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Evening star., 1940-06-20
Judge Bentley
Criticized at
Senate Hearing
Committed Witness
For Mental Study,
Says Lawyer

Judge Fay L. Bentley Of Juvenile
Court was accused today before q
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee con-
sidering her denomination of having
exceeded her authority in commit
ting witness to Gallinger Hospital
for mental observation.
The case, involving a woman who
had taken legal action to force her
husband to contribute to the support
of their l5-year-old daughter, was
outlined to the subcommittee by
Arthur G. Lambert, an attorney who
had represented her dn court. When
Mr.. Lambert finished the story. Sem
ator McCarran, Democrat, Of Ne
vada, the subcommittee chairman,
remarked:
If every court arrested and COM
mitted every excited witness there
would be lot of people in jail"
The subcommittee adjourned
after hearing Mr.. Lambert and will
meet again tomorrow at 10 am. to
take the testimony of any witness
who desires either to approve or
oppose Miss Bentleys continued
service on the Juvenile Court bench.
Preceding Mr. Lambert's appear
ance, more than q dozen men and
women urged the subcommittee to
approve President Roosevelt's re-
appointment OF Miss Bentley, thus
adding to the long list of those
who indorsed her yesterday.
Just before Mr.. Lambert took
the witness stand Senator McCar-
ran reiterated statement he made
yesterday that the subcommittee
had received, in writing, q number
Of Endorsements as well as a num-
Der Of complaints regarding Miss
Bentley's reappointment. Then he
added, hastily:
The subcommittee has an open
mind and will continue with an
open mind"
Evening star., 1940-06-20
MehImun Is Exoneruted
In Traffic FutuIity

A coroner's jury yesterday exon
Grated Meyer Mehlman, 80, of 1901
North Carolina avenue Sc, in the
traffic death of Ralph Piperno, 60,
of 208 Maryland avenue NE, Sum-
day night.
Mr.. Piperno was struck by Mr..
Mehlman's car as he walked west
across Maryland avenue on the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue
Sc. Several witnesses testified the
pedestrian was walking against a
red light and others said he was
slightly south Of the crosswalk when
struck.
Mr.. Mehlman, who was travelling
south, was proceeding at the nor
NAL" rate of speed, witnesses said.
Evening star., 1940-06-20
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cation, were presented to 203 grad
yates of the suburban Maryland
school at commencement exercises
Tuesday night.
Surmounted by an adaptation of
the Great Seal of the United States
and engraved on parchment paper,
the certificates conveyed Repre-
sentative Byron's congratulations
upon the accomplishment of high
school graduation" and bore Mr..
Byron's engraved signature.
Accompanying the certificate was
a form letter asserting that Il hope
the sentiment it expresses will merit
your keeping it as a memento of
the good work you have done in
the past and my sincere wishes for
successful career in the future"
List Of Addresses Asked.
Thomas w. Pyle, principal of the
high school. said today that he re-
ceived letter from Mr.. Byron sew
eral weeks ago requesting a list of
students who would graduate this
year and the list was mailed to the
Representative.
Subsequently, he declared, a Sec
Evening star., 1940-06-20

mas had not been brought to his
attention.
Mrs. Julius p. Hall of. Poolesville
chairman Of the Board OF Education
for Montgomery County, declared,
however. the manner In which the
certificates were distributed to Be-
thesda-Chevy Chase graduates "in
all likelihood" would result In an in
quiry by her board. '--
Mrs. Hall said:
; "The distribution Of the certifi-
Gates at commencement was entirely
out Of place and, while I realize Mr..
Pyle was very busy at the time of
school closing and did not have time
to prepare a list of the graduates
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Byron Certificates, Rolled Up
With Diplomas, to Bring Inquiry

An inquiry into the manner In
which certificates conveying the
congratulations Of Representative
Byron, Democrat, of Maryland, who
is running for reelection against
Montgomery County Commissioner
Walter johnson. Republican NOM
inee, were distributed to Bethesda
Chevy Chase Senior High School
graduates is expected to be made
by the Montgomery County Board
of Education when it meets July 2.
The certificates. wrapped inside
the regular beribboned diplomas
awarded by the State Board of Edu-
Evening star., 1940-06-20

The place: In or near the cross
walk of North Carolina avenue Sc.
at the intersection of Pennsylvania
avenue.
The accident: A 60-year r-old man
was fatally injured when struck by
q car as he walked west across
North Carolina avenue on the south
side of Pennsylvania avenue. The
vehicle was proceeding south. Ac-
cording to testimony given the
coroner's jury, the pedestrian was
walking against red light. Three
witnesses testified he was q few
feet south of crosswalks, two others
said he was within crosswalk. The
victim died about three hours later.
The time: 10:40 pm. June is.
Weather: Cloudy.
The street: Dry, slight downgrade
south, straight. Trees partly OBJ
scured lighting.
The driver: A 39-year-old man
with Is years driving experience.
The vehicle: A 1881 heavy sedan,
With hrAkea that met Ian reQuire:
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Traffic Record

The trafiic record, as revealed
at police headquarters. for A.
hour period ending at 8 an.
today:
Fatalities, l pedestrian.
Accidents, ~.
Motorists injured, none.
Motorists arrested, 303.
Pedestrians injured, 6.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of PEDESTRIAN control
regulations, l..
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Juvenile Court Staff Knows
Camp Benefits and Gives $50
Judge Foy Bentley Sees Enjoyment
As Foe Of Child Delinquency

There is still time to add your
dollars to the Needy Children's
Camps" fund. It costs $3.50 to keep
q child in camp a week. $25 for three
weeks. but every dollar means
day in camp for little boy or girl
who desperately needs it.
Won't you give these children
something to live for?
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Divorce Is Gronted

ROCKVILLE, Md, June 20 (Spe-
ciaD Wesley Marshall Giles Of
Chevy Chase has been granted an
absolute divorce from Gertrude
Prince Giles of North Carolina By
Judge Charles w. Woodward in Cir
cult Court here.
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Radio Towers
Protested at
zoniing Hearing
Board Of Adjustment
To Report to D. c.
Commissioners

Plans for the establishment Of
transmission towers and q booster
station for the proposed new local
radio station, for which the Federal
Communications Commission has
granted wave length to Lawrence
j. Heller, were debated yesterday
at a public hearing before the Dis.
trict Board of Zoning Adjustment.
Objections to the proposed loca-
tions Of units of the station were
raised by more than a half dozen
witnesses. including members of the
Friendship, Forest Hills and the
American University Park Citizens
Associations and the Woodrow Will
son Home and School Association.
The adjustment board took no
action on the case, but will report
the results of the hearing to the
Commissioners, having held the
hearing at their request.
Involves Separate Locations.
Mr.. Heller proposes the erection
of an antenna tower for RADIO trans
mission either near Eighth and I
Thirteenth street, between N and
0 streets NV, and the erection of
booster station, with an antenna
tower. on the east side of Forty.
first street, south of Brandywins
street NV.
Among the protests were argyll
ments that the towers would be
"eye-sores" in appearance, the
transmission might interfere with
other radio program reception and
that the towers. If they should COL
lapse, might inf1ict harm.
The adjustment board deferred
action on an appeal by the con-
gregation of the Holy Ghost and
Of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
of the Roman Catholic Church for
permission to establish an educa-
tional institution at 1915 Manchester
lane NV, against which opposition
was registered by Francis w. Hill,
jr., representing some IS persons
opposing the project.
Proposal Is Explained.
The Very Rev. George Joseph
Collins, provincial leader for the
United States, explained that no
school training would be conducted
on the premises, but that as many
as three graduate priests would be
housed there, as well as provincial
officers of the order. 1t was ex-
planned the house would be used
as sort of embassy" for the
order.
The adjustment board announced
approval of the following nine ap-
peals:
BY Richard w. and Virginia C..
Higgins, for permission to inclose
a first-story rear porch at 107 Tenth
street NE.
BY Pasquale Di Rocco. to erect q
rear second-story addition to the
dwelling at 902 Irving street NE.
BY A. Ferranti. to use the rear
of 3214 Sixth street NV. as
public storage garage.
Would Change Store.
BY Catherine Gass, to change a
non conforming use from grocery
store to a hand laundry at 1928
Sherman avenue NV.
BY Sarah A. and Janey M. Hol-
brook, to erect one-story rear
porch on the dwelling at 5538 Nevada
avenue NV.
BY S. II. Mace, to inclose a rear
one-story porch at 2802 Charming
street NE.
BY Otto w. and Lillian E.
Strachan, to erect one-story rear
porch on the dwelling at 56l6
Nebraska avenue NV.
BY Clarence washington, to erect
a two-story porch in the rear Of
124 Florida avenue NV.
BY j. A. Pappadeas and Peter E.
Kekenes, to erect a two-story build
ing at the rear of 1341-1345 I
street NE.
Evening star., 1940-06-20

Diagram shows how 60year-old fatally injured
when struck he walked North Carolina
SE against red light according to witnesses Conflicting
testimony given coroners jury weher he in
the crosswalk when struck marks the approximate place Of
impact and the circled K where he was picked up
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Star Will Accept
Contributions for
Sharing Vacation

If you would like to share your
vacation and help send a needy
child to camp The Star will be glad
to receive your contribution and
acknowledge it in the news COL
umns. Send your gift to The Star
cashier. Whatever you send will
help. 1t costs $3.50 to keep child
in camp week, $25 for three weeks.
Following is a list of contribu-
tions received by The Star today:
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Why Must They Die? No: 80 s' De's Lost ' Yse;ss es
of Series OF Factual Analyses of c. Traffic Fatalities

rs, 20 and 81 haue not been pub
Hshed pending completion OF off,
cial Investigations. Analysis OF
traffic death No. 81, In tDhich no
inquest pas held, toHl be pub
ished tomorrow.
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Evening star., 1940-12-14
Army Lets Contracts
Tota|ing S1o5,8S7,79Q
For Ammunition
Plant at st. Louis
To Employ 10000
Persons Is Included
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The War Department awarded
contracts totaling S105 .887 ,790 today
for small arms ammunition and for
. new plant at st. Louis to produce
the ammunition.
Oficials said the awards repre-
Sented the largest single ordnance
manufacturing project Of the cur
rent rearmament program.
The plant will be built on a 1874
acre site and employ from 10000 to
$4,000 persons when it starts produc-
ton. nearly a year hence.
The Western Cartridge Co., East
Alton, ILL.,, was given a s18,600 900
contract to supervise the layout,
engineering and construction of the
plant and to procure equipment and
supervise its installation.
The United States Cartridge Co.
of Baltimore received an $87,279, 100
award for an initial order Of ammu-
milton.
Contracts for actual construction
will be awarded later. The Govern
ment will build and retain title to
the plant, which will be operated on
a cost-plus-f1xed fee basis by the
Baltimore concern.
The plant is the second to be an
nounced, another having been ar
ranged for recently near Kansas
City to be operated by the Reming-
ton Arms Co.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Tells How Bombers Blasted Parachute Invaders Channel deout

Some showed moving trains-oth-
ers minute gatherings of spots that
were men on the march-others the
insect-like shapes of tanks. Yes, it
was q concentration of enemy troops
at q time when We least expected
them.
Swift, curt orders travelled along
telephone wires. The day bombers
were pushed out Of their sheds. The
little waspish fighters are coming
out, too. Then it is going to be .
big job.
OF they go toward France, grow
ing smaller and smaller until they
look like cloud of midges dancing
against the sun. The Germans know
what is coming before that cloud Of
warbirds bursts upon them. AS the
English 60 forward, Infinitely high
over the Channel ditch, the white
clouds ahead seem to spew German
fighters. But suddenly, right out Of
the golden zenith, and with the full
and perfect advantage from the sun
behind them, drops . formation Of
(6ee ], 4, =. HaSe AL
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Southern Conference
Votes 10 Ask 6. W. j.
To Become Member
Proposal Would Go
Into Effect September J.;
Action Unanimous
By the Associated Press.

CHARLOTTE, N. c.. Dec. 1.-THE
Southern Conference voted today to
invite George Washington Univer-
sity of Washington to become
member of the organization ef1ec-
tive next September /.
The vote, as finally recorded at
the conferences annual meeting
here, was unanimous. On the first
ballot, two votes were cast in oppo-
sition.
Admission of George Washington
will bring the conference back to its
former strength of Is members. 1t
has been composed of only IS men,
bers since the University Of Vir-
ginia withdrew shortly after the
conference approved in 1885 a pro-
posal of President Frank P. Graham
Of the University Of North Carolina
to de-emphasize football.
The stringent features Of the So
called Graham plan were later
modified.
Geary Epley of the University Of
Maryland offered the motion to in
vite George Washington to become
q member. It followed considerable
discussion of the schools policies
and athletic setup, details of which
were explained by Max harrington
G. WIS director of athletics.
Before going into this matter the
conference heard the annual reports
Of its officers, which said satisfac-
tory progress had been made dur
ing the past year.
earlier Story on Page A-153
Evening star., 1940-12-14

successes first gained by German
parachute troops. So Hitler, in the
interim before his next performance
(still billed as the invasion of Eng
land) has been re-equipping and
building up to fantastic numbers his
famous parachute regiments.
Three full regiments of parachute
troops were founded by Gen. Her.
mann Goering at Stendahl, between
Berlin and Hanover, five years ago.
A few picked officers worked with
Frances troops in Spain, in the
German Condor Legion" and
gained parachute experience under
war conditions. The strongest and
fittest soldiers in the German army
were selected, in great secrecy, and
trained for parachute attack.
There came a day when the Nazis
had brought their three parachute
regiments right up to strength with
trained men, at the beginning Of
November, at time when the "in-
vasion scare" had died down. All
tn q moment, Is it seemed, they were
Evening star., 1940-12-14
10,926-Ton British
Liner Is Reported
Torpedoed Off Fire
Mine Moy Have Caused
OsIofjord Sinking,
Germans Declare
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. l4-Mackay
Radio reported today 1t had inter-
cepted a message from the Port
patrick. Scotland, radio station that
the 10,926-ton British liner Western
Prince had been torpedoed about
400 miles northwest of the Irish
coast at 2:02 am, E. S. T.
The 496-foot Western Prince, with
London as her home port, was built
in 1929 at Glasgow and is owned by
the Prince Line, Ltd, and managed
by Furness, Witty g. Co.
A passenger vessel, she was re-
Gently in the New York South
American run and was last reported
in Rio de Janeiro on September l9.
She made several trips from Liver
pool to New York, carrying war
refugees, including many children.
When Capt. John Reed, master of
the Western Prince, docked the
vessel here November %, he dis
closed that another ship had been
bombed so miles from his, and re-
marked, "the danger these days is
from overhead. In the last war,
was torpedoed and survived"
The torpedoing of the Western
Prince followed a triple blow against
British shipping yesterday.
The destruction of the 18,673-ton
Norwegian liner Oslofjord-chartered
to the British for troop service-by a
mine off the coast of England was
learned by New York Maritime
sources.
The British Admiralty at the same
time announced the loss of the
armed merchant cruiser Forfar-be-
lieved by shipping men to be either
the 19,671-ton Scythia, or the Cam
eronia, 16,297 tons.
Mackay Radio also picked up
message yesterday from the British
Orari, a 10,350-ton refrigerated mo-
torship carrying Australian beef,
saying she had been torpedoed about
750 miles west of Brest, France.
Evening star., 1940-12-14

Every toy they brought meant
Christmas was coming to another
needy child. And before the lights
had dimmed for the matinee"
shows, theater managers were pre-
dieting that more needy children
would be taken care of with toys
this year than have been for a
number Of years.
For each child only one toy was
the ticket of admission. But some
of the youngsters brought several
toys apiece At the Colony Theater
q 9.year-old boy lugged a shopping
bag into the lobby with eight gifts
The youngsters seemed to get as
much excitement out OF giving the
toys as they would have out OF
finding them in their own Christmas
stockings. It was q happy crowd
of youngsters that filled the the
aters this morning.
Today was the tenth annual "toy
matinee" day. the tenth time the
children Of Washington have turned
out to share their Christmas with
(see CHRISTMAS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Refugee Ship Disaster
Dead Toll Rises 70 223
Nv the Associated Press

Nv the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 14.-The
death list from the capsizing OF a
Jewish refugee ship on reef IN
the Sea Of Marmora mounted to 223
today and officials said about one
half of the bodies had been re-
covered.
Survivors of the wreck of the
lW-ton wooden vessel huddled IN
temporary camps near the shore.
The White Russian captain of the
ship, who was detained pending an
investigation, said he had been SAIL
ing in Turkish waters since 1917.
Nearly 400 passengers boarded the
boat at Varna, Bulgaria, including
Rumanian, Polish, Czech and Ger
man Jews. Survivors said each paid
$3.50 for a passage with the guar
antee that they would be landed in
Palestine.
A physician who headed the eX-
pedition was among the victims.
Evening star., 1940-12-14

suddenly gathered at a spot on the
other side Of the Channel.
All sorts of camouflage was used
to hide the oncentration-a new
forest grew up where one had not
been before, composed of sawn-down
trees carried there entire; vast
string nets were spread over q tre-
mendous area, and covered with
newly cut grass, renewed each night
at darkness; the men and their
equipment were housed in big caves
on the seashore.
Everything was going splendidly-
a genuine triumph of painstaking
German efficiency. And then-na-
ture blew the gaff!
British reconnaissance flyers who
set of every hour of the day to take
routine photographs Of enemy ter
ritory are some Of the bravest men
I know. One of these men slipped
across the Channel and took pic
.tures. He was an American lad
from California, Bill Kirk. He lived
in Pasadena and was proud, and
then some, Of his Scottish ancestry.
Evening star., 1940-12-14

It looked quiet and normal-mead-
ows, trees and seashore.
When his pictures were developed
the man who did them brought the
still wet prints to q senior ofhcer.
These look a little odd, SIR" he
remarked quietly.
It was just that the woods and
the meadows in the picture seemed .
bit stained or faded. You and I
would never have noticed any differ
ence. But the expert knew.
When trees and grass are cut, the
chlorophyl-the coloring matter
starts drying out. These r. A. F.
experts know how to detect cut vege-
tation from growing stuff, just as
they know what looks like a tiny
scratch on the film may be q tank
track. One hawk-face after another
examined these photos-and declared
that the trees and grass were all
cut, and were obviously used as
camouhaee. Camouflage for what?
Other prints were restudied-pic-
lures taken over several days and
In IN area hundreds a miles ssroos.
Evening star., 1940-12-14

may or may not be one Of those un-
certain wartime narratives which
gets embroidered as it is passed
along.
These rumors do, however, recall
that neither Bruno Mussolini, nor
his brother, Vittorio, both of whom
served in the air force in Ethiopia,
ever gained as much fame for their
aerial exploits as Vittorio gained no
toriety for his effusive description
of one of his first bombing attacks.
He described the. effect of a bomb
dropped in the midst of group of
Ethiopian horsemen armed with
rifles and knives. The explosion
created a magnificent spectacle, he
said, as a great crimson mass below
burst upward, unfolding like a
rose"
Copyright, 1910. Chicago Daily News, IncD
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Fire Destroys Plant
Al Hoboken Busy
On Defense Orders
One EmpIoye Is Killed
In Factory Making
Ship Equipment
BY the Associated Press.

HOBOKEN. N. j.. Dec 14.-Fire
early today destroyed the plant Of
the Condenser Service g. Engineer
ing Corp, active in national defense
orders, with loss estimated by the
company spokesman at from $100 900
to 81 OOO. 900. One man was killed
The dead man was tentatively
identified as George Jacobs Of Jer-
sey City, night watchman. who dis
covered the fire with four other
workmen, comprising the night shift
at the plant.
The other men said the watchman
apparently had been going back into
the plant office to obtain papers and
was trapped by the flames. His
body was found near the ONCE
Olaf Anderson Of North Bergen,
plant executive. estimated the loss
at 81, ,0O0, 900. including valuable wood
patterns and specially built ma
chimes being constructed to Ill de-
fense orders.
Made Ship Equipment.
H. c. Evans, company treasurer,
said the million-dollar estimate was
much too high-about a tenth Of
that"
The company built turbines, con-
densers and other equipment for
steamships.
The plant was . one and two
story building spreading over half
city square.
The men working at the time
said they saw fash near the CELL
ing shortly after am. and 1.-The
ceiling became ablaze. With Mr..
Jacobs, they fought the fire, but
when it got beyond their control
they turned in the alarm.
Flames Spread Rapidly.
The flames spread rapidly through
the building, destroying the wooden
patterns and a wood and tarpaper
roof. Fire Chief John j. Gilday
said his men were hampered by
the presence Of oxygen and aceyt-
elene. tanks, but no injuries were
reported. He sounded q second
alarm. The fire was brought under
control after O'Clock.
Streams Of water had to be played
on a large fuel gas tank across the
street from the plant to prevent
overheating.
The plant, located in Hoboken
about nine years, employed approx
imately 300 men. Working with Mr..
Jacobs on the night shift were Paul
Graetz and Maurice Straube of Jer-
sey City, August Morris Of West
New York and Harry Hill Of New
York.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
BY LELAND STOWE,


Chicago Daily News FOREIGN Correspondent.
ATHENS, Dec. 14.-According to
vague but persistent rAmors, Bruno
MusSolini, eldest son of the man
whose command launched Italy's
invasion of Greece, was shot down
and killed in one of the Fascist
raids on Salonika at the beginning
of November. More recently, an
other uncomfortable report of a
similar nature has been circulated
in regard to an aerial encounter
over Southern Albania.
Since positive Identification
proved impossible, the truth about
either of these rumors may not be
known until after the war
What is told about the Salonika
raid is highly circumstantial, al
through interesting. Some people
insist that the headleSs body of a
young italian officer was found in
the wreckage of a three-engined
Cant bomber and the breast of the
mans uniform was covered with an
extraordinary number of decora-
tionS.
1t is also said that The dead avi-
ator's broad shoulders and strong
physique resembled pictures of Pre-
mier Mussolinis SON. According to
one version, italian flyers who were
captured about the same time re-
fused to identify the body. This