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Evening star., 1941-08-08
Two Workmen
Save Life of Man
|CoughtmCove-in
picture on Page A-3.J

Police credited two colored work
men with saving the life of 81
year-old plumbers helper caught
for almost an hour this morning by
cave-in in a l0-foot sewer ditch
at Tenth and Buchanan street NE.
John Caranfa, 81, of 1341 H street
NE, was standing in the ditch
waiting to receive some lead for
pipe joints from William Earl. COL
ored, $40 Fourth street NV. when
the cave-in occurred Earl, who
gave the alarm. said he thought
the earth went about two feet oyer
Caranfas head.
Floyd Hall. colored. IS .Fenton
street NE. aided by Isaiah Pelzer
colored, of l4l2 Fifth street NV,
dug a hole to Caranfa's nose, en-
abling him to breath while rescu-
ers worked TO release him for about
an hour.
Caranfa. who was taken to Casu-
atty Hospital, was said to have con-
fusion of both legs and to be in
fair" condition. An ambulance
doctor administered first aid at the
scene. A number of workmen and
members of the fire rescue squad
were at the scene helping in the
rescue.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Six Soldiers Accused
OF Assau|tinq Girl, II

Maryland State Police today were
questioning six soldiers after a IT.
year -old Berwyn Md girl charged
she had been attacked by six men
in uniform last night on a side road
near her home.
Troopers Bernard Mason and
Thomas Hignutt said they found the
girl walking along the Washington
Baltimore boulevard early today,
near Savage, Md, in dazed condi-
ton.
The girl told police, they said. that
she and another girl had met the
men in a beer tavern last night. She
said the soldiers had offered to take
them home.
Instead of going to the girls
homes, the girl told investigating
officers, the men drove her in an
automobile to a secluded dirt road
west of BerwYn. At this point. she
said, her companion leaped from
the car and fed.
She said the men held her arms
so she could not escape and stuffed
a handkerchief in her mouth to
stifle her screams. She charged all
six of the men had assaulted her.
Later, six soldiers were arrested
In a car near Beltsville. State police
said the girl and the soldiers had
been taken to Marlboro for . hear
ing.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
5eaway and Florida
Canal Are Approved
For Omnibus Bill
Rivers and Hurbors
Committee Votes II to 8
And Ia to 10 for Projects
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House Rivers and Harbors
Committee approved today the
s2s5, ,0O0, 600 ST. Lawrence seaway
and the o,0o0, 900 Florida ship
canal for inclusion in an omnibus
rivers and harbors bill soon to be
submitted to Congress.
Committee members reported the
vote on the controversial seaway,
advocated by President Roosevelt as
national defense project, was II
to 8 and on the Florida ship canal
IA to 10.
The committee adopted a provi-
sion calling for tolls on the Florida
canal, but rejected suggestions that
tolls be provided for in the seaway
development.
Chairman Mansfield said that
under treaties with Canada, Con-
gress could not enact legislation
requiring tolls on the st. Lawrence
waterway.
Representative Green, Democrat,
OF Florida declared placing of the
Florida canal in the omnibus bill
would mean approval of the project
at this session of Congress. He
claimed mo other waterway project
would be of equal national defense
benefit" that it would carry twice
the tonnage Of the Panama Canal
and would pay for itself in tolls.
The Florida waterway was started
in 1885 with presidential allocations
of relief money totaling $5,400, 900.
Work halted the following year after
Congress refused to appropriate for
its completion. Army engineers say
the project now is about per cent
complete.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
D. c. Youth, Who Twice Escaped Nozis, Tells
How He Dodged Shells That Sank Zomzom

hurrying the wounded to hospitals
forever being evacuated to the rear
getting lost on burning, blasted
refugee-strewn roads, sleeping on
bloody stretchers. Even then, we
knew about concentration camps.
Vicovari had been captured by the
Nazis.
He was, as I say, no recruit, but
I don't think he had doubted his
luck before Young fellows, espe-
cially privileged young Americans
are apt to 60 storming about a
troubled world, confident their luck
will see them through. vicovari',
mood made a deep impression or
me, and I recalled it later when
saw him, I'm afraid, for the last
time. His legs had been broken by
q shell, and he was trussed up by
ropes and pulleys in the hospital
Of German raider which presently
dropped over the horizon to rove
the South Atlantic. But that came
later.
Sure enough. the Zamzam was
about to sail for Egypt. The "a
young men of our outfit came on
board with issue trunks packed with
new uniforms and equipment. Our
ambulances were slowed in the hold,
along with the odds and ends of a
diversified commercial cargo. I saw
the Zamzam loaded and doubt If
she carried anything which could
fairly be called contraband.
Hard-Luck' Ship.
But another delay developed. A
stevedore was Slightly injured and
the Egyptian steamer was hbeled
It took "a hours to clear this up.
The zamzam was a hard-luck ship
In all categories. When We finally
Continued on Page B.1)
Evening star., 1941-08-08
u. S. Wants 12l Bases
In Latin America, Nozis Say

BERLIN, Aug. 8 (P).-All Berlin
evening papers today directed COL
umns-long broadsides against Amer
lean acquisition of defense bases,
charging the United States has or is
negotiating for 121 naval and air
bases in Central and South America.
They asserted that some were OBJ
tanned under the ''pretense" OF
fostering civil aviation and alleged
that pressure was brought on Latin
American countries by shutting of
fuel supplies.
Maps were published which pur-
ported to show Central and South
America dotted with United States
bases. Some of the headlines were
How South America Is Being
Brought Under the Yoke" -.
"Roosevelt's Widespread Aggres-
sions" :. Under Washington's Ter
ror" :. Rape of South America"
The commentary Dienst aus
Deutschland said the United States
has bases in both Greenland and
Iceland and plans to establish others
in Northern Ireland, the Azores, the
Cape Verde Islands and Dakar, Free
town and Liberia.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Germans Soy Planes
Were British, but
London Denies 1t
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 0.-A reliable
source with Soviet contacts said
today he had been informed that
the Red Air Force attacked Ber-
lin last night.
This source gave no details. Earl
Ter the German high command had
told of minor damage to Berlin
buildings and the deaths of several
civilians as the result of bombs
dropped by few planes.
The British denied they had
bombed Berlin, communique linn
iting last nights German targets
to Essen, Dortmund and Hamm.
Subsequently, German spokesmen
insisted the planes which bombed
the Reich's capital were British, and
scoffed at the idea that they were
Russian.
An Air Ministry communique is
sued In London said the British
raiders caused great damage and
started widespread fires in Essen,
Dortrnund and Hamm, in Western
Germany.
Docks Blasted.
Besides these attacks. it said other
British planes blasted docks in the
French port of Boulogne, Nazi-held
air bases in Denmark and Northern
France and shipping off the Dutch
coast.
Again on their round-the- clock
schedule, British planes-now hold
ing the ffensive-ferried their
bombs across the English Channel
today. the first anniversary OF the
start of the air battle of Britain.
Just a year ago the Luftwaffe
threw 300 bombers and 500 fighters
against a Channel convoy to start
the greatest air battle the world has
known. On that day the Germans
lost So planes but continued their
attack until October 81 at cost
put by the British at 2,375 planes.
Costly Offensive.
That the. offensive is costly for
either belligerent was demonstrated
by an official announcement that
the r. A. F. yesterday lost 10 planes
to German.
Yet the British talked of bigger
offensive to come with the combined
United States and British produc-
tion of planes and one commentator
predicted the r. A. F. soon might
drop 1000 tons of bombs on Berlin
in single night,
Last nights raids by the r. A. F.
centered on Western Germany after
two daylight sweeps In which a Ger
man airdrome near st. Omer,
France; German shipping and other
targets 3 near Gravelines were
bombed.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Locomotive Turns Over
Enqineer Is Killed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug S.-Frank G..
Weimeister, locomotive engineer,
was killed today in train wreck
in the Bay View freight yards Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mr.. Weimeister was at the throttle
of one of two engines pulling a
heavily loaded ore train that was
wrecked in crossing from the main
line to a spur.
Crews worked with acetylens
torches several hours to reach the
body Of the engineer, crushed In the
cab OF the overturned locomotive.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Soviet Raid on Berlin Reported;
Trapped Russians Annihi|oted
In Lower Ukraine, Nozis Claim
Grew of German Sub
Ducks for Apples
Left by Ship
By the Associated Press.

bS tlc ASSISlatcu TIeoo.
LONDON. Aug. s.-pucking
for apples on the open sea is q
new accomplishment for at
least one German submarine
crew. the captain of a lost Brit
ish ship related today.
A day after his vessel, loaded
with South African oranges and
apples. was torpedoed, he said,
he saw the U-boat return to the
scene and its crew fish out
floating fruit.
The captain said he was
clinging to a raft mile off, but
that the Germans ignored it.
A plane sighted the raft the
next day, and a ship was sent
to the rescue.
Evening star., 1941-08-08

wouldn't be back he wasn't refer
ring to the dismal little taproom,
He had something much bigger in
mind-the U. S. A., and all it i'm
piled. 1t gave me a nasty jar.
And that, I'll admit, was some
thing new at my age, which was
then, and still is, "a.
Prophetic Mood.
Vicovari was scarcely a year older
but neither Of us was a recruit. Both
had served ambulances in France
when the Nazis drove through the
Lowiands. We had be1u under IRE,
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Hull Says Nazis Look
With Longing Eyes 10
This Hemisphere
Declares Jopon Alone Is
Responsible for Any
EncircIement of Itself

Secretary Of State Hull said to-
day that Germany was looking with
longing eyes to the Western Hemi-
sphere for further conquest.
He asserted also that Japan alone
was responsible for any encirclement
of itself in the Pacific.
These comments were made by
Mr.. Hull at his press conference on
statements by official spokesmen in
Berlin and Toxic.
The Berlin sources said German
campaign was to be launched to
expose what they called ruthless
power politics by President Roose-
welt in Latin America.
The Japanese spokesman asserted
that Japan was encircled by the
United States. Britain, China and
the Netherlands Indies.
Secretary Hull described the Ber-
lin claim as h transparent piece
of propaganda which he said would
not deceive, much less be seriously
considered, by any country in this
hemisphere. .-.
1t came, he added, from a group
representing government which
had ruthlessly seized some Is coun-
tries in Europe and was looking
with longing eyes to this hemisphere
for further conquest
Evening star., 1941-08-08
(Tert OF resolution on Page A-6.J

(Tert OF resolution on Page A-6.)
BY the Associated Press.
Representative Cox. Democrat, OF
Georgia told the House today II
should approve indefinite extension
of service for all men in uniform
because war is inescapable.
The public has given overwhelm-
ing support to the President in what
he has done and If this means war
there is little reason to complain,
he told an attentive House as II
opened seven hours of debate on its
service extension bill
Earlier Representative Fish, Re-
publican, Of New York had attacked
the measure as part of a gigantic
conspiracy" he said was designed to
involve this country in wars all over
the globe.
Fish Attacks Stimson.
Representative Fish catalogued
Secretary of War Stinson, who has
asked for an indefinite extension OF
the service of selectees, reservists
and National Guardsmen, as "our
leading warmaker."
The Senate late yesterday ap-
proved an 18-month extension, but
administration leaders in the House
still are holding out for the inde-
terminate term of duty.
Speaking deliberately, Represent
ative Cox said he always had
thought that war could not be
avoided and noted that some per-
sons maintained that the Selective
Service Act. British-aid program
establishment of offshore naval
bases, and occupation of Iceland
were actual acts of war.
Each of these moves. he continued,
brought the United States closer
and closer to war"
Pleads for United Front.
Let us present a united front, "
he said. Let us say to the world
that we are Americans and that we
mean business"
Representative Fish said he dis
agreed with the argument that If
selectees were released at the end
of the present statutory year of
training the Army would be dis
organized and asked if replacements
could not be made in peacetime how
(See DRAFT, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Navy Warns Strike
In Shipyard Must
Be Settled Soon
Curtiss-W Wright Tie-up
Precedes Visit to
Plant by Knudsen
By the Associated Press.

Ralph A. Bard, Acting Secretary
of the Navy, said today that unless
labor and management settle their
dispute at the Kearny IN. j. ship
yard, steps must be taken which
will in one way or another" get pro-
duction resumed there.
A. c. I. o. strike at the Federal
Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. at
Kearny is holding up s493, 900 900
of naval and merchant shipbuild-
ing.
Mr.. Bard said in a statement:
|. The strike at Kearny is most
regrettable. Already the launch
ing OF light cruiser which was to
have taken place tomorrow has
been delayed for two weeks and the
strike is causing a loss daily OF
over 100000 man hours of work on
vitally needed combatant ships for
the Navy.
1T Is not the function of the Navy
to settle labor disputes but 1t is its
job to see that the production of
combatant ships absolutely neces-
sary for the Navy and its defense
program shall not be interfered with.
Strike at Curtiss- Wright.
ut is hoped this strike can be
settled at once, but if management
and labor cannot arrive at a settle
ment steps must be taken which will
in one way or another put this huge
shipbuildine plant back into produc-
ton at the earliest possible mo-
ment."
A Defense Board Official indi-
Gated yesterday the strike might be
referred directly to President Roose-
welt.
In another strike development.
several hundred A. F. L. workers
walked out on s100, 100000 worth of
defense work at the Curtiss- Wright
Corp, Propeller Division at Caldwell,
N j.
At Caldwell, q company official
said the plants entire production on
defense orders was lmperped. The
plant employs l,493.
Those who walked OF their Jobs
were members of the A. F. L.-Inter-
national Association of Machinists.
John Hart. company spokesman,
said the workers asked more money
but have made no specific demands
and have not presented their request
in writing" Two A. F. L. union
officials said their units had not
authorized a walkout.
The A. F. L. union yesterday lost
National Labor Relations Board
election for collective bargaining
agent at Curtiss- Wrisht's Caldwell
and Clifton plants. Propeller Craft.
an independent union, won, 1904
to SIG.
Occurs Before Knudsen Visit.
The walk of occurred shortly be-
fore william S. Knudsen, director
of the ONCE of Production Manage
ment, was scheduled to inspect the
plant. The workers who walked of
strolled quietly about the outer walls
of the plant and attempted no
picketing.
Several hours after the stoppage
started, the company rejected
demand for a general 20 per cent
hourly wage increase with a 7S-
cent minimum presented by
Continued on Page A.2. Column !
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Bombers Were British,
Spokesman Declares

BERLIN, Aug. 8 (P).-This capita
was raided by air for the 80th tim.
last night, by unofficial count, but the
German high command, aside from
an implication that the raiders wer
British, did not identify the in
dividual planes which bombet
Berlin.
(The r. A. F. claims to have
raided Berlin only about so
times.)
(The British denied that Berlin
was one of the r. A. F.'s targets
last night, raising the probability
that the Russian air force, which
the Germans had pictured as no
longer an offensive threat, had
spanned the Russian-German
battle front and had flown over
800 miles to their target.
Ut also was remotely possible
that members of the r. A. F.
had exceeded their orders by at
tacking Berlin. Poles or CZechs
in the r. A. F. might be liable to
such overstepping. The bombing
Of Berlin also might have been a
British rrlistake)
An authorized German spokes.
man declared the bombers were
undoubtedly British" and added
that "the British Through theil
deniaD are doubtless trying to in.
ject new, intriguing note anc
awaken forlorn hope that the
Russians start visiting us.
But any one knowing the Rus.
sian military situation appreciates
1t is impossible"
Two communicates touched on this
raid. A special report issued ir
early morning said:
Weak enemy forces flew into
Western Germany last night. Only
q few planes succeeded in advanc-
ing as far as Berlin. The limited
number of explosives dropped caused
minor damage to buildings, killing
several civilians.
Raid by Individual Planes.
The subsequent regular communi-
que of the high command had this
to say:
THE enemy last night attacked a
number of places in Western Ger
many, among others Dortmund. In
dividual planes dropped bombs on
the Reich's capital The civilian
population suffered small number
OF dead and wounded. Night chasers
and combat planes brought down
six enemy planes"
ct is to be noted that while
the first report indicated that the
attack was simply another of the
British forays into Western Ger
many, with some planes push
ing on to Berlin, the description
of the attack in the second does
not carry out that implication so
sharply
For its own offensive score the
Luftwaffe reported attacks on ship
ping. airports of England and one
harbor on the Scottish east coast as
well as ON ships and harbor facil-
tiles at the British Egyptian base OF
Alexandra.
The regular communique credited
destruction of "A British planes yes
terday on the Channel coast to pur-
suit planes and anti-aircraft bat
teries.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Flying Cross Awarded
To Whitney Straight
By the Associated Press.

bS lnt ASsUCIdlSd PTebB,
LONDON. Aug. s.-The Distin-
guished Flying Cross was awarded
today to Wing Comdr. Whitney
Straight, socially prominent Amer
ican-born r. A. F. fighter pilot, who
was reported forced down in Ger
man-occupied France last Friday.
Comdr. Straight, who has not been
heard from since his plane was last
seen gliding down after being hit
during a dog fight over the Channel,
became a British citizen in 1899.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Rectdng|eS Site
Urged Again for
War Building
Fine Arts Head
Appears Today at
Senate Hearing
BACKGROUND

Supplementary military supply
bill, reported July "a by House
committee, reuealed project for
s35 900 900 War Department
building on grounds OF old er-
peTimentdl farm in Arlington
County. UnconSulted before that
time, Fine Arts Commission has
opposed any such project on
grounds the property should be
held for Arlington Cemetery eT-
pdnSion, and Park and Planning
Commission is understood to be
urging making the building only
halt as large. Bill NTH the
project, passed by House, is noU
before Senate subcommittee.
Evening star., 1941-08-08

IN lotCer and middle income tar
brackets and 10ould tap business
firms for additional 81 1892 900, 900
through surfaces and more draS-
tic eIceSs profits leUies.
BY the Associated Press.
Advocating an "all-out tax pro-
gram for defense Secretary OF
the Treasury Morgenthau asked
Congress today to tax millions of
additional persons with small in
comes by cutting personal income
tax exemptions and to stiffen other
taxes on married couples, corpora
tions and others.
He told the Senate Finance Com
mittee that the revenue from the
HouSe-approved tax bill should be
increased from its present $3.206,-
100000 to at least" S3.500.0 900 900
He limited strongly he would like
much more.
Huge Outlay This Year.
Under questioning, Secretary
Morgenthau estimated it would be
necessary to raise at least $4,000
600 900 more than is expected to be
provided by the pending bill, If the
Federal Government is to pay two
thirds of its operating costs.
Assistant Secretary John l.. Sulli-
van testified that anticipated ex-
penditures for this fiscal year were
S22. 900 ,000, 900, with an estimated
deficit of about $4,000 ,000,0 To
meet two thirds OF the cost at that
rate. he said, estimated revenues
would need to be boosted by about
$500 900 900, including the amounts
contained in the pending bill.
The question arose when Senator
Vandenberg, Republican, of Michi-
gan recalled that Secretary Nor
genthau had said last April it was
doubtful what would happen to the
public credit" if the Government did
not attain basis of two-thirds OF
taxation and one-third borrowing to
meet its expenditures.
Dozen Changes Asked.
Reading l5-page statement. the
Treasury head asked dozen
changes to boost the yield OF the
tax bill but said his proposed new
taxes on millions of people with
low incomes" should not be attempt
ed unless We reach in other place,
where ability to pay is escaping it,
fair share of taxes"
He explained that this applied tc
married couples and corporations
particularly.
Mr.. Morgenthau gave no figures
on how deeply he thought personal
exemptions should be cut. Only las,
year. however, the exemption fol
heads of families was cut from
$2.500 to $4,000 and the exemption
for single persons was reduced from
$1,000 to $500. Suggestions have
been heard recently that new ex-
emptions might be $500 for mar.
ried couples and s7o0 for single per-
sons.
President Roosevelt suggested
lately that the exemptions be 81 ,50t
and $3.50. The House Ways anc
Means Committee rejected the idea
I'VE have now come" Mr.. Nor.
genthau said, ito the point wher,
fSee TAYES pone 10
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Finn Ships Reported Held

LONDON, Aug. (P.-Reuters
said today that II Finnish ships,
totaling about 10000 tons, had been
detained in British ports throughout
the empire since the break in Brit
ish- Finnish diplomatic relations.
Evening star., 1941-08-08

Donald SteWart King, "a,
native OF Washington. graduate
OF Western High School, and
student at Georgetown School OF
Foreign Service for three years,
has lust returned on the trans
port West Point from Lisbon
after escaping tlUice ,0hile
prisoner OF German forces in
occupied France. The youth, SON
of Mrs. Mary Royce BrotDn, 1912
Hunt aUenue, CheUy Chase, Nd.
1Uds en- route to the Near East to
SerUe uith the BritiSh-American
Ambulance Corps 1Dhen the
steamship Zamsam t0as sunk by
a German raider in the South
Atlantic. In the follo,Dtng series
he tells of bis adventures.
By DONALD STEWART KING,
As told to w. H. Shippen, Jr.
"Wel, King, maybe I won't b
drinking beer here again"
The remark puzzled me. Franz
Vicovari, our captain. was no sen
timentalist. What did he care !
he never came back? 1t was jus
another beer joint, like any othe
on the Jersey water front.
Maybe Vicovari meant the Fam
zam was sailing at last. 1t wa
about time. For weeks we of tn
British American Ambulance Corps
newly recruited and spelling TO
action, had been cooling our heel
about Jersey City-of all places.
When, we kept asking, was tn
crazy old tub going to sail, If ever
What was she waiting fora chang
of the moon? But that wasn't wha
Vicovari meant, although he mus
have known then the zamzam wa
about to shove Of. I saw hts eye
and I realized when he limited b
Evening star., 1941-08-08
War '|nescapab|e,
Cox Says as House
Debates Army Bill
Fish Charges Gigantic
Conspiracy; Calls Stimson
Our Leading Wormoker'
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Army, backed By President
Roosepelt,> asked authority to
keep citizen soldiers on actiue
duty indefinitely, arguing that
most Army units are composed
partly OF selecteeS, National
Gudrdsmen, Reserves and Regu-
lars. and il all but latter Uere
TO be released after one year OF
serrice, units ,Dould distntegrate.
Opponents OF extension said it
Uould break contract" NTH men
ushered into military life under
one-year limitation. Extension
OF Is months Wds tDorked out as
com promise.