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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Wounded Survivors
OF Langson Rout Tell
OF Japanese Attack
French and Native Units
Shattered in Assault
On Lines From Reur
BY c. YATES MCDANIEL,

/ AssotAdtcu IIcsS
HANOI, French Indo-China, Oct
1.-Wounded survivors, disheart-
ened French officers and footsore
stragglers pieced together for me
/ today their version of the Japanese
attack which last week routed the
defenders of Langson, strategic
point on the northern border OF
harassed French Indo-China
They all said the fight was forced
on them after they had been in
formed an amicable agreement had
been reached to settle the Japanese
demand on the colony
SiXty-fve seriously wounded
French Indo-China Annamites ina
tive troops were brought here by
train, truck and plane.
In three days the Japanese sue
ceeded in wiping out a months de-
tense preparations They captured
the French general and his staff
with several thousand of his French
Legionnaires and colonial infantry
men.
The stories of these men, some
of them accomplishing five to seven
days after they had been wounded
by bullets and bomb fragments
added up 10 the fact that some one
underestimate the Japanese abil-
ity to nullify French artillery supe-
riority and launch a surprise assault
at pistol range on Langson's tight
ly protected rear positions.
Held Up Attack Two Days.
One officer, whose men held up q
japanese flanking movement for two
days, said he was given to believe
the japanese on the ndo-China
border were not equipped to attack
However. against his outpost posi-
ton, manned by a few machine
guns and trench mortars, the JAP
anese hurled three tanks, backed uI
by mountain artillery and planes.
He feared only four members OF
his platoon escaped.
Another officer told how he blew
up his battery Of 155 millimeter
guns-which like nearly all the
French artillery were placed to stop
frontal attack-when Japanese
machine-gunners poured in fire
from the rear.
He said several other battery
commanders tried to move the guns
to turn them against the japanese
but their transport mules became
panicky.
Ordered to Hold Fire.
The officer said that when the end
of the fighting came he had fired
only 30 out of 1000 rounds of am
munition because he was ordered
to hold his fire unless attacked
This despite the fact, he said, that
he saw japanese moving around the
French TANKS within easy range.
One of the officers who was in the
thick of the Langson fight said that
his machlne-gunners took heavy
toll of japanese infantrymen cross
ing a vital bridge, but that they
continued to advance over the piled
up bodies of their comrades.
This officer said the assault on
Langson was delivered after the
city had been encircled by Japanese
units attacking with submachine-
guns, pistols and bayonets from all
directions.
A night attack, he said, caused
such confusion that friend and foe
alike were moved down by cross
fire.
A Polish medical orderly, member
of French regiment, said that aft
er the French capitulated the Jap
anese occupied barracks and large
buildings and herded their prisoners
into heavily guarded inclosed places
where they received one meal OF
- dot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Student Flyer Dies
After Crashing on
Virginia Farm
PIone Dives Into FieIc
As He Swoops Low
To Ask Directions
picture on Page A-3.)

John Gormley, 19-year-old stu
dent flyer enrolled in the civil pilot
training program, died in George
town Hospital shortly before noen
today, about three hours after the
new Waco. btplane he was pi-
loting nose-dived into a field across
the Potomac River from Seneca,
Md
He was rushed to the hospital
by the Herndon va Rescue Squad.
DR.. William Meyer of Herndon, who
accompanied him from the scene
Of the crash. said the young man
had fractured skull and other in
juries.
Mr.. Gormley lived at Lancaster,
Pa. and was a student at Franklin
and Marshall College. He took of
about BIS o'clock from Congress
sional Airport, where he has been
flying during the summer. to do
some acrobatic work, according to
Kimball Scribner, chief instructor
at the airport.
Shortly afterward his plane was
observed circling over the large farm
of Mrs. Wilson Compton on the
Virginia side of the river about 20
miles northwest of Washington.
Asks for Directions.
Then he swooped low over the
fields and called to Ralph Dennis
(which way to the airport?"
Mr.. Dennis said he pointed in
the direction of Congressional Air
port, then the craft seemed to stall
and plunged to the ground, tearing
a wing and the motor off and vir-
tually demolishing the forward
portion of the plane.
Two other workers, P. G. Shafer
and w. A. Griffin, ran to the wreck
age and pulled the young man out.
They said he was wearing an I'M
opened parachute. He was uncon-
scious and remained so until his
death.
The Civil Aeronautics Board, after
a preliminary inquiry, expressed the
opinion the pilot was attempting to
land to make further directional
inquiries.
Air Rough in Region.
Mr.. Scribner said the air was
rough in that region today and
probably a gust of wind forced the
nose of the plane down.
Mrs. Compton pointed out that
there is a large area of smooth river
flats near the scene of the crash on
which "a much bigger plane could
land with ease"
Mr.. Gormley held private license
according to Mr.. Scribner, and was
doing advanced work in the aero
batic line in preparation for pos
(See FLYER, Page A-3)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

added that some information on
radio behavior during an eclipse was
gained.
An expedition from Brown Univer-
sity also was on hand for the total
eclipse" Three big cameras had
been erected by the National Geo
graphic Society at Patos, and holiday
crowds filled the streets of the city
in hopes Of glimpse.
The radio tests were for the pur-
pose of obtaining more information
about the effects of darkness on the
radio rejecting layers Of the upper
atmoSphere,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
japanese in Indo-Chinu
Push Toward Yunnun
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSOCIATED PreSS.
CHUNKING, Oct. 1.-Chinese dis
patches reported today that Japa-
nese troops who entered French
do-China from Kwangsi Province
were pushing northward in the d.
rection of the Yunnan frontier.
One force of Japanese was said
to have reached Kaobang. com.
munications center 10 miles north
west Of Langson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Poderewski, OFF to U. S.,
Is Forced to Turn Back
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LISBON, Oct. 1.-Ignace Jan
Paderewski, 8o-year-old pianist and
former Premier of Poland, has been
forced to return to Barcelona from
Zaragosa and probably will face an
indefinite delay in his plans to go
to the United States, it was learned
last night.
The cause of the change in his
itinerary was not disclosed imme-
diately. He was travelling through
Spain en- route to Lisbon to catch
a boat for the United States, where
he hoped to spend the rest of his
years on his California ranch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Japan Fines 4 Of 7 Britons
Convicted Of Espionage
BY the Associated Press

Ry the ASSOCIATED PreSS.
TOXIC, Oct. 1.-Two of the
prominent British businessmen ar
rested in Japan's July anti-espi-
onage campaign have been given
suspended Jail terms and four others
assessed fines ranging from 200 to
500 yen (s46 to s115). an authorita-
tive source said today.
Yesterday Domei, japanese news
agency. said 10 Britons had been
indicted and seven of these con-
victed on charges Of violating the
official secrets law and the army
and navy codes. What punishment
was given the seventh man con-
victed, if any, was not disclosed.
Five others are still under exami-
nation, Domei said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Minnesota Election
$3.50 BET, Democrats
Say; COP. Confident
Former-Lobor Porty Move
Thut Would Have Aided
WiIIkie Is q 'Dud'
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN,
C.nr Ga q Enrrornnndnn.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. MINNIE
sofa remains a debatable State be-
tween Mr.. Willkie and President
Roosevelt-despite the fact that the
Republicans gained control of the
State government in big way in
1888 and will retain that control
no matter what happens in the
presidential race.
1t is easy to build up a case for
Wendell L. Willkie, the Republican
standard bearer, with the Farmer
Labor party shot to pieces and the
Democrats divided into New Deal
and anti-New Deal factions. But
President Roosevelt still makes a
big appeal to the mass vote, and
that coupled with Government
handouts-to persons on relief and
to farmers-may turn the trick fol
him here on November S,
Four years ago the President had
698 900 votes to $4,000 for ALI M
Landon. his Republican opponent
almost a 2-to-1 vote Today the
situation is vastly different, how
ever. A conservative swing set in
here two years or more ago, which
swept the Farmer-Laborites out OF
Office in the 1888 elections. and the
Republicans into Office. Gov. Stas-
sen. vigorous young Republican, was
made chief executive in place OF
former Gov. Elmer Benson. and the
Republicans were able to defeat al
but one of the Farmer-Labor can
didates for the House, and left the
Democrats a single House seat.
G. o. p. Scores in Primary.
In the primaries this year thu
Republicans rolled up huge votes
compared to the Farmer-Labor ano
Democratic totals Furthermore
Senator Henryk Shipstead, after
having represented the Farmer.
Labor party in the Senate for il
years, joined up with the G.. D. P
and won the Republican senatorial
nomination in Q walk over a num-
Der of contesting Republicans. Sen.
ator Shipstead has always been 6
huge vote getter when he mas rur
for Office, with support from al
parties.
Gov Stassen has proved an eff
ficient and popular Governor. Dur.
ing his administration labor trouble.
which had vexed the State almost
to distraction, have been reduced
greatly. His reelection is as SURE
as sunrise. according to the ored:c-
tons made by his opponents a!
well as his supporters.
With Gov. Stassen and Senator
Shipstead both on the Republican
ticket, the Willkie candidacy gets 9
real boost. Gov. Stassen has beer
working hard for Mr.. Willkie. Sen
ator Shipstead, when he announced
his candidacy for the Republican
nomination. went the whole rout,
and declared for Mr.. Willkie fol
President. If Senator Shipsteao
comes into the State and actively
campaigns for Mr.. Willkie. it may
help the Republican presidential
candidate materially.
McNary to Address Rally.
Senator Shipstead is expected tt
be here Saturday to introduce Sen.
-ator McNary Of Oregon, Mr.. Will.
kie's running mate on the nationa
ticket, at rally scheduled for the
rural sections of the State. In the
past Senator ShipStead has beer
more or less a lone wolf in polite.
here, though he carried the Farmer.
Labor label. The Republicans, how.
(See MINNESOTA, Page A-5)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Colon Out of Bounds
For Army Personnel
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALBOA, Canal Zone, Oct. L.
The City of Colon was declared "out
of bounds" today for United States
Army and Navy personnel as the re-
suit of a recent barroom riot said
to have involved $50 soldiers and
military and Panama police.
One Panamanian policeman suf-
fered a possible fractured skull in
the disturbance, during which the
police called for military reinforce
ments.
A Colon judge fined eight soldiers.
Their cases have been appealed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Blazing Plane Falls
In Street, Killing Couple

BY the Associated Press.
WILMAR, Calf, Oct. IAN air.
plane crashed into a house and
fell burning into the street last
night, killing its two passengers,
identified tentatively as William
Julius Stanley, an attorney, and
his wife.
Witnesses said the red monoplane,
its motor missing audibly, suddenly
dipped and clipped the chimney
of a house, then plunged into the
front yard and burst into flames
No one in the house was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Roosevelt Receives
Latin Group 10 Map
Hemisphere Defense
Army Chiefs Of 9 Nations
To the South Join in
White House PorIey

Military representatives Of nine
Latin American republics. here for
a two-week tour of United States
military and industrial centers, were
received by President Roosevelt at
the White House shortly after noon
today.
Earlier they conferred with Gen.
George c. Marshall, Army chief Of
staff, and representatives of Costa
Rica and Uruguay presented Gen.
Marshall with two unusual gifts-a
coffee set fashioned from the coffee
wood of Costa Rica and a repro
duction of the oldest fort in Uru-
quay. made by employees of a
Uruguayan arsenal.
The group was guided to Gen.
Mashall's office in the Munitions
Building by American Army officers
after visit to the Pan-American
Union Building. where the visiting
military chieftains lined up for a
formal group photograph.
Full Program Arranged.
After their call at the White
House the Latin Americans were to
be entertained at luncheon at the
Pan-American Union before leaving
on a sightseeing trip to Mount
Vernon during the early afternoon.
Later they were to attend mill
tary review at Fort Myer and then
be guests of Gen. Marshall at a
late afternoon reception at his
quarters. At 8 pm. they were to
attend a dinner at the Mayflower
Hotel
Represented in the group are b.
livia, Colombia. Costa Rica, the
Dominican Republic. Guatemala,
Honduras, Panama, Peru and Uru-
quay.
Starting tomorrow the delegation,
escorted by two United States Army
officers, will crisscross the country,
arriving back here on october Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Es the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Oct. 1.-"Highly success
full" air raids on Britain, particularly
London, were reported by the high
command today while Germans
mininlized the effectiveness of Brit
ish raiders who gave Berlin its long
est alarm of the war last night.
Our air force attacked war es-
sential detectives in England by day
and night in closed formations and
with numerous individual planes"
said the high commands report of
the preceding "a hours. THE Sc
verest attacks were centered on Lon
don as well as the sea region of the
British Isles
1t acknowledged "a strong de-
Tense" of London, but said the raids,
especially during the day, were
highly successful" nevertheless, and
declared that, In all, Britain lost 68
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Fronco Frees Prisoners

MADRID, Oct. @.-Gen. Fran
cisco Franco, observing the 4th an
niversary of his designation as Chief
Of Nationalist Spain, announced to-
day the release Of thousands Of
prisoners under sentences Of II
years and Q day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01
Summary of Todoy's Star

Final action due today on police,
firemen measure. Page B.
Sports.
Reds popular choice on eve of series
with Tigers. Page CT
Catcher Wilson, 40, may prove hero
for Cincinnati. Page CT
Big season looms for Washington S
school elevens. Page c.
Hoyas and Terps sharpen attacks
for tough games. Page C-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

(See WILLKIE, Page A-4)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

(See MINNESOTA, Page A-50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-01

(See FLYER, Page A-3)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
Marriage
licenses

Marriage license applications
have been filed with County Audi
tor S. Clifford Davis by Marcus A
Des Chane. %. OF San Pedro. and
Leon Marie Galley, ~. OF 2s1o
So. 18th St. Tacoma: Rue Brown.
%. and Maxine Louise White, 10.
both of Route /, Chehslis; James
Robert Moergeli, rs. Kent, and Ma
RE Emma Hottott, ~, 1928 So.
41st st, Tacoma; Floyd Tavern
Engle, %, San Diego. and Wanda l..
Hunt. is, Portland. Ore; Robert
Northam Cooper. 20. s02 Fawcett
ave, Tacoma, and Helen Loretta
Miller. Aurora, Ill; Leonard Dey-
lone Waters, jr., 81. 1880 So. Park
ave. and Eva Dora Osborn, 10,
1896 So. A st, both Tacoma; Ed
ward Charles Vernon, rs. Fort
Lewis, and Mary Elizabeth Van
Zandt, %. Arlington; Charles
George Rynar, ~. Route 2. Box Sal.
and Hazel Jane Burich, 1923 3rd
st. S. E., both Puysllup; Floyd f.
Colwell, %, Centralia, and Dor
othy Isabel Burkby, 81, 40i7 So.
Park ave, Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
Edmund Morton
Passes at So

Edmund Morton, Sc. retired Ia
coma contractor. died Monday in
a local hospital, following illness
of two weeks.
Morton, who had lived at the
residence, e24 So. G st, the past
35 years, was born in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, the son OF DR..
Edward Morton, prom n e n I
Canadian surgeon. He came to
Tacoma in 1897 and served as
street commissioner under Mayor
]. w. Linck.
The former contractor WAS q
member of Church OF the Holy
Communion and had been a vestry-
man of that church for many
years. He was a life member Of
Fairweather lodge. F. 4 A. M.
Surviving are three sons, Fred
erick Morton, Percy w. and
Charles Morton, all of Tacoma;
two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Shank
of Seattle and Mrs. A. d. Will
loughby of Tacoma; five grand
children and four great-great
grandchildren.
Buckley-King's will announce the
funeral.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
Minimums for
ConviCts Set
Tucomdn 10 Serve
At Least IL Years

Nine men convicted in Pierce
county superior court. two of them
on charges involving deaths Of
pedestrian and a woman, were
among 81 inmates Of the Wash
ington state penitentiary at Walla
Walla to receive minimum terms
Tuesday set by the state board
of prison terms and paroles at
Olympia.
Heaviest minimum sentence
meted out to those convicted To-
cally included George E. Miller,
39-year-old Taco a shipyard
worker. who was ordered TO serve
not less than u years on 20-year
term imposed by Judge Ernest NJ.
Card on a charge Of manslaughter.
Caused Woman's Death
Miller was arrested by city po-
lice following a drinking party in
an apartment house. His COM
panion. Ruby Holcomb, was taken
to a hospital, where she died. Be-
fore death. she accused Miller of
injuring her with the neck of a
whisky bottle. DR.. T. II. Long,
coroner, held death of the woman
was due TO the injury. plus COM
plications.
Edward John Peterson. IS who
went on a drinking spree after
inheriting $500, was ordered to
serve not less than three years on
charge of negligent homicide.
Peterson was accused of the death
of Brent Doty. surveyor on a WPA
/ project on Wakefield drive.
Struck Two Men
Peterson, under the influence of
/ intoxicants, lost control of his car.
which struck Doty and Monte
Ball, another WPA workman.
Doty died, but Ball recovered from
injuries.
Other minimum terms included
Edgar r. Leach, sodomy years;
Russell Morgan, grand larceny, 5
years; Adolph Wig. forgery. Is
months; Arthur Martin, robbery,
years; Ted Glasgow, burglary,
years; Ernest DeCourcy. rob-
berry. ~ years; Victor Brandt,
forgery, Is months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
Fire Chiefs
To Meet Here
Coost Session to
Sturt on July 81

With 4 free show in the Stadium
rs the highlight. the 47th annual
convention Of the Pacific Coas,
Association OF Fire Chiefs will be
held here July 81 and Aug. l.
and 5. 1t was announced Tuesday
by Emory N. Whitaker. Tacoma
fire chief and convention host.
Between 500 and 700 chiefs from
Washington. Oregon. California.
Idaho. Montana. and other western
states will attend the four-day
session. to be held in Tacoma for
the first time. Wives and guests
Of the delegates also will attend.
swelling the total to upward of
$500.
For the three hour Stadium
chow. scheduled for Thursday at
9 p. m. there will be demonstra-
tons Of the newest in apparatus
for fire-fighting and rescue work.
for which an s0-foot tower already
Ia being built. Numerous comedy
acts also are planned.
Roy Waldrep. Harry Clifford and
Berger West are in charge Of
building the tower. 1t. Charles
Eisenbacher and 1t Tedd L.
Llewellyn Of the Tacoma fire de-
partment are in charge Of regis
tration and publicity, respectively.
The Hotel Winthrop will be
headquarters for the convention.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
So. Tacoma Kiwanis
Rally for Wednesday

To encourage attendance at the
Pacific Northwest district con-
vention Of Kiwsnis international
in Spokane, August is. 10 and 20.
an "On to Spokane" program will
be staged at a meeting of the
South Tacoma Kiwsnis club We'd
nesday at 6:15 p. m. in the Ma
sonic temple at 5601 South Tacoma
way.
The value Of district conventions
to members who attend will be
discussed by H. G. Schneider, inn
mediate past president and dis
trict interclub chairman. Also on
the program will be cornet solos
by Clayton Baker with piano ac-
compartment by Tom Brady. r.
L. Parker will be chairman for
the evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
Passed Pdtrolmun;
Costs Driver 500

Cutting in too soon after pass
Ing 4 state patrol car cost Ed
Patrie. 32-year-old MARK h a m,
wash. shingleweaver, $l02.50
Monday afternoon.
Patrie was stopped just south
Of the city on the Pacific highway
by Officer Crooks. who found
opened but not empty beer bot
ties in the car. He booked Patrie
for driving while drunk. a charge
to which he pleaded guilty Monday
afternoon in Justice Blanche Funk
Miller's court.
The driver also lost his license
for period Of one year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
An Expert
Appraises
The War
BY j. w. T. MASON
United Press War Expert

Chancellor Hitler's ability to
formulate plans Of almost mathe-
NAUTICAL efficiency in waging war
is now showing some signs of a
decline for the first time.
He has convinced the German
and Italian people that his con-
templated attack on Great Britain
is absolutely certain to succeed,
and IL his peace terms are not
accepted, Great Britain cannot
possibly escape fun destruction.
This attitude il poor strategy,
for Hitler is giving himself the
quality Of omnipotence and if
Britain holds off his blitzkrieg. the
effect on the German and Italian
home fronts will be dangerous for
him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
Tacoma Dog Enjoys
Fruit, Vegetables

Not to be outdone by "Trixies"
from eastern points, Tacoma has
"Trixie" of its own which enjoys
a diet OF fruit and vegetables no
end. The vegetarian" cocker
spaniel, is owned by H. J. Cunning
ham, 3s44 East G st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
MOTHER ROLE

Helen Jerome Eddy, famous for
many outstanding character roles.
has the important role Of Mrs
Brewster. mother of the boy whose
illness precipitates the climax in
Strike Up the Band
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

Members of Tacoma Advertising
and Sales club will discuss Point
of Purchase" in a round table dis
cussion Wednesday at 12:l5 p. m.
in Tacoma hotel. Vanya Schmidt
will lead.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
STARLET'S HOME

June Preisser is the latest ac-
tress to join Hollywoods set Of
home owners. The M-G-M stsrlet,
featured in Strike Up the Band, :"
has bought a ranch house.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-24
HAROLD WARD

Harold Ward, six-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Ward of
Forks, Wash, died Monday in a
local hospital. Other than the
parents. survivors include two
brothers and three sisters Of the
home. Cassidy & Aliens will an
nounce the funeral.