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Evening star., 1940-04-14
Three Persons Hurt
In TWo-Car Collision

Three persons were injured In a
two-car collision at Alabama and
Branch avenues Sc. late yesterday.
The victims, treated at a private
clinic, and their injuries were Ru-
dolph Hosler, 81, face cuts and a
possibly fractured jaw; his wife,
Mrs. Anna E. Hosler, 68, head lacer-
ations and arm injuries, and their
son, William Hosler, 80, head cuts.
All of the victims live In Anacostia,
D. C..
Police said Mrs. Hosler was driv-
ing one of the cars and Charles
r. Ward, 30. also Of Anacostia, the
other. Mr.. Ward was not injured.
Richard Allen Flagg, 8. 24s Will
low avenue, .Takoma Park, Md, was
injured when struck by an auto
mobile yesterday afternoon Police
said he waS' crossing the street to
meet his brother when the accident
occurred. At the Washington San
itarium 1t was said his condition
was not serious.
Truck Hits Car. Drives On.
Four young people escaped seri-
Gus injury shortly before midnight
in a hit-run accident which de-
molished their car as they drove
on River road, Prince Georges
County. Md
County Policeman Richard Pear
son said that a large white north
bound truck tore the left side from
their southbound car, and went on
without pause A lookout was broad
cast in an attempt to halt the truck
| driver.
Most severely injured was Kitty
Larsen, 10, of 4l34 Twenty second
street NE, who suffered lacerated
and possibly broken wrist. She was
taken for treatment to the office
of DR.. Martin Keane of Riverdale,
Md. Minor injuries were sustained
by Jean Ellwood, II. Of 2003 First
street NV, and her brother, Leo.
The cars driver, Walter Hansen,
21, OF "A Beale circle, Riverdale,
was unhurt.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Disabled Firemen
To Honor MosheuveI

Retired from the Fire Depart
ment for 80 years, Capt. A. j. Mosh-
euvel, 70, of $50 New York avenue
NV. will be feted by the Disabled
Firemen's Association at a banquet
April Is.
Mr.. Mosheuvel was retired in 1908
after both legs were fractured dur
ing a lumber fire. He had served in
the Fire Department for Is years.
Nowadays he does a bit of car
pentry and plays the piano. He sell
dom swaps yarns with the fire lad
dies in the neighborhood because
I hardly know any one in the de-
partment now" he said,
Evening star., 1940-04-14
House Bloc Reported
Ready 10 Fight Change
In Job|ess Pay Act
Opponents Fear Plan
For District Will Set
Precedent for Stutes

A House bloc is being organized
to fight pending legislation to lib
eralize the District Unemployment
Compensation Act, it was learned
last night.
Bills are now awaiting action Of
the Judiciary Subcommittee OF the
District Committee to reduce the
employers pay roll tax from . to
81 per cent and to increase benefits
to the jobless. One was introduced
by Representative McGehee, DEM
ocrat, of Mississippi, the subcommit-
tee chairman; the other by Repre-
sentative Eberharter, Democrat, Of
Pennsylvania. The McGehee meas
ure has the approval Of District
officials and the Unemployment
Compensation Board.
Threat Holds Up Bills.
Neither of these bills has been
started on a legislative journey TO-
ward the House calendar, 1t was said,
for two reasons:
l. Frequent absences from WASH
ington of Representative McGehee,
who said he has been unable to find
time to hold a meeting of his sub
committee to consider the measures.
2. The threat of group of House
members to block action on any leg
islation at this session of Congress
to change the local unemployment
compensation law. These members.
1t was said, fear the plan might
establish precedent for the States.
Randolph Comments Briefly.
Advised of the move to halt action
on either the McGehee or Eber-
harter bills, Chairman Randolph OF
the District Committee said:
There will be a statement some
time next week on this situation"
He did not indicate who would
issue the statement.
There is a reliability the status
Of the unemployment compensation
bills will be discussed at the weekly
meeting of the District Committee
tomorrow at 1890 am
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Hoverford Society Meets
BY ]. A. OLEARY.

The Haverford Society of Wash
ington met last night at the Sidwell
Friends School, 1901 Wisconsin ave-
nue., to honor DR.. w. w. Comfort,
the retiring president of the college,
and Mr.. Archibald Macintosh, dean
Of freshmen. Felix Morley, presi-
dent-elect of Haverford College, was
unable to attend.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Bandits Get $500
Al Point Of Guns ="
In Two Ho|dups
Grocery Store ond
Filling Station
Are Robbed

Armed bandits held up a filling
station and a grocery store last night
and escaped with more than $500.
Two colored men, one brandish-
ing a revolver and the other q knife,
took approximately 500 from the
cash register Of filling station at
Fifteenth and Church streets NV,
after threatening the manager, John
Wheeler, and a colored attendant,
Ransome Watkins.
Before departing, the bandits
forced the attendant to hand over
81 he had in his pocket. They joined
an accomplice, who stood guard out
side, and fled on foot.
Two other colored robbers, both
carrying revolvers, held up Wright
Sine. manager of q grocery store
at 1914 Fifth street NV, and two
clerks and escaped with more than
500 from the cash register.
Mr.. Sine said he followed the men
for two blocks but lost them in an
alley on P street near Marion court.
Carl j. Brown, 80, manager OF q
gas station at 909 D street NV, told
police he escaped from two colored
bandits, who ordered him from the
station at the point of a pistol. Mr..
Brown said when he reached the
street with the two men. he OBJ
served several pedestrians nearby
and despite threats of the holdup
men, broke away and ran up D street
to call police.
Mr.. Brown said he had $40 in his
pockets. The bandits escaped.
Two colored youths snatched
purse, containing $275, from Edith
Hepburn of 20l3 New Hampshire
avenue NV. as she was walking
near Sixteenth and Church streets
NV. last night.
James Griffin, 14-year-old news
boy, told police three colored boys
attacked him at Eleventh and v
streets NV. and took So he had COL
lected from paper sales during the
dav
Evening star., 1940-04-14

in 1927, Mr.. Duggan attended the
Institute Of International Education,
and under its auspices travelled to
South America.
He entered the service of the State
Department some eight years ago as
q research man on Latin American
affairs. Made the head Of the Latin
American Division in 1885, he was
named division chief when that Sec
ton was consolidated With the Mex
lean Division Ia 1857.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
California Heot Wave
Takes One Life
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SALINAS. Calf, April l3.-Cali-
fornia's first heat death Of the year
occurred today, Elmer BelAn, 81,
was sunstruck while working in his
lettuce field. The temperature
was 95.
1t felt like the Fourth Of July in
Southern California as a 42-year
record"breaking heat wave held Its
grip. Two prostrations were re-
ported.
Los Angeles maximum was o0,
warmest April IS since 1893, and
two degrees above yesterday. Culver
City had SO.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Nazis Broadcast
As Fact Speculation
On Troop Movement
Constontine Brown Story
Misquoted in Germon
Newspapers and Rodio

In This Changing World" the
column on foreign affairs written
by Constantine Brown and appear
ing in The Evening Star Friday,
the following statement was made:
"A British transport fleet carry
ing several divisions, estimated at
between $4,000 and 10000 troops,
was reported to be on the high seas
today.
Their destination is, of course,
a military secret known only TO a
few high British and French cff-
cials. but speculation is that they
are destined either for Norway, or
what appears more likely, they
might be landed in Holland while
the Germans are still busy con-
solidating their position in Norway,
where the Norwegian resistance
seems to have thrown some sand in
the wheels of the German military
machine"
Yesterday, in This Changing
World. Mr.. Brown stated:
"The outstanding event Of the most
dramatic week of the war has not
yet materialize6. It Is the landing
Of the troops which left Scottish
ports Thursday, believed headed for
either Norway or the Netherlands.
"Details regarding this new ex-
peditionary corps are reaching
Washington piecemeal. Reliable in
formants say 1t Is composed of co.
900 French, some $4,000 Poles and a
Canadian Division. Said to be COM
manded by a French major general,
the corps was created several weeks
ago when the allies thought that
they might have to assist Finland.
I'm military quarters there is
some doubt whether it will be landed
on the Norwegian coast"
Speculation" Reported rs Fact.
According to reports reaching
The Star last night through tele-
phone inquiries from the New York
Times Washington Bureau. Reuters
News Service, the Baltimore Sun
and the New York Daily News, this
speculation" In Mr.. Browns
columns of Friday and Saturday
was cabled from Washington by
representatives of Germany or Ger
man newspapers and was printed
prominently in German news
papers or broadcast on German
radios not as speculation, but as
fact learned from Washington.
So prominent was this report
displayed in Germany that the
Netherlands Government Press
Service issued a statement saying
that ''the American newspaper
concludes on its own authority that
the troop transport is under way
for Norway or the Netherlands. !"
This report was denied In Holland
as a "thoughtless rumor."
The British Broadcasting Corp.
said that advices had been received
from German sources claiming that
an attack on the Netherlands was
IN preparation In Britain, but that
such reports were so fantastic that
no one outside Germany would be-
lieve them"
Mr.. Brown could not be reached
last night for direct comment, but
the statement Is his column was
plainly qualified by him as specula-
ton In Washington-not as exact
Notwithstanding the destina-
ton Of British troops believed now
to be on the high seas. The i'm
port Of the speculation, of course,
was that If the troops were not on
their way to Norway (the obvious
destination), they might be en- route
for Holland to repel q possible In
vasion from Germany. also q mat
ter Of much speculation within the
past few days.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Retreat Master Named

LEONARDTOWN, Md, April l3
GSpeciaD.-The Rev. Philip Clark, S.
j., OF Philadelphia will be the retreat
master at st. Mary's Academy the
week of April q.
Evening star., 1940-04-14

weather Conditions Last "a Hours.
The disturbance that was over Eastern
Massachusetts, Friday night has advanced
north th,northeastward beyond the field of
available observations with a trough ex-
tending southwark on lonsitude IS to lsti-
tude 35 and thence southwestward to the
Eastern Bahamas. Pressure is relatively low
over the Northern Plains States and Mon
lana. Huron, s. OAK, 101O5 millibars
l29 "a inches. A high pressure area is
moving slowly eastward over the Gulf of
Mexico, Galveston, Tex. 1927 millibars
1929 inches), with q wedge extending
northward to Upper Michigan. Marquette,
io15s i 5;s. millibars ts9:ss inches. Pressure
Mountain region and high and rising on
the North Pacific Coast. North Head. Wash,
1921 millibars t30.33 inches) During
the last "A hours rains have occurred along
the South Atlantic Coast and rains and
SHOWS in the Middle Atlantic and North
Atlantic States, the Upper Ohio Valley and
the Lower Lake region. Temperatures have
fallen in the North Atlantic States. along
the South Atlantic Coast, in the North Pa
ciflc States and alonK the coast of Cali
fornia. while they have risen in the Rocky
Mountain region, the Plains States. the
Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and in the
interior Of the Gulf States.
River ReuOrt
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Mixed Feeling Reported
Among Mexican Officials

MEXICO CITY, April 13 R.-
The assertion of Representative Dies
that he had information that Russia
and Germany were plotting to
bring on revolution in Mexico and
set up a puppet government were
received in official quarters here
with mixture of belief and denial.
An authorized spokesman for the
Department OF the Interior said, 1T
is possible there are in Mexico some
foreign Communists assigned here
as promoters of conspiracy" and
added that his department is max
ing a careful investigation of their
activities.
Col. Leadro Sanchez Salazar, chief
OF the capital secret police, however,
said his Office was making no in
vestigation of any Communist acti-
witty in Mexico"
A spokesman at the German
Legation fatty denied any German
agents were active in Mexico or en-
gagged in any plot with the Russians
against the Government, adding,
Even if we were willing to conspire
against friendly government,
which we are not, what purpose
would such activity server"
NOGALES, Ariz.,. April 13 (P.-
Charges Of Representative Dies that
Russia and Germany are attempting
to set up a puppet regime in Mexico
were described by Tomas Morlet,
Mexican consul here, as pure
bunk"
Mexico is tired of revolutions. "
Mr.. Morlet said. The people want
to progress, work"
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Weather Report

District of CoumbaFar with continued cold
today with maximum temperature
E fresh
Maryland and Virginia tomorrow
quite cold tomorrow. ' ''
fair quite so cold today; tomorrow
fair, rising temperature. '' "
Evening star., 1940-04-14
PART THREE.
PART FOUR.

TNNI fVUK.
Classified, sports.
Griffmen, young club Of
promise. rates 5th at best. Page Ell
Romp for Yanks, battle for
Reds seen in nag races. Page E-2
Black Sweep becomes two-timer
in Middleburg race. Page E-3
Schoolboy golf gaining
despite lack of backing. Page E-4
Honey Cloud repeats in South
ern Maryland Handicap. Page E-5
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Readers Guide
and
News Summary.
The Sunday Star, April IA, 1S4e.
PART ONE.
Main Ne1pS Section.

Foreign.
10000 left homeless as fire sweeps
Colon, Panama. Page Al
Low countries alert In wars most
critical period. Page Al
British sink 7 Nazi destroyers at
Narvik. Page Al
Soviet is reported protesting Incl
dents" in Rumania. Page b.
National.
House block rumored to fight Jobless
Pay Act changes. Page Az
War increases New Deal talk of
third-term drive. Page Al
Washington and Vicinity.
Cold weather fails to halt Cherry
Blossom Festival. Page Al
D. A. R. convention, opening tomor-
row, attracts 1000. Page Al
Slipshod inspection charged in jury's
fire inquest verdict. Page Al
Income tax yield may exceed s., ,0OO,-
600 estimate. Page B-1
Evening star., 1940-04-14

10 GmenG Inc L11D 10 cOUer those
State employees 1Dho are paid In
part from Federal funds. This
measure has passed the Senate.
BY ]. A. OLEARY.
Hope was expressed last night by
Representative Dempsey, Democrat,
Of New Mexico that the House Ju-
dietary Committee will act Tuesday
on the Senate-approved Hatch bill,
with the few changes made recently
by a subcommittee.
Mr.. Dempsey expressed confidence
there is majority in the committee
in favor of reporting the measure,
and that If it reaches the floor of
the House, it will pass.
Designed primarily to extend to
thousands of State employees, paid
in whole or in part from Federal
funds, the same limitations on
political activity already applied to
Federal workers, the measure passed
the Senate month ago, after two
weeks of stormy debate.
Must Go to Rules Committee.
Even If the judiciary group brings
the bill out Tuesday, 1t still would
have to go before the Rules Com
mittee for approval of a special
rule to give it an opportunity for
House consideration before the
present session ends.
Mr.. Dempsey, who is a member of
the Rules Committee. believes he
will be able to obtain the rule after
the bill has been acted upon by
the judiciary group.
Chairman Summers of the Judi
ciary Committee refrained from any
prediction Of what that committee
will do Tuesday, beyond indicating
that the Hatch measure probably
will take up most of the time of
the meeting.
$1,000, 900 Set as Limit.
In addition to the Senate provi-
sion making it a violation of law for
any individual, in or out of public
service, to contribute more than S.
600 to a political campaign, the
House subcommittee has placed a
limit of 100000 on the amount
any political committee may spend
in campaign. This proviso has
been construed to apply only to a
single committee, and would not
be the combined limit Of national
and State committees.
The Senate wrote into the bill
on the floor two notifications which
the House subcommittee has de-
leted. One would have exempted
from the political restrictions teach
ers in State educational institutions
which derive part Of their funds
from the Federal Government. The
other would have allowed State en-
ployes who are candidates for elec-
tive Office In a primary to retain
their State jobs during the primary.
They would not have been required
to resign until they were nominated.
Will Press for Passage.
Supporters Of the bill are anxious
to bring about its enactment before
the present session ends for two
reasons: First, to make 1t effective
during the approaching national
campaign; second, because if it dies
In the House now it would have tc
start from the beginning in the
new Congress, and 60 through both
houses again.
In the Senate the bill encountered
a barrage Of amendments, some
designed to modify its application
to Federal and State employees
others intended to broaden it tc
curb active participation in politics
by private individuals. While some
were adopted, most of these amend
ments were defeated.
Friends OF the measure realize il
still faces the possibility of similar
efforts in the House to attach
amendments that might endangel
its enactment into law.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Hatch Bill Scheduled
By House Judiciary
Committee tuesday
Dempsey Expresses
Optimism Over Measure
When It Reaches Floor

BACKGROUND
Spurred BY disclosure OF poll
tics tn P. w. A., Congress at last
session enacted legislation mod
eled along the lines OF cipil serp-
ice regulations that prohibited
political activity by prtually all
Federal otceholders. At pres
ent session an effort is being made
to amend the ldD to couer those
State employees 1Dho are paid In
part from Federal funds. This
measure has passed the Senate.
Evening star., 1940-04-14

: Recerd Until 10 Pm. Saturday..
Highest Al. at 4:30 pm. Yesterday
Lowest. rs. at 8 an. Yesterday year
aeo. 81.
Record TenDerstures This Year.
Highest, IS, on April 4.
Lowest. z. on January 20.
The Sun and Noon.
Rises. Sets.
Sum Sum tSdsy somorrov b:$$ s:4t
Moon. today 1882 am. 1910 am
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-hah hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1940-04-14

Tide Tables
FURNISHED by United States CoaA and
Geodetic Survey)
Evening star., 1940-04-14
UphAm. c. B.
Vawter. W. r.

Zaul, c.
Evening star., 1940-04-14

Weather In Various Cities.
Temperature TAO
Max. Min. Sat. pm. Ia
Sat- Fri. 7:30 7:3O
urday. night. D m. D .rn.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

what anyone would naturally think of first.
But there wasn't any use in thinking about
it. Either those men were out there or they
weren't. What he ought to do would be to call
the police and tell them what he thought and
let them find out. But the trouble was if the
bandits weren't there, the company would
find out he'd been listening in on calls and
he d lose his job. The chances were about fifty
to one he was making all this up anyway.
They'd fire him and tell him to quit going to
the movies.
Well. Doctor Parker ought to be about
getting out there now. He could see one of the
men meeting him at the door and putting
gun in his stomach and telling him to get to
work. There wouldn't be thing Doctor
Parker could do not thing. Men like that
wouldn't think twice about killing him if he
said he wouldn't help them.
0UPPosE the chances were fifty to one the
men weren't there. If they killed Doctor
Parker, he'd feel pretty bad about not doing
anything. 1t was certainly up to him to find
out if those men were there. If he called Mrs.
Cummings and asked if everything was all
right and it wasn't all right the men would get
suspicious and beat it. Besides, Mrs. Cum
mings wouldn't dare say anything over the
phone.
The only thing to do was to wait for awhile
and then call the doctors home and see if he'd
got back. If he wasn't back pretty soon he'd
know something was wrong. But there was no
way of knowing about that, either. Harry
Evening star., 1940-01-07

chair. He was trembling very hard now and it
was difficult getting the plug in to ring the
police station. After awhile he got it straight
to them that the holdup men were out at Mrs.
Cummings and that Doctor Parker was
there too.
1t was terrible waiting there alone, not
knowing what was happening, and be thought
it must be almost morning before the light
went on and the bell tinkled.
Hello, John." said Doctor Parker.
is everything all right?"
Fine" said the doctor. Police walked
right in and got the whole bunch. Not
shot fired"
''Gosh," said John. That's good.''
You're pretty smart feller," said Doctor
Parker, chuckling, but guess you'd have to
be to have wife in small town like this
and nobody know about her.
The End
Evening star., 1940-01-07

directory hung on string by the board and
he f1icked over the cards until he found Mrs.
Cummings number. His hand was trembling
when he plugged in the cord and gave the
ring. He had to ring six times before the re-
ceiver came up and he heard Mrs. Cummings
say hello.
Mrs Cummings" he said, this is John
Mason. Is Doctor Parker there? Mrs. Parker
told me he went out there awhile ago."
Eyes. he's here" said Mrs. Cummings.
WELL" said John, swallowing hard, my
wife is very sick and I'd like to have Doctor
Parker stop in on his way home and see her,"
There was long pause while Johns heart
pounded against his shirt.
The doctor says he'll be along when he
gets through out here, said Mrs. Cummings.
That's hne," he said. Thank you very
much.'
He pulled out the plug and sank back in his
Evening star., 1940-01-07

might be really sick
and the doctor would
havetostay withhi1m.
You couldn't just
wait. The thing to do
was call the police
and take a chance.
Maybe they might
not fire him anyway.
John started to
plug in the police
station and then
stopped. There might
be a better way of
doing this The
Evening star., 1940-01-07

Il
he'd be apt to die, because they wouldn't be
able to get doctor
John sat up straight and felt tingling all
the way down his back. Supposing, just sup
posing. those men had stopped out at Mrs.
Cummings. They'd want doctor and they
could make Mrs. Cummings call and say
Harry was sick. There'd be nothing unusual
. in that; Doctor Parker would 60 out and then
they'd make him fix up the one who was shot.
When it was done they'd probably tie up Mrs.
Cummings and Harry and the doctor and then
they d be on their way and no one would know
until morning They might even shoot them.
That was just foolish, though. He was
sitting here making up things in his head.
Nothing like that ever happened in Thomp-
sonville, and it was silly to think about it.
Plenty of kids got stomach-aches and their
mothers called the doctor. He'd heard them
do it hundreds of times
But still, Mrs. Cummings wasn't person
to be upset over a little thing like that. Ever
since her husband had died she ID looked after
the farm and carried on without any help.
She wasn't like some of the other ones. Her
voice had sounded little frightened when
she'd called too. If it was just a stomach ache
she wouldn't have been so nervous. Supposing
those men had told her to call the doctor and
say her boy was sick. What would be the first
thing she'd think of to say was the trouble
with him? A stomach-ache, of course. That's