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Evening star., 1940-06-02
j. ). Liner Roosevelt
Prepares 10 Sail
With 824 Americans
Vessel Leaving GoIwoy
Today; ITO Who Booked
Standing Room Moroonec
By J. NORMAN LODGE,
Associated Press Foreign Correspond

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
GALWAY, Ireland, June 1.-The
United States repatriation liner
President Roosevelt, with 824 Ameri-
cans fleeing the dangers of war
aboard her, stood anchored a mile
offshore tonight, ready for an early
sailing tomorrow.
One hundred ten passengers who
had booked standing room" were
told at the last moment that orders
from Washington specified no such
passengers would be permitted to
sail.
Many of those left were without
funds to domicile themselves but
the Galway hotels took them in
despite their lack of ready cash and
it was moot question who would be
responsible for their keep.
There are reports that the liner
Washington. now en- route to Bor-
deaux, would call here to pick up
those who couldn't get passage on
the President Roosevelt.
Children, matrons and perturbed
fathers stood in line for hours to
board tender for the liner.
The majority of the returning
passengers were women and chill
dren. Husbands and fathers stood
on the quay to wave a farewell.
Many strove to hold back their tears
as the tender wormed its way
through the Channel to the liner.
There was little apprehension
about the voyage, and aside from the
natural sorrow at parting the chief
emotion displayed was annoyance
over the rigid examination of lug
gage.
The youngest passenger listed was
Elizabeth Ellen Kennedy of West
Orange, N. j., born only two months
ago. Her father, an Englishman,
stayed behind.
The President Roosevelt arrived
last night and took on 900 tons Of
fuel and other supplies. Customs
men searched all baggage, and ex-
planned that they had been told
that someone was trying to take
out considerable money"
Unoficially, it was explained that
they were looking for explosives.
Americans here were told they
could take out only EGO (about $64)
out Of England, and many spent
their surplus on Irish linens and
laces.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Pro-Nazi Is Appointed
Rumanian Foreign Chief
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, June LION Gil
gurtu, minister of communications
and close friend of the German gov
ernment, became Rumania's Foreign
Minister today, replacing Grigore
Gafencu, who has been energetically
pro-Ally.
Gafencu's resignation came as a
surprise. He gave ill health" as
the reason. but diplomatic circles
thought it was due to German pres
sure and was a recognition Of recent
successes of German arms.
Gigurtu is understood to have been
entrusted by King Carol with seek
ing to improve Rumania's relations
with Berlin and Moscow.
Gigurtu, a businessman, was eco
nomics minister in the short-lived
pro-Nazi government Of Premier
Octavian Goga in 1888. He has
made several trips to Berlin and
was the object Of lavish entertain
ment there last summer.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
War on Bookies Called
No Temporary Wave
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. June 1.-Sam Klaus,
special assistant United States dis
trict attorney, said today the Gov
ernment had not relaxed its cam
paign to halt the flow of horse race
information to bookies throughout
the country.
This is no temporary heat wave" "
he said, "but a permanent Govern
ment policy. The handbook racket
Is now critically ILL., The Govern
ment's campaign will continue"
Mr.. Klaus. who has spent months
tracking down race-tip systems, said
track operators had been warned
that they face indictment if they
continue to tolerate transmission Of
turf data to gambling dens.
Already under indictment are a
dozen men and companies who
sought to furnish racing service to
bookmakers after M. L. Annenberg
had dissolved his Nationwide news
service last fall.
Investigators, Mr.. Klaus said, are
keeping a watchful eye on the radio
broadcasting industry for any pos
sible violation Of Federal lottery
laws.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
SIottery Forum Speaker
RuroI EIectrificotion Administrator
Will Describe Agency's Work

Rural Electrif1cation Administrator
Harry Slattery will present an in
formal discussion of the develop
ment and significance of the national
rural electrification program tomor-
row night during the National Radio
Forum, arranged by The Star and
broadcast over a coast-to-coast net
work Of National Broadcasting Co.
stations. including WMAL here. The
forum will begin at 10:30 O'Clock.
Mr.. Slattery is expected to deal
with the purpose and scope of his
agencys activity, the work accom-
plished to date and the method of
financing it. An explanation Of the
effect on agriculture, industry and,
through them, the entire social and
economic pattern Of the Nation, also
is to be included in the talk.
A veteran of more than a quarter
century of public service in the
power and conservation fields, Mr..
Slattery assumed direction of the
r. E. A. last September, moving
from the post Of Undersecretary of
the Interior after John M. Carmody,
former chief of the electrification
program, became administrator of
the Federal Works Agency.
He entered the Government dur
ing the Taft administration under
Clifford Pinchot in the National
Conservation Commission. Land
conservation was his concern again
in 1918 when he was appointed
special assistant to Secretary Of the
Interior Lane. In 1888 he became
personal assistant to the Secretary
OF the Interior and to the admin
istrator Of public works and, in
1888, he was named Undersecretary
of the Interior.
Mr.. Slattery's career also has In
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Million Offer for Capture
Of Hitler Expires
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, June 1.-Dr. Sam
uel Harden Church, president of Car
negie Institute, announced today the
81 900 900 reward offered for the
capture of Adolf Hitler "unfortu-
nately" has not been claimed and
"has now expired
DR.. Church, 82-year-old advocate
Of peace, said he made the offer
after receiving q letter April q
from a European statesman of high
authority forecasting Hitler's attack
on the Maginot Line and "intimat-
ing" that Germany and Italy would
divide the Balkans.
DR.. Church said he had received
letters from every part of the United
States, most Of them containing
enthusiastic assurance of approba-
tion," but that there were enough
of "discordant" replies to indicate
that If Hitler should ever be able
to come to the United States in the
captured protection Of the British
and French fleets, he would be met
at the shore by a nth column of
so-called Americans who would give
him the vociferous and clarifying
alteration Of the raised hand"
Evening star., 1940-06-02

is quick on his feet, dynamic. He
has never held a public or political
office. His experience, outside of
business, is nil. If he were nomi-
mated by the Republicans he would
be Immediately attacked by the
Democrats as the candidate Of the
upper crust, and his position as
power magnate would be magnif1ed.
Mr.. Willkie is now credited with
having support of some 80 to 40
delegates to the national convention,
although none of them appear to be
pledged to him. 1t is said that some
of these delegates formerly sup
ported Mr.. Dewey. The probabilities
are, however, that none of them
favored the New Yorker, for the sup
porters of Mr.. Willkie have. generally
speaking, been opposed to Mr..
Dewey.
Resolutions Body to Meet.
Chairman Hamilton said yesterday
that he would call a meeting of
prospective members of the Reso-
lutions Committee of the Republican
convention in Philadelphia on Mon
day, June IT, two weeks from to-
morrow. He said that already be-
tween 30 and 40 of the members of
the committee had been designated
by the State delegations. The COM
mittee has total membership Of
So, one from each State, Territory
and the District of Columbia. The
meeting has been called to give
the committee a chance to work
on the party platform.
The Republicans are expected to
take a strong stand for adequate ma
tional defense. They may express
sympathy with the Allies in the Eu-
ropean war and promise to aid them
with supplies. Unless there is a
material change in the situation and
sentiment in this country, they are
not expected to propose entry of this
country into the conflict.
G. o. P. leaders have by no means
lost faith In their ability to win the
national election. They are biding
their time, waiting until the presi-
Dental nominations have been
made. They will open up on the
New Deal administration, charging
it with having wasted the resources
of the country, placed a tremendous
debt and heavy taxes on the
shoulders of the American people.
and at the same time having failed
to look to the defenses of the Nation.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
U. S. Ship, Cargo Seized,
Sails From Bergen
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 1.-The Amer
lean freighter Charles R. Nc
Cormick, whose $4,000, 900 cargo was
seized by Germans during the in
vasion of Norway, left Bergen today
for the United States, the State
Department informed her home
Office.
L. N. Stockard of Stockard &
Stockard, owners Of the ship, said
the 6,027-ton freighter had left in
ballast and was bringing only her
crew.
Her cargo, seized by the Nazis as
a prize of war, consisted of relief
supplies consigned to Finland and
small arms and trucks. She left
New York March "a for Bergen and
was long unreported during military
activities at the Norwegian port.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Bombed Liner Survivors
Arrive in New York
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June Fifty -eight
survivors of the Belgian liner Vile
de Bruges, formerly the United
States liner President Harding,
which was bombed and sunk off
the Belgian coast May IA, arrived
today on the Cunard White, Star
liner Samaria.
Simon w. Crabbe, senior officer Of
the group. told of terrific" STRAIT
ing by aerial machine gunners
shortly before bomb struck the
ship, killing three men and causing
her to be beached and later sunk.
The survivors arriving here were
all crew members, most of them
Canadians. A crew Of lis, including
81 Canadians, and a passenger list
of 64, principally women refugees
from Belgium and a few children,
were saved. The refugees were
taken to England and France.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Two Men Badly Hurt
In Fight Following
Auto Mishap s
Three Others Treated
For Cuts After Bottle
In Northeast Section

Five men we're injured, two Of
them critically, in riot which grew
out Of minor automobile nnishap
near Ninth and H streets NE. last
night.
The action started when four
colored men got into a fight with
two white men and before police
squads could restore order, a mob
estimated at 1000 had gathered at
the scene.
The two men critically injured
were In Casualty Hospital, suffering
from knife wounds. They are Reg
inald T. Wilkins, "a, of 1704 Six
teenth street Sc, under treatment
for an abdominal wound, and Nor.
gan Kieffer, 80, of 800 F. street NE,
chest wound.
Those treated for minor hurts
were Frank Stokes, 20, of 310 G
street NE, cuts and a groin injury;
Joseph w. Mclaughlin, %, of 1929
L street NE, knife cut on ankle, and
Albert Wing, "a, of 1441 Chaplin
street NV, cuts on hand.
Car Stops at Corner.
The nnattIe started when Mr..
Stokes, who was driving along in
the 700 block of Ninth street NE,
stopped his car at the corner to
let out a passenger, Hiram Sticker,
"a, of $40 c street NE.
When he stopped, he says he
beckoned to the car behind him
to pass, but the driver came close
and started blowing his horn. Mr..
Stokes pulled ahead to let him by
and Mr.. Sticker got out.
Mr.. Sticker started to walk be.
tween the two cars and says that
the other driver started forward
In an attempt to pin him between
the bumpers. They succeeded in
ramming the first car. At this
point, Mr.. Stokes got out OF his
car and the four colored men got
out Of their car.
A fight started and Mr.. Wilkins
and Mr.. Kieffer, who were passing
by at the time, intervened. MIR.
Stokes and Mr.. Sticker started in
pursuit of one of the men, but he
got away.
When they got back, the two
men who had come to their rescue
were lying on the ground wounded,
while others had joined in the
battle with the colored men. Mr..
Stokes. attempting to help one man,
was kicked and knocked down-his
assailant also escaping.
Crowd Gets Thicker.
The crowd began to get thicker
and the battle wilder. Several peo-
pie set out in pursuit of one Of
the colored men who ran away.
Then second started to flee and
a crowd overlook him two blocks
away.
Police began to arrive and Joined
in the battle. An alarm was sent
to the ninth precinct and detectives
and patrolmen were rushed to the
scene and succeeded in restoring
order.
Two of the colored men were ar
rested at the scene and taken to the
ninth precinct, where they were
booked for investigation. A third
was arrested by eleventh precinct
police some time later at his home.
The wounded men were taken to
the hospital. The wounds sustained
by Mr.. Wilkins and Mr.. Kieffer were
said to be extremely serious, and
doctors did not know whether they
would survive.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON c., JUNE 2 o-pART ONE.
Woman Is S|ashed
When She Resists
Purse Snatcher
Truck Driver Kidnapped
And Robbed; Pocketbook
Thefts Reported

A 32-year-old woman was stabbed
and robbed by a colored man last
night In the 1900 block of Four
teenth street NV. The kidnap-
robbery OF . truck driver and two
downtown pocketbook thefts also
were being investigated by police.
Mrs. Louise E. Pogion of 206A @
street NV, told police her assailant
grabbed her purse and when she
attempted to hold onto 1t, stabbed
her in the shoulder with a knife.
She was treated at Emergency
Hospital, where her condition was
described as not serious. The pocket
book contained only so cents, a
bunch Of keys and personal effects,
Mr.. Pogioli said.
Truck Driver Robbed.
Harriston Richmond, colored, of
1853 Swami street NV, a driver for
market in the 500 block of Morse
street NE, told police a colored
man jumped on his truck when he
stopped for a trafIlc signal at North
Capitol street and Michigan avenue,
and, showing pistol in his side,
ordered him to drive to Greenbelt,
Md.
There. the driver continued, the
bandit robbed him of so in cash
and q Veterans Bureau check for
$40 and escaped on foot. The cash
belonged to Richmond's employer,
police were told.
Purses Stolen.
Purses were reported stolen in two
stores in the 1900 block of F street
yesterday afternoon. Pearl A.
Mount Of the Chastleton Hotel, one
OF the victims, said her pocketbook
containing $50 in cash and other
articles valued at SIS was stolen
when she placed it on a counter and
turned her back for a moment.
A similar theft was reported by
Unete Parker, 170l Newton street
NV, who said her purse contained
$50 in cash and other articles valued
at $40.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Strikers on U. S. Wurship
Jobs PIun VituI Meetinq
Motor sputtered on Take-oh.

By the Associated Press.
KEARNY, N. j.. June Striking
employees Of the Federal Shipbuild-
ing e. Drydock Co. will gather at
Jersey City tomorrow for a meeting
described by John j. Green, national
president of the Industrial Union
of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
of America &C. I. o., as one on
which everything hinges"
Mr.. Green said leaders would re-
port on negotiations to end the two
day-old deadlock which has stopped
construction Of six United States
warshipS. The union said the strike
of 5000 workers was 100 per cent
complete"
Employers and union representa-
tives will confer again Monday.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Irish Thousands Answer
Call to Defend Country

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, June Items of thou
sands of Irishmen have answered
the call to arms to defend their
country.
Army officers, amazed at the re-
sponse of men of all ages, call it
the greatest outpouring Of patriot
ism since 1916.
Premier Eamon de Valera, who
previously has warned against the
danger Of Ireland being used for
base of attack on England, said in a
broadcast tonight the country is
"in imminent danger, against which
we might have only few days to
prepare"
He urged internal unity. declar-
ing, "if we don't hang together we
will hand separately"
Evening star., 1940-06-02
E. Mont Reilly PoroIed
Because of III Health
By the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, June lin Ill
health, e. Mont Rely, former Cover
nor Of Puerto Rico, was paroled to-
day from serving any Of his six
months sentence for forgery in con-
nection with . pay roll padding
scandal in the city Street Cleaning
Department. ...
Rely, Republican friend of Tom
Pendergast, deposed Democratic
city machine boss. was convicted
March l.
DR.. Harry L. Jones reported to the
Jackson County Kansas City, Pa
role Board that Rely was in . seri-
Gus condition.
Mrs. Reilly is in a critical con-
dition," DR.. Jones stated In letter,
due to worry over this thing ana TO
deny parole might be fatal TO both
oS them"
Evening star., 1940-06-02
S. S. Hull, Secretory's
Brother, Dies in Texas
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. g.
SAN ANTO- Tex, June L.
s. s. Hull, 10, brother Of Sec -etary
Of State Cordell Hull and field rep
resentative for the Federal Housing
Authority here, died today.
A semi-invalid for years, he had
been confined to his bed for the last
six months. He suffered a heart
attack Friday.
Secretary Hull wired members of
the family he would be unable to
attend funeral services tomorrow
afternoon because Of the press of
omcial duties.
Mr.. Hull, q native OF Pickens
County, Tennessee, lived here 20
years.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
PART FIVE.
Germans Still Dropping
Chute Troops at Nurvik
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, June Nor
wegian soldiers killed in action at
Narvik were buried yesterday with
full military honors near the only
church which remains standing in
the long-bombarded city.
Reports from the far northern ore
port, wrested by British and Nor
wegians this week from the Ger
mans, said most Of the civilians who
fed during the German occupation
returned to find their homes in
ruins.
The dispatch said the Germans
continued to drop parachute troops
In the Narvik area, but that the
Na1s were being shot or captured
~ fast - they land.
Evening star., 1940-06-02

cluded work as counsel for the Ma
tional Conservation Association, as
sisting In the preparation of legis-
lation for the protection Of natural
resources. including the Federal
Water Power Act; activity in behalf
OF public power Development at
Muscle Shoals as representative Of
the National Conservation Commit
tee. and service with the Power
Authority of the State Of New York
and the National Boulder Dam As.
sociation.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
HELPS With the Census

NAKNEK. Alaska (P.-The popu-
lation of this Bristol Bay village
owes something to Mrs. Martha
Monsen. 40 years a resident. Not
only is Mrs. Monsen the mother of
IA children. but she also has been
the sole aid in delivering AZ babies
to Naknek mothers.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Trade Commission
Cites 81 Chemical
Firms, Il individuals
Association Also Is
Accused of Conspiracy
To Fix Prices
Py the Associated Press.

FS jhe Associated Press.
The Federal Trade Commission
said yesterday that it had issued q
complaint accusing an association
II individuals and 81 corporations
OF conspiring to fix prices of chem
icals, fertilizer, insecticides and
fungicides.
Principal respondents named were
the Agricultural Insecticide &
Fungicide Association, New York, its
officers and directors, 26 member
companies of the association anc
S other corporations.
The commission contended that
the association and the 81 firms
entered into an agreement in 1886
to restrain competition in the sale
of their products by maintaining
uniform prices, terms and discounts
with the association acting as q
clearing house for price informa-
ton.
Individuals named we're r. N
Chapman, Bound Brook, N. j.
chairman of the associations board
Of directors; l.. S. Hitchner, New
York, president and treasurer; June
C. Heitzman, New York, Secretary
and these directors: H. D. Whittle-
sey, Cleveland; H. P. Mansfield
Wilmington, Del; j. B. Cary, Mid
dleport, N. Y: J. H. Boyd, Mem
phis, Tenn; A. j. Flebut, Richmond
Calf; G.. F. Leonard, Louisville
KY, and r. E. Demmon and G. E
Riches, New York.
The five corporations accused OF
cooperating with the association
although not members of it, were
Allegheny Chemical Corp, Reading
Pa; Ansbacher-Siegel Corp, Brook
lyn, N. Y, and General Chemical
Co., Phelps Dodge Refining Corp
and Tennessee Corp, all of New
York.
Association Firms Listed.
Association member companies
listed we're:
Acme White Lead g. Color Works
Detroit; American Agricultural
Chemical Co., American Cyanamid
& Chemical Corp, George w. Cole
& Co., Inc; Derris, Inc: John Powell
& Co.. Inc, and Stauffer Chemical
Co., Inc. all Of New York; Ameri-
can Nicotine Co., Inc. Henderson,
KY; the Antiseptic Products Co.,
Denver, Colo; California Spray
Chemical Corp. Richmond, Calf :;
Chapman Chemical Co., Inc, Bound
Brook, N. j.; Hercules Glue Co.,
Ltd, trading as Colloidal Products
Chemical Co., Midland, Mich; E. L
du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc,
Wilmington, Del; the Latimer-
Goodwin Chemical Co., Grand juno
ton, Colo; Fred L. Lavanburg Co.,
Brooklyn. N. Y; Lucas Kil-Tone
Co., Philadelphia; Niagara Sprayer
& Chemical Co., Inc, Middleport,
N. Y: Nicotine Production Corp,
Inc, Clarksville, Tenn; Sherwin-
Williams Co., Inc, Cleveland;
Southern Acid & Sulphur Co., Inc,
st. Louis; j. M. Taylor, E. P. Brown
and E. w. Parker, trading as Taylor
Chemical Works, Ltd, Aberdeen, N.
c.; Tobacco By-Products & Chemi-
cal Corp, Louisville. Ky; the J. w.
voolfolk Co., Fort Valley, Ga, and
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Corona
chemical division, Milwaukee.
The complaint grants the re-
spondents 20 days in which to an
swer the allegations.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Curiosity Pays

NEVADA CITY, Calf. P.-A
mining company's abandoned safe,
which has lain in plain view for
years, was opened by Marjorie Joyce,
Jackie Deal and Willis Green just
from curiosity. They found gold
nuggets to the value of $88.
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Report

FURNISHED
District Of Coumba-Far today;
Maryland-Far today tomorrow: much change IN
temperature.
vgniaFa today tomorrow partly change
temperature.
portions today;
fair followed by local
Evening star., 1940-06-02
Plane
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reached an elevation Of more than
500 feet.
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reached an elevation Of more than
500 feet.
Motor Sputtered on Take.off.
An airport observer asserted:
"The motor sputtered while the
plane was still in take-on. The
pilot tried to recover power at about
800 feet and then started coming
down rapidly. The plane struck
with tremendous force"
Police Sergt. Frank Chislom Of
Ell Segundo, where one of Douglas
two big plants is located, said the
big ship went into a tight vertical
bank, then started to turn over
slightly on its back. crashed and
exploded"
The DC-5 is the most modern
commercial product of the Douglas
plant, its high wing an innovation.
Capable Of $50 to $50 miles an hour,
1t is described by company officials
as the fastest transport ship built.
Was to Be Used Here.
Inc new transport plane which
crashed in Los Angeles yesterday
was to have been put into service
at the Naval Air Station at Ana
costa next Saturday. The word
"Anacostia" already had been
painted on the fuselage of the plane.
Comdr. s. P. Ginder of the Air
Station said he was to have sent a
crew to the West Coast this week
to return the plane, the first OF
two scheduled to be delivered here
within a month. The craft was to
have been used to transport Navy
personnel in this area and was the
first Of number of this type or
dered by the Navy Department.
Comdr. Ginder would not hazard
a guess on the cause of the crash.
The plane had tricycle. landing
gear, he pointed out.