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Evening star., 1940-05-02
Hopson Ordered 10 Appear
At Grand Jury Inquiry
BY the Associated Press,

6y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 2.-Howard c.
Hopson, one Of the founders of the
vast Associated Gas & Electric
System, must appear before 4
Federal grand jury tomorrow to be
examined concerning the affairs Of
the business.
Federal Judge Edward A. Conger
today denied a motion to auash 4
subpoena which was served on Mr..
Hopson and ruled the utilities mag
nate was physically and mentally
capable to appear before the grand
jury and testify, subject to- limita-
tions recommended by physicians
who examined him for the Govern
ment.
The subpoena originally called for
Mr.. Hopson's appearance on April
%. but his lawyer. Fred A. Ironside,
jr, moved to quash the subpoena on
the grounds that Mr.. Hopson was q
physical and mental wreck"
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Allies Abandon Trondheim Drive
From South; British-French Fleet
Moving Into East Mediterranean
Greek Army Calls
10 Reserve Officer
Glasses to CoIors
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, May 2.-Greece
today called up 10 classes of
reserve army officers for active
service as tension increased
over Italy's possible plans in
the Mediterranean.
The officers were ordered to
report for duty May S.
The call to the colors fol-
lowed a May Day speech by
Premier John Metaxas declar-
ing Greece is strong and
united in the most formidable
of all wars"
Speaking at Piraeus, Premier
Metaxas disclosed the govern
ment was negotiating with "a
great friendly power" which is
engaging great numbers of un-
employed Greek workmen.
Informed quarters said France
wanted thousands of Greeks to
work in French war industries,
in the mines and on farms.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
japanese Offensive
Smashed, Chinese Claim
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONG KONG, May 2.-Chinese
military dispatches reported today
that Chinese troops had smashed
the big japanese offensive launched
last month in the northern part
OF Human Province, Southern Hupeh
and Northern Kiangsi.
The Chinese reported that they
had cut land communication be-
tween Marking and Wuhu, which
is 60 miles south of Marking up
the Yangtze River, and that they
were effectively harrassing japanese
ships In the river with shellfire.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Transmission Rallies
Athlete After Leg Loss
y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CARLISLE, Pa, May "A third
blood TRANSMISSION today slightly i'm
proved the condition of Thomas
Hunt, 2l-year-old sophomore at
Dickinson College, whose right leg,
injured in track meet, was ampu-
tated yesterday to check the spread
Of infection.
Doctors at the Carlisle Hospital
said, however, the Bethlehem youth
still was in critical condition.
Paul E. Gorsuch Of Newton Square,
q fraternity brother, was the donor
for today's TRANSMISSION.
Young Hunt was unaware tum-
BILE In the meet has cost him his
right leg. The crack golfer-swim-
mer-track man smashed two bones
IN high jump competition.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
British Call for More
Air Raid Wurdens
Az the Associated Press.

By the ASS0CiSteu PreS6.
LONDON, May 2.-Sir John An
derson, home secretary and Minister
Of Home Secretary, issued an appeal
today for $3.50 900 more air raid pre-
caution volunteers, pointing to the
lesson" Of the German bombing
planes disastrous crash at Clacton
Tuesday night in which two civilians
were killed and more than $50 in
jured. The bomber's crew Of four
also were killed.
In other ways the nation was being
warned anew Of the dangers of air
raids. Hotels, for instance, distributed
fresh cards reminding residents how
to reach air raid shelterS,
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Garner Forecasts
Close of Congress
By June 8
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Vice President Garner pre-
dicted today that Congress
would adjourn by June 8.
Democratic Leader Barkley
said adjournment might come
before that date. and Repub-
lican Leader McNary expressed
a similar view. The latter add
ed that Republicans were
eager to get away early so
that they could gather in Phil
adelphia in advance of their
partys June "a convention.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
YugosIov Reinsurance
Given u. S. Envoy
BY the Associated Press.

ROME, May 2 (P.-Foreign Minis
ter Count Galeazzo Ciano today as
sured United States Ambassador
William Phillips that Yugoslavia,
Italys neighbor on the Adriatic, was
safe from Italian invasion, it was
reported in usually reliable quarters.
The United States Ambassador s
talks with Premier Mussolini yes
terday and with Count Ciano today
noticeably eased tension in diplo-
matte circles.
Anxiety has reached an acute
point with the announcement that
British shipping has been diverted
from the Mediterranean as a pre-
caution.
Mr.. Phillips visit to Count Ciano
was his second in two days. The
Ambassador called at the Foreign
Ministry yesterday after seeing
(See YUGOSLAVIA, Page A-3,)
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Nozis Retreot;ng Before Norwegions
In GIomno Valley, Swedes Hear

sells during which one Nazi ship was
sunk and another set afire.
Word of the naval engagement CO.
incided with Norwegian dispatches
asserting that the Germans, unable
to maintain their thinly drawn lines
of communication in the strategical-
ly important Glomma River Valley,
had withdrawn southwark some IS
miles, presumably to await REIN
forcements.
A Norwegian communique de-
clared the Germans had suffered q
defeat at Otta in the parallel Gud-
brands Valley 20 miles south of the
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Wallace bIames
Migrant Problems
On Changed Economy
Immediate villain
Is the Tractor,
He Tells Senators
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

The migrant "Okies" who provided
John Steinbeck with the poignant
material for the best-selling novel,
THE Grapes of Wrath" have
created inescapable social and eco
nomic problems for the whole coun-
try" Secretary of Agriculture WAL
lace today told the Senate Civil Lib
critics Committee headed by Senator
La Toilette, Progressive, of Wiscon-
sin.
After hearing in California the
stories of the problems raised by
antipathy, between farm owners and
farm laborersmany of them
"Okies the committee is launch
ing a long hearing here into the
migrant problem.
A large group of non migrant
well-dressed, apparently well fed
and economically secure men and
women attended the first days hear
ing. Later, the committee expects
that migrants will bring their own
stories of economic Illustration to
the Capitol.
The immediate villain in the mi
grant question is the tractor, Secre-
tary Wallace told the committee,
consisting of Senators La Toilette
and Thomas, Democrat, of Utah.
But the fundamental basis of the
problem is the change in the Amer
ican economy forced by the loss of
the frontier and the diminution of
foreign markets, he said.
Secretary Paints Dismal Picture.
Mr.. Steinbeck's unfortunate he
roes are the westward no! pioneers
OF 1910, with this difference-Mr.
Wallace said-the early pioneers had
rich soil to plant themselves on.
while the modern seekers after new
pastures can go only to worn-out or
already heavily worked fields.
Farm mechanization cuts down
the number of jobs available in the
countryside, Mr.. Wallace said, and
industrial dislocation has shut of
for farm boys the hope of factory
jobs which in the past attracted
millions from the rural retreats to
the cities.
The immediate and urgent step,
he said, is to keep these people on
the farm. It costs $500 a year to
furnish relief to city dwelling FAM
lily, he said, while it costs only $3.50
for the Government to supply the
primary needs of country dwellers.
Rural Population Growing.
The broad source of the troubles,
he said, were not created by the
depression, although it has greatly
aggravated them: and they cannot
be cured merely by an upturn in the
trade cycle. They arise directly out
of the waste and exhaustion of our
soil, which has gone unchecked for
more than century; years of
ruinous farm prices; the disappear
ance of foreign markets; unsound
systems OF tenure; and alarming in
crease In farm tenancy; the develop
ment of types of agriculture un-
suited to the soil and climate; the
growing surplus of farm population;
and the rapid development of a
large-scale, industrialized type of
agriculture.
Perhaps it is not generally real
lied that our population is grow
ing far more rapidly in rural areas
than in the cities; and that our
farms already are crowded with far
more people than can hope to make
a decent living out of agriculture.
The working farm population is
now growing at the rate of about
(See MIGRANTS. Page A-3.l
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Dempsey Plans Two
Moves for Rescue
OF Hatch Act
Rules Committee Action
Sought With House
Petition Held in Reserve

Representative Dempsey, Demo-
crat, Of New Mexico was ready to-
day to attack on two fronts in an
effort to force q showdown in the
House on the revised Hatch Act,
which was pigeonholed in the House
Judiciary Committee yesterday by
a secret 14-10 vote.
As soon as the action of the COM
mittee was made known, the New
Mexico Representative introduced q
resolution in the Rules Committee,
which, if approved, would permit the
House to take up the measure in
disregard of the judiciary Commit
tee action.
If he fails in this move, Mr.. Demp-
sey plans to circulate a petition un-
der which the bill could be forced
out on demand of 218 members.
Angered at the action of the Judi
ciary Committee, Mr.. Dempsey said
that the latter course would involve
more than "a mere petition"
A Roll of Honor"
1T will be a roll of honor which
will indicate those who oppose the
use of the Federal Treasury to
finance political campaigns, he en-
phasiZed.
The bill, already approved by the
Senate, would prohibit political ac-
tivity for State employees whose SAL
aries are paid in whole or in part
with Federal funds. It would also
limit individual political contribu-
tions to 5000, and would restore to
Government employees residing in
nearby Maryland and Virginia the
right to hold municipal office, which
inadvertently was taken from them
when the original Hatch Act BAN
ming political activity by Federal
workers was passed last year.
The new measure, supported by
President Roosevelt, but opposed by
a number of New Deal and anti
New Deal Democrats, cuts deeply
into numerous State political or
ganizations. Intense opposition to
the measure has been generally at
trlbuted. In part, to this factor. Op-
position has arisen, too, on the basis
that it involves an unconstitutiona
invasion of State domain by the
Federal Government.
Laden With Dynamite.
At any rate, the legislation has
been laden with political dynamite,
created prodigious row in the Sen
ate, and then was caught in a mire
OF opposition in the House commit
tee. The latter has had the bill
under consideration for many weeks,
while its friends have endeavored to
obtain commitments from commit
tee members in an effort to blast it
out.
Mr.. Dempsey, speaking ruefully
of the 14-to-10 vote by which the
bill was tabled, said yesterday that
10 committee members had prom
ised him their support. Since the
vote, he added, IL had assured him
they cast their ballots against
tabliAg the bill-two more than
actually voted that way.
There was some bad faith"
among the committee members, he
said.
Senator Minton, Democrat, of In
diana, foe Of the measure, COM
mented:
If the bill had passed, 1t would
have been confusing to political Or
ganizations. People would not have
known what they could and could
not do, and, as . result, they would
have done nothing"
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Methodists Demand
Recall Of Taylor
From Vatican Post
Appointment Created
Spirit Of Uneosiness,
Formal PIeo Soys
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., May O.
The General Conference of the
Methodist Church today formally
asked President Roosevelt to recall
Myron c. Taylor, his personal envoy
to the Vatican.
His appointment" the official
pronouncement read, has created
spirit Of uneasiness and resentment
IN the minds of a great number of
people, and instead of promoting
peace has sengendered discord and
strife, which seems calamitous at
this time when there is imperative
need for harmonious united action
on the part of all those who fear
God and love Righteousness"
This statement, approved with
only few hands among 776 confer
ence delegates raised in opposition.
was drafted by the Methodist
Church's committee on interdenom-
national relations. headed by DR..
James w. Moore of Newport News,
Va.
Vigorous Protests Made.
It passed over vigorous protests
by several delegates who protested
this is no time to stir up religious
hatreds."
DR.. Harold Paul Sloan, editor of
the New York edition of the Chris
tian Advocate. offcial Methodist
publication, sought to strike from
the resolution that portion asking
for the recall of Mr.. Taylor on the
ground 1T is nothing new for the
United States to have a representa-
tive at the Vatican"
The delegates rejected DR.. Sloan's
motion, 1893 to 234. Many did not
vote.
This country from its very be-
ginning had a representative at the
Vatican" DR.. Sloan said. AT first
we had Consul to the Papal States.
In 1847 we exchanged the Consul
for an Ambassador, who remained
until 1857 when President Lincoln
was assassinated. After the assassi-
nation the Ambassador was with
drawn, but in 1870 the Papal States
were dissolved.
when this country had an en-
voy to the Vatican was the very
period when this country was most
emphatic about separation of
church and state"
DR.. HeinsOhn Replies.
DR.. Edmund Heinsohn. pastor
of the University Methodist Church
in Austin, Tex, answered.:
to the papel states, but never before
have we had representative to the
papacy as a church. Mr.. Taylor was
appointed by President Roosevelt
without the consent of the United
States Senate. OF course, the Presi-
dent says Mr.. Taylor is his personal
representative, but we note he is in
structed to report not to the Pres
ident personally but to the United
States Government, and the Vatican
lists Mr.. Taylor as the Ambassador
from the United States. We note,
too, that Vatican lawyers say Mr..
Taylor has a right to remain as
Ambassador after President Roose-
veit leaves Office
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard of
Pittsburgh told delegates yesterday
that "Christianity in some of our
colleges is becoming so liberal that
it is thin; so polite it has no sub
stance, and so vague it has no
vitality"
Some of our schools of learning
that were born in the heart of Meth
odism," he said, "have in the days
of their greater financial prosperity
(See METHODISTS, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Army Quits AnduIsnes Area:
Fight in Norway to Go On,
Chamberlain Declares

D. the Associt dPres
LONDON, May 2-Prime Minister Chamberlain today
dalsnes abandoning the attempt to take
Trondheim from the SOUTH but declared Britain would keep
fighting Germany in Norway and refused to be trapped
into letting down her guard in the Mediterranean.
eve have intention allowing Norway merely
side show Mr. Chamberlain told the House of
neither going to be trapped into such dispersal
forces would leave dangerously weak at the vital CENTER
He asserted that blows the German permitted
important redistribution of the main
battle fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean
the way to Alexandria, Egypt
The naval movement to Alexandria, he said
normal of ships through release
the North Sea.
Second Report Norwegian Drive.
Mr. Chamberlans statement his report
Norwegian campaign but he made clear the
only interim that there say
fear of disclosing strategy the Germans
in the House of Commons campaign
Tuesday.
War Office communque meanwhile "alied forces
been carrying delaying operations south of
helm during the have repusng many enemy
attacks been withdrawn in the face of increasing
strength"
IN the neghborhood This done in spite the enemy
SAINT efforts to destroy these by
action.
I'm the Narvk operations continuing
with the enemy There is nothing
further to report from Namsos."
Troops Being Transferred Elsewhere.
The troops being withdrawn from the Andnes front
being transferred "esewhere This led
to speculation whether they joining army
based at Nansos, 100 miles north of Trondhem.
"a dispatch printed in The Star yesterday from
Stowe Chicago Daily News Correspondent landing
at Namsos of thousands additional
air Presumably these troops Premier
Chamberlain announced today had been withdrawn from
Andalsnes)
Andalsnes Is 100 Miles South Of Trondheim
Mr.. Chamberlans announcement indicated the
abandoning to Germany all Norway south of running
Tondhem east to the Swedish frontier including nearly
countrys total population all
industrial centers.
Todays German high communique that
Norwegian troops had been in action
Ing the British withdrawal Large conngnts Norwegans
reported surrenderng apparently covering action
COMPLETED
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Yugos|avia Reassured
By Italy and Reich
On Invasion Fears
Axis Powers Attempt
To AIIoy Tension
In BuIkun Area
BULLETIN.

ROME, May 2 (P.-The an
nouncement that a British and
French battle feet was in the
Mediterranean today revived
tension which earlier had been
relieved by Italian disclaimers of
any intentions of going to war
Immediately.
BY the Associated Press.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, May o.
Italian and German diplomats today
assured the Yugoslav government
that any fears of aggression by these
countries against the Balkan states
are groundleSs. Similar assurances
were reported delivered to other
Balkan capitals.
These assurances seemed to pro-
duce feeling of greater security in
Southeastern Europe, especially in
Yugoslavia, where there has been
much tension recently over the pos
sibility Of an Italian thrust.
News that Premier Mussolini had
told United States Ambassador Will
liam Phillips he is contemplating no
war action at present also had an
important stabilizing effect here.
The full force of Italian and Ger
man propaganda organizations was
put behind the diplomatic moves to
allay the tension. Italians and Ger
mans laid the Balkans alarms to
the British and accused Britain of
trying to divert attention from re-
verses in Norway"
They cited the suspension of Brit
ish Mediterranean shipping to back
up this charge.
The Balkan countries continued
all their military precautions, de-
spite the assurances. They realized
the situation might change at any
moment.
The British Ambassador to Turkey
was en- route to Sofia, Bulgaria, to
confer with the British Minister
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Summary Of Toduy's Star
Foreign

Foreign
German hold firm in Central Nor
way, army says. Page Al
British abandoning southern drive
on Trondheim. Page Al
British bombers rake NaN airports in
scandinavia. Page AS
Pope Plus XII performs first canoni-
Zation. Page A-15
Reich war chest" of 5000, 600, 900
estimated here. Page B-1A
Notionol
U. S. chamber asks STRENGTHENING of
Americas defenses. Page Al
Methodists formally call on Roose-
velt to recall Taylor. Page Al
Dempsey plans two moves to get ac-
ton on Hatch bill. Page Al
A. F. Of L. charges Government
charts labor's ruin. Page AS
Defeat of Wagner Act revision seen
In wage-hour votes. Page Ala
Washington and Vicinity
Bruce takes campaign into Baltimore
enemy territory" Page AZ
Evening star., 1940-05-02

(See STOCKHOLM, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1940-05-02

(see METHODIsTs, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1940-05-02

(See MIGRANTS, Page A-30
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
slightly cooler; lowest tonight about a;
moderate winds. Temperatures today
Highest, 66, at pm; lowest, 50, at
6 am.
Fyom the United states weather bureau report.
Fun details on PAGE Az.
Evening star., 1940-05-02

(See YUGOSLAVIA, Page A-3.)
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
Advertisement for Bids
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
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state Highway Department OF the
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Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
DID YOU?
). ]. 4. HALL. HuIlssa. DeI.

BsT. A. HALL, HInfstd. Del
1t was fine OF you to turn away
Like told you to the other day. :
In that poem that / wrote
And sent to the Chronicle as a note,
TO warn you OF your coming fate
II you put of turning till too late.
And found Gods mercy door slam
med shut,
And you found yourself on Hell's
brink; but,
Since having heard. you turned
away,
Your night has turned now into Day.
hope I'm right in guessing this
For unless you do turn you will miss
The meeting Of your loved les
there,
with our Saviour in the air. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
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Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
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or before the goth day of November
1941, or abide the Act Of Assembly
In such case made and provided
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EVA B. LYNCH
Administratrices c. {. a.
Address, Greenwood, Delaware.
d6-3t
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
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All persons indebted to the estate
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are hereby notified to settle the same
on or before the sixth Of November,
1941. and all those having claims
against the estate to present the
same, duly attested, on or before
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Milford chronicle., 1940-12-06
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