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Evening star., 1941-01-18
Switzerland 10 Free
French Troops From
internment CAMPS
War MuterieI to Go to
Germany and Horses
To Native Land
By PAUL GHALI.

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
VICHY, Jan. 18.-Frenchmen from
the 45th Army Corps, which fought
in Alsace and escaped to Switzerland
before the armistice, finally will be
repatriated beginning next week, it
is officially stated here yesterday.
Their release from Swiss intern
ment camps is in accordance with
the November 16 Franco-German
agreement, the tWo-month delay
having been due to Switzerlands de-
sire to make sure that surrender of
war material to the Reich would not
leopardize Swiss neutrality.
Three principal clauses of the
agreement are:
l.. Switzerland will liberate all in
termed French before the end of
Germany's war with Britain with
out previous payment of internment
expenses.
2. All war material belonging to
these troops will be handed over to
Germany.
3. Forty-flve hundred horses. VAL
ued at 100000 Swiss francs. the
property of the 45th Army. will be
returned to France.
French Deeply Grateful.
The French are deeply grateful to
switzerland for agreeing to liberate
these interned soldiers without ex-
acting Immediate payment of in
ternment expenses. These expenses
are roughly estimated at 300 900 900
french francs, payment of which
would impose dire hardship on the
already heavily burdened French
finances.
Furthermore. Switzerland prom
lSeS TO return the horses. which she
could have retained as partial re-
endorsement for her expenses.
These horses are badly needed by
French agriculture because of the
increasing shortage of fuel.
DR.. Marcel Pilet-G -Golaz. head of
Swiss foreign affairs. Yesterday eX-
planned in the Swiss press why
Switzerland had delayed two months
before releasing the prisoners. Swift
zerland was anxious not to violate
her neutrality by handing over to
| Germany French war material, he
said. But Swiss experts had finally
7 concluded that this action would not
be violation Of neutrality.
/ Cooling of relations between
France and Germany following the
dismissal Of Pierre Laval, pro-Nazi
Vice Premier and Foreign Minister
OF the Vlchy government. also NAV
have retarded the execution of the
agreement.
1871 Precedent Recalled.
The Swiss move recalls the prece-
/ dent of 1871 when 10000 men. under
( French Gen. Bourbaki. crossed the
frontier and were released by Switz-
erland before the end of the war.
Official circles here believing that
Chief of Staff Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain will send the Swiss
President. DR.. Ernst Wettel, a mes
sage of gratitude.
Ofhclal quarters here this morn
ing opposed strong denial to the
D. N. B. CNazi official news agency
announcement last night concerninc
the resignation of the French
cabinet.
/ tcopyright. 1871 Chicago Daily News IncJ
Evening star., 1941-01-18
New Junior Chamber
Chapter Gets Charter
Hn the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoCId to tIeHS.
SALISBURY, Md, Jan. 18-
Pledging intelligent service to
community, State and Nation,
Marylands youngest Junior Cham
ber of Commerce last night received
its charter from Fred B. Linton OF
washington at a banquet attended
by 800 members and guests from
the Delmarva Peninsula and the
District of Columbia.
Acceptance was made by John E.
Jacob, jr, president of the Salisbury
Chamber, after Mr. Linton, public
affairs secretary of the United States
Junior Chamber, told Mr.. Jacob he
had been named vice president of
the Maryland group.
DR.. John w. Rustin of the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church,
Washington, delivered the main ad-
dress.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Convicted Man
Loses Plea for
Death Sentence
By TIE Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Jan. 18.-Louis Hoff-
ner, %, has lost his plea that he
be sentenced to the electric chair
instead of life imprisonment.
Hoffner was convicted Thursday
of Staying Peter Triton, bartender,
in an attempted holdup August 8.
Called for sentence yesterday be-
fore Queens County Judge Kennard
Underwood. Hoffner pleaded:
Il am innocent. I have the right
to have the Court of Appeals pass
on the case. If I 60 away for life
I'll have no money for an appeal,
and it takes money. If I'm SEN
fenced to die in the chair, an ap-
peal won't cost me anything" Con-
demned prisoners are granted an
automatic appealD
This" the court said, "is a most
unusual request. I will not play
with your life that way. 1t will be
mighty strange if something does
not materialize to help you in your
appeal. I sentence you to imprison-
ment for the rest Of your natural
life"
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Two Die, 10 Are Injured
In Spokane Hotel Fire
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash, Jan. 18.-Fire
in the six-story Fairmont Hotel
here last night took two lives, in
jured at least 10 other guests and
put every available piece of the
city's fire equipment into the fight
against the wind-fanned flames.
Dead were a man and woman,
neither of whom could be identified
Immediately because of burns.
Several persons trapped on the
upper floors fled to the roof of the
140-room brick hotel and leaped to
safety on the roof Of an adjoining
f1ve-story building.
Others, caught between stairways
and fire escape, were handed down
from window to window by firemen,
or were lowered to the ground by
ropes.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Sports Mirror

BY the Associated Press.
Today year ago-Lawson
Little, medalist, and Clayton
Heafner were both beaten by
Willie Goggin, 3 and 2, in first
rounds of San Francisco match
play open golf tourney.
Three years ago-Leland STAN
ford Qarry) MacPhail, Al, former
general manager of Cincinnati
Reds, named executive vice presi-
dent of Brooklyn Dodgers, on
three-year contract at $4,000.
Five years ago-Johnny Re-
volta topped money winners
among pro golfers with S9,543.
Henry Picard next with $s,4l7.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
6. 0.P. Urged 10 Gust
WiIkie by Newspaper
That Supported Him
Chicago Tribune Suggests
He Be Handed His Hat
By Republicans
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Jan. 18-Tlle Chicago
Tribune said editorially today that
Wendell Willkie, who called upon
Americans Thursday night to give
President Roosevelt all the power
he needed in the war emergency,
may now take his leave" of the
Republican party.
"Mr Wiilkle entered the Repub-
lican party as a mysterious stran-
ger. suddenly and to the astonish-
ment of thousands of party men,
berS who didn't recall the face or the
name" the editorial said.
He may now take his leave. quite
as suddenly. still a stranger to the
partv's principles, although no
longer mysterious"
Referring to Mr. Wilkes remarks
a. Americas Town Meeting of the
AL, lllt tu4ttl !dl dNStl ltu-
AT the moment which had been
previously agreed upon Mr.. Willkie
was observed to be in the audience
and was asked 20 comment He
did so with a complete Endorsement
Of Mr. RooSevelts S war policy. his
bill and the absolute powers it would
grant This is not the position OF
the Republican party.
# Mr.. Willkle has not already
picked up his hat it should be
handed TO him. He should no longer
be consulted in the national party
organization. should have no place
in its councils, and should neither
give nor be asked advice. He was
Republican by name for less than
year and that period was much
too long. The party will take leave
OF its late standard-bearer with the
hope that it will never see him or
he 1t"
The Tribune supported Mr.. Wlllkie
after his nomination.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Tentative n. |. R. B.
Order Requires Ford
To Reinstate 1921
Company Is Accused
Of Discrimination
AGAINST Union Men
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A proposed order which would re-
quire the Ford Motor Co. to REIN
state with back pay 1,02l workers at
its Kansas City plant was issued to-
day by the Labor Board
The company had been accused
of discriminating against the work.
ers because of their union activities.
The boards announcement termed
the decision tentative"
The proposed order is based on
tentative findings alleging that the
plant refused to re-employ 975
workers and Disseminated against
IS strikers to discourage member
ship In the A. F. LIS United Auto
Workers union during the fall of
1887.
80 Days to File Briefs.
The board said the company and
the union would have 80 days to file
exceptions and briefs and 20 days
to request oral argument before q
final order is issued.
In addition, the proposed order
would require the company to cease
discouraging membership" in the
A. F. L. union and to disestablish the
independent Union of Ford Workers.
The boards tentative findings,
charging that the company shut
down its plant in October, 1887, as
part of "a plan to destroy the
U. A. W." and rehired only those
who joined the Independent, were
based on one of the longest hearings
in the agency's history
After issuing complaint against
the company in January, 1888, the
board held hearings at Kansas City
which extended from February, 1898,
to July 10, 1889
Four Orders Now IN Courts.
The Kansas City Ford case Is
another in the boards bulky record
of inquiries into Ford labor policies
at several plants.
officials said board actions against
the company already had resulted
in the issuance of six orders, four
Of which are now in the courts. The
Kansas City case is one of three,
they said, which had not reached
the stage of final action.
In its tentative findings. the board
said that from January to Septem-
Der, 1887, the A F. L. union sue
ceeded in organizing more than 80
per cent of the eligible employees at
the Kansas City plant. but that
after the alleged lockout" in Octo-
Der and the rehiring of only inde-
pendent union members, the union
was eliminated
The company. the board said. took
the position that the lockout" was
caused by a union threat to CLOSE
the plant unless the company signed
a closed-shop contract"
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Leuse-Lend
Tinkham Gives Opinion.
Continued From First Page.

background for advising the country
almost every morning on foreign af-
fairs"
Tinkham Gives Opinion.
Mr.. Willkie early in the week an
nounced his support OF the admins
trations bill with some modification.
Asked by one of his interviewers if
he thought Mr.. Willkie might be 60
ing to Europe for Mr.. Roosevelt to
help keep England in the war, Mr..
Tinkham replied, Il think that is
possibility"
Representative johnson, Demo-
crat. of Texas brought out by ques-
tioning that Mr. Knudsen came to
America from Denmark at the age
of 20, and rose to the presidency of
the General Motors Corp. at a SAL
ary of sl50,000 a year plus bonus.
Mr.. johnson asked what compen-
sation he received from the Govern
ment when he answered the Presi-
dents call, and he answered, Zero" "
The audience broke into applause
when Mr. Knudsen added:
Il hope this will not sound senti-
mental, but I have been here Al
years. This country has been pretty
good to me. I was in a position to
work for nothing and I wanted to
do something"
Praises Treatment by Roosevelt.
"As an American citizen, do you
think it is necessary to aid Great
Britain now?" Mr.. johnson in
quired.
Il do" he replied.
Asked what his relations had been
with President Roosevelt, Mr.. Knud-
sen said with a smile:
why, I haven't had any finer
treatment from anybody around
here. Naturally, stick to my last,
but whenever have gone to the
President with anything concerning
my work, I have always gotten the
most prompt action"
When Representative Fish con-
graduated Mr. Knudsen on not hav-
ing mentioned an impending "crisis"
to Britain, such as has been referred
to by several cabinet officers. the
o. P. M. chief spoke up quickly to
add that he had heard of the crisis,
too.
II don't know first hand" Mr..
Knudsen then added. Il only know
what Mr.. Hull said"
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Three Children Perish
In Fire at Form Home
B, TIE Associated Press.

b TIE Associated Press.
PRESCOTT, Mich, Jan. 49,
Three children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerard Lawrence died this morning
in q fire at their farm home near
here. The dead: Ebon Lawrence,
II; Sadie, II, and Alvia, 10.
The parents said they were
awakened in their first floor bed
room by Ebon, who, then went up
stairs to rescue his sisters There
was an explosion, they said, and
the boy did not reappear.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Women Voters Hear
Dr.. A. BurkIie Coulter

DR.. A. Barklie Coulter, chairman
of the Bureau of tuberculosis, Dis
trict Health Department, yesterday
addressed a meeting of the League
of Women Voters and the Advisory
Committee on Public Health Nurs-
ing at the new Health Center Build
ing, Delaware avenue and I street
S.W. Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone pre-
sided.
Following the talk, the women
were taken on a tour of the new
building by Mrs. Josephine Pittman
Prescott, director of the Bureau Of
Public Health Nursing.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Broker Faces Prison
In $4,000 Larceny
p, the Associated Press

By the Associated PresS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.-Joseph
Warren Burden, socialite overtime
counter securities broker, faces a
possible 10-year prison sentence for
stealing S326,OOO worth of customers
securities, but he must be thankful
today for the allegiance of at least
% friends and relatives.
When Burden pleaded guilty yes
terday to grand larceny it was dis
closed that Is customer-friends who
had intrusted S180,000 in securities
to him had written of their claims
and that seven other close friends
and relatives had raised $4,000 for
him to pay off other claims.
His guilty plea was entered on one
count of a account indictment.
Sentencing was set for January 80.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Convicted Motorists
Are Given HEAVY Fines

Judge John P. Mcmahon in Police
Court today sentenced two motorists
found guilty by juries of traffic
offenses last week.
William A. Hughins was sentenced
to pay Sl25 or serve 40 days on a
charge of reckless driving. A Police
Court jury found him guilty of the
charge last Tuesday. He was arrest
ed In connection with an accident
last August in which a pedestrian
was injured
Paul NJ Beckley, of 1887 Girard
street NV, was sentenced to pay
S100 or serve 80 days in Jail. A jury
found him guilty last Monday of
driving while drunk.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Keystone Shooter Wins
Eastern Wino LoureIs

READING, Pa, Jan. 18 (P.-The
Eastern amateur wing shooting
championship remained on the
home course today.
j. Webster Muhlenberg, Morgan
town, Pa, lifted the title from the
defending champion, Phil Miller,
French Lick Springs, Ind, and
Daniel Kessler, Mount Carmel, Pa.
in shootoff. All tied with "a out
of Is birds in the regular round.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Clippers Are Equipped
For Heavier Loads
a. th, Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1910 in
crease the carrying capacity Of the
Yankee. Dixie and Atlantic Clippers
by about 1000 pounds each, Pan
American Airways has stripped these
giant flying boats of the trans-At-
lantic service of 100 pounds of
their expensive furnishings. stepped
UP the horsepower of their engines
and increased their fuel capacity.
So great have been Europen mail
loads recently that the line has
found difficulty in carrying both pas
sengers and mail All but five OF
the ships 30 berths have been re-
moved. as was every frill not deemed
necessary to flight.
Even the glistenlng coats OF alu-
minum paint have been sCaped of.
making the ships 935 pounds lighter
In that respect
Evening star., 1941-01-18
70 Navy Officers,
Including Ingram,
Are Transferred
Former Academy Coach
Assigned os Commander
OF Cruiser Division Z

Changes of duty for 20 officers
are on order today by the Navy
Department. including the assign
ment of Rear Admiral Jonas Ingram
to Cruiser Division 2 as COM
mander.
Admiral Ingram, head football
coach at the Naval Academy in
1915 and 1916, previously had been
ordered to duty with Flotilla 8 as
commander.
Other changes, with the officers
home addresses, are:
Capt. Ralph T. Hanson, Of
Charleston, S. c., from inspector of
naval material at Munhall, Pa, to
supervisor of shipbuilding, Cramp
Shipbuilding Co.. Philadelphia.
Capt. c. r. johnson, of Spartan
burg, S. c., from the Naval War
College to the Navy Yard. WASH
ington, as assistant superintendent
of the naval gun factory.
Capt. Worral R. Carter, of Nor
folk, Va, from commander OF Sub
marine Squadron 4 to chief of staff
OF the commander of battleships.
Capt. Wilkinson Transferred.
Capt. Theodore S. Wilkinson, of
Rosslyn, Va. from the staff of the
commander of the scouting force to
command of the U. S. S. Mississippi.
Capt. William w. Smith, of Spring.
field, N. j., from command of the
U, S. S. Brooklyn to chief of staff
Of the Pacific Fleet.
Capt. Marion c. Robertson, of
Washington. from command of the
U. S. S. Chicago to chief of staff,
commander of scouting force.
Capt. Freeland A. Daubin, Nor
folk, Va. from commander of De-
stroyer Squadron to commander
of Submarine Squadron a.
Capt. Mark C. Bowman, of Car
rolton. Ill. from the Naval Academy
to commander of Destroyer Squad
ron 3.
Capt. Spenser S Lewis, of Calvert,
Tex, from command of U. S. S.
Cincinnati to chief Of staff, COM
mander of cruisers, scouting force.
Goes to Pacific Fleet.
Capt. Walter S. Delany of WASH
ington. from chief of staff. COM
mander of cruiser. Battle Force, to
assistant chief of staff Pacific
Fleet.
Capt. Thomas S. McCloy of Mon
ticello. Ark, from the 5th Naval
District to command of the U. S. S.
George R. Elliott.
Capt. Benjamin Perlman. native
of Pittsburgh, from director of Naval
Reserve, 18th district. San Diego,
Calf. to command of the U. S. S.
Solace.
Capt. James C. Jones, jr.. of
Huntsville, Ala. from Recruiting
Bureau, New York, to chief of
staff, commander of cruisers, Battle
Force.
Capt. Richard L. Connolly of Wau-
kegan, Ill. from commander of
Destroyer Division to commander
of Destroyer Division 6.
Comdr. Arthur C. Davis of Wor-
ceSter, Mass, from staff of Com
mander in Chief of the Fleet to
staff commander in chief, Pacific
Fleet.
Graf to Command Cincinnati.
Comdr. Homer w. Graf of Des
Moines. Iowa. from the U. S. S.
Tennessee to command of the U. S. S.
Cincinnati
Comdr. Willard A. Kits, 3d. of
North Fairhaven. N Y. from execu-
tive of the U. S. S. Salt Lake City
to gunnery officer on the staff of the
Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet,
Comdr John H. Carson of
Spartanburg. S. c., from the U. S. S.
New Mexico to staff of the COM
mander Of cruisers, Battle Force, as
operations officer
Comdr Charles T. Joy of Wash
ington, from executive of the U. S. S.
Indianapolis to operations officer
on staff of the commander of scout
ing force.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Goodwin Swomps Lifsey
In Lake Worth Final
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan. 49,
Tommy Goodwin of New York won
the Lake Worth Amateur golf tour
nament for the fourth time here
with comparative ease.
He defeated Truman Lifsey, jr.,
OF West Palm Beach, and 6, fin
ishing the required 30 holes two
under par in the finals yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Political Right Restored

The right to take part in local po-
litical affairs today was restored to
Government employees residing in
Cottage City. Md, by an order OF
the Civil Service Commission. This
privilege has been granted in a score
of communities in nearby Maryland
and Virginia, under the new Hatch
Act.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

Officials of the Department Of
Justice have ruled that Judge
KenesaW NJ. Lands is within his
rights as a Federal judge in ac-
cepting the position of baseball
commissioner
Young CLANCY, Baltimore
featherweight, easily outpointed
Charley Beecher of New York in
a 15-round championship elimi-
nation bout
St. Johns School defeated the
Emerson Institute five. 1922, on
the victor's floor.
Evening star., 1941-01-18


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Evening star., 1941-01-18
Hockey Standings
EASTERN AMATEUR LEAGUE.

Results Last Night.
WASHINGTON 4: Boston >.
Atlantic City >; River Vale /.
Coming Games.
Tonlght-Boston at Atlantic City; New
York at River Vale.
Tomorrow-Atlsntic City at Baltimore.
Boston at New York
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Court Assignments
For Tuesday
DISTRICT COURT.
Justice Mr.. Morris.

Trials:
United States VS.. Wayne D. Old
ham.
United States VS.. James o. E.
Gerbman.
United States VS.. Homer Furr.
United States VS.. Norman E. Lang
maid.
United States VS.. Raymond K.
Snidow.
United States VS.. James Martin.
United States VS.. Charles v. D.
Grantham.
United States VS.. Irving L. Mil
berry and Theodore NJ. Jones. 4.
United States VS.. Jimmie Knight.
United States VS.. James Hart and
Richard N. jackson.
United States VS.. Howard Fergu-
son.
United States VS.. Kermit H Sher-
man.
United States VS.. George c. Nc
Cormick.
Evening star., 1941-01-18
Justice Mr.. Proctor.

Trials:
United States VS.. David D. Mayne.
United States VS.. James A. Tatum.
United States VS.. Elizabeth Butler
and Charles H. Arthur.
United States VS.. James r.
Cephas.
United States VS.. Clarence Mccoy
1890 pm-SentenceS treferred) ::
United States VS.. Don Pedro Leak.
United States VS.. James Martin.
United States VS.. Gilbert H. Pons.
Sentence mot REFEREED:
United States VS.. John B. Camp
bell.
Evening star., 1941-01-18

ChicaEO Cash Market.
Cash wheat. no sales reported Cc-n,
Nc. 4 mixed, 65l4: No 4 yellow, 6n9.-69i7;
No. 5, 5Sl4-G0: sample, 57l3-5s. Oats No.
aa req rs ~ no a myed Ne ag3 gbie No p.svy Wt' IT,
No. .. extra heavy 40: sample, 35-36i2.
Barley. mating, 56-65Iz, nominal feed.
6;} rye. sample. as soY beans No Q
yellow 102-02l2. Field seed unchansed, |.
Evening star., 1941-01-18

background for advising the country
almost every morning on foreign af-
fairs"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-17
DOUGLAS NEWS
INNER CIRCLE" PLEASES
 LARGE DOUGLAS AUDIENCE

Eerie flickers of light in the base alent of an apparently deserted house giving an air of mystery which was enhanced by mummy case and by the Egyptian paintings on secret irannels formed the setting for the mystery drama Inner Circle pre- sented in Douglas high school in the new Gym last night. The mys- terv was further increased by the sudden disappearance of key charac- ters into secret passage ways.
 Ably coached by M iss Eleanor Warren, and staged with assistance of other members of the Faculty the students ably acted their parts to arouse and hold the audience tense with interest.
 Elmer. Savikko was very convinc- ing in his role of detective Sergeant Williams of the police force, bullying all those whom he suspected to be guilty of the murders committed. James Devon and Fra nk Cashen were members of his police who amusingly bungled the search for the criminals.
 Robert Fleek ably played the part of Jonas Norris, the gem smuggler and thief. James and Mathilda Ford ney, the loyal servants of Norris were portrayed by Harry Cashen and Alfreda Fleek, who effectively advanced the action of the plot.
 Jonas Norris planned to escape from his enemies with the aid of his nephew who was somewhat reluctant to aid in the plan. Gordon Wahto as the dashing young doctor gave fine performance. The plot was com rlicated by the arrival of Norris niece Granya Howe. Christine Nor ris, the deserted wife, who traced her husband to his hiding place ani appeared that evening Doris Balo2 as Christine dramatically portrayed her role.
 Kastamuni, the antique dealer, was fittingly characterized by G II Kronquist. Borghild Havdahl enter tained the audience in his comely part as Jasmine, the colored maid The climax of surprises C a m when the nonchalant Graydon Me Kelvie (Glenward Kirkham) reveal cd that Phillip Norris was the one who committed the murders ano was also head of the dreaded Inner Circle
 t, Aiding Miss Warren who also hac charge of the costuming for the play were Calvin Pool, who handled the makeup, MT. Schlegel the scenery and MT. Ladd, lighting. The ushers were Solveig Havdahl and Dorothy Langseth. To Miss Warren was pre- sented beautiful bouquet as a gift of appreciation from the cast and student body.
 After the play a party was held in the school by the faculty, high school and eighth grade. Dancing and refreshments were enjoyed.