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U. S. Liner Manhattan Reaches New York; 2,147 Aboard Farley and 10 Members Of Congress Among Passengers !<• the Associated Press. NEW YORK. Sept. 7.—The United States liner Manhattan, largest American ship to dock here since the outbreak of war in Europe, ar rived today with 2,147 persons aboard, nearly 500 more than her usual capacity. The number included 572 officers and crew. All the public rooms and nearly all other available space were filled with cots. Among the passengers were Post master General James A. Farley and his two children. Betty, 17, and Anne. 14: 10 members of Congress, Grace Moore, singer, and her hus band, Valentine Parrera; Norma Shearer, actress, and Elsa Maxwell, society hostess. Mr. Farley said that “naturally I return with even greater regard foi America and a feeling of pride in being an American. Every one else, of course, felt the same way.” Many of the passengers lost all or part of their baggage in Europe. Mr. Farley said he had lost a hatbox. Twenty girls from Southern col leges, who had been on a European tour, had to sleep in the ship's post office. They were photographed with Mr. Farley as “the only women who ever slept in a United States post office.'' No Blackouts on Voyage. There were no blackouts during the voyage, in accordance with the Government's order that American ships should be easily identifiable to safeguard her seafarers. The radio service was not curtailed. The liner spot-lighted her flags after leaving Europe. Anne Bullitt. 15-year-old daugh ter of William C. Bullitt, United States Ambassador to France, was aboard. The ship also carried 125 German-Jewish refugees. A large quantity of gold was aboard, but its value was not dis closed. Comdr. A. B. Randall, master of the ship, denied reports, circulated by some of the passengers, that the French government confiscated metals consigned to Hamburg. He explained that about 200 tons of aluminum, originally for Ham burg, was taken off at Havre. He said it was shipped "to order” by a London commission merchant and that it could be unloaded any where the merchant ordered. When the Manhattan canceled its Ham burg call the London merchant "simply sold the aluminum to the French government instead of to the German government,” the com mander said. The copper cargo, approximately 1.100 tons, remained aboard the ship and was brought back to New York. The 10 members of Congress were returning from the International Parliamentary Union meeting at Oslo. They were traveling on spe cial passports as United States dele gates to the meeting, which, they said, obliged them to refrain from specific comment on conditions in the countries they visited. Five hundred relatives and friends stood waving and cheering in the rain as the liner approached her pier. A squad of American Red Cross nurses in uniform set up a desk on the pier and decorated it with Red Cross emblems. It was the organi zation's first move to assist arriv ing Americans compelled to leave Europe so hastily they left behind money, clothing and necessities. Queen Mary Camouflaged. Meanwhile, a swarm of workmen daubed gray camouflage paint over red and black stacks of the British liner Queen Mary, giving rise to a belief she is being readied for a dash through the submarine-infested At lantic to a home port. Officials of the Cunard White Star Line said the world's largest ship is not scheduled to sail, but added the Queen Mary is under direct orders of the British admiralty. They said they do not know what is planned. Still tied up to her dock here is the French Line's Normandie, the world's fastest ship. Both the Cunard and French Lines an nounced all employes had been for bidden to give any information on sailings or arrivals. Expected in New York Harbor later today was the French liner lie de France, carrying more than 1.000 passengers. Wireless Silenced. Since leaving Le Havre, the lie de France's wireless has been silenced and its whereabouts unknown. The big Coast Guard cutter Camp bell was racing in the North Atlantic today toward the American freighter City of Flint, bound for Halifax w'ith 216 survivors of the torpedoed Athenia. The Campbell carries medical supples, mattresses, food, clothing and two physicians from the United States Public Health Service. The cutter, shipping officials said, probably wull reach the freighter in less than 48 hours, and the possible transfer of the injured w:ill depend on theif. conditions. Sailing of the United States Lines’ President Roosevelt for Cobh. South ampton and Le Havre w'as delayed several hours late yesterday by war induced labor trouble. Members of the ciew demanded a $250 bonus each for the trip. $25,000 insurance and a 50 per cent addition to their salaries for “the risks involved.'’ To Continue Talks. The Roosevelt finally got away at nightfall after the company agreed to continue discussions, and that if extra compensation and insurance were agreed on later, they would be made retroactive to cover the pres ent sailing. Of the 254 passengers on the Roosevelt, only two were Americans —Dr. James H Ferguson of Brook line, Mass., and Dale W. Maher, second secretary# of the American Legation in Budapest. Five Amer icans were denied passage under Government orders that American citizens must have “imperative rea sons” to sail for Europe. The words “President Roosevelt, U. S. Lines,” were lettered 6 feet high and 136 feet long on both sides of the ship. The letterings were flanked by American flags. The United Stages Liner Amer ican Importer arrived yesterday from Glasgow after a stop at Bos ton, where she debarked 132 of her 180 passengers. The cargo included $10 000.000 in gold and 56.000 cases of Scotch whisky, transferred from a British ship which had canceled its sailing. The Holland American Liner Veendam, carrying $3,000,000 in gold and 803 passengers, docked at Hoboken. N. J., a day late because of bad weather. The Moore-McCormack Lines an nounced today the Scanmail, at the State Department's request, would sail Saturday for Norway. Sweden and Denmark, to evacuate Amer icans. Sailings of Scantic liners had been canceled previously. Paris tContinued From First Page ! Maginot line and Germany's Sieg fried line—the main theater of ac tion. The Saar Basin, between the Rhine and the Moselle, was the tar get of the French. The best summary of action yet available said that French troops, under cover of several hours’ artil lery preparation, began the war Monday by occupying the ground between the Maginot line and the frontier. Tuesday night they pene trated into German territory at sev eral points. Nests C’ltaned Out. Yesterday French forces cleaned out several German "pockets" and machine-gun nests to gain a foot hold for further thrusts into the enemy fortifications. The depth of these spearheads varied, but they were said to be scattered all along a 100-mile front The French strategy is understood to be aimed at breaking several gaps in the Siegfried line to permit slash ing flank attacks. The French staff said the French army was fighting on Germar soil in a varying line between the Luxembourg border and Lauter bourg, situated on the easternmost tip of the Bas Rhin department jut ting into Germany. Landing of the British (ofce was disclosed by government sources early today. The size of the unit whose arrival recalled the first land ing of British in France on August 16, 1914, was not given, nor was the port and time of debarkation. But it was the vanguard of an army that, government sources pre dieted, could give Franc* "mil lions” of men under British con scription laws, contributing "in finitely stronger” support than in 1914. Military observers said Britain had 100,000 troops available for rapid transportation to France when the war broke out Sunday. As German and French heavy artillery exchanged fire along the Siegfried line, civilians in the bor dering towns moved out. The offi cial journal published measures de signed to take care of civilians in all three German border depart ments—Moselle, Haut-Rhin and Bas Rhin. The government indicated the crossing of the British force was ac complished without difficulty since Britain is much stronger on sea than Germany today, whereas in 1914 the German fleet was prepared to chal lenge the British fleet. Landing of the Tommies was pre ceded by the arrival of British air fleet units which are now operating with the French from French air units. They are directing raids on the Ruhr and Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) industrial districts in Germany op posite the Belgian frontier. The government called attention to prospective Australian and New Zealand contingents, and perhaps Canadian, which may follow in the wake of the Tommies. Reich Trade Aid Pledged NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (/P).—Dr. Al bert Degener, executive secretary, announced yesterday that the Board of Trade for German-American Commerce "will render all possible assistance" to American exporters and importers in trade and business matters concerning Germany. He made the announcement "in view of the European conflict." ANY WATCH Cleaned and $O All W»rk Overhauled Guaranteed Watch Crystals, 35e WADE'S bis i»th st. n w JEWELERS -—j— NEW YORK.—FARLEYS HOME—Postmaster General Farley and his daughters, Anne (left), 14, and Betty, 17, are shown as they arrived today on the United States liner Manhattan from Eu rope. The Manhattan carried 2,147 passengers and crew. —A. P. 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American consular authorities, kept busy last week attending to more than 1,000 Americans who rushed tp Switzerland when the Ital ian line canceled its sailings, were busy again as Americans rushed back to Italy, seeking places on tire Rex Thursday and probable later sailings of the Conte di Savoia ana the Augustus. Conductor Arturo Toscanini and his daughter, Mme. Vladimir Horo wuz, were reported at, lucerne pend ing his return to the United States. Former King Alfonso of Spain was with Spanish monarchist leaders at a hotel in Lausanne, while former Queen Victoria was staying with friends at a villa in the same town. Rear Admiral Courtney of the United States Navy, the Aga Khan and the former President of Brazil. Dr. Washington Luiz, also were at Lausanne. Ignace Paderewski and his sister, Mme. Wipkonska, remained at the Villa Riond at Bossom, near Lau sanne. where the former Polish Premier followed the war by radio. The admission of refugees from Germany was limited to the fron tier north of Zurich. 26-Foot Fall Fatal BRISTOL. Va.. Sept. 7 OP'.—Pete ; Eaton. 45-vear-old workman, was killed instantly late yesterday in a 26-foot fall from the Mahoney Building on State street to the side walk below Air Blackouts Mar Programs In War Rivals' Radio Battle By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, Sept. 7.—Powerful radio stations of the warring Eu ropean powers are waging a day and-night battle of the air waves in an intensive effort to give neutral nations of Southeastern Europe their own versions of the struggle. Just as the current conflict is developing new military techniques, so is it giving birth to a new radio technique. The radio blackout thus far has been the most effective invention of the broadcasting belligerents. When the British Broadcasting Corp. began sending out bulletins on the sinking of the passenger ship Athenia and blaming a Ger man torpedo, the announcer’s voice was obliterated suddenly by power ful band music from an unidentified station. The interference disappeared as soon as the British broadcasters be gan sending dance music. Listeners said the same thing hap pened on both British and Ameri can wave bands on President Roose velt’s speech to the United States and on all other Important broad casts. Authorities said the air blackout happened too frequently to be acci dental. Because censorship was clamped down on the press in some south eastern nations when the war start ed, many turned to the radio for a picture of what was happening. They were disappointed, however, for on ine air waves they found nothing but confusion. Announcers with Oxford accents are broadcasting German news bul letins in English from Berlin to this area. Announcers with perfect Magyar, Croatian, Greek, Rumanian, Ser bian and Bulgarian accents are be ing put on the air by B. B. C. Polish and French stations also are sending foreign language broad casts to Southeastern Europe. An Italian station started this week an experimental broadcast in English by an American-sounding an nouncer. Stations frequently fail to iden tify themselves, making it impossible to tell the source of their news. [ War Broadcasts | 1:45 p.m.—Shirer from Berlin, Murrow from London, Grandin from Paris and Davis from New York, WJSV. 5:30 pm—Shirer from Berlin, Murrow from London and Grandin from Paris, WJSV. 6:15 pm. — European situation broadcast. WRC. 9 p.m —European situation broad cast, WMAL. 9:30 p.m—Paul Sullivan from London, WJSV. 10:30 p.m.—Shirer from Berlin, Murrow from London and Grandin from Paris. WJSV. 11 p m.—European situation broad cast. WMAL. The unpredictability of the pres ent war situation makes complete scheduling of broadcasts from Eu rope impractical. However, new programs are being added to the above listing hourly. All programs will oe interrupted for bulletins and latest dispatches from danger points in the war. Wanderbirds Plan Cycle Trip and Hike A bicycle trip to Alexandria, Va„ and a 7-mile hike have been sched uled for the week end by the Wan derbirds. Members will meet Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Twentieth and E streets N.W. to begin their pedaling, Sunday morning at 9 o'clock thev will gather in front of the National Theater to depart for the hike from Bull Run Bridge to Manassas, Va. Japan Tells Britain It 'Does Not Intend To Become Involved' Wants London to Refrain From Prejudicing Its Position in China By the Associated Press. LONDON, Sept. 7—The ministry of information announced today that Japan has informed Britain she “does not intend to be involved” in Europe's war. The ministry said “a communica tion has been made to his majesty’s Ambassador at Tokio to the effect that the Japanese government does not intend to be involved in the war which has broken out in Europe. “They requested that his majesty's government should refrain from taking any measures such as might prejudice Japan's position in regard to China.” The communication from Japan was the first Official notification of Japan's neutrality in the European war and served to spike reports of a possible new military axis involv ing Germany, Italy, Russia and Ja pan. Observers believed it indicated that the German-Soviet non-aggres sion pact may have driven a lasting wedge between Hitler and the Jap anese. The Japanese vice minister for foreign affairs on Tuesday notified the American, British, French, Ger man, Italian and Poland envoys in Tokio of Japan's decision to remain neutral. ■ Odds & Ends Sale Starts Tomorrow (Friday) at 8:00 A.M. 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