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Warsaw Told to Decide for Self
On Negotiations With Germany
London Would Bar
Force Threats
During Talks
By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN,
Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
LONDON. Aug. 30—The European
crisis took a new turn today, when
the British government in a message
to Poland, asked the Polish govern
ment whether it would be willing
to negotiate with Fuehrer Adolf
Hitler in regard to questions now in
dispute between Poland and Ger
many.
The Polish government was in
formed of certain sections of Hit
ler’s latest message to Great Britain,
received here last night, in which
Hitler expressed his willingness to
negotiate. The British emphasized
to Poland, however, that it was
entirely up to that country to decide
what to do, and that if Poland did
decide to negotiate Britain would
stand behind it and prevent Ger
many from employing threats of
force in the negotiations.
Thus it is now up to Poland to
take the next step and. no matter
what she may decide to do after
reading Hitler's latest outburst,
Britain will support her. It was
emphasized in London today that
Britain had not simply agreed to
guarantee certain sections of Po
land-such as Danzig or the Cor
ridor—against aggression, but that
it had undertaken much more—
namely, to go to Poland's defense
whenever that country's integrity
wras threatened and it decided to
fight to protect it. Thus, it was
stated, Britain would go instantly
to Poland's assistance if Poland de
cided that the massing of German
troops in Slovakia constituted a
threat to its sovereignty and took
measures to protect itself.
Details of Message Leak Out.
Details of Hitler’s latest message
to Britain leaked out in London this
afternoon anc they were not such
as to bring joy to lovers of peace.
Hitler—as noted—indicated his will
ingness to negotiate, but only on
terms which seemed impossible at
first glance. He is understood to
have said, in the first place, that
the negotiations should be conducted
in Berlin and that Poland's emis
saries should arrive there not later
than tonight. British Ambassador
Sir Neville Henderson, who received
the note from Hitler, is understood
to have demanded whether this
time limit was meant to be an "ulti
matum.” whereupon Hitler is report
ed to have replied that it was not
an ultimatum, but simply "a basis
for negotiation.”
Upon hearing of Hitler's terms in
the early hours of this morning, the
British government itself is under-!
stood to have informed Berlin im
mediately that it would not be re
sponsible for suggesting to the Poles
that they comply with these condi
tions. At the same time they for
warded Hitler's message to the Poles
for their consideration’with the sug
gestion that they do as they pleased
in recard to it.
In his latest pronunciamento to !
the British, Hitler is also understood
to have said that the Poles, pre
liminary to the initiation of formal
negotiations, should agree in prin
ciple to surrender Danzig and the
Corridor and to negotiate a com
mercial agreement with Poland
which, it‘appears, would subjugate
Poland's economy to that of the
Reich.
It is not known here' whether
Poland's decision to mobilize today
was immediately connected with
Hitler’s latest message. It was in
dicated, however, that such mobi
lization had been planned for the
past two days and that it had been
already agreed that Poland should
mobilize today unless there were a
sudden lightening of tension. Cer
tainly, it was agreed here today,
there was n'o such development.
Situation Almost Desperate.
The situation now can be de
scribed as little short of desperate.
The only compensating feature is
that the democracies are fully pre
pared for anything that may hap
pen and that there is practically no
chance under the sun of a Munich
on their part. If—everybody here
Insists—there is going to be any
crawling on this occasion, it will be
done by Hitler and his friend Benito
Mussolini and the moral victory will
not belong to the dictatorships.
There was complete absence of
Official news here this noon other
than a little tidbit to the effect that
Hitler’s note was not nine pages
long, as reported by the morning
newspapers, but only 3Vs, pages long.
What the foreign office actually
though of the situation was indi
cated in an unmistakable way, how
ever, by the number of workmen who
busied themselves in the corridors
hanging up black curtains over the
Windows.
Criticism of Chamberlain.
There was an unconfirmed report
In London today that the evacua
tion of children from Britain’s prin
cipal cities in the evacuation area
would be carried out tomorrow un
less there were a sudden turn for
the better over night. At the same
time, there was a great deal of criti
cism of the Prime Minister’s state
ment of yesterday refusing to ailow
evacuation until the situation had
developed further. Such an evacua
tion would be the biggest card Brit
ain could possibly play in the war
of nerves and might be the deciding
factor in swerving Hitler from his
seemingly unalterable course.
All of Britain is now ready for
Instant action and no stroke, how
' ever rapid, could surprise her.
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A
Britain Expected
To Send Germany
New Message Today
Cabinet Spends 1 Vz hours
In Studying Response
Of Reichsfuehrer
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. Aug. 30.—The British
government was said in official cir
cles today to be planning a further
communication to Fuehrer Hitler,
while it also was reported in usually
reliable diplomatic quarters that
Germany's latest note contained an
indication at least of a willingness
now to negotiate directly with
Poland.
In these quarters there was a
suggestion that ^Germany might
want a Polish minister plenipo
tentiary to be sent to Berlin, but
whether this was definitely sug
gested in Hitler’s note was not dis
closed.
Sources close to the government
said the British reply would be sent
to Berlin later today. It was ex
pected to be of such a nature that a
further communication from Hitler
would be likely.
King Visits War Office.
The contents of Hitler’s lengthy
note were before the cabinet at an
hour and a half session today.
King George, commander in chief
of all Britain’s armed forces, called
at the war office this afternoon, ap
parently to inspect details of the
nation’s preparedness for war. The
visit was officially described as “pri
vate and informal." Later the King,
accompanied by his brother, the
Duke of Gloucester, visited the air
ministry.
Although any willingness by Ger
many to open negotiations directly
with Poland for Danzig,' the Polish
Corridor and other concessions
would be welcomed in London re
liable quarters emphasized that de
mands such as these could scarcely
prove acceptable as a basis for dis
cussion.
The disclosure, however, that a
further British communication to
Germany was planned indicated
that the London government was
anxious to keep conversations go
ing as long as possible, both in the
hope of finding a basis of settlement
and also, as one diplomatic in
formant put it, to prolong the so
called “war of nerves” for its pos
sible effect inside Germany.
Mr. Chamberlain and Hitler pur
sued a policy of silent diplomacy
to avert public discussion that might
(See LONDON, Page A-5.)
Netherlands-Belgian
Mediation Efforts
Welcomed in Berlin
Demands of Germany Have
Not Changed, However,
Nazis Declare
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER,
Associated Pres* Foreign Correspondent.
BERLIN, Aug. 30.—The German
government “welcomes with ex
traordinary sympathy the offer of
mediation by Queen Wilhelmina
and King Leopold,” authoritative
quarters said unreservedly today.
These persons said the offer of
mediation was not extended to the
German government, but to Great
Britain, France and Poland.
Britain, in the opinion of these
persons, is the only nation really in
a position to press upon Poland to
accept.
Members of the German cabinet
assembled unexpectedly in Adolf
Hitler’s chancellery at 4:30 p.m.
(10:30 a.m., E. S. T.). All were in
Berlin, available for the meeting.
Members of the Reichstag, many
of whom left the capital after their
meeting with Hitler last Sunday,
have been ordered to hold them
selves in readiness to return for a
meeting at any moment.
London and Paris have sent fa
(See BERLIN, Page A-3.)
Reich, Soviet Offer
Of Free Hand for
Japan Reported
By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.
Chicago Dally Nem Foreign Correspondent.
PARIS, Aug. 30 (By Radio).—
Germany and Russia, according to
information here, have promised
Japan a free hand in China if she
will guarantee Russia's frontiers.
They are pressing Japan hard to
accept and it is this question which
is holding up ratification of
the Russo-German non-aggression
treaty. Obviously a success in this
field would further strengthen the
agressor powers. Obviously, too,
Great Britain and Prance are inter
ested in preventing such a combina
tion at almost any cost.
The Japanese, thoroughly in
censed at Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's
betrayal of the anti-Comintern
agreement, have approached the
British and French with offers of
some sort of co-operation. Both
countries naturally are eager for
such agreement since it would guar
antee their possessions in the Far
East, free their hands for dealing
with the European situation and
secure them a reasonably strong
ally which could watch Russia and
perhaps prevent the Russians from
becoming active against Poland.
But there is a rub. The Bolshe
viks ar« apparently willing to betray
China. But can Britain and France
—on the eve of being forced into
war against aggression—come to
terms with the Japanese aggressor
unless Japan is prepared to cease
attacking the Chinese?
But the British and French can
not afford to allow the Japanese to
eat China, for if they did they could
not count upon full American sup
j tAR t.
The British and French are aware
of the difficulty. The solution is
clearly for Britain and France to in
duce Japan, first, to make peace with
China and if necessary invite the
United States to mediate in the Far
Eastern conflict, and then offer
Japan compensation elsewhere. The
French and British have consulted
Washington and are in constant
touch with American representa
tives. But the case is urgent. Britain
and France believe they must act
quickly.
Japanese Rushing Troops
To Manchukuo Frontiers
TOKIO, Aug. 30 (.A").—As a result
of Soviet Russia's non-aggression
pact with Germany, freeing the
hands of Japan’s rival in Eastern
Asia, the Japanese Army is rushing
large forces into Manchukuo
through Korea and North China.
All vulnerable points along Man
chukuo's frontiers with Soviet Rus
sia and Outer Mongolia. Soviet pro
tectorate, are being reinforced.
Manchukuo is filled with rumors
that Russia, now freed of the Ger
man menace on her Western frontier,
similarly is massing fresh armies in
Siberia.
(In Moscow, however, the offi
cial agency, Tass, issued a denial
of reports that 200.000 to 300,000
Red Army troops had been sent
to the Far East, asserting that,
on the contrary, Russia was re
inforcing her western frontier
garrisons.)
Manchukuo’s railways recently
have been choked with troop and
supply trains hurrying northward.
Manchukuo’s chief cities, Mukden,
Hsinking and Harbin, were under
blackout regulations as precaution
against Soviet air raids.
It was reported that the Mon
golian border conflict—where Rus
sians and Japanese are fighting
ostensibly on behalf of their pro
tectorates, Outer Mongolia and
Manchukuo—was expanding.
Domei (Japanese news agency)
reported that Japanese Army planes
ha dshot down 14 or 30 attacking
Mongol planes over the border be
tween Soviet Outer Mongolia and
Manchukuo in the vicinity of Lake
Bor.
No Japanese planes were lost in
the encounter, Domei said. Its dis
patch was not dated.
Anxiety concerning a Russo
Japanese war has been heightened
by the German-Soviet pact. Hither
to Japanese have believed they
would be able to choose their own
time and place for beginning a war
with Russia. Now millions through
out the empire see this situation
(See TOKIO, Page A-5.)
France Requisitions
All Railways for
Military Use
Gen. Weygand Reported
Due to Head Allies'
Armies in Near East
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. Aug. 30.—Premier Dala
dier’s office announced tonight that
effective immediately the entire
Prench railway system, with all its
supplies, employes and rolling stock,
was requisitioned «K6r military use
The order means that henceforth
commercial traffic may be suspended
in whole or part if the military'
authorities consider it necessary.
Since January 1, 1938. the Prench
railways have been operated as one
nationalized system by a company
in which the Government owns 51
per cent of the stock. The prespec
tive order means placing them under
the war ministry.
Weygand Reported Chosen.
Gen. MMaMxime Weygand, for
mer chief of the Prench Army,
who has flown dramatically to the
Near East, was reported in military
quarters today to have been chosen
commander of the allied forces in
the Eastern Mediterranean in case
of war.
The 72-year-old but still active
Gen. Weygand landed today in
Beirut, Lebanon, by plane from
Paris, where he had held a series
of conferences with military and
civil leaders.
Gen. Weygand retired as chief
of the army general staff in 1935
and was succeeded by Gen. Maurice
Gustave Gamelin, now slated to be
commander in chief of Prench, Brit
ish and allied armies in the event
of wTar.
Gen. Weygand was called back
from retirement to go to Ankara
last April for negotiation of the
French-Turkish mutual assistance
pact.
The new mission, which took him
in haste to Beirut, was at first
cloaked in official secrecy. Military
sources said, however, he had been
designated to lead the allied forces
in that area in case of necessity
and was already laying the ground
work.
A similar report circulated in high
diplomatic quarters.
SO,000 Children Being Moved.
Evacuation of nearly 50,000 Paris
school children began as the threat
of war still hung over Europe.
Premier Daladier, who declared
“we will know where we stand to
day,” summoned members of three
important Parliament committees,
the army, air and finance groups,
for a midafternoon emergency ses
sion.
By that time, the nation expected
to know whether Adolf Hitler had
made a bid for peace or war in his
dispute with Poland. French leaders
awaited news of the German's long
note dispatched to London late last
night.
Some French leaders continued to
view the future pessimistically, but
the tone of the Berlin morning press
revived hopes Germans would agree
to negotiate.
M. Daladier was reported ready to
order general mobilization, depend
ing on terms of Hitler's note to Lon
don.
The swift pace in diplomatic ex
changes continued when M. Dala
dier received Polish Ambassador
Julius Lukasiewicz this morning.
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet
conferred with Paul Emile Naggiar,
French Ambassador to Moscow, who
flew here to report on Russia’s non
aggression pact with Germany.
President Albert Lebrun received
the credentials of the new Turkish
Ambassador, Behic Erkin.
Elated by Soviet Pact Delay.
The fact Russia had not yet rati
fied the German pact formally
caused much elation here and was
linked with suggestions Hitler might
not have Moved on Poland for that
reason and because of other reper
(See PARIS, £age A-5.)
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Morgan, 2,384 Others
Sail on Queen Mary
By the Associated Press.
SOUTHAMPTON, England. Aug
30.—The liner Queen Mary sailed to
day with 2.385 passengers, a record
The list included J. Pierpont Mor
gan. American financier.
Mr. Morgan, who had reserved s
suite, kept only a bedroom for him
self when he learned of the crush
of passengers, and had guests sleep
ing in his drawing room and garder
veranda.
Early Thanksgiving
In '40 Announced
By Roosevelt
Date Fixed to Aid
Calendar Makers,
Gridiron Plans
For the benefit of calendar mak
ers President Roosevelt made knowr
today that this year's innovatior
of an earlier Thanksgiving Da>
will be adhered tc again in 1940.
In response to numerous inquiries
from art concerns that must begir
work early on. the new calendars
Acting Press Secretary William D
Hassett announced Mr. Roosevell
has decided that Thanksgiving Daj
next year will be on November 21
the third instead of the last Thurs
day.
The early announcement also will
enable football-schedule makers tc
plan their holiday games accord
: _ _i_
When the President shattered
precedent by revealing several weeks
ago that Thanksgiving Day this
year would be moved up to Novem
ber 23 Instead of November 30, the
last Thursday of the month, it
provoked Nation-wide discussion
for and against the change.
Much of the criticism came from
football authorities, who long ago
had scheduled important games for
the Thanksgiving holiday. The an
nouncement also met with opposition
from a number of State Governors,
while the chief executives of certain
other States supported the change.
The Governor of each State is free
to proclaim the usual last Thursday
of November as Thanksgiving Day
within his jurisdiction, since the
presidential proclamation is binding
only on Federal reservations and the
District of Columbia.
Today's announcement was a clear
indication that the President has not
been shaken from his original deci
sion by the controversy that fol
lowed his decision to inaugurate the
chango this year. In making the
first announcement, Mr. Roosevelt
let it be known that he was moving
up Thanksgiving Day to comply with
the wishes of small business men ol
the country, who felt that the cus
tomary last Thursday of November
is too close to Christmas.
President Arranges
Meeting With War
Resources Board
Stettinius Heads Group
Invited to Luncheon
At White House
President Roosevelt arranged his
first meeting today with the newly- i
organized War Resources Board, a
group of industrial experts named to
prepare the Nation’s economic ma
chinery for any emergency.
The group invited to the White
House for a pre-luncheon meeting
was headed by Edward R. Stettinius,
Jr„ chairman of the board of the
United States Steel Corp. Col. \
Louis Johnson. Assistant Secretary
of War, and Charles Edison, Acting ,
Secretary of the Navy, who have
been sitting with the board at or
ganization meetings, also were in
vited.
White House officials said the
President was keeping constant
' watch on developments in the Eu- i
ropean crisis. From 8:30 p.m. to
j midnight last night, they said, he
i made telephone calls about every
i 15 minutes. Officials said no list of
the calls was kept and declined to
say to what points they were made.
Several Steps Taken.
Stimulation of the studies of the
War Resources Board was only one
of the several steps taken in recent
hours to perfect plans for protecting j
American property and interests in :
time of war.
Among such steps was an order
that military guards be placed on
all vessels passing through the
Panama Canal, vital seaway between i
the Pacific and Atlantic, to dis- '
courage any thought of damaging
the locks or other essential mechan
ism. In addition, the defense per
sonnel in the Canal Zone was
ordered increased by 272 officers and
7,360 enlisted men with their move
ment to the new posts scheduled to
begin Saturday.
, In the nature of protective action
also, the President explained yester
day, was the Government order that
the Bremen, German luxury liner,
should be held in New York for
thorough searching before being
permitted to sail on its return to
Hamburg. Like action is being
taken, he added, against the Nor
mandie of the French Line and all
other ships of foreign nations now
poised for war. Danger of such ships
being outfitted for offensive sea
action after leaving port might
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-10.)
U. S. Orders 18 Planes
To Panama Canal
By the Associated Press.
MT. CLEMENS, Mich., Aug 30.—
Eighteen of the Nation's fastest
pursuit planes, based at Selfridge
Field here, were ordered by the
War Department today to fly im
mediately to the Panama Canal.
Bremen Release
Due Today; U. S.
Plans Escort
May Be Watched
To 3-Mile Limit;
Other Boats Searched
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Aug 30.—The liners
Normandie, Transylvania, Bremen
and Aquitania. held in port here
while customs guards searched them
for contraband, will be permitted to
sail early this evening, Harry M.
Durning, collector of customs," said
today.
The search of the Bremen is be
ginning to look completed, and l
believe it will be finished bv 4 or 0
o’clock (Eastern daylight time) and
that goes for the other ships, too "
Mr. Durning said. “I think all of
them will be cleared and ready to
sail by 7 o'clock if they want to.
"However, there are storm warn
ings up and no ship would want to
sail before the right tide and wind."
The Bremen and the Normandie
arrived here Monday, and the
Bremen had expected to depart yes
terday without passengers.
Liner Chartered.
The Cunard-White Star line,
owners of the Aquitania, announced
that the line has chartered the
Lamport & Holt liner Vandyck to
carry passengers from Liverpool to
the United States who originally
were to have sailed on the Scvthia
and the Brittanic, both of which
were requisitioned by the British
admiralty.
The Cunard-White Star Line said
the Vandyck, a 13.250-ton vessel
which has been carrying 450 cruise
passengers, would maintain the Scy
thia’s schedule, leaving Liverpool
September 1 and sailing for Em ope
from here September 15.
The line's office here said it had
heard reports, but had not con
firmed them, that the Arandora
Star of the Lamport & Holt Line,
also was being chartered.
When the Queen of Bermuda ar
rived today from Bermuda with 690
passengers it was detacned at once
from the New York run to stand by
for orders. E. P. Rees, general man
ager of the Furness-Bermuda Line,
said the ship was “likely to proceed
to England shortly.”
Lindsay Sailing for England.
The Normandie was scheduled to
sail at 9 a m. <E. S. T.i and many of
its 330 passengers began arriving
early. None was allowed on board.
Most of them departed after sayinfc
where they could be reached.
The Cunard White Star Line, how
ever, permitted its passengers to
board the Aquitania. which had
been scheduled to sail at noon.
Among them was Sir Ronald Lind
say, retiring British Ambassador to
the United States. It was expected
the ship would carry about 61 cabin,
100 tourists and 100 third-class pas
Rpnorprc
Still chafing under the delay im
posed on him, Capt. Adolf Aherns,
master of the Bremen, complained
today the customs guards were
“searching an empty swimming
pool," The delay has already cost
the line about $4,000, he said, and
would cost another $2,000 by tonight.
Capt. William Drechsel, marine
superintendent of the line, said they
wished to get back to Germany “just
for the safety of the ship.”
“It cost 50.000.000 marks, or $20,
000.000,” he said.
“The ship can't be used for any
thing else. It could be seen 20 miles
away.”
Fear Kuhn Will Go Aboard.
The New York Police Department,
meanwhile, took extraordinary pre
cautions to see that Fritz Kuhn,
German-American bund leader, did
not slip aboard the Bremen either
from the pier or by water. It was
indicated the vessel would be escort
ed at least to the 3-mile limit.
The request for these precautions
was made by the Dies committee
investigating un-American activities.
Detectives were stationed on the
pier and a police launch kept an eye
on the ship from the river side.
Acting Capt. James Donnelly said
the detectives of the alien squad
would board the liner and proceed
as far as quarantine In the lower
bay where a Coast Guard cutter
and possibly a Coast Guard plane
would escort the ship to the 3-mile
limit.
Safety Drill Ordered.
Customs officials declined to say
when the Bremen would be granted
permission to leave.
While 100 Federal agents searched
the holds and cabins—even compell
ing its crew to lower lifeboats and
row them in a safety drill—the
(See SHIPS, Page A-3.)
Guards Put on All Ships
Using Panama Canal
By the Associated Press.
BALBOA, Canal Zone. Aug. 30.—
Military guards were ordered aboard
every vessel passing through the
Panama Canal in precautionary
measures in force today.
The measures were ordered yes
terday by Brig. Gen. Clarence S.
Ridley, canal governor, who Ex
plained they were prompted by the
“impending possibility of war and
in view of the International char
acter of the canal.” He added there
was no apparent threat to the safety
of the canal, or ships using it.
It was reported guards at the
canal locks would be strengthened.
In Washington it was ahnounced
the military personnel in the Canal
Zone would be increased by 272 of
ficers and 7,3*0 enlisted men. Troopg
will begin moving toward the Canal
Zone September 2.
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Crisis Bulletins
LONDON, Aug. 30 (CDN).—The. Polish navy, con
sisting of four destroyers, five submarines and five
torpedo boats, has been ordered to take battle positions,
the correspondent of the Chicago Daily News learns
this afternoon. At the same time the Polish radio has
broadcast in English a warning to all shipping to
approach Polish territorial waters and the port of
Gdynia only with Polish pilots.
It is believed that Polish waters have been mined.
CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, Aug. 30 (/P).—The United
States destroyer J. Fred Talbott today was ordered into •
Gatun Lake, near the center of ihe Panama Canal, as
a precautionary measure during the European crisis.
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Aug. 30 (A*).—The Slovak gov
ernment in a decree issued by Premier Josef Tiso today sur
rendered its powers to the German military, which has occu
pied this German protectorate on Poland’s southern frontier.
The European Situation
Great Britain today put the
question of negotiations with
Chancellor Hitler squarely up to
Poland. Hitler’s message to
Britain was communicated to
Warsaw and the Polish govern
told that it could use its own
judgment on whether it provided
a basis for negotiation. In the
event Poland decides to negotiate,
Britain gave assurance that she
would prevent the exercise of
German threats of force in the
negotiations. (Page A-l.)
The British cabinet met today
in emergency session and studied
Chancellor Hitler's latest message,
and it was expected that a new
British communication would be
sent to Germany tonight. (Page
A-l.)
A German-Russian offer to
Japan of a free hand in China in
return for a guarantee of Rus
sia’s borders was rumored in
Paris. Anglo-French talks with
the Japanese were also reported
under way. iPage A-l.) It was
revealed in Tokio that Japanese
troops are being rushed to Man
chukuo through Korea and North
China to meet any Russian
threats as the result of the non
aggresion pact with Germany.
• Follows above story.)
Premier Daladier of France
announced today that effective
immediately the entire French
railway system, with all its sup
plies, employes and rolling stock,
has been requisitioned for mili
tary use. Gen. Maxime Weygand
has been chosen to heaa allied
forces in the Eastern Mediter
ranean area if war comes, it was
reported in Paris. (Page A-l.)
The European crisis was resolv
ing itself into a series of notes
today as the British cabinet
studied Chancellor Hitler's re
sponse yesterday to the last Brit
ish message, and prepared a new
communication which it was
hoped would elicit a new answer
from Chancellor Hitler. The
British note was expected to be
sent today, i Page A-l.)
Authoritative Berlin quarters
received enthusiastically the in
itiative for mediation taken by
King Leopold III of the Belgians
and Queen Wilhelmina of the
Netherlands, although it was
made clear that Germany was
in no way modifying its demands
for settlement of the Polish issue.
(Page A-l.)
In Tokio it was revealed that
Japan is rushing more troops to
Manchukuo through Korea and
North China to meet what was
believed to be a Russian threat
of action in the Par East now
that the Soviet’s hands were free
in Europe. (Page A-l.)
United States customs guards
searched the French liner Nor
mandie. which the French Line
said would sail from New York
as soon as it was given clear
ance papers. It was indicated
that the German liner Bremen
would be escorted to the 3-mle
limit when it is released. (Page
A-l.)
Summary of Today's Star
Page. Page.
Amusements, Obituary ...A-l*
A-12-13 Radio.B-10
Comics ..B-18-19 Society.B-3
Editorials -,.A-8 Sports ..A-14-16
Finance_A-17 Woman's
Lost-Found B-13 Page.B-12
National.
President holds first meeting with
War Resources Board. Page A-l
Earlier Thanksgiving date to be ad
hered to again in 1940. Page A-l
Clipper completes first flight to
New Zealand. Page A-2
Washington and Vicinity.
Judge Curran reprimands taximen
for bad driving. Page A-l
Schools announce plans for vacci
nations to begin soon. Page A-2
Two deputy marshals arrested for
intoxication. Page A-6
Carmody hits delay in settlement of
cement strike. Page B-l
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Editorial and Comment
Answers to Questions. Page A-8
Letters to The Star. Page A-8
This and That. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-»
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-9
Thurman Arnold. Page A-9
Lemuel Parton. Page A-9
Jay Franklin. Page A-9
Sports.
82,000 to see pro grid champ Giants
play college Stars. Page A-14
Cards’ slump brings eighth loss in
last 10 games. Page A-14
Team that beats Redskins will win
title, says Marshall. Page A-15
Henson downs Ronning for metro
horseshoe title. Page A-16
Miscellany
Service Orders. ' Pape A-ll
Vital Statistics. PageB-10
Nature’s Children. Page B-13
Bedtime Story. Page B-18
Cross-word Puzzle. Page B-18
Letter-Out. Page B-18
Winning Contract. Page B-19
Uncle Ray’s Comer. Page B-19
Judge Reprimands Cab Drivers
Who Think They Own Streets'
A stem reprimand to taxicab
drivers “who think they own the
streets,” was given by Traffic Court
Judge Edward M. Curran today in
adjudging guilty a hacker charged
with unreasonable speed.
"Too many cab drivers in this
town have no regard for the rights of
other motorists on the streets,” said
Judge Curran. “They cut in front
sof people at intersections when
making turns, dodge in and out of
different lanes and violate about
every regulation on the books.
“They must think they own the
streets. But they do not. The
highways are for every motorist.
More and more frequently taxicab
drivers are brought in here that
show an entire disregard for the
rights of ethers.”
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Judge Curran delivered the lec
ture after hearing Policeman J. s.
Davia testify that Carl H. Johnson,
26, of the 3600 block of Thirteenth
street N.W., cut in front of him
from another lane on Louisiana
avenue at First street N.W. yester
day.
The officer, who was in civilian
clothes and driving his private car,
said a block further he caught up
with Johnson at a stop light and
made his identity known. When
the light changed, the officer con
tinued, Johnson sped up Louisiana
ivenue at a speed of about 45 miles
per hour to Union Station Plaza.
Policeman Davis said he hemmed
Johnson against a wall to stop him.
Johnson was lined $15.
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