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Evening star., 1940-08-04
Japan Protests
Aviation Gas
Export Ban
Crisis Seen Near
In u. S. Relations
With Toxic
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

Acknowledgements relations en-
tered crucial phase yesterday with
Ambassador Kensuke Horinouchi's S
presentation to the State Depart
ment of a communication in pro-
test against the presidential en-
barge on aviation gasoline exports
which Japan needs for the pursuit
of IUr war against China.
Ambassador Norinouchi, who had
an interview with Undersecretary
of State Welles, said he was acting
on instruction from his government.
1t was believed here that the pro-
test touches off at last the gather
ing diplomatic CRISIS in our Far
Eastern policy presaged more than
a year ago with the American de-
nunciation of the 1911 commercial
treaty between the two countries
There was no indication yesterday
as to what Mr.. Welles said to the
Ambassador or as to when the State
Department will reply, but it was
expected that the reply when it
came would oe a severely worded
statement summarizing anew the
American opposition to Japan's
foreign policy.
U. S. Bolsters Chinese Morale.
The chief aim of this Govern
ment ID its current Asiatic policy
is to bolster the morale of the
Chinese Nationalist government
headed by Chang Kai-shek and to
to forestall the Japanese in their
efforts TO bring about the sort of
peace that would insure Japanese
victory. Tnis peace, il il felt, would
free Japanese energy for the move
to control what Prime Minister
Fumimaro Konoye calls Greater
East Asia"-including French Indo-
China and the Netherlands Indies.
Japan has been seeking some sort
of peaceful conclusion OF. the Chi
nese undertaking since March, when
1t put Wang Ching wei in charge
OF a puppet Chinese government
with headquarters at Nanking.
The administration naturally
found heartening the apparent Eng
lish decision to pursue vigorous
policy with regard to Japan after
an attempt at appeasement of Jap
(See AVIATION GAS, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1940-08-04
RY ]. A. FOX.

The Government has finally man.
aged to sidestep a 132-year-old
statute that put New Deal power
project in legalistic hole and hung
the threat" OF a $4,000 fine over
Senate Minority Leader McNary,
the Republican vice presidential
candidate, it was disclosed yester-
day in a decision by Acting Con-
troller General Elliott.
The trouble centered around the
Bonneville Dam, for which the Gov
ernment needed right-of-way for a
transmission line across the Oregon
farms of Senator McNary and a
neighbor. Ownership of the land
was to be transferred to the Bonne-
vile Power Administration for 5000,
and that is where the hitch came.
The ancient statute provides a
$4,000 fine for any member of Con-
gress who enters into a contractual
arrangement with the Government
so the Interior Department asked
Attorney General Jackson just where
that put the power authorities and
the Senator. The department
thought that contract might be
waived, simply consummating the
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Appeared Depressed
After Teams Loss
Of 0oubie-Heuder
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. Aug. 3.-Willard Hersh-
berger, 29, popular catcher for the
Cincinnati Reds baseball team, COM
mitted suicide in his hotel room to-
day by cutting his throat with a
razor blade. Medical Examiner Tim
othy Leary announced tonight.
DR.. Leary said Hershberger. who
had been in professional baseball for
decade and was m the midst Of his
third year with the Reds, was found
lying over the bathtub in his room,
his coat and shirt off. There were
no notes.
Police said they found several un-
cashed pay checks in his pocket.
Gabriel Paul. travelling secretary
for the Cincinnati club. said in a
statement that Manager Bill Me-
Kechnie had noticed Hershberger i
depressed mental condition follow
ing yesterdays double header" both
games of which the Reds lost.
Seemed in Good Spirits.
McKechnie. Paul said, talked to
the catcher for some time and after
ward Hershberger was in much bet
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Canada Weighs Steps
Against Mayor Who
Defied War Law
Montreal Official Calls
On Country to Resist
National Registration

OTTAWA. Aug. 3 Canadian
Press).-The Canadian government
tonight considered what action
should be taken against Camillien
Houde, Montreal's stormy petrol
Mayor, who has expressed his in
tention Of defying the government S
national registration act and has
counselled Montreal's population to
do the same
A statement handed by the Mayor
yesterday to Montreal newspaper
men and withheld from publication
in Canadian newspapers at the di-
rection of the press censors was
read in the House of Commons to-
day by r. B. Hanson, Conservative
leader. Censorship restrictions on
its use were then lifted
Charges Conscription Step.
In it, Mayor Houde declared
"peremptorily against national reg
istration' which is to be held Au-
gust 19, 20. 81 as a census of the
nations manpower and which will
be used in the mobilization of men
for duty in the militia on Canadian
soil.
Mayor Houde charged that the
registration was measure of con-
scription" and that the government
had pledged itself in prediction
speeches that there would be no
conscription under any form what
ever. Houde issued his statement
after a Montreal civic official had
placed city buildings at the disposal
of registration officials. At the sug-
gestion of Mayor Houde the city
Executive Committee revoked per-
mission for use of the buildings.
Criticizes Press Censors.
Hanson told the Commons today
that Houde openly defied the law
of Canada" He criticized the ac-
tion of the press censors in order
ing the suppression" of newspaper
stories about the statement and ad-
dressed four questions to the gov
ernment:
/. Is there any longer a free press
IN CANADA?
2. What action does the govern
ment propose to take to vindicate
the majesty of the law?
3. Is the government prepared to
meet defiance of the law by the
Mayor of Montreal?
4. Will the government have the
action of the press censors re-
viewed
King Promises Statement.
Prime Minister w. L. Mackenzie
King said the House could rely on
the government to see that the
laws of the country were upheld. He
promised a statement later, wher
he would be more conversant with
the facts of the case
In his statement yesterday Mayor
Houde said he believed Parliament
had no mandate to vote conscrip-
ton" adding Il do not myself be-
lieve that I am held to conform tc
the said law and I have no inten-
ton of so doing; and I ask the
population not to conform -
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Diplomatic Crisis
Grows From British
Arrest Of Japanese
Nipponese Ships Reported
Ordered to Make for
Lisbon, Portugal
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON. Aug. 3.-A diplomatic
crisis over Britain's sudden detention
of the London representa- tives of two
OF Japan's most powerful families
a seizure that almost paralleled the
recent arrest of Britons in Japan
appeared to be developing tonight.
An unconfirmed report that all
Japanese ships sailing for Great
Britain had been ordered to make
for Lisbon, Portugal: was circulated
by Exchange Telegraph, British
news agency.
The agency attributed the report
to the Berlin wireless The jap
anese earlier had expressed objec-
tions to the British blockade of
Europe, which now extends from
the Arctic to North Africa.
Swift Reaction 10 Arrests.
Britain's arrest o. the Japanese
brought swift reaction. The jap
anese Ambassador, Mamoru Shige-
mitsu. went to the very top-to For
eign Minister Lord Halifax himself
to make strong protest" and in
a 20-minute interview with the Wis
count he was reported to have made
an outright demand that the in
ternees, Satoru Makihara and Shun-
sukei Tanabe, be released forthwith.
Makihara and Tansbe, agents of
the fabulously wealthy Mitsubishi
and Mitsui members of a
small group of such families which
controls nearly all Japanese indus
try and f1nance-were arrested
quietly during the night and other
reports indicated that arrests of
other japanese were going forward
all over the British Empire.
Nothing was said officially by the
British. but, unoflcially, it was de-
clared that the arrests were made
on the grounds of national security"
under the act regulating aliens in
wartime.
At the same time, sections of the
London press carried reports OF
the ferreting out of a widespread
spy syndicate in the empire, espe-
cially in Canada Australia and
Burma.
All this provided a set of cir
cumstances almost identical under
(see JAPANESE, Page A-10J
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Newsmen ON Tour
OF Hamburg See
No 'Pu|verization'
Business in Full Swing,
Conoeists on ConoIs,
Correspondents Find
By the Associated Press.


HAMBURG. Germany, Aug. "a
small group of German, italian and
American journalists rode into Ham,
burg today on the hard benches of
a military transport plane, but in
swift 2la-hour trip through the
city saw canoeists padding on shady
canals and business in full swing.
The trip was arranged hurriedly
by the Propaganda Ministry in re-
sponse to British reports quoted by
the German press as saying this i'm
portant shipbuilding center had
been "pulverized."
can authoritative British
source, telling yesterday of 5000
air raids on more than 100 Ger
man cities. said the port of HAM
burg is now practically in ruins
This source said Hamburg, with
oil refineries. munitions factories
and docks which are in the CEN
ter of the city, had beens pul-
verized again and again." : It is
necessary to bear, in mind the
distinction between port and city.
All attacks, the British source
said, had been planned with
studious care with the object of
avoiding damage If possible to
towns and cities which are nom
military objectives.'O
Saw No "Pulverization."
On the basis of 2k-hour trip
around Hamburg. one can hardly
claim to be an authority on what
has been going on in all parts of
this third largest city in Germany
but the correspondents saw no
"pulverization.'
The trip included a visit to the
tower of St. Michaelis Church, a
popular spot for tourists seeking a
bird's-eye view of the city. The
(Son rYANFpTTDC po0o A my
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Army Flyer Dies in Crash;
Chute Saves Companion
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 3-An
Army training monoplane crashed
and burned 18 miles southeast oi
here late today, killing Dwight W
Brill, 4S, of Zionsville. Ind, captain
In the Reserve Ofi1cers Corps.
Sergt Edward e. Toye, 26, o1
Fort Benjamin Harrison, a member
Of the organized Army Reserve
Corps, escaped by parachute.
Spectators said the plane, piloted
by Capt. Brill, apparently developed
motor trouble, went into a fiat spin
exploded and caught fire as 1t struck
the ground.
Sergt. Toye's parachute landed
him 200 feet from the wreckage. He
ran to the burning plane anc
dragged Capt. Brill from the cock
pit, but the oficer was dead wher
removed.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Paraguayans Vote Today
On New Constitution
By the Associated Press.

6s the Associated Press.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. g.
Paraguayans will decide tomorrow
in the second plebiscite in this ma
tion's history whether to adopt or
reject a new constitution promul-
gated July 10 by Gen. Jose Felix
Estigarribia, President of Paraguay
since last August Is and virtual die
tator since February 18.
The first plebiscite was held in
1888, when the armistice ending
long hostilities with Bolivia was
approved.
The new constitution centralizes
the administration of the country S
affairs, provides for state iegula-
ton of production and protection
of workmen arfd government assign
ment of public lands to farmers. 1t
would supplant the constitution of
1870
Evening star., 1940-08-04

ter spirits and sat around the lobby
with some Of the players"
Hershberger was in good spirits
this morning. the club secretary said
but when asked by his roommate
Bill Baker, if he was going to the
park, replied he would 60 out bit
late.
When Hershberger failed to ap-
pear. Paul said they called him on
the telephone at 1:l0 pm. and that
he answered:
I'm sick and can't play, but I'll
come out right away anyway"
Paul said that Sam Cohen, a Gin
lSee HERSHRERGER- Page A-41
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Man., Shot in Leg. Says
Radio Irked AssuiIunt

With a severe gunshot wound in
his left leg, Earl Sweeney, Is of
Forestville, Md, was reported in
serious condition at Providence Hos
pital early this morning.
Mr.. Sweeney told District police
the owner of farm shot him
because ne played a radio in his
parked automobile. Farnlhandz car
ried the injured man to the hos
pital.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Compromise Proposal
Would Use'Draft Only
Il Enlistment Fails
One e-Yeor Term at $50
Per Month Suggested
By Senator MoIoney
By ROBERT RRUsKIN.

! A compromise plan TO use con-
scription only If voluntary one-year
enlistments proved insufficient to
meet the Army's needs was proposed
yesterday as reports spread that
Senator Byrnes. Democrat of South
Carolina, would lead adminstra ton
forces in support of the Burke
Wadsworth compulsory military
training bill.
! Senator Lee, Democrat. of Okla
homa, a supporter of compulsory
! training, declared an informal sur
vey had convinced him that a COM
promise was necessary to get the bill
through the House and Senate.
Senator Burke, Democrat, of Ne
braska, asserted, however, that less
than 20 votes would be cast in oppo-
sition to the bill of which he is CO.
author. He said it was his under
standing that Senator Byrnes would
be the unofficial leader in marshall
| ing votes for the measure. sched-
uled for final action tomorrow by
the Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee.
Maloney Drafting Plan.
Incorporating recommendation of
a bipartisan group and former Sec
retary of War Woodring, the COM
promise proposal is being drafted
by Senator Maloney, Democrat, of
Connecticut. 1t would order that
registration be carried out as pro-
vided in the Burke Wadsworth bill,
but that conscription be delayed I'M
til possibly January L.
! In the meantime, voluntary en-
listments for one years training
would be attempted, with the basic
Army pay scale being raised from
s2l to $50 month
If there were insufficient volun-
teers to meet the Army's require.
ments by the specified date, con.
scription would go into effect auto
matically. However, only enough
conscripts would be summoned to
make up the difference between the
number who had VOLUNTEERED and
the quota which previously had been
fixed by the Army.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana, looked upon as the un-
official leader of bipartisan g,cup
opposing compulsory military serv-
ice, said the Maloney compromise
would be acceptable to him and
others of like views if the Senate
would not agree to try the voluntary
one-year enlistment system with out
any conscription strings.
Army Objections Raised.
Army officials already nave OBJ
jected to this method of obtaining
recruits necessary to bring the reg
ular troops and National Guard to
war strength Immediately. One vet
eran officer recalled yesterday that
in 1920 and 1921 several thousand
recruits were obtained under one
year enlistments, instead of the
standard three-year term, but that it
proved costly and inefficient. He
added that even If sufficient recruits
were obtained, which was doubt
full, they would disorganize exist
ing troops.
He pointed out that under this
plan recruits would be obtained in
"driblets" that constant arrival and
discharge of the short-term SOL
diers would threaten the stability
of organizations and it would be all
but impossible to train them and
regular troops effectively.
Under conscription. recruits would
arrive almost simultaneously and
their training could be co-ordinated
under definite program which
| 1Sae rNNCCDTprTON Dooe Az
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Chadwick Seeks 6. O. P.
Senatorial Nomination
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Aug. 3.-Stepfen F.
Chadwick, national commander of
the American Legion last year and
a lifelong Democrat of independent
leanings, today announced his can
didacy for United States Senator on
the Republican ticket.
Mr.. Chadwick recently announced
he would support the Willkie-
McNary Republican ticket. He ran
for the same senatorial Office in 1892
as Democrat. Beaten by Senator
Bone in the primary. he switched
his support to Republican Wesley
Jones In the final. 80,
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Six Die as Fast Train
DemoIishes Automobile
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Ill. Aug. 3-A
fast Chicago and Alton passenger
train struck an automobile near
here today, killing six persons, four
OF them children. who were return
ing from swimming trip.
The dead were Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Callahan, Joliet; their daughter
Eileen, 9; son, William, 2; an
unidentified girl of IA and an un-
identified boy of about 4.
Deputy Coroner Ruth Brannon
said the automobile was demolished
and the bodies were strewn along
the right of way.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
.Hershberger, Reds Catcher,
Kills Self With Razor Blade
Healthy and Happy,
Hershberger's Last
Message to Mother
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
THREE RIVERS. Calf. Aug.
3.-Mrs. Maude Hershberger
collapsed today after receiving
news of the death in Boston of
her son. Willard Hershberger.
catcher for the Cincinnati Reds
baseball team.
She had received letter
this morning in which he said
he was healthy and happy.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
President at Hyde Park
For Week of Rest
By the Associated Press.

HIGHLAND, N. Y, Aug. g.
President Roosevelt arrived here
tonight from Washington, stepping
from his special train into a White
House car to motor to his home In
nearby Hyde Park for perhaps a
weeks rest.
Only small White House work
ing staff accompanied him.
The President may inspect some
Navy and other defense sites in the
vicinity. He also is expected to visit
the Portsmouth Navy Yard in the
near future.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
British Ship Reported
Torpedoed OFF Gibraltar
By the Associated Press.

BY tht ASSoclateu PresS.
CADIz, Spain, Aug. 4 (Sunday) -
The torpedoing of an unidentified
British merchantmen by subma-
rines few miles off the British
fortress of Gibraltar was reported
early today when IS survivors we're
landed here by the Palacio, another
British merchant vessel.
The survivors identified the sub
marine as German but gave no de-
tails on the torpedoing or on their
ship.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Greece Loses 9 Ships
In War During July

By the Assoclated Press.
ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 3.-Greece
lost nine vessels. totaling 1854
tons, in the war during July, it was
reported tonight.
Since the war began, Greece has
lost as ships, aggregating 201 ,346
tons.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Dance Act Pigeon
| Meets Spy's Fate
lin Bucharest
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsSoclated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Fernando
Romero, Mexican dancer, and his
wife Sonya arrived from Europe
today on the passenger freighter
Exmoor-but missing was Mathilda,
the pigeon they used in their tour
ing dance act.
Mathilda, they said, was executed
In Bucharest by Rumanisn officials
who could not be argued out of their
fear that the bird was a carrier
pigeon working with spies.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Recorded Bible Talks Stolen

SUPERIOR, Wis. Aug. 8 (P.-
The thief who stole phonograph
and four records from the car of
Anton velin of Maple is in for a
surprise-when he plays them, he'll
hear four Bible lectures.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Weather Forecast

Fair and warmer today, followed by local
showers and thunderstorms late tonight
and tomorrow; moderate south winds.
Temperatures Observation-Disclosures, 10, at
pm; lowest, SO, at 3:15 am.
From the United states Weather Bureau report.
Full details on Page Az
Evening star., 1940-08-04

(see WTLLKIE, Page A-1OD
Evening star., 1940-08-04

(See HAMBURG, Page A-l0)
Evening star., 1940-08-04

(See CONSCRIPTION, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1940-08-04

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., 1940-08-04

(See SUFFRAGE, Page AS,
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-27
A NILESI
REF. EGYHAZ HIREl
Kozli: Csepka Istvan lelkesz
LakSs 106 - 2nd st. Nlles, o.

ESKUV0K. Junius 22-en ket
eskuv6i szertartast vegzett egy-
hazunk lelkesze. Ket ora utan
egy par perccel vezette oltar-
hoz Asztalnoki L6rinc es neje
cortlandi lakos sziilok fla
Istvan, menyassszonyat: Fees
ko Annat.
Nehany perccel az 8 esketesi
szertartasuk elvegvzese utan
enekharunk ket ifju tagjat
Gerus Belat es Belenyi Anna
lat eskette ossze lelkeszuink.
Templomunk gyony0ruen volt
diszitve el6 viragokkal, pal
makkal, fern-okkel S a kett6s
par rokonsaga es baratai maid
mem egeszen megt0ltottek a
templomot. Eskiivo utan az
Asztalnoki parnak warreni
K. P. Hallban rendeztek sziilei
Macy lakodalmi unnepseget
A Gerus-par rokonai es baratai
pedig a v6legeny sziileinek
voltak vacsoran magyaros ven.
degszeretettel latott vendegei
KERESZTELES. Junius 16.
an kereSztelte lelkesziink We.
res Ferenc es neje Berekmer
Anna warreni sziloknek mar
cius Ten Ziiletett kis fiat, ak
"a i keresztsegben Ferenc e!
Gyorgy nevet kapta. Kereszt
sziilei Szasz Jozsef es neje Val
Martha windsori lakoSok let
tex. :
ZSINATI GYULES. Az ohio
zsinati gyiles a multi hetfoto
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-27

Az Orszagps Verhovay Nap
rendezesenek f0erdeme a ha-
rom fI6k k0zos bfzpttsagat
illeti meg, A bizottsag choke
Brogley Ferenc volt, mig tars-
elnOkok voltak:: Debroszky
Andras a 108, es Balasko
Gyorgy "a 21-ik fiok elnoke. A
titkarok:: Turner J6zSef a 1O8,
Kaluczky Janos a 81 es Mig
letz Vilmos a 1854. reszer6l
is kitettek magukert a t0bbi
tisztvisel6kkel egyetemben. A
fopentart Juhasz Jozsef a 1O8
regen kiprobalt penztarnoka
latta el. Takacs Miklos keri.
lett szervez6 is faradhatatlanui
dolgozott a skier erdekeben.
Alkik oft voltak a youngs-
town. els6 Orszagos Verhovay
Napon, egy kellemesen eltol-
t0tt nap emlekevel tavoztak.
A Verhovay Napon megittak
kilenc horde sort, rengeteg i've
ges sort es bort, 80 lada szoft
italt, 1O5 tucat ice creamet,
konderokkal ettek a tOltOtt
kaposztat, es a magyar asz-
szonyok egyeb kitiino f6ztjet.
CA bizottsagi beszamolo utan
meg maid kozliink reszlete-
ket).
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-06-27
ESKUvO

Lapunk mas helyen "a nilesi
ref. egyhaz hir rovataban) be-
szamolunk Belenyi A1nalia Ju-
liska eskiiv6jer6l Gerus Bella
val. Megirtuk volna annak ide-
jen az eljegyzest is, de a be-
kildott hir dacara, hogy jul
nuis Len adtak fel, elegtelen
belyeg Matt csak a heten ke-
rult keziinkbe.
Erdemes megemleke1ni mar
csak azert is, inert a csinos
menyasszony, aki Fekehazan,
Ugocsa megyeben szuletett,
elsG volt a tanulasban. Mikor
E1938-ban Nilesban elvegezte a
high schoolt, honor tanitvany
volt. 9 volt az egyetlen magyar
k0ztiik.
A menyasszony huga, Belle
nyi Margit Malvin ugyancsak
kitun0 tanulo. 8 az iden We
gezte a nilesi high schoolt
ugyancsak a 'honor" listan
nyolcadik helyen 239 tanul6
k0zOtt- Biiszkek lehetnek a
@iil6k, Belenyi Antalek az ilyen
sep gyermekekre.