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Evening star., 1940-08-25
Smoking Ruins Are Left in CITY
Bv Third Attack Within "a Hours
Portsmouth Left
In Flames, Soy
Berlin Sources
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, Aug. "a. German
sources in Berlin asserted to-
night that harbor facilities al
Portsmouth had been left ir
flames in heavy Nazi air raids
and that the British had lost 5(
planes to 18 for the Germans.
The fire in Portsmouth was de-
clared to have spread to the city
proper.
Airports in Southeastern Eng
land, especially at Canterbury
and Mansion, were reported
raided with success" At Var
mouth, the Germans claimed
warehouses were destroyed ano
fires started.
Waves of BOmbers Sent.
Germany sent measured waves Of
bombers across the narrow Strait
of Dover today TO pound at British
air and military strength across
South England to the edges of Lon
don.
Nazi sources said weak British
! fighter forces were almost all shot
down" in morning raids on the south
of England. and that subsequently
| the bombers raiding military OBJ
! jectives in the London vicinity EN-
countered no British fighter defense
whatsoever.
Anti-aircraft fire was declared
light and badly aimed.
The Germans said they believed
British fighter strength had been
considerably weakened by recent
losses.
Across the British Isles, said other
authorized statements. British ship
ping was jammed helplessly in the
west coast harb0rS, terminals for
transatlantic shipments DNB
official German news agency. said
! Photographic evidence proved that
the first week of Germany's total
blockade had paralyzed shipping
around the British Isles.
| Claim Dozen Planes.
Waves of 20 or more bomberS and
10 fighters were declared to have
breasted the British southeast
| coastal defenses during the day,
sending a dozen British fighters into
the water after spectacular dog
fights. Then, according to the Ger
man version, the bombers methodi-
cally blasted at airports and other
military objectives in Kent, south
east of London. Effective hits on
hangers" were reported.
During the previous night. con-
slant, widespread attacks were re-
ported to have fired and damaged
the west coast ports of Bristol and
Avonmouth: Devonport, near Plym-
outh and Great Yarmouth. on the
jutting Norfolk coast. Arms fac
tories and troop concentrations also
were blasted. Cambridge, the uni
versity town 81 miles north of Lon
don, was specifically mentioned. A
| munitions factory at Banbury, north
of Oxford, was said to have been
set afire.
Submarines, the high command
reported, sank more than 100000
(See BERLIN, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Streetcar Service
In Southwest Area
To Be Expanded
New Line Planned os
Huge Defense Building
Program Is Rushed
By HAROLD B. ROGERS

Expanded street car service VIII
be provided on new tracks on
Independence avenue to transport
thousands of workers who will
occupy buildings in the Southwest
section being rushed to compile
ton as part of the defense program
The administration, it was learned
last night. soon may ask Congress
for additional buildings to meet the
growing demand for more floor
space.
These construction jobs will in
volve expenditure of many millions
of dollars.
Expansion of the Government S
activities into the Southwest section
three big new buildings rising this
year, led officials of the Capital
Transit Co. and the Government
to plan the new and more adequate
facilities for mass transportation ol
Government workers.
Plan Adopted.
The plan for tieing together two
present lines of track by new line
along Independence avenue, and
thrusting a loop deep into the
Southwest has been adopted. The
new track will be laid along 1nde-
pendence avenue to connect with
the present lines at First anc
Seventh streets. From independence
WV NTN1 Doro A1dO
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Hull Makes Appeal
To People 10 Back
Hemisphere Defense
Danger to American
Republics Is Real,
Secretary Declares
picture on Page As. J
BY tho Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary OF State Hull appealed
to the American people yesterday
for united support of full and ade-
quate preparations" to defend the
Western Hemisphere.
In a statement, the State Depart
ment head declared that The pos
sibilities of danger to the American
republics are real
The conclusion is therefore ines
capable that full and adequate
preparations for hemisphere de-
fense cannot be completed too soon. "
he added. Il desire again to appeal
for the fullest possible measure OF
unity on the part of our people in
support of such program of defense
and of related foreign policies"
Meanwhile, other governmental
departments took steps to make
Western Hemisphere preparedness
a reality.
Six American members of the re-
Gently created joint United States
Canadian defense board arranged
to leave for Ottawa today for the
boards first meeting tomorrow.
The American members named
Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York
as their chairman after conferring
with President Roosevelt. The group
said no statement on defense plans
would be made before the Monday
meeting.
Gen. George C. Marshall, Army
chief of staff, disclosed that he had
invited the chief of staff and one
officer from each republic of Central
and South America to visit the
United States in October to inspect
1See DEFENSE. Page A-l00
Evening star., 1940-08-25
A|tar-Bound Couples
Give Police Busy Day
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
NEW YORK, Aug 24.-Extra police
were called in to keep order today
as more than l 800 altar bound young
couples Stormed the five marriage
license bureaus of New York City.
The current rush to marry has
kept pace with congressional action
on the selective service bill, but pros
pective bridegrooms questioned to-
day denied they were hurrying into
wedlock to escape the draft.
Biggest rush was at the Brooklyn
bureau where approximately 1900
couples tried to get licenses, some
showing up at $40 am A sergeant
and two patrolmen were on duty,
but by 8 o'clock, the situation was
out Of hand, and the sergeant called
for help.
Another sergeant and 13 patrolmen
arrived. After a half-hour struggle
with crowd, they turned 300 couples
away. telling them to come back an
other day. 4
Evening star., 1940-08-25
French Fleet Tied Up
AT TouIon, hazis Report
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN, Aug. "a (Via Radio) -
French naval units tied up at Tou-
lon include the battleship Stras-
bourg, the seaplane carrier Com
mandant Teste, 10 cruisers, "a de-
stroyers, IL submarines and a num-
ber of smaller vessels, the German
wireless declared tonight.
Quoting the magazine Das Reich,
it said all the ships appeared newly
painted and were flying the French
tricolor at the Mediterranean base.
The Strasbourg is surrounded by
scaffolding intended to protect it
from British aerial torpedoes, the
radio reported. The Strasbourg, the
Commandant Teste, the destroyers
Volta, Kersaint, LIE Terrible and
Lynx, along with some submarines
and torpedo boats, were listed as
the only vessels escaping the fight
with the British at Oran, Algeria,
early in July.
Cruisers named in the broadcast
as safe at Toulon included the
1o,000-ton Algerie, Foch. Duplex
and Colbert.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
RosenbIutt Is Named
Democratic Counsel
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. 24-Sol A.
Rosenblatt, New York lawyer, was
named today general counsel to the
Democratic National Committee.
He was division administrator for
the N. r. A. in charge of codes for
the motion picture, legitimate thea
ter radio broadcasting and several
other industries.
Chairman Edward j. Flynn, who
announced the appointment, said
the campaign organization was now
taking definite form"
During the coming week" he
said, I'VE will finish gearing it up
and after Labor Day it will go into
high speed"
Evening star., 1940-08-25
London Ire
Rises at
Bombing
Crowds Watching Fire
In City's West End
Grow Bitter
By WILLIAM H. McGAFFIN,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
LONDON. Aug 25 Sunday -
Il nope to hell Berlin is blazing
now "'cried a spectator early today
as firemen battled a great blaze
started by a German inCendlary
bomb.
That's right, they better get
something for this another
watcher replied.
Yep, this wars getting serious
agreed a third.
1T looks like indiscriminate
bombing to me- said another.
I was just coming out of a
West End restaurant when
German bomb whistled down and
exploded. Fire f1ared up not far
from me almost Immediately.
Crowds Talk Bitterly.
This midnight bombing. from a
moonlit sky, was the first direct
attack on London since the war
began. but was the third on
greater London in less than a
day.
tThese references to the
West End and to London
proper were the only inklings
of the raids location which es-
capped the British censor's
ban.)
Crowds seeped in from the
dark, narrow streets about this
area, which had been nearly de-
serted. as usual, on the British
week end. They talked among
themselves. quietly but bitterly.
The presence of helmeted
soldiers, carrying gas masks, gave
wartime trimmings to this fire
which already had all the emotion
of spectacular American fire.
Tin-hatted policemen let me
through the frehnes when
shouted. "American reporter"
Go ahead, boy. Tell the States
about it. Best thing you can do
they shouted.
Water Overfiows Curbs.
got so close that the flames
flushed my face, and I was wet
from firehose.
Curbs flowed deep with water
from score of streams trained
on the flames. There were big
red fire engines like those in the
United States, plus tough little
auxiliary engines jamming the
streets.
Firemen on tall towers were
silhouetted against the red
background as they fought the
flames under guidance of port
able telephones hooked up with
the engines below.
Just as the firemen got the
flames under control, a Quilted
brick wall started to totter, and
the sirens suddenly shrieked
again.
The throng ran for shelter,
falling over tangled pythons of
Csee CROWDS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Roosevelt Boards Yacht
For Weekend Cruise
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Aug. 24.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt motored here late
today from the White House and
boarded the yacht Potomac for an
overnight cruise on Chesapeake Bay
and the Potomac River.
He expects to land at the Wash
ington Navy Yard tomorrow evening
Guests on the trip were Harry
L. Hopkins, who resigned as Secre-
tary of Commerce today; James v
Forrestal, new Undersecretary of
the Navy; Gov. Burnet Maybank of
South Carolina and Mrs. Maybank:
Capt. Daniel j. Callaghan. naval
aide, and Miss Marguerite LIE Hand,
the Presidents personal secretary.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
(Picture on Page A-S.)
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 24.-Eight men
who said they left Devils Island
French prison colony off the South
American coast-when guards re-
laxed their vigilance because food
supplies did not arrive were picked
up by the Coast Guard in Biscayne
Bay today.
1t. K. P. Maley, Coast Guard Of
f1cer and Federal port captain,
turned the men and their 26-foot
sloop in which they sailed from
Trinidad over to immigration au-
thorities.
Through interpreters, the men
told story of leaving Devils Island
in two canoes May S.
Residents of Trinidad outfitted
them with the sloop and supplies
and they set sail for Puerto Rico
They obtained map at Puerto Rico
and said they planned to &c to
Canada.
There was no food aboard the
boat and the men said they had
not eaten for two days. They had
ample water.
They said conditions at Devils
Island-off shore from French
Guiana-became critical when sup
ply ships failed to- arrivf and
Evening star., 1940-08-25
U. 5. Refugee Ship Due
In New York Wednesday
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Army Of
ficials said tonight that the United
States Army transport American
Legion. CARRYING 897 American refu-
gees from Petsamo. Finland. was
"off the coast of Newfoundland
and would dock here Wednesday
afternoon on schedule.
Col. F. L. Whitley. executive off,
Ger of the New York port OF en-
barkation. said that the vessel. safe
ly past mined areas of the North
Atlantic, had steamed through
heavy fog for the last 48 hours.
Among the passengers are Mrs.
J. Borden Hartman, United States
Minister to Norway, and Princess
Martha of Norway and her three
children.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
By WILLIAM J. HUMPHREYS,

Ass0ClateQ Press war Correspondent.
DOVER. England, Aug. 24.-Ger-
man cross Channel guns opened
, their second bombardment of the
day against the Dover area this
afternoon while in brilliant, cloud
less sky countless dogflghts ragged
between British fighters and swarms
of fighter-escorted German bombers.
The bombardment, a resumption
OF an early morning shelling which
caused some deaths here, inflicted
little damage Most of the shells
fell harmlessly in open country
nearby.
The air tussles ragged so high the
presence of the fighters was detected
only by the rise and fall of the
sound of their motors, interspersed
by the chatter of machine guns.
The noise of the cannonading, the
whine of the plane motors and the
rattle of machine guns was almost
deafening on the ground despite the
altitude of the combatants.
saw two of the planes, just little
dots at nrSt but growing Dlgger ana
bigger, plunge out of the skies. One
crashed into the sea just few
feet of the beach front, its pilot
bailing out and coming down far
out to sea.
Among the spectators were Ameri-
can-born Mrs. Reinier van der
Woude, the former Mary Wendell Of
Boston, and her 19-year- -old son,
Gerritt Northam Griggs, American
Red Cross representative. They had
ringside seats in the garden of her
home at nearby EaStry.
The anti-aircraft fire was the
heaviest heard in this region of the
coast since the Germans launched
their mass raids August 8.
The whole coastline shuddered
with falling bombs. Even the war
hardened south coast people said:
This appears to be day of days"
On the way home, apparently
from bombing expedition, one
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Man Killed, Two Hurt
In Auto Accident

A man identified as Raymond L.
Murphy, 25, of 6903 Maple avenue.
Takoma Park, Md, was killed early
today and two other persons were
injured when the automobile in
which they we're riding struck a tele-
graph pole and ran into a tree at
Riggs road and the District line, ac-
cording to police.
The two injured were taken to
Walter Reed Hospital.
Evening star., 1940-08-25
British Millions Watch Biq
Midnight Battle; Nozis
B|ust Portsmouth

BY the Assocat Press
LONDON Aug Is Sunday y)-German air warriors in
their against heavily protected city
OF London last night and early today dropped great clusters
of ncendary bombs which lit up this heart of the British
Empire with the orange glow of flames
The furious and prolonged bombing scattered fires that
enveloped whole buildings within few minutes
Even after the raiders had gone most of the had
been subdued dense pail of smoke hung in the morning
sky.
Attacks Kept Up All Night.
kept up in sporadic
into the dawn but the raid the night the city itself
doners had curred for raid shelters by alarms the
poan In all the Greater London section has been ade
times August Is.
damage military
Early this morning northeast coast bombed with
property damage in three different districts and
The intense followed
the Portsmouth Southeast England which
Air Ministry News Service estimated the Germans used 800 bmber
and fighter planes
Dive Bombers Penetrate Defenses.
screaming attack by dropped big
power deenses
biggest blaze several
throughout the city.
din battle sounded overhead bazed
a they
mated the sky large part Of the London The blaze
finally controlled
the all-clear sometime after mid
night what believed to be enemy planes heard
London.
in
search of planes and distant explosions heard
Screaming Bomb Is Dropped.
In one section the London area screaming bomb
another which brought fire
dropped another section shattering
hurting walls and ingng bomb splinte through
only casualty there raid warden
by spinters.
picking disposng of ncendary
bits.
Buildings Set Afame.
bombs fragments burned with extraordinary inen-
y Within few seconds of exploding they set whole buildings
So numerous believed the Germans
of small bombs such the Rus
first employed in the Finnish
the time that an-arcraft gunfre
heaer crowds of the London
lit by flames.
could be learned, there fatalities the
incendary bombs small.
housetops but househoders formed
bucket brigadeS that extinguished them
Long raiders past" the hum of air
there the
and the thud of explosions
In northeast the Mdands
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Military Training Bill
Approval in Senate
Likely This Week
Byrd Threatens Probe
OF Alarming Delay
In WorpIone Orders
Nv !. A. OIEARY.

Senate passage of the compulsory
military training bill within four
or five days appeared likely last
night. even though opposing sides
reached only a partial agreement
to limit the debate that started two
weeks ago.
Meanwhile, charges Of alarming
delay in placing contracts for air.
planes. and other military equipment
! were made by Senator Byrd. Demo-
crat. of Virginia, who issued a state
ment threatening congressional
inquiry unless satisfactory informa-
ton is forthcoming.
Senator Byrd also demanded that
the Senate stay in session day and
night until vote is obtained on
the conscription bill.
Amendment Debate Limited.
At the end of special Saturday
session, in which Republicans and
Democrats joined in defending Sc
lective service, Majority Leader
Barkley obtained an agreement lin
iting speeches to Is minutes on the
pending Lodge amendment, to place
a ceiling of 100000 on the number
of trainees at any one time.
This is expected to bring a vote
tomorrow on the Lodge proposal,
and, while debate again will be un-
restricted thereafter, opponents of
the bill disclaimed any intention of
filibustering. There were indications
further efforts may be made over the
weekend to work out a general de-
bate limitation.
Senator Byrd said he was dis
turbed and astonished" to find that
only 343 combat planes have been
ordered in the more than 100 days
since the President set $4,000 as the
desirable goal. None of these will
be delivered this calendar year, and
some will not be delivered until
1912, the Virginian asserted. He said
his figures were official and came
directly from the Secretaries of War
and Navy.
Sees Explanation Due.
Those in authority owe an ex-
PLANTATION at once" Senator Byrd
continued, "as to why no more than
343 fighting airplanes have been Or
dered in the last 100 days, the period
in which Belgium and France were
destroyed and England seriously
menaced.
IF red tape is to blame, the
country should know it. If the blame
Is due to inefficient bureaucratic ad-
ministration, it should be known. If
it is due to the refusal of business
enterprise to accept contracts from
(See CONSCRIPTION, Page A-80
Evening star., 1940-08-25
BY the Associated Press.

The United States refused yes
terday to permit the body OF Leon
Trotsky, Stalin's exiled rival. to be
brought into this country for me-
mortal services at New York.
Albert Goldman, attorney for the
old Bolshevist, had filed request
for such permission with the United
States Consulate in Mexico City.
Mr.. Goldman said that If the re-
quest were granted Trotskys body
would be cremated and returned to
Mexico after the services. Trotsky
was killed in Mexico recently by an
assassin welding q pick-axe. Before
he died, he expressed belief that
Russian secret police had ordered
the attack on him.
The refusal Of Goldman's request
was announced by the State De.
partment in this statement:
Evening star., 1940-08-25
German Airmen GriIIed
Hours in San Francisco

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24.-Four
German aviation mechanics and
flyers from South America were
questioned closely by immigration
authorities today on their arrival
aboard the United States liner Man.
haitian.
immigration Inspector w. E.
Walsh called the investigation "rou-
tine" but it lasted several hours.
Evening star., 1940-08-25

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Evening star., 1940-08-25
Weather Forecast

Cloudy today and tomorrow. slightly
warmer tomorrow; gentle northeast
winds. Temperatures yesterday-High-
est. "A. at pm: lowest, 81, at 4 am.
Prom the United states weather Bureau report.
Full details on PAGE A..
Evening star., 1940-08-25

The Evening and Sunday Star is
delivered in the city and suburbs at
75c per month. The Night Final
Edition and Sunday Morning Star at
85c per month.
Evening star., 1940-08-25

(See BUILDING, Page Ala
Evening star., 1940-11-03

Mr.. Moore's birthday anniversary,
when Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenton D. Hamaker,
DR.. and Mrs A. M. Palmer, Mrs.
George L. Butterworth. Miss Ann
Cline, Mr.. Charles Helmick and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Cline were
their guests.
Mrs. A. w. Knox, Mrs. Carroll ".
Shreve and Mrs. John Pethune drove
to Fredericksburg Wednesday to at
tend the State convention of the
Woman's Club.
Mrs. George L. Robertshaw, who
has been visiting her brother in law
and sister, Comdr. and Mrs. G. A.
Costello in San Diego, returned
Wednesday. Thursday evening Mrs
Robertshaw entertained Mrs. r. c.
L. Moncure, Mrs. Herbert Coward,
Mrs. T. M. Talbot, Mrs. Frederick
w. Jones, Mrs. Charles Marshall.
Mrs. S. r. Copper and Mrs. P. H.
Smyth at a Halloween bridge party
and buffet supper.
Mrs. Thomas B. Harrington enter
tanned at luncheon Wednesday.
Thursday Mrs. S. P. Grubb had
guests lunching informally with her
in compliment to Mrs. Walter B.
Oakley, who is leaving soon for
Newberne, N. C.
Mrs. Rufus H. Lane, who has re-
turned from a trip to New York,
has Mrs. Benjamin Fuller of Lees
burg, widow of the former COM
mandant of the Marine Corps, as
her guest for a few days.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Ball Patrons
Are Listed

Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
Mrs. Cordell Hull, Mr.. Justice James
c. McReynolds and the Secretary
of Commerce and Mrs. Jesse Jones
are among the patrons and patron
esses who already have accepted the
invitation of the committee for the
Thanksgiving ball to sponsor the
affair. The ball, which is to be held
Friday, November %, at the Hotel
2400, Is for a benefit of the British
Save the Children Fund, which is
a branch of the Save the Children
Federation, Inc, in New York.
Other patrons and patronesses in
elude Representative and Mrs.
Hamilton Fish, former Attorney
General Homer S. Cummings, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mr..
and Mrs. Dwight Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dean Acheson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dion Scott Birney, Mr.. Arthur
Bradley Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Caswell, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Angus Garrett, Mr.. and Mrs.
william Guthrie, DR.. and Mrs. S. H.
Greene, Mrs. Jessie Moon Holton
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawrence
Houghteling, Mrs. Hennen Jennings,
Mr.. Coleman Jennings, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul johnson, Mrs. George Cabot
Lodge, Mrs. Freeman Marsh, Dr.
Sterling Rufin, Mr.. c. Rowland
Shaw and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Williamson.