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Evening star., 1941-03-10
Champagne Used as Antiseptic
By Heroine of Cafe Bombing

of firecrackers and stunned me for
few minutes" she related. The
whole place was filled with smoke
fumes and I thought at first it was
gas"
Miss Stevens uniform was torn
and the white -starched cuffs of her
uniform were blood soaked, but she
still managed a smile.
She went to the dance with group
of Canadian friends, including 1t.
j. D. Wright of Sarnia. Ontario, who
was killed; Nursing Sister Thelma
Stewart of Toronto, who received a
hand injury, and 1t. j. G. Cunie, also
of Sarnia.
Three other Canadians, Capt. Phil
Seagram of Toronto, Sergt. R. A.
Bradshaw and Corpl. G. w. Quinn
were killed.
When the bomb hit, Miss Stewart
and Wright were dancing, but the
others, not liking the song "Oh
Johnny" then being played, sat the
dance out at the balcony table.
Wright died while shielding Miss
Stewart, Miss Stevens said.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Hartman Off for Britain
As Presidents S Envoy
b, the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 10.-W. Ave-
rell Hartman, board chairman of the
Union Pacific Railroad, left for Eu-
rope in the Atlantic Clipper today as
President Roosevelt's personal rep
resentative to expedite deliveries to
Britain under terms of the British
aid bill.
I'm only one of the cogs in the
wheel" he said. "Ill be in constant
touch with those in the British gov
eminent who are delegated with the
requests of the American Govern
ment for material"
Mr.. Hartman said he thought the
bill would be signed by the Presi-
dent "and become law by the time
I reach London"
With him was Anthony J. Drexel
Biddle, jr., returning to London as
Ambassador to the Polish and Bel
gian governments and Minister to
the Norwegian and Netherlands gov
ernments in exile. The Clipper car
ried 25 passengers, II of whom trav-
eled on diplomatic passports.
Evening star., 1941-03-10

All six had been secretly trailed
by the police at the request of the
subcommittee as part of its in
vestigation of the local trafflc prob
lem and were charged with operat-
ing either cars or buses at speeds
ranging from 35 to 4S miles an hour
No arrests were made at the sub
committees request.
The checkup was made during a
24-hour period last month, and in
that time, the Police Department
reported to the subcommittee, viola
tions were observed, the majority
involving excessive speed Some of
the cases. however, involved passing
red lights.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
II Firemen Killed
As Roof CoI|apses
In Theater Blaze
10 Others Are Injured;
Smoking Ruins Searched
At Brockton, Mass.
picture on Page A-5.)
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BROCKTON, Mass. March 10
Twelve f1remen were killed and l6
injured early today when the snow
laden roof of the 30-year-old Strand
Theater collapsed during fire which
destroyed the building.
Firemen and police, poking through
the smouldering mass of metal, wood
and plaster uncovered II bodies and
continued searching:
The known dead we're: Capt.
John F. Carroll 81: William Muir
ply, 25: Daniel OBrien. As: Henry
Sullivan. As: Malcolm Mcneil. 40;
Matthew Geary. 48: 1t. Raymond A.
Mitchell. Dennis Murphy, Roy H.
Keraghan, George Collins, Fred
Kelley and Martin Upper.
Approximately Is men were
trapped when the roof over the
theater balcony caved in with a
terrific roar. Several were released
quickly and given emergency hos
pital treatment. Two bodies were
carried out along with the living
Other bodies were not freed from
the debris until daybreak. five hours
after the fire was discovered. Hun
dredS of Sunday night moviegoers
had left the theater less than two
hours before the fire.
Trapped firemen screamed as
flames licked at their bodies caught
in the debris.
A Catholic priest. the Rev. Law
renee Morrisoe of ST. Patrick s
Church, borrowed firemans helmet
and rubber coat and went into the
burning building to administer last
rites to the dying and most seriously
injured.
Carried Through Floor.
Most of those trapped were in the
theater balcony. part of which COL
lapsed under the weight of the
Snow-laden roof. Several we're car
ried through the balcony floor,
where rescuers hurriedly pulled away
theater seats, ceiling plaster and roof
timbers to free them.
An eyewitness, Cornelius T.
Lyons, a Brockton Enterprise re-
porter who was standing on the
stage of the burning theater when
the roof collapsed, said that two of
the dead men, Capt. Carroll and
William Murphy. were among those
he saw come through the balcony
floor.
1t. John Buckley came tumbling
through after them, but he re-
mained conscious and talked to his
rescuers as they pulled him from
the debris and rushed him to the
hospital.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
French Threaten Use Of Convov
To Get Food Through Blockade;
Greeks Smashing at Tepe|eni
| British Premier's
| Daughter Falsely
Reported Killed
b. the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March l0.-A report
circulated in London today that
Sarah Churchill Oliver, auburn
haired actress daughter of Prime
Minister Winston Churchill. had
been killed in a recent bombing but
her husbands secretary said later:
She is quite all right
She was reported en- route to
Bradford to appear at a concert.
Mrs. Oliver, 27, was married to
Vic Oliver, American comedian, on
Christmas Eve. 1886, in New York,
where she made her debut on the
United States stage in that year.
The Downing Street press bureau
also announced in referring to the
report of Mrs. divers death:
There was rumor to that effect,
but there is no truth in it."
The false report was circulated
by neutral embassy.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Army Pilot Believed Dead
In Oregon Plane Crash
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MARSH FIELD, Greg. March 10.
An Army ALI attack plane, lost
and out of fuel, overturned in the
surf in a forced landing north of
the Coos Bay last night. The pilot
was believed killed. His companion
escaped serious injury.
Maj. r. C. Mcdonald. pilot of the
ship, which was en- route to Ham
ilton Field, Calf, from Salt Lake
City, was trapped in the front cock
pit 1t. J. J. Trauernicht escaped
from the rear cockpit and made his
way to shore, 80 feet away.
Coast Guardsmen reached the
scene quickly and tried unsuccess-
fully to chop their way into the
metal cockpit to rescue Maj. Nc
Donald. They held no hope that he
would he found alive when the
ship reached shore with the tide.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
r. A. F. Planes Strike
Adds Ababa Railway
Link 10 Jibuti
Train Near Diredowo,
Stotion ot AddoeoIlo
Are Declared Hit
BY the Associated Press.


CAIRO, Egypt, March 10.-British
bombs ranging ahead of imperial
land forces thrusting toward the
vital Adds Ababa -Jibuti railway In
Ethiopia scored direct hits on a
train near Diredawa and the station
at Addagalla Saturday night, the
R. A. F. command announced today.
Despite the battle put up by
italian fighters, the r. A. F. at
tackers were declared also to have
heavily blasted the Dredawa air
drome.
Elsewhere in Africa the COM
munique said. r. A. F. crews bombed
italian positions about besieged
Cheren, Eritrea; the harbor at
Tripoli, chief port of italian Libya
in North Africa: and airdromes in
Tripolitania. unconquered area of
Western Libya.
Progress Continued.
The Middle East command said
operations by land forces continue
Evening star., 1941-03-10

Representative Schultz, Democrat,
OF Indiana, the subcommittee chair
man. warned the transit employees
that the Police Department had been
instructed not to show them any
leniency in the future.
Starting now there will be no
ifs and ands." he declared. The
police are going to clamp down
Violations of the traffic regulations
by the transit employees are definite
ly going to stop"
j. c. Williams. a motorman on
a one-man car, the first witness,
was told by Chairman Schultz that
See SAFETY, Page A-10D
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Raiders Cause Midmorninq
Alarm in London

LONDON, March 10 (P.-The
scream of sirens warned of Nazi
raiders over London in mid-morning
today after the heaviest week end of
air attacks since the fire bomb raids
of last December %.
The all-clear came in half an hour
however. without any reports of
damage or casualties. The sun broke
through high clouds over the Strait
of Dover.
One daylight raider machine gun
ned the streets of an east coast town.
(See RAIDS, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Osborn to Talk
In Radio Forum

Frederick II. Osborn, chair
man of the Joint Army and Navy
Committee on Welfare and Recre-
alton, will discuss aspects Of
morale and recreation of the men
in the Nations armed forces to-
night on the National Radio
Forum. The program is arranged
by The Star and broadcast each
Monday at 1880 pm. over q
? coast-to- coast network of National
Broadcastink Co. stations, inelud-
ing WMAL here.
The topic of his address will
be Building the Morale of Our
Armed Forces"
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Hunter Is Nominated
To Administer W. P. A.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Howard o. Hunter of Illinois was
nominated today by President
Roosevelt to be work projects COM
missioner.
Mr.. Hunter has been acting COM
missioner since the death of Col.
Frank G. Harrington.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Additional Mountain
Fortificutions Are
Reported Taken

BACKGROUND
Greeks, repulSing italian inud-
sion begun last October, hare
cleared their olUn territory OF
Fascist forces and occupied ap-
prorimately one-t third OF Italian
held Albania. Progress recently
SloWed by inclement 1Ueather.
Meanwhile, Germany has dd-
RANGED to Greek-BMgarian bor-
der in threat to inUude il Greece
does not oiUe Premier MusSolint
a paper UiCtory"
Evening star., 1941-03-10

By the Associated Press.
WITH GREEK FORCES ON
THE CENTRAL ALBANIAN
FRONT, March 10.-Greek in
fantrymen, after three days of
heavy fighting, charged up pow
der -blackened heights in the
Tepeleni sector yesterday to cap
ture additional Fascist mountain
Notifications and some $500
prisoners.
Members of two Fascist elite d.
visions thrown into the battle by
Premier MuSSolini, who was de-
clared by captured Italian officers
to have visited besieged Tepeleni
last week. were among those taken
prisoner, the Greeks said.
Greeks predicted the imminent
fall of Tepeleni, heavily fortified
city held by the 18th Italian Army
in the face of repeated assaults since
December.
5 Attacks Beaten OFF.
Before their last advance. the
Greeks beat back five counter
charges by Italians, who swept in
waves over ground flaming with ex-
plosions of Greek shells.
Entire companies of Italian rifle
men, cut off by machine-gun fire
and enveloped by artillery. were de-
clared to have surrendered.
British and Greek planes backing
up the stepped-up Greek offensive
were said to have doWned seven
Italian planes in Sunday battle.
At least two high Fascist officials
sent from government duty at Rome
to the fighting line were said by
italian prisoners to have been killed
or wounded in the Greek onslaught
over the week end.
Duce's Visit Closely Guarded.
The attack. following weeks of re-
stricted activity because Of unfaVor-
able weather, was credited in Greek
reports with smashing the Julia
division, already once reorganized,
and the crack Ferrara division Both
divisions were said to have been sent
into the fighting line with orders
to hold out to the last.
Captured officers of the divisions
AFrIrc@ltpi a1n nltv rT11a a,-dn n6 or RI
heralded-arrived behind the bat
tie line early last week and stayed
at the village of Dragoti, few miles
from Tepelini. which is % miles
southeast of the port of Valona.
They said the Premier's presence
was made known to virtually all
Italian officers in the sector and
that his visit brought him within
range of Greek artillery and through
areas frequently bombed.
italian government officials re-
ported killed or captured during the
subsequent fighting were identified
as Minister of Education Giuseppe
Bottai. battalion leader in the Julia
division, and UnderSecretary of Cor
porations Tullio Cianetti, captain
of Julia artillery battery.
Councillor Captured.
Besides these, it was reported that
Fascist National Councillor Pelle-
grini had been wounded and cap
tured.
He was not otherwise identi-
fed Gen Aldo Pellegrini, FaS-
cist official and member of the
Italian-F French armistice COM
mission, was reported officially
to have been killed last Decem-
ber in a plane crash in North
ern Italy0
Prisoners said also that Gen.
Ugo Cavallerro, Italian chief of
staff who went to Albania in the
fourth shake-up of the Fascist high
command since the Greek-Italian
war began last october %, had been
called home after failing to regain
lost ground.
His command was said to have
been taken over by Gen. Carlo
Gelloso, commander of the 18th
Army.
The Italian high command re-
(See GREEK, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Speeding Transit Employees
Brought Before Subcommittee
Bus Drivers and Motormen, TroiIed
Secretly, Told Violations Must Stop
By JAMES f. CHINN.

Six Capital Transit Co. empoyeshre bus drivers and three
Unexpectedly called before the Streets Traffic
District Committee today
explain why they violated the speed regulations.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
House Votes $40, 900
For AirCrush Probes
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The House today appropriated
$4,000 for the investigation Of re-
cent commercial airline crashes to
be made by a five-man special
committee appointed by Speaker
Rayburn.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
U. S. Light Cruiser
Reaches Manila Boy
Y, the Associated Press.

MANILA, March 10-The light
cruiser U. S. S. Trenton arrived in
Manila Bay over the week end and
dropped anchor beside other units
of the Asiatic fleet.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
D. {. Income Tax Bill.
Called Up in House,;
Debate Is Limited
Double Tuxution of
Non-Residents Avoided,
Hunter Declares

The House today began consid-
Grafton of bill designed to clarity
the District income tax law with
debate limited to two hours.
A bitter fight has been threat
ened, over a provision that would
apply the tax to that portion of in
comes of non-residents earned here
Chairman Randolph of the Dis
trict Committee. in calling up the
bill-the most important piece Of
District legislation to come before
the House at the present session
of ongress-declared recurring tax
problems here ARE not easy to
solve"
But this measure. believe. will
iron out some of the inequalities in
the present law" he said.
Bills Features Explained.
Chairman Hunter of the Fiscal
Affairs Subcommittee of the Dis
trict Committee, which held hear
ings or the bill. followed Mr.. Ran
dolph with a detailed explanation
of It's various features.
He told the House the proposed
legislation would clarity what has
been q very confusing situation" He
pointed out that while the tax would
be applied to incomes earned here
by non-residents, the measure had
been drawn to preclude any posi-
bilitJ of dual taxation.
Nj. Hunter was interrupted sew
eral times to answer questions with
respect to some of the bills provi-
sionS, especially one which would
exempt from the tax salaries paid
Justices of the Supreme and infer
See n q rAxES page Al
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Will Apply Force
Against British,
Dorian Warns
BACKGROUND

BACh hGRUUND-
Conflict has ragged betiDeen
French government at Vichy and
British oUer IGtterS blockade OF
French coast to keep supplies
from reaching Germans. British
contend Germans are likely to be
benefited, either By direct seizure
OF any food sent to France or by
creation Of net0 food require
mentS bU reQuiSitiOning OF
Frances o1Un food products.
Evening star., 1941-03-10
British.Aid Fund
Plea Expected
By Midweek
House Consents to
Act on Amendments
Tomorrow
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
The administration British
aid bill, passed by the Senate Sat-
urday night, giUeS the President
polCer to acquire 1Udr materials
and lease or lend them TO ma
ttonS tGhoSe defense is deemed
pital to the safety OF the United
States. The measure tDaS intro
duced in Congress January 10
and passed the House on Febru-
Gry 8.
Evening star., 1941-03-10

(See BRITISH AID, Page A-50
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Py the Associated Press.

(See VICHY, Page A-40
Evening star., 1941-03-10

(See AFRICA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1941-03-10

The italian high command re
(see GREEK, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1941-03-10

(See SAFETY, Page A-1O)
Evening star., 1941-03-10
Weather Forecast

Increasing cloudiness. warmer, lowest
about 80 tonight; tomorrow cloudy,
light rain in afternoon; colder by We'd
nesday. Temperatures today-HigheSt,
so, at pm; lowest, 90, at 6: so am.
From the United States Weather Bureau report
Full Details on Page Az.
Evening star., 1941-03-10

See ALLEY DWELLINGS, Pg. A-D
Evening star., 1941-03-10
S|um Clearing
In D. Upheld
ByCourt
A. D. A. Is Sustained
In Protest Suit
By Miss Keyes
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND-
Question Of Whether the Alley
DWelling Authority could carry
on its program outside Inhabited
alleys arose When Miss Minnis
KeyeS, ia Seventh street SW..
refused to surrender possession
OF a parcel of land, lDanted as q
site for lotC-income houses, on
the contention that it UnS not
connected NTH an alley and.
therefore, did not come under
the jurisdiction OF the Authority.
The Alley DlUeLltng Authority
argued that this tCaS a necessary
part Of its program.
Evening star., 1941-03-10

Most people in Washington have The
Star delivered to their homes every
weekday evening and Sunday morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

person on earth. There is an asso-
citation for the Chinese, Japanese,
Hindu, Filipino. Greek. Jewish, Ar
menian, Mexican, Swiss, German
italian etc. etc, etc. Some of the
races do not have a large enough
representation here to form a gen.
uine association.
Every December the Imperial
Yuma Peace Officers association
stages a rodeo at the county fair
grounds the contests open to am
ateur cowboys only This organiza-
ton, by the way, has a membership
of 275 peace officers living in I'm
perial valley California, and Yuma
Continued on Page 32)
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
Library

On State street between Fifth
and Sixth in e Centric stands
the new public library VII ic h
houses more than $4,000 VOL
umes for use Of Ell Centric resi-
dents. This is only one Of many
such buildings. located in viriu-
ally every community, to serve
valley residents.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26

The public schools of Imperial
Valley are among the best in Cali
iornia There are two junior COL
leges. one in Ell Centre and one in
Brawley. There are Sax Union High
schools. Elementary schools are
scattered far and vide, even in the
isolated areas.
To list the activities of the school
would be an impossible task. They
ARE legion. They have everything
from Sergeanettes 10 religious and
Athlrtic clubs. The out-of-school
wnnups have their alumni asSocia-
Evening star., 1941-03-30

baby daughter, is usually crowded
with host Of chattering theatrical
and radio friends.
The world just won't let Levant
devote himself to the thing he likes
most to do. ITS always movies,
radio, Broadway, songs" he groans;
Everything but my own racket. I'm
really concert pianist, but nobody
will believe it."
There you have Oscar Levant, a
myth at thirty-fow.
Iks End
Evening star., 1941-03-30

loved Rotterdam and reduced the
Dutch Army by twenty-five per cent
in casualties. were too packed with
drama and tragedy to be clearly re-
membered. Wilhelmina still feels as if
she had been merely an onlooker at
some fearful spectacle.
But the Queen was no mere on
locker. She was the central figure.
Within the first few hours of the in
vasion, parachute troops had dropped
all around the palace where the Queen
was staying. Some even landed in the
palace gardens before they we're wiped
out. When it became apparent on the
first day of the invasion that the
Nazis we're making a determined at
tempt to capture her, the Queen con-
sented to move into her palace in the
Hague. where the army could give her
better protection. For the next two
days her advisers begged her to seek
safety in Britain. where Juliana and
"Benno" had already taken the chill
dren. As long as Holland resisted,
Wilhelmina considered her place was
with her people. 1t wasn't until the
evening of the third day of the war,
with the Germans already in the heart
of Rotterdam and in control of the
key points of Hollands water-line
defenses, that Wilhelmina's chief of
staff told her, 81 must insist that it is
time for you to leave" There was no
time to pack clothes. no time for any
thing but hurried, fearful goodbyes
to the servants and friends who had
(Confinvsd on nsxf poss)
Evening star., 1941-03-30
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
THE QUEEN WHO WONT OUR
Continued from poss four
Continued from pose four

out windows of Stratton House.
Despite her age, Hollands Queen
puts in full day of work. After a
breakfast of bread, cheese and coffee,
her only truly Dutch meal, her day
begins at $50 with the mail, which
she opens and sorts herself. She still
writes answers to most of the official
and personal mail in her own hand.
After lunch she holds long confer
ences about matters of state, which
usually last until late afternoon. Her
knowledge of the problems of her far
flung kingdom is amazing. She's
been in Office for so long that she
knows more about her kingdom than
most of her minister's" say her friends.
Ensvlfing Sodnsss
ALTHOUGH her conversation is as
animated as it ever was in the days of
peace, one doesn't have to talk with
her long to see that underneath she is
very unhappy. The only joyful occa-
sions at Eaton Square are the arrivals
of cables and letters from her daugh-
ter, Princess Juliana, who evacuated
to Canada with her two children for
the duration. Wilhelmina's whole
private life is bound up in the two
women who will perpetuate the an
cient line of Orange Nassau, Juliana
and year-old Princess Beatrix.
The Queen still finds it hard to be-
lieve that she went through war in its
most horrible form. Those four short
days during which Germany overran
her country, terror bombed her be-
Evening star., 1941-03-30
STRANGER
THAN MAN

ALLIGAToRs are not the slow, creep
ing reptiles they appear to be. They
are real sprinters when they care to
run, and their short-looking legs
stretch out to eighteen inches in length
when in top speed.
i HE smallest deer in the world is
the mouse deer of Indo-China. 1t
weighs only about four pounds.
"A POLAR bear never slips on CLASSY
ice. He can walk or run quite normally
on slippery surfaces because the soles
of his feet are covered with thickly-
set hair that gives him perfect trac-
ton.
Carl kULBeRG