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Evening star., 1941-03-08
Vigorous Chinese Fight
Reported in kwangtung
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONG KONG. March Chinese
troops were reported today 10 be
offering vigorous resistance TO Japa-
nese forces attempting to drive m
land after effecting landings on the
Kwangtung coast Monday.
Chinese dispatches said the land
ingS were unconteSted because the
Chinese strategy all along has been
to withdraw beyond the range OF
japanese naval bombardmentS be-
fore making a stand.
They said the coast was practically
undefended to depth of IS miles
and added that foreign interests had
been hit hard by the Japanese land
ings. since many of the towns occu-
pied we're entry ports for trade with
Shanghai and Hong Kong.
For example, they said. considerable
quantities used to be shipped to
Hong Kong from Yeungkong and
Kwanghoi for export TO the United
States.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
U.S.InquirySought 5.
0fPrinoe Georges
School Burdens
Orem Believes Strain
Caused by Defense Is
Greater Than in D. c.

The Federal Government will be
asked to investigate the school
situation in Prince Georges County,
Nd. IN the light of expanding de-
fense activities. School Superin-
tendent Nicholas Orem announced
yesterday
He said he was convinced study
would show even greater strains in
the county than in Washington,
where the Office of Education has
recommended that the Government
spend S2,825,000 on the school
system to meet an thrush of popu-
lation. This sum would provide
for new buildings, sites, teachers
salaries and building maintenance
for year.
why forget Prince Georges
County?" Mr.. Orem asked. He de-
clared that the only real defense
industries in this entire area are
in his county-the Engineering Re
search Corp. at Riverdale. and
Washington Institute of Technology
in College PARK. both engaged IN
aircraft manufacture.
A typical" stress, he said. is to
be found in Riverdale Elementary
School. where defense work Is
largely responsible for increasing
enrolment from 527 pupils last year
to 6O5 now Total enrolment in
county schools increased from
l6.42l in June. 1910, to l7,462 at
the beginning of this year. he re-
ported.
The county is faced with an over
flow of Federal workers from Wash
ington. Mr. Oren said. Employees
with children. and particularly
those with a large number of chill
dren, move out OF the city proper,
he declared
Mr.. Orem stated that in working
for an investigation and subsequent
action he expected to have the CO.
operation of Representative SaSscer
of that district.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Army Flyer Decorated
After Six PostPonements
BY the Associated Press.


mitchell FIELD. N Y, March g.
Capt. William T Hudnell, lr.,
finally got his Distinguished Flying
Cross yesterday-after six postpone
ments.
The Air Force captain has had the
honor coming to him for months.
First a case of measles interfered.
Then visit by high Army ofhcer
upset plans. The other four times
the weather was adverse.
On short notice yesterday. how
ever, Brig. Gen. John c. Mcdonnell
ordered the 5000 men at Mitchell
Field to proceed to the flying field
where the presentation ceremony
was held.
Capt. Hudnell was cited for hero
ism at Langley Field, Va, on April
%. 1910, when he refused to take to
his parachute because of danger to
civilian property. and eventually
brought a disabled plane to a safe
landing.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
500 Brave Snowfall
To Honor Arlington
County School Head
Superintendent Louded
AS He Begins His 18th
Yeor of Service

Five hundred persons last night
braved the heavy snowfall to attend
testimonial dinner for Supt. of
Schools Fletcher Kemp. starting his
25th year of service in the Arlington
County school system.
DR.. Sidney B. Hall, state superin-
tendent of schools, journeyed from
Richmond to praise Mr.. Kemp for
his consistency of purpose" during
the seven terms he has headed the
county school system.
AS children. parents and teachers
sat at the banquet table in the
Washington-Lee High School, Mr..
Kemp was presented with a memory
book from the pupils, plaque from
the faculty and a radio -phonograph
Miss Florence Gravatte, school
supervisor, who has been connected
with the county system during most
of Mr. Kemp's tenure. declared,
Everything tonight is dedicated to
the family of Fletcher Kemp"
The 5S-year-old educator was ac-
companied by his wife, his 15-year-
old son Robert and his sister, Mrs.
Zada Kemp Shenk.
Warrant Officer Louis S. Yassel,
leader of the Sd Cavalary Band at
Fort Myer and director of the Wash
ington-Lee High School Band, dedi-
Gated a march of his own compost
ton to the superintendent. 1t was
called 'Kemponian."
DR.. w. c. French, a member of the
George Washington University fac
dlty, and Dr.. William r. Smithy,
professor of education at the Uni
versity of Virginia, also spoke.
Other guests we're William A. E.
McShea and E. NJ. Shreve, who were
on the County School Board which
named Mr.. Kemp to his first term
as superintendent in 1917.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Britain Is Reported
To Have 10000 Men
Available for Jobs
Unemployed TotoI Placed
At Lowest in 20 Years;
Further Reduction Seen
By HELEN KIRKPATRICK,


Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent
LONDON. March 8.-With Great
Britains unemployed fewer than at
any time in 20 years. it is estimated
there are only 10000 men available
for employment at present The
total number of unemployed in Feb
ruary was stated to be $4,000.
The discrepancy between these two
figures is due to the fact that of the
200, 900 listed as unemployed about
rs, 900 were in transition between
one job and another. The reduction
and even the closing down of fac
tories has been progressing during
recent months, although official
government action to reduce the
number of industries engaged on
nom essential works was only re-
Gently announced.
With a great drive on for extra
man power, many of the younger
men will be replaced in the war fac
tories by older men and women
This will further reduce the total
of unemployed by calling on men
of so years and over. These number
II 900 who have been out of work
for a long time. OF men under so
not more than $4,000 have beer
without work for more than
month.
These returns also include $1,000
who have temporarily stopped work
ing for reasons not given and $4,000
casual workers. These latter will
probably be absorbed soon or or
ganized as dockworkers are in the
process of being organized.
Many of Britain's dock workers
have been employed from day to day
and have resisted efforts to sign
them on for steady work. They
have preferred working as and when
it suited them, usually for long
enough to accumulate tidy sum of
money, after which they have quit
for several days or weeks.
Recently the government has
stepped in as the employer and in
sisted on the men signing on for a
regular five and one-half to six day
week. With the exception of one
Glasgow group, there has been little
opposition to this plan.
In one dockyard dockers piled up
what were to them vast sums of
money. Suddenly they went on
strike on some f1imsy excuse. Their
leaders were unperturbed, explain
ing that the men we're tired, wanted
brief holiday to spend some of
the money they had accumulated
and would return.
(Copyright 1941, Chicaso Daily News Inc)
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Conn hcCreary Wins
Tropical Park Stake
Easily on Montsin
Time o. War Second,
Exurch Is Third in
Pun-Americon Feature
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TROPICAL PARK, Fla. March
8.-The charm that little Conn Nc
Creary seems to exercise over horses
was in working order again here this
afternoon when the tiny booter
guided Montsin to 5-length victory
in the 6-furlong Pan-American
Handicap.
The H. Friedberg representative,
thoroughly at home in the sloppy
footing caused by a morning deluge,
found her winning stride to take
down the $500 major share of the
purse, making the smart time of
1:1125 and paying $1,000 for 81.
Mrs L. Lazare's Time O. War was
second, two lengths ahead of Mrs.
w. c. Stroube's Exarcn. Potranco,
the 2-to-l favorite, never could get
up, while the topweighted Liberty
Flight also found the pace too much
for him.
The rain was so heavy most of the
morning that the attendance nat
urally was affected
Montsin had only two horses
topped most of the way in the head
liner. Time o, War dashed into a
clear advantage, racing Speed to
Spare into defeat in the first half
mile.
McCreary had to bring the slug
gish-beginning Montsin around the
leaders when his mount staged a
thrilling squirt from the head of the
stretch. What had seemed a hope
less situation for the mares hackers
changed to hollow victory as the
5-year-old daughter of Ormont
splashed far into the clear through
the final furlong.
Blue Lily held on better than usual
in the 6-furlong Key West Purse,
which drew eight feet 3-year-olds to
the post. The Blue Larkspur filly.
an SO 40 for 50 shot, shook off Bull
Brier and Maegay on reaching the
stretch. then went on to win by a
length and a half in handy fashion.
Maegay and the slow-starting favor
ite, Zacatine. wound up in a dead
heat for the place award.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Big Ten Athletic Chiefs
Reticent About CHICAGO u.
q. the ASsociated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED FTeSs-
LAFAYETTE, Ind, March g.
Athletic directors at Western Con-
ference schools declined to say to-
day whether Wendell Wilson. direc-
tor at the University of Illinois. had
placed before them resolution call
ing on conference schools to discon-
tinue scheduling athletic contests
with Chicago University.
Mr.. Wilson suggested such action
in a recent speech.
Frank Mccormick director at the
University of Minnesota, acting as
spokesman for directors in confer
ence at Purdue University. said an
official statement would be issued
at the conclusion of the all-day Ses-
sion.
The meeting is being held in con-
nection with the 31st annual West
ern Conference indoor track and
field meet.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Turkey Continuing
Urgent Defense
Preparations
Cos Stored Underground;
Cities Get Ready for
Air Ruid Tests
BY the Associated Press.

by IIt hSbOClhLtO FTeSS-
ISTANBUL. Turkey, March g.
Turkey continued urgent defense
measures today as German troops
maSsed on the Bulgarian border and
Turkish statesmen made ready 10
state the country's position in the
tense situation.
Istanbul authorities ordered gaSo-
line and other inf1ammables stored
underground and several cities got
set for air raid tests.
The government-inspired press
expressed defiance of Germany and
urged Yugoslavia TO resist axis over
lures.
The newspaper Ikdam declared.
however, that there Is only one way
to keep Yugoslavia from throwing
herself into the arms of her enc
mics. That is a British force Of
100000 in Salonika"
The newspaper Vatan declared
that Turkish troops kept 5000 900
soldiers occupied in the World War,
and asked, will Germany fan into
trap?" by inviting the same kind
of opposition.
Turkey is stronger militarily than
in the World War, the paper as
serted. and in addition now has an
ally England, who has command Of
the seas.
If Germany does fall sfoM Of
Turkey. the paper declared. she viii
be giving England the chance she
is waiting for"
Fifty carloads of goods for Turkey
have been stopped at the Bulgarian
border. other newspapers reported.
Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu
is to give statement on Turkeys
foreign policy Monday before a
closed session of the Peoples party.
the only legal political party in the
country.
Premier Reflk Saydam will maks
declaration before Parliament
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Steel Union Votes TO Work
Seven-Day, 56-Hour Week
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March 5.-Em-
ployes of the Midvale Steel Co. plant
here have voted to work seven-day,
56-hour week in the interest of the
national defense emergency" union
leaders reported today.
Edward KunZ, secretary of Fed
eral Labor Union No. 1887 "a. r
L., said the approximately 1000
plant employees had voted two to
one" for the seven-day work week
He described the vote as the first
of its kind conducted by any union
in any manufacturing plant in the
Nation.
AS result of the vote taken yes
terday, he said, employees will work
56 hours a week, instead of 48, on
the completion of a s32 900 600 order
for anti-aircraft guns and other de-
fense equipment for the Army and
Navy. Under the Seven-day plan
employees will be paid time and a
half for hours worked over 40 in
any one week.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Truinees to Get Million
In Sports Equipment

The Red Cross has agreed to
spend up to sl,OOO,o0O on sporting
and recreational equipment for the
Army and Navy, Chairman Norman
H. Davis yesterday informed Gen.
George c. Marshall, Army Chief of
Staff.
The decision was reached. the Red
Cross said, after military morale Of
ficials declared there is a great need
for wide variety of goods, partic-
ularly at training camps, and that
congressional appropriations will
not be available for several months.
Baseball equipment will be sent
Immediately to the South and other
appropriate goods to other sections,
1t was stated.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
San Francisco Police
Are Suspended in
Student Beafings
Son of Army Officer Here
And Companion Identify
Two as AssoiIunts

Ey the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March s.-Two
veteran police officers, pointed out
in lineup Of IS policemen, were
suspended from the force today. ac-
cused of beating two Stanford Uni
versity freshmen picked up as Skid
Row" vagrants last Saturday night
Deputy Police Chief Michael J
Riordan announced formal COM
plants charging unprovoked assault
would be filed today against the
officers, Patrolmen Joseph Francis
Greene and John J. Desmond. Both
officers denied the accusations.
They were picked from the lineup
Of uniformed police yesterday by the
two 18-year-old students, Don Allan
son of Mai. c. v. Allan, attached to
the War Department in Washington,
and Carter Barber of Winnetka, Ill.
AlIans Nose Broken.
Allan still wore large bandage
across his broken nose and another
on his right leg as he walked slowly
through the first of the four lines
of officers, then stopped before the
18th man in the second row.
This is the man" he told Deputy
Chief Riordan. He then passed
through the remaining rows of po-
licemen.
Then Barber was brought in. He
passed through all four rows with
out picking out man. I'D like to
take another crack at it" he said.
In the second row he stopped be-
fore Officer Desmond.
I'm sure this is the one"
Deny Making Disturbance.
The students, wearing old clothes,
had come to one of the toughest dis
tl1cts in town to make a "sociologi-
cal study" of life on Skid Row. they
said. They were jailed at the South
ern Station and, they claimed, were
beaten, one by one, with flrsts and
clubs, and then were transferred to
the city prison.
Both youths said they had made
llO h1SGII OdiISC OA CFCLl gwen any
cause for rough treatment.
Officer Greene said he had helped
arrest the youths, but had left the
station with load of prisoners for
the prison before Allan and Barber
we're brought in.
Officer Desmond said he was at
the station at the time the two said
they were beaten, but declared he
had no part in any flogging.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Refugee President
OF Lithuonio Is Due
In u. S. on Monday

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 8-An-
tanas Smetona, "a, President of
Lithuania, who fled when Soviet
troops occupied his country last
summer, will arrived Monday
aboard the liner Argentina of
the America Republics Line.
President Smetona, who once
rejected the demands of some
citizens of his nation that he
become king, was given asylum
in Germany after his flight.
From there he went to Portugal
and sailed for South America.
He was the first President of
Lithuania, during 1890. He
was elected President again in
1926, 1892 and 1888.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
$1,000 Is Contributed
For immigration Aid

Approximately $1,000 of the SIS
900 goal set by the Hebrew Shelter
ing and Immigrant Aid Society Of
Washington to aid refugees in un-
occupied France and Portugal has
been raised, it was announced today
by Joseph A. Milner. campaign
chairman.
According to DR.. Rudolph Korn-
blith, who is in charge of the drive
here, 342 refugees were brought
from Lisbon to New York by the
society last week and given shelter
and employment pending their dis
tribution to relatives.
The local drive is part of a ST.
100000 national campaign.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Californian Awarded
Chemistry Medal
3, the Associated Press.

bs Lne ASSoClaLeQ RfeSS.
NEW YORK, March 8.-Dr. Linus
Paullng of the California Institute
of Technology at Pasadena received
last night the 1941 William H.
Nichols Gold Medal of the New York
section of the American Chemical
Society.
One of the high honors in chem
ical science, the award went to DR..
Pauling, head of the California In
stitGte's division of chemistry and
chemical engineering. for his fun
damental inquiry into the nature of
the chemical bond"
The presentation was made by
Prof. Arthur w. HiXson of Columbia
University. who said the 40-year-old
recipient was one of the youngest
men ever to receive the ward.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Army lnducts MuIcohy,
Pitcher for PhiIIies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. March 8,-Hugh Null
cahy, Philadelphia National League
pitcher, the first major league player
accepted in the draft. was inducted
today and with approximately 270
other Greater Boston men was
scheduled to go to Camp Edwards,
on Capt Cod. tonight.
Mulcahy won Is games for the
laSt-place Phillies last season.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Peace Policy Restoted
On Soviet Women's Day
By the Associated Press.

MOSCOW. March S-JoSeph
Stains Central Communist Party
Committee marked international
Communist Women's Day with a
manifesto reafirming the Soviet
policy of peace today.
"Toilers of capitaistic countries
are netting March 8 under condi-
tions of expanding world imperial
istic war" the manifesto said
"Toilers of the U. S. S. r. are
meeting today in conditions of
peaceful labor guaranteed by the
correct foreign policy of the Soviet
state"
The two hours of extra rest which
had been granted women on this
day in previous years were Cancelled
this year, but mass meetings. lee
lures and concerts were organized
after regular shifts of work
Evening star., 1941-03-08
British Aid
Continued From First Page )

solemn promises that never, never,
would either of them make a sep
arate peace, and yet, I lived to see
the British feet fire ON the French
Navy"
Remember" Senator 1Vdings
! said that the wives of the officers
and men of the British Navy are liv-
ing in the British Isles. What is the
first thing the Germans will DO?
assuming they invade England)
They will get the names and ad-
dresses of those women and chill
! dren.
He implied they would hold the
families of the men in the British
Navy as hostage to obtain the
British feet.
| Barkley Amendment Voted.
The Senate approved an amend
ment offered by Senator Barley,
which, he said, would make it def
mite that agricultural commodities
would be included among defense
articles which could be disposed of
! to other countries.
! Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis-
souri, charged that the proposal was
a face-savlng amendment" be-
! cause, he contended, farm commodi-
! ties already were included. Senator
Wheeler said it was his opinion that
barter system would be set up un-
! der terms of the bill.
| During the debate today, Senator
Wheeler declared the President had
acted beneath the dignity of a
President of the United States" in
efforts to "cry down" opposition 10
the British aid bill
Senator Wheeler made his state
ment in response to declara ton by
Senator Tobey, Republican, of New
Hampshire that a reply to his re-
quest for White House information
regarding the transfer of naval ves-
sells had been marked private and
confidential. ~
Beneath His Dignity"
II might say to the Senate" re-
| marked Senator Wheeler, that he
hasn't been treated quite as badly
as was
Il gave out figures showing the
number of planes the Army has.
The President criticized me and said
that I might be playing into the
hands of Mr.. Hitler.
The President knew better than
that. 1t seems to me that when he
tries to cry down opposition it is
beneath the dignity of President
OF the United States"
At another point Wheeler told the
Senate that if the President asked
for a declaration of war against
Germany or anybody else, there is
not any doubt that Congress would
give him that power"
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Punumu Sends New Diplomut

PANAMA, Panama, March 8 CP).
Julio Briceno. commander of the
national police, yesterday was ap-
pointed counsellor of Panama's En-
bassy in Washington. He served
there as charge daffaires in 1910.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Stones Found on Tracks
Near Hoeerstown
81 the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, March g.
State and county police officials TO-
day investigated the finding of q
half-ton pile of stones on the north
bound track of the Western Mary
land Railroad near the Paramount
road crossing.
Railroad detectives said the bar
rier of stone, discovered by farmer
might have been IAN attempt to
wreck train
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Rockville Union Service

ROCKVILLE. Md, March (Spe-
ciaD.-At the weekly union services
tomorrow night in the Rockville
Baptist Church of the Baptist,
Christian, Methodist and Presby-
terian Churches of Rockville, the
sermon will be by the Rev. Herbert
o. Cooper, pastor of the Baptist
Church, who also will preside.
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Chicago Cash MARKET.

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat, No. 3 red, 90 Corn, Ne, 4
yellow, old, 66: No. 4 mixed, 59ls-659ti No.
SO: No. white, 90: No. 4. 66A-67; No. s.
64Ia sample, 55-57 Oats, No. mixed
37a4; No. 2 white SO: No. 8, 80: sample,
tough. SO: No. l red, extra heavy, 3S94:
No. mixed. heavy, 3s; No white, heavy,
39i7' No. 2. 32h., Barley. msltinE. 81
beans, No " Yellow, 911z: No. 4, "a. Pield
seed unchanged
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Denver u. Chancellor Dies

DENVER. March 8 (Pl.-Dr. David
Shaw Duncan, "a. chancellor of Den
yer University since 1885, died last
night.
Evening star., 1941-03-08

Colombia will establish q postal
and telegraph museum In Bogots.
Evening star., 1941-03-08

British Malaga is restricting the
importation of automobiles.
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