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Evening star., 1941-01-25
Chilean Newsmen Sail for u. S.
To Be Guests of Seven Pupers

host newspapers. 1t was explained
that they would exchange views on
news coverage and newspaper pro-
duction with their hosts and explore
means of stimulating cultural ex-
change between the two countries.
The men and their North Amer
lean hosts are: Carlos Eastvan, Ell
Mercurio of Santiago, the New York
Times; Manuel Vega, FL Diario Ilus-
trado of Santiago, The Washington
Star; Joaquin Muirhead, La Hora
of Santiago, Washington Post.
Franciso LIE Dantec, Ell Mercurio
Of Valparaiso. Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin; Luis Ignacio Silva, La
Union Of Valparaiso, Boston Globe.
Guillermo Valenzuela, La Nacion
Of Santiago, Los Angeles Times, and
Rafael Valdivieso, Ell Impartial OF
Santiago, Detroit News.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
American Liners Mail
Removed at Hong Kong
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25.-British au-
thorities at Hong Kong removed all
first. class mail en- route from the
United States to Shanghai on the
President Taft when that American
steamer docked at the crown colony
Saturday, it was learned here yes
terday.
Before the ship continued her voy-
age. the British returned a small
portion of the mail and retained the
remainder for censorship. They
promised to forward it on the first
available ship of any nationality.
officials were reticent, but it was
learned this was the second or third
such occurrence.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Important Positions
Claimed by Italians

ROME, Jan. Is P.-"Important'
positions along the Albanian battle
front were reported by the italian
high command today to have been
wrested from the Greeks. Location
OF the positions was not specified.
The daily war bulletin said the
advances were made despite un-
favorable weather conditions" which
restricted the fighting to local op-
erations
Greek prisoners and supplies OF
automatic weapons were reported
taken.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Wider Language Study
Urged by Dean Doyle
BY the Associated Press.

EASTON, Pa, Jan. 25.-Dr. Henry
Grattan Doyle. dean of George
Washington University. today urged
increased study of foreign languages
and the removal Of what he termed
old prejudices about Latin Ameri-
cans for the cultivation of national
friendship in the Western Hemi-
sphere.
In spite of big talk and pious
good wishes, there are tremendous
differences in culture, social customs,
religion and the like. as we'll as the
omipresent language barrier" he
said in a speech before the annual
School and College Conference at
Lafayette College
He declared instruction in Span
ish, Portuguese and French at public
expense should be more generally
available.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
$4,000 Fire in Church
Laid 10 Incendiary
BY the Associated Press.

6y the ASS0Clateo PreSS.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan. 25.-
Chief Of Police William H. Peters
today was investigating a fire that
caused damage estimated at more
than 100000 at st. Marys Roman
Catholic Church.
The police chief said he had found
conclusive evidence that the church
was deliberately set on fire.
Several robes had been taken from
a locker and heaped in a pile back
OF the altar, then saturated with an
lnf1ammable fluid, he said after
visiting the church at the request
OF priest who had reported the
robes stolen.
Sacred vessels and religious rec
ords were saved by three priests.
who entered the burning building in
their night clothes after the blaze
was discovered yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Marshal Petoin's Face
On New French Coins
Bv the Associated Press.


PARASITIC face of Marshal
Philippe Petain will replace that of
Marianne on new S, 10 and 20 franc
pieces to be issued by the Bank of
France. 1t will be the first time
since the establishment of the
French Republic in 1871 that the
face of Marianne has been missing
from a French coin.
1t is not known of what metal
the new coins will be made, but
one Paris paper has already come
out for tin as ''the symbol of our
poverty and of our will" The bank
will also issue a 20-franc note for
the first time since the FIRST World
War.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
BY the Associated Press.

VALPARAISO, Chile, Jan. 25.-
Seven prominent Chilean newspa-
permen sailed yesterday for the
United States, where, for two months,
each will be the guest of a leading
North American daily newspaper.
The Chileans were given a send
of by Claude G. Bowers, United
States Ambassador to Chile, who
sponsored the undertaking. In pre-
senting the project, Ambassador
Bowers described it as "a practical
demonstration of friendly inter-
American cooperation" by newspa-
pers desiring to aid in effecting a
closer understanding between Chile
and the United States"
After arrival In New York, the
group will visit Washington briefly,
then proceed to the offices OF the
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Special Service to End

The Order of the Sisters Of TIL
Good Shepherd will conclude tomor-
row night special services in COM
memoration of the canonization Ct
its first mother general. st. Mar
Euphrasia Peilletier. The program.
held at the convent of the order ct
Thirty-sixth street and Reservoir
road NV, was started yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Scratches
HiuIeuh Park

By the Associated Press.
Clear and Sloppy.)
Second race - Nightly, Cynic
King, Chicharra, Amercup.
Third race - Unquote, Lovely
Dawn. Seventh Day, Blue Lily,
Darby Desmond, Becomly, Here
Again.
Fifth race - Victory Morn, Joe
Schenck.
Sixth race-Playhouse, Plowshare,
Dorimar.
Ninth (substitute) race declared
OIL
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Five-MiIe Sunday Trip
Planned by Hiking Club

The Capital Hiking Club plans a
fve-lnile hike tomorrow along North
west. Branch, from Burnt Mills to
the Historic Riggs Mill. En- route
the hikers will view geological
formations in the gorge, including
quartz dikes and mica pockets. At
the halfway point, near the dam
q campfire party will be held. Jack
Jalickee will lead the trip.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
EnqIeDriqht 6. O. P. Whip

Republican members Of the House
reelected Representative Engel-
bright of California whip yesterday
for his fifth team in that Office. He
is beginning his ninth term as a
member Of Congress.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Weather Report
Furnished by the {


Columbia-Fair and slightly colder with lowest
tonight tomorrow increasing oudness with
night; general moderate
north shifting to east winds
increasing cudiness with slowly rising temperature followed by rain
afternoon and in portion night
Vginia-Cloud tonight and with
portion slightly colder
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Congress in Brief

Senate and House in recess.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
hears William C. Bullet, former
Ambassador to France on lend-lease
bill.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Plane Engine Parts,
Like Toy Balloon,
Can't Stand Nick
How Dry Ice PIoys Part
In Building Motors
Is Explained

Fifth of q series OF articles on
aviation engine production by
The Star aviation editor.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today0
Hishest. 80. L pm. yesterday. Year
Lowest, SO. 1901 Am. today. Year
ago, 16.
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest, IS. on January 20.
Lowest, 20, on January IA.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, "a per cent, at 3 am today.
Lowest, 81 per cent, at 11.30 am. today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetc Survey
Today. Tomorrow
xesh -------- o. IL dEn- u- 4 m.
Low ---------- O:4O am. 30 m
High NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 6:42 pm. 7:31 pm.
Low ------- 100 pm. I:50 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets
Sun, today 7:2l 5:21
Sun, tomorrow 100 800
Moon, today 6:34am, 354 4pnn
Automobile LIGHTS must be turned o.; one.
halt hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1941-01-25

The weight of the Washington
Monument is over $1,000 tons.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Weather In Various Citiea

River Report
Potomac River clear. Shenandoah cloudy
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at Great
Falls today.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
| Mile o. Dimes
Broodcosts
TO-DAY.
loo P.M.-WRC
7:45 P.M.-WMAL
TOMORROW.
$50 AM.-WRC
4:45 P.M.-WRC

You are invited to stop by the
Mile O. Dimes stand at Four
teenth street and New York
avenue NV. and make your
contribution during one of the
broadcastS scheduled above.
Evening star., 1941-01-25

Foreign Stations.
Moon, Greenwich time. today)
Temperature. Weather.
(Current observationsl
San Juan. Puerto Rico ~ Clay
HeInr SupA ----- q Cloudy
Soion' SAnai 1one---- 10 Cloudy
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Tide Tables.

FURNISHED by United States Coast
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1941-03-29

They are moribund. hopeless, list
less, nerveless, wan, without will, all
pith gone from their sorry,
shrunken frames: yet they do not
die. That imperiouS instinct to live
carries them on, even though life is
nothing but shutting round of mis-
cry and dull pain. There are many
cases Of amneSia and partial blind
ness from lack of the essential
vitamins, and tuberculosis is taking
a heavy toll as nourishment defici-
encies become more and more pro-
nounced.
Gives Hint to Future.
DR.. j. H. Janney. of the Rookie
feller Institute, who has made
health survey of all Spain, says that
the enfeebled condition of the
people makes them susceptible TO
an epidemic of influenza as devas-
tating as the Black Death" of the
Middle Ages
But it is among children that
one sees the fullest impact of short
rations. Their stunted growth, re-
tarded mental development, degen-
eracy and general weakness are
stigmata with which this war gen.
Grafton is scourged for the sins of
their fathers. and which will be
passed on as bitter legacy Of
suffering for many generations to
come.
Yes. the cupboard has long been
bare in Spain, but the same sad
story comes from many other quar-
ters of the war-swept continent.
The Belgians tell me the conditions
in their country are as distressing
as those in Spain. The Poles are
suffering even more, and from
France comes testimony of the most
drastic rationing. There is want
in Norway, probably in Denmark,
and yet those of us who early last
summer predicted famine conditions
were called "sensationalists." The
sensation is really more tragic than
sensationalists predicted. What will
another winter bring to stricken
Europe?
Alfonso XIII died early on the
morning l arrived at Madrid and
the reception desk at the Ritz Hotel
was crowded with people who had
come to express their coincidence by
signing protocol book for the
Infante Don Fernando of Baravia-
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Wheat|ey P.-T. A. Plans
Tribute 10 Mrs. Saunders

Under the auspices of the Wheat
ley School Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton. memorial will be dedicated to
the late Mrs. Harriet F. Saunders in
the school garden Wednesday at
1870 am.
Mrs. Saunders, who died recently,
was a leader in parent-teacher work
for many years in the city. Mrs.
Walter c. Jones is chairman of the
program.
Tribute will be paid Mrs. Saunders
by Senator Capper of Kansas, and
testimonials will be given by Mrs
2. D Blackstone of the District
Congress Of Parents and Teachers,
Miss Kate Colt of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. Mrs. Will
liam H. Wagner. Junior American
Citizens Clubs of the Daughters of
the American Revolution; Mrs. c. T.
Clagett, Church Board of the Epis-
copal Home for the Aged, and Mrs.
Louis Gutenberg of the District
Legislative Council.
Mrs. J. c. Lunson and Mrs. Martin
Johnson will present the memorial
to Miss Florence Mortimer, principal
of Wheatley, and Miss Esther Scott
will plant a slip from Mrs. Saunders
garden. Mrs Saunders frequently
visited the Wheatley garden and
gave it flowers.
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Talent al ; Theaters
To Entertain Toniqht
In Greek Benefit
Patriotic Overture
To Open Midnight Show
At Capitol Theoter

A stage entertainment program
featuring performers now appearing
at three downtown theaters will be
presented tonight for benefit of the
Greek relief fund in midnight
show in the Capitol Theater.
Paul Draper, noted dancer, and
Paul Haakon, ballet artist, will be
among those contributing their tai
ents to the performance. according
to an announcement by John j.
Payette, general zone manager OF
Warner Bros theaters, and j. E.
Fontaine, local manager Of Para
mount Pictures, co-chairmen of the
amusement induStry's. participation
in the relief drive in the Washing
ton area.
Several surprises are to be offered
in the foyer and lobby of the
theater, they said today.
The stage show will begin with
a patriotic overture conducted joint
ly by 10 lombard and Sam Jack
kaufman of the Earle and Capitol
theaters, respectively, and played by
the combined orcheStraS.
Eileen Ritters Sing song with
mike" feature then will be pre-
sented in conjunction with Art
Browns community sing and organ
playing.
The Singing Powers Models,
harmony trio, and Joe and Jane
McKenna, Maysy and Brach, the
Roxyettes, Alan Gale, the Honeys,
Frank and Jean Hubert, Lynn Alli-
son and the Rhythm Rockets will be
among the other acts contributing
to the program.
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Eight Men Convicted
OF Rockville Robberies
BY a Staff Correspondent Of The Star


ROCKVILLE, Nd, March %
Eight colored men charged with a
series of 13 robberies in the Rock
vile area in recent months were
convicted yesterday, while a ninth,
also arrested in connection with the
series. was acquitted.
Judge Stedman Prescott of the
Montgomery County Circuit Court
found Edward Offutt not guilty of
having participated in the series of
robberies of business houses.
Lewis Crutchfield pleaded guilty,
but sentence was temporarily with
held by Judge Prescott; William H.
Peter was sentenced to four years in
the House of Correction; Eugene l..
Crutchfield was given two two-year
sentences and suspended sentences
on five other charges: Ellswood
Crutchfleld. two years: Charles Of
futt, two years; Leo Martin, two
two-year sentences and suspended
sentences on three other charges;
Nathaniel Williams, two years on
one charge and a suspended SEN
tence on q second charge, and a
17-year-old youth was sentenced to
the Maryland Training School,
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Peace by Monday
Goal at Johnstown

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, March % (P,.
Peace by Monday was the goal Of
negotiators working hard today to
end holiday" of union members
at the Cambria Mills of the Bethle-
hem Steel Corp.
Federal Labor Conciliator Arthur
Reilly, after comforting with both
James Gent, sub-regional director
of the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee, and Sidney D. Evans,
company representative, announced
Il am very optimistic-T think if
everything works out all right,
everything will be settled by Mon
day"
Federal Labor Counciliator Thom-
as Lambert and State Mediator
Charles Kutz, who took part in
the negotiations that led to set
tlement of strike at the company's
Bethlehem plant, arrived here and
arranged an exploratory conference
with Mr. Reilly. They said they ex-
pected to confer later with union
and management representatives.
Evening star., 1941-03-29
BY JOHN CUDAHY.


BERLIN, March 20 (By Gable to
N.AN.AD Spain is suffering cruel
ly from hunger and there is no
present hope of alleviation On the
Prado you see pitiful. ragged human
flotsam, shaking from cold and
weakness in the bleak March winds.
their mummified faces the color of
smudged clay. Many of them show
advanced symptoms OF anemia, pei
lagra and tuberculosis.
DR.. Alexis Carrel, studying the
effects of malnutrition and defici-
is in Spain He told me his investi-
cations show that great number
of people are getting, in both anti
choleric content and quality, only
one-quarter of what medicine has
always considered the minimum
amount of nutrients necessary to
sustain life. Yet the Spanish people
have been enduring such denial for
five years.
Bread and olive oil have always
been the chief staples in the COM
mon Spanish diet and the govern
ment shows its liberal leanings by
favoring the proletariat. whose
members get one-half pound Of
bread a day. Professional and mid
dle-class people draw only one
quarter pound. The impoverished
aristocracy, with whom foreign
ers are now classified, are doled
out three times day liver
colored, opaque substance the size
of turkey egg which would defeat
the digestion of an ostrich.
Wages Down, Costs Up.
Average wages are from to 10
peSetaS a day, which have the
buying equivalent of IS to 40 cents,
and the cost of living, based on
what we consider the barest neces-
sites, is four time that of American
markets. Oranges are the only thing
eaten by all. Eggs, meat. sugar, but
ter, cheese and milk, because of
prohibitive prices, have no place on
the average table in Spain. Even
potatoes are expensive and hard
TO find.
Spain's population, which was in
creasing at the rate of 250,OOO a
year before the civil war. has since
1889 shown a decline. This is due
TO the sitting of the procreatible
instinct because of short rations,
and consequent decrease of births.
Despite the cruel suffering and de-
privation, there is not a sharp rise
In mortality. DR.. Carrel says he has
never witnessed such an impressive
manifestation of the adaptation
theory in biology that animal life
will suit its needs to available
means, mastering the difficulties of
a harsh environment. creating new
defenses, building up resistance.
generating immunities and some
how living on.
Medically speaking, many people
in Spain should long ago have been
dead from starvation They are
half dead. yet they persist in living.
Evening star., 1941-03-29

Bourbon, guest at the hotel. This
first group had the proud noses and
rather naughty bearing of the
Spanish aristocracy, but, as news
spread through the town, there was
such an influx of simple, everyday
people that the management had
two tables placed outside on the
street at the entrance of the hotel,
and for three days, from early morn
ing until long after dark, Spaniards
from every quarter and station of
life stood for hours in long queues
waiting to record their fidelity and
loyalty to the King they had sent
to die in exile.
Twelve books were necessary for
the 10000 who thus waited so
patiently to record their allegiance.
l asked the manager what would
be done with books. He shrugged
his shoulders deprecatingly; they
would be filed away and in all
probability the Duke of Bavaria
Bourbon would never see them.
The following Monday q formal
note, margined half an inch in
mourning, invited me on the part OF
the chief of state and the govern
ment to participate in the requiem
ceremonies for the repose of the
monarch's soul When I reached
the Cathedral of San Francisco Ell
Grande, Gen. Franco was just ar
irving, escorted by Moroccan
cavalry with pinioned lances, fol-
lowed by Falange youth in flaming
vermilion berets. Inside the church,
light fell in spectral shafts from
colored windows upon a scene of
medieval sumptuousneSs as the
congregation of Falangists, army
officers and tonsured monks, grandees
and their ladies with black mantil-
las (the greater part air-haireO
knelt in homage TO the memory
of a sad King whose last words
before he left Spain were that he
had tried to do his best for his
country and his people. After the
ceremonial. crowds of roistering
youths in holiday spirit paraded on
the Grand Via. Carrera de San
Jeronimo and Gale de Alcala, shout
ing Long live the King"
Madrid was a wilderness of colors.
gold-banded by crimson and the
Bourbon coat o: arms everywhere
not only in business sections and
better residential parts of the town,
but also in the poorer quarters, such
as Cuatro Caminos and Puerta de
Toledo. The mystery was where
the people could find the means for
such a display. Sometimes, when
nothing else could be found, a white
sheet appeared outside the window
bearing the badge of mourning.
1t was a universal and impressive
outpouring OF royalist sentiment, yet
informed people do not consider
the moment we'll timed for the
advent OF monarchial regime in
Spain. All admit that Prince Don
Juan is well qualified for the throne
but deprecate any change of policy
during these times of tension, stress
and strain. Perhaps it was this very
stress and strain and lack of Sc
curity which inspired the manifesto.
ton. In these restricted times, wher
every tradition and precedent anc
institution have been flung to the
winds, men in despair turn to the
established methods which were
good enough for their fathers.
(Relessed by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. IneD
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Harvester Strikers
Ask Board Guarantees

CHICAGO, March 20 IPy.-The C.
I. o. Farm Equipment Workers Or
ganizing Committee put forth de-
mand today for certain guarantees
from the National Defense Media
ton Board as prerequisite to re-
sumption of work at strike bound
International Harvester Co. plants.
Grant Oakes. chairman of the F
E. w. o. c., agreed to attend board
meeting at Washington Monday. but
said the union membership would
decide tomorrow the question of re-
turning to work. Mr.. Oakes asked
the board 10 wire the following as
surances:
That there will be no discrimina-
ton against strikers returning to
work; that the company will abide
by existing contracts in the Chicago
tractor plant and the Richmond
works; that the issues Of the strike
will be the pasis of mediation dis
cussions; that both sides will abide
by the final recommendation of the
board.
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Fourth Army TO Test
Strength in War Games
(. the Associated Press.

.
SAN FRANCISCO, March o.
More than $4,000 soldiers of the
4th Army. including the first
draftees considered ready for actual
combat, will test their military
knowledge in the most extensive
maneuvers ever held on the Pacific
Coast
The mimic war. scheduled for
May "a to June 80, will involve
movement Of 10000 men and COM
plete equipment-warplanes, artil.
lery. anti-tark guns and ambulances
from Fort Lewis. Wash, to Camp
Ord and Hunter Liggett Reserva-
ton in California.
1t. Gen. John L. De Witt, COM
msnding general of the 4th Army,
said the war games would include
more than week of simulated war
fare with the balance of the period
devoted to target practice, marches.
development of teamwork and CO.
ordination Of the 4th Army acting
as unit.
Off1cers indicated gas probably
would be tried out and problems
based on lessons derived from the
European war would form a basis
for much of the work.
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Roosevelt Moy Name
Envoy to New ZeoIund

President Roosevelt is considering
the immediate appointment of a
United States Minister to New Zea-
land to mark the opening of formal
diplomatic relations with the self
governing British Dominion, Acting
Secretary of State Sumner Welles
said today.
Mr.. Welles also said that Clarence
E. Gauss, this eountry's first Min
lister to Australia, who has been
named Ambassador to China, is in
Washington conferring with officials
here before going to his new post.
Nelson T. johnson, who was trans
ferred from the post of Ambassador
to China to that Of Minister to Aus
tralia, will come here for consulta.
ton later before going to Australia.
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Conferees Ask Board
To Postpone Meeting

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N. j.,
March % (PD.-An ell-night confer
ence of Federal conciliators, man.
agement and union officials failed
today to reach a settlement of the
l9-day strike at the Cornell Dubilier
Corp. plant, and conferees asked the
National Defense Mediation Board to
postpone a scheduled meeting today
at Washington on the problem. The
request was denied.
The session, which began at $50
pm Friday, broke up at $40 am,
with statement by Octave Blake,
company president, that the firm
couldn't afford" to meet the wage
increase demands of the striking In
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers "a. F. L..
He said he had offered blanket s.
cents-an-hour increase for all work.
ers and establishment of a vacation
with-pay schedule. The union, he
said asked for a sliding scale pay
increase of from to 13 cents. Union
officials were not Immediately avail
able for comment