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Evening star., 1940-04-20
Ford Faces Problem
OF Telling 100000
Of Union Rights
All Workers Should Be
Notified, Labor Board
Exominer Soys
BY the Associated Press,

oS tne hsSoClAteu freSS.
The Ford Motor Co., charged by
a Labor Board examiner with using
strong arm squad" to beat and
terrorize union members, was con-
fronted today with an unprecedent-
ed proposal that it notify individ-
ually its more than 100000 workers
that they are free to join any labor
union of their own choosing.
The recommendation that the
company be required to give such
notification was made by Robert N.
Denham, the examiner, in a report
to the board. holding that the COM
pany had gathered together the
most brutal, vicious and conscience
less thugs in its employ" to defeat
union organization at the Ford plant
in Dallas, Tex, in 1887.
Gabe P. Allen, an attorney for
the Ford Co., commented at Dallas
that the examiners charge was
lust a conclusion and wild in
ference" designed to carry out the
Labor Boards policy of "persecut-
Aie eAAS SoiAPdllS. OCCldI AllS CIlC
findings were not warranted by the
evidence, he said he and Co-Attor-
ney Meth L. Leachman would file
exceptions to them and to the ac-
companying recommendations.
Testimony Is Cited.
Mr.. Denham cited testimony taken
in flve-week hearing on q COM
plant against the Ford Co. at Dali
las, which. he said, showed that
plant officials organized a strong
arm squad" which beat up union
sympathizers.
He recommended that any remedy
prescribed under the Wagner Labor
Act be applied to all Ford plants in
the United States.
mo case within the history of
the board is known to the under
signed" Mr.. Denham wrote, in
which an employer has deliberately
planned and carried into execution
a program of brutal beatings, whip
pings and other manifestations of
physical violence comparable to that
shown by the uncontradicted and
wholly credible evidence on which
the findings are based"
Ordinarily the Labor Board re-
quires remedial action by employers
only as to local situations held to be
in violation of the Wagner Act.
Policies Planned, He Says.
But in the Dallas Ford case, Mr..
Denham contended the circum-
stances disclosed by the hearing
reach far beyond local conditions
in Dallas"
'The labor policies of the Ford
Motor Co. are admittedly planned"
he said, mot in the local branches
but in the main Office in Dearborn
(Mich), and it IS uncontroverted
that the senior officials of the Ford
Motor Co. in Dearborn knew of,
helped plan and subsequently ap-
proved the program of terrorism
carried out in Dallas"
The examiner declared other cases
against Ford in which the board had
acted only served to "accentuate the
conclusion" that the initial impulse
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Evening star., 1940-04-20
Allied Troops
Now in n Norwav
Put at 10000
3 British-French
Divisions Landed,
Swedes Report
BY the Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM, April 20.-Allied
troop landings at three points
on the Norwegian west coast and
continued German advances in
East Central Norway today
plunged the embattled Scandi-
navian nation deeper into war
fare as the battle ground of
Western Europe's major powers.
Swedish newspaper reports said
one French and two British di-
visions (between 10000 and 10000
mem had landed at Namsos, Laer-
dial and Molde.
The dispatches reported, on the
other hand, that the German sweep
in Eastern Norway had netted two
more towns, Hamar and Elverum,
both of which were temporary
headquarters of the Norwegian gov
ernment in the first days after the
Nazi invasion forced authorities to
flee Oslo.
German Repulse Reported.
Travellers reaching Sweden from
Norway said. however, that the Ger
mans had been repulsed with heavy
losses at Elverum.
On the west coast, the Germans
were reported to have sent troops to
Levanger, 40 miles northeast of
Trondheim and south of Steinkjer,
where Swedish advices have said
decisive fighting may break out be-
tween the invaders and allied and
Norwegian troops.
German soldiers who had been
close to the Swedish frontier were
said to have been sent to Levanger
to strengthen the forces from Trond-
helm. Allied and Norwegian troops
to the north of this region were re-
ported receiving heavy reinforce
ments from still further north.
TrOndheim Battle Looms.
The allied landings were reported
at widely spaced coastal points, two
of them apparently heading toward
a major engagement in the Trond-
helm region, the key to Central
Norway.
These reports said one division
had landed at Namsos, 100 miles
north of Trondheim, and another
at Molde, an equal distance south,
evidently intending to cut of the
German occupants of Trondheim.
Molde lies at the mouth of the
Rauma River valley which pro-
vides access to Central Norway.
A third division penetrated 80
miles inland to land at Laerdal,
head of Sogne Fjord, one of Nor
ways deepest coastal indentations
This division would be 90 miles
northeast of Bergen and 140 miles
northwest of Oslo.
Swedish correspondents said
British reinforcmeents at Namsos
were arriving every hour along a
15-mile line and predicted decisive
fighting might start at Steinkjer.
north of Namsos.
Consultation Reported.
The east central fighting, between
Norwegian and German forces, CEN
tered around Hamar, 60 miles north
OF Oslo, and Elverum, IS miles fur
ther northeast. British officers were
(See STOCKuOT 1ooo 1I-
Evening star., 1940-04-20
(See FORD, Page A-6.)
BY the Associated Press.

LITTLE FALLS, N. Y, April 20.-
Twenty eight dazed and bedraggled
Chinese in custody of q United
States marshal survived the DEATH
dealing derailment last night of the
New York Centrals Lake Shore
Limited.
They were in the last car of the
train, a day coach-one of the six
which remained on the tracks.
Their custodian declined to dis
close their original destination or
the reason for the close guard, but
temporarily at least they boarded
q relief train eastward bound to
Albany.
Dennis Guinney, q Little Falls
mechanic, quoted one Of the sur
vivors:
II was about to play cards with
four friends in the club car. Came
the crash and all four lay dead"
The combined service with the
Central system Of Engineer Jesse
Earl and Fireman ]. Y. Smith, IA
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Nazis 10 Send Arms,
Planes 10 Rumania
For Trade Fovors
Reich to Get Wheat and
Balkan Nation More
Than 100 Planes
By the Associated Press.

BUCHAREST, April 2O.-Ger-
many has agreed to send huge
quantities of munitions and SQUAD
rons of fighting planes to Rumania
in return for Rumanian concessions
in an amendment to their trade
treaty, which was signed at noon
today.
It was learned the amendment to
the existing five-year trade treaty
provides terms of the agreement
will be extended to the Bohemia
Moravia protectorate and German
occupied Poland when Germany
drops trade barriers between those
areas and the Reich.
Trade experts said this means
huge contracts which Rumania had
with former Czecho-Slovakia, her
ally in the defunct little entente
would be continued with the Nazis
on terms very favorable to Rumania.
Wheat Contract Signed.
Rumania also agreed to fulfill
wheat contracts signed with Ger
many prior to the Rumanian en-
barge on wheat exports.
DR.. Karl Clodius, the Reich's ace
trade negotiator, was learned to
have signed contracts the day
before the embargo for 10000, 900
marks ($8,000,0 ,00O worth of wheat
this year.
Germany confirmed Rumanian
contracts with Skoda munitions
works, in former Czecho- Slovakia,
and agreed to speed up deliveries.
Outside the formal treaty, a gen.
tlemen's agreement pledged the
Reich to send 100 Messerschmidt
pursuit planes to Rumania and 1t
(See RIIMANIA, PAGE A.7l
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Wrecks Toll
Dead and Injured
Little Falls
BY the Associated Press.


LITTLE FALLS, N. Y, April 90
The list of dead and injured in the
New York Central train wreck last
night follows:
The dead:
Jesse Earl, Albany, N. Y, engineer.
j. Y. Smith, Schenectady, N. Y,
fireman.
Charles H. Grasskoff, Toledo, Ohio.
Arthur G. Hall, Earlville, N. Y.
Kasler White, New York City,
porter.
William P. King, Toledo, Ohio.
Harold Rothman, Sioux City
Iowa.
Mrs. L. Berg, address unknown.
c. L. Glyslinch, Syracuse, N. Y.
George Robinson, Syracuse, N. Y
c. j. Blanchard, Utica, N. Y.
The injured:
Alexander Hess, Buffalo, N. Y.
Thomas j. Jones, West Engle-
wood, N j.
Ray Jennings, address unknown.
Edmund Krent, Syracuse, N. Y.
Robert w. Muessel, South Bend
Ind.
Merrill Morehouse, Bronx, NY.
Richard Muhs, Chicago, III.
Joseph Neadvin, Syracuse, N. Y.
Mary Masslinski, New York City.
Enoch Malmstrom, Chicago.
John Morrison, address unknown
T. j. O'Hara, u, Saranac Lake
N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Neider
Wilmington, Del.
Edward A. Raymond, Chicago.
Mrs. Harry Rouse. Chicago.
Albert Peterson, Hamden, Conn,
Charles Price, Syracuse, N. Y.
Sylvia Stiasny, New York City.
John Scott. Cheektowaga, N. Y.
Herman Schmidt, Ozone Park
N. Y.
Roy Schreppel, Utica. N. Y.
William Braski, Long Island City
Long Island.
Andrew Bayreuther, Albany, N. Y
Hyman Blitz, Toledo, Ohio.
Fred w. Bohen. Oberlin, Ohio.
Jean Berta, New York City.
DR.. Carlyle Bastian, New York
City.
Lee Chavin. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Louis r. Chreist, South Bend. Ind
j. A. Christman, South Bend. Ind.
June Donovan, West Brookline
Mass.
1nga Dahlhaug, Minneapolis
MINI.
Charles Estabrook, Fayetteville,
N. Y.
Louis j. Ford, Syracuse, N. Y.
Mrs. r. B. Ford, New London,
Ohio.
Lucille Gregor. Chicago.
Mary Gabso, Schenectady, N. Y.
Louise Clifford, Syracuse, N. Y.
Sterling Haggard, Covington, KY.
Charles A. Haley, Marshfeld, Wis.
Beverley Shipper, Bronx, N. Y.
Irving B. Stafford, Syracuse, N. Y.
W. H. Sutherford, Cleveland, Ohio.
H. w. Thompson, Albany. N. Y.
Carroll Wright, Watertown, N. Y.
Thomas Watson, Syracuse, N. Y.
Gleason Yerdon, Camden, N. Y.
Alphonso Yodice. Toledo, Ohio
Albert S. Zof1, Maumee, Ohio.
Margaret Newell, Toledo, sprained
back Continued Journey.
Morton S. Thomas, Bryan, Ohio,
sprained neck Continued Journey
w. Blank, Toledo, right arm hurt
Continued Journey.
Joseph A. Cape, Toledo, shaken
up Continued Journey.
Mrs Levi Lewis, Paoli, Iowa,
shaken up Continued journey.
Fred A. Hall, Cleveland Heights,
sprained back Continued Journey
Frank w. Baker, Toledo, back in
jury Continued Journey.
Norman Wintermantel, Toledo,
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Five Men Killed
In Munitions Plant
Blast in London
By the Associated Press,


LONDON, April 90 Five
men were killed and Is injured
in a munitions factory explosion
in North London this morning.
The blast shook the entire
neighborhood. One workman
who was nearby said the con-
cussion was terrific"
Ambulances were rushed to
the scene, and almost as quickly
there appeared workers rela-
tives, who thronged at the plant
to learn who the casualties
were.
Plate glass windows were
shattered as far as a mile away.
One witness said he saw "a
huge mass of gray smoke come
up in the shape of a balloon
with the end tapering over the
factory"
The explosion was the sixth
IN British munitions or powder
works since the war broke out.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Booker Washington
Drama on WMAL

The Star presents the Cross.
Roads Theater players in a radio
dramatization Of the life of the
Negro educator, Booker T.
Washington. The program will
be heard over Station WMAL
at 7:3O o'clock tonight. This is
another in the series Of educa.
tional features sponsored by The
Star in cooperation with the
Board of Education and the
National Broadcastint Co.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
1900 Homeless
As Floods Cover
Vast Ohio Areas
Hooking Valley Is
Hit Hardest Since
1913; More Roin Due
Sy the Associated Press.

OS tRe hSSOCldleQ HTcSS.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 90
Hundreds of families fled their
homes today as Ohio's Hooking
Valley suffered it's worst flood since
1918 and the -burdened Ohio
River swept into lowlands and
entered Marietta, pioneer city of
$4,000.
Athens and Logan virtually were
isolated with roads impossible. A
boy was drowned in one of many
swollen tributaries flowing into the
treacherous Ohio.
Much of Southern Ohio was under
water after nearly a week of rains
totaling more than four inches.
More rain was forecast
-Four inches of water covered the
hrst floor of the Gordon Hotel at
Glouster as Sunday Creek left its
banks and poured down the main
street. Business houses there and
IN Jacksonville moved stock and
equipment to second floors.
1900 Homeless.
Two hundred families in the
Athens -Nelsonville area abandoned
lowland homes.
Six hundred were homeless in
Morrow and South Lebanon.
South Newark had 400 homeless
as the Licking River covered all
but two roads leading into Newark.
Pomeroy anticipated or S feet of
water in its business district by to-
morrow morning. A town of $500.
Its business district is built along
the water front.
Martins Ferry, Steubenville and
East Liverpool, expected lowland
floods.
The Weather Bureau set ten
tative' crest of So to SO feet for
Wednesday in Cincinnati but en-
phasized that 1T all depends on
rain which seems to be continuing"
The river already was approaching
Hood stage of So feet here.
The bureau predicted the Ohio
would go to feet over flood stage
next week at Portsmouth, Hunting
ton, w. Va, and Maysville and Ash
land, KY.
20 Rescued by Boat.
Twenty persons were rescued by
boats in low residential sections in
Washington Court House, Ohio.
A landslide at Hartford, w. Va
blocked Baltimore e. Ohio railroad
tracks and forced rerouting of
passenger trains.
At Parkersburg, w. Va. the Ohio |
reached flood stage of 36 feet and
the Weather Bureau predicted it
would hit AZ feet tomorrow and go
still higher. Warehousemen and
residents of lower sections began
moving out. The retail business
section will not be affected unless
the stream touches Is feet. Point |
Pleasant, at the confluence of the
Ohio and Kanawha Rivers, was
within feet of flood stage.
The Ohio reached "a feet at |
Wheeling and Army engineers said
the maximum stage probably would
be 40 feet unless more heavy rain
falls, and serious damage was un-
likely.
NE engineers stressed that their
information was not yet complete,
however.
Approximately 100 families were
forced from their homes by the tur-
bulent Little Miami River at Nor
row, a village of 700 near Lebanon
The Red Cross Immediately set up
facilities for aid.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Pittsburgh's Rivers
Rise MenocinoIy

PITTSBURGH, April 20 LP.-The
stage of Pittsburgh's menacing
rivers crept past the 25-foot food
level today in the wake of heavy
rains over the mountain watersheds
OF the Monongahela and Allegheny
The stage at 8 am. was 252 feet
at the downtown point" of the
(See FLOOD page A-70
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Census Gets Cooperation

PRINCETON, ILL.,, April 20 R.-
Sitting on the front porch of a
farm home gathering facts from
the tenant, Census Taker F. J.
Fletcher asked: Does this house
need repairs?" At that moment
the porch collapsed.
Evening star., 1940-04-20

The locomotive plunged across
the highway into a rock embank-
ment, tossing Fireman J. Y.
Smith, Schenectady, N. Y, to
instant death and pinning Engi-
neer Jesse Earl, Albany, N. Y, In
a battered cab where he died
three hours later from loss of
blood and two fractures.
No Hysteria at Wreck Scene.
The high-powered locomotive car
ried with it the tender and baggage
car. One coach, uncoupled, sped
down the tracks and apparently was
not damaged. Another coach was
cut open like can of sardines, it's
top ripped off and the inside a COM
plete wreck. A Pullman came to
rest on its right side. From each
several bodies were removed. Motor
traffic on the highway was blocked.
A dining car was tipped at Is
degree angle, mass of wreckage.
Two more Pullmans tilted precari-
ously near the edge of the barge
canal
The dead, the injured, car
cushions, clothing and personal eff
fects were strewn along the right of
way. Crumpled metal, ties and
rails gave junk-yard appearance
to the scene.
Survivors struggled back and
forth looking for friends, relatives
and luggage. There was no hysteria,
no shrieks. no screams Many per-
sons grabbed blankets from the Pull
man berths and huddled in groups
against the freezing temperature.
Communication lines torn down by
the plunging locomotive were en-
twined in the debris.
30 Bodies Recovered.
The scene of the wreck was in the
foot of jutting hills, 60 miles west
OF Albany, and several hundred
yards east of the highest lift-lock
on the North American continent.
Rugged, rocky cliffs line the road
bed.
State Police 1t. John Roman said
% bodies were recovered in addition
to those of the engineer and fireman.
Identification of the victims was
made difficult because most of them
were in sleeping attire. Their
clothing and luggage, only clues to
identity, were lost in the wreckage.
Hospitals in the area were jammed
with the injured and ambulances
and physicians rushed to the scene
from miles around. Cots were
placed along the highway and the
four-track line for those less seri-
ously hurt.
Railroad men of the line, which
received the Harrimen Award last
year for passenger safety record,
were inclined to discount a theory
the locomotive exploded.
Train Going Too Fast.
The lines New York City office
said in a statement that regulations
call for operation of trains around
the curve at As miles an hour and
that the speedometer tape taken
from the wrecked locomotive midi
Gated the train was doing So miles
an hour.
1t was a siX-degree curve, the
sharpest on the Central System, the
office said. The last accident there
was 40 years ago.
c. H. Hoffman, chief dispatcher
of the Central's Albany Division,
said the actual cause of the acci-
dent would not be known 'for some
time pending a study "of all angles
concerned"
There is no way of knowing
whether the accident was caused by
defective rails, the engine itself or
some other reason" he said. I'VE
are making every effort to ascertain
the true cause, but it may be some
time before we are able to do So"
The Bureau of Safety of the In
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Griffs and Yankees
Idle Due to Rain
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
NEW YORK, April 2O.-The New
rk-Washington baseball game
scheduled for today has been post
poned due to rain. The Nationals
are scheduled to play in New York
tomorrow and will start a three
game series with the Red Sox in
Boston on Monday.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
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Sunday morning, is thoroughly
read in most Washington
homes and depended upon for
al the reliable news and used
rs the accepted buying guide.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
War News

Today's war news-accurate,
unbiased, authoritative-is in
TODAY'S Star. For when
night falls on Europe it is
afternoon in Washington and
"press time" on The Star.
Yesterdays Circulation
The Evening Star
Friday, April 10, 1910 *15s,s6o
Friday, April 20, 1899 -"154, ,230
Increase ---- 1880
Two years increase, 16,249
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and no samples included.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Hitler Celebrates Birthday
With Military Conference

BERLIN, April 20 F.-Adolf Hit
Ter celebrated his 51st birthday today
by holding his usual morning confer
ence with his military advisers in
the chancellery workroom and briefly
(See HITLER, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Page. Page.
Amusements. Lost, Found -B-9
Bis Obituary ---A-10
Church News, Radio B.14
A-13-15 Real Estate Bill
Comics B-14-15 Serial Story B-9
Editorials --.A AS Society Ali
FINANCE -A-12 Sports --A-16-17
Garden Pg. BIS
Foreign
Another transport sunk by planes,
Germans claim. Page Al
10000 allied troops reported now in
Norway. Page Al
Heavy artillery and tanks landed.
British report. Page Al
Ford faces order to notify employees
of union rights. Page Al
Senator demands more data on plane
sales to allies. Page A-1o
Washington and Vicinity
D. A. r. delegates en- route today to
homes. Page AS
Trafac council approves Scott Circle
underpass. Page Ala
Evening star., 1940-04-20

Prince Georges grand jury urges
gambling cleanup. Page Ais
Request to F. S. c. c. for food stamps
authorized for District. Page Ais
Evening star., 1940-04-20

(See WRECK, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1940-04-20

(See TOLL Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1940-04-20

(See STOCKHOLM, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Consultation Reported.

The east central fighting, between
Norwegian and German forces, CEN
tered around Hamar, 60 miles north
OF Oslo, and Elverum, IS miles fur
ther northeast. British officers were
(See STOCKHOTM page A-7l-
Evening star., 1940-04-20

See RUMAN1A, Page A-7D
Evening star., 1940-04-20

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and no samples included.
Evening star., 1940-04-20

(See BERLIN, Page A-7.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-15

Frances Laukis on Milton avenue, by the Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary. it was de- cieIcd at the monthly meeting of the group Monday evening at the K. of l.. clubroomS, attended by 90 members and presided over by Mrs, John V. Lasky.
 A committee was named to handle arrangements for the party It consists of Mrs. Lasky, Mrs Laukis, Mrs. Prank Banis, MrS Raymond Snyder, Mrs. John Ro- manauskas, Mrs. Anthony Radyil and Mrs. Jacob Treciokas.
 Miss Frances Mazulatis, teacher of Lithuania at the evening classes at Duggan school, was the speaker last evening, using for her subject "The Beauty of the Lithuanian Language" Refreshments were served under the direction of Mrs Peter Krugelis and Mrs. Justin Kudirka.
 The next meeting Of the auxil- iary will be held June 10 with Mrs John Staneslow scheduled to speak on Food Values"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-15
CIVIC ORCHESTRA
 RECORDS PAPERS

The Waterbury Civic orchestra has filed copy of the articles of association in the office Of the town clerk. It is e corporation without capital stock, having for Is primary purpose the fostering of symphony orchestra.
 The subscribers as listed in the articles of organization are Mario DlCecco, Louise J. Campbell, Doris r, Lange, Takla Preslopsky, Alice M Petro Kathleen Bergin, Norman R Reed, Joseph Daly and John s Monagan, all of Waterbury; and Harold Ashworth and John M. Car ley of Watertown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-15
City Plans To Install New Water Mains
Building Activity
 Here Necessitates
 Immediate Action
Several Sections May Benefit Through WPA COOpera- tiOn-MayOr Studying Citywide Improvement PrO-
 gram-Transfer of Funds to Be Considered

Increased local building activity has resulted in . plan for the lay- ing of new water mains In several sections, 1t was said today at the office of Mayor Vincent A. Scully, The mayors secretary, John P, Fttzmaurice, said that serious con- sideration Is being given a proposal that the city take advantage of WPA funds that are available and, by making transfers to pay the city's sponsors share, begin an early program of installation of mains,
 The money necessary for the city's share would be secured by transferring the required amount from the water department appro- priations, with the proviso that the money be restored after Sept, l, The amount of expenditure would be made up by savings In the var- ious other city appropriations dur Ing the year,
 The water mains would serve sec- tons where many new homes have been built recently, Among the lo- cations believed under considera- ten are several streets In Bouley
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-15

Manor, Oakville avenue, and Clough road. Other residential sections where city water service Is not avail able would also be Included.
 There is e balance of about $i00,- 900 in the WPA city-wide improve ment project. The city would hadlly have sufficient funds to embark on a project of that amount, since it Is required to furnish 25 per cent of the total as its sponsors share.
 What may be done is that trans fers will ba asked from time Co time, as one project after another Is finished, SO that transfers can be held down to the actual amount needed for the work that can be done this year.
 The mayor is expected to bring the proposal before the board of finance and the board of works for their approval. Any transfers would then also have to be approved ny the board of aldermen,