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Evening star., 1940-10-12

was and where she lived. He was
not told Upon coming of age he
enlisted in the Army and was Or
dered to Alaska. When his bags
were packed and he was ready to
go, the information he wanted was
given to him. But he was of to the
North.
In the three intervening years he
has written constantly to the mother
he could not remember. A skilled
wireless operator, he was a part Of
the Army's communication system
between Anchorage, Alaska, and
Seattle, and was thus never assigned
to duty in the Eastern half of the
United States. He has hurried here
now on months furlough.
Interviewed three hours after their
reunion, mother, son-and daugh-
ter-in-law - were getting along
famously, differing only in political
beliefs. Mrs. Stevens sported a
Roosevelt button; her son wasn't so
sure about third term.
Mrs. Stevens is going to clip this
story out of the paper as the final
piece in an unusual file of news
paper cuttings. For % years she
has been using her scissors to collect
stories about mothers united with
1ong-lost children Most of the
clippings are yellowed now. They
have pictures showing the mother
throwing her arms around a young
man or woman.
This time Mrs. Stevens is In the
picture.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Husband Missinq,
| Bride Biomes
| Sudden Illness

Twenty -three-year-old Ruth Rob-
inson of Kingsport, Tenn, bride OF
less than a week, waited hopefully
today for word of her husband who
disappeared on their honeymoon
Thursday while she went to beauty
parlor to have her hair dressed.
The bewildered bride who came
to Washington on her first big
trip" Is staying with a new friend,
a beauty operator she met at the
parlor. while waiting for her hus-
band, an Evangelical Baptist minis
ter. She is convinced Rev. Mr.. Rob-
inson did not desert her. He has
a weak heart, she said. and may
be i'll and unable to communicate
with her.
The missing husband, according
to Mrs. Robinson, has all their
money-s237. He went to get a
haircut Thursday and was to call
for her at the beauty parlor on
Twelfth street NV. A young
woman operator befriended the
bride when her husband failed to
appear.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
By HENRY GEMMILL.

Mrs. Louise Stevens, 11O8 Queen
street NE, welcomed back to her
arms yesterday a man whom she
last saw when he was her baby
son-22 years ago.
There has been a gap in her eX-
perience of motherhood. Philip, her
curly-haired child. unexpectedly
vanished from her life when he was
2 years old. He has returned tall,
broad-shoulder, mature; he has
brought with him wife.
Yesterday afternoon the son ran
up to his mothers front door from
a muddy car that had burned up
the roads between Seattle, Wash,
and the District. He had taken
speedy advantage of his first op-
portunity since 1918 to come and
see his mother.
The two met timidly. The mother
Wept, and smiled.
They were separated here in the
closing days of the World War,
when Philips father died. Unable
to support the boy. Mrs. Stevens
placed him Temporarily" in fos-
ter home. The foster parents sud-
denly left the city; she was unable
to trace them.
Philip was raised in Dade City,
Fla. Until he was 16 he was not
told he was foster child; he took
and still keeps the last name Of his
foster parents. Hanen
From the age of 16 to 20 Philip
Hanen wondered who his mother
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Three Communists
Win Inclusion on
Maryland Ballot
Judge at Annapolis
Orders Certificotion;
Stote Will Not Appeal
BY the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Oct. H.
Names of three Communist candi-
dates will be included on the No
vember Maryland election ballot.
Circuit Court Judge Ridgely p.
Melvin signed a declaratory decree
late yesterday directing Secretary
OF State Francis Petrott to certify
the names Of DR.. Albert E. Blum
berg of Baltimore, Communist can
didate for United States Senator,
and Earl Browder and James w.
Ford. candidates for President and
Vice President, for insertion on the
ballot.
DR.. Blumberg brought the suit to
enjoin Mr.. Petrott from refusing to
certify the trio.
No Appeal Planned.
Later in Baltimore. Attorney Gen.
eral William c. Walsh said I'VE have
decided not to take an appeal"
Mr.. Walsh said in a statement
that "even assuming that an appeal
would be proper" there was insuffi-
cient time to prepare the case in
view of the fact that Mr.. Petrott
must certify the candidates not later
than October II.
Judge Melvin ruled that Mr..
Petrott was purely a ministerial off,
Ger, with no authority to withhold
certification of the Communist petit
ton since the attorney general had
pronounced it legally sufficient.
Signatures Challenged.
Mr.. Petrott, In answering DR..
Blumberg's suit, said he acted on
advice of Gov. O'Conor.
A Dies Investigating Committee
report and Baltimore grand jury in
dictments returned against Mrs.
Blumberg, who was later convicted
of perjury in obtaining names on
nominating petitions, raised a "rea-
sonable doubt as to validity of the
signatures, Mr.. Petrott contended.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Two Girls, Is, Suffer
Broken Legs When
Struck by Auto
Were AIiehting From Bus
After Attending School
Football Come

Slight improvement was noted to-
day in the condition of two Anacostia
Junior High School girls who were
seriously injured by an automobile
at Minnesota avenue and E street
Sc. while returning home from the
Anacostia Wilson High School foot
ball game yesterday afternoon.
Probably the most seriously hurt
was Viola Bennett, 13, of 1886 E
street Sc, daughter of James Ben
nett, retired motorcycle policeman.
She received a compound fracture
Of the right leg. a fracture of the
left leg and multiple abrasions.
Alighting From Bus.
Her companion, Peggy Lou Willett,
also, l3, of 3207 Ely place NE, re-
ceived a fractured leg. cuts and
bruises. The accident occurred about
6 o'clock as the two girls alighted
from a bus.
The driver of the car, James A..
johnson, "a, of Glen Burnie, Md,
was released under $500 bond on a
charge of reckless driving. The girls
were admitted to Casualty Hospital.
Two Cars Collide.
Willard E. Morse, SO, of Mount
Rainier, Nd, was seriously injured
early today in a collision between
his car and another operated by
Milton R. Ellis, 20, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, at Bladensburg road and East
ern avenue NE. Mr.. Morse was
under treatment at Casualty Hos
pital today for fractured ribs. pos
sible fracture of the neck and pos
sible brain conclusion.
Mr.. Ellis was charged with reck-
less driving at No. IL Precinct.
Evening star., 1940-10-12

feet would be to repeal the act it
self by denying authority to the
board to carry on essential functions.
First Move In June.
The first move to oust Mr.. Saposs
and his aides was made in June
when the House. in passing the reg
ular civil functions appropriation
bill, incorporated a section striking
at the economic research division as
the unit then was styled. The House
Appropriations Committee report on
the bill urged abolition of the divi-
sion, but the language of the bill
was not specific on that point, and
controller general ruling later held
that in its final form, the legislation
did not kill the division. The board,
however, following the advice of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
that economic research" was
misnomer for the divisions work,
changed it to technical service" di-
vision-leaving the Saposs group ip
command of the situation.
House Toes, however, countered
with the deficiency bill amendment
Second Blow at Board.
Mr.. Saposs and others of the
division will remain on the pay roll
until their accumulated leave has
expired. Their duties will be abb
sorbed by other board personnel.
The blow is the second dealt at
the board in recent months. The
current appropriation bill cut its
funds by more than $330,O0O, to
bring the total under 100000 for
the fiscal year.
The House, however, has not been
able to get action from the Senate
on a bill passed several months ago
to circumscribe severely the activ-
tiles of the board.
Evening star., 1940-10-12

it for quotation. He says it by read
ing aloud a dispatch from Rome
He hints at it. He insinuates it. He
leaves the real job to his hand-picked
candidate for Vice President and
his hand picked Governor of New
York.
Dragging the European war into
our domestic elections is not a re-
sponsible act. 1t is a reckless one
Do you care what foreign govern
ments think?
mo one in America has any use
for dictators except the third-term
candidate. He thinks they can win
for him
Mr.. Willkie had taken as the
theme of his Boston address the
question of the responsibility that
goes with control of the Government,
and he implied that the New Deal
has not been responsible Govern
ment
Won't Fight Others War.
Under our American system ma
tional elections are held only once
every four years." Mr.. Willkie said.
To-day, events are moving with in
credible speed. Four years from
now we may be living in a very diff
ferent world. -Four years from now
it may be too late"
At the outset of his speech he had
predicted that IF We have an ire
sponsible Government in Washing
ton during the next four years. I
believe that democracy will fall"
Mr.. Willkie said. I'VE shall not
undertake to fight anybody's else
war" and added pledge that our
boys shall stay out of Europe" At
the same time he said: 1--WE shall
appease no one. We stand for our
democratic institutions and we stand
ready to defend them with our
lives
There is only one way, he con-
tinued, to stay out of war and avoid
appea sement. The answer he said.
is to build an air force, a Navy and
an Army so strong that no dictator
will dare tamper with our commerce,
our interests or our rights"
Re-Pledges British Aid.
He repeated a charge that the
present administration has been
slow in beginning to build national
defense He accused the President
of cutting more than half a billion
dollars from budget estimates of the
War Department in the fall of 1899,
when hostilities were beginning in
Europe.
Mr.. Willkie again pledged himself
TO aid the heroic British people,"
and added, 'I pray God that Win
ston Churchill did not come too
late"
The Republican nominee was
given a hearty welcome at Lynn late
yesterday, as his motor caravan
approached Boston.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Consulate at Shanghai
NOTIFYING Americans

SHANGHAI Oct. u (P.-The
United States Consulate General
started today to circulate the State
Department. advice of last Tuesday
that Americans leave the Orient.
The advice was being formally
relayed to 4 900 Americans in Shang-
hal. many Of whom are expected to
make reservations on the United
States liner Washington. now at
New York, which may be ordered to
Shanghai.
A Domel, japanese news agency,
dispatch from Marking said men,
bers of the staff of Standard Oil
there and employees of the British
American Tobacco Co., with their
families, would be removed soon to
Shanghai on two United States gun
boats now en- route further up the
Yangtze River to Hankow to pick
up Americans there.
A Domei dispatch from Hsinking,
Manchukuo, said the consulate gen.
eral there also had received the
evacuation advice which the (Jap-
nese-dominated Manchukuo gov
ernment is treating with silent con-
tempt"
Several American firms here, in
cluding the telephone company and
Standard Oil, were understood to
be repatriating the families and
dependents of their American en-
ployes at company expense.
Wilfred S. B. Wong. an official of
the American Engineering Corp, was
reported by police to have been kid
naped today from an automobile on
Bubbling Well road, near the United
States Marine headquarters in the
International Settlement.
They expressed belief there was
a political motive. S. T. Chen, an
official of the same company, who
vanished recently, is reported tO
have been killed at Nanking.
At least 100 wives and children
of Americans departed on the En-
press of Russia, which was laden
to capacity. Although many FAM
lilies had prepared for an indefinite
separation on two-days notice,
there was no apparent excitement.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
American Is Reported
0usted From Mexico

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 12.-Rela-
tives of Marlowe Merrick, young
American businessman who was re-
ported to have been taken into
custody and rushed toward the
Texas border, said today they had
heard he arrived at Laredo, Tex,
late last night.
They had no further details.
Friends said two men identifying
themselves as secret agents arrested
Mr.. Merrick, a former resident OF
Los Angeles, who was engaged in
the highway construction business.
He was said to have telephoned
his wife later from an unidentified
point to inform her that he was
being deported under MeXico's
Article 49," which empowers the
president to deport any alien he
regards as undesirable.
Mrs. Merrick, a Mexican citizen
born of Canadian parents, sought
information from police and
notified the United States Embassy.
No official comment was given.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Rumuniu
Continued From First Page.)

commanding an "instructional di-
vision" But six of the officers wore
red-striped trousers, indicating they
were of the German general staff.
After being formally received at
the royal station, Gen. Hansen and
his staff drove to the royal palace
amidst a shower of flowers from girls
of the German minority.
Crowds stood at attention as the
trucks passed. A band played
Deutschland uber Allies" the Horst
Vessel song and the Rumanian ma
tional hymn. and Iron Guardists
roared out the Horst Vessel song in
Rumanian as the train crawled into
the station. German and Ruman-
ian flags decorated the cars.
Germans Luncheon Guests.
Foreign Minister Prince Costin
Sturza, Vice Premier Horia Sima,
the Iron Guard leader, German Min
lister Wilhelm Fabricius, and the
italian, japanese and Spanish Min
listers and high ranking Rumanian
officers were among those who well
coined the German commander.
Later 100 German officers were
rendered a luncheon by the Ru-
manian general staff. While the
luncheon was going on, to the ac-
compartment Of . steady drone OF
Evening star., 1940-10-12
ShowgirI Friend of Sultan
Killed in London Air Raid
Lydio CeeiIy Hill, II,
Had Received Gems
From Ruler, 81
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 12-Lydia Cecily
Hill, 27-year-old showgirl on whom
the fabulously wealthy Sultan Of
Johore showered expensive jewels
inscribed with all my love-" was
killed yesterday in the German air
raid on Canterbury.
Miss Hill was in q Canterbury
shop trying on q fur coat when a
bomb demolished the smart estab-
lishment.
She long had been stage favorite
but gave up her career after she
met the Sultan and moved into a
palatial home at Mayfair Court,
Herne Bay.
Sultan Sobs at News.
The 67-year-old potentate, who
rules a principality on the Malay
Peninsula, broke down when in
formed of her death. II am deeply
grieved by the tragedy" he sobbed.
Miss Hill, q West End glamour
girl, made a world tour as his guest.
At Singapore, in 1898, the Sultan
turned down an invitation to attend
a Government House celebration of
the Kings birthday and took her to
see the movie Her Jungle Lover"
instead.
The Sultan, free spender who
avidly Shuns the spotlight, several
years ago contributed S2,500 900
toward construction Of Britain's
great naval base at Singapore.
He and his Scottish sultana, the
former Mrs. Helen Wilson, visited
the United States on ''round-the-
world tour in 1884. They were di-
vorced four years later, when, act
ing under Mohammedan law, he re-
peated the word "talak" meaning
"get out"-four times to make the
Evening star., 1940-10-12

airplanes overhead, italians in black
shirts and Spaniards in red berets
held another reception at the same
hotel
The Rumanian government issued
communique saying 1.-The former
government asked Germany for her
help regarding equipment and in
struction of the Rumanian army in
using the new materials in accord
ance with the new methods of war.
Premier Ion Antonescu, finding this
an excellent idea, adopted it. The
Germans, giving support to this re-
quest with good will and friendship,
sent a military mission to Rumania,
the first part Of which arrived to-
day under command of Gen. Han
SEN"
AS German officers promenaded
the streets and held conferences,
British officials said military and
naval attaches with their StaffS, as
we'll as commercial stats and many
clerks are leaving Immediately un-
der London orders for nationals to
depart. The first secretary of the
Embassy was expected to remain
another week
German circles claimed that by
establishing an air patrol over the
vital oil fields and by moving troops
into Rumania the Reich once again
had taken the initiative from Brit
ain.
There was no estimate of the num-
Der of German soldiers which en-
tered the city.
1t was believed other German de-
tachments were taking up positions
in the Rumanian oil fields.
Today'S procession of troops, fol-
lowing yesterdays airshow over
Bucharest, brought the first actual
evidence that German troops now
are in Rumania for claimed "in-
struction" purposes. German mill
tary penetration Of Rumania now
Is expected to reveal itself fully.
AS a result of the German move
final diplomatic break between
Britain and Rumania is considered
inevitable in Bucharest. Londons
action in ordering British nationals
to leave Rumania and the freezing
Of Rumanian credits in the United
Kingdom, strengthened the belief a
formal break is near.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Replacement Bases
For 1S1,700 Troops
Designated by Army
Two Of Centers Will Be
Located in Virginia
And Two in Maryland

Replacement centers for 181,7oo
troops, both white and colored, were
designated last night by the War
Department in widely scattered
areas preparatory to inducing
draftees into the new Army.
Four of the replacement centers
will be located at Fort Belvoir and
Camp Lee, near Petersburg, Va,
and at Aberdeen Proving Ground
and Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland,
all within the 3rd Corps Area. Also
announced were Is additional GEN.
ters, including Camp Lee, for the
reception of 1880 draftees.
The replacement centers totaling
81, will be maintained for the train
ing of draftees and will be ready for
occupancy by March IS, 1941. They
will be used to fill up the ranks OF
various Army units as needed. This
Is a part of the peacetime program
to maintain each unit at full
strength.
10,500 Going to BeIvoir.
Fort Belvoir, one of the Virginia
camps near Washington, is to serve
as a replacement base for the engi-
neers. A total of 1900 white troops
and 5000 colored will be stationed
there. Quartermaster units of $500
white men and $500 colored will be
held at Camp Lee, as we'll as medical
units of 1000 whites and 500 colored.
At Fort Eustis, Va, will be estab-
lished one of the largest replace
ment centers for the coast artillery.
The force will number $4,000 white
and 800 colored troops.
An ordnance force of 4800 white
men and 1000 colored will be CEN
tered at Aberdeen Proving Ground
and a chemical warfare group Of
300 white and 200 colored soldiers
will be centered at Edgewood
Arsenal
More Housing Planned.
The 16 new reception centers for
draftees will all require the construc-
ton of cantonments and tent camps.
Only one is in the Sd Corps Area,
Camp Lee, where a cantonment will
be provided for 1000 men.
The War Department also an
nounced additional construction to
provide housing for increased per.
sonnel ordered at Fort Dix. N. j.;
Fort Devens, Mass; Fort Thomas,
KY; Fort Smelling. Mimi; Fort
Leavenworth, Kans., and Fort Lewis,
Wash.
No indication was given of the cost
Of the replacement centers, but the
Army estimated s275 900 as the cost
of a typical 1,0O0-man reception
center.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
StobIe Rent Unpaid,
Horse Dispossessed

An undernourished horse is under
the care of the Animal Rescue
League today after it was dispos-
sessed of his several months stand
at a stable, 402 M street NV. by
real estate man and United States
marshal
Delivering a court order to dis
possess the horse because its owner
failed to pay the rent. the marshal
found the animal in bad condition
and took it to the Rescue League
The league said the horse probably
had been standing in the stable for
months.
Evening star., 1940-10-12

decree effective. Mis- Hill then ap-
peared with a big diamond ring.
Engagement Denied.
Only a fortnight ago thieves made
of with $1,000 (S2t,00O) worth of
jewelry from her home Two of the
pieces were inscribed Il. s." CThe
Sultan's name is IbrahimD
The Sultan and Miss Hill always
denied rumors they were engaged,
although at one tine there were
reports of a crisis in Johore and a
possible abdication.
The Sultan's most recent appear
ance in the public print was in July
when a Canadian llrnberman met
him in an afraid shelter.
I'm the Sultan of Johore," said
the tall ruler.
"Oh yeah, I'm the King of Ire
land" countered the Canadian.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
WiIIkie
Continued From First Page.)

SOlllIllutu T1UIll FlISI rage
last nights meeting Mr.. Willkie
made a courtesy call on William
Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop of
Boston. His only comment after
ward was: Il had very pleasant
visit with Cardinal O'Connell."
Gets Rousing Welcome.
The crowd that filled all but one
bleacher section of the ball park
gave Mr. Willkie rousing welcome.
1t was described by local residents
as an exceptional attendance for a
Republican rally in Democratic
Boston.
They booed several times when he
referred to the third-term candi-
date" and once they interrupted his
speech momentarily with the famil-
lar chant of I'VE want Willkie." +"
When they continued to cheer after
he had finished the speech, Mr.
Willkie climbed up on the railing of
the platform to wave good-by. This
brought louder applause and he
beckoned to Mrs. Willkie, who came
forward from the back of the plat
form and waved her hand to the
crowded grandstand
THE candidate of the New Deal"
Mr.. Willkie told them, ''has chosen
this most critical time to violate
one of our Oldest traditions. He is
violating principle that was framed
by George Washington. He is seek
ing to perpetuate himself in Office.
And what reason does he give
for this? Does he tell you that
there are more jobs than there were
four years ago?
Hits at Roosevelt Tactics.
"Oh, no: he says that foreign pow
ers would like to see him defeated
in November. He does not say this
directly. He does not dare to say
Evening star., 1940-10-12
First Americans Board
Liner Returning to u. S.

TOXIC, Oct. IL {P.-The first
Americans to heed their State De-
partment's advice to leave Japan
boarded the homeward-bound Ca
madam Pacific liner Empress OF Rus
sia today and newspaper want-ad
columns did a booming business as
others disposed of household goods.
Wives and children of American
businessmen were the first to depart.
Inquiries continued to flow into
the United States Consulate about
facilities for leaving Bookings were
reported to be full on all ships
scheduled to leave soon for the
United States and officials worked
to break the jam and clear the way
for speedier exodus.
There were many, however, who
indicated they expected to wait
and watch further developments be-
fore giving up homes and work in
Japan.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
Escaped Prisoner Sought
For Quiz in Staying
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. Oct. IA
ODell c. Jolly, %. colored, who
escaped yesterday from the State
penal farm at RuXbury, is being
sought for questioning in the murder
last night of Raleigh Poffenberger,
rs. farmer and former county COM
missioner, at his farm near Keedys-
vile, Sheriff Joseph Baker said to.
day
Mr.. Poffenberger's body the head
badly battered, was found in the
wash-house in the rear of his home
by two farmhands, Jack Sisk and
Earl Loveless. The sheriff said it
was apparent that Mr.. Poffenberger
was lured to the wash-house by his
murderer on the pretense of getting
something. No money was missing,
the sheriff said
jolly was serving sentence for q
murder in Baltimore.