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Evening star., 1940-02-18

were thrown overheard. Even for
compound fractures, he asserted,
amputations were ordered because
that was all they knew.
Brig. Gen. Leigh Cole Fairbank,
retiring president, who presided at
the dinner, read an article from q
magazine describing the maneuvers
at the recent naval battle at Monte
video and the battle Of the Falk-
land Islands in 1914, when the Ger
man South Atlantic fleet was wiped
out by the British.
Onacers for the ensuing year we're
elected as follows: Frank B. Steele,
president; William w. Badgley, first
vice president; Alfred A. Hoffman,
second vice president; DR.. Edison L.
Whitney, secretary; Maj. Harry A.
Davis, w. S. A., treasurer; Charles c.
Weaverling, registrar; A. B. Carly,
chaplain and Craig L. Reddish, his
torian. There also was chosen an
Executive Committee: Brig. Gen.
Fairbank, Col. John p. Hains, DR..
Andrew Stewart, Roy F. Carly,
James w. Crawford and Mahlon H.
Janney; delegate to the Executive
Committee Of the general society,
Brig. Gen. Fairbank; delegates to
the biennial meeting Of the gen.
eral society: William Howe Somer-
veil, Col. John p. Hams, William w.
Badgley and Charles c. Weaverling;
alternates, William Henry Marbury,
DR.. Andrew Stewart, Alfred A. Hoff-
man and z. r. Farmer.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

While equipment for treating
those wounded aboard ships in bat
tie has been greatly improved, there
is very little knowledge of its effec-
tiveness,. Capt. Lucius w. johnson,
U. S. N, told the annual meeting
of the Society of the War of 1912
at dinner at the Army and Navy
Club last night. The meeting COM
memorated the 125th anniversary of
the promulgation of the treaty Of
Ghent.
Capt. johnson told Of present bat
tie methods aboard ship, with wa
ter-tight bulkheads preventing pas
sage of persons during an action.
While ships have the most modern
equipment for the treatment Of
wounded there would be little op-
portunity for surgeons and other
medical personnel to do anything
during an engagement because the
wounded could not be transported
from the turrets to the dressing sta
tions, he said. Their work would
come after the battle, he said, If the
ship was still afloat; otherwise, there
would be no problem of caring for
the wounded.
In the old days, when little was
known about surgery, not much was
done for wounded in battle except
amputations. Then, q man was
taken to the sick bay, given a pint
of whisky and stick of wood to
chew on during the amputation.
But, he said, few survived. Many
of the seriously wounded, he said,
Evening star., 1940-02-18
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

k1Cu1JOAI.
But this is not 1918, and the
Firms do not possess ample re-
serves. The Russians have thrown
in, according to reports, five hun
dred planes in support of their
advancing infantry-obviously to I'm
in the gap" due to the forward dis
placement Of their artillery-while
the Finns are calling up middle-aged
men in q desperate effort to re-
place their losses. It is still possible
that the Firms may stop this Rus
sian drive. They may, by a mighty
effort, collect mass Of maneuver
which can hit and stop, even throw
back, that advancing Russian left
now reportedly only 121z miles from
the key position OF viipuri. But
even II they do; this time. the Rus
slams can keep on putting in more
men, while the Firms cannot.
It Is becoming even more cruelty
obvious, as events march on, that
what the Firms need is not a few
thousand volunteers In driblets, q
dozen planes here and two dozen
there, but real reinforcements and
real munitioning, two or three first
rate divisions for the decisive coun-
ter-attack, q score Of fighter squad
rons to deal with the Russian air
support-those would suf1ce, prob
ably. to write finis in bloody letters
to this immediate Russian threat
to Viipuri. But more Russians
viii come, and more; and the Firms
will need more support to deal
with them. Not less than 100, ,000
good troops, plenty Of anti-aircraft
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Swift Gas Deiecior
Is Unexpected Result
OF Cancer Research
Device Has Myriad
Of Possibilities in War
And Peace
-
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Feb. 17.--Incidental
research into the workings Of cancer
cells led to the development OF .
radical new gas-detecting device.
with . myriad Of possibilities In
wartime and peace, = Johns Hop
kins University physicist disclosed
today.
The mechanism, based on long
known spectroscopic principles. was
fashioned by DR.. A. Herman Pfund,
chairman Of the university depart
ment Of physics. It is so sensitive 1t
can detect gas in the atmosphere
In the proportion Of one part in q
million, his experiments have shown.
It can be made to operate auto
matically, and can transmit its sig
mails long distances by electricity.
Set up in mine, tunnel or in
dustrial plant, the device could warn
of deadly gases in ample time to pro-
tect workmen. In wartime, 1t could
be employed to warn Of enemy gas
attacks.
The device consists Of an electri-
cally heated coil, an absorption cell
containing the gas or atmosphere to
be tested, and an adjacent cell,
known as the detector, which meas
ures the gas and transmits the in
formation electrically to q gall
vanometer.
The advantage Of the device, the
inventor said, lies in its almost in
stantaneous operation. Comparable
chemical analyses are "slow and
laborious," he pointed out.
DR.. Pfund created the device after
medical school colleague sought
some means by which he could de-
termine the rate at which cancer
cells manufacture carbon dioxide.
A smaller device for this purpose 4lso
will measure minute quantities Of
gas produced by bacteria and other
organisms.
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lected to inquire sbout the regula-
tions prevailing in the District for
such affairs.
Confronted ct the last minute by
the three-day law, they applied for
= license IN Upper Marlboro 10 take
advantage Of Marylands two-day
regulation.
As for the funeral home-the Rev.
George =. Schnabel, pastor Of the
Albright Memorial Church, had al
ready been chosen to ofiiciate. Since
he couldn't use his own church
because 1t was In the District, and
he hesitated to call upon the clergy
Of the neighboring State to open up
their churches for the occasion, he
hit upon the idea Of asking his old
friend, Mr.. Chambers, for the use
Evening star., 1940-02-18

and anti-tank weapons, 500 fighter
aircraft, and full munitioning for
all, including the present Finnish
forces, will be enough to enable
thu Firms to hold out for a SUM-
cient length of time to produce
really discouraging casualties in the
Russian ranks.
.a Victory Price to Be Known.
BY this. do not mean casualties
sufficient to discourage the war lord
of the Kremlin-for what is Rus
sian blood to Georgian who did not
hesitate to starve millions in pur-
suit of his ends-but sufficient to
discourage the Russian army itself,
the Russian people who must sup
port it and fill its ranks. Remember
that all these thousands Of wounded
from the Karelian front must flow
back to evacuation hospitals in the
Leningrad area, and through the
bottle-neck of the Leningrad railway
center to base hospitals in the in
terror. There will be no concealing
the price which the Kremlin is pay
ing for it's bid for victory. If that
victory is now quickly attained, the
price may be forgotten or over
shadowed in thunderous acclaim. If
it is long deferred, if it comes to be
despaired Of, the internal effect in
Russia may be quite different. This
is the time factor from the Russian
point of view. There is no indication
that the losses have as yet produced
any serious effect in Russia; but
there would hardly be such indica-
tions apparent to the outside world
as yet, the Soviet governments con-
troll over news being what 1t is.
From the Finnish viewpoint the
time factor is far more critical. The
Russians, with strong air support,
and apparently limitless reserves,
have bitten deeply into the Finnish
defense system. They may be stopped
this time, but they are now using
their good troops, and their artillery
and air support appears to be of
much better quality than in the
early weeks Of the war. Meanwhile
the much talked of aid from the
allies does not appear to be ma
terializing. Just the other day there
was report of 300 allied fighting
planes in Finland, not quite ready,
which would soon make their ap-
pearance. II they are going to ap-
pear, the time would seem at hand.
Swedish Decision Ominous.
What else the allies are doing, out
side of q certain amount of NUM-
tioning, is not clear. The Swedes,
obviously under German pressure,
have refused to 60 to Finland's aid
"all out" or to permit the passage
of allied forces or organized as units.
The distinguished Swedish military
expert, Col. Bratt, has issued q
manifesto calling upon his fellow
countrymen to strike now, while yet
there is time, but it is quite possible
that the government has In hand In
formation as to Germany's attitude
which is not in Col. Bratt's possess
sion.
The decision (albeit after 4
heated SESSION. Of the Parliament
tary Committee on Foreign Affairs
to support the government In Its
attitude Is ominous. Whether the
selection Of this moment by the
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British admiralty to commit q
dramatic violation of Norwegian
neutrality has any bearing on the
Finnish situation is not clear at the
moment Of writing.
AS to the future-if viipuri falls
the Russian task is vastly simplified.
The Firms would then have great
dimculty in resisting the Russians
north of Lake Ladoga.
Copyright 1910, BY New York Tribune, Inc.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

Before an improvised altar in the
Chambers funeral home at River
dale, Md, last night Wilma Loda
Hupfer, 81, and Robert earn Shaw,
jr., Is, exchanged wedding VOWS.
1t was the first wedding ever per-
formed in that funeral chapel.
w. w. Chambers, who presented .
corsage to the bride and her at
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tendant, recalled that his sister was
wed IA years ago in the chapel at
the main Chambers institution at
Fourteenth and Chapin streets NV.
The funeral home was a last
minute expedient. The situation
came about in this wise:
Miss Hupfer and Mr.. Shaw had
set their wedding date but had neg
Evening star., 1940-02-18

Of the funeral chapel, which Is open
~ hours . day.
A gathering Of some 80 friends at-
tended the ceremony In the chapel
and seemed totally unaffected by The
austerity Of the surroundings. After
the ceremony the bride and bride.
groom posed for photographs, al
smiles.
The bridegroom Is manager Of the
food department at Stewards Phar.
macy, Sixteenth and U streets NV.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
ADVERTISEMENT.
STUBBORN
RHEUMATIC PAIN
when Irritated BY Excess Uric Acid

Thousands take ALLENRU for the
pains caused by ths equity phasss of fhkuma-
tism, nsaitis. lumbago o. rheumatic back
ache when ifiitatsd by szcses uric add e
similar circu1ating poasos. SueA 61cso ac3a
md poisons should sooo start b lsavs your
body, md thus ths tafnhae aenay y oftee
ssaievsd-no opiatss.
All nv i've df,aesisG II AmsGica fr -
3 ounce bottjs a Al3NRU - Aqsd4 -
eesh about g eoo0 = avo - ae6es.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Church Gloss to Meet

FAIRFAX, Va. Feb. II (SpeciaD.
The Volunteer Glass Of Fairfax
Methodist Church will meet Monday
at . pm. with the Misses Virginia
and Mary Ella Carr.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

South Africa expects to ship more
than half Of its present fruit crop
to England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-22

BELL--Mrs. Elizabeth II. Bell,
widow OF william Bell, died yester-
day afternoon OF the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Hapenney
OF $500 East Main street, after q
short illness. Born In England, Mrs,
Bell had been living with her daugh-
ter during the past IL years.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Bell
is survived by three sons, Andrew
OF Hartford; william, New Britain
and John, Liverpool, Eng; 20
grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
home, $500 East Main street, 70
Christ chapel, where Rev. Samuel
A. Budde will ofnciate OF 2:30
o'clock. Burial will be In the old
Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may
call At the home today after 3 p. m
MORRILI4--Mrs. Hilda (McKier-
nan) Morrill, died Friday evening OF
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Her.
bert II. scott.smith, 81 Mildred
avenue, this city. She was born In
Sweden but had lived In Naugatuck
and this city for 30 years. She
leaves o son, william D. McKiernan
Of Portland, Ore, o daughter, Mrs,
Scott. Smith, and four grandsons.
The funeral will be held from the
Anderson funeral home, 20i Meas
dow street, Naugatuck, Monday aft
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock. Rev. Arthur
Lewis Of 81. M!chaels church will
oisiciate. Burial will be In Grove
cemetery, Naugatuck. Friends may
call at the funeral home on Meadow
street, Naugatuck, Sunday evening
between 7 and 0 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-22
British Planes Rain
Bombs Down On Berlin
tcontinusd from Page 1,

said, sinking an ie.000-ton mer.
chant. ship, damaging 0 4,000ston
vessel and destroying two flying
boats.
On one CIR field alone, accord
Ing to tho communicate, $50 French
airplanes fell into German hands.
The high command said that Ger
man bombers resumed raids on the
British east coast, again attacking
Dillingham;, site Of o British nitro
gen works. A large number OF direct
hits were scored, the communicate
claimed.
II sold that In O brief or battle
near Toxe three OF six enemy planes
were shot down. British bombers and
torpedo planes were said 10 have
made unsuccessful attacks on O Ger
man battleship. The battleship, ac-
cording to the high command, shot
down ok enemy planes while seven
planes were shot down by German
pursuit planes.
ThOnars Occupied
On the lower Loire In France, the
high command said German troops
crossed the river extending their
bridgehead and occupying Thonars.
The comiilunique claimed that be-
tween juno IA and June 20, 07B en-
envy airplanes were destroyed. II said
that o German submarine, return
Ing 10 itg base, had reported sink.
ing more than $4,000 tons Of enemy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-22
Confidence In Petain Expressed

Telephoned IN Sections
The German statement OF terms
was telephoned In sections 10 Mar.
shal Petain last night and 10 was
understood that an authentic text
was forwarded here by courier.
A special telephone line had been
prepared by way OF Paris and Tours,
and this line was kept open today
10 hasten the progress OF negotia"
lions. The entire text OF the Ger
man terms was received by tele.
phone before midnight and TINS
enabled the cabinet 10 hold itS first
meeting on them at ! o, m.
II had been reported that Italy'S
terms were included IN the German
ones. To-day II was said that tho
Italian demands would como III u
separate document, after the Italian
response 10 Frances request FOR on
arniistice, and that separate pleni-
potentiaries 10 Italy would DO ap.
pointed. 10 was added that Italys
demands were known unofiicially
already and that they were aS hard
AZ Oermany's and, In the French
View, entirely out OF proportion 10
ItalyB war effort
TO Prevent Interference
The assumption was that italy rs
well a. Germany would make terms
caisulated 10 prevent French inter-
ference with the war against Great
Britain.
AZ regards the German document,
the main difiiculty seemed 70 have
been 10 get an exact translation OF
the German text and 10 have copies
circulated 10 members OF the cab
met.
The entire document, II was
said, was 90 VoluminouS, detailed
and documented that II would re-
quire long study OF its many as-
As the government considered
It's course, the shattered French
armies continued their retreat,
There was o noticeable lessening OF
fighting intensity, II was reported
this morning, along most OF the
long line between the SEQ and the
cH3tUEH DVEueTs
Continue Advance
South OF Nantes on the coastal
side, German motorized columns
continued their progress unintors
ruptediy but slowly Give words
cansored). Everywhere the Ger.
mans were still advancing. They
were using tanks In q compact
column 10 screen motorized IL
fantry. But " was reported there
was little real fighting and few
casualties.
There was one grim exception.
In the Vosgos mountains, parallel
Ing the Rhine from the German
paiatinato 10 tho Swiss border,
French troops OF tho Alsatian
Magnet line were putting Up
historic fight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-22
FUNERALS

Home, 400 East Main street, to 81,
AIMS church, where O solemn high
mass was celebrated OF $3.50 o'clock.
Burial was In Calvary cemetery,
Funeral services for William
Webster were held yesterday at the
Anderson Funeral Home, Rev. Sam
uel A, Budde, acting rector OF ST..
Johns Episcopal church, otaciating
Burial was In old Pine Grove cen1e-
tary. Bearers were ]. =. Montam.
bault, w. II. Palmer, ]. p. Waters,
J. M. Lynch, representing the Wa
terville division Of the Seovill Man
ufaeturing Company; Benjamin
johnson and Arthur II. Twelves,
representing the Foresters OF Amer
lea.
Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda
johnson were held this morning at
II o'clock ct the Anderson Funeral
Home, 10 Central avenue. Rev. u.
Einar Kron, pastor Of the Swedish
Lutheran church, ofiiciated. Burial
was In the old Pine Grove cemetery,
Funeral services for Horatio r.
Allen will be held this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the Anderson Funeral
Home, 10 Central avenue. Rev,
Francis o. Ayres, OF st. John Epis-
copal church, will ofiiciate. Burial
will be In Riverside cemetery.
Funeral services for Eliot Por-
ter Goss, 81, Of 100 Prospect street,
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock OF ST. Johns Episcopal
church with Rev. Samuel A. Budde
ofiiciating. Burial will be private
In Riverside cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-22
BRITISH PLANES
BOMB NAVAL BASE
Large Warship In Tobrouk
Harbor Also Reported
Attire

Cairo, Egypt June 22.--(Up)-
British alrpianes bombed tho Ital.
ian naval base Of Tobrouk and 70.
ported smoke pouring from O large
y@rship In tho harbor, the n. A..
command said today shortly after
italian aircraft had bombed Alex
afdria.
The r. A. r. communIque said
that British Blenheinf planes drove
of two Italian fighting planes that
Attempting TO interrupt tho British
bombers, Tobrouk was faided on
Friday morning and again late In
the day.
Ono n. A. r. flying boat, on recon.
flaissanee, was attacked by Ave ftai-
ian fighting planes, shot one down,
damaged another and returned safe.
iy 10 its base. Several italian planes
were rot ahre by bombing OF ifl
Ad6m and III dubbi. italian planes
raidod Malta Ave times on Friday,
but caused no casualties, the COM
niunique added.
Tho Italian raid on Alexandria,
ofiiGials said, caused slight damage,
Cairo had its flrH alarm OF the
war az l;40 q. m, anti.aircraft guns
started firing az $3.50 O. m. and the
"all clear" signal WAS sounded at q
o. m. No planes were sighted.
Egypt u not NJ war with Italy
or Germany, though " has severed
diplomatic relations. Alexandria
has been On Allied feet base.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-22

(Cohtinued from PaBo ~
growth OF the Willkie-for. president
BOOM
3-The necessity for the party 10
adjust Itself 10 the situation created
by President RooBGVelpB nomination
Of two veteran Republican states
men 10 his cabinet.
The word "isolationIst" does not
precisely NJ, but there ID o substan.
tial group Of the foreign relations
Sub-eommitteemen insisting That
the party should not pledge any
old OF all 10 the Allies, Another
group, apparently Just as numerical.
iy strong, 10 demanding that the
party pledge oil aid, Bhort-of.war.
All M, Landon, 1895 presidential
candidate and chairman OF this sub
committee, has favored aid 70 the
Allies.
The three leading candidates --
Dewey, Taft, and Wlllkie arrive on
the pre-convention geene today and
will begin talking 10 delegates thiS
afternoon. They entered O situa-
ton jumbled by the boom for utiii-
ties executive, Willkie, who con-
tributed 10 the Roosevelt campaign
In 1899, but voted for Landon IN
1890.
The Willkle boom n making noise.
II Ia developing under pressure In
which business generally seems 10
bN lining IN for him while the more
politically minded elements stand
fast against him. PennBylvania'S big
70 vote delegation was reported 10 DO
splitting under this crossfiro Or In
fiuenco.
Former Senator Joseph r. drundy
Republican Pa., acting apparently Tor
the POLITICAL faction In the state Re-
publican organization, ID opposing
Wilikie. But on view here was O let.
tor from II. w. Prentis, president OF
the National Association OF Manu-
faeturers, TO o Pennsylvania delegate
urging WILKES nomination. Prentil
Ia o Pennsylvanian. He wrote that
no was speaking for himself rather
than for his organization.
Dewey still was expected 10 DO the
top man on the first ballot with TAFT,
second. Some polls put Wilikie
third but the Judgment OF most OBJ
servers here Ia that his chance, II
u comes at oil, would DO well along
In the baiiottlng.
Dewey made his final public bid
for the nomination In o nationally
broadcast speech last night In which
no strengthencr his status o. the
strictly nor. interyentionist candidate
by charging that President Roosevelt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-22

shipping. Another U-boat claimed TO
have torpedoed the 1900 tons Britt
ish transport Ettrick.
The high command admitted that
o number OF civilians had been
killed Or Injured In British air raids
on Germany last night, one OF
which struck O suburb close 10 Der.
lin.
Three Bombs Fall
Authorized Spokesman said three
tncendiary bombs fell near the old
railway station at Babelsburg near
Potsdani, about 10 miles from Berlin.
The ofslciai German news agency
said three men, three women and
one child had been injured. II said
that several enemy" planes reached
the reighborhood OF Berlin and that
one plane had dropped several" ex-
plosive and incendiary bombs on
"non-militaFy objectives."
The news agency said 0 hospital
was bombed but only slightly dam.
aged.
Bremen Also Bombed
n said other planes had bombed
Bremen during the night but had
caused only slight damage and In
jured only two civilians. Anti.air.
craft gunners drove the planes
away, the news agency said.
Earlier, the news agency had said
that nine persons were killed and
many seriously wounded In IN OR
raid on Essen Thursday night. Sew
eral houses and one church there
were damaged, u said.
The raids marred tho beginning
OF what the Germans had expected
TO be O joyful and historic day for
them. Authorized Spokesman had
said during the night that Frances
reply 10 the aymistice terms almost
certain 10 be On acceptance, prob.
ably would come before noon. When
IL had not come OF that hour, how.
ever, they predicted II would come
In the afternoon.
Babelsburg, apparent place Of the
eraly morning raid, Ii headquarters
fog the famous UFA Film company.
Alarms Sound
Air raid alarms had shrleked
throughout Berlin OF i:40 o. m. t7;40
D. m. Friday EDIT. People here had
rushed for shelters. Heavy explosions
were heard but well informed sources
here said at first they probably were
from anti-aircraft guns In action.
The oil clear signal was given OF
ait O. m. Members OF the propa.
ganda ministry had spent the inter-
vol In O cellar and there was o delay
Of several hours In confirming that
bombs had been dropped.
A United Press correspondent
heard OF least 20 donations TO the
southwest and felt the vibration Of
them from the balcony Of his home.
The city was BACKED out but scores
OF searchlights fingered the sky,
The correspondent said no heard
antiaircrAft guns family In the dis
lance.
Although British flyers had show
cred Berlin with leaflets In night
raids, and French ofAcials had
claimed two weeks ago that French
naval planes bombed the outskirts
Of Berlin, this was the first time 0
bombing OF the Berlin area had been
confirmed.