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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
White House Guests
Hear ofConditions
In War Prison Camps
Committee Is Seeking
100000 to Ease Life
Of Millions of Men

In the prison camps Of Germany,
Canada and occupied France. ap-
proximately 3,750000 men and q few
women are waiting for the war to
end, two members OF the War Pris-
oners' Aid Committee told several
hundred White House guests yes
terday.
Appealing for 100000 to make
life less monotonouS for the men
behind the barbed wire fences, DR.
Jerome Davis and Tracy Strong of
the Y. M C. A. described how the
International Committee Of Y. NJ
C. AS is carrying on the work that
ended in 1918. Mr.. Strang said the
fund now asked would keep the
work going until July.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who introduced
the speakers in the east room. asked
if the treatment Of German prison.
ers in Canada had made them lose
the bitterness they had had at the
start of the war.
Reports Attitude Changed.
LII odN wiz lldo OCNll WI NUS
in the IS Canadian camps, respond
ed that the attitude Of the men
had changed. He said the German
officers, particularly, when they
were first confined said they would
be out in two months and if the
commandant of camp didn't treat
them right. he would suffer. They
no longer feel that way, DR.. Davis
said. adding that one prisoner.
about to be exchanged, didn't want
to 60 back to Germany.
Among the men in the Canadian
camps. he said, are the captain of
the Europa, a grandson of the
Kaiser, several well-knoWn German
musicians and graduates Of Cam
bridge University.
Mrs. Roosevelt also asked II the
Jews informed in Canada were being
prosecuted by the other prisoners.
DR.. Davis responded that COM
missioner had been sent over from
England to arrange for their release.
One Of the prisoners, he said. was q
Rhodes scholar
Mr.. Strong said that all the gov
ernments were abiding by the
Geneva Convention of 1918 in their
care of prisoners. The men in Ger
man camps, he said, so far are being
given the same food as depot soldiers
and civilians. The conditions Of the
100000 men in occupied France, he
added. were not as good. Included
in. that number are 100000 African
troops, $4,000 Polish and Czech
troops. the remenants of the Inter-
national Brigade that served in
Spain and some $4,000 German Jews
whose condition was the worst Of
all
Visits r. A. r. Prisoners.
Mr., Strong described a visit to a
German castle where members of
the R. A. F. are confined. Their one
request, he said, was for a football
Funds sought by the Prisoners
War Aid Committee will be used to
provide musical and athletic equip
rnent, libraries and school books as
we'll as hymnals and prayer books.
Mr.. Strong said he was surprised
at the number of Americans who
had asked about relatives interned
in a German camp which housed
prisoners captured at Dunkerque.
Among the Dunkerque prisoners in
one camp, he added, were 80 chap
lains.
In the German camps, he said.
officers are paid salaries, but enlisted
men get nothing unless they are in
the working battalions where they
earn 20 cents a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
axe steps to keep war from America

take steps to keep war from America
by authorizing the necessary help
to Britain to continue her resistance
to real dictatorial aggression. These
are national policies that the Con-
gress can and should decide. But the
Congress can neither consider nor
decide each and every transaction
that may be necessary successfully
to execute these policies.
To translate such policies into sue.
cessful results requires executive &C
ton. And I can conceive OF no one
more appropriately to be charged
with responsibility for achieving
these policies than the President of
the United States who, under the
Constitution, is the Commander in
Chief of our armed forces as we'll
as the Chief Executive of the United
States, and whom the people of
the United States have just in
vested with fresh confidence.
A vital aspect of democracy Is
the freedom of the people through
their representatives TO debate the
issues which most gravely affect the
country's future. But an equal test
OF democracy is its ability to act
and to act successfully in meeting
the issues upon which the very life
OF a democracy depends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
Strikes
Continued From First Pase)

was referred to his committee for
consideration. 1t also would pro-
hibit naval defense contractors
from making any change in the
rates Of pay or working conditions
of their employees until 80 days
after the boards report was filed.
Other developments affecting
labor and defense on wide indus
trial checkerboard included:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. confer
ence was called today between Off
Gals of the Allis-Chalmers Manu-
featuring Co. and the United Auto
mobile Workers &C. l. o. in an at
tempt to negotiate settlement Of
the strike which for a week has
held up work on $4,000 900 of de-
Tense orders. The walkout, over a
new collective bargaining agreement,
affects 1000 production men.
NEW ORLEANS-Union men
withdrew their objections to work.
ing with w. P. A. employees on a
$4,000 National Guard observation
squadron base, but stipulated the
action should not constitute a pre-
cedent.
ELIZABETH. N. J.-1,4OO C. I. o.
workers at the Phelps-Dodge Cop
per Corp. went back to work I'M
der truce arranged by company
and union officials The company
holds $74,323 worth of Navy con-
tracts.
CH1CAGO-David T. Roadley,
Government conciGator, arranged q
conference with officials of the In
ternational Harvester Co. in an ef-
fort to avert a threatened walkout
of c. I. o. unionists at a tractor
plant.
In the District, the Chamber Of
Commerce of the United States an.
nounced opposition to Federal anti
strike legislation and expressed the
belief that public interest will best
be served by voluntary co-opera-
ton"
The chambers report, prepared
by its Committee on Manufacture,
said:
The national Chamber believes
that anti-strike laws will prove in
effective and that they will deny
fundamental rights to our citi-
zens. ="
The Chamber urged employers ito
develop plans with their employees to
promote the amicable and prompt
adjustment of labor disputes which
may arise; and. should these in
ternal plans fail, recommends that
existing Cancellation services be
used.
Meanwhile the House Judiciary
Committee met in closed session to
lay the groundwork for a proposed
investigation of labor disturbances
in defense industries. Chairman
Summers told reporters afterward
that the committee was in full &C
cord with his plan to conduct such
an investigation. No date was an
nounced for the opening Of the in
quiry.
In Saginaw, Mich, Prosecutor
Joseph P. Friske asked that a grand
jury investigate disorders near the
Wilcox-Rich plant Of the Eaton
Manufacturing Co. Police and
strikers battled there on January 10
and Mr.. Friske said six policemen
were injured and as pickets were
arrested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
Father of Eleven
Fighting Hegortys'
Dies in Ireland
HS the Associated PrehA.

LONDONDERRY, Ireland,
Jan. 90 Joseph Hegarty,
father of the fighting Heg-
artys," died today.
A carter by trade and soldier
in the Boer War himself, Heg-
arty had II sons in the British
Army. Four were killed in the
World War and three are SER
wing in the British Army now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29
Hungarian War Chief
Is Received by Hitler

b. the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Jan. 29.-Adolf Hitler
received Gen. Karoly Bartha, Hun
garinan Minister Of War, today in
the new Reichschancellery. The
meeting took place in the presence
OF Gen. Field Marshal Wilhelm
Keitel, Germany's chief of high
command Of armed forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-29

Finland had more rain in Novem-
Der. 1910, than in any other month
since 1913.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
| Legislature
Has Two Fans,
Attending Daily
BY the Associated Press.

by Ine ASSOCldJeu FIcSs.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 21.-For a de-
scription of democracy in action,
look up Mrs. Mollie Peach and her
daughter, Miss LIE Clare Peach, who
simply like to see how our laws
are made"
Daily through the Legislature they
are spectators at House and Senate
sessions or hearings.
At the start of each General
Assembly, they lock up their Balti-
more home, have the gas and cleo
tricity turned off, and live in Anna
polls to watch government in the
making.
I'VE just like to watch" explained
Mrs. Peach, 10. I'VE like to see how
our laws are made, and the kind OF
men and women who make them
We're not personally interested in
anything except good government
Occasionally, she. added, they do
"a little bit Of lobbying" for or
against bills. Mrs. Peach started
the biennial visits back in 1910.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
Lag in Returns Delays
Placing Of Employees
Under Ramspeck Act
Failure to File Reports
Holding Up Tests for
125,000 EIieibIes

Lagging returns from several OF
the major governmental establish
ments on the number of employees
who will be affected by the Rams
pect Civil Service Extension Act
are delaying application of the act,
which was passed in November, 1t
was said at the Civil Service Com
mission yesterday.
Something more than half of the
various agencies have filed reports
with the commission enumeratlng
the employees who may be eligible
for civil service under the act, but
there are still some noticeable abb
sences from this list, including War,
Navy, Commerce, Justice and Re-
construction Finance Corp.
Until the commission has a fairly
accurate line on the number of per-
sons who will be affected, it was ex-
planned, it will not be feasible to
seek additional funds that must be
granted by Congress to conduct the
nom competitive examinations by
which the workers will qualify for
civil service after their positions
have been covered into the competi-
tive system by executive order. 1t
has been variously estimated that
between 125,000 and 10000 persons
would be eligible for civil service
under the terms of the act and that
the process OF covering them in
would require about two years.
Commission officials said the
positions may be brought under
civil service either by one executive
order covering the entire lot or by
a series. The alternate procedures
are understood to have been out
lined in report which the commits
sion plans to send to the President,
who will decide which method is to
be employed.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
DR.. Haas, Nofre Dame
Physics Professor, Dies
3, the Associated Press.

6S Ins AbeOClbIcu EIcebs
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Feb. 21.-Dr
Arthur E. Haas, 81, noted professor
of physics at the University of Notre
Dame here and authority on the
atomic theory of matter, died yes
terday in a Chicago hospital.
DR.. Haas, born in Bruenn, formerly
CZecho-Slovakia, in 1884, had been
in the hospital since last November,
when he suffered a paralytic stroke.
He was professor at the Univer-
stiles of Vienna, Leipzig and London
before coming to America in 1927.
He lectured at major universities in
the East and Midwest before joining
Notre Dame In 1886.
His standard text in physics has
been published in 10 languages.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
Andrew Little Dies;
U. S. Sheep King
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 21-Andrew
Little, 10, of Boise, known to Idaho
ans as the sheep king of America.
died in Santa Barbara, Calf, last
night.
At one time he had 100000 head
of sheep, claimed to be the largest
band owned by one individual in
the United States.
Evening star., 1941-02-21

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Evening star., 1941-06-14

-, SEVENTH EACE-PHrs.. $1,000; claim
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Funerals Arranged for
Student Crosh Victims

Funeral services for Miss Jose
phine B. Nicol, 30, and John B.
Diamond, 81, both of Gaithersburg,
Md, and juniors at the University
OF Maryland. who were killed when
the car in which they were riding
collided with a truck near Gath
ersburg yesterday, will be held to-
morrow and Monday.
Services for Miss Nicol will be
held at 2;30 pm. tomorrow at the
Episcopal Chapel Of the Ascension,
Gaithersburg, followed by burial in
Union Cemetery in Rockville, Nc.
Services for Mr.. Diamond will be held
at $50 am. Monday at st. Rose
Catholic Church, Chopper, Nd, with
burial in the church cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Former Gov. Leche Asks
Supreme Court Review

Former Gov. Richard w. Leche
of Louisiana asked the Supreme
Court today to review his conviction
on charge of using the mails in a
scheme to defraud.
He was sentenced in the Western
Louisiana Federal District Court to
serve five years in the Federal peni-
tentiary. The conviction was upheld
by the Fifth Federal Circuit Court.
Leche was charged with scheming
with L. p. Abernathy. chairman Of
the Louisiana Highway Commission.
and George Younger, truck dealer,
to sell trucks to the State Highway
Department at an excessive profit.
Abernathy and Younger pleaded
guilty.
Leches petition contended the
trial court erred in technical charges
to the jury and that the action of
the Government prosecutors was
preludicial
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Conseription Unnecessary.
Canadian Premier Says
Nv the AssocIated Press.


OTTAWA. June l4-Prime Min
hter Mackenzie King told group
of touring United States newspaper
women yesterday that there is no
need of any military CONSUMPTION in
Canada and that Canada can obtain
all the man power it needs without
coercion"
II believe that Canada will get
eli the men she needs voluntarily" I"
he said. Every Canadian knows
1T is in the heart of this country to
make any sacrifice necessary to win
this war. II more men are needed,
Canada will supply them, and VOL
unfairly. There had not been CO.
ercion and there will be no coer-
cion"
Munitions Minister c. D. Howe
said Canada is constructing naval
craft which ranks between a de-
stroyer and a cruiser"
Declining to reveal the tonnage
OF the new type of warship, Mr.
Howe said that it was of long
range and larger than the usual
destroyer"
The vessels now building, which
Mr.. Howe said would be used mainly
for coastal patrol work will be
launched late in 1912.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Parasang Sets Track
Record in Winning .
Carter Handicap
Harvard Square Runs
Second and Omission
Third at Aqueduet
~ tit Associated Press.


AQUEDUCT RACE TRACK, N. Y,
June &c. v. Whitney's Parasang
drove up from behind to score a
length -and-a-half triumph in the
7-furlong Carter Handicap, Aque-
ducts oldest stake, before crowd
of 2l,428 here today.
Arnold Hangers Harvard Square,
the 1l-to-l0 favorite, saved the place
by two lengths. Victor Emanuel's
Omission was third, with Samuel
Bachrach's Golden Voyage, the only
other starter, a length in the rear.
Parasang, paying $3.50 and picking
up s6,375 In purse money, established
q new track record of 1:23 nat, de-
spite the soaked condition OF
the track. Two other track marks
were equaled earlier OH the card,
proving once again that the local
strip, because Of its peculiar COM
position, often is faster when wet.
The throng-smaller than the Sat
urday standard due to q threat OF
more rain that prevailed until the
sun appeared just before the opening
event-was somewhat disappointed
when the Ogden Phipps Stable
passed up the Carter and scratched
King Cole. The other stake Of the
afternoon-the Astoria. won by the
81 900 bargain Ally Flying Indian
also drew only four starters.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
10000 See The Fop
Win Alexandria
Al Charles Town
Closes With Rush
To Win Going Away;
Double Pays s7o.s0
Ansrial pisps tch to The star.

EptElkl 70 quar-
CHARLES TOWN, w. Va. JUNE
l4.-The Alexandria, 6ia -furlone
feature run over a sloppy track be-
fore 10000 fans here today. was won
by r. S. Trumbull's The Fop, which
closed with a mighty rush the last
eighth to win in 1:23s5.
Berwyn, owned by r. c. Waple OF
Virginia. set a fast pace to the
stretch turn, where he was headed
by j. E. Hughes Dashing Doe. In
the Meantime, The Fop was charg-
ing down the center Of the track to
win going away, Berwyn came
again and just lasted to stave of his
stablemate, j. Hal. The last named
also came from far back. The Fop
paid $3.50.
A rainstorm struck the track
before the fourth race. 1t turned
the strip sloppy, favoring B. W.
Dulany's Butcher Boy. which COW
cred the Charles Town course in
1:211s to defeat seven opponents.
The winner paid sl1.60. The camera
showed A. L. Leith's Farmlands
nosing out w. v. Casilears' Ida Time
for place.
E. R. Pixies Seplin proved the best
of track horse in the third. She
led seven opponents throughout 61a
furlongs and paid $40. Second money
went to Miss A. Morris Nilinsky,
with j. w. Etheridge's Chief Chero-
kee third.
The Ii combination of r. A.
Bowman, jr.'s Schley Goree and
Seplin accounted for the daily double
to pay 5000.
Closing with a mighty rush
through the stretch. Schley Goree
was UP in time to win the 6i2 fur
longs OF the second. He paid $3.50
Mrs. L. Seay's Dona Montez, early
pacemaker, just lasted to take second
money from Norman Corbins Time
Passes.
j. L. Friedmans Owaller ran
away from seven opponents in the
AZ -furlong opener. He took com.
mand early and scored easily, tc
pay $13, r. c. waple's Hiblaze fol
lowed the winner from the break
and had no trouble taking second
money from Percy G. Randolph
War Scare.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
| Driver Convicted; ;
7 Friday 13ths
Figure in Case

Both Friday the 18th and Police
man A. D. Clark of the accident
prevention unit proved unlucky for
Cecil c. Croxton. 1900 block of Fiji
teenth street NV.
Croxton was found guilty yester-
day, the 18th. by a Police Court jury
on charges of reckless driving and
leaving after colliding allegedly
committed on Friday-December l3.
Croxton's automobile. according to
testimony, injured a pedestrian on
the December date.
The automobile was traced by Of
hcer Clark through a tag number.
For additional evidence the officer
fitted broken glass recovered from
the scene where the pedestrian was
struck into the shattered automo-
bile headlight.
Following the conviction, Judge
George D. Nelson set next Saturday
as the date on which TO impose sem
tences.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Lumber Union Chief
Agrees 10 Murray's
Plan 10 End Strike
Proposal Is, in Effect,
Thut Of Mediation Board,
Opposition Foction Says
Earlier Story on Page AID

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. June 14.-The G. I. O.
regional headquarters announced
today that Q. NJ. Orton, head of the
International Woodworkers OF Amer
lea. had agreed TO a proposal OF
Philip Murray, c. I. o. national
president, for settlement of the
month-old strike Of $4,000 lumber
workers in Western Washington.
Worth Lowery of Jewel. Oreg, a
leader of the l. w. AS anti-Orton
faction. telegraphed that Mr.. Muir
rays proposal is in effect the Me-
diation Boards proposal of return
ing to work while Federal study
is made of the dispute.
Mr.. Murray is a member OF the
National Defense Mediation Board
Mr. Orton left a board meeting at
Washington last week, defying the
boards suggestion and characterized
it as labor busting" Mr. Murray
summoned him to Washington again
this week. He was due home to
report to union delegates at a meet
ing in Olympia tonight.
The Mediation Board formula calls
for temporary arrangement under
which the workers get their de-
manded 71z-cent hourly wage in
crease, TO q minimum base OF rs
cents, with some variations. The
scale would be 121a cents above last
falls. Mill workers would get
weeks vacation with pay and loggers
a pay equivalent. but a union shop
would not be granted and piece work
would not be eliminated. Employers
would agree to recommend union
membership to all workers.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Boston NavyYa 10 Launch
Two Destroyers Today
By the Associated Press

BOSTON. June l4.-Consuucteo
in less than a year, two new Navy
destroyers, the Forrest and the Fitch,
will be launched at $3.50 pm. tooay
at the Boston Navy Yard.
Both are OF LOO tons and among
the first of the Bristol type corr
structed. They we're ordered by
Congress last year as part OF the
1e4l Naval program.
Mrs. H. Walton Thomas, Salt Lake
CITY. Utah. will sponsor the Fitch.
She is a grandniece Of Comdr. Leroy
Fitch. naval hero Of the Civil War,
who frustrated the attempt Of Con-
federate Gen. John H. Morgan to
re-cross the Ohio River. thereby
contributing to his capture.
The Forrest will be sponsored by
Eileen Fairfax Thomson, IA. q
great-great-grandniece OF 1t. Du-
laney Forrest, who was severely
wounded In the naval battle Of Lake
Erie In the War Of 1912 ana ves.
commentator from Commodore
Oliver Hazard Perry,
Evening star., 1941-06-14
U. 5. Judge Will Arbitraie
Baltimore Tug Strike
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. June l4.-A strike
that has kept 30 tugboats idle in
Baltimore Harbor since Monday
will be arbitrated by Federal Judge
Calvin w. Chesnut.
Judge Chestnut was selected as
arbitrator by both the boat owners
and the striking tugboat officers,
members of the Licensed Marine
Officers, Local 1910, international
Longshoremen's Association, at sep
arate meetings.
The boat owners made it con-
dition that the strikers return to
work Immediately. and the strikers
offered to resume work pending ar
bitration.
The strikers are asking a 20 per
cent wage increase and changes in
working conditions. The boat
owners contend a wage contract
still is in force, and will be effective
until December 81. while the strikers
assert the contract is only month
arrangement until the new terms
have been arrived at"
Judge Chestnut is to decide If the
contract has been In force since
last January l, and whether 1t con-
tinues until December 81.
Evening star., 1941-06-14

|760 Miles, Mother
admits Theft
i, the Associated Press,

BALTIMORE, June l4-A 33-
year-old Allegany County woman,
who told United States District
Judge William c. Coleman she and
her two small children walked well
over 20 miles" in hitch-hiking 16o
miles in the rain to Baltimore,
pleaded guilty yesterday to charge
of misappropriating neighbor's
$36 check.
Judge Coleman said he would
postpone action in the case until
today, and said he had summoned
the woman's 67-year -old husband,
Charles Wilson of near Frostburs,
to be present.
The husband did not accompany
Mrs. Evelyn Wilson and their two
children. Dorothy. 6, and James, I.
to Baltimore, Judge Coleman said.
The court said Mrs. Wilson had
been released on $3.50 bail pending
yesterdays hearing. The trio stayed
at . salvation Army home last
night.
Evening star., 1941-06-14
Deyoe Shoots Near Record
In horth.South Skeet

George Deyoe, Washington police
man, shot a near-record score OF
97xi00 to win the 40 gauge event
as the two-day North-South Skeet
Championship opened today At the
National Capital Skeet Club.
Deyoe had a perfect round OF Is
on the second feld. Last years
winner, r. e. Stuart, sr., was far
down the field with an "a. There
was a three-way tie for second place
which will be decided by a shoot-off
later today. Those tied, all of whom
shot 81, are r. M. Watson, S. l..
Hutcheson and r. w. Canheld.
Lester Barn, jr.. l6-year-old Jack
sonville (Fia) schoolboy, won the
Junior championship with Al, beat
ing out Leonard Williams, of Wash
ington, who broke 46.
Mrs. M. l.. Smythe of Akron, Ohio,
repeated as women's champion.
breaking 81 out of 100. Second was
Mrs. NJ B. Orr OF New York City, %,
followed by Mrs. c. A. Thomas Of
Dayton, 90.