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Russo-German Move
Renews Hopes of
Italy for Peace
Tendency to Discount
Allies' Firm Stand
Reported in Rome
By WALTER DURANTV.
ROME. Sept. 30 (N.A.N.A.).—The
Russo-German pact caused no great
surprise in Rome, where the view
already had been voiced that the
previous line of demarcation was of
only temporary character. In Vati
can circles it is now hoped that
an ethnic Polish state will be formed 1
wesi oi me new line wnere ^ainonc
freedom of worship will be allowed
despite political subservience to Ger
many.
It is noted, however, that the Rus- 1
eions still hold, the line of the i
rivers, except for a brief interval i
between Krystnopol and Rawarusca,
as well as control of the Rumanian (
and Hungarian frontiers, which con- (
firms the previous opinion that the (
Russians have driven a hard bargain
With their German “friends.”
This theory is strengthened by the
Russo-Estonian agreement, with its i
startling reference to Soviet pro
tection against attack or menace of
attack by a great power across Let
tish territory. It will be remem
bered that this is precisely the point
on which the Anglo-Soviet nego
tiations diverged and perhaps ac
tually broke. The Russians con- ,
6istently believed in the possibility
of what they called “covert” ag- 1
gression by Germany in Estonia—
that is, a possibility that Estonia, ,
as a result of an internal putsch
or external pressure, might permit
or invite German intervention,
against which the Soviet wished to
guarantee the country, willy-nilly.
Soviet Determination.
The right to have naval bases on
the islands of Dagoe and Oesel was
also mentioned and refused by the |
British, and that it has now been ob- i
tained. together with the port ot
Paldiski, clearly indicates Soviet de
termination to safeguard the Gulf of
Finland against German action.
Paldiski is not ice-free, but could
easily be kept open by the powerful
Russian icebreakers.
References to peace arouse satis
faction in Rome, but no undue op
timism. although there is a tendency
to discount the vigorous Franco
British disclaimer of the Russo-Ger
man attempt to hold them respon
sible for continuance of hostilities i
as a natural reaction which does not ;
iieeefcotti uy picuuuc luc puwiuiui)
of a settlement. There is also an in- <
clination to discount the Russo-Ger- (
man declaration about consultation ]
over "the necessary measures to be i
taken if war continues" as a sop to
Germany which fails to disguise the
fact that Russia is playing her own
hand and showing little confidence |
in German protestations of amity
and mutual interest.
On the other hand, the reference i
to a peace effort "in accord with ]
Other friendly powers” revives Italian
hopes in a general llth-hour at- ,
tempt “to make France and Britain .
see reason,” as it is expressed here.
New Balance of Power. (
Well-informed persons I have met i
here incline to the long view that i
peace on the present status quo basis
is not merely feasible, but an excel- (
lent thing for Europe because it ,
would provide a new balance of pow- ,
er between the U. S. S. R. and Ger- \
many, which would not be unwel- ;
come to France and Britain, not to
mention Italy. j
In short, speaking generally, Rome ,
Is by no means dissatisfied with the j
present European line-up, in which ,
it persists in considering Soviet re- j j
emergence as a great western power ,
as a more important factor than ,
the actual state of hostilities be- '
tween'Germany and the allies. To •
practical, clear Italian reasoning, it j
is literally incomprehensible that1
France and Britain would be so
“obstinate” as to continue the war ;
in patently unfavorable conditions— ! i
at least for several months—now j ■
that Hitler's own act has replaced a j
hostile Poland with a far more re- j ,
doubtable neighbor. Last night, for J ]
the first time, I had the impression; (
that Rome's hopes of peace are de- j,
cidedly more concrete than mere
wishful thinking. j
Paris |
(Continued From First Page.)
Paris said French troops also were 1
threatening Zweibruecken and Pir
masens further east through a se- J
Ties of tooth-shaped advances.
Consolidating Positions. 5
The French were reported con- g
eolidating their positions, which at
some points between the Moselle j
and Rhine Rivers extend sfc much .
as 7 miles into Germany, in prepara- j
tion for a Nazi offensive it was be- .
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expected peace offer from Hitler.
The French declared Germany's
absorption of Poland's mineral
regions had been canceled by
French guns pointed at Saar
bruecken. and said that the Reich
had lost four-fifths of the indus
trial production and more than half
the coal output of the Saar valley.
The French military position was
contrasted with the outlook at the
end of the first month of the World
War, w'hen the French Army was
in full retreat from the Aisne and
Von Kluck's troops were only 50
miles from Paris.
Rejection of Peace Bid Indicated.
While French troops sought to
strengthen positions gained in a
month of fighting, both govern
ment and press indicated France
never would accept as a oasis for
peace the German-Soviet pact par
titioning Poland.
In a radio address last night
Jean Giraudoux, commissioner gen
eral of information, accused Ger
many and Russia of "blackmail”
and declared they were trying to
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:olumn opposite the new word. If the puzzle is solved correctly, the added
etters will spell the trade name of one of the eighteen (18) automobiles
shown in the list below, to be exhibited at the Twentieth Annual Auto
nobile Show of Washington, D. C„ October 21 to 28, 1939, inclusive, at the
Riverside Stadium, Twenty-sixth and D streets N.W., under the auspices
»f the Washington Automotive Trade Association, which, with the co
speration of The Star, is conducting this contest.
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It is not necessary to send in the actual puzzles, but it is compulsory
hat the entries show the new words. The new words will not be given
nit or published, and no entries will be returned. Every one is eligible
o compete except employes of The Star and the Washington Automotive
Dade Association.
Officials of the Washington Automotive Trade Association, whose
iecisions will be final, will act as judges, and, based on correctness, neat
less and manner in which the solutions are submitted, as well as the
•eason for holding an Annual Automobile Show, will award prizes totaling
>100 and 100 tickets to the Automobile Show, as follows: First prize, $50
ind 12 tickets: second prize, $25 and 8 tickets; third prize, $10 and 6
ickets; fourth prize, $5 and 4 tickets: 10 prizes of $1 each and 2 tickets
ind 25 prizes of 2 tickets each. In case of ties duplicate prizes will be
iwarded.
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Sunday Star on October 22, 1939. Questions should be addressed to Wash
ngton Automotive Trade Association, 1427 I street N.W., Washington, D. C.
‘orce an ‘‘Eastern peace” upon
Europe.
“Perhaps Hitler will propose it
o us.” M. Giraudoux said, “on con
iition that we deny not only our
;reaties but our tastes, our con
victions, our religions and our
iberties.
“He will give us what he calls
seace—that is a short delay which
jermits Germany to digest its prey
ind to forge arms to snare its next
irev.”
France and Great Britain, M.
Jiraudoux declared, are fighting
igainst “the barbarism of one of the
nost modern and well organized na
ions of Europe.”
Prompt Rejection Foreseen.
M. Giraudoux's address was taken
>y foreign observers to indicate that
my formal proposals from Berlin
ind Moscow would be rejected
iromptly by the government.
This belief was strengthened by
vide publicity given a note presented
o the foreign ministry by Russian
Ambassador Jules Lukasiewicz, de
ilaring his government would not
iccept terms of the German-Russian
iccord.
The note said the Poles were
:ouuting upon France and Britain
o carry the war to final victory. A
imilar communication was deliv
ired by the Polish Ambassador 10
-ondon.
Further indication that France
lad no intention of entertaining
;uch a peace proposal was seen by
ibservers in a trip yesterday by
’resident Albert Lebrun to the front
ine army headquarters. Simultane
msly, Air Minister Guy la Chambre
ind Joseph Vuillemin, chief of the
lir force, flew to the front for a
0-hour inspection of air bases.
Value of Soviet Aid Doubted.
Announcement of the Russian
igreement to furnish economic aid
o Germany was greeted by the press
vith declarations that such a ma
leuver could not offset the British
laval blockade. Russia, Paris news
lapers said, could not supply all of
Germany's war needs—particularly
ihromium and nickel.
Threats of Russian military col
aboration with Germany, which, it
vas said, were implied in the
>oviet-Nazi pact, were interpreted
ly the press as merely a move to
plit public opinion in France re
ading the advisability of pressing
he war.
Most commentators apparently
efused to believe Russia intended
o join forces with the Reich, but
me writer in Le Journal admitted
uch a prospect was “not very re
.ssuring.”
Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin were
eferred to as “gangsters" by the
lapers, which quoted previous Brit
sh and French official utterances
#
that the allies were determined to
pursue the war no matter what
! stand Russia might take.
Bitter Fight Reported
In Mosel le-Saar Area
BASEL, Switzerland. Sept. 30 i/P).—
Bitter but localized western front
fighting was reported here today as
German patrols thrust at a gap in
the Moselle-Saar triangle opposite
Merzig and in the Wissembourg
sector.
French troops at these points were
said to have withdrawn from posts
, they had taken solely for observation
; purposes, but to have defended posi
I tions already consolidated in their
! lines.
French tactics, it was said, are to
give up positions which cannot be
consolidated easily. Observers look
on this system of warfare as a pre
paration for defense, rather than
offense.
Basel reports said the French
Army leaders would like nothing
better than to have the Germans
leave the safety of the Siegfried
Line and try their power against
the lines which the French have
built up in their careful advances.
Two British, one Franch and two
I German planes were reported shot
| down yesterday in observation
flights, to which most aerial activity
i has been confined.
Observers said both sides have
seemed reluctant to try behind-the
lines bombings until there was some
indication as to their relative air
strength.
The calm in the Strasbourg sec
tion was so pronounced that Uni
versity of Strasbourg students re
turned yesterday for books. The
university was moved in the first
week of the war to Clermont-Fer
rand, but the library was left be
hind. During the night, students
loaded thousands of books into
trucks and returned to the new seat
of the university.
Tonight Is Deadline
For Song Contest
With 11 songs already entered in
the contest to pick a Prince Georges
County (Md.) anthem to be sung
at the dedication of the new County
Service Building in Hyattsville on
October 14, H. Clay Whiteford,
chairman of the Music Committee,
reminded the public that the dead
line for submitting songs is mid
night tonight.
The Board of Judges of the con
test, comprising Prof. Harlan Ran
dall, chairman; Mrs. Ethel Manning,
Mrs. Arthur M. Blaisdell, Edgar F.
Czarra and Col. George H. Calvert,
jr., will meet Monday to pick the
winning song.
Arkansas Avenue
Flood Victims Form
New Association
Splitoff From Piney
Branch Group Deemed
Best Way to Relief
Residents of the area abutting
Arkansas avenue, Delafleld place
and Thirteenth street N.W., who
recently banded together to obtain
redress for damages they suffered
in a flood Labor Day, last night
formed a new citizens’ association.
Meeting at Telford's to vote on
the report of a committee of nine
selected by the temporary chair
man, Hugh V. Keiser, at a previous
gathering, the residents unanimously
supported the recommendation to
form a new association.
The basin area where the flood oc
curred is nominally in the territory
of the large Piney Branch associa
tion, which is bounded by Kennedy
street on the north to Shepherd
street south, from west of Georgia
avenue in the east to Rock Creek
Park on the west.
Capt. G. L. Shorey, president of
the Piney Branch group, made a
plea at the meeting last night for
the embattled residents to remain
within the jurisdiction of the older
group, oapi. bnorey ouuineo me
difficulties new organizations meet
in the infant days of their forma
tion. He told the group, before the
final vote, he believed more could
be accomplished if the two organi
zations worked together for the ob
tainance of the common needs.
Older Groups' “Blessing.”
Answering Capt. Shorey. Mr.
Keiser replied he thought the needs
of the areas were no longer com
mon. Mr: Keiser said he felt the
needs of the Arkansas avenue area,
much smaller in size than the Piney
Branch section, of which it is part,
could be administered much better
by the people who live there than
by a large and uninterested group
with diverse needs.
Mr. Keiser asked the Piney Branch
association to act as a godfather
so as “to permit us to go to work
with your blessing.” Capt. Shorey
said his group would try to help the
new organization in every way.
The residents voted to name the
new group the Arkansas Avenue
Community Association. Mr. Keiser
was elected president for a one-year
term; Dr. John R. Lapham, first
vice president; A. M. Ensor, second
vice president; Mrs. Fred Telford,
third vice president; C. H. Dexter,
secretary; Mrs Clyde Filley, treas
! urer, and C. H. Newell, general \
j counsel.
Will Define Boundaries.
' A Boundary Committee will meet
whhin a week's time at the home j
of Mr. Keiset to map the borders !
I of the association. The Executive [
1 r* ill llltt \j ucAb «tCA
to lay plans for the campaign to
have the Hood conditions in the area
i eliminated by the District.
| The elimination of the floods,
which have been recurrent in the
section for many years, was the
prime object of the formation of
the group. Other objects of the
association, which expects to apply
for membership in the Federation
of Citizens' Association when or
ganization is more complete, include
maintaining better traffic conditions
in the section, installation of traffic
signals and additional bus stops on
the Thirteenth street bus line from
Kennedy street to the downtown
area.
Two weeks ago. the office of J. B.
Gordon sanitary engineer of the
District, announced leftover funds
from the Rock Creek sewer proj
ect would be made available for the
installation of a larger sewer system i
in the natural basin at Arkansas
avenue and Delafield place to pre
vent recurrence of disastrous floods
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N. L. R. B. Orders Firm
ro Pay Two Men
It Never Hired
Holds Union Leadership
Barred Jobs; Two Years'
Wages Declared Due
In the first decision of its kind,
the National Labor Relations Board
has ordered the Waumbec Mills,
inc., of Manchester, N. H., to pay
two years’ wages and give employ
ment to two men it never hired.
The complaint was made in be
half of two loom fixers, Alphonse
Chartier and Edward G. GeofTrion.
The board held that they had been
left with the understanding they
were to be hired, and would have
been had it not been for their rec
ord of past union leadership.
The employment was ordered “at
the same or substantially equivalent
positions at which they would have
been employed on July 15, 1937,
had the company not unlawfully
refused to hire them.’’
The men were employed at a
nearby plant when they sought
work at Waumbec Mills. The com
pany denied the union issue was
involved.
The decision was signed by Chair
man J. Warren Madden and Edwin
S. Smith. Dr. W. M. Leiserson did
not take part in the case.
Man Held in Baltimore
After Attack on Nun
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 30.—A 34
/ear-old colored man accused of at
tacking a nun at St. Gregory's Con
rent was held without bail today by
Magistrate John H. Stanford on
charges of burglary and attempted
issault.
The man. who identified himself as
Howard Diggs, was captured shortly
aefore 2 a.m. by three policemen in
the garden of the convent, occupied
ay the Sisters of Mercy.
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Nature’s Children
Bongo
(Tragelaphus euryceros)
BJ LILLlAn tUA A1IUI,
So many expeditions are made
possible these days that our parks
are being populated with strangers
from all over the world. We are
well acquainted with antelopes, and
in some of the zoos we have the
harnessed antelopes or bush-bucks,
which are closely related to the
kudus. These bongos surely are
handsome antelopes, with their dec*
orative, vertical stripes and white
patches. They are the largest of
all the harnessed antelopes and are
to be found in Liberia, Fanti, the
Ashkankolu Mountains and the
Gabun. You can look this up on a
map of West Africa and trace the
range.
The males have short hair of a
deep chestnut color, and there are
many and distinct narrow stripes
on the body, while on the chest is a
large w'hite crescent. There are two
white spots on the face, mostly
below the eye. The knees and base
of the front legs have white spots
and the hind legs’ inner surface is
also W'hite.
The hoofs are short. The males do
not have a throat fringe and their
horns are smooth and massive. They
form slightly more than a single
turn ana are yeuow lowara tneir
tips.
A full-grown male bongo attains
a height of 3 feet 7 inches at the
shoulder. The horns may be as
long as 31 Inches in a straight line,
giving to the animal an appearance
of much greater height than it is
entitled to.
Usually you will find the bongo
traveling in pairs or a small party.
When an intauder appears these
animals, wise in the topography of
their range, take to the rough
ground and naturally they have the
advantage.
This type of ground and the dense
forest in which the bongo resides
does not permit hunting the animal
on horseback. Dogs which are
trained for this purpose make the
life of the bongo miserable, for
the smaller animal may easily enter
the dense thickets in which the
bongo retreats. Dogs know that to
encounter a bongo is to have an
animal capable of doing much
damage with those fine horns. With
lowered head, the animal sometimes
awaits the oncoming dog, which is
easily tossed into the air and usually
does not know the rest of the story.
Bongos are qniet folks and give
voice to their emotions only by a low
bark when greatly disturbed. They
are shy and difficult to stalk, and as
these creatures live in locations
where stinging insects are in the air,
there is not much fun visiting their
haunts. Unless we are seeking them
for educational purposes for parks,
bongos would seem to be fairly sure
of privacy.
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Files Divorce Petition
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 30.—Sir Malcolm
Campbell, the speedboat and auto
mobile racer, has filed a petition
for divorce from Lady Campbell,
citing two co-respondents.
The petition appeared among the
defended cases in the Michaelmas
divorce list, but was not expected
to be neard until next year because ^
ofathe present heavy docket.
Lady Campbell, the former Miss
Dorothy Whitall, was married to
Sir Malcolm 19 years ago.
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