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Evening star., 1940-10-04
i. ). Sends Britain
278 Planes in Month;
Canada Gets IS
August Reports of Two
Federal Agencies
Are Compared

Total shipments OF all kinds of
American airplanes to Great Britain
during August amounted to 270 COM
plete aircraft and parts for more
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce has reported.
During the month, 20 complete
airplanes and parts for As more were
sent to Canada. Most of these were
training types.
The figures am based on checks
made at points of export and were
described as being "the only authen-
tic figures" issued by the Govern
ment.
The National Defense Commission
reported it is 'in general agreement
with these figures, except as to parts
of airplanes." The commission fig
ures for August show 236 military
types" exported to Great Britain
The bureau figures are for all types
making no distinction between COM
bat, training and commercial types
The report showed total of 329
complete airplanes of all kinds ex-
ported from the United States and
54 partial shipments, for assembly
abroad, or a total of 1888. The larg-
est single lot for any one destination
outside the United Kingdom and
Canada was 9 completed airplanes,
to the Netherlands Indies. Seven
were sent to Mexico and five to
Argentina.
The value of the airplanes sent to
the United Kingdom was placed at
S22 ,433,6l3 and of the parts for as
sembly, $282 ,000 Those shipped to
Canada, completed, were valued at
S577 ,354 and for assembly, S865 ,468.
The report shows 248 aircraft en-
gines. valued at s3.355 1886, exported
to the United Kingdom and los,
valued at s725, ,448, to Canada.
Five engines were shipped to Rus
sia and % to the Latin Americas.
Twenty-seven went to Australia, five
to the Netherlands Indies and six
to French Indo-China.
/ Canada purchased 1855 para
ehutes from the United States; the
United Kingdom, none. Sweden
bought 9.042 parachutes, Argentina
l4,500; Brazil, 8,235 and the Meth
erlandS Indies, 60.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Lack Of Facilities
To Hold First Draft
Call TO 100000
Comps Not to Be Ready
For Major Portion
Before Next Year
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Authoritative sources said today
that November IA was the earliest
date now contemplated for induc-
ton into the Army of men drafted
under the new compulsory military
service law.
Indications were that the number
called then would be comparatively
small and some officials estimated
that possibly fewer than 100000
draftees would be in the service by
January /, compared with earlier
estimates of 100000.
Guard Taxes Facilities.
Spokesman for the Selective Serv-
ice Committee asserted their ma
chinery would be in readiness to be-
gin furnishing men to the Army by
November IA, but it was pointed out
that because of the burdens i'm
posed on the Army by mobilization
of the National Guard and by the
continued expansion of the Regular
Army through voluntary enliStments,
it would not have the facilities for
more than 100000 trainees before
the first of the year. BY the terms
of the Conscription Act. the number
of trainees inducted is limited by
the availability of adequate hous-
ing and medical facilities.
Discussing the housing problem
today, the War Department esti-
mated that each of the tent camps
now being constructed would in
clude more than 4,500 tents and over
300 buildings. These will house Ma
tional Guard units which are to be
expanded to full strength by the in
duction of conscription trainees.
The wooden cantonments to be
used by Regular Army and National
Guard divisions training in the more
severe climates will be composed
of 316 barracks and several score
other buildings.
The cantonment camps are ex-
pected to cost S8,000000 each, COM
pared with s5,o00,000 for the tent
camps.
Camps Under Way.
Work already is in progress or is
being initiated" the War Depart
ment reported, on 10 tent camps for
National, Guard divisions; canton.
ments for the Regular Army asa6sk
for Guard divisions; / cantonnesit
and 4 tent camps for anti-aircraft
training centers, and on Is recruit
reception depots to cost $275 900
EACH. .4 ss.rgs-
F The House Joined the Senate to-
day in approving legislation to aid
men unable to meet their financial
obligations because they have been
called to military service.
Bills passed by the two chambers
are not identical, however, and must
be compromised by Senate-House
committee.
In general, the legislation would
give courts wide latitude to defer
rental payments and taxes, and
would empower the Veterans Ad-
ministration to guarantee payment
on insurance policies up to 5000.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
|s5o,ooo,oo0
| Peace Fund
Asked in House

Representative Alexander, Repub-
lican, of Minnesota today called
on Congress to appropriate s5000O,-
900 "for peace"
Pointing to large expenditures in
preparation for war, which he said
amounted to some $1,000 900, 900,
MIR. Alexander said he was Of
fering a resolution calling for the
$4,000, 900 to be spent in prepara-
tions for peace.
He indicated the money would be
spent to finance United States par
ticipation in joint neutral efforts to
be of service to the belligerents in
bringing an end to the war.
He described his proposal as the
least costly" method of national
defense.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Siam and Indo-China
Reported kassing
Troops on Border
Domei Says Movements
Follow Series of
Frontier Incidents
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Oct. 4-Domei Japanese
news agency reported today from
Bangkok that both Thailand (Siam)
and French Indo-China. we're con-
centrating troops along their COM
mon frontier, where series of
border incidents was said to have
occurred in the past few days.
Natives are withdrawing from
border areas, Domei said, as result
of growing tension.
The news agency reported that
Indo-China planes were recon-
noitering daily deep in Thailand
territory, and said that on one oc-
casion a Thailand scouting plane
had been fired on by anti-aircraft
guns on the other side of the
frontier.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
U. S. Savings Bonk
Assets to Be Sold

Receiver Frederick J. Young of
the United States Savings Bank an
nounced today that all the remain
ing assets of the. institution, with
The, exception Of. the bank. building
3t4sHs will be sold at publ8c a auaefon
next Tuesday at 10:30 am. at the
bank. Fourteenth and U streets NV
The assets include no real estate
Proceeds of the sale will go toward
.payn1erat of interest to depositors,
wf1o Aifeady have received 100 per
cent of their funds in the bank when
1t was closed in March 1888. The
sale originally had been set for last
Tuesday, but was postponed.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Kennedy Reported
Planning 10 Retire
From London Post
Envoy Is Soid to Regard
His Stoy us Unnecessary
With Nothing More to DE-
BY WILLIAM H. sTONEMAN,

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent
LONDON, Oct. 4.-Having de-
cided that there is nothing more
for him to do in England, Ambas-
sador Joseph P. Kennedy plans to
return to the United States and
retire from his post at the Court OF
st. James some time within the
next 10 days or two weeks, it is
understood.
This mornings London Daily
Telegraph ventures the opinion
that former Ambassador to France
William C. Bullitt will be chosen as
his successor here.
1t has been an open secret for
many weeks that Mr.. Kennedy con-
sidered his continued stay in Lon
don unnecessary. 1t was made
clear at the same time that he
didn't wish to leave Great Britain
while the course of the war was
completely in the air and that, un-
der no circumstances, did he wish
any one to be able to say that he
was running away from the blitz-
krieg.
Will Urge Rearming.
Now that he has gone through
one solid month of the battle of
Britain and on several occasions
has been within sound of falling
bombs he feels that nobody will
accuse him of running out on the
show.
Whatever Mr.. Kennedy may do in
the political arena. following his re-
turn to the United States, he will
certainly apply himself in no uncer-
tain way to persuading the United
States that it must speed up its
armament program and prepare
to fight the greatest struggle in its
history.
you can't fight this war in your
spare time" has been one of his
favorite remarks since hostilities be-
gan last September and he has
constantly expressed the opinion in
private conversation that the Amer
lean people are unaware of that
fact.
Not a Walter Hines Page.
Mr.. Kennedy'S appreciation of
Germany's military air power has
been so well known, since the days
of Munich. that he has often been
accused of defeatism. Particularly
at the time of Munich itself, he was
commonly credited with the asser-
ton that Britain and France didnt t
have a dogs chance and that any
attempt to stop Czecho-Slovakia S
occupation would bring the complete
devastation of England by 10000
units of the Luftwaffe.
Mr. Kennedy will certainly never
be accused of having been another
Walter Hines Page. His wholesome
dislike for the war and the feeling
that it was useless may, in fact. have
created situation in which he can
properly feel that he can employ
his energies better at home.
Mr.. Kennedy was spending today
in the country and Embassy officials
refused to comment on his plans
r6eEosid indfca ting that the ar
rahgements for his return home
we're not completed.
Copyright. 1910. Chicago Daily News, Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Right of Way Disputes
Major Accident Cause

Approximately one-fourth of the
239 accidents investigated last week
by the accident investigation squad
were due to failure Of motorists to
yield right of way to pedestrians or
other drivers, Inspector Arthur E.
Miller, head of the Accident Bu-
reau, revealed yesterday. 81.
Speed, carelessness and "just plain
selfishness" were the principal fac
tors that were responsible for the
crashes, the inspector said.
A complete analysis of all. acci-
dents examined by the squad since
it began operation September % is
under way, and report will be sub
mitted to Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
superintendent of police next week.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
STAR, WASHINGTON, D. c., FRIDAY; OCTOBER

referred to battleships and large
numbers of destroyers steaming at
is knots toward the sole of the
Italian boot. Subsequent news
referred to much larger group of
Italian ships cruising parallel to the
Italian coast. This would have given
numerical advantage to the Italians.
plus the advantage of having faster
ships, plus the advantage of proxim-
ity to their own mainland whence
they could obtain aircraft co-opera-
ton.
BY midafternoon 1t looked as If
one of the big battles of history
might occur. Later reports indicated,
however, that the enemy ships were
steaming away from us at 20 knots
The first reports had said that the
nearest Italian ships were 80 miles
from the italian coast. They knew
about us, as we knew about them;
in an inland sea it is virtually i'm
possible to hide from planes.
AS the sun sank in the west our
flagship signalled night disposition
orders to all ships in preparation for
possible contact with the enemy in
the right. Planes circled around the
aircraft carrier like birds at sunset
before settling down to roost. The
carrier turned into the wind and
one after another of the planes
landed. Throughout the night our
DESTROYER maintained state OF
preparedness.
Slept at Battle Stations.
Men not on watch slept at their
battle stations in their clothes. In
the darkness I had difficulty in max
ing my way from my quarters astern
to the bridge for sections of the rail-
ing were down and torpedo tubes
were turned outward with the great
creased torpedoes all set to be fired.
In the fo'c's'le seamen were making
various preparations for the battle
that might come. Lengths of fire
hose were sprawled on the lower
decks ready to be snatched up in
emergency. I passed a man sitting
before an open suitcase rereading a
letter
The night was uneventful. Before
dawn the whole crew took up action
stations. The coming of daylight
was a critical moment, for nobody
knew what dawn might reveal. At
the crack of day the aircraft carrier
sent up planes, but there were no
enemy ships in sight nor were any
reported that day. The following
day an enemy shadowing plane was
again reported.
The old routine began: Up went
our fighters and half an hour later
the flagship reported to all ships,
enemy Shadower shot down" On
the bridge young officers, bareheaded
and barelegged with their shirts
open at the neck, were constantly on
the alert, keeping the ship in proper
screen position. 1t was zigzag
course and they were watching the
flotiIa leaders slightest move. The
swift, throbbing. destroyer was
slicing through the calm sea at %
knots.
In a shady spot just under a
torpedo tube, the ships kitten was
sleeping. Awhile ago we passed an
empty lifebelt floating on the sea
to starboard.
tcopyright 1910, Chicago Daily News, Inc)
Evening star., 1940-10-04
A. F. l. Pickets Hold Up
Work at Deeds Building

American Federation of Labor
pickets today maintained lines
around the site of the Recorder of
Deeds Building, to be erected at
Sixth and D streets NV, because
the general contractor has an agree
men with a C. I. o. union for part
of the excavation work. The exca-
vation work was stopped yesterday
by the pickets and had not been re-
sumed this morning.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Two Errors Glare
From Postal Bulletin,
Urging Accuracy
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated PreSS.
Postmasters, who get many
of their orders via the Postal
Bulletin, were directed by that
medium yesterday to "be care
full to properly type" the matter
that goes on alien registration
cards.
That was all right, except
that, in addition to the split in
finitive, the bulletin spelled it
registration"
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Two ConsuIs Told to End
Propaganda Activities
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, Oct. 4.-High Commis-
sioner Francis B. Sayre disclosed to-
day he had warned two foreign
consuls to stop propaganda actiyi-
ties in the Philippines.
He did not name the consuls, but
a reliable source said they repre-
sented Germany and Japan. A
German war film shown here re-
Gently caused considerable contro-
versy.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Demands Based on Equity,
Siomese Legation Soys

LONDON, Oct. 4 P)-The Thai
Legation, in statement issued to-
day, described demands by Thailand
(Siam) for settlement of frontier
questions in French Indo-China as
based on equity" and intended to
strengthen friendship with France.
An exchange telegraph dispatch
from Bangkok said Thailand was
massing planes and troops at the
northwestern frontier of Indo-
China to enforce settlement of ter
ritorial claims in the Mekong River
region, which constitutes part of
the border between Thailand and
the French colony.
There has been no thought in
the mind of the Thai government
of taking advantage of the present
plight of France and Indo-China
for putting forward these pro-
posals, the Legation statement said
The attitude of the Thai gov-
ernment is we'll understood by al
most all the French community in
Bangkok, who, it is learned. have
written the French Minister in
Bangkok appealing that France
should yield to the request of Thai
land because they deemed it just
and reasonable and some of them
have telegraphed the Vichy gov
ernment in the same sense"
The Thailand government an
nounced September IA that it had
opened diplomatic negotiations with
the French government for the re-
turn of former Thailand territory
understood to include the provinces
of Luang-Prabang and Bassac in
the territory of Laos, which lies just
to the east of the Mekeng, and part
of the territory of Cambodia, in
cluding the famous ruins of Angkor
Ay,,orirop t,oofiny, ointIIrnc 1aod In
Evening star., 1940-10-04
u. 5. Engineers 10 Leave
To Study Bolivian Railway
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
United States Army engineers
were ordered to Bolivia yesterday to
study the military and economic
possibilities of a railroad project
forming link in a transcontinental
rail route across South America
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Coasts.
The State Department announced
that the engineers, Capt. LIE Roy
Bartlett and 1t. Irving M. Parry,
would leave soon at the request of
the Bolivian government to make a
survey of the cost and feasibility of
completing the railway line between
Villa Villa and Santa Cruz.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Same Man, Charge Fine :

MEMPHIS, Tenn. P).-A man
was arrested here on two successive
nights in exactly the same place on
exactly the same charge-drunken-
ness-and in each case fined $40.
Evening star., 1940-10-04

A bicycle is capable Of carry
ing load 10 times its own weight.
Evening star., 1940-10-04

Britain's plan to produce 2,500,000
bicycles this year may be handi-
capped by a shortage of raw ma
terials.
Evening star., 1940-10-04

American motion pictures lead In
popularity in Shanghai, China.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Letter Translated
By Laundryman
BY BONNIE LYNN. 10,
Bennett School, Manassas, Va.

LAST year, when I was going to
school in Chicago, we studied China
I became so interested that the
teacher gave me the address of a
school in China, and I wrote letter
to that school to be given to one
Of the students there. I told about
our schools in this country and
asked for some facts about China.
Five months later, I received at
the school Office a funny looking
letter with strange postmark and
stamp And then I realized it was
my letter from China. I was so ex-
cited I didn't dare read it at first.
Taking the letter to my teacher,
I opened it and found it was writ
ten in Chinese. Now what should
I do? There was no way 70 read
1t. Then I had an inspiration. The
Chinese laundryman, Bing-chi,
could translate it. I took it to him,
and he said the translation would
be ready the next day.
The letter, according to Bing-chi
English, was from Chinese boy
named Yon-chi He said that peo-
pie in China read from the back to
the front of the book and from the
bottom to the top of the page and
told me about the desert country
In which he lived. thought 1t was
an interesting letter.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Aviation Fans
Hold Regular
Meetings
Some of the Flyers
Hope to Become
Real Pilots
BY ROBERT A. ERWIN.

seventy-five boys In nearby Mary
land are building up an amateur aW-
alton industry Of their own through
the Silver Spring Aeronauts. the
organization they formed to foster
bigger and better model airplanes.
The ages Of the Aeronauts cover q
wide range, from to 20, and the
same is true of their products, that
are made only for fun and expe-
rience. Model airplane workshops
are becoming commonplace in the
Silver Spring section, because many
boy spends his after-school hours
cutting out and putting together
anything from simple glider to q
shiny, broad-winged, gas-powered
model.
A new plane doesn't wait long for
a trial spin. because the Aeronauts
perform every Sunday when the
weather is good on White Oak Field
on the Avenel road. The field is
long and smooth enough to give
them plenty of space for flights
and a reasonable degree of safety in
landings.
The moving spirit of the Aeronauts
is Louis Hess, %, who has been
interested in model planes for many
years. He acts as instructor and ad-
wiser. The Aeronauts, IS strong.
meet every Tuesday night in the
Silver Spring County Building with
Lowell Smith, Is, of Montgomery
Blair High School, their president,
welding the gavel.
Now that the group is we'll under
way. the boys run their own organ
ization, and the older ones often
help the youngsters.
I'VE found" Louis said, that
many boys wanted to build model
planes but lacked experience. In
actual trials. their planes would
crack up. This would discourage
them and they would quit. Now
that we are helping each other, these
crackups don't happen so often, and
when they do they aren't 50 bad.
We are cutting down the loss by
getting model airplane flying down
to a fine point"
| Most of the Aeronauts have grad
uated from gliders to gas models.
They make the bodies and buy and
install the engines They promote
and conduct their own contests, and
some of them take part in model
plane competitions in other sections
Of the East.
The model plane club is full Of
future pilots and aeronautical en-
gineers. Lowell Smith is one Of
the latter. Bill Smith, IS, of Ia
koma-Silver Spring Junior High
School, no relation to Lowell, wants
to be a pilot. He is not alone in this
ambition among the Aeronauts. Both
Lowell and Bill have been model
builders for years, and Bills pride is
a gas-engined soaring eagle"
When the Aeronauts meet, their
discussions usually are confined to
new styles of model planes. They
keep abreast Of latest developments
In aviation and make their hobby a
seven-days-a-week affair.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Stories Told
About April
Fools Day
Celebration Dates
Back to Time of
Early Romans
Prize Contribution.
BY MILDRED EDLER, Is,
AnaeAef{a u;~h GaL~>1

It startled me to learn that the
custom of celebrating April with
mischievous pranks Is not modern at
all, but dates back to the time of the
early Romans. The occasion is not
exclusively American, because it is
celebrated by almost every nation in
the world.
Each group Of people adds an
individual twist to the general
"befoolering," the most unusual
being the Scots and the Hindus.
The Scottish people, particularly the
rustic peasants, are especially fond
OF what they call hunting the
gawk." The idea is to ask a poor,
trusting friend to go on an errand
to a neighbor carrying a note read
ing: Hunt the gawk another mile" "
The fool is sent from house to
house on fruitless search, until at
last he becomes aware of the amused
glances directed at him by his sup
posedly grateful friends.
France calls its fools April fish,"
Although the French have added no
original touch to the occasion, they
have in their history an April fool
anecdote which promised to change
their entire government. During
the French Revolution, Francis,
Duke Of Lorraine, and his wife were
imprisoned. Luckily, they managed
to obtain peasant clothing and were
escaping when a market woman
recognized them. She Immediately
told the guard. but because it was
April he mistakenly thought she
was fooling and paid no attention.
The Hindus were the first of any
modern people to adopt April Fools
day as a custom. It soon became
popular in other parts of the world
Remember tomorrow, when you
feed your friends cotton coated with
bitter chocolate or send your brother
to the library for history Of Ewes
grandmother" that you are not
doing something new and original
but are observing the custom almost
hallowed by its very antiquity.
Evening star., 1940-03-31

was amazing how rapidly it disap-
peared. The second dollar I spent
for new hat, brown one-inci-
dentally, the one I wore when my
Junior Star picture was taken. And
the third dollar-oh, Mr.. Love,
hate to admit this, but I lost it,"
+ X X
Another recent letter on the same
subject is from Betty Piggott, Nc
Lean, Va, who has won 81.
my first dollar was won when
wrote about pet snail I had" she
recalls. 1T was spent for an album
for United States postage stamps
I had wanted one for a long time, as
I collect stamps.
"The second dollar was won when
I wrote how I had helped mother
last summer with her canning. With
this dollar I intended to buy a for
Evening star., 1940-03-31


Some children have asked me how
I became interested in things from
the Southwest and Mexico. The
reason is that I was born in Santa
Fe, N. Mex, and I like that section
Of the country. When We moved to
Washington I brought some of these
things with me- Others have been
sent to me as gifts from my rela-
tives and friends.
This year the Southwest is cele-
brating the 400th anniversary of
the exploration of the great Span
ish explorer, Coronado. In 1540.
80 years before the Pilgrims landed
at Plymouth Rock Coronado and
his followers came North from
Mexico and explored the vast
Southwestern section of our coun-
try.
This celebration will last through
out 1910 and will be held at historic
places along the path Of Coronado's
march.
Perhaps I will see the 1910 march
Of Coronado and his band when
they reach Santa Fe this summer.
If I am allowed to make a visit
there, will bring back many
souvenirs to add to my collection.