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Evening star., 1940-10-18
Clouds Over London
Hide Nazi Planes
Continuing Raids
British and Germun Air
Operations CurtoiIed
By Channel Fog
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, Oct. 18-Invisible in
the clouds over London, a number
of raiding planes were heard this
afternoon after sirens signaled the
first alarm of the day.
The weather, clouds here and a
blackout fog on the English Chan
mel, had curtailed both British and
German air operations.
British coastal and naval guns
blasted parts of the unseen "inva-
sion coast" to keep the Nazi invasion
schedule smashed.
Fog which would shield as we'll
as hamper any Channel crossing by
Adolf Hitlers hosts blanketed the
Dover shore so tightly that the sea
could not be seen from the beach.
Smelling Lasts Hour.
During the night warship-mou
ed guns bombarded the French side
of the Channel so fercely that the
shores of Kent shook to the thunder.
Shore watchers could see neither
the cannonading ships nor their
targets. The shelling lasted more
than an hour.
Soon after daybreak British coastal
guns took up the duel and drew
long-range fire from Germany's own
coastal batteries mounted on Cap
Girls Nez and elsewhere along the
22-mile-wide Strait of Dover. Brit
ish fire was concentrated on the
Calais region.
The British guns had it their own
way until shortly before noon. when
the Nazi artillerymen went into ac-
ton. The guns on each side fired
salvos at Commute intervals.
The weather Cancelled the r. A. F.'s
overnight operations against Ger
many and the invasion coast" and
the Air Ministry news service filled
the lull with an account of havoc
reported wrought in Berlin and else
where in Germany in previous nights
of unbroken R. A. F. night raiding.
Berlin Plants Wrecked.
The R. A. F.'s master scheme of
bombing Germany" the Air Ministry
news service said, has partially
wrecked several war factories in Ber-
lin, almost gutted the Berlin general
post office and seriously affected rail
and water transport as we'll as dam
aging great industrial plants over
wide area"
The information service said its
Evening star., 1940-10-18
.iVkie Calls Third-Term Idea
Road to Loss of Liberty
Takes Another Slap at Trading Breed for
Votes in Speech at Missouri Capital

tration of power in the hands Of
the Chief Executive"
Taking note of the German back
ground of some of his Missouri
listeners. and the smear" which
had been directed against his own
German ancestry, he asserted that
the sturdy Germans who came
fleeing from the oppression of 1848
had been as fully entitled to citizen
ship as any others. Mr.. Willkie
decried race and religious prejudice
in his appeal to you Missourians
who follow in the steps of Carl
Schurz."
Referring to charges that he was
a political amateur" he accepted
the description and called himself
political amateur at taking relief
money and forcing men to vote be-
cause the Government fulfills a
social obligation in keeping them
from starving
wendell Willkie will never trade
bread for votes from those who can
(Cao UJIIJKIE popo Aol
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Strike Halls Work
On New Cantonment
Al Fort Meade
Carpenters, EIeetrieions
And Plumbers Demand
Wage Adjustment
BULLETIN.

At least 200 carpenters, union
and non-union members alike,
went on strike today at Fort
George Meade, and construction
of cantonments virtually ceased
except for crews of unskilled labor
who are digging foundations.
Construction of the $4,000, 900
cantonment at Fort Meade, Md,
which was to house National
Guardsmen OF the 2oth Division and
by strike OF rs skilled workers un-
til agreement had been made for
payment Of overtime.
The men-carpenters. electricians
and plumbers-refused to report for
work at the 4 to II pm. shift yes
terday until the Consolidated Engi-
neering Co., general contractors,
agreed to pay time and a half for
overtime and double time for holiday
work.
A few carpenters who did not join
the strikers declared the men had
been working "65 to 10 hours a
week" and had been receiving
straight time" Their wage scale
ranged from SIPS to $3.50 an hour.
Several hundred unskilled and
skilled workers continued construct
ing foundations for the wooden
buildings which are destined to
shelter $4,000 troops by the end OF
February. The buildings have been
scheduled to be completed January
IS to receive troops, including most
of the District National Guard and
selectees from the Washington area
Ofiicials of the Consolidated Engi-
neering Co., who obtained the con-
tract on a cost plus fixed fee basis
and the j. E. Greiner Co.. which is
handling engineering details on a
similar basis, held conferences with
a representative of the Army Quar-
termaster Corps but declined to dis
cuss the situation.
One Army officer intimated a de-
cision clarifying the payment OF
overtime would soon be announced
Operations have continued on a
two-shift basis. Soon after ground
was broken for the vast project a
scale OF wages was announced rang
ing from 6212 cents an hour for un-
skilled laborers to top rate of S165
for structural iron workers.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
By HELEN KIRKPATRICK,

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
LONDON, Oct. Histories of an
attempted and repulsed invasion
continue to pour in. The latest,
which reached London from Spain,
comes from an American who is
said to be completely trustworthy.
According to him, the story has
spread all through the interior of
France that the Germans attempt
ed an invasion and put out in a
large number of boats for Southern
England. When they were within a
few miles of the English coast the
British Navy Is said to have met
them with special oil-spurting hoses
with which they sprayed the water.
The Royal Air Force is said to have
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Arms to China Pouring
Over Reopened Halfway

RANGOON, Burma, Oct. 18 (R.-
The flood of traffic along the Burma
road reopened to arms shipments
to China last night, rose steadily
today as fleets of munitions trucks,
long in readiness, roared into Chi
nese territory and northward from
the railhead at LaShio toward the
border.
A British Army officer, veteran Of
the World War, said he had never
seen a larger assemblage of trucks.
Burma's large Chinese population
(See BURMA, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1940-10-18
President ProcIuims
Armistice Day
By the Associated Press.

President Roosevelt. in proclaim
ing November II as Armistice Day,
declared today that the anniversary
would direct our minds" to the
need mot only for peace, but also
for peace with understanding, not
only for a cessation of hostilities,
but also mutual respect in the inter-
course between nations"
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Foreign
Clouds over London hide NaI planes
continuing raids. Page Al
War supplies for China pour over
reopened Burma road. Page Al
Berlin war plants partially wrecked.
British decla0e. Page Al
r. A. r. broke up invasion attempt
Sept l6, British claim. Page Al
British cruiser hit by torpedo, Ger
mars claim. Page Az
Spain accepts new order, Serrano
Suner declares. Page AS
NotionoI.
Roosevelt plans speeches to answer
Misrepresentation" Page Al
Plans sped to put S00, 900 selectees in
training by June Is. Page Al
Roosevelt plans major speeches In
Northeastern States. Page Al
Washington and Vicinity.
New gas building held to involve no
change In rates. Psge B-1
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Democrats Demand
j. ). Workers Aid,
Martin Declares
Flynn Letter on Campaign
Contributions Branded
As 'CoId-BIooded Bluff
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18.-Republican
National Chairman Joseph w. Mar
tin, jr, declared today that the
Democratic National Committee had
demanded campaign contributions
from more than a million Federal
employees" and thus had resorted to
cold -blooded ruthless bluff
Mr.. Martin referred specifically to
a story in the New York Times to-
day in which it was asserted that
Edward j. Flynn, Democratic ma
tlonal chairman, had informed cam
paign managers how Government
workers and others could contribute
to campaign chests and yet remain
within the letter of the Hatch
"clean-politics" and the corrupt
practices laws.
Il observe that Ed Flynn has
written a letter to Democratic cam
paign managers which has put
more than a million Federal en-
ploes on notice that they are ex-
pected to stand and deliver to the
dUlS CAlAl " Will SoouAy Va
else" Mr.. Martin said at a press
conference.
Says Weakness Revealed.
There is nothing delicate about
the demand that the relatives and
friends of Office holders pay a ran
som for their jobs" Mr.. Martin
added.
"Its a cold -blooded, ruthless bluff
which reveals an astonishing and
desperate weakness when you con-
slider how much of the cost of the
New Deal third term campaign is
being paid by the United States
Treasury"
The one purpose of the Hatch
Act, he said, was to rescue job
holders from political intimidation"
Asked if he considered the re-
ported letter by Mr.. Flynn political
intimidation" the Republican party
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Saws Weakness Revealed.

(See MARTIN, Page A-140
Evening star., 1940-10-18

(See LONDON, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-10-18

Continued on Page A, Column H.
Evening star., 1940-10-18

(See POLITICS, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1940-10-18

(See WILLKIE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Weather Forecast

Fair. colder, lowest tonight about 40;
tomorrow fair, continued cool; north
west winds, diminishing tomorrow. Tenn
peratures today-Highest, Sc, at pm;
lowest, At, at $50 am.
From the United States Weather Bureau report.
Full details on Page A.
Evening star., 1940-10-18

(See BURMA, Page A-14O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09

desirable from many points of view
may be long way of, Japanese fears
have a certain foundation. If, by
granting England this assistance at
this critical time, the United States
has made it certain that the British
feet will never disappear-unless
Hitler is able to destroy it COM
pletely-as power in the Atlantic,
American ability. to act more de-
cisively in the Pacific should be
enhanced.
The need for just such direct action
may arise sooner than many believe
II Japan attempts to bring within
her sphere of a Greater East Asia
the South Pacific Islands as well as
the Netherland Indies and French
Indo-China. Happily, that achieve
ment may never be attempted If the
chieftains in Toxic should be con-
WINGED that opposing them is an
American Navy which is free to deal
with such threats to American
interests.
1t is evident, therefore, that while
the transfer of the destroyers to
Britain will have a definite effect on
the progress-and possibly the out
come-of the European war, it may
also serve to pacify the Pacific area,
in which the United States has
fundamental interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09
ARLINGTON, Va.

FAsA@A1N1 = OAf, sos
Dear Sir:
"A few weeks ago a stray pigeon came
to our house and apparently has de-
cided to stay.
will you please tell me how to feed
and care for it, or would 1t be better to
take 1t to some park in Washington.
D. c., so that 1t will be with other
pigeons?
Thanking you for your kind advice, I
wish to remain,
VERY truly yours, H. p"
Unless one has real liking for pigeons,
1t would be better to take it to a park
and turn it loose.
Provided, of course, that it is old
enough to go on its own, as we suppose
the specimen in question is.
Young pigeons may be fed on bread
and milk, or on cruel of oatmeal and
milk or farina of some sort.
1t is not easy work, and unless you
have a particular fancy for these birds
1t is scarcely worth the trouble. II there
are no parents, however, it must be done,
unless the youngster can be turned over
to some one with pigeon loft.
Older pigeons are grain eaters. There
is nothing they seem to like better than
the mixture known as Chick feed"
which is largely used in bird feeding
stations.
1t is this type Of food, without a
doubt, which draws pigeons to suburban
gardens, where bird feeding is carried on.
These are canny creatures, these
pigeons.
They are able to spot food of the type
they like almost as soon as it is put out.
In almost any neighborhood there will
be at least one pigeon fancier. This is
a male hobby, almost exclusively. Mostly
these birds remain at home, except for
their circling around in the neighbor-
hood.
1t is on these trips that they see food
put out, probably spotting 1t by watch
ing unusual congregations of songsters.
All members of the bird tribes must
have their keen eyes always on the look
out for such gatherings, for the birds
know that where there are many birds
there must be some food.
x
Birds may have lived for millions of
years without being fed purposely, but
1t does not take songster but a few
minutes to realize when it runs into a
free lunch stand.
This is as it should be, of course.
And it is this readiness, and this adap-
tation, which makes feeding the birds so
much sheer fun, provided, of course, you
like the birds.
The interesting thing is that until one
has tried it, scarcely anybody is able to
say positively that he does or doesn't
like them.
Feeding them, putting ones self into
the role Of helper, even in little, Is the
famous psychological step forward or
toward thing which makes for liking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09
Worried japan

Critics of the transfer of average
destroyers to Britain might well con-
slider the salutary collateral effects
which already are flowing from that
transaction in regions remote from
the European war.
The whole matter has had
marked effect upon the thinking of
the Japanese press, which in many
ways reflects the thinking of official
Japan. interpretations of American
aid to Britain range all the way from
Kokumin'S belief that Anglo-Ameri-
can collaboration is a menace to
Japan's plans for greater East Asia
to Nichi Nichi's expectation that
federation of English-speaking coun-
tries will be the final result.
These, of course, may be extreme
manifestations of japanese appre-
hension over the newborn cooper
alton between the United States and
Britain, but there is no doubt that
the two countries have entered upon
a phase of cooperative enterprise
which can and probably will be car
ried into spheres not directly related
to the war.
The japanese government has al
ways been obsessed with the fear of
Anglo-American cooperation, and
more than once it's policies have been
directed toward splitting this nat
ural combination of nations which
are vitality interested in maintaining
a way of life which is common to
both. Therefore, when President
Roosevelt acts to send American
naval strength to England the
japanese are quick to appreciate the
implications,
Although a federation of English
speaking nations-no matter how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09
Holds Jackson's Reasoning
On Destroyers Far-Fetched.


The reasoning of the opinion given by
Attorney General Jackson to the Presi-
dent on the legality of the transfer of
destroyers to Great Britain for naval
stations in the Caribbean suggests the
story of the fellow who was appointed
justice Of the peace and sought the ad-
vice of a lawyer friend regarding dis
charge of his duties. In response the
lawyer said: "Bill, you are a man of
good common sense, and the probability
is that your decisions will be right nine
times out of ten, but never attempt to
give any reasons in support of them"
1t would have been better had Mr..
Jackson followed this advice in render
ing his opinion, for his conclusions may
be right. and anyway meet with my ap-
prevail, but his reasons in support Of
them are pretty far-fetched. and they
weakened rather than strengthened his
conclusions.
ALEXANDER S. LANIER.
September 5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trdce1ueIl.

Do a good deed and you instinctively
begin to like the person or thing you
have helped.
Conversely, do an evil deed, even un-
Willingly, and you begin to dislike the
one you have injured.
This is the law, as it has been worked
out in human minds over the centuries
We do not know whether the minds Of
the animals work In this same way or
not.
At any rate, If you want to find out
whether you like birds, DO not instantly
declare, "Oh, hate all this talk about
our feathered friends the nasty little
so-and-sos."
No, that is the wrong psychological
approach. Especially If you feel that
way, or think you feel that way, you
should give the thing trial.
We are willing to bet that many man,
! especially the man who goes to the trou-
BILE to construct feeding station, and
to spend little of his hard-earned cash
to keep it stocked for few weeks will
end up by liking the birds, at first be-
grudingly, maybe, but at last with
honest enthusiasm.
Fortunately, this is true with most
hobbies. which is just another way of
saying those interests outside ones way
of making money.
Persons who think they dislike
philately probably are that way" sim
ply because they have not been exposed
to the hobby.
1t is the same with match box tops
and these paper folders of matches-who
that has not collected them could get
much excited over new one?"
But the adept at the art finds true
excitement in acquiring a match box
top he has never seen before. 1t may
be common enough in one section of the
country, but quite unknown in another.
n
Wandering pigeons are best fed on
mixed grains and seeds, and given plenty
of water, and such protection as is FEAST
BILE
If they seem to be injured, they can be
kept in the garage for time, and thus
sheltered until they grow strong again,
after which it is best to let them out
If permitted to do as they please, they
will be able in time to strike up with
other pigeons and so join one of the
innumerable bands which float around
the city and suburbs.
These bands range from half a dozen,
! in the suburbs. to several hundreds in
the downtown sections, notably at Ninth
| After such group is established. its
members stay together for a long time,
until natural happenings take them
apart, usually one by one. We have Is
which come every morning to the feed
ing station beneath the maple This
band has grown gradually from a be-
ginning of six to its present proportions
Fifteen pigeons are IS too many at a
bird feeding station, but if you like birds
there is very little you can do about it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09
Criticizes Wallace
For Linking Willkie and Hitler.

r or Linking Willkle ana Hitler.
To the Editor of The Star.
Secretary wallace's attempt to prove
that Hitler would welcome Wendell
WILKES election reaches high point in
futility.
Inasmuch as American business today
Is in state of semi-paralysis, due to
almost ceaseless interference and excess
sive taxation by the New Deal, the elec-
ton of Mr.. Willkie will certainly mean
better coordination between dissenting
factions and leSsening of class hatred
In other words. Messrs Hitler, Mussolini
and Stain will have far more to fear
from an administration whose resources
are organized and whose industrial ma
chine functions smoothly than from one
which, despite eight years of tinkering,
has failed to make the grade.
divided house" ruled by Mr.. Roose-
Welt would not alarm Hitler as much as
one well constructed and managed by
Mr.. Willkie, an experienced, capable
business executive. Hasn't this most
important fact been completely over
looked by Secretary Wallace?
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
September l..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09

lation must certainly have disastrous
consequences. Living and achieving be-
come vastly less important than dying
and retiring.
1t is an i'll wind that blows no good.
Gigantic preparations for defense are
now under way and persons of every age
and condition will be called upon to
serve their country in its hour of peril.
Aside from the natural age limitation
for combat duty. all artificial distinc-
tons will quickly disappear. Men of
advanced years are already in key posi-
tons and young people of all ages viii
soon be enlisted in the many defense
projects essential to the conduct of a
major war. Truly, a national emer-
gency brings us closer to the eternal
verities.
ALMA ELIZABETH wARTHEN.
September 5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09
Scrap Embargo

There are good reasons for inpos-
ing a complete embargo on the ex-
port of scrap iron and steel outside
the Western Hemisphere, a step
which the National Defense Advisory
Commission is reported considering
recommending to President RooSe-
welt. Congress has granted the
President discretionary authority to
prohibit expectation of any such
strategic war materials whenever he
considers it necessary "in the inter-
est of national defense" This au-
thority certainly should be exercised
when there is indication that ship
ments abroad may drain the supply
of materials needed in our own
ornaments production program, or
that they might be used to further
interests inimical to our own.
Japan long has been the principal
foreign buyer of scrap iron and steel
in this country. Since the European
war has largely shut off other mar
kets, the United States is the chief
source for Japan of the scrap metal
so vital in the manufacture of mu-
nitions to carry on her war against
China. Scrap shipments to Japan
last year were valued at more than
$30,000,000, representing more than
ninety per cent of her imports Of
this type of material. While there is
no immediate shortage here, officials
concerned with defense production
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09
London Remembered

LolIQOIl DIS IL WdS III udyS LIldt are
gone will not be forgotten by those
who had reason to love the skyline,
the streets, the monuments, the
thousands upon thousands of
churches and schools, shops and
houses through which her people
moved. Reading of the devastation
wrought by German bombers, there
must be many Americans who feel
personally hurt by the attack.
The explanation for such reactions
never has been supplied by any
psychologist. But most men and
surely the vast majority of women
realize that it is possible, perhaps
necessary, to entertain compelling
affection for places taken into in
dividual experience. Something deep
within the soul prompts attachment
to certain areas. Pliny understood
this when, the first of a legion of
writers, he declared that: Home
is where the heart is" The capital
of the British Empire commonly was
regarded as a second domicile in the
imagination of multitudes of visitors
from the United States.
And why not? Shakespeare is as
much the brother of the average
American as of the average English
man. 1t may trouble professional
Anglophobes to be reminded of it,
but it happens to be true that Queen
Elizabeth once owned the site OF
Washington. The statue of Abraham
Lincoln is as natural an ornament
of Westminster as his Memorial is
Of the north bank of the Potomac.
When a citizen of Massachusetts, or
California makes pilgrimage to the
Abbey or Saint Paul'S he Is no
stranger requiring guide. 1t is in
stinctive for those who speak the
language of Mr.. Boswells hero and
of David Copperfeld's creator to be
comfortable in the town through
which they came and went. Wren
might have designed the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, and
Gladstone might have lived at Will
lard's Hotel.
Only an occasional philosopher will
pause to inquire about the causes of
such fruits of a normal nostalgia as
these identiications may be. Plain
wanderers over the earth, however,
are conscious of them, appreciate
and Justify them without giving them
utterance, quietly, gladly and yet
with tears. 1t is part of the riddle
of existence to be happy and also to
mourn over impressions themselves
bewildering but welcome.
So in dwellings where missiles from
the skies will not fall tonight these
words may be read, and many will
wonder If the Tower which Caesar
began and in which Sir Walter
Raleigh paid his head has been
wrecked or If the Cheshire Cheese
still boasts business uninterrupted"
or If Madam TuSsaud's miracles in
wax continue to enlist the applause
OF the susceptible populace at Re-
gents Park. They will pray, too,
that the light above Saint Johns
Gate has not been dimmed. 1t shone
for mercy in times that are gone and
should be wanted in times less kindly
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