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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-26

l.AuYS pusse biack = valuable pa pers
Porfer-Jefferson Reward. 1927 Hubbard.
IA os2s
LOST Han Hamilton wrist Match gold
case black dial gold lnk hand Liberal
rs~aFd $50 Pia8e;te Madison 222i
LOST Small vni'e black and tan neaei-
npar WysrS ana Warren. Reward. Tyler
$3.50
LOST BiArs ana white s-moaih-pid setter
puppy, vicinity Greenfield, Smile roads
Reward vermont 5-S2f7.
DOG lost Dnbermann P1nschef black,
rust marking vicinity Woodward seven
Nile road Named Duke. Liberal re-
ward Townsend s-foi3. fsi West Hlldsle
HOUND lost lsrge tsn-biscs male. Chil-
dfen growing Reward Plaza 1913
cnNat screw tat vicinity Radfogd
o. aoy feVard r 2is7 Te l-Spo"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-26
Nov. Auto Sales
Decline From
October Peak

] NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-With
Thanksgiving Day holidays. the
major contributing influence, com
bined factory sales of passenger
cars and trucks i'm the United
States and Canada declined nomi-
nally last month from the 1910
peak reached in October Continu-
alton of sales during November at
near-record levels was aided
largely by increases in United
States truck and Canadian pas
senger car sales. while passenger
car sales in this country showed "A
decline.
United States and Canadian
sales in November decreased g.
-401 units to 5l0.973 or GO of ]
per cent under October. according
10 the Department of Commerce.
As compared with November
1899. sales were $50 per cent
above the 36S.5il units sold a
year ago.
TOTAL 1875
Factory sales of cars and trucks
IN the United States last month
totaled 4S7 1852 units. a decrease
of 1.19 per cent from the preced-
ing month. but a gain OF 3Sl2 per
cent over November. 1899 This
brought the total for the first II
months 10 1886. 1877 units. against
3.125,l50 in the 1889 period and
3.577. 1872 for all of last year, in
creases of 27iz per cent and ia
per cent. respectively
Chief factor in the decline here
In November was a drop al 3.3
per cent in sales Of passenger
cars to 407.0 units as compared
with October
Last months total however
was APT per cent higher than
November 1899 On the other
hand truck sales continued TO m
trease. reaching new high for
the year at S026l units. a gain of
1lia per cent oVer the preceding
month and pos per cent above the
corresponding month a year ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-26
Beauty Culture Schools

DEI.-MAR BEAUTY SCHOOL
2i0 Blvd. Bids Noodward-Grsnd Blvd
WRITE OR CALL FREE CATALOGUE.
EAST SIDE COLLEGE. s05l GRATIOT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-26
Mortgages

MORTGAGES--Old and new proper y.
Hahn a Co. 2i5 Barlom Tower. CA. 45sO.
MTGEs.. Old. new prop. low int. Union Mtg.
Co.. 1904 Union Guar Bldg. CHI. 1880.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-26

REUPHOLSTERISG ventorzing. steel
truss. sagess web bottom const. Swear
guar. 2-pc., S21 so. easy terms Pullman
upholsterlng Co. a Hendre. MA. 65f4.
BAZELL-2- piece suite SGT quality work
manship. custom built construction. Uni
versity l36l7
TWO PIECES. so 30 FREE CHAIR
NORTHWEST UPHOLSTERERs TY .S-h375
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-26
Trade Schools-Female

BEAUTY CULTURE - Complete course
$50 weekly. day night classes. Hygienic
School $40 Twelfth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-26
Flats .'or Sale
Real Estate Wanted

WE BUY for cash your equity IN single
or income Quick action. CHI 4212.
PARTY WITH CASH WANTS SMALL
HOME. EAST SIDE. AR. 1913
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-26
Miscellaneous for Sale

SEE the "currier before you buy. De-
troits hnest tennis table r. CurrIer
Lumber Co. Tyler 6-ss0n. 1901 Military
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-26
BUSINESS Opportunities


FRUIT market s2is Hamilton. Very rea-
sonahle tor cash Apply after y
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Soviet Hits Simultaneously
At Ends of Monnerhein inc
Defenders Hopes Pinned on Blizzard,
Expected to BoIk Russian Drives

The Finnish commands COM
munique reported II Russian planes
shot down in yesterdays widespread
aerial fighting.
Russian warplanes, returning for
the second successive day, caused
two air raid alarms in Helsinki. No
bombings were reported.
Very many enemy tanks were de-
stroyed,' the Firms said, in the
western sector near the Gulf of Fin
land. scene of some of the wars
heaviest fighting which has brought
the Russians within a few miles of
Viipuri.
Enemy losses were described as
heavy at Taipale, where Firms said
the fighting ragged fiercely until late
at night"
Northeast of Lake Ladoga, so miles
from the isthmus front, there was
relative quiet on the sector where
Finland two days ago reported wlp-
ing out Russian division, but "a
few enemy strong points were cap
tured"
A Russian attempt to send re-
Inducements to surrounded detach-
(See HELSINKI, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1940-02-21
1918 Football Injury
To Dies Delays
Hearings 80 Days
Es the Associated Press.

Hs the Associated Press.
An injury Chairman Dies
suffered In a high school foot
ball game % years ago has re-
suited in a 30-day delay in the
hearings by the House Com
nittee on Un-American Activ-
tiles
Mr.. Dies, who had been suf-
fering in recent weeks from
severe back pains and other
discomforts, said a physician
told him yesterday that
neck fracture he received on the
gridiron had impinged on a
nerve.
The situation was aggravated
recently because of overwork.
At the physicians order Mr..
Dies announced that there
would be no committee hear
ings for a month and that he
would fill no speaking engage
ments for that period.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Curetuker Drowned
In Severn Ice
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpcCJAi DlSpAICU 10 Inc StAI.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Feb. 21.-The
body of Roscoe L. Massey, 80. care
taker on the farm of Paul Burnett,
st. Helena Island, was recovered
from the ice-choked Severn River
yesterday.
Mr.. Massey was drowned last
Wednesday, when, during the bliz-
zard, he attempted to cross on foot
from the Herald Harbor mainland
to the island, a distance of ap-
proximately one mile.
Watchers at Herald Harbor lost
sight of him through the falling
snow.
Thursday searching party found
q gasoline can, which Mr.. Massey
had been carrying, in the snow be-
side hole in the ice about $50 feet
from the st. Helena shore. Police
dragging was unsuccessful because
OF the thickness of the ice.
DR.. John M. Claffy, county coroner,
gave . verdict Of accidental drown
ing.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Husband, IS, EIudes
Police After Knife
Of Wife
Suspect Sought in D. c.
After Finding Body in
RiverdoIe Apartment

Believed stunning somewhere
about the streets of Washington,
85-year-old Joseph De Perrin, re-
tired Capital Transit Co. motorman,
was sought by police today in con-
nection with the murder of his As
year-old wife in their Riverdale,
Md, apartment.
The woman, Mrs Alice De Perrin,
fourth wife Of De Perrin, was found
dead on the kitchen floor late yes
terday. She had been stabbed In the
throat, back, forehead and arm with
butcher knife, police said.
A month ago Mrs. De Perrin OBJ
tanned a warrant charging her hus-
band with assault, but later de-
clined to prosecute and the case was
nolle pressed, police records show.
Prince Georges County police said
the woman told them her husband
attempted to shoot her.
De Pereni. investigators be-
lieve, was last seen in Anacostia
about 7:30 o'clock last night when a
man answering his description ac-
costed William Brosnan, a machin-
ist. who lives In the 400 block S
street Sc.
II just killed my wife," he num-
bled.
Mr.. Brosnan said the man an
peared to be under the influence of
liquor and stumbled away after in
quiring where he could mail q letter
and entering a drug store to make
telephone CALI
Mr.. and Mrs. De Perrin have sew
eral children by former marriages.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Special Jury 10 Launch
Gypsum Industry Probe

The Federal Government, it was
learned today, is about to launch
a Nationwide investigation of al
legged antitrust law violations in
the $40 900 900 gypsum industry
through special grand jury here.
Justice Peyton Gordon, in District
Court. has signed subpoenas requir-
ing II leading gypsum concerns to
produce their records here before
the grand jury on March Z and 8.
Grant Kelleher. special assistant
to Attorney General jackson, who
is in the Antitrust Division of
the Justice Department, is sched-
uled to supervise the investigation.
The grand jury inquiry will climax
six months Of investigation by the
Justice Department. The, gypsum
industry makes plaster of paris and
wall board, used in the building
industry.
The administration has long COM
planned that construction costs are
too high in the United States.
The special grand jury has been in
recess for two weeks but will recon-
vene Monday. 1t has been devoting
its attention to subversive activities.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
BY the Associated Press,

HELSINKI. Feb. 2l.--Simultane-
Gus Russian attacks on both ends of
the Mannerheim Line, throwing two
Red Army divisions against one Sec
tor alone, were repulsed in fighting
that lasted far into the night, Fin
land reported today.
The Red Army smashed at the
western end of the isthmus defense
line and at Taipale, the eastern Sec
tor where the two divisions launched
their attack.
The twin offensives meant the
Russians were trying to break
through across nearly the entire
width of the isthmus and that the
battle still was most critical for
Finland
Finnish hopes were raised by the
onset of swirling blizzard which
was expected to balk the Russian
drive and further strengthen the
defense.
Official Russian claims that the
coastal fortress of Koivisto, western
anchor of the Mannerheim Line, had
been captured, were denied by the
semi Official Finnish news agency.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Norwegian Ship Sunk
By Sub: IL Survive

LONDON, Feb. 81 [P).-The 2,476-
ton Norwegian steamer Steinstad was
sunk In the Atlantic Thursday by a
submarine, and 13 of her crew are
missing, II survivors reported to-
day when they landed a disabled
motorboat on an island of the Irish
coast.
They said the submarine followed
their ship all Wednesday night be-
fore attacking.
The missing men were in a row.
boat that drifted away when a tow
line to the motorboat parted.
Six Greek passengers and seven
Danish seamen, thought to have
been lost when the Danish passenger
ship Sleipner was torpedoed off the
coast of Scotland February Is, were
landed today at a port in North
eastern Britain. They had been
picked up by a steamer after IL
hours In lifeboat.
All others aboard the Sleipner, IL
passengers and 16 crewmen, were
landed last Friday.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Donahey Declines Place
On Ohio Delegate Slate
BY the Associated Press.


COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 21.-
Senator Donahey, who refused to
be a favOrite. son" candidate for
President as q stalking horse" for
President Roosevelt, today declined
to be . delegate to the Democratic
National Convention.
Senator Donahey wired his refusal
to National Committeeman Charles
Sawyer, who stepped into the "favo-
rite son" role which Senator Dona-
hey branded as "subterfuge."
Earlier, Mr.. Sawyer conferred
with Senator Donahey by telephone
and said the Senator would 90
along" with the party organization's S
announced plan to support Presi-
dent Roosevelt for q third term, If
he sought the nomination.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Long Machine
Is 0usted in
Louisiana
Jones, Reform Slate
Pile Up Big Leod
In Runoff Vote
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2l.-The
Huey P. Long political dynasty, born
Of IL years of dictatorial violence,
died peacefully by ballot yesterday
after one of the longest and Bit
terest election campaigns in Louis
iana's history.
Voters in the Democratic guber-
material runof1 primary swept to de-
feat Gov. Earl K. Long, brother of
the "kingf1Sh" and titular leader of
the machine, and nominated Sam
Houston Jones of Lake Charles to
the Office.
Mr.. Jones, newcomer to politics.
pledged himself to restore democ-
racy to Louisiana, regain much of
the millions of dollars he said ad-
ministration of11ceholders stole from
the State. and Jail those found
guilty OF graft and corruption.
The machine rout appeared COM
plete with Mr.. Jones slate of Sec
ondary State officers, engaged in the
runof1, going in without a break.
together with a new anti-machine
Legislature, and possibly an anti
machine State Central Committee.
ULOff1clal returns from l.5O8 of
the States l,703 precincts gave Mr..
Jones 258,816 votes and Gov. Long
238,692 a lead of 2O,l24 votes for
Mr.. Jones.
TantamOunt to Election.
Nomination in overwhelmingly
Democratic Louisiana is tantamount
to election. Mr.. Jones will take
office May IA.
1t was the first time since 1923
when Huey himself was elected
Governor, that the Long admins
tration had been whipped.
The martial air, characteristic of
the Long rule, prevailed yesterday
as the Governor kept the States
$500 National Guardsmen poised
for duty, but, aside from several
fist fights, there were few disturb
ances.
Mr.. Jones early today accepted
the victory plaudits of his support
ers with the advice that the Job is
not yet done"
In a radio address he said:
Permit me to thank you for the
magnificent support you have given
me. Last-minute returns with ap-
proximately 100000 votes cast, indi-
cate I've been elected Governor"
Gov. Long said at the Executive
Mansion in Baton Rouge he still be-
lieved complete returns would show
him the victor. Mayor Robert S.
Maestri. boss of New Orleans poll
tics. who delivered a good ma iority
for Gov. Long in that city, said he
still felt Long would be nominated.
Nominated with Mr.. Jones were
his candidates for lieutenant gov
ernor. attorney general and superin-
(see LOUISIANA, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Georgia County TO Test
Presidential Possibilities
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DONALDSONVILLE, Ga, Feb. 81
Seminole County in rural South
west Georgia will make test Satur-
day on national Democratic presi-
Dental possibilities for 1910.
Chairman Joe johnson Of the
county Democratic Executive Com
mittee said the names of President
Roosevelt, Vice President Garner,
Secretary Hull, Social Security Ad-
ministrator McNutt and Senator
Wheeler would be among those en-
tered in the countys primary.
The county was the first to hold a
presidential preference primary in
1895, voting 661 to 120 for Roosevelt
IN a test of strength against former
Gov Eugene Talmadge, q critic Of
New Deal policies.
Mr.. johnson said about 500
voters are eligible to ballot in the
presidential test which will have no
official effect.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Allen Directs Rutland
To Find 5top-Gap Aid
For D. T.. Institutions
Action Follows Appeal
Of Bondy Aeoinst
'PolIiotive' Step

Commissioner George E. Allen to-
day directed Health Officer George
c. Rutland. in cooperation with
Welfare Director Robert E. Bondy,
to promptly work out stop-gap
means of meeting medical care de-
ficiencies at the Receiving Home for
Children and the Home for Aged
and Infirm without awaiting possible
provision of additional funds.
This was the immediate reaction
to the demands voiced yesterday
by Chairman D'Alesandro of the
House District Subcommittee in
vestigating the two institutions, that
action be taken at once to correct
deficiencies reported during the
inquiry.
The demands centered arount
complaints that inmates of thu
Home for Aged are assisting In serv.
ing meals, and that children are ad.
mitted to the Receiving Home with
out first being given medical ex.
animation for communicable or in
fectious diseases.
Bondy Asks Basic Reforms.
Earlier today, Welfare Director
Bondy, apparently in response tt
the published demands by Repre-.
sentative D'Alesandro, issued sn ap.
peal that he, the institutions off.
cials and the District Health De.
partment be permitted to work out
q program that would more ade.
quately meet the human needs in.
volved than mere patchwork OF
palliative action" He stressed
however, that necessary "emer.
gency" steps were being considered
Mr.. Bondy revealed that he ha.
already asked the Health Depart.
ment to make surveys to determine
whether the health of children al
the Receiving Home is endangered
by the present part-time medica
service available there, and wha
means within present facilities ant
staff should be taken to give healtl
protection.
Mr.. Bondy also revealed that h,
and health officials had reached al
understanding regarding principle
Of health protection at the HON,
for Aged and that he had asked
Health Officer Rutland to max,
medical examinations of all the in.
mates of the home who are handling
food or food products in any way tt
determine if any, by reason of hav.
ing any infectious or communicate,
disease, is exposing other inmates t.
disease.
When the Commissioners Learned
of formal statement issued by Mr.
(See BLUE PLAINS, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-02-21
japanese Avoid Bombino
Line Used by U. S. Envoy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RUNNING. Yunnan Province.
China, Feb. 21.-For three success
sive days Japanese aviators had
bombed the Yunnan railway, but not
a bomb was dropped to disturb the
peaceful journey Nelson r. johnson,
United States Ambassador to China,
completed today.
The japanese were not officially
advised of his journey. but news of
1t had been widely published and the
line was not bombed while he was
en- route from Haiphong, French
Indo- China.
Mr.. johnson, who has been on a
tour of North China, will 60 by
motor to Chungking, the Chinese
capital.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Jupun Intensifies Drive
For rode With Lotins
By the sseoeiated pres.

BY the associated Press.
TOXIC, Feb. Ala japanese
campaign for increased trade with
Latin America, intensified since the
Uaited States abrogated her COM
mercial treaty with Japan, moved
forward today as an Argentine eco
nomic mission opened conferences
here with japanese business leaders.
The japanese urged relaxation of
Argentina's restrictions on cotton
textile imports and her foreign ex-
change control and the visitors
promised a reply tomorrow.
A large Mexican mission is ex-
pected here soon after the Argen-
tine conferences end. Several jap
anese trade ENJOYS are travelling in
Central and South America.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Powder Explosion
Al EIkton Kills
One, Injuries 13
Second Seriously Hurt
At Fireworks PIont;;
Blost Smokes Town
By the Associated Press.

BY tre Associated Press.
ELKTON, Md. Feb. 2l.-One man
was killed and at least l3 persons
injured today when a powder maga-
zine of Triumph Explosives, Inc,
fireworks plant. blew up, setting
af1re small buildings nearby.
The dead man was believed to be
John Baker, 81, of Elkton His
clothes were virtually torn off by
the force of the blast. All the injured
were reported to have been working
in the small building where the
explosion occurred. The blast shook
the town.
Little hope was held for the re-
covery of Charles Gatchell. ~, who
was burned about the body.
Others treated at Union Hospital
for severe burns included:
John Futty Of North East, John
Moore, 20, OF North East; Craig
Reed. 28. Of North East: Walter
Moore, "a, OF Elton; Raymond Kopv,
30. Of Elkton. and Edgar Staratt.
Others were treated for superficial
burns and dismissed.
Firemen brought the blaze under
control. The cause was not learned
Immediately.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Serious Coof Shortage
is Felt in Brituin
BY the Associated Press.

by Ihe ASSOClAted PfeS8.
LONDON, Feb. 21.-Prime Min
lister Chamberlain admitted today
that serious coal shortage was
causing widespread suffering in the
British Isles, but said the govern
ment was taking immediate meas
ures to prevent q recurrence.
AS soon as the shortage Is dealt
with. he said, the government in
tends to build up ample coal re-
serves.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Big British War Buying
Out Now in Italy

ROME, Feb. 81 (F.-Any large scale
British purchases in italy Of war
needs, including aircraft engines,
are unlikely, at least for the present,
1t 10 said in diplomatic circles.
The last member of q British trade
mission was reported to be return
ing to London, with negotiations
suspended because the British could
not obtain certain classes Of goods
which they especially desired.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Britain Muy Relax
Bon on US. Tobacco
81 the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 21.-British EN-
pires tobacco interests were under
stood reliably today to be comforting
with the government on the ques-
ton Of resuming buying Of Ameri-
can leaf tobacco, halted last Sep
tember 8 to conserve foreign ex-
change.
Unomcial reports persisted that
the government was likely to relax
the ban on United States tobacco.
at least to the extent Of q percentage
Of the pre-war imports. .
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Kuhn Aide Sentenced

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 (R.-James
Wheeler Hill, former national Sec
retary of the German-American
Bund, today received an indetermi-
nate prison sentence not to exceed
three years for perjury in the trial
of Bund Leader Fritz Kuhn.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Bright New Stor Found
By Polomor Observatory
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf, Feb. 21.--A
new exploding star 100, 900 times as
bright as the sun has been discov-
cred In = distant star system by
DR.. Jos6 J. johnson, astrophysicist
at Palomar Observatory.
DR.. johnson photographed the
super nova with the 18-inch Schmidt
telescope. 1t is the 18th super nova
found since systematic search was
begun at Palomar nearly four years
ago under direction Of DR.. Fritz
Zvicky.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
= :. = Z -FTf7'G ~
By the Associated Press.

. W. col .
that the Netherlands motor tanker
Den Haag, 1911 tons, had been lost
on a voyage from New York to
Rotterdam were expressed by her
owners today after one of her life
boats had been found empty near
Lizard Head, southernmost point of
the English coast.
The tanker was last reported
February IA about 400 miles west of
Lizard Head Officials of the owning
company, the Netherlands Oil Prod
ucts Co., said they feared she had
been torpedoed or had struck a
mine.
The Den Haag, built at Kiel. Ger
many, in 1925, carried crew of 80,
all Hollanders.
The AGO. ton Netherlands freight
er Tara was reported to be sinking go
miles southwest of Cape Finistere,
France, as the result Of being shelled
without warning.
Officials of the Standard Oil Co. of
New Jersey, owners of the 469-foot
tanker through a subsidiary, the
Netherlands Oil Products Co., said
they did not believe the ship was
lost as she was not yet due at Rot
terdam. She left New York q days
ago. and they pointed out that under
war conditions the voyage to Rot
terdam sometimes takes more than
"a days.
The Den Haag carried a crew of
more than 40. Before the war she
traded between Houston, Tex, and
Rotterdam.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Confidence Is Voted
In Swedish Premier

LONDON, Feb. 81 (P.-A Reuters
british news agency dispatch from
Stockholm today said that the
Swedish Parliament had voted con-
fidence in the foreign policy Of
Premier Per Albin Hanson.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Clippers Leove for U. S.

LISBON, Feb. 81 R.-Two trans
Atlantic clipper planes took OF for
the United States today after being
delayed here by bad weather since
February 8 and February is.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Summary Of Todoy's Star
Washington and Vicinity

Government to launch probe of
gypsum industry. Page Al
Allen calls for corrective steps at In
StitutionS at once. Page Al
Former attorney criticizes A. B. C..
Board and chairman. Page Al
Police seek husband in staying Of
Riverdale woman. Page Al
House group of "a calls parley on
unemployment. Page Az
D. c. woman dies of injuries received
in Arlington crash. Page B-1
Increased costs of auto tags studied
as protests mount. Page B-1
Evening star., 1940-02-21
No Late Editions
Tomorrow

Because of the holiday
tomorrow The Star will
not publish the S: 80, Night
Final and Night Final
Sports Editions.
Subscribers to these
editions will receive the
regular Home Edition.