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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-11-29
3 Men Rob
.Julxe Box

Sunday evening, November
9th, Robert Baker, Richard
Smith and Willie Fears are
lrel orted 10 have become anx-
Iious to secure some additional
finance. 1t is alleged that
lthey broke into the home of
MRS. Bonnie Fields. 2i3 Dun
sar avenue and tinkered with
la music box to the extent that
thcy go $7.2o. III Criminal
ICourt Monday morning these
linen received $4,000 and cost
land 80 days in the worknouse.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-11-29
Attends Y outh
onf ference

Roger t. Taylor, son cf Mrs.
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NOTE Strictly Per-
sonar' Is BY DR.. Albers S.
Hand.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Staying Unfrozen Until Dawn
Problem for Homeless Men
Missions and Shelters Filled to Capacity
As Winter Clamps Down on Capital

The professional man-in-the-
street has been having a hard time
withstanding the rigors of winter
during the last few days.
Missions and shelters have been
filled to capacity since the snow
started to fly 10 days ago. And the
man who can't get in mission for
the night has a problem on his
hands to stay unfrozen until dawn.
Last night the Gospel Mission
packed $50 ragged wanderers into
its quarters at 214 John Marshall
place NV. They were fed on hot
oatmeal, coffee and rolls and sent
out to face the world early this
morning.
The Volunteers of America shell
ter, just around the corner IN Penn
sylvania avenue, also was full, ac-
commodating 40 men overnight.
They, too, were fed and sent on
their way between 6 and 7:30 am
The missions get the men up early
and out early so they can look for
work, if they want to.
More Sleep in Chapel.
The Central Union Mission at GLIB
c street NV. had beds for 154
down and d-outers last night and al
lowed several score more to sleep
in the mission chapel.
All these shelters have to turn
men away every cold night. These
unlucky ones shift as best they can,
hanging around Union Station or
Evening star., 1940-01-04
hazi Terrorists' Plot
1hwarted in Hungary
Zy the Associated Press.

Sy the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, Jan. 4.-Police said
today they had broken up a terror
tstic Nazi band through the arrest
OF six members charged with plot
ting the extinction of unreliable
members" of the Hungarian Nazi
party.
The arrests followed an attack on
two Nazi members of Parliament by
armed men.
Police announced that from docu-
ments seized they learned the ban6
planned "crimes of all varieties,
with one member of the squad
chosen to list Nazis to be put or
the spot"
According to police, the docu-
ments said "our leader cannot oc.
cupy himself with the unpleasant
task of cleaning up the party, sc
we must do the job ourselves. We
must kill out the weeds. The deac
will make no counter revolution"
One document explaining a plar
to cover up the deaths said "Aftel
all, any one may be killed by 6
motor car"
Police recalled that Kilman HUI.
bay, leader of the Arrow and Cros.
organization, made a speech Janu.
ary 1, calling for elimination of dis.
cordant elements from the party
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Hogan 10 Head Drive
For Printing Work

Warren L. Hogan was appointed
full-time employed president of the
Allied Printing Trades Joint Cam
paign Committee at the committee S
meeting last night.
Mr.. Hogan will lead the commit
tee which will wage a city-wide Buy
Your Printing in Washington" cam
paign. a drive to help local COM
panies obtain the more than $3,O00,-
600 worth Of printed material which
was estimated last year to have been
printed out Of the city, though hay
ing originated in Washington.
The committee, which comprises
the presidents of the printing trades
unions and the employers of union
print shops in Washington, repre-
sents 10000 printing trade workers
having over a 81 900, 900 monthly pay
roll.
Other officers elected were Chester
S. Montgomery, vice president;
Ernest R. Eggeling, secretary. and
Louis A. Lopez, treasurer.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Bergdo|I Asks Court
To Order Return Of
Seized Property
Droft Dodser Brings Suit
For S344,83l Held by
U. S. Government

Grover c. Bergdoll. World War
draft dodger, today demanded that
thu Federal Government return to
him property seized by the Alien
Property Custodian, now valued at
about S344831.
From Fort Jay. Governors Island,
N. Y, where he is serving an Army
sentence for desertion and escape,
Bergdoll brought suit in District
Court against Attorney General
Murphy, who officially took over the
duties of the Alien Property Gus
todian, and against w. A. Julian,
treasurer of the United States.
District Court was informed that
Bergdoll has filed his notice of claim
under the law and applied to Presi-
dent Roosevelt for the return of his
property, but has not received it. AS
citizen Of the United States, Berg
doll contends that he is now entitled
to the return of the property.
Bergdoll wants District Court to
require the two Government officials
to render an accounting of the
property seized by the alien proper
ty custodian and to order it's return.
The court was informed that the
property, now held in trust, totals
s344, 1884 IN cash, real and personal
property, carried on the books of
the Government as approximating
$250,208 value, to which, Bergdoll
says, should be added certain in
come, the exact amount unknown.
Bergdoll is represented by a WASH
ington attorney, George r. Shields.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Continuation Of Dies
Committee Predicted

By the Associated Press.
Congressional critics of the Dies
Committee joined it's proponents to-
day in predicting that the House
soon would authorize it to investi-
gate un-American activities for a
third year.
House members who have been
outspoken against the committees
procedure said they could hope only
to write into the new legislation
certain restrictions on committee
policy.
One Of this group, Representative
Coffee, Democrat, of Washington,
said that Chairman Dies, Democrat,
of Texas, was too strong with the
veterans and patriotic organizations
even to let us hope" to beat the con-
tinuing resolution.
The committee expired shortly
after noon yesterday. Robert E.
Stripping. committee secretary, said
that. in Mr.. Dies absence, he was
keeping together clerical staff
working without pay-to answer the
committees voluminous mail.
Friends said that Mr.. Dies, who
has been ill at his Orange. Tex,
home, planned to return to the
Capitol in about 10 days to lead tho
campaign for renewal of the investi-
cation.
Evening star., 1940-01-04

some other public place until the
police chase them out. Many spend
the night lowering over grills on
the sidewalk from which issue gey-
sers of steam thrown of by pipes
of the Governments Central Heat
ing Plant.
The Central Union Mission gives
clothes to all who apply and q man
can keep warm for a couple of
hours by getting in the long line
at the mission. There are many
who come every day, stand in line
until they reach the clothes window,
then depart empty handed.
200 in Line for Clothes.
There were about 200 men in line
this morning. They needed worst
of all shirts, shoes, pants ard over
coats. There were no o*ercoats
available. but n shipment OF shoes
cast of at the Soldiers Home had
just come in. The applicant, whose
toes are no strangers to the snow,
don't quibble over size.
II wear about 7 or g." says one.
Here's an 3D." says .he at
tendant.
Some of the men spend the day
looking for work. But most have
lost hope or lost interest long since.
There are a lot of places where
they can keep warm during the day
and their only task is to get back
to home base in the evening-before
supper and the beds are all gone.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
ST. Conk|ing, II, Dies;
Was Ex-Veterans' Official

Samuel Treadway Conkling, 70, a
former associate member of the
Board of Veterans Appeals. died
last night in Fort Lauderdale,. Fla,
according to word received here to-
day. Mr.. Conkling, who lived at
1703 Surrey lane NV, had gone to
the Florida resort for the winter.
He came here more than 20 years
ago from Indianapolis, where he had
been in the insurance business. In
April, 1918, he joined the Treasury
Department as a special expert on
war risk. resigning in 1881.
He rejoined the Government serv-
ice in 1885, when he was appointed
associate member of the Board Of
Veterans Appeals of the Veterans
Administration A year later he re-
signed. He was a member of the
National Press Club.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
SPELL of Roosevelt
Voice Keeps Boroh
Away From Congress
By the Associated Press.

~ sAS EAoOSSA~sSN ASSDs
Senator Borah. Republican,
of Idaho stayed away from
the joint session yesterday be-
cause he did not want to fall
under the spell of the Roose-
welt voice.
TITS dangerous to listen to
Roosevelt because he could re-
cite an example in algebra and
make it interesting" Senator
Borah told reporters with a
smile. when I want to know
what he said I have to sit
down and read 1t. Be assured
that I will read his speech"
AS a matter of fact, Sen
ator Borah said he couldn't re-
member when he had heard a
President deliver his opening
message to Congress.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
British Diplomat, Freed
By Nozis, in England
By the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated PreSS.
LONDON, Jan. 4.-George Vere-
ker, British Minister-designate to
Bolivia, who had been held captive
by Germany, arrived here today
after being released OH representa-
tions through the United States
Embassy in Berlin.
The tall, monocled former coun-
selor of the British Embassy in Mos
COW was taken off an Estonian ship
by a German warship December 9
while he was en- route from Soviet
Russia to his new post.
He was held for two weeks "in q
detention prison for captives await
ing trial. but was freed on q basis
of reciprocity under which diplo-
mats of belligerent nations travelling
to their posts on neutral ships are
allowed to pass.
The United States Embassy in
Berlin intervened as representative
of British interests in Germany.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Goering Becomes
Dictator Of hazi
War Industry
All Economic Offices
United in Council
Under Marshal
81 the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Jan. 4.-Field Marshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering has de-
cided to take the supreme direction
of the entire war industry into his
own hands, it was announced today.
The avoWed purpose Is to bring
about the greatest concentration
and unification Of everything that
concerns Germany's economic policy
during the war.
Marshal Goering, No. 2 Nazi, thus
becomes the supreme war-economic
authority"
All chief officers of the nation
having to do with economic
policy are united in a general ccun.
Gil under Marshal Goering's presi-
dency.
BY this measure, 1t was stated, tho
absolutely essential cooperation Is
to be insured"
Deputy Appointed.
Marshal Goering's right-hand
man, State Secretary Paul Koerner
of the Prussian state ministry, has
been appointed his deputy.
Writing in "The Four-Year Plan,"
Koerner points out that transition
of the highly-developed German
economy from peace to war was ac-
complished without friction. To
meet the British blockade by supe-
rior moves on the chessboard Of war.
German economic policy must bs
adapted to new possibilities, Koer.
ner wrote.
Three re-conditions must be full
filled Koerner held:
First, clear authority to give Or
ders and the most rigid authority
for the direction of the entire war
| economy.
Second, closest cooperation Of
all offices having to do with ques-
tions of war economy.
Third discipline and UNDER
standing cooperation by the entire
people"
Can Meet All Tasks.
Koerner said Marshal Goering
would utilize existing ministries as
well as tried and trusted institutions
of the four-year plan for economic
self -suftlciency.
| Under the scheme envisaged, Ger
many. according to Koerner, will be
able to meet fully all economic
tasks arising even in the event the
war lasts long time.
The new order of things in no.
wise interferes with the functions
of the Ministerial Council Cor the
defense of the Reich, Koerner
pointed out.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Readers Offer Varying Plans
To Reduce Traffic Deaths
More Thoroueh eh Investigations Urged
As One Possible Solution to Problem

I wonder if Mr.. Van Duzer ever tried
to think of the motorist and his re-
actions to hindrances. The average
motorist is man who after work
wants to get home. He wants to gel
there in the shortest time possible
His reaction to hindrances is one Of
annoyance. Marked and plain an
noyance as can be seen by the way
he leaves light that has stopped
him after he has just been stopped
a block before.
When he's annoyed perhaps he
drives little faster and certainly
his attention is not riveted on his
driving, as it should be in heavy
vehicular and pedestrian traffic
Hence, If someone steps out in front
of him suddenly he's not the capable
driver that he ordinarily Is and
perhaps there is an accident.
If, as it is claimed by some, put
ting all main thoroughfares unde,
block timing would shorten the time
of congestion, the motorist would
then know he could get home with
out stopping every block for made
quately operated traffic signals
Consequently, perhaps the average
motorist would be contnt to drive a
little easier and take more cogniz-
ance Of the rights of the pedes-
trians. . -
Regarding parking within so feet
OF corner: why, when the white
lines were painted on the curbs
wasn't somebody taken along to see
if the distance was plentiful?
know Of at least one corner that
should be 100 feet to eliminate dan
ger. In other words the thought OF
eliminating danger from every
corner wasn't uppermost in mind
but rather the average corner. In
short, the job was not thorough.
1t you are going to eliminate acci-
| dent and death there has got to be
thorough job of investigation and
engineering and there can never be
let-up on the job.
Washington could well use two O,
three accident prevention cars com.
pletely equipped with all the latest
equipment for measuring skid marks
checking brakes and lights and a
couple of officers for each car, skilled
IN first aid and accident prevention
Why was there a cluster of oul
deaths at Connecticut and Florida
avenues? One apparently was 8
mans laxity in setting his brake on
a hill. People should be schooled tc
turn their wheels m when parking
on hill, just in case the car does
roll. The other three accidents were
at the scene of one of Mr.. Van Du.
zer's pets, namely safety zones. Why
do two people in the latter part OF
the year and on clear days and eve
nings walk from safety platform
into a car? There must be a reason
The safety zone should be reminder
for them. Hence. was all visibility
perfect?
So what say We give Washington
drivers and pedestrians a new least
on life with a complete study of al
conditions for 1910?
MURRAY r. PETERSON.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
hazi Naval Warfare
Suffering Slump
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reports from the seven seas in
dicated today Germany's naval
warfare has slumped somewhat.
During the past 10 days only four
ships are known to have been sunk
by U-boats, none by German war
ships.
Since the scuttling of the Graf
Spec the whereabouts of her sister
ships. Deutschland and Admiral
Scheer, has remained a mystery.
Since Saturday night reports of
II sinkings have been made, but
five we're combinations of vessels
destroyed much earlier in the war.
Two, the British trawler Barbara
Robertson and the Swedish freight
er Svarton, we're torpedoed, and a
third, the Swedish freighter Kiruna,
was attacked and reported sinking.
The f1ve-day period produced only
one known death, but Sc seamen
were reported missing and probably
were dead.
The known toll of sea warfare
after slightly over four months of
conflict was 286 ships with a gross
tonnage OF 1,017,869. More than
2,72S have been killed or drowned.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
50th Wedding Year
Marked at Hospital

At Homeopathic Hospital, where
the bride of so years ago has been a
patient for the last six months, DR..
and Mrs. Jesse M. Campbell of 3545
Thirty third street, Mount Rainier,
Nd, celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary.
Among those present at the cere-
mony were the Campbells' Oldest son,
Arthur B. Campbell Of Thomaston,
Conn; their daughter, Mrs. Roy T.
Fowkes of Mount Rainier, and Mrs.
Campbell's sister, Miss Clara E. Bal
lard Of WaShinRtpn.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Moj. Brown to Be Guest
At Boy Scout Meeting

Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown will
be guest of honor tonight at Eastern
High School at Court Of Honor
gathering Of the Boy Scouts OF
America.
The conferring of Eagle badges
will be the high light of the evening.
Other events scheduled will be a
recital by the Police Boys Club
Band and one-act skit, "The Court
of Honor Now in Session." directed
by Richard Rule, District commits
sioner in charge of senior Scout
activities.
DR.. Camp Stanley will preside at
the court. Also invited are Capt.
Mansfield, ninth police precinct;
Capt. Joseph Morgan, fifth precinct,
and Capt. Hugh Groves, eleventh
precinct.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Lutherons DepIore
Vatican Representative
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.--President
Roosevelt's appointment of Myron
c. Taylor rs his personal repre-
sentative to the Vatican is described
as unnecessary" and ''un-Amer-
ican" in q statement sent $500
Lutheran pastors by heads Of the
United Lutheran and American
Lutheran Churches.
"The Pope is Gods servant" the
statement points out, but he is not
Gods servant for American ma
tional life. Even many American
Roman Catholics do not so regard
him, and certainly the great major
ity of Americans do not"
The Lutheran Church heads-Dr.
Frederick H. Knubel, United Lu-
theran president, and DR.. Emanuel
Poppen, American Lutheran presi-
dent-acknowledging the sincerity
of the Presidents peace efforts, said
his plan "threatens itself by COM
bining this unity of Americas spir-
itual and civil authority with a
single foreign spiritual and civil
authority, the Vatican state"
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Plea 10 Restore 1917
War Powers Termed
Routine by Edison
House Unit Told Il Should
Not Infer Conflict
Is Imminent
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary Edison said today the
Navy's request for restoration Of
extraordinary powers to the Presi-
dent with reference to procurement
of ships and material, commander
ing factories and the like" was just
part of a routine overhauling of
defense plans.
The newest member of the Presi-
dents cabinet was questioned briefly
during testimony before the House
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
on the Navy's regular supply bill for
the year starting July l
He told reporters later that mo
implication should be drawn from
this (the request) that we fear any
imminence whatsoever of the United
States being drawn into war"
But we do feel that all these
things should be thought out in ad-
vance," he said, so that if in 10
years or 20 years we should happen
to get into war, there will be no
confusion as a result of our failure
to take these steps"
Big Battleships Discussed.
Mr.. Edison explained that the re-
newed power sought was one which
the President already had in war
time and originally had for use in
national emergencies. The latter use
of the power, however, was limited
to emergencies arising prior to
March /, 1918, and had been elm
mated from the law after that date.
The question Of 65!OO0-ton or big
ger battleships Cor the Navy, the
Secretary said, was discussed "in
principle" at the committee hearing.
He added that about all he had said
on the subject was that treaty lin
its on the size of capital ships were
off row and that therefore this
country was free to decide what
kind of warships it wanted without
regard to such restrictions.
I'VE have made no decision vet as
to any definite tonnage" he re-
marked, "but we are studying the
whole question to determine just
what we want in the way of speed,
armor and guns. We can let the
weight take care of ITSELF"
Mr.. Edison's appearance on Cap
itol Hill signaled the beginning Of
an early start on a major part Of
President Roosevelt's defense pro-
gram through congressional machin-
cry.
Evening star., 1940-01-04

disturbance of slight intensity is
central this morning over Southern Texas.
apparently moving acknowledgements:
and another disturbance has developed
over the northern Lake region. Browns
vile, Tex, O11.2 millibars (29.s6 inches).
and Frankfort Mich. 1885 millibars
(29.9o inches).. A disturbance Of wide
extent and considerable intensity is central
short distance west of Puget Sound
moving eastward. Tatoosh Island. Wash,
1868 millibars (2942 inches. Pressure
remains low from New England eastward
over the ocean. Pressure. continues high
from Montana and the Dakotas southeast
ward to Kansas and Missouri with an ex-
tension thence eastward to the Atlantic
millibars (3O.25 inches), and Wilmington,
N. c.. 1.024.0 millibars t30,24 inches) .
There have been rather general rains west
Of the Rocky Mountains and in the lower
Mississippi Valley and portions Of the west
Gulf States, and light snow has fallen in
the Rocky Mountain region. the Plains
States, the lower Missouri the middle and
upper Mississippi. and lower Ohio Valleys
Appalachian region. The temperature has
risen from Missouri, Illinois and the Ohio
Valley southwark to the Gulf coast while
cloder weather has overspread the north
ern Rocky Mountain region. the northern
Plains States Minnesota and the northern
Lake region
Evening star., 1940-01-04
0. l. Anderson, Editor,
Seeks Congress Seat

BY the Associated Press.
JOLIET, ILL.,, Jan. 4.-Orville l..
Anderson, 40, managing editor OF
the Joliet Herald-News. has an
nounced his candidacy for the Re-
publican nomination for Illinois
Representative at large.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Man Hurt Pruning Tree

Ashton Needing, So, of 1908
Forty-first street NV. was under
treatment at Georgetown Hospital
today for injuries received yesterday
when he fell while pruning tree in
Silver Spring, Md. Mr.. Needing
suffered q leg fracture and head
cuts, doctors said.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Weather Report
States Weather Bureau.)
FURNISHED by the q


and cold with lowest temper
followed by clearing and
gentle mostly southeast south becoming
mderate northwest by tomorrow night
cold tonight tomorrow
followed clearing and colder tomorrow night.
tonight colder tomorrow night
tonight
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Would Holt SUPPLIES

Egypt has ruled that all merchan-
disc leaving the country must bear
declaration that it is not des-
tined for Germany or other enemy
countries.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
England to Get Output

All butter and cheese shipped
from New Zealand during the Euro
pean war is expected to go to the
United Kingdom under govern
| ment contract.
Evening star., 1940-01-04

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 81, 3:15 pm. yesterday. Year
ago As.
Lowest. II. $50 am. today. Year ago,
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest, %. on January 2.
Lowest. IA. on January 4.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
lFrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 10 per cent, at 1880 am. today.
Lowest. 80 per cent at $3.50 pm. yes
terday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High ------- 1921 am. 4:22 am.
Low ---------- 1000 am. 11:07 am.
High ------- 1857 pm. 4:53 pm.
Low 10:47 pm. 11:45 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Sun. today 7:27 4:5S
sun. tomorrow 7:27 459
Moon. today 2:33 am 1:1S pm
Automobile hshts must bs turned on one
half hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches IN the
Capital (current month to date):