davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Baltimore Fund Shortage,
Pay Roll Padding Laid 10 7
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. May City Off
ciais yesterday uncovered two cases
of alleged wrongdoing on the part OF
municipal worker and a former
employe and turned them over to
States Attorney J. Bernard Wells.
A charge alleging misuse of city
materials and padding Of city pay
rolls by municipal foreman was
made by Elmer Bernhardt, head Of
the Central Pay Roll Bureau.
Another case was concerned with
an alleged shortage of about 81 600
in the accounts of the city's Bureau
Of Receipts.
Mr.. Bernhardt charged the fore
man had been entering into private
contract with property owners for
repair work for which the city was
not responsible, using city materials
and labor.
Mayor Howard w. Jackson said a
shortage had been discovered in the
accounts of the Bureau of Receipts.
The taxpayers will suffer no loss as
the employe concerned is under a
s25,O00 surety bond, he said.
The employe has left the NUM-
cipal service, after turning over tc
the city. Mr.. Jackson said, cash and
personal property approximately
covering the loss. ..--.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Nozis Easing Soviet Threat
Messing Of Troops at Border Discontinued
In Hope for EorIy Agreement With Moscow

troops, If they are to advance toward
Suez or Mosul, will have to pass
through the Taurus mountains in
Anatolia.
In Moscow and Ankara German
diplomacy is hard at work neutral
izing the two nations still in possess
sion of their independence which
indirectly might have assisted Gen.
Sir Archibald P. Wayell in his battle
for. the protection of the Suez Canal.
In Madrid and Vichy its convergent
purpose is to get some right of way
to North Africa.
Franco Waits for Harvests.
Gen. Francisco Frances reluctance
to make of his famished people a
belligerent and to cut them off from
, ,American supplies still persists. Be-
fore altering his course he insists
that the new crop first must be
gathered in, which gives him until
June.
However, were Vichy to give way
soon, Franco would be forced to fol-
low suit. And from Vichy we hear
that the armistice convention of last
June is about to be made less
OnerouS.
The fundamental trouble is that
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain' S
conviction-expressed repeatedly to
foreign diplomats since last Decem-
ber-that victory of German arms
is unavoidable, surely is deeper now
as the result of the defeat of Yugo-
slavia and Greece.
Will resolute action by the United
States counteract the trend toward
complete submission not only in
Vichy, but in Madrid, Ankara and
Moscow?
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, IncJ
Evening star., 1941-05-09
By PERTINAX.

Diplomatic circles here have
learned definitely that the German
command has ceased massing troops
against Russia. In some areas, 1t
is believed, they even have with
drawn military forces quartered near
the Russian ,I>1tier.
Since thos for, IS are not needed
elsewhere-G 'eman. Is credited with
no less than 2An 'ully mobilized
divisions-the change. = interpreted
generally as a sign tn. vs. Nazi
government hopes to reach agree
ment with Moscow at an early date
and consequently deems it opportune
to soften somewhat the threat to
the Soviet empire. But as long as
no formal bargain has been struck
how can Adolf Hitler and his ad-
visers feel so sure that Joseph Stain
will comply with their demands?
Here is the most satisfactory an
swer to that query: Stain, assum-
ing that he wishes to withstand
German expansion and incur risks,
soon would have to realize that his
Red Army cannot be relied upon to
fight.
The thousands of generals and
superior officers who were put to
death during the purge of 1867
left their work upon the frame OF
mind and the outlook of their sue
cessors. The new men in command
today are determined not to share
the same fate. For them the
greatest safety lies in a final
arrangement with the Fuehrer.
Stain Must Soon Yield.
AS to the relations with Germany,
whatever developments are in store.
Stain is now practically compelled
to come to terms. The political un-
derstanding reached in August and
September, 1899, practically van
lshed last summer when the German
Army invaded Rumania. Its princi-'
pal clause was that before taking
any action likely to affect the IN
terestS of the other, each signatory
should consult with the other.
The other day it was divulged in
Moscow that last November Stain
refused to join the Axis. Some COM
promise is overdue. The odds are
that Russia will not become party
to the German Italian japanese
treaty of September 81. 1910, but
that. as against some snowy reward,
she will drop the policy embodied in
the Russo-Turkish declaration of
March "a, 1871, and help make
ready the net in which Turkish in
dependence will be caught.
To carry out a deal of that de-
scription Hitler can we'll afford TO
concede much. Once the war has
spread to Asia by means of Turkish
passivity, Russia's helplessness will
increase and sooner or later she will
have no choice except surrender.
Wishful Thinking by Turks.
Meanwhile there is much wishful
thinking in Ankara. President Ismet
Inonu and his colleagues comfort
themselves with the thought that it
will be possible for the German
Wehrmacht to overwhelm Syria and
yet respect Turkeys national terri
tory. This is delusion, in the judg-
ment of military experts, inasmuch
as the British have Cyprus. German
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Estate Of {. {. Russell,
Poet, Valued at S70,609

The estate of Charles Edward
Russell, poet and publicist, was
valued at s7o6o9, his will revealed
when filed yesterday in District
Court.
He directed that his collection
of poetry, except for Shakespeare,
to be given to Howard University.
The Shakespeare collection is to
60 to st. Johnsbury Academy, VT.
The will made provisions for vari-
GUS relatives, and directed that upon
the death or remarriage of his
widow, Mrs. Theresa Russell, and his
son, John Edward Russell, of Santa
Monica Canyon, Calf, one-half OF
the residue be given to the National
Association for the Advancement Of
Colored People.
He owned no real estate. Attorney
r. H. Yeatman advised the court.
Evening star., 1941-05-09

Roosevelt as well
as the support
ers of his foreign
policy, many OF
whom have be-
come orrie e d
lately about the
loss of momen-
tum on the home
front.
The America
First Commit
tee in its litera-
ture this week
starts it's letters,
soliciting mem
bers, as follows:
"At. tl1e end of
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unansWerable. It leads to an inevitable
conclusion-namely, that we must start
right now to participate in the battle of
the Atlantic with the intention OF winning.
Now is not too early. 1t is already
late-but not too late, Every day makes
it later. not earlier.
The manner of that participation is
a matter to be determined by the Govern
ment, by those whose business it is to
determine the disposition of our naval
forces in view of the composition of those
forces and of interior knowledge of the
whole situation. 1t is the business of the
people and of Congress to recognize the
reality of the threat in the Atlantic and
to give the Government power to deal
with it.
Col. Stimson devoted the first part of
his speech to a lucid account of the step
by-step developments of the last seven
years, beginning with the building up in
secret of the immense military machine
of Germany; the successive conqueStS
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Judge Gives Lecture
On Motorists Signals

Judge George D. Nelson yester-
day took time out while sitting in
Traffic Court to warn of the dangers
of motorists failure to give proper
signals when making turns or start
ing out from the curb.
During a radio broadcast of court
proceedings, he called failure to give
signals a major cause of traffic ac-
cjdents here. He then had his
clerk, Charles Driscoll, read a state
ment from the keystone Automobile
Club regarding the Importance OF
giving signals.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Struggle Immediately Involves u. S.

struggle
power earth
recall that the
throughout toryeven when small and weak
has yielded to such demand
"a might
of liberty had been caught mapping
vital moments" This
British
hold
while factories build the de-
submarine
of Germany legal blockade under the rules OF marine
warfare. ~
law and ships carrying conraband 1t
right without warning Neither international
ships But if attempt to observe the
world denounced them
from the beginning, we will be defeated
America Can't Act as She Pieoses
world cannot she paseS That
non-ntervenonsts They
think that going is between the
and the American people
gets the Verde Islands
nerventionists akehaV
naval battle history If let Britain
alkehave lost
another defeated
nation
but military disaster of the first
the conflict
three choices for the United States They follows the
the peoples of the world Sit and
hostile combination
If had done the first the outset better still before the
the world would have been spared much
The would meant would revolution IN the
United States.
have impotence
eventual results will alliance
all the rest of the world including British
Empire .
political tell American people the
truth particularly middle of election campaign The only
promise that political ead should have made TO me American
people protect of the United States
tReled by the Bell Syndicate lncJ
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Bandits Permit Victim
To Keep Wrist Watch

Held up at the point of a knife
by two colored men, Elmer Michael
son, proprietor of a store at $40
Florida avenue NV, lost $40 last
night. police reported. Mr.. Michael
son said his wrist watch, at special
request, was left in his possession.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
| The Coming
| Tower
Don't Be Yourself.

Don't Be Yourself.
When Tennyson was laureate,
Dad thought the age was aureate,
For dad. when Alfred died, tn,
muse took wing
So pop withheld his benson,
Because wasn't Tennyson,
And hadn't written "Idylls of tbs
King"
When Tennyson was climbing
To Parnassus with his rhyming.
Perhaps his father hadn't any
hope
That the boy would reach the top,
Or be other than flop,
Just because he wasn't Alexander
Pope.
Now when Pope, deformed ant
ailing,
The ParnaSsan crags was scaling.
His father may have praised tbs
little fellow,
But would punctuate his slumbers,
While the poet lisped in numbers.
With regrets that Alec hadn't
done "Othello."
Shakespeare's father was unshaken,
Though Bill did bring home the
Bacon,
And the tears and laughs of others
came in gales
While Elizabeth applauded
Shakespeare senior felt defrauded
That Bill never wrote the "Canter-
bury Tales"
A. DARLINGTON SMITH.
And the chances are that Chaucer
AS he swallowed from his saucer
Heard his papa tell him, Poetry,
indeed!
Why, your 'Pilgrimages' recent,
In a word, are damned indecent.
Why can't you be like Beowulf or
Bede?"
To the New York Sun Mr.. z. K.
Hall writes that the poets writs
secondhand stuff about war; that
seldom % they write of battles as
eyewitnesses. Easy enough to
chant" he concludes, Theirs not
to reason why, Theirs but to do and
die" just because somebody blum
dered.' " We doubt that it is easy
enough to chant, but We are certain
that there has been millions Of
soldiers to one Homer, or even one
Tennyson And that millions of
readers know the poem that would
be hard put to it to know that the
Light Brigade was engaged at the
battle of Balaklava Q954 in the
/ Crimean War.
Evening star., 1941-05-09

in the Eastern Mediterranean have
all arrived at their designated posi-
tionS. The probability is that they
intend to rush 10000 to 100000 men
to Egypt soon; many are already
on the high seas and others are ready
for embarkation. But it will be a
while before they are actually on
what used to be called the front line.
Since war materiel is more i'm
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Mothers Day Poem.

A happy Sunday to you from
Your quartette. Hya, Nom!
What does Mr.. Westbrook Pegler
mean by writing about this and
that these days? In sympathy with
the traction strikers, the Santiago.
Chile, busmen's union has voted to
strike. The dirty crooks, hey2
hold that our sentimental nature
has been imposed on to our detri-
ment too often.-W Westbrook Pegler
in the New York World Telegram.
Hold that pose, Peg, here comes
the camera.
The Book of the Enemy.
Bitter, alone, unreconciled with
fate,
The old man sat, telling himself
The ancient story of his long
hate.
In barbed and mordant words that
screamed with pain
He brewed his vial of vengeance to
the brim
And poured the acid grimly. drop
by drop,
Upon the whipped and writhing
ghost of him,
The foe, his life's one purpose, mind,
and prop.
Exhausted, breathless, yet made
strong by spleen,
He stabbed pen into ink and wrote,
each line
A white-hot nail against the heart
within.
That night he died, leaving this
note between
Two leaves: Stranger, this book
you read is mine.
bound 1t in my enemy's own skin!"
HARLAN.
The 20 per cent tax on new and
used cars that Mr. Eccles and MIR.
Henderson suggest worries us no
shadow of a scintilla. We shall con-
tmue, as our contribution to the ma.
tlonal defense. to dash about in our
X
Nutshell For Whom the Bell
Tolls: Now who will stand at nv
right hand, and blow up the bridge
with me?"
Out, Please.
Why people in a crowded lift
Should show such aptitude or gift
For getting in each others way
Like stupid sheep, I cannot say.
For he, whose floor is %,
Stands always closest to the gate,
While she. who only goes so far
AS 8, hides furthest in the car.
This lack of sense makes me see red,
Why don't they use the stairs in
stead
What did he say? This second fioor1
Out! Getting out! Don't block the
door!
HoLGER LUNDBERGH.
What Mr.. Willkie and Secretaries
Stimson and Knox say, in a few
more words, is that If We don't look
out the oceans that We are between
will be the Scylla and Charybdis.
Also the recent speeches seem to
sing, when the Neutral Bares His
Steel, Tarantara."
X X
Get a bond. folks, get 'em while
they're fresh, sl8.75. Bound to be
worth more. Now who'll have an
other? Thank you. The lady in the
red hat. Who else now? F.P.A.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. Ine.)
Evening star., 1941-05-09


rushed to
the British forces under Gen. Waven
defense of Alexandria than
in
British fleet that section would be homeless The only remain
Malta both continually haraed the
planes Germans gathering behind
from Sicily Sardinia
nd dother
Evening star., 1941-05-09

A 21-year-old coloored purse
snatching suspect was captured last
night by Policeman H. M. Hilldrup,
ninth precinct, who heard screams
of the victim, Freda Howitz. 1346 B
street NE. Though off duty at the
time. he pursued the suspect from
Fourteenth and B streets NE. to
an alley near Fifteenth and B
streets.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
On the Record :
Stimson's Speech Cited in PIeo to Act
Now in Coalition With British Forces
By DOROTHY THOMPSON.

night straight
the position of the Uni led States in the
derived from its contents
And quite
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Another LoophoIe Available

out that if This oophoe is not
handling Vchy
with white gloves there another 1t the fact that Syra status Is
before the French left the League Natohs
territory inundated to France under the auspices OF the
which had report progress toward
emancipation
the victorious difference
principle territorial acquisitions
invented the mandate idea 1t worked all right as long
formed the inundated Islands the Pacific into actual naval and air
The French stuck to the theology of the mandates
the League the question
anything Syria The
dispatched there before the Vy
decided to resign from Geneva is quite possible the legal
eventuay the Reich would free to deal with
and obtain from them what
they could.
certain that
them
unlikely French forces Syria
position the Germans has desire do
British Profiting by LuH
The British prong the relative l Africa and in the
doubt in mill
referred by Premier Churchill
Evening star., 1941-05-09

Marshal Petain's well-known posi-
ton that he will not cooperate with
his former enemies against his for
mer Allies.
Indications are that the Germans
have found a loophole permitting
French consent without loss OF
face.
In the armistice agreement be-
tween France and the Axis it is pro-
vided that planes belonging to Axis
enemies may not land on any Frenc
Evening star., 1941-05-09

HE opinions OF the urers on this page oDn
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented tn Ths
readers although opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Home Front
Momentum
Seen Wuninq
New Controls
Held Widening
Rift in Unity
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Is the America First Committee"
gaining ground? There is some basis
for believing it is, and the reasons
might possibly interest President
Evening star., 1941-05-09
This Changing World
Germans Reported Dickerins With French
To Obtain Use Of Syrian Air Bases
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

parties marking time in the Near and Middle East The
their while the British Fastening
o whatever it be.
According the Germans
things aired Conversations
going
Evening star., 1941-05-09

mutual aggression pac
Germany power the Pacific
first Of all law understand the term law
followed the abrogaon of all nena
of total the inevitable drawing into the
unfolding which
be decisive, for the seaway of the planet
Evening star., 1941-05-09
British Profitinq by LuH

The proing by the relative l Africa and IN The
mill
referred by Premier Churchill
Evening star., 1941-05-09

enemies not land French adrome and that Axs planes
reasonable time hey
ar emergency reuel rest the
Their from Greece
could
operate reeded refu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-24
Charges Of Fraud
In Hearts, Deals
0uashed by Court
PIuintiff Wins on Interest
And Purchase Price of
Some Newspapers
mr. the Associated Press.

NJ the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24-De-
eision was handed down yesterday
In d stockholders suit against Will
liam Randolph Hearst and a num-
Der of his corporations filed by
Samuel Mann, as stakeholder.
Superior Judge Clement L. Shinn,
before whom the case has been for
IS months, rendered a 222-page de-
cision. 1t held that none of the
transactions, which extend back
over more than 10 years. were TO
be rescinded; that Mr.. Hearst, his
executives and organizers. directors
and officers of the Hearst COnSoli-
dated Publications. Inc. acted IN
good faith and there was no fraud.
Award was made to the plaintiff
on a number OF transactions, in
Guiding a higher interest rate than
charged in some loans ana a higher
price for the purchase of some
newspapers by Consolidated.
Due W lIlC PlChlblSN vi Ail1
tntercompany transactions and the
many corporations formerly within
the Hearst structure, lawyers were
unable to figure the gross amount
of the awards to the stockholders
of Hearst Consolidated. This will
be calculated on the basis of
formula set forth in the decision.
Whether the awards will aggregate
more or less than a million dollars
has not yet been figured.
THE services of Mr.. Hearst to
Consolidated and its subsidiaries
were faithfully, ably and conscien-
tiously rendered" the findings read
The findings were that there ex-
lists no tenable ground for claims
that Mr.. Hearst should be required
to return any part of the salary
paid to him or that other executives
should forfeit any part of salaries
paid to them. :.
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Deaths Reported

Laura N. McCarty. s5. 1901 Connecticut
ave. NV
Annie Wargo. -. Emergency Hospital.
Charles Morrel ~. 4139 18th ST. NV
Martha c. Orear. II. 1865 Columbia I'd
Harry Burns 90. ST EliZabe Hospital
Christos Chipouras. 66, Casualty Hospital.
George F. Newton, A.. 1850 Wisconsin
ave. NV
Bernard Herbert 40. 3lOa 10th st. NV.
Rose Agnor "a. Emergency Hospital.
Gordon Johnston. 20. Garfield Hospital.
Daniel J. Hoar. 20, Anacostia River
Major R. Gordon, So, ST. EliZabeths Hos
pital
James Woodland. 60 Gallneer Hospital
Cherrle BeSs, 80. Gallinger Hospital
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Births Reported

Frederick and MARGARET BaSSett, boy.
Percy and Eugene Cook, girl
Raymond and Ruth Fisher, boy.
Philip and Zelda Hauser girl.
Thomas and Marie Hendricks, boy.
Paul and Puth Kelly. girl.
Charles and Margaret Larman, girl.
Robert and Ona Lee. girl.
Walter and Frances Middleton, boy.
Francis and ElmeTdeen McDermott, boy.
Galen and Ethel Richardson, girl
AlfonS and Lois Roth. boy.
LLOYD and Ethel Sandifer, grl
HerSchel and Louise Snead, girl.
Nick aud Ellen Solely boy
Samuel and Carries Carter, boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-24
Marriage License
AppIicotions

OndST IL. I. tuU, COuUteS UtNSt
apply for marriage license on
one day, tUdit three Jul days and
receive their license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Harver p Ernest. 30, 1917 2sth st. ne,
and Doris NJ. McCarren; 20, Jersey CITY,
Rufus Aston 20. and Rosie Munford. %.
both of Alb St ne: the Rev. Charles
I airia M Geib Hi %. 5151 End st. NV:
the Rev; Solomon H. Metz: ,..o -.
NV. and Mary 3. sydnor, a. Buehan-
non st. ne: the Rev; James T. Dews'
'ohn vange 22 435 2 ia14 ST a.n n.a;
d. ne: the Rev. Lightfoot Michaux.
sayard R. Bebb. 25, 1900 F st; NV, and
Helen NJ Bose, 81 the Maury' the
Lee r r, Parker, SO, 1914 Mount Pleasant
St NV, and Alice A. Bailey. 20; AIRING
"o st. ne :" and nd Norma j. Dodge, IL, $50
: ?Gth St ns tn 20 Rel 39h I5t E B. Ban
and Gloria E Besdle. 36, Princeton, Ind;
the Rev. J. H. Durham.
Prank G. Sterrett, -, 342? Rodman s.;
Goth st. NV: the Rev. H. H. B. StetreIt
John s. schmsck IS. East Qranee y ~ j.,
and Edna F. Bullock: ~. Dayton ONO
the Rev Chesteen Smith.
Francis W Crotty Is. New York and
Frances NJ. Garrett, "a, "43a 39th pl.
NV: the Rev. John B. Argaut:
and Mildred c. Davis. i s, sos 2nd st.
sw.: the Rev. Charles B Winckler
Leslie L, Hall, 90. Naval Medical Center.
and Gilda A. Pagliaro, "a. Stapleton,
Long Island, N. Y: the Rev. Ralph
Finrin.
James L. Elmore 26 1921 ST. Sc and
Edna M. Clarke, %, Robley, Va; the
Rev. L. r Stevens.
Francis L. FarraIl, 90. 121 North Carolina
ave Sc, and Mary r. Dennis, %. 1902
Yhomss T. Hawkes. 90. 1911 Meridian
pl, NV, and Harriet M. Chaffee, 20,
l440 Rhode Island ave. NV; the Rev.
O. Z LenSki.
Aphn L Stewart, ~, 81 Both St Sc,
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and Katherine D. Baden, 80. Brandy
wine Nd: the Rev. U. g 5. Pierce.
Harvey r. Johnston. A. li31 Fairmont
st. nv, and Theresa H Pinkard. 10,
li6n Irving st. NV: the Rev. Edgar
G. Berry.
Ralph S. Bonds; "a and Marjorie G,
Hilton. IS. both of 1915 18th st. NV;
the Rev. Howard s. wilkinson.
BENJAMIN Mudrick, y. 1o6 InRraham st;
NV, and Elsie E. Lunch. -, 2:}32
18th pl ne; the Rev. Zemach Green.
Ross l Johnston, %, Quantco. Va,
and Helen C Roxburghe, 20, 2633 Adams
NH I'd. NV: the Rev. E. j. Fontaine.
Murray Heller. 30 1888 Columbia I'd. and
Marion p. Vaughn. "a. 2OO5 Franklin
st: Iud=e Robert E Mattingly.
Marcus d. Lockard, 30 QuantiCo. Va,
and Jewell Shackelford, 49, Paxton, Ky;
the Rev Treeley Rohrer
Charles H G Ford, 5S, 900 F st. NV, and
Stella Rupp. 36. Pittsburgh; the Rev
Howard S. Anderson
Arthur H. Wells %. Loretto. Pa. and
Alberta NJ Beiswenger, -, Ashville,
Pa; the Rev. Henry D. Collins,
woodrow W Switzerland, % Sprinsfield,
Va and Annie G Howard, %, Fairfax,
Va; the Rev. John B. Kelly.
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Ghost Is Only Postum,
Imprisoned by Roofers
By the Associated Press,

By the ASSOCIaItu FTeSS,
KANSAS CITY. Oct. 24.-They've
finally cornered that ghost at Paul
Rudolphs house
Carpenters completed a new roof
a week ago. Ever since there have
been mysterious tappings, thumps
and other weird sounds.
Finally. the family nerves having
reached the point where sleep was
impossible. Mr.. Rudolph hacked an
opening into the air space under the
roof to investigate.
The roofers had imprisoned a
possum.