Evening star. [volume], July 08, 1940, Page A-7, Image 7

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Two House Members
Condemn Sacrifice
Of Capital's Trees
Rich Says District Should
Not Let Commercialism
Destroy Its Beauty
Destruction of Washington’s beau
tiful shade trees to make way for
. wides streets and traffic underpasses
was condemned on the House floor
today as two District bills were
passed and sent to the White House,
The two bills will provide free
water for all charitable institutions
in the District and establish a board
of funeral directors to regulate
undertakers and embalmers.
Discussion of the leveling of shade
trees to facilitate the movement of
traffic was led by Representative
Rich. Republican of Pennsylvania.
He said he had observed that a
number of trees were being cut
down on I street N.W. so the street
can be widened. He declared Dis
trict authorities should be careful
not to let commercialism destroy
the beauty of the city.
Representative Shafer, Repub
lican, of Michigan, a member of
the District Committee, pointed out
that plans to place the proposed
under pass at Scott Circle in the
line of Sixteenth street instead of
in the line of Massachusetts avenue
as originally contemplated, would
destroy a number of trees.
Chairman Randolph of the Dis
trict Committee admitted that trees
Would have to, be cut down if the
underpass is placed in the line of
Sixteenth street and declared he
did not believe an underpass on that
street would greatly relieve the
traffic bottleneck at Scott Circle.
He added, however, that District
officials had assured him full hear
ings would be held before the loca
tion of the underpass is finally de
termined.
No effort was made by Chairman!
Randolph to call up any of the nine
District bills on the calendar re- ■
garded as controversial. He ex
plained to reporters after the two
Senate approved bills had been j
passed that Majority Leader Ray- i
burn did not desire to ask the
House to consider any local legisla
tion at this time that might delay
action on important national legis
lation.
Outstanding among these nine
bills which have been on the House
calendar for some time are ones
authorizing the Public Utilities Com
mission to limit the number of taxi- j
cabs, give the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board the authority to con
trol retail liquor prices, and permit
minors 14 years of age or over to
take part in professional concerts
and theatrical productions.
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as “corporative,” a term Fascists
apply to the Italian government,
and quoted Vice Premier Pierre
Laval as declaring it would be per
manent rather than temporary.
Reports by persons present at
government meetings at Bordeaux
and Vichy describe Marshal Petain,
who was France's first Ambassador
to the Spanish Nationalist govern
ment, as “tremendously impressed”
by Generalissimo Francisco Franco's
plans for Spain.
They said Marshal Petain, when
discussing France’s post-war prob
lems with his aides, frequently used
examples from the Spanish recon
struction after the civil war, almost
always adding:
“But we must have his ((Franco’s)
power.”
Given Report on France.
These reports added that Jose
Felix Lequerica, Spanish Ambassa
dor to France, recently gave the
marshal a full report on Gen. Fran
co's reconstruction plans and post
war laws and decrees, which may
be used as a model for France.
It is said that since Marshal Pe
tain took office the extremely ac
tive semi-Fascist Croix-de-Feu or
ganization of Col. Francois de la
Rocque has gained tremendous new
strength among army, navy and air
force officers.
Leopold Blond, who, before the
war, was one of the outstanding
writers for the provincial press,
said, in a dispatch from Vichy to
Le Petit Dauphinois of Grenoble
yesterday, that the government’s
proposals were assured of a big ma
jority Wednesday or Thursday.
According to Blond, the only op
position at last Friday's session was
that of a deputy named Margaine,
who said he “refused to base the
French constitution on that of to
talitarian regimes.”
“Xavier Vallat, on the other
hand,” wrote Blond, “lent his sup
port to the government proposal.”
Vallat, known before last Sep
tember as leader of one of the minor
groups in the extreme right of the
Chamber of Deputies, was quoted as
saying:
“I renounce none of my ideas, but
the essential thing today is consti
tution of a great single national and
social party. The German victory
has been the work of German
schoolmasters and the rebirth of
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France must be the work of French
schoolmasters.”
From Aruba, Netherlands West
Indies, came word that the 2,400-ton
French auxiliary cruiser Esterel had
taken aboard shore troops and
equipment and sailed from Aruba
in an attempt to break through
British patrols and reach Marti
nique
Hood Is Reported
Struck Many Times
VICHY, France, July 8 (/PI.—
Havas (French news agency) re
ported today that the British bat
tle cruiser Hood had been hit
many times and that two British
destroyers had been seriously dam
aged, perhaps sunk, during the bat
tie with French naval units oil
Mers El-Kebir July 3.
Two British planes also were shot
down by French ffhting planes and
coastal batteries, Havas said, quot
ing an official Announcement issued
here. *
New Slo^n Reported
Planned in Constitution
C.RENOBLE*France, July 8 (/P).—
France's slogan, "Liberte, Egalite,
Fraternite” (liberty, equality, fra
ternity) may be replaced in the new
constitution being drafted by Pre
mier Marshal Henri Philippe Pe
tai.n’s government by the words
‘‘T*«van. Famille, Patrie” (labor,
family, fatherland).
A dispatch from Vichy, seat of the
government, to the newspaper Le
Petit <pauphinois today said Vice
Premier Laval’s talks with groups
of Senators and Deputies Indicated
these three words would be the
foundation of the new constitution.
The dispatch said the National
Assembly will ask Wednesday for
a "brief text” giving Premier Petain
and his government all powers for
drafting the constitution, with both
the marshal’s prestige and his gov
ernment's life depending on its
passage.
Passage appeared assured by a
large majority, said Le Petit Dau
phinois.
Former Premier Edouard Daladier,
former Cabinet Ministers Cesar
Campinchi, Yvon Delbos and Paul
Bastid ond dozens of other deputies
who, the dispatch said, "sailed
aboard the Massilia,” will not be
I present at the assembly.
(Daladier, whose whereabouts
are not known publicly, was re
ported last Friday to be aboard
the overdue and missing French
liner Massilia. A broadcast by
*he German-controlled Brussels
raido said that Delbos and
Georges Mandel, former French
ministers of education and in
terior, were with Daladier aboard
the 15,363-ton liner, which left
Bordeaux June 16 and was said
.to have put out to sea again
after being refused admission to
Casablanca.)
The new constitution, according to
the dispatch, will call for two houses,
but their composition will be dif
ferent. The upper house will con
sist of representatives of “the great
professional, intellectual and eco
nomic interests,” while the lower
will contain "representatives of cor
poratives and families.”
D. C. Youth Hurt as Plane
Fails to Clear Trees
Injured in a plane crash yester
day, James Van Devanter, 20, of
228 Maple avenue, Takoma Pa.'k,
Md., was still in "semi-conscious”
condition today at St. Mary’s Hos
pital in Leonardtown, Md. He was
a passenger in a craft which failed
to clear trees as it soared from a
small field near Leonardtown.
The youth, a distant cousin of re
tired Supreme Court Justice Willis
Van Devanter, also received cuts
on his face and brush burns on his
legs and body as the plane skidded
along the ground on one wang for
100 feet.
The pilot, James Stargel, 231
Quackenbos street N.E., a Navy
Yard employe, escaped injury. His
was one of three planes scheduled
to stage an air show and take up
passengers.
Young Van Devanter is employed
by Western Electric Co. here. He is
the son of Henry Van Devanter,
manager of the Chesapeake & Po
tomac Telephone Co. in St. Marys
County, Md.
Ex-Envoy's Home Robbed
Ralph J. Totten, former United
States Minister to the Union of
South Africa, reported to police that
burglars entered his apartment, at
2800 Ontario road N.W., Saturday
night and stole a wallet containing
$120.
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Lawson Easy Chair, exposed frame solid mahogany;
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English Club Chair, with pillow back and seat cushions
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Adam Cocktail Table, genuine Honduras mahogany. «
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Chinese Chippendale Cocktail Table, large size
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American Georgian Breakfront Bookcase, knotty pine $Q P
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Hepplewhite Double Tambour Library Desk, a fine reproduc
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Tub Chair with channel back; box-pleated skirt.
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Bedroom Easy Chair with tufted seat and back, covered c
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Chaise Lounge, channel back. Tufted seat cushion, caw/%
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Console Extension Table, Chippendale design; genuine (qb
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Sheraton Drop-leaf Table, genuine Honduras mahog
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Extension Drum Table, with pedestal base. Sheraton
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Colonial Corner Cabinet, replica of a New England
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3-Section Dining Table, genuine Honduras mahogany, rn mi
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