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Evening star., 1940-03-14
Stockholm
Continued From First Page.)

own bloodless conquest of Czecho-
Slovakia.
Only time will tell whether the
peace of Moscow involves some form
Of German guarantee for what is
left of Finland.
A Moscow dispatch to the news
paper Aftonbladet said Russia in
tends to establish a so-called 'peo-
pies republic" in the area of South
ern Finland ceded to the Soviet
Union. 1t said Viipuri would be
the capital.
This report said prominent Com
munists would head the government
over ceded Finnish territory, which
includes Terijoki. border village
where a provisional Finnish "peo-
pies" regime was set up December
!, the day after the Finnish Russian
war started.
That regime, given instant
recognition from Moscow, was head
ed by Otto Kuusinen, previously
exiled Finnish Communist leader.
Nothing has been learned of
kuusinen's whereabouts in recent
weeks of fighting.
Scandinavian newspapers have
carried reports-without conf1rma-
tion-that he was arrested and
executed for misinforming Joseph
Stain as to the likelihood of popu-
lar uprising in Finland when Russia
launched her initial attack.
However, last week, after these
reports were published, the Moscow
press carried an article under his
signature, indicating that at that
time he still was in favor.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Yankee Clipper Leaves
With 48 Passengers
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 14.-The
Yankee Clipper took of yesterday
on its regular transatlantic flight
to Lisbon, Portugal, carrying the
winters largest passenger load, 48
persons, including a countess and
two diplomats.
Bound for Sweden to join her
husband and two children was the
Countess Estelle Bernadotte Of Wis
borg, American-born daughter of
the industrialist, H. E. Manville.
Among the other passengers bound
for Europe were Jonusz Zoltowski,
Polish diplomat en- route to confer
with officials of the Polsih govern
ment in France, and 30 Gunnar
Richardson Haggloff, Swedish dip
lomat.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Transport
Continued From First Page.)

of seasoned reinforcements to re-
place tired troops, Finnish morale
was unbroken.
Foreign military observers gen.
orally agreed that the Red Army
would need years really to con-
quer the Firms If they abandoned
the cities and fought delaying
guerrilla war through lake, swamp
and forest regions.
The fact that the Firms calmly
chose instead to sign peace now
on harsh Russian terms means
only to some of these observers that
Finland Is willing to Sacrifices great
ly for breathing space in which
she can reorganiZe defense of her
independence on q modern basis
particularly as concerns defense
against enemy bombing fleets
Stains bombers paraded across
Finland's skies in this war. Plucky
Finnish pilots shot down many
but for practical purposes the
Finnish air force and anti-aircraft
batteries were almost non existent.
Finns say they won't let that
happen again.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Parade Of Suspects
Continues Tonight
AT Police Bureau
Between 30 and 40 Men
Will Be Viewed by
Victims of HoIdups

Police, not the least discouraged by
the failure OF recent victims of
crimes to identify any of the hun
dreds of suspects arrested, planned
another big lineup tonight.
Between 20 and 40 colored men, ar
rested this week as suspicious char
acters will be viewed at 7:3o pm. by
citizens who have reported robberies,
assaults and similar crimes lately.
Last night, 40 white men picked up
by police were paraded at headquar-
ters. This was the third big lineup
since the current campaign against
crime started-and for the third
straight time the victims failed to
identify any of the suspects.
Few Linked to Crime.
Between 200 and 800 persons have
been detained by police on suspicion
this month, but only few have been
linked to any crime. Police said that
few of those arrested had any visible
means Of support.
William T. Moore, So, of 1904
Staples street NE, reported last
night that lone white man had
robbed him of 81 and his taxi near
Third and Charming streets NE. The
man had, been a passenger in the
cab, Mr.. Moore said, and committed
the robbery at gun point. The cab
later was recovered.
Lincoln, Dodge of i74e p street
NV, was robbed Of $45sby colored
man, who held him up in an alley
near his home last night, police re-
ported.
Another Mink Coat Stolen.
:. Another theft of mink coat came
to- light meanwhile. Mrs. Dallas
bort, sofa Dowell street NV, re-
ported that her coat was stolen
Sunday night while she was attend
ing the premier of "St. JOAN at the
Belasco Theater.
Mrs. bort said she left her coat on
her seat while she went out for a
smoke at intermission. When she
returned, the coat was gone. Tues
day night Miss Eugenia Buxton,
pianist, reported that her $1,000
mink coat was stolen from the
chapel at Howard University, where
she was giving a recital.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
.l...C: {, Refuses Plea
10 Reopen Southern Rates
BY the Associated Press.

ny ZIG ASSOCi0Ieu fISb8.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission refused today to reopen for
reargnment its decision in. the long
fought south-to-north freight rate
case. in which the South won an
important victory
The commission also ordered re-
ductions put into effect June /.
As In the original decision, the
commission voted. S to 4, against
granting petitions filed by the
northern railroads and northern
intervenors for reargument and re-
hearing.
Tie report said that after careful
consideration of the petitions and
review of the evidence the I. c. c.
found no reason warranting reopen
ing of the proceedings.
In its original decision, the COM
mission ordered reductions in rates
on 18 commodities from the South
to the north to a basis approximat-
ing that within the North. The
south-to-north rates on the COM
moditieS involved now are about 81
ner cent higher than the rates with
in the North
Commissioner William E. Lee, who
wrote the original decision, also
wrote today's report. Joining him
in voting against reopening the case
were Commissioners Clyde B. Aitch-
ison, Walter M. w. Splawn, Marion
M. Caskie and John L. Rogers.
Chairman Joseph B. Eastman and
Commissioners Claude r. Porter
Charles D. Mahaffie and Carroll
Miller voted for reargument and fur
ther hearing.
The two newest members of the
commission, J. Haden Alldredge and
William J. Patterson, did not par
tic.pate.
Commodities involved in the pro-
ceeding included stoves of all kinds,
various kinds of stone, cast iron and
brass pipe fittings, fire hydrants, iron
and brass valves and soapstone and
tale.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Weather Report
(Furnished BY the Unite

-,, Cfunsned BY the United States weather sureau3
COumba-RAn
morrow morning. colder tomorrow afternoon and night
about IS degrees moderate eaey winds becoming
tonight tomorrow morning
Maryand-Rain tonight ending portion
tomorrow morning. light tomorrow
afternoon and night
Vrgna-Ran this afternoon
portions tomorrow morning. light snow in extreme portion
row. colder tomorrow afternoon and night
West Vgna-Snow colder
uries portion; portion
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Man Is Shot Dead
10 Protect
Woman in Ho|dup
Three Masked Bundits
Attack Couple Parked on
Rood Near Baltimore
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 14.-Ten de-
tectives began a search today for
three young holdup men who last
night shot and killed John K.
Waterbury, 25-year-old gas COM
pany employe, when he tried to
protect his young woman COM
panion on a lonely suburban road.
Detective Capt. John A. Cooney
said the attack on Mr.. Waterbury
and his companion, Miss Phyllis
Taylor, 24-year-old stenographer
who was hit on the head with q
pistol, occurred shortly after the
bandit trio had held up George
Seward, 81.
Capt Cooney said one of the
men held Mr.. Seward at gun point
while the other two approached
Mr.. Waterbury's parked car, robbed
him and Miss Taylor and engaged
In fight that ended with Mr..
Waterbury shot in the heart.
Series Of IA Holdups.
The holdup was of IA that have
occurred her since March /. On
Monday night Robert B. Murray,
47-year-old Baltimore Sun copy
reader, was shot by a man who
held up a tavern. His condition
remained serious today.
Mr.. Cooney said police believed
the men who attacked Mr.. Water
bury and Miss Taylor were the same
masked, hatless, gun-carrying trio
who committed series of Lovers
Lane" holdups in Baltimore and
Anne Arundel Counties.
Working on clue provided by q
license plate picked up near the
scene of the Waterbury shooting;
police kept two houses under
surveillance in the Hampderi section.
A stolen automobile, parked on a
vacant lot by three men around
midnight, also was being watched.
Police Commissioner Robert F..
Stanton announced, meanwhile,
that the identity of two suspected
accomplices of James Charles Smith,
2-year-old Washington mechanic
held in the Murray shooting, was
known and that arrests could be
expected almost any time"
Miss Taylor, a bad cash in her
head, was confined to her home to-
day under a physicians care. She
said that after Mr.. Waterbury was
shot one of the men hit her on the
head with pistol because she was
screaming.
Bandits Flee on Foot.
The bandits then fled on foot and
after a few minutes, Miss Taylor
got out of the car, stopped a passing
motorist and told an incoherent
story of what had happened.
Police said Miss Taylor told them
she and Mr.. Waterbury were sit
ting in his parked automobile when
the men approached and ordered
them to open the doors "or we'll kill
you."
They complied with the demand
she said, and the men took SO from
Mr.. Waterbury and two rings, q
watch and a purse from her.
Mr.. waterbury objected when one
of the men reached for Miss Taylor
He jumped from the car and began
battling the pair in the road. Miss
Taylor said she heard q shot and
saw Mr.. Waterbury fall.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Leaders press for final vote On
Hatch Act amendments.
House:
Debates bill to increase number Of
Federal Judges.
Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee Of
House District Committee begins
consideration of proposed changes
in income tax law.
Subcommittee on Appropriations
resumes hearings on District appro-
priation bill.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will continue debate on Hatch Bill
If vote is not reached today.
Commerce Subcommittee meets
(executive) on La Guardia Airport
Bill. 1890 am.
Civil Service Committee meets
(executive) on Ramspeck Bill. 1890
am.
Not expected to be in session.
Subcommittee Of Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee con-
siders miscellaneous bills. 10 An.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Toxic Denies knowledge
Of New Red Fiqhtinq
By the Associated Press.

6y tne AHaoclkted PfeSS.
TOXIC, March l4-The Japanese
war ONCE today disclaimed knowl-
edge Of recurrence of fighting be.
tween Japanese and Russian troops
on the Manchukuo-O Outer Mongolian
border, saying it believed such re-
ports were groundless.
Unconflrmed Manchukuoan ad.
vices reaching Shanghai said Soviet
troops had advanced five miles and
were moving up men and equipment
on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Last summers Outer Mongolian
border fighting was halted by An
armistice September l6.
Evening star., 1940-03-14

The disturbance that was over Illinois
to the Lake Superior region with increasing
intensity. Houghton, Mich. 1O03.4 milli-
bars SO lnehes). and trough extends
fssom the lower Lake region. southward to
the Yucatan Channel, Americus, Ca.
lOl6.3 millibars t3O.O1 incheO. Pressure
u low and falling over Southern Alaska.
Oordova. 99O2 millibars t2924 inches).
Pressure Is hiEh from the Pacific Coast
eastward to the Missouri and lower Missis-
sippi Valleys and over the Atlantic States,
Austin Tex. 1O33.2 millibars l3O51
fnches); Greenville; Me. l031b millibars
l031.2 millibars t30.45 inches) frecipi-
tstion has occurred almost generally over
New Ensiand and New " Yorf HEAVY ssin
fell In portions Of the Southeastern states.
Montgomery. Ala, reporting the greatest
amount, 2.50 inches. The weather has
become decidedly colder over the West Gulf
States. the lower and middle Mississippi
Valley and the lower Ohio Valley while
temperatures are hisher over the western
States and the North Atlantic States.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Conferees Extend Life
OF Resources Board:
XIII Personnel Council
Sum of $144,5C0, 900
Agreed on for Maritime
Commission ShipbuiIdinq

Senate and House conferees on
the independent Offices appropria-
ton bill agreed today to extend
the life of the National Resources
Planning Board for another year. at
the request of President Roosevelt,
but killed the Council for Personnel
Management.
For the Planning Board, which is
headed by Frederic A. Delano, they
allowed the $4,000 recommended
by the Senate, in place of the orig
inal budget estimate Of $1,000. 900.
The agency became q part of the
White House executive Office under
the Presidents reorganization pro-
gram last year.
Funds Expire June 80.
The Personnel Council is a CO.
ordinating group, engaged In study
ing Federal employment policies.
The action of the conferees will
leave it without funds to continue
after June 30. The budget esti-
mate for the council was $4,000
and the Senate tried without sue
cess to have SIS, ,040 allowed.
When the House committee draft
ed the bill originally it left out a
third agency, the Office of Govern
ment reports, but made provision
for the other two. On the floor of
the House, however, the planning
board and the personnel council
also were knocked out on points of
order, based on q claim that there
is no basic law authorizing their ex-
tstence. This contention was chal-
lenged In the Senate committee.
1t is expected an effort will be
made to provide for the Office of
Government reports when the work
relief bill is taken up.
Shipbuilding Compromise.
The biggest item in dispute in the
independent Offices bill was the
amount for the shipbuilding pro-
gram of the Maritime Commission,
and the conferees finally compro-
missed on $144,50O,000.
The House started out by cut
ting $75,000,00 from the budget
estimate for this purpose. The Sen
ate restored 100000 of that cut
and in conference the Senate in
crease was cut in half.
AS 1t will go to the President,
after ratification of the conference
report by both houses, the bill to-
tails about s1,11S,0OO,0O0 for all in
dependent agencies, which is $76,-
100000 under the budget estimates
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Barrymore Not to PIoy
Great Profile Lead
8y the Associated Press.

By CnS ASSUCIaCeu FttSS.
HOLLYWOOD, March 14.-Un-
able to get John Barrymore to play
the lead in THE Great Profile" +"
Twentieth Century Studio has signed
Adolphe Menjou for the part.
Its about an actor" said the
studio, 1iguratfvsHI winking. Barry
more. often called "rhe Great Pro-
fle," was invited to star In the film,
but previous commitments will keep
him busy all summer.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
.AustruIiun Coalition
War Cabinet Announced

~ the Associated Press.
CANBERRA, March IA new
Australian coalition war cabinet was
announced today with Robert q.
Men1es, leader Of the United Aus
tralia Party, remaining as Prime
Minister and minister for the CO.
ordination Of defense.
A. g. Cameron, leader Of the
United Country Party, which agrees
with the United Australia Party In
ssnpire affairs, took the portfolios
OF CONNIE ce and navy.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Reds Break Through
Dictated Peace Talk
By JAMES ALDRIDGE.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March IA
NA.N.A).-The prelude to the
Finnish Russian peace negotiations
and the immediate reason why the
Firms started talking peace was the
break-through by the Red Army of
the third line and strongest defenses
of the famous Mannerheim Line at
Summa three weeks ago. This
break through is the most signifi-
cant military feat since the World
War-not only because of its mill
tary Importance, but because of i'm
mediate developments which sent
the Finnish Premier Risto Ryti,
Juho Paasikivi, former Premier of
Finland, and colleagues to Moscow.
What caused the folding up of
this famous and long-held and al
most impregnable line, which was
equal to, and, in some ways, better
than the Maginot and Siegfried
Lines?
Three Reasons for Break.
Three reasons, which, put to-
gether, constitute q hitherto unre-
vealable answer. First, the only
weakness in the line itself was acci-
dentally found by the Russians; Sec
ond, the WEAKNESS Of the Firms and
the impossibility Of relieving their
best fighters; third, but not least
important, was the first use of their
best divisions by the Red Army COM
manders.
The Mannerheim Lines strength
was not the strength of the first line
itself, but the strength of everything
behind that first line. Dugouts, tank
traps, mne fields, sniping posts and.
most important, String Of cement
forts hidden deep in the Karelian
earth, gave the line its great powers
OF defense-particularly the forts.
This is the first description ever
given of these forts. They are well
constructed of reinforced concrete,
6 feet thick, and buried under 20 to
30 feet Of earth. The straight front
Of the forts faced toward Russia.
The pack Of the forts is shaped
something like the top half of a
bottle neck, widening at right angles.
These forts are anywhere from 20
to 80 feet long. The Russia-facing
front was built to hold three guns
in the neck, two heavy machine guns
at each end and q heary artillery
piece In the center. The rest of the
fort, most Of which is underground,
is for the crews living room and
ammunition.
Planned and Replanned.
Placed IN position before the war
and planned and replanned, the
guns mad the exact range for every
road, village, etc., which the Rus
Sans would use.
Day after day the Russian artil-
lery pounded the forts, blew the
earth completely from the top, made
direct hits on the concrete face, but
did not do much damage. But when
the Russian shells got thick, many
started exploding In front Of the
forts, gradually burying themselves
under them until the big shells got
right under the cement forts and
exploded there, lifting the forts.
Knowing that the mechanism Of
the Fin/3 guns was out Of order,
Evening star., 1940-03-14
ropicoI Park

~ to0 ASSocaSte0 ff0sS.
CLOUDY and fast.)
First race-My One, Dosage.
Second race-Abanico, Epical,
Adolf, Epitaph, White Topper,
Whisper, Miss Hildur, Skipped.
Fourth race-Sallie Kay.
Sixth race-Free Bid, Sweet Law
ender, Jo Mary, Paper Girl, Hills
Palm, Black Time, Unravelled.
Seventh race-Naughty, West
Wichita, Travel Agent. Marching
Fest.
Ninth raes ID Jared o6.
Evening star., 1940-03-14


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Evening star., 1940-03-14

Individually they would not have
had any great significance. But they
all came in . heap. That is the
secret of why the Mannerheim Line
broke.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
Scratches
OQkIuwn Park
(Clear and Good.

(Clear and Good.)
First race-1zarra, Miss Sonada.
Eighth race-Maria Juliet, Golden
Quest.
Ninth and tenth races declared
of.
Evening star., 1940-03-14

Rsfsisa ststlsns.
(Noon. Greenwich time. today)
JGltS TeNnnnra tupa WyA~xhae
Horta SFayaD. Azores 81 Cloudy
(ourrent obssrvattons.)
Gan Juan. rusrto Rice 70 C1Bu4y
4avann, Cuba - u Cloudy
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-11

A LKA-SELTZER is unusually
~ effective In the relief Of Head
ache because its analgesic
tpainrelieving contenD is made
more positive by alkaline buffers.
Aka Settler being combination
Of painrelieving and alkalizing in
gradients has gained wide usage
and popularity for the relief of
Acid Indigestion, Cold Symptoms,
Morning After" misery and Mus
cular Pains And be sure to try
Alka-Seltzer for that tired feeling
following hard work or strenuous
exercise.
Ask your druggist
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-11
FRIDAY, OCTOBER II, 1910.
LET US GO FORWARD"

In recent plea for preservation of
labor and social gains, President Will
liam Green of the American Fedora
tion of Labor said, "Let US go for
ward" and urged sane thinking by
all Americans.
1--WE must apply the rules of COM
mon sense, discretion and good judg-
ment in great national emergency
just as we do when conditions are nor
NAL, and our national thinking is nor
mal," he said.
America needs to heed Mr.. Green's
plea. There is no need for hysteria
and panic in the present situation
Those who stir up such feelings are
enemies of the nation. If the "rules
of common sense" are applied, there
will be no backward steps in the fields
of labor and social progress. On the
contrary, progress will be steadily
continued toward the goal of better
and happier America.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-11
SCHOOLS MUST BE FREE

Democracy connotes freedom to
learn; the public schools are the chief
bulwark of that freedom; therefore
the schools should themselves enjoy
the largest practicable measure of
freedom. The schools should be an
swerable solely to the general public
opinion as registered in votes of citi-
zens at school elections, in which the
essential issues connected with free
dom of the learner to learn are not
blurred by extraneous partisan con-
siderations.
This relationship to the public is
difficult, if not impossible, when the
public schools are made a department
of the city or county government,
when control of various phases of the
educational program is distributed
among several departments of gov
ernment, or when local and state edu-
cational authorities are subject to pc
riodic raids by political spoilsmen.-
John w. Studebaker, U. S. Commits
sioner of Education.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-11
WHAT NEXT?

Development in Germany of con-
tainer tubes, such as used for shaving
cream, ETC., made from plastic ma
terials instead of metal is reported
by the United States consul at Frank
fort-on-M Main. Large-scale production
has heretofore been retarded by the
need for developing suitable machin-
cry to permit such production on a
mechanical basis, but it is reported
that company has been organized in
Berlin which will begin its manufac-
ture with an output of approximately
100000 tubes monthly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-11
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

madam members of the Municipal FL
nance Officers Association of the
United States and Canada. The analy-
sis may constitute guide to many
developments which United States
cities can expect as result of the
defense program.
The reduction in relief costs has
been an important effect of the war,
the Association says. Practically ev-
cry employable person has been taken
from the relief rolls in Brantford,
Ont, the number of recipients in OF
tawa dropped from 1884 at the end
of 1888 to GALS last July 81, while
the number of heads of families on
relief rolls in Verdun, Que, has
dropped this year from $500 to 625
Glace Bay, N. S., however, reported no
reduction in relief costs because most
of the young men receiving relief were
rejected by the army as unfit phys
ically.
Personnel problems caused by the
war are significant, many Canadian
city officials say Replacing perma-
nent staff members on leave for per-
manent or short-time military duty
presents several problems, one of
which is what to do about payment of
staff members in military service.
Frequently employees are paid their
full salaries for three weeks or a
month, and in some cases substan-
tial portion of the difference between
their municipal salaries and their pay
as soldiers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-11
ANY OLD EXCUSE WILL DO

In order to keep wages from rising
as result of the increased demand for
workers, largely due to the national
defense program, some employers
think now is a good time for ham
stringing organized labor and legis-
lation which protects unions and wage
standards.
That drive on unions is shaping
up is indicated here and there EN-
ployers not accustomed to dealing
with their workers on basis of
equality think they see way toward
lower standards by using the defense
program as an excuse for urging
longer hours and lower pay.
Maybe they'll be set back on their
heels this November. Maybe when
they take note of the defeat of anti
labor candidates, already forecast by
number of primary election results,