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Evening star., 1941-02-09

statement issued By Republican
House Minority Leader Martin
yesterday after he had uoted
against the lease-lend bill:
1t was with regret I was unable
conscientiously to vote for the bill,
H. R. l776 1 reached this conclu-
sion with great reluctance. I fully
realize the desirabillty in a chaotic
world of a British triumph; there
was strong emotional appeal to
support this measure, regardless OF
the consequences which I believe It's
enactment will force.
I voted against the bill because I
believe that in its present form 1t
will be the longest single step this
Nation has yet taken toward direct
involvement in wars abroad.
Great Britain principally needs at
the present time to know certainly
she can have dollar credits available
to her to continue her purchases OF
arms, airplanes, bombers, tanks and
other materials of war. I would
vote for a bill to make these credits
possible without a moments hesi-
tation.
My concept of the duty which I
owe the people of the Nation. espe-
cially those I directly represent in
Congress, is to safeguard the welfare
of my country first. I could not
bring myself to give to the President
power which will, in my judgment,
make it highly probable the United
States will be drawn into a war
which will cost the lives Of a multi
tude of American boys and which
will bring bankruptcy to our Nation,
with all the awful hardships and
sufferings to the American people
which financial ruin entails.
In Sympathy With Britain.
am in full sympathy with Britain
in her valiant fight. Dictatorship,
either at home or abroad, is utterly
/ obnoxious to me. 1t means persecu-
ton, the loss Of precious personal
liberties and RECOMMENDATION. 1t de-
prives the people of so much that
is worth while in life.
I am convinced the greatest help
we could give to Britain would be
simple act of Congress making
available $4,000, 100000 in credits and
permitting her to buy her own sup
/ plies. Such credit would give
Britain all the help possible for
American industry to provide in the
next year. Help for Britain is the
| aVoWed purpose of this bill; that
is the spirit in which it should have
been considered. Let us aid Eng
land, but let us do it in American
fashion, in a straightforward way.
I am unwilling to give any Presi-
dent control of the public purse,
which, under the Constitution, be-
longs to Congress, the representa-
tiveS of the people. The power to
control the public purse is the
power to rule. If our form of Gov
ernment is to be preserved, that
power should not be delegated to
any one man; 1t should remain with
the people.
Saving Americanism Called Task.
We must not forget, the first duty
Of every American must be to his
own country. We will have a diff
ficult time to retain here in the
United States the American form
of Government. We could wage q
winning war and find at the enc
we had lost that which we actually
we're fighting to preserve-the Amer.
lean way of life.
We face realities today. This /,
not the hour for us to let emotional.
ism or partisanship sway our judg.
ment. Our task is to save Ameri.
canism. That is my first objective
in these perilous days. 1t is tina
Evening star., 1941-02-09
lithuunion Celebration

The 23d anniversary of the decla-
ration of independence of Lithuania
will be commemorated February is,
Povilas Zadeikis, Lithuanian Min
Evening star., 1941-08-17

armed forces to be loyal to the
marshal. Followed promptly riots
in Paris, stringent measures in Lor-
raine to prevent young men from
slipping away to join the Free
French, clear evidence from Petain's
own words that the Free French
are displaying increasing lack of
confidence in the men of Vichy.
This is just the sort of thing
that Hitler cannot well afford in
Western Europe at moment when
he is still engaged in a life-and-
death struggle in the east, which is
absorbing more and more of his
forces.
In the other parts of the world
we see similar occurrences; Turkey
welcomes Anglo Russian pressure to
expel German tourists; unrest
grows in Norway and the Balkans;
ip the Far East, Japan hesitates,
poised on the border of Thailand.
Two Reasons for Results.
Two things have produced these
results: The shattering of the myth
of German invincibility by the
armies of Russia and the exploita-
tion of the psychological victory by
the political offensive undertaken
by Roosevelt and Churchill.
The lesson is plain for all to read ::
The way to beat Hitler is to beat
him, not to sit idly by hoping for
the best and making believe that
unpleasant facts do not exist. The
difficulties are enormous, the road
is long and toilsome, the tasks re-
manning undone are far greater
than those already accomplished.
But what thinking man, what
careful observer of affairs, can doubt
longer what the true key to victory
is? We have but to compare the
state of the world at the moment
when Crete fell and the present con-
sditions to perceive how radical a
change has been brought about.
The danger is that we might lapse
into complacency and think the
menace lessened, thus assuming that
we have a breathing spell instead
of an opportunity to be exploited
What is needed now is further ex-
ploitation, further offensive action
in other spheres, rising tide of de-
termination to see through to the
end the struggle in which we are
engaged. 3
Hitler's greatest fear at this mo-
ment must be that the American
people will realize the opportunity
which lies within their grasp; for
who can doubt what the results
would be of a further extension OF
our field of action before it is too
late, before Russia has been beater
as beaten she may be before the
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Williamsburg Proves
Strong Attraction
For Menof New Army
$500, 900 More to Be
Spent This Year
On Restoration
(FuH page of pictures in Rotogra-
pure Section.)

(FuH page of pictures in Rotogra-
Dure Section.)
BY The Stars Special News Service.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Aug. 16.-
Soldiers of the new Army, strolling
from shrine to shrine where Wash
ington, Jefferson and Marshall once
walked, have rededicatedy this re-
stored Colonial village as symbol
of American democracy.
Because Williamsburg is in the
midst of an area bristling with Army
and Navy training centers, the his
toric scenes of Duke of Gloucester
street each week draw their quota
of uniformed visitors.
And the appearance of the mile
tary of a grim goth century world
at the haunts of the heroes who
nodded the United States from the
grim world of the 18th century has
redoubled the determination of
President Kenneth Chorley and his
associates in Colonial Williamsburg
Inc, to complete reconstruction of
this one-time Virginia capital.
Financed by Rockefeller.
Where some $4,000 900 has gone
into recreating the Revolutionary
houses and way of life, this year
another $4,000 900 will be spent. The
restoration was begun a dozen years
ago by John D. Rockefeller, jr.
The first theater in America will
be rebuilt on the Palace Green, and
Chowning's Tavern will be opened
to ring again with the clink of ale
mugs served by barmaids in 18th
century dress.
The Red Lion Inn, Burdette's
Ordinary and the Kings Arms
Tavern also will be added to the
inn facilities.
Williamsburg was the political and
social hub of 18th century Virginia,
and, though small in population, it
was thronged then as now by visi-
tors.
Williamsburg provided an ideal
location for restoring Colonial life.
Within its small area were many
Colonial buildings, and data were
available on Others which had van.
ished. Within short distance were
Jamestown, site of the first perma-
nent English settlement in the New
World, and Yorktown, where Corn
wallis surrendered to end the
Revolution.
From Capitol to College.
Duke of Gloucester street, the one
mile-long main thoroughfare, is
closed at one end by the restored
Capitol and at the other by the
College of William and Mary, second
Oldest in the Nation.
The late Gov. John Garland Pol
lard, longtime member of the
faculty of the college, often referred
Evening star., 1941-08-17

+ to this physical layout Of the old
town as symbolic of an early Vir-
ginia tradition-the scholar in
politics The Governor viewed this
as a need of the State, the Nation
and the world.
The restoration. is using every
means at its disposal, regardless of
cost, to make the work authentic.
A picture of the Red Lion Inn,
taken in 1892 shortly before it was
razed, was discovered after recon-
structed building was finished-and
showed the new building feet of
the old foundation. The building
was moved!
The soldier who drops into the
"Wig Shop" will sit in a barber chair
the next time with more satisfaction.
SIM ilarly. he appreciates his Army
shoes after visiting craft shop in
which Colonial reproductions are
made for restoration employees with
the same last for the right foot as
for the left foot.
Building Honors DR.. Goodwin.
Other craft shops leave the visitor
amazed at the skill of Colonial days.
A new building. just dedicated to
housing the offices of the restora-
ton, has been named in memory of
| the late DR.. w. A. r. Goodwin,
| rector of Bruton Parish Church.
He it was who induced Mr.. Rookie
feller to undertake the task Of buy
ing and rebuilding a city of 1900
inhabitants.
The story of how Dr. Goodwin
measured the yards of his neighbors
after midnight, and virtually bought
up the town before his secret and
his sponsor became known, is a part
of Virginia history. His associates
say the memory of the distinguished
and scholarly Virginian is a vital
force today, and no one accords to
him greater credit than Mr.. Rookie
feller.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Midd|eburg Farmer
Hears Of Son S Death
With Free French
1t. Tortiere Injured
Fatally on Volunteer
Mission in Syria
By E Staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY EIdII SUTItSpOllNthb Va AAiS osoA'
MIDDLEBURG, Va. Aug. 16.-
Raymond F. Tartiere, farmer who
came here from France six years ago,
has received word from Gen.
Charles De Gaulle that his son,
Jack, died as a result Of wounds
received in action with the Free
French forces.
The son, who would have been
26 next week, had not been home
on a visit for two years, the father
said.
A cablegram, signed by Gen. De
Gaulle, said:
Second 1t. Jack r. Tartiere of
the Foreign Legion was badly
wounded June during dangerous
mission for which he volunteered
and executed with great bravery. He
died in the base hospital at Sara
fand, Palestine. There he gained the
great admiration of everyone for his
courage and fortitude."
At the outbreak of the war, Jack
Joined the Coldstream Guards in
England, Mr.. Tartier said. The son
acted as liaison officer between the
French Foreign Legion and the
British forces in Norway. After
Frances collapse, he transferred to
Gen. De Gaulle's Free French forces.
1t was during the Syrian cam
paign that 1t. Tartiere was wounded,
the father explained. During his
military career he had been awarded
the Croix de Guerre and the Me-
daille Militaire for extreme bravery
under fire and also the British Mill
tary Cross.
A memorial service will be held
at 10 am. Tuesday in the Leesburg
| Roman Catholic Church.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Isfhmus Rail Center
Is Captured From
Reds, Firms Say
10000 Refugees Rejoice
At News Of Taking
Of Sortuyulu
Rz. the Associated Press.

By. the Associated Press
HELSINKI, Aug. 16,-Climaxing
one of the bloodiest hand o-hand
encounters of the war, the town OF
Sortavala, rail and cultural center
of the Karelian Isthmus, was cap
tured from the Russians today by
Finnish German forces, the Firms
announced tonight.
Sortavala, on the extreme north
ern shore of Lake Ladoga, had
been under siege for days and the
Firms acknowledged that the Red
Army's hold was broken there only
after fierce resistance.
The final assault started in today's
early hours, the high command said,
in announcing the city, wrung from
Finland in the peace treaty last
year, had been regained.
Farther south, along the west
shore of Lake Ladoga, the Firms
announced Jaakkima and the port
own of Ladhdelfpohja had been
recaptured virtually undamaged.
Refugees Rejoice.
Meanwhile, with reports coming
in of one besieged Soviet garrison
after another falling to the Firms,
there were indications that the hour
had struck for a major Finnish
offensive.
Just what the Firms had been
waiting for was not disclosed, but
military observers believed a con-
tributing factor to be an imminent
German assault on Lenlngrad, for
mer capital of the Czars and the
Soviet Unions second city.
The news of Sortavala's capture
brought rejoicing tonight for 10000
refugees who haven't seen their an
cestral home since they were forced
to leave last year. They may find
only shell of the ancient city,
however, for when the Russians got
it many parts of it already lay in
ruins after three months of almost
daily bombing. The devastation OF
this war has been added.
Operations Handicapped.
Brief accounts from war CORE
spondents said Finnish operations
were handicapped by hundreds of
mines and tons of high explosives
protecting all approaches to the
city. In addition, the Red Army
was said to have blasted caves into
cliffs commanding the countryside,
affording unusually effective forti-
flcations.
(The Finnish radio reported
that besides the city itself, the
complete grain harvest in the
Sortavala region had fallen into
Finnish kandsD
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Nudists Plan Convention
In Jersey Next Week End
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, N. j., Aug. 10
Two hundred American nudists and
special guests from France and Egypt
will assemble at nearby Rock Ledge
next week end for an annual ses-
sion of undressed. business and fun
dedicated to nudisms flve-year plan.
The occasion will be the tenth
annual convention of the American
Sunbathing Association. Presiding
will be Carl Easton Williams of
Cambria, Calf, author and physical
culture editor
The Rev. Ilsley Boone of Mays
Landing, executive secretary of the
association, cites the theme of the
convention as our five-year plan
Of progress" Dr.. Boone is a retired
Baptist minister
Business to come before the con-
clave ranges from addresses on "Lo-
cal Nudist Publicity" and "The Win
ter Nudist Program" to THE Func-
ton of Nudism in Shaping the
American Pattern"
Evening star., 1941-08-17

upsurge of hope has settled back
once more into the blackness of
despair?
The ,long history of human con-
f1ict is filled with tragic chapters
recording the fate of those who.
deceived by temporary success,
failed to follow through.
Copyright, 194I, by New York Tribune.
Evening star., 1941-08-17

United States equipment will be
''sed in undermining Panama's ma
onal printing Office.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Mexico Troins 100 FLYERS

One hundred pupils are now en-
rolled at Mexico's only military pilot
training school.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-19
L. A. PRODUCE

Los ANGELES. Sept. 10 UPJ-
Demand and trading were slow.
Punched veeeta bIes: beets 5n-sOc; /;
carrots 5n-s5c; celery root 6o-70c.
Rr onions 3-@ 25; dixon soc; leeks
l.60-I.65; mustard 3"-4oc; parsley
6d-7jc: radishes 75c. Spinach 75-s5c
turnips so-75c; dill l.50-1.75; mint
and watcrtreSa 2o-35c.
Squash; white summer local &
san Diego lugs 1.5n-i s.; Italian
local aud san Diego 1.25-1.5o: Lom-
poe 10. cream and liable queen
50-66c, banana pink Ill &c III,
gray lc. hubbard LompoG % III.
stones lugs 4x5s G5-75c. 5x5s and
Tomatoes. local & San Diego
5xGs 75-3Oc. 6XGs 5o-G5c. Ventura
4x5s 7oss5c. 5x5s and 5xes 85-l;
Gy6e 6o-75c. san Luis Obispo 5x5s
and .5x6s s5-I. 6x6s $3.50. stem
2-layer fx5s to SKIS 1890; Ped
cherry local Assoc, Gilroy 5o-65c
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-19
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, sept. - up
STOCK declined TO-DAY on selling
tnrnatiopaI situation and discour-
ascribed 10 uneasin"sE over the in
agement over dome.ti, labor de
velopments
stocks opened irregular and then
eased to losses ranging TO more
than a point. Selling was not par
ticularly heavy but supporting or
ders dwindl"d and trading volume
fell well below yesterday. steel. air
line, rail, oil, aircraft and farm
equipment were in the van Of the
downward movement
stock sales dwindled to $4,000
shares from 10000 yesterday
white curb stock volume way down
80 I27. 800 shares from $4,000 in
the previous session.
Dow Jones preliminary closing
stock averages. Industrial 1878
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-19
p c..
Race
Still
BY United PRESS

Seattle and Sacramento pounded
down the stretch Friday in what
! could conceivably be a photo-finish
/ to the Pacific Coast league pennant
j race
The Rainiers had a three game
edge over the Solons and each have
four games 10 play. But it appeared
! that only complete blowup by
Seattle. now playing the tightest
ball OF the season, would bring
! SacramentoS manager Pepper Mar
TIN his first pennant as head OF the
ST Louis Cardinal farm.
Seattle took Los Angeles TO the
cleaners. to 3. Thursday night,
behind some tight pitching by Ed
Cole. The scoring all came in two
innings. The Ralniers showed their
five across in the third after two
were out. AL Niemiec singled, ad-
vanced on a wild throw and Dick
Gyselman's fly. JoJo White walked
and Spencer Harris scored Niemiec
with a single. Bill Matheson then
drove White home with a one-baSe
blow and Harris came home on an
other single by Les Scarsella. Bob
Collins was hit by pitched ball
and Frank Totaro then walked Me
mice 10 force Scarsella.
Two Seattle errors, coupled with
Eddie Mayos single, Johnny Moore's
double and a walk TO Tom Tatum
gave the SeraphS their runs in the
sixth inning.
Sacramento, behind the pitching
of Brix Donnelly. new pitcher
from Springfield in the Piedmont
league. shut out Oakland 2 to 0 to
stay in the penrant race. Jack Stur-
dy had a hand in both Solon runs.
He singled in the fourth, advanced
when Bill Endicott walked and came
home on Don Gutteridge's hit to
center. In the seventh Bill Shewey
doubled. advanced to third on Gene
Handley's sacrifice and scored on
Sturdy's single.
The Solons and Oakland play 4
double-header Friday night. with
no game tomorrow and finish the
season with the Sunday double bill.
San Diego twice beat Hollywood,
3 to and to 0. Tex Dilbeck gave
the Stars only four hits in the
opener, while Bill Thomas scattered
five hits in the nightcap.
San Francisco took a two to one
series edge by beating Portland
7 to 6.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-19
Labor Shortage
Faces Ariz. Farms

PHOENIX, Sept 19 CUP) -Ari-
zona farmers face a labor shortage
during the fail harvest season dcS-
pite the promise Of Indian labor
and importation of transient work
ors from Texas, Arkansas and Ok
lahoma, the state farm bureau fed-
Grafton announced today.
The U S. Indian service estimat-
ed it could produce more than 5000
Indian workers and the federal en-
rloyment service has promised to
import laborers from other states.
But their figures tall far short Of
the 1900 workers needed, fedora
ton officials said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-19

NEW YORK, Sept 70 up -
II is terrible thing to intrudc a
sordid thing like money into a
great sporting event such as the
gladiatorial combat between Joe
Louis and Lou Nova. but the boys
who fix the betting odds made up
their minds today and no doubt
you are interested from a purely
scientific standpoint, of course.
II you want TO bet that Louis
wins, you have to put $ll against
SIS.
If you want to bet that Nova
wins. you have to put up SIS aeains;
SO.
As YOU can soc without getting a
pencil and paper. there is a slight
divergence there and that is what
is known as the betting commits
sioner's margin. In other words. if
he keeps his BOOKS balanced right
he can't lose, but he extends no
such guarantee to you.
Once the money starts rolling in.
of course, the amount that is bet
will determine whether the odds
60 up. down or stand still The
average betting commissioner, in
reality. is nothing but a mutuel
machine that walks. talks. eats
steak and forgets the date OF his
wedding anniversary. The public
makes the price.
The ticklish point on thing like
the Louis-Nova fight for the bet
ting commissioner is TO decide what
TO quote as the opening odds so
the money will start rolling. Some
bookmakers get information from
the training camps. Others appar-
entity take Louis weight. divide it
by the number Of rounds Johnny
Paycheck lasted against the cham
pion. and the last two digits Of
Mike Jacobs social security number
and subtract the phone number of
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-19
THE DAYS
SPORTS PARADE
By Harry Ferguson

the first blonde listed IN the little
red leather book. Then they an
nounce the opening price.
! The trend right now Is for the
price TO get shorter. which means
that there is support for Nova de-
yeloping. Part of that no doubt is
due TO reports from Louis camp
at Greenwood Lake that the cham
/ pion looks sluggish, that he hasn {
got his old-time precision timing
and that he has slowed down from
being the killer -diller who annilli-
lated Max Schmelng
Nova. on the other hand. has
some OF the superb confidence that
Gene Tunney carried before his
first fight With Dempsey Appar-
emily it never occurs to him that he
can lose He takes il for granted
that he is going TO Win and his
confidence has infected his whole
camp. He could be wrong. of
course. Other fighters have found
out that confidence isn't much OF
weapon once the Brown Bomber
jabs you with his left and then
comes through with that rock
crusher which is called his right
hand.
Feeling pretty certain that You
don't care. l now shall proceed to
answer a question that has been
asked me every hour on the even
hour for the last two months: Has
Louis Slipped""
The answer is that yes. l think
he has At this moment I am going
to wiggle out Of trying TO tell you
whether he has slipped enough to
make Nova the next champion.
That question will be answered in
due time after a little more data
is in.
I think Louis hits just as hard
SIS he ever did but I don't think
he punches as fast It probably has
something to do with the slowing
down of his reflexes and let's not
60 into that because I flunked
It takes Louis longer TO get set
iyhpsiology two terms running.
| for a punch. 1t also takes him long
er to get out OF the way Of one.
But he still has one priceless asset
the ability TO recuperate and come
back strong in the fleeting minute
of rest between rounds. He was
dazed, battered, almost helpless
man at the end of the 18th round
Of his fight with Billy Conn.
He rested one minute, came out
for the 18th. and the party was
ever Cne punch tore the heavy
weight crown right out OF Conn's
hands just when he was getting
ready TO ship it on for size.