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cloud;, snow or rain by night. Temper*
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lowest, 20, at 7:30 a.m. star delivered to their homes every
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88th YEAR. No. 34,989,_._WASHINGTON, D, g, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1940—FIFTY PAGES. *** THREE CENTS.
Sweden Rejects Finland's Appeal
For Direct Military Assistance;
Reds Penetrate Defenses Further
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Must Have Help or Seek
Peace, Helsinki Said
To Have Warned
By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 14.—Premier Per Albin Hansson
declared today that a request by Finland for “transport of
Swedish military groups to Finland” had been declined bn
the ground that Sweden’s position in regard to assisting
her neighbors was unchanged.
Hansson’s statement, contained in a communique, wa3 oc
casioned by reports in the Stockholm press that Finnish govern
ment leaders had informed Sweden they must have more help or
face the necessity of “concluding peace with the Soviet in a
manner greatly concerning Sweden.”
(In Paris a French government spokesman said France
was sending a great many anti-tank guns to Finland as well
as other artillery and airplanes. He added that any foreign
resident in France volunteering to join the Finnish Army
would be permitted to leave the country.)
4 Aid for Injured Provided.
The communique said:
"On various occasions the Swedish government has entertained
from the Finnish government proposals concerning deliveries of
necessities. These proposals generally could be filled. The question
4 giving injured and invalided care in Sweden also was discussed,
as well as sending civil workers from Sweden to Finland.
“Steps were taken in these respects.
“During a visit in Stockholm, members of the Finnish govern
ment then took up the question of personal military assistance.
Only last Tuesday the Finnish foreign minister had talks about
this matter with the Swedish Prime Minister, the foreign minister
and the minister of defense.
“On this occasion the transport of Swedish military troops
was requested. From the Swedish side, the matter was referred to
the enunciated Swedish principles governing assistance to Finland
as declared in the speech of the Swedish Prime Minister in the
Swedish Riksdag January 17, and which were generally accepted.
“There has been no change in this position.”
in tne speech mentioned,'
• Hansson declared Sweden would'
\ give Finland all material and
humanitarian help possible, but
that her efforts would be limited
to such assistance.
No official mention was made of
* published reports that Finland, if
unable to obtain direct military aid
from Sweden, would request and re
ceive such aid from Britain and
France. Assistance from this direc
tion would entail the question of
whether Sweden and Norway would
permit transportation across their
frontiers.
k Some diplomatic circles believe
that Sweden, with her neutrality
status becoming increasingly deli
cate as Finland's urgency increases
under Russian pressure, may soon
issue an official declaration on this
matter.
Question of Neutrality.
From the Swedish standpoint, it is
a question of whether Moscow and
Berlin would regard the passage
through Sweden of British or French
volunteers as a violation of her neu
trality.
While refraining from giving out
right military aid to Finland, the
Swedish government has placed no
obstacles in the path of Swedes de
siring to volunteer for Finnish serv
ice. Many officers and men have
resigned from the Swedish Army to
go to Finland to fight.
> Estimates on the number of Swed
ish volunteers now bearing arms for
Finland vary greatly. Dispatches
from Copenhagen in January put
the number at 6,000, but unofficial
figures from Helsinki estimated the
total at about 1,000. It is known
that at least four contingents of
Swedish volunteers have reached
Finland, and one of these con
tingents—according to reports from
Stockholm—numbered 500 men.
Reports from the war front also
have indicated that Swedish flyers
have been active in Finland, espec
ially in the Arctic Salla front and
northeast of Lake Ladoga.
surrender Alternative.
The newspaper Aftenbladet said
Finland had declared she either must
conclude peace with Soviet Russia
or get direct help from the western
powers.
The paper said the Finns thus
could be expected within a day or
so to accept offers of military aid
from the western powers against
the Russia;! invasion. (Britain and
France already are giving a measure
of military aid; Aftenbladet ap
parently means sending regular
troops.)
After debating the matter of
direct military help for four days,
the paper said, the Swedish gov
ernment decided it could net
* give direct aid, although the Fin
nish delegation said the alternatives
were a peace “on conditions greatly
concerning Sweden,” or help from
the West with the understanding
that Sweden and Norway would
permit passage of troops.
Britain Held Unlikely
To Send Finland Troops
LONDON, Feb. 15 (&).—British
today minimized the possibility of
regular troops being sent quickly by
the western powers to aid Finland
in comment on Stockholm advices
that Finland would ask such aid as
an alternative to suing for peace
with Russia.
They said# that aside from politi
cal considerations it would be dif
ficult technically for the allies to
place sizable active service detach
ments on the Finnish battle front
immediately.
Trained Troops Occupied.
Most of Britain’s trained troops
are either in France or engaged in
training conscripts—the latest of
whom, 23-year-olds, will register
tomorrow.
One source asserted Britain has
an army in training for conditions
“different from those in Finland.
I “Any British troops would require
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f
a period of seasoning and acclimati
zation Unless they were to fill hos
pitals instead of trenches, and that
would take too long for them to be
of aid in the Mannerheim Line
crisis.
“It would seem like the present is
either too late or too soon if all
aspects are considered for the allies
formally to send active service units
to Finland's aid.”
Aid Offer Unconfirmed.
There was no confirmation in
London of any formal offer of active
military aid to Finland.
Observers, however, expressed the
belief Britain was not ready to enter
the Finnish-Russian conflict openly
since such action might consolidate
German-Russian relations and cre
ate new fronts in the western war
before the British army is at full
strength.
It was pointed out, though, that
the official attitude concerning
troops did not interfere with indi
vidual volunteering, which the gov
ernment has sanctioned.
French Claim Victories
For Planes in Finland
PARIS, Feb. 16 (A*).—French war
planes sent to .the aid of Finland
already have scored “a certain num
ber of victories” against Soviet Rus
sia, published reports said today.
French artillery also was said to
be helping the Finns.
Armaments Minister Raoul Dau
try, meanwhile, presented new tanks
and other armored vehicles to the
French government in a ceremony
somewhere in France. The new
equipment was built in what was
called the “incredibly short” time
of one and a half months.
Hitler Paper Declares
Finn Defeat Inevitable
B» the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Feb. 16 OP).—Adolf Hit
ler’s newspaper Voelkischer Beo
bachter in a three-column article
today asserted that a complete de
feat of Finland by Russia is in
evitable.
The article repeated the familiar
German contention that England
hopes to prolong the Russian-Fin
nish conflict by persuading the
Scandinavian countries to jump in
to help the Finns.
“Much of the world press which
is sympathetic to Finland has pub
lished wild reports of Finn victories
when under winter conditions the
Finns succeeded occasionally in tfut
ting Russian communications,” Beo
bachter said.
Two Danish Ships
Reported Torpedoed
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 16.—Reuters, Brit
ish news agency, reported it un
derstood two Danish ships, the 1,066
ton passenger vessel Sleipner and
the 1,064-ton RJ»one, had been tor
pedoed oft the east; coast of Eng
land early today and were feared
lost.
It said 6 persons were believed
saved from the Rhone and 12 from
the Sleipner. The total aboard
each was not given, however.
The agency also reported two
Norwegian vessels were overdue and
presumed to have been lost.
They were the 1,000-ton Bisp,
which left a British port January
20 with a cargo of coal for Nor
way, and the 1,168-ton Start. The
Bisp had a crew of 16.
The wreckage of a ship identi
fied as Norwegian was washed ashore
on the Scottish coast, but the name
of the vessel could not be deter
mined.
The British destroyer which the
admiralty said sank two German
submarines on February 9 was of
ficially disclosed to have been the
Antelope, a 1,350-ton ship of the
Acasta class, built In 1927.
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Alarm Spreads
At Signs Finns
Are Cracking
Scandinavians and
Allies Fearful
Of Red Victory
By the Associated Press.
Finland’s first signs of cracking
spread alarm through Britain,
France and the three Scandinavian
countries, who don't wish to become
battlefields.
The ponderous Soviet war ma
chine admittedly has beaten the
Finns at several points during the
past week. Soviet assertions of spe
cific captures of forts in the famed
Mannerheim Line were scoffed at by
the Finns a week ago, but now they
announce reverses. They emphasize
the seriousness of these defeats by
repeated calls for the world to help
them before it is too late. Two
classes of reserves—men 42 and 43
years old—have been called to the
colors.
This is the 16th day of the big
Soviet drive northwestward along
the Karelian Isthmus toward Fin
land's second city, Viipuri. Soviet
communiques beginning February 8
have claimed capture of 153 “forts”
of various importance in the Man
nerheim Line, The Finns admit only
(See ALARM,—Page A-4.)
Jesse Jones Expects
Finland to Survive
Russian Invasion
'There Will Be a Finnish
Government for Long
Time/ House Unit Told
By J. A. O’LEARY.
A prediction that Russia will not
be able to crush the spirit of the
Finnish people by the current inva
sion was made tbday by Federal
Loan Administrator Jesse Jones at
the opening of House hearings on
the question of further aid to Fin
land for non-military supplies.
Lending Finland $20,000,000 will
not decide the war, “but, in my
opinion, the spirit of the Finnish
people will not be crushed,” Mr.'
Jones told the committee.
“Some of the present generation
may be killed off. but I believe there
will be a Finnish government for a
long time, and that it will pay its
debts,” the loan administrator
added.
He made the statement when
asked by Representative Gifford, Re
publican, of Massachusetts if he
would have to find that Finland
could repay the loan.
Mr. Gifford told Mr. Jones he
wanted to go on record “as wanting
you to lend Finland as much as you
can and for whatever purpose you
can.” He was only trying to find out,
he said, whether the bank would
have to feel sure repayment would
be possible.
“When this war is over,” Mr.
Jones predicted, “I do not believe
the map of Europe will be greatly
changed. I think there still will be a
Finland, a Norway, Denmark and
Sweden.”
Committee Recesses.
Representative Wolcott, Repub
lican. of Michigan declared that if
the pending bill were put on the
basis of helping Finland, "I don’t
believe a handful of members of
Congress would oppose it, but we
want’ to maintain our neutral posi
tion.”
Mr. Wolcott was criticizing the
form in which the issue is presented
by the Senate-approved bill, namely
to increase the general lending au
thority of the Export-Import Bank
by $100,000,000, with discretion to ad
vance $20,000,000 of that total to
Finland.
Although all of the committee
(See FINNISH LOAN, Page A-4.)
Russians Holding
Position Within
Summa Village
By the Associated Press.
HELSINKI, Feb. 16.—The Finnish
command admitted today the Rus
sians had penetrated farther into
Finland’s Mannerheim Line posi
tions in the great battle of the Ka
relian Isthmus, but declared that
Russian gains had been bought at
the price of great losses.
This acknowledgement of Russian
gains in the 16-day-old battle was
made in the army’s daily commu
nique issued shortly after a Finnish
military informant admitted that
the invading Red Army had seized
at least a part of the village of
Summa. Around that village the
severest part of the isthmus battle
has been raging.
A Finnish spokesman acknowl
edged that even though the Russians
are suffering “great losses,” the seri
ousness of the battle is not thereby
minimized. He stressed that the de
fenders have fewer men, guns ana
airplanes than the invaders.
The situation recalled repeated
assertions of the Finns that against
this tremendous power they must
some day have help.
Red Gains Acknowledged.
After already having acknowl
edged some Russian gains on Feb
ruary 13, the Finns in their com
munique today said:
"East of the Summa sector and at
a couple of outpoints in a defile be
tween Lake Huolo and the Vuoski
River the enemy succeeded in pene
trating to our positions.”
“Elsewhere attacks were re
pulsed.” said the communique of
other isthmus fighting, and semi
official advices up to the time of
issuance of the communique indi
cated that the Finnish Mannerheim
Line, the country’s main line of de
fense, was holding firm.
The line is a deep series of forti
fications so arranged that positions
can be lost without necessarily risk
ing a serious break.
The communique said the de
fenders repulsed attacks northeast
of Lake Ladoga, where “our forces
captured one of the enemy's posi
tions.” The Russian losses were
said to be “heavy.”
Farther north, at Kuhmo, “de
struction of isolated enemy detach
ments continued," said the com
munique. ‘
The Finns reported they bombed
Russian encampments and railways
and stations behind the Russian
lines, and “engaged in several suc
cessful air battles.”
The communique said 500 Russian
planes took part in raids on the isth
mus in which earlier advices had
reported 34 persons were killed and
60 injured in raids on towns. Viipurl,
Pappeenranta and Riikimaki all
were bombed. The Finns said they
shot down eight enemy planes.
Main Attention on Isthmus.
Principal attention continued to be
centered on the isthmus fighting, in
which the Russians 16 days ago
launched a great offensive which has
been almost ceaseless since and in
which the Finns state they have
mowed the invading troops down
“like wheat.”
A military informant said prior to
issuance of today’s communique that
the Rusisans had made no gains
since February 13.
But, he said, the Russians were
(See FINLAND, Page A-4.)
Artillery Duel Fought,
Paris Sources Declare
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Feb. 16.—French and
German artillery shelled each other
in the region of the Biles River west
of ^.he Vosges Mountains, military
sources reported today, but failed to
change the positions of the oppos
ing lines.
Heavy snowstorms were reported
along the front.
A French warship was said to
have attacked a German submarine,
but the result was not known imme
diately.
The French high command com
munique reported: “Artillery action
on both sides of the Blies.”
Summary of Today's Star
Page.
Amuse
ments, B-14-15
Comics - -.C-8-9
Editorials _ A-10
Finance A-17
Lost, Found, C-4
Page.
Obituary ...A-12
Radio _A-14
Society _B-3
Sports _C-l-3
Woman’s
Page -B-2
Foreign
Russians penetrate deeper into Fin
nish defenses. Page A-l
Alarm spreads at signs of Finland
cracking. Page A-l
Sweden rejects Finnish plea for di
rect military aid. Page A-l
National
House hears attack on Labor Board
and New Deal. Page A-l
Republican Committee picks June 24
for national convention. Page A-l
Jesse Jones sees Finns surviving in
vasion by Russians. Page A-l
House farm leaders see little chance
for certificate plan. Page A-3
House due to act today on $966,772,
000 naval bill. Page A-3
President stirs speculation on pur
pose of cruise. Page A-4
Storm's death toll in East reaches
sixty. Page A-5
Dies committeemen raise objections
to hearing Coughlin. Page A-6
New Qrleans Mayor defends oil
eamihgs. Page A-13’
Washington and Vicinity
Children’s Bureau expert hits Re
ceiving Home. Page A-l
Snow or rain predicted here by to
morrow night. Pue A-5
Sports center plans approved by
commission. Page B-l
U. F. W. A. opens fight on Federal
budget cuts. Page B-l
Closing of liquor stores at 6 p.m.
considered. Page B-l
Fire routs occupants of 10 two-story
houses in row here. Page B-l
Editorial and Comment
This and That. PageA-10
Answers to Questions. PageA-10
Letters to The Star. PageA-10
David Lawrence. Page A-ll
Alsop and Klntner. Page A-ll
Frederic William Wile. Page A-ll
Constantine Brown. Page A-ll
Charles Q. Ross. Page A-ll
Sports ^
Williams is rated bast of Nats’ slab
rookies. Page C-l
Maryland and C. U. hold college
sports stage. Page C-l
D. C. Tennis players not affected by
expense limit. Page C-2
Star basket ball tourney looms as
big scramble. Page C-3
Miscellany
Nature's Children. Page B-8
Vital Statistics. PageB-10
City News in Brief. Page B-10
Service Orders. Page B-ll
Of Hearts and Song. Page C-4
Bedtime Story. Page C-8
Cross-word Puzzle. Page C-8
Letter-Out. Page C-8
Winning Contract. Page C-9
Uncle Ray’s Comer. Page C-9
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Guam Improvements
Tentatively Rejected
By House, 123 to 114
Harbor Work Opposed
As Step in Arming Which
Might Anger Japan
BULLETIN.
The House passed a $965,772,000
Navy appropriation bill this
afternoon.
By th» Associated Press.
The House tentatively rejected
today for the second time in less
than a year a naval proposal for
harbor Improvements to make the
little Pacific Island of Guam a naval
“lookout” post.
By a teller vote of 123 to 114. the
House adopted an amendment by
Representative Richards, Democrat, j
of South Carolina, to eliminate1
funds for the work from the S966,
772.000 naval appropriation bill.
Under the rules, however, a roll
call vote may be demanded on the
amendment before the bill is finally
passed by the House.
Trouble With Japan Feared.
A score or more members fought
the proposal vigorously on the
ground that the suggested improve
ments constituted the first step
toward fortification of the tiny
island—some 1.500 miles from Tokio
—and thus might be a source of
trouble with Japan.
One argument advanced by Mr.
Richards was that approval of the
project would lead to abandonment
of this country’s plan for giving the
Philippines their independence.
The South Carolinian, one of the
Representatives who successfully
fought a somewhat similar proposal
last year, said it was “not a wise
thing" for the United States to
undertake such a project “6,000 miles
from home, where we have nothing
to defend but this one small island
in the midst of 1,000 Japanese
mandated islands”—especially, he
added, inasmuch as Japan is not
considered friendly to this country.
Fortification Move Seen.
Mr. Richards said that although
the Navy describes the project—a
harbor-dredging and breakwater
building job—as "harmless,” it
actually would lead to fortification
of the tiny island.
“If you embark on a policy of
fortifying Guam,” he declared, “the
movement will follow, just as sure
as you are sitting here, to abandon
plans for getting out of the Phil
ippines.”
Representative Miller, Republican,
of Connecticut, the first member
to speak in defense of the Guam
expenditure, said that he looked
upon it as “a safety measure.”
“I can’t see any connection be
tween this appropriation and the
fortification of Guam.
“I would not want to take re
sponsibility for refusing this im
provement and then read a few
months from now of an accident
to a Clipper ship.”
Foes of the Guam project were
victorious last year in a fight
against a more ambitious program,
but the Navy came right back with
a request for $1,000,000 to start work
on a $3,000,000 harbor dredging and
breakwater construction job.
The Navy said the improvements
were desired solely to make Guam's
coral-studded, surf-swept harbor
(See CONGRESS, Page A-3J
Eastern Shore Slaying
Suspect Is Caught
By the Associated Press.
SNOW HILL, Md., Feb. 16.—A
colored suspect, sought for five days
In the slaying of Harvey Pilchard,
Stockton farmer, was captured by
State police today on the farm of
Harvey Redden.
He was placed in a police car,
which sped away before many of the
civilian searchers knew he was in
custody.
It was not known where he was
being taken. Pour other colored
persons arrested in the case are in
the Harford County Jail at Bel Air.
State troopers, county officers and
a civilian posse had searched a
swamp near here for three days in
search of the suspect.
A mob of about 1,000 men smashed
into the Snow Hill jail Tuesday
night and took two colored women
they believed knew of the suspect’s
hide-out. The women were rescued
by State police.
Mr. Pilchard was shot to death
and his wife wounded Sunday by
three colored men, who entered their
home and demanded money.
Spinach a Fake,
Says Doctor, as
Thousands Cheer
By the Associated Press.
REDLANDS. Calif.. Feb. 16.—
Mother and dad can be wrong.
Dr Roger Truesdale, nationally
known food chemist, told a civic
organization science has learned
that “the calcium properties of
spinach are not available to the
human system. Only 20 per cent
of its iron is available.
“But this is not the worst of it.
The oxilate radical in spinach pre
cipitates the calcium from other
foods and carries it away.
“After all. youngsters have been
exactly right in their tearful re
sistance to the supposed builder of
sturdy bodies.”.
Japanese Bequeathed
$200,000 Jailed Again
For $500 Alimony
Shima Arrested Month
After Release Secured
By Widow's Mortgage
Jesse S. Shima, 34-year-old Japa
nese who was left $200,000 by the
late Mrs. Mary P. Henderson, his
employer, was sent back to jail to
day because of his inability to pay
$500 back alimony.
Shima was in jail from August 15
to January 12 due to failure to pay
a $500 bond designed to keep him in
the District of Columbia.
Justice F. Dickinson Letts ordered
Shima to pay the $500 back alimony
or serve 60 days in jail when Shima
appeared before him today.
Widow Mortgaged Home.
Shima was released from jail a
month ago after a Japanese wom
an, widow of a sailor in the Amer
ican Navy, mortgaged her home
here to put up the money necessary
to gain her fellow-countryman his
freedom.
He was re-arrested today on Jus
tice Lett’s order after he appeared
in court under a rule to show cause
why he should not be held in con
tempt of court for alleged failure
to pay up the back money.
Vivian O. Hill, Shima's attorney,
told the court it was an outrage that
the man should be jailed when he
has $27,000 coming to him from the
Union Trust Co. as a part of the
Henderson estate funds. The money,
Mr. Hill explained, is tied up in
litigation by Shima’s estranged wife
and her father.
Mr. Hill said that his client lacks
the necessary funds to pay the $500
ordered today, explaining Shima had
lost his money in a resturant ven
ture in Stamford, Conn.
Representing Shima's wife, Mrs.
(See SHIMA, Page A-5.)
Two Virginia Watermen
Found Frozen to Death
By the Associated Press.
EASTVILLE, Va„ Peb. 16.—Two
63-year-old Eastern Shore watermen
were found frozen to death in their
oyster boat last night, 350 yards
from their boathouse on Chinco
teague Bay.
James East and “Jake” Barnes,
brothers-in-law, were caught in the
violent blizzard of Wednesday after
noon soon after they had begun
oystering at their beds off Locust
ville.
One body was found sitting in the
bow and the other in the stern of
the boat. The men's clothing had
been soaked, and their boots were
full of ice.
Rescuers said a stove and fuel
were in the cabin on the nearby
boathouse.
D. C. Receiving Home
Is 'Far From Ideal/
U. S. Expert Finds
Space Is Greatest Need,
Visitor From Children's
Bureau Discovers
<Pictures on Page AS.)
A fresh indictment of condi
tions at the District’s Receiving
Home for Children came today from
a United States Children's Bureau
expert assigned to make a survey
for the Public Health Subcommittee
of the House District Committee.
Miss Elsa Castendyck, director of
the bureau's delinquency division,
described conditions at the home as
"far from ideal” after making a
detailed inspection this morning.
“The home is frightfully over
crowded and sadly lacking in rec
reational space,” she told Grady
H. Leonard, superintendent, who es
corted her through the four-story
structure, formerly an apartment
house.
Beds Too Close Together.
muss i/asieaaycK was particularly
critical of the setup in the sleeping
quarters. In one room for colored
boys, she noted there were 12 beds,
some of them pushed flush against
the others. In another room there
were 14 beds.
"This setup is far below the stand
ards we set for such institutions,”
she remarked. “The beds should be
at least 18 inches apart.”
Mr. Leonard explained, however,
that it was impossible to do this
because of the limited amount of
space At times, he told Miss Cas
tendyck, part of the lone recrea
tional room must be utilized as
sleeping quarters.
Miss Castendyck declared she
considered the building far from
adequate, and commented that
more outside play space should be
provided.
Superintendent Agrees.
She asked Supt. Leonard what he
considered his major problems. He
said lack of space for recreational
activities and lack of facilities for
segregation of children.
Asked to comment further, Miss
Castendyck said she preferred to
wait until she has prepared her re
port tot. Chairman D’Alesandro of
the Public Health Subcommittee.
She said she might pay another visit
to the institution, but that that
would depend on the wishes of the
subcommittee. She is scheduled to
appear before the committee when
it begins its investigation of the
Receiving Home next Tuesday.
Miss Castendyck was accompanied
on her tour today by Miss Alice
Scott Nutt, assistant director of the
delinquency division.
Penal Inquiry Planned.
Conditions in District penal in
sittutions also are to be investigated
by the Public Health Subcommittee,
Chairman D’Alesandro announced
earlier today.
The subcommittee virtually has
completed its inquiry into condi
tions at the Home for the Aged and
Infirm at Blue Plains.
"I have heard a lot of reports
about overcrowding at the District
Reformatory and Workhouse,” said
Representative D’Alesandro, “and I
propose to look into conditions at
these institutions before my sub
committee prepares its report.”
MayWait 10 Days.
He indicated it would be another
week or 10 days before the subcom
mittee starts an investigation at
Lorton and Occoquan, Va.
The subcommittee will hold its
next meeting Tuesday at 10:30 ajn.
at which time it proposes to call
Miss Fay L. Bentley, judge of the
juvenile court. Mr. Leonard and
Robert E. Bondy, director of public
welfare, also are to be witnesses. Mr.
Bondy testified earlier in the week
and recommended replacement of
the present receiving home.
Parking Error at Train Track
Costs Mail Hauler His Auto
By « Staff Correspondent of The Star.
BOWIE, Md„ Feb. 18.—The first
mistake Charles E. Clark has made
in more than 10 years of hauling the
mail between the local Post Office
and railroad station cost him his
automobile—1929 vintage—today.
Since he took over the mail con
tract, Mr. Clark had parked his car,
without a slip up, in the exact spot
to switch mail between the machine
and Pennsylvania Railroad trains
during their brief halts here an their
runs North and tenth.
He erred slightly in judgment
this morning, however, and backed
onto the tracks while preparing to
place a mail shipment on a Wash
ington-bound local.
An electric locomotive pulling a
Boston - to-Washington train, and
preceding the local into Bowie, de
molished the automobile a few sec
onds after Mr. Clark leaped to
safety, carrying the mail with him.
The car burst into flames and the
Bowie fire Department extinguished
the fire. M
Republicans Sei
June 24 for
Convention -
Sit^to Be Selected
This Afternoon;
Hamilton Speaks
By G. COULD LINCOLN.
The Republican National Com
mittee today fixed Monday, June 24,
as the date for the party's national
convention at which candidates for
President and Vice President will be
nominated and a national platform
adopted.
The convention city will be se
lected at a meeting of the National
Committee this afternoon. Cities
making bids for the convention will
be heard.
Chicago and Philadelphia are
vieing for the honor of holding the
convention. Philadelphia, it is un
derstood, has raised $166,000 in cash.
Chicago is withholding its cash bid
until the last minute.
Hamilton Issues Challenge.
Earlier, Chairman John Hamilton
of the National Committee hurled a
challenge to the Democrats to re
nominate President Roosevelt. He
addressed the committee as its
meeting opened at the Willard
Hotel.
"We do not know who the candi
date of the opposition will be,’*
said Mr. Hamilton. "We can’t
select him, and their convention
date, too” (he was referring to the
fact that the Democratic National
Committee has been unwilling to
fix a date for their national con
vention until after the Republicans
had done so.)
“But if we had the power, the
greatest service we could render
this country would be to nominate
as the Democratic candidate Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. Then we would
have a clear-cut issue and once
and for all we would have a show
down on the New Deal. Franklin
Roosevelt and the third term—and
we would finish off all three.”
Democrats to Act.
Following action of the Repub
licans today. Democratic National
Chairman James A. Farley is now
expected to select a date for his
party’s convention later than that of
the Republicans.
Two dates were presented to the
Republican National Committee to
day—the ffrst, June 24, and the
second, July 1. The committee, by
; a voice vote, approved June 24 and
■ its action was made unanimous. The
July 1 date was proposed by National
Committeeman Owlett of Pennsyl
vania on the theory that it would be
advantageous for the Republicans
to nominate their candidates on
July 4, Independence Day, and that
the convention should be held In
Philadelphia, where the independ
ence of this country was originally
declared.
The committee then took a recess
until 2 p.m.
The delegate membership of the
Republican National Convention will
be 1,000, as it was in 1936. With few
exceptions, the delegate apportion
ment to the States is exactly the
same.
Dr. Glenn Frank, former president
of Wisconsin University, submitted
to the National Committee the report
of the Program Committee in execu
tive session. This report, the work
of nearly two years, will be made
public Monday morning.
Treasurer Reports All Bills Paid.
Chairman Hamilton read to the
committee the report of the treas
urer1; C. B. Goodspead, showing the
committee has a balance on hand
of $9,283 after having met all its
obligations. On January 1, 1939,
the committee was $678,242 in debt,
due to the deficit from the 1936
campaign. The balance on hand
was $29,074. In the closing weeks
of 1939 and the first week of 1940
a special drive was put on to wipe
out the deficit, sponsored by former
Senator George Wharton Pepper of
Pennsylvania, Sewell L. Avery, Jere
miah Milbank, Edgar M. Queeny,
Silas H. Strawn and E. T. Weir.
The drive was entirely successful.
Reports showed that from January
1, 1939, to February 15, 1940, total
contributions received were $1,478,
428.
The committee elected Repre- '
sentative Reece of Tennessee to be
a member of the Executive Commit
tee. succeeding the late Representa
tive Taylor of Tennessee. Mr. Reece
was nominated for this office by
Representative Martin of Massachu
setts, minority leader of the House,
and seconded by Walter Hallanan
and Kenneth Simpson of New York.
Mr. Simpson said that his State at
(See REPUBLICANS, Page A-3.)
New Bulgarian Cabinet
Sworn in by Boris
By the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Feb. 16.—King Boris to
day swore in a new Bulgarian
cabinet headed by Bogdai) Philoff,
57-year-old professor who is ex
pected to lessen Bulgaria’s economic
dependence on Germany.
Philoff became premier after only
15 months in politics. He was edu
cation minister in the cabinet of
George Kiosseivanoff which resigned
yesterday.
An archeologist and president of
the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Philoff formed a new cabinet within
24 hours after Kiosseivanoff, who
built up close Bulgarian-German
economic ties, resigned.

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