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Evening star., 1941-07-12
HAL Trosky Fears
Bad Headaches
Will End Career
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEV VELAND, July 12.-Hal
Trosky, leading slugger for the
Cleveland Indians since 1884, dis
closed today he has played at least
half his games the last three sea-
sons with a "thumping headache"
and that unless he finds relief the
ailment. may force a premature end
to his career.
IF I can't find some relief, Ill
simply have to give up and spend
the rest of my days on my farm in
Iowa." the 28-year-old first base
man told the Cleveland News.
Trosky said the headaches "last
three or four days at time, then
go away for a few days, and come
right back" Trosky has been in =
batting slump for two months. and
so far has been unable to find any
successful treatment for his malady
except icepacks. He expressed hope
q cure could be found-"But gosh,
q fellow can't go on like this for
ever. These headaches are really
hell"
Evening star., 1941-07-12

then removed to Casualty Hospital
and finally transferred to Doctors
Hospital. A bottle of poison tab
lets was found beside Mr.. Coombe
on the seat of his automobile, ac-
cording to police.
Mr.. Macdonald said Mr.. Coombe's
death resulted from poison but is
withholding issuance of certificate
pending the outcome of the investi-
CATION.
Mr.. Coombe, who made his home
at Clinton. Md, was member of
the faculty of the National Uni
versity Law School and belonged to
both the District and Maryland bar
associations. His Office was in the
Colorado Building.
Native Of Maryland.
A native of Camp Springs. Md,
Mr.. Coombe was the son of George
G. Coombe, veteran of the Civil
War, who fought under the Con-
federate colors.
Mr.. Coombe was graduated from
SurrattSville High School and stud
led law at National University, re-
ceiving his degree in 1905. From
1923 to 1888 he held a captains
commission in the Reserve Corps
of the United States Army. He was
a member of the Sigma Nu Phi
Fraternity, the Masons and the
Episcopal Church.
Er NnnvNnhn
Prince Georges County Draft Board
No. but resigned because of i'll
health.
Surviving Mr.. Coombe are his
widow, Mrs. Blanche E. Coombe, of
Clinton and a sister, Mrs. Belle
Hunter of Washington.
Funeral Monday.
Funeral services will be held at
10 m. Monday at the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. with burial in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
The following have been named to
represent the District Bar Associa-
ton at the funeral: William c. Ash
ford, Thomas M. Baker, Lowry N.
Coe, Paul B. Cromelin, Israel j.
Mendelson, Joseph Mendelson, James
R. Kirkland, Edwin A. Mooers, Fred
B. Rhodes, 10 V. Morgan, Arthur
C. Keefer, Needham c. Turnage,
Raymond Neudecker, Robert D. Wise
and Adrian Fisher.
On being notified of Mr. Coombe's
death yesterday, the District Court
adjourned its session in his honor.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
New Naval Air Station
is Commissioned al
.Quonset, Rhode Island
Bard Says U. 5. Must
Be Ready for Attacks
From Several Points
BY CLAUDE A. MAHONEY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

QUONSET POINT, r. l., July IL.
The United States must be pre-
pared to meet, alone if necessary,
simultaneous attacks coming from
different directions, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Ralph A. Bard
declared today at commissioning
exercises for the new naval air
station here.
We are threatened by combina-
ton of powers so distributed over
the globe that such preparation is
necessary, he said, adding that I'VE
must not continue to feel secure
behind the strength OF the sea
power of Great Britain"
His words were spoken as the
Navy officially and formally took
over the new station that is the
keynote of the defense of the North
east. Uncle Sam has let contracts
totaling S35 ,528 1853 at this base and
has speeded the work to the extent
that normal three-year job has
been completed in one year.
IAuSt oC SOkI Cld tlOAIs
AS Assistant Secretary Bard COM
pleted his address he touched In
directly on the Navy's pet campaign
to retain its air arm as part OF
the fleet and not allow an inde-
pendent air force to take it's planes
away from it. Secretary Of the
Navy Knox has emphasized time
and again that the naval air train
ing and operation must not be taken
from the feet and Secretary Bard
declared here today: Every activ-
ity, training of pilots, procurement
of ships and airplanes, establish
ment of operating facilities, must
be correlated to the highest degree.
We must consider each of these
elements of equal importance.
Other high Navy officials accom-
panied Assistant Secretary Bard to
the commissioning exercises. They
included Rear Admiral A. j. Hep
burn, director of public relations
and senior member of the Hepburn
Board that recommended construc-
ton of the station; Rear Admiral
J. H. Towers, chief of the Bureau
of Aeronautics, and Rear Admiral
Ben Morrell, chief of the Bureau of
Yards and Docks. Comdr. Andrew
c. McFall is the new commanding
officer of the station.
Bases Concentrated.
The Navy placed its new station
on tip extending into Narragan-
sett Bay as part Of the concentra-
ton of other defense points around
the bay. A total of $68 sos. .805 has
been spent in the last two years on
the naval training station, torpedo
station and naval air station.
The bay area is rich in history.
Forgotten by almost all except naval
historians is the fact that the To-
cality gave to the Navy its two
famous Perry brothers-Oliver Haz-
ary Perry and Matthew Gailbraith
Perry. Also not generally known is
the fact that nearby Newport was
for a period during the Civil War
the site of the United States Naval
Academy
In order to create this center for
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Frankensteen's S Conduct
In Coast Strike Approved
d. the ASSnc,ated prass

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, July 12-R. j.
Thomas, president of the United Au-
tomobile Workers Union &C. I. o.
announced last night that the Inter-
national Executive Board of the
union voted unanimous support and
approval of the conduct of Richard
T. Frankensteen in last month s
strike at the North American avia-
ton plant in Los Angeles"
Mr.. Frankensteen, director of
aviation organization for the U. A.
W., read to the board formal charges
accusing Lew H. Michener, a fellow
board member and leader of the
strike at the Inglewood, Calf. plant,
of conduct unbecoming an officer.
The charges will be filed with the
secretary treasurer today, Mr..
Thomas said, and, according to the
union constitution, trial court will
hear the case.
Mr.. Frankensteen termed the
strike-in which Federal troops were
ordered into the plant by President
elt-"unauthorixed and Com
munistic inspired" and discharged
five international representatives
who called it.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Hundreds Register
For Civilian Defense
In Northern Virginia
Formers and Federal
Workers Among Those
Volunteering Services

Hundreds of defense minded resi-
dents of Arlington and Fairfax
Counties and Alexandria stopped on
their way to work this morning to
enroll in the Northern Virginia Re-
gional Defense Councils drive for
volunteers in the Civilian Defense
Corps.
In Fairfax County, where regis
uation centers were opened at am,
many farmers had been listed among
the registrants while Government
employees formed a large proportion
of the volunteers in all three Sec
tions of the Northern Virginia area
Volunteer Registrars.
Scores of volunteer registrars
were on hand at the registration
centers this morning. Everywhere
the work was reported proceeding
smoothly with the time required
for filling out the registration cards
varying from to 10 minutes.
All ages were represented in the
early registrations although those
in the age group from 80 to 40 pre-
dominated. A few Just above the
minimum of 16 years were reported
and some enrolling during the early
part of the day were above 10.
The oldest registrant to be re-
ported this morning was Mrs. Jennie
Desrochers, II, of the Anne Lee
Memorial Home in Alexandria, who
has been active in American Red
Cross and other civic activities in
Alexandria for many years. In reg
istering at the second ward center
in the city hall she offered her
services in any capacity.
Il can even be messenger If
you need one" she said.
In Fairfax County most of the
centers will remain open till pm,
officials announced. The volunteer
registrars will be on duty in Airing
ton County until $50 pm. and in
Alexandria until pm.
Officials throughout the three
areas expressed satisfaction at the
large proportion of men registered
admitting earlier fears that the
registration might find women, boys
and girls making up the major por-
ton of the volunteer group.
In most of the registration Offices
however, it was estimated that ap-
proximately as many men as women
had been enrolled during the early
hours and this proportion was ex-
pected to hold during the day.
The enrolment of colored volun-
teers also was reported proceeding
satisfactorily. officials earlier this
week stressed the need for volun-
teers of all ages, races and occupa-
tions.
Many Couples Enroll.
Among the volunteers enrolling
this morning were many husbands
and wives. Volunteers listed q va
riety of talents.
Mrs. Vera B. Rulings of 1900 South
Barton street, Arlington, admitted
some knowledge of Chinese.
At one of the Arlington registra-
ton centers phonograph appeal
was made to residents of the area
and to passing motorists in an ef-
fort to remind as many eligible
persons as possible of the national
defense effort.
Ernest M. Izan, in charge of the
Arlington Village center on Colum-
bia pike made a record of an appeal
to register which was played on
an electric phonograph just out
side the registration headquarters
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Po|iceman's Nightstick
Stolen as He Directs Traffic

A policeman's nightstick and a
purse containing $153 were stolen
in Washington during the last "a
hours.
Policeman Garland Q. Miller, 1924
r street NE, attached to the sixth
precinct, left his stick on a front
lawn while directing traffic at Thir-
teenth street and Concord avenue
NV. When he returned, the billy
had disappeared.
Mrs. Gertrude Malavasos, 542 New
York avenue NV, reported to police
that a colored man snatched her
purse, containing $153 and personal
papers, while she was walking at
Fifth and K streets NV. early to-
dav
Evening star., 1941-07-12
$50 Attacks in Three Weeks.
British Submarine Sunk
By Planes, Germans Say

BERLIN, July II (Py.-A British
submarine was sunk by German air
attack yesterday and a 2,00O-ton
freighter was destroyed in British
coastal waters, the German high
command reported today.
Four bomb hits on the submarine
southwest of Plymouth, said D.N.B.,
official German news agency, were
followed by an explosion and a
spread of oil on the water in which
the vessel disappeared.
New Luftwaffe raids also were
reported by the high command on
the British Suez Canal base at Port
Said and on Tobruk, Libya, where
a holdout British garrison is be-
sieged.
Twelve British Spitfire fighters
were claimed in air operations over
the Channel yesterday and the war
bulletin said British night attacks
on Germany were on a small scale
and did only slight damage.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
New-Type Explosive
For Navy Revealed
By Admiral BIandy
$4,000, 900 Factory
Planned for Making
Secret Product
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Rear Admiral w. H. P. Blandy
disclosed to the House Naval Affairs
Committee yesterday that the Navy
has a new type of explosive and
plans to construct a complete, new
$40 100000 plant for its manufac-
ture.
The chief of the Nays Bureau Of
Ordnance would not describe the
explosive in open session of the
committee, but said 1T Is brand
new"
Admiral Blandy testified at COM
mittee hearings on a request by
the Navy for authority TO contract
for $685., 100000 of additional ship
building and ordnance facilities.
OF this sum, s125,OOO,oOO would be
for ordnance.
Testifying on the need for further
ship building and repair facilities
Admiral S. M Robinson. chief of
the Bureau of Ships, said that as
much as so per cent of existing re-
pair facilities in navy yards might
soon be devoted to British war YES
sells. He said, too. that repair work
on British ships already was slow
ing down the Navys own construc-
ton program.
Site Not Selected.
Admiral Blandy, in reply to oues-
tions, said the site for the new eX-
plosive plant had not been selected
1t would have TO be in an isolated
locality, he said, but one in which
labor and housing facilities as we'll
as proper transportation were avail
able.
This plant would not have large
capacity" he continued. 1T would
not have very great personnel,
probably under 1000. The equip
ment is extremely expensive, but
largely automatic"
Asked if it would supply the Army
and Navy, Admiral Blandv replied ::
Production would begin in IL 10
18 months. 1t would serve both the
Army and the Navy and possibly
/ the British"
Admiral Blandy said s55 900, 900
of the sum asked for ordnance
would be used to expand existing
/ facilities.
Armor Shortage Serious.
The most serious bottleneck in
construction of war vessels now, he
said, Is shortage of armor. He
added that it was planned to spend
sl0,000,0 900 for expansion of armor
plants of the Bethlehem Steel Co.
and the Government-owned plant at
South Charleston, w. Va.
Admiral Robinson also testified
that the Navy had ordered II motor
torpedo boats but after deliveries to
the British would have only "2S or
| 80 left for us"
Chairman Vinson said the COM
mittee would vote Monday on re-
porting the bill, and planned to
have the House take it up THURSDAY.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Two Washingtonians
Among -Four Rescued
When Bay Boat Sinks
Porty Was Investigating
Lights Believed Distress
Signal Of Another Craft

Two WaShingtonians. one Of them
a 14-year-old boy. with Chesa-
peake Bay fishing vessel skipper and
a North Beach CMd) resort operator
were rescued Yesterday from the bay
an hour and a half after they had
been forced to abandon their burn
ing boat.
The Washingtonians are Warren
Clock, IA, and Whitley" White. both
summer residents at North Beach.
The two others are Capt. Ellis Ber-
ridge, of Tilghmans Island, Md,
skipper of the craft which burned
and sank, and George Loche, mana
ger of Uncle Billy's Sea Food House
at North Beach.
After the 43-foot fishing vessel
sank the party was rescued by Capt.
Earl Samson, of Chaney's Pier,
North Beach, and Buddy Moore, 81
of the 700 block of Oglethorpe street
N. w. They went to the scene when
the flaming craft attracted atten-
ton of North Beach residents.
Capt. Berridge and his party left
Uncle Billy's Pier to investigate a
strange blinking searchlight several
miles out which they thought might
be a vessel in distress.
When the boat caught fire, two
other boats put out besides that of
Capt. Samson and circled the burn
ing craft seeking its passengers.
The exhausted passengers were
picked up nearly a mile from their
abandoned vessel by Capt. Samson
The searchlight signals which
were the object of the destroyed
crafts voyage remained a mystery
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Navy Reported Hating Ship
Conversion Work on Coast
Nv the Associated Or

By the Associated Press
PORTLAND, Oreg., July 12-The
West Coast will get no more naval
ship conversion jobs because the
Navy Department objects to labor
costs on the Pacific Coast, the
Oregonian said today.
The liner President Hayes, So
100000 conversion job, had been
scheduled to arrive July 1s to be
made into troop transport, but
will be sent to an East Coast yard,
the newspaper said.
The Navy was represented as OBJ
jecting to paying the $1.25 wage
scale prevailing for conversion work
In the East the job will be classified
as new construction and come un-
der lower wage scale.
Cost of transporting steel and
other materials across the contin-
ent was cited as another reason for
the change.
Evening star., 1941-07-12

repair and operation of naval air
craft in the Northeast 1t was neces-
sary to convert some TOO acres of
scrub-laden land, 300 reclaimed
acres of bay and swamps and some
10 acres of an off ff-shore island. To
square up" the area. nearly 11,000.-
900 square yards of hydraulic fill
was required, two-thirds of which
was pumped between last August
and Christmas.
Massive Repair Shop.
On the resultant square plot, the
buildings are laid out in conven-
tional style and include the massive
repair shop covering about 61a
acres. Seaplane facilities occupy
the south water front and land
plane runways and hangers are
situated along the east side. In the
angle formed by these two layouts
is the industrial area. with the
northwest part left for the officers
quarters, barracks, recreational IA
cilities, dispensary and administra-
tion building.
The Navy and the contractors
the George A. Fuller Co. and the
Merritt-C Chapman and Scott Corp
learned something about winter
construction work when the orders
came to speed up. Special runway
base construction had to be evolved;
the asphalt had to be specially
heated to higher temperatures and
hauled in covered trucks to prevent
usual cooling Work usually held
over until spring went on through
out the winter in temperatures
ranging from 10 to 40 degrees above
zero. The four intersrting run
ways will provide 100000 square
feet of asphaltic concrete pavement.
Bogs Complicated Work.
Peat bogs further complicated the
construction and the engineers de-
vlsed way to clear them. First
they filled them over partly with an
earthen cover and then sunk charges
and exploded them. forcing the peat
out of the area ahead of the on
coming fill.
All of these difficulties, now con-
quered, conspired to make the COM
missioning day proud one for the
contractors and the Navy officers
on duty during the construction
period. And residents of the vicin-
ity also know that now more than
ever Narragansett Bay is the key
stone to the defense OF the North
east.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
1t. Col. S. }. Cutler
Dies at Fort Devens

FORT DEVENS, Mass, July IA
1t. Col. Sidney j. Cutler, 81, COM
mander of the 32d Field Battalion,
1st Division, died Yesterday after an
illness Of two weeks.
Col. Cutler, who came here in
February from Madison Barracks,
N. Y, was born in Detroit and had
been in Army service since 1918,
when he enlisted as private.
He was cited for his duties in the
World War, won the Victory Medal
and the Croix de Guerre.
His widow Is the former Mae Cobb
Of Dallas, Tex.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Musons Name james

WAYNESBORO. Va, July II P).
Virginia Royal Arch Masons closed
their 45th annual school of instruc-
tions at Fairfax Hall Junior College
yesterday after electing w. A. James
of Beckley, w. Va, president to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of E A. Joachim of Charlottesville.
Other officers named include S.
Tate Sterrett, Staunton, secretary
treasurer.
Evening star., 1941-07-12

The extensive mass of cooler and drier air
of polar origin has moved slowly south
ward during the last "a hours. and the
cold front extends this morning from Cen
trail Maine southwestward 10 Northeastern
Texas The lowest pressures along this
front are 1009.5 millibars t29.S1 inches,
at Yokum Tex, and 1882 millibars
t2a.92 inches), at Mercer, Pa, while the
highest pressure in the cool air mass is
1924 millibars 5000 inches. at Fargo,
N. Oak. Warm mois< air of tropical origin
continues to move northward and north
eastward between the cold front and the
extensive anti-cyclone over the western
Atlantic Ocean Numerous showers and
local thunderstorms have occurred since
Friday morning in this air mass. The rain
fall was heavy at a number of stations
reporting the greatest amount, OS inches
pressure is low over the far Southwest
Blythe Calf. 1OO37 millibars t29 "a
inches, and showers have occurred in the
Rocky Mountain region. Utah AMI Northern
Evening star., 1941-07-12

White selectees indicted today
we're:
BOARD NO 1.
Fields: william A. Conn.
Gssner G8a' James snss l. fha:R GastsT kss T.
Mcdonald A. M.
trans. to Hartford,
BOARD No.e.
August, Frank ]. Dynis Paul c.
(trans. to Illinois).
BOARD NO. 1s.
F1evharty, Raymond J.
BOARD NO IA.
eheehy. william J.
BOARD NO. 10.
oNeal, Albert
BOARD NO Il.
wollett, Victor W.
Colored selectees inducted today
were:
Jones, Clarence
BOARD NO. IL.
Thompson Eric
BOARD NO. 1s.
Tucker, George
bOAHD NO. II.
Dembo, lawson
transferred to North Carolina.
BOARD NO. 10.
Smith, Charles J. Royal Jasper L.
GLADDEN., VIM. B. Reeder, Chas. J., jr.
jackson Earston
BOARD NO. 10.
OBrien, Louis r.
BOARD NO. 22.
Parker, Charles H. Winston. Leroy j.
Smith. Harold J. Hendry, NJ. A., jr.
williams, o. W.
BOARD NO. 23.
ecruEss. Henry E. Addison, Virgil P.
Worthy, James z.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
1856 D. T.. SeIectees
To Be |nducted Durinq
First Week in AUGUST
Four Over 70 Receive
Temporary Deferments
From Army Duty

A total of 1886 selectees will be
inducted into service during the
first week of August, District Sc
lective Service Headquarters an
nounced today.
The first August call will take
271 white men, to be inducted at
Richmond on August 6 and 7, and
565 colored men. to be inducted at
Baltimore August l, 4 and S.
The July program for the District
neared completion today when 80
men were inducted. Thirty-three
men had been scheduled for induc-
ton today, but three failed to re-
port at the National Guard Armory
Four Over % Deferred.
The final July induction will be
Monday when eight white men and
one colored man are to enter the
Army.
Meanwhile, four selective service
registrants over % years of age
retained their civilian status today
on 30-day deferments granted by
the District Board of Appeals pend
ing congressional action on the
amendment fixing the new maxi
mum age limit.
The deferments went to John
Albert RAIDER, 33, who had sought
deferment on the ground of partial
disability; Philip Dominic Faber, %;
George Sylvester Foster, 81, and
Northern D. jenkins, 80. The latter
three had asked deferment because
of dependents. Requests were denied
in all four cases, but the board had
recommended that inductions be
postponed because of age.
F. b. I. Agents Delayed.
Occupational deferments were al
lowed two Federal Bureau of In
vestigation agents, William Harold
Klein. "a, and Edward Walter Buck
ley, "a, and a railroad brakeman,
Harold Landsman, %. Such defer
ment, however, was denied Irving
Sidney Schwartz, %, who said he
expected an Army position; Martin
Friedman. %, Census Bureau clerk:
Joseph Eugene Beh, %, Federal
Housing Administration clerk "a
three-day deferment was granted
Mr. Beh to permit him to complete
temporary work in the interest of
national defense); William Orville
Newton, 25, bellhop, claiming de-
pendents, and Alfred Leroy Stevens,
81. claiming partial disability.
The case of a conscientious OBJ
1ector. Lawrence Albert Kirkpat-
rick. 27-year-old Junior inspector at
the Labor Department. was referred
to the office of the United States
Attorney.
The first August call by boards
follows:
Evening star., 1941-07-12

Emergency Hos
pital after a
months illness.
S e rv C e S at
Geier's Funeral
Parlor were fol-
lowed by burial
in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Mrs. K ern ,
widow of Judge
Josiah @. Kern
of the Court of
Claims here who
died In 1912,
lived at Kern
Annex Hotel
Evening star., 1941-07-12

1912 G street NV, which she owned.
In addition to writing travel stor-
les. Mrs. Kern was lawyer before
the District bar, the Supreme Court
and the Court of Appeals.
She was a member OF the Board
of Education from 1912 to 1916.
Mrs. Kern was past president
of the American Pen Women and
a member of the Monday Evening
Club, Women's City Club and the
College Women's Club. A native
of Illinois, she came to the District
in 1900.
Evening star., 1941-07-12

A. Coombe, SO,
attorney, W h o
died of poison
la st Thursday
at Doctors Hos
pital. :
Police reported
that Mr.. Coombe
had been found
Ill in his auto
mobile at Penn
sylvania a n d
Branch avenues
Sc. on July !.
He was taken to
a nearby G a S
station for first
aid treatment.
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Report


District Of ColmbiaCoudy tonight and
with showers tonight morning lowest
night 66 southwest winds
Maryland-Coudy and cooler tonight
tonight tomorrow
tonight;
Vrginia-Cloudy tonight tomorrow,
tonight portion
Evening star., 1941-07-12
Death Of Attorney
From Poison Probed
ByCoroner and Police
W. A. Coombe Was Found
Stricken in Auto With
Bottle of Tablets on Seat

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
and the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment's Homicide Squad today were
investigating the death of William