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Evening star., 1940-02-05
Fleet
Continued From First Page.)

some OF the special naval situations
that have occurred during the cur
rent European conflict"
More than $500 officers and 10000
men will be used to man the fleet
during the maneuvers. The two
fleets will be given shore leave in
Hawaii April rs. At the conclusion
Of fleet problem 81 the ships and
men will return to their regular
stations late in May.
The fleet in the Atlantic last year
worked out a problem in the Carib-
bean area. At present there are
% ships maneuvering there. These
maneuvers, it is understood, also are
designed to re-enact some phases of
European war developments, but are
of decidedly smaller scale than full
fleet maneuvers. It Is believed the
Caribbean problems now being held
are of the "Dlitzkrieg" type-that is,
strike-and-run, damage-and-depart.
On the other hand, the Pacific
problem is expected to be of the
slow, heavy battle type.
Evening star., 1940-02-05

Danger turks ahead when caution
q left behind.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
Labor Board
(Continued From First Page)

Charles Fahy, general counsel for
the board.
mo" said Mr.. Smith, IT think it
has carried out the purposes which
Congress imposed on it."
Stays Out of A. F. L. Rows.
The A. F. of L., the board mem
ber cited, has asked for recognition
of craft unions in 176 cases and of
industrial unions in 345.
Sometimes, he added, there have
been quarrels among A. F. OF L.
units over whether they should have
plant or craft unions in an indus
try, but it has been the policy OF
the board to let the Federation de-
eide these jurisdictional issues and
stay out of them.
In conceding some merit to the
proposed removal of inter-unlon
claims from the jurisdiction OF the
board. Mr.. Smith concurred with
Chairman j. Warren Madden, who
told the board Saturday he thought
such an amendment deserved care
full consideration by the commlttee
and by Congress.
Determining Of Agency.
IT don't think" he added, that
the Government ever could fully I'M
pose on the labor movement the
form of organization it should take"
AS the matter stands, Mr.. Smith
told the COMMITTEES he believed the
best the board could do was to take
all the facts in each record into
account to determine, so far as pos
sible, what the situation would be
if the conflicting unions were left
to themselves-which union was
likely to prove more efficient in
representing the workers.
Mr.. Smith admitted, in response
to questions by Representative Hal
leck, Republican, of Indiana, that
in cases where industrial units had
petitioned for the boards recogni-
ton, he had favored recognizing
these unions without consulting in
tervening craft unions, except in
cases where they had held previous
contracts with the company. Some
of his dissenting opinions, he
pointed out, favored industrial
~ ions.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
45 Are Reported Killed
In Turkish Earthquake
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 5.-Forty-
five persons we're reported killed and
scores injured in an earthquake
Saturday night which destroyed two
villages in Erzincan, Northeastern
Turkey.
The Erzincan region bore the
brunt of last Decembers earth
quake disaster in which temblors,
severe weather and subsequent
floods killed more than 10000 per-
sons.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
U. S. Envoy Fish Confers
With Kinq Ibn Suud

J1DDA, Saudi Arabia, Feb. S.
United States Minister Bert Fish
had a long informal interview with
King Ibn Saud of Arabia today
after presenting his credentials to
the 60-year-old sovereign.
Prince Faisal is giving banquet
in honor of the Minister and his
party.
The King in traditional flowing
robes received Mr.. Fish in the
ancient Kandara Palace and con-
versed through an interpreter.
Evening star., 1940-02-05

Twenty six, or almost one third, of
the Districts traffic fatalities last
year were centered in q rectangle in
the downtown area, roughly bounded
by Florida avenue on the north,
Pennsylvania avenue on the south.
Maryland avenue on the east and
New Hampshire avenue on the west.
Evening star., 1940-02-05
British Powder Works
Is Shaken by BIust
Ry the Associated Pre-

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-Disclosure was
made today of an explosion and fire
in the Kent Powder Works Satur-
day. There were no casualties.
The blast occurred in a powder
hut and was attributed to form
of combustion caused by dampness. -
Firemen prevented the flames from
spreading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
| New Jersey Girl
Gets 2-Yeor Term
| For DefHing Flag
By the Associated Press.


TOMS RIVER, N. j., Nov. %
Helga Schleuter, 20, of Southland
was sentenced today to term OF
one to two years in the Women's
Reformatory at Clinton on her con-
viction of defiling the United States
flag by throwing it to the ground
during the State firemen's parade
at Lakewood June 20.
Common Pleas Judge Percy Camp
pronounced sentence with the COM
ment:
1T takes such times as these to
prove the Importance of respect to
the flag"
The girl heard the sentence with.
out visible display Of emotion. She
made no comment.
Before sentence was passed, her
counsel, David A. Veeder, asked
suspension of sentence, adding.
There was no wilful or evil in
tent on her part" Mr.. Veeder
blamed the incident on too many
beers"
Prosecutor Leo Robbins cited the
evidence of Walter Curtis. Lakewood
police chief, at the trial earlier this
month. Chief Curtis quoted the
girl as saying after her arrest:
I'm Nazi and proud of It,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Roosevelt May Fly
# He Has 10 Hurry
Back From Trip
Would Take Plane Only
If He Gets Beyond
12-Hour Train Radius
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

President Roosevelt promulgated
some new travelling rules for him.
self today-announcing to his press
conference that he would travel by
air on a contemplated trip if he
gets beyond his self-imposed 12-hour
train radius from Washington and
finds it necessary to hurry back to
the Capital.
No President of the United States
ever has flown while in office and
Mr.. Roosevelt has not made an air.
plane journey since 1882. In that
year he flew to Chicago from Albany
to accept the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination.
The Chief Executives disclosure
came during questioning about a trip
he hopes to begin next week. Thus
far the actual day of departure,
the destination and the length of
the journey have never been an
nounced, and the President said
that his plans are still vague.
He went on then, however, to say
that if he goes beyond the 12-hour
train limit which he imposed on his
travels when the war crisis became
increasingly acute last spring, and
which he abided by throughout the
(See ROOSEVELT, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Push Overtime Drive
To Attain 100000
Goal Of Chest
Campaign Workers Hope
To Reach Quote Before
FinoI Meeting Tuesday

Assured by General Chairman
Chauncey G. Parker, jr., that their
task is not hopeless, volunteer solicit
tors of the Community Chest cam
paign today began a final effort to
reach the $4,000 900 goal.
A total of S1,815, 1883, from 1922
1913 cards, 9078 per cent of the fund
sought, had been accounted for in
contributions and pledges as the
drive moved through one-week
extension toward the last report
luncheon next Tuesday.
Workers were endeavoring today
to reach 10000 prospects known to
the various campaign units but not
solicited previously.
AS they continued to work "over-
time" the campaigners kept in
mind the advice of the Very Rev.
Msgr. Fulton j. Sheen, professor of
philosophy at Catholic University.
who spoke at yesterdays luncheon
in the Willard Hotel.
Don't deny their allegation that
to sacrifice is hard" Msgr. Sheen
declared, referring to Chest con-
tributors. Admit it; tell them
that it is, but tell them that it is
harder to be poor"
DepIores Lack of Sacrifice.
Deploring absence of spirit to
give to the point Of sacrifice, he
said, "As religion begins to pass out
of a democracy, democracy is
incapacitated for asking for sacri-
fee"
THE rich today are on the de-
fensive - because they have
(See CHEST, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Leahy Quickly Confirmed
As Envoy 10 France

The Senate gave quick and
unanimous confirmation today to
the appointment of Admiral William
D. Leahy as Ambassador to France
Chairman George of the Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee obtained
unanimous consent to waive usual
procedure in order to act Immediately
on the Leahy appointment and then
notify President Roosevelt Shortly
before, Senator Vandenberg, Repub-
lican, of Michigan blocked a similar
attempt to obtain quick conf1rma-
ton of the appointment of J.
Warren Madden, former chairman
of the Labor Board, to the United
States Court of Claims.
Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of
Arizona, who was defeated for re-
nomination, informed the Senate
that "a Senators had petitioned the
President to appoint him for the
Claims Court vacancy. Senator
Ashurst said he felt no disappoint-
ment that Mr.. Roosevelt selected
Mr.. Madden instead and asked the
Senator'S to give Mr.. Madden q
speedy confirmation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
picture on Page A-3.)
BY J. A. FOX.

Arguing that the fullest publicity
is invaluable for dealing with fifth
column" operations in this country,
Chairman Dies of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
went to the White House today in
move to harmonic differences
over law enforcement.
These differences on handling
fifth-column activities have en-
gagged the Texan in a row with At
torney General jackson and brought
a warning from President Roosevelt
in the last few days.
Pledging the fullest cooperation
of his committee with other Govern
ment agencies warning on spies and
saboteurs, Mr. Dies said he agreed
with the President that nothing
should be done to hamper prosecu-
ton where criminal action is pos
sible, but declared that propaganda
agents as such are not subject to
court action and that, consequently,
it is necessary that their activities
be publicized If the public is to be
protected against them.
81 cannot see why all agencies of
the Government engaged in COM
batting fifth column activities
should not work in the closest har-
mony," he told press conference
this morning prior to his White
House visit. There can be no OBJ
lection, however, to the fullest ex-
posure with respect to un-American
(See DIES, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
ItoIy's Food Shortage Acute,
u. S. Department Reports
Economic Structure
Declared Disrupted
By Blockade
Py the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
The British Mediterranean block
ade has been so effective, the Agri-
culture Department reported today,
that Italy faces the winter deprived
of many sorely needed foodstuffs
and agricultural raw materials.
BY barring the gates of the Med
iterranean at Gibraltar and at Suez.
Great Britain has cut off the sources
of more than 80 per cent of Italy's
imports, the department said.
This blockade is SO effective in
stopping the flow of supplies needed
by Italy" the department said,
that it has more severely disorgan-
lied the italian economic structure
than anything else the war has &C
complished"
In report on italian Agricul-
ture Under Fascism and War" the
department, using confidential in
formation said to have been OBJ
tanned through diplomatic channels,
told how Germanys axis partner
has resorted to strict rationing in an
effort to make available supplies
last as long as possible.
1.-The restrictions on food con-
sumption" the report stated, are
(See ITALY, Page A-3)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Two Workers Killed
In Fort Myer Cave-in

Two colored w. P. A. workers were
killed and a third was rescued early
this afternoon after, he had been
partially buried for 212 hours in the
cave-in of 10-foot sewer ditch they
had been digging in the Fort Myer
Reservation.
The narrow ditch caved in about
ii o'clock. A rescue force was or
ganized Immediately and succeeded
in clearing the head of Clarence Mil
ton, 81, of the 300 block of Gibbon
street, Alexandria. Frantic work,
however, failed to clear the others
for a considerable time.
The dead are Hivey Brown, about
30. of 4210 Dix street NE, and Will
liam MCGEE, so, of 1845 Ninth street
NV. Brown was removed from the
cave about 1890 o'clock and rushed
to Emergency Hospital by the Ar
lington County rescue squad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Probe Of All Tax
Exemption Cases
In District Ordered
Realty Levy Of Almost
$1,000, 900 Waived Each
Yeor, Report Shows
By DON S. WARREN.

Investigation of the legality of
each individual case Of tax exemp-
ton which has been granted by the
District government during past
years to privately owned properties
was ordered today by the Commits
sioners after they had received a re-
port from Tax Assessor Edward A
Dent showing that real estate and
Improvements so exempted were
valued at Sill, 794, 179 This repre-
sents a waving of realty taxes OF
nearly $4,000 900 a year.
The report was made by Mr.. Dent
at the request of the city heads after
they had received complaints from
civic groups or individuals protest
ing against the amount of exemp-
tons from the District realty tax.
The Commissioners this morning
had not worked out the details OF
how they will have the investiga-
tons made, but it was anticipated
that scrutiny might be performed
by District officials, probably in
Guiding representative of the tax
assessor and the corporation coun-
sells Office.
1000 Cases of Exemptions.
Mr.. Dents report showed that
there were approximately 1000 in
stances of tax exemption for pri-
vately owned properties, some OF
them constituting a single small. lot
and some of them consisting of large
tracts, owned or used by eleemosy-
nary institutions, churches, public
libraries and educational institutions
not operated for private gain.
1t has been generally understood
that tax exemption might be granted
to such agencies which perform
services which relieve the muncipa
government of what otherwise might
be public burden"
The assessors report listed the
individual or the institution by name
for which tax exemption had beer
granted, the area of the land and its
valuation, the assessed value of any
Improvements and showed that the
total area of exempt property
amounted to 69,498, 439 square feet
The land had an assessed value fol
this year of S33 ,281 1858 and the i'm
provements s78,512,916.
go of Property Exempted.
At the current District real estate
tax rate of SITS per 500 of value
Mr.. Dent calculated, the exemption
entails the annual loss of 1886.
401 "a in realty taxes There was NJ
suggestion that most of this prop.
erty was not properly exempted. but
due to the protests which had beer
received the Commissioners ordered
the individual examination of each
case to see whether the exemption
rule had been applied to an unrea-
sonable degree.
1t was figured that the valuation
placed on privately exempt proper.
ties was about 9 per cent of the
valuation placed on the total of tax
able properties in the District which
amount to 1928 100000. The re-
port did not deal with the amount OF
District government or United States
property tax exemptions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Nuzi Air Drive Seen
As Effort to Steer
British From Italy
BY PRESTON GROVER,

BERLIN, Nov. 29.-Germany's
smashing new air attacks on Britain
beginning with Coventry two
weeks ago-have aroused neutral
speculation in Berlin as to whether
these hammer blows may conceiv-
ably be designed to compel with
drawal of British planes from the
Mediterranean and relieve painful
pressure on the Italian end of the
axis.
While England is taking this
heavy, regular pounding, neutral
observers voice the belief that the
Mediterranean area is coming SO
thoroughly under British control
that it is creating a new problem
for the axis.
The Greek successes, coupled with
the reported Gripping of half of
Italy's battleship strength at Taran-
to November IL, seem to have eased
Britain's Mediterranean problem
and caused neutral observers to Won
der how long Germany will wait
before taking steps to bring this
end of its widespread war back into
blitzkrieg pattern.
While the German end of the axis
is facing the winter without publicly
observable qualms, reports from
Italy induce speculations as to how
happily that country, already re-
(See GROVER, Page A-4D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Women Help in Greek Victory
ByRoI|inqRocks Down on Enemy

shouting, We shall not 60 back.
We want to fight with YOU
Since they wouldn't give us
guns, we got hold of an ammuni-
ton magazine and trench NOR
tars, and we followed the soldiers
to the high peaks of the noun
tains.
During the night other wom-
en- joined us. We didn't lose a
single minute, and when night fell
our troops had occupied all sum-
mits and we were now waiting.
We women took our places on
the plateau of q mountain called
Pournara.
Next morning at 10 o'clock,
Italians appeared in q ravine be-
low us. Our soldiers let them
advance. When about 5000 enc
mics thus entered the gorge, our
soldiers started shooting. I can
not describe what followed.
THE Italians began to scatter
and ran in all directions. Then
we went into action and appeared
at the extremity of the mountain
and began throwing stones on the
invaders. That was a terrible
shower. When the sun set in the
ravine there was not q single
italian alive"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Freeze Due 10 Follow
Liqht Rain or Snow

Light rain or snow was in the
ofing today for Washington, the
Weather Bureau predicted, to be
followed by another night Of freez-
ing temperatures.
The precipitation is expected late
this afternoon or tonight, although
snow flurries were observed in some
sections of the city at the time the
forecast was made this morning.
During the day the mercury prob
ably will rise no higher than IS,
but overnight it is expected to drop
to around 30.
The forecast for tomorrow is
mostly cloudy and slightly colder.
After failing to go beyond 80 all
day yesterday the temperature
slipped to 80 at 4 o'clock this morn
ing. At $50 am. the rise was only
four degrees.
Winter also was Tightening its grip
in nearby sections. Three inches of
snow and 20-degree temperatures
were reported In the vicinity Of
Oakland, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
BY ]. IVES GALLAGHER,

SALONIKA, Greece, Nov. 20.
How an Amazon company"
of Macedonian peasant women
helped the Greek Army defeat
5000 italian troops by rolling
rocks down on them from the
peaks of the Pindus Mountains
was described today in a Greek
dispatch from the Epirus front.
More than 100 women were re-
ported by a Greek correspondent
to have followed a Greek Army
column, against the orders of an
oflcer, and to have fought with
the soldiers.
The correspondent quoted one
middle-aged woman, Helen Cod
jamani, who was wounded in the
fighting, as telling him:
"A sergeant who passed through
our village wanted to know the
way to the Chapel of st. George.
We told him and when he started
of about 100 women took the
trail after him. When we neared
the chapel, we saw many Greek
soldiers. When the ofiicer saw
us he got very angry and ordered
us to 60 back. but we started
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
R. A. F. Planes Strike
Al Plants PRODUCING
German Submarines
Stettin Shipbuildine Yord
and Mannheim Engine
Factory Main Toreets
q, the Associated PRESS.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 29.-British bomb
ers struck last night at German
plants producing the submarines
which prey on Britain's shipping,
the Air Ministry disclosed today.
The submarine shipbuilding yard
at Stettin, on the Baltic Sea, and
a factory at Mannheim, which turns
out U-boat engines, were chief tar
gets of the r. A. F.'s thrusts into
Germany, the ministry's news serv-
ice reported.
It asserted that the bombers made
a round trip of 1900 miles in the
raid on Stettin and on a synthetic
oil plant at Politz.
r. A. F. Hits Germans.
Official British sources reported
that strong forces of r. A. F.
bombers famed out over German
territory last night in raids from the
English Channel to the Baltic.
They said attacks were made on
gas works, communications and
armament factories in the German
cities of Dusseldorf and Mannheim,
on oil targets at a Baltic port and
on the invasion ports" of Antwerp,
Boulogne and LIE Havre.
Other targets were docks at the
German port of Ouxhaven, railway
lines in Western Germany, military
storehouses near MainZ and the
Koblenz and Eindhoven Airports,
the ministry said. It acknowledged
loss of two planes. .
Liverpool Nazi Target.
Germany's raiders singled out
Liverpool, one of Britain's great
cities and her chief western port,
for their heaviest hits in last nights
trading of air blows.
(Reports in Berlin today de-
scribed the attack as destruc-
tive They said fires in aircraft
factories, warehouses and on the
water front we're visible for miles,
and that flaming oil pouring into
the Mersey River from oil tanks
smashed by bombs from hun
dreds' of raiders lighted scene
of devastation)
Britain's ports, through which the
vital commerce of this island king
dom must flow, apparently have be-
come the focus of NaZi raids.
BY picking out Liverpool, shipping
center sfor the industrial Midlands,
the Germans added another to the
lengthening list of British ports re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Offensive by japanese
Smashed, Chinese Soy
BY the Associated Press.

1y the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 20. - Chinese
dispatches today claimed japanese
offensive in northern Hupeh prov
ince, 600 miles in the interior OF
China, had been smashed.
They said the Chinese had re-
covered several points northwest OF
Suihsien and had forced the Jap
anese to retire southwark. They
claimed capture of many machine
guns and hundreds of rifles
Domei, Japanese news agency re-
ported Wednesday the Japanese
were swinging into position to en-
circle 100000 Chinese soldiers after
smashing Chinese resistance north
west of Hankow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29

of this island are being martyrized
by Italian aviation That is why
Fascist planes rained 200 bombs on
Corfu, one of Europe's most beautiful
and least spoiled touristic cities from
daylight to dark yesterday (Tues-
day. and 900 bombs on the entire
island for the last two days TUESDAY
and Wednesday,. That is why the
entire island, justly renowned as a
semi tropical paradise, has been sys-
tematically terrorized ever since the
first brutal bombings on November 1.
What Fascist airmen once did to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
B U IL etin

QUITO, Ecuador tR-A plane
identified In first reports as =
Pan-American Grace passenger
liner crashed two miles north Of
Quito today. The fate Of the
occupants was not known I'M
mediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
Unfortified Corfu Is Bombed
MerciIessIy by Italians
Beautiful City Is Without Single Defense Gun
Business at StondstII for Month
BY LELAND STOWE,


CORFU, Nov 81 Deayed)This completely unortihed city
the of the only triumph Fascist have scored in
believe atrocities happen better
not visit Corfu For q of the last q days Italian planes have
bombed it mercessy morning and afternoon together with
numerous villages through the island.
There has single ant-air with which to
reply Mussoin sportsen of DEATH there still is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29

Spanish towns has been multiplied
here into an almost unbelievable
chef d'oeuvre Of deliberate destruc-
ton.
Until now the outside world could
not be informed of the shocking
dimensions of Corfus uninterrupted
tragedy because no visitors have
reached this island since Italy's in
vasion began. Edmund Stevens, the
Christian Science Monitors cor
respondent, and I arrived here BY q