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Gems From Moscow
Aided Communists
In '22, Witness Says
Ousted Party Worker
Asserts Relief Funds
Were Used
Bt the Associated Press.
Benjamin Gltlow. former general
secretary of the Communist party
in the United States, told the-Dies
Committee today the party’s early
activities had been subsidized by
diamonds and jewelry from Moscow
which were converted into cash.
He testified the diamonds and
jewelry came to the United States
soon after the first two branches
of the party were formed in 1919.
Since then, he said, “Moscow,
through the Communist Interna
tional. has been supporting” party
activities. Funds were sent to this
country to support the Communist
party, to finance trips of trade union
leaders to Moscow and to finance
organization of a party In Latin
America, he declared.
Relief Money Used.
“The Communist party in 1922 re
ceived its largest subsidies from
money that should have gone for re
lief purposes,” the witness said.
Earl Browder, present general sec
retary of the party in this country,
testified yesterday that, to his
knowledge, the party had received
no subsidies or contributions from
a foreign country since he took
office in 1930.
Mr. Gitlow, who referred to Joseph
Stalin at one point as "the Red
Fuehrer of Soviet Russia,” said he
was the first person arrested and
Imprisoned "as a Communist" in the
United States. He asserted that he
served three years before Gov. Alfred
E. Smith of New' York pardoned him
In 1925.
Expelled From Partv.
Then, in 1929, he testified, he was
expelled from the party for dis
obedience to Moscow.
"The leaders of the.party in Rus
sia," he said, "give the orders and
all Communists in all countries
must obey or be expelled. All de
cisions. once made, must be car
ried out explicitly.”
The witness added, however, that
despite his expulsion he did not
completely break with the philos
ophy of communism until the recent
signing of the non-aggression pact
between Russia and Germany.
"When collaboration between
Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia
was announced as something that
would help the Russian and Ger
man people." Mr. Gitlow told the
committee, "I concluded that it was
necessary to repudiate Communism
end expose it for what it is.”
Ten Organizations Branded.
Yesterday's session of the com
mittee was marked by a bitter ex
change of accusations between two
members of the examining group,
Representatives Thomas, Republican
of New Jersey, and Dempsey, Demo
crat, of New Mexico.
After Mr. Browder rattled off a
list of "transmission belts ’ for Ccjn
munism, such as trade unions
and peace societies, Representative
Thomas wanted to know if 10
organizations, including the Amer
ican Civil Liberties Union, the
American Student Union and the
American League for Peace and
Democracy, could be included.
Mr. Browder replied, "Yes'* in
each case. Then Representative
Thomas observed that Secretary of
the Interior Ickes, Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace and Mrs Frank
lin D. Roosevelt had addressed recent
conventions of some of those organ
izations.
“It may just be a coincidence,’
Mr. Thomas said. “But it seems
more than that to me. It seems to
me that the New Deal has been
working hand in glove with the
Communist party. The New Deal
either is aping the Communist party
or playing into the hands of the
Communist party.”
Representative Dempsey broke in
to accuse Mr. Thomas of making a
“cheap political speech," and added
that he resented “that kind of
thing. ’ Spectators applauded.
Brisk Exchange.
"It's no more a cheap political
trick than what was done by you
yesterday morning—this straw man
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smearing the Republican party," Mr.
Thomas retorted. "Nothing was sub
mitted by Mr. Browder to show that
such a man existed.”
Mr. Browder had told the commit
tee Tuesday that a man he could
Identify only as "Davidson” offered
the Communist party $250,000 if it
would nominate President Roosevelt
as its presidential candidate in 1936.
Mr. Browder said the man said he
represented a small group of Repub
licans.
Pender Church Fete
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Society of Pender Methodist Church
will sponsor a lawn fete on the
church grounds Saturday at 7 pm.,
it has been announced by the Rev.
ft. Carl Maxwell, pastor.
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DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AT CAPITAL’S AQUATIC SHOW —Among the distinguished guests
who witnessed the District Red Cross-Welfare and Recreational Association water pageant last
night at the Takoma Pool were (left to right): Mrs. C. B. Mickelwait, local Red Cross official;
Mile. Anna Paszkowska, secretary-general of the Polish Red Cross; Gen. Alexander Osinski,
president of the Polish Red Cross, and Mrs. M. B. Tice, another District Red Cross officer.
—Star Staff Photo.
Chamberlain Text
Prime Minister Reports to Commons
On Britain's War Activities »
By me Associated press.
LONDON, Sept. 7.—Following
is the text of Prime Minister
! Chamberlain’s talk in the House
! of Commons today:
! The House will. I am sure,
realize that it is impossible for
me to give more than a general
I indication of the present situa
tion and of the state of our de
fenses. There are necessarily a
i number of matters to which, in
the public interest, it is impos
sible for me to refer. With that
necessary preamble I will give the
House a resume of the position.
In the east the Poles are fignt
ing hard against a strong and
ruthless enemy who is relying on
the weight of numbers and ma
terial to crush all opposition.
The Polish soldier has ever
shown himself to be a courage
ous and determined fighter and
today he is worthily maintaining
this tradition.
In spite of the human and ma
terial losses which they have al
ready suffered, the morale and
courage of the Polish people re
mains unaffected. This govern
ment and the French govern
ment have today signed an
agreement with the Polish gov
ernment for the provision of
further financial assistance to
Poland to enable her to replen
ish her resources.
French Forces Mobilized
Efficiently and Smoothly.
‘‘In the west France has. like
ourselves, mobilized her forces
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smoothness and they are now In
contact with the enemy on their
! common frontier.
Certain information has been
published of what has taken
place, but for obvious reasons no
details can yet be disclosed. The
outbreak of war has found the
same spirit of determination and
solidarity among the French peo
ple as is evident here.
The understanding between the
two countries is complete and the
arrangements which have now
been put into force for co
operation in all the activities
concerned with the prosecution
of the war are working smoothly
and well.
In this country the defensive
military disposition of our arms,
which cover a very wide field,
were made in good time, owing
to the precautionary measures
which it was decided to adopt
during the period of tension.
The manning of the anti-air
craft and coast defenses was effi
ciently carried out. Within a
short time of the calling out the
units, guns and searchlights
were fully manned. Since a
large number of the anti-aircraft
units were in camp and away
from their home stations, this
reflects great credit on their or
ganization.
The guarding of vulnerable
points has been taken over by the
national defense companies, sup
plemented by personnel of the
territorial army.
The personnel reached their
posts with the minimum of delay
and under trying weather condi
tions. The mobilization of the
remainder of the army has been
carried out with the greatest
smoothness. The morale of all
ranks is high, in particular the
spirit of the reservists recalled
from civil life, some of whom
have already this year been
called up for training, is excel
lent.
I should like to make especial
mention of the women of the
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auxiliary territorial services wno .
are performing many tasks under
arduous conditions and thereby
relieving soldiers for fighting
duties. •
Admiralty Takes Measures
Against U-Boat Attacks.
Turning to the naval side, the
most important feature up to the
present has been the develop
ment of German U-boat attacks
on our shipping. The sinking of
the Athenia with its scenes of
death and terror virtually opened
the war and no denials or inven
tions on the part of Germany
will convince the public of Ger
man innocence of this crime,
which has profoundly shocked
and horrified the world.
Apart from the case of the
Athenia there have been attacks
on other British merchant ships
by German U-boats and three
or four ships have been sunk.
On our side the admiralty have
taken immediate counter-meas
ures. British destroyers and
other anti-submarine craft have
been very active and large rein
forcements of anti-submarine
and escort vessels are rapidly
becoming available. As the first
lord has already informed the
House, steps are being taken to
establish a convoy system at the
earliest possible moment.
This method of protection can
obviously only be instituted after
the outbreak of war and it takes
time to bring it fully into op
eration, but the House can be
satisfied that it is being fully
applied with the utmost speed
and vigor.
Most of the ships which have
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commenced their voyages before
war had broken out and naturally
for them the full scope of our
defensive organization could not
immediately be provided.
While a certain percentage of
weekly losses must be expected,
and I do not minimize the threat
to our shipping. I think the
House and the country may rest
assured that the navy with all
their wartime experience of
handling this problem and with
the added advantage of the meth
ods of submarine detection and
destruction which have since
been developed will increasingly
bring the problem under control.
Two Direct Hits Scored
On Pocket Battleship.
I should next like to pay my
tribute to the very gallant attack
which was made by units of the
R. A. F. on certain German war
ships off Wilhelmshaven during
which at least two hits were se
cured on one of the so-called
pocket battleships.
It will be realized that the ob
jectives attacked, namely the
German fleet bases at Wilhelm
shaven and at the entrance to
the Kiel Canal, are probably
among the most strongly de
fended points in Germany.
The manner in which the R.
A, F. attacks were pressed home
despite the strength of the de
fenses is worthy of the highest
praise. I should also mention the
weather conditions prevailing on
the afternoon of the attack. Vis
ibility was extremely poor and the
Anal stages of the attack are
stated to have been carried out in
a blinding rainstorm.
The House may also be inter
ested to learn that those who
took part in the attack included
a number who came from the
Dominions.
As the House knows, extensive
r#»r*nrmnissftnr.#» fliahts hnv* hppn
carried out over Germany on
three successive nights during
the last week by units of the
bomber command. More than
10,000,000 copies of notes to the
German people have been dis
tributed over a wide area of
Northern and Western Germany,
including the Ruhr.
Although on each occasion the
enemy defenses were set fully in
motion, no contact was secured
by enemy fighters and all our
J aircraft returned safely.
The activity of the fighter and
coastal commands if less con
spicuous has been no less in
tense.
From the early stages of the
emergency all squadrons of the
fighter command have been at
war stations and in a state of
instant readiness. The coastal
commands have also been busily
engaged in extensive reconnais
sance over the surrounding seas
in order to locate and destroy
enemy submarines.
Home Defense Organization
! Being Rapidly Completed.
I now wish to say something
of the organization of the home
defense services which is being
rapidly completed. The regional
organization is functioning well.
There is still some shortage of
whole-time personnel, but this is
chiefly now to be found in coun
try districts.
The enforcement of the blaek
out is proceeding satisfactorily.
With the help of the air force
reconnaissance every night it has
been found possible to discover
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| light Irregularly showing and ac
tion is at once taken to deal with
the offenders.
The government decided last
Thursday that the plans for
evacuation, mainly in respect to
school children, should be put
into operation. Evacuation
started on Friday morning. In a
number of towns it was complet
ed on Saturday.
In London, where the problem
is exceptionally large, it was com
pleted by Monday. The operation
has now been substantially com
pleted and has covered not only
those towns for which plans had
been worked out beforehand, but
also a number of other vulner
able areas. So far approximately
1.475.000 children and mothers
have been evacuated in the coun
try as a whole. The arrange
ments for evacuation and trans
port were carried out without a
hitch and those responsible for
reception in receiving areas have
displayed remarkable enterprise,
efficiency and good will.
The process of assimilating
this large increase of population
in the receiving areas will take
time and call for tolerence and
mutual understanding. Schools
are to be reopened in the receiv
ing areas as quickly as possible
and both public authorities and
voluntary effort will be busily
occupied with measures for the
welfare of the children and for
the assistance of the household
ers who are so generously pro
viding homes for the mothers
and children.
200.000 Hospital Beds
Ready for Casualties.
Over 200.000 hospital beds are
ready today for air raid casual
ties: 56.500 of these are in the
London region: 15.500 inside the
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, county.
The beds In any region would,
of course, be available to meet
the needs of any other hard
pressed area.
Over 11.000 trained nurses.
4.000 assistant nurses and over
50.000 auxiliary nurses have
joined the civil nursing reserve
for services in hospitals and first
aid posts. But more of both
trained nurses and auxiliaries
are needed, especially women
who can give whole-time service
in any part of the country.
Doctors have accepted enroll
ment in the emergency medical
service and acceptances are being
received daily. The auxiliary
fire service was mobilized quickly
and on the whole smoothly and
in the main the available fire
fighting units are being kept
permanently manned and ready
for action. In London, for in
stance. there are over 1,800 fire
pumps ready for action, as
against about 125 in peacetime.
1 hope the statement I have
made will show the House and
the country that our war effort
in its many aspects is rapidly
gaining momentum. I know
that it has behind it the full
weight of all the people of this
country, who are united in their
conviction that no nation ever
went to war in a higher cause.
We are greatly heartened by
the knowledge that in the strug
gle for the defense of liberty
and free institutions and the
preservation of all that makes
life worth, living we can count
on the support of the overseas
members of the British Com
monwealth.
Of their owm free will and
under no form of compulsion
save the moral compelling force
of right and justice, these self
governing nations have declared
their intention of co-operating
in a cause which is no less pre
cious to them than it is to the
people of the homeland.
Bank 'Neutrality Law'
SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 7 (/P).—A
“neutrality law" forbidding tellers
to discuss the European war with
depositors was adopted today by the
South Side Bank & Trust Co.
The bank has many depositors of
Polish and German extraction.
Luray Deputy's
Daughters Help
Balk Jailbreak
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va., Sept. 7—Armed with
a broomstick and their father's gun,
the young daughters of a deputy
sheriff aided in battling a jailbreak
attempt here yesterday.
According to Deputy Sheriff Rum
sey Sedwick, Sheriff William RufT
ner was taking food to the prisoners
when he was attacked and thrown to
the floor by Robert Hurbon, an in
mate awaiting grand jury action on
a charge of breaking and entering
a railroad dining car.
Two fellow prisoners, Richard
Duncan and Robert Beahm seized
Hurbon, but the Sedwick girls, Kath
erine, 11, and Marie, 16, shouted, “Let
him come on. We'll tend to him!”
The girls were not permitted to
fulfill their promise, however, as
Sheriff Ruffner had regained his
feet.
Italian East Africa has 4,007 in
dustrial firm*.
5,000 Watch Aquatic
Show With Cast
Of 200 Swimmers
Water Safety Theme
Presented Attractively
At Takoma Pool
With 8,000 persons packing the
grandstands and crowding around
the stage of water, the Capital’s first
large-scale aquatic show was pre
sented last night at the Takoma
Pool, Fourth and Van Buren streets
N.W., under auspic.es of the District
of Columbia Chapter, American Red
Cross and the Welfare and Recrea
tional Association.
Guests of honor were Gen. Alex
ander Osinskl, president of the
Polish Red Cross, and Mile. Anna
Paszkowsky, secretary general of
that organization.
Two hundred of the city’s out
standing swimmers, headed by Mrs.
June Booth Stan, District woman's
backstroke champion, executed a
series of rhythm and formation
swimming numbers and diving exhi
bitions as the principal feature of
the free performance.
Wearing a sequin swim suit, the
gift of Eleanor Holm, star of the
New York World's Fair Aquacade,
Mrs. Stan joined with Elmer Hips
ley, former national lifeguard cham
pion, in a demonstration of tandem
swimming.
Rescues Staged.
Designed to call attention to the
function of the American Red Cross
in promoting safety among tnose
who cavort in pools or natural bod
ies of water, the show included ex
hibitions of rescue work by men
from the Metropolitan Police Train
ing School and Providence Hospital
nurses. Local public pool guards,
graduates of Red Cross life-saving
courses, illustrated the saving of
stricken swimmers from drowning
Among the divers appearing un
der direction of Dudley Gordon,
manager of the Shoreliam Hotel
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Talbert, Patsy Palmer and Joe
Lyman.
Other events linked to the water
included demonstrations of the
i proper handling of canoes and surf
boards by a company of local ex
perts directed by Aubrey Boglev.
head of the race committee for the
forthcoming President's Cup Re
gatta.
Accompanied by the Washington
Gas Light Co. Band, which also fur
nished background music for the
swimming and diving, dancers from
the Madolin Smithson Hodgson
Studio contributed ballet and
adagio routines.
Model Swim Suits.
A group of models, led by the
Misses Jo Nicholson and Ruth
Schenkil. exhibited the season's
most striking swim suits and beach
accessories.
Gordon Hittenmark. National
Broadcasting Co. announcer, acted
as master of ceremonies. Bill Steif
was in charge of lighting efTects,
and the entire production was
staged under supervision of Robert
H. Duncan, Red Cross director of
first-a'd and life saving, with the
assistance of Robert J. McCarthy,
general manager of the Welfare and
Recreational Association.
Members of the large special po
lice detail on hand returned to wor
ried parents several tots who had
become lost in the crowd. They also
were kept busy chasing groups of
bovs ofl the bathhouse roof, to
which 'vantage point they had
climbed for a better view of the
show, the limited number of seats
having been occupied long before
commencement of the performance.
Mattery Appointed K. t. A.
Head to Succeed Carmody
President Roosevelt today ap
pointed Undersecretary of the Inte
rior Harry Slattery to be adminis
trator of the Rural Electrification
Administration, succeeding John M.
Carmody, the new Federal Works
administrator. It is a recess appoint
ment, requiring confirmation when
Congress reconvenes.
Mr Slattery has had 20 years of
experience in public administration
and in the field of conservation and
power development. He is a veteran
of the Interior Department, having
served as a special assistant to the
Secretary of the Interior during
part of the Wilson administration.
| After a period in private life he re
| turned to the Interior Department
j in a similar capacity under the pres
ent administration and in May, 1938,
was elevated by Mr. Roosevelt to
undersecretary.
Born at Greenville. S. C., 52
years ago, Mr. Slattery attended
both Georgetown and George Wash
ington Universities in this city.
Later he assisted the late Senator
Thomas J. Walsh of Montana and
the late Senator Robert M. La Fol
ate. sr„ of Wisconsin, when they
were instituting the Teapot Dome
and Elk Hills Oil Reserve inquiries.
Mr. Slattery also served for a time
as counsel to the National Boulder
Dam Association, and in 1931 was
the representative here of the Power
Authority of New York.
No announcement was made as
j who will succeed him as under
j secretary of the Interior.
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Hotel Thief Gets $220;
2 Pocketbooks Snatched
Theft of a purse containing $220
from her hotel room was reported
to police today by Elizabeth Cooper
of New York City, a guest.
Two other women reported loss
of their pocketbooks to thieves here
last night Mrs. Ida Crowbridge
of Seat Pleasant, Md.. said her purse
: was snatched by a colored man
who approached her about 9 o’clock
as she walked from a street car
stop at Eastern and Minnesota ave
nues S.E. The purse contained $10
in cash and a $42 money order.
Nellie Price, 60, 6312 Ninth street
N.W.. reported her pocketbook
snatched in the 700 block of Van
Buren street N.W. It contained $17
in bills and a $34 Government check,
which she had indorsed.
Two colored men robbed Kenneth
Turner, 567 Twenty-third place N.E.,
a watchman at Howard University,
of $10.85 on the university campus
last night.
Veteran Actress Dies ,y
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (/F).—Kath
ryn Kidder, 70, who made her stage
debut at the age of 15 as Lucy Pair
weather in “The Streets of New
York,” died today after a long Ill
ness. She retired many years ago.
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Paris Gets Its First Full Sleep
As Night Brings No Alarms
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Sept. 7.—Paris became
alive this morning with a spirit more
like its old gay self after a full
night's sleep without an air-raid
alarm. It was the first period of
uninterrupted slumber since war
was declared four days ago.
The first night many sat up nerv
ously waiting for a raid which I
never came. Then, for two nights
running, they drooped in shelters i
for hours while the anti-aircraft i
guns thundered at German scouting
planes.
Last night, however, the govern
ment inaugurated a new system by
announcing alarms no longer would
be sounded except when there is
imminent danger. Previously sirens
had routed out the populace when
ever an enemy plane crossed the
| frontier, no matter what its destina
tion.
However, Paris is not taking any
chances, but continues to push its
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passive defense against enemy air
craft. •
Masons are closing up basement
windows opening on the sidewalks
along the boulevards. Sandbags are
being stacked over gratings. More
stores are removing their stock from
the show windows and criss-cross
ing the plate glass with tape as a
protection against splintering.
A technique of living in the air
raid shelters is developing rapidly.
People are making up emergency
kits, which they park by the bed
side at night with their gas masks.
Often they comprise rubber mat
tresses, folding chairs, thermos bot
tles, brandy, playing cards, gramo
phones and flashlights.
The war also posed a new prob
lem for the factories. When one
of them sounded its customary siren
calling its employes to work, the
startled neighborhood scurried for
the shelters, thinking it another
raid warning.
Censorship
The Star, in its presenta
tion of the war news, will
endeavor to emphasize when
conflicting claims by oppos
ing forces lack confirmation,
but the reader must bear in
mind that all dispatches
from battle fronts and the
warring nations have passed 1
through the censors.
Ban Is Sought on Name
Of 'Old Quaker' Whisky
By the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG. Pa. Sept. 7.—
The Society of Friends asked the
State Liquor Control Board today
to bar sale of “Old Quaker” brand
whisky in Pennsylvania, asserting
It is a “cruel and unjust reflection
on the Quakers.”
Malcolm Read Lovell, chairman
of the society's committee which
has protested for five years against
use of the Quaker name by Schen
ley Distillers Corp, said it was the
"first time in 300 years that the
Quakers ever appealed to the public." :
Meetings with Schenley officials,
Mr. Lovell said, had been un
availing.
He regarded it as unjust because
“we are the only religious organi
zation in the United States which
oars its members by actual written
instructions in the book of dis
cipline from making, selling or con
suming spirituous liquors.”
Mr. Lovell said the name had
been purchased by Schenley seven
years ago from a bankrupt Indiana
company which may have been pro
ducing the whisky for many years
before.
Bund Must Get Police Aid
Elsewhere, Borough Rules
By the Associated Press.
SELLERSVILLE. Pa . Sept 7.—
Officials here decided today a nearby
German-American bund camp must
seek police protection elsewhere be
cause it is not located within the
borough.
Camp officials requested State po
lice protection after reporting the
camp was stoned and two signs
stolen following a speech Sunday by
Bund Leader Fritz Kuhn.
Borough officials announced their
position because they said they re- 1
ceived complaints against the camp.
Maj. Walter E. Ruch. commander :
of the Slate police in this area, said '
( he was prepared to send troopers to
the camp if necessary.
Summary of
Today's News
Page. Page.
Amusements, Obituary A-14
A-16-17 Radio .... C-4
Comics .C-8-9 Society ... B-31
Editorials _ A-12 Sports C-l-3 j
Finance A-19 Woman's Page,
Lost, Found C-4 B-15
Foreign.
58 missing as British freighter Is
sent to bottom. Page A-l j
Troops within 20 miles of Warsaw.
Germans declare. Page A-l
French drive spearhead into Sieg
fried line. Page A-l
Army fighting Germans "like lions,” .
says Poland. Page A-l
Paris gets first full night’s sleep as
no alarms sound. Page A-2
British plans for finish fight against
Hitler are bared. Page A-3
Canada's Parliament .sits to enter
war. Page A-4
Thousands fleeing France and Ger
many into Switzerland. Page A-6
Japan tells Britain it desires neu
trality. Page A-6
National
U. S. moves swiftly to curb spies, en
force neutrality. Page A-l
Food price jump brings warning on
profiteering. Page A-l
Washinaton and Vicinity.
Polish Red Cross officials confer
nere on co-operation. Page A-2
Revised D. C. aid budget asks
$2,007,200. Page B-l
War causes plea for economy in 1941
D. C. budget. Page B-l
Thirteen-year-old boy is sixtieth
traffic victim here. Page B-l
Housing program retarded: Ridge
road bid rejected. Page B-l
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-12
Answers to Questions. Page A-12
Letters to The Star. Page A-12
David Lawrence. Page A-13
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-13
G. Gould Lincoln. Page A-13
Lemuel F. Parton. Page A-13
Jay Franklin. Page A-13
Sports.
| Near-Pitt team in all-star array
against pros. Page C-l
Yanks pleased as Aussies remain for i
title tennis. Page C-l
Wasdell due to be regular for Nats
next year. Page C-2
Utah is team to beat for Mountain
State loop. Page C-3
Miscellany
Vital Statistics. • Page A-ll
Nature’s Children. Page B-7
After Dark. Page B-14
Bedtime Story. Page C-8
Crossword Puzzle. ' Page C-8
Letter-Out. Page C-8
Winning Contract. Page C-9
Uncle Ray’s Corner. Page C-9
Service Orders. Pace C-10
C. A. A. Head Tells
Plans for Training
11.000 Civilian Pilots
State Quotas and Names
Of Colleges May Be
Given Next Week
Plans for beginning the training of
11.000 civilian pilots by the Civil
Aeronautics Authority were outlined
this afternoon by Robert Hinckley. I
chairman of the authority, following I
a conference at the White House. j
Mr. Hinckley said the agency j
hopes to announce next week a
quota for each State and the names |
of several hundred colleges through i
which the program will be carried
out.
The last session of Congress al-1
lowed $4,000,000 for this civilian pilot
training.
The course will consist of 72 hours ’
of ground school, or more than twice
the period now required for a private
flyer's certificate. This will be fol
lowed by from 30 to 50 hours of
actual flight training. This will!
constitute wrhat is known as primary
instruction.
The authority had hoped to con
tinue some of the students into ad
vanced training, but Congress re- 1
duced the original estimate of $7,
300.000. making this step impossible. !
Mr. Hinckley emphasized that this
Government's plan is based on
peacetime training, surrounded by a
high degree of safety, as compared
with wartime training.
In Germany, he said, where the
training has been under the pres
sure of wartime conditions, reports
have indicated a death rate among
the student pilots ranging all the
way from three a week up to 3.500
a year.
Czechs, Slovaks Told
They'll 'Soon Be Free'
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. Sept. 7.—The British
Labor party, through its acting
leader, Arthur Greenwood, in a
manifesto to the workers of former
Czecho-Slovakia declared yesterday
that ‘'Czechs and Slovaks now under
the iron heel of Hitler shall soon
again be free.''
"Remain true to the principles of
the great Thomas Masaryk." the
declaration added. “The hour of
your liberation is near. Do not de
sert the flag taken over in our free
country by President Benes and his
collaborators.'’
Thousands Attend Rites
For Domei's Founder
By the Associated Press.
TOKIO. Sept. 7.—Five thousand
persons, including a majority of
the Japanese cabinet, today attend
ed the funeral for Yukichi Iwanaga.
president of Domei, Japanese news
agency.
Among the mourners at the Shin
to rites were former Premier Prince
Fumimaro Konoye. former Foreign
Minister Hachiro Arlta and* high
army and navy officers. Iwanaga i
died last Satudray.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather bureau.)
District of Columbia—Generally fair and warmer tonight and tomor
row; Saturday showers and cooler; gentle to moderate south and south
west winds.
Maryland and Virginia—Generally fair and warmer tonight and to
morrow; Saturday showers and cooler.
West Virginia—Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow generally fair
and continued warm followed by showers and cooler tomorrow night
and Saturday.
The northeastern disturbance has re
mained almost stationary. Anticosti Island.
Quebec. 995.6 millibars (20.4(1 Inches). The
western disturbance is moving eastward
over the Plains States, the Upper Missis
sippi Valley and the Lake region. Sioiix
Falls. S Dak. 1003.4 millibars (20. 63
inches) and pressure is low also from
Northern California southeastward to the
Upper Rio Grande Valley. Fresno Calif .
10(17.5 millibars (20.75 inches). Another
disturbance is moving southeastward over
Yukon and the District of Mackenzie. Daw -
son. Yukon. 006.:t millibars (20.42 inchesl.
Pressure is high and rising from the North
Pacific coast eastward to Manitoba and
the western portions of the Dakotas and it
remains high from the Lower Mississippi i
Valley eastward beyond Bermuda with a
wedge extending from the South Atlantic !
Coast northward to James Bay Missoula. ;
Mont . 1025.1 millibars (.'10.27 inches) and
Miami. Fla.. 1020.0 millibars (30.12
Inches'. Showers have occurred in the
Plateau and Rocky Mountain regions the
Dakatos. the eastern and northern Lake
region and the north portion of the Middle
Atlantic States. The temperature has
risen almost generally from the Mississippi
Valley eastward to the Atlantic Coast, while I
cooler weather has overspread most of
the western half of the United States.
River Report.
Potomac River muddy. Shenandoah
slightly cloudy at Harpers Ferry: Potomac
muddy at Great Falls today
Report for Last 24 Honrs.
Temperature. Barometer !
Yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 pm 73 30.06
8 p m _ Ml* 30.04
Midnight _ 64 30.05
Today—
4 a m. _ 65 2(1.P9
8 a m. __ 66 20 97
Noon _ _ 80 29.92
Record for Last 24 Hours.
i From noon vesterdas to noon today >
Highest, 80. noon Year ago. 87.
Lowest, 64. 6 a m. today. Year ago. 64.
Record Temperature This Tear.
Highest. 96 on Auguit 9.
Lowest 17. on February 23.
Humidity fur Lust 24 Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 96 per cent, at 1 am. today.
Lowest. 44 peg cent, at 2 10 p.m. today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow
High _ 1:31a.m. 2:34 am.
Low _ 8:29 a.m. 9:36 a.m.
Elgh _ 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
>w ... - 8:27 p.m. 9:40 p.m.
Tbs San and Moan
Rises. Bets.
Bun. today 5:41 6:31
Bun. tomorrow 5:42 6:29
Moon, today.. 1:51p.m.;
Automobile Ughta must bo turned on :
OQ^htlf hour after sunset. 1
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches Ip the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1939 Average Record
January _ . 3.4 1 .1.55 7.S3 ’37
February _ 5.71 3.27 8.84 ’84
March _!_ 2.80 3.75 8 84 01
April _ 3.78 3.27 0.13 '80
May _ 0 41 3.70 10.81) '89
June _ 4 45 4.13 10.94 ’DO
July _ 2:01 4.71 10 83 ’88
August _ 3 22 4.111 14.41 ’28
September . _ _ 4.49 3.24 17.45 ’34
October _ ... 2 84 8 81 ’37
November _ _ 2.37 8 89 '89
December _ 3.32 7.5d ’1)1
Weather in Various Cities.
Temp Rain
Sarom HiahLow (all Weather
Abilene 29.91 98 73 Clear
Albany _ 29.91 87 51 Cloudy
Atlanta :«UI9 98 89 Clear
Atlantic C. 30.00 74 82 Cloudy
Baltimore 30.00 8i> 85 Cloudy
Birmin'am 30.12 93 84 Clear
Bismarck 39.18 99 55 Cloudy
Boston 29.83 72 54 Cloudy
Buffalo 20.94 83 52 0.19 Cloudy
Charleston 30.09 91 88 Cloudy
Chicago 29.82 99 77 Clear
Cincinnati 30.99 99 81 Cloudy
Cleveland 29.88 79 89 Cloudy
Columbia 30 18 93 89 Clear
Denver 29.77 90 59 Cloudy
Detroit 29.83 71 85 Cloudy
El Paso 29.77 94 89 Clear
Galveston 39.99 88 77 Cloudy
Helena 30.21 59 35 0.18 Clear
Huron 29 83 95 89 Cloudy
Indtana'olls 29.07 99 85 Clear
Jackson'ille 30.12 95 77 Clear
Kans. City 80.80 193 si Clear
Los Angeles 29.88 88 88 Cloudy
Louisville 39.98 99 85 Clear
Miami 30.12 88 78 0.22 Cloudy
Mpls.-St.P. 29.71 in 84 . _ cloudy
N. Orleans 30.00 T»3 74 Cloudy
NewYork 29.97 72 58 0.14 Cloudy
Norfolk 39 03 8o 88 Cloudy
Okla.Citv 20.04 98 75 ' Clear
Omaha 29.71 194 74 __ Clear
Philadel’hla 39.00 73 84 R4in
Phoenix 29.83 91 74 0.14 Cloudy
Pittsburgh 80 97 74 54 Cloudy
P'tland.Me 29.77 87 59 Cloudy
P'land.Ore. 30.15 79 52 Clear
Raleigh 30.08 85 02 " Cloudy
8t. Louis 29.94 94 74 Clear
S. Leke C. 89.97 75 48 0.03 Cloudy
8. Antonio 20.97 98 72 Cloudy
San Diego 29.80 72 83 0.03 Rain
San Franc 20.80 77 68 Clear
Seattle 30.21 87 44 giili
Spokane 30.21 78 41 "" g ear
Tampa 39.12 91 75 gS!,
WASH.DC. 30.00 78 64 CloudF
Foreign Stallone.
(Noon. Greenwich time, todav t
„ . . Temperature. Weather.
Horta (PavalV Arores 75 Cloudy
(Current observations.)
San Juan Puerto Rico 83 cloud'
Havana. Cuba . _ 73 CVutlv
Cj^lon, Canal Zone_ 78 Cloudy ^
Polish and American
Red Cross Officials
Discuss Co-operation
Mission From Warsaw
Seeks Aid in Procuring
Medical Supplies
Two Polish Red Cross officials to
day conferred with American Red
Cross heads here on ways to get
much needed medical and surgical
supplies for their war-torn country.
They arrived Monday in New York
on the 8. 8. Batory, of Polish reg
istery, not to beg for assistance, but
to secure co-operation from the
American organization in the pro
curement of supplies to care for
wounded.
Gen. Alexander Osinskl, president
of the Polish Red Cross, and Mme.
Anna Paszkowska. secretary general
of the organization, will be here
more than a week conferring with
American Red Cross officials and
attaches at the Polish Embassy.
Veteran of Three War*.
After a preliminary conference
this morning they were guests of
honor of Norman H. Davis, chair
man of the American Red Cross, at
the Metropolitan Club.
Gen. Osinski. who sneaks virtually
no English, said he did not come
here begging, but rather seeking co
operation in the purchase of med
ical supplies.
He pointed out that the Polish Red
Cross is only 20 years old and has
not had time to build up sufficient
reserves for the country's needs in
surgical and medical supplies in case
of conflict. A veteran of three wars,
he does not feel the present con
flict will be like those, in that civilian
populations may be expected to feel
the direct impact of combat as never
before. This, he pointed out. wai
the result of highly developed mili
tary machines.
Follows Request to Geneva.
The visit of the two Polish Red
Cross leaders is in part the result of
a request sent by Mr. Davis to the
International Red Cross at Geneva
asking what belligerent countries
needed in the way of Red Cross sup
plies. Though the American or
ganization will not act directly, it
was said here, it will co-operate with
the international headquarters and
any assistance given will be through
that body.
Guests at the luncheon included
the Polish Ambassador. Count Jerzy
Potocki; Maj. Gen. James G. Ma
gee of the Red Cross Central Com
mute and Mrs. Magee. Rear Ad
miral Ross T. Mclntire. U. S. N.i
R. Walton Moore. State Department
counselor: Mrs. Cary T. Grayson,
Miss Mary Beard, head of the nurs
ing service; Ernest J. Swift, vice
chairman in charge of foreign oper
ations. and Mrs. Swift; Brig. Gen.
Frank R. Keefer, Mrs. August Bel
mont. New York City, and Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Morris.
The Polish Ambassador will give
a luncheon tomorrow^ in honor of
xix& vi&uixig luuiiiiymcn.
Insulin's Co-Discoverer
Joins Canadian Army
TORONTO. Sept. 7 'Canadian
Press'.—Sir Frederick Banting, pro
fessor of medical research in the
University of Toronto and co-dis- .
coverer of insulin, has enlisted u a
captain in the 15th General Hospital.
Canadian Army Medical Corps.
He entered the World War as a
private in the field ambulance serv
ice and rose to a lieutenancy in
the medical corps. He was wounded
at Cambrai, where he won the Mili
tary Cross.
Sir Nevile Henderson
Sails for England
By the Associated Press.
ROTTERDAM. Sept. 7.—Sir Nevile
Henderson. Britain's recalled Am
bassador to Germany, who has been
here since his departure from Berlin,
last night left for England aboard
a Dutch steamer.
He was the last of the diplomats
of the British-German-French bel
ligerents to be exchanged through
the Netherlands.
He was accompanied by about 40
members of his staff.