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Evening star., 1940-11-10
Few Senators
StayinCapital

Members of the legislative branch
Of the Federal Government who did
not return for the autumn season,
probably will remain at home until
after Christmas unless serious busl-
ness brings the Congress back 10
regular sessions. The Vice President
and Mrs. John Nance Garner have
given no sign that they will return
and although the Vice President
elect and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace are
in their apartment at Wardman
Park Hotel they may take a trip for
change and relaxation before the in
auguration January 20.
Tafts Plan to Remain
ut Cincinnati Home.
Senator and Mrs. Robert A. Taft
are remaining in their Cincinnati
home unless affairs Of the day take
q more serious turn when the Sena-
tor will return but Mrs. Taft will
stay in Ohio until the first Of the
year.
Senator Joseph H. Ball, who sue
ceeded the late Senator Ernest Lun-
deem, and Mrs. Ball are expected
(ses OFFICIALS. Page DID
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Formal Social Program
At White House Opens
On December II
First of Four State Receptions
Will Honor the Judiciary;
Diplomatic Party Cut Out
BY MARGARET HART,
Society Editor.

President Franklin Roosevelt
state of social the White House Tuesday evening
December IT, at o'clock marked contrast the
Executive Roosevelt all dinners
This left receptions calendar max
cuad
Presidents time of the European
reduced with
President Roosevelt the diplomatic
reception cancellation of
diplomats the Presidents wife said "It
the feeling that might be embarrassing
members Of diplomatic corps here in Washington"
Function
Honor Judiciary.
this will honor the judiciary with the
Court Mrs Charles Evans Hughes
heading of the receptions the
will the being
the various honored.
Tuesday January the President and Mrs Roosevelt
officials
Evening star., 1940-11-10
NOtedWOmen
Meet Here
By MONA DUGAS.

Many of the outstanding women
of the Americas are in Washington
at this time, or are arriving soon
to take part in the meeting of the
Inter American Commission Of
Women. Leaders in their fields,
these women have a record Of
achievements in culture and social
service to make any woman proud
of her sex.
Senorita Minerva Bernardino. who
presides over the commissions head
quarters in the Pan-American Build
ing in Washington, will have as her
guests during their stay here, Sonora
Elena Mederol de Gonzales, dele
gate from Cuba and Sonora Analia
de Castillo Ledon. delegate from
Mexico. Sonora de Gonzales, who
arrived Thursday, is one of the old
est members of the commission, hav-
ing been appointed in 1880. She
had a part in creating the COM
mission and since has been one Of
its most distinguished members.
She is active in feminist and cul-
turai works In her country and Is
chairman of Luceum, prominent
women's club of Cuba. On her ar
rival here Sonora de Gonzales was
met by the Cuban Ambassador, SEN
orita Bernardino and members Of
the Cuban Embassy staff. The Am
bassador entertained at the Embassy
yesterday afternoon in honor of his
distinguished countrywoman.
Sonora de Ledon Lectured
On Poetesses of Mexico.
Sonora de Ledon, the delegate
from Mexico, has many friends here.
While here before she lectured at
the Pan-American Union on poet
esses of Mexico-she is an outstand-
ing poetess, teacher and writer in
her own right. She has published
several books on the theater and
(See DUGAS, Page DAD
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Black and White Ball
Holds Society's Interest
Annual Event Is High Light
On Crowded Calendar of
Debutante Contingent
nth AND ELENA BOYD.

entertainments honor
feted Capital
the interest Of
Black White ball which honors
which held from tomorrow
In the Mayhower ballroom.
presented or
presented this will be in the line.
Espl wife OF
will ranking
daughter of Mrs John
the representative Of
the residential group of debutantes
Others Accept Invitation
% Included Line.
accepted William Laird Dunops invitation
Miss Elizabeth Miss Sta C. Fnken-
Boyd Miss Elaine Darlington
Lord Andrews Mary Mary Miss Marion
Hungod Audrey Miss
Agnes Bney Mary Mary Price Miss Alice
Ingerso Phyllis Wake Richardson Miss
Kaufman,
Marcia OBien
Also Miss Shirley
Wilson, Waggaman Katherine Claude, Alden
Strong Marjorie Souby Theia Broderck
Given
Debs Before Dance
acceptances received from Miss Mary
Rita Sngstad of New York.
Beatrice Lppncott of Philadelphia Miss
California Miss Ogle Shivers OF West
Baltimore from Richmond
Marshal Martin Miss Lloyd Gibson Miss
Zayde Sally Miss Helen Lawrence
Iippincot Baltimore also will attend.
Evening star., 1940-11-10

. Post Office, Interior, Agriculture,
Commerce and Labor Departments
and Federal agencies will be the
honor guests.
Congressional Reception
Scheduled for January 16.
The congressional reception will
take place Thursday, January 16.
Much interest will center around
this affair, for in the line of law
makers will be the newcomers to
Congress. Then, too, the first woman
to be elected to Congress, Miss jean
cite Rankin, has again been chosen
to represent her district in the
House of Representatives and she
will come in for her share OF the
limelight on this occasion.
The curtain will drop on the cur
tailed State program with the re-
ception to the Army and Navy,
Thursday, January %.
The traditional ceremony which
marks all State receptions at the
Presidents house will be followed
at each of the four levees. The
fanfare of trumpets by bugler from
our military forces will be heard at
the opening of the parties and as
the presidential party crosses the
red corridor to the blue room the
Marine Band Orchestra will play
Hail to the Chief" Light refresh
ments will be served in the state
dining room and dancing will take
place in the historic east room, with
(See HART, Page DID
Evening star., 1940-11-10

Among Other OlnnerS DelOTe t4e
ball not previously announced Will
be that of Rear Admiral and Mrs.
ROYAL E. Ingersoll for their debu-
tante daughter, Miss Alice Ingersoll,
and another one for Miss Mary
Lee, to be given by her parents,
Comdr. and Mrs. william Justice
Lee.
s. A. R.-D. A. r. Junior Assembly
Creates Much Interest.
Also creating much attention
among the debutantes and their
friends is the S. A. R.-D. A. R.
Junior Assembly, which will be held
Saturday evening at the Sulgrave
Club. The three popular debutantes
who will lead the cotillion figure
at the ball are Miss Laura Blair,
Miss Elizabeth Stuyvasant Fish and
Miss Phyllis Richardson.
Only 100 couples have been in
vited to the cotillion and those TAX
ing part in the figure will hold a
rehearsal Thursday at the Sulgrave
Club.
Members of the Floor Committee,
who will escort the young ladies
in the figure include Mr.. Clarke p.
Cole, I'd, chairman: Mr.. Richard B.
Washington and Mr.. John S. Darl-
ing, co-chairmen; 1t. George Allan,
Mr.. Lowell Bradford, jr.; Mr.. Evans
Buchanan, Mr.. James T. Clark, Mr..
Nathan ]. Clark, 1t. Robert B. Cur
tiss, Mr.. John Walthall Dunn, Mr..
Thomas Rogers Drake, Mr.. Ben
jamin D. Hill, jr.; Mr.. Malcolm
Westcott Hill, Mr.. Glenn Lamson,
jr.; Mr.. Thomas Raine, Mr.. Talbot
Sinclair, I'd; Mr.. Arthur G. Stewart,
Mr.. William Tayloe, Mr.. w. Harvey
Wise, jr., and Mr.. Richard Bryce
Worley.
Among those who have made
reservations are Mrs. Evelyn DAILY,
Mr.. C. Seymour Mcconnell, DR.. and
Mrs. E. l.. Everett, Miss Virginia Ell
lis, Mr.. and Mrs. James P. Googe,
Mr.. Gallatin De Knox, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. o. White, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo F.
Haines, the Misses Harriet and Ida
Wood Hill, Miss Elizabeth Schaf-
her, Mr.. Gerard Guilfoyle, Miss Re-
gina Robey, Mr.. Cuyler Hammond,
(See DEBUTANTES, Page D-6)
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2 Veterans Pass
ELIJAH McDUFFEE

ELIJAH McDuffee, member Of VIM E.
Carter Post, passed away Saturday,
Sept. q, at Chelsea Naval Hospital
after a short illness. The funeral was
Thursday from J. B. Johnson's Funeral
Home.
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HUB NAACP SECRETARY RAPS
WALSH INDIFFERENCE
(Cnntinnnd from Pare IL
Continued from Page u

so far as those who are drafted are
concerned, will be remedied by the pro-
vision in the selectiye service act for
bidding discrimination on account of
race or color But in naval affairs
there is no change in the law, and I'M
less Senator Walsh and other Congress
men act there will be no change in the
practice.
''The practice of discrimination in
the military forces is especially bad. 1t
is contrary to sound principles of demo-
cracy which are supposed to give each
person an equal opportunity regard
less Of race, creed or color. 1t is the
cause Of widespread and iustifabIe
dissatisfaction among colored people
who constitute more than 1919 of our
population, dissatisfaction which must
gladden. Hitler's heart. And it pre-
vents the armed forces from being
manned by the very best personnel
available.
For often colored men are turned
down, merely because of their race, for
positions in the armed forces for which
they are as well or better qualified than
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-09-28
TWO WOMEN
POLITICAL CHIEFS

MRS. CRYSTAL BIRD FAUSET
of Philadelphia, director of the Col
ored Women's Division of the Demo-
cratic Campaign, held similar posi-
ton in the campaign for the reelection
of President Roosevelt four years ago.
She is a native Of Maryland but
following the death Of parents she and
her several sisters, all in their teen-age,
found homes with Boston relatives. She
received most of her early education in
the Boston public schools and later was
graduated from Teachers College,
Columbia University, New York. Be-
fore entering politics she was promi-
nent social worker, is president of the
Philadelphia League of Colored
Women and a member of the Board OF
Trustees of Cheyney State Teachers
College, Cheyney, Pennsylvania. A
former member of the Pennsylvania
State Legislature, Mrs. Fauset holds
the unique distinction of being the first
and only colored woman ever to serve
in legislative body in the United
States. The director of the Colored
Republican Women's Division, MRS.
SARA PELHAM SPEAKS rose from
school teacher to newspaper cores
pondent and government worker; then
decided to become lawyer after a
distinguished member of the New York
bar watched with admiration her handl-
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ing OF disputes arising from a bitter
political contest in Harlem district
back in 1888, then told her: "You
would make a good lawyer"
In the University of Michigan she
had majored in chemistry, but after
graduation sensed that market for col
ored chemists was limited. After
graduation Mrs. Speaks taught school
in the South then took a government
position in the Department of Com
merce in Washington, and later was
married to DR. Forest Douglas Speaks
Of New York.
In New York in 1888 she found her
self engaged in a primary fight in
which the leadership Of her district was
won by the Square Deal Republican
Club. Then she entered the first cam
paign of Mayor La Guardia that year.
She is a graduate of New York Uni
versity Law School, passed the New
York bar in 1896 and has defended
successfully first degree murder cases
as well as lesser ones. She is the
second woman lawyer in Manhattan to
defend first degree murder case.
In 1882 she was assistant to the
Eastern Regional Director of the Col
ored division and worked in a similar
capacity in 1886 In 1887 she became
candidate for the New York Assembly
from the 2lst district of Manhattan.
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4 HURT IN AUTO SMASH
Continued from Page ~

Shawmut Ave. The latter was able to
leave hospital after treatment.
Others injured, also in serious CON
dition, are Mrs. Gladys Silvera, of 795
fremont ST., who was unconscious when
brought into the hospital, with frac-
tured chin and body injuries and the
driver of the car, William Hawkins of
521a Columbus Ave, with two frac-
tured ribs, and badly cut mouth and
chin, and broken teeth. All the in
jured are at City Hospital,
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at least some Of those for whom the
positions are reserved. 1t is the duty
Of Senator Walsh at least to make an
attempt to remedy this situation if he
expects to get the votes of any colored
citizens Of Massachusetts"
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RETIRES FROM STATE HOUSE
Continued from Page u

cation of her long and faithful service
to the Commonwealth.
After October l she will make her
home in Cleveland, Ohio, where She
GOES with the best wishes Of her host
of friends.
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TRISTAN FREEMAN

Tristan Freeman died in East
Orange, N. J. The body was shipped
to Boston and buried
Both funerals were under the auspi-
ces of W. f. Garter Post, Benjamin
Waters Post Commander and Marshall
Cass, commander,in charge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
MOVING NEARER GOLD
Greeks Take 200 Prisoners
And Supplies In The
Tepeleni Section

ATHENS, Dec. 29.-R-Greek
forces were reported today to have
edged closer to Valona, their next
goal by threatening Italian control
at three points guarding the ap-
breaches to that southern Albanian
port.
Action continued slow because OF
heavy snow which has piled up to
depths of six feet in some parts OF
the northern front. A strong north
wind has made the weather bitter
ly cold for two days.
At Tepeleni, Greek machine-guns
were trained on the road connect
ing with Italian bases to the north
west. Tepeleni is a junction OF
two roads leading to Valona.
Hold Heights
The Italians still hold some
heights in the Tepeleni sector, de-
spite the threat that their COM
munications may be severed COM
p1etely. The Greeks have claimed
the capture of 200 prisoners and a
large quantity Of supplies in this
area.
In the Klisura sector, also a con-
troll point on roads in the southern
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Axis Is Deaf
To Negotiated
Peace Plans
Fascist Press Says Powers
Ready To Hit U. S. For
New British Aid
NEW WARNING GIVEN
Paper Says Negotiated
Peace Would Help Pro-
vocative Democracies'

ROME, Dec. 20. - Axis powers
are deaf to any proposal of a ne
gotiated peace, the Fascist press
declared today, and stand ready
to strike back at the United States
for any new aid to Britain which
they might deem an act of war.
The press asserted that Japan
is expected to join Italy and Ger
many in any such reaction.
II Popolo Di Roma said the three
power pact between Germany, It.
ally and Japan ALREADY has fore
seen the Anglophile slipping of the
United States and prepared the
most adapted means to face It,"
Reaffirming Pact
Japan's foreign minister, 70
suke Matsuoka, recently reaffirm'
ed the "unequivocal validity O.
this pact, the paper added.
1.-THE Axis powers, while desir
ing to limit the area of war, coule
not remain inert before any inter
vention in favor of England which
violated the elementary rule o
International law" II Popolo D
Roma asserted.
Dispatch of aid to Britain through
Irish ports would provoke promp
reaction from the Axis powers
the newspaper Resto Del Carline
said.
The assertions appeared IN ad
vance of President Roosevelt's Sun
day evening fireside chat-an in
dication that his declarations Of
policy were anxiously awaited.
Intensity Effort
Italy meanwhile showed signs
of intensifying her war effort, tight.
ening various internal restrictions,
principally food boarding for which
the death penalty was prescribed
in severe cases..
II Popolo Di Roma asserted that
American talk of a negotiated
peace was intended either to re.
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
BOMB HITS STEAMER
U-Boat Credited With Sink
ing $4,000 Tons OF Ships
On Long Cruise

BERLIN, Dec. 29.-tR-A vicious
attack by small bombers on Lon
don and a raid on a British convoy
about 1875 miles northwest Of Ire
land despite bad weather were re
ported tonight by the German luft'
waite.
1t was announced that a bomE
hit a steamer of about 5000 tons.
causing a boiler explosion a {
smashing one side of the vessel
Returning filters said the ship be-
gan to list and 'it may safely be
assumed it sank"
Second Attack
This was the second attack in as
many days on a British convoy,
the first one coming when a sur
face raider repeatedly sank one
6, 00O-ton ship and damaged anoth'
er in a North Atlantic convoy.
The raid on London was carried
out in the early evening hours
The filters said numerous fires
some extensive, were observed aft
err the attack.
The high command told of the
convoy raid yesterday in a brie1
communique.
The communique said a heavy
cruiser guarding the convoy "was
hit several times and broke off the
battle" with the German Warships
which, it said, were not damaged
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
WORLD BROADCAST
Says If Britain Loses Axis
Will Control Four Con-
tinents, High Seas
DISCUSSES SECURITY
Nations Chief Calls For
Gigantic Speed-Up OF
Production Oh Arms
Text of President ROOsevelt's
address is on page 3.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-
R-P 81 dent Roosevelt
called on the nation tonight to
become "the great arsenal of
democracy" predicted flatly
that the axis powers would
not win the war and said that
the United States now has
mo right or reason to en-
courage talk of peace"
In a worldwide broadcast
from the White House diplo-
matte room, the President re-
peatedly castigated the poll
cies of Nazi Germany. If
Great Britain should be de-
feated, he said, the axis pow
ers would "control the CONT
nents Of Europe, Asia, Afri-
ca, Australia, and the high
seas."
"No Exaggeration' =
ut is no exaggeration to
say" he continued, "that all
of us in the Americas would
be living at the point of a gun
"a gun loaded with explosive
bullets, economic as we'll as
military"
The fate of small nations
in Europe, Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clared, "tells us what it means
to live at the point of a Nazi
gun"
The talk, for which the
President received numerous
suggestions and which he re-
drafted seven times before de-
livery, was described by the
chief executive as "a talk on
national security" rather than
"a fireside chat on war"
One reason for the redrafts
was to shorten the speech he
first wrote. AS finally COM
pleted, the address was about
5000 words and required SO
minutes to deliver.
A small group Of govern.
ment officials and friends sat
in the diplomatic room with
Mr.. Roosevelt during the
broadcast. Among them were
his mother, Mrs. Sara D.
Roosevelt, Secretary Hull,
Secretary and Mrs. Frank
Knox, the Attorney General
and Mrs. Robert H. Jackson,
' NOntinupd nm PAGE TUo. Col A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
CASUALTIES HEAVY Y
Low Water Hampers Ef-
forts; Damage Estimated
In Millions Oh Pounds

LONDON, Dec. 80. - (Monday) -
R-(Via Trans Atlantic Telephony
London, in the battle of its life
early today fought hundreds of tow
ering flames set by waves of Ger
man bombers bent on reducing this
ancient capital to a flaming skeleton.
Every fireman - thousands upon
thousands-in the vast London area
was called out, and more thousands
Ct volunteers joined in the battle in
the debris-littered streets. Casualties
were inestimable.
Pressure Fails
Low-water pressure hampered
their efforts. but a rain storm sweep
ing in from the German-held CONT,
nent aided their efforts.
Damage ran into millions OF
pounds and casualties were believed
extraordinarily heavy in a pre-m1d-
night raid that turned the horizon
scarlet at dawn.
At the height of the raid launched
by hundreds of German bombers,
ground workers working desperately
to control the flames saw squadron
after squadron of Spitfire and Hurri-
cane fighter planes dive into the
midst of the bombers under a roof
of brightly Illuminated clouds.
The German raiders sought refuge
in those clouds.
Merciful rains also swept in from
across the invasion straits to aid
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
JAP, IND0
FARLEY to- OPEN
Economic Conference Con
sidered Great Value To
Welfare OF Japan

TOKYO, Dec. 29.-R-The French
Indo : China economic conference
which begins here tomorrow is as
vital to the welfare of japan as any
thing which has occurred in recent
months.
The Importance of the conference
lies in the rice paddles of French In
do-China. The 1889 rice crop was val
ued at $35, 200, 900.
The government declines comment
on results of preliminary confer
ences at Hanoi, capital Of the
French colony, but obviously lead
ers hope to arrange an exchange OF
Japanese manufactured goods fol
rice, needed because of Japan's
drought, rubber 4Indo-China's sec
ond most important %export), tin,
iron, manganese and ores.
Indo-China's supply of these manu-.
featured goods, previously obtained
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Greeks Threaten Italian
HOldO R oValona
Border Town OF Lin
Captured By Greeks

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-LR-
The British radio reported today
in a broadcast heard by CHS that
the Belgrade newspaper Poll
tika said the Greeks have cap
tured the border town of Lin,
described by the report as the
main objective between Pogra-
detz and EIbasani, Albania"
The British radio said the
Greeks outflanked the important
town after heavy fighting in the
snow.
Lin is On Lake Ohrid, on the
Albania Yugoslav border and is
about Is miles north of POgra-
detz. 1t is about 30 miles directly
east of Elbasani.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
London Battles Fires Started By Raid
Germans Attack Convoy Off ireland
Communications With
London Interrupted

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-(R-
Wireless contact with London
was re-established about 1890
p. M, e. S. T., tonight after a
2 1-2-hour silence. Cable COM
munications direct to the British
capital were still out although
western England stations &C.
knowledged receipt of messages.
All direct eastbound commune
cation channels went dead about
8 p. m. E. S. T. q a. m. London
.Time) following a heavy German
air raid on London.
The western England cable
stations could give no reason
why they failed to contact Lon
don.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
British CONTINUE
TO SHELL BARDlA
Prepare For Final Attack
On Fascist Fort In North
eastern Libya

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 29.-CP-Brit-
ish guns poured shells into the ltal-
ian base town of Bardia today in
continued preparation for a final at
tack on the fascist stronghold In
northeastern Libya, Is miles from
the Egyptian border.
The British said their guns met
Comparatively little response from
the Italian garrison
(The italian high command an
bounced a heavy artillery duel was
Under way at Bardia.)
While the British assembled men
end material for the coming big at
Continued OH Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30

expected to call for expendi-
lures totaling, about $17,0OO,-
00O, 900, of which about $1O,-
900, 600, 900 would go for de-
Tense. The President has said
he hoped to cut non defense
items ''tO the bone" and steps
already have been ak n to
eliminate some new public
building projects.
Senators Bankhead I'd Ala
and Capper (R-Kan), members
of the so-called farm" bloc,
already have served notice that
they will work for increased
rather than reduced farm be4e-
fits.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30

WASHINGTON, Dec. S0.-@
ANY efforts to trim non-de-
Tense spending in the new bud
get appeared likely today to
encounter determined opposl-
ton from legislators interested
in maintaining an undimin-
ished flow of federal cash into
farm benefit payments, high
way construction and relief
projects.
Hints of rebellion against
any drastic cuts in those items
have come from influential law
makers in advance of the Pres
ident's submission Of new bud
get estimates. The budget IS