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S7th YEAR. No. 34,873. ._ WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1939-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. *** THREE CENTS.
Two Nazi Subs Believed Sunk
By Planes; 2 British Ships Lost;
Finns Reply to Soviet Today
14 Seamen Missing, '
30 Saved From
Two Vessels
•? the Associated pres*.
LONDON, Oct. 23—The air min
istry announced today that British
warplanes had made two attacks 1
on German submarines and both j
were "believed to have been suc
cessful."
The announcement said one at
tack "took place on the North Sea
and the other in the Atlantic, many
miles from the aircrafts’ bases.”
“After both attacks the pilots re
mained circling above the places
where the submarines disappeared
and nothing more was seen of the
U-boats,” said the communique.
The text of the ministry's an
nouncement follows:
“Two attacks on U-boats were re
cently made by R. A. F. aircraft and
both are believed to have been sue- ,
cessful. One took place in the North !
Sea and the other in the Atlantic,
many miles from the aircraft bases.
After both attacks the pilots re
mained circling above the places
where the submarines disappeared,
and nothing more was seen of the
U-boats. ,
“The following is the pilot's report ^
of the North Sea attack:
“ ‘A reconnaissance aircraft sight
ed and attacked a submarine in po
sition. A salvo of anti-submarine
bombs was dropped ahead of the
periscope. The submarine dived
steeDlv.
" 'The airgunner said definitely
that he noticed a second under
water explosion after the explosion
of these bombs. The aircraft then
turned about, flew over the subma
rine a second time, and dropped a
•econd salvo.
“ 'Patches of oil were observed
after the first salvo and more ex
tensively after the second attack.
“ 'Nothing more was seen of the
U-boat.
Atlantic Patrol Report.
" ‘The pilot of the Atlantic patro!
aircraft says:
“ An enemy submarine was sighted
some distance away. It dived and
several heavy bombs were dropped
on it. The first is thought to have
been a direct hit.
“ ‘Dark objects appeared in the
water after the attack, and air nub
bles rose to the surface.
“ ‘A second bombing attack was
made as near to the same position
as possible. We circled over the
• area for some time, but nothing
further w-as observed.’ ”
Earlier, British naval authorities
had disclosed the sinking of two!
British vessels with a total of at
least 14 persons missing and 30 sur
vivors accounted for from the two
•hips.
Raids Most Significant.
British naval experts said that
from their standpoint the most sig
nificant war development was the
raids by German warplanes on
British ships and anchorages and
the losses the Nazis incurred in
these raids in comparison with the
damage they inflicted.
The cause of the sinking of the
1.692-ton steamer Whitemantle in
the North Sea was not given in to
day's announcement. Fourteen crew
members were missing; five survi- i
vors were landed at an East Coast !
port.
The 2,327-ton coastal vessel Sea
Venture, owned by the Dover Navi- j
gation Co. of London, was disclosed
w utivr ouiir. ttitcr an explosion, ns
crew of 25 landed on an island in
one of the steamer's boats. They j
later reached a northern town in a
lifeboat sent for them.
16 Planes Declared Downed.
Naval authorities stressed their
assertion that the Germans last
about 16 planes in the past week's
series of raids on Scapa Flow, the
Firth of Fourth and action in the
North Sea.
They said no British ship was
damaged by airplanes to an extent
that would have kept it from going
to sea. Hitherto the German losses
had been computed at 13 planes.
No ship, the British said, has
been hit by bombs except the
cruiser Southampton October 16 at
Rosyth. This was described as a
kind of glancing blow and the
bomb did not actually explode on
deck, although there were casual
ties and a hole was knocked in
the superstructure.
An account of the clash between
tup Diaisn convoy ana uerman ;
bombing planes in the North Sea !
Saturday said that from time to time !
during the morning enemy planes
had been sighted scouting under
cover of low clouds. These were sub
jected to sporadic fire. At 12:30 p.m. ;
three bombers appeared out of the |
mist and dived, dropping bombs, and
then disappeared once more into the
mist as gunners opened up at them.
Later as the weather cleared two
flights of seaplanes returned to the
attack. The leading escort ship
✓ opened heavy fire from which the
bombers turned away. Several bombs
were dropped. Then Royal Air Force
planes swept out from the land and
“were last seen in pursuit of the
enemy."
Britain and Turkey in Talks.
Great Britain was reported to have
entered into financial and economic
discussions with Turkey in line with
the new British-French-Turkish
mutual assistance treaty.
Informed sources said these dis
cussions were being conducted
principally in Ankara, the Turkish
capital, and dealt with questions of
British credits to Turkey and Brit
Ish-Turkish trade. There was no
indication of the amount of the
credits involved.
The granting to Turkey of a credit
by Britain and France was said at
Ankara yesterday to have been one
part of a program mapped by mili
tary experts in joint staff talks there
after conclusion of the treaty.
Others, observers said, probably in
cluded co-ordinated measures by
British-French forces in the Near
Bast and by the Turkish Army in the
(See LONDON. Page A-12.)
A m.
Brief Raid Alarm
Sounded Around
Firth of Forth
Bi the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 23.—An air raid
warning was sounded over the Firth
of Forth area of Scotland today,
but was canceled shortly later.
The "all clear" was sounded 15
minutes after the alarm had been
lifted about noon in other regions
of Southeast Scotland.
The persistence of the German
flights over the North Sea toward
vital British seaports and naval
bases—alarms have been sounded
every day except Thursday during
the last seven days—was regarded
by flying students as a form of feel
ing out the British defenses.
In other words, despite British
claims of downing 13 German craft
or inflicting losses of about 25 per
cent on the invading squadrons,
these were believed by many to be
double-edged forays having the pur
pose of spreading anxiety and map
ping objectives more precisely for a
wave of larger raids to come.
An air ministry communique said
the warnings sounded in the Firth
of Forth area today were due to
the approach of unidentified air
craft. It said the all clear signal was
sounded about half an hour later.
Japanese Schedule
Talks With U. S. on
Rights in China
Need for Cpncessions
By Both Countries
Stressed in Tokio
By the Associated Press.
TOKIO, Oct. 23.—The Japanese
foreign office planned today a series
of conferences with United States
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew for ,
discussion of mutual problems, but
said at the same time the "burden
of finding an arrangement" for set
tling them is not Japan's alone.
No official reply will be made to
Mr. Grew’s speech before the
America-Japan Society last Thurs
day, in which he said Americans
objected to the “manifold inter
ference" of the Japanese Army with
American rights in China.
Yakichlro Suma. new foreign of
fice spokesman, said at a press con
ference no official cognizance would
be taken because Mr. Grew's re
marks were delivered unofficially.
.He confirmed plans for talks soon
between Mr. Grew and Foreign Min
ister Kichlsaburo Nomura, but said I
he did not know what was on the
agenda.
Suma described Mr Grew's speech
as "an energetic effort ’ to create
understanding between the two
countries, and remarked, “Such
straight-forwardness in the presen
tation of American views will be
much appreciated.”
Sees Lack of Understanding.
He took strong issue, however,
with Mr. Grew's statement that:
American public opinion on the Far i
Eastern problem is well-informed
“My experience.” Suma said, “has
shown a deplorable ignorance of
the Sino-Japanese question, even
among American circles which
should be considered w-ell-informed.
"While it is true that I have met!
many Americans who are fully in
touch with the situation. I would
say the great majority is entirely
ignorant of it.”
The foreign office spokesman also
said that Mr. Grew, in describing
the texture of American opinion
toward Japan, had failed to note
much anti-Japanism stemmed from
sentimentalism and emotionalism
"There is a strong tendency among
many Americans to condemn in ad
vance any Japanese action or any
thing Japanese merely on the ground
that it is Japanese.” observed Suma.
“I have heard all the talk and
planning about boycotts and em
cargoes, continued Suma. “Em
bargo is easy to talk about, but I
know many American businessmen
who realize the dangers and are
aware of the hardships it would
work upon them.
Holds Compromise Essential.
“What many Americans fail to
recognize is that the burden of set
tling these questions is not entirely
on Japan's shoulders.
"Americans seem to feel that it is
entirely a matter of Japan making
concessions, but any compromise in
volves concessions on both sides, plus
a full realization of all the issues
at stake.”
Although Mr. Grew's speech has
not been published in full in Japa
nese language newspapers, oral re
ports were said to have spread
widely
Foreign sources said it was a
“plain statement that America re
fuses to be kicked out of China,”
but many Japanese were reported
(See TOKIO, Page A-6.)
Reich Warns Vessels
Running Without Lights
By the Associated Press.
OSLO, Oct. 23.—A German memo
randum, delivered today to the Nor
wegian foreign office, warned that
neutral vessels running without
lights faced the risk of being mis
taken for enemy warships and de
stroyed.
The memorandum said also that
the Germans would attack not only
convoying warships but all vessels
traveling under their protection.
This, it was stated, was in accord
ance with the acknowledged rulei
of sea warfare and article 32 of the
German prize laws.
A
Mission Reaches
Moscow for New
Negotiations
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Oct. 23.—A Finnish
delegation headed by former Premier
Juho Kusti Paasikivi returned . to
Moscow today to renew interrupted
negotiations with Soviet Russia.
The atmosphere was considered
hopeful by Finns as the diplomats
stepped from their train and were
received by Vladimir N. BarkofT,
chief of protocol in the Russian for
eign office; a handful of minor
Soviet officials and the envoys here
of all the Scandinavian states.
Observers, pointing out Russia's
declared intention of remaining neu
tral in the European war, expressed
belief she would not try to push*
Finland too far and risk war with
her northern neighbor.
On the other, Finland was said
to be prepared to yield somewhat
to the Soviet’s demands, possibly by
allowing fortification of islands in
the Gulf of Finland.
To Visit Kremlin Today.
The Finnish delegate, cautiously
nopefui ror a speedy conclusion of
the talks unless Russia increases her
demands, expected to visit the Krem
lin this afternoon or tonight. They
stood by awaiting word that Joseph
Stalin and Premier-Foreign Minister
Vyacheslaff MolotofI were ready to
receive them.
Meanwhile, a Tass (Russian official
news agency) dispatch from Kaunas
said a Soviet military mission had
arrived in the Lithuanian capital.
Under a recent pact, Russia was
granted the right to station troops
in that country, which borders Ger
many.
It also was announced here the
newly appointed Russian Ambassa
dor to Tokio had departed for Japan.
Japanese circles in Moscow said
everything on the Outer Mongolian
Manchukuoan frontier remained
quiet following the recent armistice.
• (At Helsinki, it was said
Paasikivi probably would pre
sent today counter-proposals de
cided on when the mission went
home after e. first series of dis
cussions with Soviet leaders.
Neither the details of the Rus
sian proposals nor the Finnish
answer has bpen disclosed.
• In Finland, meanwhile, there
was no relaxation of intense
preparations for defense, if neces
sary, of Finland's independence.
The Russian demands have been
described there as of a “serious”
nature, and it has been reported
that Moscow wants certain is
lands in the Gulf of Finland for
fiavai bases, a military alliance
and a new arrangement respect
ing the strategic Aaland Islands
in the Gulf of Bothnia.)
Mission to Go to Berlin.
Russian attention was directed
also to two other fruits of the new
Soviet diplomacy.
Informed sources said the purpose
of a decision to send Ivan T.
Tevosyan. commissar of shipbuild
ing. to Berlin as head of an economic
mission was to study the export of
ftAl’man marhinprv anrl marmfnr.
tureri goods to Russia thus comple
menting the work of a German
delegation here.
Dr. Carl Ritter, head of a Ger
man economic delegation which has
been conferring here on trade ex
changes, flew back to Berlin yester
day to report to Adolf Hitler. The
rest of the mission stayed to con
tinue talks with Soviet officials, and
some sources said any obstacles to
trade probably soon would be ironed
out.
Altnough a vote almost 100 per
cent favorable to Russia was regard
ed by observers as a foregone con
clusion, officials were attentaive to
voting yesterday in Russian-occu
pied regions of Poland to decide
whether they want to join the U.
S. S R
The voting was based on an elec
tion in which apparently there were
(See MOSCOW, PageUp)
500 Paris Priests
Reported in Army
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. Oct. 23.—More than 500
Paris priests, representing one
third of the capital's clergy, are
fighting with French armies. Canon
Pasteau, in charge of mobilized
priests in the Paris diocese, said
today.
Of those called to the colors, he
said, 400 are serving in front lines
as officers or soldiers.
The V/ar Situation
Two successful attacks Jay Brit
ish warplanes upon German sub
marines, one in the North Sea
and one in the Atlantic, were
announced today by the British
air ministry after it had been re
vealed that two more British
ships had been sunk as German
submarines renewed their activ
ity. England and Turkey were
reported to be engaged at Ankara
in financial and economic dis
cussions to implement the tri
partite mutual assistance pact
concluded last week. (Page A-1.)
Soviet Russia was due to re
ceive from little Finland today a
reply to Soviet proposals made
more than a week ago. They
were reported to include naval
bases on Finnish islands in the
Gulf of Finland, a military alli
ance and new arrangements re
specting the Aaland Islands.
Moscow observers believed Russia
would not try to push Finland
too far, while the Finnish dele
gation was believed ready to
make tome concessions. (Page
A-U
* Senate leaders sought to wind
up general debate on the ad
ministration neutrality bill to
day after reporting to President
Roosevelt that it probably be
passed by Friday. (Page A-l.).
On the western front floods came
to the assistance of France in
her ‘ super-guerrilla” war against
Germany. The opposing armies
were approximately in the posi
tions they occupied at the start
of hostilities. The French had
relinquished practically aU the
advanced positions on German
soil they had won in the first
weeks of fighting. (Page A-l.).
With the first phase of the war
in the west completed, Germany
set out to consolidate her home
front by bolstering the morale of
her population. There was no
disposition to lend any support
to reports that Soviet Dictator
Josef Stalin had declined to give
further military aid to Germany,
and the report was passed off as
a “trial balloon to see what kind
of a rise can be got out of us.”
IPtM A-l ).
Complete Index, Page A-2
A
Browder Is Held
By U. S. Jury on
Passport Count
Indictment Charges
False Application
For Travel Papers
BULLETIN.
Chairman Dies of the House
Committee on Un-American Ac
tivities issued a statement this
afternoon declaring he would ask
David A. Pine, United States at
torney for the District, to prose
cute for violation of the Ameri
can registration laws the Com
munist party, the German-Amer
ican Bund and "all organizations"
controlled by them, if the State
and Justice Departments con
tinue to “delay" the prosecution.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Earl Brow
der, secretary of the Corrtmunist
pa/ty in the United States, was in
dicted by a Federal grand jury
today on a charge of false applica
tion for a passport.
Mr. Browder was taken into cus
tody . immediately and arraigned
oefore Federal Judge William Bondy.
He pleaded innocent and was held in
$10,000 bail. No date was set for a
hearing.
The true bill was returned to Fpd
eral Judge Francis G. Caffey, who
immediately recessed the grand jury
for two hours.
The Communist leader testified
September 6 before the Dies Com
mittee investigating un-American
activities that he had traveled in
Europe within the last two years on
a passport bearing a fictitious name.
At the time of his appearance he
declined to disclose the name he
had used, standing on his constitu
tional right that such testimony
might incriminate him.
He also testified other party
members had traveled in Europe
under fictitious passports because of
the danger of using their real names
since they were acknowledged Com
munists.
The indictment returned today
contained two counts, each charging
false application for a passport and
the use of such passport.
Charge* Two Names Used.
The indictment said Browder ap
plied for a passport on April 30. 1937.
using the name of George Morris.
He also obtained one Februarv 15.
1938. using the name of Nicholas
Dozenberg.
The maximum penalty on convic
tion is a fine of $2,000 and a five
year prison term, or both, on each
count.
Browder arrived at the Federal
Building shortly after the indict
ment was returned and was not
aware of the grand jury's action
until two detectives seized him in
8 corridor. He appeared surprised
and angry.
The action of the Federal au
thorities against Browder, a for
mer candidate for the presidency
on the Communist party ticket, i
followed a widening investigation
into a fraudulent passport ring. It
grew out of the notorious Robin
son-Rubens passport fraud cause
Records of World Tourists. Inc i
whose treasurer is Alexander Trach- !
tenberg, member of the Communist ;
party's Governing Committee, have
been seized by Federal agents, it
was learned, and a guard put over
the company's offices here.
New York newspapers said the
Federal grand jury had issued sub
poenas for other individuals and
groups in its investigation of "pass
port mills" organized to facilitate
the travel abroad by Communist
foreign spies with fraudulent and
forged documents.
United States Attorney John T.
Cahill declined to comment on re
ports several persons already had
been taken into custody on secret
indictments. Communist party offi
cials, normally easily reached, were
unavailable bv telenhnne
The undercover inquiry was dis
closed last night with an announce
ment by the Department of Justice
in Washington that it expected
"some decisive action in a few
hours" against Browder.
Thomas Attacks Murphy.
The announcement came shortly
after the Republican National Com
mittee issued an attack on Attorney
General Frank Murphy by Repre
sentative J. Parnell Thomas, Re
publican, of New Jersey, a member
of the Dies Committee Investigating
Un-American Activities.
Recalling that Browder admitted
before the Dies committee that he
had used a falsified passport, Mr.
Thomas accused the Attorney Gen
eral of being "strangely indifferent
and listless” and said he “owes an
See PASSPORTS, Page A-12.)
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High Court Refuses
Review in Doctors'
Anti-Trust Case
Government's Appeal
Now Must Take
Regular Course
BILLETIN'.
The medical anti-trust case
probably will be argued in the
Court of Appeals in December, it
appeared this afternoon.
Tire Supreme Court today denied
a review in the Government s anti
trust case against the American
Medical Association and the Dis
trict of Columbia Medical Society.
The case now will take its regu
lar course through the United
States Court of Appeals for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
After Justice Proctor, in District
Court, dismissed indictments against
the medical body on the ground that
the practice of medicine "is not a
trade" within the meaning of the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, the De
partment of Justice appealed to the
United States Court of Appeals and
then in an effort to expedite action
attempted also a shortened pro
cedure by asking the Supreme Court
to pass on the matter directly.
In the petition filed in the Su
preme Court the department said
"the public interest will be served
by a prompt and final decision
whether a group organized to pro
vide medical service for its mem
bers and the professional men and
women that serve that group are
protected by the anti-trust laws
from restrictive activities of other
groups.
21 Doctors Were Named.
The Government's suit grew out
of alleged discrimination by organ
ized medicine against Group Health
Association. Inc., a co-operative
medical undertaing formed by em
ployes of the Home Owners’ Loan
Corp. here.
In addition to the American Medi
cal Association and the local medical
society, the anti-trust medical in
dictment named the Harris County
Medical Society of Houston, Tex.,
the Washington Academy of Sur
geons and 21 doctors who are lead
ers in the American Medical As
sociation and the local medical
group.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to
review the case does not necessarily
mean that it will refuse later on to
take jurisdiction, if the case should
come on up from the Court of Ap
peals. Both the Justice Department
and the doctors have insisted that
the Supreme Court itself finally de
cide the issue.
The high court already has agreed
to pass on two other cases involv
ing the Governments anti-trust
campaign. These are directed
against Chicago milk dealers and
Midwest oil producers.
The medical case began in a long
investigation by the Justice Depart
ment. The department obtained from
the Federal grand jury last De
cember an indictment charging 4
medical organiaztions and 21 in
dividual doctors with conspiracy In
“restraint of trade” against Group
Health Association, its doctors and
Washington hospitals, in vioiation
of the Sherman anti-trust act. Jus
tice Proctor’s decision came after a
pi ViUlt^VU WV11 V
Several other collateral issues in
volving Group Health Association
are pending in the lower courts here.
Other Actions.
Among other actions today, the
Supreme Court:
Declined to review a decision tem
porarily enjoining two publishing
companies from selling Adolf Hitler's
book, "Mein Kampf,” the American
copyright of which is claimed by
another company.
Denied a request by the Milk
Wagon Drivers’ Union of Chicago
for a review of a decision enjoining
picketing of retail stores selling the
product of a dairy alleged to have
engaged in unfair labor practices.
Agreed to review a ruling which
dismissed a Government suit seek
ing to obtain possession of $1,080,399
which the Government contended
had been assigned the United States
by the Soviet government in 1933
in connection with recognition of
that country.
Denied a petition by the British
American Tobacco Co., Ltd., seeking
a review of a decision which denied
recovery of $4,331,509 from the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of New York for
gold bullion taken over by the Gov
ernment In 1933.
a
Escaping Steam Kills 4 Babies
In Jersey Hospital; 2 Saved
Valve Blows Out of Radiator;
Exhausting Oxygen in Room
By the Associated Press. i
PERTH AMBOY. N. J . Oct. 23 —
Pour of six infants in the nursery
of Perth Amboy General Hospital
died of suffocation early today, less
than an hour before they were to
be taken to their mothers' rooms for
2 a.m. feeding.
Coroner James Flynn. jr„ said a
valve blew out of a radiator, filling
the nursery with steam which ex
hausted the supply of oxygen in the
room and resulted in the "accidental
asphyxiation by steam" of the in
fants.
Four physicians and two hospital
internes worked several hours, ap- 1
plying artificial respiration and ad
ministering oxygen to the tiny bodies
of the six babies, but saved only
two of them.
Nurse Screams for Help.
Nurse Daisy McGuiness. in charge
of the nursery, said she entered
the room at 1:30 a.m„ checked the
temperature and found everything
in good condition."
When she returned 30 minutes
later to take the babies to their
i mothers for feeding, the room was
I filled with steam. She picked up two
of the infants and screamed for
help.
Drs. Frank C. Henry, jr.: George
Hilker and Malcolm M. Dunham and
Middlesex County Physician William
C. Wilentz. seated in a staff room
preparing for an operation on a pa
tient were called.
They assisted in transferring the
babies to the delivery room of the
maternity ward, across the hall from
the first floor nursery.
Valve Threads Believed Worn.
Miss Sarah van Gelder. superin
tendent of the hospital, said:
“I don't know wha't happened.
Perhaps the threads on the valve
were worn.”
This theory also was advanced by
Sidney Riddlestorffer. president of
the Hospital Board of Governors.
The dead boys were the 5-year
old son of Sergt. and Mrs. John
Rigg of Raritan Arsenal, and the 9
day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Jankowski of Woodbridge:
the girls, a 10-day-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Ruszala of
Perth Amboy .and the 40-day-old
daughter of an unwed mother.
Shanghai Americans
Appeal to Hull for
Increased Support
Growing Peril of Fights
On Settlement Border
Cited in Message
B> the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 23.—A group of
representative Shanghai Americans
today adopted a resolution asking
Secretary of State Hull for increased
Washington support for mainte
nance of the American position in
Shanghai. The resolution was tele
graphed to Washington.
The Americans contended that re
cent clashes on the border of the
International Settlement were a
growing danger to the American
community. Settlement police have
clashed with agents of the Japanese
sponsored local Chinese regime.
17. S. Marifies Ready to Act.
However, American authorities at
Shanghai, while watching the pres
ent troubles closely, have let it be
known they feel the situation is no
more serious for American residents
than it has been in several previous
periods since the outbreak of Chi
nese-Japanese hostilities in 1937.
These officials reiterated that
United States Marines here would
not hesitate to act if Americans
were endangered.
United States authorities pointed
out that recent border clashes in
volved the British and Italian de
fense sectors adjoining the settle
ment where tjie forces of those na
tions are responsible for maintain
ing order.
American authorities were
by Japanese Consul General^ To*
shiaki Miura to take "suitable action’’
against local newspapers which are
registered as United States corpora
tions and recently published uncon
firmed reports of a mutiny in Japa
nese Army units at Hankow. Japa
<See SHANGHAI, Page A-4.)
Three Hikers Lost
On Mountain Peak
In Blizzard
Three of Party of Eight
Climbers Missing After
6,300-Foot Ascent
B> the Associated Press.
MOUNT WASHINGTON. N. H.. !
Oct. 23.—Three Massachusetts per
sons were missing today on the j
wind and snow swept slopes of
Mount Washington, New England's j
highest peak.
Forest rangers and mountain |
guides began searching for the trio i
in the teeth of a snowstorm about I
midnight, after they failed to re- i
turn from a Sunday hike to the
mountaintop.
Missing were Robert Bastaw of!
Billerica and Edward Coughlin and
Anne Pearsall, both of Lowell, Mass.
They were members of a party of i
eight who ascended the 6.300-foot
mountain early Sunday. The other i
five, three of them young women,
reached the base on the carriage
road, while the missing three started
down the rocky, steep slopes of
•Tuckermans Ravine.
Mountain experts said they con
sidered it likely the three had
descended at least to the timberline
before they were overtaken by dark
ness. Their companions said they
wore fairly heavy ski outfits, and
declared that while the three could
not be called “mountain experts,"
they were “certainly more than
novices."
Joe Dodge, hut manager for the
Appalachian Mountain Club at the
hose, quoted the safe members of
tne party as saying they climbed
the mountain in a rain and snow
storm, and that they started down
about 2:15 at the height of a snow
squall.
Terming the action “a crazy thing
to do,” Mr. Dodge said, however,
the three “may be all right, if they
were able to get a fire started.”
Squalus Survivor Under Care
Of St. Elizabeth's Doctors
one or tne sailors rescued from
the sunken submarine Squalus is
under treatment at St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital for an acute mental dis
order precipitated by the horror of
his experience, it was learned today.
The sailor has been under treat
ment at the hospital for some time,
having been transferred there from
a naval hospital.
Dr. Winfred Overholser, superin
tendent of the hospital, would not
reveal the name of the patient and
said he would rather not attempt
an exact diagnosis of his disorder.
Dr. Overholser said the sailor
appeared confused and at times
was deeply depressed. He shows
signs of extreme emotional distress,
he added, and a poor memory for
some events.
“His experience on the submarine
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precipitated this mental disorder,”
the doctor said. “It probably wasn't
the sole cause—there probably was
some weakness before the strain was
put on his mind. The fact that he
is the only one, as far as I know, of
the 33 survivors who has been
unbalanced would indicate that the
experience was not the sole cause.
“Sometimes he is depressed. He
left one very good friend behind on
the ship
"His outlook is very good—he’s
not totally gone. I think we can
cure him.”
The 33 who were saved were taken
from the sunken ship in a diving
bell after hours on the ocean floor,
40 fathoms below surface and 15
miles off Portsmouth, N. H. Twenty
six others lost their lives when the
ship went down May 33 while on
4 test dive.
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Arms Bill Vote
Due This Week,
Roosevelt Told
Senate Leaders Call at
White House; Debate
Starts Hour Early
By J. A. O LEARY.
Senate leaders told President
Roosevelt at the White House today
that they have strong hope of pass
ing the “cash-and-carrv'’ neutrality
bill, repealing the arms embargo,
this week, according to Majority
Leader Barkley.
Meanwhile, the Senate began the
fourth week of debate an hour
earlier than usual with Senator
Wiley. Republican, of Wisconsin
announcing he will vote against
lifting the embargo, but emphasizing
that the issue is not one of leading
this country into the European war,
no matter which side wins in the
embargo fight.
In his first conference with Senate
leaders in recent weeks. th» Presi
dent saw Vice President Garner,
Majority Leader Barkley and Minor
ity Leader McNary.
Senator McNary told reporter*
afterward it was the consensus of
those present that a vote on the
measure would be reached by Friday.
Senator McNary is opposed to the
administration bill, but he was re
ported to have agreed with Senator
Barkley and Mr. Garner that it
would be approved by a two-to-one
majority.
It is understood the conference
was held, not for the purpose of
receiving any suggestions from the
DrociWnnf n *-» t Vo a lonirlniietn Vm 1 f
merely to advise the Chief Executive
of the status of the measure at the
Capitol.
Hope for Debate Limit.
Before the Senate recesses this
evening. Senator Barkley was ex
pected to renew his efforts to ob
tain a unanimous consent agree
ment to limit debate and expedite
action on details of the bill when
consideration of amendments starts.
Although such an agreement failed
Saturday afternoon, leaders were op
timistic it would be accepted today.
Senator Tobey. Republican, of New
Hampshire offered an amendment
to the bill today to make it un
lawful for any foregin ship to use
the American flag or other dis
tinctive signs as a ruse to deceive
the enemy and escape capture.
The amendment provides that any
vessel violating the provision would
be forfeited to the United States
with its cargo and the master of
the vessel fined not more than
$20,000 or imprisoned not more than
two years, or both.
Senator Tobey charged that "such
a practice was indulged in by at
least one major belligerent (Eng
land) during the last European War
and while the United States was a
neutral Nation."
Loss of Guarantee Seen.
The Senator said England an
nounced recently it is arming its
merchant vessels and "Germany
has served notice that under this
circumstance its submarines cannot
afford to come to the surface for
visit and search and risk a broad
side from the armed merchant ves
sel, The use by such armed mer
chant vessels of the American flag
as a war ruse to deceive the enemy
deprives our flag of its guarantee
that vessels sailing thereunder are
unarmed vessels of a neutral
nation.”
Senator Clark. Democrat, of Mis
souri. making his second speech
against repeal of the embargo, called
it a first step toward war and said
that “if we are to become a huckster
of deadly weapons' he would prefer
to "go all the way in."
The Missouri Senator declared the
dictator form of government is said
to be the best for the conduct of a
" *** pi vuivvtu Uiai 11 Lino LUUU“
try becomes involved in the present
war it will “be putting in pawn our
dearest liberties." He again criticized
the War Department for having pre
pared detailed plans for industrial
mobilization in advance of an emer
gency.
Opening todays debate at 11 a.m..
Senator Wiley summed up the con
clusions he has reached from listen
ing to three weeks of debate as
follows:
“First, that the repeal or the fail
ure to repeal the embargo would not
necessarily be a step toward war;
second, that a majority of the Sena
tors were for repeal; third, that in a
debate where there is so much merit
in the arguments on both sides and
where the Senate vote on the issue
has been virtually determined. It
would be no compromise with per
sonal convictions to permit the
studied judgment of my Constitu
ents to be the determining factor.
“I am satisfied that a large
majority of my constituents in Wis
consin feel that the embargo should
not be lifted. I have not arrived
at that conclusion from my mail
alone, some of w’hich may have re
sulted from organized nressnr*
groups. No, that conclusion repre
sents jm honest evaluation of public
(See NEUTRALITY, Page A-5.)~*
Health Linked With
National Defense
Senator Robert F. Wagner
of New York will be the guest
speaker tonight on the Na
tional Radio Forum over
WMAL at 10:30 o’clock.
Senator Wagner, who be
lieves physical fitness to be
intimately bound with ade
quate national defense and
who is sponsoring legislation
for improved health condi
tions, will speak on “National
Health and National Defense.*'
The National Radio Forum
is arranged by The Star and is
heard over a coast-to-coast
network of the National
Broadeasting Co.
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