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Evening star., 1940-10-20

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Evening star., 1940-04-22
Fear Of Minor Flood Here
Fades as Rivers Recede

Washington's first sunshine in four
days brought spring back today, as
muddy waters of the Potomac and
nearby rivers began to recede.
diminishing threats of minor food.
Save for a short half hour last
Thursday, residents of the Capital
had seen no sunshine since April Is
the day that marked the opening
OF the major league baseball sea-
son here.
The official weather forecast for
today was fair and continued cold,
with lowest about 36 degrees to-
night; tomorrow fair and somewhat
warmer
Potomac River gauges at the foot
OF Wisconsin avenue had fallen to
a 4.3 foot high this morning from a
At mark yesterday. All readings,
Weather Bureau officials pointed
out, were safely below the flood
stage of 7 feet.
The Letter gauge, six miles above
Key Bridge on the Potomac, showed
a slowly diminishing crest, it was
said, after high of 11.2 feet early
today.
The same reassuring conditions
were reported for streams in nearby
Maryland and Virginia.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Eventual u. 5. War
With Japan Possible,
1aussig Asserts
Naval Officer Voices
Own View in Testimony
At Senate Hearing
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig,
former assistant chief Of naval oper-
ations, said today the trend of de-
velopments in the Far East might
eventually force the United States
into war against Japan.
Asserting he was expressing only
his own viewpoint, Admiral Taussig
told the Senate Naval Committee
I'VE would be warranted in using
economic and financial means and,
II necessary, using force, to pre-
serve the integrity of China"
Japan's promises in international
relations "are worthless" the Off
Ger declared, adding that Japan is
seeking to impose her culture on the
world by force"
He said that even if she con-
quered China, Japan would still
lack such essential raw materials
as oil, rubber and tin, and that she
might seek to expand 'in the
Netherlands Indies and the Philip
pines"
Stable China Declared Needed.
Testifying on the naval expansion
bill, Admiral Taussig continued:
The Far Eastern situation def
nitely threatens our national inter-
est. We need a stable, independent
China. I don't see how we
can escape being forced into an
eventual war by the present trend
OF developments in the Far East"
But, Admiral Taussig asserted, I'VE
should not be placed in the position
OF having to carry on a single
handed war against Japan. He sug-
gested that Great Britain, France
and the Netherlands should give as
sistance. He added:
1T should be a naval war. We
can't invade Japan and Japan can't
invade the United States. But
Japan would try to invade the
Philippines"
Admiral Taussig suggested con-
struction of an "impregnable" naval
base in the Philippines and contin-
ued building of battleships. He said
agreements might be made with the
British, French and Dutch by which
American naval vessels could use
their bases in the Pacific.
Laughter Follows Reply.
Senator johnson, Republican, of
California remarked that you have
offered us a tremendous program"
and the committee room rang with
laughter when Admiral Taussig re-
Piled inadvertently: I'm just try
ing to keep us out of peace, Sena-
tor"
The witness hastily added that he
was seeking to keep the United
States out Of war.
Senator johnson asked whether
Great Britain would take a firm
stand against Japan If her own
interest were affected and Admiral
Taussig responded:
IF it's their vital interest-that's
the word they 60 on
Evening star., 1940-04-22

Next came a warning from Nor
wegian authorities to destroy every
thing that showed we were British
sailors and we were fitted out with
ski kit to disguise us as Nor
wegians. We burnt everything.
Hardy Blown Up.
In the meantime Heppell and 4
couple ratings had returned to the
Hardy and blown it up. All papers
were destroyed and the captains
safe was blown to atoms. He was
a grand leader.
Then the Warspite arrived with
destroyers. They fairly bombed
Narvik and sank six destroyers
while we watched from shore. Hep
pell then tried to get into touch
with them but he failed until he
found q motor boat from one of
sunken German destroyers.
In this, accompanied by two rat
ings, he set off for the Warspite and
with a lamp signaled they were the
Hardy's survivors. The Warspite
thought three men were the only
survivors and they dressed ship and
cheered as little boat came along
side.
It was not very long then before
we were all aboard British warships
once more with a party of 100 Ger
mans, who had given themselves up
when they saw their last six destroy
ers sink.
We kept them in q warm shed for
the night with no clothes on so they
GOULD not escape. They were from
the score of German ships that
sleep with our beloved Hardy at
bottom Of Narvik Fjord.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Ohio Rivermen Believe
Worst of Flood Is Over
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MARIETTA, Ohio, April 2:
crest 9 feet above flood stag
places rolled down the Ohio v
today. but the rain-gorged rive,
ceded north of Marietta.
Rivermen generally agreed
worst is over" Hundi eds of fan
driven from lowland homes up
returned to clean up.
Tributary floods apparently pr
most costly. Highway engineers
mated damage to roads in SoUt
Ohio at 100000. Two drowl
were reported in West Virginia
swollen streams in Northern
claimed the lives of two childr
Marietta merchants VIC
throughout the night moving S
to safety as the river rose a
of a foot an hour toward an al
pated mid-morning crest of IS
9 above flood stage. Marietta
lege and public schools were cl
The crest was expected to /
Huntington, w. Va, some 100
downstream tonight, but obse
said the river probably wouldr
more than 5 feet above the so
flood stage there.
Cincinnati looked for a SO
crest while Louisville, KY, prel
fer a top of 36 feet about Thur
Cincinnati's flood stage is 50
The stage there at midnight
55.15 feet. Water was 8 feet q
flood stage of % feet at Louisvi
One of the hardest hit towns
Point Pleasant, w. Va, tradit
flood victim. Seven feet of Y
swirled through the main street
night. Pomeroy and Portsm'
Ohio, were isolated.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Gen. ). W. MiIIerDie
Indian Fighter Saw
46 Years Of Service
Cited for Bravery;
Commanded School
Of Musketry

Brig. Gen. Samuel Warren Miller,
83, U. S. A., retired, Indian fighter
and veteran Of 46 years service,
died yesterday at his home, 1861
Crescent place NV. He had been
i'll several months.
Gen. Miller was born in Hunt
jngton. Pa, and was graduated from
West Point in 1879. He took part
in several Indian campaigns in the
early 1905 and was decorated for
bravery in operations against the
Sioux in Montana. He became an
expert on Indian tactics and was
able to converse in sign language.
Commandant of School.
After service in the Spanish
American War and the Philippine
insurrection, Gen. Miller was made
commandant of the School of
Musketry at Presideo, Calf. While
on duty there he devised self
registering aerial target.
In 1918 he was sent to Europe to
study at musketry schools there. He
was official observer for the United
States at the German maneuvers at
Breslau in September of that year.
Appointed brigadier general in
August, 1917, he commanded the
160th Depot Brigade and the 85th
Division at Camp Custer, Battle
Creek, Mich, during the World War.
He retired February 10. 1921.
In 1881 Gen. Miller married
Martha Cornelia Carmon of Hunt
ingdon, who died in 1924. He later
married Mrs Albert Mills, the former
Alada Thurston Paddock, who died
in 1929.
List Of Survivors.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Robert G.. Kirkwood of Champaign,
ILL.,, and Mrs. F. G. Won Hummer of
Tarrytown, N. Y: six grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at
pm tomorrow at the Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial with full military
honors will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-04-22

at embarkation points in the south
Of France.
DR.. Coe returned to the United
States in 1919 and resumed private
practice. Disability incurred in line
of duty, however, occasioned his
retirement within few years and
he came to live In Washington.
His war decorations included the
Croix de Guerre, the Distinguished
Service Medal and the Order of the
Purple Heart.
DR.. Coe was the oldest living men,
ber and dean of the Medical Reserve
Corps of the Army. He was a men,
Der of the Society of Colonial Wars,
the Mayflower Society. the Sons of
the Revolution, the Society of the
War OF 1912, the Military Order of
the World War, the Disabled Emer-
gency Ofi1cers' Association, the Med
ical Reserve Association, the Asso-
citation of Military Surgeons and was
member and past commander of
Caduccus Post of the American
Legion.
Funeral Rites Tomorrow.
Professional and scientific organ-
izations in which he held member
ship included the New York State
Medical Association the New York
County Medical Association, the New
York Clinical Society, the West End
Medical Society, the Obstretical
Club, the American Therapeutic So
ciety, the Harvard Medical Society,
the Washington Obstetrical Society
and others.
He was a fellow of the Edinburgh
Obstetrical Society. q fellow of the
New York State Society, fellow
OF the New York Academy of Medi-
cine, a fellow and former governor
OF the American College of Surgeons
and past president general of the
American genealogical Society.
His clubs included the Yale,
Fencers and Army and Navy of New
York and Washington.
Surviving are two sons, Arthur
Paul Coe of Washington and For
dyce Barker Coe of Greenwich,
Conn.,, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
= pm. tomorrow at the Episcopal
Church of the Epiphany. Burial
with full military honors will be in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Malcolm Davis Bringing
Henpecked FROG to Zoo

The Washington Zoo soon can
boast about boarding" the most
henpecked creature in the world
a frog.
He comes from the aristocratic
family of the Rhinoderma Darwin
frog branch, a South American
group.
He's so henpecked that he has to
carry his wifes eggs around in his
mouth until they are Matched.
This specimen is in a collection
of Antarctic and South American
fauna gathered by Malcolm Davis,
bird curator of the Zoo.
Mr.. Davis, who went south with
the Byrd Expedition, and his frog
will arrive in New York City tomor-
row on the liner Santa Maria.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Dr. H.C. Coe Dies; GynecoIogist
Led in Birth Control Fight
One Of Foremost in
Field; Helped Found
Medical Reserve :.

Or. Henry Clarke Coe, g.
gynecologist, pioneer birth-control
advocate and one of the organizers
Of the Medical Reserve Corps of
the Army, died yesterday after a
long illness at his home, the Clifton
Terrace Apartments.
DR.. Coe had made his home In
Washington since 1880, having spent
the greater part of his life in New
York City. He was born in Cincin-
natl February 81, 1856, the son of
Erastus Pease and Mary Ross Coe.
He graduated from Yale University
in 1878 and was class poet. After
graduating with the degrees of A. B.
and A. M, he attended the Harvard
Medical School, receiving his M. D.
in 1881. The following year he at
tended the College Of Physicians and
Surgeons Of Columbia University. In
1883 he married Sarah Werden of
Pittsf1eld, Mass, and went aboard
for postgraduate study at Oxford.
Mrs. Coe, who was we'll known
e' GIL uuSilOA, CluU.
woman, died here in 1896.
Was Prolific Writer.
In London. DR.. Coe received the
degrees of Licentiate Of the Royal
College of Physicians, and in 1884
became a member (he was later
made a fellow of the Royal College
of Surgeons.
After additional study in Vienna,
Leipzig and Edinburgh, he returned
to the United States in 1886 and
took up the practice of surgery in
New York City. During his medical
career of more than four decades, he
became one of the fortmost obstetri-
clans and gynecologists of his day.
A prolific writer, DR.. Coe was the
author of Clinical Gynecology," nu-
merous medical monologues and sci
entific papers, and was a member of
the staffs of several medical publi-
cations besides contributing articles
and stories to several literary maga-
zines.
His home in New York City be-
came at the turn of the century a
gathering place for notables of the
medical, musical and literary worlds,
Advocated Birth Control.
Early in the 1900s DR.. Coe be-
came one of the first eminent ply
Sicians to advocate scientific birth
control among the poor and was
often embroiled with political and
religious groups.
In 1914 he joined forces with
Gen. Leonard Wood, who was then
putting forth the doctrine of ma
tional preparedness. DR.. Coe helped
organize trained reserve of medi-
cal men to supplement the Army S
regular Medical Corps in time of
war. He accepted commission in
the newly formed Medical Reserve
Corps and in 1917 was advanced
to the rank of major and sent to
England with an early contingent
Of the American Expeditionary Force.
His active duty in France en-
tailed being second in command of
the first base hospital for Ameri-
can troops there. After the armi-
stice he was promoted to colonel
and put in command of base camps
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Weather Report
FURNISHED by the Unite

Furnished
District Coumbia-Fair continued lowest
So
west winds.
Maryand-Far with light tonight: tomorrow fair some
warmer.
Vrgna-Fair with light frost tonight: fair some
West VgniaFair with light frost tonight mostly
somewhat
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Destroyer Officer
Describes Dramatic
Battle at Narvik
Hordy's Survivors Given
Aid Ashore After Ship
Was Sent Aground

Here is presented the story of
one of the gallant naval actions
OF history-the Narpik epic of
H. M. S. Hardy and the destroyer
fotilld, of ,Dhich she 1Uns the
leader. 1t Is the story OF the
sinking of three German de-
stroyrs, the silencing OF the
Nnrvik forts, the blo,oing up of
the pier and the destruction OF
seven German iron ore ships in
N1ruk Hdrbor as told by Petty
Officer Ernest Neal, gunner's mate
of the Hdrdu.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Congress in Brief
Senate:

SCIdtc.
Considers routine bills.
Banking Committee continues
hearing on proposed investment
trust regulation; 1890 am.
Monopoly Committee resumes
hearings on chronological unemploy-
ment; 1890 am.
Naval Committee studies II per
cent feet expansion bill; 1890 am.
House:
Routine business.
Appropriations Subcommittee con-
siders relief bill; 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Heavy Tides Lash
New England Coast
In Storm S Wake
Part Of Northeast Aired
Covered by Snow BIonl
But Flood Fears Pass

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, April 22.-ImuI
tides inundated Eastern New
land coastal communities I'd
causing thousands Of dollars dar
to homes and shore roads in
wake of the weekend northeas|
gale which left a snow blanket
much of the area and cut of
communication with the nd
eastern section of Maine.
Fears that the storm would
rivers in the six States to mena
levels abated as the prospect
continuing cold weather and
f1urries prompted Weather Bu
experts to forecast mo immed
flood danger"
Although the gale spilled as d
as S to 10 inches of snow in |
northerly sections. the weather.
reau foresaw only "a little
run-of in the Connecticut and |
rimack River Valleys"
Precipitation was described
light" at the headwaters of
rivers.
Body Of Child Found.
At the height of the storm, a |
body of a 5-months-old girl
washed ashore at Nantasket b
on the South Shore. Police b
an investigation.
The angry seas and wind alsd
complished what man never
been able to do-move the
masted schooner Nancy, shifting
quarter of a mile along Nanta
Beach. She was driven asho1
a similar storm on February
1927.
Shipping was forced to halt al
bowling northeaster, which wal
corded at 83 miles an hour at Nd
Washington, N. H., churned up
shore.
Visibility was reduced to n
zero by the driving snow and RI
Telephone Lines Down.
A 50-mile-an-heur wind
heavy, wet snow toppled more
100 poles carrying telephone
leading to Eastport and
Quoddy Head, Me, isolating
persons in those communities.
Tides so high that they spla
surf over the 114-foot Minot's
in Boston Harbor and spray
feet at Deer Island endand
waterfront cottages at Hull
Natasket in greater Boston an
Hampton Beach, N. H., and Pop
Beach. Me.
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.

The Atlantic storm covers a wide area
and was centered this morning about lati-
tude 41o N. and longitude $50 W., with
lowest pressure approximately 9s5 milli-
bars (29.09 inches). 1t is apparently NOV
ing slowly east-northeastward accompanied
by strong winds and gales over wide area.
wnpd over the son,Sern Is pisns SOW" ahsSs
Tex, 1000.7 millibars (29.55 inches.) Pres
sure is rising over the Northern Plains and
fhe Hayre Mont iSsS miIIbars o 30
inches), while a ridge of high pressure
extends from the Upper Great Lakes re-
Hourhton, Mich. 101s.0 millibsrs (3O0s
inches). Rains and SHOWS have continued
in the North Atlantic States during the
past "a hours. Showers have occurred
also in the Northern Plains and the north
ern portion Of the Middle Plains. Tenn
peratures have risen slightly in the Middle
weather continues in the North Atlantic
Evening star., 1940-04-22

the President before dawn last Sep
tember l. Mr.. Bullitt informed him
of the German invasion of Poland.
Then the President is quoted as
saying, well, Bill, it's come at last.
God help us ALL"
Evening star., 1940-04-22
Report for Last 48 Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Hiehest, AZ, noon today. Year ago 63
Lowest 43. l Am. today. Year ago. 40
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. rs, on April 4.
Lowest z, on January 20.
Humidity for Last Fl Hours
lErom noon yesterday to noon todsy)
Highest, Sb per cent. at noon yesterday
Lowest, Al per cent at noon today
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac very muddy
at Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
0eodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow.
High --------- 7:5S am. S:46 am
Low ----- 2:1SA AN. 3:06 am.
Hish --------- S:24 pm. 9:13 PM
Low ---------- 1858 pm. 3:42 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
SUM- today 5:23 6.S1
Sun. tomorrow - 3:21 $3.50
Noon. today ---- 7.41 pm. Sal am
Automobile lights must be turned On
hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1940-04-22

SlStlng the demOcracleS with our
Navy and air force"
HE has been significantly chary
OF loose Wilsonian promises" they
point out, declaring only that an
American Army would not be sent
to Europe and expressing only the
hope and belief that we would re-
main at peace"
Conceding that "any one of IA
hundred new elements" might make
their forecasts worthless, Mr.. Alsop
and Mr.. Kintner analyze possible
American reaction to "the three
great alternatives the future now
holds out" In brief their state
ments of the alternatives and pos
sible courses of action for this coun-
try are:
l. Allied victory without "our ac-
tive aid,' on which present Amer
lcan policy obviously is "a heavy
bet" Presumably the United States
would attempt to influence a peace
settlement based on disarmament
and an opening of trade, refuse any
long-term political commitments
outside this hemisphere, but help
refinance the war-weakened nations
2. A prolonged stalemate in the
war. The United States might lead
other neutral nations in an effort to
secure negotiated peace, intensity
ing efforts to transform the West
ern Hemisphere into a political and
economic unity" and make the
Americas islands of peace and
trade in disordered world"
3. Serious threat of German VIC
tory. The present American policy
makers would certainly prefer to
give the allies needed economic aid.
If this should not be enough, zone
suspects" that the President ''in
giving his personal answer
would choose the more daring part"
Of aiding the allies by methods no
longer short Of war;" but without
Evening star., 1940-11-12
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Nov. ]" p. United States
Department OF Agriculture IS liable
Aoes 1000: total $4,000. general trade
SC.!Ee 10 all. mostly 10 lower than Mon
G9H ga $ average, top 6.35 good and choice
:: i,n-3{u-pound butchers, 6.l5-35, mostly
G.oo-2o. good packing SOW 900 ponnGs ST3
down mostly ) .S5-6.l0 a few IlehtwPishts
% . 20 most 4Ou-3UO pounds. ; $3.50,
Saldp!e cattle. 10000. calves. 300:
generally steady markeJ Oh all erades and
c.isSes' -areeiy fed yearlIngS and light
..Csr IuF: bulk grading good 10 choice.
numerous loads yearlingS ana light steers
I'D. With several loads held above II SO:
que 10 comparative scarcity, Welghty steers
IL nroac cemand. steer crop carrying less
,oA4asc han members suggest. mostly
IL 30 market on yea arlings but
strictly choice kind bid around IT -.
and strictly choice medium weight steers
heid around li.15. helforS steady: part
iioaq. loo. next highes. price l".6n.
app st eady TGHS %h 'e% e%treme qgs m o2{9ida ma
Welghty sausage bulls :I.5; cutter COWS,
80 down. vealers II 81 down. steady
but quality better: stock cattle very scarce.
tullv steady. yCa arllnGS at 1925 down and
stock. calves at Il 80 down
, Sai able sheep. 5000: total 1000: LAT
Monday fully active. steady to strong;
top, 900, load .hIghly finished fed Colo
led shorn lambs $50; todsyS trade, fat
.ambs active. steady to - HIGHER. early
Food to choice native and fed Western
lambs. 9.50-65; several loads good TO
choice Shorn and medium pelt fed lambs
N-1n-'3, other classes steady. three loads
5000 to choice fed yearlinss. $50: load
Montana whlte-faced feeding lambs 9.;}5.
Evening star., 1940-11-12
Stable Prices Expected.

CLEVELAND, Nov. II CPJ.-No I'M
portant changes are anticipated IN
the forthcoming announcement of
first-Quarter iron and steel prices,
the magazine Steel said
Prices of ferromanganese and
other alloys were reafirmed last
week and may indicate the general
price trend, the magazine said in
forecastlng the quarter announce
ment by the end Of this week.
Reasons advanced for the prob
able stability Of prices are good steel
company earnings. sentiment in
Washington in favor of moderation
of prices generally. reasonably low
raw materials prices and desire of
steel producers to keep all phases of
business on an even keel.
Failure of a general pig iron ad-
vance to materialize also is cited by
the magazine as indicating un-
changed quotations. Reaffrmation
of prices would relieve delivery pres
sure with some producers having
December contracts waiting until
1941.
Steel production vas unchanged
at 96l2 per cent of capacity last
week
Shipping dates continue to be eX-
tended mildly and producers who are
sold up for two months predict
three months backlog by spring.
Production of open-hearth and
BeS.emer ineotS in october of g.
46l ,898 tons was the highest on rec
ord, the American Iron and Steel
Institute reported, with the average
rate of 96l0 per cent passing the
previous peak of November, 1889, by
nearly 3 points.
Auto Assemblies Gain.
Automobile assemblies are due to
reach 1910 highs for the week ended
November with an estimated 120,-
948 units. Orders for freight cars
in October were l2,l95, the largest
in year.
Three composite price compila-
tions remain unchanged-Steel scrap
at S20.54, iron and steel at S38.06
and finished steel at $3.50.