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Evening star., 1940-12-02
Huge Cop Declared
Left in Center
Of Fascist Line
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Dec. 2.-Capture of
5000 Italians, the largest mass of
prisoners yet taken by the Greek
Army, was announced today from
the northern front.
Their surrender, dispatches said,
was the signal for a general re-
treat of other Italian forces in the
area. leaving huge gap in the
Fascist center.
Fresh italian troops rushed to boil
ster sagging defense lines earlier
had been reported being smashed
back with the regiments they came
to reinforce and the Greeks claimed
important" new advances all along
the Albanian battlefront.
Mention of the exact place where
the front was reported smashed was
forbidden by military authorities
They permitted mention merely that
it was in the north.
One frontline report said "the
victory, without exaggeration, is of
exceptional importance, for the en-
emy line in this sector has been
destroyed and all danger eliminated
for u.s.
Surrender Offered.
The capture of the Italians, this
report said, came after the Fascist
commander sent a message to the
Greek line that he was ready to
surrender. The Greeks, fearing a
trap, cautiously surrounded the
Italians with heavy detachments,
this account went on.
THE psychological effect of the
surrender was such that it broke
enemy resistance in the area and
led to hasty, precipitous retreat" it
said.
"One after another of the Italian
columns abandoned their positions,
leaving behind all sorts of equip
ment in large quantities.
Seventeen captured Italian Off
GERS disclosed that elite Italian le-
gions which had fought in Spain's
civil war had taken part in defense
of this area and were retreating in
disorder"
Before this report was received,
advices from the front described the
fighting line at the start of the
sixth week of war as swinging like
a barn door toward the Adriatic
coast, from a coastal area just north
of the Greek frontier, to Lake
Ochrida. on the Yugoslav frontier.
With this break, the arching bat
tlefront appeared to have been cut
into two segments, with the heaviest
fighting still raging in the south
around Argirocastro, the last re-
naming Fascist invasion base in
Southern Albania.
Points Near Premet Captured.
In the central sector the Greek
high command announced the cap
ture of points of special Importance
for the development of operations"
around Premet, 18 miles north of the
Greek frontier.
Near Lake Ochrida Italians were
said to be re1reating through ice and
snow toward Elbasani, 40 miles
northwest of fallen Pogradetz on the
road to the Albanian capital Tirana.
The high command said last night
the Greeks made important ad-
vances on the entire front" and
captured $50 more prisoners.
A spokesman added that the
Italian retreat was general from
Lake Ochrida to the sea, and that
Greek bayonet charges had won
new fortified heights.
'"The booty we have captured
(around Pogradetz) is very i'm
portant and exceeds figures given
in the official communique, he
said. More to the south, the
fresh, select Italian troops which
had been rushed to reinforce the
enemy have contributed nothing.
(See GREEK. Page A-5)
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Quisling Escapes Bomb
In Frederikstud Visit

STOCKHOLM, Dec. "A bomb
exploded near Mai. Vidkun Quisling,
Norwegian Nazi leader, but did not
injure him, during a recent visit to
Frederikstad, in Southern Norway,
the newspaper Dagens Nyheters re-
ported from Oslo yesterday.
Quisling is the leader of the sole
political party permitted since the
German occupation. Whether any
one was inquired was not stated.
Fighting between political oppo-
nents in the town of Soarpsborg, in
which four persons were arrested
and several injured, also was re-
ported.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
28-Degree Weather
Predicted for Capital

Winter will put an icy finger on
Washington in the next "a hours,
the Weather Bureau said today in
predicting an overnight minimum
temperature of % degrees.
Some cloudiness but no precipi-
tation is in prospect for this after
noon and tomorrow, with tomorrow
afternoon and night expected to be
colder.
The mercury stopped its down.
ward slide at the 31-degree mark
at 5 O'Clock this morning. Yester-
days high was 81 at 10 am, while
at $50 this morning the reading
was 36.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Christmas House Opening
To Receive Gifts for Needy
Checks Can Be Brought or Mailed
To The Stor; First Broadcast Tonight

painted Santa Claus with empty
will smile invitation to giving the crowds who The Star
Building from tonight until Christmas.
The Santa Claus the decoration
The Stars Christmas House. which will this afternoon for
contributions to bring Christmas to the city's needy
To fill his pack, to spread Christmas to families
possible Christmas House. located Eleventh
street Pennsylvania NV will remain open daily
$3.50 to After pm contributions be left at the
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Watts Is Appointed
Labor Board Counsel
By tie Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
The National Labor Relations
Board announced yesterday the ap-
pointment of Robert B. Watts as
general counsel.
Mr.. Watts, now assistant general
counsel, succeeds Charles Fahy, who
resigned in September to become
assistant solicitor general.
A native of Portland, Me-, Mr..
Watts is 80 years old. He has been
with the N. l.. r. B. since 1884.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
YugosIovio Is Reported
Ready to Join Axis
BY the Associated Press.

By the ASSOclated Press.
BUDAPEST, Dec. 2.-Authorita-
tive diplomatic sources here said
today a secret weekend conference
between Adolf Hitler and Yugoslav
Foreign Minister Aleksander Cincar-
Markovich in Berlin had prepared
the way for Yugoslavia to join the
tri-partite treaty.
The meeting was said to have
ironed out o'tails for Yugoslavia
to follow Hungary, Rumania and
Slovakia, who already have been
added to the German-Italian-
Japanese 10-year military and eco
nomic accord.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Details May Delay Nozi
RECOGNITION of Marking
Ss the Associated Press.

Il Ss the Associated Press.
ii BERLIN, Dec. 2.-German recog-
nition of the Japanese-approved
Nanking government in China may
take some time, authorized sources
said today.
While the signers of the six-power
axis accord are in agreement on all
major matters, they pointed out
differences exist in details.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
More Nozis Speed to Rumonio
On Reports Of Growing Chaos;
Greeks Claim 5000 Prisoners
Spaghetti Is Added
To List of ItoIy's
Rutioned Foods
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Dec. 2.-Spaghetti,
-four and rice were added to
Italy's list of rationed food
products, effective today.
Consumers will be permitted
to buy total of two Kilograms
(about Az pounds of these
products monthly.
Restaurants we're forbidden
to serve spaghetti or rice Tues
days and Saturdays. Other
days these dishes may be
served only at one meal.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Four Fresh Divisions
Are Dispatched
Through Hungary
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ON THE HUNGARIAN -RUMAN-
IAN FRONTIER, Dec. 2.-Four fresh
German divisions were moving
through Hungary en- route to Ru-
mania today as reports trickling
across the border told of increasing
anarchy throughout that country.
Unconfirmed reports from Bucha-
rest salad these additional German
troops would attempt to restore or
Ger there and in other large Ru-
manian cities where Iron Guard
extremists have taken bloody re-
venge on officials of the OuSted re-
gime of former King Carol II.
The German divisions, moving
by rail through Slovakia and thence
through Hungary, will bolster many
Nazi detachments already guarding
Rumania's oil fields and pipelines.
(Four divisions mean approx
mately $4,000 men. German
strength in Rumania previously
has been estimated as high as
5OO,0OO)
Split in Iron Guard.
Over the frontier came picture
of Rumanias embattled Iron Guard
split now into three factions and
the Rumanian Army apparently
wavering over what course to take.
One section of the green-shirted
guardsmen was said to be support
ing the guard leader, Vice Premier
Horia Sima, who has besought
discipline.
A second was reported behind
Ion Codreanu, father Of Cornellu
zelea Codreanu, slain founder of the
guard, whose death during the
Carol regime it has been avenglng
with a blood purge.
A third section, and by far the
biggest, repeatedly was out OF
control.
A parade in Bucharest of a Ger
man motorized division was inter-
preted in Hungary as warning tnat
German legions are prepared to re-
store order in strife-ridden Rumania
unless the Rumanians do it them
selves.
Looting Reported.
This last section was reported to
be looting and satisfying personal
vengeances under the protection of
hastily donned Green Shirts.
Wearers of the Green Shirt, who
numbered 900 two months ago, now
number more than 100000, with a
greater part of the sudden increase
made by indiscriminate recruiting
and self-appointment of members,
Including most of the underworld of
Bucharest and other large cities and
inmates of hastily emptied prisons.
Confusion as to who was following
whom. with the army unable to de-
eide whom to support or how to
distinguish between Green Shirts,
made it probable, reports said, that
the German armed forces would take
an even stronger stand.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Eberharter Transferred
From District Committee

The House District Committee
today lost one of its most active
members - Representative Eber-
harter, Democrat, of Pennsylvania
who was appointed to the more i'm
portant Foreign Affairs Committee.
Mr.. Eberharter served as chair
man of a special subcommittee of
the District Committee which con-
Quoted an investigation last spring
of the liquor situation here and
recommended changes to tighten
enforcement of the existing law.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MILAN, Italy, Dec. New high
altitude planes which the Fascist
press saws will revolutionize air
fighting are being turned out by
airplane factories throughout Italy,
Secondo Campini, the inventor, said
today.
In an interview in the newspaper
Corriere della Sera, Campini cor
rected a report published yesterday
by II Popolo di Roma, which de-
scribed his work as motorless,
propellerless craft shot through the
air by gas.
The plane takes of with an ordi-
nary motor and an ordinary pro-
peller, Campini said, but in fight
its power is increased four times by
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Ticket Supply Exhausted

The supply of tickets for next Sun
days play-off football game between
the Redskins and Chicago Bears was
exhausted at 1890 pm. today, only
three and a half hours after they
went on sale. The Redskins Office
is holding tickets for season ticket
holders until pm. Those not called
for by that time will be placed on
public sale at Grifhth Stadium to-
morrow morning.
Earlier story on Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-12-02
200 German Planes
In Night Attacks
On Southampton
kozis Claim Heavy
Domoge in Latest
Attack on Port
Rn the Associated Press.
SOUTHAMPTON, Engls


SOUTHAMPTON, England. Dec, 2
This vital south coast shipping
center took the main weight of Ger
man bombing raids against Britain
last night, but details of damage and
casualties were not available imme-
diately.
(The Germans already had an
nounced that for the second night
in succession they concentrated
on hammering at Southampton.
The British, however, at first re-
fused to permit the name of the
city to be given in reports from
Britain.
Qn Berlin DNB. official Ger
man news agency, said Nazi scout
ing planes today observed con-
slant believing of smoke clouds
with tongues of flames at
Southampton, indicating, 1t added,
heavy damage to oil reservoirs.
Southampton Harbor facilities,
drydock and industrial plants also
were hammered and rail service
between Southampton and Lon
don interrupted. DNB said0
Some 200 planes took part in the
raid, coming over singly and in
small waves.
Thousands Homeless.
Thousands were homeless as a re-
suit of the raid, wherein a process
sion of German bombers few over
the town and continued their mis-
sion of frightfulness until early
morning" the British Press Associa-
ton said. 1t declared the damage
waG considerable" and areas of the
town are in ruins"
The business section of South
ampton was the main target, as on
Saturday night, but the suburbs
also were attacked and many homes
were demolished.
Emergency measures were taken
to minimize the dislocation of nor
NAL services and supplies of food
and, temporary accommodation were
provided for the homeless.
Hundreds of workers arrived at
their offices and stores today to find
them in ruins.
Casualties were unofficially re-
ported to be fewer than on Satur-
day.
Feeding Big Problem.
Those taking shelter in one under
ground refuge felt the heat of the
flames when a nearby hall caught
fire, but they remained unscathed.
Hundreds of Steel-helmeted SOL
diers wrestled with big demolition
job in the center of the city and
some streets were impossible. The
biggest problem was reported to be
the feeding and redistribution of the
homeless.
Casualtie Ad not been calculated
A communal underground shelter
(See LONDON, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Dynamite Stolen

BANGOR, Pa, Dec. 2 (P.-Theft
of $50 sticks of dynamite and 5000
blasting caps from storage mag
azine near Bangor was disclosed
today by Assistant County Detective
John Rupert, who said the missing
explosive was enough to blow this
town Oh the map"
Evening star., 1940-12-02

hfSt-nOOr counter IN The Star
Building Cash gifts or checks,
made out to The Star Christmas
Fund, also may be mailed to
Christmas House. in care of The
Star. All gifts will be acknowledged
in the news columns of The Star.
Christmas House will be officially
dedicated tonight at 6:15 O'Clock in
Evening star., 1940-12-02

a broadcast over Station WMAL
when District Commissioner John
Russell Young joins representatives
Of the three organizations sponsor
ing the campaign to fill the stock
ings of the poor at Christmastime.
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Ten Washington trainees assigned to
Meade Tank Corps. Page B-1
Three students burned to death in
auto crash. Page B-1
st. Johns campus saved as Roosevelt
and Knox intervene. Page B-1
Draft boards prepare for January
Selectee call. Page B-1
Evening star., 1940-12-02

(See CHRISTMAS, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1940-12-02

(See LONDON, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-12-02

(See SUFFRAGE, Page A-30
Evening star., 1940-12-02
Weather Forecast

Some cloudiness tonight and tomorrow;
lowest about % degrees; colder tomor-
row afternoon and night Tempera-
lures today-Highest, AZ, at 2 pm.;
lowest, 81, at am.
From the United States Weather Bureau report
Full details on PAGE Az.
Evening star., 1940-12-02

(See GREEK, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1940-09-21
Federal, Business, FroternoI
Leaders Help BowIers to
lnougurote Campaigns

But the most stirring climax in
a half dozen league openings came
at the Lucky Strike when Lincoln
Johnston banged out a last-bo
triple header strike to give Argyle
No. l the rubber game by three
sticks over Congressional in The
Country Club League. N. F. Rogers
of Beaver Dam and Carl Ritten-
house of Capital shared game hon
ors with 145 apiece, while the latter
was tops with 375 set.
Arthur (Tobyl REYNOLDS. rresi-
dent, was the star with an even 400
as the Interstate Commerce Com
mission League. increased to 16
teams. ushered in its season at the
Arcadia.
Out at King Pin the National Fed
Grafton of Federal Employees League
got under way with Gus Bartels, with
156-390, a star, as Navy No. 5 count
ed top scores of 575-1 ,634 to dust
led the losers with 150-37O.
The girls also had hand in the
banner bowling evening as Micky
Arthur of Federal Litho and Mary
Norris of Edmonds Opticians fea-
tured the Brookland Ladies League
opener with respective top scores
of 126 and 321. Moore's Hardware
counted 1892 to shut out Edmonds
while Sterling Opticians, AL Bakers
Mems Shop and Brookland Recrea-
ton also swept their matches.
Evening star., 1940-09-21

Men high in Government. busi-
ness and fraternal affairs turned
bowlers last night as Emil Schram,
chairman. rolled the first ball at
Rosslyn in the Reconstruction FL
nance League opener; William
Montgomery, president, made the
first toss at Arcadia in the Acacia
Mutual Life Insurance League and
Needham C. Turnage, grand master
of the District, fired the opening
shot at Convention Hall in the Ma
sonic League inaugural.
After the new chairman of the R.
F. c. had made a few witty remarks
and cut Nc. pin off the corner with
his single shot, Gordon Leckenby
of Servicing, with 1879, and Paul
Halsky. the defending champion,
with 1862, rolled the top scores in the
12-team Government loop Clayton
E. Ware is president and Ralph A.
Kirsch. scorer.
Harry Dixon, who IS years ago
rolled a AS set that stood for years
as a city record, was the heaviest
walloper in the Masonic League.
His 153-407 paved the way for King
David to shut out Roosevelt Abe
Povich of Gompers was the runner
up with 152-384. Dawson Lodge,
with 608-1 ,757, grabbed the team
honors. Hap Burtner, Convention
Hall manager and several times
league champion, was in the run
ming for top honors until a final
game of 70 popped up. His first
two were 127 and 135.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
Southeastern Commissioner,
Awarded Sweeping Power,
Thinks of Self as Referee

ner with sweeping authority to act
on all accusations impugning the
athletic policies of member schools
and to determine the punishment,
which may be heavy fine or a rec
ommendation for suspension or ex-
pulsion from the league, for viola
tions of conference rules. Penalized
members may appeal his decisions
to the Executive Committee within
five days after their announcement.
MY appointment is an effort to
guard more carefully the fine spirit
of amateur competition and eStab-
lish more cordial relations between
schools within and without the con-
ference" said Conner, now a Jack
son, Miss, attorney, in an interview.
The Southeastern Conference long
has been the target for charges of
proselyting and subsidization of ath-
letes. 1t openly permits the award
ing of athletic scholarships and pro-
vides that an athlete may hold a
job paying not more than $40
month while attending school.
Charges against the conference,
which last year sent three of its
members into post-season bowl"
games, are exaggerated" and not
peculiar" to the Southeastern, Con-
ner asserted.
He said he was convinced "every-
body wants to see the rules and pol
icies of the conference faithfully OBJ
served" to the end that competition
may be fair and clean. Its my job
to see that they are"
The commissioner salary was set
by the committee. but was not dis
closed.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
Six-Doy Cyclists at Riverside
Get Final Workouts TODAY

Washington'S introduction to six
day bicycle racing will materialize
tomorrow night at Riverside Sta
dium, with some of the worlds
outstanding pedal pushers converg-
ing on the altered arena to test the
track in final workout today.
The lengthy grind, featuring such
noted riders as Torchy Peden, AL
fred Letourner. Heinz Vopel. Jules
Audy, Gerard Debaets and Gustav
Kilian, will start tomorrow night
at 9 o'clock and run continuously
until IL o'clock next Saturday night.
Representatives of eight legations
are expected to attend the opening,
while the Washington Redskins and
New York Giants also have been
invited along with Henry Armstrong
and Phil Furr, principals in the
world welterweight championship
scrap Monday night at Griffith Sta
dium. Mickey Rooney, noted film
star, may attend.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
US. 6. A. Opens Drive
Among Coll. Clubs
For Membership
Capital Area Campaign
Conducted BY Stead
Of Chevy Chase

Concerned over the small mem
bership of the association as COM
pared with the large number of
golf and country clubs in the United
States. the United States Golf As
sociation has inaugurated a cam
paign to sell itself to golf clubs
and golfers throughout the land
It's the arst time in MANY years
that such a campaign has been
started.
Spearhead of the drive in the
Washington sector is Robert Stead.
ir.. of the Chevy Chase Club. Stead
is a member of the Committee on
Sectional Affairs of the U. S. G.. A.
and formerly was president OF the
Middle Atlantic and District Golf
Associations.
In a letter signed by Jess w
Sweetser, former amateur champion
and now chairman of the Member
ship Committee of the U. S. G. A,
the advantages of U. S. G. A. men,
berShip are pointed out. Golfers
and golf clubs seem to have a some
what hay idea about the United
States Golf Association, its funC-
tions and its ideals" Sweetser SAYS
They seem not to know of the
services which are available or of
Just what the U. S. G.. A. Is.
TO help correct this situation
the association has started a mod
est educational program. One of
the steps is the circulation of let
ters and booklets to $3.50 clubs
which are not members of the as
sociation, as we'll as circulation of
booklets among member clubs, Sec
tional associations. the press, pro-
fessionals and greenkeepers."
The booklet outlines the many
services of the United States Golf
Association, which are numerous,
and particularly details the activi-
ties of the green's section, with
headquarters in Washington. An
nual dues are $50, most of which
is spent on green's section activities.
Nearly every club in the WASH
ington area already belongs to the
United States Golf Association and
enjoys the benefits of association
activity. Those that do not belong
are expected to join, for the U. S.
G. A. stands for sportsmanship,
proper supervision of the game and
its implements, upholding of anna
teur standards and proper staging
of championship tournaments.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
Six Judges Selected
For Equine Exhibit
At Chevy Chase
l8 Glasses on Program;
'FoIIow-the-Leoder'
Is Popular Event

Six Judges were named today for
the fifth annual Chevy Chase Horse
Show to be held tomorrow on the
Rock Creek Park show grounds OPP
poSite MeadOwbrook Saddle Club in
Chevy Chase. The exhibition. in
Guiding 18 classes, will open at 1
O'Clock.
Mrs. Andrew J. Cummings of
Chevy Chase and Mrs. Patricia Muir
ply OF Washington are to judge the
pony classes: Ralph G. Counselman
of Norbeck Md. and Quinter Conner
of Washington will handle the open
jumping events. while James Guitar
of Warrenton, Va, and EStler Palmer
of Arlington. Va, are to judge the
hunter competition.
One of the most interesting events
in the show will be the 'follow-the-
leader class which proved excep-
tionally popular last year.
In this event the committee erects
a set of jumps in the ring, the
numbers of the contestants are
placed in container and the rider
whose number is drawn first begins
the class. Each rival contestant
must follow the course set by the
first entrant
In the 1899 show the course set
by the first rider was so intricate
a number of those who followed lost
the route and automatically were
disqualified.
The program includes numerous
events for all types of horses
hunters, jumpers and hacks-and
also provides several competitions
for ponies and children riders.
Members of the committee are
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald c. Bradley of
Silver Spring, Md, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardner Hallman of Washington.
Evening star., 1940-09-21
SPORTLIGHT
Sneud Dream Swinger,'
Even Though Loser
Ry GRANTLAND RICE,


NEW YORK, Sept. 81 tNA,N.Ao. &.
How good a swinger is Sammy
Snead compared to the best of all
time? Snead has yet to win ma
tional crown and yet many, includ-
ing Bobby Jones. pick the West
Virginian as one of the top Stylists
since the first Scotchman socked
rock with a shepherds crook and
complained of the greens.
Snead may be the dream SWlnger"
to many, but he isn't to Jimmy Don
aldson. an able styliSt of his own
and one of the top instructors in
the game.
In rating Snead as highly as we
have, Jimmy thinks your CORE
spondent is a trifle curious in the
cupola. He writes as follows:
Il happened to see Your article
about Sammy Snead. How a man
like you who has seen as much golf
as You have can compare Sammy
Snead'S swing, which has decided
loop (Which is preventing him from
winning big tournaments. with a
great swing like Harry Vardon's
battles me