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Jitterbugs TO Fight II
Out at the Crescent

Tuesday night at the Crescent
ballroom, there will be the playoff
for the jitterbug championship of
Southwest Washington, with two
teams coming here from Aberdeen
to compete with the two best COM
binations from Tacoma.
The two couples who will rep
resent this district are Ray Evans
and Doris Mcdonald and Bob Rad
enich and Edith Arnold.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07
Christmas
Continued From First Page)

Christmas House broadcast last
night was Joseph AtchiSon, promi-
nent local artist and sculptor, creator
of the 1886 official inaugural medal,
who dropped by and offered to paint
a water color for benefit of the drive.
AS soon as it is done. he said, it can
be placed on display at Christmas
House and presented to whomever
bids highest, with proceeds going to
the needy's fund.
Miss Patricia Norman, swing song
stress now appearing at the Earle
Theater, bonged out her contribu-
ton. Miss Eta L. Taggart, president
of the WaShingtonianS; William A..
Maio, president Of the Southeast
Citizens Association, and Robert j..
Hellmuth, president of the Anacostia
Citizens Association, rang up their
gifts to prevent the tragedy" of an
empty Christmas for youngsters.
Children and their elders can also
attend the annual TOY matinees"
at Warner Bros theaters on Sat-
urday, December IA, when a new
toy will be the price of admission.
Before then, you can leave used as
well as new playthings or clothing
in the lobby of any Warner house.
Today the Chevy Chase Ice Palace
announced pleasant scheme for
Christmas giving. A benefit skating
party is open to all Wednesday,
December 10, from 4 to $50 pm. For
admission you may contribute a new
toy, or the usual cash charge-all
of which will go to The Star Christ
mas fund for the needy.
U. S. Offices Contribute.
The city is swinging into the mid
winter effort to give destitute
youngsters fair chance at yule-
time joy. For example, check this
list Of what employees of Govern
ment agencies are doing in Coop
Grafton with The Stars campaign:
In the Commerce Department
there will be music in lobby and
cafeteria at lunchtime for 10 days
before Christmas, as workers pile
gifts around q gaily decorated tree
and in barrels distributed through
the building. officials of all bureaus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07
Suspected Robber Held
After Beating Troinmon

BY the Associated Press.
SALISBURY, Md, Dec. IA pur-
suit Of two suspected robbers on a
freight train extended from Della
ware into nearby section of Mary
land last night and in the woods
and fields near Salisbury before one
OF the men was caught.
At water stop at Kings Greek.
j. B. Green, fireman on the Del
marva division freight train, said
the two men attacked him and
threw him to the ground. Previous
ly. as the train was being made up
in Delaware. yard police had re-
ported providers on the train.
After the attack the men fled and
Maryland State police and Somerset
and Worcester County officials Joined
in a posse which arrested a colored
suspect. He was held for investi-
cation.
The fireman, who was not hurt
seriously, continued on the train to
Cape Charles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07
Hull Denies America
May Transfer Ships
For Mexican Bases
No Bosis for Reports
From Mexico City,
Secretary Says

Secretary of State Hull said at
his press conference today there
was no basis for reports that negoti-
atoms were under way for trans
fer of average United States de-
stroyers to Mexico in return for use
of Mexican naval base facilities.
He said he had not heard any
thing to support such reports.
Negotiations for transfer of 6 to
II old type United States destroyers
to Mexico in return for use of Mex
lean naval facilities and other con-
cessionS, were reported under way
today by an authoritative source in
Mexico City.
In exchange for the destroyers. it
was said, Mexico probably would
make her naval bases available to
the United States Fleet for refuel-
ing and repairs.
No agreement has been reached
yet on the proposed transfer, the
Mexico City source declared, but
added that conversations had been
in progress for several weeks be-
tween the State Department in
Washington and the Mexican For
eign Office.
1t was indicated the destroyers in
volved in the reported negotiation
were of the same type as those which
the United States sent to Britain in
return for naval bases in British
Western Hemisphere possessions.
Observers in the Mexican capt.
tai recalled that President Man.
uel Avila Camacho, proponent
of collaboration with the United
States, said in his inauguration
speech last week that the Navy De-
partment would be elevated to a full
cabinet post and that Mexico's ma
rine facilities would be expanded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07

and such groups as the American
Legion will plan details Monday.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey
will hold its party in the Commerce
Auditorium on December ID, pre-
senting their gifts at that time.
A celebration in the great hall OF
the Justice Department on Decem-
Der 81 will close that agency's drive
after an earlier series OF parties in
each of IL divisions, now Compel
ing in gifts. J. Leighton CornWell,
a campaign representative, says he
expects even more contributions
than the truckloads Of last year,
because hundreds of employees have
been added to the department.
Contributions Collected.
A Christmas tree is being brought
into town today for the Senate
Office Building, where statesmen
and stenographers are busy gather
ing toys and cash.
The Labor Departments exhibit
ton section has set its artists to
work building a display for the con-
tribution center.
Decorated boxes have been placed
in the corridors of the Agriculture
Department, and one representative
has been named to accept cash In
each of the many bureaus and
sections, according to Miss Gertrude
Rest, campaign head.
The Navy Department has, at the
personal request of Secretary Knox,
seen that each bureau, board and
Office designates one or more of its
employees to receive contributions"
Mr.. Knox stressed the usefulness Of
"a silver coin"
The busy War Department Secre-
tary, Mr.. Stimson, also has cir
cularized his employees, and asked
all department welfare workers to
receive gifts, under direction of Miss
Mary Oliver, Room 1925.
In the Treasury, chimney boxes
are being placed at entrances and
collection schedule set up for eight
outlying buildings.
Ickes Among Donors.
The Interior Department already
has sent in a number of cash con-
tributions from employees, together
with a check from Secretary Ickes.
The State Department, Veterans
Administration and Federal w. p. A.
are circularizing all employees for
generous contributions, and the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission is among the groups
putting out appeal baskets.
The sentiments of givers were
perhaps summed up yesterday by
one of the men who came down to
Christmas House with a bundle of
money, Culver B. Chamberlain, for
Is years an American consul in
China and now president of the
Cathedral Heights Cleveland Park
Citizens Association.
For ourselves giving may mean
less luxury-fewer pleasures, shorter
automobile rides" he said. But in
our city there are thousands to
whom Christmas good cheer is but
a legend. Far from feeling sense
of sacrifice, we should attain a
higher degree Of satisfaction in
denying ourselves that others may
have . little more
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Rome
Continued From First Page)

aircraft reactions" italian warplanes
were said to have attacked Greek
troops and communications lines re-
peatedly, bombing highways and
supply columns and machine-gun-
ming troops.
Detectives at Arta, just inside the
Greek border, and on the Greek
island of Zante were reported
bombed heavily. Other bombers
were said to have exploded Greek
ammunition dump at Erseka, in
Greek held Albanian territory in the
central sector of the battlefront.
Continued air raids by Italian and
British planes in the African war
theater were reported,
Speed-up Ordered.
The Fascist cabinet, meeting four
days ago under Premier Mussolini,
decided on a speedup in Italian
war material production and specifi-
cally provided penalties for mine
owners who ignored the order In
the same session the cabinet ordered
one-year Imprisonment and confls-
cation of crops for any farmer
withholding his products from COM
pulsory storage.
The decisions were made known
only today in an official announce
ment which said, in part:
THE basic Importance of storage
of agricultural products for supply
of the armed forces and the civilian
population requires this more severe
exemplary suppression of any lack
of discipline and comprehension Of
superior national necessities
previous dispatches from
Rome have indicated no 'lack of
discipline or comprehension"
among Italian farmers, but Italy,
weaker of the two axis powers in
material resources, was reported
on November 20 by the United
States Department of Agriculture
to be facing a winter shortage of
Sorely needed foodstuffs and raw
agricultural materials. The Ag-
riculture Department declared
that the British blockade of the
Mediterranean had cut off more
| than 80 per cent of Italy's i'm
ports)
Pc Army Chief Successor.
Gen. Bastico, chosen by Mussolini
to replace the 56-year-old Count di
Val Cismon as Dodecanese COM
mander, is the 64-year-old COM
mander of the motorized Army Of
the Pc and veteran leader of the
Blackshirt Fascist.
The Dodecanese are an important
cluster of Italian-held islands off the
coasts Of Turkey and Greece in the
Aegean Sea, or Eastern Mediter-
ranean, vital to any spreading of
major warfare in the Balkan PENN
sula. Aria Minor or Eastern Egypt.
The count had been civil and mill
tary governor there since Novem-
Der, 1886.
Nothing was published in Rome
on the resignation beyond this COM
munique:
by royal decree which is to be
signed, Brig. Gen. Casare Maria de
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Vecchi Conte di Val Cismon is Civ
ing up at his request the duty OF COM
mander of the forces Of the Aegean
and that of governor BY royal de-
cree. likewise to be signed. Ettore
Bastico, general of the army, for
war merits, has been named gov
ernor of the Dodecanese and COM
mander of those armed forces"
De Vecchi, one of Mussolini's
closest lieutenants, has held many
posts of trust since, as member OF
II Duce's quadrumvir, he helped lead
the march on Rome in 1922. Only
one other Of the quadrumvir-Gen
Emilio de Bono-is still collabora-
tor of MuSsolini. He is inspector
general of the Italian forces over
seas. The other two, Italo Balbo
and Michele Bianchi. are dead.
De Vecchis resignation, unlike
Marshal Badoglio's, came as a sur
prise in Rome.
De Vecchi was appointed governor
of the Dodecanese only a month
after Premier Mussolini made him
governor of Rome.
He served as governor of Italian
Somaliland from 1923 to 1928. In
1929 he was made Italian Ambassa-
dor to the Holy See. first under the
Lateran treaties of that year which
ended the 59-year voluntary i'm
prisonment' of Popes within the
Vatican.
He was awarded the Grand Cross
of the Order of Plus TX by the Vati-
can in 1882 and held his ambassa-
dorship until 1884. when he was
made minister of education.
Fascist Council Member.
Even prior to the march on Rome,
he had served as president of the
Fascist group in Parliament. A per-
manent member of the Fascist
Council. he was given the title of
Count di Val Cismon in 1925.
His successor. Gen. Bastico. was
born in Bologna and won his first
commission from the war school in
1906 after serving as a subaltern in
the "BerSaglieri," plumed-hatted
light infantry.
In the 1912 Italian-Turkish cam
paign. Bastico served as a balloon
observer He won a colonelcy and
two decorations for valor in the
World War.
He became division general in
1882 and went to East Africa three
years later as commander of Mus
solini's pet division of blackshirt
fighters, known as the Twenty
third of March"
Led Santander Capture.
Gen. Bastico was commander of
the blackshirt troops which cap
tured Santandef, Spain, for Gen.
eralisimo Francisco Frances forces
in the Spanish civil war.
De Vecchi founded the Fascist
movement in Piedmont. He was
wounded several times in the World
War and in the fighting between the
Fascists- and their opponents in the
days before Mussolini came to
power.
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T okiio
Continued From First Page.)

depending upon the future inter-
national situation
Furthermore, he added. ION &C
count of the shortage of coal and
transportation facilities, deteriora-
ton in the quality of iron ore, and
shortage of labor and raw materials
1t is very difficult to expect any
marked increase in production under
the present circumstances.
"On the other hand, the demand
for iron and steel both for the mill
tary and otherwise is increasing in
leaps and bounds. and the risk of
loss of balance in supply and de-
mand is not entirely beyond pos
sibility.
I'm order to overcome these diff
culties, but also to construct in East
Asia co-prosperity sphere parallel
with the consumma ton of the China
affair, as we'll as to prepare our
selves for the possible economic war
that is likely to be created after the
present European war, it will be
necessary for us to build powerful
framework by completely reorganiz-
ing the steel and iron industry in
this country on the basis of self
sustenance of industry among
Japan, Manchuria and China.
Rapid Changes Cited.
However, We officers of the COM
pany were chosen in the days Of the
old order when such rapid changes
as we are now witnessing were be-
yond our Imagination. We, there
fore, deemed it advisable to resign
en- bloc in order to clear the ground
for a new national structure, and to
await further instructions from the
government"
Hirao's statement is an indicator
OF how desperately Japan is rallying
her ore supplies from South Pacific
regions, especially British Malaga, as
. means Of making UP for the de-
fciency caused by American en-
bargoes. The production of her own
mines in Japan and Manchukuo is
still far short of her requirements,
and the great storehouse Of China,
despite three years of japanese &C.
cupation. is producing only per
cent of Japan's total ore imports
Copyright, 1910, Chicago Daily News, Inc }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07
Resigns as Trustee

WINCHESTER. Va, Dec. Cp).-
State Senator Burr P. Harrison has
submitted his resignation to the
City Council as a member of the
Handley Board of Trustees. effective
Immediately. The board manages a
trust fund of nearly 100000 left
the city by the late Judge John
Handley of Scranton. Pa. for public
education and library purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07
Windsor Broadcasts
Thanks 10 America
For Aid 10 Britain
Duke Luuds Red Cross
And Other Agencies in
UnscheduIed Talk
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. THE Duke
OF Windsor, in an unscheduled radio
speech last night from Nassau, the
Bahamas, expressed thanks for all
that many Americans are doing to-
ward relieving the sufferings Of
those directly and indirectly en-
gagged in this war"
Il feel I can assure those OPEN
hearted and understanding folks
that such inadequate words as graft
tude and appreciation could not in
any way describe the encourage
ment that their various efforts must
be bringing to the hearts of the
people of Great Britain at the pres
ent time" he said.
First Talk Since Abdication.
Columbia Broadcasting Co. off,
Gals, over whose network the ad-
dress was broadcast on Robert z.
Ripleys Believe 1t or Not" pro-
gram. said they believed this was
the Dukes first radio talk since his
abdication speech.
He said 1t would be impossible for
him to mention all the organiza tons
that had helped relieve suffering
abroad, but made special mention
of lone institution that has out
standing qualifications for taking
care of any ones contributions
either money in kind or in factual
status. and is steering its direction to
places where it IS most needed.
Il mean the Red Cross"
Duchess Beside Him.
The Duchess was beside him as he
spoke, he said, adding:
AS an American she asks me 10
say how much pride and sympa-
/ thetic interest she takes in these
friendly activities and demonstra-
ton of good will on the part of so
many of her countrymen and
countrywomen.'
The Duke and Duchess were
guests of honor at a broadcast on
which Robert Tapscott and Wilbert
Widdicombe, two British sailors who
drifted II days in an open boat
after their ship was sunk by a Nazl
raider. told of their experiences.
At the conclusion Of the broad
cast Mr.. Ripley announced that the
Duke and Duchess would leave
shortly for Miami, where she would
undergo a major dental operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07
Procope Asks Help
To Avert Threat Of
Famine in Finland
Minister Points Out
Nation Is Still Free
Despite War OrdeoIs

A plea for help to avert threat
ened famine in Finland was issued
today on the 23d anniversary of its
independence by Hjalmar J. Procope.
Finnish Minister to the United
States.
Mr.. Procope, whose country con-
cluded a four-month war with Rus
STA in March, declared in a state
ment that his nation had passed
through the heaviest ordeals" in
the past year, but pointed out that
it is still free, an independent
country, not invaded or occupied"
I'VE, the present generation of
Firms, have lived and suffered under
foreign yoke" he continued. I'VE
have fought to win liberty and to
maintain it. We have accepted the
peace our country had to make last
spring-accepted it without reserva-
ton.
1--WE are free, but we know that
We have to work and work hard to
maintain and develop our position
in the world. The Finnish nation
is now threatened by famine and
exposure if we cannot get help and
assistance from abroad. We are
confident that means will be found
as there is way open to Finland
through our Port Petsamo on the
Arctic Sea, which, thanks to the
Gulf Stream that comes from the
American shores, never freezes"
After thanking the people of the
United States for their help in the
past, Mr. Procope said he brough:
the greetings of free men who will
never lose their faith in the future"
Tomorrow is the 18th birthday
anniversary of Jean Sibelius, famous
Finnish composer, and many SYM
phony orchestras in the United
States will play special programs of
his works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07

more difficult for her to give John,
jr., the necessities of life and finally
had to ask for help.
Mrs. R. does not know where the
boys mother is. John, jr., is a nor
NAL, healthy youngster with the
same desires Of other children. He
is asking for just one more Christ
mas like they had when his dada
was with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07
An UnseIfish, Worthwhile Thing
In Which All Can Cooperate Il
The spread of Christmas cheer is one of the


worthwhile things in which we can
all cooperate.
I am delighted to have the De-
partment Of Commerce join in such
an undertaking as The Evening
Star Christmas Campaign. feel
sure that employees of the depart
ment will be glad to cooperate and
my personal hope is that you will
be able through this campaign to
bring happiness into the lives Of
all Washington youngsters not
otherwise provided for.
JESSE H. JONES,
Secretary of Commerce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07
Italian Scouts Declared
RepuIsed Near Ethiopid
Iy the Associated Press.

Iy the Associated Press.
=. NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, Dec. T.
British troops have repulsed Ital-
ian scouting bands along the Ethio-
, plan border with heavy casualties, u
Q communique said yesterday.
The clash occurred last week after
the Italians attempted to capture
the outpost at Loruth, Turkana
Province, the communique said, add
ing that the Italians withdrew.
One British officer was missing,
and "a number" of British native
" soldiers killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07
Cunudiun Houses Recess

OTTAWA, Dec. 7 P).-The Ca
madam Parliament recessed last
night until February II for a long
Christmas holiday, but remained
subject to call in case of emergency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-07
Here Are Two More Families
Who Need Help at Christmas

reports two of the thousands of families
Washington Christmas
their children Put them Christmas list by mailing
gift Christmas of taking
Warner theate 1t depends how FAM
circumstances like these be food clothing and
gifts the most-the Yuetde Details of
printed that the kind of homes into
which your gifts will 60 to brighten Christmas Day.