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Evening star., 1941-02-24
Bulgarian Dwellings
Requisitioned for kozis
By GEORGE WELLER.
Chicago Daily News FOREIGN Correspondent


SOFIA, Feb. 24.-With advance
notices of tomorrow's speech by
Soviet Russia's premier and vice
commissar, Vyacheslaff M. Molotoff,
indicating that it will approve ex-
tension of the German thrust SOUTH
wards, Nazi preparations for quick
investment of Bulgaria moved rapid
ly forward today
Through the civilian mobilization
law, so mountain villas and pensions.
comprising all the dwellings at
Tschankouria, a. ski resort about six
miles from Samokov, in Southwest
ern Bulgaria, were requisitioned for
the use of the German general staff.
One villa owner was told to leave
his dwelling in particularly good
order, because 1t had been designed
for use of Gen. Field Marshal Sieg-
mund Wilhelm Won List, decorated
veteran of the Flanders blitz.
Gen. Won List, who is commander
in chief Of the Naz forces now posi-
toned at Sinaia 90 miles northwest
of Bucharest) has been here incog-
nito since Saturday. The police have
forbidden all visits TO Tschankouria,
which has been placed under special
guard.
(Note-Mr. Weller's dispatch was
interrupted when line was cut of at
this point)
Copyright, 1910, Chicago Daily News, Ine.)
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Police 10 Interview Father
OF Beaten Runaway Boy, II

Police today planned to interview
the father of Francis McQuillan,
1l-year-old runaway, found hiding
in a laundry branch Office in the
1900 block of Calvert street NV.
Saturday night. his face and head
bruised.
Sergt. Mary Gainey, acting chief
of the Woman's Bureau, said x-ray
photographs would be taken of the
boys head today to determine the
extent of his injuries. After a pre-
liminary examination at Gallinger
Hospital Saturday night, the boy was
treated for bruised eyes, swollen jaw
and multipue contusions of the
scalp.
The youngster spent the remainder
of the week end at the Board of
Public Welfare foster home in Ia
koma Park, Md. He said he lived
at 200 Eleventh street Sc. with his
father, and was punished last week
for taking some money at school.
The boy crawled through a bundle
chute at the laundry branch to get
warm" after he had ridden a street.
car from his home to the Calvert
Bridge area. he told police.
Evening star., 1941-02-24

the bottle opening and letting the
liquid touch it.
We reached the Pacific Ocean
the only practical destination we
could aim at after leaving the plane
at sundown last Tuesday-with the
dawn of the third day. We had
walked so miles.
We found the shore completely de-
serted for miles. Almost everything
we saw was dead, even thousands of
sea birds.
Then the second miracle hap
pened.
While we were devising ways Of
distilling sea water to drink and
catching crabs and oysters to eat,
the fishermen came by the shack we
had built from driftwood, our coats
and our shirts.
They were leading a burro train.
Given Dry Fish to Eat.
These hardy fellows poured a
potent brand of firewater into us,
gave us some tough, dry fish to eat
and set us each on burro.
That was Friday noon. BY driving
the burros day and night, they car
ried us to Morrope, the town closest
to the deserts edge, by dusk on Sat-
urday.
From there we came by truck to
this place on the Pan-American
Highway, arriving about l am. yes
terday, to learn that the people we
we're trying to save already had
been rescued and had sent searchers
for us.
Although dozen planes, a corps
Of government trucks, and a part
of the army on horseback and ether
men on foot combed 400 miles of
desert, they couldn't find us.
They had considered it humanity
impossible for us to have travelled
outside that area and so they gave
us up for dead.
That we are not dead is the result
of a series of things that could
never happen but did!
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Jackson Dinner Bids TO Go
To Donors Of 500 or More

Instead Of selling 500 tickets to
the jackson Day dinner here, Demo-
cratic National Committee officials
announced today the dinner will be
an invitation affair with the guest
list drawn from those who have con-
tributed s100 or more to fund-rais-
ing campaign starting today.
Richard j. Reynolds, treasurer of
the committee, said the drive was for
funds to pay off the deficit re-
naming from last falls presidential
campaign and to pay for the COM
mittee's operating expenses this
year.
The five-week campaign will be
climaxed with Jackson Day dinners
all over the country. President
Roosevelt will address the dinner
here and his remarks will be broad
cast to the other gatherings through
out the States.
Speakers at dinners outside of
Washington will include members of
the cabinet, Senators, Representa-
tives and other Democratic leaders.
Mr.. Reynolds predicted the dinner
plan preceded by the campaign
would result in the raising of a
substantial sum of money"
The jackson Day dinners, usually
held on the anniversary of the bat
tie of New Orleans in January, we're
postponed this year to avoid con-
f1ict with the inaugural.
Evening star., 1941-02-24
79 More SeIectees
Leave for Baltimore

Three busloads of Washington
youths left for Baltimore today to be
inducted into the Army for a years
training.
The contingent, representing the
final regular selectee group in the
Districts February quota, was COM
posed of 70 men, all white. There
were five absentees when the send
off roll was called at the Pennsyl-
vania avenue National Guard Ar
mory, but officials expected them to
show up later in the day.
The selectees were accompanied
to Baltimore by Corpl Harvey Berse
and Pvt. Anthony Zilinsky, both of
the National Guard State detach-
ment on active duty at local selective
service headquarters. Yt
Physical examinations at the 5th
Regiment Armory In Baltimore were
to begin for the men before noon,
and they were expected to be on
their way to Fort George @. Meade,
Md, long before dusk to begin their
Army careers.
Except for replacements necessary
for men falling to pass the physical
test in Baltimore, today's group COM
pletes this months quota OF 353 men
for Washington. This figure Is less
than third Of that asked Of the
District for March.
Evening star., 1941-02-24

Rains have occurred in the last "a
hours in the West Gulf States along the
East Gulf coast the Southern ROCKY
Mountain region, the Middle and Northern
Plateau and in the Pacific States. Amounts
have been moderately heavy In Eastern
Texas and Louisiana and on the Northern
California coast Shows are reported from
the Northern Rocky Mountain region, the
Plains States and the Northern Appalachian
region. Warm moist air from the Gulf is
advancing northeastward over Eastern
Texas and Louisiana and disturbance is
central a short distance south OF the
Louisiana coast with lowest pressure about
1O102 millibars t29.S3 inches). Another
disturbance is advancing eastward over
Lake Superior. Duluth, MINI. 1019;0 mil
libars 5000 inches). Pressure is also low
over the Plateau region. Tonopah, New,
lO075 millibars l29.15 inches, and is
low. but rising over Eastern Maine. Carl
bou. lO05.1 millibars t29.6 inchesl. An
anti-cyclonic system is moving eastward
over the Ohio Valley and Middle Lake
region. Toledo. Ohio, 1927 millibars
t3033 inchesl Another high-pressure
system is advancing southeastward over
Montana and the Plains States, Fort
Peck. Mont. 1032I9 minPs{s s3O; ~
Middle and Eastern Lake region and over
the Middle and Northern Plains States.
The lowest temperature, IL below zero.
was reported al Grand Forks N. OAK.
Temperatures have risen in the Upper
Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys and
in the East Gul. States.
Evening star., 1941-02-24
ThoiIond- -Indo-Chino
Armistice Extended

TOXIC, Feb. "a (P.-A second 10
day extension of the armistice be-
tween Thailand (Siam) and French
Indo-China, prolonging it to March
7, was announced today by the
Cabinet Information Bureau.
Japanese mediators were said to
have suggested the extension in in
dividual talks yesterday with nego-
tiators for Thailand and the French
colony because of some points re-
quiring further consultation"
Another conference was held to-
day, but no details were disclosed
Had its life not been heightened
again, the truce would have expired
tomorrow and observers said the
meeting was to discuss terms for a
settlement. Another meeting Is set
for tomorrow.
Thailand was reported to have
demanded all of the Indo- China
provinces of Laos and Cambodia
and Indo-China was said to have
offered to give up a tenth of that
territory.
Reports from Vichy said the
French government last Saturday
rejected a Thai demand for cessior
of part of Laos and Cambodia, and
indicated France would rather see
the frontier fighting resumed than
to grant such concessions.
Vice Foreign Minister Chuichi
Ohashi assured the Diet today that
Japan is keeping an eye on any
foreign interference in her media
ton of the Thailand-French Indo-
China dispute and on her economic
negotiations with the Netherlands
Indies, Domei Japanese news
agency said in a broadcast heard
in New York.
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Army
Continued From First Page.)

In North Carolina, but Chairman
Vinson of the House Naval Com
mittee said that Secretary Knox had
asked that only S1,500,000 be auth
orized for the Carolina project al
this time. Mr.. Vinson said that the
change would be made.
Other specific items in the S3,812,-
3ll, 1877 request, all of which Was
asked for the War Department, in
cluded:
Ordnance service and supplies
s82 ,03e 900. in addition to 1881. .065, ISL
in contractual authority.
Chemical warfare service-S20, =
$4,000 in cash and $4,240, TOO in con-
tract authority.
Seacoast defenses-s9,047,00 900 In
cash and s5,22o,000 in contract
authority.
National Guard Bureau-s1,867,-
900.
Welfare of enlisted men-S902 900.
The message pointed out that in
order to bring budget estimates for
the War Department for the next
fiscal year into agreement with the
supplemental estimates requested to-
day, Congress should consider max
ing various changes, mostly reduc-
tions, in next years budget.
The new request brought Presi-
dent Roosevelt'S recommendations
for the War and Navy Departments
since Congress convened January
to $11 ,585 ,481,9l6.
House experts on national defense
funds said that it appeared from
the Presidents message that only
about half of today's request was
for new projects. The rest, they
said, was for advances from the
1912 program as recommended in
the Presidents annual budget esti-
mates. These advances, however,
would become Immediately avail
able upon congressional approval
The regular 1912 appropriation
will not be available until July l.
the start of the next fiscal year.
Action Expected on Guam.
House leaders said action was
expected this week on a defense
appropriation bill totaling more
than s1,50OO00,000 and including
funds for development of naval
lookout posts at Guam and Samoa,
Pacific islands.
The Appropriations Committee is
scheduled to pass formally on the
measure Wednesday and send it to
the House floor for debate the same
6av
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Weather Report
lFurnIshed by the united States W,ither Bureeul

n
tonight increasing cloudnes slowly rising
afternoon and at night gentle variable
becoming
Maryland-Fa cold in portion tonight tomorrow in
followed in portion
late afternoon and at night in west portion
followed south
tonight in central and west portions tonight
and south portions ard
night rising
coudin with slowly rising temperature
followed possibly beginning in south portion
lat
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Mrs. Howard Resumes
Lectures Tomorrow

Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard will
resume her lectures at the Sulgrave
Club at 11:30 am. tomorrow morn
ing with one on current events.
Mrs. Howard has recovered from a
recent illness.
On Tuesday Mrs. Howard will
speak before the Women's Club of
Hagerstown, Md, as the guest Of
Mrs. H. II. Mercereau.
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Turkey Warns Nazis
She Will Use Force
Against Aggression
Will Defend Territory
And independence Says
Foreign Minister
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 24-fn
what was interpreted as O reference
to the expected movement Of Ger.
man troops into Bulgaria, Foreign
Minister Sukru Saracoglu said in q
statement publlshed today that TIIr-
key would find 1t impossible ito re-
main Indifferent to foreign activities
which might occur in her security
zone"
Turkey will oppose with force any
and all aggression which might be
directed against her territorial in
tegrity or her independence" Saraco-
glu added.
Turkey always has considered Bull
garia to be a part of her own se-
curity zone, but diplomatic observe
ers were puzzled over the exact inter.
probation of the words that Turkey,
a acknowledgement ally Of Great Brit
ain, would be unable to remain IN
different"
They expressed belief, howeve1,
that the statement was prompted by
Bulgaria's seeming inclination to
interpret her week-old non-aggres.
sion pact with Turkey as an indi.
cation that Turkey would be indif.
ferent to a Nazi march into Bulgaria
30 long as no violation OF Turkish
frontiers occurred.
In Bulgaria, meanwhile, an auto
mobile traffic in the Sofia district
was halted by police as they began
a nation wide hunt for Bulgarians
spreading anti-German leaflets, one
of q number of signs interpreted by
observers as indicating impending
Nazi troop movements into and
across the country.
Reports from Hungary said still
more German soldiers were moving
across that country into Rumania,
next door to Bulgaria, whose border
regions, including the area along
the Danube River facing the Ru-
manian shore where Nazi troops are
massed, were forbidden to foreigners.
Evening star., 1941-02-24

General of this French colony, left
yesterday for Hanoi by airplane
and other officials are following by
train.
There was no announcement of
the destination of the 7,000-t ton
cruiser Lamotte-Picquet and the two
destroyers which slipped from their
anchorage here, leaving smaller
gunboats to guard the river.
Informed sources indicated that
the Indo- China -Thailand peace dis
cussions virtually were stalemated
because both countries and Japan
held firmly to widely differing view
points.
Entirely unconf1rmed Chinese re-
ports reaching Hong Kong today said
Japanese forces on Hainan Island,
described as totaling 100, 1000 men and
being reinforced, had finished prep
arations for a southwark drive and
were expected to move soon toward
Singapore. These reports said naval
stores were ready at six stations
along the Hainan coast and that so
to so Japanese warships were in the
Gulf of Tonkin, between the island
and French Indo- China.
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Mochinist Mate Dies
When Plane Crashes

The Navy Department today an
nounced that Ralph Mathews Sher-
man, aviation machinst mate, first
class, was killed Friday when the
plane he was plotting crashed at
sea. At the time of the accident
he was attached to the aircraft
carrier Wasp.
He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio,
March u, 1910, and enlisted in the
Navy in 1923 at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ten years later, he was named a
naval aviation pilot. His wife, Mrs.
Mae Belle Sherman, lives in Nor
folk, Va.
The Navy said today the body
had not been recovered
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Three French Worships
Moved From Saloon River

SAIGON, French Indo- China, Feb.
"a (R).-A French cruiser and two de-
stroyers have been shifted from the
Saigon River amid increasing fears
of grave developments during the
last hours of the Indo-C China Thai
land truce, due to expire tomorrow
Informed sources declared last
night serious obstacles still remained
to the peace negotiations between
Indo-C China and Thailand despite
mounting signs of pressure from
Japan. as mediator.
Admiral Jean Decoux, Governor
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Far East
Continued From First Page.)

poSals about such a move, which had
been refused.
There have been various contacts
between the Japanese Ambassador
in London and Mr.. Eden and N
Toxic between Sir Robert Leslie
Craigie, the British Ambassador
and Japanese authoritative states
men.
"At these conversations the Brit
ish view of the dangers in any
japanese program to expand south
ward has always been made clear.
But these statements of view can
not in any sense be regarded as
proposals."
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Saved From Peruvian Desert
By Miracles Lear Relates
Trio Had Only Banana and Bottle Of Soft
Drink in Three Days, A. P. Writer Says

John Lear, 10riter for the spe-
cial netUS serUice OF the Associated
Press, reached Lima, Peru, yes
terddy after a narrowing erperi-
ence in the Sechurd Desert. The
plane in Uhich he Uds flying to
Lima 1Oas forced dotDn last Tues
day, and he tUds not heard from
until late Saturday night. This
article tUas 1Oritten while iDditing
for the same plane in Uhich he
1UGs forced do1On to take him to
Lima.
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Bur Association to Dine

Robert P. Patterson, Undersecre-
tary of War, and Solicitor General
Francis Biddle will address the Fed
eral Bar Association at its 21st an
nual dinner at pm. Friday in the
ballroom of the Mayf1ower Hotel,
according to an announcement by
Heber II. Rice, association president.
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Report for Last 4s Hours.

Record for Last 2i Hours.
Prom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest Al, 2:45 pm. yesterday. Year
ago, 40.
Lowest. %, am. today. Year ago, 81.
Record TEMPERATURES This Year.
Highest, 55. on February IL.
Lowest. 1e, on February 10.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 90 per cent. at an. today.
Lowest, "a per cent, at 3:15 pm. yes
terday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Hsrpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Purse With 81 900 Snutched

BALTIMORE, Feb. "A UP).-Miss
Levina o. Bishop, New York beauty
shop operator and former show girl,
reported to police yesterday a col
ored man snatched her pocketbook
containing 81 900 as she was putting
her car in a garage
Evening star., 1941-02-24
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Hears additional opposition n
speeches on British aid bill.
House:
Considers minor District of Co
lumbia bills.
Judiciary Committee hears West
brook Pegler on anti-strike bills.
Evening star., 1941-02-24

STUDIES INCA SKULLS-Dr T. D. Stewart Smithsonian
Institution anthropoogit pictured here making careful
skulls found in ancient graveyards of Peru effort
to identify the coastal peoples conquered by the ncas when they
valleys extending inland Pacific
ancient people show had developed
relatively high and preserved their dead with somewhat
the the Egyptians. Harris Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1941-02-24
BY JOHN LEAR.

CHICLAYO, Peru, Feb. PA
band of fishermen brought me back
to safety yesterday after terrible
trek for two days and three nights
on foot in the Sechura Desert with
only bottle of soft drink and a
banana to share among three men.
We were so close to gone at one
point that the buzzards began cir
cling around us in the desolate
sands.
With me were Hugh Wells, owner
and pilot of the plane which was
forced down last Tuesday in the
desert, and Hermann Baumann,
Peruvian government highway epgi-
neer. We had left II other persons
at the fuelless plane in desperate
bid for help.
We made the trip with an UNI
brella, a compass and a f1ashlight
besides our little bottle of soda pop
and the lone banana. And me with
out hat.
Wells set the course with the COM
Evening star., 1941-02-24
pass and the light. - 59.,,.'
Cut Banana in Tiny Slices.

BY some miracle my guess of the
time required to get out Of the desert
proved exactly right, but to make
the rations fit the time it was neces-
sary to cut the banana in tiny slices
and restrict the use of the soft drink
to the few drops that could be OBJ
tanned by sticking ones tongue in
Evening star., 1941-02-24
The Sun and Mnon.
Precipitation

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to date)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Market Prices Drop { After Good ( Opening
Leading Issues Were Lowered a Point or More From EIighs-S SteeIs Were Unsettled Prices Fell
BIZ ELMER Q. WAEzER tUnItcd Press Financial Editor

New York, July 70 - CUP, =. The stock market turned irfennlar today after firm opening. Trad. ing was moderately active.
 Leading issues were depressed . point or more from the highs but, met support around room and Z rel covered part of the loss. Steel issuesl were unsettled by a break ili crii-I cfble shares. Crucible preferred lsstl { 3-4 points to ,g2 and the cornmoni 3 Ia to 4S S-S They recovered partly.
 United States Steel declined from 60 5-8 to 59 S-S, off 7.8 and them came back fractionally. Bethlehem eased from 79 1-8 to 77 1-2, of Ii 1-4, and regained half the loss. Chrysler ranged between 6s 1-2 and 57 3-4 and around noon was 58 l-4 up 1-g. General Motors had a 8 a point gain at 39 3-4.
 Heaviest trading was In Pan- handle Producing, which made a| new high for the year at 1 7-8. upI 1-S. GoodriCh was active at new high at 19 up T-8, while. its pre- ferred equaled its high at 67 1-2 up 2. Savage Arms, another active fav- orite, made 8 new high at 21 leg up 3-4. Pepsi Cola, actively traded, gained a point to 29 Ia.
 New highs were made by many is- sues, including several sugars, a few rails and a number of special stocks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Experts See Philippine Army U. s.
 .Bristling Front On Japanese Flank
Bx THOMAS M. JOHNSON NEA Service Military Writer


 Washington, July 20-Many an American has just heard with sur prise that besides an Army in the Philippines, his country has Ffli- pino army. In fact, the latter is considerably larger than the former For every white American soldier in the islands there are nearly ten of the brown men whose fathers not long ago were fiercely fighting those who insisted on "civilizing 'em with a Krag."
 Today, not with Krag but with Hpringfields and other standard Am- erican arms the little brown brother" is ready to stand beside his ciyilzer to defend the island against invasion. The native Army of the Philippines is trained to do it, need ing only a little more shakedown, which 1t is about to get. Its soldiers are loyal, brave, largely ardent Christians, likely to fight fiercely against attacking Japanese.
 TAUGHT SOLDIERS
 PAINLESSLY
 They are so nearly 100 per cent ready to do 1t because of two dreainers who are also very practical men, one American, one Filipino. Douglas MacArthur. lately the only American Field Marshal, command ing the Army of the Philippines, persuaded President Manuel Quezon that majority expert opinion was wrong, and the islands could be de- tended.
 You fix it." said Quezon and six years ago MacArthur began making young Fillpinos into soldiers cheaply and painlessly. For $l0000,000 year he taught them little by little, first as ten year old schoolboys, working up to six months in the field at q, then back yearly for two weeks. From a l6OO0,0OO population, 10000 year were selected for three divisions and extras.
 Officers came from colleges and from Filipino West Point complete to uniform with shako. There were also graduate officers schools. They turned out pretty good troop leaders, very good flyers for an air force whose development is proceeding according to plan" toward goal of 250 planes.
 Today an authoritative estimate of the result from the viewpoint of those in favor of the step taken is: instead of an unarmed Philippine sanent. the United States finds it. self reinforced by the bristling front of an ideal flank position that rem sers advance by Japan practically impossible until the position is either contained or destroyed. Seldom in history has there been so complete ! strategical reversal with so little publicity. The United States has played & trump card which seems almost to have dropped from mo- where"
 To critisims that the Filipino army s half trained and half-baked this is the answer:
 ,.3Tnis army will not be subject to blitzkrieg methods of attack, as 1t planD to meet the enemy at the