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Evening star., 1941-08-15
Slain Soldiers AccompIice
Recaptured al Meade

By the Associated Press.
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE. Md
August 15-Post authorities today
announced recapture of an escaped
soldier who. they said. had admitted
he tried to help the attempted
escape of Pvt. Avonn T. Cooper, 81
of Baltimore.
Cooper was shot and killed as ne
ran from a guard Wednesday.
Post Authorities identified the
prisoner az Pvt. Robert w. Bundy
of Baltimore, and said he had
escaped from a different part of the
post area about an hour before
Cooper was shot.
In a sworn statement they added
Bundy said he and Cooper had
planned to make a break
The statement said Bundy eluded
a guard at the incinerator at the
cantonment hospital area, and then
stole a civilian automobile; driving
it to the area where Cooper was
working with a squad of men
Post authorities said on Wednes-
day that Cooper was shot as he ran
toward a civilian automobile wait
ing nearby. The car drove away
when Cooper fell.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
zamzam Survivor Ordered
To Take Draft Tests

Donald Stewart King. 24-year-old
ambulance driver who was a sur
vivor of the ZamZam sinking. whose
experiences were related in The
Star, has been ordered to report to
medical advisory board for physi-
cal examinations by Montgomery
County Selective Service Board No.
3 at Bethesda. Md
Mr.. King lives with his mother at
1872 Hunt avenue. Chevy Chase. and
had previously been classified with
1-B rating because Of his eye
sight.
Following amended regulations
relating to physical standards. the
board yesterday notified Mr.. King
to report TO the medical examiners
in Baltimore on August 28. but he
SAID he would probably leave for
Baltimore today to have the ex-
animation made.
Meanwhile, the board announced
it has sent notices of selection to
IL white men and ordered them to
appear before September 3 and ad.
ditional selection notices to 10 white
men to report on or before Sep
tember 10.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Brazil Warns Shippers
OF Possible Mines
~ the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil, Aug
i5.-American shipping companies
here were warned yesterday that
floating objects, possibly marine
mines. had been sighted off the coast
of Brazil between Santos and Bahia.
The warning letter from United
States Naval Attache Rear Admiral
Augustin T. Beauregard said two
clusters had been sighted, one at
1915 south latitude and 3e42 west
longitude and the other at 26.33
south. 45.23 west.
Admiral Beauregard said the letter
vas a routine warning to shipping
and that it was not positive the
floating objects we're mines. Officers
of the steamer Argentina, which ar
rived in Rio de Janeiro from New
York August l, reported sighting
similar objects off the Guianas, it
was disclosed.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Missing Girl Reported
Seen by Sheriff in Ohio
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 15.-
Sheriff Robert D. Bates today delved
into one of Ohio's most bathing
rnvsteries-the four-year- old disap-
pearance of Pretty Ruth Baumgard-
ner-with the assertion that he be-
lieves the former Ohio wesleyan
coed has been here this summer.
The Lakewood girl. %, at. the time
she vanished, slipped away from her
college dormitory May 4, 1887, with
out leaving a trace.
The Jefferson County sheriff based
his Investigation on information re-
ceived from underworld circles and
a feeling that he himself has seen
the girl.
Early today he broadcast request
for the pickup of an automobile
carrying four persons, one of them
reported to be the missing coed.
It feel certain have seen her in
this vicinity" he said. Il just can't
place where it was
Two persons examining photo
graphs of Miss Baumgardner re-
ported seeing her in Steubenvllle,
the sheriff reported.
Evening star., 1941-08-15

almost $4,000 900 900 worth of goods
before the passage of the Lease
Lend Act.
The appointment of Mr.. Purvis'
successor probably will be an
nounced in London. but nobody
knows when. Since Mr.. Purvis was
young man and doing good job,
no one had considered the posi-
bility of change.
Sir Walter Layton Mentioned.
Sir Walter Layton. now Lord
Beaverbrook's second in command
in the Ministry of Supply, may be
the choice of the British government
to head the Supply Council. Sir
Walter was in the United States,
attached to the Purchasing Com
mission, until last fall and is ia
miliar now both with the details of
British needs and the procedure of
procurement in America.
Secretary of State Hull issued a
statement of regret at the sudden
death of Mr.. Purvis, and it was
understood that Viscount Halifax,
the British Ambassador, was pre-
pairing statement. Mr.. Hull said:
Il was exceedingly sorry to learn
of the death of Arthur Purvis. Since
he first came to this country in No
vember, 1889, his dealings with this
Government as director general of
the British Purchasing Commission
and chairman of the British Supply
Council proved him to be both
true Englishman and a man who
out of his own experiences fully
understood American problems and
believed in the mutual benefits of
Anglo-American cooperation"
Mr.. Purvis was named director
general of the S-itish Purchasing
Commission last December Is. and
a month later he became chairman
of the North American Supply Coun-
Gil. His main Office was in New York
City, but he visited Washington fire.
quently.
Mr.. PurviS went to England sew
eral weeks ago for talks with his
home government.
Mr.. Puryis laid the groundwork
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Still Another Battle
In 0ffing in Ukraine,
Germans Predict
Troops Already Doomed,
Says Berlin, Reporting
Activity Of Luftwoffe

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Aug. 15.-Gernans to-
day predicted there still was another
fight in the ofing in the Western
Ukraine with Soviet troops not al
ready inclosed between the Bug and
the Dniester rivers.
But these troops already are
doomed. these sources said, for they
are receiving the constant attention
of the LuftWaffe. which also is
within striking distance of the huge
power dams at Dnepropetrovsk.
They also claimed that all cross
ines of the Dnieper River south OF
Kiev for several hundred miles wers
In German hands.
They apparently meant the Ger
man wedge reported following down
the west bank of the river had con-
troll Of some crossings while the re-
mainGer of the waterway. forming a
bow ending at the Black Sea, was
guarded by German planes.
oliC IbpOll SdII DldIlFS dllFdd
had bombed a Soviet pontoon bridge
on the Dnieper.
Large Group Reported Wiped Out.
Except TO report steady success
on other battlefields Of the eastern
front the cOmmunique from Adolf
Hitler's headquarters let the Ukraine
situation stand on yesterdays two
special communiques claiming en-
circlement of Odessa and Nikoleav
and capture of the important ore
region OF Krivoi Rog in the lower
Dnieper Basin.
DNB.. official news agency, said
the Germans Yesterday wiped out a
large group Of Soviet forces, but did
not say in what sector. A tentative
count, it said. showed 20 900 prison.
ers captured and 80 tanks, IS guns
and an armored train seized or de-
stroyed.
The capture of Krivoi Rog vas an
indication Of how far German SOL
diers had progressed on the Dnieper
Bend Plateau since the drive began
southwark from the Zhitomir and
Kiev salient
Krivoi Rog, industrial center is
40 miles from the nearest section Of
the Dnieper, and the push appeared
to be aimed al Dnepropetrovsk,
about 80 miles northeast.
Antonescu Leads Drive.
Fruit of the wedge sent south from
Kiev and Zhitomir appeared TO be
Odessa. grain and oil port possessing
the greatest grain elevator in Europe.
Germans said encirclement OF
Odessa was carried out by Ruman-
ianS under Gen. Ion Antonescu.
In summarizing yesterdays 5 mill
tary situation. Dienst aus DeutSch-
land called attention to the Ger
man supreme command strategy in
always forcing its foe back 70 some
natural barrier such as a sea, lake
or river
Such an operation now is taking.
place at the Dnieper bend and the
Black Sea. where the coupe de grace
will be administered shortly, Ger
mans asserted.
A strong Luftwaffe arm reached
out to help Germans fighting fierce
ly in the Novgorod sector south Of
Leningrad, scanty morning reports
of yesterdays operations there said.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
300 R. A. F. Bombers
Blast Reich; Fires
Started in Hanover
Brunswick, Muedebure,
Other Cities Also Are
Targets of Attacks
By the Associated Press


LONDON AUG. 15.-"Especially
large fires" were started in Ham,
over, Germany. last night when
more than 300 r. A. F. bombers in
vaded the Reich for heavy assaults
on Hanover. Brunswick and Madge-
burg, the British reported today.
Other attacks were made on the
docks at Rotterdam and Boulogne
communique said Loss of II
planes was acknowledged.
During yesterday. the communique
declared. Blenheim bombers scored
direct hits on an Axis supply ship
off the Dutch coast and left 1t in
flames and sinking. One plane was
lost in daylight operations.
(The Germans said an attempt
also was made to attack Berlin
but claimed German defenses re-
pulsed the raiders. shooting down
eighty
Announcement of the number of
planes in the raidlng was an in
rovation in air ministry procedure.
The loss of only II of the 300 planes
participating per cent-was con-
sidered low
There was no immediate state
ment on the German claim that
British fiiers had been driven away
from Berlin by the Capitals de-
fenses.
At home the government said
German planes caused slight dam
age and few casualties in bombings
of northeastern and eastern Eng
land. The German activity was on
a small scale.
Evening star., 1941-08-15

for the vast program of American
supplies for England which culmi-
mated in the enactment of the
Lease-Lend Act and which is being
furthered now in Washington by
Lord Beaverbrook. He had been as
signed to buying duties in the
United States almost from the out
break of the war He was at first
joint chairman with Block LAine
of the Anglo-French Purchasing
Mission
He was a slight man with white
hair and deep-set eyes. Britain sent
him here during the World War to
handle purchases of goods for man
ufacturerS in England. He had a
long North American experience
through business connections in
Canada. His wife, the former Mar
garet Jones, was an American. She
came from jamestown, N. Y.
Elevated to Privy Council.
The success of Mr.. Purvis' work
in the United States was rewarded
last December by elevation to mem
bership in the Privy Council. His
success was rags to riches story.
He was born in London in 1890.
At the age of 13 he became an
orphan, and at $3.50 a week he
went to work for the TrAnsvaal e.
General Finance Co. The company
failed, and during the succeeding
four years Mr.. Purvis familiarized
with the export import
business on job with a steamship
that operated a line be-
tween London and the Near East.
His energy and capacities drew the
favorable attention of Sir Harry Nc
Gowan, who later became head of
the Imperial Chemical Industries,
and for MCGOWAN he sold chemicals
in South America and Africa. When
the war broke out, Mr.. Purvis was
only "a, but the British government,
needing chemicals for battle, sent
him in 1914 to the United States
with an urgent assignment to buy
acetone, which is necessary for the
of explosives. In three
weeks he spent $4,000, 900 for the
chemical.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Capt. Mockey, Killed in Britain,
Survived Many Plane Crashes
Was Pilot of Craft
In Which Famous
Scientist Lost Life
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONTREAL. Aug 15.-Capt
Joseph Creighton Mackey, 33, OF
Kansas City, who died with 81
others in the crash of a plane TAX
ing off from British airport yes
terday, escaped death by a mar
row margin in another crash last
February.
He was the lone survivor of the
Newfoundland accident that killed
Sir Frederick Banting, co-discover-
er OF insulin, and two others. Capt.
Mackey told later how the three
victims had failed to comply with
his Bail out" order when the
planes engines failed so miles out
to sea from Newfoundland Airport
The injured pilot lived four days
in bush country on three sandwiches
and snow after that mishap. 1t was
not his only close call, however. He
was known internationally as a
stunt flyer, and friends had called
his life charmed"
Knocked Out in Plane.
In 1885, piece of cowling knocked
him unconscious during a flight near
Dayton, but he recovered in time
to regain control Of his ship.
In 1896 at Findlay, Ohio, where hi
operated an airport for four years
his controls jammed while he was ir
a barrel roll only 200 feet up. Some
how, he landed safely.
During the Thompson Trophy Race
at Cleveland in 1889, Capt Mackey
was plotting one of Roscoe Turner'S
ships when a piston blew out. He
stayed in the race and finished sixth
Col. Turner was amazed that the
man did not crack up.
Was Precision Flyer.
Capt. Mackey's control of his ships
was so complete that he was among
winners of the Freddie Lund Trophy
for precision stunt flying. He also
was an expert sky writer and once
wrote book on the subject
He was born in Columbus, Ohio, 3;
years ago and attended Ohio Stats
University two years before becom-
Evening star., 1941-08-15
I.C. c. Urges Regulation
Of Motor Carriers

BY the Associated Press.
Federal regulation of sizes and
weights of motor carriers to prevent
unreasonable obstruction" to the
flow of trade between the States
was recommended to Congress yes
terday by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
while States of given regions
have shown a tendency to bring
their regulations into closer accord
and while this tendency has been
marked in the recent past" the
I. G. C. said, the process is a slow
one and there is no assurance that
it will be carried to the extent the
public requires. Burdens of inter-
state commerce cannot be relieved
through the judicial processes; only
legislation can afford the needed
relief"
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Chinese Banker Is Slain
BY Five Terrorists
BY the Associated Press.

D' thc q HesOtibleO ffeSS.
SHANGHAI, Aug. IS. - Kenson
Gee, Chinese banker who was known
to have close connections with the
government of Generalissimo Chang
Kai-Shek, was shot dead today by
five terrorists in a crowded street
In front of the American Club.
Police from the Central Station
adjoining the club exchanged shots
with the assassins. one of whom was
wounded and captured One police
man and two Chinese pedestrians
were killed during the exchange and
eight other persons we're wounded
by stray shots.
The killers parked their car op-
poslte the club and fired when Gee
emerged to enter his own automobile.
Evening star., 1941-08-15

cept when one came into the drive.
One night at II 80 l received a
telegram by telephone notifying me
to be ready to sail in 4 days. My
first impression was that 1 could
not possibly get a relief nurse, 90
to my home in Baltimore and then
do the thousand last-minute things.
| sat down and made schedule
which covered both night and day
and employed the aid of my friends
for the next few days.
When l reached Baltimore found
a letter with further details. l was
to join a group of other nurses in
New York on June 8. The house
mother for our hospital in England
was to be one of the group and have
charge of our sailing party. We were
to receive more instructions from
her. The letter also said for our
protection we should observe eX-
treme secrecy regarding our plans.
I had been warned to supply my
self for a year. I was told there
was a shortage of clothing in Eng
land. Some one said black cloth for
blackout was the only thing avail
able there. Another report in
formed me there was almost no
paper to be had. OF course. I knew
that war and cosmetics did not 60
together and I wanted a good sup
ply. I must be sure to think Of
everything A year was long time
and England was not good con-
tact by parcel post. Would three
dozen pairs Of hose be enough? No,
I'd better take four
I joined my group in New York
City on June g. In my first meet
ing with the housemother there She
gave me a silver chain and locket.
MY name and unit were engraved
on the locket. The housemother
referred to it as disc" I looked
at 1t and thought, 1T is a disc That
brings war close to me right here
In New York"
Uniforms a Curiosity.
We We're curiousity in New York
in our blue military uniforms. The
people in the hotel, on the street
and in the shops eyed us with ques-
ton. Many inquiries were made to
us. Where were we going? What
were we going to do?' And the
Americans being warm and express
sive people wished us we'll as only
Americans can do. 1t was a very
human touch and added much to
the send off
We spent two days in New York
City. They were crowded so full of
the last-minute details. Almost
every activity had a farewell hid
den somewhere in it.
Last-minute notes we're written
and mailed to families and friends.
Every one had left home hurriedly
and good-bys had been limited. Last
Evening star., 1941-08-15

minute instructions to do this"
and do that" were sent here and
there by wire.
We sailed from Hoboken on the
afternoon of June II. Our ship was
the S. S. MaaSdam, Dutch steamer
in Allied service for England. I
don't think our sailing was with
such great secrecy. People saw us
leave our New York Hotel by bus
and the people in Hoboken saw us
ride through to the dock
1t seemed hard to leave New York
Harbor Every one stood on deck
and watched the most wonderful
skyline in the world fade away. AS
We passed the Statue of Liberty I
said TO the others: Take a look at
her. When you come back after
this year she will look better to YOU
than any other one thing. When
you see her again, every bit of
Americanism In you will rise TO the
surface and you will realize that the
United States is the most wonderful
country in the world"
Atmosphere. of Congeniality.
Another nurse who had Travelled
abroad nodded assent and said,
That's right
Every one on the Maasdam looked
at us as though We were great
rarity. I learned later that the ship
hadn't carried women since before
the war. I don't think the idea of
transporting nurses to England ap-
pealed to the Dutch officers or crew
Some said it was an omen of ba /
luck. Whether or not they wanted
to accept us, by the time we reached
Halifax we were all friends.
The ship had recently been raidei
IN Liverpool and had Just finished
being repaired in New York CITY.
The lack of paint and varnish IN
general was broken by the incon-
gruity of spotless white paint like
the pathos of a serious drama.
En- route to Halifax there was
the usual business of getting ac-
quainted. We were aboard / Free
French, one R. A. F., British ci-
villains, 10 U. S. Marines, l Marine
major, is nurses and our house
mother. Our sea routines were
adapted to a ship with few .con-
veniences, but every one made al
lowances without grumble. Almost
from the beginning there was the
general atmosphere of congeniality.
Aboard We learned we were TO &c
to Halifax and wait for a convoy
This meant we were going the cold
northern route. We heard that We
might have to wait a week for the
ships to gather. New York had
been very hot. Halifax was strangely
very cold
Granted Shore Leave.
An immigration officer came
aboard in Halifax and stamped our
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Cool Output Increased
In Pennsylvania Field
By the Associated Press


HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. l5.-
Eumming wheels in factories busy
with national defense orders have
spurred Pennsylvania vast coal in
dustry to boost production well
above last years levels. the De-
partment of Mines reported today.
The output of bituminouS coal
vital fuel for the nations huge steel
mills-rose to 55,316.0O0 tons in the
first six months Of 194l compared
with 52,363000 in 1910, said Mine
Secretary Richard Maize.
At the same time the Common
wealth's anthracite fields-largest
in the world--yielded 26,l68 900 tons,
. million more than a year ago.
Officials called attention particu-
larly to the increase in bituminous
output, pointing out that the mines
were closed during April for wage
contract negotiations.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Byrd Asks President
Give Accounting for
Lease-Len Outlay
Request Is Voiced
In Anticipation Of
New Appropriation
BY the Associated Press.


An accounting of lease-lend ex-
penditures to date was demanded to-
day by Senator Byrd. Democrat, of
Virginia, in anticipation of an ad-
minlstration request-expected by
Congress next week-for approx
mately s7,OOO,0O0,0O0 additional to
aid the countries fighting Nazi Ger
many.
In asking the lease-lend division
headed by Harry Hopkins for re-
port on actual disbursements from
the $1,000 100000 previously made
available, Senator Byrd said he be-
lieved Congress ought to have that
information before 1t considered in
creasing the amount.
Congress is perfectly willing to
provide any additional money that
is needed" the Virginia Senator
told reporters, but it hardly seems
possible that more than a billion
dollars could have been spent thus
far of the seven billion that We al
ready have voted
tCBOft DuC oNptNihDNt o.
Senator Byrd recalled that a re-
port made in June showed only ap-
proximately' s750OO0OO actually
spent up to that time, although the
President had allocated all Of the
funds.
Under the Lease-Lend Act the
President is required to furnish Con-
greSS with progress reports from
time to time, but not less frequently
than every 80 days" Mr.. Roosevelt
submitted his first report on June
II. exactly three months after the
legislation became law. On e0-day
basis. his second report would not
be due until September 9.
There we're indications, meanwhile,
that the projected fund request
might be based in part on possible
Russian needs. Some legislators
thought that President Roosevelt's S
conversations with Prime Minister
Churchill at sea might have touched
on Russian as well as British re-
quirements.
LII lIllo SOiiliCNbAOii. AotiioNoA
per, Democrat, of Florida said he
was reliably informed that the Rus
slams were seeking short-range
bombers, pursuit planes. anti-air
craft guns. machine tools and gaso-
line refining equipment.
Opposes Restriction.
indicating that he expected these
requirements to figure in the new
lease-lend total, Senator Pepper said
he thought Congress would go down
the road for all the President asks. "
On the other hand. Senator john
son. Republican, of California said
he thought there was no necessity of
giving credit to the Soviets. but
added he had no notion that Con-
gress write a restriction of this ma
ture into any bill that it might pass.
Informed legislators said the total
amount to be sought would not be
fixed definitely until President
Roosevelt personally had gone over
the estimates prepared by sub
ordinates. When that was done, it
was said, Congress might be asked to
act quickly in order to key the de-
fense production program to an even
higher pitch than it has reached.
Evening star., 1941-08-15

"It was 9:45 pm. June 2s
when the S. S. Maasdan,
carrying American nurses
and Marines, was tor
pedoed. ss-
"The boat deck OF the
Maasdam was a frlghtful
mess. The ship l had just
seen sink in the next lane
was loaded with ammunition.
1t had exploded furiously,
blasting shrapnel as far as
our ship and hindered our
taking to the lifeboats. -
"As we rowed around the
stern some one asked for the
bailer The water ran in a
thousand times faster than
we could bail, ankle deep, up
to my waist. A large
wave filled the boat. taking
with it most of the occu-
pants. 1 heard some one
shout, Swim for 1t
Getting into the deck
house of the Norwegian
tanker was just the end Of
if we just don't have to go
back to the lifebOats tonight
All went well until $3.50 in
the morning, when l was
brought to my feet by sud-
den explosion. 1t was a
depth charge. A submarine
was near. There was just a
trace of light. Then before
my eyes a ship IN the
lane next TO us was torpedoed
and sank in three minutes