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Evening star., 1942-08-09

nearest the execution chamber. But
there was no crowd outside. A soil
tary seminal with fixed bayonet
guarded entrances to the walled
Jail yard on either side Of the ad-
ministration building.
No Word From Oflicers.
Inside, Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox,
provost marshal for the Washing
ton district; his chief aide, Maj.
Thomas Rives, superintendent Of
the District Jail before he went into
the service, and other officers milled
about. They paused before an Of.
ficial timepiece over the switch
board to check their wrist watches.
They issued instructions to soldiers
and Jail guards in inaudible tones.
They went up the elevator that
ascends to the execution chamber.
But the hours dragged en- monot-
onously while a drenchnig rain fell
throughout the morning.
A prison guard had remarked that
the newspaper men would know
when the electric chair began its
grim task because all the Jail lights
would dim and f1utter. So some
official turned off all the lights
within view, denying the watchers
that possible intirnation of what
was happening.
The environs of the prison were
deserted. There were no curious to
wait and watch. But as noon ap-
preached, the indications of the i'm
pending event multiplied. The
downstairs corridor was deserted
except for a telephone operator anc
one guard. The newsmen had beer
forbidden jail phones. even the pay
station, and had to run to Gallingel
Hospital or to a store nearly 6
quarter of mile away to call theil
Offices.
Execution Pleases Woman.
There was at this time only on.
person at the jail door who did no
have work there-a motherly. white
haired woman who lives nearby Sh
would not give her name, but sh
explained that she had two sons II
the service, a soldier and a sailor
and she wanted to learn f1rst-han'
that those Germans have been pu
to DEATH" and she added:
I'D be glad to help carry out tn
Evening star., 1942-08-09
Execution of Six Writes End to Sabotage Case

Sentence II they'd let me-.
And when she finally learned that
the men had been executed she said:
I'm glad"
The first break for the newspaper
men came about 1:20 when two big
Army ambulances rolled up and en-
tered the jail yard. They turned a
corner and vanished.
Almost at that instant, one nf the
reporters ran up with the word from
his office that the White House had
announced the execution. The news
got around. and gradually a small
crowd began gathering across the
road from the Jail. All they could
hope for was a glimpse Of ,he am
balances emerging from the walled
yard. But they waited. drenched.
Among them were several conva-
lescent patients from nearby Gal
linger Hospital, making their way
gingerly in bath robes.
Gen. Cox Silent.
Those who wanted to see the am
bulance emerge had a long wait.
MOIS t11dll IWO llOulS. NASoAi "AAAAS' ,
Gen. Cox, who has been charged
with custody Of the eight prison.
ers since they were brought here
July 4, came out. Newspapermen
surrounded him, but he would tell
nothing of what went on upstairs
in the cold little room with drab-
yellow plaster and a single chair IN
It's center.
He put his fingers to his lips and
smiled. NUNS the word" he said
A priest, Father David O'Connor
came out I'm sorry" he said, 81
can't tell you a thing"
DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald, Dis
trict coroner, who supposedly wa!
official physician at the execution
emerged in equal silence.
Allen Green, Jail superintend'
ent, refused to be seen after thu
execution.
A soldier. who had been detailed
to guard the saboteurs Throughout
the trial. was questioned and said
"Sure, I know plenty. But do yo'
want me to be court martialed?"
1t was evident that a high autho
Evening star., 1942-08-09
New Alien Roundup Mats
3 in New York Area

b the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug. s.-The arrest
Of g enemy aliens. one . photo
engraver who possessed navigation
maps of New York Harbor and Long
Island Sound waters, was announced
today by the Federal Bureau Of In
vestigation.
Other contraband seized included
two telescopes owned by q 23-year-
old German who, the FBI said, took
frequent bicycle trips up the Hud-
son River.
p. E. Foxworth. assistant FBI di-
rector, said another German was a
radio instructor for the National
Youth Administration in New York,
a job he held at the time Of his ar
rest yesterday. He came to this
country In 1926, but never became a
citizen.
Those arrested and sent to Ellis
Island for internment hearings were
Is Germans, 6 Italians, l japanese
and l Hungarian.
Evening star., 1942-08-09
..t--4- I-EsS-ssaE
cuted. The other two confined Il

prison.
THE record in all eight cases will
be sealed until the end Of the war"
Where Berger and Dasch will
serve their prison terms was not
revealed last night. An o1dcial said,
however. that they could Be taken
70 the Federal prison at Atlanta Of
Leavenworth or might be sent to
the lonely rock at Alcatraz, Calf.
After tho bodies Of their six COM
rades were carried away, jail ofncials,
tense and jittery since early morn
ing, relaxed with evident relief,
though they were no more commu-
NEGATIVE. The soldiers remained on
guard at the entrances, however.
It was reported reliably that the
four guards who carried out the exc
cution were regular Jail employees.
Thei, names were withheld.
The swift disposition Of the cele-
brated case, once the military COM
mission had reached a verdict, ended
what probably was Americas most
sensational spy sabotage plot. The
four saboteurs headed by Dasch
landed from their submarine at
Amanagsett Beach, Long Island, on
June 13. The other four landed
three days later on Florida beach
near Jacksonville. Within 10 days
the FBI had arrested all eight, in
New York and Chicago.
From Mopday through Sunday
there should be many . bond day.
Buy now.
Evening star., 1942-08-09
found on the hugo circular table

found On the hugo circular table
IA tho lobby.
The reporters raced out tho door.
~ they ran by tho lobby table, each
grabbed one Of the spread-out an
noncements and dashed on to his
telephone In the presUoom.
The White House announcement
was as follows:
The President completed his re-
view of the findings and sentences
of the Military Commission appoint
ed by him on July 2. 1912, which
tried the eight Nazi saboteurs.
The President approved the
judgment Of the Military Commits
sion that all OF the prisoners were
guilty and that they be given the
death sentence by electrocution.
However, there was a unanimous
recommendation by the commission,
concurred in by the Attorney Cen
eral and the Judge Advocate Cen
eral Of the Army, that the sentence
of two OF the prisoners be COM
muted to life imprisonment because
OF their assistance to the Govern
ment of the United States IN the
apprehension and conviction Of the
others.
Record Of Case Sealed.
1.-THE communication directed by
the President in the case Of Burger
was to confinement at hard labor
for life. In the case Of Dasch, the
sentence was committed by the
President to confinement at hard
labor for 30 years.
The electrocutions began a. noon
today.
six OF the prisoners were electro
Evening star., 1942-08-09
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cution would even say whether he
saw 1t.
ORDERS" several OF them ex-
planned.
And, true to this policy Of secrecy,
the only announcement OF the ex-
ecution came from the White House
In a laconic statement issued shortly
before 1::3O pm. revealing that the
six men had paid their penalty.
There was no word from the Jail,
not even after the White House an
nouncement was flashed to the
world.
Probably Set Precedent.
The White House said the execu-
tions began at noon, though it was
long after / O'Clock before officials
who presumably saw the men elec-
trocuted began emerging from the
top floor of the building.
1t probably was the first military
execution by electrocution IN his
tory. Spies and other enemy agents
usually have died in front OF a
firing squad or at the end of rope
And rarely in American annals
have military prisoners been triec
by a presidential commission In
stead of the usual court martial
Several accessories to the assassina'
ton of President Lincoln were trlef
by such a military commission ant
four Of them were hanged.
The President himself had to re
view the record of the militar.
tribunal and approve or set asid
its findings. He approved the deatl
sentence for six and the life tern
for Burger. He modified the find
ings only to the extent of reducing
Daschs sentence from life to 3
years, presumably because he fel
Dasch had given the Government
more aid than Burger had.
While there were many signs dur
ing the morning that the expecte
execution was about to take plac'
no definite information could h
obtained anywhere. A large grou
Of newspaper men and photogra
pliers, many continuing vigil the
began the afternoon before, RI
manned at the entrance to the ia
Evening star., 1942-08-09

ity, perhaps tho White House, had
forbidden any information other
than tho bare announcement which
tho President authorized.
Bodies Arc Removed.
The Jail door looks down the cor
ridor in the middle Of which Is the
elevator that goes to the death
room. Around O'Clock guards hung
q blanket over an inner door. But
1t did not fully cover the space. and,
through q crack, the removal OF the
bodies could be seen. Six times the
elevator descended. six times SOL
diers carried out stretcher bear
ing a sheet-covered form.
Suddenly, about $50, the yard
entrance through which the am
balances must emerge bristled with
bayonets. Twenty soldiers were
stationed in the driveway, some
with sawed-oh shotguns, others with
sub machine guns or rifles. The
laden ambulances rolled out.
In death, as In life, the prisoners
were guarded heavily.
The bodies were taken to the
morgue at Walter Reed Hospital, it
was learned. No word Of their
further disposition could be OBJ
tanned last night. 1t was indicated,
however, that relatives Of some OF
the men might claim. their bodies.
The others, If unclaimed, probably
will be buried in a Federal cemetery,
as U-boat crewmen recently were
buried at Norfolk, it was said.
At the White House pressroom,
early In the afternoon, those
charged with informing the world
were under the same tension that
gripped their colleagues at the Jail
Presidential Secretary Stephen T
Early, after giving out some rou-
tine news at his usual 1890 am
press conference, had added: "On
the question of the eight prisoners
In the District Jail, there is yet nc
news for you"
Recalls Correspondents.
The correspondents waite {
through the lunch hour. Then a,
1:25 they were summoned back tt
Mr.. Early's Office. Waiting as they
gathered about his desk. Mr. Early
cautioned them about rushing out
then told them in a few words OF
the announcement lying on hi!
: desk. Copies, he added, would bt
Evening star., 1942-08-09

A War bond h Z vote for victory.
Vote early and often at the nearest
post Office; In this election ballot
box stu1anG Is legal.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Fort Meade,
They are:
Army 10 Stage Surprise
Raid Drills in Virginia
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the ADeoctAted Press
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 30.-The
Army 1st Fighter Command has
agreed to assume responsibility for
calling test blackouts in Virginia,
conditioned on certification.that the
State or area is ready for the sur
prise tests, Gov. Darden has an
nounced.
{ The Governor said after confer
ence yesterday with State Defense
co-ordinator ]. H. Wyse that the
Army probably would call the tests
absolutely without warning"
Heretofore Virginia OCD and local
civilian defense authorities have
designated the dates and hours of
AFRAID tests. subject to the Army's
approval.
Gov. Darden said he had conferred
with Hampton Roads civilian de-
tense ofiicials, and that he would
certify that that area would be ready
after November for air-raid tests
without warning. The Governor said
he planned to consult with local de-
ferse co-ordinators before certifying
ether parts Of the State to the Army.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Alexandra Social Council
Hears Dr.. Grace Lanqdon

DR.. Grace Langdon, director OF
children's services for the Federal
Works Agency, was the principal
speaker at meeting of the Alex
andria Council Of Social Agencies
last night at the First Baptist
Church on South Washington street.
DR.. Langdon discussed day-care
problems from. q national standpoint
and told how they are being met in
various parts of the country.
The application of general prin-
ciples involving day care for the
children of working mothers to COM
munity problems was discussed by
Mrs. Izetta Jewell Miller, regional
supervisor of war public services of
the Federal Works Agency.
A, picture Of the Alexandria pro-
gram, which has started under
civilian defense sponsorship. was
presented by Mrs. Richard Porter
Davidson, chairman of volunteers
for the day-care centers in the citv.
The Rev. William E. Basom. Coun.
Gil OF Social Agencies representative
on the Day Care Committee pre-
sided.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
|MigrotoryLobor
Fails to Satisfy
MARYLAND Farms
BY the Associated Press.


SALISBURY, Nd, Oct. 30.-
Farmers along the Eastern Shore
held the opinion today that the
establishing Of four migratory labor
camps and the importing Of worker,
had not solved the problem Of farm
help In the area.
Claude Cover, manager Of the
Hebron Camp, said he had been In
formed that workers recruited from
industrial centers were unsatisfac-
tory as farm workers although they
have done good work In canneries
THE labor recruited In the cities
proved good IN factory work only,
he said.
j. p. Brown, Wicomico County
agricultural agent, commented that
migrant labor did some good In
this area, but 1t wasn't al farmers
had . right to expect"
r. T. Grant, Worcester County
agricultural agent. complained that
"apportioning Of labor to the indi-
vidual farmers was badly handled
- Farmers who wished to use II
to 70 packeFs had to take 90 or q
without aid"
Evening star., 1942-10-30
$1,000 Tons Of Metal
In Maryland Scrap Pile

BALTIMORE, Oct. 30.-A scrar
pile totaling $500 tons of iron and
steel, collected during the last
month, gave evidence today OF
Marylands effort in the scrap COL
lection campaign.
H. Findlay French, chairman OF
the State Salvage Committee, War
Production Board, reported that the
total, averaging more than rs
pounds per capita, included $4,000
tons from county and city drives
$4,000 tons in industrial scrap, 1850
tons from special WPB projects and
400 tons from automobile grave
yards.
At the same time, Walter Lof1r OF
the Executive Committee of the Bal
timore City salvage group an
nounced that during the last 10 days
Baltimore householders have con-
trtbuted IS tons of tin cans.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Fuel Oil Users Told
To Improve Insulation
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 30.-Vir-
ginians had q high percentage Of
heat loss in their homes last year
and must take immediate steps to
insulate their homes better il they
want to be comfortable this winter,
Once Of Price Administration on
cials said today after receipt Of the
first fuel-oil application forms from
various parts of the State.
DR.. c. Mart Schaaf, State ration
ing administrator, and Loren E.
Barkmouser, fuel oil rationing spe-
cialist, urged that weather stripping
and insulation be brought to the
immediate attention Of all persons
using fuel oil.
A high percentage Of the con-
sumption throughout Virginia last
year was out Of line when the figures
were compared with ether Southern
States, Nh. echaaf said.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Navy Takes Over Ford
Plant al Alexandra

The naval torpedo plant at Alex
andria has acquired the Ford Motor
Co. assembly and distribution plant
there, it was learned at the United
States District Court clerks office.
The purchase price is about $780,
600, 1t was indicated by the deed of
transfer signed by Edsel Ford.
Several other tracts in Alexandria
have been taken over by the Navy
and it is Understood the largest ac-
QUESTION is to be used in connection
with the torpedo assembly station.
The Ford plant, established in 1892,
paid taxes averaging $1,000 annually
to Alexandria and $4,000 to the
State.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Boy, II, Mayor as Children Rule
Glen Echo Over Halloween

The children Of Glen Echo today
took over the town for the fourth
successive Halloween with 11-year-
old Bobby Sifer as mayor.
The youthful town officials were
elected by their fellows last night
at the Chapel Of the Redeemer
Church, thus continuing practice
which was inaugurated by Mayor
Beulah H. McCuen when she as
suIned ONCE in 1899.
Other officers who will run the
town today and tomorrow are:
Town clerk and treasurer, Margaret
More, Is: Councilman, Betty Bal
lenger. Is: George Bolton, II; Bev-
erly Oltmans, II, and Katherine
More, II; town marshal, Billy Briggs,
Is; deputy marshal, Marshau Bol-
Evening star., 1942-10-30
GA0-4 and Navy
Vie in First-Aid
Finals Tonight
Sturs Contest to Feature
Community War Fairs
Closing Program

Survivors Of a field of 18 top-notch
teams, representative of thousands
of Red Cross graduates, the Navy
Yard and GAO No. detachements
will meet tonight in the final of
The Stars city championship first
aid contest, a feature of the closing
program of the Community War
Fair at Uline Arena.
The splint and bandage crews
will move into action at $50 o'clock
with time limit of IS minutes to
work out a problem given by John
w. Gates, first-aid director of the
District Red Cross.
GAO No. won it's way into the
final last night with a victory over
the Arlington Boy. Scouts. Super
vised by Don Schreckengost, the
winning quintet included Lawrence
C. Greene, Mary E. Bainbridge,
Dorothy L. Krieger and Thomas P.
Watkins. The group was trained
by Joe Hayes, GAO first-aid super
visor.
Navy Yard Team Members.
On the Navy Yard team, drilled by
Cline Mutersbaugh, will be Walter
Berke, Lewis Neff, Anthony Blazon-
vich, Joseph F. Abel and John S.
Brown.
Judges will be DR.. Roy Lyman
Sexton, general chairman of first
aid of the District Red Gross; Jess
Aiken, chairman of volunteer first
aid detachments, and DR.. Arthur
Gardner, naval lieutenant in charge
of Navy Department first aid.
The judges verdict will be based
on thoroughness of examination,
proper order of caring for various
injuries, adherence to Red Cross
methods and efficiency in caring for
the victim. The teams will not know
the problem until they talk with the
victims.
viii Describe Work.
Over the microphone, Mr.. Gates
will give q running account of the
proceedings.
Last nights problem was: Pale
face, weak and rapid pulse, lacera-
ton of scalp, bleeding slowly; de-
formity, pain and swelling half way
between elbow and wrist of left arm;
deep wound directly over the de-
formity with bleeding in spurts.
Speed in completing a problem is
secondary to correctness of tech
nique and handling of the victim.
Where teams have equal abilities the
judges may take into consideration
the amount of work accomplished
within the 15-minute period.
A packed audience saw the contest
last night, along with great variety
Of high-grade entertainment and an
other full house" is expected to-
night.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
J. F. O'MoIIey Dies;
Maryland Tax Clerk
nv the Assoc;atad pr>ss

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 30.-John F.
OMalley. 70, chief clerk of the State
Tax Commission and for many
years a Democratic leader in How
ard County, died yesterday at Uni
versity Hospital.
While clerk in the Land Once at
Annapolis, in 1912, he was chosen
State auditor, but, before he could
qualify he was accused Of attempting
to bribe a member Of the Legislature.
A grand jury found the charge to
be without foundation but In the
meantime the State Law Depart
ment ruled that because he hadn't
qualified within 80 days, his selec-
ton as auditor was void.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Wright Is Indorsed
For Court Vuconcy
By the Associated Press.

~ the A4Soctated Press,
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 3o,-A
group Of Woodstock citizens has
asked Gov. Darden to give consid-
Grafton to petitions indorsing Rich
ara 8. Wright. jr, Of Woodstock,
president Of the Young Democratic
CLUBS OF Virginia, for appointment
70 the judgeship Of the 18th judi
cial circuit.
In q telegram received by the
Governor yesterday the Woodstock
group said Mr.. Wright had the sup
port Of the Shenandoah County bar
for appointment to fill q vacancy
created by the death of Judge Philip
Williams.
Attorneys in the Winchester area
have circulated petitions In behalf
Of State Senator Burr p. Harrison
Of Winchester for the appointment,
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Tax Boost Forecast
10 Offset Decline in
|levies on Gasoline
W. A. Carson Predicts
Possible Increase in
HyuttsviIIe Speech

A possible increase in taxes In
Prince Georges County to offset the
drop in gasoline tax receipts caused
by rationing of motor fuel was fore
cast today by William A. Carson
president of the Board of County
Commissioners.
In talk before the County League
Of Women Voters at the County
Service Building in Hyattsville, Mr..
Carson last night asserted he had
appealed to the State Roads Com
mission for larger percentage of
the gas tax receipts. He added that
he might 4sk' the roads commission
to place 1Q eroads in the county
under the county's jurisdiction. -
Points to Road Costs.
1T costs the county approximately
5000 year to maintain a mile of
roads" he asserted. I'VE have over
500 miles of roads, with a much
smaller gasoline tax allotment with
which to maintain them"
Mr.. Carson also said he hoped the
State Department of Education
would appropriate funds with which
to provide a 5000 bonus for each
county teacher, matching similar
amount appropriated by the county
commissioners.
Explaining that the commissioners
always have attempted to notify
interested persons in rezoning con-
ditions, Mr.. Carson assured the
group the commissioners would con-
tinue to follow that policy.
The meeting was held by the
league to afford it's members an
opportunity to hear Democratic and
Republican candidates for county
Offices. Other Democratic candidates
who spoke included lie Roy Pumph-
rey, Samuel Harvey and John S.
White, for House of Delegates.
Republicans who spoke included
r. U. McDuff, candidate for State
Senator, and j. E. Linzey and
Joseph Terenyi, for House of Dele
gates.
Mrs. Harold Benjamin, league
president, presided.
Evening star., 1942-10-30

ton, II; fire chief, Robert Mathers,
Is; president Of the Conduit Road
Fire Board, Charles Smith, Is;
president Of the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Fire Department, Margaret
Bolton, IL.
The fathers Of two of the youthful
onacials are town officials In real
life. Charles Ballenger, father of
Betty Ballenger, is q Councilman,
and Frank Mathers, father Of Rob-
ert, Is deputy town marshal.
According to Mayor McCuen, the
practice Of turning over the town
during Halloween has practically
eliminated vandalism and has
worked out beautifully" Mrs. Nc
Cuen added that. she. planned to rive
2 party for the young town ohicials
November I.