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Evening star., 1942-12-04
Decorations Of Club
Found InfIammab|e,
Boston Inquest Told
Imitation PuIms Burned
Like Christmas Trees
Chemist Testifies
Earlier Story on Page A-8.)

tEdTlIer STORY on rage A-6.)
By the Associated Press
BOSTON, Dec. Am indus
trial chemist commissioned to
test decorative materials used in
the Cocoanut Grove night club
testified at an official inquest
today that virtually all of the
IS samples he obtained burst
Immediately into flame or ig-
nited soon after a flame test was
applied.
Gaping an earlier report that
burning imitation leather had pro-
duced poisonous gas fumes that
added heavily to the toll of 493
deaths in the fire disaster of last
Saturday night, Andrew Landini
employed by firm of industrial
chemists in Boston. testified:
I'VE do not feel that we can state
positively that none of these mate
rails tested had ever been flame
treated, but it is our opinion that
with the possible exception of
samples 3 and they are not now
flame resistant"
Declaring that the flame testing
(See INQUEST, Page 2-X)
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Count TomadeIIi Gets
| 10 5 Year Sentence
On Swind|ing Charge
Judge Coils Term Light
In Denying Request
For New Trial

Count" Juan J.. Tomadelli, IS,
self-styled inventor and one
time man about Washington, was
sentenced in District Court this
afternoon to from one to five
years for using the mails to de-
fraud in connection with the
promotion Of a light bulb said to
take its energies from the at
mosphere.
Justice James NJ Proctor imposed
the sentence Immediately after de-
nylng a motion for a new trial
Tomadelli was convicted November
10.
Defense Counsel Vincent E. Mar
tlno, in a plea Just before the SEN
fencing. said that Tomadelli had
been engaged recently in trying to
perfect device to combat the sub
marine menace: The attorney asked
the court to take this secret war
work for the Government" into
consideration when fixing the PEN
atty.
Justice Proctor pointed out, how
ever, that Tomadelli had been
iound guilty of an indictment charg-
ing him with swindling Ernest M
SWlngle, Elberon, N j., and Massirno
Antoniotti, Union City, N. j., out of
about $4,000 over a period of 13
years.
While the indictment lists five
counts, the jurist said, Il am
inclined to view the matter as one
of1ense, although serious one. AS
you know the sentence could be %
years on total of five counts, but
(See TOMADETJr pee
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Forced Conversion
1oCoa| Is Near,
Ickes Aide Says
Voluntary System
On Use of Fuel Oil
Held Disappointing
By the Associated Press.

Ralph K. Davies, deputy pc
troleum administrator, said to-
day the time is near when do
mestic consumers of fuel oil who
can convert their furnaces to
burn coal may be forced to do so.
Appearing before New England
congressional delegation discussing
the fuel oil shortage in that area,
Mr.. Davies said voluntary conversion
has been thoroughly disappoint-
ing"
People who can convert at little
expense are not doing So he said.
They want to use oil as long as pos
sible.
Il despair of getting results 7olun-
tarily. The time is near when We
will have to force conversion"
WPB Has Authority.
Mr.. Davies disclosed he was meet
ing later in the day with Donald M.
Nelson, War Production Board
chairman, to discuss a program to
enforce conversion He said the
WPB had the authority to issue The
necessary order.
Mr.. Davies said Petroleum. Ad-
ministrator Ickes had recomnren ded
conversion by force some time ago,
but so far no action had been taken.
Now we hope to prevail upon the
WPB to issue the necessary order" :"
he said.
Senator Walsh, Democrat of
Massachusetts, asked Mr.. Davies If it
wasn't true that many users of fuel
oil handn't converted because they
could not get the necessary equip
ment. The deputy administrator re-
piled there we're people who could
change to coal with little trouble
who are consuming millions of bar
rels of oil"
Deaths Could Result.
1T is not unfair" he said. ito re-
quire in this critical situation the
individual who has the equipment
to burn coal to convert so his neigh
Dor who cannot convert won't be
cold"
Mr.. Davies said the expression
freeze to death" was more than a
figure of speech
Unless this oil situation is han
died properly that could happen. I"
he said. I'VE are dealing in human
lives, military and domestic !"
Mr. Ickes said, barring unfore-
seen obstacles, that 1t was hoped at
tSee FUEL OIL, Page 2-X)
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Two New Indictments
Against Leiner Charge
Trading With Enemy
Dealings With Soboteurs
Outlined in Counts,
BiddIe Announces

Attorney General Biddle an
nounced that a Federal grand
jury in New York City had re-
turned two indictments against
Helmut Leiner on charges of
misprision Of treason and trad
ing with the enemy.
Leiner was found not guilty of
treason on November 30. The Gov
ernment had charged that Leiner
had committed treason in helping
Werner Theil and Edward John
Kerling, two of the six NaZi saDo-
teurs executed after trial by mill
tary court here in August
The first of the indictments re-
turned IN New York today, accord
ing to the Justice Department,
charged Leiner under four counts
with changing bills of large denom-
nations for members of the saboteur
group in violation of the Trading
With the Enemy Act.
The second indictment charges
Leiner with misprision of treason in
lallng 10 report MS knOWleQge OF
the reasonable acts of Kerling and
Miss Hedwig Engemann. who was
sentenced to three years imprison-
ment and fined $1,000 in New York
on Wednesday on her plea of guilty
to misprision of treason. Miss Enge-
mann, according to the Justice De-
partment, admitted knowledge OF
reasonable acts committed by both
Leiner and Kerling and failed to
report this knowledge to the proper
authorities.
Maximum penalties under the
Trading with the Enemy Act are 1C
years imprisonment or a fine OF
$4,000, or both. Penalties for mis-
prision of treason are Imprisonment
for not more than seven years and
a fine of not more than $1,000.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Blocking Of Arsenal
Investigation BY 5.
Denied by Bidd|e
Attorney General Says
Indictments Will Be
Sought Next Week
Earlier Story on Page A-8D

| NL6ihCH otOIy OH rage A-o.J
! Attorney General Biddle to-
day described as ridiculous
charges made yesterday by
United States Commissioner
Sidney E. Friedman at Harris
burg, Pa, that investigation of
alleged irregularities in connec-
ton with the new $4,000, 900
Naval Supply Depot at Mechan-
icsburg by the FBI and other
agencies had been "hamstrung"
by orders from Warrington.
He also announced that Tom C
Clark, chief of the war frauds unit
has been directed to call Mr.. Fried
man before the grand jury at Har-
| rlsburg 80 that he can tell the
grand jury what evidence he has
which indicates that any one in
Washington prevented either the
United States attorney or the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation from
proceeding vigorously with this case
II am distressed that the press
should have given such prominence
to the irresponsible statement of an
uninformed minor official" Mr.. Bid
die said in a formal statement.
CAT Harrisburg, Mr.. Friedman ad-
vised of the Attorney Generals
statement, said:
eff the grand jury wants the facts
all they have to do is to ask me.
don't fear the truth. don't scare
easily.'D
When his remarks were called
to my attention. personally in
vestigated the background of this
case" Mr.. Biddle said His charges
are ridiculous The facts are simply
these. Shortly after the war began
I created the war frauds unit of the
Department of Justice for the spe-
ciflc purpose of giving No. priority
to war frauds cases. The results of
: the investigation by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation are imme-
diately turned over to the war
frauds unit to determine whether
there should be criminal prosecu-
ton. The Federal Bureau of In
vestlgatlon- submitted its report on
this case on November 5.
THE war frauds unit determined
on presentment to the grand jury
in the same month, and a few days
ago sent two Department of Justice
attorneys to Harrisburg to submit
the case for indictment to the grand
jury this coming Monday, December
7. AS any lawyer knows. that is
unusually speedy preparation for
such case. Therefore, at the mo-
ment this irresponsible official was
making his unfounded charges, De-
partment of Justice representatives
were already waiting in Harrisburg
for the grand jury to convene next
Monday.
There seems to be some misap-
prehension in the public mind about
the status of Mr.. Friedman. A
United States commissioner is not
an employe of the Department of
Justice"
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Embossy
Accused by
Argentina
BY the Associated Press.

Ds WIG hSoOIldleu PTeSS.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 4.-Fed-
eral Judge Miguel Jantus said
today a government investiga-
ton had proved that the Ger
man embassy was involved in
espionage within Argentina.
Judge Jantus has been hearing in
secret the evidence supplied by the
United States against 80 persons ar
rested in a spy hunt. In ordinary
cases before a Federal tribunal the
testimony is taken by the court sec
retary, but Judge Jantus has been
hearing these cases personally.
The inquiry grew out of charges
OF Undersecretary of State Welles in
Boston two months ago that Argen-
tina and Chile were being used as
bases for Axis agents. When Argen-
tina asked for concrete evidence a
memorandum was supplied to the
Argentine government.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Boy, 7, Cleared Of Killing
As Sister, II, Confesses
~ the Associated Press

~ the Associated Press SCI.
TOLEDO. Ohio. Dec. 4.-Juvenile
Court Judge Paul Alexander said
today Charles Ibbotson, ir., Z
charged with fatally shooting his
1o-year-old sister, Rita. Thanksgiv-
Ing Day in their shack home. has
been cleared of the charge with the
confession OF his sister. Lois, IL. that
she accidentally shot her sister.
Judge Alexander said the girl pre-
viously had testified to Coroner
Frank Kreft that Charles shot his
sister In anger.
Mrs. Nellie Mack. Juvenile Court
oficer. said Lois told her Charles
showed her as she took the gun from
him, This angered her and she
kicked him, the gun accidentally dis
charging and killing Rita, who was
seated on a bed.
Judge Alexander said he was not
satisfied with the child's story and
wculd hold Lois for further ques-
tioning.
Evening star., 1942-12-04

him to run her expensive stable.
Shed put quite bundle of money
into building the string, even to
paying $4,000 for one horse.
But Bob liked none of them. so
he cleaned house. Then he shopped
around, picked up one galloper for
$1,000, another for $7o0 and a third
for $500 With these three at the
head Of the string, Smith won more
than a quarter OF million dollars
for the stable In 1894.
The $1,000 buy was the mighty
Cavalcade, who won $l27,l65, cap
tured the Kentucky Derby in 1884
and finished second to his stable
mate, High Quest, in the Preakness
that year. High Quest was the
$500 purchase.
In recent years Smith recovered
from serious illnesses several times.
He was discharged from a hospital
here last January after recovering
from pneumonia, but was left with 4
serious heart condition.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Mrs. Di Maggie 5 Attorney
Confirms Divorce Report
Earlier Stcry on. Pare DID

Earlier Stery on Page D-1)
Ey the Associated Press.
RENO, Nev- Dec. 4.-Mrs. Joe Di
Maggio's attorney today confirmed
reports that she would seek Reno
divorce from the New York Yankee
baseball outfielder.
In announcing the pending divorce
action, her attorney, Joseph p Hal
Ter, said Mrs. Di Maggie and Joe
separated at San Francisco shortly
before she came to Reno Tuesday.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Dec THAT
glamour girl billed as Amber 'Georg,
who gave an appreciative audience a
Thanksgiving strip-tease treat at
the Casino Theater, was disclosed
today to be an AWOL WAAC.
Military police, who had been look
ing for the missing member OF the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps,
picked her up after the matinee for
being absent without leave.
Ofhcers at the Fort Des Moines
training school confirmed her arrest
after Pete DeCenzie. theater man.
ager, related how the pretty girl
with reddish brown hair had given
the featured dancing performance,
She had applied for job In the
Casino Follies, he related.
"She said she had been stranded
here from some show or other, that
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Presentation to Arroyo del Rio
Fizzles as Portrait Is Lost

party nervously eyed their watches,
bellhops, baggagemen and hotel
checkers scurried about in fruitless
search for the portrait.
Finally at $40 am. the Ecua-
dorean chief executive indicated he
could wait no longer and left for the
airport. Mr.. Wheeler informed him
that he would send the gift as soon
as it could be located.
The portrait, done by Artist Com
mendatore Ettore de zoro of Santa
Barbara, Calf, was said to have
been delivered in New York last
Thursday, but nobody seemed TO
know what happened to 1t subse-
quently.
1t was to be the gift of the Com
panions of the Order of st. Lazarus
of Jesusalem resident on the Pa
| ciflc Coast, ehivalric order minis
tering to lepers.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
WhistIin Bob Smith Dies:
Was Trainer of CovoIcode
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Bob Smith,
70. veteran trainer of race horses,
including Mrs. Dodge Sloane's
Cavalcade and High Quest, died
today after a long illness.
For half century, "Whistlin'
Bob" Smith had been famous as a
sportsman, training notable horses
and managing fighters, including
Frank Erne, onetime world light
weight champion.
Things hadn't been going too well
for him in recent years, but
wherever you met him, sitting down
to a lonesome dinner in some Broad
way restaurant or ringsiding down
at a fight or marking your pro-
gram at race track. "Whistlin'
Bob" always had pleasant word.
He'd been around horses for nearly
so years since he first started
training for the old August Bel, 1ont.
Ten years ago, Mrs. Sloane Ted
Evening star., 1942-12-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. A bronze
portrait of President Roosevelt was
to have been presented today to
Ecuadorean President Carlos Arroyo
del Rio, but the portrait got lost,
the President had to leave, and the
person scheduled to make the pres
entation was covered with embar-
rassment.
The ceremony was scheduled for
am. in President Arroyo del Rios
Waldorf Astoria suite and at 8:15
am. the presidential party was
scheduled to leave for the airport to
catch a plane taking them on the
first leg of their return trip to Ec-
uador.
While Post Wheeler, former
American Minister to Paraguay, dis
tributed copies of the speech he had
prepared for the occasion and mem
bers of President Arroyo del Rios
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Canadian Price SIoshes
Stort This Week End
Earlier Story on Page B-20.)

Garner Story on Page B-20.)
BY the Associated Press
OTTAWA, Dec. 4.-Canadian au-
thorities announced today that re-
ductions in the retail prices of milk
tea, coffee and oranges through tax
ren1issions and subsidies at an es-
timated annual cost of $4,000 900
to the government we're expected to
become effective this week end.
Finance Minister James Ilsley first
reported the proposal last night, The
marking down of price tags this
week end was announced at a
press conference held by the min
lister today.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK. Dec. (P.-
Stocks easy; leaders in slow de-
cline. Bonds steady; low-priced
rails advance. Cotton mixed;
commission house buying; hedg-
ing and liquidation.
CHICAGO.-Wheat, December
contracts higher; demand for
cash grain. Corn about steady.
Hogs active; mainly steady; top,
1880. Cattle. supply mostly
cows; steady.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Morocco Radio
Tells Of Clash
Near Mdteur
Axis Ship Losses
Mount in Efforts to
Reinforce Troops
BULLETIN.

LONDON P).-The Morocco
radio said today that the
larger part" of more than so
enemy tanks which the Axis
used in its counterattack in
the Tebourba sector were de-
Stroyed or damaged and that
Axis parachutistS who landed
in the Allied rear had been
rendered poWerless in short
order.
Violent fighting" is going
on in the Mateur sector, the
broadcast said, while Allied
aviation is attacking Axis air
dromes and troop concentra-
tions with great fury. Six
enemy planes were shot down
in this latest phase of the
aerial battle, the broadcast
added.
Earlier Stories on Page AID
By the Associated Press
LONDON, Dec. 4.-The toll of
Axis shipping sunk by Allied sea
and air battles rose today to six
Tunisia bound supply vessels,
three destroyers and a torpedo
boat, all apparently sunk within
a 24-hour span.
These holes in the enemy's sea
communications ocroee tho C;,;l;a.
narroWs, announced in British COM
muniques of successive days, coun-
tered frantic Axis efforts to get new
men and supplies into North Africa
for the attempt to hold TunIsia.
Britain has announced the loss so
far of only one destroyer, sunk by
enemy air action, in the running
battle for sea and air mastery of the
9o-mile-wide strait between Sicily
and North Africa.
Two More Axis Ships Sunk.
"Squadrons Of our latest warships,
many still on the secret list" have
been added to the British Mediter-
ranean feet and have scored a sig
nal victory in the opening battle
the naval reporter of the London
Express said.
The two Axis merchantships latest
sunk were knocked out of a convoy
by Allied airmen, it was announced
officlally, and the Admiralty said
light naval forces sank an Italian
torpedo boat which had been escort
ing them shortly before.
The Axis can't keep troops in
| Tunisia if they can't get supplies. -
said naval source, "and we intend
to see that they don't get them"
Heavy Blows Struck at Ports.
New and heavy blows also wers
struck simultaneously at Bizerte
and Tunis, chief enemy ports of
entry, as the Allied land forces re-
grouped for a new showdown after
warding off Axis counterattacks
during 48 hours of bitter fighting in
which losses were declared by an
Allied spokesman to have been
heavy on both sides.
But despite the repeated enemv
assaults to eject them, the Allies
were reported to be in control of
two OF the towns forming the stra-
teglc Tunisia triangle, Tebourba
and Mateur, and to be fighting in
the western outskirts of the third,
Djedeida.
The Allied spokesman, stressing
that the British and Americans
nave their hands full in their cam
palgn to drive the Axis from Tu-
nisia. declared the edge in the new
test will go to the one who regains
his strength more quickly"
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Lute News Bulletin

Spitfires Roid France and Belgium
LONDON QH.-Spitnre squadrons carried out extensive
sweeps over France and Belgium today the Air Ministry
announced tonight Four planes were lost one enemy
fighter was destroyed and others were damaged
Evening star., 1942-12-04

ATLANTA.-PARATROOPERS MATCH JAPS ON MARCH-This
is column of United States Parachute Infantry
forced march of lis miles in three days oughening
COL Robert F. Sink commanding officer. said
unparalleled in continental American history
The marched in full equipment
The route was from the Toccoa Ga base to Atlanta
fields paths highways Observers average of
miles day matched anything the Japanese could
P Wrephoto
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Late Races
ChurIes Town

Earlier Results, Selections and
Entries for Tomorrow, Page Tx.
Charles Town
SEVENTH RACE Purse. s4OO: claim
ing; 3-year-olds and I'D; about Az fur
logns.
Mardi Gras tBalzarettD 4so 400 $50
Ida Time tScoccaD $50 4S0
High CLIQUE tDaushertyl 11s0
Also ran-Syam Saxon, Buddy Al, Beau
James Rolls Rough and McHenry.
New Orleans
SECOND RACE-Purse, $500; CLAIMING.
2-year -olds: 8 furlongs.
Volcano Peters, $50 4s0 $50
Khamcia tPlesal 62O 3so
November (Clingmsnl 5O0
Also ran-Dog Show, Cotplay Ed M,
Straw Warning, Crest O'War. Bowsprit and
Review.
THIRD RACE-Purse, S7OO: special
weights: maidens; 2-year .olds: g furionss.
Count Fearless (Basham) $50 800
Charnock tGuerin) 600
Also ran-s Top Tower. SPY Snare.
stylus. Black Fire, a Rock Call.
j. d. We'll entry
Evening star., 1942-12-04

Earlier Results, Selections and
Entries for Tomorrow, Page 2-X.
Evening star., 1942-12-04

tSee RUBBER, Page 2-xD
Evening star., 1942-12-04

tSee WPB, Page 2-x.)
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Weather Report

Slowly rising temperature today continued
cold tonight. lowest temperature about % de-
grees. Temperatures today-Highest, Al, at 3:4s
p.m.' lowest, a. at sos am. Full report or
page Ala. va
ruei OIL consumption should be 70 per cent
OF alotment for period ending last midnisht
Evening star., 1942-12-04

GSee TOMADELLT, Page 2-X)
Evening star., 1942-12-04

tSee FUEL OIL, Page 2-XD
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-10-15
TAMPICO
BY Agnes Molvig

The Tampico Farmers Union
local will hold its october meeting
Saturday night at 8 at the hall.
Howard and Walter Cornweu Of
Havre, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Corn
well, spent Saturday and Sunday
at their home.
MI. and Mrs. Iver Martin and
children left Sunday evening for
a weeks visit with MI. Martins
sister at Kalispell.
Miss Mike Disrud spent the week
in Glasgow with her daughters, Ida
and Mildred who r employed
there.
Miss Ardelle Boreson is now en-
ployed in Glasgow at the Gamble
store.
Raph Stensland left Wednesday
morning for Seattle where he will
be employed. He plans to step and
visit his brother Lester, who is
stationed at yakima, Wash.
Private Waino Anttonen is nov
stationed at Dayton, Wash.
Private Edward Dahl left Kearns,
Utah, and is now at Spokane, Wash.
Miss Margaret Kirwan was a
guest Friday night and Saturday
of Miss Shirley Johnson Of Fort
Peck.
Mrs. Dorothy Vertz and daugn-
ter Margaret Ellen arrived Satur-
day morning from Grand Coulee.
Wash, for a visit at the home of
her parents, MI. and Mrs. Frank
Kirwan.
MI. and Mrs. Arnot Martin and
son Marlin of Whately visited Sun
day at the Mrs. Moen and Iver
Martin hcineS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kegel left
for vacation trip to Spokane. Mr.
Holder of Havre is second trickop-
crater here in Mr.. Kegel's place.
Harry Widdowfield left Tuesday
for Malta where lie will be en-
ployed in the depot. He was agent
at Tampico the past year.
Charlie Steed arrived Tuesday to
work as relief agent at the depot.
Max Ported went to Wolf Point
Saturday.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-10-15

week for their home at Roman
Wednesday a group of intermediates
entertained Mary at a surprise par
ty at the E. A. Telford home. The
children brought lunch and played
games.
Mrs. r. J. Stein and children of
Glentana yer business callers Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer johnson and
family were Glasgow callers Sunday.
Last week 20 cars of grain were
shipped from Opheim. Friday a spe-
cial grain train hauled another
trainload from here.
Mrs. j. Mason and son william
we're Saturday callers.
William Craig was a business CAL
Ter Monday.
John Volden of Glendive spent a
week assisting his father, Knute
Volden, with harvest.
c. j. Bengston left for Fergus
Falls, Mimi, Friday, all harvest
having been completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Galgerud and
family moved to Nashua Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erling Voldal and
family of Fort Peck spent the week
end at the Harold Wilhelm home.
Several flocks of geese we're sight
ed flying south last week.