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Evening star., 1940-08-09
DeIuged Louisiana
Cities Call for HeIp
As Rains Continue
Food, Clothing and
Boots Declared Needed; !;
Downpour 20 Inches
BY the Associated Press.

CROWLEY, La, Aug. 9.-South-
west Louisiana cities, in some in
stances completely flooded by nearly
20 inches of continuous rain in the
past 48 hours, called today for out
side aid.
The business section of Crowley, a
city of 10000 population in the heart
of the Louisiana rice belt, was under
Is to "a inches Of water. The rain
continued this morning.
w. j. Cleveland, chairman of the
emergency relief organization, esti-
mated that at least 5000 persons
were in need of food and clothing
and that there was immediate need
Of health measures.
Boats Declared Needed.
There are no lights nor water for
household purposes" Mr.. Cleveland
said. What we need is boats so
we can get out and see what the
people need.
THE schools and warehouses are
filled with refugees. We are run
ming out of food. We need milk,
bread and some health officers. We
have appealed to the Governor and
the Red Cross and we understand
boats are being sent by the Red
Cross"
Lafayette, a city of about 10000
population. reported an official rain
fall of 1853 inches for the past "a
hours ending at o'clock this morn
ing, with a slight rain continuing.
Every street in the city was flood
ed, including the main business Sec
ton, the water varying from several
inches to several feet deep.
Nearby cities from New Iberia west
to Lake Charles were similarly af-
fected by the torrential rains fol-
lowing coastal tropical storm.
Crops Washed Away.
Reports from the outlying sections
were meager but highway traffic was
blocked. Crops we're submerged or
washed away and hundreds of fam
lilies were driven from the lowlands
in half dozen parishes.
THE situation is especially criti-
cal in Vermilion Parish" said Mrs
Margaret Moore of Washington, Red
Cross representative. I'VE are re-
ceiving refugees by the score and
putting them in any shelter avail
able"
The near cloudbursts were felt
as far upstate as Alexandria, where
$4,000 Regular Army and National
Guard troops were so begged down
they had to suspend their war train
ing.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Defense
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the same treatment as future con-
tractors.
Mr.. Stimson testified that the
Army had been able to sign con-
tracts for only 80 of 1000 planes
appropriated for during June,
"chief1y" because of uncertainties
over tax legislation. Nor was the
airplane industry unique in this re-
gard, he said, declaring the problem
of expansion applied also to makers
of tanks, artillery, ammunition and
the like.
Mr.. Compton said that the Navy
had one contract involving $10,-
100000 for 5-inch guns for six new
vessels. But the six subcontractors
involved refused to accept business
under the 8 per cent profit limita-
tion of the Vinson- -Trammel Act.
There was an aircraft company
which made a contract on the acts
IL per cent profit limitation for
planes, but before the contract was
awarded the profit was cut to 8 per
cent and. .subcontractors refused to
do the work, Mr.. Compton said.
Citing other examples of Navy
Department handicaps, Mr.. Comp
ton said that one firm which nor
mally produced 100 airplane motors
monthly increased its production to
100 by expansion privately financed.
The Navy would like now to have
production stepped up to 1,40O
monthly but, Mr.. Compton said, the
company felt unjustified in proceed
ing with such an $18000,000 ex-
panslon because of amortization I'M
certainties. The sames dificultie
were encountered, he added, in con-
nection with a 60,0O0-ton special
steel order which necessitated con-
struction of new plant.
Business Dubious.
Mr.. Compton said that there was
total of $l,250000,O0O in pending
Navy contracts of all sorts and that
the program was being delayed
because business wants to know
why take chance"
Mr.. Stimson described, at length
the difficulties of awarding con-
tracts under the June plane appro-
priations.
The War Department chief said
that "the fault" for such q limited
number Of plane contracts was not
with the Army and that 80 far as
I am aware" there had been no
Evening star., 1940-08-09

the Libyan frontier several weeks
ago.
The country's unworried attitude
in face of Italy's massing of troops
was typified today In the fact that
the Premier and members Of q his
cabinet arranged to go to their coun-
try homes to spend the week end.
Adheres to Policy.
The government is adhering to its
policy that Egypt will not declare
war unless she is openly and direct
ly attacked-that is, that her cities
are bombed and her territory in
vaded.
Egypt has taken the position that
Italian air raids on Alexandria
and other British bases within her
territory are not attacks against
this country, but against the Brit
ish.
Egypt and Britain have an alli-
ance. but it is purely defensive, not
requiring Egypt to fight alongside
the British. Under the alliance,
however. Egypt is giving every sup
ply and communication facility to
aid the British.
Whether hostilities with Italy also
would bring a declaration of war
against Germany was a matter of
speculation, but was regarded by OBJ
servers as a natural development.
Relations With Axis Severed.
Egypt severed diplomatic relations
with Germany after the war started
last fall and took similar action
against Italy when she entered the
conflict in June.
Recently there has been a steady
stream of anti-Italian statements
from high officials of the Egyptian
government declaring an Italian
victory would mean the ruin of
Egypt and that the nation must
stand by the British.
Bahideine Barakat PaSha, former
president of the Chamber of Depu-
ties, in statement published to-
day, declared that "the real interest
OF Egypt is that England win this
war"
He asserted Egypt's independence
would vanish and she would become
mere cog in the Roman Empire
should Italy conquer.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Grand Jury Presses
Probe Of Monopo|ies
Held Defense Curb
Industries Declared
Tied Up With Nozi
Firms Under Fire
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. "a Federal
grand jury delved deeper today into
allegedly monopolistic practices that
may stymie the United States pre-
paredness program.
At least 10 major industries, some
reported to have binding patent
agreements with German firms in
cluding the large Krupp Steel Works,
have been under examination for
nearly month, Samuel Isseks
Special Assistant Attorney General
disclosed yesterday.
Involved are patent arrangements
said to so bind American war ma
terial producers that "bottleneck'
has resulted in the Nations arma-
ment program.
Many Industries Involved.
Mr.. Isseks declined to name the
industries under investigation, but
letter on file In Federal Court
listed producers of machine tools
glass, chemicals, foundry supplies
textiles and fabrics, metal and metal
alloy fabrication and road building
supplies, plastics and petroleum.
Thurman Arnold, head of the
Department of Justices Trust
Division, asserted in Washington
that the monopolistic practices
aimed originally at keeping price.
up, but now were interfering with
defense measures.
The United States" Mr.. Arnole
said, ''is facing the same situation
England faced-a startling made.
quacy of production"
He declared there was considerabl.
evidence tending to show tha
patents vital to United States wal
industries are German-controlled
Magnesium Production Small.
One of the most important phase.
of the inquiry is the production oi
magnesium, metal one-thirc
lighter than aluminium and which
in alloys is understood to have
enabled the Germans to reduce
plane weights 20 per cent.
The investigators are seeking t.
learn why American production ol
magnesium, comprising 2 to 3 pei
cent of the earth's surface, was only
2,l86 tons in 1898.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Egyptian
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force operating from Kenya also
bombed Elwak, a small frontier post
in Italian East Africa.
The British were convinced, how
ever, that the Italian Somaliland
campaign was but a feint, intended
to draw British attention to sector
some 1000 miles from the main
African offensive intended by the
Italians - the not-as-yet-launched
campaign in Northern Egypt to
reach the Suez Canal.
Seapower Need Emphasized.
While the Italians may try to take
Somaliland with the idea of con-
Solidating a hold on the East African
horn" and the Red Sea, they cannot
interrupt British communications
along this lifeline" without sea-
power, the British said.
The British believed that as long
as the British Navy is dominant,
Premier Mussolinis main objective
must be Suez and election of the
Ol lUioLI Olll dllCdI.
Controlling Suez, they believed
themselves in a position to starve
out the Italian force in East Africa,
which is without means of steady re-
plenishment of men and supplies.
All Egypt was on the alert for this
main offensive, which the British
said several days ago is about ready
and may not be delayed much be-
yond August Is.
Leaves Cancelled.
Leaves of all officers and men were
Cancelled by the police commandant
"as precautionary measure against
emergencies
Police were urged to keep a Wig
liant watch for maintenance of
public security and safeguarding OF
public security"
Egypt generally received calmly
reports of heavy Italian troop move
ments on the Libyan-Egyptian bor-
der and Of Italian plans to start an
offensive in the western desert in
an effort to crack British bases.
She is determined to- keep out OF
war unless directly attacked by
Italy, informed sources asserted, and
is confident British forces are more
than adequate to cope with any Ital-
ian threat.
Such was her confidence in the
British and her desire to lessen the
danger of being drawn into conflict
with Italy that she withdrew her
own well-equipped troops from along
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Air|ines Stewardess
Quizzed in Reported
augging ON Plane
Says She Swallowed
Key to Mail Room
When Threatened
BY the Associated Press.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Aug. 9.-In-
spector c. E. Ison of the Civil Aero
nautics Board today questioned
Miss Rosemary Griffith, American
Airlines stewardess, about the myS-
terious attack she suffered aboard
q sky sleeper while In flight We'd
nesday night.
Mr.. Ison, from Fort Worth, Tex,
and a man who identified himself as
r. H. Dennis, a post Office inspector,
were the first besides Paul Stanley,
Nashville sales manager for the line,
to discuss the case with the
stewardess in her hospital room. A
third man who accompanied them
declined to give his name.
Tells of Attack.
Miss Griffith told her story to
Mr.. Stanley yesterday. She said
she was felled by an unidentified
assailant in the women's lounge
as the plane neared Nashville. Mr..
Stanley reported her attacker had
demanded a key to the mail COM
partment and that Miss Griffith
swallowed it before losing conscious
ness.
Normally the luggage and mail
compartment Is kept locked during
flight, but 1t was open when the
stewardess was discovered by pas
sengers.
Thomas Cotton, Nashville postal
inspector who flew to Los Angeles
with the cargo of the plane and
participated in examination of the
mail to see whether it had been
tampered with, said today that as
far as he knew the mail had not
been impounded.
It previously had been stated no
evidence of tampering with the
mail had been uncovered. Most
of the planes mail load was in a
front compartment rather than in
the one found open.
Roy Mitchell, assistant operations
manager in charge of flight person.
mel, was due to arrive here from
Memphis to question the stewardess.
Swallowing of Key Mystery.
Mr.. Mitchell said in Memphis after
talk with Capt. James Stroud,
flight officer, and other crew mem
bers that none could disclose why
Miss Griffith swallowed a key to the
planes mail compartment or how
she was knocked unconscious.
Its still just big mystery he
declared
The stewardess' nervous condition
yesterday prevented lengthy ques-
tioning, although Mr.. Stanley said
she gave a partial description of an
encounter with a man in the lounge.
Mr.. Stanley quoted the girl as
saying she swallowed the key after
being felled by blow that followed
the whispered threat:
Give me the key or I'll slug YOU"
Later passengers found her un-
conscious in the luggage compart-
ment at the rear of the lounge.
Mr.. Cotton said that none of the
IA passengers was under suspicion
and that all had been permitted to
leave. He ordered the passenger
list kept secret.
Miss Griffith remained in the hos
pital where she has been since the
plane arrived Hospital authorities
said her injuries, scratched and
bruised legs and arms and head
wound, were not serious.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Apprentices, Is fo22,
Sought by Navy Yard;
Pay Is S2.88 a Day !. !. !. : :.
Four Years Of 'Troinina
Bring Artison Rotins; I?
Other Jobs Open -

The Washington Navy Yard -
day called for apprentices for tlsa
mechanical trades, and win accspt
applications from boys Of 10 With
out experience. The maximum age
is 20. The pay is $2.88 q day, and
four years of training will bring IN
artisan rating. Applications may
be made to the fourth district ONCE
Of the Civil Service Commission,
$40 Seventh street NV, by Nom
day. .,as
Age Limit Raised. al
The Navy Yard also pushed the
age limit for precision lens, prism
and test plate makers UP another
notch today in an effort to get
skilled workmen for the defense
program, and will accept apphca-
tions from those who have not
passed their 62d birthday, the COM
mission announced. ,
When recruiting for this type of
work was started the age limits
were 20-48; the next step was IS
and When that failed to bring In
the required number the new limi-
tation was decided on.
Rule on Training Eased. .,
Applications also will be received,
If it becomes necessary, from those
who have had only two years of
training instead of the four gen.
orally required. The pay is S7.87
to 1888 a day.
Other openinsg announced today
from the Civil Service Commission
were: Inspectors for powder and
explosives in the Ordnance Depart
ment. War Department, at $3.50
to $4,000, for which 10 semester
hours study in organic chemistry
will qualify; ship construction In
spectors; machine operators on
| power presses for the Chemical
Warfare Service. at Edgewood Ar
senal, and calkers and clippers at
the Norfolk Navy Yard.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

600 for the construction of new air.
craft factories.
Jesse Jones, Federal loan admins
traitor, told the House Banking Com
mittee yesterday he had made the
commitment to Mr.. Knudsen.
Mr.. Jones said these were part OF
the commitments ranging between
$700. 900 900 and $500, ,000. 900 which
the R. F. c. has made under the
defense program He said the R. F.
C. had pledged $4,000, 600 to buy a
stock of raw rubber and that nego-
tiations are under way to buy up
another $l00,0O0,000 worth. Com
mitments had also been made, he
said, to buy s105, ,Oo0, 600 worth of tin
Evening star., 1940-08-09
CONSUMPTION
Continued From First Page.)

Colorado to restrict use of the Guard
to the continental United States,
American possessions and the
Philippines.
AS the bill now stands, its opera
tions would be authorized anywhere
in the Western Hemisphere. Had
Senator Adams amendment been
adopted, the Guard could not be
sent to Latin America.
Conscription foes said the close
vote against this amendment in
dicated there was much latent op-
position in the Senate to compulsory
service. But Senator Barkley of
Kentucky, the Democratic leader
said he saw in it only reaction to
public demand that American troops
be kept out OF the European war.
Approximately 1896 900 Guardsmen
Reserve officers, enlisted Reserves,
retired officers and retired enlisted
men would be subject to call for q
years service under the bill.
Gen. George C. Marshall, Army
Chief staff, testified, however
that only 55,426 enlisted men, 1890
officers and SO warrant officers CT
the Guard would be ordered to duty
Immediately.
September 1 Registration Sought.
Mastering of portion of the Ma
tional Guard Is considered by nil
itary men as a preliminary, to any
conscription program, for the Guard
and Reserve officers would train
the drafted units.
Conscription advocates have pro-
posed date about September
for registration, with the first 400
600 men to be called into compulsory
service a month later.
It begins to appear unlikely, now
ever, that the program-if enacted
could be put into effect so quickly
Opponents predict lengthy Senate
debate and the House will not take
up the issue until the Senate has
acted.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Morgenthou Objects
To Guards at Office
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Armament is good for the Ma
ton, but stationing guards around
his office is going too far, Treasury
Secretary Morgenthau said yester-
day.
Discovering that a subordinate
had placed policemen outside his
Office, Mr.. Morgenthau told re-
porters "it was silly"
He ordered the men placed else
where In the Treasury Building.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
President Declares
He's Poorer, Wiser,
In Reply to WHIkie
By the Associated Press

6y inc hsSoCihLeu ffeSS.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 8.
President Roosevelt's thumb
nail financial and intellectual
accounting OF his last IL years
in public Office Is that he Is q
poorer but a wiser man.
Asked today about Repub-
lican Candidate Wendell Will
kie's proposal that high Gov
ernment officials and their
relatives be required to file a
detailed listing Of their per-
sonal assets on entering and
leaving ONCE, Mr.. Roosevelt
smiled.
All he had to say, he re-
marked, was that he was q
poorer and wiser man than
when he went to Albany as
Governor of New York In 1928.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Stimson, II, Refuses
Chair at Hearing;
Denies He's 'Aqed'

By the Associated Press.
While 72-year-old Secretary
of War Stimson was being
questioned today at a tax hear
ing Chairman Doughton of the
| House Ways and Means Com
mittee suggested that he might
prefer to be seated rather than
stand at the witness table.
Mr.. Stimson said he would
stand and smilingly added:
I'm not quite so aged as the
newspapers sometimes repre-
sent me-"
Evening star., 1940-08-09

Equipment for storing fresh
frosted foods in home basement
lockers has been developed by the
refrigeration industry.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

Flying time for bomber between
LIE Havre, French channel port, and
England is 81 minutes. Time from
Calais to England is minutes.
Evening star., 1940-08-09
2 U. S. Cruisers at BraziI

RECIFE, Brazil, Aug. 8 (R.-The
United States cruisers Wichita and
Quincy arrived here today on a tour
of South American ports.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

undue delay in the preparation of
the Arn1y's specifications and de-
signs.
The fault has not been with the
Defense Advisory Commission, he
said, and the representatives of
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Roll Calls on Guard Bill
By the Associated Press.

The roll call by which the Senate
passed legislation authorizing the
President to call out the National
Guard and Reserve Forces for active
training.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

industry have been earnest" in a
desire to cooperate with defense
agencies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
SAUNDERS HEARING
SCHEDULED FRIDAY
Additional Warrants Sworn
Out Against Operator
Of Alleged Racket

A preliminary hearing for John
saunders, alleged operator of a bar
tered jobs racket here, was con-
tinued until February 2 when called
in recorders court yesterday.
The hearing was continued at the
request of defense counsel, w. K
Rhodes, Jr.
Meanwhile, two additional war
rants were sworn out against Saun-
ders-bringing the total to six false
pretense charges and two worthless
check charges.
The last two were taken out by
Miss Lillian Nichols, who alleged
Saunders gave her a worthless
check for $13.17, and Miss Edna
Mae Louis, who charged he de.
frauded her of $S5.
With the two additional charges,
bond for the defendant now stands
at 1880. He was still being held
in Jail last night.
Earl Brown, charged with dis.
orderly conduct and RESISTING an
officer, was fined SIS and the costs.
Douglas (Cheap Skate) Meares,
negro, was given 20 days on the
farm after pleading guilty to beat.
ing on his girl friend with his fists
when she refused to pay him five
cents he said she owed him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
Mass Meeting On February
IS Planned In Connection
With Observance

Plans for the observance of Ma.
tional Brotherhood Week from Feb
ruary Is to 25 were discussed at a
meeting of about SO persons repre-.
senting Catholics, Protestants and
Jews at the st. James parish house
Sunday afternoon.
1t was the opinion Of those pres
ent that effort should be made to
contact as many people as possible,
both old and young. 1t was agreed
that use should be made of the
radio, press, movies, youth assem-
blies in the High school and meet-
ings of civic organizations during
Brotherhood Week. 1t was decided
that a mass meeting of the citizens
Of the community would be held
Sunday afternoon, February IS. Also,
that a banquet will be held on the
evening of Washington's birthday.
February %.
A committee of three laymen rep
.resenting the three faiths of the
the co-chairmen Of the local inter-
faith committee. The laymen !.
pointed we're: Harris Newman,
James J. Allen, and Wilbur Dosh-
err. Co-chairmen OF the local inter.
faith committee are: the Rev. Wall
ter E. Freed, Father James C. Man.
ley, and Rabbi Mordecai M. Thur
man. Bishop Thomas c. Darst is
honorary chairman, and James Law"
son is the secretary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
Municipal Magazine
Enlargement Planned

The board Of city commissioners
has voiced its cooperation with h
North Carolina League Of Munich
palities to expand and change the
name Of the monthly magazine to the
Southern Municipal News, with the
issue of January, 1940.
Shares were subscribed recently
by w. Louis Fisher, commissioner
Of finance; Mayor Thomas e. Coop
er, commissioner Of public safety:
and James e. L. Wade, commission
er of public works.
The magazine, incorporated re-
Gently with headquarters at Raleigh,
now serves about 10000 officials in
2,675 cities and towns in the eight
states of North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Ken
lucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
Southern States Agree
On Freight Rate Attack

ATLANTA, Jan. 29.-P-A joint
attack by nine southern states
against three basic schedules OF
freight rates on livestock was
agreed upon here today in a me~.-
ing of public service commissioners
and rate advisers.
Walter Mcdonald, chairman of
t e Southern States Livestock
steering committee, said the group
had approved filing a joint COM
plant before the Interstate Com
merce commission on behalf of Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima. Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee and that part
of Louisiana east of the Mississippi
river. Possibility of complaints by
individual states had been consid-
cred.
Mcdonald said the committee,
seeking to equalize rates charged
southern producers with western
rates, voted to aim the complaint at
rates on livestock shipped from the
south to the northern (official)
territory, from the west to tho
south, and on rates from the west
through the south to the north.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
Week Plans
Are Discussed At Meet
NEEDS TRUCK
Okla, Ja1

~WEATHERFORD, Okla, Jan.
29-R-RaIph May, volunteer
fire chief, wants a new fire truck
for the following reasons:
First his men complained that
boys OIL bicycles were passing
them on the way to fires.
Then citizens passed the word
around that it was necessary to
give the department "a hours
notice in the event of a fire.
Finally the truck-purchased
secondhand IA years ago-broke
down completely. Now when an
alarm sounds the rev pushes
it into the street and gets a
passing motorist to tow it to the
fire.