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Evening star., 1941-04-25
BY JAMES FREE.

Opposing factions in the country's
biggest current labor diSpute-be-
tween John L. Lewis United Mine
Workers and operators of Appa-
lachian soft coal mines - were
brought together here today by the
National Defense Mediation Board
in an effort to settle the 25-day-old
controversy that has kept 100000
miners idle and threatened a serious
fuel shortage in defense industries.
After a joint session of committees
representing the Northern mine op-
orators, Southern operators and the
mine workers. beginning about IL
am. the Northern operators were
excused shortly before noon and
were requested to return for another
meeting at 2:30 pm.
William H Davis. board vice
chairman and head Of the three
member panel conducting the hear
ings, said the boards main objective
is to get the closed mines into pro-
duction as soon as possible. This
meant, according to informed OBJ
servers, that the board panel would
seek an agreement under which
production might be resumed in as
many mines as possible, pending
settlement of differences in further
conferences.
Lewis Heads L. NJ. w. Group.
Mr.. Lewis headed a delegation of
10 U. M. w. representatives. The
coal operators had 10 representatives
present, the Northern group being
headed by Charles F. ONeill and
the Southern group by L. T. Put
man.
Asked for comment on the sit
uation. Mr.. Lewis said:
I received word from the board
yesterday-don't talk"
This request. he explained, was
made to all parties involved in the
settlement negotiations TO assure
that there would be no aggravation
of the issues. Mr.. Lewis said also
he had called about $50 representa-
tives of the U. M w. here from all
parts of the mining territory so
quick decision might be reached on
any proposals made by the board.
The coal mediators were Mr.. Davis,
representing the public; Walter
Teagle, a Standard Oil executive.
representing employers, and Clinton
Golden. c. l. o. official. represent
ing labor.
The Mediation Board has dealt
successfully with a number of dis
putes in plants and factories. but
today was the first occasion it has
had to tackle a controversy involv-
ing the major portion of vital in
dustry.
The disagreement involves 400,-
(See COAL, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Embracing Attack Made
On Pass, Germans Say

BERLIN, April 25 CP,.-The Ger
man high command today an
nounced that NaA troops had
thrown the British out of Their
mopylae Pass.
IN Greece Thermopylae Pass was
taken in an embracing attack, and
thus the enemy was thrown out of
a strongly fortified position" said
the daily communiQue in announc-
ing the piercing of the historic
mountains less than 100 miles north
of Athens. where the British con-
tingent had held up the Nazi ad-
vance.
Mountain troops again had an
outstanding share in this success"
said the communique.
"a non-committal communique
of the high command yesterday,
together with todays report. in
dicated the Germans had been
held up more than 48 hours in
their efforts to take the strategic
pass
Informed sources said many pieces
of heavy artillery and war machin-
cry fell into their hands in the pass.
Evacuation Equipment Hit.
AT the same time black -emblemed
Nazi bombers and Stukas were re-
ported making relentless attacks
against ship concentra tionS and air
ports in an effort to disable British
evacuation machinery and wreck
the R. A. F.
During the past "a hours in Greek
waters 6 ships were reported sunk
and IA damaged. including a de-
Stroyer and two auxiliary war
ships
These "A were so severely
damaged that they are hardly
usable for embarkation of the Brit
ish eXpeditionary corps" said the
high command.
One 6,000-ton vessel was sunk
west of Thermia Island, it was said,
while five other transport and sup
ply ships sunk amounted to 81 500
tons.
Sc Planes Destroyed.
LII dIIdCkS on an airport at argos,
the communique said. 36 planes
and many motor vehicles we're
destroyed on the ground and two
more planes shot down in a fight.
The exact location of the German
Army advancing on Athens was not
given, but German spokesman de-
scribed the Greek capital as a ripe
apple" left to ripen for German
plucking.
Athens will fall as a result of
military and strategic fineSse," au-
thorized quarters predicted.
Informed sources intimated that
they expected the German occupa-
tion of Athens to be without re-
sistance.
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Hull, Knox and Wickord Make Pleas
For More Effective Aid for Britain

fTert Of Hull address on Page A-5J
A concerted demand by three
cabinet officers for decisive action
in bulwarking the effectiveness of
the British-aid program and the
American policy of unyielding re-
sistanCe to ambitions of the axis
powers led to the belief today that
a bold administration decision was
IN the offing.
Most startling of the strong words
spoken in the last "a hours were
those of Secretary of State Hull be-
fore the American Society of Inter-
national Law, but fitting closely into
the pattern were other remarks by
Secretary of Navy Knox and Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wickard before
other audiences.
DismisSing almost contemptuouSly
any thought that the way to our
safety and best interests is by avoid
ing further Irritation" of the ag-
gressor nations, the State Depart
rnent head made clear his feeling
that 1t is now our turn to take the
initiative.
Says Safety Demands Resistance.
utterly short sighted and ex-
tremely dangerous" he warned, is
the view that "our country need not
resist until armed forces of an in
vader shall have crossed the boun-
Diary line of this hemisphere.
The safety of this hemisphere
and of this country calls for resist
ance wherever resistance will be
most effective.
In the philosophy of the con-
querors, an attack is justified when
ever and wherever it looks easy and
conven:enS ar<s serves their pur-
poses. There is no possible safe
guarding of our security except by
solid strength, placed when and
where it is most effective"
Perhaps approaching closest to
this same implication of aggressive
action were the words and theme of
Secretary Wickard's address to
New York agricultural conference,
an address which in effect was a
Evening star., 1941-04-25
2, the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt placed Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh today in
the category of Civil War Cop
perheads."
The President was asked at
press conference why the Army
hal not taken up Col. Lindbergh's
commission. The famous aviator,
who frequently has criticized the
administration foreign policy,
is a Reserve colonel.
The President remarked that in
the Civil War, both the Confed-
crates and the Northerners took
on liberty-loving people from
other countries, and both let GER
tain people go.
The latter, he said, were the
Vallandinghams.
element L. Vallanding-
ham was a Representative
from Ohio, who was arrested
Evening star., 1941-04-25

the terms convoy and patrol, the
Chief Executive defined the first
as the eScorting of merchant ships
for resistance of attack while the
latter is fundamentally recon-
Nuisance operation. In the case of
| the American patrols, he explained
that the watch is being kept for
any possible aggressor ship or ships
that might be headed toward the
Western Hemisphere. To questions
about instructions to the patrols,
Mr.. Roosevelt would say only that
they are under orders 10 report to
him whenever belligerent vessels are
sighted.
Returning to the subject of the
areas under surveillance, the Presi-
dent said that early in the war the
neutrality zone had been more re-
Stricted because there seemed little
danger of attack on such Western
Hemisphere points as NeWfound-
land. Greenland. Bermuda. Trinidad
and Brazil Later events, however,
have shown such attacks are more
possible.
A further chonge. he went on. is
the fact that today we have val
liable American lives and property
at these points, referring to the
naval and air bases established or
authorized He recalled, too, that
we are under the Monroe Doctrine
obligated to protect Canada against
possible attack by any non-Amer-
ican nation.
1t was after he had answered with
a fiat no the question whether the
Government at this time is con-
Sidering convoy escorts that Mr..
Roosevelt revealed his fear that
Greenland may already be partially
occupied by axis forces. Asked If
we are not assured of safe sea
lane to Greenland, the President
said he hoped so and that he hoped
for no further aggression at that
point.
He added quickly. however, that
he is not at all certain that Green
land is not already occupied in part
by the axis. To another question,
he said such occupation is not by
fifth columnists, implying that &C
tual armed axis detachments may
be on the island. He answered in
the affirmative when asked if this
Government is doing anything to
counteract such a development, but
offered no further amplification.
In some defense quarters, it
was said that axis forces in
Greenland if any, could include
U-boatS, bombers and weather
(See ROOSEVELT. Page A-4
Evening star., 1941-04-25

by the Union military authori-
ties in 1868 for 'treasonable
utterances" and was banished
to the Confederate States. He
was known as leader of the
"CopperheadS.')
When reporters did not react to
the name, Mr.. Roosevelt said that
Vallandingham was an appeaser
who wanted to make peace in
1863 because he felt the North
erners could not win.
Still replying to the question
about Col. Lindbergh, Mr.. Roose-
velt said there also were an awful
lot of appeasers at Valley Forge
who urged George Washington to
quit because We could not win
against the British. He advised
reporters to read what Thomas
Paine had written on the advisa-
bility of quitting.
Mr.. Roosevelt was sharply crit
Evening star., 1941-04-25

Mr.. ROOSeVelt S spectacular
series of assertions followed
closely three strongly worded
speeches delivered last night by
the Secretaries Of State, Navy
and Agriculture, each of them
indicating that more positive
and vigorous action is Contem-
plated by this Government in
the near future.
Asked if he had any supple
mental comment to these ad-
dresses, the President launched
his discussion today by replying
that he believed the cabinet Of
ficers had spoken pretty clearly
for themselves and for the great
majority of the American people.
To further question of
whether they had spoken also
for him, he responded with an
unqualified affirmative.
Refusing at first to interpret any
Of the addresses. the Chief Executive
then discussed the possible extension
of use Of our naval forces.
Surprise Invasion Cited.
In September, 1899, he said, the
problem of hemisphere defense arose
because of conditions surrounding
the outbreak of the war, namely,
the complete failure of one belliger-
ent to adhere to international law
in the surprise invasion of one coun-
try and subsequent attacks on other
peaceful. nations.
As first step there was instituted
by the American nations a neutrality
patrol on all sides of the hemisphere.
It was inaccurate at that time, he
said, to place the limit of this con-
troll at 300 miles off shore. Actually,
he declared, it had been carried out
by naval and other American vessels
10 a reasonable limit"
For the area beyond the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, he cited as an
example, the patrol could be found
l. 900 miles at sea. From time to
time during this last 20 months the
patrols have been extended in some
directions and pulled back in others,
a policy which will be followed in
the future to whatever extent die
tated by American protective needs.
It was at this point that the Presi-
dent told a questioner the eXtention
might be anywhere in the waters of
the worlds oceans as guided by de-
cisions on hemisphere defense.
CritiCizlng any confusion between
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Youth Admits Setting
Five Forest Fires
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LAKEWOOD, N. j., April 25.-
Howard W. Thompson, 10. who
pleaded guilty to charges of setting
five forest fires in the Van Hiseville
area last Monday, was in jail today
IN default of a $4,000 fine.
Justice of the Peace Benjamin
Novins said Thompson admitted
starting the blazes, although he as
signed no reason. Police sought two
men Thompson named as accom-
plices.
The fires caused only slight dam
age. The damage in other fires
which ragged through this area from
Sunday to Thursday was estimated
at s1,250,000.
Evening star., 1941-04-25

reputation of policies which might
parallel the too little and too late"
practices of which Britain several
times has been guilty.
Millions of Americans are getting
sick of that story" the blunt-spoken
cabinet officer asserted, adding that
If the United States is Ito continue
as a great nation, it must act like
a great nation"
Not Thinking Of Conveys.
. Although last nights speakers in
dicated that one of the first specific
steps will be to guarantee safe de-
livery of American supplies across
the Atlantic, President Roosevelt
told his press conference today that
the Government is not now thinking
of escorting conveys. He did say,
however. that the American neu-
trality patrols, whose information
Evening star., 1941-04-25
u. S. Ships to Patrol All Areas
VitoI to Hemisphere Defense;
No Conveys Now, Says President
Roosevelt Repudiotes Idea
Axis Will Win; Bars further
Occupation Of Greenland
By JOHN G.. HENRY.

In solemn and determined tones, President Roosevelt
today enuncated several important extensions in this
Nations policies toward the present world war
Talking for almost a half hour, the Chief Executive
made the following disclosures:
l. That the American neutrality patrols already ranging as
far 1000 miles from Atlantic Shores will be maintained as
far In the for the
protection of the American Hemisphere.
q That this however has thought at this
time of providing armed escort for merchant conveys
g. That positive but underlined steps already being taken
possible existing occupation of of Greenland
Repudiates Defeatist Policy
That he joined with most of the American people In re-
philosophy that dictator nations to
We for the democratic principles
he added going fight for them.
That Americas probably will not be asked to
participate the Nations fight The Presidents remark in this
prompted by question why Col Charles
Iindbergh ouSpoken critic of the administrations foreign
policy called the
Evening star., 1941-04-25

b. The Associated Press.
ATHENS, April 25.-German
forces, carried by ane-escorted
troop ships, landed yesterday on
the Greek island of Lemnos, 20
miles from the strategic Dan
danelles, and subdued a small
Greek force after a four-hOur
hattie.
The Ministry of Home Security
disclosed indirectly that the Ger
mans also were on the neighboring
Island of Samothrace.
We understand" said its COM
munique that the Island of
Lemnos reported that the German
commanding officer at Samothrace
demanded that the authorities of
Lemnos surrender the island by
midnight of the 23d. having threat
ened. if It we're not surrendered,
10 occupy the island by force.
Resistance Offered.
The prefect applied for orders
and he was instructed TO carry out
his duty as imposed by national
honor.
AS of am. the enemy started
landing at Port Burma on Lemnos,
the German forces having been
transported by troopships escorted
by aircraft
The small infantry and gendarme
force on the island put up resist
ance the clash continuing beyond
9 am. All authorities remain at
their posts in accordance with gov
ernment orders
At the same time il was reported
that German forces attacked Ev-
voia, the long Greek island off the
Eastern Greek mainland. but were
said TO have been repulsed.
Message to Prefect.
On the Lemnos attack. the Min
lister of Interior messaged the pre-
feet of Lemnos:
The mobilization of our small
force on the island and their clash
with the landing invader. who is
supported by aircraft, moves pro-
foundly the Greek heart.
1t adds one more page 10 the
national epic of the glorious father
land. which is resisting two empires,
and constitutes a deed of honor for
the defenders, to whom please COM
munlcate this message"
During the World War, the Is
land was one of the most important
allied bases in the Eastern Mediter-
ranean in the campaign against
the Turkish Dardanelles. particu-
larly the Gallipoli thrust in 1915.
LemnoS has an excellent airdrome.
1t was at Mudros on the south
side of the island, that the Turks
signed the terms of the srmistiCe
with the allies on October 80, 1918.
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Board Confers
With 3Groups
On Coal Strike
Mediotors Push
Talks to Reopen
Mines Quickly
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
With Appalachian soft coal
mines closed since April /, steel
mills and other defense plants
hare been forced to curtaI pro-
ductton. Northern mine opera
tors and United Mine Workers
reached agreement on netC tUdge
scale some time ago, but union
refused to return to tUork until
Southern operators also accepted
ne,U contract Southern operators
insist on mage diferentiul. Dead
lock resulted in case being certi-
fed to National Defense Media
ton Board.
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Boston to Offer Course
For Air Raid Guards
By the Associated Press

Bv the ASSOCIATED Press.
BOSTON, April 25.-Boston.
eaSternmost of Americas big cities,
announced today the opening on
May of a school for watchmen
and building supervisors with
courses in types of bombs and
methods of extinguishment," 'sabo-
tage prevention" and protection of
properties against air raids"
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Bill to Seize Foreign
Ships Advances Step

By the Associated Press.
The House Merchant Marine Com
mittee approved legislation today
giving the President authority to
take over foreign flag vessels lying
idle in United States ports and put
them to any use.
Committee members said the bills
language was sufficiently broad to
permit turning the vessels over to
the British If this was desired.
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Nozis Seize Lemnos,
Near Dordone!Ies, in
Battle With Greeks
Germans Drive British
Out of ThermopyIoe;
Stukos Bomb Ships
BACKGROUND


Germany inUdded Yuoosldrin
and Greece on Palm Sunday, and
succeeded in S1Ceeping across Yu-
goslarid. forcing cdpituldtiou OF
the Serb armies, capturing Sd-
lonikG and reaching the Aegean
Sea. They then drOUe against the
Allied defense lines on the
Greek peninsula from Sdlontkd
and dOUn the Vdrddr RUer Vdl-
ley from YugOSLaUid Earlier this
Ueek the Greek army in Eptru5
surrendered.
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Three parties to coal dispute meet
with Mediation Board. Page AL
Congress members split on details of
new tax program. Page Az
Senators ask defense contractors to
list and explain fees. Page AS
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Foreign.

Foreign.
Further retreat in Greece acknowl-
edged by British. Page Al
Germans capture Thermopylae from
Allies. Page Al
Viscount Gort named governor of
Gibraltar. Page Az
Nazis deny Knox charge they con-
slider Americans foes. Page A-4
Nazi paper lauds Lindbergh as real
American" Page Ais
National.
Byrd demands Secretary Perkins be
replaced by man. Page Al
New steps In U. S. opposition to axis
seen imminent. Page Al
Evening star., 1941-04-25
Weather Forecast

Fair, some cloudiness tonight and to-
morrow; lowest tonight about "A; slowly
rising temperature tomorrow. Tempera-
lures today-Highest, SO, at 2 pm:
lowest, Al, at 6:15 am.
From the United States weather Bureau report
Full Details on Page A-2.
Evening star., 1941-04-25

tSee FOREIGN, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1941-04-25

(See LINDBERGH, Page AID
Evening star., 1941-04-25

Most people in Washington have The
Star delivered to their homes every
weekday evening and Sunday morning
La gaceta., 1941-08-07

S~ufrimiento, s~ufrimiento...
da una tregua, que al placer
tambien tenemos derecho.
Quiero vivir sin pensar.
Ell pensar me trae torturas
y las quiero desechar,
La gaceta., 1941-08-07
DIVORCES

Decretos: Abel Patrick con-
ira Emory Patrick; j. Scott
Boyle coptra Bernard Boyle
Ollie May Roach Barker con :
ira Robert D. Barkeri Hilda
Thomas contra Paul F. Tho
mas; Richard L. Meneeley
contra Ona Matilde Meneeley;
Beatty Jean Lennon contra
Herbert Lennon; Lucille Foun
tain Barbon contra Robert
Barbon; Ursula Norris Fenton
contra Phillip Fenton; Pruden
G.. Hoffmaster contra Minnie
K. Hoffmaster,
Nuevas demandas: Jennie
Marlowe contra Agustin lie
Roy Marlowe; Dora Mora con
ira Fernando Mora; Violet
Elizabeth Atkinson contra Ro
bert L. Atkinson,
La gaceta., 1941-08-07

ropodisly, abastnc:co FOR r.t-
ler y "edueato' rara c. pre-
se Qli1l.ng or yter, todavia as-
Tera q~e le a5ran la pcarta en-
Ia Ukrania.
!. La 16a division a.smana De
tanques, asignada a atravesar
por medic de Kiev, sufri6 una
derrota y en- el estado ma or
luso Sc muestran hoy las ms
trucciones de los hitlaristas So
bre como deben ser tratados los
"german6filos" de la Ukrania.
Los soldados rusos encontraron
muy c6mico este pasaje: Las de
mostraciones de los nacionales
rkrainos expresan gratitud a la
tropas alemanas y a estaS solo
Sc les permitira entrar en- limi.
tadas preparedness. Hstman
Skoropodski ACADIA de recibir
su paga para Julio y Agosto.
En- Alemania Sc prohibe AFRO
jar flores a Hitler Y en- la Ukra
MIA y otros lugares los nazis
transmiten antiques canciones
Fusas. con ell fin de "melncoli-
La gaceta., 1941-08-07
VISIT0 AL VICE PRESIDEN
TIE CASTILLO Ell PRO4NA-
I'll GENERAL MOLINA

iBuenos Aires, agosto Tel
general pro-nazi Juan B. Moli-
ma, que sera juzgado por incitar
a la rebellion, hizo una vista al
v;cepresidente Castillo, presi-
dente INFERNO. Dicese que pro-
test6 contra ell decreto del saba
do disolviendo ell partido Allan
"a Nacionalista.
Molina es ell jefe de la A. ~.
que pidio recientemente Sc lie
aceptara como un partido poll
tico militarizado,
Ell peri6dico comnista ia
Hora" asegura que ell comite in.
La gaceta., 1941-08-07
Hitler y Ia Iglesia Ortodoxa~ Omega
La persecution nazi en- los Balkanes
o S E KALMER

las Montanas Negras, las que
los turcos no pudieron nunca to-
mar. Entire estos servios Sc ha-
llaban los antepasados de Gavri
10. Era muy natural, pues, que
Gavrilo llamara a los servios a
la Iucha por la libertad, como 10
habian hechO sus antepasados.
Por este "delito" los nazis lie de-
tuvieron.
La suerte que lie haya cabido,
.es desconocida. No Sc sabe 81 es-
Ia en- I'm campo de concentra-
lion. En- sus esfuerzos para mo-
farse y destruir la iglesia, (os
Nazis no sintieron escr1pulo al
guno en- desnudar al ancGano,
iejandole solo la camisa, y en-
sta forma hacerle andar a ira
YES de Bohemia y de Servia has
ia Belgrade.
Pero su i~nsensata y criminal
hazaha no surti6 ell efecto que
esperaban. Ell Patriarca humi-
llado presentaba una figura ira
gica, no ridfcula. Ell pueblo no
:e rio, sine que lanz6 lagrimas
de piedad por 81. En- vez de bur-
las. Sc hincaron de Onindjos y
rogaron.
La gaceta., 1941-08-07

Londres, Agosto TEL yugo
turco peso sobre Servia por mas
de cinco siglos y, aunque las
ensenanzas del profeta prescri-
ben que la verdadera f6 debe
ser esparcida por medic del fue-
go Y de la espada, nunca duran
tie estos quinientos amos los tur-
cos pusieron su planta en- un
monasterio o iglesia servia.
Este sacrilegio estaba reservado
para los nazis, que 10 han CO.
metido no por razones militia
res, sino con ell deliberate pro-
p6sito de d~estruir la religion y
la iglesia en- todas parties donde
sus hordas marca la huella.
No han pasado todavia dos
meses desde que Sc detuvo y en-
carcel6 al ArZobispo Alexander,
en- Belgica. En- Paris, ell Metro
politano Eulogius Y otros digna-
tarios ortodoxos han sufrido la
misma suerte. La facultad de
teologia en- la Universidad de Ia
Eorbonne ha sido cerrada, y So
famosa collection de libros tras-
ladada a Munich.
Despues de la invasion de Ser
via, los Nazis empezaron inme-
diatamente a perseguir a la lyle
STA Ortodoxa. La radio alemana
atac6 con venenosa violencia su
patriotismo, por ell hecho de que
ell Patriarca Gavrilo aconsejara
la resistencia al celebrar una
entrevista con ell Principe Re
genie.
FL clero 6e la Igesia Orto-
doxa incluia tres hombres de
gran distinction. La cabeza de la
iglesia es ell Patriarca Gavrilo
Dozhitch, natural de Montene-
gro Y de sesenta y dos amos de
edad. Cuando los turcOs destru-
yeron la Independence servia,
en- la Batalla de Kossovo Pole,
en- 1889, todos los servios que a.
maban su libertad huyeron a
La gaceta., 1941-08-07

Moscu, agosto TEL va mo-
ralmente muerte Hetman Sko-