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Thousands Reported Executed
As Rumania Avenges Calinescu;
French Open New Drive in Saar
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By LLOYD LEHRBAS,
Associated Press Foreign Corrospendent.
BUCHAREST, Sept. 22.—Thou
Bands were reported executed toda
as Rumania's virtual military die
tatorship exacted a heavy blood
price from the pro-Nazi Iron Guar
tor the assassination of Premie
Armand Calinescu.
Calinescu, advocate of closer Ru
tnanian economic co-operation wit]
Great Britain and Prance, was sho
to death yesterday in his automobil
by a masked band, allegedly mem
bers of the Iron Guard, on a mail
Bucharest street.
Reliable sources said thousand
of members of the outlawed Iroi
Guard had been taken from con
, centration camps throughout th
country and shot to death to avengi
yesterday’s killing of the premiei
who was an implacable foe of th
guard. Hundreds more were ar
rested in the whirlwind clean-U]
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Some women had been shot, 1
Was said.
Mass Executions Continuing.
It was announced officially that 4<
Iron Guardists were executed at thi
Merkurea-Ciuk concentration camj
while 32 were shot by firing squad;
at Prahova. Mass executions weri
said to be continuing.
Reliable sources said a minimun
of three Iron Guard members weri
being taken from each of Rumania'!
72 administrative districts for thi
firing squads.
At the head of the governmen
stood Gen. George Argesanu, “tougl
disciplinarian” of 56 and a friem
of Calinescu. Observers expectei
Argesanu to follow Calinescu’
advocacy of closer Rumanian eco
nomic co-operation with Grea
Britain and France.
Bodies Lie in Streets.
Bloody bodies in one of Bucha
rest's main streets provided evidence
of the government's vengeance foi
Calinescu’s assassination.
Around the roped-off, oblong area
under a dreary sky. hawkers weri
selling cakes and beer and cold
drinks to a wide-eyed stream of Ru
manians come to see an object les
son in swift Balkan punishment.
A banner nearby carried the
Words :
“Such will be the fate of all as
sassins and traitors of the country.’
All the dead had the young faces
and youthful figures of college stu
dents. No one attempted to clain
the dead.
Seven of those whose bodies lay
in the streets were allegedly mem
bers of the Iron Guard.
Police transported them at 11 p.m
last night to the spot where thej
were charged with ambushing anc
killing Calinescu.
The bodies of two others who
police said, had killed themselves
when troops surrounded the house
in which they had taken refuge were
carted to the scene and dumped on
the asphalt avenue.
Savon T inAil fn.
The seven prisoners, terror show
ing in their eyes, were stood in a
line nearby. A small crow'd gathered
on the sidewalk . . . Clouds obscured
the moon . . . Only flickering street
lamps lighted the strange midnight
scene.
Uniformed executioners walked
behind each straining figure sil
houetted in the fantastic light. Then,
using the alleged assassins’ own re
volvers, each executioner thrust his
weapon behind a man’s ear and
pulled the trigger.
Police quickly roped off an oblong
area inclosing the nine bodies and
a neatly-lettered warning to others
with possible anti-government ideas
was hung nearby.
An official bulletin gave the names
cf the dead as:
Caesar Popescu, law student; lor.
Moldobeanu, polytechnical student;
Marin Stanciulescu, mechanic; Pra
gan Popescu. law student; Lazar
Lurece, chauffeur; Isaia Ovidu, pho
tographer, and Ion Ionescu, law
student.
All through the night men, wom
en and children came to the scene,
(Continued on Page A-5, Column 1.)
Unidentified Subs Sighted
Off Boston and South Alaska
By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt disclosed to
day that two submarines, which
he said were not identified, had
been sighted in waters off South
" ern Alaska and off Boston.
' The Maritime Commission, the
Chief Executive told reporters,
‘ had been informed of the pres
1 ence of the undersea craft.
The submarines were not Amer
ican, Mr. Roosevelt said, and
they were sighted by ships at sea.
1 He declined to disclose the spe
1 cific source of the Government's
5 information about their presence,
but said those sources were per
1 fectly reliable.
The submarine in the Pacific,
5 ' Mr. Roosevelt asserted, was off
i the southern boundary of Alaska,
where it joins Canadian terri
s tory.
: That in the Atlantic, he said,
, was 50 to 70 miles from the
: southern tip of Nova Scotia, half
way between there and Nan
> tucket Shoals.
Asked whether the Govern
: ment's “neutrality patrol” was in
the vicinity of the submarines,
Mr. Roosevelt said merely that
t the patrol was operating from
, Eastport, Me., to and including
, the Gulf of Mexico and the Car
. ibbean Sea. There is no regular
, patrol in Pacific waters, he added.
, Asked whether the underwater
l ! ships were in the territorial
I
waters of this country, he replied
that he would stand on his recent
definition of territorial waters.
This was to" the effect that they
extended as far as American
interests extended. ,
To a question about whether
American interests were involved
as a result of the operations of
the submarines, the President
replied by asking what kind of
submarines they were.
He suggested laughingly that
they might be Swiss and suggest
ed that reporters not get too
nosey.
Some one wanted to know
whether the sub-surface craft
might be Canadian. Again the
President laughed and declared
they might be Bolivian or Afghan.
But he remarked to correspond
ents that they might get the
identity if they kept on ques
tioning. To some persons, this
indicated that the Government
probably had an idea of the
nation in whose services the sub
marines were operating.
An official of the Maritime
Commission said, without elabor
ating on the President’s remarks,
that the commission would con
tinue to report the sighting of
submarines by vessels under its
jurisdiction. He added, how
ever, that it planned no other ac
tion.
Germany Withdraws'
: Forces in Eastern
i
Section of Poland
Nazi-Soviet Agreement
On Land to Be Held
Announced by Berlin
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Sept. 22.—A German
Russian agreement under which
! Germany is withdrawing her armies
| in Poland to the west of the con- j
! tinuous north-south line formed by
| the Pissa, Narew, Vistula and San
j Rivers was announced here today.
Warsaw, on the west bank of the
Vistula, will remain in German
: hands. I
The announcement described the
line of the rivers as the "demarca
tion line.” but it was pointed out
that future boundaries would not
necessarily follow it.
Russian armies, however, will oc
cupy Eastern Poland up to this line, :
including the cities of Lublin, Luck,
i Lwow, Brezesc (Brest-Litovsk),:
i Bialystok and Wilno (Vilna).
The fate of Warsaw was under
stood to have been one of the last
points agreed upon in the Nazi
Soviet negotiations on immediate
apportionment of Polish territory.
Conversations Continue.
Diplomatic negotiations to settle j
the future of the Polish people so
far as Germany and Russia are con
cerned and to establish future Ger
man-Russian boundaries were con
tinuing in Moscow as staff officers
fixed terms of army movements.
The “perfect unison” of German
and Russian armies operating in
Poland was announced in a high
command communique, which told
of the relief by Soviet troops of Ger
man units fighting near the south- I
western Polish city of Lwow.
"Movements of the German and j
Russian troops toward an agreed;
demarcation line is proceeding on 1
schedule and in perfect unison,” the
statement said.
Only isolated shock-troop opera
tions were reported on the western
I front, where the Germans said a
French pursuit plane was shot down
in an air fight.
President Roosevelt’s request to
Congress to lift the arms embargo
drew no official German response
today, but unofficial sources con
(See BERLIN, Page A-167)
Turks Predict Pact
With Soviet May Lead
Russia to Allies' Fold
With Saracoglu on Way to
Moscow, Officials Say
Balkans Will Be Protected
B> the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, Sept. 22—Authorita
tive sources said today that a Turk
ish-Soviet Russian mutual assistance
pact would be concluded by foreign
Minister Sukru Saracoglu, who now
is en route to Moscow.
They said the projected treaty was
expected to reinforce strongly Tur
key's position in the Dardanelles
and to assure safeguarding the
Balkans from invasion by an "un
friendly power."
Turkish officials said the pact
would complement Turkey's agree
ments with Great Britain and
France.
(Great Britain announced on
May 12 she and Turkey had
pledged aid to each other “in
event of an act of aggression
leading to war in the Mediter
ranean.” France and Turkey
signed a declaration embodying
the same terms on June 23.)
Saracoglu, accompanied by a staff
of aides, arrived today in Odessa en
route to Moscow. He planned to
stay in the Russian capital for 10
days.
It was asserted that if Turkey and
Russia succeeded in reaching a pact,!
Turkey possibly would have a good
oportunity of attempting to bring
Russia together with Britain and
France.
Some sources thought therefore
that Saracoglu while in Moscow
might attempt to effect a reconcil
iation between them.
Canadian Pacific Train
Escapes Saboteurs
ESTEVAN, Saskatchewan, Sept.
22 (Canadian Press).—Heavy iron
bars and a wooden tie were placed
across the tracks of the Canadian
Pacific Souris line last night just
west of the coal mining town of
Bienfait in what railroad investiga
tors said was an attempt to wreck
a train.
Dan Honan, engineer of a train,
threw on the brakes in time to stop
20 feet from the obstruction.
The War Situation
auc ivuiuaiuaii guvcumirm CA*
acted swift retribution today for
the assassination of its anti
Nazi Premier, Armand Calinescu.
Thousands of pro-Nazi Iron
Guard prisoners in Rumanian
concentration camps were re
ported to have been executed,
while the bodies of nine alleged
assassins and accomplices lay in
a Bucharest street. (Page A-l.)
The western front continued to
be the scene of skirmishes and
operations by advance patrols.
Prance reported that a new drive
had been opened on the German
industrial city of Saarbruecken,
and that artillery was active
along the entire front from the
Moselle to<he Rhine. (Page A-l.)
On the eastern front Germany
announced that her troops were
being withdrawn from Eastern
Poland in conformity with an
agreement with Soviet Russia
demarcating the respective zones
of occupation. The Rivers Pissa,
Narew, Vistula and San mark the
military boundary. (Page A-l.)
In Britain the principal politi
cal parties have agreed, the
British Press Association reported,
that there would be no parlia
mentary or municipal elections
while the war continues. Sir John
Simon, chancellor of the ex
chequer, was preparing to in
crease the already steep taxes. A
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German planes in France also
was reported in a government
announcement. (Page A-l.)
President Roosevelt was holding
a rapid series of conferences to
day with congressional “key men,”
perfecting the administration
plans for neutrality revision. At
his press conference, Mr. Roose
velt revealed he had been advised
two submarines had been sighted
off our coasts, one off Boston and
the other off Alaska. (Page A-l.)
Southeastern Europe balanced
warily on its neutrality tightrope,
fearful that the assassination of
the Rumanian Premier might
plunge that entire section of the
continent into conflict. (Page
A-3.)
The “inside story” of how the
European war began has been
told in a blue book issued yes
terday by the British govern
ment. (Page A-4.)
Eight Americans were included
in a group of nearly 1,400 for
eigners who were taken yester
day from besieged Warsaw to
Koenigsberg, East Prussia. The
German foreign office announced
that it was caring for the group,
which included 178 members of
the foreign diplomatic corps, and
was seeing to the transportation
of the foreigners to their respec
tive home*. (Page A-18.)
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Patrols Advance
To South of
Saarbruecken
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Sept. 22—A new drive
against the German industrial city
of Saarbruecken was reported to
day by the French general staff.
A military communique which gave
few details indicated a recent lull
had been shattered by new French
maneuvers and advance guard skir
mishes.
Artillery on both sides, the com
munique said, was active along the
entire front from the Moselle River
along the Luxemburg-Germany
frontier to the Rhine River, which
becomes the boundary between
France and Germany 100 miles to the
southeast.
French advance patrols were de
scribed as feeling their way cau
tlously deeper into German territory
south of Saarbruecken. Small pa
trols were sent out to learn the
strength and future plans of the
German defense units.
Heavy Gun Duel.
A heavy gun duel was reported
in progress, although firing on both
sides was characterized as sporadic.
The French empire’s black Sene
galese troops were reported en route
to the western front in the war
which Premier Daladier declared
would end German attempts at
“world domination.”
Sharpshooters mobilized from
France's colonial reservoir of man
power were said to be moving up the
West Coast of Africa in guarded
transports.
Observers saw Indications in M.
Daladier's world broadcast speech
last night that France and Britain
may wage a “defensive" war—at
least on the land.
The Premier's speech accepting
Adolf Hitler's statements at Danzig
as a challenge for a fight to the
finish pictured allied commanders as
profiting from World War experience
with mass attacks. He said the
commanders “have known how to
avoid unconsidered and murderous
offensives.”
Heavy Offensives May Wait.
This was taken by some to indi
cate that large-scale offensives of
the World War “big push” type
would not be launched -and that
emphasis would be laid on airplanes
and a naval blockade to sap Ger
many's strength gradually.
Some military experts have said
this form of warfare fitted modern
conditions and that “steam roller”
tactics are out of date.
French dispatches described the
armv ns riie’C'ino' in snliHiv on nnci.
tions captured along the 100-mile
front
Such entrenchment would be in
anticipation of a major German
drive, awaited since reinforcement
of the German defense line with
troops shifted from Poland.
The dispatches said French pilots
brought down several German
bombing planes. They were be
lieved attracted by word of French
fortification of occupied area and
by heavy troop movements behind
the lines.
Month for Mopping Up.
No major German offensive in
the west is expected before next
month. It would take that long
to complete the mopping up process
in Poland, observers said.
President Roosevelt’s request that
Congress repeal the arms embargo
was widely published, but there was
little editorial comment. French
hopes for war material from the
United States were known long be
fore the war began.
M. Daladier said “The generous
efforts of the highest moral and
political authorities of the United
States and Europe” had failed to
prevent the German invasion of
Poland.
The partition of Poland between
Germany and Soviet Russia was
planned secretly long in advance
the Premier added. His speech co
incided with Mr. Roosevelt’s mes
sage to Congress.
Propaganda Cited.
“Germany has tried to develop
within our country propaganda look
ing to the dismemberment of our
country," M. Daladier said. “She
sought with money to stimulate pre
tended autonomist movements to
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Two Mates Aboard Dredge
Save Man From River
Prompt action by two fellow work
ers today saved the life of the mate
of the huge dredge Gulfstream, en
gaged in filling work for the new
Washington National Airport at
Gravelly Point.
The man, J. L. Faircloth, 31, fell
overboard from the front of the
craft and was disappearing below
the surface of the muddy water
when he was sighted by a deckhand.
Steve Bertrand, 28, shouted for
help. Alton Romero, 26, slid over
board and, while holding on to the
edge of the dredge, attempted to
locate Faircloth with his feet. By
use of a long pole Bertrand was able
to find the unconscious form of the
mate and Romero succeeded In
bringing him up by wrapping his
legs around the stricken man’s neck.
Faircloth was revived on board the
craft by the Washington Fire Res
cue Squad and taken to Alexandria
(Va.) Hospital, where his injuries
appeared to consist only of bruises
about the head and body. He said
he did not know what had caused
the accident. He remembered only
standing on the deck of the dredge
at the point at which the large pipe
used for sucking up silt entered the
water.
British Parties Agree
To Hold No Elections
While War Lasts
Income Tax, Now $1.10
| On $3.96, Due to Go Up
| About 20% More
. By the Associated Pres*,
i LONDON, Sept. 22.—The British
Press Association reported tonight
that Representatives of Britain's
i principal political parties had
agreed there should be no parlia
! mentarv or municipal elections
while the war continues.
Before the war began it had been
expected a general election would
be held in November.
As the government set up a mu
nitions supply council to speed up
production of arms and supplies,
Sir John Simon, chancellor of the
exchequer, prepared to increase the
already steep taxes.
It w-as generally expected the
budget to be submitted to the House
of Commons next Wednesday would
boost the income tax five shillings.
The British taxpayer now pays the
government five shillings six pence
<$1.10> out of every pound sterling
($3.96) he earns.
The government at the same
time took steps to curb profiteering.
The press intensified a campaign
against unjustified price increases
by opening departments devoted to
complaints from consumers.
A British government announce
ment described a victory for Royal
Air Force planes on the western
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European war.
A ministry of information com
munique said "during the course of
air operations on Wednesday, Sep
tember 20, one German fighter was
shot down by our aircraft in France.”
This was the first official intima
tion that British planes on the west
ern front had taken the offensive in
anything more than reconnaisance
flights.
The announcement served in some
measure to allay popular impatience
for news of a real British military
action now that there are reports of
vast German troop and plane trans
fers to the western front.
A ministry of information com
munique today said “a number of
German officers arrived at a prison
camp in England yesterday. Other
prisoners also were taken to an
other camp.” No numbers were
given
It was recalled that Prime Min
ister Chamberlain told the House of
Commons September 15 that some
prisoners had been taken In British
successes against German subma
rines.
Meanwhile the nation viewed with
guarded optimism the prospect that
the United States Congress may lift
the embargo on arms at the urging
of President Roosevelt.
Banner lines, editorials and car
toons reflected Britain's popular be
lief that Mr. Roosevelts message
would result in access to American
planes, munitions and other war
stocks for Britain and France.
There were, however, no forthright
or sweeping predictions on this score
and official reaction was completely
lacking.
Typical was the London Star’s edi
torial statement that "fair assump
tion is that Congress will finally
work out a method of neutrality re
vision which will assure a steady
flow of war materials to the allies,
but will at the same time provide
safeguards against direct American
participation in European affairs.”
In other words, most commenta
(See LONDON, Page A-12.)
White House
Grounds Closed
To Visitors
The White House grounds were
closed today to all except persons
having business at the Executive
Mansion.
War-whetted public curiosity
about the coming and going of offi
cials and a desire to afford added
protection for the President were
understood to be factors in the
Secret Service decision to keep out
casual visitors and tourists, who
heretofore have been permitted to
stroll at will through the grounds
I north of the White House.
Col. E. W. Starling, chief of the
j White House Secret Service, said
I that when arsons prominent in
national affairs arrived at the
, White House and photographers and
! newspapermen clustered around
tthem, crowds gathered to see what
was going on and there was some
difficulty in that connection.
The White House proper, a mecca
for tourists, probably will be closed
tomorrow, Col. Starling said. He
gave the usual fall cleaning as the
reason.
Moffett Field Picked
As Aeronautical
Research Site
| Proximity to Southern
California Plane Plants
I Cited by N. A. C. A.
B> the Associated Press.
Moffett Field, near Sunnyvale,
Calif., was selected otday for de
velopment by the Government of a
new $10,000,000 aeronautical research
laboratory.
Announcement of the selection
was made by the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics, which
chose the Moffett Field site from
among 54 suggested by as many
communities throughout the country.
Congress appropriated $1,900,000
at its last session to start the de
velopment.
The N. A. C. A. held that Moffett
Field was the best available location
because of its proximity to the
Southern California airplane in
dustry.
‘‘After carefully studying a sum
mary of all the data presented by
a special subcommittee (headed by
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh), the main
committee reached the decision by
a unanimous vote," the announce
ment read. All committee members
were present* with the exception of
Dr. Joseph S. Ames, chairman, and
Orville Wright.
The laboratory will be the second
of its type established in this country
by the Government, the first being
at Langley Field, Va.
The task of both, committee mem
bers told Congress last session, will
be to help regain from Germany
world leadership in the field of air
craft development.
Moffett Field originally was estab
lished as a Navy dirigible base, but
was transferred to Army control
several years ago and is now being
expanded in line with the national
defense program. A 50-acre site
will be set aside for the new lab
oratory. '
N. A. C. A. officials said they hoped
to have actual work under way
within two months, depending on
how fast bids could be advertised
and a contract awarded.
I
Ferguson and Call
Win First Events
In Regatta Races
Pennsylvanian Escapes
Injury When Entry
Catches Fire
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
Racing youth took the lead in the
heats of two outboard classes com
peting in the opening session of the
President’s Club Regatta this after
noon under conditions ideal for the
little cockleshells.
Twenty-two-year-old Clinton Fer
guson. national high point scorer
from Waban. Mass., led a small field
of Class A boats for amateurs in
both heats. In the closing race his
blue-hulled Bomb Shell was clocked
at 37.958 miles an hour, several miles
under the class record.
Fred Jacoby of North Bergen, |
N. J„ rated one of the best pro
fessionals in outboard ranks, fell
before a relative newcomer, 27
year-old Ernie Call of Willoughby,
Ohio. Call's Little Margie led in
both heats to win the class event
of 10 starters.
The simon-pure drivers saw Carl
Hildebrand of Richmond. Va.. finish
second in both heats to place in that
position for class A.
One Entry Catches Fire.
Young Walter E. Off, jr„ of Wyn
newood, Pa., narrowly escaped in
jury in the concluding race for
class A professionals when his racer
broke a gas line and caught fire.
He quickly put it out and was towed
from the course by a Coast Guard
boat.
Earlier in the day Jacoby, in:
mile trials upstream from the rac
ing course, set a new 1-mile mark i
for class B outboards. He was
clocked at 53.4925 miles an hour. The
old record was 52.86.
River Conditions Perfect.
In contrast to last year’s nasty
chop that kept boats from setting
any new records, drivers today were !
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The cloudy Potomac was as calm !
as the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting
Pool. Only a faint and variable
breeze was stirring, giving promise
of additional American records be
ing set.
Eleven existing speed marks have
fallen this year in a heated on
slaught on the record books.
Several hours before the first gun
was fired from the Coast Guard
cutter Calypso anchored off the
flag-bedecked grandstands in East
Potomac Park, drivers were trying
out the oval course over which they
will speed for three laps totaling
5 miles. *
Dr. Ralph E. Gould, chief of the
time section of the Bureau of Stand
ards, was officiating before a bar
rage of 10 stop watches that will
clock each boat as k finishes. They
were timed to a fifth of a second.
Starter Busy for Seventh Year.
For the next three days the large
fleet of racers will receive starting
and finishing flags from wiry Andy
Duffy, chief starter of the regatta.
This is Starter Duffy’s seventh year
at the flags.
Up on the flying bridge of the
(See REGATTA, Page A-3.)
British Ship Sunk;
Crew Is Rescued
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 22.—Owners of
the British steamer Arkleside, 1,567
tons, said today they had been ad
vised she was “lost at sea” and that
the crew had been brought ashore.
Nazis Fail to Sell Hitlerism to Two U. S. Boys
WATERTOWN, W1S., Bepi. il
(N. A. N. A.)—Eric and Erwin
Loeffler might well be march
ing with the German army in
Poland today. They might even
be dead on a Polish battlefield.
But they are safe here in
Watertown, far from the thun
der of guns and the terror of
war. And they thank their lucky
stars because of it.
Eric and Erwin Loeffler are, so
far as is known, the only mem
bers of that group of Wisconsin
residents recruited last winter to
take jobs in German industry
who have returned to the United
States. Some 150 Wisconsin fam
ilies, most of them from Mil
waukee, emigrated to Germany.
Eric is 20 and Erwin 19. The
boys were bom in Germany and
came iu uie uuueu Oittica m tug
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Loeffler. The LoefBers set
tled in Watertown, where the
father worked for the Milwaukee
Railroad. The parents became
American citizens and the two
boys thus became Americans.
“Several years ago,” the blond,
blue-eyed Eric said, “father sud
denly began to talk about return
ing to the old country. He got
letters from Germany telling him
that under Hitler there was a
shortage of manpower. When
Erwin and I graduated in 1938
and couldn’t find jobs, he was
convinced the thing to do was to
go back to Germany.”
Early this year, Eric continued,
Eugene J. Buerk of Milwaukee
started recruiting men of German
mA.
descent wno wanted to return to
Germany with their families.
“Erwin and I did not want to
go to Germany,” the youth went
on. "We felt our turn at getting
a job would come before long.
But my father was impatient.”
The Loefflers left ,New York
May 16 on the liner Columbus.
When it docked at Hamburg the
Loefflers went on to Branden
burg, in Eastern Germany, less
than 10 miles from the Polish
border. They were given a com
fortable apartment in a building
newly built for the employes of
a large steel mill. The Loeffler
boys would not talk about the
work they did in the steel mill.
Nor would they reveal what was
made in the mill.
“We had no reason to complain
(See BOYS, Page A-6.)
Government Bond Issues
Continue Declines
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. 22.—United
States Government and Treasury
guaranteed bonds dropped today,
continuing the decline of the last
two sessions in the New York
Stock Exchange.
Extreme losses around noon ran
to nearly $17 per $1,000 face value
bond, and seven issues were below
the $1,000 parity. One, in fact, was
selling at $990. Other falls did not
average as much as they did yes
terday, and volume was compara
tively light.
Some bond dealers said they ex
pected the slump to flatten out at
about present levels, as there were
signs that banks with cash on hand
were about ready to buy at what they
considered a “fair bargain’’ price.
Any seriously bad news from abroad,
It was said, however, might once
more start a downswing.
Again corporations and individ
uals seemed to be the heaviest sell
ers, dealers reported, and there was
apparently some liquidation from
abroad.
Longer term loans were not in de
mand, but the shorter maturity
bonds and notes suffered less. Here
the theory that interest rates might
harden if the European war con
tinues long seemed to play a part.
The interest yield on the long ma
turity issues averaged about 3.80 per
cent, compared with around 3.15 per
cent a month ago.
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President Sees
Key Senators
On Neutrality
Callers Troop
To White House
As Fight Impends
BULLETIN.
A definite cash-and-carry pro
vision ■which would prevent ship
ment in American vessels of goods
of all kinds to belligerent nations
will be written into the neutrality
bill, Chairman Pittman of the
oenaie roreign Keiauons com
mittee said today after a confer
ence at the White House. Sena
tor Pittman also announced that
a meeting of his committee
scheduled for tomorrow had been
postponed until Monday at 10:30
am.
By JOHN C. HENRY.
In swift procession. President
Roosevelt scheduled conferences to
day with Senators holding key spots
in the impending fight for neu
trality law revision.
Hopeful of obtaining relatively
quick enactment of legislation, as
outlined in his special message to
Congress yesterday, and then an
adjournment of the session, the
president talked first this morning
with Senate Minority Leader Mc
Nary and Senator White, Repub
lican of Maine, a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee.
Senator McNary has taken a
position against repeal of the arms
embargo as sought by the Adminis
tration, but has readily agreed to
co-operate with the President in
handling the whole problem on a
non-political basis. As he left the
meeting today the Senator told
reporters the conversation with the
President had been general, with the
Chief Executive passing along his
information that unidentified for
eign submarines had been sighted
off the Alaskan and New England
coasts.
Other Senators Follow.
On the appointment list, to follow
at 15-minute intervals, were Sena
tors Downey of California, Connally
of Texas, Donahey of Ohio and
Gillette of Iowa, all Democrats
Senators Connally and Gillette are
members of the Foreign Relations
Committee, the latter having cast a
crucial vote last summer in favor
of delaying consideration of neu
trality revision. Since then, he has
indicated approval of the adminis
tration position.
On leaving the White House, Sen
ator Gillette said he was opposed
to enactment of a cash-and-carry
provision on the ground it would
Place a premium on aggression. He
made clear, however, lhat he feels
that repeal of the arms embargo
and a return to international law
would be a satisfactory solution,
pointing out that he has a bill
pending in his own name which
would, in effect, remove the em
bargo.
However, the Iowa Senator said
more than 3,300 telegrams had been
received by him in ODDositinn t/i
lining the embargo or enacting a
cash-and-carry provision. Less than
50, he said, favored removing the
embargo. The Senator said his mail
showed a similar trend.
Committee Chairman Pittman, al
ready engaged in drafting an ad
ministration measure for his group
was to follow the other Senators to
the White House.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Policy
and Steering Committees of the
Senate voted unanimously in favor
of confining the special session “to
the purposes for which the President
has convened it.” Majority Leader
Barkley said he interpreted this as
excluding everything except the neu
trality legislation outlined by Mr.
Roosevelt yesterday.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
brought his new Agricultural Ad
visory Council to see the President
at noon. The council has been meet
ing here this week to consider food
price and production problems.
Cabinet Meets at 2 P.M.
Acting Secretary of the Navy
Edison and Admiral Harold Stark,
:hief of Naval Operations, were to
confer with Mr. Roosevelt just be
fore he lunched with Postmaster
General Farley. The cabinet was
to hold its regular weekly meeting
at the White House at 2 o'clock
Mr. Roosevelt told his press con
ference he had seen 40 or 50 tele
grams this morning in response to
his plea for repeal of the arms em
bargo, most of them coming from
Governors and personal friends
Secretary Stephen Early said the
telegraph companies reported a
heavier response than to any recent
address by the President and that
all but 8 or 10 of those tabulated
had been in support of his pro
gram. *
The President said he was aware
there has been an increasing amount
of opposition mail coming to legis
lators on Capitol Hill, it was also
said by other White House sources
that Communist and Nazi organiza
tions in this country are exerting
positive efforts on orders from Mos
cow and Berlin to defeat the Presl
dent s neutrality program.
Mr. Roosevelt planned’ to spend
tomorrow and Sunday at his home
in Hyde Park, N. Y.
Glass at White House.
Moving swiftly after the presenta
tion of Us neutrality recommenda
tions to Congress at 2 p.m. yesterday,
Mr. Roosevelt saw the influential
~ (See NEUTRALITY. Page A-3 J
First Story From
The French Front
Edgar Ansel Mowrer, one of
the first American news
papermen to inspect the
French front, writes an illumi
nating description of trench
warfare in the 1939 manner.
His dispatch, reprinted from
late editions of yesterday’s
Star, appears on page A-7.