Evening star. [volume], November 24, 1939, Page A-5, Image 5

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U. S. No! Guaranteed
Free Ship Passage
By British Patrols
Lord Lothian Says
Navicert Plan Would
Aid Exports, However
By the Associated Press.
Lord Lothian, the British Ambas
sador, said today that Great Brit
’ ain’s navicert system, designed to
expedite shipment of American
goods to neutrals, would not guaran
tee free passage of American vessels
by British contraband patrols, but
would “definitely facilitate such pas
sage.”
The British Ambassador, talking
With reporters in his office at the
embassy, asserted that the “navicert
system is again being introduced to
ease neutral commerce by facilitat
ing the exercise of the belligerent
rights of the allies."
Lord Lothian said the system,
Used during the World War, “was
k due to the perspicacity of an Amer
ican,” Robert P. Skinner, former
American Consul General in Lon
don.
Mr. Skinner, the Ambassador
related, "pointed out that exporters
wished to know beforehand whether
there was at the time of shipment
any objection on the part of the
• allied contraband control to any
particular consignment of goods.”
“While the navicert does not
guarantee free passage through the
contraband control,” Lord Lothian
said, “it will definitely facilitate
such passage.”
Embassy officials predicted that
exporters would make extensive use
of the system.
A navicert is a certificate issued by
a British consular office showing
that a shipment from this country
. to a European neutral is not objec
tionable to the British government.
The certificates can be shown by
shipmasters to British contraband
patrols and examination of the af
fected cargo thus will be unneces
sary.
The only real difference between a
“navicert" and a “naval certificate”
is that the first counts as one word
in a trans-Atlantic cable and the
second counts as two. Officials said
the word is pronounced “navy-cert.”
Instituted in 1916.
Embassy authorities said that
when the system originally was in
stituted during the World War in
1916, only 40 to 50 per cent of car
goes were covered by navicerts.
After a few months, they added, ex
porters were obtaining the docu
ments for 95 per cent of all ship
ments to neutrals.
These officials said American ex
, porters, particularly those dealing in
cotton, had urged re-establishment
of the navicert system when the
present European war broke out.
The documents will cost less than
$10 a shipment, it was explained,
and the fee imposed will be suffi
cient to pay only the cost of cable
communications involved. In most
cases, cabled authority will have tc
be obtained from London for issu
ance of navicerts.
The application form requires
such information as the name of the
exporter and the consignee, the na
ture, date and quantity of the ship
ment and the nationality of the ves
• sel carrying it.
suDjeci to seizure.
Embassy authorities emphasized
that any portion of a cargo not cov
ered by navicerts would be subject
to seizure or examination by con
traband patrols. They said it would
be impossible for a shipmaster tc
obtain navicerts covering an entire
cargo, but that shipping companies
might refuse to accept shipments
without the certificates. This was
the practice of some companies dur
ing the World War, they declared.
The navicert system, effective De
cember 1, will apply on American
shipments to Italy, Belgium, the
4 Netherlands, Denmark, Estonia, Fin
land, Iceland, Latvia, Norway and
Sweden.
1
Paris
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ly slower than the Hurricanes, carry
only two machine-guns, but have a
20-millimeter cannon built directly
into each engine. Data is lacking
on the performance and armament
of the Curtisses.
The French said they believed
further purchases in the United
States and accelerated domestic
production would meet the German
plane output, although Germany
was admitted to be numerically
superior in the beginning.
Third Sub Reported Sunk.
In the war at sea, the French
reported sinking a third German
submarine in four days.
Reports published here credited
the little 719-ton Admiral Mouchez
with the latest feat. A hydro
graphic survey boat before the war,
it was on night convoy duty in the
English Channel when a submarine
tried a “sneak shot" with a torpedo
that missed.
The French boat quickly dropped
a depth charge and was rewarded
with the sight of oil rising to the
surface—taken as an indication the
submarine had been crushed.
At the same time the admiralty
released further'details of the other
two sinkings, accomplished by the
1,319-ton Siroco, in the smallest
class of French destroyers.
Sllh Sitrhtiwl kv Cno nli nn
A French seaplane sighted one
submarine and dropped a marker
buoy. When the Siroco arrived, the
submarine had disappeared, but a
depth charge was fired.
A minute later, there was a muf
fled blast, the snout of a submarine
broached the surface and tilted pre
cariously for 10 seconds before sub
siding with a heavy list to port.
Three days later, the admiralty
said, the Siroco's night lookout
sighted what seemed to be a shadow
on the moonlit water. The Siroco
fired a 130-millimeter gun. and a
direct hit proved the shadow to be
a submarine.
The craft submerged immediately.
A depth bomb brought the bow back
into view, and the Siroco followec
up with another burst of shell-fire
In a few moments, only a murky oi
patch remained.
Military experts reported the Ger
mans attempted a small attack easi
of the Moselle River after artillerj
preparation but were driven back.
Admiral Jean Darlan, commandej
in chief of the French Navy, anc
Gen. Maurice Gustave Gamelin
commander in chief of the alliec
armies, conferred with Premier Da
ladier.
Woman, 'Feeling Fine/ Dies
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 24 (/P).—
Mrs. Pearl Lawson, 52, preparing t<
sit down to Thanksgiving dinner a
the home of friends, remarked hov
“unusually well" she was feeling.
As she spoke the final word sh<
slumped to the floor, dead from i
heart attack.
Citizens' Federation j
Supports Investigation
Of Auto Financing
D. C. Bar Association
Welcomes Stand;
Inquiry to Be Pushed
The Federation of Citizens’ Asso
ciations will throw its support be
I.... '
lind an Investigation cf automobile
Inancing “rackets” recently Initiated
>y the District Bar' Association, it
vas learned today.
Payment Prevented by “Kiting.”
“It is a well-known fact that cer
ain activities of some finance com
panies and automobile sales and
squipment firms, have resulted in
sxcessive hardship to a class of
people who can least afford to pay
sxorbitant charges for the privilege
pf buying on credit,” Vice President
riarry S. Wender of the Federation
ieclared in a letter to Sefton Darr,
president of the Bar Association.
Mr. Wender said that a particu
larly “vicious practice" has been
called to his attention.
'It has to do,” he said, "with the
‘kiting’ of promissory notes whereby
the purchaser’s original contract is
transferred from one agency to an
other, so it is impossible for him to
know where or when he is to pay
the installment on his indebtedness.
“Nevertheless, his failure to pay
an installment when it is due brings
about the immediate ‘snatching’ of
his car—which is not returned to
him until he has paid the necessary
‘ransom’ charges, including the bal
ance due, repossession and storage
fees, etc.”
Mr. Wender pointed out that the
Federation has in the past “approved
several resolutions urging the adop
tion of restrictive legislation which
would curb muiy of the practices
complained of.”
Support Is Welcomed.
The Federation’s support was wel
comed by Oeorge D. Homing, chair*
man of the Bar Association’s Inves
tigating Committee. Two newly ap
pointed members, John Carmody
and Louis Rothschild, will meet with
the committee at 10 a.m. tomorrow
in the association headquarters.
Mr. Homing announced that he
expects to make extensive use of
flies compiled by an American Auo
mobile Association committee, head
1
ed by Oeorge Brashears. He was In
formed that this committee has col
lected case histories of automobile
purchasers who have been “victim
ized” by car finance companies.
Student Hunger Strike
More than 100 students at Ar
temlsa, Cuba, recently staged a hun
ger strike, complaining that nine
professors did not attend to their
duties at the high school because
they are usually busy elsewhere on
other Jobs.
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Bergen, 61-year-old night watchman, was crushed to death
yesterday when this 11-ton trailer-truck and Bergen’s automo
bile collided. Heaviest cranes in the city failed to budge the
truck until it was unloaded, and scores of firemen and police
men worked two hours to free Bergen’s body.—A. P. Wirephoto.
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