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Evening star., 1940-05-03
BY GARNETT d. HORNER.

President Roosevelt said today he
was doing everything he could to
prevent the extension of the Euro
pean war to new areas and other ma
tions.
He declined to say whether he had
received any assurances from Italy
concerning her intentions.
In response to questions concern
ing his conversation with Italian
Ambassador Colonna yesterday and
American Ambassador Phillips talks
with Premier Mussolini and Foreign
Minister Ciano in Rome, Mr.. Roose-
welt said only that this Government
is continuing to work for peace.
News dispatches from Rome have
quoted italian sources as reporting
that Premier Mussolini had assured
Mr.. Phillips that Italy did not in
tend to take an active part in the
war for the present, with some re-
ports limiting this purported as
surance to the next 10 days.
Acting Secretary of State Sumner
Welles emphasized at his press con.
ference that dispatches from Rome
concerning the conversations be-
tween Ambassador Phillips ane
Evening star., 1940-05-03
~, IN, ,,,, Y
Girls Charged With Arson
In Reformafory Fire

Three colored girls, who, authori-
ties say, were responsible for the
two-alarm fire at the National
Training School for Girls Monday
night, were charged with arson
today.
All three are inmates. Robert E.
Bondy, District welfare director,
made the charges following an in
vestigation which revealed that in
mates set the fire, apparently in the
hope they would be able to escape.
The three. whose names are on
police books are: Martini Quigley,
II, who is charged at police head
quarters; Rosetta Hill, II, and Esther
Wheeler, II, both of whom are
booked at the seventh precinct.
AL Of the girls were removed from
the training school and placed In
cells at the Women's Bureau. Their
arrest indicated that the Juvenile
Court, which had committed them
to the training school, had waived
jurisdiction so the girls could be
arraigned in Criminal Court.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Morse Novelist
Accuses British
Of Tyranny
Sy the Associated Press.

OSLO, May 3.-K-ut Hamsun,
Norwegian novelist who won the
Nobel Literature Prize in 1920, to-
day sent all Oslo newspapers a
manifesto accusing the British of
infringing on Norway'S neutrality
and urging Norwegians to lay down
their arms against Germany.
The Germans, Hamsun declared,
IRE helping crush English tyranny"
His statement, addressed to his
fellow Norwegians. said when the
Britishers in their prodigious saw
agery forced passage into Jossing
Fjord and infringed our neutrality,
you did nothing about It,"
But when the Germans occu-
pied Norway to prevent war in our
country" he added, "you did some
thing: You conspired with our run
away King and his private govern
ment and modified.
"Norwegians! Throw away your
rifles and return home. The Ger
mans are fighting for us and now
are crushing England's tyranny
over us and all neutrals."
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Pittsburgh Box Cars
Yield Three Bodies,
One Branded 'Nazi'
Dissection of Victims
Moy Be Work Of Mad
Butcher Of Cleveland
BY the Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH, May 3.-Dismem-
bered bodies Of three persons, who
might be the victims of the mys-
terious mad butcher" blamed for
IL torso slayings in Cleveland, were
found today in the Pittsburgh &
Lake Erie Railroad yards in nearby
Stowe township.
Deputy Coroner Anthony Sappo
said the word "NaZi" had been
carved on the chest Of the third
victim, found several hours after
the first two. One of the latter
was identified as that of q woman.
All were found in boxcars which
arrived here April 81 from Struthers,
Ohio, so miles southeast of Cleve-
land.
Mr.. Sappo said the cars appar-
emily had been sent to Struthers
from Cleveland and rerouted to the
Stowe Township yards. He added
that a thorough search of the big
repair yards would be made in the
belief that other victims might be
uncovered.
DR.. P. r. Helmbold, coroner's
physician, said the bodies had been
dissected by some one with a knowl-
dege of surgery, or butcher. They
apparently were cut up with q
butcher knife. One bore marks
which seemed to indicate an attempt
at burning.
Heads of the victims were missing,
but the arms and legs were found
near the torsos. All were nude and
there were no clues to identity of the
victims. Mr. Sappo said. however,
that the fingers had not been
harmed and expressed belief the
police would get good f1ngerprints.
A car inspector for the railroad
discovered the bodies in a routine
check of the cars, assigned to the
yards for repair or for dismantling.
Struthers is about Is miles from
New Castle, Pa, where the torso
OF a young man was found in a
murder swamp" last October 13.
Eight other bodies have been found
in the swamp In the last 10 years.
Police at the time expressed be-
lief that Cleveland's mad butcher"
linked with IL torso slayings in
Cleveland-was responsible for the
death Of the last New Castle torso
victim.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.
tending the Hatch Act.


The first move to bring the Hatch
clean politics bill back to life was
taken today when its co-author,
Representative Dempsey, Democrat,
Of New Mexico started q petition in
the House to discharge the Judiciary
Committee from further considera-
ton Of the question.
If 218 House members sign the
petition, which Mr.. Dempsey placed
on the desk of the clerk of the House
at noon, the bill automatically will
be released from committee. It
would then be in order for the New
Mexico member to move to take up
the measure on the second or fourth
Monday of the month, May 13 to ~
AS the House convened Mr.. Demp-
sey took the floor to call attention
to his action. He declared this lis
not an ordinary petition, but rather
a roll of honor" to let the people of
the country know who are for clean
politics.
Within a few minutes 20 mem
bers had gone to the clerks desk
and signed the petition.
Shortly before the House convened
Mr.. Dempsey also served notice in
an executive session of the Rules
Committee, of which he is a men,
Der, that he wanted some action on
his bill. No action was taken, but
the question is expected to come
up again when the committee meets
next week.
Although it was announced
Wednesday the committee had voted,
IA to 10, to table the bill, Mr.
Dempsey told the House yesterday
afternoon. that IA of the 26 COM
mittee members "have declared to
the press and to me that they voted
not to table" He suggested
recapitulation of the vote.
Three Courses Of Action:
Mr.. Dempsey decided promptly on
the discharge petition as one Of
three possible ways to review the
issue, and today he urged supporters
of the bill to sign the petition with
out delay, reminding them that
time is of the essence, in view of
(See HATCH BILL, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1940-05-03
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May 3.-The bullet
SCARED American freighter Flying
Fish returned from the Norwegian
war zone today with an exciting
story Of how she and another Amer
ican vessel were caught in q furious
battle between German land and sea
forces and allied warplanes at Ber-
gen last month.
Even before the ship docked there
was a sharp conflict between the
captain and some members Of the
crew as to whether they were raked
by allied or German bullets.
Capt. w. w. Wollaston, veteran Of
the United States Navy during the
World War. declared his ship was
struck accidentally by bullets from
. Norwegian land battery which had
been taken over by the Germans and
which was firing On British war
planes.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
| n. |. R. B. Official
Charges Military
Aided Sugar Firms
Control Hawaii With
Foscist-Like System,
House Inquiry Hears
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

O@AAs =
Army and Navy intelligence Of
ficers were charged, in a confidential
report of a National Labor Rela-
tions Board official read today to
a House investigating committee,
with aiding the big five" sugar
corporations, who were alleged to
control" Hawaii with q Fascist
like system OF domination.
The report. made to the N. l..
r. B. in the summer of 1887 by
Elwin j. Eagen, regional director,
who had been in Hawaii to hear
labor complaints, said:
Judging from the testimony pro-
duced at the hearing, the sugar
interests believe that any one who
engages in union activities is an
undesirable person, and they very
cautiously impart their information
to the Army and Navy Intelligence
Units"
Called Picture Of Fascism.
Mr.. Eagen added: IF there is
any truer picture of fascism any,
where in the world than in the Ha-
waiian Islands, then I do not know
the definition of it,"
The N. l.. r. B. expressed hope
that 1T is not belief of a few mis-
guided Army officers that one who
oppose such a system is acting in
an un-American fashion" He added
The close cooperation between the
Army and Navy intelligence units
and the big five was certainly sur
prising"
The document was introduced by
Committee Counsel Edmund M. To-
land while Board Member Edwin S
Smith was on the stand. It was q
pages in length. It named the big
five" as American Factors, C. Brewer
& Co., Ltd; Alexander Baldwin
Castle Cook, Ltd, and T. H. Davis
& Co., Ltd. These companies. the
report said have interlocking direc-
torates.
Lists Controls Of Companies"
Listing his conception of the CON
troll exercised by these companies
Mr.. Eagen discussed under SUBJ
headings corporate control, land
banks, transportation, purchases and
sales, hotels, telephones, police, leg
islative, executive, bar, university
National Guard, election, newspa-
pers and churches.
Mr.. Eagen also reported:
"An Army intelligence officer sat
in the jury box during most of our
hearings at Honolulu"
The board officer had returned to
his post as regional director at Seat
tie when he made his report, and he
added: Army officials here in Seat
tie were checking on me while !
was in Hawaii. $50 were several
steamship lines and one man pur-
porting to be longshoreman. Gables
were sent to various other people
requesting information concerning
me.) It might be interesting to learn
who ordered the Army ofiicials to
become interested In my activities
and to determine what, If any, part
Gen. Wells played" This was said
to be Gen. Bryant H. Wells, retired,
who had become secretary of the
(See LABOR BOARD. page A.61
Evening star., 1940-05-03

Swiss Call 10000
More for Active Duty
By the Associated Press.


BERN, May 3.-The Swiss gov
ernment today ordered more than
$4,000 additional reserve troops for
active service between May II and Is.
Informed quarters said that re-
ported concentration Of German
troops in Baden and Wurttemturg,
near the Swiss frontier, led the
army commander-in-chief, Gen.
Henri Guisan, to recommend this
further step in Swiss mobilization.
Between 1000 and coo, 900 men
are expected to be under arms by
June.
( Men called up today include many
units of the Landstrum (reserve
militia) who are between 50 and
60 years old. Most Of Switzerland's
men between 20 and S6 are already
under arms.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Hopson Refuses 10 Testify
In Associated Gas Probe
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 3.-Howard G
Hopson, one of the founders of the
Associated Gas & Electric Utilities
System, went before the Federal
grand jury today, but refused to
testify about the systems affairs on
the grounds that he might degrade
or incriminate" himself. He was
excused.
The jury has been investigating
Associated Gas q Electric for more
than q month.
Two nurses accompanied Mr.. Hop
son to the Federal Courthouse.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Hitler Will Win War,
Next Move Sweden,
Gen. Butler Predicts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TULSA. May 3.-Maj. Gen.
Smedley Butler predicts Hit
Ter will win this war"
The former United States
Marine Corps commander told
the Oklahoma Bankers Asso-
citation last night:
Hitler already has almost
complete control of Norway,
which means a plentiful sup
ply of munitions. Then he will
move into Sweden"
Eventually other "neutrals,
scared stiff, will ask his pro-
tection,' and the war will be
over"
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Authority Of {. A. A.
Not Cut by Transfer,
Budget Head Assures
Justice Department
Joins in Statement
On Reorganization
BY JOHN @. HENRY.

Assurance that independent opera
ton Of the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority would not be impaired by its
transfer to the Department Of Com
merce, as contemplated in pending
Government reorganization orders.
was given c. A. A. Chairman Robert
H. Hinckley today by the Budget
Bureau and the Department Of
Justice.
Responding to series of questions
submitted by the legal staff of the
c. A. A. on the precise effect of
President Roosevelt's reorganization
plans, Budget Director Harold D.
Smith presented detailed argu-
ment which in effect supports the
transfer proposal. Attorney General
jackson added to Mr.. Smiths letter
q note of agreement. Both were
made public by President Roosevelt
at his press conference today.
Noting in his letter that reorgani-
Zation plan No. shifts the five
member authority to the Depart
ment Of Commerce and changes its
name to the Civil Aeronautics
Board, Mr.. Smith wrote:
IN performing its functions dn-
cluding those now carried out by the
Air Safety Board the Civil Aero
nautics Board will be entirely inde-
pendent Of and in no way subject to
control by the Department of Com
merce or the Secretary thereof"
Reports Through Secretary.
Turning then to the specific ques-
tion of the independence of the
boards reporting and to it's control
over its own personnel and expendi-
lures. Mr.. Smith continued:
THE requirement in plan 4 that
the board report to Congress and
the President through the Secretary
Of Commerce provides for the rout-
ing of such documents through the
Secretary so that he may have an
opportunity to examine them and
append such comments as he may
wish to make. This provision does
not imply that the Secretary may in
any way delete or revise the reports
and recommendations Of the Civil
Aeronautics Board.
I'm providing that the routine
management functions of the board
shall be performed under the direc-
ton and supervision of the Secre-
tary of Commerce plan 4 is
designed to prevent the uneconom-
ical duplication of such facilities by
the board =. This provision is
not intended to divest the board Of
its authority to appoint and control
all Of its personnel, to authorize ex-
penditures, or to determine and sup
port the budget estimates that are
submitted to the Bureau of the
Budget"
Administrator Post Distinct.
In some detail, the Budget Bu-
reau had defined the proposed func-
tions of the administrator of civil
aeronautics, post distinct from
the Civil Aeronautics Board.
"As contrasted with the Civil Aer-
onautics Board" Mr.. Smith wrote,
"the administrator will be under
the direction and supervision of the
Secretary of Commerce"
Release of Mr.. Smiths letter was
believed calculated to gain support
for the Presidents reorganization
plans, now under bitter fire on
Capitol Hill. Mr.. Hinckley, after
conferring with the Chief Execu-
tive at the White House yesterday,
disclosed that the Budget Bureau
and Justice Department opinions
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Norwegions Are Left
To Fight Nozis Alone

STOCKHOLM, May 3 R.-The
allied armies withdrawal from the
whole of Central Norway, both
above and below the port of Trond-
helm, leaves small Norwegian forces
to fight there alone against Ger
many's massive war machine.
In the Arctic sector about Narvik,
according to one report, printed in
the Stockholm newspaper Aften-
bladet, German forces who hold
that ore port are on the offensive
against allied and Norwegian siege
lines.
The Germans, already controlling
Southern Norway, spread out rap
idly today over the central sector
(See NORWAY, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1940-05-03
BY GUNNAR KNUTSSON,


Svenska Dagbladet.
ON THE STEINKJER FRONT,
Northern Norway, May 3 (R.-Brit-
ish end French troops which had
landed north of German-held Trond-
helm for the campaign against the
Nazi invasion embarked last night in
Namsos Harbor and sailed away.
The entrance of German troops in
this sector is awaited at any mo-
ment-perhaps within "a hours.
As q result of the new withdrawal
north of Trondheim following the
removal of allied forces from the
Andalsnes region south of Trond-
helm, 1t is believed here that the
war In Norway virtually is finished.
Tried to Get to Namsos.
Despite various denials given out
last night, it was obvious then that
the British intended to leave the
Steinkjer area go miles north Of
Trondheim and IS miles south Of
Namsos).
The first became clear to me when
late last night I tried to get to
Namsos. A British officer told me
that if I did succeed in getting
through, I could not get back. I
therefore assumed something was
going on which I was not supposed
to witness.
It can now be stated freely that
the Steinkjer fighting proved some
what disastrous for the British. In
heavy fighting on April 81 an entire
British battalion was cut up by
German company. GA company is
about one-fourth the size of a bat
talon, which is usually about 800
men)
What really has hindered the Ger
mans from advancing for several
days past has been the heroic de-
tense by Norwegian volunteer units.
Morse Fight Now Hopeless.
The Norwegian fight against the
invaders now appears hopeless.
The Norwegians are suffering from
lack of ammunition and other sup
plies.
I was told that their total NUM-
tons would not suffice for 10 min
utes of heavy firing.
The British left great quantities
of supplies behind them at Namsos,
including trucks and high-wheeled
army cars, when they embarked
on six large transport ships which
were escorted by several destroyers.
All available Norwegian trucks
and cars have been mustered to
rush these suppliess down to the
Norwegian troops remaining on the
Steinkjer front.
Even so, the fight appears hope
less to the extreme and the Nor
wegians now are being encircled.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
President for HOUSING Fund

President Roosevelt told q press
conference today that more money
should be authorized for the United
States Housing Authority because It
was doing . good JOB Of slum clear
auce.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Cold Weather
Holts Boil Come

Cold weather today forced post
ponement Of the opening baseball
game OF the Cleveland Washington
series scheduled for Gridith sta
dunn. One game will be played
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
British, Continuing
Campaign in Norway,
Bomb German Bases
Stcvoneer, Fornebu and
Ry BIusted in Extension
Of Attacks by Air
BY the Associated Press.

/ oS VIC kAooOSidtCO 1lCoS.
LONDON. May 3.-British spokes-
men today re-emphasized Britain'i
determination to fight on In Norway
and as if in confirmation of these
statements, the Air Ministry report
ed new successes for Royal Air Force
bombers in raids on German bases
in Denmark and Norway.
British fighting planes also drove
invading aircraft off the southeast
coast of England today, the Air Min
istry announced.
In the face of news that the Nam
SOS region north of Trondheim had
been abandoned by the allied forces
as was the Andalsnes sector to the
south, one reliable military source
said:
"The government of Norway is
still in being and we have no idea
of abandoning 1t or the campaign" F"
While other authorities supported
this statement, there was no word,
official or otherwise, on the situa-
ton at Namsos.
Planes Protecting Ships.
The Air Ministry communique re-
vealed that the British warplanes
had been engaged in protecting the
convoy of warships and transports
by which the British Army with
drawn from Andalsnes was being
carried elsewhere" as Mr.. Cham
berlain announced yesterday, with
out indication whether it was bound
for another Norwegian battlefield or
one more distant.
The Air Ministry said the Royal
Air Force extended its bombing at
tacks on German bases in Denmark
and Norway.
The ministry announced the r.
A. F. heavily and successfully
bombed the Danish airfleld at Ry
in North Jutland, which is used
extensively by the Norway-bound
Nazi air transports ferrying troops
to the war zone. The attacks began
yesterday evening and continued
during the night.
The day and night bombings of
Stavanger, on Norways southwest
coast, continued, the ministry said
and the Fornebu Airport near Oslo
was attacked again last night.
British bombers raided the
German-occupied capital of Nor
way last night for the third time
in week, an official German an
nouncement in Oslo said, report
Ing one raider had been downed.
CFour British airmen, who
bailed out when their plane was
hit by anti-aircraft fire, were
captured. A fifth occupant,
wounded in the plane, crashed
with the craft near Drammen,
Is miles southwest of Oslo on
the east side of Oslo Fjord.)
Chamberlain Sees Foes.
While diplomatic circles predicted
a severe test for Prime Minister
Chamberlain's government when the
House of Commons begins its inquiry
into the Norwegian campaign next
Tuesday, the Prime Minister him.
self conferred for half an hour to-
day with Opposition Leader Clement
|r-- AMMAN n.-~ 1N
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Germans Arrival
Expected Within
"a Hours
BULLETIN.

PARIS, May 3 (P.-British
troops withdrawn from the Nor
wegian area south of Trondheim
were reported today to have been
taken north to the Arctic Narvik
sector to reinforce other British
troops and French Blue Devils"
operating there.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Ruin in Norway
Left by Bitzkrieq

Like the desolation in Poland
after the Nazis passed are the
scenes in Norway following the
blitzkries. Turn to Page Az
for the first wirephotos of the
destruction.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Allies Abandon Base at Namsos;
Italy Reported Massing Troops
Ships and Planes In Dodecanese
Isles OFF Turkey
Reinforced With
$1,000 Men .
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Greece, May 3.-1n-
formation reaching diplomatic quar-
ters in Athens today said that
italian troops, warships and lighting
planes were being concentrated in
large numbers in the Dodecanese
Islands in the Eastern Mediter-
ranean.
The Dodecanese Islands are an
Italian-owned group in the Aegean
between Greece and Turkey, ap-
proximately 400 miles airline north
west OF Alexandria, where a British
and French battle fleet concentrated
today.
Many Massed at Rhodes.
:, The Italian concentrations were
reported especially heavy at the
Island Of Rhodes, 375 miles from
Alexandria.
Diplomatic observers said the in
formation, if confirmed, would ex-
plain the action Of the allies In NOV
ing naval strength into the Eastern
Mediterranean as well as extraordi-
nary defense measures recently tax
en- In Egypt.
Under emergency measures taken
throughout Egypt, army and police
leaves were Cancelled yesterday and
all strategic points were placed un-
der armed guard. Premier Ally
Maher Pasha conferred with British
Ambassador Sir Miles Lampson and
defense chiefs and then stated that
while the situation was serious there
lis no occasion for immediate
alarm"
5000 Troops Reported.
Diplomatic reports said there we're
between $4,000 and 5000 Italian
troop reinforcements already In the
Dodecanese to strengthen the reg
ular garrisons.
Fifteen submarines were said to
be lying OH Rhodes, and many
fighting planes were reported based
at the Island Of Leros, which is 46
minutes by bombing plane from
Athens.
The Dodecanese are formidable
strongholds In the Eastern Mediter-
ranean.
From these islands 1tafy's planes,
submarines and surface craft could
make q strong bid for control Of the
entrance to the Aegean, through
which vessels must pass to reach
the Dardanelles, guarded by Turkey,
n-belligerent ally Of Britain and
France.
Italian forces in the Dodecanese
would also form q distinct threat to
Turkey and to sea communications
between Turkey and the allies, in
case of war.