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Evening star., 1941-10-15
Bay Dean Captures
Laurel Chase; Daily
Double Pays S1,323
Price on Combination Is
One Of Ten Highest Ever
Paid in Maryland
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LAUREL, Md, Oct. 15.-The 11th
running today of the Gov. Ogle
Steeplechase saw Bay Dean. owned
by Mrs. Arthur White of Virginia,
break on top and never once look
back to win in 1853 3-5.
Roll and Toss, stablemate of the
winner, ran head and head with
him for a mile and a half, where
he stopped. The Log Cabin Studs
Chuckaluck raced into second place
to'hold that position to the wire over
G. H. (Pete) Bostwick's Sussex, the
odds-on favorite.
Following the race, J. Penrod, who
rode Chuckaluck. lodged a claim of
foul, asserting that Roll and Toss
bothered him going to the final
fence. The claim was disallowed.
Baby Boy Pays S204.10.
Bay Dean paid $3.50. He en-
riched his owner to the extent of
So $50.
Baby Boy, owned by Mrs. E. r.
Mitchell of Washington, stunned the
crowd of $500 when he won the
three-quarter mile opener to pay
$204.10. 1t was the longest price of
the fall season.
Well up from the break, Baby Boy
slipped through on the rail turning
for home, and closing with a rush
won going away. Jouett Shouse s
Cuth, odd-on favorite, came from
(See LAUREL, Page 2-X.)
Evening star., 1941-10-15
.Knudsen Tells
So Billion
Will BeSpent
Declares Defense
Output Will Be
At Peak in 1912.
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)

tLdTHcE StOTy OH rage ALL
BY the Associated Press.
William S. Knudsen, director of
the o. P. M, outlined to q Senate
appropriations subcommittee today
a defense production program call
ing for the expenditure of $685.
100000 900 before the end Of ls43.
Chairman Adams said that Mr..
KnudSen, testifying on the pending
IS ,985 600, 900 lease-lend appropria-
ton, had told committee members
that tremendous strides were being
made in stepping up production, ex-
pected to reach peak and level
off late next year.
Mr. Knudsen displayed charts COW
ering production schedules for the
$4,000 100000 he said had been
made available thus far for all
defense purposes, adding that the
proposed new lease-lend funds would
be superimposed on those schedules.
Senator Adams said another wit
ness, Secretary of Agriculture Wick
ard, told the committee there was
no inconsistency in the proposed
purchase of 81 600, 100000 of food for
Great Britain and statements cred
tied to the British food minister
that England's supplies were greater
at the start of the third year of the
war than they had been at the be-
ginning of hostilities.
Senator Wickard, the chairman
said. testified that while Great Brit
ain had large supplies of wheat and
sugar, there was great need for the
pork products, eggs, dairy products
and other foodstuffs proposed for
purchase under the new bill.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)

Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, District
director of highways, late today told
a House subcommittee investigating
the Districts traffic problems that
the cost of underground parking
lots-offered as one possible solu-
tion-would be ''prohibitive."
Capt. Whitehurst said the average
cost of such underground lots would
be from $1,000 to $500 per auto
mobile. His remarks were occa-
stoned by an observation by Chair
man Schultz that his subcommittee
had recommended several times that
underground parking space be pro-
vided beneath the Mall
well, the Federal Government
has got to come into this picture
finally and help provide some of
the needed parking space" Mr..
Schultz declared.
I'VE would be tickled to death
to have the aid of the Federal Gov
ernment," Capt. Whitehurst replied
but I cannot, knowing the cost OF
underground garages, warrant a
recommendation that such garages
be paid for out of the taxpayers
money"
Henry Austin, president of the
Bradbury Heights Citizens Associa-
ton, the last witness today, in
Evening star., 1941-10-15
S6O,000 Oil Judgment
Entered Against lckes

Litigation over oil royalties In
Oklahoma, carried through courts
of that State and Federal tribunals
for 13 years, came to virtual end
today in District Court when Justice
Bolitha j. Laws entered a $4,000
decision against Secretary Of In
terror Harold L. Ickes.
Mr.. Ickes was directed to pay
the 100000 to H. E. Ledbetter OF
Ardmore. Okla, trustee for group
of plaintiffs.
Representing the plaintiffs were
Attorneys Neil Burkinshaw, Daniel
B. Maher and Frank Goodwin, who
made the motion for summary
judgment against Mr.. Ickes, which
Justice Laws granted. The plain
tiffs contended that the Secretary
wrongfully withheld the royalties. A
group of Choctaw Indians originally
held the oil rights on lands con-
stituting the tribal property in Car
ter County. Oklahoma. Later these
rights were assigned to a group Of
Oklahomans, represented by Mr..
Ledbetter as trustee.
Justice Laws permitted the Gov
ernment, if it sees fit, to file an
other answer.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
u. ). Workers S Suit
For Pay Raise Called
Mistake by Ramspeck
Author Of Solory Bill
Fears Action Will
Antogonize Congress

A suit filed by Government en-
ploye to force the United States
Government to raise his salary in
accordance with recent legislation
was termed a mistake" today by
Chairman Ramspeck of the House
Civil Service Committee, co-author
of the act. .
MIR. Ramspeck told the House the
suit was a mistake because 1t will
"antagonize" the Appropriations
Committee and Congress as a whole.
No salary increases for Federal en-
ployes can be secured unless Con-
gress appropriates the necessary
money, he emphasized.
He said he expected the Appro-
priations Committee to allow pro-
motions and salary increases for
Federal workers as provided in the
Ramspeck- Meade Act.
The Budget Bureau, he said, asked
that the various Federal depart
ments be allowed to put the law
into effect at once and incur
deficit, but that the committee
asked for estimates on appropri-
ations necessary to meet the raises.
These estimates have not yet been
submitted he said.
The suit was filed yesterday in
the name of Ben Dimond, an as
sistant attorney for the Railroad
Retirement Board, through the
United Federal Workers of Amer
lea, a C. I. O.. affiliate. Mr.. Rams
peck pointed out that even if Mr..
Dimond were to win, the result
would not be beneficial to any con-
siderable group Of Government
workers.
"I want the people of the United
States and Congress, especially the
Federal employees, to know that /
think this gentleman is making a
mistake" Mr.. Ramspeck declared.
The United Federal Workers of
America is not serving the interest
of Federal employees in undertaking
to high-pressure the Congress into
action.
IT think they ought to await the
orderly procedure of the Appropria-
tions Committee of this House,
which gave us assurance before the
bill was considered that if we fol-
lowed the budget plan they would
60 along with it. I feel that it is
q mistake to undertake to force the
hand of the Government IN this
way
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Earlier Story on Page AID

tLdThCf StOfs VII d6t all
A jury of IL men and ! woman,
chosen late today to try Jarvis T.
r. Catoe, colored, for the attack
Staying of Mrs. Rose Abramowitz,
was ordered locked up for the night
as Justice James w. Morris recessed
court at the end of the first day of
Catoe's trial.
The jury had been settled upon
after an all-day court session which
had seen so prospective jurors called.
The court recessed for the night
without succeeding in finding an
alternate juror, and a new panel
will be brought to court tomorrow
morning from which the alternate
will be selected
Justice Morris ordered the al
ternate selected after one of the
regular jurors told the court he had
a cold which he feared might get
worse. Twenty-one talesmen we're
called in an effort to find the al
ternate, but all were disqualified
when they admitted either that their
minds were made up about the case
or that they had conscientious OBJ
jections to capital punishment.
The lone woman on the jury was
Miss Mary j. Backenstoss, a De-
partment of Justice worker, who
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Jury Trying Cotoe Locked Up;
II Men, | Woman in Panel

I lives at 3ll4 Quebec place NV. The
defense had exhausted all of its
20 challenges when Miss Backen-
stoss was seated. Previously, de-
fense attorneys had challenged all
women prospects.
Other members of the jury are
Randolph G. Brady, Russell H
Clarvoe, William E. Stansbury
Harry N. GLASGOW, Frank Luckei
sr.: Walter H. Knapp, Earl j. DON
nelly, William Kemler, William H
Dyer, Melvin H. Mandell and
Joseph w. Yanick.
The defense had exercised all but
one of the 20 peremptory chal-
lenges it was entitled to. The prose-
cution challenged only one juror
early in the day.
There were no colored men on the
jury. All of those sworn said they
were capable of rendering a fair
and impartial" verdict in the case.
Most of them thought they had
read something of the murder case
and of the apprehension of Catoe
in the papers, but had no convic-
tions as to the defendants guilt or
innocence.
The lot of eligible jurors was
virtually exhausted by the time the
panel was chosen.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
$4,000 Taken
As Action Nears
End, Ber|inS Says
Bulk of Germans
Reported Freed for
Further Operations
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 15.-The German
high command declared tonight that
"the double battle of Bryansk and
Vyazma is approaching its conclu-
sion and today the forces encircled
in pockets north of Bryansk were
smashed with the most heavy and
bloody losses for the enemy"
A special communique said that
the total of prisoners taken in this
operation had risen to 100000 and
that 888 tanks and Abb guns had
been captured or destroyed.
The majority of German forces
taking part in this mighty battle
of penetration and encirclement
already are free for a continuation
of operations, it declared. Clearing
the wooded region south Of Bryansk
still is in progress, however, the
communique said
German front line dispatches inti-
mated that the drive toward Mos
COW had swept well beyond Vyazma,
125 miles west of the capital, in
spite of heavy rains.
Nazi divisions were said to be
reaching their objectives east of
Vyazma. One division, it was re-
ported, starting its advance from
"the battleflelds of wanna" Octo-
Der 13, marched day and night
through hours of rain" in order TO
fill its assignment.
The advance was described as
leading through swamps and for
ests, and frequently the tanks, other
vehicles and heavy guns had to be
pulled out of the mud by the men.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
BY LARRY ALLEN,
Associated Press War Correspondent

ABOARD FLAGSHIP WITH THE
BRITISH M EDIT E R r A N EAN
FLEET, Oct. 15.-The British war
feet, steaming at top speed and
tossing up high masses of spray
over the bows, has beaten off two
fercely- pressed attacks of torpedo
bombers after an unsuccessful at
tempt to bring elusive Italian war
ships to battle.
Throwing out a terrific barrage
from their 45-inch and 6-inch POM
poms, battleship, cruisers and de-
stroyers sent a hail of hot lead into
two oncoming squadrons of italian
bombers which attacked within
sight of the Alexandria coastline.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Three Medical Witnesses
Called in Gedney Trial
H the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Oct. Is
The first of three medical wit
nesses was called today in the trial
of Ralph Gedney, Washington, D. C..
engineer, charged with numbering
his wife. ......
The witnesses were expected to
testify in United States District
Court concerning the condition OF
Mrs. Gedney's body after she was
found dead in bed May g.
Mr.. Gedney. who pleaded inno-
cent, contends his wife was killed
by a fall. The prosecution, which
is expected to continue two more
days, charges that she was killed
by an abdominal blow.
Mr.. Gedney sat composed earlier
while the chief of the police finger
print bureau identified a series OF
photographs of Mrs. Gedney taken
in the bed in their penthouse apart
ment shortly after her death.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Minneapolis Educator
Given D. {. School Post

DR.. Carroll R. Reed, superintend-
ent of schools at Minneapolis, MINI,
late today was appointed by the
Board of Education to be first as
sistant superintendent Of schools in
charge of curriculum revision.
The position is new one and
carries a salary of $4,000 a year.
Supt. Frank w. Ballou told the
board members. however, that on
completion of the curriculum re-
vision program the position would
be abandoned. He estimated this
would be about three years.
In a series of personnel changes
the board promoted A. w. Helm
miller from director of procurement
in the Office of business affairs to
assistant superintendent in charge
of the school budget. Mrs. G. T..
Peterson was transferred from prin-
cipal of the Browne Junior High to
principal of Randall Junior High.
and w. B. Stinson, mathematics
teacher at Browne, was elevated to
principal of that school.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Protest Showdown
Cripp|es Production
In Aluminium Plant
Union Rejects Wage
Reodjustment Given
Defense Boord Approval
Earlier Story on Page Al.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 15.-Slow-
downs in two key divisions of the
Aluminium Co. of America plant
crippled production today on nearly
10 per cent of the firms Cleveland
output Of aircraft and other defense
orders, company officials said.
The slowdowns, company and c.
I. o. leaders agreed, started Monday
and resulted from union protests
against a company reclassiflcation
of job rates for 5000 production
employees. The reclassification was
of three-day c. I. o. Die Casting
Workers Union strike which closed
the Alcoa plant in June.
Company and union officials con-
ferred today in an attempt to reach
an agreement on the new wage clas-
siflcations, posted Monday. Purpose
of the reclassifications, company Of
f1cials said. was to guarantee all
workers like pay for like work, y
with more difficult work receiving
higher compensation.
I'VE spent four months working
out this complicated and scientific
problem with the best engineers and
experts We could get" a spokesman
said. But the union condemned
the entire plan in Is minutes before
they knew what it was all about"
Alex. Balint, regional director of
the c. I. o. Die Casting Workers
Union, charged the, company drew
up the plan without consultation
with the union and then attempted
to put it into effect arbitrarily"
Mr.. Balint said, however that the
June strike settlement agreement
gave the company full authority to
reclaSsify its rates.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Parachute Fails 10 Save
Army Pilot in Leap
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. p
MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich, Oct.
15.-An Army pursuit ship from Sell
fridge Field crashed today near
Richmond. Mich, killing its pilot,
1t. Alfred Vos, %, of Ellgin. Ill
Selfridge Field officers said that
1t. Vos, member of the gath Pursuit
Squadron. had been flying at 10000
feet and that farmers in the vicinity
saw his plane in a dive. 1t. Vos
bailed out, the officers said, and his
parachute opened but perhaps be-
cause of the velocity of the dive his
body separated from the chute and
fell on the farm of Nick Pozniak,
3l2 miles east of Richmond.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Navy Makes Progress
With Censorship
Plan, Knox Says
Aim Is to Stop Leaks
In Official Messages and
Won't Affect News

Secretary of the Navy Knox an
nounced today that plans for Navy
censorship of overseas communica-
tons are well under way, but that
actual censorship probably will not
begin for some time.
The control of communications
passing outside the United States is
designed to prevent leakage of i'm
portant information to enemy or
unfriendly" powers, the Navy an
nouncement said. The Navy is
charged with responsibility of cable
and radio communications in time
of emergency.
Personnel to make the controls
effective are being trained at New
York. Persons receiving training
have been drawn mainly from the
heaviest users of cables and radio
communication.
Secretary Knox emphasized that
absolutely no censorship of domestic
news publication or broadcast is in
volved other than the voluntary
method in operation. The Secre-
tary also said he believed the press
and other news services will welcome
a strict censorship of outgoing COM
munications, not only because it is
in the interest OF national security,
but because that with the leakage
of vital information to foreign coun-
tries effectively bottled up. a greater
freedom for dissemination of legiti-
mate information at home will re-
suit.
I At present, foreign correspondents
in the United States are privileged
to send anything over public COM
munications systems, but American
correspondents in most foreign
countries have had their copy CEN
sored strictly for some time.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
A. F. L. Resolution Demands
Custer of All Rucketeers

ton to "call upon all afiliates to
take prompt action whenever racke-
teering, wrong doing or other crime
is engaged in by any of its officers
or members which tends to bring
dishonor upon the trade union
movement"
The committee further proposed
that all A. r. L. national and inter-
national unions amend their con-
stitutions and laws, if necessary, 80
that prompt and diligent action may
be taken against locals, officers and
members who are guilty of offenses
against the public laws and union
laws.
In an effort to further the pro-
gram of wiping out racketeering and
crime =" the committee asked
the federation Ito direct all central
bodies to refuse to seat any dele
CATION from a union who has been
convicted of serious wrong-doing,
which reflects dishonor on the trade
union movement, and such delegate,
if convicted after being seated, shall
be unseated by such central labor
body"
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Earlier story on Page A-2.)

tGoA hSA ohoty VII - oSS - ~
BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Oct. 15.-The American
Federation of Labor condemned law
violators within its ranks today and
directed national and international
unions to take immediate action
against criminals and dishonest
persons in the labor movement.
The resolution on racketeering,
supplementing the Executive Coun-
ellis report and recommendations
made at the start of the national
convention last week, was adopted
unanimously and without debate
after being read by the Resolutions
Committee Chairman, John P. Frey.
The resolution stated that unions
in the federation are sovereign auto
nomous organizations, holding their
own powers of discipline, and that
the A. F. L. and the Executive Coun-
Gil have no power to exercise disci-
pline for ANY offense."
1t did not mention any specific
unions or individuals.
The committee asked the fedora
Evening star., 1941-10-15
BY LOUIS p. LOCHNER,


BERLIN, Oct. 15-A new wave Of
anti-Semitism in Berlin these days
is characterized by the following
developments:
l. The Jewish Kulturbund. which
provided theatrical performances.
concerts and movies to the Jewish
population, has been dissolved and
its artists sent to work in munitions
factories. on road-building projects
and similar chores.
Jews already were barred from all
cultural institutions available to
non-Jews.
2. Grocers dealing in vegetables
and fruits may not inscribe Jews on
their customer lists for these two
kinds of products.
Every German household is re-
quired to register with a definite
grocer, meat market or dairy prod
ucts shop which alone may then
supply it with the quantities allowed
under Germany's strict rationing
system.
For some time before Jews had
been barred from purchasing sweets,
condensed milk and many other
canned goods.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
HomiIton's S Son to Wed
Philadelphia Girl
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 15.-The
engagement of John D. M. Hamilton,
Sd, son of the former Republican
national chairman, and Nancy Idell
was announced today.
Mr.. Hamilton, "a, lives in Topeka,
Kans., and was graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania in June.
His father is a partner in the Phila-
delphia law Office of George w. Pep
per.
Miss Idell, 81, is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Idell of
Philadelphia. She attended Sullins
College, Bristol, Va.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Reported
Mossing Troops
Sweden
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 15.-The Nor
wegian telegraph agency today re-
ported German military movements
in Southeastern Norway near the
Swedish border and said that Many
rumors about the position of Sweden
are circulating, especially in view
of recent attacks made on the Swe-
dish press and politicians by Quisl-
ing"
Vidkun Quisling, head of the Nazi-
controlled Norwegian administra-
ton, has criticized Swedish reaction
to recent German measures to put
down unrest in Norway.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Underground Parking Lot Cost
Prohibitive. Whitehurst Says

dorsed the pending fringe" parking
bill.
The subcommittee will resume
hearings at 10 am. tomorrow with
officials of the Public Utilities Com
mission and the Capital Transit Co.
as principal witnesses.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Italian Planes Fierce Attacks
Beaten Off by British Fleet

Italian bombers of one squadron
sent three torpedoes swishing harm
lessly past this flagship.
Can Italian communique yes
terday said a battleship and a
l00O0-ton cruiser were hit in
a torpedo attack Monday after
noon. Stefani, Italian news
agency, said today that an
sdmiral's ensign indicated the
battleship was a flagship of the
British unit and that the attack
occurred northwest of Alexandria.
The Italians said all their air
craft returned from the attack
The other squadron of bombers
unable to face the terrific fleet fire
veered off westward, pursued by
(See FLEET, Page 2-XD
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Late Races
Earlier Results, Rossvan's, Other
Selections and Entries for To-
morrow, Page TX.
Laurel

SIXTH RACE-Purse, 800; the
Grenada; 3-year-olds and up; 6 furlongs.
Jay Jay (Hacker) 4.20 $50 2.4O
Happy Lark tBreen) $40 2.40
Battle Jack tMcCombs) 800
Time, l:13.
Also ran--Big Stakes, Bashful Duck
and Stolen Tryst.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse. 1000: fllies
and mares; 3year-olds and up; l 1-16
miles.
Miss Brideaux (Rem'id) 40 $50 $50
Miss Fxit (Dupps) $40 $50
Dorothy Pomp tBreen) $40
Time: l 40 1-5.
Also ran-Shailleen. Iron Bar, Canstins,
My One and Distillation.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse. $1,000; claim
ing for 4-year-olds and up; Ii. miles.
, Dizzy tMearlel 400 2q0 2.60
Mill End tRemerscheid) $50 6.l0
Residue McCombs) $50
Time, 2:0235.
Also ran-My Exit, Solatium, Irish
Lancer. Brooke Boy. Two Aces. Palkin
Hoffberg. Stand Alone and Trostar.
Evening star., 1941-10-15

NEW YORK, Oct. Is (P.-
Stocks lower; selected leaders at
new lows. Bonds easy; better
issues resist trend. Foreign ex-
change quiet; generally un-
changed. Cotton lower; New
Orleans and commission house
selling. Sugar quiet; short COW
ering. Metals steady; sharp cut
planned in uses of copper. Wool
tops mixed; local buying, COM
mission house selling.
CHICAGO.-Wheat lower; war
news; break in soybeans. Corn
lower with wheat. Hogs 1920
lower: top, $10.85: liberal supplies.
Cattle heavy; steers weak; year.
lings steady. n
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Civil Charges Against BergdoH Dropped

PHILADELPHIA OF0-The Government today cleared the
for release from military prison Of Grover Bergdol
World War draft dodge by noe three indictments
and criminal informations that have been pending
against him and other persons for % The action
followed by military authorities in Washing
ton that they seriously considering freeing Bergdo by
parole if civil branch of the Government would drop
charges Bergdol is serving seven-and- half-year
sentence
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Five Hanged in Hungary for Soviet Espionage
r. A. F. BIustinq French Coast
Consolidated BoIks at Labor Pact Cost

SAN DIEGO, Calf. CFp.-Maj. R. H. Fleet Consolidated
Aircraft president said today would labor
agreement reached last week with the A. F. L. machnists
unless Federal gave financial assistance
He said the would the and
would break the company Mr. Fleets remarks made
luncheon honorng Sidney Hlman co-chef of the Office
Of Production Management.