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Evening star., 1940-01-03
Murphy Believed
Certain 10 Succeed
To High Court Post
Jackson Probable
Choice for Cabinet
If Shift Occurs
BY J.. A. FOX.

Attorney General Murphy will be
named to the Supreme Court to sue
ceed the late Pierce Butler, and
Robert H. Jackson, solicitor general,
will become Attorney General, it ap-
peared certain today.
The two appointments have been
rumored for some time and, while
there was no comment forthcoming
at the Department of Justice, OBJ
servers there saw definite indica-
tions that they were to be made
The reports increased yesterday
when President Roosevelt conferred
with both Mr.. Murphy and Mr..
Jackson.
If the shifts take place, it is ex-
pected that Judge Francis Biddle OF
the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
will succeed Mr.. Jackson as solicitor
Judge Biddle, former head of the
Labor Board. has been considered
the lkeliest appointee as solicitor
general in the speculation that has
centered on the elevation of Mr..
Jackson to the cabinet.
Murphy Ardent New Dealer.
Mr. Murphy has been considered
the first choice for the Supreme
Court since the death of Justice
Butler. An ardent New Dealer, he
is Midwesterner and Catholic,
and it had been felt that President
Roosevelt would be guided, in part
at least. in naming the new Su-
preme Court justice by geographic
cal and religious factors. Justice
Butler came from Minnesota and
was the sole Catholic on the high
court. where that faith has tradi-
tionally been represented.
Friends have said that Mr.. Muir
ply would be reluctant to 60 to the
court because it would remove him
from active participation in public
affairs, and the Attorney General
said two weeks ago that the post
had not been offered him and
should not be, because there were
others so much better qualified
JacksOns Name Pushed.
The selection of Mr.. Jackson as
Attorney General has been taken for
granted in the event that Mr.. Muir
ply went to the Supreme Court. The
Solicitor General, a New Yorker, is
an able lawyer and the appointment
would have the additional advant-
age of bringing him into more
prominence nationally-a situation
that, it is felt, would be pleasing to
the administration, inasmuch as Mr..
Jackson is being talked of as a pos
sibility for the Democratic vice
presidential nomination.
Mr.. Murphy became Attorney
General on January 2, 1899, sue
ceeding Homer Cummings He had
served two years as Governor OF
Michigan and prior to that was high
commissioner to the Philippines.
Mr.. Jackson has been with the
Justice Department since 1896. After
heading the antitrust division, he
became solicitor general in 1888
when Stanley Reed was appointed
to the Supreme Court.
On Capitol Hill today it was re-
ported that the President would
send these nominations to the Sen
ate tomorrow along with the nomi-
naion of Senator Schwellenbach,
Democrat, of Washington, to fill a
vacancy on the bench of the Eastern
Federal District Court of Washing
ton State
Evening star., 1940-01-03
National Gateway
Citizens Seeking
Better Bus Service
Committee Chosen
To Make Study Of
Transport Setup

The National Gateway Citizens
Association, seeking improved bus
service, last night authorized a spe-
cial committee to make a study Of
the community's transportation
problem.
William p. Thomas, jr., president,
named Mrs. Marie Mold, w. L. Slifer,
N. M. Murray, w. S. Ahlberg and
Donald Nash as members of the
committee. The will study the vari-
GUS suggestions for improving bus
service and report their recon-
mendations to- the association.
The association approved a reso-
luton submitted by the School Com
mittee protesting the proposal to
turn the Allison Street Health
School into school for cripples.
This. it was said, might endanger
the health of children now in regu-
lar schools.
Another resolution from the
School Committee, suggesting a
District law to require non-residents
to pay for attendance in Washing
ton schools, was tabled. Those sup
porting the resolution said many
District children attend distant
schools because those closer were
overcrowded by children from Mary
land.
The association approved a petit
ton presented by the School Com
mittee urging a new wing for the
Elliott Junior High School, A reso-
luton urging a zoning law prohibit-
ing the sale of liquor near schools
was turned over to the Zoning Com
mittee
A Zoning Committee report asking
change in residential zoning re-
strictions was referred back to the
committee after a vigorous discus
sion, A report on the Seal bill for
reorganization of the District gov
ernment was held over until the
next meeting.
A report of the Legislative Com
mittee, headed by Mrs Mold, op-
posed reduction in fire-fghting
facilities as false economy. Mr..
Ahlberg reported on the efforts Of
the Public Utilities Committee to
obtain a rezoning of the neighbor-
hood for taxi fares.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
800 Planes Start
On Greatest Mass
Flight in History
'FIivver' Aggregation
Moving to St. Petersburg,
Then West Palm Beech
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 3.-Close to 300
privately owned planes, which con-
yereed on Florida from all sections
of the country, headed southwark
from Orlando today in the greatest
mass flight in the history of avia-
ton.
Airport facilities prevented any
thing like a mass take-of or land
ing, but the planes began leaving
Orlando in sWarms soon after dawn
and the procession was expected to
keep the sky dotted with winged
tourists until sometime this after
noon.
The "fivver" plane aggregation.
designed as a forerunner of the
18th annual Miami all-American
air maneuvers Friday through Sun
day. proceeds today to st. Peters
burg. After a series of parties there
the fight will cross the State to
West Palm Beach Friday, with many
of the pilots planning to attend the
meet here.
The concentration, sponsored by
air maneuvers officials, light plane
manufacturers and a fuel company,
began several days ago with the
pilots bringing their craft together
at designated points and later join
ing other groups as the air routes
converged.
BY the hundreds the planes
winged into Orlando yesterday and
set down on the lake-fringed air
port. They carried an estimated
1900 pilots and passengers.
Among several entrants was Bobby
Lupton of Cleveland, famed woman
stunt pilot.
Another arrival was Capt. Alex
Papana of Rumania, who brought
in his staggered-wlng stunt ship.
Capt. Papana, who cracked up his
twin-motored plane Diana once in
Connecticut and once here before
a projected transatlantic flight tO
Rumania, returned to this country
two weeks ago on a Greek freighter.
The air maneuvers feature will be
the Bernarr MacFadden Trophy race
with $4,000 in prizes offered to flyers
racing here from points 1000 miles
or more distant. Winners will be
decided on a performance basis.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

Renewed congressional demands
for changes in the Wagner Act were
made today after the Supreme Court
upheld broad powers OF the Labor
Board to direct the conduct of COL
lective bargaining elections.
Representative Routzohn, Repub-
ican of Ohio. member of the House
Committee Investigating the Labor
Board, said that the three unani-
nous decisions announced yesterday
helped clarity the situation
The decisions he said, make
it obvious that if any remedy is
needed. that remedy must come
through a change in law"
Various critics of the administra-
ton of the Wagner Act have found
fault with the board and have con-
tended that the act itself was not
being carried out as intended by
Congress. The House Committee is
expected to recommend changes
when it winds up its investigation,
and other proposed amendments
may be offered by the House Labor
Committee
Grants Election Control.
The court decisions gave authority
to the board to control employe
elections for determining bargaining
representation without interference
from Federal Circuit Courts.
The court held that:
l.. The American Federation of
Labor was not entitled to have a
Federal Court of Appeals pass on
the boards certifcation of C. I. o.
union as the collective bargaining
representative for all Pacific Coast
longshoremen.
2. A Federal Circuit Court had no
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Thirty Toking District
Business Census

Thirty census enumerators were
working today in the District to
make the most extensive survey of
business and industry yet under
taken by the Government.
The 80 are among 10000 enumera-
tors making such a survey through
out the country. The current in
quiry will cover business houses,
manufacturing plants, drainage and
irrigation concerns. mines and quar-
ries. Surveys covering population
housing and agriculture will start
April !, the Census Bureau said
TODAY .
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Security and Trust
Case Review Refused

The Supreme Court yesterday re-
fused to review a decision of the
United States Court of Appeals here
dismissing a suit by committee of
the District of Columbia Bar Asso-
citation to prevent the American
Security g. Trust Co. from giving
legal advice"
The Committee on Suppression
of Unauthorized Practice of Law
contended that the trust company'S
business of preparing legal instru-
ments and advertising the fact was
illegal"
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Former Justice Aide
Joins u. C. O. C. Stuff
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
c. I. O.'s United Construction
Workers Organizing Committee
added to its staff yesterday former
Justice Department aide who con-
Quoted antitrust investigations of
the building industry.
Russell Turner, ST., who was said
also to have had considerable ex-
perience in the development of
housing programs, will serve the
U. c. w. o. c. as a special organizer,
the G. I. O. announced.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Long Will Be Named
Hull Aide, Reports Say

By the Associated Press.
Reports circulated yesterday that
Breckenridge Long, former Am
bassador to Italy, would be named
an Assistant Secretary of State to
succeed George S. Messersmith,
who would be given diplomatic
post.
Definite confirmation was not OBJ
tainable. President Roosevelt said
he could not comment on the re-
port that Mr.. Messersmith would
be appointed Ambassador to Cuba.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Judqe MuttinqIy Better

Judge Joseph c. Mattingly of the
Prince Georges County (Md) Cir
cult Court today was reported re-
covering from an illness which has
confined him to Sibley Hospital for
the last week. His physician said
he probably would be out of the
hospital in few days
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Awnings Burn in Basement

Firemen were summoned about 8
o'clock last night to extinguish
burning awnings in the basement
of John Marshall Apartment at 1910
K street NV. The smoke was in.
tense for time, but little damage
WAS caused.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
West Virginia Governor
Futher of 6-Pound Boy
3, the Associated Press.

Bs the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. g.
It's a baby boy at the Homer A.
Holts, the first baby of a governor
born while the executive was in Of
flee since at least 1885.
A son weighing six pounds, 1874
ounces was born to the Governor
and Mrs. Holt late yesterday in a
Charleston hospital.
He is the Holts' third child. They
have two daughters-Julia, IA, and
Isabelle, IL.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Mysterious Helper

When a Dundee (South Africa
woman had puncture while drlv-
ing in the country a young man
stranger jumped from a passing
train and helped her change wheels,
then disappeared.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Asks Six-Trip Pay

Pan-American Airways, now flying
two trips weekly from New York
and Lisbon, Portugal, yesterday
asked the Civil Aeronautics Author
ity to fix mail pay schedule for six
trips a week.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

Corinth, Greece, is laid out in
American fashion, in blocks, every
street straight and every angle a
right angle.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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holders of the Chss Schneider Baking GO :.
Inc for the elecon Of dTfe,or ee ana of e'ne the
company. Alb Eye ST. NV. on wednesday,
January J; 10, 1870. at :. pm. Transfer
seng BSSki will be eGsfs asx sSo az e
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contracted by any other than myself
G. NJ HOLMES 135 Adams St n W
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the Norfolk and d., Washing1on ss nd n
Name Ma evt1i Avenue s.W, Washinston 3. G. On On
hursday FEBRUARY & lS4o ot a. nrectors lne
Tor the ensuing year and for any other
business which may legally come before
The meet9s Polls VII bonkf remah W open be closed
from January 90, 1910. to FEBRUARY a.
i'4o '"''0S'" oDELL S. SMITH.
NoTICE-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
Bank Of WashinF,on so n,Hf Washast0n as 8 Street Ct
NM Noan ON wsSnsas9n Tnesds2 January o. 1870
will be cnen between the hours OF Tbe Tbbe
O'Clock Noon and . o'clock pm Inc
meeting will consider and vote upon the
following proposals: 49,, -
To elect a board of directors for the en-
suing year: TO amend the Articles OF Asso-
ciation of the bank bv authorizing It 70
increase its common capital stock IRON ,n
S45O.000 to. 100000; 10 com9iete l Ine
ferred stock of the bank and for the trans
action OF, such other business as .,n may De
JOHN A. REILLY. President.
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NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THERE
will be meeting OF the stockholders OF
A. P. Woodson Company for the purpose
Of increasing the amount of its authorizeo
capital stock, which said meeting VIII . pc be
held at the office OF the company. ~. !.
Monroe ST. ne. on WedneSoay' JaHuai9
10. 1910. at . O'Clock pm
A. P. WOCDSON COMPANY,
P WOODSON.
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Evening star., 1940-01-03
LINDSEY P. RAWLEY,
President.
JOSEPH T. FITZGERALD,
SEcrat2rY

Secretary.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. JANUARY 1st. 1910.
We. the President and the majority of
ance rS Company of the District of Columbia.
do hereby certify that the Capital Stock
ef said company is One H1ndred 1nd o6 and FIFTY
fully paid up and that there are no oeots
Of said company except current expenses.
JAMES J. BECKER.
W SPENCER ARMSTRONG;. cisSsA''
William B. HOOVER.
LEON TOBRINER,
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that the facts contained in the foregoing
certificate are true to the hest Of my
knowledge and belief.
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Treasurer.
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this 2nd day of January AID. 1910.
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Evening star., 1940-01-03

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE
holders of the Home Building Association
Of the District of Columbia for the election
Of officers and directors and for the trans
action of such other business as may prop,
erly come before the meeting will be held
at the Office of the association TUESDAY,
JANUARY 8, 1910, AT 1:3O OCLOCk
JAMES NJ. WOODWARD,
Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the Mutual Bulldlng Assoclatlon
will be held at the cfice of the association,
3O6 1th st. s.w.. on Monday January sth,
at pm, for the election Of oMcers. the
reading of the annual report and such
other business as may come before the
LINDSEY P RAWLEY,
Evening star., 1940-06-10

in Paris, but no alarm was sounded.
AS plans for the defense of the
city continued newspapers published
appeals to all unemployed citizens
of Paris to aid in work under way
for the defense of the region of
Paris
Many persons have already left
the city, but those still here went
about their business as usual. There
was not the remotest suggestion of
panic. People sat on cafe terraces,
chatting and slipping their drinks.
Most banks have already COM
pleted their plans to move.
One of the most noticeable signs
of partial withdrawal from the city
was the scarcity of taXicabs. many
of the citizens having leased the cars
for trips to the southwest.
Although electricity is restricted to
essentials. services continued as
usual, Some buses and the subways
were running as usual.
Battle Blazes Fiercely.
Hurling what military experts
considered their full force into a
gigantic battle of men and ma
chimes, the Nazis battered ahead
with planes, tanks and guns and
followed up with waves of fresh in
fantry along meandering front
over 200 miles long from the Eng
lish Channel east to the Maginot
Line
With the Allied defenders reported
sacrificing ground only when it was
covered with German dead under
Gen. Weygand's order to hold
tight in the last quarter of an
hour the titanic battle of France
blazed most fiercely in three major
sectors:
l. On the Allies western flank.
nearest the sea, where advance
guards of German mechanical divi-
sions. some 200 tanks. entered the
suburbs of Rouen, rumbled into
Pont de L'Arche. and drove into
Gisors, only 35 miles northwest of
Paris
2. In the center, where the sur
Evening star., 1940-06-10

ing to the French high command
had suffered "a serious setback and
considerable losses" on Saturday.
Paris newspapers made no attempt
to hide the gravity of the situation
as the battle neared the capital
In large headlines the papers termed
the hour Crucial" very serious
and illuminating"
The cabinet. with President Albert
Lebrun presiding, reviewed the mil
itary situation for an hour and q
half last night. This meant the
government was in strong support
OF its fighting forces, French said
United States Ambassador Will
liam o. Bullitt went to see Premier
Reynaud Immediately after last
nights cabinet meeting, Embassy
sources said today.
The French also were heartened
somewhat by Gen. Weygand's decla-
ration that "the enemy has suf-
fered heavy losses. Soon he will
come to the end of his effort"
22-Mile Passive Zone.
While Paris intermittently heard
the drone of planes and this morn
ing heard intensified anti-aircraft
fire and the thud of what appar-
emily were bombs, fighting was gen.
eral along the entire front with
the exception of 22-mile gap be-
tween Pontavert. east OF scissors,
and Chateau Porcien, S miles west
of Rethel
This was termed passive zone
by the French military spokesman
But it was in the 30-mile- long Sec
tor running east from Chateau
Porcien to the Argonne Hills that
the Nazis early yesterday threw 6OO,-
900 new troops ard $500 tanks into
smashing offensive Here, the
high command said. the French
counterattacked after the Germans
were able to cross the Aisne only
at two points"
With the battle already stretched
over more than 200 miles of North
ern France, Gen. Weygand in his
order of the day to his armies yes
terday proclaimed that 1T will ex-
tend tomorrow as far as SWitzer-
land"
Lower Seine delicate Point"
The delicate point" in the Ger
man push was along the lower Seine
natural avenue to Paris from the
west. where isolated Nazi tank units
filtered into the Rouen region along
the valleys of the Adenelle and Epte
Rivers. Rouen itself is 65 miles
Evening star., 1940-06-10

northwest OF Paris and 40 miles due
east Of the important port of lie
Havre.
These raids, however-apparently
by forces driving originally from
the Abbeville sector along the
Somme-were declared to be spear
heads out of contact with main
Nazi forces. But their danger to
the French defenses, for a blow at
Rouen itself and at communica-
tions between Paris and lie Havre,
was not denied.
The bitterest of the land battles
was being waged in the fiat
Tardenois plain about 10 miles
south of the Aisne.
There, in the vicinity of the town
of Fere-en-Tardenois. about 10 di-
visions (some 10000 mem of field
gray-clad Nazi infantry, supported
by heavy tank units strained against
the elastic French defenses between
the Aisne and the Marine.
Advance on Flat Plain.
A French staff officer described
the action as follows:
The crossing was forced on the
Aisne not far from where the first
attack was repelled on Friday with
terrific losses. But this time the
Germans made good an advance of
from eight to 10 miles in the fiat
plain.
Here again the battle was re-
sumed with the greatest violence.
Fresh German divisions were rushed
forward to the attack while We,
fighting to the last, were falling
back slowly, sacrificing ground re-
luctantly when it was covered with
German dead"
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viving units of Nazi shock troops
after suffering tremendous losses
established two new bridgeheads
across the River Aisne on either SIDE
of scissors and carried the battle to
the fiat plain of Tardenois. about l0
miles south of the river and some GO
miles northeast Of the capital.
3. Farther east, in the region OF
Vouziers, There. just OH the edge
of the plains of Champagne and be-
hind the lines of the newest conflict
German planes dropped massive
detachments of parachute troops
The French said they promptly sur
rounded them and either dispatched
the enemy aerial infantry or took
them prisoner.
Drive East of Bcauvais.
At one other point the Nazis
drove to a region south of Montdi-
dier and east of Beauvais. Since
Beauvais itself is 40 miles airline
from the outskirts of Paris, that
would bring this thrust to between
30 and 40 miles from the outer edge
of the capital But it also was in
this sector that the Nazis, accord
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masses of infantry and their force
of armored vehicles. but were draw
ing on their strength to the full
with big guns and dive bomberS and
parachute troops. trying to smash
the French lines with all the feroc-
ity and skill at their command.
Strengthening indications Of a
possible withdrawal Of part of the
government was Premier Reynaud' S
cancellation of a cabinet meeting
scheduled for tonight in Paris.
Some important files and papers
of the government already have
been moved out of the city.
The usual morning military press
conference at the War Ministry was
omitted today, and only orderlies
remained at the ministry.
In the last war the government
moved to Bordeaux for a few months
in 1914 when the Germans threat
ened Paris.
During the early morning in
tensifed anti-aircraft fire was heard