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Evening star., 1942-05-20

Mrs. Roosevelt is going to start
walking or riding on the street
cars to all Washington engage
ments to which she IL invited in
a personal capacity rather than
as the Presidents wife, she said
today.
AS a second concession to the
crowded transportation facilities
during the war, she will take rail-
way coaches instead of Pullmans
and fly only when it is absolutely
necessary.
Mrs. Roosevelt decided to re-
wise her transportation yester-
day, she said, when she realized
she had taken an of1cial car,
without a second thought, to go
to a luncheon. Hereafter, she
said, she will use the ofiicial car
with its unlimited gasoline ration
only when she is travelling as the
Presidents wife. At other times
she will walk or ride the street
car
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Brothers Prints Found
In Slain Girls Room
sz the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, May 20.-Gor-
man Raney, police department
fngerprint expert at the time Leila
Adele Welsh was slain. testified
today fingerprints found on the
window sill of her bedroom matched
those of her brother, George
Welsh, jr.
The testimony came on the third
day of young Welsh's preliminary
hearing On a charge of murder
in the unsolved Staying of the
Kansas City University beauty queen
in March, 1941.
Mr.. Raney testified he knew three
sets of flngerprints on the blood
stained window sill were the same
f1ngerprints as those of the de-
fendant.
The statement climaxed a morn
ing of detailed questioning by coun-
sci for the defense and States at
torneys concerning evidence found
in the slain girls bedroom.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Davis Defeated
ByGen. Martin;
.Faddis Beaten
Democrats Nominate
Ross for Governor
III pennsylvania
picture on Page Az
Nv the AsxociatAd PrASs

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20.-Mat.
Gen. Edward Martin, soft-spoken
six-foot soldier, banker and at
torney, and F. Clair Ross, diminu-
tive but fiery political office
holder, were nominated today as
rivals for the governorship Of
Pennsylvania at the November
election.
Gen Martin. the Pew-Grundy Re-
gave Senator James J. Davis, Sec
retary of Labor under three Presi-
dents, the first defeat of his long
political career.
Mr.. Ross defeated Judge Ralph
M. Smith of Pittsburgh and Luther
A. Harr of Philadelphia, bituminous
coal consumers counsel. in the
Democratic race. Mr.. Ross is State
auditor general.
Both winners were backed by their
respective State committees. Gen.
Martin is g., Mr.. Ross As Their
states for other Statewide Offices
also triumphed.
Faddis Defeated.
Representative Charles I. Faddis,
outspoken chairman of House Sub
committee on Military Affairs. was
defeated for Democratic renomina-
ton by DR.. Grant Furlong. who had
strong C. I. o. support, in a new
Washington Allegheny Counties dis
trict. Labor leaders had contended
that Mr.. Faddis gave support TO
proposed curbs on union labor.
Representative Guy !. Moser. who
has represented the Reading area
for six years. lost out to Daniel K.
Hoch for a chance in the fall gen.
eral balloting.
Senator Davis and Judge Smith
conceded shortly after am, when,
with rs per cent Of the vote counted.
they trailed by more than 10000
each.
Returns from 1910 of the S,l24
districts philadelphia complete,
931 in AlleghanD gave for Gov
ernor:
Republican-Martin, 4s3,77s; Da-
Wis, 410714.
Democrat (7,oe1 districts-Phila-
delphia complete. 925 in AlleghanD
Ross, 252, ,4Sl; Smith, 1872 235; Harr.
43,751.
Less than 80 per cent Of Penn
sylvania's $500 900 registered voters
cast ballots yesterday. lightest pri-
mary total in many years. despite
bristling campaigns that split both
parties wide.
Staged Bitter Battle.
Gen Martin had the major lead
ers in his camp including Gov.
Arthur H James; Senator Davis
with his huge personal following,
had the backing of many county
chairmen. They put on the best
show of the campaign, the general
hitting sharply at the Senator's vote
against the lease-lend bill before
Pearl Harbor Senator Davis used
as a target for critisim the indorse-
ment of Gen. Martin by Joseph N.
Pew, millionaire oil man, and Joseph
R. Grundy, head Of the Manutactur.
ers' Association.
In contrast the three-way Demo-
cratic fight was quiet. David L.
Lawrence, national committeeman.
backed Mr. Ross and was reported
by some observers to now be in line
| for the State craftsmanship, a post
he held from 1884 to 1898. The
present chairman, Meredith Meyers.
supported Mr. Harr. Senator Joseph
F. Guffey. at odds with Mr.. Law
| See Pennsylvania, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1942-05-20
4 British Planes Reported
Downed Off AIqiers, DakaI
Earlier Story on Page Ar

Earlier Story on Page Ar
By the Associated Press.
VICHY, France. May 20.-Sharp
exchanges Of gunfire In which four
British planes were reported forced
down or destroyed along the French
African coast in the last 10 days
we're announced today by the
French, who said two r. A. F. planes
were destroyed In a clash OF Algiers
and two were downed along the west
coast south of Dakar
A note issued by the government
quoted reports from Dakar that one
r. A. F. plane was forced down May
10, after flying over Conakry on the
French Guinea coast, and q second
was brought down Monday on a
beach at Port Bouet on the French
Ivory Coast.
France, it was said, lost one plane
in the clash OF Algiers in the Med
iterranean Monday when q gunfight
developed from an aerial patrol in
cident.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Defendant CoIIopses
Webb Trial Recesses
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 20.-Eli Shon-
brun, co-defendant in the murder
trial of Madeline Webb and an
other man, collapsed in his chair at
the counsel table today and was
carried from the courtroom by at
tendants.
Shonbrun's attorney, Jacques Bui-
tenkant, said that Shonbrun was
suffering from heart condition.
His collapse upset Miss Webb, 28-
year-old model, who rushed to his
side. The trial in which Miss Webb,
Shonbrun and John D. Cullen are
charged with Staying Mrs. Susan
Flora Reich, Polish refugee, in
her hotel suite early last March,
was recessed.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Synthetic Rubber
kishand|ing Laid
To Standard Oil
Senators Told Firm Foiled
To Let Army Have Ideal
Material for Cos Mosks'
Ey the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
A special Government anti
trust attorney testified today
that the Standard Oil Co. New
Jersey could have made an
ideal synthetic rubber for gas
masks available to the Army
years ago but it did not"
Robert M. Hunter, who ex-
planned that normally he was a law
instructor at Columbus, Ohio, Of
fered this testimony before the Sem
ate Patents Committee as he told
OF studying relationships between
Standard and the huge German I.
G. Farbenindustrie
Mr.. Hunter explained that his
charges against the oil company
and Its German partner" were
based on a study of thousands of
documents that were taken in Feb
ruary from the files of the oil COM
pany and of "Chemnyco, Inc. the
New York representative Of I. G.
Farben"
Firm Called Espionage Agent.
"Chemnyco served as an espion-
age agent in collecting all manner
of information of interest to I. G.
Farben and, I assume, to the Ger
man government" Mr.. Hunter testi-
fed.
He said that after Treasury
agents took over the German firm
in New York that one of his assist
ants visited Chemnyco's vaults and
found a complete file on AL Ameri-
can industry"
Mr.. Hunter said that Is years ago
he enlisted with the Army's Rain
bow Division and saw many of the
horrors of war" including casing
Of Army friends. For this personal
reason he said he was concerned
about the protection of soldiers ano
civilians from gas attack"
Injustice Charged.
"A great injustice has been done
not only to the armed forces but
to the civilian population as well as
a result of mishandling Of the syn
thetic rubber situation, chiefly by
the Standard Oil Co. of New Jer-
sey," he testified.
The witness explained that he
lived several miles outside of CO.
lumbus, had a 1910 model car with
smooth tires that had gone $4,000
miles and so was typical of the
average little man in this country
caught in the wartime pinch from
lack of rubber supplies.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Rising Allied Power
May End War Sooner
Than Hoped, Hull Say,
United Nations Power
For Offensive Climbing
Steadily, He Reports
BY GARNETT d. HORNER.

Secretary of State Hull, declar-
ing that United Nations often
sive power is increasing steadily,
indicated today he saw grounds
for hope that victory over the
Axis may be achieved sooner
than was generally anticipated a
few months ago.
Cautiously avoiding any definite
prediction of the time when victory
may be expected, Mr.. Hull empha-
sized at a press conference that the
powers and facilities Of the United
States and its allies for outright
offensive warfare are climbing.
He was asked specifically if re-
cent developments had encouraged
him to hope that the Axis might be
defeated sooner than was antici-
pated Immediately after Pearl Har-
bor
After expressing his views on in
creasing power of the United Ma
tions, the Secretary said reporters
could make their own calculations
in the light of those facts.
Offensive Defensive First.
He described the first task of the
United Nations as offenSive-de-
fensive, going forward from that to
an outright offensive.
In the background of Mr.. Hull's
press conference discussion were
such recent developments as the
landing of thousands of additional
American expeditionary forces in
Ireland and War Production
Board decision to cancel contracts
for war plants that cannot be COM
pleted by the middle OF next year,
to concentrate available materials on
production now of the tools of war
that might bring quicker victory.
In response to other questions, Mr..
Hull expressed confidence that
China would continue successful re-
sistance to the japanese.
He was asked if this Government
had information supporting reports
from Chungking that Japan was
preparing for an early attempt to
knock China out of the war.
The Secretary avoided direct
answer. saying he would view the
situation on the assumption the
Chinese would continue to put forth
the exertions they have for the last
five years to maintain successful
resistance.
Fuel Out of Martinique Ships.
Turning to Western Hemisphere
problems, Mr. Hull disclosed that
most of the fuel oil had been re-
moved from French warships at
Martinique to immobilize them
while discussions on the status of
French possessions on this side of
the Atlartic were in progress, and
that additional work of demobiliz-
ing the warships was going on
The conversations between Amer
ican representatives and Admiral
Georges Robert, French high COM
missioner at Martinique, are con-
tinuing from day to day, he added.
Mr.. Hull also said the possibility
of American economic aid to Spain
and Portugal was being considered.
Asked about reports that mission
would be sent to those countries to
study relief measures, the Secretary
said some thought had been given
the problem, but that he was not
familiar yet with all the factors in
yolyed.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Saturday Evening Post Suit
Dropped by StockhoIder
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20.-George
Wanderman of New York today
Withdrew his suit which sought to
compel the Saturday Evening Post
to change it's editorial policies, his
lawyers saying the client is satisfied
that the new editorial staff of the
magazine would continue what he
considered satisfactory course.
The withdrawal came during a
hearing on motion to dismiss the
Wanderman petition.
Mr.. Wandeman, stockholder,
had contended that the isolationist
policy of the magazine, together
with use of what he termed highly
controversial articles, imperiled the
financial investments Of Post stock
holders.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
His 7 B-3 Cos Cards
Stolen, Owner Reports
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 20.-Imagine
Patrolman Elmer E. Healy's surprise
when Lawrence C. Smith of Newark,
N. j., reported theft Of seven B-3
gasoline ration cards from his auto
mobile-all in Mr.. Smiths name and
good for 399 gallons of gas.
Mr.. Smith, explaining he was an
insurance investigator, said he
travelled ahcut $50 miles a month
in his business, most OF which was
connected with war contracts.
He was refused an K card, but
the Newark board allowed him
enough B-3s as supplemental ration
to carry on his work, Mr.. Smith
said.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
japanese Continuing
Southward Sweep in
Chekiang Province
Cleanup Of Coastal District
Below Shanghai Advances
After Chukii's Capture
By the Associated Press

~ VIC HSoONiakNu fISSs
CHUNGKING, China, May 20
The japanese are continuing
their southwark sweep in Che
kiang Province, the coastal dis
trict south of Shanghai which is
believed to contain potential
bases for bombing Japan, the
Chinese acknowledged today.
A communique said the Japanese
who captured Chuki, on the railroad
40 miles south of the provincial
metropolis Of Hangchow, continued
southwark with the aid of planes
which bombed Chinese positions.
Fighting was reported along the
Tung River, some distance south of
Chuki. Bitter Chinese resistance
was said to be taking a heavy toll
Of the enemy.
Column Continues Advance.
Another Japanese column driving
southwark along a line about 40
miles east of the railway, having
taken Chenghsien and Changlochen,
was reported continuing its advance
despite bitter frontal and flank at
tacks by the Chinese. Changlochen
Is 10 miles southeast Of Hangchow
The Chekiang theater was the
most active of several in which
continued fighting supported the
warning of a Chinese government
spokesman yesterday that the jap
anese were launching a major effort
to knock China out of the war.
The Chinese in Southern Honan
Province, some 500 miles northwest
of the Chekiang war zone, made a
surprize attack on two points north
OF the Japanese base OF Sinyang
destroying communications and in
f1icting severe losses on the Japa
neSe, it was announced.
DownpOur in Yunnan.
The communique made no refer
ence to Yunnan, in Western China
where there was heavy downpour
that may mark the start of the
rainy season notorious in China's
southwestern border regions.
The Chinese have looked forward
to the rainy season as a new ally
which would hamper any fur.
ther Japanese incursions through
washed-out roads, flooded rivers anC
epidemics of malaria
AS the rain came today, crack
Chinese troops were massed alone
the Burma road and other strategi,
points of Yunnan and preparations
were made to strengthen Chinese
defenses fronting the Chinese
French Indo-China border
Railway Destroyed in 1910.
The Yunnan railway, the only
modern line of communication be.
tween Yunnan Province and Indo-
China, was destroyed from Kaiyuar
to the border, distance of some
100 miles, in 1910, when japanese
troops were garrisoned in the French
colony.
All except two bridges then vert
dynamited and the roadbed along
the mountains since has disap.
peared. No road from Indo-Chins
into Yunnan suitable for a motor.
lied army exists, Chinese reported.
The Chinese forces guarding the
border with Indo- China include
divisions seasoned by battle ex.
perience on other China fronts.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Lewis Douglas Named
Deputy Shipping Head
BY the Associated Press.

By the ASsociated Press.
Lewis Douglas, former budget
director, today was appointed deputy
administrator of the War Shipping
Administration.
Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery,
vice chairman Of the Maritime Com
mission, was appointed deputy ad-
ministrator for new ships.
Mr.. Douglas has been acting as
chief adviser to Rear Admiral Emory
S. Land, war shipping admins
traitor.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Notionol
Martin and Ross nominated in
Pennsylvania. Page Al
President tells o. c. D. to start anti
sabotage program. Page Al
Government giving further study to
wage controls. Page Az
Senate leaders seek vote on grain
sales today. Page A
House group puts finishing touches
on tax boosts. Page Al
Southern Baptists ask ban on liquor
for troops. Page AS
House group denies "in-laws" bene-
fits from service pay. Page AS
Washington and Vicinity.
War workers are community respon-
sibility, parents told. Page B-1
District asks $500, 900 to develop %
play centers. Page B-1
Evening star., 1942-05-20
laps Consolidate
Political Power
In National Council
Action Believed Milestone
In MiIiturists' Fight
For TotoIiturion Group
BY the Associated Press.


TOXIC From japanese Broad
casts, May 20-The National Serv-
ice Political Council, pledged to sup
port the governments war policies
and ito consolidate the national
political power" was inaugurated to-
day at a gathering of Japan's most
influential men, addressed by Premier
Gen. Hideki TOTO.
apparently the long fight of
the japanese militarists and civil
ian nationalists to give Japan a
totalitarian political organiza-
ton and expunge political groups
out of sympathy with the war
program has passed another
milestone.
Before Japan went to war
with the United States and
Britain this campaign had made
little progress. The Pacific war,
however, has weakened opposition
and in the general election of
April 80 the government backed
League for Support of the Throne
won 81 per cent Of the 466 seats
In the House of Representatives.
932 Members in Council.
The new council, composed OF 932
members, elected Gen. Nobuyuki
Abe, a senior militarist and former
Premier, its first president. He named
q governing council OF 80, including
members of most Of the old, now
dissolved political parties and a
number of retired admirals and gen.
erals.
Gen. TOTO told the gathering the
council was "a crystallization Of the
firm determination of the entire
nation to conform Fundamentally
to the national need for successful
consummation of the Greater East
Asia war"
Its formation. he continued,
brought to fruition the burning
zeal of the entire japanese people
for centralization of political
power"
Political Effort Consolidated.
The council adopted a four point
platform:
l. To consolidate all political
effort in support of the war effort;
2. To establish parliament de-
voted to assistance of the imperial
rule in strict conformity with the
national constitution;
3. To cooperate with the League
for Support of the Throne:
4. TO exert the utmost efforts
for the construction of a new world
order by establishing the Greater
East Asia co-prosperity sphere"
Evening star., 1942-05-20
President0rders
.0.C.D. Program
On Sabotage
Lands Says Work
Will Supplement
Existing Measures
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

President Roosevelt today di-
rected the Office Of Civilian De-
tense to undertake an anti
sabotage protective program of
essential civilian facilities, sup
Elementary to such measures
now taken by the Army, Navy
and Federal Power Commission
The President issued his instruc-
tions in the form Of an executive
order which described the overall
protective plan as the facility
security program.
Specifically listed for this increased
surveillance by Federal agencies
were the communication systems,
airlines, highways, railways, forests
and mines. gas and water utilities,
public buildings and storage facilities.
The order makes it clear" the
White House said in an accompany
ing statement, that protective
measures are the primary respon-
sibility of the owners and operators
of essential facilities, public as we'll
as private.
Purpose Of Program.
THE purpose of the program is to
assure that this responsibility Is
carried out, and it will be operated
through nine already-established
agencies Of the Federal Government
listed in the Presidents directive.
The o. C, D. program will not affect
the investigative duties of the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation with
respect to acts Of sabotage and
espionage"
In a definition Of the o. C. D. re-
sponsibilities under this enlarged
program, the order specifies that the
office should serve as a center for
coordination Of protective plans,
that it should review existing and
proposed measures and that It
should take steps to secure CO.
operation of owners and operators
OF essential facilities. The eventual
plan of action will be developed in
conjunction with and subject to the
approval Of the Secretary OF War.
Agencies Assignments.
In further outline of the task
to be undertaken, the order directs
the following Federal agencies to
develop and execute portions of the
entire program in the spheres noted:
Federal Communications Commits
sion-communications; Department
OF Commerce-air commerce and re-
lated facilities; Public Roads Ad-
nistration-highway transporta-
ton and related facilities; ONCE Of
Defense Transportation - railroad
and related transport facilities;
Public Buildings Administration
public buildings; Department of In
terior-mines; Federal Power Com
mission-gas utilities, and power and
irrigation water facilities; Public
Health Service domestic water
supply: Department Of Agriculture
foodstuffs and storage. The Depart
rnentS Of Agriculture and Interior
are directed to divide Jurisdiction
over forests and grasslands.
Each Of the agencies listed are
directed to conduct security surveys.
determine DEFICIENCIES, recommend
further measures and make periodic
inspections.
The order specifies that RESPONSE
bility of the Federal Works Agency
for protecting public buildings is
(See o. c. D., Page A-3)
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Nuzi Demand on France
For Ships Is Reported
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
NEW YORK, May 20-A Moscow
broadcast heard today by Columbia
Broadcasting System said accord
ing to reports received in Stockholm,
the German occupation authorities
in France have presented the vichy
government with a demand for
800, 900 tons Of French merchant
shipping to be placed under German
control"
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Foreign

'S'S'S"
japanese continue southwark sweep
in Chekiang Province. Page Al
Jap-Nazi negotiations on Indies Sc
curities deadlocked. Page AS
Hore-Belisha urges separate Min
istry of Defense. Page Az
Communist revolts reported periling
Bulgarian monarchy. Page As
r. A. F. bombards war plants in
Western Reich. Page Al
Nazis, Rumanians reported standing
on both sides of Kerch. Page Az
French lose plane, British two, in
tight of Algiers. Page AZ
1000 saved from Empress Of Asia by
sloop Yarra. Page AS
Tempo Of struggle increasing, Curtin
tells Australians. Page Ala
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Bathing, Surf Fishing
On Maryland Coast
Limited to Daytime
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OCEAN CITY, May 20
Bathing and surf fishing along
Maryland's coast line will be
limited to daylight hours,
Comdr. c. H. Abel, captain OF
the port of Baltimore, an
nounced today.
Bathing and fishing may be-
gin a half hour before sunrise
and must end one-haf hour
after sunset, the announce
ment said.
The area included in the Or
der covers the coastline from
the Delaware State line at Fen
wick Island Light to the Vir-
ginia State line.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Allies Prepare to Strike Reich
With ] 900 Bombers a Night
War Production Plants at Mannheim
Are Targets of R. A. F. Assaults
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 20.-Allied air
commands are aiming at expan-
sion enabling them to send 1000
bombers a night against German
targets, an authoritative source
indicated today.
"A thousand planes is not a fan
tastic figure" this source declared.
AT present we have the facilities
for sending 300 planes on raids, and
these can be expanded"
The capacity of Britain as an air
Evening star., 1942-05-20
u. S. Force in Ulster
An Army Of Giants
Cook Declares
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 20.-An Aus
traliarl cook who accompanied
the new contingent Of United
States troops to Northern Ire
land described Uncle Sans SOL
diers yesterday as an army of
giants
They average about 6 feet in
height and weigh about ITO to
100 pounds" he said. "and they
have appetites to match"