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Evening star., 1941-07-11
Bus Driver Convicted
Of NeqIiqence in Death

Joseph Bennett. 90, of the 500
block of Maine avenue S.W. was
convicted by police court jury late
yesterday of negligent homicide in
connection with the traffic death
Of William E. Greaves, so, of the
5000 block of Twentieth street NE.
August 2, 1910.
Mr.. Bennett was the driver of a
Capital Transit Co. bus which COL
lided with a sedan operated by Mr..
Greaves at Twenty-second and
Quincy streets NE. Vivian Clagett,
q bus passenger, testified the bus
was travelling about IS miles per
hour at the time of the impact.
Another witness, who saw the bus
about two blocks before it reached
the scene of the accident, testified
1t was travelling rapidly"
The bus travelled SO feet from the
point of impact to where it came to
a halt on the lawn of a house near
the intersection, 1t was testified.
THE jury deliberated nearly an
hour. Assistant United States At
torney Brewster H. Marshall prose-
euted the case.
Judge Walter J. Casey referred
the case to the probation office for
investigation before sentencing.
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Communists Demand
Prompt Aid 10 Soviet
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July lin the
Communist partys first mass meet
ing since the beginning of the Rus
so-German war, a capacity crowd
at Madison Square Garden adopted
resolution last night calling on
President Roosevelt fully and COM
pletely to implement" his pledge of
assistance to the U. S. S. R.
Robert Minor. acting secretary of
the party during the imprisonment
of Earl Browder, told the crowd,
estimated by police as $4,000. that
it is the sacred obligation of
American workers to produce every
tank, gun, plane and ship at great
est possible speed for war on all
fronts against Hitler.
The resolution held that 'the
criminal aggression against the peo-
Piles of the Soviet Union and all
progressive humanity clearly demon
strates that the peace, freedom and
security of our people demands the
crushing military defeat of Hitler"
Evening star., 1941-07-11
u. ). Permits I Nazi
ConsuIs General 10
Embark for Japan
Germans in Turn Allow
Expelled Americans to
Proceed to Turkey

Capt. Fritz Wiedemann. German
consul general at San Francisco,
and Johannes Borchers, German
consul general in New York, have
obtained permission from the State
Department to proceed across the
Pacific to Japan instead of sailing
directly for Europe with other ex-
PEELED Nazi officials.
Other German and italian con-
sular officials, employees and agents
of certain propaganda organizations
ordered to leave the United States
and close their Offices here are to
sail from New York July Is for Lis
bon, en- route to Germany, aboard
the West Point, formerly the liner
America.
Borchers and Wiedemann were
granted permission to go to Japan,
it was learned, in exchange for the
| AICl iidll SONCl loI
several American consular officers,
also ordered to leave Germany and
! German occupied areas, to proceed
to Turkey.
BOrchers is reported to have been
named German consul general at
| Shanghai, but there was no word
| concerning Wiedemann's assignment
Borchers and his wife arrived at
San Francisco by plane yesterday,
the Associated Press reported, and
were met by Wiedemann, who will
sail with them aboard the Japanese
liner YaWata Maru Sunday.
DR.. Borchers declined comment
other than to say: Il hope the seeds
of good German American relations
I've tried to SOW will bear fruit"
He would not amplify an earlier
remark at Salt Lake City that he
had opinions about many things,
even concerning the so-called Hess
visit to Scotland"
Wiedemann said that while moth
ing was definite Il might go to China
for awhile" Reservations have been
made on the Yawata Maru for Is
consular attaches and their wives,
he said.
Evening star., 1941-07-11
7 Maryland Counties
To Furnish 79 Men
For August Call
Prince Georges Asked
For IS; Montgomery
To Induct Remoinine 81

Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties have been asked 10 furnish
81 white and So colored selectees OF
the 9l8 men to be inducted in Mary
land between August and IL, 1t
was revealed today in draft quotas
announced by Gov. O'Conor.
All three Prince Georges County
draft boards have completed the list
ing of July / registrants.
Prince Georges must furnish
white and 10 colored, while Mont
gomery County will send Is white
and 80 colored selectees to Balti-
more.
Prince Georges County Draft
Board No. ! will furnish 2 white
selectees on August and colored
on August IL; Board No 2. white
on August 7. and IL colored an
August IL; Board No. 3, white on
August 6.
In Montgomery County. Draft
Beard No.. l will supply i white
selectee on August and 20 colored
on August II; Board No. 2. white
on August and IS colored on Au-
gust II; Board No. 3, 8 white and
colored on August 6.
Anne Arundel County has been
asked to supply II white and 10 COL
ored selectees: Calvert, white and
IA colored: Charles, 2 white and 10
colored, and st. Marys, white and
10 colored.
Meanwhile, Prince Georges Draft
Board No. 3 announced the names
of "a white selectees who will be sent
to Baltimore for induction Wednes-
day:
Evening star., 1941-07-11
II Dead in Blast
Al Alabama Nine;
9 Bodies Recovered
Men Trapped More Than
Mile Underground;
Rescuers Work All Night
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ACMAR, Ala, July 11.-The death
toll in an explosion-wrecked wing
of Acmar coal mine No. 6 mounted
to IL today and weary rescue crews
struggled through tons OF debris.
Volunteers working all night by
lamplight succeeded in extracting
nine bodies before daybreak. Two
were still buried.
The dead miners. nine colored men
and two white men. were trapped
in the mines eighth entry, more
than a mile underground, yester-
day afternoon by what company
Chief Deputy Herbert Ginright de-
scribed as "a local gas explosion"
The explosion was not heard on
the surface and the accident was
not known until J. L. Poe. a miner,
discovered a dead power wire lead
ing into the chamber where the men
died.
Rescue crews went Immediately
llltU tllc Stldll. OJllCi tIldllDClS NcIc
closed off and miners called from
their jobs.
The mine, one of the largest COM
mercial producers in Alabama, is
owned and operated by the Alabama
Fuel & Iron Co. The company's
president, Charles F. Debardeleben,
went into the mine to direct the
work of bringing out the bodies and
clearing away debris.
The company gave this list of the
dead:
Ernest Etheridge, Trussville, Ala. ::
Curtiss Kuykendall. Acmar: Earl
Jennings. Acmar; Preston Brown,
James Vann. Sam Barnes, Willie
Green. A. McConnico. Edgar Fritz,
c. N. Nathan and Eddie Bryant.
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Peru and Ecuador
Emissaries Here
To See WeIIes
Arrive on Same Plane,
But Will Discuss Border
Dispute Separately

Special representatives Of Peru
and Ecuador, who came to Wash.
ington on the same airplane early
today to discuss possible mediatio
of the border dispute between their
two governments, arranged to see
Acting Secretary of State Welles
separately this afternoon.
Mr.. Welles said at a press con-
ference that he was informed only
that Carlos Concha of Peru and
Homero Viteri Lafronte of Ecuador
were here as special envovs of their
nations, but that he assumed their
mission was in connection with the
boundary dispute which led to open
hostilitieS last week end
The United States, Argentina and
Brazil have suggested jointly that
Peru and Ecuador establish a 30
mile-wide mo mans land" in the
disputed territory, each nation with
drawing its armed forces IS miles
behind the status quo" boundary
line, pending efforts at mediation.
The moral support of all other
American republics was invited by
the United States, Argentina and
Brazil for this proposal. Mr.. Welles
said today that replies have been
received from about half the other
American governments, all approv-
ing the peace effort and indicating
support
The Peruvian representative was
quoted by the Associated Press as
saying on arrival in Miami, en- route
to the Capital, that all I can say is
that I am going to Washington on a
diplomatic mission and I am hoping
and hoping and hoping"
Senior Viteri Lafronte also avoid
ed answering questions about his
business in Washington.
"On a diplomatic mission" he
said, ut is possible to do many
things"
Senor Viteri Lafronte said he.
had known Senor Concha for II.
| years, but it was mere coincidence
that they were on the same plane,
/ They boarded the Pan-American
stratoclipper at a Balboa connec-.
ton.
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Dr.. Mann 10 Recount
African Travels in
Picture Talk Tonight
Zoo Directors Lecture
First Offering in
Varied Park Program

An illustrated lecture on his ex-
pedition to Africa will be given by
DR.. William NJ. Mann, director of
the Zoo at O'Clock tonight at the
outdoor amphitheater in Rock
Creek near Sixteenth and Kennedy
streets NV.
Under auspices of the National
Capital Parks, the lecture will be
presented as one OF the series OF
free Rock Greek Park camp fire
programs. 1t is also the first of a
series of outdoor festivities under
auspices of National Capital Parks
in Washington and vicinity over
the week end.
The horse drawn barge trips
along the C. & o. Canal, which were
postponed last Sunday because of
rain, will begin Sunday afternoon
AS the barge can accommodate only
40 persons. reservations must be
made in advance at 14l6 F street. or
by telephone, National 1915. The
vessel will 60 from Chain Bridge to
Carderock. Md. Sunday and will
make other trips later.
Wakefield Tour Scheduled.
A historical and nature tour to
the George Washington Birthplace
National Monument at Wakefield,
Va. will be conducted Sunday
Buses will leave 1416 F street NV
at 9 am. The tour will start at
the parking area at Wakefield at
1870 am. and will be led by
Supt. Phillip R. Hough The return
trip will be made by way of Ferry
Farm. scene of the story of Wash
ington throwing a silver dollar
across the Rappahannock River,
and Fredericksburg, Va.
A nature walk through Dunn
barton Oaks Park Sunday from $50
to 1880 am. will be directed by
Louis C. Wheeler, ranger-naturalist
who will meet the party at Lover S
Lane entrance. on r street near
Thirtieth street NV.
Fern walks are scheduled for the
weekly Junior nature outing on
the Rock Creek Park Nature Trail
from $50 to 11:30 am, Tuesday
and Wednesday morning. The ma
turalist will meet juniors arriving
by bus at Sixteenth and Under
wood streets. before 9:15 am. and
others will assemble at Picnic Area 9
in the park at $50.
Members of the Capital Hiking
Club on Sunday will follow a 6-mile
round trip trail along the Potomac
to a swimming place near Watkins
Island. Buses will leave 1416 F
street NV. at 9 am, and return
in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1941-07-11
British Raid Naples
Second Night in Row;
Five Reported Killed
Italian Planes Bombord
Hoifo, Cousine Fires,
Rome Command Says
BY the Associated Press.

ROME, July 11.-British planes
bombed Naples last night. the second
night in a row, the italian high COM
mand announced. and caused much
damage to civilian dwellings"
Five persons were reported killed
and 20 injured in the raid, which
lasted nearly three hours.
Shortly after the bombardment.
Crown Princess Marie Jose visited
those injured in the raid. She paid
a similar visit to the hospitals yes
terday morning.
Italian planes, on the other hand,
bombed refineries at Haifa. in Pales-
tine, causing large fires which were
still blazing many hours after the
raid was over, the communique said.
The British airport at Nicosia, on
the Island of Cyprus. also was said
to have been bombed again, destroy
ing British planes on the ground.
Tobruk, besieged British strong
hold in Libya, was the target of new
aerial attacks and defense installa-
tics were reported hit, while at
Salum, Egypt, British mechanized
vehicles were attacked.
The British carried out routine
raids on Bengasi and Derna, the
Italians said.
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Catholic Daughters
Reflect All Officers

The Catholic Daughters Of Amer
lea, during its 10Th biennial con-
vention yesterday in the Mayflower
Hotel, reelected its entire slate of
officers.
They included Mary c. Duffy, SUI
preme regent; Frances Maher, vice
supreme regent; Katharine M.
Rosney, national secretary; Mrs.
Anna K. Ballard, national treasurer,
and Mrs Leonora z. Meder, national
counselor.
The directors include Mrs. Mar
garet Broussard. Mrs. A. J. lie Blanc,
Mary E. Keogh. Veronica NJ.
O'Connor, Mrs. Lena O'Malley and
Mrs. Lulu Spilde.
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
In recess until Monday.
Naval Affairs Committee ques-
tions Secretary Knox on reports of
shooting by American vessels in
Atlantic.
House:
In recess.
Appropriations Committee opens
hearings on new 100000 900 de-
fense appropriations.
Naval Affairs Committee con-
tinues hearing on bill to provide
$585 900 900 for additional shipbuild-
ing and ordnance facilities.
Public Buildings Committee con-
tinues hearings on bill to provide
$500 900 900 additional for defense
housing<
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Senate Votes 7. Y. A. Funds
For Defense Power Work
n the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
The Senate passed yesterday
without debate, a $4,000 900 House
approved appropriation to enable
the Tennessee Valley Authority to
start construction on a new defense
power development.
The development, to cost a total
Of s51 100000, would provide four
new dams and additional units at
existing structures to supply ll7,O00
kilowatts of continuous power need
ed for aluminium production.
There were indications that an
other still larger appropriation for
the T. w. A. would be sought in the
immediate future.
Defense officials. pointing out that
aluminium is vital to the construc-
ton of bombing planes. told the
Senate Appropriations Committee
that projected aluminium production
was far short of the preparedness
goal and that they were developing
plans to provide still other sources
of electricity. a
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Detours TO Be SET Up
For Work al 14fh and 6

Beginning at $50 am. Monday.
detours will be established around
Fourteenth and G. streets NV. to
allow replacement of streetcar
switches. Traffic Director William
A. Van Duzer announced today.
Northbound traffic will be de>
toured at F street and eastbound
traffic will be shunted off at
Fifteenth street. he said. The ar
rangement may continue for
month, he indicated.
Old switches are so worn that
their replacement at the busy inter
section is necessary. according TO
officials of the Capital Transit Co.
No rerouting of cars is contem.
plated, they said,
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Rudiomon Rule Relaxed

The Federal Communications Com
mission today ordered suspended for
six months its rule requiring that
commercial radio operators must
have six months prior ship expert
ence to be eligible for employment
as the single operator on a cargo
ship. The commission said the &C
tion was a national defense meas
ure because of the shortage of radio
operators.
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Report for Last 24 Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
CFrom noon yesterday TO noon todayo
Highest, SO, At 1:45 pm. yesterday
Year ago "a.
Lowest. ii. at 5:1b am. today. Year
ago, 73-
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest qs on July 2.
Lowest, Is, on March 1s.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todsyD
Highest, % per cent, at 5 am. today.
Lowest, So per cent at 1910 pm. yes
terday
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at Great
Falls today.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey -
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Arlington Warehouse
Contract Awarded

The War Department yesterday
announced award of a 81 SAC, ,0OO
contract to John McShain, Inc.
Philadelphia, for construction of .
new warehouse in Arlington, Va.
The new structure, containing
$4,000 square feet of floor space,
will be occupied by the Washington
auartermaster depot, which now is
using property leased by the Gov
ernment. The building will be
erected on land adjoining the Arl-
ington cantonment.
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Weather Report
FURNISHED by the United


showers little
70 degrees gentle moderate
cloudy
showers tonight
night.
vgnia-occaonal
Lin tnortior rtnnu
Evening star., 1941-07-11
Heads Association

LYNCHBURG, Va, July II R).-
The Virginia State Veterinary Med
ical Association elected DR.. H. l..
Lyon of Hillsville president at the
closing sessions yesterday of the as
sociation's 48th annual meeting.
Evening star., 1941-07-11

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Evening star., 1941-06-24
La Guardia Sets Up Office
In Old Blaine Mansion

Mayor La Guardia of New York,
entrusted with the task of organiz-
ing the Nations civilian defense,
has opened his headquarters in
Washington and set up It's routine
at the same rapid-fire pace that
has marked all his activities.
The entire arrangement of his Of
fee, established yesterday in the
old James G. Blaine home at 1000
Massachusetts, avenue NV, is
planned for speed and efficiency.
Five telephones are on the desks
in the outer room to his Office, where
are seated the battery of stenog-
raphers who wait to take his dicta-
ton, but there are none in the room
in which he holds his private con-
ferences. His breakneck daily
schedule makes no allowances for
Interruptions.
The staff of 100 assistants and
other workers he has assembled oc-
cupy the entire four floors of the
building. formerly used by the
Rural Electrification Administration.
Mayor La Guardia will commute
to Washington each Tuesday morn
ing and will remain here through
Friday. Then he will return to New
York City to attend to his mayoralty
and other duties.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Civilians Are Reported
Killed BY British

BERLIN. June "a lP,-British
bombers killed and wounded several
civilians with small number of
explosive and fire bombs dropped in
Northwestern Germany last night
the high command reported today.
The daily war bulletin said several
apartment houses were hit.
In its own offensive, the Luftwaffe
was reported to have sunk British
patrol boat and damaged two mer-
chantmen in waters around Eng
land while long-range naval bat
terry shelled enemy ships in the
Channel.
Port facilities at the mouth oi
the Thames and targets in South
eastern England were also raideo
and big fires started, the high COM
mand asserted.
Two of the r. A. F. night raiders
were declared destroyed
In R. A. F. attempts to enter
occupied areas yesterday the com.
munique said % British planes were
downed against four Nazi losses.
While minor R. A. F. operation:
during the night were reported from
western Germany, Germans sale
Luftwaffe night actions against
England were on a small scale. con.
sisting of individual attacks or
British ports and military objective:
along the south and southeast coast
D. N. B., German official new,
agency, reported that German nava
batteries dispersed convoy off the
British south coast early thi.
morning.
Evening star., 1941-06-24

scored a direct hit on a destroyer,
which was believed to have sunk,
and to have set a merchant ship
afire.
French Claim Six Planes.
Military adviceS TO Vichy, un-
occupied France, from Beirut, said
the French had shot down five
Hurricanes and one Curtis P40 in
large scale air battles over Syria
The dispatches said air fighting
now is the outstanding phase of
Syrian warfare with the French
constantly hammering at British
motorized columns in the desert.
The British were said to have
employed large numbers of pursuit
planes in an effort TO beat back the
French and to have bombed Syria
airdromeS. - ..~
A squadron of the Royal Aus
tralian Air Force using American
made TOmahawk planes scored one
of the most important gains of the
Syrian campaign recently when
they destroyed or damaged 100
French motor vehicles ON the
Damascus front, Air Minister j.
McEwen said today at Canberra.
Australia. Only three Australian
planes were damaged.
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Official Expects u. 5.
To Escape 'Meat|ess'
And 'MiIkIess' DAYS
Agriculture Defense Chief
Says Steps Are Being
Token to Avert SHORTAGES
By TIE Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 24.-The defense
chief of the Agriculture Department
declared today that at this stage
of the game, we honestly believe we
can avoid the 'meatless' and milk
less days of the first World War"
M. Clifford Townsend, director of
the Office of Agricultural Defense
Relations, said few shortages were
foreseen under the d-to-Britain
program-notably in evaported milk,
cheese, eggs, pork and vegetable
oils-but these were being remedied.
1T is conceivable, of course, that
we might have to cut down on con-
sumption of one or two commodities
such as cheese for brief periods" he
cautioned in a speech before the
Agricultural Club of Chicago.
Milk production, spurred by an
Agriculehre Department drive, rose
by June l to the highest record for
that date, 5 per cent above the 1910
Evening star., 1941-06-24
Madrid FaIangists
Cry On 10 Moscow
In Demonstration
Foreign Minister Coils
For determination
Of Soviet Union
By the Associated Press.

| By lne Associated Press.
MADRID, June 24-Uniformed
Falangists paraded the streets of
Madrid today, demonstrated in
front of the German Embassy with
cries of "On to Moscow" and heard
the Spanish Foreign Minister declare
Russia must be "exterminated."
The demonstrations came as gov
ernment leaders sought to decide
| Spain's course in the Axis struggle
against the Soviet Union. The
United States and British Embassies
were protected against incidents by
heavy police guards.
Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano
Suner attacked Russia as guilty of
our civil war" in a brief speech to
cheering demonstrators from the
balcony of Falange headquarters.
He advised the demonstrators
who hit at Britain with cries OF
Gibraltar for SPAIN" to remain
calm and confident in the govern
ment
Over 5000 in Crowd.
The crowd which swelled to more
than 5000 heard Serrano Suner
declare:
THE determination of Russia is
necessary for history and the fu-
ture of Europe"
After singing Falange hymns. the
demonstrators paraded in military
formation to the German embassy,
crying Long live Germany, Italy,
Japan and Spain.
American Ambassador Alexander
w. Weddell awaited an interview
with the chief of government to talk
over the general situation" en-
bassy sources said.
These sources added that Mr..
Weddell would demand clarifcation
of Spain's position as a result of the
outbreak of hostilities between Ger
many and Russia.
(Two paragraphs censored)
May Send More Workers.
The Government on MAY 81 an
nounced decision to send 100,0Gl
workers to Germany under an ex-
change agreement and informed
sources in Madrid said the number
might be enlarged.
The Falange organ Arriba said
that if any one doubted the moral
belligerency of Spain and above all
that Spanish popular opinion is
linked to the combatant Axis he will
have to change his opinion.
I'VE did not fight against other
Spaniards" during the civil war
Arriba added. We fought in spite
of our own death against total
concept of life and of the world in
compatible with the existence OF
Spain and above all against frank
foreign invasion.
Germany has committed herself
today to difficult and large under
takings that involve Europe like the
wind of a crusade and in which We
must recognize our own duty"
Evening star., 1941-06-24
British Reported Sending
Army Experts to Russia

ANKARA, Turkey, June "a LP.-
British military specialists from the
Near East command were reported
here today assigned to the Soviet
army in accord with Prime Minister
Churchill's promise to aid Russia.
The first group of artillery and
airforce officers was expected to
cross the Turko-R Russian frontier
within a week if tentative arrange
ments are completed. Others are
expected to follow as conditions
warrant.
British military experts waited in
Moscow for weeks in the summer
of 1899 when Britain sought to OBJ
tain a pact with Russia. The sud-
den announcement of the German
Russian non-aggression pact sent
them home with their plans for CO.
operation unopened.