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The Hagerstown globe., 1941-08-29
LEGENDARY HIGHWAY

A classic example of confusion
resulting from the old, loose pull
ley set-up is the situation surround
ing the proposed legendary Balti-
more Annapolis super highway
For months information was sifted
through to Annapolis that the gov
ernment would give the State about
S30000,000 to build the highway
and the Baltimore harbor bridge.
Actually, Maryland never had
prayer of getting any such money.
Another instance of inept deal
ing which finally resulted in traf-
fic conditions perilouS to Baltimore
defense industries is the case of
asking for federal assistance with
out being specific. To obtain Fed
eral aid, a state must actually
place on file a specific project,
show the need for it, state how
much matching money is available,
etc.
At long last the roads commits
sion knows exactly what it wants,
how much money of it's own it will
have to play with and is ready to
give flash answer to any question
fired at it by MacDOnald's harried
office. And the single man on
questions and matters of policy will
be CullimOre. Where formerly it
took days or weeks of laboriOus
conferences and letter writing for
the U. S. roads administration to
settle. some relatively simple point
it will now be possible to eliminate
red tape by single phone call
One very interesting and reveal
ing aspect of Cullimore's selection
is that Cullimore sees eye-to-eye
with the Governor on the necessity
of building the Washington Balti-
more boulevard as a self-liquidating
or toll project. Up until recently |
this view was not shared by Whit |
man.
Whether the selection of Culli-
more to fill the difficult role will |
prove a happy one remains to be
seen. Cullimore, as secretary of
the National Paving Brick Associa- |
ton. should know his way around. |
He is personable, a fluent CONVEX
sationalist, an engineer and not |
too loaded down with stand-pat |
theories.
****
NEW SEC'Y. OF STATE
It's a safe bet that when Cover
nor O'Conor appoints a new secre- |
tary of State to succeed the late
Miles T. Tull, an Eastern Shore
man, he will first sift through like
ly possibilities in Western Mary
land.
For at the time of Tull's ap-
pointment to succeed Francis Pc
trott, of Frederick, Western Mary
land politicoes were disgruntled
over what they called more East
ern Shore domination" of State
politics.
They pSinted out that they have
no representation on the Public
Service Commission, none on the
important State Board of Public
Works and that the state treasurer
and comptroller are both from the
Shore. With one U. S. Senator
from Cambridge and Tydings from
the upper Chesapeake, the western
part of the State has as it's only
representative Attorney General
Bill Walsh.
O'Conor is not expected to rush
this appointment but will coast
along with one of his aides serving
as "acting secretary Of State.
The Hagerstown globe., 1941-08-29
Maryland Merry
GO-ROund
Continued from Page i

Continued from Page u
flict between the State House and
the Roads Commission which often
resulted in a case of the left hand
not knowing what the right hand
was doing. The governor had one
idea about what could be expected
out of Washington, while his COM
mission sometimes had another
Under Cullimore there will be
single focal point through which
two-way Information will clear.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Many German Troops Alexandra Policeman
Reach |raq, Budapest And Assai|ant Near
Radio Quotes Report Death After Shooting
Second Officer Wounded; /;
Affroy Follows Reply
To Trouble Cali

Pistols blazed in the dim recesses
of tumble down house in the COL
ored section of Alexandria, Va, yes
terday afternoon, and as a result
two policemen and a colored man
are i'll the Alexandria Hospital, two
critically wounded
One of the policemen and the
colored man lay near death last
night. The other policeman. who
had 6 bullet wound in his shoul-
der. gave his superior officers an
account of the gun battle
Pvt. Benjamin Swami, As, of 122
Patrick street, Alexandria, has bull
let wounds in the groin and face.
An emergency operation was per-
formed and he was given blood
TRANSMISSION late yesterday.
Girl Runs for Police.
The colored man, Eddis Cuffie,
had bullet wound in his abdomen
and was reported to have another
in his leg. His condition was de-
scribed as even more critical than
Mr.. Swann's.
The second policeman, Russell
Greerwalt, "a, of 702 N. Columbus
street, Alexandria, has wound in
his shoulder which appeared only to
have pierced the flesh.
The shooting occurred about LAO
pm. in house in the 100 block
of Princess street. The policemen
had gone there in response to a
trouble call they said was put in
by Lucille McCorkle, "a, colored.
resident of the house where the
shooting occurred.
According to the McCorkle girl
and Frank Maxwell, 40, colored. of
the same address, Cuffie had invaded
the house, drawn a gun and an
nourced, I'm looking for Flossie."
The girl jumped out a second story
window and went for police.
She said she found Policemen
Swami and Greenwalt near the
house and brought them back with
her. The officers went in and
started up the dark stairs to the
second floor, where, they said, the
colored man waited, gun in hand.
Disarmed After Struggle.
Drop your gun," Officer Green
walt commanded
The response was blast from the
38-calber pistol in the colored mans
hand, police said. The policemen
fired back, rushing up the stairs.
Officer Swami fell, with two bullets
In his body. One had struck his
(See SHOOTING, Page A-8D
Evening star., 1941-05-11
British Bombers and WQrships
Bombord Axis Port of Bengosi
Benno Ardrome, Terminus of Planes
Carrying Troops to Africa, Blasted

targets of r. A. F. bombers the
same night, the war bulletin said.
adding that motor transport was
destroyed and great holes torn in
the roads.
Four large fires were said to have
been started at Derna and the mole
at Bengasi given concentrated
pounding.
Matching these new and vigorous
assaults on the Axis North African
communications. the r. A. F. COM
mand said a combined force of Brit
ish and Rhodesian planes lashed out
at the Italian Notifications at Amba
Alija, 280 miles east of Adds Ababa
in Ethiopia, and scored many direct
hits.
For the second time this week.
Axis raiders attacked the Suez Canal
zone early today, but the Egyptian
defense ministry said there were
no casualties and slight damage.
On the African fronts military
activity was confined chiefly to
Ethiopia, with South African forces
reporting the custer of Italians from
8-mile deep positions in the south
after heavy fighting in steaming,
rain -drenched jungles.
The British said additional prog
ress had been made in the north
and south advances on Amba Alija
and in Gojjam Province, northwest
of the Ethiopian capital
The days war bulletin said &C
tivity on the North African front
was confined to patrolling in the
tSee BENGASI. page A-3O
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Bermuda Greets Carol Alone
On Arrival With Lupescu

nevertheless doffed his hat and
bowed to both sides.
No sooner had the carriage dis
appeared than a bellboy brought
ashore Madame Lupescu's four dogs.
He led the two black poodles and
carried a Pekingese under each arm.
Nine. Lupescu herself followed.
She carried a large white handbag
from which large, colored hand
kerchief protruded. She wore a sim
pie black tailored suit and a small
black hat.
At the foot of the gangway she
was joined by Carols faithful former
palace minister, Ernest Urdareanu
Together the two pushed through
the crowd and followed Carol to
the Belmont Manor by carriage.
Carol later gave an interview in
his penthouse suite at the Belmont
Manor. He was reticent about any
plans he might have to visit the
United States, saying For the mo-
raent I have chosen another place
Cuba"
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Soldier Dies in Canoe
Upset.; Sligo Creek
Yields Man S Body
Potomac River Dragged
For Vireinion; Fishermen
Reseues Companion

Pvt. Edward B. Parker. 19, OF
Suffolk, Va, member of Company
K, 18th Infantry, stationed at
the Arlington tVa) Cantonment
was reported drowned last night
after canoe in which he was pad
ding across the Potomac River was
capsized by the wind a quarter of
a mile above the Highway Bridge,
according to park police.
A companion, Corpl. James F.
Johnston. 18. of Coeburn. Va, also
a member of Company K. was res
cued by fisherman after he had
swum part of the way to shore and
was taken to the hospital at Fort
Myer, where he was treated for
shock.
Park police began to drag the
river between Highway and Me-
mortal Bridges shortly after the ac-
cident occurred about 7 o'clock. Maj.
Albert J. Dombrowski. adjutant at
the cantonment, reported at a late
hour that Parker's body still had
not been recovered.
Body Found in Creek.
Another drowning was reported
Yesterday when the body of an I'M
identified white man, about so, was
found in Sligo Greek, near Takoma
Park. Md. c. N. Thompson. special
worker in the Office of Dr. James I
Boyd, Prince Georges County cor
oner. said it had not been deter
mined how long the victim had been
dead Fingerprints were sent to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
but it was reported no record was
available there.
Some confusion over the mishap
to the soldiers occurred last night
when it was reported an hour or so
after the incident that both men
had been rescued. Under this mis-
apprehension, park police tempo
rarily halted their search, but later
resumed their efforts when it was
found the report apparently had
been caused by Corpl. Johnston's ap-
pearance at the hospital.
Corp. Johnston was pulled to
shore by John Harrison, Al, colored,
of 88 Fenton street NE. who was
fishing on the Virginia side of the
river near the location where the
boat upset. He said he watched
the two soldiers paddle directly to-
ward him from point near the
(See DROWNINGS, Page A-8)
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Shipbui|ders Refund Half
OF Profits on Navy Projects
pr IN, Arso,is+ad pras.

BY tie Associated Press.
The Navy reported yesterday as
IAN example of cooperation" dur
ing the arms expansion that two
Pacific Coast shipbuilders had
agreed voluntarily to refund half
their prospective profits on naval
construction.
Acting Secretary Ralph Bard said
the firms, the Puget Sound Bridge
& Dredging Co. and Lake Union
Shipyards, in a joint venture as the
Associated Shipbuilders. voluntarily
offered to return a share of profits
which because of an increased
volume of work became excessive. :"
Mr.. Bard noted the joint firms
were given a contract to convert
the merchant ship City of Newport
News into troop transport at an
estimated cost of S1,750,000.
During the undertaking, now
completed, an additional contract
was awarded for four seaplane
tenders estimated to cost $1,000
600, and Mr. Bard said the company
found profits were increasing to a
degree higher than originally con-
templated.
The joint firm thereupon volun-
teered to reduce profits to a degree
consistent with fair business
Standards" Mr.. Bard said.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Three Navy BIueprints Found
On German Held as Drunk

from another car into my car. I
had to move my car yesterday. and
that may have been how it hap
pened."
Patrolmen Don Luce and Gerald
Reichert, who made the arrest, said
the blueprints were on ship engine
room pipe lines.
Nat PEPPER. F. B. I. agent, as
signed two Government men to the
case, asserting: I'm these days,
when a man has plans that he
can't explain, we have to investi-
gaze"
Refs said he served as a seaman
on a German minelayer in the
World War, shipped from Germany
on a freighter in 1923 and jumped
ship at New Orleans in January
1924. He said he had registered
as an alien but had never applied
for citizenship because of the ir-
regularity of his entrance into this
country.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
General Motors
Negotiations
Are Extended
Union Men Leave
For Detroit After
Long Night Session
By the Associated Press.

1
Nine days of negotiations by
the Defense Mediation Board
failed to produce a settlement in
the dispute between General Mo-
tors and the C. l. o. United Auto
Workers Union. and union ne
gotiatorS left for Detroit by plane
early today for a meeting to
decide whether a strike would oe
called. Meanwhile, the board
recessed negotiations until Tues
day.
w. H. Davis. chairman of the
board panel which considered the
case announced the extension of
negotiations and said the company
had consented to extend for one
more week its agreement to make
any subsequent settlement retroac-
tive 10 April %.
Tho board expects to bring pro-
ceeCirgs to an end by next week"
Mr.. Davis said. There is no indi-
ca lior Of any purpose not to con-
tinue production.
We think 1t worthwhile pro-
longing the negotiations a little
longer
Night Session Held.
He made his announcement after
the participants in the controversy
hal conferred for several hours
at the home of Eugene Meyer,
publisher of The Washington Post
and member of the board.
Mr. Davis added that the case
was still in the collective bargain
ing stage, explaining that the next
step would be TO ask arbitra ton
and the final step would be to
make public findings or recon-
mendations.
The union representatives had
held chartered plane since early
in the evening and they finally de-
parted for detroit shortly before
l o'clock
I The principal stumbling block in
efforts to reach an agreement was
the union demand for a l0-cent-
an-hour wage increase. The COM
pany had offered a minimum 2-cent
! increase and raises of 3 to 5 cents
/ for certain skilled classifcations.
/ Wages Vary Widely.
Present wages vary widely with
different jobs, but company officials
said average pay in the car and
body plants was slightly in excess
of 81 an hour. Union leaders made
| no estimate.
The union had taken a strike
vote in 81 plants of the corporation
after failure to reach an agreement
on amendments which the union
sought to the contract which had
been in effect since 1887. A strike
was voted in all of the plants. but
union leaders said that men would
not be called from one, Detroit
laboratory.
The union leaders said no men
working on defense orders would
strike. but company officials con-
tended that it was impossible to
/ segregate defense and non-defense
operations. The company's defense
contracts amount to about $780,.
900 O0O
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Doto on Shipyord Strike
Sought by Senate Group
he Associated Press.

Es the Associated Press.
Asserting the public has a right
to expect and even to demand that
its paramount interest be respect.
ed, Chairman Truman said yester-
day the special Senate committee
investigating national defense had
requested complete information on
strike involving 100 A. F. L. and
C. I. o. machtnists in San Francisco
area shipyards.
Senator Truman said the COM
mittee also had requested similar
data on a strike affecting the
Chrysler tank arsenal" at Detroit.
cat Detroit, a spokesman for the
Chrysler Corp. said city-wide
strike of truck drivers for build
ing supply firms had halted con-
struction work on buildings for the
construction of tanks. An A. F. L.
union seeks union recognition and
wage increases. The present wage
rate has not been disclosed)
The Senate committees action
followed a telegram Friday night
from Secretary of the Navy Knox
and Chairman Emory S. Land of
the Maritime Commission to a West
Coast union official asking every
possible aid" in averting the strike
which started that midnight-and
saying that it would be strike
against our country's program Of
national defense"
Walked Out Despite Protests.
The machinists walked OUT of the
yards despite the protests of John
P. Frey. president of the A. F. l..
Metal Trades Department. that it
would violate a coastwide master
agreement reached recently with
Pacific Coast shipbuilders. Secre-
tary Knox and Admiral Land also
made this point in their telegram
to A. T. Wynn, secretary of the
Bay Cities Metal Trades Council.
E. F. Dillon, business agent for the
A. F. L. machinists, said in San
Francisco, however, that each local
of the metal trades department had
perfect autonomy and added:
There can be no talk of us break
ing agreements. We have made no
requests or demands on the unions
of our brother workmen; their at
titude in this controversy will be
determined by them
Union representatives said 1000
to / 200 A. F. L. men and about 700
c. I. o. machinists we're involved.
The A. F. L. and c. I. O. machine
lists groups in the bay area always
have worked closely together with
out jurisdictional or other disputes.
Business Agent j. p Smith of the
c. I. o. and Mr.. Dillon of the A.
F. L. reported each group voted
unanimously to join forces in the
strike.
Employers said a total of $780,
100000 in defense contracts was
concerned in the West Coast dis
pute which was based on the ma.
chinists' demand for an increase
tSee STRIKES, Page A-7D
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Aid Seekers Occupy
Social Security Office

The office of Paul v. McNutt, So
clal security administrator, at Fourth
and Independence avenue S.W., was
occupied until late hour last night
by group of five men and women.
1t was reported they intended to
stay until provided with employment.
Building guards said the group came
in before the Office closed for the
day.
The group was said to be in
party of nine men and women who
came from New York earlier in the
week. They are victims of infantile
paralysis. officials said they in
tended to do everything possible to
aid them.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Victor Pays First Visit
To Albanian Dominion

b. the Associated Press.
ROME. May 10.-King Victor
Emmanuel has visited his Albanian
dominion for the first time since
It was taken under the Italian crown
two years ago, it was officially an
nounced today.
Italian dispatches from Tirana
said the King was greeted by cheer
ing crowds which lined the capitals
streets and waved flags of Italy and
Albania.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Smoot Workers Vote
To Strike Tomorrow;
Green's Plea Ignored
Complete Tie-Up at
Sond and GroveI
Company Forecast

Ignoring plea from William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, to stay on the
job, employees of the Smoot Sand
& Gravel Co., voted last night to
go on strike at 7 am. tomorrow to
enforce a wage-and- hour demand.
The company is the major source
of supply for sand and gravel used
in construction work here, and a
complete tie-up was forecast by
Frank c. Ellis, an organizer Of the
American Federation of Labor,
whose Sand and Gravel Workers
Union 22,O75 is involved. Mr.. Ellis
brought the message from President
Green TO meeting of the Smoot
workers in Carpenters Hall, Alex
andria, but he reported that they
voted unanimously to go out.
The strike was called a few hours
after the dispute had been certified
to the National Defense Mediation
Board by Secretary of Labor Per-
kins. Ralph T. Seward, board sec
retary, said messages were sent to
the union and the company. en-
phasizing the desirability of avert
ing a Walkout but Mr.. Ellis said no
word had been received from the
board.
The strike has been brewing for
several days. The workers are ask
ing a per cent wage increase and
the following reductions in hours:
Shopmen, including men who work
on lighters. from SO to 46 hours;
dredgers. 70 to So: tugboats, no fixed
limit. to 60. and watchmen, 90 hours
to a six-day week.
Time and a half for overtime also
is demanded, and the union further
specifies that the contract proposed
would not exempt the company from
compliance with the Stricter limita-
tions of the wage-hour law, if a suit
the Government filed here recently
to bring the concern within its pro-
visions is successful.
The Wage and Hour Division of
the Labor Department filed suit in
District Court month ago to enjoin
alleged violations of the wage and
hour law by the company. A civil
suit also is pending in District Court.
declaring that the concern con-
stitutes an illegal monopoly in viola
ton of the antitrust act.
In strike settlement last year.
certain employees were exempted
from the provisions of the wage and
hour law pending court determina-
ton as to its application.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
BY the Associated Press.


HAMILTON, Bermuda, May TO-
Former King Carol of Rumania and
his companion-in-exile Madame
Lupescu reached temporary haven
on this Atlantic isle today, but Carol
alone received official recognition as
they came ashore separately from
the American liner EXcambion.
The liner, seven days out of Lis
bon, nosed into Hamilton harbor at
7 am, the Rumanian flag flying
from the jackstaff at the bow.
1t. Frank Giles. ide-de-camp to
the Governor of Bermuda, and 1t.
Edward Cameron, appointed as
Carols aide for the day, went aboard
first and greeted Carol
Afterwards the Governor, Maj.
Gen. Sir Denis Kirwan Bernard, in
khaki uniform, went aboard and
escorted Carol to a waiting carriage.
A few hundred spectators eyed
Carol curiously and silently as he
and the Governor drove of toward
the Belmont Manor Hotel. Carol
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Whir|away Captures
Preakness With His
Amazing Late Dash
Lost at Far Turn, Beats
King Cole 5 Lengths;
Our Boots Third
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star staff Correspondent.

BALTIMORE, Md, May 10
Forty thousand people asked Whirl-
away of the bluegrass to prove in
Maryland that he was the new king
of the turf today and the answer
was retake OF the Kentucky Derby.
The magnificent screWball of
horsedom. with little Eddie Arcaro
mastery handling the reins again.
came from dead last to add the
PreaknesS to his Derby crown. and
when the chestnut charger of CAL
umet flashed across the finish line
he was five lengths ahead Of the
chief challenger, King Cole.
The mile and three -siYteenths he
travelled today was over a dull track
Whirlaway drew the worst possible
position for slow breaker-on the
pole. There were four fresh con-
tenders who passed up the Derby to
point for Marylands blue ribbon
race, and Porters Cap. Dispose and
Our Boots. too. Lastly, for rail-
shy eccentric, Pimlico with its mar
row racing strip and sharp turns
offered harsh test.
Whirlaway Bides His Time.
But the son of the imported $780,
900 Blenheim II, out of Dustwhirl.
wasn't bothered. Even when Warren
Wrights star virtually was left at
the post, Arcaro chose to rate his
mount. Even at the quarter pole,
trailing the neXt-to-last colt by at
least II lengths. Kentucky's great
jockey still held back Kentucky's
great racer until. as in the Derby a
week ago, the far turn was reached
and it was time to cluck WhirlaWay
and ask for that unmatchable burst
of speed.
Louisville or Baltimore, it made
no difference to Whirlaway. Around.
inside and literally over horses ran
the bluegrass speedster, ruler of
the 3-year-olds While the huge
crowd gasped in amazement, Whirl-
away passed on the turn Curious
Coin, Our Boots, Dispose, Ocean
Blue and King Cole as. if they were
running on treadmill. Half way
around the turn he was a length
in front At the head of the stretch
the margin was three lengths. At
the finish it was five and Whirlaway
still felt like running
King Cole Outruns Our Boots.
Ogden Phipps King Cole, a nom
Derby starter. finished second by
two lengths over Woodvale Farms
Our Boots, which beat Porter's Cap
by neck. Far behind finished
Millsdale Stables long-shot Kansas,
King Ranch's Dispose. Curious Coin
and the sprinter Ocean Blue, in
that order.
Backed down to even money,
Whirlaway ran that way His price
to win was $430, less than the $40
he paid to place and indicating
Continued on Page B-7, Column A.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
By the Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, May 10
Three United States Navy blueprints
used at the Bethlehem shipyard
were found today in possession of
an alien German arrested for
drunkenness.
Federal agents began an imme-
diate investigation.
The man, Frederick Refs, 43, of
Oakland, an iron worker at the
Bethlehem plant, was sentenced to
30 days in Jail on the drunkenness
charge. When he was searched at
the police station, officers found
one blueprint in his pocket and
later discovered two more in his
automobile.
Refs told Municipal Judge Her.
bert Kaufman
"One blueprint, I don't know
where it came from. The others
I had to have to do work with.
Somebody must have thrown one