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Evening star., 1940-07-21
Sign Painter browns
Near Key BRIDGE

An impromptu swimming party
ended In tragedy last night when
Creighton McBee, 36-year-old sign
painter, drowned In the Potomac
River a quarter mile above Key
Bridge.
His wife, Mrs. Gladys McBee, told
police that her husband and John
Caldwell, printer in whose home
the McBees lived at 1929 Fifteenth
street NV, had gone to the river
early In the afternoon to paint the
name on rowboat.
Toward evening. she said, her hus-
band called her at home and asked
her to join them on Mr.. Caldwell's
40-foot cruiser anchored above Key
Bridge.
A'few hours after she Joined them
sl1e told police, her husband, in a
spirit of fun, pushed her over the
side Of the boat and leaped into the
water after her. Mr.. Caldwell fol-
lowed them into the water. At first.
she said, she felt her husband hold.
lng her up In the water. Then he
disappeared.
Mrs. McBee said her husband had
suffered . broken arm which had
been out of q cast only a few weeks,
and she felt sure he couldn't swim
because Of the injury.
Mrs. McBee and Mr.. Caldwell
were taken to the Seventh precinct
station where they were questioned
for almost an hour.
The body was found by Harbol
Police and identified by relatives.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Pictures on Page A-5.)

A Navy flyer and . Bureau Of
Standards technician were rescued
from the Potomac River, near High
way Bridge, late yesterday after .
Curtiss observation hydroplane
slashed through treetops In East
Potomac Park and crashed shortly
after the tAkeo6.
Those saved were 1t. Seymour A.
johnson, 50, Of f7lS Army-Navy
drive, Arlington, Va, and Donald
=. Ross, 24i3 NJ street NV, who
was along TO check the planes In
struments.
The rescue was made by Ralph
N. Smith, "A, who lives and works
at the Washington Airport yacht
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Gone With the Wind
Crosses $12. 2.402,4 ,463
By the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. July 20-The
movie Gone With the Wind
earned q gross of $12.402, ,463 up to
June 8 and paid back 81 per cent
Of its original cost of $4,800, 900,
Assessor John r. Quinn said today.
Mr.. Quinn recited the figures to
the county supervisors, sitting as a
special board of equalization to de-
termine the valuation of the mega
tive and IA color prints Of the
production.
The assessor placed the amount
at $500. 0.275. but Selznick 1nterna-
tional Pictures, Inc, and Loew's,
Inc, producers and distributors, re-
spectively, urged that the valuation
be cut to $l34,6l5. The supervisors
upheld Mr.. Quinn's assessment.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
| Reich Withdrows
| Warming Note on
| Havana PorIey
By tire Associated Press.

BY TIE Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica,
July 20.-The government an
nounced tonight that the. Ger
man Legation had withdrawn
the note Of two weeks ago in
which it expressed hope that
Central American nations
would do nothing "unneutral"
at the Havana conference Of
foreign ministers.
The withdrawal, the govern
ment reported. was made by
German Minister Otto Rein
beck. with apologies, in a cable
from Havana. where he has
gone to watch developments
at the sessions opening tomor-
row.
Earlier today. Central Ameri-
can diplomats had heard that
their chancelleries would lay
the Reinbeck memorandum be-
fore the Havana conference.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Havana Groups
Seek Details Of
u. 5. Proposals
Hull in Listener
Role. However,,
On Problems
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, July 20.-The United
States delegation became the center
Of intense activity tonight In infor.
NAL conversations aimed at formu.
lating proposals on hemisphere de-
tense and economy at the second
meeting Of American foreign min
listers opening here tomorrow.
The arrival of Secretary of State
Hull, with his staff Of diplomatic.
trade, monetary and agricultural
advisers, opened preliminary con-
sultations in which officials of the
other American republics sought
first to hear details of the United
States proposals.
The quiet. transformations Hull,
however, adopted the role of a
listener" to get a clear picture of
the problems facing each of the
other countries, before disclosing
just how the United States proposes
to help them.
Argentineans Arrive Monday.
Absent from these preliminary
talks was the Argentine delegation.
from which is expected to emanate
Evening star., 1940-07-21
j. ). Is Intervening
In Franco-british
Row al Martinique
Strives to Avert Clash
Over Planes Aboard
Aircraft Carrier

The United States has intervened
in the controversy between the
French and the British governments
regarding the ownership of about 100
airplanes made in America and held
on the French aircraft carrier Bearn
in the harbor of Fort de France
Martinique, French West Indies
The British claim the planes and
their warships repeatedly have
blockaded Fort de France.
The United States is described as
desirous of promulgating a satisfac-
tory and peaceful conclusion to the
controversy, in order to make posi-
tive there will be no naval engage
ment in Caribbean waters over pos
session of the planes.
Confer With Welles.
Both the French and British AM
bassadors called at the State De-
partment yesterday for conferences
on the Bearn matter. Count de
Saint-Quentin of France saw Acting
Secretary of State Welles half ar
hour before Lord Lothian of Great
Britain arrived to confer with the
same official. The diplomats did not
see each other.
The planes in question had been
shipped from this country to Can
ada and there placed aboard the
Bearn for shipment to France, be-
fore the French Petain government
sued tor an armistice. When the
armistice was announced, the Bearn
en- route to Europe, turned south
for safe harbQ at Martinique. Al
the time the French armistice was
announced, the British government
declared Immediately that it was
assuming all contracts and obliga-
tions for war orders placed in the
United States by the Anglo-French
Allied Purchasing Commission.
French Claim Payment.
The British point to this declara-
ton in their demand for the air
planes surrender.
The French contention is under
stood to be that although the planes
were purchased jointly. they were
paid for by France and were being
delivered when the French collapse
came.
Authoritative information swas
lacking whether the planes were
new Curtiss fighters or Douglas
bombers or included some of the
surplus" planes released to the
Allies. by the Army before the ar
mistice.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Only One U. 5. Freighter
Remains in Combat Zone
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The Maritime Commission re.
ported yesterday that all United
States merchant ships were out Of
the European combat zone with the
exception Of one vessel.
The last vessel, the commission
said, was the McKeesport, now un-
loading supplies for the American
Red Cross at the French Mediter.
ranean port of Marseilles. The
McKeesport is expected to leave
the Mediterranean for the United
States. without cargo, some time
this week.
The Exmoor, another American
ship, cleared Gibraltar Friday.
The commission ordered all ships
to leave the Mediterranean and
Black Sea with the greatest pos-
Sible dispatch" immediately after
President Roosevelt. acting under
the Neutrality Act. had proclaimed
them combat zones.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
| Heat Wave Persists:
Mercury Due 10 Hit
81 Again Today
| Thousands ot Beaches:
Many Sleep in Parks;
Three Frustrated

The worst heat wave Of the sum-
mer gave no sign of relenting today
as thousands of Washingtonians
found escape over the week end
at beach and mountain resorts and
hundreds returned to their homes
after spending last night in the
city's parks.
The sweltering weather was gen.
eral over the Eastern half of the
United States. with maximum tenn
peratures well into the 9Os. anC
last night was the hottest of the
season in Washington.
The mercury was in the lower
sos at late hour last night. ant
was not expected to get below a
early. today. s~ ----~
A new high of 81 degrees wa.
registered here at 4 pm. yesterday
and todays maximum was ex-
pected to approximate this figure
The current forecast called fol
fair and warm Saturday night
with only q slight breeze: generally
fair and continued warm Sunday
and Monday"
Three Heat Victims Treated.
Hospital attendants expressed
surprise that only three persons
were admitted for heat prostration
yesterday and last night. Several
persons applied for first aid and
were treated and sent home.
The more seriously affected were
Joseph Hackerson, "a, colored, 1906
block of Fourth street NV, treated
at Casualty after he was overcome
while pushing cart through down.
town streets: Frank Bonnet, 45, OF
no fixed address, admitted to
Emergency following his collapse
at Pennsylvania avenue and Fiji
teenth street NV, and Owen James
Clarke, rs. treated for heat ex-
haustion at Georgetown Hospital
after he was found unconscious
last night in a shed behind his
home at 1887 Wisconsin avenue
NV.
The condition of Mr. Clarke was
described as undetermined. while
that of the other two victims was
thought to be not serious although
they remained in hospitals over
night.
Highways leading out of Wash
ington were jammed most of yester-
day with one-way parade of auto
mobiles bound for nearby Chesa-
peake Bay resorts and for wooded
sections in the mountains of Vir-
ginia. Maryland and Pennsylvania
Hundreds of residents who remained
at home sought sleeping space in
the parks as nightfall brought no
relief from the heat of an op-
pressive, still day.
East List IL Heat Deaths.
Prevailing hot weather throughout
the East claimed IL lives. the As
sociated Press reported, while nine
others drowned at crowded SWIM
ming places. Readings of IS in Des
Moines and Kansas City and %
in Cleveland provided samples of
abnormal conditions in the Middle
(see WEATHER. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Union Veteran, o4,
Changes Mind After
IS Years, Joins GAR.
By the Associated Press,

os tHS hssuClaleu fTcsS.
PHILADELPHIA, July 90
William Ritter, "a. who declined
to join the Grand Army Of the
Republic because he was fed
up with everything military" at
the conclusion of the Civil War
in 1865. joined the dwindling
ranks Of the boys in blue" here
today.
The oath was administered
despite the 95-degree heat by
Moses I. French, SO. last sur
viving member of Ellis Post,
No. 6, in an open-air ceremony
sponsored by the Sons of Veter-
ans of the Civil War.
Mr.. Ritter, a veteran of the
l98th Pennsylvania Regiment,
changed his mind about joining
the 6. A. r. after witnessing a
Memorial Day parade.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Sugar Planters Bolt
Amid Rising Discord
Over Third Term
Louisiono Foes Of Wallace
60 Over to 6. O. P;
Corner Is Cool

Revolts against a third term. In
cluding several by anti Roosevelt
Democrats. cropped up in various
parts Of the country yesterday as
Vice President Garner. another
third term foe. prepared to quit
the Capital for his home in Uvalde,
Tex.
In Louisiana the democrats had
another intra- party fight on their
hands, with sugar planters leading
bolt to the Republican ranks be-
cause of the conventions choice
Of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
as the vice presidential candidate.
At the same time, the Associated
Press reported, Louisianas new
Governor, Sam Jones, who made
no attempt to soft pedal his criti-
cism OF Secretary wallace at the
Chicago convention, declared he
would fight for the Democratic
ticket:
Garner May Shun Campaign.
Friends of Mr.. Garner said the
71-year -old Texan felt he could
not participate in the campaign
for President Roosevelt because of
his third-term views and might
stay at home after returning to
Texas to vote in the July ~ pri-
mary elections.
At Kansas City former Senator
James A. Reed offered to join with
Senator Burke, Democrat, of
Nebraska In organizing Democrats
opposed to a third term.
Mr.. Reed said he had summoned
to an anti-third term meeting in
Chicago the National Jeffersonian
Democrats" he organized to oppose
the Presidents reelection in 1896.
In Oklahoma City, former Gov.
william H. (Alfalfa Bill Murray,
who sought the Democratic nomi-
nation in 1882 and in 1886 intro
duced ALI M. Landon when the
Republican nominee made a speech
in Oklahoma. pledged his support
to Wendell Willkie in telegram
to the Republican nominee. He
wired:
Il pledge you my support for
President and for q Congress to
assist you. for I will not vote for
any man for a third term"
No Message From Garner.
Mr.. Garner declined to say
whether he had sent any congratu-
latory message to the Democratic
nominees. but friends said they
understood he had not.
Former Senator Reed, now 7s
years old, indicated he would at
tempt to organize anti-third termers
and anti-New Dealers on a Nation
wide basis. adding that "just what
course will be pursued will be de-
cided at the Chicago meeting
In other political developments:
The Harrisburg Pa.) Patriot,
newspaper published by Vance A.
Mccormick, former Democratic ma
tional chairman, announced its sup
port of the Republican presidential
nominee, Wendell l.. Willkie.
Representative Otter, Republican,
Of Pennsylvania said in state
ment that hundreds of volunteer
workers" In Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, including many patriotic
Democrats" had joined "in revolt
(see DEMOCRATS, Page A-7.)
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Fiery Gasoline Sprays
Crowd al Fatal Wreck
By the Associated Press
EARTERSVuJ.C


GARTERSVILLE, Ga, July 20-
A milling crowd of spectators was
sprayed with burning gasoline today
when 4 tank car In q freight track
wreck exploded as rescuers were at
tempting to extricate the bodies Of
two engineers.
State highway patrolmen esti-
mated more than 80 persons were
injured. none seriously.
Killed In the wreck, which pre-
ceded the tank car explosion by
some 10 minutes, were the engineer
Of Z through freight Of the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad and the
engineer OF . switch engine of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railroad.
The dead were listed as:
]. o. Greenwell, Etowah. Tenn,
engineer on the through freight.
l.. L. 0ilstrap, ST., As, Cartersville,
engineer on the switch engine.
Witnesses said the wreck occurred
when the switch engine backed onto
the tracks.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Want Ads Tell Poignant Stories
Of Wur-Lost French Children

2-month-old baby girl from q
cannon (army truck at the Bridge
Of Orleans please give her where
abouts?"
'Kflbs, seeking daughter Chris
tiAne, confided to her schoolteacher
for evacuation and disappeared
since June Is from Neufchatel. "
Two boys and q sirl sought by
their parents Charles, George and
Demise Tricot- lost June Is at the
Bridge Of Tholmery."
Jean Paul Lefevre. 6, lost June
II seven hlometers from Glen"
jacques Leabeau, .. lost In the
evacuation. Can be identified by
brown spot over right eye"
The widow Tola seeks her son,
(9ee CHILDREN, Pare A.6.)
Evening star., 1940-07-21
BuIIin Lauds Petaiin,
Denies New French
Regime Is Fascist
Empress Zito on Clipper
As Envoy Returns to
Report to President
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. July 20.-The Dixie
Clipper brought home from broken
France today United States Am
bassador william c. Bulitt, who
narrowly escaped death in the
bombings which preceded the
French collapse.
In the same plane came the for
mer Empress Zita of Austria Hun
gary. Driven into exile when that
empire crashed in 1918. she was
seeking a new and more distant
refuge-this time from the military
conquests of the son of a pre-war
Austrian customs official, Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler.
Neither Mr.. Bullitt nor the former
empress would predict what the next
European developments might be.
Mr.. Bullitt, however, talked freely
Of what he had seen and expert
enced In war-torn France. and en-
phasized that the French people
today have all the magnificent quail
tiles they always had"
Lauds Petain's Efforts.
He said he was deeply impressed
with the way the French stood up
under the shock of defeat and spoke
with admiration of the efforts of
aged Marshal Henri Petain to
bring order out of desperate dis
ORDER
and by disorder" he explained,
II do not fmean public disturbances;
for the French are showing mag
nificent discipline in a tragic hour.
But the problem of reorganizing
production, communications and the
whole life of the nation after such
a defeat is the most difficult task
the French have ever faced"
Mr.. Bullitt said he left Viehy,
where he went from Paris, before
the present new government was
formed. and did not know how the
French people were reacting to it,
but when a reporter described 1t as
Fascist" he commented:
II don't know that you are right to
call the government Fascist. Petain
enjoys the universal respect and con-
fidence of the people. He has a tre-
mendous reputation and he is thor
oughly honest and straightforward" I"
Bomb Not . Dud.
The Ambassador disclosed that
bombs dropped on Paris by the Ger
1See RTTTIITT page H-31
Evening star., 1940-07-21
By the Associated Press.

ny the ASSOCIATED frcSA. Isl.
PARIS. July Is tvia Berlin-De-
layedo-With an unending stream
Of pitiful little want ads, the
mothers and fathers Of France are
searching today for their legion Of
lost children.
These poignant paragraphs in the
thin columns of Paris newspapers
thunder with simplicity the story Of
q vanished host Of little people.
They tell of babies, boys, girls
and parents, too-lost. with scarcely
. trace, in the exodus Of civilians
fleeing the overwhelming German
advance.
Where are they7 Who knowsi
But read the little ads:
"Wiu the woman who rescued q
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Boot Rescues Two in Navy Plane
After Crash in Potomac

basin. He saw the accident and
put out immediately in . speed
boat, taking both men aboard be-
fore the plane submerged.
The plane took OF from Naval
Air Station shortly before 5 pm.
and, according to witnesses, 1t sput-
tered before gaining much altitude.
From the Virginia shore, the
plane was seen leyeling on over the
park near the Tidal Basin outlet.
Top branches Of several trees near
the seawall were sheared Oh and
the wings Of the plan folded back.
The next instant the plane
dropped with . tremendous splash
shout q third Of the way across
(See PLANE, Pare A-5.)
Evening star., 1940-07-21

COCHRAN, Ga. July 20 R.-
Watermelons are commonplace in
Georgia, but delivery of one load
Of them made news.
Defeating a flying school hangar
here, pilots In the Civil Aeronautics
Authority's training class used the
melons as bombs in bombing prac-
tice,
Evening star., 1940-07-21
BroziI Launches Destroyer

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 20 R.-
The destroyer Marcilio Dias, first
Of nine destroyers to be built in
Brazil for the Brazilian Navy, was
launched today.
Evening star., 1940-07-21

(see DEMOCRATS, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Melons Used as Bombs

(See WEATHER, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1940-07-21

The Evening and Sunday Star is
delivered in the city and suburbs at
75c per month. The Night Final
Edition and Sunday Morning Star at
85c per month.
Evening star., 1940-07-21

(see HAVANA, Page A-s)
Evening star., 1940-07-21

(See LONDON, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1940-07-21

(See BULLITT, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-07-21

Generally fair and continued warm
today and tomorrow; highest tempera-
ture about 96 degrees; light westerly
winds. Temperatures yesterday-High-
est, 81 at 5 pm; lowest, "A at am.
From the United states Weather Bureau report.
Full details on Pare A.2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-13

SELECT your ear now ana take ID :
vantage Of these value prices Good
trades always plus easy BANK
TERMS.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-15
r. E. REED, Editor and Publisher
A lawyer may be a Whiz in Il

A lawyer may be a whiz in the
office and not so hot in a court
room. A doctor may be a wonder
with children and maybe 1nuff a
few when it comes to fixing up the
older generation. A car mechanic
may be a wizard at fixing up the
electrical system and have a heck
OF a time with the carburetor. So
it is with all lines. Except that on a
country newspaper the opportunity
to muff 'em comes more frequent
ly and there are more chances. And
some of us aren't so bright. But the
fact that we have the advantage of
living in small community where
faults and mistakes are overlooked
helps in most instances. People get
to know that the publisher of the
home town paper doesn't make the
news and that sometimes the pres
entation is awkward. They know,
too, that malicious information is
never put into print and that if
an item carries a double entendre
that it is not an intentional error.
All this in extenuation of an item
printed last week into which an
erroneous intention might have
been construed regarding a person
now deceased.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-15
EDITOR IS APPRECIATED

All this talk about an editor not
being appreciated is nonsense. We
read of an account where an editor
in nearby county was presented a
handsome bouquet by number of
fellow citizens On the same occa-
sion, a quartet from a local church
sang a few songs and the minister
made brief talk. After the minis
ter's talk, six husky citizens carried
the husky editor from the house and
placed him in a model 1910 plumed
sedan, and the whole town stood at
attention.
Later the appreciative crowd re-
turned to their homes, serene in the
thought of having provided one
bright day in the life of their local
news purveyor, even if they had to
wait until he was dead to do So
E. H. Little in the Holt (Mich.)
Recorder.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-15

The seizure, by Russia, of the
three small Baltic nations, Esthonia,
Latvia and Lithuania, has caused
Hitler some real concern. It is be-
lieved by many that this is the
thing that has delayed Hitler's blitz-
krieg against England. Hitler fears
Russia more than he does England.
He does not fear the military
strength of Russia so much as he
does Sovietism. He knows that if
the war drags into the winter the
people of Germany, France, Poland
and Chechoslovakia may be faced
with hunger. IF they are, even Hit
Ter may not be able to hold them in
line. They may easily become con-
verts to the Red philosophy. Stain
is dictator of the Reds and would
perhaps extend his authority over
all the Reds of Europe.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-15

The danger this country faces is
not from without but within. Any
country that permits foreign isms
to exist and grow within its borders
is in danger. An alien enemy can &C
complish by insiduous propaganda
what force Of arms could not &C
complish. There is no sense or rea-
son in spending billions for arma-
ment and calling on young men to
serve in the army and at the same
time permit to tester in the nation,
groups unfriendly to our forme of
government. In our opinion the
first thing to be done is to give the
nation a good housekeeping. The
matter should not be approached in
a hesitant, half-hearted way. It
should be thoroughly, efficiently,
and promptly done, without apology
or expense. There is no use to shut
our eyes to facts. No important mat
ter was ever handled or settled i'm
this way, and cleaning up the ma
ton won't be settled this way.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-15

Since Germany's invasion of Den
mark, Netherlands and the English
Channel Islands of Guernsey and
Jersey, many of the fine cattle of
these famous sections consisting of
Holsteins, Guernseys and Jerseys
have been slaughtered. If the war
continues, the humiliation of these
famous herds will become complete.
There are, however, in this coun-
try many thousands of Holsteins
and over 100000 Jerseys and Guern-
seys. The situation indicates that
if and when the war ends there will
be a great demand for this stock by
foreign buyers, as the people of
these areas are dairy people, and
will return to their vocation as soon
as conditions will permit.