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Evening star., 1941-10-04

Hackensack airport and the pilot
was dipping the plane through the
fog preparatory to landing in the
belief there was a 1.000-foot ceiling"
Mr.. Morgenthau related here.
THE instruments must have been
wrong. 1 was watching out the
side of the plane as we went through
the fog. The next thing I knew I
saw the trees directly beneath us,
only a few feet from the plane. The
plane scraped the trees, but 1t. Sim
ton gave it the gun, kept control,
and we climbed several thousand
feet.
'All the instruments went out and
I believe he was flying with only the
use of a magnetic compass"
1t. Sinton'S radio antenna was
damaged and he was unable to re-
ceive any messages to assist him
flying through the fog.
They returned to Philadelphia be-
cause landing conditions were better
there.
I'll keep right on flying" Mr..
Morgenthau said. y guess I can
thank the good Lord for getting here
safely"
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Request by Germany
Delays Scheduled
Prisoner Exchange
Not Hess, but Certain
Coteeories Sought;
Ships Kept Ready
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct. An authori-
tative source said today that
scheduled exchange of wounded war
prisoners between Britain and Ger
many had been delayed by a Ger
man request for the return of Ger
tain prisoners"
The Germans were reported to be
contending that under the Geneva
convention they were entitled to all
prisoners medically unfit for fur
ther military service" rather than
a for man exchange.
In response to a direct question,
however, the source denied that
Rudolf Hess. Adolf Hitler's deputy
for party affairs. whose mysterious
airplane flight to Britain several
months ago has never been ex-
planned, was among the prisoners
involved in the German request.
ut is not question of certain
individuals, but of certain categories
of prisoners" the sources declared.
Authoritative quarters said they
expected the hitch which halted the
scheduled sailing of two British
ships loaded with some 1900
wounded German prisoners would be
ironed out shortly.
Failure to settle the exchange
issue before noon. however, caused
the ships to miss the noon tide and
they will be unable to leave port
now before midnight at the earliest.
German prisoners who embarked
on the ships last night at Newhaven
meanwhile remained aboard.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Helicopter Sought
To Rescue 'Chutist
On Wyoming Peak
Rangers to Try Again
To Reuch Adventurer
By Scaling Rock Wall
b. the Associated Press.


SUNDANCE, Wyo., Oct. A
helicopter was sought today to res
cue George Hopkins, a see-the-world
adventurer and self styled parachut-
ing champion, from his own little
world atop Devils Tower.
The 30-year -old former instructor
for the r. A. F. and Chang Kai-
shek in China would like nothing
better after three nights on his roost
in the Wyoming sky than to leave it
the way he arrived-by air.
The man he won a bet from by
chuting to the fiat circle of rock
from a plane last Wednesday morn
ing, Early Brockelsby of Rapid City,
S. OAK, asked the Sikorsky Co. at
Los Angeles yesterday to send a
helicopter, a vertical rising plane, to
the pinnacle in Northeastern Wyo-
ming.
Mr.. Hopkins sky island is less
than 300 feet in diameter. but Mr..
Brockelsby said he thought a hell
copter could land and take of on 1t.
Two Rocky Mountain National
Park rangers who climbed third of
the way up the Basalt Tower yes
terday started up again today, but
they indicated they would only seek
to drive in more iron stakes and
would not try to reach the summit.
Ernest Field and Warren Gorrell,
the rangers, said they would not
seek to bring down Hopkins until
Jack Durrance, New Hampshire
skier and mountain climber, had
arrived to help them.
We'll look over the ladder route
and probably go up to where we
were Yesterday" Mr.. Gorrel said.
The top 300 feet of the tower,
which rises 1000 feet above the
Belle Fourche River, Is almost ver-
tical.
Mr.. Hopkins spent his third night
last night atop the spire, higher
than any of New York's skyscrapers.
with no less discomfort than he
experienced In ferrying five bombers
from Newfoundland to England re-
Gently
He had an Army tent and plenty
of provisions, dropped by planes
which circled the area with several
others most of the day like curious
eagles.
At the f1uted base of the tower,
1000 spectators milled about, ex-
changing wise-cracks with the
stranded parachutist as he peered
over the edge.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Hawaiian Governor Gets
Broad Powers in New Law

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, Oct. IA half mill
lion dollars for immediate use in
further organizing the defenses of
this strategic Pacific outpost was
made available today by Gov. Joseph
B. Poindexter's signing of the M
day" bill.
The measure, passed at a special
session Of the Legislature. grants the
Governor 25 broad powers unrivaled
since the days Of Hawaiian kings.
He could take over civilian powers
and public lands, close roads. estab-
lish price ceilings. immunize the
diseased. ration and requisition es-
sential materials, suspend business
entirely, and even require that
civilians purchase gas masks and
build bomb shelters.
The law appropriates q half mil
lion dollars Immediately for defense
construction, with provisions for an
additional million in case of an "ex-
treme emergency" such as invasion.
Gov. Poindexter retains the powers
under the bill until June 30, 1943.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Georgia Desperadoes
Who Liberated 43
.Convicts Are Taken
Fueitives Had Rolling
Arsenal, but Not q Shot
Is Fired in Capture
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ga. Oct. 4 (P.-
Forrest Turner and S. J. SLIM
Scarborough, long sought fugitives,
were captured today with convict
they liberated yesterday and a
woman claiming to be Turner's
wife.
The capture by Federal and State
officers occurred in South Georgia
near Norman Park There was no
violence although Turner and Scar
borough were heavily armed yester-
day when they raided State camp,
freeing 43 convicts.
Capture climaxed the intensive
hunt after the fugitives kidnapped a
guard and state highway inspector
in a roadside gun battle near Ham,
ilton.
Taken After Wild Ride.
The four were stopped on dirt
road leading out of Ellenton after
a wild ride of 10 to 80 miles an
hour by the fugitives and two cars
containing officers. The chase
started at Norman Park, where offi-
GERS accosted them.
Federal Revenue Officer J. o.
Stewart said Turner, who was driv-
ing the car, whipped around in
Ellenton and tried to double back
toward Norman Park, but one car Of
officers blocked the road.
Turner admitted it was he and
Scarborough who kidnapped the
guard and state highway inspector
and liberated the convictS, Colquitt
County Sheriff T. v. Beard said.
Captured with the fugitive long
termers were Fred Stewart, convict
pal of Turner's, who joined them at
the Hamilton delivery. State High
way Patrol Capt. j. j. Elliott said "a
of the 43 fugitives had been returned
and searchers were closing in on
others.
Only One Shot Fired.
Turner appeared bashful. officers
said, in contrast to his braggadocio
displayed on other escapes.
Only one shot was fired, that by
Patrolman Lewis Brown during the
chase from Norman Park. He loosed
a shotgun blast from the patrol Cal
and the scattering shot bounced Oh
the top of the fugitive car.
Lodged in the Colquitt County
Jail in Moultrie, Turner and Scar
borough will be taken to Tattnall
State Prison near Reidsville, Sher-
iff Beard said Ohicers had not de-
cided on disposition of Stewart and
the woman. Turner and Scarbor-
ough escaped August IA from the
States hard rock" camp for In
corrigibles at Dallas.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Housing Officials Call
For Legal Advice on
Bidder sCharges
Contractor Says Effort
Is Made to Reject Him
Because A. F. l. Objects
b the Associated Press

By ehe Associated Press
Housing officials called for legal
advice today on a case in which the
low bidder on a Wayne, Mich, hous-
ing project charges that efforts are
afoot to freeze him out Of the Job
because the American Federation Of
Labor objects.
P. j. Currier, head of the Cur
rier Lumber Co., Detroit, has as
serted that, although his bid on the
300-unit defense housing project
was s431 900 below the next bidder,
officials of the Office of Production
Management have recommended
against giving him the job because
he plans to hire c. I. o. labor.
Joseph keenan,, 0. P. NJ labor
consultant and former secretary of
A. F. LIS Chicago Federation of
Labor, advised the Federal Works
Agency that A. F. L. building trades
men in Detroit had spoken Of the
possibility of general strike if the
contract went to Mr.. Currier
The o. P. M. and the A. F. L.
buildings trade department have en-
tered into wage Stablliza ton
agreement, but the c. 7. o. contends
this agreement should not confer
power on any one to deprive a con-
tractor of a job because he employs
c. I. o. labor.
John M. Carmody, head Of the
Federal Works Agency, who for sew
eral weeks has had the Currier bid
under consideration, announced last
night that he had asked the Justice
and Labor Departments and the
o. P. M. for their views on legal ano
policy questions involved.
Evening star., 1941-10-04

wildered bobbie on a street corner
Them or us?"
A l2-coach train had brought the
German prisoners at nightfall to the
quay alongside which the hospital
ships were docked. British troops,
their bayonets glistening in the
foodlights, lined the quaysides.
All were silent throughout the
loading operations. There was no
noise and no talking. Thirty-two
Nazi officers-l6 wearing artificial
legs-made up the first group.
Three entered the ship with their
arms stretched high in Nazi salutes.
A young pilot with a bandaged
hand threw back his blond head
defantly as he stepped into the
lights. Following him was a limp
ing infantry officer, with his head
hung low.
A middleaged officer with one
arm was next. Then came two
youths, each with a wooden leg.
Non-commissioned officers and
privates followed the officers. Two
comrades led blind youth.
After the walking wounded came
stretcher cases, long lines of German
soldiers. seamen and airmen. All
were carried by British Tommies.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Strike in San Diego
Plane Plant Averted

The National Defense Media ton
Board last night announced settle
n1ent had been reached in a threat
ened strike involving $1,000 workers
at the Consolidated aircraft plant in
San Diego, Calf. The details were
not discussed. officials said the A.
F. L. local of the International As
sociation of Machinists, which called
the strike for September %, would
meet tomorrow to act on the settle
ment proposal. The union has asked
a blanket l0-cent-hourly wage in
crease.
The board also announced settle
ment of a dispute at the Mahwah
IN. j. plant of the American Brake
Shoe g. Foundry Co., which makes
shells and castings for the Army.
Details of this settlement also re-
manned undisclosed and are sub
ject to union approval. The A. r. l..
International Molders and Foundry
Workers called a strike July 26, ask
Ing wage increases and a union shop,
but 440 workers returned to work
last week pending the outcome of
negotiations.
The board was unable to get an
agreement between Alabama soft
coal mine operators and the United
Mine Workers and adjourned hear
ings, planning to make recommen-
dations later. More than $4,000
miners demand Accent daily wage
increase over the current $3.50.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Pepper Says Lindbersh
Proposes to Be Fuehrer

By the Associated Press.
Senator Pepper, Democrat. of
Florida said that the address Of
Charles A. Lindbergh at Fort Wayne,
Ind. last night. made clear that
the flyer proposes to be the "Fuehrer
of the United States"
In a statement on Mr.. Lind
berghs s address, Senator Pepper as
serted:
He is following the same path,
the same argument and the same
policies Hitler followed in Germany.
His highway to power will be by
arousing the people against their
government and making them be-
lieve he is their only savior; by de-
nunciation and persecution of the
Jews, by stirring up class and race
prejudices, and by drawing TO his
side the ambitious and the mis-
guided people and deluded men Of
money"
Evening star., 1941-10-04

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct 4-Secretary of
the Treasury Morgenthau takes
things right in stride-even q near
crackup In an airplane.
En- route to his Fishkill On. "
home in q Coast Guard airplane yes
terday, Mr.. Morgenthau calmly con-
tinued to read as the plane. plunging
through a pea-soup fog in an at
tempt to land at New Hackensack.
N. Y, scraped tops of trees and
then zoomed upward in hasty
fight for altitude.
At Philadelphia, where the plane
finally landed, Mr.. Morgenthau
spoke words Of praise for the pilot,
1t. William Sinton, and then took
a transport plane for New York
and a week end in the country.
The Coast Guard plane had a
damaged wing, rudder and under
carriage. The airports emergency
crew in asbestos suits and a crash
wagon stood by in case fire de-
veloped when it landed.
I'VE were approaching the New
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Procession Will End
St. Dominic's Noveno

A novena to the Queen of the
Most Holy Rosary will be brought to
close at 3 pm. tomorrow with a
solemn procession in st. Dominics
Catholic Church, Sixth and streets
SW.
School children will carry ban
ners representing the 10 decades of
the Rosary. and all parish groups
will participate. The Rev. James r
McManus. o. p. will give the final
sermon of the novena after the pro-
cession. Solemn benediction of the
most blessed sacrament will be cele-
brated, the papal blessing will be
conferred, and blessed roses will be
distributed to the congregation.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Driver of School Bus
Killed in Collision
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
TAYLORVILLE, ILL.,. Oct. 4.-The
driver of a bus carrying the Benld
High School team home from a
night football game was killed and
10 persons were injured last night in
a collision with a passenger automo-
bile and a truck.
The dead man was r. P. Stahlin,
40, of Litchfield, relief driver of the
bus.
After a passenger automobile
passed the bus and turned in quick
ly, the bus hit the rear end of the
car and veered into the path of a
transport truck.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Hotel Strike
Continued From First Page }

lower paid categories will receive
the largest percentages increases,
but in no instance will the increase
be less than 10 per cent.
TN addition to wage increases,
the employers granted an improved
vacation plan and seniority rule"
Cancellation Service Victory.
The peace pact represented a vic
tory for the conciliation service in
averting the strike which the unions
were about to call at midnight last
Monday after their memberships
had overwhelmingly approved a
walkout.
DR.. Steelman disclosed that as the
strike hour approached he sent an
urgent message to employers and
employees asking them to negotiate
fully, and suggested that, mean
while, the strike be held in abey-
ance. He pointed to the serious Sit
uation which would result from a
hotel strike in the Capital during
this critical period.
Gives Both Sides Credit.
DR.. Steelman said in announcing
the settlement that both sides de-
served great credit for their con-
ciliatory attitude. IF all employers
and union representatives. DR..
Steelman added, would try as long
and hard to settle before, not after
a work stoppage, keepers of strike
statistics would need magnifying
glasses"
DR.. Steelman was assisted in the
negotiations by Commissioner Frank
j. Sheehan and Elmer T. Bell. At
the final conference the spokesman
for the hotels was Joseph C..
McGarraghy, counsel for the hotel
operators, and of the employees
Henry Kaiser, attorney for the joint
union board.
After announcement of the agree
ment, L. Gardner Moore, president
OF the hotel association, paid tribute
to the conciliation service for the
very fine interest" it took in the
| problem until the case was brought
to a successful conclusion"
THE wage increases involve SUBJ
stantial sums of money" Mr.. Moore
said, but the hotels felt that they
owed a duty to the public to keer
operating without interference to
| any service, and this was a major
consideration in reaching an agree
ment of this point"
All the hotels involved, he said
are glad to have reached an agree
ment with the union, thus assuring
unbroken relations with our en-
ployes."
Evening star., 1941-10-04
] 500 German Wounded
Already Aboard Ships

NEW HAVEN, England, Oct. 1 tP.
Mysterious inter-government COM
munications continued to hold up the
wars first exchange of British and
German prisoners today and resi-
dents at the Channel port did not
know whether to expect a bomb or
a temporary olive branch.
A group of 800 German wounded
to be exchanged for 1,50O wounded
British, already had shuffled aboard
two British hospital ships in the
strangely-lighted harbor last night
when London suddenly sent word
halting the operation. The war
Office said a message from Berlin
caused the delay.
The government are in COM
munication with the German gov
ernment," it said, land 1t is to be
hoped 1t will be possible to make a
further statement within "a hours"
HarbOr Lights Put Out.
Harbor lights, glowing for the first
time since September 1, 1899, were
quickly extinguished The delay was
generally expected 10 be only tenn
porary, however, and the German
prisoners remained aboard the ships.
1t was reported they would be joined
by so German women, interned on
the Isle of Man since the start of
the war, who are to be exchanged
for so English women held in Ger
many. The mercy vessels, the St.
Julien and Dinard, were to have
moved out at dawn under a tenn
porary truce announced by the In
ternational Red Cross for the five
hour journey to Dieppe, in oc-
cupied France, to release their pas
sengers and pick up Britons being
freed by the Germans.
Even the lights on the red crosses
OF the two ships were turned of at
the announcement of the hitch in
plans. Anti-aircraft searchlights,
however, ficked on at the sound Of
an airplane overhead.
Now, who is that" asked a be-
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Sontu Claus MoiI Sturts

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 4 P.-
Santa Claus got his first order of
the season here yesterday and the
post office. due to disruption of mails
to the North Pole, routed the letter
to the Times-Picayune.
The youngster, who didn't sign
his name, ordered an anti-aircraft
gun and signal light. couple of
passenger cars and a tank, 2 feet Of
track and piece of crossing track.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Tropical Storm Forms
Southeast of Miami
1y the Associated Press.

BY the AsSoclAted Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. A.
The formation of tropical storm in
the Atlantic Ocean about $50 miles
southeast of Miami. Fla, was re-
ported today by the Weather Bureau.
The following $50 am. advisory
was issued:
Tropical disturbance central at
Tam. (E. S. t., about latitude %
degrees 80 minutes north and longi-
tude 81 degrees 80 minutes west,
moving west northwesward and in
creasing in intensity.
caution is advised vessels in path,
and the outlying Bahamas Islands
should also be on the alert"
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Hotel Lists Open House
For Redecoruted Rooms

open house" will be held at the
Mayflower Hotel from noon to 8
pm. tomorrow for the display of
about 100 bedrooms and suites re-
decorated by the industrial stylist
Dorothy Draper.
Mrs. Draper, the hotel announced,
has departed from the conventional
hotel decoration in the use Of color.
Through the use of bed couches,
rooms have been designed for "out-
of-town executives" for use as ofnces
and conference rooms.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Hotel Men See Wallace

Hotel executives from II Latin
American countries paused here to-
day during their inspection tour Of
defense projects and hotels In this
country to meet Vice President Wal
lace at the Senate once Building.
Invited by the American Hotel As
sociation, the group had been At
tending the Second 1nter-American
Travel Congress in Mexico City.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
DR.. Robertson to Retire
From Baptist Pulpit

Dr. B. P. Robertson of the First
Baptist Church of Hyattsville will
retire from the active pastorate
after evening services tomorrow.
DR.. Robertson, who has been pastor
of the church for more than is
years, will be presented with a fare
well letter signed by many OF his
friends.
DR.. Rufus w. Weaver executive
secretary of the Columbia Baptist
Convention, will attend the morning
service.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Freedom Of Speech
And Vote May End,
Lindbergh Contends
Americans Have Lost
Their Heritage, He Tells
Fort Wayne Audience
BY the Associated Press.


FORT WAYNE. Ind, Oct. A.
Charles A. Lindbergh contends that
the administration soon may move
to prevent freedom of speech
among U.S." saying the time has
come when we must consider" the
possibility that there will be no
elections next year.
I'VE are approaching a point
where we are no longer governed
by the will of the people" he de-
clared last night. we are, in fact,
governed by one man who has con-
sistently evaded the checks and bal
ances on which representative gov
ernment depends man who is
drawing more and more dictatorial
power into his own hands. We
must face the fact that you and
and our generation, have lost our
American heritage"
Mr.. Lindbergh, in his first appear
ance on the rostrum since his con-
troversial Des Moines speech, spoke
before capacity crowd in the Cos
pei Temple. Members of the audi
ence were admitted only by tickets
distributed by the sponsoring Fort
Wayne Chapter of the America First
Committee and numbered between
$500 and $500 Chief of Police
Stumpf estimated.
Given Standing Ovations.
They accorded the speaker stand
ing ovations at the start and finish
of his remarks and interrupted fire.
quently with applause.
Stating that lit may be my last
address" Mr.. Lindbergh said: How
much longer free speech will be pos
sible in the United States I do not
know. But I do know that an ad-
ministration which can throw this
country into undeclared naval war
against the will of the people, and
without the consent of Congress can
by similar methods prevent freedom
of speech among us. There are
many signs that such action may
be taken in the near future"
Offering an explanation of his
platform against Intervention, he
asserted:
Il have no motive in mind other
than the welfare of my country and
civilization. This is not the life
enjoy. Speaking is not my voca-
ton. and political life is not my
ambition
Hasn't Tried TO Be Popular.
Mr.. Lindbergh, who charged in
Des Moines that the British, the
Jews and the Roosevelt admins
tration" were among groups press
ing" the United States toward war,
told the audience:
IT am moved by no personal in
terest of animosity. I do not speak
out of hate for any individual or
any people. But neither have I tried
to avoid facts in order to have my
speeches politically popular.
Il have told you the truth as I
saw it," he stated concerning his
speech making, and do not know
of a single statement I have made
that has been proven false. What I
said has been distorted. sentences
have been removed from their con-
text, motives and meanings have
been falsely ascribed, but the original
record is there an don that stand"
Mr. Lindbergh said IF the time
comes which we can no longer meet
face to face as free men, we will
meet together at the election next
year" He elaborated:
But what if there are no cleo
tions next year? The time has come
when we must consider even that
Such a condition may not be many
steps ahead on the road our Presi-
dent is taking us.
Evening star., 1941-10-04

Moist and warm tropical air now covers
the Southern States, the Ohio Valley ana
States. while somewhat cooler air is spread
ing eastward over the Lake region and the
morning there have been rather general
showers from the North Atlantic States
southeastward over the Ohio Valley the
Middle and Southern Mississippi Valley, the
West Gulf States. the Southern Plains and
the Southern Rocky Mountain region.
Rather heavy showers occurred in portions
of the Ohio Valley and Northern Appala
chian region. Showers occurred also in
portions of the North Pacific States and
the heHNorthern Rocky Mountain region,