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Evening star., 1940-05-05
Local Republicans
Take First Steps
To Name Delegates
District Convention Will
Be Held May 18 to-
Make Choices
By ]. A. O'LEARY.

The first step in the selection Of
the District delegation to the Re-
publican National Convention. at
Philadelphia June "a was completed
yesterday with the election Of the
last of 43 precinct delegates who
will take part in a local conven-
tion here on May 18.
These precinct delegates, chosen
at gatherings in various parts Of
the city during the past week, will
meet at the Willard Hotel Monday
evening, May 13, to elect 43 addi-
tional delegates at large.
The 86 thus selected will consti-
tute the State convention, which
will assemble five days later to
elect three delegates and three al
ternates to attend the national
convention. The State convention
also will pick the nominees for
national committeeman and ma
tional committeewoman for the Dis
trfct.
Uninstructed Delegation Predicted.
The District delegation will 60 to
philadelphia uninstructed. James
c. Wilkes, chairman of the Republi-
can State Central Committee for
the District, predicted last night.
He said he believed the best in
terests Of the District would be
served by that course. Edward F.
Colladay, national committeeman,
previously had expressed the same
view.
The 86 delegates making up the
local convention will serve as the
State Central Comittee for the next
four years, and, while there were
some contests in the process Of
electing precinct delegates, indica-
tions are that the present leaders
will be reelected.
Mr.. Wilkes, in all probability,
(See DELEGATES. Page BAD
Evening star., 1940-05-05

cargo at Baltimore, Jensen said, he
kept asking himself: when are
you going to leave? When are you
going to leave?"
It was uncertain when the
freighter would sail, and he didn't
want to return to Europe in any
event. Finally. he mustered his
courage and slipped away.
The young seaman was sent to
the District Jail to await q depor-
tation hearing Tuesday before
United States Commissioner Need
ham c. Turnage.
Omcers at headquarters said they
would give Jensen a job painting
their Homes If the authorities would
release him. This, however, could
not be arranged.
HE looks like q good worker to
me-" remarked one detective. II
wish we could do something for
him."
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Womun's Traffic Death
Ruled Accidental

A verdict of accidental death was
returned yesterday by a coroner's
jury in the traffic death of Mrs.
Ada TAFT, 81, of 1920 Randolph
street NV, who died Wednesday as
the result of an automobile acci-
dent March 81 at Florida avenue
and Third street NE.
Testimony at the inquest brought
out that Mrs. TAFT was passenger
in an automobile driven by Ray
mond p. Leizear, So, of 821 Phila-
delphia avenue, Silver Spring, Nd,
which crashed into q pillar of the
Florida avenue viaduct at about
am.
The victim was treated at George
town Hospital, where she went on
April 10, for q fracture of the right
ankle and fractured left hip. She
left the hospital for her home April
30 and died the following day of q
blood clot.
It was raining heavily at the time
Of the accluv..5 and visibility was
poor, according to police.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Astronomers Association
Ends Lecture Series

The National Capital Amateur
Astronomers Association last night
completed its winter lecture series
by hearing DR.. ]. Bartels of the
department Of terrestrial magnetism
of the Carnegie Institution deliver
an illustrated talk on Magnetic
Chances Caused by the Sun and
Moon"
DR.. Bartels described in detail the
greatest sun eruption Of which
astronomers have any record which
occurred on Easter Sunday.
Stephen Macy, president Of the
association, said last night that the
summer program Of the association
would be devoted to observation Of
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Danish Seaman Jumps Ship
To Seek Job Here, Lands in Jail
Youths Mother
And Sisters Are
In JutIund

His homeland overrun by the
Na1s after he sailed from Scan
dinavia. q young Danish seaman
who had jumped his ship in Balti-
more landed at police headquarters
yesterday, hungry, penniless and
with no place to go except to jail.
Blond, blue-eyed Karl Christian
Jensen, 20, was found by police this
morning. hunched on a park bench
in the shadow Of the Capitol dome
his head in his hands.
Questioned by Capitol police, Jen-
sen told his story in broken Eng
lish. He had slipped away from his
ship, the freighter Brosund. several
days ago and set out for Washing
ton in hope Of finding work.
He was without money, extra
clothing or food. He was two days
walking from Baltimore and had
nothing to eat in that time. He
spent last night on park benches.
Police took Jensen to the Danish
Legation, where nothing could be
done for him. He was sent to
headquarters and there talked in
his native tongue to d. H. Larson
Of the Public Relations Squad, who
Is Of Danish descent.
Oncer Larson bought the husky
young seaman q square meal-his
first in days. Young Jensen related
his story while waiting for an i'm
migration inspector to take him into
custody.
Through the interpreter, he said
he sailed about six weeks ago from
Hommelvilk, near Trondheim, Nor
way, in q Swedish freighter loaded
with newsprint for Baltimore.
He was in mid-Atlantic when the
radio brought the news that the
Germans had taken over Denmark.
Jensen said he had two sisters and
. mother at Aarburs. the biggest
city in Jutland.
While the freighter discharged
Evening star., 1940-05-05

the heavens and the setting up Of
telescopes made by association mem
bers at suitable points in the District
which could be used by the public
to observe the moon, stars and
planets.
Mr.. Macy said the locations Of
these telescopes would be announced
later after arrangements had been
made with police, parks and other
onicials.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Apartment zoning
Petition Will Be
Weighed Wednesday
Twenty Other chon9es
Will Be Considered
At June Meeting

A request for zoning change to
permit construction Of an apart
ment house at 1740 New Hampshire
avenue NV, will be considered by
the Zoning Commission at a public
hearing Wednesday, June S, 1t was
announced yesterday.
The proposal, calling for rezoning
Of the property from residential b"
restricted to residential &C" area,
was submitted by Mrs. Annie H. p.
Kent, owner Of the premises. Mrs.
Kent said yesterday plans for the
apartment have not been COM
pleted, pending action on her zon-
ing petition.
Twenty other rezoning proposals
will be considered at the June meet
Ing, 1t was said. At the same time.
the Board Of Zoning Adjustment
announced 1t will hold a public
hearing on Wednesday, May is, to
consider IL petitions for variances
from the zoning regulations.
Other proposed rezoning changes
to be considered, by the Zoning
Commission include:
Change from residential "A" re-
stricted and &C" areas to first COM
mercial &C" area property at the
northwest corner Of Georgia ave-
nue. and Van Buren street NV.
Change from residential ."B" re-
stricted to residential "A" restricted
all of that part of Square $500 des-
1gnated as the $500 block of Mass
achusetts avenue and Waterside
drive NV.
Extend second commercial ID"
district to include 205-223 street
NV.
Extend second commercial %"
district to include area bounded by
G, South Capitol and Canal streets
ana Delaware avenue S.W.
Change from residential "A" re-
sti1cted to residential "A" prem
ises 205-2l5 and 202-208 Cedar
street. and 700s- -7064 Eastern ave-
nue NV.
Extend first commercial &C" dis
trict to include 3051-53 M street
NV.
Change from residential "A" to
Second commercial ID" property
located north of Benning road ad-
1acent to the Potomac Electric
Power Co. plant.
Change from residential "A" re-
stricted to residential "A" property
at the northeast corner Of Michi-
gan avenue and Perry street NE.
Extend first commercial &C" dis
trict to include lots located on the
east side Of Twelfth street, between
Evening star., 1940-05-05

down, suck in abdomen, hold
head up with chin back. When
this is accomplished, he ex-
plained, shoulders will assume
proper position naturally. .
The meeting, held in the
apartment of Mrs. Charles Stuart
Alden at 1902 Eighteenth street
NV, was designed to focus at
tention on . movement aimed at
stemming the advance Of chronic
diseases, such as arthritis.
DR.. Goldthwait emphasized
proper "use Of the body" Is nee
essary to prevent ills Of this type
and said 70 per cent Of the arth-
ritis cases coming to his atten.
ton have been traceable 10
faulty chemistFy" Of the body
Evening star., 1940-05-05
5000 Park Savings
Depositors Of 1929
To Get $4,000
Special Fund Obtoined
From Bonk Directors
To Be Distributed
Plans to distribute about 1920, 900

Plans to distribute about 1920, 900
to 5000 depositors of the closed
Park Savings Bank beginning this
week were announced last night by
John F. Moran, distributing agent
for a special fund obtained from
directors of the bank.
Post cards are being mailed out
at the rate Of about 1000 a day, no.
tifyhng depositors when to call at
the Office of the Park Savings Bank.
room 222, Riggs National Bank
Building, at Fourteenth street and
Park road NV.
The fund is being distributed only
to depositors who had accounts on
August 80, 1929, when the banks
charter expired. Checks will
amount to 26.206 per cent of their
low balance" between that date
and March 6, 1888, when the bank
closed.
Director Held Liable,
Directors of the bank turned over
$500 900 after protracted litigation
IN which the courts held they were
liable as trustees for funds in the
institution when the charter ex-
pired. General creditors were al
lotted $150,000 and the special
group Of depositors $500 about
$4,000 of which remained for dis
tribution after expenses had been
deducted.
Mr.. Moran, who also is receiver
OF the Park Savings Bank, is not
distributing this special fund as re-
ceiver, but as distributing agent. !"
He announced that each depositor
should bring his Park Savings Bank
receivers certificate, for purposes
OF Identification, and for stampinp
and notation upon the certificate
that the payment has been received,
Office to Be Open Daily.
Owing to the lack of space in Mr.
Morans office, he said it will be
necessary to send out the notices
only at the rate of about 1000 q
day, to prevent Office congestion
No checks will be mailed, he said
except to those people living out
side of Washington. His of1ice viii,
be open each day from 8 am. to {
pm, including Saturdays, for the
next three weeks. Beginning June
!, however, the oflce will be open
only until noon on Saturdays.
1T should be made clear" ex.
planned Mr.. Moran, that this pay.
ment affects only those people who
had deposits IN 1929 and had some
Of this balance remaining when thu
bank closed, and does not af1ec,
those people whose balances at sus.
pension were the result of deposit.
after August 30, 1929"
A dividend Of 1914 per cent wa,
paid In December, 1899, to all cred.
itors Of the bank. including the
special group, and all of the cred
itors will participate again when
there are sufncient funds on hand
from the liquidation Of the assets
remaining to pay another dividend
Mr.. Moran advised depositors tc
wait until they receive official notifi-
cation before calling for their checks
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Parents Told to Drop Pull Your Shoulders Back Commend

because such an individual is
most likely to become lax and
fall prey to arthritis, tuberculosis
and other chronic ailments.
DR.. Lloyd r. Brown, an associ-
ate Of DR.. Goldthwait's, also
stressed the importance Of an
educational campaign. He said
an intelligent nation wide pro-
gram Of preventive medicine
would save millions Of dollars
now wasted through loss Of pro-
ductive capacity by arthritic
persons.
Former Surg. Gen. Merritte
ireland and DR.. william Cabell
Moore are among the local spon-
sora Of the movement.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

Pull your shoulders backl"
traditional parental injunction
to the. child who is becoming
round shouldered, should be dis
carded at once, DR.. Joel E. Gold
thwait, noted Boston orthopedic
surgeon, declares.
Speaking at a meeting of prom
inent physicians and other spon-
sors of a national preventive
medicine educational campaign
yesterday, DR.. Goldthwait point
ed out most parents fail to no.
tice the usual completely unde-
sirable result Of the command
. position Of leaning backward
with abdomen thrust far forward.
He said proper instruction d.
rects the younsster to pull hips
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Mon Seriously Wounded
Showing Gun to Friend

Harry George Neumann, jr., II, Of
1925 Irving street NV, was shot
accidentally in the abdomen and left
hand last night while showing q as
caliber pistol to Herbert Herst, .
friend, At Herst's apartment. 2520 l.
street NV, according to police.
Neumann was admitted to Emer-
gency Hospital for treatment. His
condition was said to be serious. He
Is the stepson Of Claes strom. cir.
culation department employe Of Ths
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Evening star., 1940-05-05

and q long-term strain on va
rious joints, both caused by in
correct carriage.
The Boston doctor declared In
discriminate use Of the daily
dozen" often does more harm
than good, and asserted setting
up" exercises do not become
necessary in later life when chill
dren are taught the essential
principles of using the human
machine" at an early age and the
instruction Is carried on In high
school and college.
The slender type Of person
with small bones and . high
degree Of general 1lexibinty re-
quires most attention. Dr.. Gold.
thWait reminded tho audience,
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Pocketbooks Snutched

Two pocketbook snatchings were
reported around 10 o'clock last night.
Miss Pearl Pritchit of 227 A street
NE. said that three boys took her
purse, containing So, in the 900
block OF Pennsylvania avenue Sc,
and Mrs. Edna Smallwood, l1l9 East
Capitol street, reported . colored
man took her purse containing $14
at Eleventh and D streets sE.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Huntington Meeting

The Huntington Terrace Citizens
Association will meet tomorrow at
8 pm, at the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Recreation Center. There will be
no meetings during June, July, and
August, but the committees will con-
tinue to function during the sum-
mer.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
] Tokomo League to Meet

Dewitt Harry, regional director Of
the 1zaak Walton League, viii speak
on Stream Pollution" at q meeting
Of the Takoma Park Community
League tomorrow at 8 pm. at the
municipal center, Takoma Park,
Omcers will be elected during the
business session.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

(see zON1NG, Page B-40
Evening star., 1940-08-13
Bern Forecasts BIitzkrieo
On Britain in Next u Hours

This attack, they said, was to be
expected "a few hours before" or
possibly simultaneous with the
first fast movement of mine sweep
ers, quickly followed by the shut
ting of troop transports across the
Channel guarded by speedboats and
submarines.
Over the week end, the odds of
Britain's chances Of defending her
self successfully against a mid-Au-
gust offensive dropped again here
to $3.50. Previous 60-40 odds were
based on Germany's delay in
launching an offensive.
Information reaching foreign OBJ
servers in Switzerland indicated
that, while British r. A. F.. bombing
was more accurate than the Ger
man. it had little effect on wide
spread Nazi invasion preparations.
Informed sources said the Ger
mans kept scores of fighting planes
in the air day and night on patrol
duty in the last week from Cher
bourg to Rotterdam. Their job was
to guard ports where large fleet
has been loading gasoline, food and
other supplies and mechanical units
and equipment in preparation for
the invasion.
British bombers had little success,
they reported, in breaking through
the air guard to get at these ports.
Evening star., 1940-08-13

stem the invasion over the Sussex
coast, engaged so bombers-Dor-
niers, Heinkels and Junkers-and
that "a long way behind were so
Messerschmitt fighters, flying at
$1,000 feet"
At least one JunkerS was shot
down. Probably" destroyed were
listed: Four more Junkers, two
Dorniers and two fighters.
Townspeople in the streets of one
southwestern town stood in the
streets to watch R. A. F.. planes fight
at least so raiders in a cloudy sky.
Six Germans were reported de-
stroyed and the rest scatatered.
Despite the hundreds of planes
which the Germans used today and
the Zero hour" predictions from the
Continent, some British experts said
they didn't believe the battle yet
had reached "blitzkrieg force"
Germany, they asserted, can af-
ford to send a thousand planes a
day against England in an attempt
to smash aerial resistance. They
speculated, too, on the possibility
that the Reich may choose to main
tain an aerial blockade of England
to bring her to her knees before
winter, rather than a frontal as
Sault.
The aeronautical correspondent of
Reuters, the British news agency,
said such a blockade was "a weapon
even more deadly than the subma-
rines with which Germany nearly
brought off the (starvation at
tempt in 1917"
Besides constantly arriving re-
ports of German planes shot down
in scattered regions, at least 13 Ger
man airmen were said to have been
captured and two others were seen
dropping by parachute into woods.
Evening star., 1940-08-13
BY the Associated Press,

6y the Associated treSS.
BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 13.-
Foreign military attaches in Switz-
erland, the last neutra. window"
left in Western Europe, generally
agreed today that an attempted Ger
man blitzkrieg on Britain may come
any time within the next 72 hours.
They saw in today's air raids
against Dover and the German
claim of air control over the point
where the English Channel is mar
rowest the long-expected move
against the part of Britain most
exposed to German long-range
guns.
Reports that could not be con-
f1rmed here were current in these
quarters that 40-mile German guns
around Calais and Dunkerque al
ready had begun laying down a
barrage behind Dover.
Although neutral observers took
both London and Berlin commune
ques describing their respective
losses with much salt, they said the
Germans now have reached the
peak of their invasion air at
tacks against Portsmouth and
Dover.
The next move expected here is
a mass attack by dive bombers on
Britain's main military airports and
emergency landing fields.
Evening star., 1940-08-13
Hurricane Toll Put
AT IS Dead, Millions
In Property Damage
200 Homes Destroyed
In Beaufort; Stricken
Areas Near Normal
BY the Associated Press.

ATLANTA. Aug. 13-The hurri-
cane battered coasts of Georgia and
South Carolina counted at least IS
dead today and millions of dollars
of property damage as near-normalcy
returned to the stricken area.
The Red Gross reported from
Washington that Is Negroes were
killed on St. Helena Island near
Beaufort, S. c., Sunday in the 30
mile-an-hour hurricane that swept
out of the Bahamas, and eight other
Negroes perished on nearby Ladies
Island.
Two persons died at Savannah,
Ga, as the storm swept that city.
One C. C. C. boy was missing on
Huntington Island, near Charleston,
S. c.
Gov. Burnet r. Maybank of South
Carolina said Beaufort County ap-
peared to have been hardest hit.
At least 200 homes were destroyed
in the county and many others
damaged. Mr.. Maybank said Red
Cross aid, chlorine and food was
needed for storm refugees in that
area.
The city of Beaufort and Paris
Island, a marine base, were severely
damaged, the Governor reported,
but loss of life appeared confined
to Negroes on adjacent islands.
Beaufort remained without power
rvy,rDy1ANyr n.o. AoN
Evening star., 1940-08-13
Sky Over Dover Alive With Battling Planes
As Fighters Intercept Sworms of Raiders

ing, big formation of raiders flew
in masked by clouds and raked the
balloon barrage with machine qua
fire and light cannon.
Two of the balloons were seen to
fall.
For half an hour the drone Of
airplane motors was heard above
the clouds, accompanied by the rat
tat of machine guns and heavier
thud of cannon.
Some of the bullets struck streets
along the water front
Numbers of planes could be heard
overhead for a half hour or more
before the raid started.
- The battle above the clouds ap-
parently equalled, if it did not
actually exceed in extent, the pre-
dawn activity which has ushered
in the past two days of violent
German raids.
One eyewitness said it sounded
like there were hundreds of planes
in the sky at one time"
The battle above the clouds spread
to another section Of the southeast
(See DOVER, Page A-30
Evening star., 1940-08-13
Arrest Of Browder's Wife
Asked by Justice Officials
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Justice Department officials re-
ported today issuance of an order
for the apprehension of the wife of
Earl r. Browder. general secretary
of the United States Communist
Party, for questioning about her
presence in this country.
Mrs. Browder, a native Russian,
was questioned on a previous occa-
sion prior to transfer of the Immi-
grafton Service from the Labor to
the Justice Department. Immigra-
ton officials said there was no rec
ord of her entry into this country
and Browder had requested that she
be permitted to leave the country
and return under the quota Of some
nation such as Canada in order to
meet legal requirements.
Evening star., 1940-08-13
u. !. Stocks Tumble,
But London Posts
Higher Prices
New York Markets
Unnerved by Mounting
Blows Against Britain
Py ;bP Associated Press.

Ry ;he Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-War
stocks and commodities underwent
the sharpest selling in three months
today as news of the mounting
Nazi air blows against England ap-
parently unnerved speculative mar
kets.
Bethlehem, United States Steel,
Du Pont, Douglas Aircraft. Glenn
Martin, General Motors, Chrysler.
Kennecott Copper. Westinghouse
and General Electric were down 81
to around SIS at one time
After the main selling movement
spent itself a number of issues rail-
lied slightly from the lows
Chrysler closed s462 lower at
s6987; General Motors down S237
at s46.25; Montgomery Ward down
SITS at $39.25; Westinghouse down
$3.50 at s96; Dupont down si.75 at
sl62, and Douglas Aircraft down
$3.50 at $6725.
Wheat slipped more than a cent
a bushel. Hides. sugar, cotton and
other staples we're off moderately.
Bonds likewise moved lower. Big
British purchases of airplanes, steels
and other materials in this coun-
try made stocks representing those
industries sensitive to the war news.
brokers said.
0n London security dealers,
favorably impressed with air
battle reports, posted higher
prices for many issues today.
While trading remained at re-
cent curtailed levels, the market
seemed little disturbed by bombs
hitting areas only q few miles
away. British government bonds
advanced as much as Il point.
japanese and Brazilian loans
were also in demand.
In Liverpool cotton futures
rallied to net gains of 3 to
points after early losses)
For weeks, since the surrender of
France, the market had been drift
ing in narrow range.