 in
the carpenters union, half of this
fee at the end of the first week Of
work, and this article led to the
discovery that union membership,
with as large, and in some places
larger. initiation fees, is prerequi-
site of work on most of the defense
projects: Now, therefore,
Be 1t resolved, by the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association, in
regular meeting assembled, this
Sd day of December, 1910, that it
heartily commends The Evening
Star and its reporter, Mr.. Robert
Bruskin, for the initiative, resource
fulness and patriotic spirit evil
denced in preparing and publishing
the article referred TO in the pre-
amble to this resolution. and
Be 1t further resolved. that it Is
the sense Of this association that
the practice Of requiring a fee OF
any kind. whether union or other
wise. as a prerequisite to employ
ment on national defense work,
should be abolished, as tending to
retard the progress of the national
defense program and working a
hardship upon needy men and
women applying for work upon such
projects.
Praise of Representative Hoffman
of Michigan, who introduced the
so-called right to work bill" was
contained in a resolution intro
duced by Mrs. Margaret Woreu.
which was passed after brief debate.
Evening star., 1940-12-04

go in until the Italians rearguard
was cleared from the heights above
the town. He was not sure whether
the machine guns were too far away
for effectiveness or whether the
Fascists simply were bad shots, but
he volunteered to give us any other
information about the operations
around Pogradectz that We might
need.
Superior Greek Strategy.
The essence of it was the same
story-the superior Greek strategy
and the superior quality of the
Greek troops in mountain fighting
When standing on a bluff below
the town it seemed as if the Italians
had been almost impregnably sit
uated on semi-circular heights north
and west of PogradetZ. Neverthe-
less. the Greeks had seized one
western range after another. always
pressing forward along the crests
until Italian withdrawal from the
town was unavoidable.
AS we talked WIN the genera
a steady rain was falling, as it hac
fallen all night except where it be.
came snow in the upper attitudes
The officers and men were chilled
to the bone, but in the same higf
spirits which Greek troops show
everywhere.
Our only real enemy is tht
weather" the general said
Advance Continues Unchecked.
But even under these conditions
the Greek advance continues un'
/ checked. Now the entire valley o.
Koritza has been cleared of italian:
and the Greeks are holding exceed
ingly strong mountain lines ives
of Pogradetz-which will. undoubt-
edly, be extended northWard very
/ soon.
Meanwhile, the Greeks have
driven the last of the Italians from
Vockopj directly ahead of Koritza
From there the Fascists have flee
in complete disorder into the wood!
and hills before the pursuing
Greeks.
The Greek high command de.
scribes the 15-day battle Of Koritzs
as ofiicially ended with the capture
Of Pogradetz, because this looks to be
Evening star., 1940-12-04

operatic works now are being dis
tributed.
Clerks on duty at the distribution
booths report that many music low
ers are obtaining the operas and
symphonies as Christmas gifts for
their families and friends. For the
benefit of those who are unable to
call in person The Star wishes to
emphasize that truck delivery and
parcel post services are available.
Music lovers may have the record
ings sent to any point iii the United
States.
Two Added Symphonies.
The two additional symphonic
works. which The Star included
when it decided to again make avail
able the symphonic masterpieces
distributed last year. are proving to
be very popular with music lovers.
They are Tschaikowskys "Nutcrack-
er Suite" and Beethover's Eighth
Symphony"
The other symphonic compositions
UCllls AldoC dFdlldUlC al hoSlluOCl L
unfinished Symphony" Tschaikow-
skys Fourth Symphony" Beetho-
ven's Fifth Symphony" Mozarts
&C Minor Symphony" Bach's Bran
denburg Concertos Nos. 2 and g."
Wagner's preludes to Die Meister-
singer" and "Parsifal," Debussys
Afternoon of a Faun." Clouds"
and Festivals; Haydn's Sym
phony No. SO in E Flat Major"
Brahms Second Symphony" and
Franck's Symphony in D Minor"
The nine operas now available in
clude Bizet's Carmen" Gounod's
Faust" Verdi's Aida" "Rigoletto"
and La Traviata" Puccini's Mad
anne Butterfly" and La Boheme";:
Wagner's "Tannhauser" and Leon
cavallo's "Pagliacci"
Evening star., 1940-12-04

the last doorway to the entire north
ern front region for the Italians.
With the SHOWS creeping down the
mountainsides daily, the Fascists
will be compelled to remain on the
defensive. hereabouts, at least until
spring, provided they have not suf-
fered irreparable disasters in other
sections of Albania before then.
Koritza an Oriental Town.
KoritZa itself is spraWling
Oriental town, normally populated
by 10000 persons. Most of the houses
are one-storied, built of stone and
rooted in tile. The streets are cob
bled, twisting and narrow and the
side streets are thick in mud. Sew
eral minaretS add to the Eastern
atmosphere, but there is evidence of
Italian occupation in the contents
Of the shops and the names of the
hotels.
In a restaurant We ate Italian
spaghetti, cooked in authentic
Italian fashion. The restaurant
owner said there was no wine. be
cause We have prohibition here
The room where Italian officers dined
two weeks ago is now crowded with
Greek officers On the walls are pic
lures of King George II and his
Premier. Gen. John MetaxaS, hang
ing ON the same pegs from which
pictures of King Victor Emmanuel
and Premie, Benito Mussolini were
suspended until recently.
Except for signs printed in Italian
Koritza today looks as if it had be-
longed to Greece for long time.
Copyright, 1910. Chicago Daily News, Inc }
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Mrs. SchuIze Dies;
Former D. 6. Resident

Mrs. Virginia Weldon Schuze, a
former Washington resident, died
Saturday in Augusta, Ga. her home,
it was learned today. She will be
buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Falls
Church, Va. after funeral services
at 10 am. tomorrow at the Ives
funeral home, 2847 Wilson boule-
ward, Arlington, Va.
Mrs. Schulze. the daughter of Mrs
Leontine A. Weldon and the late j.
Hood Weldon, was a native Of Vir-
ginia. She leaves three children, Vir-
ginia Anne. Barbara and Theodore
Eugene Schulze, and two brothers,
James H. Weldon of Quantico. Va,
and John M. Weldon of Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Quiet Day Services

The Rev. William M. Bradner.
canon precentor of the Washington
Cathedral, is conducting quiet day
services all day today for the
Daughters of the King at Epiphany
Church. 1877 G street NV. which
began with holy communion at 10
am.
During the luncheon hour the
Rev. Duncan Fraser, Epiphany as
sistant rector, will read from Bishop
Cores Prayers and the Lord S
Prayer"
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Plan 10 Farm Out
Defense Contracts
Urged for Speed
Division Of Work Also
Would Aid Depressed
Areas and Ghost Towns

A Nationwide program to farm
out" portions OF defense contracts to
industries in depressed areas and
ghost towns was outlined today by
Morris L. Cooke. consultant to the
National Defense Commission. as
the only way to speed up produc-
ton"
Mr.. Cooke. assistant to Sidney
Hillman, labor member Of the Com
mission, declared the study was be-
ing directed particularly to in
creased production of shipyards and
airplanes. Increased ship-building
will permit larger purchases by
Great Britain, which already has
ordered go commercial vessels.
Industries in depressed communi-
ties are being urged to pool facilities
so that the Government, or large
contract holder, may deal with one
Individual. Mr.. Cooke said Eight
investigators for the Defense Com
mission examined facilities in II
such areas and brought back reports
which indicated they had available
a large supply of valuable, but idle,
machinery which can be readily
used for defense operations.
Might Use Home Shops.
The program, as yet in the plan
ming stage, would be similar to
Great Britains bits and pieces"
method of farming out small parts
which make up one item of war
equipment, Mr.. Cooke declared. The
system is so elastic, he said that if
necessary, additional production
facilities might be found by permit
ting part of the work to be done in
"sWeat-shop' conditions.
Mr.. Cooke pointed out that of the
$4,000, 100000 allotted by Congress
for defense, about $4,000 900 900
had been contracted for, but, because
Of the comparatively small produc-
ton facilities, only about $500, 600, 900
actually had been paid out.
The present plan in alleviating
distressed communities, he said, is
to have local residents organize COM
mittees to study the amount of pro-
duction facilities now idle, the avail
ability of labor and the adaptability
Of the machinery for production of
farmed-out orders. Mr.. Cooke said
his committee would aid the COM
munity committees and supply the
War and Navy Departments, as well
as large contractors, with the in
formation.
Perturbation of Ships.
He disclosed a Defense Commits
sion Committee will be organized to-
morrow to study methods of increas-
ing shipbuilding production, one de-
fense operation which is particularly
adaptable to the farming-ou process.
A bulletin issued by the commits
sion Immediately after the confer
ence declared that if ship sinkings
continue, mass production of new
vessels may well call for a program
OF pre-fabricated building" The
bulletin declared that If this is at
tempted in the United States "spe-
cial care should be taken to freeze
the design before production gets
under way; carry fabrication farther
and apply it to a greater range Of
ship auxiliaries and instruments, and
above all SO organize the production
and flow of materials that the COM
pletion of ships could go forward
without delay
Evening star., 1940-12-04
To Form Dairy Group

Organization of permanent
Western Hemisphere Committee for
the Dairy Industries will bei dis
cussed Friday at meeting at the
Pan-American Union of repre-
sentatives of the 81 American re-
publics. The step was suggested by
the Dairy Industries Supply Asso.
citation.
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Cardenas' Economics
Minister Is Named
Oil I|ndustryChief
Resumption Of Relations
With Britain Weighed,
Foreign Secretary Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 4.-Presi-
dent Manuel Avila Camacho last
night named Efrain Buenrosto
Minister of National Economy un-
der former President Lazaro Car
denas, the new general manager
of the government petroleum in
dustry in succession TO Vincentt
CorteS Herrera.
The latter was appointed Under
secretary of Communications and
Public Works Monday.
Manuel Sanchez Cuen was re-
appointed assistant manager of the
oil administration, and Francisco
Javier GaXiola, named to the Ma
tional Economy Ministry. also will
head a three-man Board of Dl-
rectors for the petroleum industry.
Other board members will be Capt.
Waldo Romo Castro and Manuel j.
Zevada
The oil industry, appropriated
from foreign companies in 1888, Is
undergoing drastic economy meas
ures because of its operation under
a deficit of $4,000 900 pesos (about
S13,750000). A government investi-
eating committee recently recon-
mended dismissal Of about 1000 of
the industry's $4,000 workers.
Nav Renew Relations.
President Avila Camacho's new
Foreign Minister, Ezequiel Padilla
said last night Mexico is "consid-
ering with great interest the possi-
hility of renewing interrupted (dip-
lomatic) relations with Great Brit
din"
Mexico broke relations with Lon
don when Great Britain sternly OBJ
jected to appropriation Of British
owned oil properties in 1898.
Asked about the possibility of rec
ognition of Generalissimo Frances
Spanish government. Padilla said
1--WE are going to study the Situa-
ton The government of retiring
President Cardenas emphasized on
various occasions that it would not
recognize the Franco regime.
Padilla confirmed reports that
Franco Castillo Najera would remain
as Ambassador in Washington.
President Avila Camacho told g
group of generals today one of the
hrst acts of his administration
would be to increase the pay OF
officers and men in MeXicos army
Present base pay of Mexican pri-
vate is 10 pesos (about s34) a day
and of a captain. $50 pesos (about
S104. The President did not indi-
cate what new levels he would pro-
pose.
Aide Assails Almazan.
Eduardo Neri. who managed Gen
Juan Andreu Almazens campaign
for the Mexican Presidency, alleged
last night that AlmaZan himself
headed "a fifth column which oper-
ated within the Almazanista move
ment to destroy it"
Neri said he would retire from all
political activity and wished the ma
ton political, economic and social
progress" under its new President
Neri is reported to have urged
Gen. Almazan to make a forceful
bid for power up to the moment OF
Gen. Almazan's formal remuneration
of his Presidential claims last week
At that time Gen. Almazan insisted
he had won the election, but was
retiring because of United States
recognition Of President Avila
Camacho.
Returning last night from San
Antonio, Texas, where he had lived
IN self-imposed exile, Neri told
newspapermen:
After the premeditated. treach-
erous and unjustifable self-defeat
of Gen. Almazan. the Almazanista
movement is completely liquidated. "
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Weather Report
Furnished by tht


CoumbiaFa temperature about
degrees tonight increasing ouness moderate
south and southwest winds.
Maryland Virginia coudness tonight and tomorrow
Vhginia-Cloudy tonight and tomorrow.
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Killer Hunted

Police today were searching for a
colored man for questioning in con-
nection with the killing last night
of Mary J. Harris, %, colored, of
the 700 block of Twenty-third
street NV. The woman was found
in her home With her throat cut.
Evening star., 1940-12-04
To Discuss Roman Law

DR.. Richard A Kahn. authority on
Roman law, will address the Ric-
cobon Seminar of Roman Law at s
O'Clock tonight in the Catholic Uni
versity Law School.
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Grounded Ship RefIooted

HONG KONG. Dec. 4 P).-The
2.O52-ton collier Hellenic Trader,
which ran aground in Hainan Strait
yesterday, was refoated this morn
ing. The vessel. of Panama registry.
is under charter to a Hong Kong
concern.
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Newsmen, in Pogrodetz Ahead
Of Greeks, Flee Under Fire
Stowe ond Companions Escape to Hills
As Italian Machine Guns Open Up
BY LELAND STOWE,
Chicago Daily News War Correspondent.

WITH THE ARMY IN KORITZA, Dec (Delayed)-By
their Pograde 25 miles north Of here yesterday
absolutely their hold Kotza and the
vital highway running from Lake Ochda southwark 125 miles
through Albanian territory connecting with the central
taking the heights above Pogra
slowing pushing along road toward
Ebasani.
Evening star., 1940-12-04

Fire has a new law providing for
the courtmartial of civilians.
Evening star., 1940-12-04


Station wA1 Shown left Col Joseph Heller secretary
of ftheCar
aft
Evening star., 1940-12-04
River Report.
Gather in Various Cities.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cleal
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
Evening star., 1940-12-04
Foreign Stations.

Foreign Stations.
tNoon Greenwich time. today
Temperature. weather
Horta (rayaD. Azores SIS Cloudy
(Current observations.)
San Juan. Puerto Rico ~ Cloudy
Havana. Cuba --- 65 Clear
Evening star., 1940-12-04

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
"A nit al lcurrent mnnth to datel: