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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
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today was determined to win
convinced of victory.
"Orders Is Orders"

ORDERS is Orders"
"Orders is orders" for a GER
tainty in this army of Adolf
Hitler's.
When anybody has been as
signed a task he tries to carry
it out, come what may.
As we passed through a vii
lage 40 mil S from Client we
tried as usual to dart in and
out among the slowly moving
columns. At one turn of the
road a heavy-set major ac-
cOsted us, his Land at his re-
volver.
1--WE are here as the su-
preme commanders guest"
said by escort, land we must
travel along this road for
awhile"
This formula hitherto had
worked wonders.
But the major wasn't i'm.
pressed at all.
my regiment must reach
Client before dawn" he bel.
lowed. Il won't have anybody
interfere with that task and
I'll shoot down anybody who
tries to S this road"
We managed suddenly to find
this particular road quite UNI
necessary for getting to our
telephone connection.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
Mixed

In this army reservists and re-
cruits are mixed.
General Won Kuchler's aide de
camp explained to me that "the
one decisive moment in a soldiers
life arrives when he receives his
baptism of fire. Most young men
are shaken when they meet the
enemy in action the first time.
From the first day of the war
we mixed men who already had
served rs years ago with the young
generation of today. The expert.
ment had astounding success. The
old veterans maintained such COM
I"sure as hell broke loose that the
young fellows soon rallied and re-
gained their confidence.
Nov we practically never send
untried regiments to the front.
Each troop is literally interspersed
with veterans"
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Miss Houghton Beats
Mrs. Wa|per, 4 and 7,
In D. {. Golf Finals
Daughter Of Former
Ambassador to Britain
Won Five Holes in q Row

Miss Elizabeth Houghton, daughter
Of Alanson B. Houghton, former
Ambassador to Great Britain, today
won the District women's golf cham
pionship, defeating Mrs. Leo WAL
per, the defending champion, and
2, in the final round at the Kenwood
Golf and Country Club.
The new champion, who learned
her game on the wind-swept courses
OF England while her father served
as Ambassador to the Court of st.
James, put on a sparkling exhibition
OF skill over the last nine, winning
five holes in a row to defeat the 1899
champion on the sixteenth green.
The match was followed by a large
gallery.
Both players were out in Al. with
Miss Houghton rounding the turn
one up. Mrs. Walper, who was
plainly nervous throughout the first
nine holes, won the 10th and 18th
noles to become one up. Then Miss
Houghton started the streak which
won her the championship. She
played the next five notes.-the most
difficult of the course-in one over
even tours, holing chip shot on
the 18th hole for birdie four and
ending the match with a 3-foot put
Tor par four on the 18th green.
Scores OF the final round were:
MISS Houghton-Out sos 643 544-41
Mrs. Walper-Out- SIS 453 54-41
Miss Houghton-In- 465 4444
Wins. 4 and 2.
Mrs. Walper-In 356 6555
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Defense Tax Bill
May Hold Congress
Until Monday
Conference Committee
Fails to Agree
On Measure
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Congress struggled today toward
recessing work for a week, but the
81 ,007 ,000, 900 defense tax bill made
no progress and Speaker Bankhead
predicted Congress might still be in
session Monday.
Members Of q Senate House con-
ference committee reported after
an hour and a half's session today
that nothing had been accomplished
on composing Senate and House
differences on the tax bill.
Chairman Harrison of the Senate
conferees said the committee would
meet again at pm.
While saying it "looks like" Con-
gress could recess tomorrow for one
week. Speaker Bankhead added,
however, that sessions Monday
might be necessary to complete ac-
ton on appropriation bills which
must be approved by President
Roosevelt before July /.
Senate Willing to Recess.
Democratic Leader Barkley said
the Senate might quit tomorrow
night until July l, if the House ap-
proved such resolution first.
Otherwise. he said the plan was
to meet Monday. recess until Thurs
day and then recess until the fol-
lowing Monday. without taking up
any important business next week,
when the Republican convention
Will be in session in Philadelphia.
Administration lieutenants had
been trying to obtain a recess until
August l. but the bipartisan bloc de-
manding that Congress stay In ses-
sion appeared to have won.
Agreement to Recess.
Republican and Democratic lead
ers in both chambers were reported
to have reached q compromise
understanding by which Congress
would quit for one week only during
each Of the two national political
conventions.
In rush Of recess maneuvers. q
joint Senate-House committee ap-
proved a compromise $1,l58, 900 900
relief bill late yesterday and re-
turned it to both chambers for final
action.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Sirkis Murder Trial
Case Given 10 Jury

The case of two colored men
Latham Daniel, %, and John D. But
Ter, 27-charged with the murder of
Herman Sirkis in a liquor store hold
up, went to District Court jury at
noon today.
The death penalty was asked by
Assistant United States Attorneys
John w. Fihelly and John w. Jack
son. The defendants told court and
jury that they did not intend to
harm anybody and that the fatal
shot was fired by Daniel over his
left shoulder, without looking, when
Mr.. Sirkis commenced shooting as
they left the store. at 1924 Deane
avenue NE. Justice F. Dickinson
Let's charged the jury. The defend
ants were represented by Attorneys
Lawrence Koenigsberger, Charles e.
Ford and Josiah Lyman.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Sets 21-Yeor Term
For FutoI Stubbino

A 19-year-old colored youth to-
day was sentenced to q years i'm
pr1sonment and two other colored
men were each given three to nine
year sentences for the fatal stabbing
OF James Edwin Blush, 40, on Feb
ruary 10.
The longest sentence was given
by Justice James M. Proctor to IT.
wing L. Young. The other two men
were Richard j. A. Anderson, 26.
and John Williams, %.
The three were indicted for first
degree murder. but during the trial
Young pleaded guilty of second
degree murder The other two
pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Assistant United States Attorney
Charles B. Murray represented the
Government. Young was repre-
sented by Attorney Alfred Godstein,
Anderson by Attorney Charles E.
Ford and Williams by ATTORNEY
Julian I. Richards. a former assistant
United States attorney. All three
defense lawyers were assigned to
the case by District Court.
Evening star., 1940-06-21

items without cost is not permiss-
able" the official announcement
said.
The mobile kitchens are no longer
standard for the Army and, accord
ing to Army officials, would have
only value as scrap in the market" "
The non-mechanized ambulances
are In excess of the Army's needs,
it was said. These units will be
received by the Red Cross at the
New York general depot. The other
supplies are mainly located ut that
point and also at the Columbus
(Ohio) depot.
It Is expected that the supplies
will be sent Immediately to Europe.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
way, Denmark. Czecho-Slovakia, Po-
land and Finland.

way, Denmark. Czecho-Slovakia, Po.
land and Finland.
THE definite attitude of the Mex
ican government not to permit with
in the territory of the republic agi-
tators or provacateurs who might
try to bring about er-American
conflicts or friction of other nature
has been proved by the energetic
measures adopted by the Ministry of
Interior. at the direction of Presi-
dent Cardenas. to constantly watch
the activities of all foreign residents
of Mexico.
This has resulted already in the
expulsion of those who, taking ad-
vantage of true freedom existing in
Mexico and jealousy maintained by
the administration, attempt to infil-
trate doctrines which the Mexican
people reject with indignation as
they are opposed to human liberties.
Mexico cannot and will not stand
any form Of oppression"
Evening star., 1940-06-21
East Heads Group
For Crops Revision
BY the Associated Press.


OCEAN CITY. Md. June AL.
H. East, Virginian. became chair
man today OF committee empow-
cred to draft recommendation af-
fecting tobacco, truck, fruit and
cotton crops in the 194l Agricultural
Adjustment Administration program.
The committee, one of the most
important named at a meeting here
of A. A. A. officials from seven States.
will submit its recommendations to
the national meeting of A. A. A.
officers at Washington next month.
M. L. Barnes of Washington was
named secretary of the committee,
to which representatives from North
Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee, Del
aware, Kentucky and West Virginia
were appointed.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
6. 0. P. Committee
Declines 10 Seat
To|bert Delegates
Norwood d-GeruId Fuction
From South CuroIinu
Wins Recognition
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, June 21.-The
Republican National Committee
voted today to deny convention seats
to the 10-member South Carolina
delegation headed by the veteran
Joseph w. (Tieless joel Tolbert,
and seated an opposing delegation
led by George Norwood of Green
vile and j. Bates Gerald of Sum-
merton.
The vote was 63 to 10.
The action must still be passed
on by the convention Credentials
Committee next week and the con-
vention itself.
Mr.. Tolbert, national committee
man for his State, had won delegate
contests regularly before 1882, when
the j. c. Hambright faction won
out after President Hoover had op-
posed the Tolbert leadership.
Tolbert Faction Won in 1896.
The Hambright faction had been
reorganized by 1886, when the Ma
tional Committee again voted in its
favor, but the convention over
ruled it and again recognized Mr..
Tolbert.
Each side claimed today It was
the regular" faction of'the State.
One of the chief platform labors
yesterday, and one which took a
committee far into the night, was
the hearing accorded q group of
Republican representatives by the
Agricultural Subcommittee. Rep
resentative Hope of Kansas. who led
a Republican congressional group
into widely-separated sections of the
country to study the problem dur
ing the last year, presented his find
ingS.
Conservation Payments Favored.
They included proposal that the
Republican party endeavor to fasten
its farm policy to the general vel
fare Of the Nation, with a continua-
ton of subsidies through conserva-
ton payments to farmers as long as
such policy is needed to balance
their income with that of other
workers.
The committee did not propose to
tie the subsidies to crop control,
however. Nor did it make a specific
recommendation on food stamps
which are used to dispose OF surplus
crops. It proposed that the Repub-
lican farm plan be geared to supply
greater benefits to the family type
of farm.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Germans ExpeI Two
American Reporters
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jt1ne 21.-The German
government today ordered Ralph
Barnes and Russell Hill, representa-
tlves of the New York Herald
Tribune. to leave Germany within
"a hours. g.
Authorities said the action was
taken because Hill and Barnes dis
seminated stories capable of "dis-
turbing the friendly relations of
Germany and other states.
Both men declined to comment on
the order.
Before the expulsion order was
given Barnes and Hill were excluded
from all press conferences of the
Foreign Office and the Propaganda
Ministry.
cat the Herald Tribune offices in
New York it was said a statement
on the expulsion order might be
made later0
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Motorist Draws Heavy
Penalty for 80-MiIe Pace

Leo J. Moran, SO, of 1887 Lawrence
street NE, who yesterday led motor
cycle policemen an 80-mile- AN hour
automobile chase, was sentenced in
Traffic Court today to pay a fine Of
SITS and serve. 80 days in Jail.
He pleaded guilty to five charges,
including excessive speed, running
through three red lights and driving
without an operators permit. In ad-
dition, he was arraigned in the
United States branch of Police Court
on a charge Of unauthorized use of
an automobile and held under $4,000
bond for action OF the grand jury.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Missouri Employees
Coerced Into Aidinq
Stark, Probers Say
Representative Chosen
By Governor Obtuins
Pledges, Senators Report

The Senate Campaign Expendi-
lures Committee reported today that
there was an abundance of evi-
dence" that many Missouri State
employees had been coerced indi-
rectly into constituting to the SEN
atorial campaign of Gov. Lloyd c..
Stark.
The committee said in a press re-
lease that an investigation con-
Quoted by committee agents had dis
closed that funds were being solicited
from State employees and direct or
indirect coercion is being systemati-
cally carried on by a Representative
designated by the Governor, through
the heads of the various State
departments"
Investigation showed, the COM
mittee reported, that up to May 81
approximately $4,000 had been
pledged by State employees and of
that amount $1,000 was collected.
Chairman Gillette, Democrat, OF
Iowa said he had been instructed
by the committee to direct its agents
to continue their investigation In
Missouri until after the conclusion
Of the senatorial primary.
The committees press reiease said
that the inquiry had disclosed that
it had been the custom for State
employees to contribute 2 per cent
of their annual salaries to the gen.
eral State campaign fund and that
this contribution lis expected by sll
who accept employment under State
jurisdiction. Eliza
Irrespective of the obligation of
State employees, in accordance with
such customs, to contribute to the
general State campaign fund.-" the
release said, such employees have
been and are being requested to
contribute to the senatorial cam
paign fund of Gov. Lloyd c. Stark.
While such contributions are sup
posed to be voluntary, there is
abundance of evidence to prove that
many employees were indirectly CO.
creed into contributing although
they may not be in sympathy with
the candidacy of Gov. Stark for the
United States Senate"
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Huge Surplus Of Army Supplies
Turned Over to Red Cross

At practically no cost, the War
Department today turned over huge
surplus supplies to the American
Red Cross.
The supplies included 100000
pairs of trench shoes dating from
19l7-18, sold for Is cents pair; 43
rolling kitchens, sold for $50 each;
Is incomplete rolling kitchens, for
$40 each, and 100 ambulance wagons,
SO each.
The prices charged the Red Cross
are minor fractions of the original
cost to the War Department, but
since the Red Cross is not a Gov
eminent agency, the transfer of the
Evening star., 1940-06-21
life-Sovinq Bomb Made

A bomb which is expected to save
hundreds of lives and should be an
invaluable antidote to incendiary
bombs has been developed by the
Paris fire department. It explodes
at l35 degrees Fahrenheit and ex-
hausts the oxygen in the surround
ing air, instantly snufnng out any
flames in the vicinity. When test
ed near tank of blazing gasoline
it extinguished the flames as if by
magic.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Congress in Brief
TO-DAY,

Senate:
Considers miscellaneous bills.
Joint Committee seeks compromise
between House and Senate tax bills.
Military Committee considers
nomination Of Henry L. Stimson to
be Secretary Of War.
House:
Considers Senate House compro-
mise on $1,000, ,000, 900 relief bill.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Meeting uncertain.
House:
Probably will meet to consider
conference reports.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Ambassador Assures u. S.
Mexico Resists Axis DESIGNS
Declares His Nation
Ready to Take Steps
To Uphold Democracy
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

DR.. Francisco Castillo Najera, the
Mexican Ambassador, today gave
strong assurances of Mexican CO.
operation with the United States in
Western Hemisphere resistance to
any axis ambitions for political or
economic strength in the New World.
In an interview he said:
Because Of her traditional atti-
tude and her theology, Mexico will
contribute to the maintenance Of the
democratic systems In the American
Continent and is ready to partici-
pate In the way that might prove to
be necessary In the common action
the American republics may decide
to undertake"
The Ambassadors remarks fol-
lowed authoritative statements CIV
en- to the Associated Press in Mexico
City that President Lazaro Cardenas
has completed negotiations with the
United States for a loan of several
million dollars and the use of q
staff Of American Army experts to
build up the Mexican military force
Fifth Column" Hunt Cited.
While fears have been gathering
in this country for several months
that Mexico might be the striking
base for q totalitarian push against
the United States, Dr.. Najera
stressed that his government is
hunting out the fifth columnists"
and foreign agents with subversive
aims and recalled that it condemned
the aggressions Of the 1930s and l940s
launched by the totalitarian powers.
Frances losses to Germany, which
led to her request for armistice, was
the final blow that made complete
Mexico's Official distaste for modern
Germany and Italy, the Ambassador
said.
The American unity of aims de-
fined in the Buenos Aires pacts of
1886 and reafnrned in the Lima
declaration of 1898 "is now reality"
the Ambassador said, because of the
American republics determination to
preserve peace on this continent, a
peace based on mutual respect, the
equality of all states and the mu-
tual understanding Of the necessity
to cooperate amply and within
their possibilities 50 that national
help and pan-American development
may continue uninterrupted.
Recalls Stand Against Aggression.
Mexico has always understood
this clearly. That is why on every
occasion she has energetically con-
demned aggression by the strongest
nations against weaker ones. Thus
Mexico raised her voice In the case
Of Abyssinia, in that of the foreign
intervention in the internal Spanish
war, in those of the invasion Of
Belgium. Holland, Luxembourg, Nor
Evening star., 1940-06-21
1,M0 Refugees Cheer
When French Ship
Reaches England
Vessel FoiIs German
Bombers and Sea Menoces
In Hard Voyage
BY GODFREY ANDERSON,
Associated Press War Correspondent.

ABSoclateo fress war correspondent.
ABOARD AN UNNAMED SHIP
AT A SOUTHERN ENGLISH PORT,
June 21.-Nearly 1,500 British and
foreign refugees from invaded
France crammed on the narrow
decks Of ship intended to accom-
modate only 180, raised a full
throated cheer as they sighted the
green hills of Cornwall.
Before the ship arrived from
France last night food and water
were running short. German bomb
ers had attacked them and these
refugees-including at least 500
women with young children-had
slept for three nights on open decks
as the rescue ship plowed its way
homeward under destroyer escort.
In every corner of the cabin ac-
commodations old and sick lay
wrapped in rugs, coats and even
mats off the floors. Passengers hud-
died in companionways, on stairs
and every available square foot Of
the decks.
fr1eStS ana NUNS ADOdT0.
There were British families from
Paris and the Riviera, students
from Geneva, priests and nuns,
French, Czechs and Polish and Ger
man Jews. There were sailors, ma
rines, army officers from units of
the British Expeditionary Force,
woman ambulance drivers and I'M
perial Airways officials.
There also were the original pas
sengers-settlers and government
officials from East Africa-who
cheerfully surrendered their cabins
to refugees, many of whom seemed
half dead with weariness from their
flight across France. Each had his
own story of adventure or private
sorrow.
For % hours the ship waited near
Bordeaux while refugees poured
aboard. One tender was alongside
when a German plane suddenly
swooped from the sky and tried to
rake the ships crowded length with
machine-gun fire. No one was hit.
French fighters chased the plane
away and few minutes later it was
seen falling in flames, hit by guns
of British cruiser which was en-
barking members of the British En-
bassy staff across the bay.
All Food Is Rationed.
All night the boat lay at anchor
at the mouth of the moonlit harbor
while passengers nervously expected
to be bombed at any minute About
am. shrill whistles sounded the
alert and the ship shuddered as
her anti-aircraft gun began blazing
away at a low-1ying plane believed
to be dropping magnetic mines In
the sea around her.
A nearby jetty was bombed, and
passengers who crowded to the rail
saw plume of jet-black smoke
rise to the sky.
At dawn more refugees scrambled
up the dangerously-swaying accom-
modation ladder. They included six
wounded soldiers in care of pretty
blond nurse who cared for them
increasingly throughout the voyage.
Volunteers tackled the food prob
lem in the limited galley. preparing
and serving lunches where they
could. The ship had just about
enough food to last on limited ra-
tions, although 1t was . month
overdue. having been routed via
Capetown, South Africa, instead of
through the Mediterranean Sea.
The hungry were divided into 10
"sittings." Every one had the same
fare in two meals day. They were
served tea, bread and butter in the
morning; meat, rice and potatoes
at night.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Picnic Is Announced

More than $50 persons are ex-
pected to attend the third annual
picnic Of the Columbia Speciality
Co. tomorrow at the Nichols Farm
IN Clarksville. Md. The program
Will include racing events, a five
inning softball game and a special
nail-driving contest for women.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Report
Furnished BY the

(FurnMhed
continued tonight
Sunday fair and slightly warmer; gentle north winds.
continued cool tonight and tomorrow Sunday
slightly warmer In the interior.
cloudy slightly in the interior
Vrgna-Far; tonight; slowly
rising cloudy followed
showers In west portion in afternoon at night.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
District w. P. A. Moves

The District w. P. A. will move
its headquarters Monday from 40
G street NV. to Toner School 1T
Twenty fourth and F. streets NV,
it was announced today.
The Toner School has been aban.
doned by the Board of Education.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Woodward Resigns
From Wuae Bourd

Claude H. Woodward, employer
member of the District Minimum
Wage Board, has submitted his
resignation to the Commissioners,
1t was learned today.
No successor has been appointed.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
French Radio Stations Mute

LONDON, June 81 (P.-None of
the French radio stations was heard
here at 7:30 am. u:30 am, E. s. .T)
today,
Evening star., 1940-06-21

Pressure continues low. but rising. over
Northeastern Maine. Caribou, .1.OO9.S milli-
bars (2e. .s2 inches). A trough Of lov pres
Nantucket, Mass, southward and south
westward to Northern florida: Pressure is
also low over the northern Plains States,
Pierre. Pierre g. D;k !;ooe.l m,li,naFs e S2s7a
Southern Nevada. A high-pressure area
central over Lower Michis.n, Grand
Rapids. 1,O25.7 millibars (30.29 tnches),
covers the United States from the Mtssts-
sippi Valley eastward 70 the Atlantic
i1n5t9n, 1an 9o North Head. 1o22. q gmil,ibar: Thar.
Dakota. the north portion Of the North
lower Missouri and lower Mississippi Vel
lss., lsys Temperatures have fallen in The
Arkansas. the interior Of the east Gull
States and over the middle and northern
Plateau. while they have risen IN the
Plains States.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac muddy at Great
Falls today.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
River Report.
Report for Last "a Hsurs.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers MUDDY
At Harpers Ferry: Potomac muddy at Grea,
Falls today