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ABBOTT. MARY B. On Friday. October
13. 1939. in her 87th year. Mr*. MARY B.
ABBOTT, beloved wife of the late Charles
Owen Abbott and devoted mother of Mrs.
Princes A. Burnell
Funeral (private) from the T. Frank
Murray funeral home. 741 11th st. s.e . on
Monday. October 18. at 10 am. Inter
ment Rock Creek Cemetery. •
ABBOTT. REV. WALLACE P. On Thurs
day. October 12. 1939. at his residence. 210
8 st. n.w,. Rev. WALLACE P ABBOTT,
■oa of Rev. Samuel Abbott of Walkertow'n.
N. C.: devoted husband of Susie Abbott,
lovltg father of Pearl. Geraldine. Wallace,
jr., and Nathaniel Abbott: brother of Lillie
Carter. Pearl Mitchell. Willi Abbott of
Walkertown. N. C.; Mrs Ruffin Tvner of
?oanoke. Va.. and Elisha Abbott of New
ork. Many other relatives and friends
also survive. Remains may be viewed at
his late residence after 12 noon Sunday.
October 15
Funeral Monday. October 18. at 1 p.m..
from the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church.
Rev C T. Murray officiating Interment
Walkertow’n. N C. Arrangements by
Thomas Frar.ier Co.
We miss you now. our hearts are sore:
As time goes on we will miss you more.
But we'll alwavs cherish, with love
sincere
Beautiful memories of one so dear.
ABSHER. HARRY DAVIDSON. Sud
denly. on Saturday. October 14. 1939. at
Casualty Hospital. HARRY DAVIDSON
ABSHER. aged 8 year*, beloved son of
vernis and Letha Absher
Services will bp hold at his late resi
dence. 3229 Alabama ave. s.e.. on Mon
day. October 18. at 3 p.m. Interment
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
BOARMAN. FRANK H. Departed this
life Saturday. October 14. 1939. at his
residence. 2230 12th place n.w.. FRANK
H BOARMAN the beloved husband of
Lula B Boarman. He also is survived by two
daughters. Alice G. and Mary Frances
Boarman two sons. James E. and Leroy
K. Boarman. other relatives and friends.
Remains resting with L. E. Murray <fc Son
Funerel notice later. 15*
COF. EVELYN GILMORE. On Friday.
October 13. 1939. at the home of Mrs. J.
H Brooks, Scranton. Pa.. EVELYN GIL
MORE COE. beloved wife of the late Rob
ert Coe. caoiain. U. P. Army.
Funeral Monday October 18. at 10:30
* m from the chapel in Arlington National
Cemetery. Virginia 15
^COLLIER. ARTHUR J. Suddenly, on
Friday. October 13. 1939. at Coronado.
Calif . ARTHUR J. COLLIER, beloved hus
band of Ellen B Collier and father of
Grace Collier Simpson
rnnvcrv daci u
tober 13. 1939. at Sibley Memorial Hos
pital. ROSA M COOKSEY of 1323 Web
ster st n.e.. beloved wife of the late John
T. Cooksev and daughter of the late Frank
T. and Annie F Sands.
Funeral from William J. Nalley’s fu
neral home. 522 Sth st. s.e.. on Monday.
October 16. at. 2 D.m Interment Cedar
Hill Cemetery. Relatives and friends in
vited. 15
DAVIS. SALLIE. The family of SALLIE
DAVIS desire to pXDress their sincere
thanks to the pastors, clubs, members and
friends of Second Baptist Church and
Asbury M F. Church for their many
expressions of sympathy during the illness
*nd at the passing of our sister.
THE FAMILY. •
DENNIS. GEORGE F. On Friday. Oc
tober 13. 1939. at his residence. 5516 4th
fit. n w . GEORGE E DENNIS, beloved
husband of Lula M. Dennis and uncle of E.
M. Pearl Dennis of Madison. Wis.
Funeral from thp above residence on
Tuesday. October 17 at 2:30 D.m. Rela
tives and friends invitpd. Interment Cedar
Hill Cemetery. Services by Chambers’. 16
DIGGS, GEORGIA. On Friday. October
13. 1939. at Gallinger Hospital. GEORGIA
DIGGS of 424R Washington place n.e..
loving wife of Richard Diggs, foster-mother
of Helen Smith. Other relatives and friends
also survive. *
Remains resting at the John T. Rhines A
Co funeral rhaDpl. 3rd and Eve sts. s w .
Vrhere funeral services will be held Monday.
October 16, at 2 D.m. Interment Rosemont
Cemetery. 15
DODEK, LENA. On Friday October
33. 1939. at her residence. 2b07 Conn,
avp LENA DODEK. aged 72 years, be
loved mother of Mrs. Sophie Mandell. Miss
Fannie Dodek, Mrs. Eva Simon and Harry
H. Dodek.
Funeral services at the Bernard Dan
Jansky A Son funeral home. 3501 14ih st.
P w.. on Sunday. October 15. at 11 a m
Interment Adas Israel Cemetery. 15
DURANT. ARMAND, JR. Suddenly, on
Saturday, Octoher 14. 193!). at Emergency
Hospital. ARMAND DURANT. JR., son of
Mrs. Charles W. Quinn and Armand Durant
•nd brother of Alice Collier Durant.
Services and interment private.
ERCK, FMII.V W. On Friday. October
33, 1939. at Waltpr Reed Hosrital. EMILY
vT. ERCK of 4434 Volta place n.w.. widow
of Maj. Alfred H Erck. U S. A . and
daughter of L. B. Wunder. •
home. 2901 14th st. n.w . on Monday.
October 18. at 2 n.m. Interment. Arling
ton National Cemetery. 15
FAIRLIE. THOMAS. On Saturday. Octo
ber 14. 19,39. at Greenbelt Hospital. Green
belt Md.. THOMAS FAIRLIE. beloved hus
band of Ethel J. Fairlie of 12.3 Sparks st.,
Philadelphia. Pa
Remains resting at the Warner E.
Fumchrey funeral home. 8424 Georgia
ave Silver Spring. Md. Services and inter
ment Philadelphia. Pa
FERRIS. WILLIAM C. On Thursday.
October 12. 19.39. at his residence .3402
Russell road. Alexandria. Va.. WILLIAM C.
FERRIS, beloved husband of Jennie L.
Ferris and father of Warren W. Ferris.
Services at the S. H Hines Co. funeral
*ome. 2901 14th st. n.w*.. on Sundav. Oc
tober 15. at .3 p.m. Interment private. 15
FISHER. ELIZABETH Suddenly on
Thursday. October 12. 19.39 ELIZABETH
FISHER tnee Burnett), wife o' the late
Everett G Fisher.
Funeral services at her late home. Bar
ton ave.. Hillside, Md . on Monday. Octo
ber 18. at. 2 p.m. Interment Cedar Hill
Cemetery. Services by Chambers’ River
dale funeral home. 15
FOSTER, CECELIA C. Departed this life
fm Saturday. October 14. 19.39. CECELIA
FOSTER, the beloved daughter of George
A. and Mary Foster, mother of Joseph
Foster and sister of Mrs. Trene Jackson
and James Foster. She also leaves a
nephew. Vincent Foster a niece. Edna
Mae Foster, and a devoted sister-in-law.
Annie Foster. Remains resting at the fu
neral home of Alexander S. Pope. ,315 15th
•t. s.e.
Notice of funpral later. •
FOX. LTTLIJ F. On Thursriav. October
32. 19.39. at Providence Hospital. LULU
E FOX. beloved wife of Joseph T. Fox of
©.33 New York avp. n w
Funeral from the James T. Ryan funeral
home. .317 Pa ave. s.p,. on Monday. Oc
tober 18. at 8:30 a m ; thencp to St Pat
rick’s Church, whpre mass will be offered
ft 9 a.m. Relatives and friends invited
nterment. St Mary’s Cemeterv 15
GROSS. JAMFS MILTON. I wish to ex
press my thanks to the manv friends for
their kindness during the brief illness of
my brother. JAMES MILTON GROSS, and
for their expressions of sympathy at his
death. ERNEST S. GROSS. •
• J. On Saturday. October
34. 1939. at. her residence. 548 nth st.
• e., JULIA J HALL, beloved wife of Rich
ard J. Hall, mother of Mrs Margaret
Frank and Richard J Hall. jr.: sister of
Frank, Joseph and James Moran. Mrs Mary
Pardillo'and Mrs. Helen McKenna.
Funeral from the above residence on
Tuesday. Pc,fobfT 17. at 8:30 a.m.; thence
to St Peters Church, where mass will be
•I*™*1 9 a.m. Relatives and friends in
vited. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. 18
HARNDEN, ENOS S. On Saturday. Octo
3^-,EN°S 8. HARNDEN. father
of Mr,. Mabel Perisho of Denver. Colo :
two rrsndchllrtren. Eno, W. Harnden and
Doris Harnden of Washington. D C Re
mains resting at the Gartner funeral home.
Gaithersburg. Md.
Funeral services on Mondav, October 16
•t 3 p.m.. at Olenwood Cemetery chapel',
Washington. D. c.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
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ftnerai directors
Crematorium
4th an* Maw Aye W.E Lincoln Mini
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1009 H St. N.W.
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GUDE BROS. CO. Floral Piece.
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1932 Ninth St. N.W.
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Deaths
HOPKINS. EVELYN M. On Saturday.
October 14. 1939. at her residence. 552
North Piedmont st.. Arlington. Va..
EVELYN M. HOPKINS She is survived by
her mother. Lillian C. D Keister, and
father, Richard E. Keister; also three
brothers Richard E. Keister, jr.: John H.
and William E,. and two sisters, Lillian
Hackard end Mabel D. Jones.
Notice of funeral later.
HOWARD, CARRIE I. On Saturday.
October J4. 1939. at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. G. L. Robertshaw. CARRIE
I. HOWARD, beloved wife of the late Fred
Howard end the mother of Mrs. O. L.
Robertshaw of Falls Church. Va.
Funeral services on Monday. October 16.
at 11 am. at Pearson’s funeral home. 408
Washington st.. Falls Church. Va. 15
HUMPHREY. ROSANNA M. On Sat
urday. October 14 1939. at the residence
of hpr son. 1415 Fern st. n.w., ROSANNA
M. HUMPHREY, beloved wife of the late
Thomas Humphrey and mother of J.
Walter. Thomas and John Humphrey.
Funeral from the above address on Tues
day. October IT. at *2 p.m Relatives and
friends invi’eri Interment in Glenwood
Cemetery. Services by Chambers 16
JONES. MARION DELOPES. On Sat
urday. October 14. 1939. at Gallinger Hos
pital MARION DELORES JONES. She
leaves to mourn their loss a mother. Vir
ginia Jones; a grandmother. Grace Jones,
and other relatives and friends.
Remains resting at the Eugene Ford
funeral home, 1300 South Capitol st.,
where funeral services will be held at 11
a m. Monday. October 16. Interment Mount
Zion Cemetery.
KIRBY, CHARLES C. On Friday. Oc
tober 13. 1939. at Sibley Memorial Hos
pital. CHARLES C. K1RRY, beloved hus
band of Mildred L. Kirby <nee Denton),
father of Denton and Ralph Kirbv
Remains resting at the Lee funeral
home. 4th st and Mass, ave n.e.. where
services will be held on Monday. October
10. at 11 am. Interment Cedar Hill Cem
etery. Relatives and friends invited to
attend. 15
KIRBY, CHARLES C. A special com
munication of Dawson Lodge. No.
/A 10. F. A. A M.. will be held at
//\\ the Masonic Temple on Monday,
aT' A°clnhfr !0. 1939. at in am..
YsV/' ‘or ,lir Purpose of attending the
/vNAA funeral of our late brother.
7 CHARLES C KIRBY
Bv Order of thr W M.
JOHN A. COLBORN, Secretary.
HOOP. ELIZABETH JANE. On Friday.
October 1,3. 1939. at her residence. 141ft
Staples st n.e . ELIZABETH JANE KOOP.
the beloved mother of Walter S. Koop. Mrs.
Dorothy Callis and Mrs. Mildred Houchen.
Funeral from Chambers' funeral home.
517 11th st. K.p.. nn Monday. October lft.
at 2 D.m. Relatives and friends invited.
Interment Congressional Cemetery. 15
LINDGREN. MARGARET On Friday,
October 13. 1939. at her residence. Tuxedo.
Md.. MARGARET LINDGREN. beloved wife
of the late William Lindgren
Funeral from Gasch’s funeral home. 4ft
Md. ave,. Hvattsville. Md.. on Monday. Oc
tober lft. at 9:30 a m.: thence to St Je
rome’s Catholic Church (Hyattsville, Md.)
where mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Rel
atives and friends invited. Interment
Mount Olivet Cemetery. 15
MARTIN. LUCY JEMISON. Departed
this life Saturday. October 14. 1939. at
the residence of her daughter. 1351 28th
st. n.w.. LUCY JEMTSON MARTIN, wife
of the late Henry Martin, devoted mother
of Mrs. Florence Vessels. Mrs. Mary
Smackum and Llovd Martin: grandmother
of Henry. Law*rence and Amy Martin. Re
mains resting at the residence of her son.
92ft 25th st. n.w.. after 12 p.m. Monday,
October 16
Funeral Tuesday. October 17. at 2 pm.,
from the Mount Zion M E. Church. 29th
st. between Dumbarton ave. and O st. n.w .
Rev. A. Hall Whitfield officiating. Relatives
and friends invited. Arrangements by W.
Ernest Jarvis. 16
MARTIN, ALPHEUS WILSON. On Sat
urday. October 14. 19.39. ALPHEUS WIL
SON MARTTN. husband of Clara J. Martin.
Funeral from his late home. Laurel. Md.,
on Monday. October lft. at 8 a.m. Requiem
mass at St. Mary’s Church. Laurel. Md..
at 8:30 a m Interment St. Mary's Cem
etery. Services by Chambers’ Riverdale
funeral home. - 15
MISGROVF, JOSEPH F. Suddenly, on
Friday. October 13. 1931ft at his home.
Wheaton. Md.. JOSEPH F. MUSGROVE. be
loved husband of Theresa M. Musgrove.
Services at thp Warner F PumDhrev fu
neral homp. 8424 Georgia ave. Silver
Spring. Md.. on Monday. October lft. at 1 1
a.m. Interment St. John’s Cemetery. Forest
GHn. Md.
PAYNE. ELMORE. T wish to express my
sincere thanks to the many relatives,
neighbors, frippds. co-workers at the Bu
reau of Freraving and Rev. F. K. Tv]rr
for the kind sympathy, lovely cards, beau
tiful flowers and the usp of their care at
the death of my beloved husband. ELMORF
PAYNE. WIFE. •
PROCTOR. BENJAMIN C SnHHmlv nn
Saturday. October 14. man. at his resi
dence. 5ft N st. n.w,. BENJAMIN C PROC
TOR. beloved husband of Katherine F.
Proctor and devoted father of Mrs Edith
P. Holton and Mrs Fmily C. Campbell
Notice of funeral later. Arrangements
by McGuire.
ROBINSON. LEONARD T. On Tuesday
October 1ft. 103ft. LEONARD T. (BUD)
ROBINSON, brother of Bernice Butler,
uncle of Thelma Robinson Williams.
Funeral Sunday. October 15. at 2 p.m.,
from the W. Ernest Jarvis funeral church.
1432 Von St. n.w.. Rev c v Brown of
ficiating. Interment Monday. October 16.
at Payne’s Cemetery. 15
SECRIST. FLORENCE W On Friday.
October 13. 1 ft.3ft. at Providence Hospital.
FLORENCE W. SECRIST, beloved wife of
Charles F. Secrist.
Funeral from her late residence. 1347
W st. s.e.. on Monday. October 16. at 1:30
pm. Services at, Emmanuel Episcopal
Church. 13th and V sts s.e.. at 2 p.m.
Relatives and friends invited. Interment
Cedar Hill Cemetery. 15
SHEHAN. ANASTASIA DAMES SCHO
FIELD. On Thursday. October 12. 1039,
at her residence. 2331 Cathedral ave n.w .
Apt 207. ANASTHASIA DAMES SCHO
FIELD SHEHAN. beloved wife of the late
Thomas P Shehan and mother of Thomas
A Mary R.. the Very Rev Lawrencp J.
Shehan. Dr. Daniel E.. J. Brook and Wil
liam H Sheman.
Funeral services at the above residence
on Monday. October 16, at. ft:45 a m. Sol
emn high reauiem ma«s at Sf Patrick s
Church at 10:30 a m. Relatives and friends
invited Tntermenr New Cathedral Cem
etery. Baltimore. Md 15
SPRAGUE. JOSEPHINE VAN HORN. On
Saturday. October 14. 103ft. at Emergency
Hospital. JOSFPHTNF VAN HORN
SPRAGUE beloved mother of Elinore S.
P*?rien‘ *-0° Hiehview ave . Silver SpTing.
Md. Remains resrjnr pt the Warner E
Humphrey funeral home. *424 Georgia ave..
Silver Spring Md.
Notice of services later.
SI MW ALT. ELLA JANE. On Saturday.
October 14. 1030. at the Methodist Home.
Gaithersburg. Md.. El,LA JANE SUMWALT
Remains resting at the Gartner funeral
home. Gaithersburg. Md
Funeral services Monday. October 16.
at ° p.m.. from Friendship Church. Har
mony. Md Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery,
near Broo*1and. Md.
TATE. EDWARD C. Suddenly, on Wed
October 11. 1030. at his residence.
1*1* Swann st n.w,. EDWARD C. TATE,
beloved husband of Anna Tate, brother of
Robert. Thomas and Bettie Tate. Remains
resting at the W. Ernest Jarvis funeral
church. 1432 You st. nw
Funeral Monday. October 16. at 2 p.m.
from Shiloh Baptist. Church. Ordricks Cor
ner. Va.. Rev Hall officiating. Interment
church cemetery. Relatives and friends
invited. 15
VICROV. ASBURV DILLON. On Fri
13- 1838; »’ his residence.
1265 N. Fillmore st.. Arlington. Va.. AS
VICROY. beloved husband
of Anna Vicrov and father of Mrs. Ethel
V. Richards and Mrs Hazel V Howard
Remains resting at the Ives funeral
home. 2*47 Wilson blvd.. Arlington. Va.,
5'here funer-al services will he held Sun
day. October 15. at 3 p.m. Interment ;n
V.UIIIM1UIH VJBIUniR.
WEATHINGTON. HATTIE. Suddenly on
Wednesday. October 11. 1939. at her resi*
441 1st St S.w.. HATTIE WEATH
INGTON. the devoted wife of Daniel
Weathington and loving sister of Mrs.
Bertha Harris of Baltimore. Md. She also
lea 'es other relatives and friends
Funeral Mondav. October 16. at 1 o m.,
from Mptropolitan Weslev A. M. E Zion
Church. D st. between 2nd and 3rd sts.
s.w.. Rev. David C. Lynch officiating. Inter
ment in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. Ar
rangements by Morris A Carter & Co. •
W'ELCH, THOMAS H. On Saturday,
2S&*?;r *:!• Sibley Hospital,
THOMAS H WELCH of 1107 6th st. sw.
beloved husband of Eva M. Welch (nee
Morris) and father of Thomas H. Welch, jr.
Funeral from the chapel of P. A. Talta
vull. 436 7th st. s.w.. on Tuesday. October
!/• at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends in
vited. Interment Arlington National Cem
etery
YOUNG, WILLIAM HAMILTON. On
Saturday. October 14. 1939. at his resi
R Clifton Terrace Acts.. WILLIAM
HAMILTON YOUNG, husband of the late
Ruth Virtz Young, brother of Mrs. Walter
R. Powell, sr.. and Mrs John D Rose
Remains resting at the Chambers funeral
home. 1400 Chapin st. n.w.
Notice of funeral later.
lit Hmnrtam
GRIMSHAW. WILLIAM H. In loving
memory of WILLIAM H. GRIMSHAW. who
passed away 12 years ago today, October
15. 1927.
To live in the hearts of those we love is
not to die.
HI8 WIFE AND FAMILY. •
HAWKINS, JULIA M. Sacred to the
memory of the sweetest mother one ever
knew. JULIA M. HAWKINS, who departed
this life seven years ago today. October
15. 1932.
To live and then forget you
Would fill our hearts with shame;
When others have forgotten.
Mother. God bless your name.
Anniversary mass for the repose of her
soul at St. Vincent de Paul's Church.
HER CHILDREN. IDA BOWIE. QUEENIE
ASHTON AND WILLIAM HAWKINS. •
JOHNSON. SARAH SOPHIA. In sad and
loving remembrance of our devoted mother,
sister and grandmother. SARAH SOPHIA
JOHNSON, who entered into eternal rest
four years ago today. October 15. 1935.
Rest sweet spirit, rest.
BY THE FAMILY. •
QUAY. AN»STASIA L. In memory of
my dear mother. ANASTASIA L. QUAY,
who passed away suddenly three years ago
today. October 15. 1930.
Loved in life, remembered in death.
HER SON. FRANCIS. •
WASHINGTON, CHARLOTTE. In sad
but loving remembrance of my dear grand
mother. CHARLOTTE WASHINGTON, who
departed this life nine years ago today,
October IS. 1930.
Rest on. dear grandmother, for the love
and memory of you l* buried deet> in my
heart and soul.
Peace be thy rest.
HER DEVOTED ORANDSON, EARL
EASTON. •
I
Nazi Persecution
Of Gen. Von Fritsch
Colors Murder Tale
Trumped-Up Charge
Was Used to Oust
Commander of Army
By G. WARD PRICE
LONDON. Oct. 14. (N.A.N.A.).—
The fate of General von Fritsch is a
mysterious event that arouses
simster suspicions.
They will be shared by all Ger
mans who know the true story of
Gen. Fritsch's bitter and justified
hostility toward the Nazi regime.
The question will have sprung al
ready to their minds: Did von
Fritsch fall in action, or was he
shot by the Gestapo?
Here was a full general, a former
commander in chief. Since when
have officers of that rank been called
upon to expose themselves to enemy
fire? In the last great war, with
all its systematic long-range bom
bardment, not a single general of
Von Fritsch's seniority lost his life.
“Killed in action outside Warsaw.’
Is it likely that a handful of deter
mined soldiers and civilians, defend
ing the ruins of their capital, would
kill the first full general to die in
battle for a generation?
Formidable to Nazis.
And if, contrary to the laws of
probability, such a casualty occurred,
why should the victim be the one
commander whose supreme military
ability and experience of high office,
combined with a sense of outraged
honor, made him formidable to the
Nazi government?
The full story of the base treat
ment to which Von Fritsch was sub
jected has never been told. I know
it because a friend of mine is the
friend of a woman who was his close
confidante.
When Marshal Blomberg was
minister of war. Gen. von Fritsch
was commander in chief of the Ger
man Army.
Blomberg was the weaker char
acter. A man of much personal
charm, who likes to be popular, he
showed greater compliance with
Nazi policy. For this he was re
warded with the baton of a field
marshal—a political promotion that
made him unpopular wuth his
brother senior officers, who value
the traditions of the German Army
above the favors of the Nazi party.
Of Sterner Metal.
Fritsch was of sterner metal. That
tight-lipped, monocled face of his
was always set in a non-committal
mask of reserve when he had to
appear at Nazi ceremonies.
Both Blomberg and Fritsch rec
ognized the limitations of the Ger
man Reichswehr. especially in the
years 1935-1938, after its conversion
to a national-service basis.
First class though the human ma
terial at their disposition was, they
were aware that a modern army can
not be produced in two or three
years, with all the trained officers,
N. C. O.'s. and technical services
that it requires. They warned Hitler
against any political measure that
might start a European war. Hitler
thought he knew better than his
generals.
This difference of opinion first
came to a head when the Fuehrer
decided to reoccupy the Rhineland
on March 7. 1936.
The generals were aware that the
French army could invade Germany
with absolute certainty of victory7.
There was no Siegfried line in those
days. The German troops that ad
vanced into the Rhineland were un
organized; they had no advanced
bases or strong points there.
As a matter of fact, the danger was
even greater than the high command
of the Reichswehr believed. Directly
the Rhineland reoccupation was an
nounced as having begun, the Polish
government proposed to the French
a joint invasion of Germany. The
French government consulted the
British, and Stanley Baldwin's cab
inet advised against such action.
Triumph for Hitler.
So Hitler scored a triumph over
the well-founded misgivings of his
generals. His confidence in his own
infallibility increased.
Two years later, therefore, when
Blomberg and Fritsch opposed his
scheme ior bringing about the An
schluss with Austria, on the ground
that Britain and France might in
tervene to maintain Austrian inde
pendence by force of arms, Hitler
promptly dismissed them, and with
them a dozen other senior generals
who supported their point of view.
But, even in Germany, the fed of
the two most distinguished army
chiefs being suddenly thrown out of
their posts might have made a bad
impression on public opinion. Some
pieuexi iuu uu oe iuuim.
In Marshal Blomberg's case, one
was ready to hand. He had just
married a young woman who was
the daughter of an artisan, and
had been employed as a typist at
the war ministry.
Hitler and Goering had both
been at the wedding a fortnight be
fore, and had raised no objections
to it at the time, but that was not
allowed to stand in the way. It was
given out that Blomberg had made
a mesalliance unworthy of an offi
cer of high rank, and had thereby
become unfitted for his post as a
minister of war.
Adopted Shameful Scheme.
What could be done to discredit
General von Fritsch?
The scheme adopted was so
shameful that I do not believe that
Hitler had personal cognizance of
it. but there are men in the Gestapo
who would stop at nothing to ruin
any one who had fallen from the
Fuehrer's favor.
Fritsch was put under arrest in
his own house on a charge of im
morality, such as the German po
lice have the morbid or malignant
habit of bringing against people
whose characters cannot be other
wise assailed. They use it fre
quently against Roman Catholic
priests.
Fritsch appealed to the military
code, and demanded trial by officers
of his own standing. A “court of
honor” was formed, with Marshal
Goering as president. The prin
cipal witness in support of the ac
cusation was a young man of bad
character. He told his tale glibly
enough. But Goering had filled
the room where the court sat with
generals in uniform, all of about
Fritsch's age and appearance.
"You say that you were frequent
ly in Gen. von Fritsch’s company,"
he said to the witness. “Turn
'round and point him out among
the officers sitting behind you.”
The man faltered and broke
down. He oonfeeaed that be bad
j
Dissident Shaw, 83,
Calls Hitler, Stalin
Speeches 'Able'
By thf Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 14.—George
Bernard Shaw today criticized
the addresses of Prime Minister
Chamberlain and declared war
time Britain should have a na
tional orator to match the "very
able speeches" of Hitler and
Stalin.
Mr. Shaw also recommended
establishment of a council of
British policy whose duties
would be “to censor and ex
plain to Mr. Chamberlain any
speech he might deliver in
Parliament.”
The 83-year-old playwright’s
criticism was contained in a
letter read at the opening of a
conference on war aims by the
Fabian Society, a Socialist
group.
never seen Gen. von Fritsch in his
life, but had been threatened by
the secret police into supporting
their charges against him.
General Was Acquitted.
The general was honorably ac
quitted. but he knew that he was
not yet out of danger. There was
a story in circulation at the time
that, before the “court of honor"
met, he had narrowly escaped as
sassination. He accordingly went
to live at Hanover, in the midst of
a large military camp. His brother
officers, as a mark of respect, sub
scribed about $25,000 to buy him a
house and small property there.
The Fuehrer did his best to make
amends to the indignant, general.
He is said to have offered him the
rank of field marshal.
Fritsch's answer was that he
would never take an executive
command until his accusers had
been brought to justice.
He was finally persuaded by his
| friends that he owed it to himself
to accept some public mark of
reparation. He consented, six
months after his dismissal, to be
come colonel in chief of the 12th
, Artillery Regiment, a purely hon
; orary distinction.
The war in Poland called him
, from his refuge at Hanover, and in
it he met his end.
A government which accuses
Winston Churchill of having or
dered the sinking of the Athenia
and the murder of Rumania's
Premier Calinescu can hardly won
der that the grim story I have told
gives rise to suspicions as to how
that end may have come about.
Mrs. Elizabeth Singleton
Dies at Fort Benning
By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Oa.. Oct. 14.—Mrs. I
Elizabeth Forrest Singleton, wife
of Brig. Gen. Asa L. Singleton, com
mandant of Fort Benning, died at1
the Station hospital today a few
hours after she was stricken with a
I cerebral hemmorrhage.
The attack came an hour and a
half after her return from a horse
I back ride.
Funeral services were arranged
| for Wednesday at Arlington Nation
al Cemetery, Washington.
A native of Dayton, Wash., Mrs.
Singleton was the daughter of Jesse
| Day Forrest, who traveled from Vir
ginia to California in the Gold Rush
of 1849. Her father founded the
city where she was born.
Mrs. Singleton was educated at
Holyoke College. She married Gen.
Singleton in Manila, the Philippine
Islands.
An ardent horsewoman, Mrs.
i Singleton was regarded as an out
1 standing rider in competition.
Besides her husband, she is sur
j vived by a sister, Mrs. Will Rummber
of Chicago. «
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Joseph F. Musgrove, 63,
Dies at Wheaton, Md.
Joseph R. Musgrove, 63, died Fri
day night of a heart attack at his
i home at Wheaton, Md.
A lifelong resident of Montgomery
County, Mr. Musgrove had engaged
! in farming at Wheaton for the last
| 30 years.
Surviving are his widow. Theresa
; M. Musgrove; a sister, Mrs. Mary
lager of Laurel. Md., and 14 chil
dren, Agnes, Joseph F„ jr.; William,
Margaret, Grace, Lawrence, Thelma
and Arthur, all of Wheaton; John
6f Cherrydale, Va.; Mrs. Mary Put
nam of Falls Church, Va.; Charles
of Silver Spring, Md.; Mrs. Esther
Lavin of Washington, Mrs. Edna
Forsyth of Rockville. Md., and
Mrs. Catherine Kiefer of Takoma
Park, Md.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow at 11 a.m. at the Pumphrey
funeral home, 8424 Georgia avenue,
Silver Spring. Burial will be in St.
John's Cemetery. Forest Glen, Md,
' -
Kitchen Utensils Are Defense
Against Incendiary Bombs
Projectiles Can Vaporize Steel, but Garden
Spray and Dustpan Beat Them
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE,
Associated Press Science Editor.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 —A dustpan
with a long handle, a rake, a scuttle
and a hand-pump throwing a spray
of the variety that Aunty uses on
her fcirden are the defense against
the dreaded incendiary bombs of
the war in Europe.
Not only are they a defense but
they are the best defense. This
sounds incredible in view of the
fact that the bombs may burn at
4.500 degrees Fahrenheit, hot
enough to vaporize steel.
But the facts on use of the kitchen
utensils, based on extensive tests,
are set forth in the British air raid
precautions handbook No. 9. There
is always the chance of people losirtg
their heads in terror at a strange
piece of metal which burns like tin
der and which most people didn't
dream exists outside of scientific
laboratories. But if people keep
cool and try the methods of the
handbook it is even possible for the
boys with a yen to become firemen
to have a thrilling evening.
The most effective bomb for
burning a city is the electron bomb.
As made by the British it is a cylin
der of the metal magnesium 9 inches
long and 2 inches wide. The Italians
have one made of magnesium and
shaped like a small 10-cent Ameri
can can. These bombs weieh nhrmt
2 pounds.
One large bomber, the book states,
can carry between 1,000 and 2.000 of
these small bombs. Flying at 200
miles an hour, releasing 20 bombs a
second a warplane would drop 1.000
in a little under 3 miles. A group
of them soilled simultaneously from
one container at 1 mile altitude
would in landing, spread over 100
square yards.
Bomb Does Not Explode.
These bombs will start fires only
when thev fall on inflammable ma
terial. Military men estimate that
in average city conditions 8 per cent
of the missiles will start fires, unless
they are dealt with in 2 or 3 min
utes after striking. The object is
to start so many fires that no fire
brigade could be expected to deal
with them.
The electron bomb does not ex
plode. In its interior is packed a
priming composition containing
thermite which burns for 40 or 50
seconds at about 4.500 degrees Fahr
enheit. This serves to melt and ig
nite the magnesium tube or can
The molten magnesium burns 10
to 15 minutes at a heat of about
2 200 degrees Fahrenheit, the equiv
alent of white hot steel. It may re
main active for 20 minutes.
During the first 50 seconds the
bomb looks very violent. Through
vent holes pieces of molten mag
nesium may be thrown 50 feet. How
ever. the melt.ine of the mairnneinm
releases the internal pressure and
ends this violent stage.
If an ordinary hose stream is
turned on the metal it will explode
and scatter the fiery materials over
a wide area. The reason for this
explosion is that the water causes
the metal to burn faster. It burns
quicker because it takes the rich
store of oxygen from the water
and this, added to the oxygen from
the air. speeds the combustion.
Spray Prevents Spread.
This fearsome fact, however, is
the basis of the kitchenware method
of fighting the bombs. For if in
stead of a solid stream a spray is
turned on the molten magnesium it
does not explode but simply burns
up at very high speed due to the
oxygen in the water. At the same
time the spray wets the surround
ings and prevents spread of fire.
This technique is supposed quick
ly to reduce the incendiary bomb
to a state where it can be swept
out by the family. The kitchen
utensils for that purpose are spe
cially designed and are furnished
by the British home office. The rake
has a very long handle, the dust
pan is of the type used by Amer
ican housewives to save them from
stooping over, but the handle is
longer. The scuttle is designed to
keep the flaming remnants safe
r • 1
while being carried out. The spray
pump works by hand.
The handbook gives photographs
of actual bombs burning in houses.
These vividly illustrate how to open
doors, to stoop down below the
range of suffocating fumes and to
stay at safe distances from the mid
get metal monsters.
The 2-pound bombs will penetrate
an ordinary roof but not usually go
below the attic. There are also 4
pound electron bombs designed to
penetrate lower floors. But these
also, the handbook says, can be
handled by the same lhethod and
the same bomb fighting tools.
Bigger Bombs for Factories.
For factories and large commercial
establishments there are bigger
bombs, 12-pounders as a rule, but
running up to 25 pounds each. For
these to be effective, the handbook
says, the warplane must succeed in
the more difficult task of direct hits
on the objective.
There are also bombs composed
mainly of the thermite whose ter
rific heat destroys steel. But,
1 strangely enough, from the layman's
point of view, the thermite bombs
are not considered as effective as
the magnesium electron type.
There are two reasons for this.
First, they burn much more rapidly
than the magnesium. Second, they
generate only about one-eighth the
total heat of an equal weight of
magnesium. Hence the general in
cendiary effect is declared to be
much smaller.
Furthermore, although they deal
with steel almost as if it were water.
; three-sixteenths of an inch of good
cork or three-quarters of an inch of
aspnait will protect steel against
thermite.
“Hand-pump technique.” says the
handbook, “will deal with thermite
bombs.”
Another type of bomb contains
phosphorus. But its flame is com
paratively cool and it is not good for
starting fires. It can be extinguished
with water but reignites on drying.
| It makes a dense white smoke and
as bits of it stick to human flesh the
burns are dangerous.
Finally, for incendiary bombs,
there are alloys of sodium and so
dium potassium. These explode if
water is thrown on them. Dry sand
easily extinguishes them and they
are comparatively poor incendiaries.
Rail Service Curbed
RICHMOND, Va„ Oct. 14 </P).—'The
State Corporation Commission au
thorized the Southern Railway Co.
today to discontinue on November 12
five passenger trains, including Nos.
1 and 2, operating daily between
Norfolk and Danville.
The commission also permitted the
discontinuance of passenger train
No. 7, now operating on Saturdays
only: passenger train No. 15, operat
ing daily except Saturday and Sun
day, and passenger train No. 16,
operating daily, between Charlottes
ville and the Virginia-District of
Columbia line, destination Wash
ington.
Red Cross Workers
Expect to Push Drive
Rapidly
64,755 More Members
Needed'to Reach
Goal Thursday
With four more working days
ahead, and with the campaign run
ning 311 members ahead of the
same period of last year, the Amer
ican Red Cross Roll Call campaign
is expected to show records tomor
row as a result of the mid-month
pay day of the Government. It was 1
reported last night that 60.245 mem
bers have enrolled to date, with i
64,755 more to be obtained to meet
the quota of 125,000. The drive is
scheduled to close Thursday night, j
A feature of the campaign will be
a radio skit this afternoon over
Station WOL, from 1 to 1:15 p.m.,
in which the Civic Theater Players
will contrast the poor and effective
methods of membership solicitation.
It will be preceded by a talk by
Mrs. Frederick Warren, vice chair
man of the speakers bureau.
Alvin Q. Ehrlich will broadcast at
10 Oi'clock this morning over Sta
tion WMAL and Mrs. Carlos Bell,
home service secretary, will speak
over WRC at 3:15 in the afternoon.
Following a three-hour broadcast
yesterday morning, at Eleventh and
G streets, by Lee Everett and Gor
don Hittenmark, General Chairman
Edgar Morris presented special hon
orary roll call insignia to the an
nouncers in recognition of their con
tinued co-operation with the annual
roll call. Vice Chairman Charles A.
Robinson also participated in this
ceremony.
The complete standing of the Roll
Call Committee as of last night,
compared with 1938 figures for the
same period, were given by Mr. Mor
ris as follows: Government, Rear
Admiral Ray Spear, chairman,
33.169. last year 38.423: financial. Ord
Preston, chairman, 2.837, last year
2.453; professional, E. Barrett Pret
tvman, chairman, 3.249. last year
2.838; utilities. Dr. William McClel
lan. chairman 2,788, last year 2.593;
general business, Charles A. Robin
son. chairman. 8.386, last year 9.215;
residential, Mrs. Harry Woodring,
chairman, 1,721, last year 1.850;
booths, Miss Mabel T. Boardman,
chairman, 2.924, last year 2,274;
special gifts, 171, last year 157.
Admiral Spear released the fol
lowing numerical standing of the
larger Government units to date:
Department of Agriculture. 3.678;
Treasury Department. 2.860: War
Department. 2,519: General Ac
counting Office, 2.430; Government
Printing Office. 2.375; Navy Yard,
2.203; Department of Justice, 2.096;
Department of Commerce. 2.039;
District of Columbia government,
1.858: Interior Department. 1.621;
Reconstruction Finance Corp.. 1.304:
Navy Department, 1.246: Veterans
Administration. 1,044: Federal Hous
ing Administration. 916; Farm Credit
Administration, 753 ^Social Security
Board, 744. *
Hungarians Send
Mission to Moscow
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Oct. 14.—The arrival
of a Hungarian diplomatic mission
in Moscow for talks with Russian
leaders was announced today.
Tass, the official news agency,
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