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Evening star., 1941-11-25
Girl, s, Locked in Theater
After SEEING Ghost Play

Emma Jean Smith. s, is not a
cry baby, but she had reason to let
the tears fall last night. She found
herself locked in a darkened theater
where shortly before she had seen
a ghost picture.
Emma Jean, who lives at 9l6
Eighth street Sc, went to theater
with two brothers, but became
separated from them. When the
boys did not see her as they left
at about $50 pm, they headed
toward home.
Apparently Emma Jean was hid
ing from spooks, for no one noticed
her when the film house was locked
up for the night.
At midnight passer-by heard a
child crying and summoned Police
man w. D. Ward. He found an
assistant manager and Emma Jean
was released. At that moment her
worried mother, Mrs. Louise Smith,
drove up in an automobile. She had
been searching the neighborhood for
her daughter.
Evening star., 1941-11-25
Long Sleep Restores Minds
OfWor Victims, Doctors Told

Keeping patients asleep 20 out of
each "a hours for from to 10 days
as a means of relieving war neuroses
was described at ST. Elizabeth's Hos
pital yesterday by DR.. Robert Dick
Gillespie, noted British psychiatrist,
now conferring with Army and Navy
doctors here.
The sleep treatment alone is work.
ing apparent miracles in some cases,
DR.. Gillespie said. The sleep is in
duced by various barbiturate drugs
end the periods are so arranged that
the patient always is awake at meal
times. Consequently nerve victims
usually gain weight during the treat
ment
This prolonged narcosis is reSOrted
to. DR.. Gillespie said, when milder
treatment. in which Is to 20 are
treated at a time with insulin in
doses barely sufficient to cause un-
consciousness, does not work.
Hypnotism Employed.
Restoring lost memories of men
who have been through horrible ex-
periences, such as the Dunkerque
evacuation or a ship sinking, is ac-
complished in two ways, the British
psychiatrist said. The most difficult
victims are hypnotized. Most, how
ever, will talk rather freely after in
jections of sodium amytal. one OF the
truth drugs" which causes a pro-
found drowsiness.
Most of these memory losses, DR.
Evening star., 1941-11-25

preted for Judge Santos. Mr.. Tor
rance testified the account of him
in Who's Who was substantially
correct. but that several years ago
he resigned from clubs Of which
he was listed as being member
because he was not financially able
to pay the dues.
Accused of Killing Wife.
The state has accused Mr.. Tor
rance of killing his wife for financial
gain. In the trial record is evil
dence that Mrs. Torrance, while on
the honeymoon. revoked an amend
ment to her will which had made
Mr.. Torrance beneficiary of s20, 900
trust fund.
The action of District Attorney
Evening star., 1941-11-25
Torrance's Stepson
Is Due 10 Testify in
Death Inquiry Today
I Wish 1t Had Been Ne
Instead of Her, Says
Accused Husband

BY the Associated Press.
MONTERREY, Mexico. Nov. 25.-
Richard Loveland, Los Angeles at
torney who initiated the inquiry into
his mothers death, testifies today
in the trial of Arthur Torrance, ac-
cused of killing his bride, the former
Mrs. Ada G. Loveland of Kalamazoo,
Mich, by beating her over the head
with a vacuum bottle.
Mr.. Loveland went into the court
room yesterday and saw Mr.. Tor
rance for the first time.
Il wish it had been me instead of
her." Mr.. Torrance said last night
after protesting his innocence before
Criminal Judge Jesus B. Santos.
No Spectators at Session.
There were no spectators at last
nights session, but reporters and
court attaches wandered about the
judges desk as the testimony was
being taken.
Mr.. Torrance said under oath that
he was listed in who's Who" had
an income of 5000 a month plus book
royalties and was sober when his
wealthy bride was fatally injured
near Monterrey about two weeks
ago. He has attributed her death
to injuries she suffered in an auto
mobile accident.
Two American attorneys inter-
Evening star., 1941-11-25

Gillespie said. seem to be rather
superficial There is no active ef-
fort to forget, but rather failure
to mobilize the mental energy nee
essary to remember.
British Stand Firm.
The British civilian population.
the psychiatrist explained. is stand
ing up much better than was ex-
pected under the stresses of war.
The statistics of a sample emergency
hospital for nervous and mental
cases in London show that out of
2,300 cases in two years more than
1000 were from the Army and Navy
and only Al were civilians who could
be classified as air raid casualties.
Casualties after any single raid,
he said, never have been more than
10 per cent of what was expected
and planned for. On the whole,
British women are enduring the
nervous strain better than men.
1t is difficult, he said. to get Lon
don women to remain in the coun-
try where they would be safe. They
prefer bombing to boredom
Evening star., 1941-11-25

made public by Free French head
quarters here last night-merely
made formal an existing diversion
of lend-lease equipment.
The supplies. in quantity described
as mot great" began to reach the
Free French fighters about two
months before Mr.. Roosevelt signed
the second lend-lease bill on Octo-
Der %.
Discussing the dispatch Of troops
to Dutch Guiana, Senator Hill told
reporters he considered the Presi-
dents move most wise and timely"
because mo nation car defend itself
today unless it has a sufficient sup
ply of bauXite which it can turn into
airplanes."
1T may not be long before Hitler
will try to get the use of French
Guiana for all practical purposes
Hitler is trying to get control of the
French colonial possessions every
where, and We certainly can't afford
to take any chances that he will in
terfere with our bauxite supplies in
this hemisphere"
Senator Nye, Republican. of North
Dakota, expressed dissatisfaction
that "the administration does not
take the Congress into his conf
dence regarding these so-called dan
gers" But he added:
I'VE must assume that there is q
real danger, and therefore it is
within the Presidents right to dis
patch troops to Dutch Guiana. With
British Guiana so close. however. 1t
is difficult to understand why the
British did not make the occupa-
ton"
Senator Van Nuys, Democrat, Of
Indiana, who has opposed admins
tration foreign policy measures as
vigorously as Senator Nye has, said
he could "see nothing wrong with
the Presidents decision"
HE is moving only within the
Western Hemisphere, and there can
be no objections to hemisphere de-
fense," Senator Van Nuys declared.
Expressing approval of the move,
Chairman Connally of the Senate
/ Foreign Relations Committee added
that it might be necessary for this
country to occupy French Guiana
and Martinique, French island pos
session in the Caribbean, IF the
Vichy government continues to sue
cumb to Nazi influences"
Senator Austin, Republican, of
| Vermont, the assistant minority
leader, said he approved heartily of
the Dutch Guiana move; Senator
Bailey, Democrat, of North Carolina,
asserted that they Dutch Guiana
are on our side of the ocean and we
have right to protect them" and
Senator Grney, Republican, Of
South Dakota, declared that I'VE
should send whatever men are
necessary to prevent trouble in that
area"
Senator Aiken, Republican, of
Vermont, on the other hand, re-
marked, TT looks as though we may
be following policy of trying to
occupy the earth"
Evening star., 1941-11-25
Farm Official Urges
Government Subsidy
For Rural HOUSING
House Committee Hears
Plan to Alleviate
Tenant Migration

By the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Nov. 25.-A Government
subsidized program OF rural housing
was suggested today by Cal Ward.
regional farm security director. as
a partial cure for defense disloca-
tions in farm States.
Testifying before the House COM
mittee investigating defense migra-
ton, Mr.. Ward proposed the Gov
ernment own farm buildings and
collect rent for them directly from
the tenant.
Such program could immediate
ly make many more farm units
available and could largely pay for
itself by reduction in rural and
urban relief loads" he said. The
Government could require certain
leasing concessions which would lend
themselves to permanencv and
would greatly alleviate tenant mi
grafton"
Federal legislation to curb what
he termed land hogs also was
recommended by Mr.. Ward, who sug-
gested limit be set on the amount
of land any one operator can farm
in given type of agriculture.
Large operators are consolidating
farms and "croWding families from
land that would supply them with
satisfactory living into a situation
where their sources of livelihood are
very meager at best he said.
Walter w Wilcox of Iowa State
College told the committee that even
without further consolidation, ap-
proximately one-haf of the boys
reared on farms in the next 20 years
will have to find non-farm Jobs.
He suggested the present emergency
vocational training program be
placed on permanent basis.
Training of farm youth for non-
agricultural occupations would leave
farming to those who actually pre-.
fer the occupation and place those
now farming because they find it
impossible to do otherwise in Jobs
for which they are better fitted.
Furthermore, he said, industries
would De attracted to rural areas
where a supply of trained workers
is available
Evening star., 1941-11-25
Survivors Describe
Unseen Sub S Attack
On Reuben James
Entire Forward Part
Of Vessel Demolished,
100 Swept to Death

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-A torpedo
from an unseen submarine tipped
through the frigid waters west Of
Iceland early on the morning Of Oc-
tober 81, crashed into the forward
section of the destroyer Reuben
James, exploded a munitions maga-
zine and ripped away the vessels
forward end. including the bridge
and living quarters.
That, in substance. was the story
of Chief Petty Offlcer William
Henry Bergstresser, IS, of Pitts
burgh, Understanding surviving
officer of the destroyer after 100 men
including all of the commissioned
off1cers-were swept to death.
Mr.. Bergstresser, with AZ Of the
45 survivors, arrived here yesterday
on Navy transport.
On duty in the engine room at the
time, the chief petty officer said he
felt the impact of a torpedo strik-
ing forward on the ship. There
were two explosions-one sounded
like the magazine. Altogether there
were eight men in both sections of
the engine room. ."
Il went topside and found the
whole forward part of the ship, in
cluding the bridge, completely de-
molished and carried away"
Mr.. Bergstresser said the after
part OF the vessel went down within
few minutes, but not before three
life RATS were lowered.
He and other survivors saw no
submarines or other vessels as they
gained the comparative safety of the
RATS, he said, and they were rescued
from the cold, ice-coated sea by an
other destroyer within 20 minutes.
Mr.. Bergstresser declared all the
other officers were on the bridge al
the time of the torpedoing and thai
no one from the forward part Of
the ship was saved"
With himself then in command
he ordered three life RATS lowered
the other three not being in com
mission-and then all hands began
jumping into the sea, which he SAID
was calm, but severed with oil and
bitterly cold.
The Reuben James, he said. car
ried only two boats, one of which
was partly demolished by the tor.
pedoing and the other-the captain
gig-was useless because it was ir
the skids at too sharp an angle to
be lowered.
When We jumped into the water.
the chief petty officer went on. there
was no other ship in sight-and the
Reuben James went down in q
minutes"
Eight men were blown of a raf
to which they had struggled after
leaving the sinking vessel. one o.
them, 18-year-old Second Glass Sea.
man Steve Olexa of Morgantown
w. Va.
Seaman Bob Coyle. 81, of Gaffner
S. c.. too. was awakened by ths
explosion. he said. When he reached
the deck he found the ships fore.
part almost all submerged, he added
Evening star., 1941-11-25
Population Reacts
FovorobIy to Troops

PARAMARIBO, Dutch Guiana,
Nov. Is P).-The population of
Dutch Guiana has reacted favorably
to the agreement sending United
States troops here to protect the
colony's bauXite mines.
The time of arrival of the United
States troops was not disclosed
None are here now
New contingents of Dutch troops
arrived in September and others
this month from London by way Of
Canada.
Some fears have been expressed
that if the United States contingent
is large, imitation may result. Hous-
ing accommodations are limited.
Evening star., 1941-11-25
"A. P. Wirephoto.

Juan Jose Vallejo in turning the
case over to Judge Santos and put
ting it into its final phase under
Mexican law, indicates that Mr.. VAL
lejo believes the state has sufacient
evidence to warrant judicial consid-
Grafton. The District Attorney may
after his investigation, free a de-
fendant.
Evening star., 1941-11-25
President to Receive
Birthday Ball Chuirmen

Plans for observing President
Roosevelt's 60th birthday ami
versary, to be marked, as usual, by
Nation wide balls for benefit Of the
National Founda ation, for Infantile
Paralysis, will be outlined December
2. when chairmen from 48 States will
meet here.
In announcing this. Keith Morgan,
national chairman. said the Presi-
dent would receive the chairmen in
the afternoon and a dinner will be
held that night. when plans will be
discussed for the diamond jubilee
celebration.
Evening star., 1941-11-25
Jack Doyle Reported
Hurt During BIockout

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 25.-Jack Doyle.
Irish former heavyweight pugllist
and singer, was reported today to
have been injured seriously in the
chest and head when his car struck
a lamppost during the early-morn-
ing blackout.
Evening star., 1941-11-25
Germon General Killed

! BERLIN. Nov. 25 OP).-Gen. Hell
muth Wilberg, 81. of the German
Air Force was killed in an air crash
five days ago, it was announced to-
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Mrs. Ross
Gives Dinner

A delightful dinner party for
many officials and visitors here for
the inaugural ceremony was given
last evening by the director OF the
mint, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross. The
pan-American room of the May
flower Hotel was the scene OF the
party, which was attended by a
number Of wyoming visitotrs or for
mer residents of that State, for
Mrs. Ross herself is q native OF
wyoming.
Ranking guests were, the Speaker
OF the House, Mr.. Sam Rayburn,
and the Mexican Ambassador aad
Sonora de Castillo Najera, and
other distinguished guests included
the United States Ambassador to
Mexico and Mrs. Josephus Daniels
and Mrs. j. Borden Hartman, re-
firing United States Minister to
Norway. Miss Lucinda Rayburn
accompanied her brother. the
Speaker, to the party.
Others present included Senator
and Mrs. Ralph o. Brewster, Sena-
tor and Mrs. George Radcliffe
Senator and Mrs. Joseph C. OMa-
honey, Senator and Mrs. H. H
Schwartz, Representative and Mrs
William D. Bryon, Representative
and Mrs. John j. Mcintyre, the
Assistant Secretary Of State and
0ee MRS. ROSS, PaSS B-2J
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Cabinet
At Homes

Two of the cabinet hostesses will
observe their official days at home
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Harold
L. Ickes. wife of the Secretary of
the Interior, will receive at her
home, Headwater Farms. in Mary
land. from until O'Clock, and
during the same hours Mrs. Claude
r. Wickard, whose husband is the
Secretary of Agriculture, will receive
callers at her apartment at the
Westchester. This will be Mrs.
Wickard's first reception day since
she became member of the cabi-
net circle.
Mrs Ickes will have assisting at
the tea table Mrs. Jesse Jones, wife
of the Secretary of Commerce; Mrs.
Frank Walker, wife Of the Postmas-
ter General; Mrs. Claude Pepper,
wife of Senator Pepper; Mrs. Robert
(See AT HOMES, Page BID
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Engagements
OF Interest

OF interest here is the announce
ment made by Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Edmund Louis Gruber Of Fort
Leavenvorth, Kans, of the engage
ment of their daughter. Miss Molly
Gruber, to Mr.. John Orvls Stoddart,
son of Mrs. Wilford Cameron Stod-
dart of Wyncote, Pa. and the late
Wilford Cameron Stoddart. Miss
Gruber was graduated from Sweet
Briar College in 1887 and since her
graduation has been living in New
York.
Mr.. Stoddart was graduated from
Yale in 1888, where he was elected
to Psi Upsilon and the Elizabethan
Club He is a member of the
Racquet Club in Philadelphia. the
Huntingdon Valley Country Club
and the Pine Valley Golf Club.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Major Events Are Crowded
OnD.C. Social Program
For Inauguration
Feminine Leaders of Official
And Diplomatic Sets Choose
Costumes With Weather Eve
BY MARGARET HART,
Gorietv Editor


When the
President Roosevelt
tomorrow would
Many informal parties started the social whrl
leading
through the
being feted breakfast and luncheon parties.
Consider Weather
I Choosing Costumes.
bunting parade
10 another parade that
thought their the
ensembles
has decreed The weather
seriously
the be clear.
Is High Light of Events
reception
Of Committee
Foxha This will be lavish in
will the Governors of the States
Strictly official invitation list has been
Davies being unable to
close friends.
the is the high light of all the parties
Governor O. Max
charge entertaining the
left nothing undone make their visit Washington
Evening star., 1941-01-19
'Non>1naugural' Parties
Share in Social News
Over the Week End
MIR. and Mrs. G. Maurice Morris
Entertain at Dinner for
Archduke Otto and Aide

Although the inaugural festivities there number
Of this which with which
taking of the might the Capital these
Outstanding
pretender
Etienne de Hedy
Morris will entertain when they will
wel-known Kaorama
their the Archduke
distinguished of guests drawn from official diplomatic and
the which The Lnden
Attorney General Jackson
nj Mrs
Among present Mr. Justice and Mrs Harlan Fke Stone
General and Mrs Robert
Senator
Mard Tydngs Solicitor
Security Administrator and
Rowland Shaw of the State Department.
Counselor of the British Embassy
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Inaugural Ceremonies
Tomorrow Will Omit
Pomp and Fanfare
Most Democratic Induction Since
Thomas Jefferson Took Office
Arranged by Chairman Davies
By ROBERT CRAWFORD.

Joseph international lawyer and
induction President Roosevelt into office tomorrow
inauguration the country has had since
Capitol tied his horse htchng post
third President Of the Republic
President oath of Office
little struggling village with muddy
bypaths accommodations There no pomp
this first inaugural the
President John Adams bitter
left White House daylight to avoid
seeing hm-and speaks Of political bitterness?
Davies Kept Busy
Post
Jefferson opposed to third term for the
hoy
been his convictions
subject pecter third term for the present merged IN
the nj oumoded tradition.
United States ambassadors owing to belgent
conditions they accredited the
waiting list of his time occu"d since
Ambassador Belgium He has been act
State Then
the President
,.lacted him tn act As chairman Inaugural Committee
dressed the most approved manner IN cut
morning collar and everything according
prooo-except diplomatic information accent and
the State Department. with the
exception of himself looks like odfashoned
Evening star., 1941-01-19


been assisted in many OF the plans
by his attractive wife. as well as by
Mrs. Davies.
Mrs. Roosevelt to Greet
Governors and Wives.
The Presidents wife will be on
hand to greet the Governors and
their wives Mrs. Roosevelt will
receive the Governors twice during
their stay. for she and the President
will hold a reception for them at the
White House tomorrow at 4 o'clock.
An hour later the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt will entertain about
1000 guests at tea at the Mansion,
after having about the same
number with them for a buffet
luncheon at o'clock.
Others assisting Mr.. and Mrs.
Davies in receiving will be the Vice
President-elect and Mrs. Henry
Wallace, Secretary of State Cordell
Hull and, of course, Mr.. and Mrs
Gardner. Mr.. Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, jr will accompany his
mother to the function and will
stand in line with her. Other
members of the Presidents family
(See HART, Page B-6D
Evening star., 1941-01-19

SSbdUSSllldIl dllo WllOoO AhlSVt 4O1SS4d4
manner is just different.
Inaugural Rites Planned
For Entire Country.
The chairman has changed the
name of the Presidents stand in
front of the White House from the
Court of Honor to the Court of Free
dom and for the first time the stand
will be decorated with the flags of
both the North and South American
republics-a pretty compliment and
one that has met with enthusiasm
from the South American diplo-
matte corps. 1t also has been re-
quested that tomorrow morning
while the President attends services
at st. Johns Church, Lafayette
Square, the entire country will stop
for three minutes and join him in
silent prayer. There will be a re-
ligious service held in the Inaugural
Court of Freedom Sunday afternoon,
when a Commute ritual will be
conducted by a Roman Catholic
priest, Protestant clergyman and
a Jewish rabbi.
In arranging the defense pro-
gram Mr.. Davies says that it has
been the endeavor of the commit
tee to make it one in which the en-
tire country would feel that it had
part, and while there will be a
large military parade here, national
defense workers on projects within
the District of Columbia, c. c. C.
boys in their fir green uniforms,
first draftees and peace-time Or
CARNATIONS will be in the line of
march. Several cities throughout
the United States have made 1t
(eee CRAWFORD, Pare BAD
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Miss Helen Corbell
Is Engaged.

OF interest in Northern Virginia
is the announcement made in Rich-
mond by Mr.. Robert Thruston Cor
bell of the engagement Of his daugh-
ter. Miss Helen LansdoWne Corbell
to Mr.. Julien Binford Mccarthy OF
that city. son Of Mrs. Lillian Bin
ford Mccarthy and the late Mr..
(see ENGAGEMENTS, Page B-3)
Evening star., 1941-01-19

Mrs. Leander McCormick-Goodhart
1t. Col. and Nine. Lombard, the
Countess of Gainsborough, Mr.. Will
liam Gray Elmslie, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Lawrence Houghteling. Mrs.
George Eyston, Mr. and Mrs. Carle-
ton Holdredge, Mr.. and Mrs. Sterling
Lacy, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Merrill,
Mrs. Howell Moorhead, Miss Carolyn
Hash. DR.. K. Roberts Greenfield Of
Baltimore, Mrs. Wilbur w. Hubbard,
Mr.. Wilbur R. Hubbard and Miss
Patricia Morris, daughter of the
host and hostess.
Librarian of Congress and
Mrs. MacLeish Are Hosts.
The Librarian of Congress and
Mrs. Archibald MacLelsh also we're
among last evenings dinner hosts
who entertained but whose party
was not in connection with the in
augural celebrations. The Chief OF
Staff and Mrs. George c. Marshall
too. were hosts yesterday, their
party being a luncheon honoring
! the United States Ambassador tc
Brazil and Mrs. Jefferson Caffrey.
The Ambassador and Mrs Caffery
: were honored later yesterday at 6
cocktail party at the Mayfowel
Hotel by Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis
widow of Senator Lewis.
Comdr and Mrs. w. A. Hearc
were other private hosts of las
evening. their party being dime,
at the Chevy Chase Club to homo
the retiring Assistant Naval Attach,
of the British Embassy and Mrs.
j. A. Coleby.
Among today's parties on the non
inaugural list of entertainments j
the tea which Mrs Frederick Mitch
(See PARTIES, Page B-20