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Evening star., 1941-09-09

Richard Ferguson Starrett, Il,
washington resident since 1888 and
son of the late Henry Prince Star
rett, one-time American Consul
General in Italy, was aboard the
Steel Seafarer as an ordinary sea-
man when it was sunk in the Red
Sea. according to a list of crew
members released today by the 18TH
mian Steamship Co.. New York.
The ships master is John D. Hal
liday of Baltimore and the second
officer, Claude Henkel, lives at Win
chester, Va.
Young Starrett, former student
at Dewitt Preparatory School here,
was born in Adelaide, Australia,
where his father was Consul from
1918 to 1921. He came here after
his fathers death in 1888. The elder
Starrett held posts all over the
world and after 1880 had been coun-
selor of the American Embassy in
Lima, Peru.
Richard Starrett's mother said
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Embargo Extension
Virtually Halls Rail
Into Capital
Pennsylvania Joins B. & O.
Truck Strike Settlement
Appears Far Awoy

Movement of miscellaneous rail-
road freight into Washington was at
a virtual standstill today as a two
day-old strike by truck drivers
forced the two major carriers serv-
ing the city to clamp an embargo
on such shipments.
The Pennsylvania Railroad or
dered the stoppage today. The Bal
timore & Ohio placed its embargo
yesterday afternoon. Approximately
ITO carloads of assorted freight
daily, including some food, were shut
off by the orders.
Members of Congress entered the
deadlocked negotiations this after
noon when Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee and
Chairman McCarran of the Senate
District Committee met with union
leaders and representatives of the
trucking companies involved in the
strike.
J. C. Stewart of Philadelphia, su-
perintendent of stations and trans
fers of the Eastern Division of the
PENNSYLVANIA, announced his roads
action and said he expected three
other carriers which use Pennsyl-
vania terminal facilities here to fol-
low suit shortly.
Other Roads Affected.
These roads are the Southern, the
Chesapeake & Ohio and the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg & Potomac.
Grover Blackstone, joint freight
agent for these and the Pennsyl-
vania, said the Southern brings
about 10 less" carloads daily, the
C. g. o. about and the Richmond
line 2. A less" carload, it was ex-
planned. is made up of assorted
goods which might be consigned to
as many as so different persons.
Mr.. Stewart emphasized, however,
that movement Of whole carload
lots into Washington, which makes
up the bulk of the total shipments
is continuing on schedule. He also
said that his road would continue
hauling for the Federal and District
Governments, thus assuring that
little, if any, defense material will
be tied up on Pennsylvania tracks
Some goods destined for the Navy
Yard were reported tied up earlier
Negotiations Deadlocked.
Frank j. Sheehan, Labor Depart
ment conciliator, who said negotia-
tions for settlement of the strike are
deadlocked. was particularly dis
turbed over the possibility that food
shipments into the District might
be curtailed.
"You just can't tell what might
happen If the strike continues" he
&C.. mo TTrTY crDTYE Do0a Ao0
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Red Caps Vote
To Strike for
More Pay

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-The United
Transport Service Employees Of
America, independent union of Red
Caps, announced today that its s.
500 members had voted approx
mately 95 per cent in favor of a
strike to support wage increase de-
mands.
Ernest Galloway, union spokes-
man, said present wage minimums
range from So to 40 cents an hour
and the union asked an increase OF
at least 80 cents or a minimum OF
10 cents. No strike date was set.
The Red Caps followed the pro-
cedure of 10 Brotherhoods whose
1.250,000 members authorized a
strike after wage increase demands
were rejected by rail management.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
By ], A. OIEARY.

AS Senator Nye, isolationist Re-
publican of North Dakota, unfolded
to a Senate subcommittee today his
charges that the motion picture in
dustry is spreading war propag ganda,
Wendell L. Willkie, counsel for the
industry, retaliated with charge
the Senator is trying to divide the
American people into discordant
racial and religious groups
Denied the opportunity to ask
questions by a majority of the sub
committee at the outset, Mr.. Willkie.
apparently prepared for such an
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Augustus WiIIige, District
Tax Aide, Dies at Desk

Augustus Willige, 81, assistant tax
assessor of the District, died sud-
denly of q heart attack today while
sitting at his desk at the District
Building.
Mr.. Willige was talking to friends
when he suddenly slumped over his
desk shortly after II am. He was
dead on arrival of an Emergency
Hospital physician.
A native of Washington, Mr..
wilhge began his service with the
municipal government July /, 1912,
as a clerk in the assessors Office.
Mr.. Willige is survived by his
widow and two daughters. His
home was at 1901 Stephenson place
NV.
Evening star., 1941-09-09

eventuality, had statement ready
to issue after the isolationist had
begun his lengthy indictment of the
film industry.
First, Mr.. Willkie charged, Sena-
tor Nye desired Ito foster and create
public prejudices against the mo-
ton picture industry, and thus at
tempt to high-pressure it to stop
producing accurate and factual pic
lures on Nal-iSm"
Second, similarly" the Willkie
statement continued, Senator Nye
is trying to influence the motion
(See MOVIES, Page A-43
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Gasoline CurtaiIment
Needed All Winter,
Davies Testifies
Disastrous Shortages
Still Danger, Senators
Told; Pipeline Urged
By tie Associated Press.

by tLt hSsOCl1teu FEess'
Acting Petroleum Co-ordinator
Ralph K. Davies testified today that
some curtailment of gasoline pur-
chasing on the Eastern seaboard
must continue through the winter.
At the same time, Mr.. Davies told
a special Senate committee investi-
eating petroleum shortages that
construction of vast pipeline from
Southwestern oil fields to the North
east was lust as vital as warships
and planes"
Asserting that serious mistakes"
had been made in estimating sup
plies of aluminium and steel needed
for defense, Mr.. Davies declared
that, as serious as these were, they
do not approach the havoc and
catastrophe which will overwhelm
us Immediately If we 60 wrong on
oil"
Shortage Danger Remains.
The witness conceded that some
favorable factors had appeared in
the gasoline transportation situa-
ton, but insisted these had been
discounted when he estimated there
would be deficiency in East Coast
States of 174,000 barrels daily.
Unless present restrictions of gas
oline sales were maintained, Mr..
Davies said there was prospect Of
disastrous shortages of fuel for in
dustry and homes this winter
1t even may be possible, he. added,
however, to reduce the present cur
tailment of 10 per cent below July
deliveries for filing stations and
retail gasoline outlets.
Before his appearance before the
committee, Mr.. Davies issued state
ment saying gasoline rationing in
the East had reduced consumption.
(See PIPE LINE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Artillery Bombards
Leningrad Plants,
Germans Report
Bombers Declared Adding
To Destruction With
Day and Night Raids
By tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. 9.-The great in
dustrial plants of isolated and be-
sieged Leningrad are under continu-
Gus German artillery fire, making
their operation impossible, while
Stukas and level-bombers add to
the destruction with day and night
assaults, the authoritative Dienst
aus Deutschland commentary de-
clared today.
A communique from the Fuehrer's s
headquarters said Leningrad and its
100000 population with extensive
defending forces were cut off when
speed divisions of the German
army, excellently supported by air
force combat units, reached the
Neva on a broad front east of Len
ingrad."
Then a single German infantry
regiment stormed across the Neva
River and took Schluesselburg, 81
miles east of Leningrad, the COM
munique said.
Moscow Raided Last Night.
Yesterday and last night, it was
said, the German air force concen-
trated on Leningrads teeming
armament supply facilities" and
also directed a night raid on Mos
COW.
Authorized sources said the huge
water works of Leningrad were
among the vital facilities hit by
bombs in air force action last night
Heavy losses in Russian men and
material from German bombings OF
airports and troop concentrations
along Lake Ladoga wer reported
On the Odessa front Soviet bat
teries were reported by the news
agency DNB. to have taken the
German-occupied town of Adshi-
aska under fire from small island
In Odessa Bay yesterday but sub
sequently were silenced by German
artillery.
1000 Reported Captured.
A gunboat which attempted tc
cover a landing on the Dpieper River
bank south of Kherson was forced
to withdraw, DNB. also reported
Elsewhere on the south front 200t
prisoners were reported captured.
On the central front, the news
agency said the Germans broke
through Russian lines northeast oi
Roslavl, 40 miles south of Yelnya, ir
several days fighting, capturing g.
$50 prisoners and destroying It's
tanks. Numerous prisoners were re-
ported captured in an advance o.
motorized troops at another point or
this front.
Several Russian railroad trains
including two armored trains, were
wrecked by bombings in the centra
sector, authorized quarters said.
Leningrad Not Sole Stake.
German military writer's point.
ed out that Leningrad was not
the only stake for which tht
Nad armed forces were fighting
in the north. In the course o.
the encirclement operations, they
declared, German and Finnish
forces have gained positions which
have rendered the Arctic Russian
port of Murmansk useless for al
practical purposes.
With the Leningrad-Murmans
railway severed, they said, Muir.
mansk now Is cut off from source,
of food and supplies in the interior
(The Finnish high command
announced last night the lifting
of the nightly blackout along
most of the Finnish frontier as a
result of gains achieved by
Finnish troops)
Scanty reports of fighting on othel
sectors of the eastern front wers
highlighted by a dispatch telling ot
the repulse of a desperate Russian
| cavalry charge.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Nazis Admit Cadet Ship
Lost In Northern Fight

by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Sept. s.-The German
high command announced today the
loss of the German artillery cadet
ship Bremse after q short and derce
fight with British units in northern
waters.
The warship was on convoy duty,
supplying German troops in the ex-
treme north, a communique said.
She was taken by surprise by o
British cruiser and two destroyers
eff Northern Norway while visibility
was poor.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Three japanese Ships
To Move Nationals
From British Empire
Foreign Office Announces
Dispatch of Vessels to
EnqIund and Dominions
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Sept. 9-Japan is send
ing ships to Great Britain and the
British dominions to remove Japa-
nese nationals, the Foreign Once
announced today.
Three ships will be dispatched,
one to Malaga, one to the Near East
and East Africa and one to Europe.
The route of the vessel bound for
Europe was not disclosed, but pre-
sumably it will 60 around Cape
Horn. 1t is to carry diplomatic re-
placements to Europe and may also
afford transportation to Central
America or Mexico for Kanama Wa
kasugi, japanese Minister to the
United States, who recently re-
turned to Toxic to make a report.
The announcement did not men
ton japanese in the United States,
Canada, Australia or South Africa,
but said the ships would be sent to
the other places named because OF
"a radical increase" in the number
of japanese residing in the British
Empire VINO QeSlre 10 return 10
Japan.
700 Japanese in Malaga.
Domei, japanese news agency, re-
ported that japanese residents IN
Malaga total 700, India, 700; the
Near East, 60; East Africa, 40 and
the British Isles, 900. The last fig
ure includes those in Ireland.
The British Embassy in Toxic an
nounced August 80 that arrange
ments had been completed for a
British ship to come to Japan to re-
move Britons wishing to depart.
Admiral Seizo Kobayashi, COVER
nor general of Taiwan, said in a
newspaper article today that the
South Seas had become matter
(Coo r0DT0 Dora An
Evening star., 1941-09-09
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-As a means
Of counterespionage, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for a year
and half has been acting on Ger
man espionage instructions from
Hamburg as received throukh spe-
cially built radio station on Long
Island. it was testified today in the
trial of 16 men charged with spying
for the Reich.
william G. Sebold. German-born
Government informer, said the
r. B. I. station-erected after he
Evening star., 1941-09-09
German Radio Used by F. B. |.
To Check Spies, Court Is Told

received from Hamburg the instruc-
tions ordering it to be built-had
cleared between 200 and 800 mes
sages to and from q German spy
center In Hamburg.
The r. B. l., he added, still is
faithfully performing his assign
ment for the German espionage di-
rectors.
He said the station was to be used
for contact with other amateur
radio operators"-German agents in
Evening star., 1941-09-09
President's S Mother
Buried With Simple
Episcopal Rites
Privote Services Are Held
At Hyde Park Home and
ST. james Church
By the Associated Press.

by Nnc hksoClhltu FEcSSs
HYDE PARK. N. Y, Sept. g.
In the presence of a sorrowing
President, her only son. Sara Delano
Roosevelt was buried today.
Simple, private services were held
at the home which was hers and the
Presidents together for six decades,
and at the family plot behind ivy
shrouded ST. James Church, where
they had worshiped side by side.
The Rev. Frank r. Wilson read
from the Episcopal Book of Common
PRAYER the solemn, comforting words
of the order for the burial Of the
dead.
The President sat in the car which
had brought him from the family
estate while the mahogany casket
was lowered into the grave next to
the resting place of his father,
James, who died in 1900.
Voices MingIe i'm Lords Prayer.
Sun rays filtered down through
ancient trees upon the grave and
upon members of the family, the
people from the estate, and a few
intimate friends of the Presidents
mother.
Their voices mingled in the words
Of the Lords Prayer And then Mr..
Wilson pronounced the final phrases
Of the burial rites:
20 Lord, support us all the day
1oao ,.pf;l the el, a ovuc 1oy, ot !, az, q ~ n
the evening comes. and the busy
world is hushed, and the fever of
life Is over. and our work is done.
Then in this mercy grant us a safe
lodging and a holy rest, and peace
at the last. Amen.
Depart, o Christian soul. out of
this world, in the name of God the
Father Almighty who created thee.
Tn the name of Jesus Christ who
redeemed thee. In the name of the
Holy Ghost who sanctifleth thee.
May thy rest be this day in peace
and thy dwelling place in the para
disc of God"
Sing Favorite Hymn.
Earlier at the family home the
voices of a choir from st. James
Church blended in the favorite
hymn of Mrs. Roosevelt, 20, Love
That Wilt Not Let Me Co." The
services were devoid of any eulogy
and adhered strictly to the ritual
of the Episcopalian prayer book.
In the kindly passages of the 27th
and l2lst Psalm, Mr.. Wilson sought
spiritual ease and guidance for the
bereaved gathering there in the Ii
brary.
And in the 9th chapter of Romans
he found words which seemed fit
ting for a President in days of
international strife and crisis:
who shall separate us from the
love OF Christ? Shall tribulation, OF
distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?
NAY, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through Him
that loved us. For I am persuaded
that neither death, nor life, nor
angels. nor principalities, nor pow
ers, nor things present, nor things to
come, nor height, nor depth, nor
any other creature shall be able to
| separate us from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord"
The services at the home ended
with prayer that the God of Peace
make you perfect in every good
work to do His will"
The casket was lifted up by men
from the place, just as was done
when the Presidents father died
and carried outside for the 3-mile
journey along the Albany post road
to the church and its burying ground
Evening star., 1941-09-09

(See TOXIC, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1941-09-09

(See SPY TRIAL. Page A-2)
Evening star., 1941-09-09

(See PIPE LINE, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1941-09-09

(See TRUCK STRIKE. Page A-2)
Evening star., 1941-09-09

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages Tx and 2-X of this edition of
The Star, supplementins the news of
the regular home delivered edition
Evening star., 1941-09-09
GUIDE FOR READERS

(See FREIGHTER, Page A-.1
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
Cracks
Fill in Plaster Before
Painting ODer

Long settlement cracks In
smooth plaster may be satisfac-
torily filled before painting over,
if care is taken in the repair work.
The cracks should be cleaned of
all loose plaster fragments and
the edges of the holes carefully
undercut to allow the new filling
to wedge in place properly.
If plaster of Paris is used, it
must be kept submerged in water
until time to actually plug the
because of its rapid set
ting qualities. II it starts to set in
the hand do not attempt to fill the
crack with it as it will crumble
away beneath the paint coating.
The addition of a little hydrated
lime will sometimes retard its set
ting. Vinegar or glue size should
not be added for this purpose.
When the Filings have thor
oughly hardened, coat them with a
thin, bleached shellac, aluminium,
flat wall paint or some other eff
fective type of sealer before the
paint is applied. If this pre-finish-
ing coat is omitted, the patched
areas will show as blotches on the
completed job. They may even
look darker in color than the rest
of the surface.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
7 dyIor Plans
zoo Residences

p. E. Taylor, Detroit community
builder, Saturday announced a
new low cost suburban home
development of 200 homes. The
new development. one of four low
cost developments now in progress
by the Taylor organization, is
known as kingsboro Community.
1t is adjacent TO the Western Golf
and Country Club and Lola Valley
Park.
One of the features of Kings
bore Community, located on both
sides of Five-Mile Tor Fenkell)
road, one mile west of Telegraph
road. is that IL is development
composed almost entirely OF new
homes. Seventy-three new DWELL
ings have been completed, and
many others are now under con-
struction.
Ezra A. Wood, formerly en-
ployed by Taylor for nine years,
has returned to the Taylor organi-
cation as salesmanager. Wood,
who reported sales Of IS new
homes and building Jobs for the
week ending March l at an aver
age sales price Of 1900, said the
new development offered all city
conveniences such as sewers, city
water, gas, city telephone. fast
and frequent city transportation,
although it is one mile outside
the city limits. Wood also said
excellent grade and high schools
were available.
The new homes. all FILA ap-
proved. have Easements. insula-
ton, tile features in kitchen and
bath and attic room for expansion.
The district has a Zoning ordi-
nance which. among other things
sets minimum requirements OF
house size.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
HeImer Buys Lots
In Gratiot township

Purchase of 65 lots on Kenoshs
and Elkhart avenues, Gratiot Town
ship. by Charles B. Helmer. well
known Detroit builder, was an
nounced Saturday. Houseman-
Spitzley Corporation handled the
land sale and will also sell the
Helmer-built homes. Helmer, who
declared its about time we
started paying some attention to
the man whose earnings are in the
$500 class" has started con-
struction on 20 homes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
Library
B ookshelves Increase
Rooms Dignity

There is no room in the mod
ern small house of today for an
old-fashioned, dignified library as
a separate interior. The combined
study-sitting room or bcokish
living room has replaced the old
time separate library.
In a study-sitting room. book
cases have a decorative as we'll as
a practical value, and the artistic
effects possible in such room
are many. Bookshelves T., a liv-
ing room. placed in proper rela-
ton to fireplace, give an i'm
preston of height and dignity to
the whole room.
Built-in bookcases and book
shelves that will add charm and
color to a living room or a sitting
room may be installed with funds
secured from private lending insti-
buttons approved by the Federal
Housing Administration under it's
modernization credit plan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
Tables Needed

To have light where you want
II, you need tables on. which to put
lamps and you need them In two
to three places in an average sized
room. ! hear some murmurs about
having a floor lamp. Fine. you
need one in a room, placed per-
haps at one side of the fireplace
by an easy chair. bit balance il
with a table lamp placed by the
chair on the opposite side Of the
fireplace. II you have such an
arrangement, you will still need
lamps at each end of your sofa.
which is probably across the room,
or if this is more light than you
need, put a fair sized table and
lamp at one end of the sofa, and
a magazine rack, or an end table
with shelves for magazines and a
fiat top for a small radio, at the
other end. These three lights will
be attractive. Now a word OF
warning about size and type of
table lamp. Get one that has a
sturdy base. pedestal or jar, %
inches high with a good sized open
top shade lined with white which
reflects light TO ceiling as we'll as
downward. There are places for
small lamps, but the living room
deserves one or two important
table lamps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
Building Costs
Climb Upward

Home construction costs com
tinued TO increase in January. but
the force of the upward surge
diminished somewhat during the
month, economists of the Federal
Home Loan Bank board reported
Saturday.
The increase from December to
January was IL per cent. as COM
pared with a rise Of IL per cent
between November and December.
Most of the increase In January
was attributed to higher labor
costs.
In the II months from January,
1910, to January. 1941, the cost OF
building q standard house In this
country jumped 6.8 per cent, with
the rise In labor costs being double
that OF building materials. Labor
costs increased 10.1 per cent in the
IL months and materials 81 per
cent. the net change being 6.S per
cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
HenkeImdn Opens
SoufhfieId Woods

Edward Henkelman Of the
Quality Realty Exchange, Satur-
day announced opening Of South
field Woods, new 200-home
development located two blocks
north of West Seven-Miie road and
one block west of Southfield road.
Southfield Woods Is a controlled
development, featuring moderately
priced frame and asbestos single
homes. Some of the dwellings
have bay windows and others have
attics. Joseph Hoffman, builder,
has 20 homes now completed In
the development, nine models open
and several more under construc-
ton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
ESQ New Homes
Sold in Development

Sale of $50 new homes In the
new Grace Park Colonial Village
development was reported Satur-
day by Samuel S. Bankle of Thrift
Home Builders. Inc. Bankle re-
vealed that his firm was planning
10 build and sell 300 additional
dwellings in the project. Success
of the development was attrib-
uted by Bankle to its proximity
TO the southwestern industrial
area of the city, low taxes and
accessibility to schools and
churches.