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Evening star., 1940-05-23
Jury Acquits Doctor
Of Poisoning Sick Wife

By the Associated Press.
TUCUMCARI, N. Mex, May 23.-
DR. John H. Sanford, former mayor
of Santa Rosa, was acquitted late
yesterday at his second trial on .
charge Of murder in the poison
death of his invalid wife.
He was convicted and sentenced
to the electric chair is months ago.
but the State Supreme Court grant
ed new trial.
The State accused DR.. Sanford, so,
OF poisoning his wife in 1898 to be
free for an affair with 29-year-old
red-haired waitress. The doctor de-
MED the charge and his attorneys
asked the jury to consider suicide
as q possible explanation OF Mrs.
Sanford's death.
The physician wept as he heard
the verdict, then told newsmen:
Il am going back to live with nv
daughters and am going to try to
rebuild my 20 years practice. 80
Justice win out"
Evening star., 1940-05-23
The Political Mill
Republicans, Seeing Defense os Problem Of
Mass Production, Feor New Deal BuneIinq

country Is united in defense of
democracy is to re-elect Mr. Roose-
velt without opposition. The Re-
publican congressional leaders, the
Republican national chairman, and
many other party leaders have all
turned their backs on such a pro-
posal.
Republicans are as vitality inter-
ested In building up the Army, Navy
and air forces into an adequate de-
fense of the Nation as is President
Roosevelt. They believe, however,
that the responsibility is with the
administration-and they are in
clined to criticize the President be-
cause more has not been done for
the Army and the air forces in the
past.
See Mass Production as Problem.
AS the Republicans see it, the
problem has become one of mass
production-mass production of air
planes, anti-aircraft guns, machine
guns, rifles, tanks and all the equip
ment that modern army must
have. They do not believe that
strictly governmental agencies-the
War Department and the Navy De-
partment and the Treasury Depart
ment-are capable of bringing about
program of mass production. In
fact, they say that Government
officials know nothing about mass
production, but that some of the
Nations great industrialists do have
that knowledge.
In the opinion of the Republicans,
1t is folly not to call in the indus
trialists and put them to work.
President Roosevelt, however, while
saying that some of the indus
trialist will be invited to help, in
sists that the management Of the
program must go through the regu-
lar departments of the Government
that there will be no War IN
dustries Board or anything ap-
preaching 1t, such as was set up
during the World War in the Wilson
administration.
The administration has had no
love for the industrialists of the
country during the last seven years.
Indeed, some of them have been
the whipping boys. used to bolster
the political cause of the New Deal
ers. Doubtless the industrialists are
perfectly willing to give ther talents
to the country and to aid in a pro-
gram of mass production of the
things needed for national defense.
Whether the administration is will
ing to turn them loose to put the
program into effect is decidedly
another matter.
Calls for Stettinius Report.
Senator Vandenberg OF Michigan,
in the Senate, called upon the ad-
ministration to furnish to Congress
the information contained in the
so-called Stettinius report-made to
the President last fall-dealing with
the kind Of industrial setup the
country needed for national defense
purposes and the required produc-
tion. When it was widely published
that the President had called upon
these men, heads of big industry,
to draft a plan, some of the more
radical followers of the New Deal
were exceedingly critical. The COM
mittee made its report and was
retired. The report was placed, ap-
parently. in the safe at the White
House, at the War Department and
Evening star., 1940-05-23

Stettinius. president of the United
States Steel Corp; DR.. Carl T.
Compton, president of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology;
Walter T. Clifford, president of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co.; John Lee Pratt, director of Gen.
eral Motors Corp; Gen. Robert E.
Wood, chairman of Sears, Roebuck
& Co.; Harold D. Moulton, president
OF the Brookings Institution, and
John M. Hancock, president of the
investment banking firm of Lehman
Bros.
1t may be the President intends to
make use of the Stettinius Board
report. But If so, he has so far
given no indication of that purpose
Evening star., 1940-05-23

defended industry
will be
Caribbean.
difficult the might imagine,
will have land bases for planes the attackers will
Caribbean
thought
destroyed But all of South America certainly
will then become of departure for later operations
eched the picture
possibility actually looming
national effort
" Amerc ance,I Inc)
Evening star., 1940-05-23

at the Navy Department, and there
it has remained.
The suspicion is the Stettinius
Board report recommended that in
time of national defense need a
board Of industrialists be set up to
handle the matter of mass produc-
tion-men who know how. 1t is
further suspected that the report
has been laid aside because of that
fact.
Would Weigh Advice.
Yet, as Senator Vandenberg points
out, Congress is now called upon to
provide funds for national defense
and national defense requires mass
production. The Congress, he insists,
should have the benefit of the ad-
vice Of this Stettinius Board. The
War Resources Board-for so it was
called-was composed Of Edward r.
Evening star., 1940-05-23

eds have fallen G. Gould Lincoln.
in line with emphatic statements to
the effect that what the country
needs most is to get rid of the pres
ent administration.
Mr.. Landon's statement, issued in
Topeka last Sunday, and followed up
by another in Chicago, nearly
wrecked the plan for him to come
to the White House for a luncheon
conference with the President yes
terday.
The story of the "on again, off
again" invitation to Mr.. Landon, has
its ludicrous side. Apparently the
White House, after seeing the mo
coalition government" statement put
out by the Kansan, decided that it
would not be worth while to have
come to Washington. So Mr.. Lam
don was notified by the Intermediary
"a New Yorker-that the luncheon
engagement was off" At the same
time the intermediary suggested that
it might be advisable for Mr.. Lam
don to announce from Chicago that
he "had cold" and was unable to
continue the journey to Washington.
Whether this idea was merely put
forward by the Intermediary. or had
its origin in washington was not
disclosed.
Call Nipped Sizzling Statement.
Just about the time that Mr.. Lar
don was about to issue a blistering
statement in Chicago and take a
train back to Topeka, the President
himself got Mr.. Landon on the tele-
phone and renewed his invitation to
luncheon yesterday.
So Mr.. Landon came on to
Washington and had his conference
with the President as originally
planned But whether the President
revised his own proposals to Mr..
Landon has not been disclosed. The
President remains in a position to
say he never intended to offer Lam
don cabinet post or any other job
If on the other hand, he had al
lowed the cancellation of the invi-
tation to stand, the inference would
have been clear.
1t appears now that the Repub-
licans have definitely taken a
position that the G.. o. P. is going
down the line in the coming pol
itical campaign-with candidates of
their own for President and Vice
President-despite the hysterical
utterances of few persons to the
effect that the way to convince
German Chancellor Hitler the
Evening star., 1940-05-23

.
ideals-throughout the South Amer
ican continent.
Their number has become so large
and their activities so offensive that
the Mexican government is consid-
ering taking drastic measures against
them. A representative of the Mex
lean government is at the present
time in Washington discussing with
the administration some form of CO..
operation to crush the activities of
the fifth columnists.
In Cuba the situation is reported
to be even worse. Thousands of
these microbes" are preparing an
underground revolution. They are
armed with large sums of money
including made i'm Germany" dol.
lars-and have managed in the last
few months to elude the vigilance
OF the custom authorities by BRING
Ing into the islands arms and am
munition for "the day." ."
Peruvians Are Alert,
The Peruvian government also Is
on the alert. The number of Ger
man sympathizers has increased in
the last few weeks, and they are
ooasting that soon they will fly the
sWastlka from government build,
ings.
The spectacular victories of the
Relch's armies have increased the
number of those South Americans
who heretofore were doubtful in
their sympathies. Agents, in most
cases covered by diplomatic i'm.
munlty, are spreading by word of
mouth and in print the idea that
the South American countries would
be much happier and more pros
porous II they accepted Hitler's eco
| nomlc and political tutelage than
| II they threw their lot with the
United States.
The Western Hemisphere. this
propaganda goes on to say, is a new
world and must accept the new
totalitarian doctrines. 1t must get
away from the old economic system
which has brought only economic
and financial disasters. Democracy
has caused an unsettled condition in
Ihe Hitler system will give perma-
nency of government.
United States Is Target.
The United States is, of course
the target of the activities Of the
propagandists and fifth column
lists. This country is described as
lmperialistic and greedy and the
fact that it has insisted on the pay
ment of the billions the various re-
publics owe is held up as a vivid
example of Americas greed and de-
sire for domination.
Little is being done for the time
being to stifle that propaganda.
The United States Government
has been informed that the conquest
OF Norway, Denmark, the Neither
lands and Belgium has had a dis
astrous effect among the coffee
growing republics. The Import
Export Bank is now studying the
possibilities of an extensive loan to
enable them to stand the loss suf-
fered by the reduction of their ex-
ports to Europe But it is felt here
that more drastic action than the
mere loan of several million dollars
is necessary.
Evening star., 1940-05-23

partisan commission of experts to
whom Congress shall delegate full
authority to deal with the produc-
ton machine. 1t will be interesting
to see how this proposal fares in
Congress. But it represents the be-
ginning of the inevitable process Of
making a record so that the Ameri-
can people can vote for or against
Senators and Representatives who
put politics above patriotism and
who insist on retaining partisan
control of national defense at a
time when the whole world Is on
fire and national security is men
aced by the biggest confagration
that democracy has ever faced.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1940-05-23

oA1SS "a L SbA
dent Roosevelt
in the White
House, have fall
len fiat. Former
Gov. ALI M. Lam
don Of Kansas,
the titular head
of the G. o. p,
has d e c ar e d
himself ernphat-
ically opposed to
an y t h ing that
S m a c k e d of q
coalition" gov
ernment. Other
Republican lead
cIl
Evening star., 1940-05-23
To Inspect Girls Comp

Members of the Junior Camp
Committee of the Girl Scouts will
be accompanied by their fathers to
Camp May Flather, in the Shenan-
doah Mountains near Harrisonburg,
Va, tomorrow for the annual in
spection trip preparatory to the
opening of the camp July /. Miss
Catherine Riggleman is chairman
of the committee.
Evening star., 1940-05-23

t n e western
Hemisphere. =
Reports from
South and Gen.
trail America,
Mexico a n d
Cuba indicate an
ever = growing
a n d aim ost
q ! a r m ing in
crease in Ger
mans, S ou t h
American ma
tionals Of Ger
m q n extraction
and other Nazi
sympathizers -
Evening star., 1940-05-23

ties had placed q house at his dis
posal in Berlin before the war and
that he shifted his base of-shall
we say-observations to Paris only
when there was public criticism OF
the fact that the Nazis had dis
possessed some of their Jewish SUBJ
jects to make room for the Lone
Eagle" It is known that he was
associated with the "Cliveden Set"
of pro-Nazis in England. There
has heeD in short oood dool of
Evening star., 1940-05-23
The Capital Parade
Fate Of British Fleet Seen Vitol to U. S.;
Nozis Could Not Man Ships immediately
BY JOSEPH ALsoP and ROBERT KINTNER.

victory strategic position the
United States will approximately resemble that of Great Britain
the development of As
effective attack on this hemisphere and unless European nations
establish bases the
problem distances be
the fate of the British fleet which either %
ca be destroyed scuttled C3) fall
The lesson of these tragic that the may happen
should considered
march onward Europe examine perfectly cold
third the above alternatives
available authorities consulted
transcribed.
Time Will Be Short
thought hands is the worst
nightmare Department defense
They nightmare happens
Evening star., 1940-05-23

Navy that in any
W ay interfered
with the politi-
cal objectives of
the administra-
ton has been re-
jected. The spec
tacle of America
starting to pre-
pare for war by
Ignoring the men
expert in mill
tary matters is
an amazing one,
but not at all
surprising in de-
mocracies, where
personal anbi-
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Purtisunship
In Defense
New Issue :
Labor Viewpoint
Is Seen Goesing
Production Experts
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

The American people are going to
have before them in the coming
presidential election an issue which
did not exist a week ago, but which
now appears to overshadow every
thing else. 1t is whether the national
defense program shau be left in the
hands of New Deal bureaucrats and
retained as partisan proposition,
or whether the Army and Navy ad-
vice is to be accepted.
Within the last few days, every i'm
portant request of the Army and
Evening star., 1940-05-23
This
Changing
World
Nozi Fifth Column
Increases Activity
In South America

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
Despite the gigantic battle going
on IN Europe the German govern
ment appears to have time for the
Of a fifth column" in
Evening star., 1940-05-23
We, the People
Lindbersh Owes His Fellow Americans
An Explonotion on Three Major Points
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

Twice within the last eight holds a reserve
commission In the United States
foreign policy and defense program Each time has been without
prior consultation with authorization
The last time CHS spoke in direct audience
state Each t the position this
only been at sharp variance with public
Of his izens direct assistance to single
foreign power-NaZ Germany
COL Charles Lndbergh spoke during struggle
to repeal the arms embargo At that time
Evening star., 1940-05-23

CHOICE VIII De presented as to the
disposition of our own naval power.
The japanese, exhausted by the
war in China and forced to operate
over an immense breadth of ocean,
can hardly make an effective on
slaught against the Pacific Coast.
Therefore, the great majority of the
Navy will be brought into the At
lantic, leaving Hawaii and Alaska
at the mercy of the Japanese. The
Evening star., 1940-05-23
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

New Deal efforts to take the Re-
publican Party into camp, on the
theory that a national defense
emergency warranted the continu-
Evening star., 1940-05-23
STAR, WASHINGTON G, THURSDAY MAY 49, 1s4o

HE opinions the Drtes this page are their o1rn not
necessarily The stars Such opinions presented The
Stars e0t to gtUe all sides OF questions to It's
readers although such opinions may be contradictory anono
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1940-05-23

the possibility becomes reality what appen In the
American naval
10 months the British
them Thus this prepare
for the worst
h time very short It's shortness makes all the clearer
desperate Importance
and complete than
Congress With adequate
the Canadian
Germany her allies
Evening star., 1940-05-23

crcumanta evidence one the few
whom the and trust
Under these circumstances Col explanation
his fellow Americans. "
the eConsoida dNewsFe
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Time Will Be Short

they admit the possibility that the
British naval commanders may be
induced to surrender their ships as
the ransom of the people of the
British Isles from the terrible air
war. Some think the possibility
great. Some think it small-one
man ordinarily calm, said, from
what I know of the British Navy,
they'd rather see their people dead
than enslaved." Yet all agree that
the possibility exists.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Plays Into Nozi-Honds

Plays into NdzT Hands
Now do not believe that Col Lindbergh agent
not believe that he candidate for the
the United States 40 not believe that he the leader
Column Yet all he
the NaA cause than
seeking confuse
defense program
Under the would that the
fellow citizens an explanation There these three points
friends and admirers would like to
why did his the Rus
air force the Tory
alliance and thus Russia into Hiler's arms?
applying traditional rules
OF neutrality to the allies during the battle
And third why does he speak against
program which, completed would
be
imaginative, unscrupuous and ambitious?
Owes an Explanation
1t Is known that lndbergh
relations
Evening star., 1940-05-23

CIIe cI1IUdrBU 50 6S llOC 20 SHIP
airplanes and munitions to the al
lies, who were faced with the ex-
istence Of a superior German air.
force in a battle which now in
wolves our national safety.
Following the Presidents re-
cent message for swift rearmament
and the construction of additional
plant equipment for the manufac-
ture of airplanes, Col. Lindbergh
spoke again. He advised against
Evening star., 1940-05-23
The Grim BLUEPRINT
Still SuppoSing the

Still supposing hands, first
Navy will have will
positions Germany Italy and Japan in this
Immediately
German crews there will be prevent the Japanese from
taking what they Malay Peninsula
supplies rubber
ant Falkland
taken they choose the Italians
the fifth columns they already have in those from infringing
the independence of Brazil. Uruguay and the Argentine
the British
period possible
Hawaii which
mainland with strong hostile navy Atlantic
Evening star., 1940-05-23

extending further aid to the allies assuming tina
and utterly defeated and that any help they rec
incur German displeasure without turning the t
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Owes an ExpIunution

It known that Indbergh has
relations with the NaN leaders author
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-26
JUDGE ASSURES
LICENSE INQUIRER
CANTON. OHIO. MAN ASKS
ABOUT MARRIAGE
DOCUMENT

Marriage licenses have been
bought i'll Key West by prospec-
tive SWANS from all parts of the
United States but Judge Ray
mond Lord says he has received
a letter which was written, evil
IDENTIFY, by a man who wants to
be sure.
The communication is from A.
T. Hoffman, of Canton, Ohio,
who asks to be informed as to
the date when the office will be
opened for business and the hour
it will be possible to secure a Ii
cenSe.
Judge Lord has informed Mr..
Hoffman that the securing of a
marriage license may be arrang-
ed for at any time by telephon-
ing his home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-26
VISITORS VIEW
c. G. EXHIBITS
CANADIAN PARTY SPENT
LONG TIME IN HEADQUAR-
TIERS BUILDING

A group of visitors at the head
quarters of the Coast Guard yes
terday were from Montreal, Can
ada, and were very much inter
ested at the display there for the
information of the public.
In the group were Madame
CASTOR LIE Blanc, Madame @.
Taillefer, Raymond Taillefer and
Divide Taillefer, who were par
ticularly intrigued with the dis
play of lighted aids to naviga-
ton, both modern and ancient.
A large part of the time was
spent inspecting an Eskimo
ceremonial robe which has been
loaned by Mrs. Carl H. Hilton,
wife of Commander Hilton of the
Cutter Pandora. The robe is
made from the intestines of the
walrus and decorated with tufts
of feathers taken from a single
bird. 1t is a striking example of
the work done by the Eskimos.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-26
COL. GEO. BROWN
ARRIVES in TOWN
ANN UNCES NORTHWEST
CHANNEL DREDcE WORK
TO START SOON

Colonel George E. Brown,
United States Engineers, accom-
panied by Mrs. Brown, arrived
from Miami Beach yesterday and
are planning to stay this after
noon, being guests at the Hotel
La Concha. He will attend the
target practice this afternoon at
Fort Taylor.
The colonel said this morning
that the Dredge San Pablo, OF
the U. S. Engineers Corps, has
been ordered to Key West, and
will be actively engaged in the
work in the harbor for approx
mately 80 days.
1t was said by Colonel Brown
that the work will consist of
cleaning out of Northwest Chan
mel and bringing it back to its
normal condition.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-26
UNEMPLOYMENT
arlss CHECKS LESS

Continued from Page One)
filed in the local offices of the
Florida State Employment Serv-
ice and 500 were received in the
central administrative office from
other states acting as agents for
out of-state claimants. The total
load for the month marked an in
crease of 40.8 percent over the
load of the previous month. The
increase was accounted for sole
ly by the heavy load of the Tam
pa office due to layoffs in the
cigar manufacturing industry of
that city, which customarily
pares production schedules dur
ing late December. The Tampa
office took 3,847 initial claims
during the month-55.21 percent
of the state total and an increase
for that office from November of
over $50 percent. All other Of
fees, with the exception of Fort
Myers, Key West and Lake City,
experienced rather marked de-
clines from November to Deem
Der.
Total benefit payments for the
eleven-month period ending De-
cember 81, 1899, amounted to 49,
504, 11245. AS of January /, the
fund showed a balance of $751;
All, 1851. This balance, how
ever, is subject to a deduction of
$1,342,916.43, which must be
transferred to the Railroad EN-
ployment Insurance Fund, since
railroad workers are now cover
ed by a separate Federal Unem-
ployment Insurance System. This
leaves a balance of $11, 728, 1898
available for unemployment COM
pensation benefits at the start of
this year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-26
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BRITISH AIRFORCE
Pigeons For Emergency
GETS The BIRDS
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APP Feature Service


LONDON, Jan. 26.-British
warplanes patrolling English and
Scottish coasts for enemy subma-
rine and aircraft now carry
pigeons for emergency wire
less.
The birds are released when a
plane is forced down on the sea
or if its radio equipment goes out
of action.
Like other Raj. personnel,
the birds first go through a pc
Rod of training. To accustom
them to sea flying, an aircraft
takes off with basket of pigeons
whose home lofts are not far from
the airdromes. When the ma
chine is well away from the land,
the observer puts the pigeons
out through the hatch.
Why do the birds need train
ing? Novices try to fly as soon
as they are released and are
swept away by the slip-stream of
the plane. Confused, it then
takes them several minutes to
decide on the course for home.
Veteran Raj. pigeons, how
ever, keep their wings closed
when released, go into a dead
drop" of several hundred feet
until they are clear of the slip
stream, then set an immediate
and true course for home.