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Evening star., 1942-08-08


The six men executed we're:
Herbert Haupt, %.
Heinrich Heinck, IS.
Robert Quirin, "a.
Edward John Kerling, 80,
leader of one group of four which
landed in Florida.
Werner Thiel, IS.
Herman Neubauer, 80.
Executions Begin At Noon.
Announcement of the execu-
tions and prison sentences was
made by Stephen T. Early, White
House secretary, shortly before
1:30 pm. He told reporters that
the electrocutions began at noon
today in the District Jail.
Dasch. who got of lighter than
any of the convicted German agents.
was the leader OF the four-man
group which landed from . NaH
submarine. near Amagansett, Long
Island. There had been persistent
reports that he would receive some
clemency because Of help given to
the Government. Burger also was
in the group led by Dasch that
landed on Long Island. -Four other
saboteurs landed similarly from .
submarine on the Florida coast.
Following is the official White
House announcement:
The President completed his re-
view of the findings and sentences
of the military commission ap-
pointed by him on July 2, 1912.
which tried the eight Nazi sabo-
teurs.
'The President approved the
judgment of the military COM
mission that all Of the prisoners
were guilty and that they be given
the death sentence by electrocution.
Records are Sealed.
However, there was q unanimous
recommendation by the commission,
concurred in by the Attorney General
and the Judge Advocate General of
the Army, that the sentence of two
of the prisoners be commuted to life
Imprisonment because of their as
sistance to the Government of the
United States in the apprehension
and conviction of the others.
THE Communication directed by the
President in the case of Burger was
to confinement to hard labor for
life. In the case of Dasch, the
sentence was commuted by the
President to confinement at hard
labor for 30 years.
The electrocutions began at noon
today. Six of the prisoners were
electrocuted. The other two were
confined to prison.
THE records in all eight cases will
be sealed until the end of the war;"
Circumstances Hinted Deaths.
Incidents accumulating since yes
terday had pointed to imminent ex-
ecution. and this impression was
strengthened shortly before noon
when Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald arrived at the Jail and q
guard told newsmen that six
stretchers had been brought in.
At no time, however, was there
any indication from the White
House as to what was in store for
the Nazis, and Mr.. Early told . press
conference: "On the question of the
eight prisoners in the District Jail,
there is still no news for you."
The clemency for Dasch and Bur.
ger was not unexpected.
Coroner Macdonald reached the
Jail shortly before noon. a few mo-
Continued on Page Ok, Column -
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Rockinqhom Park

FOURTH RACE-Purse. $1,000: claim
ine; 4-year.olds and up; s furlonss.
Old Whitley tWahler) l2.40 1.2o 500
Bellarmine tDsttilo) 4.40 $50
Jackie tFinnegan) 40
Time, :13.
Also ran-On Location. Classic Beauty.
Rough Biscuit, Well Read, Whisper and
Knitetta.
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jack Dillon, Boxer, Dead

CHATTANOOGA Fla. Aug 8
R.-Ernest Calder Price, so. for
mer boxer, who fought under the
name of Jack Dillon, died at the
State Hospital here yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-08-08
Plane Crashes in San Pablo Boy

SAN RAFAEL, Calf. Q-An aircraft, believed to be
bomber crashed in San Pablo Bay today and
disappeared under water Hamilton Field reported The
Army air base dispatched the Hamilton
Immediately the aircrafs point of origin
or how many men aboard.
Evening star., 1942-08-08
U Sow Reported Dead
In British Prison
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOKYO (From japanese Broad
casts, Aug ga Miyako dispatch
quoting the Italian news agency
Stefani said today that U Saw,
former Premier of Burma who was
arrested by the British several
months ago while en- route home
from England, had died in prison
in Egypt.
LONDON. Aug. 8 tFp.-The Burma
Office OF the British government
stated oficially today that there
Is no truth" In a report broadcast
by the Rome radio that U Saw,
former premier of Burma, Is dead.
Evening star., 1942-08-08
Late News Bulletins

government opurns 10ndnI PFoPoSQ
NEW DELHI uP,.-The government of India tonight re-
fused negotiate with the A1nda Congress party the
basis OF the partys Bombay resolution calling for immediate
independence under threat civil dsobedence campaign
Earlier Story Page A-13
Evening star., 1942-08-08

FOURTH RACE-Purse. $1,000: allow
ancee: 2-year -olds: 81, furlongs.
MONDAY Sun tArcaro) $50 $50 3ao
Jopier fGarza} 1880 go
Tveedy (Nodarse) $50
Time, :06s.
Also ran-Poliy Briar. Flax. Dimout.
Bras, Wuskenin. Mercy, Bold Dan, Great
Onest and Commander,
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Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 @.-
Stocks mixed; price variations
narrow. Bonds irregular: rails
best In quiet market. Cotton
lower; Government crop forecast
drops prices.
G H c A G O.-Wheat about
steady; war news unsettles trade.
Corn lower; feed wheat sales ex-
pected. Cattle nominally steady.
Hogs steady; top SIS.
Evening star., 1942-08-08
Cumberland

SECOND RACE-Purse. 5000 claiming:
3-year-oads; 6ta furlongs.
Cushlamaeree tB'ztte) $40 $50 800
Hcdda Cab (Anderson) $40 800
Oelcharm (Cowley) $50
Time. 1:27As.
Asa ran--vera NJ, Dottie, Little Pete,
Nyleve and Good Whickey
DAILY Double paid S5l.2O)
Evening star., 1942-08-08
Late Races

Earlier Results and Entries for
Monday on Page 2-X
Evening star., 1942-08-08
Todoy's Home Runs

American League.
Keller, New York, 1st inning.
Dickey, New York, Sd inning.
Hassett, New York, 6th inning.
Judnich, st. Louis, Sd inning.
Evening star., 1942-08-08
GUIDE FOR READERS

rage.
Obituary ----A-4
Radio ------B-10
Real
Estate -B-1-2-3
Society AL
Sports aA-l1-l3
Whers to Go,
B-10
Woman's
Page -----A-le
Evening star., 1942-08-08
Major League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE.


AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At New York
Philadelphia 00l 100 10 4 Is 0
New York 3l2 O02 00x- s 1913
Batteries--Marehildon and Swift; Chan.
dier and Diekey.
At St. Louis
Detroit ----- 600 900 1
st. Louis 4O1 OOl
Batteries-white and rebbe4ts; Auker
and Hayes.
Boston at Washington-S:30 PM.
tOnly Games Scheduled)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn - 900 900 600 80
Boston ---- 600 Ol0 101-2 81
B.tteries-wyau and Owen; saivs and
lombard
At Cincinnati-First Game
Chicago 900 0lO 900 OO0-l 10
Cincinnati 900 900 o0l ool-z so
Battertes-Warneke and MeCuleAgh;
| DerrnseE. Beggs and Lakeman.
| At Cincinnati-Second Game
Chicago - O01
Cincinnati 90
| BatteFiss-Lee and SehefIing; Starr and
West.
At Pittsburgh
st. Louis. 900 21O
| Pittsburgh O32 600
Bsttsries-M. Cooper, Krist and ". Css.
| peFj Hamlin and LoDex.
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(See SECRECY, Page ok.
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Weather Report

Intermittent light rain and some thundershowe
activity later today: mild temperature. TEN
peratures today-Highest, II, at 1901 am; low.
est. 81, at ! pm: So at 4:45 pm.
From the pniteo s,ase. wessner sureau report.
Full Detals Pase A-2.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Stars G|obo| Maps to Aid War Study

along the Atlantic coast. The hunt
ing ground of the small subs up
around Iceland and between that
outpost and the British Isles will
be indicated.
1t is generally believed that the
long craft are being replen-
ished with fuel and torpedoes by
submarine tenders which range
from the coast Of France down past
the Canary and Cape Verde Islands
and across the Atlantic, sweeping
upward to Newfoundland and then
on to the Iceland British Isles and
finally making port in Norway.
Within the bounds of this great
area is being waged the war OF the
Atlantic. The distortion of fiat
maps sometimes makes it difficult
to properly understand the situa-
ton. The new global map, like the
rest in the l6-page supplement,
takes into consideration the curving
surface of the earth in indicating
shortest distances from one vital
point to another. --.
When warfare moved over COM
paratively small areas, nat maps
served the purpose. but In this war
planes and ships strike at points
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Djamgaroff Explains Work
For Dominican Republic

George J. Diamgaroff, one-time
public relations counsel to the
Dominican Republic in this country,
who has appeared before a special
District grand jury here several
times since June. last night issued
a statement explaining his former
connection with the Caribbean
country.
Mr.. Djamgaroff, who is from New
York. said he was making the state
ment because he had been excused"
by the jury.
His principal connection, he said,
was related to the proposed erec-
tion OF the Columbus Memorial in
Santo Domingo. In 1889, he ar
ranged a congressional mission to
view the site Of the project and Rep
resentative Fish, Republican, OF. New
York, was a member of the party.
In 1929, Mr.. Fish had presented
a joint House resolution authoriz-
ing an appropriation as the United
States contribution toward erection
of the memorial, Mr.. Djamgaroff
said.
The grand jury here in July re-
turned an indictment charging 28
persons with conspiring to UNDER
mine the morale Of the armed forces
Justice Department attorneys have
not announce dwhat the jury has
been investigating since that time.
It's session yesterday was the first
in several weeks and at the con-
clusion 1t did not set a date for
it's next meeting. It's life will ex-
pire october unless extended for
another term of court,
Evening star., 1942-09-17
British Collectors Sell
Porcelain 10 Paw Taxes

Prized porcelain from the private
collections of England is going to
the dominions, the United States
and South America, under the
necessity of sales to meet rising In
come tax needs.
One London dealer reported he is
sending $4,000 worth of porcelain to
the United States monthly. with
Crown Derby and old Worcester par
ticularly sought by Americans. Col
lections are being eagerly bought by
Australia, New Zealand, Canada and
South Africa.
Prices are reported in wide cycle.
A Worcester dinner set painted by
Humphrey Chamberlain in the year
of the Battle of Waterloo was sold
for $l,440, half its former value. but
a private collection from Walton
Hall. Warrington. brought $3.50.
while Nanking china brings $l2
apiece.
Evening star., 1942-09-17

months working day and night on
that field.
And here's some booty the at
tackers found in the airdrome: An
electric light system running the
entire length Of the runway, five
power rollers, two tractors, 200 tons
OF first-grade cement, three cement
mixers, water system, three mobile
power hoisting units. q power plant
trucks, motor fuel and more than so
tons of steel.
The blessings OF chance stuck
with the marines the time sorely
needed new bombers and fighters
landed on Guadalcanal The planes
were spread over the field with mo-
tors still warm when Japanese
bombers arrived In q surprise raid.
Left Planes Alone.
The raiders left the airdrome and
It's precious planes alone. Their
targets were ships. They did some
damage, but nothing comparable to
what they might have done to that
concentration Of planes on the
ground.
The marines and Navy, too, have
had some bad luck and 1t has
brought losses which might natural
ly be expected in such . tough as
signment as stopping the Japanese
and rolling them back. But 50 far
the breaks have been with the
marines.
A pilot was brought into camp
yesterday after having bailed out
and having spent q week In 4 JAP
anese infested area. Somebody said
He sure is lucky" Another re-
piled, Lucky? Hes marine"
Evening star., 1942-09-17

hard not to keep looking at that
fading silhouette"
It was soon too dark to see any
more, and We finally went down on
deck.
The events leading up to the
abandoning of the game ship
already have been told.
From early morning until late at
night the Pacific Fleet, admittedly
empowered. had hurled its aerial
strength in wave after wave at the
would-be invaders. We counted the
planes as they took off and We
counted them VI as they returned
They didn't all get back. But we
knew, as reports came in. that
they'd struck. first and hard.
Japs Didn't Sound Happy.
We could hear excited Japanese
voices on the radio. They oldn't
sound happy. We heard that the
force on nearby Midway also had
taken terrific toll, that Army
planes were in the thick. Our
jubilance grew as the day wore on.
Then came the final two Japanese
attacks Of the entire battle.
The first, about pm, was by
dive bombers and set the Yorktown
afire. She barely was visible
through the smoke as our cruiser
waited nearby in the wreckage-
strewn waters. We thought she was
gone, and there was tense hour
of watching while the smoke grad
ually lessened. 1t seemed almost
unbelievable when the Yorktown
finally got underway.
The second atta ck-by more than
score of dive bombers and torpedo
planes-came almost at the same
instant the Yorktown's remaining
planes were roaring off her deck as
she picked up sufficient speed to
launch them.
Then there was a Ave minute
he'll Of noise, flashing planes, long
streaks of fire In the skies, the jolts
of exploding bombs, and almost solid
trails OF tracer bullets as, one by
one, the enemy craft dropped into
the sea. They died, but never fall
tered, under the hail OF shells and
bullets from our own fighter planes
and the whole fleets guns.
Pressed Attack Home.
They pressed their attack home
all right-probably three OF them,
but we didn't think even one got
away. And If they did they had
no place to land-their own carrier
was being blasted to pieces at the
same time.
1t was then the stiffness became
deafening. emotions unruly. 1t was
then there came sudden recogni-
tion Of the love man can bear for
a ship at sea.
These are the parts of the Battle
OF Midway that were relived over
our long delayed coffee that night
Evening star., 1942-09-17

The problem of combating u
boats which have struck such dew
astating blows against our shipping
and that of our Allies in the war
against the Axis is much more diff
ficult to solve in this war than in
World War /. Global warfare has
brought new factors into the situa-
ton and Germany,s ability to over
run most of Europe has brought new
shore lines into the picture.
The global map supplement OF The
Evening Star next Monday will pro-
vide a striking visual picture OF the
war. Included in the IS pages OF
maps which through portrayal OF
the curvature of the earth give a
more accurate presentation OF the
relationships between various geo.
graphical areas than can be had in
. fat map. will be one OF the
Atlantic area.
On the map will be shown the
three main lanes Of traffic to Eng
land, Russia and the Middle East.
Also shown will be the probable
direction of travel of the longer
range submarines which have played
havoc in the Caribbean Sea and
Evening star., 1942-09-17

thousands of miles separated from
the starting point.
To meet the peed for better illus
tration, The Evening Star is pub
fishing the global maps. They are
especially vital to students who are
seeking to keep abreast of current
events. They aid older persons who
learned their geography on the nat
maps of former years.
BY the use of proper perspective,
sizes and straight lines are as clearly
defined as though one were looking
at globe. Better than a globe,
however. the maps can be laid nat
and larger area studied than is
possible while looking directly at a
globe. Because they are fiat, they
may be pasted in notebooks, thus
helping the student.
The supplement to be issued Mon
day, September 2l. will be printed
on standard newsprint. For those
who want copies, printed on heavier
stock more easily preserved, a
de luxe edition will be available.
These may be had In the lobby OF
The Star Building at Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue At 4
nominal charge pf 10 cents, Is cents
If ordered by mall
Evening star., 1942-09-17
BurIeith Area Exhibits
Rescue Ambulance

A rescue squad ambulance built
by air-raid wardens was exhibited
at 4 f1rst-aid demonstration given
last night at the Western High
School Stadium by the Burleith area
with the cooperation of the Bur-
leith Citizens Association.
The ambulance was built in two
weeks by Burleith wardens from
contributions received from resi-
dents Cf their sector. Gus DOM
nick, warden. contributed a truck
chassis. A number of the men In
the neighborhood, including Lewis
Watson, I. Y. Chiswell, William
Molster and Carl Romborg built
the truck in their spare time. The
ambulance Is similar to the 800 am
balances that the British American
Ambulance Corp. in the United
States has been shipping to Eng
land for the past year.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Log Of Sunken Carrier
is Saga Of New Epoch
In Naval Warfare
Perhaps No Other Ship
Saw os Much Action in
Ayeneine Pearl Horbor
Nv WALTER b. CLAUSEN,
o~..s ata6 wrtt,y

Associated Press STAN Writer. "A
PEARL HARBOR, Jme 7 tDe-
layedp The aircraft carrier York~
town is gone, but it will not be for-s
gotten :
As long as history Of the great
war in the Pacific is written the
name of this ship will be part.
of it. The log of the Yorktown Is,
A history in itself, the history or
new epoch in naval war1are-
the dawn of the aero-amphioioua
era. /
The Yorktown's last fight was
the historic battle of Midway. It's.
valiant fighters were in on the XIII
which crushed the Japanese move
for conquest Of Hawaii-destroy-
ing four Japanese aircraft carriers
and ending the japanese naval ana
air superiority in the Pacific.
Japs Never Survived.
japanese torpedo planes sent their
lethal fish into It's sides after the
Yorktown flyers had, participated
in the destruction of the Rising
Sun carriers. Most Of the York.
town men lived to tell their stories.
but the Japanese attackers, havrs
ing no place to set down on the
sea, never lived to hear of the York.,
towns fight. 1t was later, whils
salvage operations were being con--
Quoted, that the crippled Yorktown
went down, victim Of an enemy.
submarine.
The saga of the Yorktown starts
with the japanese attack on Pearl.
Harbor. 1t became the avenging
wrong Of the Pacific. Perhaps no.
other ship shared in so much action.
to avenge Pearl Harbor. =
From its decks few many young
men to meet the enemy and to-
return as spectacular heroes, 1t was
In on the Gilbert and Marshall raid
February /, when some. Is enemy
ships were destroyed and heavy.
punishment inflicted on the major,
Japanese bases in those mandated,
. islands.
Took Role in New Guinea Raid.
In the South Pacific in March. thA
Yorktown men got bag of 10 ships
sunk and five damaged In q raid
on New Guinea. at SalamAua and.
Lac, but one scout plane was losts
The devastating raid on Tllagi In.
the Solomons May 4. In which the
kill was nine, possibly II ships, found
the Yorktown men in action. The
wraithlike Yorktown moved into ths,
Coral Sea action, getting in on the
kill Of the big Japanese carrier
Ryukaku and other warships.
Go Get En-" 1t. E. Scott Nc.
Cuskey Of Stuttgart, Ark, whose
thrilling story OF fighter work, set-
ting q bag of seven Jap planes, is
known Throughout the world. was .
Yorktown. fighter. Another was
George Henry Gay of Houston, Tex,a
torpedo plane pilot. whose thrilling
eyewitness story was the first TO-
Fash around the world from the
Midway battle. :.
The full log Of the Yorktown ma
doubt will remain = naval secret
until after the war. but its officers
and men know full we'll that 1t lived
In tn ifs hietnp{e name
Evening star., 1942-09-17
BY WENDELL WEBB,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.-THE
destruction Of the carrier Yorktown
provided one of those pathetically
indelible memories of war that bring
on cold sweats In the dead OF night.
1t happened more than three
months ago-months in which there
was good reason to believe the jap
anese did not know the ship was
sunk-but the stunning drama OF
the moment has never faded.
Flashing cannon, the great belch
Of shells. hammering machine guns,
the incredible din of fighting planes
and the fire power Of the entire
f1eet-it isn't these that disturb the
sleep Nor is it the bullets splatter-
ing around the bridge, the glistening
geysers from exploding bombs, the
flames Of falling planes. 1t is none
of the common place of war.
Rather, it's the unforgettable
sight, in the terrible after-quiet OF
battle, OF a ship that refused to die,
ship whose very existence was
prime reason the flag OF the Rising
Sun never came closer than 5000
miles from the American west coast
in the nip-and-tuck battle of Mid
way.
Tears in Gunners' Eyes.
From notes scrawled aboard Z
cruiser during the epic events Of
last June 4 find such memoS as
these:
I'VE watch the Yorktown. It's
listing more and more. 1t doesn't
look as if 1t can make 1t. There are
tears in some of these gunners' eyes.
They feel it was their fault the tor
pedoes got through. I think they
did their best. They've had only a
sandwich and an apple in 10 hours.
"One OF the cruisers pilots is
swearing softly. The knuckles of
an officers hard show white as he
grips a bullet-splattered rail-
There she goes. No, 1t was just
swell. She seems to be holding.
But .he water is ony a couple Of
feet from her open deck. Her rails
are lined with men. There goes
the first one overheard He jumped
from the stern. There 60 the ropes.
Men are sliding down them. Small
boats go oversize. There's deathly
silence on this cruiser. We wonder
how many have died.
1T doesn't seem this can be true.
There's no excitement. I find my
self suddenly brimming with an
overpowering desire to do some
thing, anything. The>e's nothing to
do An ensign says we'll probably
have to sink the Yorktown our
selves. I don't want to watch it..
Most of Survivors Saved.
Most of the survivors have been
picked up. Small boats are after
the remainder. They are taken to
various ships still circling. There
are two planes on the Yorktown's
fitting deck.
I'VE learn we are not to sink her.
Maybe the Yorktown will make
port. We start to talk a bit.
| God knows she's earned q right
to live, a warrant officer mutters.
I'VE start moving away. The
feet gets into formation. No more
Japs have shown up. The York
town seems to slip away in the dusk
A couple of ships still with her. It's
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Carriers Sailors, Swimming
In Sea, Found Time for Humor

and officers on one raft sang THE
Beer Barrel Polka" he said In an
interview.
Wilder told of another seaman, a
gunner, who was blown of the
Yorktown with his anti-aircraft gun.
He was still firing when he hit the
water. Someone yelled, Come back.
We aren't abandoning ship yet"
and the gunner was rescued from
the water.
Wilder, son of the Rev. T. H.
Wilder, pastor Of the Doerun Bap-
tist Church, and Mrs Wilder, has
returned to duty after visit with
his parents.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press.

Senate: a
Routine session.
Interstate Commerce Subcommit-
tee begins investigation OF James G..
Petrillo's ban against union mem
bers making records and transcript
tons. 1-..
Banking Committee meets In
Closed session to study resolution to
stabilize cost Of living.
House:
Routine business.
Tolan Migration Committee hears
War Production Chief Donald Mel
son on wartime manpower problems.
Banking Committee considers eco
nomic stabili3a ton bill.
Evening star., 1942-09-17

In the hushed wardroom of cruiser
that was heading straight for more
trouble-and with a crew grimly set
on exacting a usurer's interest for
the sight they'd just seen.
We knew at that time, however.
that the japanese already had paid
an awful price for their attempt to
bulge their power into the East. But
no man who saw the Yorktown will
ever think they paid too much.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOULTRIE, Ga, Sept. 17-Swim-
ming around in the water after the
order was given to abandon ship
didn't dampen the humor of sailors
of the torpedoed aircraft carrier
Yorktown.
Second Class Petty OfIicer Hawey
Wilder, whose Job aboard the car
rier was feeding ammunition to the
gunners, told here how some OF the
boys padding about In the Pacific
some 100 miles from Midway kept
yelling Taxi, taxi" and thumbing
at every passing object. Sailors