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Evening star., 1941-06-25
Attorney 'Rorin'
TOGO for Big
Game in WHds

The "call of the wilderness" has
become too strong to be resisted
any longer by Seth w. Richardson,
prominent Washington attorney,
who is planning trip to North
western Canada after fish and big
game.
No amateur is Mr.. Richardson.
He bagged a giant Kodiak bear sew
eral years ago in Alaska while on
a trip with Senator Hale of Maine.
The bear weighed about $500
pounds. On the same trip Senator
Hale shot a huge mother Kodiak
bear and found her three cubs.
These were brought back to Wash
ington, where two of them still sur
vive at the Washington Zoo, excel
lent exhibits of this largest of the
ursine species in North America.
Whether he will go into the Ca
madam wilderness alone or with a
companion has not been decided by
Mr.. Richardson. He may take a
companion if he can find a con-
genial one with knowledge of pho
Biography.
BY airplane and by saddle horse
the attorney plans to penetrate the
wilderness made famous in many
novels and short stories. He prob
ably will go into either the Susket
or Tahodi Lake region. He will
leave late in August, returning the
last week in September, a seasonal
period when the Canadian north
land Is described as perfect.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Reckless Driving Declared
Main Cause Of Accidents

Reckless driving was ranked as
the principal cause of automobile
accidents in a Nation wide survey
conducted among motorists recent
ly by the Not Over so" Club to
determine what the average driver
thinks should be done to reduce
the annual toll of dead and in
jured on the highways.
Almost all of the 5000 motorists
who were polled named reckless
driving as the greatest menace to
driving safety, while excessive speed
was given as the second most i'm
portant cause of accidents, accord
ing to James S. Kemper, president
of the Lumbermen's Mutual Casual
ty Co., which sponsors the club.
In addition, more than SO per
cent of those answering the clubs
questionnaires urged stricter en-
forcement of laws prohibiting
drunken driving.
Compulsory inspection of motor
vehicles at regular intervals was
favored by "a per cent of the mo-
torists, while SO per cent favored
similar periodic examination of
drivers.
Not all of the safety measures
advocated, however, were aimed at
the motorist. A large number-9;
per cent-thought that pedestrian
traffic should be regulated more
strictly.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
R.0.T.C. Expansion Affects
Medical Students Here

The War Department today au-
thorized an increase in the num-
Der of advanced medical students
in medical r. o. T. c. units at COL
leges and universities and the num-
Der allotted to summer camps this
year.
The new order will increase the
number of such students at George
Washington University from 26 to
As and at Georgetown University
from l9 to 43. The summer camp
allotments have been raised from
% to 40 at George Washington and
from 80 to 81 at Georgetown.
At the University of Virginia the
allotment has been raised from 29
to IS and from % to 81 at the
summer camp there
Medical r. o. T. c. students sign
tWo-year contracts with the Govern
ment for both basic and advanced
courses at the schools and colleges
maintaining units. The new order
increases the number of advanced
course medical students from sos
, to 838 in colleges and universities
in various parts of the country and
from 648 to TIA in the number al
loted to summer camps.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Navy Is Given Authority
To Sink Obsolete Ships
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt signed an act
today giving the Navy authority to
shoot, bomb, torpedo, or sink its own
aged or obsolete vessels as part of
national defense training.
Previous law required the Navy
to sell such ships at public auction,
but Secretary of the Navy Knox
asked Congress to authorize use of
these vessels for experimental pur-
poses, including target practice.
The White House also announced
approval of measure recognizing
captured aircraft as prizes of war.
The Navy Department said this
would apply to enemy aircraft or
neutral aircraft engaged in un-
neutral service"
A third Navy bill, signed by the
President, would permit the Navy
to call aviation cadets for service for
less than the four years now au-
thorized
The Navy said the provision for
using the old vessels for targets will
permit naval personnel to obtain
more realistic training in the control
of naval gunfire, bombs, and tor
pedoes than can be obtained from
the use of artificial targets" 1t also
would permit study of the effective
ness of weapons, effectiveness of
protection of such vessels against
the weapons. and would give repair
crews training in rapid repair of
| damages.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Ruling Denies Voting Home
Bans Divorce Action Here

Justice James w. Morris ruled in
District Court yesterday that a liti-
CANT is not barred from a divorce
action in the local courts by the fact
he registered and votes in another
jurisdiction.
In an action for maintenance and
custody of a child, Mrs. Ocie S.
Hicks, 1873 B street NE. contended
her husband, Losse c. Hicks, Navy
Yard employe, of 726 Tenth street
Sc, was a qualified voter in West
Virginia. The husband, claiming he
is resident of the District, filed a
cross claim seeking absolute divorce
and charging desertion.
Justice Morris denied without
prejudice the wife's motion for a
summary judgment and said "the
question of domicile is a question
of mixed law and fact" and cited
a Court of Appeals ruling on the
point.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
WeIIes
Continued From First Page.

mschine-gunning civilian popula-
tions from the air.
High-test aviation gasoline, an
other moral embargo commodity,
likewise may be exported to Russia
now. on permit, but its shipment
calls for tankers and few are avail
able. Britain's heavy tanker losses
and the American shortage arising
from tanker transfers to Britain
made it extremely unlikely that
ships of this type would be released
for service on the run to Vladlvostok.
A comparable scarcity of cargo
vessels confrontS the Soviet with a
major problem in getting goods OF
any variety across the Pacific, even
If they can be obtained here
Constantine Oumansky, the Soviet
Ambassador, has yet TO seek an ap-
pointment with the State Depart
ment. The State Department has
received a number of cables from
Ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt
in Moscow, but Mr.. Welles refused
to reveal their contents.
Diplomatic cable service between
Washington and Moscow was dis
rupted for some unexplained reason
Sunday and Monday. but has now
been resumed. Mr.. Welles said.
Earlier ProclamatiOns in Effect.
Mr. Welles emphasized that all
previous Neutrality Act proclama-
tions issued by President Roosevelt
hold good, but he observed that none
of them related to the Pacific Ocean
area.
Section l of the Neutrality Act,
which is the part of the law con-
cerned with today's decision OF the
President, says:
whenever the President, or the
Congress bv concurrent resolution,
shall find that there exists a state
of war between foreign states and
that it is necessary to promote the
security or preserve the peace OF the
United States. or to protect the lives
of citizens of the United States, the
President shall issue proclamation
naming UIle states UlNOlNCdy dliu Aic
shall. from time to time, by procla-
nation. name other states as and
when they may become involved in
the war"
Finnish War Ignored.
Mr.. Welles said that the Presl-
dent has failed to find that in view
of the new developments a procla-
nation is necessary to promote the
security or preserve the peace OF
the United States to protect the
lives of citizens of the United States.
The presidential decision marks
the second time durin gthe existence
of 1899 Neutrality Act that 1t has
not been invoked for proclamation
of a state of war existing between
two nations.
The first time was during the
Finnish Russian engagement, when
the American Government was in
terested in holding open the supply
route to Finland.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
IS SeIectees Named
For Army Induction
Tomorrow
50 White and IS CoIored
Men Part of Districts
Lost June Call

Names of IS Washington selectees
scheduled to be inducted into the
Army tomorrow were announced to-
day by the Selective Service Man
power Division.
The men, so white and IS colored
represent a part of the last June
call on the District. The white men
will be inducted in Richmond and
the colored in Baltimore. They in
clude:
WHITE
BOARD NO. 3.
Beckington, R. B, Maher, Edward L.
Humphrey, David H Kries, Stanley
BOARD NO. 4.
Stunkel Charles M. Draper James p.
DietZ Edward z. Mareolls. Edward
Sanik, JACK Borax, Georer
Eldriose, Horace II. Brown. James A.
Hoffman, Milton Jankowski, Joe
Horowitz, Emanuel
BOARD NO. 5.
Christopulos A. H Lucht. Richard Z.
Arbit. Marvin Leshy, Patrick J.
Alenstein, Sidney
Wellens. Ralph F Peel. Robert
Appelbaum Bernard Gross, Seymour A.
BlumfarO' chsF5fT sdaRn No !,
Baumel Ruben Bowman. Joseph
Alter, Earl A. Norris, Luden H.
Glmlk. jerome
BOARD NO. 81.
Corder John j. IT, Miller Robert l.
Q OConnell. Joseph 1. Hughey, Frank A.
Grill, Joseph Herring, Quitman J.
Morelsnd. Ray w. Yoakum. Troy D.
Katz, Joseph Carder. william jr.
zevsolis stePhen P Aauilinos Peter j. w
Houber, Elvin NJ Lewis Edward G.
BOARD NO. 22
Walters, Charles s. McCabe, G. A, jr.
Southsrd. Carlyn s. McGinniss. L. H.
Bean, G. Dorsey
coLoRED.
BOARD NO. :.
Mansum Aaron G cssseii, Andrew R.
Wilson, Alfred L,
BOARD NO. g.
Richardson. D. D. McKann. John T.
Nelson, William F.
BOARD NO. 9.
Walker Henry r. Rof. Berman
williams Paul A. Worthy, Herbert L.
Jones Hammie Jones. Lishes
McFsdden, John Franklin, James
Clanton, Maurice r.
BOARD NO 10.
Scott John A Hedsemsn, B L.
Reid, James T Smith, James
Hill. Joseph z. Gray. Brownie B.
Douglas, Alvin l.. Gardiner, Thomas Il.
johnson. Charles
BOARD NO. IS.
Wills, c. Albert
BOARD NO. 2I.
Caldwell. Alfred Hill, James p
Smith Willie Clark, Fread z.
Goines, Ernest J
BOARD NO 90
Miller Lewis E
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Catholic ChapIains Hear
6. Rowland Shaw

Every boys training school worker
should read Booth Tarkington's
"Penrod," IS Catholic prison chap
lains were told this morning by G.
Howland Shaw, Assistant Secretary
of State, who called this story of a
13-year- -old boy the most profound
manual of adolescent psychology"
ever written
Mr.. Shaw also advised the chap
lainS, attending four-day sessions in
the National Catholic School of
Social Services, 2400 Nineteenth
street NV, to read studs Lonigan"
by James Farrell While not usually
suggested for reading by Catholic
workers, he said. the book is an
excellent study in spiritual dis
integration.
The institute is being held under
the auspices of the Federal Bureau
of Prisons, the National Conference
of Catholic Charities and the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Conference.
Msgr John O'Grady presided over
the meeting, which was also ad-
dressed by the Rev. Lucian L. Lauer-
man, director of the National
Catholic School of Social Service,
and Reed Cozart, warden Of the
Federal Correctional Institution,
Texarkana, Tex.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
-Four Youths Seized
After 80 M.P.H. Chase
In Rush-Hour Traffic
Motorcycle Policeman
Catches Driver and
Witnesses Get Trio

Four colored youths were in po-
lice custody today after an 80-mile-
an-hour chase through rush-hour
Georgetown traffic late yesterday by
a motorcycle policeman.
The race began about pm. when
Policeman Anthony j. Kaskeski saw
them drive by Thirtieth and o
streets NV. in a high-powered au-
tomobile, he said.
Suspicious, he tried to overtake
them. but reported each time he ap-
preached the fugitive driver swerved
his car as If to run down the motor
cycle policeman.
Deciding TO use his revolver, the
patrolman delayed fire until out of
crowds. On N street. with Rock
Greek Park ahead, Mr.. Kaskeski
fired twice at the autos tires. He
missed, but few moments later, at
Twenty-seventh and P street, the
youths leaped from the still-moving
vehicle and dashed up nearby al
ley. The car damaged two other
vehicles, it was reported.
Still pursuing, Mr.. Kaskeski cap
tured the driver and witnesses
caught two, police said.
The fourth youth was picked up
early today. The names of those
held were given as William H. Jones,
IT, of 2722 N street NV; Edward
Carter, 10, of 2704 K street NV:
Wilmore Perry, l8, of 2730 Olive ave-
nue. NV, and Edward Harris, II,
of l749 Seaton street NV
Police said the stolen car is the
property of Mrs John S. Keir of the
Wardman Park Hotel, who said she
left it to be washed.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Services for Mrs. Bloom
Set Tomorrow in New York

Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn
Bloom, wife of Representative Sol
Bloom of New York, chairman Of
the House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee, will be held in New York to-
morrow. Mrs. Bloom, who died in
a New York hospital yesterday, had
been i'll for several weeks.
She was a native of San Francisco
and was the former Evelyn Hech-
heimer. A composer of music and
a singer, she met Mr. Bloom in
Chicago, when he was the head of
a music publishing concern. They
were married in San Francisco in
1897 and moved to New York in
1903.
The Blooms made their home
here at 1880 Columbia road NV.
and Mrs. Bloom was a prominent
hostess among congressional and
diplomatic groups. A gifted artist,
she was the originator of a process
of framing pictures in a composite,
jewel-studded background.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by a daughter, Vera Bloom.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Clark Says u. 5. Lines Up
With Worst Dictator
By the Associated Press.

By the AsSoCia Ted Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-Sen-
etor Clark, Democrat, of Idaho says
the German invasion of Russia has
created "a very ironic situation" in
the United States.
Virtually all of our subversive ac-
tivities are inspired by Russia and
the Communists" he said in an in
terview. and now we find ourselves
lining up with the worst dictator of
them all-Stalin.
TT shows very definitely that all
this war propaganda is nothing but
an attempt to save the British EN-
pire without any regard for the
democracies of the world"
He said that the idea Germany
could invade the United States is
'just fantastic. Instead of talking
war we should be talking peace I
can't see an English victory. A ne
gotiated peace with Hitler is the
best deal England can make. =
"I hold no brief for Hitler-none
at all But l know the American
people don't want to go to Europe to
fight with any one"
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Labor Board Dismisses
Calvert DistiIIery Case
b. the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
The Labor Board in a split deci-
sion dismissed today a complaint
against Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,
Inc, and Calvert Distilling Co.
alleging that the company had dis
criminatorially discharged nine c..
I. o. employees at its Relay Md
plant. f''-'' --..s+ 80
Board Members Harry A. Mills
and William M. Leiserson ordered
the dismissal of the case on a find
ing that the employees were dis
charged . under the terms of a
closed shop contract with the A.
F. LIS Distillery Workers Union.
Board Member Edwin S. Smith
dissented, contending that super
visory employees assisted in the Or
ganization of the A. F. L. local at
the Relay plant. On this basis. he
said the board should invalidate
the closed shop contract and pro-
ceed to order the reinstatement of
the nine employees who joined the
rival C. l. o. union.
The same closed shop contract
covers employees of the company at
Louisville, KY, and Lawrenceburg
Ind.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
As Saved From 7 Ships
Torpedoed in Atlantic
Landed al Norfolk
II in Hospital After Week
In Lifeboot; | Vessel Hit
Without Wornine
BY the Associate Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, June 25.-Forty-
five survivors of two torpedoed
treighters whose masters went down
with them in the North Atlantic
earlier this month were safe in Nor
folk today where they were landed
by their rescuer, the Finnish packet
Hammarland.
Eleven of the survivors, however,
were in Marine Hospital for treat
ment for cold and exposure suffered
in their unsheltered stay with slim
rationS aboard lifeboats until the
Hammarland found them week or
more later.
An officer of one of the subra-
rines victims, the II 500-ton Belgian
ship Mercier, recounted the gallant
action of the ships master who sa-
luted his crew as it was abandoning
ship by four blasts of the whistle
and remained with his vessel as 1t
went down.
The Mercier was seven days out
of Liverpool for Montreal when
without warning she was blasted
by two torpedoes on a clear moon
light June night as she steamed
480 miles off Newfoundland. The
crew was able to get only two boats
oversize in the 10 minutes before
the Mercier went down. Thirty-five
men in one boat were picked up by
the Hammarland but another life
boat from the Mercier with % sur
vivors, including the parents and
two sisters of a seaman in the first
boat, has not been reported.
About II hours earlier the Ham
marland was attracted by a para
chute flare and came on 10 sur
vivors from the 8000-ton Dutch
freighter Yselhaven, which had been
sunk in a similar attack by two
torpedoes June 6. She was bound
from an English port for the United
States and like the Hammarland
was sailing in ballast.
Fifteen others from the Yselhaven
were believed picked up by another
ship, survivors said, but nine we're
lost. including Capt NJ. P. De
Unaard, who made an effort to save
the ships papers from his cabin
and was trapped in the sinking
vessel
Evening star., 1941-06-25
President Asks Nation
To Rededicate Itself
This Fourth Of July
Day to Bring Greater
Appreciation, He Says,
Of 1776 Fight for Liberty

President Roosevelt called on the
Nation today to make its celebration
of this July "a grand rededication
to liberty"
Il commend this celebration" the
Chief Executive said in a formal
statement, Ito Americans every
where to the end that in this solemn
commemoration we find renewed
faith in the blessings which are ours
because of the struggle and sacrifice,
the courage and fortitude and vision
of those who made this Nation a
reality
Mr.. Roosevelt made his statement
about the Nations birthday as an
Endorsement of plans by the Office
of Civilian Defense to lead the
Nation in especially significant
ceremonies.
The approach of Independence
Day this year the President said,
will kindle in all American hearts
an appreciation of the dark days
that preceded and followed July a.
l776. Those were the times that
tried mems souls even as are these
times in another crisis in American
life.
RededicatiOn Appropriate.
But these days are also days of
hope and as the birthday of Amer
lean independence draws near it
is altogether fitting that we should
rededicate ourselves to defend and
perpetuate those inalienable rights
which found true expression in the
immortal Declaration. Those words
never had a deeper or more solemn
meaning for Americans than they
have in this hour of anxiety and
peril.
The Fourth of July has always
been happy festival, day of JOY
and exultation in which all Amer
leans have sought something of the
spirit of liberty which the fathers
of the Republic proclaimed to all
the world on that midsummer day
in Philadelphia in 1776. 1t has
been essentially a home festival.
II am glad, therefore, to learn
that the Office of Civilian Defense
is to lead the Nation this year in
a grand rededication to liberty on
the Fourth of July"
Preparing to spend a weekend at
his family home in Hyde Park, N.
Y, where he will speak briefly on
Monday at dedication exercises of
the new Franklin D. Roosevelt Lii
brary, the President scheduled a
full list of engagements.
Stark and Marshall Call.
First to see him were Admiral
Harold B. Stark. chief of Naval Op-
erations. and Gen. George S. Mar
shall, Army Chief of Staff. Later,
Mr.. Roosevelt was TO receive for a
brief courtesy call Stenio Vincent,
former President of Haiti.
Four members of Congress were
scheduled for White House con-
ference shortly after noon-Senator
Mead of New York, Senator Murray
of Montana, House Majority Leader
Mccormack and Representative
Keogh of New York. all Democrats.
The subject of their consultation
was not announced.
Shortly before lunch, Mr. Roose-
welt was TO see Chairman Land of
the Maritime Commission, and How
ard L. Vickery, also of the commits
sion.
D. Overnight, the President signed
IS bills, most of them private relief
measures.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
District Quiz Kid Goes
To National Contest

Melvin Silver, official Quiz Kid Of
the District, left here Monday for
Chicago to take part on the ma
tional Quiz Kid program July g.
A 15-year-old Roosevelt High School
student, he won the elimination
contest here recently under the
sponsorship of the Hecht Co.
He will receive a 500 Defense
savings bond for winning the con-
test and expenses of his trip and
his fathers will be paid by the
Hecht Co.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Continued From Page 2-XD

ct al; attorneys, Cusick-Richard-
son.
Griffin vs. Hook; attorneys, Kelly
-Offutt.
Garter VS.. johnson, ct al. attor-
neys, Garvey; Davis-Delaney.
Robinson VS.. Moore; attorneys,
Smjth-Miller.
Van Horn, ct al VS.. Cooksey, ct
al; pro se-attorneys, Hughes; Nc
Cornell.
The John Douglas Co. VS.. Hanes
& Burns, Inc; attorneys, Hinton &
Heron-Shaw; Rice.
Hammond VS.. Brown; attorneys,
Hare.
Sperry Product, Inc, vs. Associa-
tion of American Railroads; attor-
neyS, Watson-Coulston.
Ford VS.. Ford; attorneys, Nc
Cathran-SedgWick.
Williams VS. Maselas. ct al attor-
neyS -RoSenfeld.
Weinberg VS.. Ellis; rule.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Cottone Named to FEC.
Legal Stoff

B. P. Cottone has been appointed
assistant general counsel of the
Federal Communications Commits
sion, it announced today. He fills
the vacancy created by the resigna-
ton of James A. Kennedy.
The commission also announced
that J. Fred johnson. jr., and Frank
B. Warren. attorneys in the common
carrier division, had been promoted.
NOTED.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
IS japanese WorpIones
Destroyed, Chinese Soy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, China. June 25.-
Official Chinese dispatches declared
yesterday that Chinese artillery fire
had destroyed l3 out of 10 japanese
warplanes at the Ichang airdrome
late Monday, including several big,
tri-motored machines assigned there
recently for long-distance opera
tionS.
The planes had returned at dusk
from widespread raids. Only six,
the Chinese said, managed to es-
cape, taking off again amid shell
bursts, dust, smoke and flame.
Ichang is on the middle Yangtze
River, between Hankow and Chung
king.