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Evening star., 1941-08-08

tached to the ship by rope. The
crewmen couldn't unite the knot. I
passed them my belt knife. Incl
dentally, I never saw it again, but
we were soon clear of the ship.
Meanwhile, the raider had swung
around to a position quite near. I
had my first look at her as a puff
of wind spread her swastika. Motor
boats were being lowered over her
side. Evidently we were to be picked
up. This surprised some of us. The
Nazi, I suppose. had seen the women
among the passengers, and there
fore would not abandon us in mid
Atlantic.
AS we rowed toward the raiders
a passenger remarked to his wife.
MY dear, I saw a beautiful sun
rise this morning" She replied,
Yes, but it took barrage to get
you out of bed in time!"
They threw down a line to us
from the deck of the raider, and
then decided to bring us around
under the stern to the far side of
the ship, as other boats were un-
loading on our side.
Athena Victim Hysterical.
The Tamesis COR that, at least,
was the name painted on the raider)
was shifting in the Atlantic rollers,
which. seamen said, run from cape
to cape in those ATTITUDES The mo-
ton uncovered her propeller blades
AS our lifeboat swung near these
wicked looking blades a woman pas
senger began to cry to keep clear
She had been victim of the tor
pedoing of the Athena early in the
war. and, it was said, had seen
lifeboat chewed up by the propellers.
She became hysterical when bells
began to ring inside the raider, be-
lieving the ship was about to get
under way.
Her panic was communicated to
some of the crew. Several of them
jumped at the line the Germans had
lowered. I thought it about time
to get out my Mauser.
A German sailor, however. was
leaning over the rail. He waved the
crewmen back with an ugly looking
rife. When he got around on the
port side, the Germans dropped a
cargo sling with the order, Babies
first"
The mothers were white with fear
as they watched their babies being
hoisted up the wall of the ship,
which must have looked as high to
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Virginia Attorneys Urged
To Study Law Of Americas
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w.
Va, Aug. 8.-Virginia lawyers were
advised today at the annual meet
ing of the Virginia State Bar Asso-
ciation to familiarize themselves
with the law of other American
nations, in order to handle new
practice resulting from increased
Pan-American trade.
w. Roy Valance, attorney in
charge of British affairs, United
States Department of State, who
made the suggestion, also recon-
mended that the law schools OF
Virginia and other States begin
courses in comparative law which
would familiariEe their students
with the legal institutions of Pam
American countries"
Mr.. Valance reported on estao-
lishment of the Inter American Bar
Association May 16, 1910, and said
that since then every nation in the
Western Hemisphere is represented
in the organization except Guate-
mala, Nicaragua, Ell Salvador and
Paraguay.
He also discussed some accom-
plishments of the first conference of
the association at HAVANA last
March, at which the Virginia State
Bar Association was represented by
Henry w. Thomas and William San
ders of Alexandria and James H.
Corbett of Suffolk. Mr.. Sanders,
who is chief of the judicial section
of the Pan-American Union. served
as reporter general at the confer
ence.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Carroll J. Anderson
Dies at Silver SPRING

Carroll James Anderson, so, re-
tired contractor and proprietor of
. restaurant In the 5000 block Of
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring, Md,
died yesterday after long illness
Born in Fauquier County, Va, Mr..
Anderson came to Silver Spring 18
years ago.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Anna L. Anderson; a son, Carroll
Franklin Anderson, Washington,
and four sisters, Mrs. E. C. Nc
Conchie, Washington; Mrs. Olive
Curtis, Richmond. Va; Mrs. Ada
Curtis, Fauquier County, Va. and
Mrs. j. B. Trimmer, Orange, Va.
Funeral services will be held at
2.30 pm. tomorrow at the Warner
e. Pumphrey funeral home. Silver
Spring. Burial will be at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Richmond Paves WAY
For Daylight Time
Bythe Associated Press.

bytHe hSsOCldleQ FTeSS.
RICHMOND. Va, Aug. 8.-Rich-
mond has been added to the grow
ing list OF Virginia municipalities
which have responded to Gov. Prices
persuasive" proclamation calling
for adoption of daylight saving time
at midnight Sunday
Richmonds Board of Aldermen
last night concurred in an earlier
action by Common Council favoring
the advanced time and paving the
way for Mayor Gordon B. Amber to
order daylight saving.
Mayor George A. Cottrell issued a
proclamation last night placing
Staunton on daylight saving time
and earlier the Mayor of Waynes-
boro took similar action.
Daylight saving time, beginning
Sunday midnight, has been adopted
by Portsmouth, Newport News, Suf-
folk, Bristol, Charlottesville, Vir-
ginia Beach, Radford, Roanoke,
Buena Vista, Front Royal, Edinburg
New Market, Mount Jackson, Stras-
burg, Woodstock and other localities.
Norfolk's City Council agreed to
make the change at 2 am. Sunday
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Is Granted Citizenship
AT Rockville HEARINGS

Citizenship was conferred on 13
Montgomery County residents yes
terday by Judge Stedman Prescott
after hearings in Circuit Court in
Rockville.
In a brief talk before the hear
ings. Judge Prescott reminded the
applicants that citizenship today
entailed greater responsibility than
ever.
Those on whom citizenship was
conferred were:
Mrs. Mary Catherine Bradley,
Takoma Park, British: Mrs. Annie
Elizabeth King, Silver Spring. Brit
ish: Helmut Winterfeldt. Silver
Spring, German; Mrs Robina Welsh
Shackleford. Silver Spring, British;
Fausto Zanetti, Crestview, Swiss;
Mrs Maddalena Rachele Anessi,
Silver Spring. Italian; Mrs. Ella
Martin Bjornson, Silver Spring,
British; Mrs. Constance N. Lake,
Takoma Park. British; Mrs. Hide
gard Clements, Silver Spring. Ger
man; Hans Ernst Kotz. Takoma
Park, German; Otto F. K. Rogge,
Rockville, German; Arnold Charles
Thomas, Brookmont, Swiss. and Mrs.
Agnes r. Finlayson, Chevy Chase,
British.
Evening star., 1941-08-08

lantic just before I started up the
ladder.
On deck an English-speaking
officer asked me who I was. I'm an
American" I said, were all Amer
leans" He looked pretty worried
and puzzled.
The raider was a spick-and-span
ship if I ever saw one. 1t appar-
emily was commanded by regular
navy officers.
Some of the sailors carried rifles
and sidearms, but all were scrupu-
lousy polite. We were requested"
to do this and that and told we were
guests of the German Navy"
There Go My Parrots.
For hours the passengers watched
from the deck while motorboats
piled to and fro between the raider
and the Zamzam, removing every
thing the Germans could carry.
Finally, they brought the passen-
gers luggage, and cheer arose from
the motley crowd on deck. saw
them handing baggage out the shell
hole ripped aimdships. They even
brought over a woman passengers
dachshund, a breed much admired
by the sailors.
1t seemed odd watching armed
German sailors hustling baggage
like stewards or bellhops. One of
them even carried a child's tricycle.
In the early afternoon a final boat
load of Germans went aboard the
zamzam. They departed hurriedly
and their motorboat sped away.
The raider had pulled of about
mile.
Suddenly we saw water spout
from the ventilators of the old Zam-
zam. A great explosion rolled across
the water. The ship began to settle
by the head. A second explosion aft
raineo debris over the sea. The
stricken Zamzam rolled on her side,
and went down, coughing up the
air from her innards.
On our deck I heard a crewman
crying in Arabic. Somebody trans
lated:
There 60 my parrots" he was
crying, there go my beautiful
feathered friends!"
(The second instaument of Mr..
Kings story ,DiH appear in The
Sunday STAR
Evening star., 1941-08-08
SeIectee Kills Woman
And Self on Street
In Warrenton
Shooting Occurs Shortly
After Midnight Near
Her Residence
Special Dispatch to The Stal.

Special Dispatch to The Stal.
WARRENTON, Va, Aug. Sin a
double shooting on the main street
of Warrenton early today police said
Pvt. Woodrow Fewell, 25, a selectee
recently inducted into the Army
fatally wounded Mrs. Sadie Weeks
Canard, 26, only a few yards from
the front door of her home and
then turned the pistol on himself.
Pvt Fewell died instantly from
bullet through his brain Mrs
Canard died in Warrenton Hospital
about two hours after the shooting
which occurred shortly after mid
night.
According to Town Sergt. T. F.
Stafford, Pvt. Fewell who was Wis
iting his brother, Edward Fewell,
waited for Mrs. Canard in the door,
way of department store on Main
street, short distance from her
home. She finished work at a
laundry at midnight and when she
passed the department store was
accosted by Pvt. Fewell, who previ-
ously had kept company with her,
Sergt Stafford said.
After a brief conversation, four
shots were fired by Pvt. Fewell,
Sergt Stafford said two hitting
Mrs. Canard in the chest. One
went wild and the fourth killed the
.selectee. Pvt. Fewell had been a
farm laborer before his induction.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Rites at Goithersburq
For Mrs. Emily GIoyd
Special Dispa tch TO The Star.

special Dispatch TO The Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Md, Aug. B.
Funeral services for Mrs. Emily Ann
Gloyd, II, wife of Edmund A. Gloyd,
who died in her home in Gathers
burg Wednesday after an illness of
three weeks, were held today in St.
Martins Catholic Church here. The
Rev. Michael J. Finnerty off1ciated
and burial was in the cemetery of
st. Roses Catholic Church, Clop-
pers, Md.
Mrs. Gloyd was a lifelong resi-
dent of this vicinity. Besides her
husband, she is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Edward S. Rada,
Huntington, w. Va, and Mrs. Ruby
G. Burdette, Alexandria, Va; four
sons, j. Malcolm and Lawrence A
Gloyd. both of Washington, and E
Russell and Bernard Gloyd, both of
Gaithersburg; two sisters, Mrs
Agnes Kinsey and Mrs. Jennie Selby
both of Gaithersburg, and seven
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Schultz 10 Push
Bill 10 Allow
Imported Cream
Opening Of Market
Aimed at ForestuIIinq
Milk Price Advance

In an effort to forestall threat
ened increase in milk and cream
prices here, Representative Schultz,
Democrat, of Indiana planned to-
day to press for immediate action
on a bill he introduced late yester-
day opening the Washington market
to fluid cream from Other States.
Without such a measure, Mr..
Schultz said the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Associa-
tion will report a shortage, due to
the sudden influx of population in
the Metropolitan Area and will use
that as an excuse to raise prices.
The organization, he charged, wants
to bring about shortage for the
purpose.
If this bill is passed, he said, most
of the outside cream will come from
Southern Maryland, more distant
sections of Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania, though it authorizes cream
to be imported from anywhere.
Provides Inspection.
The Schultz bill would allow the
VI IICdlll dS lOIlS al
local authorities in the States af-
fected certified that it complied
with the United States Public
Health Service regulations. At pres
ent, milk and cream are kept out
by District regulations requiring
authorities here to inspect barns
and dairies of all milk and cream
ck1inral in TNic hoe tho ofnnf af
preventing shipments from a dis
tance, since such inspection is not
feasible beyond the vicinity of
Washington.
Mr.. Schultz, who is a member of
the House District Committee, has
threatened a congressional investi-
CATION of the milk situation here if
prices are raised. Two years ago
he sought legislation allowing i'm
portation of both milk and cream
from other States, and extensive
hearings were held, but his pro-
posal failed to pass.
Cites Specifying of Cream.
The Indiana member said he felt it
would help nearby farmers to provide
at this time only for allowing cream
to be imported. He pointed out
that they would be able to get
straight milk prices and not so much
of their milk would have to be
processed and the cream shippers
would take the loss, if there were
any. Milk may be included in the
bill. however, if this measure ap-
pears necessary.
If there is valid shortage in milk
threatened, the shipping in of a
certain amount of cream from a
distance will release more milk from
the Washington milkshed for the
local market, in Mr.. Schulte's
opinion.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Young Democratic Clubs
To Hear Smith, Fenwick

Representative Smith. Democrat,
of Virginia will be the principal
speaker at the convention banquet
of the Young Democratic Clubs of
the 9th district of Virginia at Char
lotteSville tomorrow.
A large number of club members
and delegates from Northern Vir-
ginia will attend the convention,
scheduled to get under way at 1870
pm. at the Monticello Hotel. Ar
rangements are being directed by
William T. Sweeney of Manassas,
district chairman
Charles R. Fenwick, member of
the House of Delegates from Airing
ton County, will be the keynote
speaker.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Airp|ane Crash Report
Al BeItsyjIIe Proves False

A report that an airplane had
crashed in the vicinity of Beltsville,
Md, last night brought out squad
of Prince Georges County police and
five volunteer fire companies be-
fore the search was abandoned
early today.
A resident of the vicinity called
Boiling Field to report seeing a
plane crash about 2 miles east Of
College Park and a mile east of
Beltsville few minutes after 8 pm.
Members of the Branchville, Riv-
erdale, Riverdale Heights. Bladens-
burg and Glenn Dale fire COM
panies tramped through the area
until after midnight without find
ing any trace of wreckage A check
of Army, Navy and civil airports
showed no planes unaccounted for.
At the Schrom Airport, near Belts
vile. a plane piloted by Fred Schrom
landed about the time the crash
was reported. 1t was believed that
the person reporting the crash
might have seen the Schrom plane
with its landing lights turned on
coming down for a landing at its
home field.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Mrs. Clara Day Dies
After Lonq Illness

Mrs. Clara Day, wife of Douglas
Turner Day, ofilcial of the Peoples
National Bank of Warrenton, Va,
died at Emergency Hospital today.
She had been a patient at the hos
pital since July 81.
Mrs. Day, prominent in the social
life in Warrenton, was active in the
Warrenton Garden Club.
Besides her husband, she leaves
two sons, Alan L. Day of Warrenton
and 1t. Comdr. Douglas Turner
Day, jr., now stationed at Norfolk,
and three sisters and one brother.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Doll Show Awards
Made at Tokomu Park

Prizes at the second of series of
doll shows held yesterday at the
Spring Park Playground, under
the auspices of the Takoma Park
CMd) Playground Department, were
awarded as follows:
Largest doll, Lois Collins, II,
Third and Cockerill avenues; pref
tiest doll, Betty Wingo, 8. of $40
Poplar avenue; most unusual doll,
Peggy Bergman, 3, of Beach ave-
nue..
Prettiest doll carriage, Patsy Sell
wyn, of 600 Elm avenue; most origi-
nal carriage, Peggy Pumphrey, of Is
Ash avenue; smallest doll. Judy
Myers, 3, of 10 Hickory avenue;
oldest doll, Rose Mary Stedman, II,
of ITO Elm avenue.
The last of the doll shows will bs
held at pm. Tuesday at the North
Takoma Playground
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Arlington Seeks
Defense Grants
Of 100000
DoyIight-Soving Time
Also Is Approved
If D. c. Adopts 1t

Application for grants amounting
to S30847O3 for several defense
projects under the Lanham Defense
Act were approved today by the
Arlington County Board.
The board also approved adoption
OF daylight saving time as a defense
measure in compliance with proc
lamation by Gov. Price of Virginia,
but only when and if similar ap-
proval is given by District author
tiles. The Arlington action is SINH
lar to a resolution passed Tuesday
by the Alexandria City Council. ex-
cept that City Manager Carl Bud
wesky was authorized to proclaim
daylight saving time effective If the
District observes the change and
the Arlington County Board would
have to meet again to approve the
new time schedule.
County Manager Frank c. Han
rahan presented the program for
defense projects plans after con-
ference Tuesday with Paul Stryker
of the District engineering office
In Richmond.
1000 Grants Sought.
One hundred per cent grants are
sought as follows: Sl05,0 900 for
water supply line from Dalecarlia
Reservoir to Virginia; $685., 1888 for
two reservoirs and s577 200 for ex
tension of water mains for a total Of
e1,017,538 for the Water Depart
ment.
Application was made for S444 900
for extension of the county disposal
plant and s196665 for sewer main
extension for a total of $640,6 for
the Sewer Department.
A grant of 1921 500 was asked for
an incinerator.
For a firehouse to be situated in
an area which would serve Federal
Government properties. the board
applied for grant of $4,000, which
includes $4,000 for apparatus, $50
600 for building and $4,000 for
hose.
A 100 per cent grant of 100000
was sought for roads.
A SO per cent grant was asked for
an addition to the county court
house and extending police head
quarters facilities. A 80 per cent
grant of S25,000 was asked for rec
reation.
New Fire Unit Needed.
Commenting on the request, Mr..
Hanrahan cited the need for a new
fire department which would be
available for service to Federal prof.
ects. The Arlington County Fire
Department has been called upon
twice during the construction of the
Federal office building at Arlington
Ridge road and Columbia pike and
five times during the construction
of the Washington National Airport
at Gravelly Point, he said.
Concerning need for water extern
sion attributable to Federal prof.
ectS, Mr.. Hanrahan cited the con-
struction of Federal Housing Ad-
ministration project containing
about 700 apartment units to house
defense workers at Twenty-second
street and South G1ebe road for
which only one water supply tap"
is now available.
Demands for the projects are
urgent" Mr.. Hanrahan said, and
undoubtedly the Government real
ICES that this is a No. l defense area
because of the many defense opera
tions now going on here. In addi-
ton, housing needs are increasing
daily"
Leo Lloyd offered the daylight
saving time resolution but asserted
he was not urging the change unless
1t was necessary as defense meas
ure Board member Edmund D.
Campbell and two other members
expressed outright approval of day.
light saving time.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
French Foreign Legion
Veteran Visits CAPITAL

Commandant z. Pechkoff, who has
spent Is years in the French For
eign Legion and who said he offered
his services to Gen. de Gaulle be-
cause he feels 'it is tragic to lay
down our arms when our Allies are
fighting" is visiting Washington.
Commandant Pechkof said all
members of the Legion are united in
their desire to fight the Germans.
Admitting that his comrades told
him, when he left, to tell the
Americans to come on" he added
that he is not concerned with Amer
ican affairs.
Germans, he said, are active in
Morocco, where numerous economic
commissions" are operating.
Evening star., 1941-08-08

them as the Empire State Building.
The wounded also went up in sings.
The women we're helped up a sea
ladder after rope had been looped
under their arms. When our turn
came, I looked long and hard at the
Mauser I had under my arm.
Lost: One Rifle.
That gun was my pride and joy.
1t was one of the finest Id ever
seen. A professor got it for me
while I was student at the
Georgetown School of Foreign Serv-
ice. had carried it through France.
But I certainly didn't want the Ger
mans to have it.
I slipped it over the side and saw
it sink into the middle of the At
Evening star., 1941-08-08

zam, with her engines stilled, and
strangely quiet except for an oc-
casicnal muffled cry. lay gently
fitting in the long Atlantic rollers.
Things happened quickly as We
hurried on deck.
saw wounded Egyptian
sprawled in the center of a little
group of bewildered passengers,
several of whom were praying for
him. Some ambulance men, more
practical, made pack and carried
him to his boat station. Two Greek
nurses were helping other wounded.
Most of the passengers had run
on deck from the now dark and
Uttered interior A Mrs. Smith
had brought her baby topside with
out his hat. Tom Greenough, one
of our outfit, hurried back through
the rubbish to find it. How he
ever located a tiny hat in all that
confusion is a mystery, but Tom
didn't want the baby to fare forth
on the Atlantic in a lifeboat with
out it. He eventually came back
with the hat.
Makes Last Boat.
The Zamzam didn't appear to be
in immediate danger of sinking,
and some of us raided the she'll
pierced canteen. We Snatched up
chocolate and containers of water,
tea and brandy. I took along my
Mauser automatic in case of sharks.
From my boat station I saw life
boats on the water below. Two
of them were sinking slowly. ap-
parently having been riddled by
shell splinters. The others were
overcrowded
Watching all this. I must have
forgotten my own situation for a
moment.
Quite suddenly, I realized there
was no one else on deck, and the
last boat was getting ready to pull
away. This is no place for you
King" said, and slid down a rope
to the boat. 1t had a capacity for
SO and there were 55 people in it.
Few, if any, of the crew knew
how to row. The Zamzam had be-
gun to list. We didn't know if she
was sinking Haste was urgent. VIZ
were floating 20 feet from the side
of the ship amid a babble of tongues
and a confusion of oars.
"Ain't There No Men to Row."
A petty officer, who was a Nor
wegian, I believe. asked, Amt there
no men to row this boat?" A few
oars were being pulled when it was
discovered the boat was still at
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Loudoun Sunday School
Group Elects Officers
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROUND HILL, Va, Aug. 8.-Dr.
w. o. Bailey of Leesburg was re-
elected president of the Loudoun
County Sunday School Association
at the annual convention at Round
Hill Baptist Church. Thurston J.
Potts of Purcellville was reelected
vice president. and Mrs. Helen N.
Simpson of North Fork secretary
treasurer
Speakers at the all-day session in
cluded the Rev. Minor C. Miller of
Richmond, the Rev. Walter Smith
of Hillsboro, the Rev. Edward
Hughes of Ashburn, the Rev. l.. H.
omallwood of Purcellville and the
Rev. Lee o. Mortzfeldt of Water
ford.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Accepts Commission

Lawrence Drake of Warrenton,
Va, is one Of eight Virginians ac-
cepting appointment in the Officers'
Reserve Corps, the War Department
has announced. Mr.. Drake, grad
uate of st. Pauls School, Concord,
N. H., and of Princeton University,
has been commissioned . second
lieutenant In the Field Artillery Re-
serves.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
SiIo Cos Kills z Boys
On Euston (Md.) Farm

EASTON, Md. Aug. 8.-Two boys
were asphyxiated by silo gas on a
farm near here yesterday. A third
was overcome but later recovered.
The dead were Dorsey Webb, jr.,
and Russell Skinner, the latter col
ored
Dorsey and @his brother William
were helping the Skinner boy fill a
silo on his fathers farm when all
three were overcome by gas.
They we're rushed to Easton Emer-
gency Hospital. where Dorsey Webb
and young Skinner died. William
Dorsey was revived.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Miss Virqinio' Named

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 8 (P.-
Gov. Price yesterday designated
Miss Louise Easley of South Boston
to represent the State as Miss Vir-
ginia" in the North Carolina To-
bacco Exposition and Festival at
Wilson, N. c., August 81 and "a.
Miss Easley is the daughter of for
mer State Senator James s. Easley.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Judge Lets Wife
Sentence Husband,
Then Reduces Term
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 8.-Mag-
istrate Meyer Reamer of the
Southern Police Court allowed
Mrs. Ruth White to pronounce
sentence yesterday on her hus-
band, Norman, accused of as
saulting her.
Mrs. White chose life impris-
onment. After further deliber-
alton, she reduced the sentence
to three months.
Magistrate Reamer took con-
troll again; reduced the SEN
tence to 80 days in city Jail.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Wins Scholarship to M. U.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Aug. 8
(SpeciaD John H. Cumberland, a
graduate of Hyattsville High School,
yesterday was awarded the Prince
Georges County senatorial scholar
ship to the University of Maryland,
having made the highest rating in a
competitive examination.