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Evening star., 1941-06-05

Il
sociatlon will take place at Dis
trlct Court Tuesday night, and the
outcome will be announced at a
meeting of the organization that
night at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. Prettyman has taken a lead
ing part in civic affairs here. He
has been prominent in Red Cross
activities and served as head of the
Municipal Finance Committee of
the Washington Board of Trade.
AS the associations new president
he will succeed Francis w. Hill.
jr, who will retire at the next
meeting.
A former newspaperman and the
son OF the Rev. Forrest J. PRETTY
man, chaplain of the Senate during
the Wilson administration, Mr..
Prettyman has served as a direc-
tor of the bar association and is
prominent in activities of the Amer
ican Bar Association. During the
World War he served In the in
fantry and is a member of the
American Legion.
The law Offices Of Mr.. Pretty
man are located at 822 Connecticut
avenue NV, and he is a member
Evening star., 1941-06-05

Internal Reve.
nue. and former
c orp ora t 10 n
counsel of the
District.
T h is W a s
learned tod a y
when it devel-
oped that Mr..
Prettyman's op-
ponent for the
presidency, Will
liam P. Nc
Cracken, jr.. has
withdrawn from
the contest. Bal
loting for other
Evening star., 1941-06-05
Ribbentrop's Adjutont
Dies in Crete Fiqhtinq

By the AssOclated Press.
BERLIN, June 5-Foreign Min
lister Joachim Won Ribbentrop's chic.
adjutant, Franz Braun, major ir
the Nazi air force, has been killec
in action, his widow announced to.
day. 1t was reported he died II
Crete.
Evening star., 1941-06-05
Preffyman Slated
As New President
OF District Bar
William P. McCrocken,Jr.
Retires From Contest:
Vote to Be Held Tuesday

The NEW president of the Dis
tr1ct Bar Association is slated to
be E. Barrett Prettyman. former
general counsel of the Bureau of
Evening star., 1941-06-05

of the law firm of Hewes, Pretty
man. Await g. Smiddy. The organ
ization also has Offices at Hartford,
Conn. Mr.. Prettyman lives at 106
WoodlaWn avenue. KenWood. Nd.
Evening star., 1941-06-05
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Evening star., 1941-06-05

Sounds strange, doesn't it, but it's
true. Yes sir you can actually
feel the coIdness Of nationally fo-
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Dirksen Plan Could
Bring About Repeal
By Simple Majority
Surprise Revolt Tentatively
Successful After Rejection
Of Other Amendments
Earlier Story on Page AID
Bv GOULD LINCOLN.

Opponents Presidents lend bill caught the admin
mapping the House today through lab
offered by Representative Drksen Republic
Illinois, which would make possible for Congress- by con-
resolution repeal by simple majority vote or all
powers granted the President under the bill
Fifty Democrats absent from the chamber when
the tentative the Drksen amendment taken in COM
mttee whole The opponents of the BILL however in
the House in force.
adoption the Dksen amendment caused parliament
tangle which worrying the administration forces They
trying of the Dirksen amendment
the bill without the time the committee
which limits the operation Of the bill to June 80 l93
Drksen amendment in the form of amendment
Affairs Committee amendment limit the operation
the bill to June 80 943 The House still acting committee
whole the afternoon adopted
entire amendment including the Dksen addition to it.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Earlier Story on Page AID
By J. A. O'LEARY.

A prediction that Germany Is
heading toward financial difficulties
was made by Senator Glass. Demo-
crat of Virginia, an authority on
banking problems, as Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh continued late today to
explain to the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee his reasons for op-
posing the lease lend bill.
After Senator Glass had asked the
Colonel what military experience he
has had outside of aviation to quail
ify him to testify as an expert on
the possibilities of invasion, the vet
eran Virginian asked him if finances
are not an important factor in wag-
ing war.
III bow to you on financial ques-
tions." the flyer replied. explaining
he had come to the hearing by in
vitation and spoke of air corps needs
because he knew more about the sub
ject.
War without Money.
You can't wage war without
money, can you?" asked Senator
Glass.
1T seems Germany has" the
colonel replied
Senator Glass suggested it was
done by repudiating German obliga-
tions to its citizens.
Col Lindbergh said Germany
went through national bankruptcy
and came out OF it the strongest
military power in the world The
witness said he could not under
stand it, but it had happened
Germany cannot continue to
fight without money" Senator Glass
continued.
Suppose we had a negotiated
peace?" queried the Virginian, turn
ing to another phase of Col, Lind
bergh's argument. Hasn't Hitler
broken every promise he has made
since Munich?"
The last thing I advocate is
peace based on promises" the COL
onel answered Il favor a peace
based on realities. and the only
thing we can depend on is our own
strength"
Have you seen anything in any
of the speeches of the President
that indicated he wanted to send
(See HEARING, Page X-2D
Evening star., 1941-02-06


Ballots will be placed in the
hands of employees by February Is,
and they will have 80 days in
which to vote. If a strike is au-
thorized, Mr.. Harrison said. a Labor
Executives Committee will fix
date.
A strike could not be held i'm
mediately, however, since the Ma
tional Mediation Act provides for
the President to appoint a fact
finding committee to investigate
any such situation.
Mr.. Harrison said he had placed
;he situation before President Roose-
welt expressing regret that it was
necessary to take a strike vote in the
midst of the national defense pro-
gram but there is no other course
open to u.s."
He added that the President
seemed anxious that a strike be
averted.
Mr.. Harrison is expected to get in
touch shortly with John ]. Pelley,
president of the Association of
American Railroads, for a final at
tempt to work out some agreement.
Mr.. Pelley was out of town today
and his Office declined to comment.
The IA unions have demanded
two-week vacations with pay for reg
ular employees. and one day for each
month worked for other employees.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Crowd in Rome
Checked on Way
To u. S. Embassy
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Feb. GA crowd OF stu
dents bearing Italian and German
flags marched toward the United
States Embassy this afternoon
shouting, Down with Democracy"
They were turned off down a side
street and did not pass the Embassy
itself.
Reports circulated afterward said
some of the demonstrators had
shouted against the United States,
but members of the crowd told
Americans they were demonstrating
against Britain, not America.
Stefani, the official news agency,
said the students were reacting to
British radio reports of disorders
in Rome.
Shouting vivas for Premier Mus
solini, Adolf Hitler and King Victor
Emmanuel, the students began the
march at the tomb of the Italian
unknown soldier, where they had
gathered to render homage.
There was no strong reinforce
ment of guards around the Embassy,
as was placed in front of the United
States consulate in Turin during
similar demonstrations there last
week.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Wheeler Unfair in Plane
Statement, Stimson Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Secretary of War Stimson said to-
day that Senator Wheeler, Democrat
of Montana, was guilty of making
IAN unfair statement" in charging
that the Army had no warplanes
completely modernized and ready for
combat.
II think I can assure that any
planes the United States sends into
combat will have leak-proof tanks, y
Secretary Stimson told reporters.
Senator Wheeler. he said, was "un-
fair" by implying deficiencies as
somebody's fault and due to bad
management"
What deficiencies exist, Mr.. Stim-
son asserted, were due primarily to
the rapid advances made in war
plane design and construction since
the European war.
"If Senator Wheeler had been fair
he would have said that we have the
materials ready to make our plane
tanks leak proof" he said.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Racing Results
Rossvan's, Other Selections and
Entries for Tomorrow, Page TX.
HiuIeuh
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FIRST RACE-.Purse. $1,000: claiming;
maiden 2-year- -olds; Nursery course; fur
longs tout Of chute). ,o oso
Single (Seabol 24.S0 1885 $50
Remembering lGilberD 500 $50
Miss Shopper tEads) 4.20
Also ran-Topsy Olive, Sampler. Ruths
Jacobelle, Tar Haven. { fMaeauei. Smart
and { Waddy.
SECOND RACE-Purse, $1,000: claim
in: ing a-yes5iods sdeI rsdt9 furl9nss so 80
Banker Jim Da6sonp 80 $50
Parfait Amour ,Anderson) $50
Also ' ran1Bolinxar, Priority, stinsalins.
Rain, Eselkay, Spot Pass s5s, and u n SANG.
DAILY Double paid S234.soo
THIRD RACE-Purse. $1,000; claiming;
3-year-olds: 6 furlongs.
as1iolsa. St9Ssl TadS D.D,on 1880 ssS SO $50 $50
Beamy May 4.30
Time, l:13.
owasse. Pompton. Pavilion, Locked Out,
Nancy ". Brass Bell and Sylvan Dell.
FOURTH RAcE-Purse, $1,000: claim
Felsun (McCreary 1890 $50 $40
crius MAY, 500 $40
WeQQlnB MOTH 10. ftSnlCkD S.SU
Time, 1:524s.
Also ran-Blacky Bee, Supreme Chance,
Saxonian, Grand Lama and Yantis.
FIFTH RACE-Purse. 81 400: handicap:
3-year-olds: Il. miles Ton the TURF.
Bolivar (StoutD $50 4.40 $40
Moja (McCreary) $40 43O
Version (Kaufman) $50
Time, 1:48 3-5.
Also ran-Ponty. Rose Anita, Maepeace,
Yankee Party. Peep Show. shaun G.. Silver
Tower, Blumere and Shin Sham.
SIXTH RACE-Purse. S1,400; grade c
handicap: 4-year-olds and up; 6l2 fur
lones
Jayfcee tBodious) $40 $40 $40
Town Boy (Anderson) 500 $50
War Beauty tMcCreary) 4.40
Time, 1:17.
Also ran-Bashi Bszouk. Bright Trace.
Sherron Ann, DOG House and Domkin.
SEVENTH RACE-S1,200 claiming; A.
year-olds and up; Ia miles.
Stairs tEads) 40 $50 800
Polina tYouns) $50 $50
Plaudaway tBodiou) $50
Time, /: :53.
Also ran-Sweet Shovno. Clock Mouse,
Cstchem, Swing Band, Peanut Lady.
Queen Echo, Shirley R., LADY Orchid and
Virginia Rose.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
By HAROLD b. ROGERS.
Earlier Story on Page Al


Sharp attack on the Group Health
Association was launched in Dis
trict Court this afternoon by Will
liam E. Leahy, defense counsel in
the antitrust medical case, who
charged that such group practice
was economically unsound and that
it could not give the medical care
it claimed.
Striking back at prosecution coun-
sci from the Justice Department
who had charged organized medi-
cine with a combination and con-
spiracy in restraint of the trade OF
Group Health Association, Mr..
Leahy denied that the organizations
of medicine were for business but
were only for the improvement in
the science and art of medicine for
the public good.
Group Health Association, Mr..
Leahy charged, did not spring volun-
tarily from employees of the Home
Owners Loan Corp. He declared it
had been fostered by certain founda-
tions backed by the late Edward A.
Filene of Boston.
The Twentieth Century fund and
the Good Will fund, the defense
counsel charged, were the god
father and godmother of Group
Health Association
Fahey Brought Into Case.
John H. Fahey of the Home Own
ers Loan Corp. was so close friend
of Mr.. Fflene, Mr.. Leahy said, that
he had been made executor of Mr..
Filene's will.
Referring to finances behind the
Good Will fund as including 10000
shares in Mr.. Filene's store, which
paid 81 a share, and declaring that
(See MEDICAL, Page X-2)
Evening star., 1941-02-06
| MonviHe Home
Robbed Despite
| Elaborate Guard
By the Associated Press


MAMARONECK, N. Y, Feb. g.
Burglars slipped through one Of
the most elaborate private guard
systems in the country last night
and stole $1,000 in cash from the
palatial home of Thomas CTommy)
Manville, asbestos heir.
The Manville mansion. overlook
ing Long Island Sound, is sur
rounded by high walls surmounted
by guardhouses. and searchlights.
One of the guards discovered the
theft this morning. Mr. Manville
had passed the night in New York.
In addition to the cash. police
said the loot included IL gold
dinner plates, cups and saucers,
two motion picture cameras and sew
eral cigarette lighters, all taken
from a forced safe
Police Chief Paul A. Yerick said
the burglars had overlooked thou
sands of dollars worth of jewelry
and about $4,000 in cash in another
safe nearby.
Evening star., 1941-02-06

The majority members OF the For
eign Affairs Committee earlier had
proposed an amendment to the
amendment which limited to July !,
1916, the period for future commit
ments and contracts made by the
President under the powers granted
him in the bill
Democrats Join Republicans.
The amendment to limit contracts
was adopted without opposition Just
prior to the submission of the Dirk
sen amendment
Without the Dirksen plan. the only
way in which the Congress could
repeal the powers granted in the
lease-lend bill is through new bill.
requiring majority vote in both
houses and the approval of the Presi-
dent, or tWo-thirds vote in both
houses overriding a presidential veto.
Mr.. Dirksen in offering his
amendment. said that if adopted it
would place Congress in position
at any time by a majority vote TO
take back the powers granted under
the bill if these powers were abused
by the President
Distrust Is Charged.
Representative Eberharter, Dem
ocrat. of PENNSYLVANIA charged the
Dirksen amendment was offered in
a spirit of diStrust of President
Roosevelt. He said it showed the
partisan feeling of those who were
opposing the lease-lend bill, feel
ing which he deplored.
The first test of strength today
came when the House. in committee
of the whole. voted down. 206 to
l45. a substitute for the bill offered
by Representative Mundt. Republic
an, of South Dakota The Mundt
substitute virtually limited the whole
aid to Britain effort to a credit
of S2,000,000.000 and omitted the
grant of power to the President to
take other steps in aid of Britain
and the democracies.
In committee of the whole, the
House also defeated by a vote of
109 to IS. an amendment offered
by Representative Vorys o. Ohio,
Republican member of the Foreign
Affairs Committee, which would
have made it necessary for the
(See BRITISH AID. Page X-2)
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Nomura SaysAmerica
And Japan Can End
All Issues AmicabIy
New Envoy Is Coming TO
Washington, Confident
Of Finding Accord
sy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. s.-Ad-
miral Kichisaburo Nomura. new
Japanese Ambassador TO the United
States. expressed confidence today
that there are no questions between
Japan and the United States which
cannot be settled amicably.
The new Ambassador, in a state
ment issued upon his arrival aboard
the liner Kamakura Maru. said:
LAS am now only on my way to
take up my duties, am not ready
to discuss any problems affecting
either the United States or Japan
can, however, say this-that I am
confident that there Is no question
whatsoever outstanding between the
two countries which cannot be set
tied in an amicable and satisfac-
tory manner through a timely dis
play of craftsmanship by the re-
sponsible people on both sides. And
with that confidence, I am proceed
ing to Washington.
A reporter asked the admiral if
he was here to effect pact or treaty
with the United States. -'
Il can't say" he replied.
In response to another question
he asserted he saw no probability
of war between Japan and the
United States.
The people of Japan want good
relations with you,' he said.
Admiral Nomura parried all spe-
cific questions dealing with the in
ternational situation and with in
ternal conditions in Japan.
Two United States destroyers
acted as an escort to the Kamakura
Maru as the liner steamed into the
Golden Gate. The new Ambassador
will leave for Washington Saturday
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Army Plane Crashes
Into Nevada Mountain;
Eight Feared Dead
Clouds of Black Smoke
Followed Loud Explosion,
Witness Asserts
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOVELOCK. New, Feb. GA big
Army plane crashed into the side OF
Ragged Top Mountain near here to-
day. Army officials feared it was
the four-motor experimental bomb
er carrying two officers and crew
Of six from Sacramento to Denver.
A railroad section worker saw the
plane strike the mountainside. He
said there was a tremendous noise,
and clouds of black smoke billowed
in the sky He ran to a telephone
and notified authorities.
The missing bomber was in charge
Of Capt. r. S. Freeman of Mcclellan
Field, Sacramento. 1t was last heard
from at $50 am, when it was so
miles east of Reno.
Constable Wallace Van Reed and
q group of C. c. c. youths went into
the rugged, difficult terrain imme-
diately Ambulances and physicians
were dispatched.
The latest Army register listed
Capt. Freeman as commanding Of
hcer of Ladd Field, Fairbanks,
Alaska. The bomber was said to
have been en- route to Denver for ex-
periments in cold weather flying.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
President Can Send
Navy to Europe Now,
Mrs. Roosevelt Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTH HADLEY. Mass,
Feb. 6.-Advising a re-reading
of the Constitution by those
who feel the lease-lend bill
gives too much power TO the
President, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt said today that the
Constitution grants the Chief
Executive authority to declare
an emergency and under such
circumstances he could send
the entire Navy to Europe.
Her statement was made in
reply to a students query dur
ing a question and answer hour
at Mt. Holyoke College. She
pointed out that the President
was commander in chief of
the Army and the Navy.
Curtailment of the right to
strike. she asserted in reply to
another question, would slow
down production rather than
speed it up. She cited Eng
lish experience with such cur
tailment.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
NetherIanders DepIore
De Geer's Return Home
~ the Associated Press

By the Associated PRESS.
LONDON, Feb 6.-The Neither
lands government in exile announced
tonight that it had learned with a
profound sense of Indignation that
Derek Jan de Geer, former Prime
Minister who fed his homeland
when the Germans conquered it last
May. had gone home.
The government statement said
this unfortunate incident can in
no way be interpreted as an indica-
ton of any change in the firm de-
termination of the Royal Neither
lands government to continue the
war against Germany on the side
Of their British ally until ultimate
victory"
De Geer left England in Novem-
Der for the Netherlands East In
dies on mission that would have
enabled him to join members of his
family there, the statement said.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Member of Parliament
Heads News Agency
BY the Associated Press.

BY the hSSOCldIeu rIeSS.
LONDON, Feb. 6.-Samuel Storey,
conservative member of Parliament,
was selected today by the board Of
Reuters, British news agency, as its
chairman, succeeding Sir Roderick
Jones, who retires after Is years.
For years Mr.. Storey has been
director of Reuters and the Brit
ish Press Association and is chair
man and managing director of
Portsmouth and Sunderland News
papers, Ltd,
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Committee Will Study
Gettysburg Highway

BY the ASSOCIATED Fress'
Senator Davis, Republican, Of
Pennsylvania announced today that
on his request special committee
of the Senate Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads had been
appointed to study his bill author
izing a memorial highway between
Gettysburg and Washington,
Appointed by Chairman McKellar
to the subcommittee are Senators
Bailey, Democrat, of North Caro-
lima, chairman; Mead, Democrat, Of
New York; McCarran, Democrat. Of
Navada; Reed, Republican, Of
Kansas and Davis himself.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
so Army Planes Grounded
To Replace Prope|Iers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Feb. g.
Sixty Army training planes at Parks
Air College were ordered grounded
today by the Materials Division of
the Army Air Corps at Dayton,
Ohio, pending replacement of metal
propellers by wooden ones.
Fred Parks, vice president of the
flying school, said the order resulted
from a crash Tuesday in which Ed
ward E. Hersman. %, an Army cadet
from Akron, Ohio, and S. Lawrence
Harris, 81, civilian instructor, were
killed here.
One blade of the planes metal
propeller could not be found in the
wreckage. Investigators were work.
ing on the theory the blade broke
off in flight and the resultant vi
bration tore a wing of the craft.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (P.-
Stocks irregular: early rally loses
momentum. Bonds steady; some
rails improve. Foreign exchange
quiet; generally unchanged.
Cotton higher; spot house and
trade buying. Sugar improved:
activity in raws stimulated trade
covering Metals steady; sales Of
domestic copper improve. Wool
tops firm: Boston buying.
CHICAGO.-Wheat early ad-
vance lost; millers in market.
Corn lower; shipping business not
reflected. Hogs 10 lower; top,
$40. Cattle. nothing choice;
steer top, $13.65.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
II Killed in Conodos
Worst Aviation Disaster

WINNIPEG, Manitoba. Feb 6 (P).
"A Trans-Canada Airlines plane
crashed to earth one mile from
safety early today, killing II persons.
Nine of the dead were passengers;
the others the crew.
1t was the worst disaster in Can
adian aviation history.
The crash occurred sometime after
Sat am. (4:47 am, E. S. t. when
the pilot, Capt. w. E. Twiss, direc-
ting the craft from Montreal to
Winnipeg, advised the Armstrong
airport, 319 miles east of Winnipeg,
that he WAS going to make a routine
landing.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
By the Associated Press.

LONG BEACH, Calf, Feb. g.
A chiropractor who was inquisitive
about science was found asphyxiated
in his Office today. Nearby was an
unfinished chart recording the heart
pulse, respiration and temperature
caused by dry ice fumes.
The chiropractor, DR.. Wilfred C..
Blair. 80, who was said by his wife
to have lost consciousness and been
revived recently during similar
study, left a note. reading:
II am conducting some expert
ments with carbon dioxide. I fully
expect no trouble, but If anything
should 90 wrong, this Is to absolve
any enc from blame"
Evening star., 1941-02-06
App|auseLeads
George TO Clear
Hearing Room
Spectators Ousted
After Cheering
Honford MocNider
BULLETIN.

Chairman George ordered the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee room cleared Of specta-
tors late today after the audience
broke into applause at the con-
clusiOn Of testimony by HanfOrd
MacNider, former American
Legion commander, who spoke in
opposition to the lease-lend bill.
II am asking the police to clear
this room Of spectators" Senator
George said. This is not a town
hall meeting. 1 have been very
patient. but the police will open
the doors and permit spectators
to leave"
Evening star., 1941-02-06
6. H. A. Economically
Unsound, Medical
Case Defense Says
Counsel Coils Attention
To Heavy Financial
Booking Of Organization
FINAL BULLETIN.

Defense counsel in the anti
trust medical case, William E.
Leahy, completed his opening
statement to the jury late this
afternoon and court adjourned
until 10 am. tomorrow when the
Government will put on its first
witness for the prosecution, DIR.
Hugh Cabot, nationally known
champion of group medicine.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
w. P. A. Fund Approved

A House appropriation subcommit-
tee approved today an appropriation
of s375 100000 to finance the w. P.
A. program for the last four months
of this fiscal year which ends
June 30.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
10000 Railroad Employees
To Vote on o||ing Strike
Harrison Says Action Was Taken
In Deadlock Over Paid Vacations
By the Associated Press.

By the
George railway labor leader announced late today
representatives of IA of the standard railway labor organza
Nations class
railroads had refused negotiate demands for vacations with
pay