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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-15
Little Rock Baptist

Song service preceded the morn.
ing message by the pastor, the Rev
r. E. Tate. Questions were answer
ed.
The Rev. Mr.. Carmel OF New
Hope Baptist spoke at the after
noon service.
The Improvement club met Tues
day night at 134s Warren avenue.
Mr.. Russell and Mrs. M. Tate are
still Ill.
M. r. Cousin In church reporter
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-15
Good Hope

The pastor, the Rev. A. B. Cros-
by and officers OF Good Hope Bsp-
fist church wish to express their
heartfelt thanks to everyone who
helped make their recent efforts q
success.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Free French Drove ComeIs and Ancient Fords
Across Desert to Swoop on Italian Garrison
Grandson of Marshal
Of Napoleon Lost
Life in Suhoru Roid
By ROBERT J. CASEY

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
ON THE LIBYAN FRONT, Jan.
% (By RadiO. - Attention was
turned for a brief moment today
from the amazing sweep of the Brit
ish Army across the western desert
to little raid on a Sahara outpost.
1t did not involve many troops. 1t
did not change the nationality of
any territory. Save for the fact that
it was executed by Free French"
forces and resulted in the death Of
Col. Colonna doFnano, grandson of
one of Napoleon's marshals, it might
have escaped attention in dispatches.
But it was important in that
supposedly obsolete camel corps
dashed 300 miles across the desert,
wrecked an airdrome and its compile
ment of planes and destroyed a gar
rison. 1t was even more important
in that it demonstrated the vulner-
ability OF the Italian rear and f1anks,
south of Tripoli And it was some
thing to color the communiQues in
that it was all any moving picture
director could ask of war in the
desert.
The raid-said soldier who re-
ported the matter to Gen. Georges
Catroux-really started at Fort
Lamy, blistered monument to
French optimism in Equatorial
Africa. Northward at least 400
miles lay the oasis Of Fezzan, q patch
of dusty green in the vast desola-
ton. 1t was known to be filled
with a lot of uncomfortable troops,
but it seemed to have no real mill
tary importance, save as the jump
ing g-of place for desert patrols, until
the Italians began using it as an
air base for bombing the Sudan.
At that time COL d'Ornano sug-
gested an overland expedition to put
it out of business. The plan seemed
daring-hardly feasible-but the
colonel had worked out all the de-
tails to the last pound each indi-
vidual camel could carry at a GER
tain speed, to the last drop Of water
necessary. on short rations, for the
(See FRENCH, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Aimed at SabOteurs.
5000, Navy Bill
Goes 10 White House
By the. e.Associated Press.

B. the eAssociated Press
The Senate passed and sent to
President Roosevelt today a s9O9,-
100000 authorize tion for expanding
naval construction facilities and
building 400 new small craft for the
Navy.
Previously passed by the House,
the bill would authorize $4OO, 900 900
for building the 400 small craft.
including submarine chasers and
minesweepers; $315, 1000 900 to pro-
vide equipment and facilities for
Government and private ship-build-
ing plants. and $194,000, 900 for ex-
pansion of facilities manufacturing
armor plate. munitions and. ord
nance material for the Navy.
The Senate approved the bill ex-
actly as 1t passed the House in order
to speed final action. Congress must
later appropriate the funds au-
thorized.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Stock EXCHANGE Head May Be Couqht in Draft

YORK (F9.-Wiliam McChesney Martin presi-
dent of the New York Stock Exchange have to
give his $48 job for hitch in the
The 34year old unmarried Wall Streeer holds order
No. 641 Questonnares preliminary to Army call have been
the first 600 the list and he will get when the
next batch goes within the next week two.
IS Indicted as Food Price FMers
DENVER (PD-Fifteen Denver firms and individuals
indicted today by Federal jury charges they vio
lated the Sherman antitrust act by fixing excessive prices on
food and hamperng food distribution Leo Terney pe
assistant the United States Attorney General said
THE Indictment has national significance
Botes Asks Street Lights Survey
comprehensive scientific survey to determine the ade-
quacy illumination here urged late today by Rep
resentave Bates Republican, Massachusetts,, who two
days placed the and traffic subcommittee
Committee. He said improper ilumna
ton may the contributing to Washngtons
mounting traffic accident and fatality list.
London, ~; Gilman, 4, at Half
Landon Prep was leading Gilman School of Baltimore,
today.
Episcopal Beats Tech, 80 to 81.
Episcopal High School of Alexandria (Va) defeated
Tech High 80 to 81 in basket game Alexandria this
afternoon
St. PouFs Defeats St. A1bon's, 70 to ID
St. Paus School of Baltimore defeated st. Adams basket
ball team 20 to H. this afternoon the St. Adams floor
The visitors throughout the contest and paced by
Don Galloway, who scored points.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Two Army Flyers
| Die in Crashes;
| Navy Pilot Saved
By the Associated Press.

bN ne Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-Two
men were killed. a third was in
jured and a fourth parachuted to
safety today in crashes of two Army
planes and one Navy plane on the
West Coast.
Robert E. Baylis, Is, of Wentachee,
Wash, flying cadet of the United
States Army Air Corps at Moffett
Field, died in his singlemotored
training plane which fell near
Shafter. Calf.
A single-motored Army plane
from Fort Douglas, Utah, crashed
into desert hillside Is miles north
west of Tucson, Ariz. Pilot Joseph
A. Nell. jr.. was killed and flying
cadet L. T. Tempest. was injured
seriously. Mrs. Truman M. Dodson.
of New York City. and her chauffeur
discovered the wreckage while driv-
ing along a desert road
G. w. Brooks, Navy pilot-radio-
man. of Knoxville, Tenn, para
chuted to safety in the Pacific
Ocean off San Diego, Calf, after
his fighting plane from the Carrier
Lexington became disabled.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Eight Convicted Of Plotting
To Dynamite ". A. Lines
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Jan. 20
Eight members of union charged
with conspiracy to dynamite T. v. A
lines serving a strike-bound plant
were convicted today in Federal
Court.
The eight, members of the Inter-
national Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers &C. l. o., are SUBJ
ject to a maximum of two years
Imprisonment and fines of $4,000
Counsel moved for a new trial.
Those convicted we're Mitchell
Clifton Anderson of Bessemer, Ala.
organizer for the union; John Ed
ward Simonds, FELTON, Moore Wood
ward, Earl Hubbard, John Davic
Queen, Robert Lee Rhodes, Robert
Lee Ballew and Marion Luther
Ellis. members of the local union
in Polk County.
The Government preferred the
conspiracy charge last April wher
on three occasions lines serving
the Tennessee Copper Co. in Poll
County were dynamited, forcing
suspension OF operations. The unior
was conducting a strike at the time
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Scrap Metal Dealers
Hurry Here for Aid
In Subduing Prices
Skyroeketine Market
Alarms Handlers of
Non-Ferrous Items
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-Handlers
of non-ferrous scrap metals looked
to Washington today Tor aid in set
tling what was described as a chaotic
market resulting from abnormal
supply and demand.
Representatives of the National
Association of Waste Material Deal
ers. headed by Harry S. Goldstein.
president, expected to confer with
Defense Commission officials in the
Capital tomorrow on ways of avoid
ing excessive price advances.
An extremely tight" situation
was reported in trade circles TO have
risen, particularly in aluminium and
zinc scrap. Consumption of re-
melted material amounts to a sub
stantial part of the total used by in
dustry.
Quotations on aluminium scrap,
dealers said, have jumped above the
l7-cents-a-pound price charged for
aluminium ingots in primary produc-
ton. The exact status of the mar
'ket was difficult to determine be-
cause important factors were re-
ported to have withdrawn to wait
for conditions to settle.
Actually, informed source said,
priority restrictions were being ex-
ercised in the sale of aluminium.
Trade circles heard a priorities
committee was about to be set up
in Washington to control the flow
OF non-ferrous metals to insure first
consideration for defense needs in
copper, zinc and other metals.
While aluminium handlers insist
ed there was plenty of the metal
available for defense needs, they
conceded non-defense requiremnts
might have to go partly unsatisfied.
Expectation of increasing use of
primary metal output for defense
production appeared to have shifted
a larger part of non-defense de-
mand to the scrap market, espe-
cially for inventory stocking.
One report, unconfirmed, said
there was bid in the market for
10000 pounds of aluminium at %
cents compared with the II cents
quoted by the Aluminium Co. of
America on primary output.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Earlier Story on Page Ally


Three amendments to the admin
lstratlon's British-aid bill. including
a mid-1943 time limit on its grant
of presidential powers, were reported
to have been voted today by the
House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Meeting behind closed doors while
Secretary of War Stimson testified
before the Senate Foreign Relations
COMMITTEE, the House foreign group
was reported to have accepted modi-
flcations to-
Fix June 30. l943. as the expira.
ton date of the lend-lease powers
proposed in the legislation.
Require President Roosevelt to
consult his Army and NAVY chiefs
before transferring military equip
ment.
Require periodic reports to Con-
gress on lease-lend operations.
Convoy Ban Still Held up.
Chairman Bloom and other COM
mlttee members declined. however,
to make any formal announce.
ment of the committees action IN
the four-hour session. All three of
the reported changes had been &C.
cepted by the Democratic majority
yesterday.
A fourth change proposed by the
Democrats-a prohibition against
the use of naval vessels for conveys
was reported to be still under
discussion.
Secretary Stimson dramatically
told the Senate committee that it
may be meeting in peaceful sur
roundings because President Roose-
velt took the responsibility last June
to send surplus arms to England
when its army lost nearly all its
equipment in the escape from Dun
kirk
The Secretary clearly indicated
England might not have rallied after
the retreat if it had not been for
the action of President Roosevelt in
making available to them without
delay the old guns this country had
left from the World War.
New Guns Replace Old.
Those weapons, he said, were
oelng gradually replaced by new
types of American Army equip
ment.
Senator Gillette, Democrat. of
Iowa was seeking at the time to
show the British aid bill would re-
peal provisions of the neutrality
law requiring shipment of NUM-
tions to belligerents on a cash and
carry basis, forbidding American
ships to enter combat areas and
banning the arming of vessels.
Some of them would seem to be.
l haven't studied it enough to know
whether all are" Mr.. Stimson re-
piled.
Senator Gillette then sought to
have him admit that if this country
(See BRITISH AID, Page X-2J
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Rail Crash Hurts
So 0Guardsmen,
Special Troop Train
Overturns on Way
To Comp Shelby
BY the Associated Press.

SANDERSVILLE, Miss. Jan 90
An estimated so National Guards
men from Indiana were severely
injured and railroad fireman
killed today when a special troop
train overturned near here while
en- route to Camp Shelby.
The locomotive and six cars of
the train overturned about noon on
the main line of the Southern
Railway mile north of here and
a seventh car was left leaning pre-
carlously from the tracks.
Ambulances were summoned
hastily from Laurel, miles away.
and from Camp Shelby at Hatties-
burg, about IS miles to the south
west.
The injured were taken to the
Laurel General Hospital and ambu-
lance doctors reported that Fire
man A. V. Smith of Meridian. Miss,
was killed In the wreck. There ap.
parently were no fatalities among
the troops
>hs W hAoSPitd1.
Estimates by ambulance drivers
and a hasty hospital check indi-
Gated 25 of the several hundred
soldiers aboard the train were hurt
badly enough to require hospital
treatment Injuries of one soldier
were reported as severe and several
suffered bone fractures.
First reports of the accident came
from Miss Dalhe Perkins, proprie-
! tor of Sandersville drug store. and
most of this towns 600 inhabitants
turned out to help in the rescue
work
The troops were members of the
l59th Field Artillery, Headquarters
Battalion and the l39th Signal
Corps of the recently modified 3Sth
Division.
Names of the injured were not
Immediately available in the rush
of emergency work at the hospital.
Bound for Year Of Training.
All were bound for a year of in
tensive training at Camp Shelby,
big base which eventually will have
a garrison of $4,000 The 37th Di-
vision from Ohio already is at the
camp and the 38th began arriving
Sunday in 80 special trains and
many truck caravans. The train
which overturned was one of two
due in camp early this afternoon.
Harold Berger and James Roude-
bush. troopers from Indianapolis
| aboard the train, roughly estimated
that Is soldiers received cuts and
bruises in addition to the Is requir-
ing hospital treatment. They said
five cooks were scalded in the up
setting of the kitchen car
A convoy of the 138th Field Artil-
lery travelling down the highway al
the time of the train derailment
halted and assisted In pulling the
injured soldiers from the cars and
getting them into ambulances and
private cars.
Tucker Key of Kentwood, La, who
saw the accident. said:
! Il was driving north along United
States highway II when I saw the
engine and four coaches of the
train carrying soldiers to Camp
(See WRECK, Page X-2D
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Surplus Rising,
Cut in Job|ess
Tax Proposed
District Compensation
Board Cites Reserve
Of Nearly $40, ,OOO, 900
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

With its surplus reserve now ap-
preaching $200O0,OOO, the District
Unemployment Compensation Board
recommended to Congress late today
a drastic reduction in the rate of
contributions to the unemployment
compensation benefit fund
Last year the employers pay roll
tax was cut from 3 to 27 per cent
to keep the benefit fund from grow
ing beyond all anticipated needs.
The board told Congress that be-
cause of comparatively small en-
ployment hazards here the present
rate of contributions will merely add
to the surplus.
During the 1910 calendar year. the
board said, it collected $5,753,8 1853
from approximately l75,O0O employ
ers and paid out 80. 1853 benefit claims
amounting to S209O,O00. The re-
serve fund for payment of claims,
it said, totaled SIG 9,598 ,948 as OF De-
cember 81, 1910.
recommendations also were made
by the board for new building to
house its Offices and for an amend
ment to the Unemployment Com
pensation Act to protect and pre-
serve the benefit rights of indi-
viduals who enter the military or
naval service.
The building now occupied by the
board at 470 Indiana avenue NV.
1t said. is in bad condition and pre-
sents dangerous fire hazards. The
building inspector for the District
of Columbia" the boards report
to Congress declared. has ordered
the board to place no more weight
in certain portions of the building
and has further ordered the board
to lessen the load in other sections" +"
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Thousands in Athens
Stand in Rain 10 See
Metaxas' Cortege
Earlier Story on Page ALL

Earlier Story on rage ALL
h the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Jan. 29.-Thousands
stood in a cold drizzling rain today
to see Premier John MetaXas' cor
tege move slowly through the streets
to the Athens Cathedral where his
body will lie in state until Fridays
funeral.
The plain oak coffin was borne on
q caisson drawn by an ormored gun
carrier.
Heading the procession were
picked police units and members OF
the National Youth Administra-
ton. They were followed by church
dignitaries and then came more
police and a naval detachment.
High military officials and cabinet
ministers walked bare -headed behind
the coffin. Army airforce units were
in the rear. Thousands of members
of the youth organization knelt bare
headed as the procession passed.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Pepco Submits Plan
For Reducing Rates
{338,000 a Year
Schedules Presented
Under Order From
Utilities Commission
By DON S. WARREN.

Officials of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. late today filed with the
Public Utilities Commission pro-
posed new rate schedules for this
year to carry into effect the COM
missions order for rate reductions
divided between residential and COM
mercial users. totaling some 1898 900,
found available as a result of re-
ceipts during the last year above
the basic rate of return.
Commission Chairman Riley E.
Elgen said he hoped the commits
sion would be able to adopt a new
rate order before the end of this
week. since the reduced rates are
supposed to be applied to all bills
rendered beginning February l.
Asked whether the filing of the
proposed new rate schedules in re-
sponse to the commissions S338,-
600 rate reduction order meant that
the question of litigation was pass
ed, Alfred G. Neal. president of the
Pepco, said he saw little possibility
of a court fight if the commission
adopted the proposed new rate
schedule which the company sub
mitted, but that if changes were
made or If the commission applied
interpretations not agreeable to the
company then the company would
have to determine whether to 90 to
court.
Residential Reductions.
A rate reduction of SS1,855 would
be applied to Residential A classi-
flcation under the company's pro-
posal. The rate for the first 38
kilowatt hours would be 800 cents:
for the next 90 kilowatt hours. Its
cents: and for the excess over 100
kilowatt hours. Is cents. The only
change in this from the present
schedule A rates is that the initial
charge of 39 cents is for a first
block of 40 kilowatt hours. The
(Cao pEpHO Dooa Yo)
Evening star., 1941-01-29

President Roosevelt received a 13-
year-old Gary, w. Va, schoolgirl at
the White House today after having
replaced with a genuine invitation
the hoax bid that had brought her
to the Capital
Having read newspaper account
of Anna Sklepovich's visit to WASH
ington, which she decided upon on
the basis of a falsified birthday
Evening star., 1941-01-29

greeting to her, the Chief Executive
called George E. Allen, former Dis
trict Commissioner and now chair
man of the District Birthday Ball
Celebration, and told him to bring
Anna to the executive Office
Anna also was accompanied to the
White House by Miss Rose Rich
ards of the Women's Bureau, who
told reporters she planned to take
tSee VISITOR, Page 2-X)
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Hiuleuh Park
By the Associated Press.

FIRST RACE-Purse, 81 600: maiden =
year olds 3 furlonss out Of chute,
fFas Smai Hear1 ane Afcaro GaaT 1870 SO sS =" ="
Lady Flame tEadsj $50
Time, $685..
Also ran--Tarhaven. Pony Ballet, Bo-
Mood: joyful Jean. and Diaeham.
Mrs R H. Heishe and H. L. Strauss
SECOND RAcE-Pyrse.. $1,000: maiden
4-year,olds and up: claiming 6'2 furlonEso
Iron Ra5 " vii Plff zeR6efse aY1Ses $500 iSS
Juanita "a Delara) 4.60
Also ran--clock Mouse. Star Hunter.
Fashion LADY E3he ana Blume eve JIM
Double 2yfT 2af, 'bd Ddu6s BHn3a D.id Ginal siisso
THIRD RACE-Purse, $1,000; claiming:
4-yearolds and up. IA miles.
Silent Witness tArcsro) $40 $50
Mary Schulz Roberts $40
Also ran-Al Au Feu Landlubber. Kasi-
FOURTH RAcE-Purse;, ST 400: ,srsde c
handicap: 3-year-olds and up furlonEs
Rqw9 R2Hgii Boy sesbnS sbndeFson alo a5o a1o ssoo sso
Minee-Mo 1De camillis) 40
Time, 1:24as
cnsll9 9 r Ppns Rock ysssh yssS5S vsan g9Hn
FIFTH RACE-Purse. $500: Grade .
Handicap; 3-year-oldS and Up. : furlongs
Royal Man CWrishJ 100 $50 $50
No Sir tArcarol 3l0 $50
Sickle T. Mash, $50
Time, :234s.
Also ran-Eouistone, Flying Lill Heather
Broom and Dunade.
SIXTH RAcE-Purse. 81 500: grade A
handicap, 3-year-olds and up. furlonzs
out of chute.
Clyde Tolson lAnderson) 154O SO $50
Cherry Jam (Snider) $50 $50
Joe Schenck fVedderl 2.90
Time-123os.
Also ran-Big Pebble, The Chief and
Ship Biscuit.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse. 81 200: claim
Phoebus (Lindyl 20.6O 115O $40
Pick Out (Compton) 1870 $50
Migal Fay fEads) 4.90
Time, 1852.
Also ran-Dark Phsons. Hide Mill
River. Steam Roller. Cordate, Alca. Out
board. Grey Doll and Fore Isus.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK. Jan. % (P).-
Stocks lower: steels lead decline.
Bonds easy; rails resist. Foreign
exchange quiet: Swiss franc
lower. Cotton depressed: COM
mission house and hedge selling.
Sugar heavy; easier raw market.
Metals quiet; Washington uncer-
talnties restrict trading. Wool
tops easy; Boston and commits
sion house selling.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Cubo Arrests Lawyer
Who Backed Statehood
By the Associated Press.

B! the Associated Press.
HAVANA. Jan. 29.-Rafael CAL
zadilla, Cuban lawyer, was arrested
by secret police today on a charge
that he had expressed himself as
favoring the admittance of Cuba
as a state of the United States.
The Minister of the Interior. Rod
riguez Pintado, who ordered the
arrest, said Calzadilla, president of
the bar association of Guanabacoa,
near Havana, sent to the United
States Senate the associations ap-
proval Of resolution by United
States Senator william H. Smathers.
Democrat, of New Jersey, proposing
Cuba as the 49th State of the Union.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Airdrome al Naples
Fired in Air Raid
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO. Egypt. Jan. 29-The air
drome. the central railway junction
and a freight assembly yard at
Naples, Italy were splotched with
fires when the R. A. F. finished its
Monday night raid there, the r. A.
F. announced tonight.
The Naples attack was but one
phase of the widespread offensive
action being carried on by the r. A.
F., mostly in support of land forces
in Africa.
British fighting planes were said
by the communique to have ma
chine-gunned the retreating en-
emy" between Derna and BARGE. in
Libya. BARGE is about 100 miles
west of Derna, on the road to Ben
gasi.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Missiles Kill II

LONDON, Jan. % (P.-The gov
ernment disclosed tonight that IL
persons were killed and injured in
Britain last week when various un-
exploded missiles picked up, most
ly by souvenir hunters, went of.
Evening star., 1941-01-29
Anti-Strike Measure
Introduced in House
By Chairman Vinson
Bill by Head Of Naval
Group Also Would Bon
Pressure to Join Unions
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)


BY the Associs ed Press.
Legislation to curb strikes on
naval defense projects and outlaw
efforts to compel workers on such
projects to join or refrain from
joining labor unions was introduced
today by Chairman Vinson of the
House Naval Committee.
The measure. patterned in some
respects after the National CRail-
way Mediation Act, would make
strikes on naval projects unlawful
until 80 days after a naval defense
Labor Board had filed a report on
the merits OF the dispute
Naval contractors involved would
be prohibited from making any
change in wage rates or other work.
ing conditions during the same
period.
Would Forbid Pressure"
Mr.. Vinson, who has a reputa-
ton for getting his bills through the
House, said the anti-Strike measure
would make it unlawful for any
naval contractor by discrimina-
ton to encourage or discourage
membership of his employees in any
labor organization during the ex-
istence of the current national
emergency.
1t also would forbid any one to
attempt to force workers to join
labor organizations as a condition or
prerequisite of employment on naval
projects. The latter provision would
affect the practice of defense work.
ers being required to pay initiati
fees to labor unions before being
permitted to work.
Aimed at Saboteurs.
The bill also would outlaw the en-
ployment or retention by naval con-
tractors of persons advocating the
overthrow of the Government by
force, persons who belong to or
solicit membership in subversive Or
CARNATIONS or who distribute propa-
ganda advocating the overthrow of
the Government by violence.
Willful violation of the bills pro-
visions would be punishable by a
fine of not more than $1,000 or i'm
prisonment for not more than a
year, or both.