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Evening star., 1941-06-07
) Merchant Ships Sunk
By Planes, Nozis Claim

BERLIN, June 7 (P.-"ESpecially
successful" Nazi air raids on Bri-
tain's sea commerce from the coast
of Scotland to West Africa yester-
day were reported today by the high
command. Three merchant ships
were declared to have been sunk
and others damaged.
A Nazi long-distance bomber, the
communique said, sank 3,000-ton
freighter from strongly-protected
convoy about $50 miles off the West
African coast and two others, total
ing 27,500 tons, were destroyed off
the Scottish west coast.
Two large merchantmen were
damaged in the Thames Estuary
and long-range naval guns shelled
British shipping in the English
Channel off Folkestone, the COM
munique added.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Boy Catches Softbu|I Thrown From Monument;
But 1t Comes Down in Parachute

would be to catch a ball thrown
from the monument. johnson and
Butterworth put up 500 as a prize
for any member of the team who
could catch one.
Joins "Nine Old Men,"
After a few trial tosses, johnson
threw the ball with parachute at
tached, and young Mcneil, visiting
here with his high school class, raced
across the north slope of the monu-
ment grounds and shared it before
it hit the ground.
Mr.. Thomas Immediately signed
him up as the newest member of the
Mine Old Men" and Butterworth
then gave Thomas 500 bill to
add to the charity receipts from this
afternoons game. The boy was
given the ball after the "old men"
autographed it.
Several members of the States
mems team also were present, among
them Senator Mead of New York
and Representatives McGregor of
Ohio, Bishop of Illinois and Can
field of New Jersey.
Representative McGregor man
aged to catch one of the softballs
on the first bounce. He said he
would give 1t to his 12-year -old son.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
50 japanese WarpIanes
Raid Chungking Again
By the Associated Press.

By the ASSOCIATED Press
CHUNGKING, June 7-Japanese
warplanes smashed again today at
Chungking, following up q Thurs
day night raid in which TOO Chinese
were suffocated or crushed to death
when thousands stampeded into this
capitals largest air raid shelter.
More than so planes carried out
the daylight attack this afternoon,
coming in two waves. 1t was the
eighth bombardment since spring
weather again made such flights
possible.
The city's inhabitants spent three
hours underground.
Rescue squads had worked until
late yesterday removing the bodies
of those killed in the previous raid,
the most destructive on Chungking
so far.
A great crowd of men, women
and children took refuge in the vast
underground shelter when the first
wave of Japanese planes passed
over the city. AS they were emerg-
ing, the sound of motors again was
heard overhead and they rushed
back in panic. Many Of those who
managed to get inside suffocated
as the crush at ths entrances cut
off ventilation, while others were
trampled under foot.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Tigers Reported
Placing $4,000
Fine on Newsom

DETROIT. June THE Detroit
News said today that Louis Norman
Buck Newsom, 1910 world series
pitching hero of the Detroit Tigers.
had been fined $4,000 by Owner
Walter o. Briggs for failure TO get
into proper condition.
Newsom was notified of the fine
several days ago, the paper asserted.
Two days ago the big right-hander
was denoted from starting hurler
and assigned to bullpen duty.
The News said the fine equals the
highest ever assessed in baseball.
Babe Ruth having paid the amount
in 1925 when suspended by the New
York Yankees for general mis-
conduct"
Newsom. who won 81 games and
lost five last year, has appeared in
l3 games this season, winning four
and losing seven. He finished only
one of the II games he has started
Evening star., 1941-06-07
New Air Raids on Malta
Reported by Italians

ROME. June 7 (P.-Renewed air
attacks on Malta and on the be-
leaguered British stronghold at
Tobruk, Libya, were reported by the
Italian high command today.
An attempted British attack from
surrounded Tobruk was broken, the
daily war bulletin said.
In East Africa. fierce fighting
was said to have taken place along
the ONO River and in the Gala
Sidamo region of Ethiopia, while
a Sudanese attempt to encircle the
Italian garrison on the Gondar
front was said to have been re-
PEELED.
Italian planes attacked the Brit
ish stronghold of Malta, in the Cen
tral Mediterranean, both last night
and this morning. the daily war bull
letin said. British planes on Halfar
airport were said to have been set
afire during the morning raid.
Evening star., 1941-06-07

Outmaneuvering a not-too-feet
collection of big game hunters
humoriStS, cartoonists, authors anc
radio commentators, 16-year-olc
lockwood Mich.) youth today
matched Charles "Gabby" Streets
feat of catching a ball thrown from
the top of the Washington Monu-
ment.
The boy. Bernard Mcneil, per-
formed under slightly different con-
ditions, however. In the first place
the ball was softball. Secondly
it came floating down on a para
chute and your Aunt Minnie could
have caught it without too much
trouble.
The notable collection of person
alities on hand for the fun are mem
bers of what Lowell Thomas is
pleased to call his Mine Old Men,
who this afternoon will commit
some of the worlds worst softball
in collaboration with the States
men," a team made up of members
of Congress. This takes place al
Griffith Stadium-for the benefit o1
American charities.
Walter johnson, erstWhile Big
Train" of major league baseball
tossed softballs from the top oi
Evening star., 1941-06-07
1000 Captured
In Ethiopia,
British Claim
South Africa Units
Arrive in Egypt
To Bottle Nuzis
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED PRESS.
NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, June
british East and West African
troops have crossed the ONO
River, in Southern Ethiopia, at
two points, have taken 1000
prisoners and have captured the
town of Abalti and all Italian de-
fenses in the region, British
headquarters here announced
today.
One force, advancing from the
east toward Jimma, breasted the
ONO at a point where it was so
yards wide and flowed through a
broad valley commanded on the
Italian side by a steep escarpment,
communique said.
The other force, advancing from
Soddu, crossed the swift flowing,
swollen river at point where it was
100 yards wide. The British said
that as an obstacle. the ONO there
lis comparable with Maidenhead
ION the Thames in flood"
The Italian force opposing the
first imperial force used its natural
advantages to full effect and had
prepared artillery and machine-gun
positions commanding the ap-
proaches." the communique said, but
the determination of our troops
overcame all obstacles and resulted
in the capture of the whole enemy
defense in this area with 1000 Eu-
ropean prisoners
The second force also carried the
river in spite of "staunch opposi-
ton" the British declared. and cap
tured Is Italian guns and 900 pris-
oners in dawn attack Later it re-
PEELED a counter attack and opera
tions continue"
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Alabama Pitts, Great Athlete
OF Sing Sing, Knitted to Death

After his release from Sing Sing,
where he served sentence on a
burglary charge, he was signed by
the Washington Nationals and sent
to Albany, then in the International
League. A brilliant fielder, he never
developed as a hitter and was re-
leased. Later he played with Win
ston- Salem in the Piedmont League
and Charlotte and Valdese in the old
outlaw North Carolina League.
At one time he was coach at the
Valdese High School. He was work
ing in full fashioned hosiery mill
as a knitter at the time of his death.
He married about three years ago
and is survived by his widow and
a daughter,
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Roosevelt Is Determined
Work on Aircraft Shall
Be Resumed Monday
By JOHN c. HENRY.

Orders for equstionng operation Of the strikbou
North American Aviation Co. plant California have been
pared the White today signature Pres
dent Roosevelt being deferred until after scheduled
meeting Of the aircraft workers tomorrow night.
1t is the hope of the President the White House said that
the strikers will at that time to return to work
In it added the Chief Executive is determined
that the plant should operations by Monday and in event
accord the
will this the Army will be vested with
the responsibility Of operating the plant
Machnists Called.
public this decision of the
interruption
In the vital defense industry Stephen Early White House
rary announced the President Monday
president of the International
of Machnists strike
shipyards the Monday meeting called
purpose of discussing this situation.
Evening star., 1941-06-07

/ question as to whether Government
requisitioning and operation OF
plants might be applied elsewhere
than in the aircraft industry.
To this inquiry, the Secretary
explained that the measure of need
of the individual industry's prod
ucts probably would be deter
ninging factor. In the case of air
planes. he went on, the need is
great and there is an actual short
age.
Efforts to effect an end to the
walkout were reported under way
in Ingelwood, but late last night
the Associated Press reported, Bill
Backman, a member of the union
Negotiating Committee, declared
I'VE will not 90 back to work to-
morrow. The strike will continue.
Strike Action Condemned.
Meanwhile the Labor Policy Ad-
visory Committee of the o. p NJ.
made up of Is A. F. L., c. l. o. and
railway labor leaders, condemned
and denounced" yesterday the big
three" current strikes: The C. I. O.
and A. F. L. machinists' tie-up OF
San Francisco Bay shipbuildine
yards, the. C. I. o. international
Woodworkers of America strike in 2s
Pacific Northwest lumber operations
and the North American walkout
The committee charged the air.
craft strike was "instigated" by local
U. A. w. officers in complete and
irresponsible disregard" of proper
union practices.
The resolution appealed TO labor
generally to join in condemna Iion
of the West Coast stoppages. 1t
urged public spirited" members and
officials of the striking unions to
take steps toward resumption OF
work.
Together the West Coast dispute,
involve about two-thirds of the 50,
300 defense workers idle in strategic
plants through the Nation.
The aircraft workers demand 9
union shop, a 25-cent boost in the
50-cent hourly base wage, and TO-
cent increases for more highly skilled
workers; the lumber strikers ask
7Iz cent raise to a base of rs cents
an hour. as well as the union shop
paid vacations and union hiring hall
and the machinistS on strike in Sar
Francisco demand a Scent hourly
increase to s115 and double pay fol
overtime.
And in Congress, drastic anti
strike amendment forced delay II
House consideration of the $10,.
900, ,000, 900 military appropriation
bill.
Administration leaders strove to.
day to round up sufficient House
support to defeat the anti-strlkt
rider, introduced by Representative
Starnes, Democrat, of Alabama. II
would prohibit payment Of thu
bills funds to any defense workel
who voluntarily" struck for mor'
than 10 days.
A vote was forestalled YESTERDAY
when the leadership forced a quicl
adjournment until Monday. Repre-
sentative Casey, Democrat, of Mas
sachusetts called the amendmen
"hasty. ill-tempered and emotional,
and other administration supporter
(See STRIKES, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Nozis Reported Making
Trondheim Naval Port
pxtbe Axsoriated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June THE Norwe-
gian Telegraph Agency said today
the Germans have begun to convert
Trondheim. on the west coast OF
Nazi-occupied Norway, into a large
naval port and already are install
ing submarine-building yards.
One harbor area has been marked
out for clearance, the agency said,
and factories, warehouses and
homes are being demolished.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
South Africans Occupy
Positions in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt, June Z lP,.-South
African veterans who helped change
the map of Premier Mussolini's East
African empire occupied positions in
Egypt today, ready to tackle the
Germans in the western desert,
while other British forces kept a
watchful eye on Syria.
Some of the South Africans,
(See AFRICA, Page A8)
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Ford Plant at Seattle
Is Sold to U. S. Army
By the Associated Press

BY the ASSOclated Press.
DETROIT, June THE Ford
Motor Co. has announced the sale
10 the Federal Government of its
branch assembly plant at Seattle for
base of supply shipments to Army
establishments in Alaska.
The plant, with All 500 square feet
of floor space and a 500-foot dock,
has been idle since the fall of 1882.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
F. Trubee Dovison Called
To Duty With Air Corps
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
F. Trubee Dawson, former As
sistant Secretary of War for Air,
was ordered to active service today
as a colonel in the Air Corps.
Mr.. Dawson, a member of the
little Cabinet" from 1926 to 1882,
was assigned to the General Head
quarters Air Force at Boiling Field
here, as an assistant to 1t. Gen.
Delos C. Emmons, the commander.
At the same time, the War De-
partment assigned Brig. Gen. Henry
w. Harms, commandant of the Air
Corps training center at Moffett
Field, Calf. to duty with the Army
chief of staff.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
BY the Associated Press.

VALDESE. N. c., June Edwin
(Alabama Pitts, about 80, the great
est athlete that Sing Sing Prison
ever had, died here early today of
knife wounds suffered in a road
side tavern a few hours earlier.
Desk Sergt. Frank Pons said New
land Lefevres of Morgantown was
being sought in connection with the
killing.
Pitts, who won national acclaim
on the gridiron and baseball dia-
mond at Sing Sing several years
ago, was quoted by ofiicials as say
ing that he tried to break in on
a dance and was stabbed by the
girls escort.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
British War Effort
Shows No Waverinq,
Winant Declares
Ambassador Is Pleased
Over Increasing Speed
Of War Shipments

John G.. Winant. United States
Ambassador to Great Britain, de-
clared today that there is no 'waver-
ing" whatever in Britain's war effort
against Germany.
Mr.. Winant's comment came in
response to questions by newspaper
men at the State Department after
he had conferred with Undersecre-
tary Sumner Welles. Asked if he
had seen any signs at all OF British
weakening he said:
There is no wavering at all
neither in the government nor in the
people 1t is the peoples fight, and
they know it.
His statement followed an accu-
sation by President Roosevelt yes
terday that stories TO the effect Mr..
Winant had brought back reports
of peace talk in England were spread
here on direct orders from Germany
Mr.. Winant said in response to
other questions that he was glad
to see that increasing shipments of
materials are going to Britain" from
this country and that they ARE on
a constantly mounting scale"
Has Other Conferences.
The Ambassador planned to confer
with American Red Cross officials
later today and said he expected TO
see Secretary of the Navy Knox
over the week end.
Ambassador Winant was under
stood to have told Vice President
Wallace and other Senate lead
ers yesterday that the British were
confident they could hold the Suez
Canal and prevent the Mediter-
ranean from falling under German
control, the Associated Press re-
ported.
The Ambassador to Great Brit
ain was closeted with the Vice
President and Senators for more
than two hours yesterday 1t was
said authoritatively that he set
forth more encouraging report OF
British morale and chances of win
ming the war than some of his
hearers had expected.
Mr.. Wallace arranged for the
meeting at the suggestion of Mr.
Winant. Besides the vice presi-
dent, those present were Chair
man George of the Senate Foreign
(See WINANT, Page A-30
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Sub Distress Coll Fulse

NEW LONDON, Conn, June 7 lP
The United States submarine base
announced today that it had investi-
gated and found groundless a report
that submarine was in distress ir
this vicinity.
Evening star., 1941-06-07

(See EKLUND, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1941-06-07

(See WINANT, Page A-3,
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Bishop Tucker 70 Address
Forward in Service Dinner

The Right Rev. H. st. George
Tucker, DID, presiding bishop of
the Episcopal Church, will speak
at a dinner at Rock Creek Parish
Hall tonight at $50 o'clock. The
dinner is for the clergy and chair
man of parishes throughout the
diocese to plan the Forward in Serv-
ice campaign that is taking place
in the church throughout the coun-
try.
The Rev. C. Leslie Glenn, DID,
rector of ST. Johns Church, chair
man of the Diocesan Committee,
will preside and introduce Bishop
Tucker, who will hold a conference
today at the College of Preachers
on the Forward in Service move
ment.
The Campaign Committee in
cludes DR.. Glenn, the Rev. F. Bland
Tucker, vice chairman; the Rev.
Clyde Brown, secretary; the Rev.
E. B. Harris, dean, Northern Con-
vocation; the Rev. Walter Archbold,
dean, Southern Convocation; Mrs.
Elvin R. Heiberg, president, Women's
Auxiliary; Mrs. Clyde Brown, presi-
dent, Daughters of the King; Miss
Maude P Cutting, president, Young
Peoples Fellowship; Frederick Glas-
gov, president, Brotherhood of St.
Andrew; the Rev. ze Barney Phil
lips, the Rev. F. j. Bohanan, the
Rev. Noble c. Powell, the Rev. F. I.
A. Bennett, the Rev. Reno S. Harp
and the Rev. A. j. Dubois.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
440 Homes for Defense
Workers 10 Be Built

Plans for immediate construction
of 440 dwellings for defense workers
in the Washington area have been
announced by District and Federal
officials.
The Alley Dwelling Authority will
build 200 dwellings in Anacostia,
chiefly for Navy Yard workers, from
funds made available by the United
States Housing Authority.
John Ihlder. executive officer of
the A. D. A, said the new homes in
Anacostia would be built on a 25-
acre tract adjoining the Authority's
project known as the Dupont dwell
ings. 1t is in the vicinity of Ana
costa and Ridge road Sc The cost
of the new project will approximate
100000.
The A. D. A. holds title to the
acreage. which is in a wooded area
The dwellings will be of two-story
units for families of two or more
persons. A maximum cost of $1,000
per dwelling has been placed on the
project, Mr.. Ihlder said.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
{. {. {. 10 Enroll $1,000
To Fill Junior Vacancies

The Civilian Conservation Corps
announced today it would enroll
21,000 young men by February %
to fill junior vacancies.
This, it said, was an intermediate
enrolment of the type which would
be held four times year to supple
ment regular January, April, July
and October enrollments. Oncials
said other such enrollments would
be held May 20-3l, August 20-3l,
and November 2030. Enrollees
must be juniors. young men between
II and 2312 years.
officials said intermediate en-
rollees will take the place of c. C. c.
boys discharged to permit enlist
ment in the military service, 1888 Of
whom left the corps during the first
six months of the current fiscal
year. An additional 24,731 left to
accept jobs in private industry.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
DC. Man, 81, Living in SquoIor,
Has $4,000 Tucked Away

For the second time within two
weeks, District Court today heard
a story of an aged man living in
poverty for 20 years with a small
fortune in banks.
Today's case was revealed by At
torney Lowell j. Bradford. who
related to Justice T. Alan Colds
borough the discovery that Frank
Belts, 81. had nearly $4,000 in
Washington banks although he had
been living in what the lawyer said
was a miserable, filthy" room in
a boarding house on M street NV.
for 20 years.
Mr.. Belts is being cared for in a
District institution at the direc-
ton of the Commission on Mental
Health
The case came to light last Sep
tember. Attorney Bradford said.
when Mr.. Belts was found by police
unconscious on a downtown street.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

Attorney Bradford said that his
father. Louis E. Bradford, a half
brother of Mr.. Belts, has consistent
" for years tried to aid Mr.. Belts,
but the help was always refused.
In investigating papers in the
aged mans room it was discovered
that he had s19,33637 in the Lin
coin National Bank and in the
Second National Bank, the attor-
ney told the court.
Mr.. Bradford said that Mr.. Belts
lived in the year 1890" wearing a
derby and Chesterfield coat and
carrying a gold-headed cane. Mr..
Belts is a retired Interior Depart
ment employe, Mr.. Bradford stated.
The court granted the attorney
a s700 fee for his work.
Last weeks case concerned
George H. Wood. who was found
to have had $4,000 in banks while
living in similar conditions of pow
erty.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Three Files Case
Suspects Bound
Over TO Jury.
Employees Knew
OF Secret Records,
Witness Testifies

Three men held in connection
with the taking of personnel files
from the Civil Service Commission
were bound over to the grand jury
this morning by United States Com
missioner Needham c. Turnage after
a preliminary hearing at which a
representative of the commission
had testified that all employees had
been warned the records were
strictly confidential
The defendants are Harlan w.
Crandall, 29, suspended Civil Service
employe, who was in charge of the
files distracted from the commits
sion office in the Barbour & Ross
Building, and two brothers, Law
renee Haynes, %, and Wallace
Henry, Haynes, 26, operators of the
Standard Business Service, 427
Tenth street NV, who are alleged
to have used the records to COM
pile mailing lists for sale to COM
mercial concerns for circuIarization
purposes.
The records were designed to show
special aptitude of Government en-
ployes for defense program assign
ments and the commission witness,
Ross Pollock, said the fact that the
documents were in the defendants
possession showed they had been
illegally removed from commission
files.
Under questioning by Charles B.
Murray, assistant United States at
torney, F. L. Ingraham anG John
Hay, F. B. L agents. told of the ar
rest OF the men and their statements
as TO removal and use Of the records.
He said F. B. I. agents recovered 81
290 individual files. when the men
were arrested last month. and added
that Crandall had said they had re-
turned about 5000 to the commission
after obtaining the information de-
sired from them.
Commissioner Turnage offered to
permit the defendants TO make a
statement, explaining that the pro-
cedure was not customary but that
they could be heard if desired.
Ill OU644 COuL4SC4' OdIIleS "A ~ SIlea
and Harold Garvey, the privilege
was declined.
The commissioner then continued
the men under the bonds they made
when arrested-Mr. Crandau and
Lawrence Haynes at $1,000. and
Wallace Haynes, $500. A fourth de-
fendant, Walter Jackson, 81,
brother-in-laW of the Haynes broth
ers, is at liberty under $500 bond
and is now in service at Fort Meade.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Vacancies Announced
In Secret Service

Jobs are in prospect in the uni
formed force of the Treasury Secret
Service.
Announcing today that applica-
tlons would be accepted until Febu-
ary %, the department said the age
limits are 81 to SIS and minimum
height, 5 feet 7 inches. Candidates
must be free from physical disability
that would prevent performance of
ardous duties, and must have good
hearing and vision.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Kentucky Colonies Find
Recruits Are Decreasing

Twenty Kentucky colonies of the
Washington area were guests of
honor last night at dance meeting
at the Willard Hotel, in which It.
Gov. Rodes K. Myers, representing
Gov. Keen Johnson, announced that
the rate at which the honorary
colonels are appointed has dropped
from as high as 100 a day to from
10 to Is year.
More than 200 persons were
present at the function, first ever
given here in honor of the colonies.
Gov. johnson also was represented
by Senator Chandler and Mrs.
Chandler.
In a brief business session that
preceded the dance. it was reported
that the number of Kentucky
colonels now exceeds $4,000.
Five-year-old Jeul Anne Arbogast
was introduced as the youngest
colonel on record. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Arbogast, 225 East Mason avenue,
Alexandria, Va, and was made a
colonel at the age of 2, along with
several other persons, by Gov. Ruby
Lafoon on his last day in Office.