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Evening star., 1942-08-24
Six From .. C., on Bay Cruise
In SoiIboot, Are Overdue
Police and Coast Guard Hunt After Storm;
Cor Found Still Parked in GolesviIle

still parked at Hartge's boat yard,
where it was left yesterday before
the party set sail, it was reported.
The boat, named the Elsie T., was
32-foot gaff-rigged sloop with an
auxiliary engine and was fitted out
to sleep four persons, police said. 1t
was moored at the Hartge yard.
Miss Elsie Hartge, secretary of the
boat yard, said the vessel was about
10 years old and was considered
seaworthy.
Mr.. Thompson is considered a
competent sailor, Mrs. Klefbeck
said. She said he is the operator
of valet service in the downtown
area. Her son, she said, is scheduled
to enter the Army Air Forces early
next month. Her husband is Maj.
Victor B. Klefbeck, u. s. A., sta
toned 1t Camp Rttchie, Md. 4
Miss Mcdonnell Is the daughter
Of DR.. and Mrs. Curtis c. Mcdonnell,
1872 Hesketh street, Chevy Chase,
Md. DR.. Mcdonnell is a chemist in
the Department Of Agriculture.
Mr.. Turner and Mr.. Phillips are
employed in the quartermaster's
office of the War Department.
Yachtsmen familiar with the Bay
in the vicinity of Galesville ex-
pressed the opinion that the Elsie
T. was stanch enough, under or
dinary circumstances, to weather
the storm that swept over the Bay
last night. They pointed out that
the vessel might have become
grounded or had taken refuge in
one of the numerous creeks and
inlets along the coast.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Axis Executes IS More;
10-for-1 Killings Vowed
B> the Associated Press.

6$ Inc AkSOClAtSQ freS8.
LONDON, Aug. 25.-The execu-
ton Of IS more Czechs, Croats and
Slovenes by the Germans and Ital-
ians was reported today with ac-
companying. threats that 10 hos
tages would be killed for each new
assault in occupied Croatia.
The Czech government in Lon
don reported that two patriots,
Vladislav Brazda of Cersenice and
Frantisek Janik of Preroy, were put
to death for "treasonably favoring
the enemy, possessing arms and
sheltering in their flats persons
wanted by the Gestapo."
A Havas dispatch from Budapest
said mobile military tribunal in
Croatia condemned Is persons at
Karlovac and three at Stara Pazove
and that all had been executed
The dispatch said all were involved
in assaults on officials, including a
German of1cer in the ministry of
interior in Croatia.
Reuters reported in a dispatch
datelined "at the Italian frontier"
that Is Slovene soldiers described as
Communists" who had fought the
Italians IN Yugoslavia had been exc
cuted IN Rome. Seven others under
IL were reported sent to prison for
80 years.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Biggest Convoy Lands
Crack u. 5. Troops al
Many British Ports
Let's Get 1t Over With
Is Motto Of Americans:
New Front Tolk Stirred
By The Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 24.-The arrival
of still another American convoy
the greatest yet-with more
thousands OF United States troops
stirred British observers today to
new speculation on a second
front.
The size of the convoy, so large
that its troopships and transports
scattered to many British ports to
unload men and weapons now dis
peRsed among waiting American
bases, accounted only partly for the
predictions Of second-front possi-
bilities.
Britons noted also the prepared
ness OF the Americans for absorbing
reinforcements, the frontline cali
Der Of the men sent to this war
theater, the material which accom-
panied them, the variety of
branches they represented, the en-
phasis on air strength in both men
and supplies and the psychological
moment of their arrival.
The announcement that the vast
sea train had disgorged new fight
ing strength on British soil came
while London papers were filled
with comment analyzing Prime
Minister Churchills recent mission
to Moscow and calling last weeks
battle of Dieppe only a portent of
things to come.
Because of 24-hour-a-day work
setting up huge bases in Britain,
the Americans now are able to alb
sorb ground forces at a greatly
accelerated pace and the striking
power Of the air force, it was
pointed out, can be doubled and re-
doubled quickly now that the
months Of preliminary preparation
are behind 1t.
The eagerness Of the new United
(see A. z. F., Page A-I2)
Evening star., 1942-08-24

Six Washington residents, who
started on a short cruise in a sail
boat from Galesville, Md, yester-
day morning. were overdue at
that Chesapeake Bay town today
and were being sought by police
and Coast Guardsmen.
Washington police were notified
of the missing sailboat today by
the mother of one of the occupants,
who said her son should have ar
rived home last night. A check in
Galesville disclosed that the car in
which the six had driven to the
town was still parked where they
had left it.
Those believed to be on the boat
were Edgar Thompson, 80, of $3.50
Jocelyn street NV, owner of the
35-foot vessel, and his wife, Elsie,
"a; A. N. Turner, IS, and John Phil
lips, 80, roomers in the Thompson
home; Carl Kelfbeck, 81, a neighbor
OF 3731 Jocelyn street NV, and Mr..
Kelfbeck's companion, Miss Sarah
Mcdonnell, 10, of Chevy Chase, Md.
Police here were notified that the
boat was apparently overdue, by
Mrs. Mabie Klefbeck, mother Of
Carl. Maryland authorities and the
Coast Guard were Immediately no.
titled.
According to Detective William
Morris of the public relations squad
here, the six were last seen when
they went to a Galesville store at
II am. yesterday to purchase sup
plies. Mr.. Phillips car, in which
they had driven to Galesville, was
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Gen. Maxwell Lauds Reds
Use Of j. 5. Materials

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Aug. 24.-Maj. Gen. Rus
sci L. Maxwell, commander of
the United States Army forces in
the Near East, who has just re-
turned from Moscow, where he
participated in the Churchill-Sta
conferences, said yesterday Russians
are making excellent use of Amer
ican war materials.
Gen. Maxwell, since he came back,
conferred with Great Britain's new
commander in the Near East, Gen.
Sir Harold Alexander, with whom
he discussed American and British
cooperation in Africa. The Amer
ican general said he and the British
commander agreed that collabora-
ton now is effective and that the
program followed for six months
should be continued.
In Moscow, which he visited with
w. Averell Hartman, President
Roosevelt's representative, Gen.
Maxwell said he received "a most
favorable impression of the Rus
slams enthusiastic management"
Evening star., 1942-08-24
British and German Guns
Duel Across Dover Strait
B. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
FOLKESTONE, England, Aug.
24.-British and German long-range
guns mounted on either side of the
English Channel exchanged fire
across Dover Strait in the half light
OF dawn today and out in the strait
the firing of machine guns could be
heard.
The German guns on the coast
OF France opened the cannonading,
but the British were quick to reply
and the exchange stopped suddenly.
(Sporadic outbreaks of firing
by cross-Channel batteries us
ually have marked the slipping
of convoy through the Chan
mel by one side or the other.)
The sound of machine-gun fire
suggested to residents of this south
coast town an encounter between
light naval forces, but mist limited
visibility from the shore to a few
hundred yards.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Summary of Todoy's Star

Notionol
Senator says Jewish army might
save canal. Page Al
Senate action due today on mail vote
Tor serVlcemen. Page "A
Report says rising incomes threaten
price-control program. Page Al
Hughes joins Kaiser cargo plane
program. Page "A
Resolution praising Willkie causes
COP rift in New York. Page A-12
Article urges use of model enemy
tanks. Page A-12
ODaniel renominated in Texas by
slight margin. Page B-4
Financial obligations no cause for
deferment. Page ALA
Gripsholm passenger investigation to
be co-ordinated. Page BIS
Washington and Vicinity.
Money missing; search under way
for police clerk. Page Al
PUG delays taxi interview pending
union statement. Page B-l
Unalaska mayor perturbed over
U. s.. strikes. Page b.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Brazil Named Nom -BeIIigerent
By Peru; Argentine Action Due
Move Lets Newest Foe of Axis Use
Ports While Barring Them to Enemy

hold a permanent consultation"
on collective measures for de-
fense.)
The report of the expected Ar
gentina Cabinets action came after
Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Gui-
nazu had conferred with President
Ramon Castillo. Ruiz Guinazu re-
ceived Brazilian Ambassador Rodri-
quez Alves and the latter said the
Foreign Minister had informed him
of the Argentine policy in view of
the Brazilian entry into the war.
Uruguay, across the broad River
Plate from this neutral country,
prepared her scant armed forces to
face the double danger brought to
her frontiers by the Brazilian decla-
ration and the reported presence
Of two German submarines of the
Atlantic coast.
Numbers Of German and Italian
(See LATINS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Warrant Is Ordered
For Capt. BeaII on
Embezz|ement Charge
Missing Police Property
Clerks Abandoned
Auto Is Found

A warrant for the arrest of
Capt. Lawrence r. Beall, chief
property clerk OF Metropolitan
Police, charging him with en-
bezzlement, was authorized
shortly before noon today. Capt.
Beall has been sought since he
disappeared Friday night.
The warrant, applied for by As
sistant Chief Of Detectives Robert
j. Barrett, was authorized by AS
sistant United States Attorney John
Conliff shortly after police found
Capt, Beall's automobile abandoned
on Harvard street west Of Georgia
avenue NV.
The warrant charges the property
clerk, who has been on the force
18 years, had taken $56348 realized
from q police auction August Of
automobiles seized by police.
Envelopes Found Empty.
Maj. Edward j. Kelly, police SUI
perintendent, reported that enve-
lopes ordinarily used. to hold cash
placed in Capt. Bealps care were
found to be empty wnen the safe in
his headquarters Office was opened
over the week end.
While awaiting a complete audit
of the property clerks accounts,
Maj. Kelly said the shortage might
amount to $4,000 or $4,000. Other
sources at headquarters indicated
1t might be as much as $1,000.
The officers car was found by
tenth precinct police. who, joining
with several headquarters cruisers,
intensified their search in the
vicinity.
Capt. Beall was last seen Friday
night when he left his wife pre-
sumably to return to headquarters.
Examination of the property
clerks safe was made after an attor-
ney whose name was not disclosed
asked Capt. Beall for $500 belonging
to an estate and it could not be
produced Immediately.
The first investigation, police said
today, indicated $130 was missing
(See BEALL, Page A-12.)
Evening star., 1942-08-24
British Subs Sink Ship,
Probably Destroy Another
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-British sub
marines harassing Axis supply lines
have sunk one merchant vessel in
the Mediterranean and probably.
sent another to the bottom of Nor
way, the Admiralty announced to-
day.
The vessel destroyed in the Medi-
terranean, communique said, was
medium sized ship which had
been bombed and stopped by Raj
attacks. The vessel was said to
have exploded and sunk Immediately.
Of the Norwegian coast a British
submarine attacked an Axis convoy
and scored hit on the leading
vessel, which was believed to have
sunk, the announcement declared.
II Ships Credited to Nazi Subs.
BERLIN From German Broad
casts, Aug. 24.-German sub
marines were credited by the high
command today with sinking II
merchant ships totaling LOT 600 tons
in the Eastern and Western Atlantic
and the Caribbean.
In addition, a communique said,
the Axis raiders destroyed a sailing
vessel and scored torpedo hits on
two other Allied vessels.
The announcement did not specify
the period in which the reported
sinkings took place, thus making any
comparison with Allied reports of
losses impossible.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
AZ U. 5. Planes Are Flown
To Rio From Haqerstown
B. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-In the
largest fly-away delivery yet made
from this country to South America,
"A new American-made aircraft have
completed a 9,000-mile flight from
Hagerstown, Md, to Rio de Janeiro
to replace obsolete German Focke-
Wulfs for training and transport
work as the United Nations newest
ally mobiliZes for war.
The successful mass flight of
Is PT-19 trainers and 10 F-24 four
place monoplanes, both made by
Fairchild, went of without incident
or serious variation" from plan, Col.
Armando Ararigbois, Brazilian air
attache in Washington, disclosed
here yesterday.
Fifty y-eight Brazilian officers and
men manned the planes on an over
land route through Mexico, Central
America and across the vast Amazon
jungle to Rio.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Foreign

foref9n
Argentina reported giving Brazil
n-belligerent status. Page Al
Jap-held air base in Chekiang men
aced by Chinese drive. Page Al
Biggest American convoy reaches
Britain. Page Al
Brazil, on full war basis, moves to
combat subs. Page Al
Aleutian situation much improved
Wallgren says. Page Ar
Allied airmen fell 13 enemy planes
raiding Darwin. Page Ar
Britain creates Independent Iraq-
Iran command. Page Az
Stalingrad battle now under way,
Germans declare Page A-3
Portugal tells Brazil war decision
won't alter relations. Page A-3
Heavy Raj bombers blast Axis sup
ply base at Tobruk. Page Al
Americans tell OF roles In Commando
raid on Dieppe. Page AS
Na1 leader who tipped OF war on
Russia killed. Page Bill
Evening star., 1942-08-24
By the Associated Press.

bS the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 24.-In-
formed sources said today that d
decree granting Brazil non-bel-
ligerent status in her war with
Germany and Italy would be pre-
Sented to a cabinet meeting this
afternoon and was expected to
be approved for signature by
President Ramon Castillo.
That would be the same official
attitude which Argentina took to-
ward the entry of the United States
into the war, granting use of her
ports to American nations regarded
as acknowledgement while keeping
them closed to the Axis.
(Meanwhile, Peru extended to !,
Brazil the rights of on-belliger-
ency, and the Government at
Lima announced 1t would propose
that other American countries
Evening star., 1942-08-24
General Electric Co.,
3 Other Firms Indicted
In Cable Sales toU. :.
Profits Of 35D to 7O9o
Charged, With 20 Sets of
Bids Identical to Cent
BY OLIVER MCKEE.

Attorney General Biddle an
nounced today the opening of a
sealed indictment returned last
Monday by a Federal grand jury
in Newark charging the General
Electric Co. of Schenectady, N.
Y, and eight other firms and six
OF their officers with conspiracy
to defraud the Government in
the sale of insulated cable to the
Navy.
The indictment charged that since
January, 1888. and particularly dur
ing the last three years, the defend
ants conspired to defraud the Gov
ernment in the sale of "AVC cable
and various types of unpatented
cable" supplied principally to the
Navy. Total purchases of AVG
cable or various unpatented cables
by the Navy since 1910 have amount
ed to between $4,000 900 and $751;
100000, Mr.. Biddle said.
The defendants, it was said, have
realized profits ranging from IS to
10 per cent on Navy purchases.
Other Defendants.
Named as defendants in addition
to General Electric were Rockbestos
Products Corp of New Haven, Conn,
and Arthur G. Newton, president;
the Okonite Co., Passiac, N. j., and
Frank G. Jones, president; Collyer
Insulated Wire Co., Pawtucket, r. T.,
and Robert C. Moeller, secretary
treasurer; the American Steel and
Wire Co. of New Jersey, WITH prin-
cipal Offices in Cleveland, Ohio:
General Cable Co. of New York City
and Dwight r. G. Palmer, presi-
dent; National Electric Products
Corp. OF Pittsburgh and William c..
Robinson, president; Anaconda Wire
and Cable Co. Of Hasting on -Hud-
son. N. Y, and w. L. Sprackling,
executive vice president, and the
Phelps Dodge Copper Products
Corp. New York City.
The object of the alleged conspir-
acy, the indictment charged, was to
fix and maintain identical, nom
competitive prices for cable sold to
the Government, and "fradulently
to obtain large sums Of money In
payment for supplies Of such cable,
such funds being far in excess OF
the true value and cost Of making
and delivering cable"
Since 1887, the indictment alleges,
(See CABLE, Page AID
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Nelson PLANNING
Army and Navy
Priority Curb
Seeks to Tighten
His Control Of
War Materials
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Production Chief Donald M.
Nelson this week will withdraw
some of the authority he has
delegated to the armed services
in connection with priorities, it
was reported today.
The move, designed to give Mr..
Nelson closer personal supervision
over the flow of war materials,
would tie in closely with his dis
closure Saturday that semi-inde-
pendent production scheduling by
the Army, Navy and Maritime Com
mission thus far has resulted in
some scheduling ahead of overall
productive capacity"
Such semi-independent scheduling
will be stopped, Mr.. Nelson declared,
adding that, from now on, all war
production schedules would be inte-
grated by the War Production Board
to reconcile our needs with our re-
sources"
Tighter Control Sought
Officials close to Mr.. Nelson, who
refused to allow use of their names,
said revision Of priority powers
now held by Army and Navy procure
ment officers probably would be
ordered by the War Production
Board chief, with a view to giving
WPB tighter controls over issuance
of ratings.
Under the present system, ord
nance officers in the field, for ex-
ample, can extend priorities to con-
tractors without specific WPB ap-
proval. There is considerable delay
then involved before WPB gets a
check on the materials affected.
It was held likely that Mr.. Nelson
might require such field ratings to be
cleared through WPB's regional
Offices, which have been set up in
various parts of the country.
Meanwhile, James S. Knowlson,
deputy WPB chairman in charge of
program requirements, confirmed
reports that "quickie" priority rat
ings would be issued by the regional
Offices to obtain materials needed to
prevent temporary shut-downs OF
war plants.
Each regional Office will be per-
mitted to issue emergency ratings
against specified amounts Of critical
materials without approval from
Washington. - 't4."
The plan was regarded as part
Of Mr., Nelson's drive to balance the
production program and make sure
that we use our materials and facil-
tiles as wisely as possible. ;sris
Writes Labor Day Letters.
In two letters today, Mr.. Nelson
called on American labor to arrange
its annual Labor Day observance
this year SO there might be opera
ton of all mines, industries and
plants in which a shutdown would
be injurious to the war effort.
He wrote to President William
Green of the AFL and President
Philip Murray of the CIO saying
there were many plants In which
1t would be possible to rearrange
schedules in such a way that Labor
Day might be celebrated as holi-
day.
Wherever this is possible" Mr.
Nelson said, "I am confident that
our national unity and the morale
OF labor will be stimulated If work.
ers take one day to review the con-
tribution they have made to the wal
effort, to discuss the stake that free
labor has in the worldwide conflict
in which we are engaged and to
make plans for intensifying their
efforts toward increased output"
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Women and the War
Is Forum Topic

Three speakers will discuss
"Women and the War" over
Station WMAL at $50 o'clock
tonight in the weekly Radio
Forum. Arranged by The
Star, the program will be
broadcast by the Blue Net
work. The speakers are
Charles P. Taft, assistant di-
rector of the Office of Defense
Health and Welfare Services;
Miss Thelma McKelvey of the
War Manpower Commission
and Miss Wilma Shields, as
sistant to the director of the
field section, once of Civilian
Defense.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Admiral StondIey Leaves
Moscow for kuibyshev
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Aug. .24.-Admiral Will
liam H. Standley, United States
Ambassador to Russia, left for
Kuibyshev by plane today after a
19-day stay here coinciding with the
Churchill-Stalin conferences.
Maj. Gen. Follett Bradley of the
United States Army Air Force, who
flew here on special mission, re-
mained in Moscow for supply con-
ferences.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Won GLENN Given 7 Years
In Dutch Diamond Plot
b, tht Associated Press.

By tbs Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Werner
Won GLENN, A, former German
artillery officer, was sentenced today
in Federal Court to two years I'M
prisonment and $4,000 fine for
conspiring to sell Dutch and Belgian
diamonds In this country In violation
of President Roosevelt's freezing
order of 1910. /.
Won Clemm, who is related by
marriage to Foreign Minister Joa-
chin Won Ribbentrop of Germany,
was convicted last week by Federal
Court Jury. g..
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Hitler Appoints New
Justice Chief With
Extra-LegaI Power
Minister Is Authorized
To Go Beyond Existing
Statutes for Nuzi Aims
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, Aug. 24.-AdoH Hitler to-
day announced the appointment
of DR.. Otto Georg Thierack as
Reichsminister of Justice and
gave him sweeping powers to go
beyond existing statutes to exc
cute national socialist Justice.
The decree making the appoint
ment gave DR.. Thierack, Dresden
jurist and former president Of the
People seC Court, ,s authority to :estab-
lish National Socialist administra-
ton Of justice" which, the decree
stated lis necessary for fulfilling
the tasks OF the. great German
Reich. 'Seieshfss W. }ar{!-1om
DR.. Thierack, as Minister Of Jus
tice, succeeds DR.. Franz Guertner,
who died January %, 1941. An act
ing minister has filled the post since
then.
The Minister of Justice and Hitler
have authority to set aside existing
statutes II, in their opinion, the
interests of the state are best served
by so doing.
DR.. Roland Freisler, previously
state secretary of the Ministry of
Justice, was named president OF the
Peoples Court. DR.. Franz Schlegel-
berger, who was acting justice min
lister, was placed on the retired list
at his own request.
The authorization to deviate from
existing law, extended to the new
minister OF justice, was a right OBJ
tanned by Hitler, himself, from his
rubber-stamp Reichstag last year.
The Fuehrer had been administering
justice himself, without reference to
legal processes, the most notable In
stance of his taking law into his own
hands being his execution OF rebel
lious SA elements in the blood purge
OF 1884, when he said that for few
hours he was the supreme court
of the land"
The Reichstag's action last year
legalized Hitler's setting aside the
statutes II such radical measures are
necessary in the interests Of the
state
AS president of the Peoples Court,
DR.. Thierack had vast experience in
swift administration of justice in
wartime. The Peoples Court hears
cases involving offenses against the
state. It's sessions are secret and
there is no appeal from its decisions.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
$4,000 Jews in Belgium
Drafted for Reich Labor
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 24-The Free
Belgian news agency reported today
that all the $4,000 foreign Jews in
Belgium had been conscripted for
work in Germany.
Similar measures were applied in
Holland and France, the agency
said, because some Jews tried to
escape into neighboring countries.
A communiQue issued by occupation
ofacials In Brussels was cited.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Australia Plans Big Loan

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. "a
R-Prime Minister John Curtin
announced today that the common
wealth government had decided to
float a f100000,000 loan before the
end of the year, CThe Australian
pound Is worth 1922 at the official
rate.)
Evening star., 1942-08-24
Turkeys to Be Sent
For Holiday Meals of
Troops in Australia
Nv tht Associated Press,

Nv trt Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug.
24.-The long range view" OF
this global war already is To-
cused on the Thanksgiving tur-
key situation for United States
troops in Australia.
The turkey population of Aus
tralia has been found made
quate and arrangements have
been made to have q refriger-
ated cargo shipped here from
the United States.
Christmas Turkeys will arrive
on the same ship.