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Evening star., 1941-09-12

Roosevelt is not the protector of
Panama"
There had been two press con-
ferences in which the strictest ST.
lence was preserved on German re-
action before the spokesman made
his statement hours later.
But foreign correspondents hardly
had reached their Offices from the
silent noon conference when the
radio informed the world of the
convoy sinkings - seemingly as
though Germany were replying
with action instead of words.
The German high command S
communiques indicated that the
convoy assault began at least day
ago, but still was continuing. 1t
said the U-boats up to date had
sent $4,000 tons of ships to the
bottom of the North Atlantic.
Two other steamers of 11,00C
tons were torpedoed and may be
considered lost" the high command
said.
At the same time Italy also an
nounced new submarine raids in the
Atlantic. Premier Mussolini's high
command credited Fascist under.
sea craft with sinking large oil
tanker and probably destroying q
/ 5.450-ton freighter.
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Axis Subs Must Now Attack Worships
OF u. S. in Self Defense, Goydo Says

The Axis powers do not dispute
the freedom of the seas with the
United States, but they expect the
United States to consider it tfree-
dom of the seas as neutral ma
ton"
Fascist circles close to the Rome
government asserted they under
stood President Roosevelt had or
dered the American Navy to fire on
German and italian warships in
mid-August and therefore that the
speech disclosed nothing new.
The third Axis partner, Japan
was officially non-committal. The
Japan Times and Advertiser. Eng
lish- Language organ of the Japan
ese foreign Office, took issue, how
ever, with Mr.. Roosevelt's denuncia-
ton of Axis pirates" declaring:
Whatever else it may be called
the sinking of ships by submarines
is certainly not piracy. Nc
pirate ever went into business
simply to sink shipping. Loot was
his quest. The Germans have not
made any profit out of submarine
warfare. 1t has been an expensive
business in lives and investments.
Koh Ishii, Japanese Cabinet In
formation Bureau spokesman, said
Japan adhered to the general prln-
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Prices Of Hard Coal
Pegged by Henderson
At August 15Level
Action Blocks Plon
For l5-Cent Increase
Proposed by Mines
Ply Associated Press.

Leon Henderson, price admins
traitor, fixed ceiling prices ON hard
coal today at the levels of August Is
and blocked a 15-cent-a-ton increase
which producers of Pennsylvania
anthracite had proposed to put into
effect next Monday.
The at-the-mine prices established
in the ceiling schedule are $3.50 for
the principal domestic sizes, broken,
egg. stove and chestnut; $50 for
pea coal, S3.75 for buckwheat No. l,
$3.50 for rice and s2l5 for barley.
The prices are fob mine per net ton
of 1000 pounds.
| Mr.. Henderson said he took the
action because leading producers OF
anthracite failed to furnish his
Office with reports which would per-
NIT full analysis Of the factors
purporting to justify the proposed
September Is increase.
Rather than allow another Is
cents to be added to the price Of
the domestic sizes and passed OH
to householders while the necessity
for it is yet to be established. the
Office of Price Administration is
freezing anthracite prices for the
time being" Mr.. Henderson said.
Anthracite producers will be
afforded an opportunity in the
immediate future to provide the in
formation o. P. M. has requested
and to offer any additional infor-
nation they desire in support of
higher prices. If it can be demon
strated satisfactorily that the cur
rent level of prices is inadequate, a
revision of the present maximums
will be worked out"
Mr.. Henderson said the data sub
mitted to his Office does not indi-
cate that the freezing of anthracite
prices at prevailing levels will act
to prevent the industry from carry
ing out existing wage agreements"
He asserted that composite fig
ures submitted by eight of the
largest producers were neither sat-
isfacory nor adequate
"A belated offer of individual
data still fell short of the informa-
ton requested by o. P. A. and nee
essary for a determination of fair
prices" he said.
1T is to be expected that whole
salers and retailers of hard coal will
maintain their present margins so
that the ultimate cost of coal to the
consuming public will not be
changed while the ceiling prices are
in force"
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt's shoot-on-
sight warning to Axis sea raiders and
submarines drew from a Rome
spokesman today the declaration
that every italian or German war
ship must attack American Navy
vessels for its Self-defenSe if 1t
lacks the possibility of escaping at
tack"
The Italian attack for defense"
threat came from Virginio Gayda,
chief Fascist editorial spokesman.
Political circles in Rome de-
nounced Mr.. Roosevelt's announce
ment as deliberate, f1agrant viola
ton of neutrality, which, juridically,
the United States of America has
not abandoned"
open, Direct Aggression"
Gayda said no formal declaration
of war could now add any new or
different element to the reality OF
this open, direct aggression pre-
announced by Roosevelt's speech"
A statement issued in political
circles said Mr.. Roosevelt's speech
showed a desire for aggressive oc-
cupation of strategic points outside
American waters" and charged the
President with having arranged to
exploit the slightest incident"
This ensemble of acts and mani
festations is received with calm and
without surprise in Italy, but with
renewed and deliberate firmness of
the will to continue the war to-
gether with Germany and other
allies until victory" the statement
concluded.
LAS you know, the speech was
awaited and foreseen from the con-
spicuous preliminary English and
American propaganda which was
made concerning it" correspondents
were told.
Wherefore, there is no surprise
In this spectacular manifestation OF
President Roosevelt's war-monger-
ing. The will and the proposal to
increase provocations capable of
making the American Nation slide
evermore toward war was manifest.
Gayda said 1T is evident that in
the legitimate defense of the Axis,
imposed by the declared American
aggressive plan. President Roosevelt
would like to seek simulated justif1-
cation for pushing forward his
armed forces,
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Submarine Attack, One of
Wars Greatest, Still
Going On in Atlantic
~ the Associated Press,

AsocIaeoETee
The German high command today countered President
Roosevets notrespass speech with the announcement
that Uboats have sunk least % ships out of
of vessels bound for Great Britain and the attack
tinung
had been silent at first about the speech
since Adolf Hitler himself the determination Of
events but authorized spokesman later
contentious lies Hitler himself
addressing appeal the German people for winter
relief funds.
afternoon made no reference to
the address failing to record the fact that
the speech was made
Uboa perhaps the greatest single submarine
against history quarters took that
eloquent to President Roosevelt.
spokesman later asserted however that the Pre
of the the peak of hypocrisy
ha; bear responsibility for all
quenceS"
Several Vessels Reported Being
There was no amphcaion of the high commands terse
count attack which has been going for several
command and other commentators scattered vessels still
being chased.
British naval sources declined the German
report.
Late dispatches disclosed convoy inter-
cepted on way North America England Presumably it
carrying American supplies
The spokesman gave Germanys first official reaction to
Rooeve speech contended that the presidential order to
fire on German craft had been issued months ago.
What happens now?" he asked
Not Roosevelt but will determine that" he retorted
spokesman point point the Presidents alega
ton of German design against American shipping.
Concerning destroyer he reiterated
that the German submarine fired only after the Greer had dropped
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Nazis Claim Sinking Of ID Ships
AS Answer to Roosevelt Speech;
NAVY Clears Decks to Battle Subs
Lindbereh's Speech
Likened to BerIin's
Outbursts by Early

A charge that there was
striking similarity" between
recent assertions of the Berlin
propaganda Offices and last
nights speech by Charles A.
Lindbergh was made today by
Stephen T, Early, secretary to
President Roosevelt.
Speaking in Des Moines, Iowa,
Mr.. Lindbergh accused three
groups-the British, the Jewish
and the Roosevelt administra-
tion-with pressing the United
States toward war.
you've been seeing the out
pourings from Berlin in the last
three or four days" Mr.. Early
told press conference this
morning, land you saw what
Mr.. Lindbergh said last night.
I think there is a striking
similarity between the two"
(See Lindbergh Speech Story,
Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Dionne Victory Reported
Near in Fiqht for Quints

TORONTO. Sept. II Canadian
Press Victory in seven-year
fight by Olivia Dionne to bring his
children together under one roof ap-
peared near today when it was re-
ported that the quintuplets would be
restored to the parents by an order
in-council of the Ontario cabinet.
1t was understood that the au-
thority of the Board of Guardians
which now governs the affairs of the
ouints at their nursery home near
Callander, Ontario, would be re-
linquished as regards parental con-
troll and general living conditions.
The board, however. probably will
continue to direct the financial af-
fairs OF the five sisters, whose joint
fortune now totals more than
ST. 900 600.
The new order-in n-council, it is
understood, will provide for large
home to house the entire family.
Evening star., 1941-09-12
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-The sus-
pension of mems pants is threatened.
They can't have slide fasteners
much longer; defense is taking all
the metal and machines.
Can't have buttons; plastics and
buttonhole machinery both run
smack into priorities.
Ideas about safety and other pins
clash with the Priorities Boards re-
strictions on brass.
Belts and suspenders, of rubber
leather or plastics. all call for ma
terials in which defense supplies are
scarce and restricted.
Rope, hillbilly fashion, won't do
because bringing in hemp would take
ship space needed for defense ma
terials.
No nails and barbed wire combi-
nations-at least one nail and wire
plant is laying off men because ii
can't get supplies.
1t wasn't SO funny, though. to the
400 or 500 workers the Conmar
Products Corp, Newark, N. j., slide
fastener maker. has been forced te
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Hope for Mems Pants Situation
Drops Fast; They May Follow

lay off because of shortages of
copper, nickel, silver, zinc, tools and
machinery.
It won't be humorous to the
manufacturers of clothing and
leather goods who have cut their
materials in expectations of sewing
slide fasteners into them. Conmar
says 20 depend on it for fasteners.
Margon Co., another Newark slide
fastener maker, was reported letting
hundreds of employees go weekly-no
materials.
Out In Meadville, Pa, Talon, Inc,
laid off 800 of its 5,129 employees
three weeks ago because of shortages
of steel, copper alloys and zinc.
Both Conmar and Talon expect
to keep going while, using metals
still in the stock piles.
A Conmar spokesman said the
company thinks the Government
will make metal available mot so
much for our particular sake but
because Of the effect on 20 or so
other industries calling on us for
slide fasteners"
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Commissioners Name
Keck as Inspector
To Succeed Holmes
Barrett and Cox
Also Are Promoted;
Shoke-up Near End

Ira z. Keck, former acting chief
Of the Metropolitan Police Detec-
tive Bureau, was elevated to the
post of inspector by the Commis-
sioners today to succeed Inspector
William z. Holmes, who retired re-
Gently. The promotion had been
expected for some time.
At the same time the city heads
designated 1t. Robert j. Barrett as an
acting captain to be second in COM
mand of the Detective Bureau, which
is now headed by Inspector Richard
Mansfield, and promoted Tempo
rary Capt. Clement P. Cox to the
full grade of captain to fill the va
cancy created by the promotion OF
Inspector Mansfield.
These changes brought the Com
missioners nearer the end of q
sweeping reorganization ordered ir
the wake of a congressional investi-
CATION of the Metropolitan Police
Department.
Actually. the Commissioners gave
Inspector Keck two promotions TO-
day. To meet civil service require
ments the city heads had to raise
him from the grade of lieutenant
to captain before he could be named
inspector. The Commissioners act
ed after receiving word from tht
Civil Service Commission that HI
was eligible for promotion to cap
tain.
While lieutenant, Inspector Keel
served as acting chief of the De
tective Bureau with the grade o
acting captain. He was temporar,
chief OF detectives during the periot
after retirement of Inspector Bern
ard w. Thompson and the appoint
ment of Inspector Mansfield.
Inspector Edward j. Kelly, actinl
superintendent of police, said In
spector Keck would be placed il
charge of one of the inspection dis
tricts, probably the second district
which includes police precincts 6, 8
10, II and 13.
The promotions approved toda!
will become effective next Monday
Inspector Kecks salary will b,
s4.500 per year and 1t. Barrett,
$500.
Evening star., 1941-09-12


The Presidents statement that
a submarine had followed a
United States battleship last July,
he called "a pure invention"
The merchant ship Robin Moor
was sunk in the Southern At
lantic in accordance with the
usages of International law, the
spokesman declared, claiming
she was carrying contraband.
If the American merchantmen
Steel Seafarer was among the ships
sunk by German planes. he con-
tended, she was in a war zone de-
clared by both Germany and Italy
and was loaded with war materials
for Britain in the Near East.
Mr.. Roosevelt said the Steel Sea-
farer. sunk six days ago, was sent
down by a German plane in the
Red Sea, 300 miles southeast of Suez
while bound for an Egyptian port.
The spokesman explained that it
Is extremely difficult to establish
the nationality of a ship in night
attack.
Concerning the sinking of the
steamship SesSa off Iceland by a
submarine, he said the vessel was
under the flag of Panama, and
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Red Cross Delegation
To Survey Russia S Needs
BY the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
The American Red Cross an
nounced today that a Red Cross
delegation, headed by Allen Warde-
we'll of New York, would be sent to
Soviet Russia within a few days to
study and report on the most urgent
relief needs in that country and
the manner in which they can best
be met.
Norman H. Davis, chairman of the
Red Cross, also disclosed that a
shipment now is being assembled,
including a large quantity of surgi-
cal dressings. hospital garments, and
medical supplies. which will be
moved to the Soviet Union by the
first available ship.
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Cool Weather Expected
To Stuy for Week End

Continued cool weather was IN
store for Washington this week end
following a temperature of 54 de-
grees at 6:10 am. today, the lowest
reading since June II.
The Weather Bureau reported the
temperature may go to so degrees
tonight, but added that tomorrow
will be fair with slowly rising tenn
perature. -
BY 10 am. today the thermometer
had risen only nine degrees. The
forecast was for clear and cool to-
night.
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Fighting Breaks Out
AS Faction Spreads
Mine Dues Strike
Insurgents Are Driven
Off in Free-for-AII at
CoIIiery in New Area
By the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press.
HAZELTON. Pa, Sept 12.-
Fighting broke out between rival
union factions today at one anthra-
cite colliery as a protest against an
increase in union dues spread into
new territory-a move that has
taken nearly 10000 Pennsylvania
hard coal workers from their jobs.
In a brief free-for-all, members
of the C. L o. United Mine Workers
of America at the Philadelphia &
Reading Coal e. Iron Co.'S Knicker-
booker colliery drove off a travelling
group of unioniSts who earlier IN
the.day closed the company's Maple
Hill colliery.
There were no serious injuries.
The outbreak occurred when the
marching group, increased by re-
cruits obtained Yesterday in the
Hazelton area attempted to halt a
train of loaded coal cars.
The stops at the Maple Hill and
Knickerbocker collieries, located
near Shenandoah in Schuylktll
County. were the first made by the
motorcade after it formed this
morning at Hometown and struck
/ into the mine unions district 9.
In previous activities, confined tc
District 7. the protesting miners
rallied 5000 union members to Their
cause and closed l3 collieries. AL
remained idle today Leaders of the
insurgents said they proposed Later
to move into District 1-embracine
mines of the Wilkes-Barre anc
Scranton areas.
Regional leaders of the U. M
w. A. have declared the walkoui
unauthorized.
Officers of the union local a
Maple Hill this morning attempted
to dissuade employees of that col
liery from joining the protest, bu
after 80 minutes of speechmakine
on both sides the workers returned
to their homes.
The caravan then moved on h
the Knickerbocker Colliery.
In a turbulent mass meeting herr
last night. the protesting miner
disregarded a plea by the Dis
trict 7 president to return to thei
jobs. The walkout began Tuesda.
in that district-one of three int
which the union has divided thu
rich Pennsylvania Anthracite fields
Defy General Committee.
The miners, defying orders o
General Committee of the U. M
w. A, are protesting increases o
monthly dues from 81 to Sl.50 ant
the annual assessment from 50 Il
s6. Both dues and assessments ar,
collected for the union by employer
through the checkof system.
The increase was approved by
national union referendum but tn
miners of Panther Valley, where tn
protest walkout started, Vote'
against 1t.
Called to the mass meeting las
night by both Hugh v. Brown, Dis
trict 7 president who termed tn
walkout an illegal strike" and Gar
rett Miller, leader of the protest
ing group, the miners howled dow
Mr.. Brown and then heard MI
Miller call for Mr.. Browns resigna
tion.
Mr.. Brown, who was met will
boos and catcalls for IS minutes be
fore he abandoned attempts Il
speak, left the meeting and resortet
to radio to urge the miners to settl
their grievances through uniol
channels.
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Norwegian Revolt
Reported Rising
AGAINST Germans
Gigantic Conflict Seen
In Few Days With Unions
Leading Opposition
By the Associated Press.


STOCKHOLM. Sweden, Sept. II.
Reports from Oslo today said a
spirit of revolt against the German
supported Quisling government was
growing rapidly in Norway and a
gigantic conflict was indicated IN
the next few days with the trade
unions leading the opposition to the
Nazis.
The unions have about 100000
members.
A great many persons were re-
ported arrested at a number OF
places in Norway Thursday.
Labor Official Pardoned.
Ludvik Buland, vice president OF
the labor federation, was sentenced
to death and then pardoned by Josef
Terboven, Nazi gauleiter for Norway
as official accounts said labor peace
was restored and there were no
episodes of any kinds"
Among persons sentenced in Oslo
were Asbjoern Ruud and Olaf
Oekern, famous skiers, both sent
to prison for II years. Didrik Arup
Seip, president of Oslo's university,
was removed. Nature of the charges
against these men was not stated.
In yesterdays extensive actions
against trade unions all over Nor
way, all local funds were confscated
and membership lists were taken by
the authorities. All Boy Scout
organizations we're ordered dissolved
Special correspondents for the
Stockholm papers reported every
thing was so quiet in Oslo that the
town was dead" after O'Clock
every night, but that the executions
of Wednesday inf1amed the under
cover spirit of revolt and led to the
preventive steps taken by the
Quisling regime yesterday.
Siege Extension Threatened.
Authorities in Bergen, Trondheim
and Stavanger threatened to pro-
claim a civil siege such as exists ir
Oslo II there we're any signs of agi-
| tation.
A dispatch from Berlin quoted the
Oslo Nizi paper. Fritt Folk, as
warning the public that additiona.
heads of organizations would lose
their positions IF they are not more
reasonable"
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Armed Robbers
Flee on 70-Ton
Steam Roller
Rg "a kssociated Press.

BS the Associated Press.
FARMVILLE, Va, Sept. Ii
Two hooded. armed men held
up street workman here,
robbed him of $50 and escaped
on a lotion steam roller.
Forcing Operator Jesse Logan
from the machine, the men
raced it down hill through the
residential section, crashed
through p fence on a dead-end
street, rolled across a ploughed
field and plunged the machine
into a ditch.
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Labor Peace Is Restored
To Oslo, Nozis Say

BERLIN, Sept. II (P).-Labor peace
has been restored in Oslo, capital of
German-occupied Norway, where a
state of civil siege was declared by
the German commissioner, Joseph
Terboven, two days ago, the news
agency DN.B. reported today.
mo more incidents have oc-
CURED" the official news agency
added in dispatch from Oslo.
German informants asserted that
drastic repressive action against
Norwegian labor unions was the
lCan NOD RMEGIAM pann ALA
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Hotel Man, Over 28,
Released From Army

Corpl. John Blake. general pur-
chasing agent for the Carlton and
Wardman Park Hotels, who was in
Quoted into the Army in May as a
selectee. was discharged from mill
tary service yesterday because he
was over 28 years old.
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Reich Drops Germunic Script

BERLIN, Sept. IL lP.-Use Of
German script has been dropped
from schools in favor of Roman let
ters by order Of Education Minister
Bernhard Rust.
Evening star., 1941-09-12
Summary of Todoy's Star

Astronomers find remnants Of star
that exploded in 1904. Page Bis
Washington and Vicinity.
Willkie defends movies against mo-
nopoly" charges. Page AS
Evening star., 1941-09-12

Foreign.
British planes raid territory from
Norway to France. Page Az
Roosevelt's address wars turning
point, British believe. Page A
Successes reward Army sacrifices,
Hitler declares. Page AIR
Operations progress despite rain,
mud, Germans declare. Page Ais
National.
ACTIVE defense" policy for Navy re-
vealed by President. Page Al
Conferees reported agreed on lower
income exemptions. Page Az
! Lindbergh blames Roosevelt, Britain,
Jews for war policy. Page A-3
New Mexico to stage Statewide
! blackout tonight. Page Bill
Evening star., 1941-09-12

(See FOREIGN, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1941-09-12

Most people in Washington have The
Star delivered to their homes every
weekday evening and Sunday morning.
Evening star., 1941-09-12

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages Tx and 2-X of this edition Of
The Star, supplementing the news Of
the regular home delivered edition.
Evening star., 1941-09-12

(See NORWEGIAN, Page A-l7D
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-15

MRS. WALTER CHAIR.
member of the Parks and Rec
reation Commission, and Lieut.
William Bondesen. representing
Capt. Richard Thornton Brod-
head. led the grand march at
the first Of a series of seamen's
swings held at the Casino on
Belle Isle, for the men at the
Naval Armory.
Fred T. Nagle. president of
the Parks and Recreation Com
mission, was host and MesdameS
Robert Henkel and John ]. Con-
sidine were hoStesSes.
Among the girls who danced
with the sailors were Miss Mari
lyn Magic, Miss Betty Henkel.
Miss Betty O'Rohe. Miss Eliza
beth Gram and Miss Charlotte
Sullivan.
Mrs. O'Hair is organizing a
club, under auspices of the
Parks and Recreation Commits
sion, To plan entertainments for
the men in the navy. There are
now TOO men at the armory and
their number soon will be in
creased to 900.