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ness meetings and varied entertain
mentS. The principal address was
given by Sir Willmott Lewis. WASH
ington correspondent for the Lon
don Times. Mrs. McMillin extended
greetings from the national organi-
zation and presented to the national
president of the Women of the
Army and Navy Legion of Valor,
U. S. A., Mrs. Sterling Moorelock,
a bouquet of roses from the ma
tional president of the American
Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. McMillin, chairman of the
delegation which will represent this
department at the national conven-
ton, will hold a meeting of the dele
gates and alternates on Tuesday at
8 pm. at the American Legion Aux
iliary Headquarters. room Ala Dem
rike Building. A secretary will be
appointed and members Of the dele
cation will be assigned to serve on
convention committees.
Preparations are being completed
in Boston for the American Le-
gion Auxiliary National Convention
September % to 26. concurrently
with the 22d national convention
of the American Legion.
Mrs. Helen M. McCabe, depart
ment president, called a meeting
of her officers last Thursday at de-
partment headquarters and will
hold her first department executive
meeting September 10 at the Y. w.
c. A, 614 E street NV, at pm.
The George E. Killeen Unit No. Is
will meet Wednesday at s pm.
The following officers will be in
stalled by Past Department Presi-
dent Mrs. Mary K. Killeen: Vice
presidents, Mrs. May Hart, Mrs.
Anna Waters and Mrs. Evie Kidwell;
chaplain, Miss Grace L. Stock; SER
geant at arms, Mrs. Mary Hilleary;
property custodian, Mrs. Ercella
Quinn: secretary, Mrs. Marguerite
Buscher, and treasurer, Mrs. Isabelle
Steinbreaker.
The new president, Mrs. Ruth
Bergman, who was installed at the
department convention, will appoint
her committee chairmen.
Vincent B. Costello Unit No. Is
will meet Tuesday at 8 o'clock at the
Y. w. C. A., 614 E street NV.
Final plans for the evening of
games to be held September 18 at
the home of Mrs. Deery, 2431 New
ton street NE, will be completed.
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Spanish War Veterans
| Auxiliary

Meetings this week are:
Monday, Admiral George Dewey;
Tuesday, Col. John Jacob Astor;
Wednesday, department meeting;
Friday, Gen. Henry w. Lawton, and
Saturday. Military Order of the Liz
ards.
All members are urged to attend
the department meeting on We'd
nesday to greet National Conductor
Tillie Mae Roth. This Is TO be ma
tional officers night The reports of
the delegates to the national con-
vention in Detroit, Mich, will also be
read.
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the n tion a |
president, Mrs.
Doris Corwith,
to represent the
national organi-
Zation at the
50th anniversary
reunion of the
Legion of Valor.
The S S s. o n S
were held at the
willard II o t e !
from Wednesday
through yester-
day. Included
were devotional
exercises for the
war dead hIlSi-
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Post No. on Tuesday night, at 2108
Sixteenth street NV.
The following were nominated at
the last meeting: For commander
Charles S. Beilman: first vice COM
mander, Fred H. Dreyer, w. A. Cor
ley and A. H. Thompson; second vice
commander, George Hooven; third
vice president, Harry w. Brown;
chaplain, the Rev. Howard E. Sny-
der; quartermaster, Samuel l..
Crump; sergeant at arms, Edward
zuranski; master at arms, Stanley
Harrison; surgeon, DR.. M. H. Dar-
nall; historian, Past Comdr. Howard
S. Fisk; color bearers, Past Conldr.
Bernard c. MCGEE and Elliott Bart
lett. The installation will take
place at the October meeting.
Inspector Lee r. Pennington OF
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
will deliver an address to members
of Sergt. Jasper Post next Wednes-
day at the Pythian Temple at 8 pm.
Comdr. Douglas o. Reed has been
appointed a member of the depart
ment Finance Committee by Depart
ment Comdr. Hargrave.
There will be the election of off,
GERS. Those nominated at the last
meeting were: Ayden A. Dibble, COM
mander; Charles H. Pierce, first vice
commander; Martin A. Schubert,
second vice commander; Victor Far
rar, third vice commander, and
chaplain. Charles r. Brown. They
will be installed at the October meet
ing.
G. P. o. Post, No. %, will meet in
the Bunker Hill clubrooms, 300 Mon
roe street NE, on September 9 at
pm, for nomination of officers.
The Housing Commission will meet
at 7:30 pm.
Next Friday the post will hold a
moonlight cruise and dance on the
S. S. Potomac at 8:45. Public Printer
A. E. Giegengack, his staff and De-
partment Comdr. Hargrave and his
staff will be guests of honor.
Cooley-McCullough Post will meet
at the apartment of Comdr. Charles
Kohen, 1900 F street NV, on Tues
day at 8 pm. for nomination and
election of officers.
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Col. WetheriII' Death
Leaves Vacancy Soon
To Be Filled
1t. Col. John 6. Burr
Will Assume Post
For Time Beinq

The vacancy created at Washing
ton Reserve headquarters by the
death of Col. Richard Wetherill, who
died last Monday, will be filled in the
near future. Until his successor is
appointed, 1t. Col. John G. Burr,
senior officer on duty at local Re-
serve headquarters, will be acting
executive for the Washington mill
tary district.
The following District officers have
been assigned to the goth Surgical
Hospital: 1t. Col. Franklin 3. Ped
rick, Capts. Elmer w. Fugitt and
Angel A. Cardona, First Its. An
thony T. Caruso, Hunter F. Ken
nedy, Joseph M. Barker and Samuel
Zola, and Second Its. Joseph w.
Grim and Roscoe Goodman, and the
following are assigned to the 320th
Infantry, Mai Edmund w. M Walc-
zewski, First 1t. John W. Tottle, jr..
and Second Its. Alfred H. Moss and
Ddy dlu "a IbuIhClt il
A number of enlisted Reservists
of the Washington area have been
assigned to the 320th Infantry. They
include Pvts. William M. Belt, Wes-
ley V. Disney, Perry P. Hand, Layne
E. Leoff1er, Ivan u. Luttes and ames
L. Troy.
District officers transferred to
other branches of the service are as
follows: Capt. John P. Dalton, to
Ordnance Reserve; First 1t. Ralph
c. Wisner, to Arm and Service AS
signment Group; First 1t. Harry w.
Chadduck, jr., to Chemical Warfare
Reserve; First 1t. Charles H FELTON,,
to Ordnance Department Reserve;
Second 1t. Walter L. Miller, IT., to
Infantry Reserve. and Second 1t.
Valentine Russack, to Ordnance De-
partment Reserve.
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Rebekuh LODGES

Martha Washington Rebekah
Lodge will meet September IL with
the noble grand, Mrs. Ellen Dorsey.
presiding. Among the activities
planned for the early fall are q
social at home of Mrs. Dorsey,
Riverdale, Md. on September 10
and a rummage sale october Q.
The visitation of the president
Of the Assembly, Mrs. Margaret J.
Rule, to this lodge will be October
"A. Other visitations In October
are Mount Pleasant, October 8, and
Fidelity, october Is.
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W.. W. Charter Member
Will Retire From Army

Skilo B. Schryer, a charter men,
Der of Washington Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, will retire after 80
years service in the Army, on Sep
tember 80.
Aloysius Seipel is organizing a
turkey shqAt to be held on his farm
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Meetings This Week.

Tuesday-Military Order of
the Cootie, 935 G place NV.
Wednesday-Council OF Ad-
ministration, 100 L>stree5 NV.
Thursday - Equality-W Walter
Reed, 1913 Ninth street NV:
H. L. Edmonds Post, hamilton
Hotel.
Friday-Advance Post. 100 L
street NV; United States
Treasury Post, 10l5 L street
NV.
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Pythion Sisters

Friendship Temple viii meet
Wednesday evening. Regular meet
ings viii be held on the first and
third Wednesdays Of each month.
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Mrs. Mary MeMi||in
Represents Auxiliary
OF Legion al Session
Extends Greetings to
VoIor Group at
Reunion Here

Mrs. Mary B. McMillin. retiring
president of the Department of the
District Of Columbia, American Le-
gion Auxiliary, was appointed by
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Third Division, A. E. +.

Washington branch will meet at
Schneider's Cafe, 427 Eleventh
street NV, on Wednesday at 9
pm, for election of officers.
The twenty y-second annual reunion
will be held here next year and Q
committee will be formed to work
with the chairman of the Conven-
ton Committee, 1t. Col George 3.
Du Bois, to carry on the arrange
ments.
A ladies' auxiliary will be formed
at this meeting.
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CABLETOW MASONIC CLUB-Ocers recently elected
follows Left to right front David Ksuk president
Harrison Parkman vice president Benjamin
street. financial secretary Baxter Ashley
Walkinshaw recording secretary and W. c. Furr marshal
Star Staff Photo
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Use of medicinal products from
the United States In South Ameri.
lea has doubled in the last year.
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Comdr McCrary announced that
the special class to prepare enlisted
men for the competition for ap-
pointment to the United States
Naval Academy has been resumed.
1t. Robert H. Rice, commanding off,
Ger of the Sequoia, will have charge
of the instruction course under the
general direction of Comdr. McCrary.
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Mrs. Thelma V. Wheat, matron Of
Mizpah Chapter. announces a busi-
ness meeting on Tuesday evening.
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Nora Martinsky, matron of East
Gate Chapter, announces meeting
will be held September 6. Entertain-
ment and refreshments.
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The matron of Gavel Chapter an
nounces a meeting Tuesday night.
There will be a short meeting of the
Temple Auxiliary Board Immediately
after chapter.
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Joseph H. Milans Lodge Chapter
will meet September 5. and will be
preceded by a picnic supper for all
members of the chapter. The supper
will begin at pm.
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Elizabeth Hodgkin. matron Of
Bethany Chapter. announces a meet
ing will be held September at the
Masonic Temple at 7:30 pm.
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Eastern Star News

Mrs. Cora Manoly, matron, and
Ludwig Manoly, patron of Federal
Chapter. have invited all members
of the chapter to picnic on Sep
tember Is at their summer home,
Mountain View, Hillsboro, Va, Is
miles from Washington.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Japan Reported Training
Parachufists for China
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HONG KONG, June 1.-Chinese
military dispatches asserted today
that the Japanese Army in China
had started training young soldiers
as neutrality-suspicious. for use in
China.
While the reports lacked conf1rma-
ton, foreign observers pointed out
that the Japanese had been giving
special attention to German meth
DDS in the European war.
They said it was quite possible the
Japanese were considering new tao
tics for the war in China, which, de-
spite battles here and there, virtually
has been stalemated since last No.
vember, when the invaders captured
Manning, capital of Kwangsi Prov
ince.
Chinese circles professed to be
unconcerned, declaring that condi-
tions in China were totally different
from those in Europe. They said
Japan has insufficient planes to
stage successful parachute attacks
and that long distances would make
it difficult or impossible for ground
forces to join parachutists, who
would be exposed to annihilation il
they operated too far from bases.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Suspect In Torch Murder
OF Girl Surrenders
By the Associated Press.

0y tne hSSOClhLcQ EIcbb.
WATERFOWL, Mass, June L.
Watertown police prepared murder
charges today against 23-year-old
Frank Gomez, whose sweetheart,
Katherine C. Nauer, II, burned to
death in his automobile yesterday
after being stabbed into uncon-
sciousness.
Capt. Edward Murray OF the
Watertown police said Gomez, who
surrendered while motorist was
telling Boston police he saw a dark
man welding pairing knife on q
girl in an automobile miles from
where she died, was so hysterical
that several days might pass before
he could be brought into court.
He was booked on suspicion OF
murder" and held under police guard
at Boston City Hospital for treat
ment of severe burns on his hands
and head. Medical Examiner
Thomas M. Gallagher reported the
girl died of suffocation by flames.
Harold j. Prescott, who was re-
porting the stabbing incident ct
police headquarters when Gomez
surrendered, said Miss Nauer was
screaming that her companion was
killing her. Mr.. Prescott said he at
tempted unsuccessfully to intervene
and then summoned police BY the
time officers arrived, however. the
car had driven away.
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provoked strong anti-Allied senti-
ment.
France, meanwhile, was the object
of new series of posters displayed
throughout the country which pro-
claimed that the island of Corsica,
Napoleon's birthplace, was by rights
Italian.
Greece, her independence guar
anteed by the Allies, was warned by
Fascists that partisanship toward
Britain and France or an Allied
move toward Salonika, Greek port,
which was World War Allied naval
base, would bring Italian troops
marching through the Balkans.
In the midst of this anti-Allied
barrage, Americans fastened their
preparations to sail from Genoa
aboard the United States liners
Manhattan and President Harrison.
The Manhattan originally was
scheduled to leave today, but Off
Gals of the line saio the task of
accommodating 1000 passengers on
a ship which ordinarily carries 300
would hold her in port until to-
morrow. One dining room was con-
verted into dormitory for students
from North American Theological
College in Rome.
Two more Italian emergency meas
ures went into effect today. Civilian
automobile traffic was suspended
to conserve gasoline. while laundry
soap was put on rations card sys-
tenn that already applied to coffee
and sugar.
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BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS,
British War Correspondent.

PARIS, June l (By Wireless) -
All the world awaits with suspense
the fate of the British and French
troops fighting with their backs to
the sea around Dunkerque. Some
of them, as announced officially,
have been disembarked and have
reached England with the help of
the royal navy and air force.
I had an account of the heroic
fighting of the B. E. F. from a gen.
eral who belonged to general head
quarters.
In the last crisis, due to the be-
trayal of the Belgian King, he took
command of a force in the field.
1t is terrible story, relieved only
by the superhuman valor of men
who knew that they were making a
last stand against overwhelming
odds.
After fighting back from Brussels
and Louvain, they were surrounded
on three sides. The enemy had cut
them of from the south by driving
through the gap to Boulogne. They
were striking at them from the east
across the old battlefields of the
YpreS salient. The enemy planes
gave them no respite by day or by
night.
r. A. F. Heroic.
The young pilots of the R. A. F..
did marvelously and were reckless
IN their attack against the German
bombers, whom they destroyed in
odds Of ! to 10, but the superior
numbers of the German planes
could not be broken and their
bombing was constant and horrible.
Nevertheless, the B. E. F. fell back
to shorten their line in good order
and, despite heavy casualties, in
such good shape and spirit that
more than once they counter
attacked and drove the enemy back.
When one knows that many of
these young men had never faced
fire before and that until a few
months ago they were ordinary
civilians doing their jobs in peace
time ways, it is a proof of fine
courage and noble discipline that
they withstood the tragic ordeal
with such steadiness and unflinch-
ing spirit. Germany's best troops
were sent against them.
BY the capitulation of the Bel
gians, the British were isolated and
outf1anked. German artillery had
them as targets. German tanks
tried to smash them up. They were
under slashing machine gun fire and
storms of steel. Many officers and
men fell on those old fields on
which their fathers fought and died
in the last war.
1t was difficult and dreadful to
get away the wounded, who were
not safe even in the hospital ships,
which were deliberately bombed by
the enemy planes.
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Mexico May Settle Claim
OF Cities Service Co.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, June 1.-Reports
In usually well-informed oil circles
today said Mexico might effect an
understanding with the Cities Serv-
ice Co. to pay about 100000 for
the American concerns Mexican
holdings appropriated with other
foreign petroleum interests in 1888.
The Mexican Ambassador to the
United States, DR.. Francisco Castillo
Nejera, himself limited that the
government was on the verge of
reaching an agreement with an
other oil company. Mexico an
nounced last month that she had
settled for s8,50O,OO0 the claims of
the Consolidated Oil Corp. (Sin-
clair).
The Ambassador said he had ad-
vised President Cardenas that new
companies in the future might
solicit a settlement" He mentioned
no specific company.
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Precision Flyers
Feature Carnival
At Birmingham
Vincent Burnett Is Amono
Pilots Taking Part in
Great Air Show
BY the Associated Press.

!
BIRMINGHAM, June lone of
the Nations great air shows, in the
tradition established by the flying
circuses" IF the postwar era,
opened two-day stand at Birming-
hams Municipal Airport today,
carrying overtones of Americas air
rearmament program.
Pilots stunted in fast planes at
the air carnival, just as they have
for nine years, but to the tens of
thousands who fringed the field
the acts took on new significance
Their acrobatics essentially are
the same as those being taught
to the hundreds of young men who
each month, are entering the basic
training school of the Army Air
Corps at Randolph Field, Tex, under
a stepped-up program to provide
this country with more military
flying personnel.
Here in Birmingham, where news
Of the carnival competed for 'front.'
page space in the newspapers with
news of the European war-liberally
sprinkled with accounts of warplane
operations-some of the country S
best precision flyers demonstrated
that occupancy of a cockpit is not
for the timid.
The program had both an in
ternational and a martial flavor in
the appearance of Capt. Alexander
Papana, one of the worlds really
great pilots. He has expected
momentarily for weeks to be called
back to Rumania, where he is an
air force officer, for active service.
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OF the imperial general staff in
peacetime, wrote that Mussolini
"has succeeded in raising very
noisy enthusiasm among the ignor-
ant youth of the nation, who think
there is glory for themselves to be
got out of war.
when the bombs begin to fall and
the machine-guns begin to rattle,
this youthful and misguided en-
thusiasm will quickly fade away"
More Planes Demanded.
Retired Air Commodore L. E. o.
Charlton wrote that war with Italy
would put the Allied Air Force on
the defensive Immediately.
This was only added fuel to the
fiery demands for more planes"
brought back by the bruised and
weary Tommies rescued from
Flanders.
Allied airmen were bold, daring
and able, these soldiers were the
first to admit. But against a Nazi
air force estimated to have between
10000 and 10000 planes, they de-
clared, the chief need was for more
and better Allied planes of all types.
The latest word on the effective
ness Of British planes was contained
in last nights communique from the
Air Ministry, which told of many
direct hits" on German troop con-
centrations and motorized columns
in raids by planes of the fleet air
arm.
The raids were directed at roads
near the Belgian coast along which
the Nazis were bringing up rein
forcements, and were made with
out loss in spite of concentrated
German anti-aircraft fire.
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Defense
Continued From First Page.)

partment officials. The closest ap-
proach to breakdown spoke of
S7O0 600, 900 for the Army and $780,
100000 for the Navy.
Other Developments.
Mr.. Roosevelt's message shared
attention with a series of other de-
fense developments, which included:
l. A Navy decision to cancel the
practice summer cruise of 1,100 mid
shipmen to Brazil so that the three
battleships of the training squadron
could be kept nearer home ports.
2. An Army announcement that a
sixth "streamlined" division would
be formed in anticipation of the i'm
mediate increase of $4,000 men in
Regular Army strength.
3. Conference Committee agree
ment upon the $1,474,006,228 Navy
Department appropriation bill,
opening the way, to early passage,
probably next week.
4. President Roosevelt's letter to
Speaker Bankhead asking authority
to use "dollar-a-year men" as in
World War days in order to get ex-
pert voluntary services.
S. The conference of Edsel Ford
president of the Ford Motor Co.,
with DR.. George Jackson Mead, the
Treasury's airplane engine expert
which aroused speculation that the
Ford firm would 60 into airplane
production.
Berle Calls for Unity.
6. The speech of Assistant Secre-
tary of State Adolf Berle, urging
labor to cooperate in making the
defense machine run smoothly. Mr.
Berle spoke in New Jersey, where q
shipyard strike has halted work or
warships.
7. The offer of two shipyards tc
trim six months off the usual two
year time for building destroyers.
The defense tax and the financing
programs meanwhile occupied the
attention of the House Ways and
Means Committee. Secretary Nor
genthau, presenting the admins
tration views, testified that both
new taxes and an increase in the
national debt limit were essential -
The program being considered calls
for an increase Of $4,000, ,OOO, 900 In
the debt limit and defense taxes
yielding about $656, 900 900 annually
Although Secretary Morgenthau
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Spurred by reports of increasing
needs In Europe and encouraged by
reports that local war relief fund
collections mounted to $72,867 SO,
with contributions Of $14,312 listed
yesterday, volunteer workers Of the
District Chapter of the American
Red Cross today redoubled their
efforts to reach the local quota of
$150,ooO.
Federal Trade Commission en-
ployes. with $484 contributed, dis
placed the Treasury Department as
top governmental donor for the day.
Individual gifts included $500 each
from George Theunis and Mrs. Will
liam Lawrence Breese, $1,000 from
Mrs. Mary E. Stewart and from Mrs.
Charles Warren; 5000 from Mrs.
Harriet P. Winslow and 5000 from
Mrs. Janet Mccormick Goodhart.
Girl, S, Gives Up Candy.
Mrs. L. w. Cheney, mother of DR.
Newcomb K. Cheney, who perfected
the gas mask used by American
soldiers in the World War, asked
Red Cross workers to call at her
home for her contribution.
Berenice Ann Watson, 5-year-old
resident of AIT North Thomas street
Arlington, Va, came to headquar-
ters and contributed 80 pennies
which her mother said Berenice had
saved by going without candy and
other luxuries for a week.
Another contributor, an aged COL
ored woman, brought IS and asked
that her name be kept secret be-
cause she did not want her family
to know she had made a gift that
she could not afford.
Chapter House Kept Open.
The District Chapter house was
to be kept open this afternoon to
enable Government workers, who
have just received their semi
monthly pay checks, to participate
IN the campaign.
Representatives of the Red Cross
were to display uniforms used in
various branches of the Red Cross
service in fashion show this aft
ernoon at the Raleigh Hotel.
The District Chapter announced
that $4,000 surgical dressings were
packed yesterday for shipment
abroad and that 10000 dressings
had been shipped Wednesday night