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Evening star., 1940-05-18

had arisen. He had to check up
on this Hat T prowler. Moreover,
he did not want to be caught and
detained by any soldiers on guard
duty. A hunch was prodoing at him
that the feud between the big ranch
and Red Silcott was moving to a
dramatic climax, and he would
never forgive himself If he was not
in at the finish.
Most of the hospital rooms were
dark. 1t was long one-story
adobe building and the windows.
set deep into the walls, were low
enough to give him view inside.
In one room a soldier lay on a
bed reading a paper by the light
OF a coal-oil lamp. He followed the
wall to the south end of the house.
Peering round the corner, he saw
a man on guard duty turn at the
end of his beat and presently van
ish in front of the hospital. Yet a
moment, and Rufe's gaze found
something else of interest, the fig
ure OF man cruched close to the
wall outside of a room from which
fan-shaped shaft of light spread
into the night.
(To Be Continued.)
Evening star., 1940-05-18
Bunou-NoriIIo Dies in Paris;
Pushed Move for Panama Canal
Was Director General
Of Firm That Agreed
To Dig Big Ditch

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 18.-Philippe Bunau-
Varilla, the engineer who at 26 was
director general Of a French COM
pany that agreed to dig a canal
across Panama, died today.
Bunau-Varilla, who would have
been 81 on July Is. suffered injuries
IN the last war which necessitated
the amputation Of his right leg, and
he never had fully regained his
health.
Although the company with which
he was associated in the first Pan
anna Canal venture proved a dismal
failure, Bunau-V u-Varilla had a hand
in the negotiations which eventu-
ally led to the completion. of "the
big ditch" by the United States.
He was credited with helping to
start the revolution which separated
Panama from Colombia and later
was appointed Panama's Ambassa-
dor to negotiate the treaty which
turned the Canal Zone over the the
United States Government.
Graduated from the famed Poly
technic Engineering School, Bunau-
Varilla entered the employ of
Count de Lesseps, builder of the
Suez Canal, and was instrumental
in getting him to start the Panama
project.
On his 10th birthday, Bunau-
Evening star., 1940-05-18
Graduations Stepped I'm.
1n Mrmnrtan1
DAWSON, At GLAZE ANN cuA

T. DAWSON 81. CLAIR AND CHARLOTTE.
0s fshey eynf sT cR Of SssF
who departed this life nineteen years 1o' sso'
March 23. 1921: mother. CHARLOTTE
DAwSSN' ~ 1o3E' thirteen years ago today. May
TIL we, reach the heavenly shore:
Then. o LORD. let us see them.
Love THEIR aaa hfas pEvofsb efH q eH}n1REN hft6Es
EMPEY. FLORENCE E. A tribute OF
love, and devotion to the memory of our
mother and grandmother. FLORENCE e.
MtEx dss May Nh2 lefs gs fifteen years ago to-
HER DAUGHTER AND eRANDDAuoH-
n.ssS7 aaS4Hss 9n5sHssa ( ( 1as1Hzs 4
5s5 TeG died aUsBsB Ss StsE sSD ssH eaH sHDNsE Ma
LUCAS. MARY c. A tribute of love and
to hcHs M %po Of our dear I'M.
nine years ago. May 1s. 1881.
Mother; sleep. your ills are DER:
Some day, we will meet
On that beautiful shore.
YOU oa away @ to that SSa pes. lss
MfR Ms win bhvoTEb fEoHS fhers Slh eS
EL1zABETH AND CARRIE. '
STIvERS. GEORGIANA. In loyins
STlVEES. who departed this life one year
ago today, May 1S. 1899.
Today when sadness nils our hearts,
Why. oh. why did we have to part?
Then came the answer. soft and sweet,
We Will meet again ut Jesus feet
A mother who gave us the best Of her life,
Who cherished our secrets. our sorrows and
Our mother is in Heaven. God bless her
HER son. ARTHUR, AND DAUGHTER. 4.
WARE. MARGARET p. IN loving men,
ory Of my devoted wife. MARGARET p
WARE. who departed this life one year
ego today. May 1S. 1889.
Softly breathe her name to me;
All! loved her SO.
Gentle let your tribute be.
None may ,ssrs better know her true worth
Who wssp ssi.so ser her. as she lies asleep. soft
WARE. MARGARET p. Sacred to the
memory Of our beloved sister and aunt,
MARGARET P. WARE who fell asleep In
Jesus one year ago today. May Is, 1889.
We are thinking Of you. dear Margaret,
Just thinking of the past:
PicturinR you In our memory.
Just as We saw you last.
Deep in our hearts lies this picture
OF our sister so sweet and so kind
Her memory wen always cherish
And k keep sisTEs fSTsysE in a,Tr oHr mind IND rr
Who knoIs the Quiet road beyond the ST.
whyIt i. n, N. on. that has e'.r returned
But He that holds the measure. rod Of .asss
HER NIECE, NAEaARfT, .
Evening star., 1940-05-18
TRAILS G.ND
e WlLLlAh NELsooRANe

Anne Eliot. . Msssiilon, Ohio, girl.
wnen her uncle. Carl Rogers, is shot
from ambush in q nd-grant feud by
Russell Mosely's Hat T riders. As she
steps from the stagecoach At Blanco,
Buck Sneve. Hat 7 man. shoots at
Jim. silcott. now editor Of the Sem
tinel, but Jim's bullet kills Buck. Jim
nag nag intsriered ~ At the Trails End when
accused Phirs older brother Jesse a
double-crossinR Mosely. Jud had
warned jim. then slashed Jesse. with
his auirt and waited outside with Buck
and other Hat T men to ambush Jim.
Anne fears for Jim's life but he won't
quit as editor. and she refuses Mosely's
oner to buy the paper. Jim halks
Mosely's plot to blow UP his irrigation
dam. but Hat T men shoot him.. He
recovers Anne reveals that she eioped
ted he. ,sr and ,he Il ies hn him wss she
visiting the 1t. Windows at Santa
Mosely's land-grant claims. He offers
Mrs. Window $1,000 for them. then
Jud demands them at pistols point
from Jim's lawyer. Stratton. but Jim
had hidden them at the saddlery shop
Of Homer Caldwell after pretending to
mail them. Soldiers stationed at the
post once By Window repei Jud and 1I,!i
when he trails trails them Jim; tos1uEeHf; Moref1
tells Anne outlaws captured Jim and
takes her secretly to where he is held.
Jim hears her voice, fears for her life,
and agrees to talk.
Evening star., 1940-05-18
City News in Brief
TODAY.

lula Y.
Dinner dance, Lambda Chi Soror-
ity. Mayfiower Hotel, pm.
Dinner. George Washington Uni.
versity Medical Society, Mayfowey
Hotel, 7 pm.
Dinner dance, Bureau of Engrav-
ing Ladies Bowling League, Ra-
leigh Hotel, Z pm.
Card party, District Of Columbia
Chapter, Catholic Daughters OF
America, Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Dance, Delta Beta Sigma Sorority,
Wardman Park Hotel, 10 pm.
Dance, Alpha NJ Sigma, Hotel
2400, 10 pm.
Dance, American Federation of
Government Employees, Wardman
Park Hotel, 10 pm.
Dance, Tau Phi Sigma, Hotel 2400,
10 pm.
Convention, Tall Cedars of Leb-
anon, Willard Hotel, all day.
Evening star., 1940-05-18
Air Defense Program
Faces Acute Problem
In Personnel
50. 900. Planes May
Require 10000 Pilots,
500, 900 Ground Force
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON

Recruiting of pilots and ground
and air crews rather than con-
struction of aircraft and engines
may prove to be the critical feature
of President Roosevelt's suggested
50,000-airplane defense program.
Although military leaders do not
minimize the difficulties of training
the great number of pilots and air
and ground personnel for such a
program, they do anticipate great
difficulty in finding the raw ma
terial for these trained forces in
the absence of something like an
early draft or a crisis which would
bring tremendous numbers of VOL
untary applications for aviation
training.
An air force of $4,000 craft would
require ground personnel of more
than 100000, of which perhaps
$4,000 have to be trained tech
nicians-mechanics, both airplane
and engine: radiomen, armorers
and, experts of number of de-
scriptions.
For efficient operation of the air
force it is held that there should
be at least two full combat crews
for each airplane to care for losses,
training of requirements and to
keep the aircraft in operation,
since endurance of the modern
alrplane exceeds that of it's crew.
Four Pilots Per Plane.
The crews of modern twin-en-
gined bombardment and recon-
naissance airplanes include at least
two qualified pilots, and with two
crews this would mean four pilots
per plane-and this type of air.
plane probably would be in pre-
ponderance in any modern air force.
An air force of $4,000 airplanes,
therefore, might be expected to re-
quire a force of around 100000 to
10000 trained pilots and ground
personnel totaling 100000 or more
total more than twice the en-
tire strength of the United States
Army today. A great majority of
this force of 100000 to $4,000 off,
Evening star., 1940-05-18
US. Headed for War,
Says Moscow Paper
BY the Associated preSS

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 18.-The Russian
trade union newspaper Trud as
serted yesterday that American i'm
perialism" was adopting a course
which would lead to American par.
ticipation in the war on che side O,
the allies.
The paper said the forthcoming
presidential elections and the ne
cessity of long-range change Of
American public opinion appeared to
be restraining American policy. In
the course of prolonged war, Trud
said, Germany faces a new rival
the United States
Evening star., 1940-05-18

GERS and men would have to have
a high degree of technical training
The modern combat airplane is
a far more complicated piece OF
mechanism than was the World
War airplane, and it requires a
pilot of far better training and
experience than did the airplane
of % years ago. 1t also requires
far higher standards of maintenance
and larger and more skilled ground
crews,A
Training of pilots, mechanics and
other technicians requires time
The Army and Navy training
courses formerly required a year
half in primary and half in ad-
vanced training. Under the spur
of the Army Air Corps $500 900 ,00O
expansion program initiated last
year the Army pilot training period
has been cut to nine months, the
first three in civilian training CEN
ters operated under Army control.
BY cutting the time spent in the
Air Corps training center at San
Antonio, Tex. from one year to six
months 1t was possible to double
the number of pilot graduates
there.
More Training Centers Necessary.
This method cannot be pursued in
case OF a very great further ex-
pansion of pilot training, however.
Additional Army advanced train
ing centers will have to be opened
and the number of primary civilian
training centers increased on a scale
in keeping with whatever warplane
construction program is decided
upon.
Air Corps bases, such as Hamilton
and March Fields, Calf; Selfridge
Field, Mich, and Mitchell Field, N.
Y, if taken over for pilot training
would have to be evacuated by COM
bat sQuadrons now based there.
These combat squadrons might take
to the field, as they would in case of
war, or might be based at municipal
or commercial airports throughout
the country.
I'VE can be exceedingly thankful
that We have had one year in which
to work out our expanded pilot and
personnel training program" an
Air Corps spokesman said. Our
nine civilian training schools are
working as smooth as butter and
we know the system is sound and
can be expanded quickly and effec-
lively. AS result of this training
program and the Civilian Pilot
Training Program of the Civil
Aeronautics Authority, a good nu-
cleus of highly trained civilian in
structors has been created"
Although President Roosevelt sug-
gested $4,000 airplanes as a goal
for the military forces of this coun-
try to attain, his concrete proposal
to Congress calls for the training of
1000 pilots, which in itself will con-
stitute a major job for the air
services.
Graduations Stepped Up.
The Army Air Corps today has
something like 5000 Regular Army
and Reserve pilots on active duty.
The Navy, which never makes public
reports on pilot strength, is esti-
mated to have about 1000 pilots.
The Air Corps, under its expansion
program, has been graduating pilots
at an average rate of 1853 a month,
which now is increasing. Navy
Evening star., 1940-05-18

Paris declined to reveal the exact
location of the advance units, but it
was apparent from a study of the
war map that they must be around
Reims and st. Quentin, France.
Encouraged by Gamelin Order.
They were encouraged by the
Allied Generalissimo Maurice Gus
tave Gamelin's order of the day call
ing on French soldiers to conquer
or die" in the desperate battle to
halt the Germans. The German
sources described it as exceedingly
gloomy"
Authorized German sources said
they expected the allies would make
a new stand along the line from
Lille to Antwerp In an effort to pre-
vent the Germans from reaching the
| Belgian coast.
From there the Nazis could launch
destructive air attack against
England, they said, as well as harry
British lines of supply to the expe-
ditionary forces in France and
Belgium.
French armored forces attempt
Ing to check the German advance
were reported defeated, with the
French retreating westward, pursued
by the Nazi air force.
Taking Short Cut Into France.
The headlong rush for Paris made
military observers speculate whether
after all Fuehrer Hitler was at
tempting to carry out the classic
plan OF Graf vop Schleffen-a wide
thanking move on Paris-to the
letter.
AS mobile as German general
stah plans have been throughout,
the conjecture seems justified that
Hitler Is taking short cut to the
heart of France without waiting for
the right flank of his army to
envelope retiring forces.
In fact, it seemed to observers
here that the right flank of the
Germany army was being used to
cut of the British forces from sea-
ports and thus make their return to
England impossible.
This gave rise to rumors that
Hitler, before beginning a threat
ened bombardment of the British
Isles, would first try to occupy the
Belgian and Northern French coasts
and then ask the British to capitu-
late. Men who usually know some
thing of Hitler's mind freely gave
expression to this theory.
Italy's Entry Indicated.
Meanwhile, the possibility of
Italys entry into the war loomed
bigger than ever.
Karl Megerle, Germany's "Virginio
Gayda," said today in an editorial
In the Boersen Zeitung under the
caption "Unbearable" that "the gov
ernment Of the people of italy are
at the end. Of their patience. !"
Virginio Gayda is the editorial
spokesman Of Premier Mussolini.
Megerle's article was described by
authorized sources % well In
formed"
Evening star., 1940-05-18
Dental Society to Elect

The Robert T. Freeman Dental
Society will elect officers at a meet
ing at 9 o'clock tonight in the
Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. c. A.
Reports of officers and committee
chairman also are to be made al
the meeting, to be the final of the
scientific and business sessions OF
the society for this session.
Evening star., 1940-05-18
Berlin
Continued From First Paee.)

already had been manned and parts
OF the Dutch navy taken over.
10S Planes Claimed.
Besides claiming tremendous sue
cesses TO, the German air force in
attacks on dense columns of the
allies retreating in Belgium and
France, the high command said
Germany lost only 26 airplanes
while the enemy lost 10S yesterday.
1t charged that enemy air attacks
directed mainly at Hamburg, Bre-
men and Western Germany affected
only non-military objectives, except
for one military barrack, and called
special attention ito this fact in
view of subsequent consequences"
DNB asserted % civilians were
killed and 81 injured in q raid dur
ing the night on Hamburg.
Germans who reported their
forces to be within 60 miles Of
Evening star., 1940-05-18

Varilla issued a statement declaring
that the canal should be made into
a sea-level waterway If American
defenses were not to be completely
paralyzed in event of war.
Its locks must be eliminated" he
said, otherwise enemy agents can
blast the locks and paralyze the ex-
change of American ships between
the Atlantic and Pacific"
He estimated the project would
cost at least 81 ,00O, ,OOO, 900 and would
take 20 years to complete.
Evening star., 1940-05-18
No. 81 of a Series

THERE are some
VI things which
simply should
not be postponed. The
selection of a Gem.
etery is one of the most
important. 1t shouldn't
be left to sudden de.
cision, with necessity
for immediate action.
You should take time
to weigh conditions
carefully. To look into
the corporate respon.
sibility as a guarantee
of what the future
holds. This done-you
will be drawn closely
to Rock Greek Gem.
etery. You'll be i'm.
pressed by the superb
natural beauties; the
self-evident care with
which it has been main.
tanned throughout the
two and a quarter cen.
turies since its founda.
ton.
You will feel safer
to know there is an en-.
dowment fund ap.
proximatine one mil.
lion dollars, definitely
appropriated for per.
petual upkeep. OF
course, this eliminates
all the risk of changing
ownership.
The location of Rock
Greek Cemetery, too,
will have its deserved
claim for your prefer.
ence-within the city
limits-historic ground,
hallowed by dedication.
Rock Greek Gem.
etery doesn't have to
be sold" through paid
statesmen or group
subsidies. You won't
be approached, for no
statesmen are EN-.
ployed. 1t is left en-.
tirely to your own food
judgment. But do feel
welcome to make crit.
cal inspection-at your
convenience.
The Cemetery Office is obes
Dssk days from 9 to $50,
Sasdays asd Holidays. 9 to
nooS.
u. Roy Mathews
Superintendent
Taylor 05S5
SSS~~~~~~ ~
Evening star., 1940-05-18
Warn nf Thanka

NOVEL;, LOGAN d. wish to express
and friends for their kind expressions Of
sympathy and lovely floral tributes at the
passing Of my husband, LOGAN D.
HOWELL. MRS LENA HOWELL. 10
Evening star., 1940-05-18

Mrs James j. Williams.
home. 1872 Georgia aye. on Monday. May
90. at 1890 am, Relatives AND friends
invited. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery
May Is 1a4o, RoBERTA G. GERMAN:
widow Of John A. German mott mother ,ora oi
fD'lf l. Hayes. s.' John John T. German and Linvood
~ Funeral from w W. Deals funeral home,
sl Relatives ave on and freSds NAV
Interment the AbbeS Mausoleum' Ari5ne- M
JONES, ALEXANDER. On Monday, May
ANDER JONES. devoted husband of Eliza
beth Jones tnee Spriggsl, loving father
Jean siea0 Jones, brother vs OF Of oeorse Jones' and
Jennie E. B!aylock. He also leaves de-
voted friend, Henry willard; six nieces'
tives and friends. Remains may be viewed
after ! l. am. FRIDAY. May II. at Frazier's S
funeral home s;,sn ssa Rhode he'd Island aye NV.
from the First seventh-Day Adventist
Church. sth st. between and G sts. ne,
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Monday, May
LAMB. BENJAMIN a: On THURSDAY.
spestqr Mss ~ BENyAM1N 5s ii s"t ' LAMB Of 1875
bobers bS St Hany s H. ha5 Of suTSya oy Mo
and Charles F, Lamb Of shamokin, Pa
Services at the S. H. Hines Co; funeral
home, 29O1 14th st. NV, on Monday, May
90. at IL am. 1nterment Cedar Hill
Cemetery. 19
LEE, CHARLES EDWARD. Departed
this life ThurSdayy May 4 164 at Galiinger
leaves to mourn their loss wife: Eleanor
Lee; three sisters. Mary Carroll, Katie
Holland and Grace Lee; three brothers.
John. Melvin and James Lee; other rela-
Funeral Sunday. May 10. from Deller
Methodist Church. Frederick, Md, at |
pm. ARRANGEMENTS by Eugene Ford 1900
South Capitol ST.
LEE, HOWARD F. On Friday. May II,
1870 dhhRp at hs Tesldenesi ID En- 1868 Hamilton ST.
Services at the s. H. Hines Co; funeral
home. 2901s 14th st, NV, on Monday. May
90, at IL noon. Interment Prospect Hill
Cemetery TowsDn, Md. 10
LITZ, LAWRENCE. On Thursday. May
1e, 1910, at his residence: 14717 Homer
ave Baltimore, Md, LAWRENCE LITZ.
formerly of Washington, D. c., beloved hus-
Funeral Monday. May 20 at 10 am,
Baltimore, Md.
Evening star., 1940-05-15
|CWi Service
Speeds Checkup
To Aid Defenses

In an unusual procedure. the Civil
Service Commission moved today
to speed up the character investiga-
ton Of all positions to be filled in
connection with the national defense
program.
Forms that customarily are sent
out to persons named by applicants
for employment as reference for
their character and ability carried
this notition in bold type:
please answer Immediately. The
national defense program requires
that the positions be filled without
delay"
The commission, it was said, was
acting on its own initiative in this
matter, believing the course would
be of material assistance.
Character tests are used where
persons have entered examination in
jobs in Navy yards, arsenals, quar-
termaster and engineer corps of the
Army, Signal Corps and Maritime
Commission among others.
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Baltimore Marion
And Brother-in-Law Slain
" the Annotated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 15.-A 40
year-olc married woman and her
brother-in-law, an Army man, were
found shot to death today in ad-
joining rooms of the formers home.
The dead were Mrs. Anna Wild
meyer and Wilbur Morston, "a, q
stan sergeant of the Regular Army
assigned TO the air base at Logan
Field.
Police said the bodies were dis
covered BY the woman's husband,
Walter Widmeyer. Both had been
shot through the mouth. Under
Morston's body was found .45-cali-
Der Army type automatic pistol. Two
shells were lying on the floor.
Police 1t. John Kenealy quoted
Widmeyer as saying that he came
home from the circus about mid
night and saw his wife and Morston
talking together in the living room.
and that he went downstairs to his
bedroom in the front portion OF
the cellar and slept undisturbed un-
til about s an, when he went w.
stairs and found the bodies.
Evening star., 1940-05-15

Plenty Of pretty girls showed up
today to wave the new excursion
steamer Mount Vernon OF on her
maiden enough, in fact, to
have launched and christened the
ship as we'll.
Two complete sets Of beauty
queens attended the Wilson Lines
tenth anniversary party at the pier
on Maine avenue S.W. They were
the Earle Theater Roxyettes and
local beauties who will compete for
the title Miss Washington" on the
excursion steamer May 26.
R0xyettes First on Scene.
The Roxyettes were first to arrive.
They posed against the Stainless
steel bow rail of the stream lined
craft, on the top deck with the cap
tain and pair of life preservers,
and happily grouped about a huge
birthday cake. Cameras clicked and
flash bulbs exploded.
Then the second installment Of
pulchritude arrived. What about
my girls?" demanded a harassed
publicity man. For a time nobody
knew what to do. The beauties
smiled at the camera men and cast
oblique, appraising glances at their
rivals.
Nobody wanted the local girls to
get pushed out Of the spotlight. and
yet, as one photographer remarked,
the European war was crowding
plenty of beauty queens of the front
page - he already had more than
enought pictures, so what?
So They Compromised.
Eventually compromise was
agreed upon. The local contenders
were lined up along the bow rail
under big American flag and
photographed several times while
they did a thorough Job of gracing
the occasion.
The girls almost stole the show
from the ship-a streamlined af-
fair which went into service today
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Boroh Scholarship
Applications Close

Applications closed today for
the William E. Borah scholarship
awards of National University,
granted on the basis of essays deal
ing with freedom of the press,
democracy or world peace.
Judges will be Mrs. Borah, Sena-
tor Glass Of Virginia, B. M. Nickel
way, managing editor of The Star;
Felix Morley, John O'Rourke, Frank
Waldrop, Charles Drayton and
Eugene Carusi, dean of the uni
versity's school of economics and
government. High school seniors
and Federal employees of the WASH
lngton area were eligible for the
scholarships, granting two years
tuition in the schools Junior college.
Evening star., 1940-05-15
By the Associated Press.

By tne Ay8OCIAteU FfeBk. =
PHILADELPHIA, May 15.-Mrs.
Berta Bergdoll informed President
Roosevelt by letter today that her
World War draft-dodger husband
''knows something important" about
the secret weapon" used by Ger
many.
tstephen T. Early, secretary to
the President, said that such .
letter would automatically be re-
ferred to the Department Of
Justice and Is probably right now
under consideration Of the Fed
eral Bureau ot lnvestisation.)
The nattvo.born German woman,
Evening star., 1940-05-15
Rore Books Shown

Rare books and other items from
the Lima Library at Catholic Unit
versity have been placed on exhi-
bitton In the main hall Of the Null
len Library on the university cam
pus In cooperation with the Pan
American Scientific Congress now
meeting In Washington, 1t was an
nounced yesterday. The exhibit
win be open from . an. to . pm.
daily until the end Of the month.