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Evening star., 1940-09-07

weather was too thick for him to
see the airplane itself. The crash
sounded like a dynamite explosion,
he said.
Tells of Another Plane.
c. w. Bailey said he saw the air.
plane going west, that it crossed
Short Hill, circled and came back
east and then completed the circle,
headed west, whereupon the noise
of the engines increased enormously
for about two seconds. to be fol-
lowed by a crash like an explosion.
He said the plane coming east over
the ridge had a nose propeller. The
P. c. A. airliner had only two wing
engines. Another witness, Ernest
Everhart, heard another plane
shortly after the crash. Since no
other testimony indicated a change
of course on the part of the air.
liner, experts are inclined to believe
second plane was in the vicinity
during the time of the crash and
was seen by Mr.. Bailey and heard
by Mr. Everhart.
Members of threshing crew on
the farm of Ernest Graham. among
them Owen Everhart, William
Boyer. Fred Graham, Thomas Smith.
Roy Russell and Dan Hardy. all
had taken shelter in the barn They
heard the roar of engines suddenly
opened to full throttle almost over
head, but before they could run
to the door the crash had come.
None saw the airplane. but all saw
the charred envelope either in the
air or after it had been picked up
by Ernest Graham They placed
the time Of the envelopes fall va
riously at from -3 to 5" minutes
to as much as "l5 or 20" minutes
after the crash: Fred Graham said
it was a half hour before he saw
the envelope brought in.
Tells of Rolling Fire.
Mrs. Viola Thompson heard a
terrible roar" which she could not
identify. ran upstairs and saw great
big balls of fire" rolling across a
cornfield in the direction where the
airplane was found and then "a
fire came up" She screamed and
ran from the window and saw moth
ing more.
w. P. Fleming and George w
Stone, on the west of Short Hill
which rose between them and the
crash, heard the motors roaring and
a crash so loud they thought il
was on their side of the mountain,
Both saw lightning and Mr.. Fleming
decided it had hit the plane or pilot,
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Boy Kings Photo
Gust Carols
lat LEGATION Here
BY the Associated Press.

Portraits of King Mihai, made
when he was 6 years old, may deco
rate the Rumanian Legation II war
delays shipment OF recent pictures of
the new monarch.
Members Of the legation staff said
today that the photographs of King
Carol II adorning the walls OF the
two-story brick chancellery would
come down when Official notification
is received of Carols abdication.
The l2-year-old pictures of the
new King are all that they have on
hand, the officials said.
All of Carols portraits will not be
discarded. "A place will be found
to hang some of them" said George
Boncesco, financial counselor.
There was calm air of business
as usual in the legation Offices
"for, after all. legation STATS are
non-political," explained Boncesco.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
London
Continued From First Page.

early morning hours as Adolf Hit
ler's war birds struck at scattered
objectives elsewhere.
A communique this morning said
the attacks on Britain last night
were scattered" with damage and
casualties generally slight" Most
of the night attacks came before
midnight and were centered on Lon
don and northwest towns, 1t was
said. After midnight the attack
was much curtailed."
Industrial buildings and houses
were damaged in eastern and south
ern districts of London. Water and
gas mains and roads were damaged.
Some persons were killed and others
injured. A hospital was among the
buildings struck.
Last Alarm at 1883 PM.
The capitals last AFRAID alarm
of the night came at 1888 pm, just
% minutes after the fifth alarm
had ended, and lasted until 1:0l am
Fires started during the previous
raid we're still burning when the
Germans swept over the city for the
sixth time. Several additional blazes
were set by bombs which the last
wave of raiders dropped in a crowd
ed area, but the casualties were be-
lieved relatively small.
The Germans employed q new
technique In their attacks on the
London area during the night, drop
ping flares in chains to illuminate
the capital with an eerie light be-
fore unloading their bombs.
Several scream bombs were
dropped by the raiders, their high
pitched shrek rising above the ham,
mering of anti-aircraft guns.
One bomb, which fell in q district
hitherto untouched by the raiders,
exploded near the entrance to an air
raid shelter, but none of the several
hundred persons within was injured.
A number of streets in one resi-
dental area were badly battered by
high explosive and incendiary
bombs. A resident said the Ger
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cendiaries and then used the glare to
guide them in further attacks.
Forty.five Planes Claimed.
Despite the increasing pressure
being applied by the Germans. the
British air force has been destroying
an average of two and one-half
Nazi planes for each loss it has sus-
tanned, it was said. More than half
the German losses were said to be
bombers.
During yesterdays fighting, the
British said, they destroyed IS Ger
man planes while losing only 10
themselves. During the period from
August to September S German
losses were estimated at 37l planes
Aircraft Production Minister Lord
Beaverbrook's newspaper, the Ex-
press, warned that the volume of
the German attacks ~quite likely"
could be twice as great as at pres
ent, but declared:
"The horde of planes hurled at us
yesterday and hurled back repre-
sented the very most that could be
done at that time In that area"
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Ball. S Bridge Wins
Opening Event at
Horse Show
Adelaide Moffett's
CondoIette Is Victor
In Hunters Gloss

Balls Bridge, young chestnut
hunter owned by Mrs. E. Gardner
Prime of Warrenton, Va, jumped
into an early lead in the NTH an
nual Columbus Horse Show as it
opened at Meadowbrook Saddle Club
In Chevy Chase. Md, today.
The Virginia horse, ridden by Alex
Calvert. won the class for and 4
year old horses shown under saddle,
opening event on the program, over
field of IL rivals which included
some of the outstanding horses in
the East
Second to Balls Bridge was
Glamour Man. owned by Ernest l..
Redmon of Middleburg, Va. while
Gee Ray Bee, owned by U. S. Randle,
Sd, was third, and another Redmon
entry, Rascality, was fourth.
Miss Moffett Winner.
Miss Adelaide Moffett of Asheville,
N. c., won the working hunter S
class, open to all riders and horses,
with her well-known, chestnut mare
Candolette. Second was Huntley
Glen. owned and ridden by Mrs. w.
Haggin Perry of Gotham, Va.
Spring Hope, owned by Mrs Eliza
beth Whitney, was third, and Prime
vera, shown by Miss Ellie Wood
Page Keith of the University Of
Virginia, was fourth.
With ideal weather prevailing,
large crowd thronged the Rock
Greek Park show grounds adjoining
Meadowbrook Club, to witness the
morning classes as the two-day
show opened.
The largest horse show audience
of the season was expected for the
afternoon events. With the cancel
lation of the ter-American Horse
Show and the Fairfax Horse Show,
the Columbus stands out as the only
major event of its kind in the Wash
ington area this fall.
The show will continue tomorrow
with IS classes for hunters, open
jumpers and ponies. The program is
scheduled to start at 10 a m. contln-
uing throughout the day. The fea-
ture classes tomorrow afternoon will
be the $500 hunter stakes and the
5000 open jumper stakes.
The two-day program provides for
q total of IS classes offering more
than $2.500 in cash prizes and silver
trophies for the winners.
Summaries:
Three and four year olds shown under
Saddle-won by Balls Bridge, owned by
Mrs. e. Gardner Prime and ridden by Alex
Calvert: second. Glamour Man. owned by
E. L. Redmon and ridden ky Charles Lewis;
third, Gee Ray Bee. owned and ridden by
o. g. Randle. Sd: fourth Rascality, owned
and ridden by Mr.. Redmon.
c,ndolette. owned and ridden by Miss
adelaide Mottett: second Hunsley =, Glen;
Perry: third. Spring Hope owned hv Mrs
Elisabeth whitney and ridden by Norma n
aaymaker: fourth. Primevera. owned and
ridden By Miss Ellie Wood PAGE Keith.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
London Finds Laughter
In Dictator Satire

London Is tickled by lively politi-
cal satire in which Hitler and Stain
dgure. The pantomime, who's
Taking Liberty?' is by Pamela
Franku and its theme is "Cinder-
ella" Instead Of occasional political
illusions, the whole thing has been
made into q satire on the state of
Europe today.
Cinderella becomes the Spirit Of
Liberty: Prince Charming, England,
sworn to rescue her: the Good Fairy.
France, and the Ugly Sisters, Stain
and Hitler. Most of Miss Frankau's s
savage digs are at the Ugly Couple.
who, Of course, revel In all manner
Of evil-doing.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
232 Navy Reservists
Sail on Destroyers
For Training Cruise
First Battalion Group
Leaves Aboard Three
Overoge Vessels

Three overage United States
destroyers left the Washington Navy
Yard early today with 232 citizen
sailors of the First Battalion, WASH
ington Naval Reserve. for two weeks
training at sea.
The destroyers, which were COM
pleted in 1921 and are classed as
overage by the Navy Department,
are similar to the so vessels Presi-
dent Roosevelt recently bartered to
Great Britain for base rights. They
are the Branch, the Hunt and the
/ Satterlee.
Members of the Washington Bat
talon, under command of 1t. w.
Croft Jennings, Naval Reserve, Of
1916 Potomac street NV, lined up
on the Navy Yard dock today with
bulglng duffle bags slung over their
shoulders. Wives, sweethearts and
small children fitted about the dock
issuing last-minute admonitions to
be careful" to the departing re-
servistS.
Only one woman cried; she told
reporters she was a bride of five
months.
The reservists will proceed to the
Southern drill grounds of the Navy
off Cape Hatteras and the Virginia
Capes. The first week of the tour
will be spent in maneuvers and in
familiarizing the men with life on
shipboard. Next Saturday night or
! Sunday morning the destroyer divi-
sion will put in at the Charleston
IS. c. Naval Base where the re-
servists will go on shore leave Sun
day.
The second week will see the re-
servists engage in short range battle
practice, operation of the 4-inch
guns carried by the 1,200-ton de-
stroyers and launching of torpedoes
from the II torpedo tubes with
which each boat is equipped
Other destructive complement OF
the destroyers includes one anti
aircraft gun each and depth charges
for submarine hunting.
Comdr. D. L. Ryan is commanding
officer of the division. The training
cruise Is the climax of the one-night
a week drilling the reservists have
been undergoing for the last year.
Evening star., 1940-09-07

For the period September z to septem-
Der II. inclusive:
North and Middle Atlantic States-Gen-
orally fair although there is likelihood of
showers. mostly light. in Northern New
Saturday. rising very slowly thereafter
with temperature above normal Monday
to Wednesday but with a change to cooler
Wednesday and Wednesday night
Ohio Valley and Tennessee-Generally
fair although there is likelihood of showers.
mostly light Tuesday or Wednesday
slightly warmer Sunday and temperature
viii continue above normal although some
what cooler Wednesday
Weather Conditions Last 81 Hours.
Pressure is relatively low over the Pa
cinc States and from Nebraska and South
Dakota northeastward to Lake Superior
and over the ocean east of New England
Blythe. Calf. 100s.s millibars t29.79
ashsi sssi sssspe rsr4e 2rss ooSS
millibars t3O 90 inchesl: Houshton. Mich.
1016.9 millibars (3O.O3 inches), and a
ship, about 800 miles east-southeast of
Nantucket Mass, 1892 milIibars t29 81
inchesl. Pressure is high almost generally
from the Rocky Mountain region eastward
to the Atlantic Coast, Elkins W. Va. 10244
millibars t30;25 inches). and Williston,
n OAK. 1924 millibars GO % inchesl
in ssx
Utah and Minnesota The temperature
has fallen slightly in the Atlantic States
and North Dakota. while the weather has
become warmer almost generally west Of
the Rocky Mountains.
Evening star., 1940-09-07

which fell on the Graham farm
was carried into the air by the hot
air from one Of these fires after
the crash and discredited theories
that it might have been dropped
from the plane in fight or that it
indicated a fire aboard before the
accident. The envelope, a standard
type used by the airline, contained
copies of a plane manifest. There
was no writing on or in the
envelope.
Many of the witnesses described
the torrential downpour at the time
Of the crash as "the heaviest rain"
they ever had seen, but agreed
almost unanimously that there was
no wind. There was some disagree
ment as to the amount of lightning
and thunder during the storm.
though many of the witnesses de-
scribed very heavy lightning flash
which struck in the immediate vi
cinity of the crash an instant before
the roar Of the engines was heard
Some witnesses described the
sound Of the crash as being that
Of an explosion" while others
heard the sound of the engines but
nothing Of the crash itself. One
said it sounded like the crash of
an automobile he had witnessed, in
which the car, rolled . over. three
times after going on. the road
Others heard only a "thud' or a
"thump."
Bishop First on Scene.
Clarence W. Bishop, on whose
farm the plane crashed. was in
the house out of the storm and
said he heard but did not see the
plane. He described an awful
roar" which increased in volume
and ended abruptly in a crash so
violent that he was under the
impression he had heard an ex-
plosion. He was the first to reach
the scene and was guided there
by flames. finding one big fire and
two small ones, widely separated
He left at once to notify the au-
tliOl lllCo nc Sdlo lie lldu lIfCO
there for 18 years and never had
seen such heavy rain; it was so
thick he could not see 200 feet. He
remembered one flash of lightning
just before the accident. but could
not locate 1t with relation to the
airplane.
James G. Jacobs and Lydia Jacobs.
on the farm adjoining that Of Mr..
Bishop, also were unable to see
the plane, though they saw flames.
Mrs. Jacobs said that she saw flames
In the air before the crash and
thought she saw an object like a
burning house." She described the
flames in the air as blue, which led
experts to believe they might have
been exhaust flames from the
engines. The sound of the engines,
she said, was like q siren" and she
did not recognize the noise as an
airplane, although Mr.. Jacobs
identified the sound as that of
engines at abnormal speed" Mr..
Jacobs saw q burst Of flames just
as the airplane struck, at a distance
he estimated at 800 yards, but the
Evening star., 1940-09-07
IS Spec Officers Escape
From Argentine Island
" the Associated Prexx

By the Associated Press.
BEUNOS AIRES, Sept. 1.-THE
escape of Is interned officers of the
scuttled German pocket battleship
Graf Spec from Martin Garcia Is
land, aboard a seized launch, was
reported today by the Argentina
government.
Details of the escape from the is
land, in the La Plata Estuary, were
not Immediately forthcoming. The
Ministry of the Interior ordered
special police to hunt for the fugi-
tives.
There have been previous escapes
among the officers and enlisted men
of the Graf Spec, scuttled In Monte
video Harbor last December after it
was disabled in running battle
with three British cruisers.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Crash
Continued From First Page.)

the airliner was in dive just before
it struck the alfalfa field near the
base of Short Hill.
Explains Cause of Noises.
Fred N. Glass, presiding at the
inquiry, told Mr. Beard that during
the first days hearing yesterday
lay witnesses residing in the Lovetts-
vile neighborhood described a
shrieking noise and loud motor roars,
heard for miles, just before the
crash.
The loud noise, Mr.. Beard said,
indicates the engines were turning
over very fast, with the probability
the plane was in a dive and on its
back to an appreciable degree.
Harllee Branch, member of the C.
A. B.. asked Mr.. Beard:
What might have been the pecul-
lar shrieking noise?"
Mr. Beard replied: MY impress
sion is the noise they (the Lovetts-
vile residents) heard is the ordinary
noise from high propeller tip speed
at high r.p. m. in dive. The shrek
might be from the whistling around
the cowling, common on any plane
at high speed. That shrek can be
heard at great distances
In view OF the fact that several
Lovettsville witnesses testified yes
terday that they thought the crash
might be caused by lightning
striking the plane, Mr. Branch asked
Mr.. Beard If he had had any ex-
perience with lightning in flying.
Once Hit by Lightning.
The expert said he know posi-
lively of one occasion when his
plane was hit by lightning during
winter thunderstorm and that ne
was fairly certain his plane had
been hit by lightning on another
occasion. He said that neither time
were the controls of his plane
affected.
twenty-five minutes before the
crash occurred there was no light
ming or rain in the immediate Short
Hill vicinity. the board was told by
Walter A. Kieth. American Airlines
co-pilot, who was flying from the
West into Washington at almost the
same time the Pennsylvania Central
transport was leaving Washington
for the West.
Mr.. Kieth's plane arrived at
Washington at 2:33 pm. last Satur-
day and the crash occurred at 2::52
pm He said that at 2:22 pm. his
plane came out of the clouds at
5000 feet over Leesburg, Va, in the
vicinity of the Short Hill area. Also
flying a DC3 bound from Chicago,
he reached the Herndon (Va.) mark
er at 2:27 pm, flying at $500 feet.
He said that at that point he had
unlimited visibility, with the ex-
ception of a rain shower 10 miles
to the southwest, which, he ex-
planned, was about 20 miles from the
accidents scene.
Mr.. Glass-In the Leesburg vi
Evening star., 1940-09-07
CONSUMPTION
Continued From First Page.)

military service. After the oratory
had subsidized the House rejected,
1z2 to 81, the motion of Represen-
tative Wilmington, Democrat, of
Mississippi to make all members of
the House and Senate between 81
and IS eligible to compulsory mill
tary training. This left the con-
gressional deferment in the bill, but
the committee accepted a modifica-
ton stating that 1t could be waived.
The debate brought out the fact
that some younger House members,
within the draft age, were unwilling
to vote for military training for
others and exclude themselves.
Representative Wadsworth, Re-
publican, of New York, author of
the bill, fought the amendment,
however, on the ground that to give
the executive branch of government
power to draft the legislative branch
would strike blow at the American
form Of government, which rests on
three independent, coordinate
branches. He urged his colleagues
to consider the issue in its broader
aspects and not from the individual
viewpoint.
Several other members, in op-
posing application of the draft to
Congress, pointed out that if war
comes, individual members of the
House may do as number of them
10 -
volunteer.
Aside from the amendment to
require adequate housing and health
safeguards, the House adopted COM
paratively few of the many other
amendments debated yesterday.
BY vote of 12l to SO, it approved
the motion of Representative Fish,
Republican, of New York to bar
discrimination on the ground of race,
color or creed in carrying out the
training program.
A committee amendment was ap-
proved to permit draftees to accept
any compensation their former en-
ployers may offer to pay them, which
would have been barred by existing
statutes without the amendment.
In rapid succession, the House
rejected other proposed changes in
cluding the following:
BY Representative Mundt, Re-
publican. of South Dakota, to re-
strict the service Of trainees to the
Continental United States and its
possessions, which failed, lib to 10,
leaving the training program ap-
plicable to the Western Hemisphere.
BY Representative O'Connor to
raise the base pay of trainees from
$50 to $50 a month.
BY Representative OToole, Demo-
crat, of New York, to pay the
trainees 5000 bonus at the end OF
their one year of service.
BY Representative Wolcott, Re-
publican, of Michigan, to make
aliens liable for compulsory training,
which failed, 122 to II. In fighting
this amendment Representative
Wadsworth asked House members to
consider that if this country ex-
ercises the right to draft aliens. 1t
might expose American citizens to
conscription In other lands.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
ID Destroyers Leoye
New York for Cruise

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (R,.-Four-
teen deStroyers, carrying 1850 Off.
GERS and men of the Sd District
Naval Reserve, left New York today
for two-Week training cruise along
the Eastern seaboard.
Stops were scheduled at WASH
ington, Charleston and Jacksonville.
The destroyers, many of them OF
the same over-age class sold to
Britain, were the Bailey, Shubrick,
Swasey, Meade, Simpson. Truxton,
Babbitt, Leary. Cole, Fairfax. Reu-
ben James, Roper, Claxton and
Broome.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Federal Group to Dance

Civil Service Commission en-
ployes will hold beauty contest
and choose q queen at q dance at
the Kennedy-Warren tonight. The
affair, starting at $50 o'clock, will
be under the auspices of the Recre-
alton Association of the commits
sion.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Fraternity Honors D. G. Man

Herbert Qualls of Washington
yesterday was elected historian OF
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity at
sessions In Los Angeles. Rodney G..
Berry Of Richmond. Va, was named
president.
Evening star., 1940-09-07
Report
FURNISHED By the Unite

Furnished BY the United States
District of Columbia-Fair r.,
temperature gentle northerly A
Maryland
temperature ' " o''AAse In
West Vgnia-Fa tonight tomorrow slightly wan. ,orr,-
Evening star., 1940-09-07
River Report,

River Report.
=. Potomae and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
a. GaIpers Ferry; Potomac slightly muddy
al Great Falls today. 11u'
Precipitation.
monthly Precipitation in inches IN thu
Capltal lcurrent month To dafei. - Wv
Evening star., 1940-09-07

FOREIGN Stations.
fNoon. Greenwich time. today)
Temperature. Weather
Horta payaD, Azores 20 Cloudy
(Current ooservations)
San Juan Puerto Rico So Cloudy
5egana, Cuba - Cloudy
Colon, Canal ~zone---- 7e Cloudy
Evening star., 1940-09-07

the airliner was in dive just before
it struck the alfalfa field near the
base of Short Hill.
Evening star., 1940-06-12
Electric Production
Hits Highest Point
Since Mid-March
Sharp Rebound From
Holiday Week Moves
Against Seasons Trend

BY the Associated Press. 81
NEW YORK, June 12.-Flectric
power production jumped to the
highest since mid-March for the
week ending June in a sharp
rebound from the preceding holiday
week, the Edison Electric Institute
reported today.
Latest output of 2,452 1896, 900 kilo-
watt hours was SO per cent more
than 1882 ,216000 in the previous
week and 81 per cent more than
2,256 a23, 900 in the comparable 1889
week.
Inc increase was more than sea-
sonally expected Hence the Asso-
clated Press weighted index of power
output, based on 1929-3O as 100.
moved up to 1858 from 1895 the
week before. The index. adjusted
Tor seasonal and long-term trend,
stood at 119 a year ago.
u,u, 1924 1899 1898 1897 1a34-e
Low i&i4 'Gp iia3 ITs 1875 l55 iiis i21s l593 bis
Percentage gains over last year,
according to major geographic areas,
were reported as follows by the
institute:
New England, 40; Middle Allan
TIC, "a; Central Industrial. 1913:
west Central, 6; Southern States,
lo4; Rocky Mountain, 14.1; Pacific
Coast, 62.