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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

came over to the Treasury De-
partment to see what the shoot
ing was all about.
He seemed much concerned,
said he had no idea that his Or
der of March IA would have a
serious effect upon the Allies. He
had merely wanted to keep agents
who were not properly credited
at the State Department from
bothering his army officers.
He did not mention the fact
that for about two weeks the AL
lies had been moving heaven and
earth with his own officers to
secure U. s. surplus weapons.
Later that day Secreatry
Morgenthau warned Arthur
Purvis, head of the Allied pur-
chasing mission: You'd better
order whatever you want right
away. Tomorrow we may sell all
this stuff to Venezuela"
Late that night Purvis tcle-
phcned to say: "Mr. Secretary,
there isn't a crumb left for
Venezuela"
NOTE-The. Allies purchased
100000 Enfield rifles, 450 British
75-millimeter field artillery guns,
$4,000 Browning rnachineguns,
5000 Strokes trench mortars. IN
sold we're 2,180 French ISIS because
of future need If the U. s. army
Is enlarged.
CLIO POW-WOW
Thanks to the absence, because
of illness, of Sidney Hillman,
leader of the anti-leftwingers, the
CLIO executive commtite deliber-
atoms went off peacefully. But
while the smoldering blow-up did
not occur, there was distinct
undercurrent Of tension.
The big trade-union chiefs, Phil
Murray Of the Steel MARKERS, r.
j. Thomas Of the Auto Workers,
and Tom Burns of the Rubber
Workers, were on the alert to
squelch any left wing party
line" tactics. The left-wingers
representing chiefly the small
unions, were clearly FESTIVE but
apparently afraid to start any
thing. When they did, they were
Sat on promptly.
In two suuabbles regarding
jurisdiction over small unions, the
ieft-wingers were CURLY ordered
to keep hands off. Then came the
drafting of a resolution to approve
fine Administra tion's national de.
- ~ ----s s.--....- e.slt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

TODAY's COMMON ERROR
pair" and "set" are not plural
forms. You can have one
pair" of twins and one "set"
Of tools, but two "pairs" Of
twins and two "sets Of
tools"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

erton Bralet In the New York SUM
Buxom or slender
And tiny or tall
! must surrender
And yield to your thrall,
Girls of the city
Each bright as a star
I had forgotten
How pretty you are. y
Maids of Manhattan!
No others reveal
Quite such a satin
And silken appeal,
Charm that coerces
My heart from afar
I had forgotten
What Circes you arel
Girls, I'm retreating
To pastoral sod;
Lord, what q beating
You'd given my wadl
viii my roll ever
Recover to par?
/ had forgotten
How clever you are!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

@. How was the money for the
construction Of the Federal Reserve
Building in Washington raised2
A. BY assessment on the Federal
Reserve Banks.
@. What family is contrasted by
psychologists with the Jukes family?
A. The family and descendants Of
Jonathan Edwards. The Jukes were
at the lowest intellectual extreme
the Edwards at the highest.
@. What is an octave?
A. It is a musical interval be-
tween a given note and cor
responding note twelve half-steps
either UP or down the musicale
scale. Example: Middle &c" on tht
piano to the next &c" up or dowr
on the keyboard.
O. What is the title of the musical
selection that introduces the nightly
broadcasts of Fulton Lewis, Jr.?
A. "Frasquita Serenade," by Franz
Lehar.
II you want a copy Of the book
let, "The First World War;" send II
The Waterbury Democrats Wash
ingtcn Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
street, Washington, ID. G. Enclose
ten cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to last
page for the answers.

bCSt QUGSb1UIhSS UhA ~ hSoS
page for the answers.
/. Who discovered radium?
2. Name the Negro Republic IN
Africa.
3. Is the shape Of the cells In a
foneycomb octagon, hexagon or
pentagon?
4. Is "hara-kri" a food, an AMI
NAL, or a method of committing
suicide?
8. which was the first state to
secede from the Union In the war
between the states? !.
6, Which famous labor martyr"
was released from prison by pardon
in 1899?
7. What Is the plural Of table,
spoonful?
8. What is meant by counter
clockwise?
mon.
10. Complete the proverb, "A
word to the wise"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
Washington Merry Round
DREW Pc A r 8 o N
ROBERT s. ALLEN


might possibly the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
National
Spotlight
By BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat WashinSseI
COrresDondent.

washington, June 1l.-Darring
early adjournment Of Congress
chances are good that the sweeping
Wagner act revisions voted by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
UNNAMED AGGRESSORS

Later, however, when Burns,
during the floor discussion, urg-
ed that the resolution include a
denunciation Of the "aggressor
powers" Lewis blocked the move.
Il think it's time we speak
out and name Names" Burns
demanded. 1--WE ought 10 80 ON
record as denouncing Germany,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
Selected Poem
TRIBUTE.

(Berton Bralet in the New York SUM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

Copyright, 1910. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Hit-Run Car Injuries
Man in Safety Zone

Struck by an automobile while
standing in safety zone in Mount
Rainier, Md, George Yates, 81, of
2608 Monroe street NE. was taken
to Casualty Hospital with q COM
pound fracture of the right leg last
night. Police broadcast radio look
out for hit-and-run car operated
by q woman driver.
Six persons escaped with minor
hurts in a headon collision of two
automobiles at Defense highway and
Landover road, in Bladensburg, Md.
The injured, taken to Casualty Hos
pital by the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad, we're:
August Arnold, 48, Landover, Nd;
Leroy Arnold, 10, Landover; Odessa
Weaver, %, Berwyn, Md; Ida Frost,
81, Berwyn; Chester Moreland, 23,
Vienna, Va; Paul Deck, 27, Berwyn.
Donald Sasscer, 10, Of 6l9 Hamil-
ton street NV, was admitted to
Children's Hospital yesterday for
treatment Of fractured leg received
when struck by an automobile while
riding a scooter near his home.
Leslie D Douglas, 40, colored, OF
the 1900 block of B street NE, re-
ceived compound arm fracture
yesterday when hit by an automobile
in the 1900 block of Benntng road
NE. He was admitted to Casualty
Hospital.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Man Robbed Of $500
He Kept 10 Bring
Mother 10 j. ).
Barber Shop Owner
Also Forced to Yield
More Cash and Watch

To the list of American victims
of the European war add Julius
Vitiello. 36-year-old barber shop
proprietor at 25l2 Fourteenth street
NV, and the $500 he was holding
to bring his mother to this country
from Italy.
Mr.. Vitiello was robbed of this
$500 and an additional $3.50 and
wrist watch last night when col
ored holdup man entered his shop
at closing time. But Mr.. Vitiello
didn't blame the $169 loss on the
war: 'I might have had that any
way" he said. The $500 loss, though,
he feels is directly due to the uncer-
tainties of the war.
For four or five years he planned
to bring his mother from Naples to
Washington. Last Monday he was
advised by American consular au-
thorities that all passport arrange
ments had been made, but that
ocean liners sailing from Italy were
being held up because of the pos
sibility that Italy might enter the
war.
Kept $500 in Pocketbook.
''They told me they would let me
know when sailing was possible" ;"
explained Mr.. Vitiello. Il didn't
know whether I'd have to cable
the money day or night, so I kept
the $500 in my pocketbook.
Mr.. Vitiello's 1869 was taken,
along with s25 from the shop cash
register and s21 from another bar
ber, Jack Gordon, As, of $500 Four
teenth street NV, by the colored
man, who walked in the establish
ment after the shades had been
drawn but before the door was
locked.
The man first asked of the shop
needed any shoe polisher or a
helper. AS Mr.. Vitiello replied that
he did not need any additional
employees at this time, he said the
intruder pulled out pistol and
said: Hands up!"
Slammed Door Shut.
''He slammed the front door shut"
Mr.. Vitiello said, land forced Mr..
Gordon and myself to the rear of
the shop. He took the money from
the cash register first and then
took what money we had and my
watch. AS he went out the back
door I saw another colored man
standing in the alleyway few feet
from the door. Apparently, he was
the lookout"
Mr.. Vitiello said his mother, Mrs.
Raffaela Vitiello, 68, lived in the
United States from 1901 to 1909,
and that he was born in washington
in August, 1903. The family return
ed to Italy in 1909, but all except
Mrs. Vitiello and a younger son came
back to the United States In the
late 192Os, he declared.
IF get cable saying they have
passage for my mother and for me
to send the $500, I don't know just
what I'll do," he said. "But I'll get
my mother over here somehow.
Well raise the money" BY I'VE"
he meant his father, brother and
two sisters and in-laws, most of
whom, he said, helped raise the
$500.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
New 1,630-Ton Wurship,
U. S. Gwin, Is Launched
By the Associated Press.

6y tue Associated PreSS.
BOSTON, May 25.-The Navy
launched a new 1,630-ton, $500, 900
destroyer, the U. S. Gwin, today at
the Boston Navy Yard, where four
other destroyers are being built.
The Gwin, whose keel was laid
early in 1899, will mount five 5-inch
guns and, in addition, will carry
lighter armament and 10 torpedo
tubes. She is designed to develop
speed Of SO knots.
Her sponsor at the christening
exercises was Mrs. Jessie T. Lippin-
colt Of Cincinnati, Ohio, acting In
place Of her mother, Mrs. william M.
Williams, a relative of 1t. Comdr.
William Gwin, Civil War naval hero
for whom the destroyer is named.
Mrs. Williams illness prevented her
from attending. Comdr. Gwin was
mortally wounded December ~, 1852,
while commanding q naval division
at Haines Bluff.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Austin to Speak on Forum
Vermont Senator Addresses U. S.
Tomorrow Night on War Topic

The ranking Republican member
of the Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee, Senator Warren r. Austin
of Vermont-who had proposed broad
power for President Roosevelt to
set up a non partisan board Of pro-
duction managers to speed Ameri-
can defense preparations-will de-
liver tomorrow night a coast-to-
coast broadcast on Munitions,
Men and Morale"
He will speak at 1890 O'Clock on
the National Radio Forum, ar
ranged by The Star in co-opera-
tion with the National Broadcasting
Co. He is to be heard locally over
Station WMAL.
A member Of the Military Affairs
Committee since his election in
1881, the Vermont Senator has done
his thinking on international mat
ters with little regard to party poll
tics. Last year he spoke on the
forum as an opposition supporter
of President Roosevelt's plan for
repeal of the army embargo.
In that early analysis he discussed
the possibility of Germany con-
quering England and France, OBJ
tanning control of their navies and
investing Canada and nearby
islands,"
Senator Austin has had his own
training as q diplomat-being at
one time counsel for Vermont in
boundary line dispute between his
State and New Hampshire.
He is now q member of the I'm
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Presbyterians Vote
To Probe Church's
Pension 5etup
Committee of Five
Authorized to Examine
Entire Problem
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, May 25.-
Answering considerable opposi-
ton to a 1899 action limiting pen
sion payments to retired pastors
over the age of IS, the 152d as
sembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America
voted today broad investigation
Of the church's entire pension setup.
A committee of five, one from
each geographical district of the
church, was authorized to examine
the entire problem, including the
determination of the mind of the
church on the kind of pension plan
desired"
Following the suggestion offered
in report by the standing Commit
tee on Pensions, the special in
vestigators will be appointed by the
moderator, DR.. William L. Young
DR.. j. Harry Cotton, chairman of
the standing committee and presi-
dent-elect of the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary of Chicago,
and the Rev. William B. Lampe of
st. Louis, a member of the stand
ing committee.
The $41, ,OO0, 900 pension fund was
set up in 1927 to provide pensions
for all pastors who reached the age
of IS and had been in service IS
years. Discord appeared following
action of the assembly last year, on
recommendation Of the Board Of
pensions which administers the
fund, which limited pensions to
those actually retired at age IS
or later.
The board pointed out at that
time that diminishing returns on
investments made such a step a
necessary safeguard. Following
overtures to the assembly for an
investigation, the board made a
counter-request that its actions be
studied. A $1,000 fund for the in
vestigation will be furnished. by the
board from administrative expense.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
D. T.. Students Death
In Lake Is Blamed
On Leaky Rowboat
Joesph Reeon Drowned
While on Picnic Near
Annapolis

Investigators blamed a leaky row.
boat yesterday for the drowning Of
14-year-old Joseph Regan of $50
Madison street NV. while on a
picnic with fellow freshmen of st.
Johns College near Annapolis, Md.
Young Regan and three COM
panions padded out on Lake Ogle-
ton in a boat used for the first
time this year police were told.
About hundred yards from shore
the boat began to sink in some
10 feet of water.
The other boys started to swim,
it was said, but Joseph floundered
in the chill water. William G..
Cambrey, Is, of 632 Jefferson street
NV, and John ONeil. IA, tried
to swim ashore with Joseph, they
said.
The boys struggled toward land
until they were exhausted and lost
their hold on Joseph, who sank.
The other three boys reached shore
and summoned assistance.
Volunteers, police and midship-
men from the nearby Naval Acad-
emy improvised drak hooks and
raised the body about an hour after
Joseph went under. Efforts to re-
vive the boy were futile,
DR.. John M. Claffy, Anne Arundel
County coroner, issued certificate
of accidental death by drowning.
The youths wer among Is fresh
men of st. Joseph's who had gone
to the home Of classmate. William
Streiter, Is, for picnic on the shore
of the lake.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Col. Davis Advocates
Defense Department
And Civil Air Reserve
Head Of Public Affuirs
Academy Urges PIone
Orders on Huge ScoIe

Declaring the salvation of man.
kind may depend on the national
policy adopted by the United States
within the next few weeks, Col. w.
Jefferson Davis, member Of the staff
of the World War director of mill
tary aeronautics and president of
the American Academy of Public
Affairs, today advocated creation of
a separate department of national
defense to coordinate all defense
activities; the creation of a civil air
reserve and immediate and vigorous
suppression of all subversive activi-
ties.
Now engaged In the practice of
aviation law in Los Angeles, Col.
Davis is in Washington to attend
the Presidents aviation conference,
which will begin at the Treasury
Department tomorrow, and to
launch civil air reserve program in
40 States.
During the World War Col. Davis
was legal adviser on the staff of
Brig. Gen. William L. Kenly, di-
rector of military aeronautics. Dur
ing the period Of Allied occupation
of Germany he was sent to Europe
by the late Brig. Gen. William
Mitchell to make survey of legal
phases of military and civil aero
nautics and for time was attached
to the United States Embassy in
Berlin as War Department legal ad-
wiser.
Isolation Declared Ended.
United States isolation is at an
end because, by the growth of our
power. we have become determin-
ing factor in the world, Col. Davis
said. A realization has come to
American people that our country
is in danger; our democratic insti-
tutions, our very theory of repre-
sentative government are imperiled
from without by the assaults of au-
tocracy, and perhaps in the near fu-
ture by actual INVASION" he added.
The country also faces grave dan
gers from enemies within our bor-
ders. he declared.
Immediate expansion of aircraft
production. necessitating expansion
Of plant facilities, can come only
from immediate airplane orders on
the largest possible scale, he said.
One of the sections of the Acad-
emy OF Public Affairs, Col. Davis
explained, is an air defense reserve
composed Of pilot members owning
their own airplanes, who are ready
to contribute their services in any
capacity. This Is a civilian air re-
serve. not to be confused with the
Army or Navy Oragnized Reserve,
Col. Davis explained. and is in
tended to supplement the Nations
defense program.
Cooperation Program.
The academy also is undertaking
a program Of cooperation with the
Federal Government in all States
against the fifth column movement.
He advocated outlawing the Com
munist party in America as first
step in national defense and the
wedding out OF all Fascist and other
subversive activities.
Col. Davis advocates the creation
Of a department of national de-
tense under a secretary Of national
defense. who would be a member
Of the cabinet, with Undersecre-
taries for War. Navy and Air. The
work Of these three branches should
be co-ordinated by a staff charged
specifically with assisting in formu-
lation Of policy of national defense
and the carrying out Of such a pol
icy, he explained.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
PART FIVE.
Features.
Three Soved as Boot
Upsets in Potomac

Three men were rescued by the crew
of the Robert E. Lee, an excursion
steamer, last night in the Potomac
River near the channel bell buoy,
after their 16-foot outboard motor
boat had been swamped in turning
sharply to give way to the larger
craft.
The men were Transferred to q
police launch. They gave their
names rs Wayne 0oldham. Arling-
ton, Va; Marvin Baxter, ait Con-
duit road NV, and Nell McCallAn,
Rogers HEIGHTS, Nd.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Forouk Sends Children
And Queen to Country
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, May 25.-King
Farouk I sent to his country estate
today his Queen, Farida, and Their
two daughters, Ferial, z years sold,
and Fawzia, born last April Z.
Premier Ali Pasha meantimes is
sued q statement that Egypt's ipo-
sition in the international situation
Is dangerous, just as that OF any
country Is dangerous" since mod
ern methods Of transport had re-
duced distances. ~
Evening star., 1940-05-26
CheverIy-Tuxedo PIT. A.

Mrs. Louis G. Hill has been re-
elected president of the Cheverly-
Tuxedo Parent-Teacher Association.
Other officers chosen include Lester
l.. Whitehead, vice president; Mrs.
E. H. Mohler, treasurer; Lloyd L..
Connolly, corresponding secretary,
and w. A. Davidson, secretary.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Fishermen Plan Outino

ROCKVILLE. Md, May IS (Spe-
ciaD The annual outing Of the
Rockville Izaak Walton League
Chapter for the junior Izaak Wal
ton League chapters and All clubs
of Montgomery County will be held
at the Rockville groups fishing
lodge, near Seneca, the afternoon
of June 2. Owen knight, president
of the Rockville chapter, is head of
the committee in charge.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Tom Mooney Goes
Under Knife Aquin
Z the Associated Press

by Cne ASS0ciated FreSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.-Tom
Mooney, 81, underwent his third
major operation today since his re-
lease from prison II months ago.
Mooney served % years in San
Quentin on a charge he partici-
pated in the 1916 preparedness day
bombing here in which 10 were
killed and 40 injured.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Report
Furnished b,

FURNISHED
Columba-Mosty cloudy today light
tonight and tomorrow not much change gentle
winds becoming variable
MaryandMosty cloudy today slight showers
morrow; not much change in temperature.
Vgna-Mosty cloudy In north partly cloudy portion
scattered showers today and probably
West Vgna-Occasional probabv
morrow; not much change in temperature.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Quuke Felt in Oregon

TOLEDO, Greg, May Is F.-
A 10-second earthquake ratified
dishes and windows at 8:02 am
(P. s. I'd today. No damage was
reported.
Evening star., 1940-05-26

migration Committee. His other
assignments are to the District Of
Columbia, Interstate Commerce,
Judiciary and Privileges and Elec-
tionS Committees.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
PART THREE.
Society,".
PART FOUR.
Sports.

sports.
Leonard wins sixth straight by
beating AS, AZ. Page Ell
Dunstar sparkles in horse show at
Upper Marlboro. Page E-2
Landon School is winner in own
horse show. Page E.3
Qualifying for U. 8. open is glory
for D. G. golfers. Page E-4
Third Degree nabs Metropolitan,
Eight Thirty failing. Page E-5
Classified Section. Pages E-6-1S
Lost and Found. Page E-6
Help Wanted. Page E-6
Evening star., 1940-05-26

CHECK FOR CHILQREN-Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth is
shown yesterday presenting $975 check young patient for
Chdrens Hospital while Miss Matte Gibson superintendent of
the hospital looks Mrs Longworth honorary chairman
of the benefit premiere of Abe Lincoln in Illinois, which
by the Newspaper Womens Club Washington OF
the than 500 collected at the premiere another 81 900
went into the clubs fellowship fund.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
River Report.

Potomac River clear and shenandoah
CLOUDY At Harpers Ferry late yesterday.
Report Until 10 PM satuvAax
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Readers Guide
News Summary
The Sunday Star, May Is, 1910.
PART ONE.
Main Neaps Section.

Foreign.
Weygand Gusts Is generals in pre-
pairing for showdown. Page Al
England calls youngsters for home
defense forces. Page Al
Ready to destroy French attack
army, Berlin says. Page Al
Corsicans urged to arise as Italy
awaits move to war. Page Al
Vatican speeds raid shelters, offers
diplomats refuge. Page AS
Boulogne termed trap for thousands
OF refugees. Page AS
Bordeaux population swollen by
100000 refugees. Page A-3
Battle at gap to decide Flanders bat
tie. Maj. Eliot says. Page A
National.
Senate group votes to require regis
tration of aliens. Page Al
President to call private experts to
aid in defense plans. Page Al
81 Georgians called in political cor
ruption probe. Page A-16
More awards announced as middies
look to June week. Page AS
Methodist group urges U. S. to stay
out of war. Page A-10
Washington and Vicinity.
Goats survive both Barlow bomb and
T. N. T. Page B-l
Special bureau planned to investi-
gate trafnc accidents. Page B-1
National Tviation Forum to open
formally tomorrow. Page B-1
Evening star., 1940-05-26
weather Conditions Last "a Hours.

The Atlantic disturbance is apparently
centered about $50 miles southeast Of
Nantucket At 7:3O pm. Saturday. accom-
panied BY fresh to strong shifting winds
Atlantic States. Raleigh. N. c.. iO0e.s
millibars (2973 inches), while the dis
turbance that WAS centered over Northern
Lake Huron this morning has moved north
eastward to Lake Superior, Marquette,
Mich, l0Q4.4 millibars 1886 inches).
The disturbance over the Middle Mssis-
sippt Valley has remained nearly station
ary. Springfield. nj, 10000 millibars
s29;Ss inchesl. Pressure is hish oyer
1924 millibars l30.19 inches. over the
Northern Plains. Minot N. OAK, 1014.6
HaIss %IliSa1s ..,as ,Ssss inchss,n sna Of The
lo24iS I :! a., milI!osrs l3o;st inchsS: Pressure
ss5t 9s ID Lake CITY 10 10000 n SsIs Thar:
there have been showers in the Middle
and North Atlantic States. the Great
North P.eiae States @ n ana IN Hnsss sestt.red red
areas over the Rocky Mountain region.
temperatures have risen somewhat In the
pcftion q the Middle IA Atlantic rs States. sa.n''n
Issera pnti! 1e 1;M; Saturday;
Lo!est, 81 at 4 am; yesterday year
Record Tempsratures This Year.
Lowest, on January 90.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Preeipitatisn,

Monthly precipitation in II
cApital (ctrrenf month n AZ