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Evening star., 1941-06-29
Prof. Alden Ready Has Signed
Last Navy Academy Diploma
Annapolis Officer
To Be Retired
On Monday
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
ANNAPOLIS, June 28-The man
who has signed more Naval Academy
diplomas than any one else has
affixed his signature to his last
sheepSkin.
Prof. Carroll Storrs Alden, head
of department of English, history
and government, will he retired
Monday after 81 years of continuous
service. In that period he has signed
diplomas for l8 classes. a record,
and has taught nearly all of the
officers in the Regular Navy today
from the rank OF captain down.
All department heads of the Naval
Academy are on the Academic Board
and sign each diploma.
Prof. Alden was here when Rear
Admiral Russell Wilson, now Naval
Academy superintendent, was mid
shipman and was present at his
graduation. Many of his former stu
dents are the present heads of the
departments at the Academy.
Requirements frightened.
The average midshipman today is
little older and rather better
prepared than his forerunner at the
beginning of the century. Prof. AL
den says. He said the cause for
this is the raising of the age limit
and the considerable Tightening OF
entrance. requirements.
Prof. Alden came here from Grin
nell College in 1904 and Immediately
became vitality interested in the
American Navy and its traditions.
That interest is reflected in his
writings, which include "A Guide TO
Annapolis and the Naval Academy"
"A Short History of the United
States Navy and biography,
Makers OF Naval Tradition writ
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Killing ofkountain Family
To Go 10 Grand Jury in July

b, Staff Correspondent of The star
WASHINGTON. Va. June %
The case of tow-headed. squirrel
hunting Thomas Dewey Cameron,
Jr., 10, who admits he wiped out a
family OF three a month ago in the
robbery of their post Office and store
at Huntley, is scheduled to be taken
before the Rappahannock County
grand jury, meeting here July IA.
Commonwealth's Attorney Frank
Moffet said today.
The mountain youth has been
held without bond since officers
routed him from his bed in his
cabin few hours after neighbors
found the bodies of his victims
Edward johnson, 50; his wife. Sadie.
40, postmistress at Huntley, and
their daughter, Ethel. Is.
The boy, who is small for his age
and under developed. was able to
fire a 38-caliber revolver with the
precision of an expert marksman.
Five shots were fired, apparentlv
in rapid succession. The two elder
people were hit in the head ard
chest and the girl in the head as
she crOuched in corner of the
living room adjoining the country
post office and store.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Francisco Varona, "A
Philippine Labor
Adviser, Dies
EIizuIde Aide Planned
To Return Home to
Seek Senate Scot
~ the Associatec Pies.

NEW YORK, June 2s.-Francisco
Varona, A, former labor assistant
to Joaquin NJ Elizalde, resident
commissioner of the Philippines
died tonight in Polytechnic Hospital
of an intercranial hemorrhage..
He was stricken June is as he
was about to return to the islands
from Washington on an indefinite
leave of absence to become cam
didate for the Philippine Senate.
In statement mourning his
death. Senor Elizalde said Senor
Varonas S work in behalf of the
Filipinos in the United States and
Hawaii will survive as the great
est OF its kind ever performed by
any Filipino official in this country
Paul V. McNutt, administrator
of the Federal Security Agency and
former High Commissioner to the
Philippines, described him as an
outstanding leader" who had made
an invaluable contribution to the
labor movement among his fellow
countrymen.
Senor Varona's Washington as
signment was concerned with the
welfare of Filipinos in Hawaii
Alaska and the United States. He
went to Washington three year,
ago.
He frequently served as mediator
in disputes between Filipino labor
ers and their American employers.
| He was born in the Philippines
| January 29 1897, and first gained
attention as crusading editor ir
Manila. At the age of % he was
member Of the first Philippine
independence mission to the United
| States.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Four D. T.. Men Hurt
On Way 10 DahIgren
As Auto Hits Tree
Four Children and Youth
Slightly Injured in
Accidents Here

Four Washington men were in
jured when their automobile struck
tree near Fredericksburg, Va,
while four children and a 19-year-
old youth we're slightly hurt in Dis
trict traffic yesterday.
The four men. en- route to Dahl
gren to work on construction job,
we're injured as their automobile
went out of control and struck the
tree on Route 3, 10 miles east OF
Fredericksburg.
Admitted to Mary Washington
hospital there we're: G. J. Lenz,
146 Tennessee avenue NV, injury to
right knee; E. C. Lentz, ass Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, injury to
spine; Thomas Creek, colore6,
152112 Eleventh street NV, injury
to right shoulder; and William Nell
son. colored. 1872 Twenty-fifth street
NV, injury to chest and spine.
Injured in the District we're:
Sally Ann Sabin, 6, OF 1917 T
street Sc, treated at home for
bruises on head and knee when
struck by an automobile in front of
home.
Four-year-old Robert Simmons,
1873 Rosedale street N E, treated at
Casualty for minor bruises to back
and arm. suffered when struck by an
automobile at Seventeenth and
Gales streets NE. Sent home after
treatment.
Charles Chisley, 5 colored, 24l5
Evans road S E., treated at Casualty
for cuts on the face and shoulders
after being hit by Capital Transit
bus in the 2300 block of Pomeroy
road Sc. Released after treatment.
Archie Tompkins, 19. of 26l1
Brentwood road NE, struck by auto
mobile in 400 block of Eighth street
NV. He was treated at Garfield
for bruises to left arm and knee and
released.
Francis Yates. 9, colored. of 33S
Fifteenth street Sc. admitted at
Gallinger Hospital for a fractured
right leg and a cut head, suffered
when struck by an automobile.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Two Booknieo Cases
Are Near Jury Stoqe

The cases of at least two former
officials of Bookniga Corp, accused
of conspiracy in failing to register
with the State Department as agents
of foreign principal. are expected
to be given to District Court
jury tomorrow or Tuesday.
Whether the case of third
former officer, Morris Liskin, also
will be given to the jury, depends
on Justice F. Dickinson Let's rul-
ing on a motion in his behalf for
directed verdict of acquittal.
The jurist overruled renewed sim
liar motions on behalf of the other
two defendants, Norman Weinberg
and Raphael Rush. made at the
close of presentation Of testimony
yesterday
The trial has been in progress
three weeks.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Second Army's
OF Command Is Weak,
Gen. Lear Declares
Trained Troops Can Curb
Armored Offensives,
He Says Moneuvers Show
~ the Associated Press.

6S tBe AsSOClatcO HreSb
WITH THE ARMY IN TENNES-
SEE, June 28.--Summing up a
month of simulated warfare by IT,
600 soldiers under his command. 1t.
Gen. Ben Lear declared today our
chain of command from the off,
GERS down to the ranks is weak
weak to the extent that if this con-
dition is allowed to continue. the
chain, at its weak links, will break
whenever an emergency imposes
heavy load"
A soldier of 43 years experience,
Gen. Lear, commander OF the
Id Field Army, struck out at a meet
irAs of about 300 staff and field off,
GERS assembled 20 hear his opinion
of the maneuvering of the 5th, 27th
and 30th infantry divisions and the
Id Armored Division in the field In
Tennessee since June 2.
gof the first field test OF one OF
Americas new armored DIVISIONS
Gen, Lear said: offensive action
by armored forces can be restricted
and denied freedom of movement by
trained and adequately armed
troops
Anti-Tank Weapons Needed.
I He added
"The lack of sufficient antl-tanK
Weapons has handicapped all UNITS
III providing an effective delehse
srainst the armored division. IN
vew of the present importance OF
the development OF an antl-tahk
defense and as stimulus TO tram
ing this deficiency needs prompt
correction" =,
Gen. Lear and other high general
erIcers have said that the Ten
nessee maneuvers demonstrated
forcefully that the Army needs sell
propelled, ront-iring antl-tahX
ar,ns and larger organizations. spe-
ciallv, trained to meet mechanical
attack, within divisions, army corps
and armies.
Much of the generals remarks
concerning the months training
vere pointedly directed to faults In
command which. he said. he mao
observed personally.
Orders Not Always Distributed.
leases were found where sergeants'
corporals and privates in great num-
bers did not know the nature and
details of the exercises being con-
Quoted" the tall, hard-hitting gen.
eral declared.
This state of affairs is not the
fault of the soldier. 1t is the 1auit
of the officers above him and 1t must
be corrected.
Dissemination of information,
regula tions and orders from the
division commander to the private
should and must be immediate
automatic and of second nature,
Two of the four divisions in the
f,eld exercises-the 27th from New
York and the 30th from Georgia.
Tennessee and the Carolinas-are
National Guard divisions. The otn
Infantry Division, from Fort Gus
ter. Mich, and the I'd Amored
Division, from Fort Benning, Ga"
are oficered by Regulars and Re-
servists in active service, All the
divisions have selective service men
among them.
Evening star., 1941-06-29

sought for the celebration is in
sight. Mrs. Cecilia Hitaffer, Coun-
Gilman Thomas E Hume, Mrs.
Margaret E. Smith and former
Councilman Robert c. Meredith, in
charge Of solicitations, report fine
collections. John w. Lepper is in
charge of collections among the
business people and reports more
than $500 donated.
Fire Chief r. A. Baker is in
charge of safety and Robert j. and
Robert A. King will direct the loud
speaking arrangements. Town Supt.
William H. Brown, in charge of
parking, announced there will be
ample parking space Immediately
west of the park. E. Leo Walter
is in charge of the fireworks.
Councilman Caesar L. Aiello is
general chairman of arrangements
and Jacob S, Walker is secretary.
Tydings at Tak0ma Park.
Phil w. Huck, general chairman
of the Takoma Park event, an
nounced that the parade will start
at $50 O'Clock from Ethan Allen
and Carroll avenues. E. Brook
Fetty, grand marshal, has outlined
the parade route as follows: Along
Carroll avenue to Carroll, to Cedar
streets, to Piney Branch road thence
to Takoma avenue, disbanding al
the municipal Fairgrounds in North
Takoma, Md.
In the parade will be military
units, veterans organizations and
their auxiliaries, fire department
equipment, District and town off,
cials, floats depicting the Solid
arity of the Western Hemisphere
with the last division devoted en-
tirely to business floats.
At the conclusion of the parade
about II o'clock, patriotic exercises
will be held on the North Takoina
Fairgrounds, with Senator Tydings
of Maryland as the principal speak
er. During the exercises selections
will be given by the l00-piece Mont
gomery County School Band under
the direction of Raymond Hart. A
flag raising ceremony will open the
program with the Boy and Cir
Scouts leading the event. Capt
Harold w. Orcutt is chairman oi
this part of the celebra ton.
At pm. an athletic program
will be staged on the Whittier street
Fairgrounds on the District side al
Fourth street. which will also bt
the finishing point of the marathon
The fireworks display will take
place on the tract near Philadelphia
avenue, near the elementary school
Evening star., 1941-06-29

ten with Read Admiral Ralph Earle,
who was chief of the Bureau OF
Ordnance and Gunnery during the
World War.
Writing Navy History.
He is now writing another his
tory of the Navy in collaboration
with Prof. Allan F. Westcott and
Comdr. Melvin F. Talbot.
Prof. Alden was born at Medina,
Ohio, in 1876. son of a Congrega-
tional minister and a ninth gen.
Grafton descendant Of John and
Priscilla Alden.
He attended Beloit College and
Yale, receiving his bachelors de-
gree and Phi. D. from the latter.
His wife is the daughter Of Mai.
Gen. William Motrose Graham. U.
S. A, and Mrs. Graham of WASH
ington. They were married in 1911.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Sister of 90 Victim
Becomes Army Nurse

By the Associated Press.
HANCOCK. Md. June 28.-Miss
Dorothy v. Fost, sister of Herbert
T. Fost, who lost his life when the
submarine 90 sank off Portsmouth,
N. H, June 20, will report for active
duty with the Army as nurse
Tuesday.
Miss Fost, 26, said: Il don't ex-
pect to equal what my brother has
done for our country, but do want
to do my part by helping other boys
like him
Miss Fost will report to Camp
Claiborne. La.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
July 4th
Continued From Page BID

the District Building at II am
and the race will be started as soor
thereafter as practicable, it was SAID
Numerous other athletic events
and games have been arranged by
the committee, which will aware
100 gold, silver and bronze medals
to winners. There will be a field
meet at Langdon Park in the
morning and in the afternoon at
Langdon, John Burrows Playground
Takoma and Banneker Recreation
Centers and at the National Train
ing School for Boys.
An elaborate Fourth of july pro-
gram has been planned by the city S
oldest patriotic organization. the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
A business meeting is to be held at
1890 am, followed by exercises at
IL o'clock in the old Union Engine
House at Nineteenth and H streets
NV. where the association has
met since 1909.
Horton to Be Speaker.
Robert w. Horton. director OF in
formation of the Office OF Emer-
aency Management, will be the
principal speaker The invocation Is
to be delivered by the Rev. Edward
O. Clark, pastor of the Chevy Chase
BAPTIST Church. The Declaration o1
Independence will be read by Jesse
C. Suter, one of the vice presidents
John Jay DAILY will recite his Toast
to the Flag" There will be music
and an original poem written fol
the occasion by John Clagett Proc
tor. senior vice president now recov-
ering from an illness, will be read.
In the absence of Theodore w
Moves, and the illness of Mr. Proc
tor, Fred A Emery, one of the vlct
presidents, is acting president
Charles H. Bates is chairman OF thu
entertainment committee and vii
have charge of the exercises.
Plans have been completed for
pageant-parade in the morning a
Takoma Park. followed by patriotic
exercises, an athletic program in th'
afternoon and a fireworks displa!
at night.
Hyattsville Program.
At Hyattsville, Representative
Priest, Democrat of Tennessee, vii
address a celebration in Magrudel
Park at 8 o'clock before fireworks
display to last for an hour and n
minutes.
A parade will precede the exer
cises. The column will form a
West Madison avenue and th'
Washington Baltimore Boulevard.
The procession will move south OF
the boulevard to johnson avenue, ul
johnson to Wine avenue, north OF
Wine to Owens avenue and on to th'
park. 1t will be in charge of Charlie!
v. Joyce, World War veteran ant
member of Snyder-Farmer Post No
3. American Legion, of Hyattsville.
Several bands are expected to bt
In line along with "Hyattsvllle'
Own" Company F, 1l5th Infantry
There also will be fire apparatus
floats representing business house
and other features.
The days program will begin a
10 am. with a flag-raising salute IL
Magruder Park, with Girl Scouts IL
charge. Athletic contests for boy
and girls, two soft ball games and ;
hard ball contest will follow. H
Clay Whiteford is in charge Of tn
athletic program.
Meeting Tuesday Night.
A final meeting of the Genera
Arrangements Committee will b.
held Tuesday night IN the tow
council chamber M. H. B. Hoff
man, finance chairman, has re
seived reports indicating the sl,oo
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Tox Rote Retained

The Edmonston Md Mayor and
Town Council has set the town tax
rate for the fiscal year starting
Tuesday at 35 cents on each sl00
assessed valuation of real property,
it is announced by Town Treasurer
John A. Downing. This is the rate
that now prevails.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
FLOYD J. Carter Named

ANNAPOLIS. Md, June % CP).-
Floyd j. Carter of Chevy Chase
was named 10 new three-man
board of chiropractic examiners to-
day by Gov. O'Conor along with
Simon Moser and Edgar H Nor
than. both of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Puper Backs Dorden

LEESBURG, Va, June 28 PD.-
The Loudoun Times Mirror, pub
lished by former Gov Westmoreland
Davis, advocates in a front-page
editorial the election of Colgate w
Darden, jr., as Governor.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Scott Heads Civic Group

Fred H. Scott has been elected
president of the Rogers Helgnts
Md Citizens Association. with
John S. Watkins. vice president;
Miss Elizabeth Schoheld, secretary
and William H. Brown, treasurer.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Fourth Boy Is Drowned
In ; Days at Baltimore
Bs the Associated Press,

By Iht ASSOCIa Ted PreSS.
BALTIMORE, June %. - The
fourth boy in three days drowned
in Spring Gardens today after re-
fuslng to obey police, who prohib-
tied swimming in the area.
Patrolman James Hipsley said he
chased an unidentified colored youth
away from the water where three
boys drowned Thursday. When he
returned later, Patrolman Hipsley
said, several other boys told hin
the youth had plunged into the
water and failed to reappear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-17
fluffy

available for generating
and using these electron servants
of man endowed with energy
higher than 5 to 100000 volts.
Professor Kerst 5 original rheo-
tron. devised at the University of
Illinois, Urbana, Ill, was able 10
produce electron-bullets of $500
600 volts, slightly more energetic
than radium's electron bullets.
With the cooperation of the
General Electric research and en-
gineering laboratories. the new
rhebtron capable of producing cleo
irons and X-rays of 100000
volts was constructed.
However, this is not the limit,
for DIR w. u. Coolidge. director
OF The General Electric research
laboratory states thBt he IS max
ing plans 10 construct q rhcotron
which Will produce ctcctron bullet,
OF l000ts GOO volt, or more. \ In
tact tncte is no limit to the volt
age oil the eleCtronse generated by
Doctor kerstS type OF machine.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-17
FIRE DEPOT SAFETY

Civilian Defense Director Eric
CullcnWard has recommended that
the central fire alarm headquar-
tcrS be housed in a bomb-proof
structure with eight-foot concrete
walls and Stcel-encased doors and
windows.
The multi-colored glow Of Neon
lights came back to San Fran
clSco'S business district last night
Tor the FIRST time in a week as
many firms changed their outdoor
signs TO conform with new black
out regulations.
DiSmantled when the city's first
-bfdckOut- CtTSCfU5Uu tffTat- trey op-
Grated or timelock devices and
could not be eXtinguished manu-
ally the signs were altered so
they might as required by a new
ordinance be switched of lmmedi-
ately when the warning siren
sounds.
Although no new air raid warn
lngs We're sounded last night.
lights IN all West Coast cities
were voluntarily held TO a
minimum.
In Seattle, all Made in Japan"
merchandise from Axis countries
were voluntarily banned from re-
tail dealers shelves.
The FBI meanwhile, continued
its quiet under-cover work against
enemy aliens and suspected
Sahotpure
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-17
Daily Quiz

California, Delaware and Wis
consin plan TO use permanent
license plates after 1912. What
state originated the idea back
in 1887? Here's a limits
Colors are black on aluminium.
Besides being renowned for its
whistling and whooping. what
feathered creature has also
gained fame as a trumpeter :?
How is it possible TO identify
a book if both its cover and fly
leaf have been removed?
TO prove that geography has
a fot OF color you might cite
the Black Hills. White Noun
tains and Green Mountains.
What state is noted for each g?
The woEd "sesqulpedalian" is
sometimes humorously applied
TO long words. Precisely what
measurement does II designate?
"A certain Australian mammal
is combination of fish. bird
and animal. 1t Is equally at
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-17
Powerful N-RavS
New Generating Machine HurIs Out EIectron
Bullets Of 20 Million Volts Energy
BY q. Il. LAL

NEW YORK. Dec. 17.-Develop-
ment of a new machine which
hurls out electron bullets and
X-rays of far greater power than
ever before generated by man was
announced today jointly by Prof.
Donald w. Kerst. of the Univer-
sity Of Illinois, and the General
Electric laboratory
The new machine, named the
Rheotron, invented by Doctor
Kerst, resembles the famous CYCLIC
iron, atom-smaShlng machine, but
performs a very different service
for atom-eXploring scientists.
II hurls out clcctron-builcfS OF
up 10 100000 volts energy II
can produce. by the impact Of
these bullets against metal targets.
super-X-rays of 100000 volts
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-17
Extra Guards Added
Al Federal BuiIdino

Postmaster Roscoe T. Huston an
nourced today that additional pre-
cautionaTy measures to guard the
Federal Building would be en-
forced Immediately.
Effective today he said. all
doorways and elevators on the
West Fort street side of the build
ing will be closed from s p. m. to
q a. m Guards from the Fort
street entrances will be stationed
on the Lafayette boulevard side.
which will remain open - hours
daily.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-17

real world war-there Is only one
topic Of conversation--the war.
With a few exceptions, such as
one would naturally expect, there
is more of determination than of
excitement among the great bulk
OF our people, But there is no
Indifference. no lack of spirit. no
inclination Of any faltering along
the way.
There are questions in Washing
ton. There are questions over the
country. There are questions
among officials Of the govern
ment; in the halls and corridors
and Oh tite fieef of Congress.
/ am not informed. and my col
leagues are not informed, nor are
the people Of tn country in
formed, how il was that our forces
at Pearl Harbor were caught SO
completely off guard a week ago
TODAY,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-17
NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN

Such surprise as that is not
likely 10 happen again. It is al
most inconceivable that il could
happen, bat the fact remains that
1T did happen At this time we
are not informed of the full ex-
tent of the blow against our armed
forces and our national pestige.
Some OF these days we VIII have
that information. Those in charge
Of our national defense have the
information now, and know what
TO guard against in the future.
Speaking as member of the
Senate committee on foreign rela-
tons. of which i have been a
member Is years. | believe / am
justified in telling you this much.
The American losses in that des-
perate sally of the japanese last
Sunday were not as large as
claimed by TIN enemy broadcast
ing stations There were heavier
than the first information given
the American people from our
own officials Indicated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-17
IMPAIRED FOR PRESENT

Our offensive power in the Pa
cltlc has been somewhat impaired
Tor ~the present moment. but has
not, been crippled Cur national
defense Of our own continent has
not been seriously affected.
That there are possibilities of
sporadic air raids. until the Japa-
neSe aiplane carriers are located
and disposed Of must be admitted
But on the whole the value Of
the lesson learned very likely in
the long run will more than out
weigh the temporary losses suf-
fered.
II is my sincere belief, and ! am
glad that President Roosevelt has
Indicated such a policy viii be fol-
lowed. that a policy of keeping the
people o. America as fully and
completely informed as possible
viii be followed.
Americans can stand the truth,
even when il hurts. There are
bound 20 be some reverses and de-
feats in this long war upon which
We are engaged The American
temper is the temper Of good steel
1T stlffenS 10 resistance instead
OF cracking The American people
can take n