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Weather Forecast
Local thundershowers this afternoon,
ending early tonight; slightly cooler to
night; tomorrow fair and cooler. Tem
peratures today—Highest, 85. at 1
p.m.; lowest, 69. at 5 a.m.; 83 at 2 pjn.
From the Dnited States weather Bureau report.
Full details on Page A-2.
Closing N. Y. Markets—Soles, Page 14.
_ _ _ fc! rit&
IIP) Mean* Aaaociatad Prate.
88th YEAR. No. 35,140. WASHINGTON, - D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1940 — TH;iRTY-TWO PAGES.*** THREE CENTS.
Democrats Draft Public Power
Plank as Roosevelt Managers
Await Third-Term Nomination
- 1
Floor Fight Brews
On Foreign Policy
Stand in Platform
By JOHN C. HENRY,
Stir Still Correspondent.
CHICAGO, July 16 —The 1940 j
Democratic platform will contain a !
strong public power development ■
plank, providing in effect a keynote
for an intense campaign against j
Wendell Willkie on the issue of the
Republican nominee’s utilities back
ground.
This fact was reliably learned to
day as a platform subcommittee of
17 members began executive sessions
on the job of actually drafting the
party's convention pronouncement.
It is the hope of Chairman Wagner
that a subcommittee draft will be
ready for submission to the full
committee tomorrow morning—and
to the convention tomorrow night.
While the foreign affairs plank
1 t i 11 ,
has Kept the committee in some
thing of a fuss throughout the past
week, there ha#; been a tacit una- j
nimity among the policy makers to
a labored effort to build up the rec- i
ord for the contemplated vital pro- j
nouncement on the power issue. |
In at least one instance, and there
are undoubtedly others, it was
learned that testimony was solicited
from a State delegation where the
private utilities bugaboo is a major
political factor. And through several
days of open hearings there was
constant return to the issue by
spokesmen from all sections of the ;
country.
Rankin Makes Long Statement.
Representative Rankin of Missis
sippi. long-time foe of the private
utilities, was given the longest period
before the committee of any witness,
taking more than an hour to repeat
slmost verbatim one of his House
speeches attacking private power in
general and Mr. Willkie in par
ticular. Monroe Sweetland, young
delegate from Portland. Oreg., de
livered an impassioned appeal to
Anti-3d Term Plank
May Be Offered
Convention
By * Staff Correspondent of The Star.
CHICAGO. July 16.—An anti
third term platform plahk may
be offered the Democratic con- !
vention. if^vas admitted today
by Senator McCarran of Ne
vada. a member of the Platform !
Drafting Subcommittee.
Declining to say he would or
he would not offer it. the Sen
ator did admit that such a
plank may be proposed in the
committee session, and added
that the action might be taken
by some one other than himself.
Earlier, Senator Wheeler of
Montana, who is co-operating
closely with Senator McCarran
on the foreign policy issue, said
he knew nothing of the possi
bility. He took occasion, how
ever, to remind the press that j
years ago in the Senate he had |
voted for the La Follette resolu
tion directed at that time at
stopping a "draft Coolidge”
movement.
"I feel now as I did then
about the third-term tradition,”
he said.
the party to make power the prin
cipal issue of the campaign—for just
the reason that the Republicans
fear it.
Maurice Davidson, New Yorker,
put Mr. Willkie and the power in
terests “across the barrel” early in
the hearings and among others ap
pearing yesterday were Lt. Gov.
Francis Kelly of Massachusetts and
former Senator Smith W. Brookhart
of Iowa.
With obvious relish, several wit
nesses and committee members re
ferred to the fact that a former
Willkie associate. Gano Dunne, util
ities engineer now working with
the National Defense Commission,
had recommended to House and
Senate committees that the Tennes
see Valley project be expanded in
the interests of national defense.
"There seems to be a great de
mand for expansion of the public
power activities of the Govern
ment.” one committee member re
marked naively.
I And in his address before the full
convention last night, Speaker
Bankhead dweit lovingly over the
achievements of the T. V. A.
“We have taken the position," he
added, “that the waters in our
rivers are the God-given heritage of
the people and that private utility
companies have no vested right to
have a monopoly on their exploita
tion.”
These very words may appear
again when the Platform Commit
tee reports.
Actually, with Mr. Willkie and
President Roosevelt—who as far as
(ContinuedfonPage A-3, Column 2.)
Today's Program
Barkley Address
To Be High Light
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July 16.—Today’s pro
gram at the Democratic National
Convention:
Call to order at noon, Eastern
standard time.
Prayer by Bishop Reverdy C.
Ransom of Wilberforce University.
The national anthem, sung by
Helen Gahagan.
Address by Mrs. Thomas McAl
lister, director of Women’s Division,
Democratic National Committee.
Routine business.
Recess until 9 p.m.. Eastern stand
ard time.
Prayer by Rabbi Louis Binstock,
Temple Sholom.
Address of permanent chairman,
Senator Barkley of Kentucky.
Ickes Indicates 'Crack-Down'
On Scattered Opposition ,
Rayburn Reported Acceptable to New Deal
As Vice Presidential Nominee
I Text of Speaker Bankhead's
Keynote Address on Page AS.)
By G. GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Stall Correspondent.
CHICAGO. July 16—As the
Democratic National Convention
swung into its second day at noon
today two questions alone were
agitating the delegates.
First, a vice presidential nominee.
Second, how far will the anti
third-termers go in their fight
against renomination for President
Roosevelt?
The names of Secretary of State
Hull. Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace and Associate Supreme Justice
Douglas were placed first on the
list by some of those in the
headquarters of Secretary Hop
kins—headquarters supposed to be
looking out for President Roose
velt's interests. However, there
were 15 or 16 other candidates in
the held, and a new one cropping
up almost every hour. Representa
tive Rayburn of Texas, House ma
jority leader, is acceptable to Sec
retary Hopkins and Secretary of In
terior Ickes, it was learned. Further,
it was said, they planned to dis
cuss Mr. Rayburn with the Presi
dent.
The Roosevelt third-term cam
paign managers haxe sought to ap
pease the antis, up to date. There
were indications today that they
might begin to crack down hard on
the opponents.
Secretary Ickes. who is here as
one of the "inner circle” and whose
private room at the Stevens Hotel
~<See-CONVENTION~Page A-3.)~
I
Laughter Punctuates
Roosevelt's Phone
Talk With Hopkins
White House Gives
No Clue to Intentions;
Byrnes in Spotlight
B5 the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt talked by
telephone today for five minutes;
with Secretary of Commerce Hop-;
kins, who has been described by ■
some in Chicago as the Chief Ex-1
ecutive's contact man at the Demo- j
cratic National Convention.
The account of the conversation
given to newsmen, however, con- i
tributed nothing to the questions in !
their minds about the third-term 1
situation.
Heard ‘‘Loud Laughter.”
Stephen Early, presidential secre- ;
tary, who was with Mr. Roosevelt
when- the Hopkins call came
through, reported that “the conver
sation was all from the other end”
and he could not hear it. Asked
whether he heard the word "ac
clamation" used. Mr. Early replied
that "all I could hear was loud
laughter.”
With each passing minute seem
ingly bringing a third-term nomina
tion closer, reporters asked whether
Mr. Roosevelt had changed his mind
about going to Chicago. Mr. Early
told them he did not "see a chance”
that any of them would get a trip
to Chicago with the President.
Mr. Roosevelt heard the keynote
speech by Speaker Bankhead last
night as well as the address of Na- j
tional Chairman Farley.
Will Work and Listen.
He reserved nearly two hours in
the middle of the day so he might
listen by radio to convention activ
ities and at the same time work on
his mail.
The extent and purpose of Mr.
Roosevelt's long-distance participa
tion in convention affairs was some
what obscure, but it served to move
Senator Byrnes of South Carmolina
well into the foreground of political
conjecture here.
The President, using a special
telephone line linking the White
House with Chicago, had a long,
midafternoon conversation with
Senator Byrnes yesterday. White
House officials explained that the
Chief Executive wanted to find out
what was happening in the conven
tion city. Senator Byrnes, they said,
did most of the talking and the
President most of the listening.
President Sees Hull.
The phone call followed a presi
dential luncheon engagement with
Secretary Hull. Aides said the com
ing Pan-American Conference at
Havana was discussed at the
luncheon.
Both Senator Byrnes and Mr. Hull
have been mentioned as vice presi
dential possibilities acceptable to
the President in the event he ac
cepts a call to buck the third-term
tradition. And to many remaining
in Washington the choice of some
one for second place on the ticket
seemingly supplied more of a prob
lem than the selection of the head
man.
Senator Brynes frequently has
served as a spokesman and “trou
ble-shooter” for the administra
tion on Capitol Hill and has been
listed among the top-flight “New
Dealers” at Chicago who are work
ing for a third term.
Lewis Quits Chicago,
Third Party Unlikely
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July 16.—After spend
ing two days listening to Democratic
politicians talk platforms and a
third term, John L. Lewis returned
to Washington today without having
hopped on anybody's bandwagon or
started one of his own along the
third party road.
The broad-shouldered C. I. O.
leader whose union treasuries con
tributed $500,000 to help re-elect
President Roosevelt in 1936 left the
city with his future political plans
concealed under a soft straw hat
pulled down close over his eyes.
Among a score of C. I. O. third
term delegates here were a few who
privately predicted that Mr. Lewis
would lead no third party into the
November election, but instead would
go along quietly with the Democrats
if the party platform reflected his
views on war, labor and domestic
problems.
Glass, Chicago Bound,
Doubts He Should
Nominate Farley
'He Would Not Ask Me
If He Were Wise/ Says
Virginia Senator
Senator Glass of Virginia, saying ;
he expected to find the Democratic
Convention In Chicago a “cut
and-dried" affair, questioned today
the wisdom of his nominating James
A. Farley for President.
The 82-year-old Senator was
asked by reporters if he would nom
inate the National Committee chair
man after Senator Glass announced
he was leaving for the convention
this evening.
"I suppose so. but he would not
ask me if he were wise," was the
reply.
Senator Glass will be accompanied
by his recent bride, the former Mrs.
Mary Meade of Amherst, Va. He
said her illness had prevented their
attendance at earlier convention
sessions.
(In Chicago this morning Mr.
Farley was asked to comment on
the Senator Glass statement. All
the Postmaster General would
say was:
(“I’ll be-delighted to have Sen
ator Glass nominate me and will
consider it a very high compli
ment.")
Virginia Delegation
Organizes at Chicago
CHICAGO. July 16 UP).—Senator
Glass of Virginia, whose words could
add power to any National Demo
cratic Convention “upheaval” on be
half of National Chairman Farley,
will join the Virginia delegation here
tomorrow.
The Virginia delegation organized
yesterday, naming Representative
Burch of Martinsville as chairman.
Senator Byrd was named Virginia
member of the Platform Committee
and State Senator Aubrey Weaver
of Front Royal was placed on the
Rules Committee.
New Zealand Forms
5-Man War Cabinet
Es the Associated Press.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July
16.—The New Zealand government
formed a war cabinet of five men
today, including three members of
the government and two of the
opposition.
The War Cabinet will have full
control of the Dominion's war effort.
Its members are Prime Minister
Peter Fraser; Minister of Finance
Walter Nash; Minister of Defense
F. Jones; Adam Hamilton, leader
of the opposition, and Joseph Coates,
former prime minister.
Japan's Cabinet
Resigns Under
Army Pressure
Government Pledged
To Strong Policy in
East Expected
By the Associated Press.
TOKIO, July 16.—Premier Admiral
Mitsumasa Yonai handed his whole
cabinet's resignation to Emperor
Hirohito tonight, apparently under
army pressure for stronger enforce*
ment of Japan’s “new order in East
4sla” policy.
Most Japanese newspapers expect
ed that former Premier Prince Pu
mimaro Konoye would be asked to
form a new cabinet.
Either he or War Minister Gen.
Shunroku Hata, whose resignation
hastened the end of the six-month
old Yonai cabinet, presumably
would point a new cabinet toward
consolidation of Japan's gains in
the Orient and take a strong stand
against Western powers, including
the United States, in the East.
One Party Rule Hinted.
“Army circles,” commented Domel. \
Japanese news agency, “have come
to the conclusion that it is the urg
ent task of Japan to establish the
so-called, new national political
structure which forms the only way
for Japan, in view of the stress of
the home and foreign situation, to
carry out rearmament effectively,
tighten State control of economy 1
and renovate foreign policy with I
construction of a new order in East i
Asia as the ultimate object.”
• The “new national political
structure” referred to by Domei
is the plan for a one-party gov
ernment favored by Prince
Konoye. supposedly with palace
approval.
'The one-party form would
bring Japan into greater totali
tarian similarity to Germany and
Italy. Prince Konoye. however,
has not elaborated his plan com
pletely and may not be ready to
launch it. One of the uncertain
ties is what part Parliament
would have in such a highly cen
tralized government.!
The opinion of Army circles.
Domei said, was communicated to
Admiral Yonal today after the War
Minister had conferred with Army
leaders and decided to quit.
Emperor to Return.
The Premier asked Gen. Hata to
; recommend his successor, Domei
| reported. When Gen. Hata declined,
the Premier decided to submit the
; resignation of his ministers and was
upheld by the rest Of the cabinet.
Admiral Yonai left by automobile
for Hayama. the Emperor's seaside
villa about an hour from Tokio, to
tender the resignations.
The imperial household announced
the Emperor would cancel plans to
review the Japanese fleet, and re
turn to Tokio tomorrow.
It was believed that no successor
to Admiral Yonai would be desig
nated before tomorrow. Yonai told
has cabinet he had been instructed
by Emperor Hirohito to remain in
office until further notice.
Attention centered on Admiral
Yonai and his Foreign Minister,
Machlro Arita. while political lead
ers conferred over formation of a
new cabinet.
If either should be retained, ob
servers believe, it can be taken as
a sign that Japan has no intention
of making any formal alliance with
Italy and Germany, since these two
men were largely responsible for
(See TOKIO, Page A-4.))
New Baltic Constitutions
To Follow Soviet Lines
By the Associated Press.
RIGA, July 18—Three newly
elected Parliaments in Estonia, Lat
via and Lithuania will assemble
soon, it was officially announced
today, with the drafting of new
constitutions along Soviet lines their
first task.
The counting of votes from elec
tions Sunday and Monday began
with official estimates that more
than 90 per cent of thlse eligible
in the three Baltic nations partici
pated.
The Latvian Telegraph Ministry
announced the lifting of censorship
imposed after Soviet Russian troops
occupied key areas of the three na
tions.
Summary of Today's Star
Page.
Amusements.
B-16
Comics ..B-14-15
Editorials „_A-8
Finance_A-13
Lost, Found-B-10
Page.
Obituary ..A-10
Radio.-B-14
Serial Story.A-12
Sports ..A-14-12
Society _B-3
Woman’s Page,
B-9
Foreign
“Last offer” by Hitler rumored in
Rome. Page A-l
Japan's cabinet quits after Hata
resignation. Page A-l
Reich ready to attack, England
Warned. Page A-l
South Americans fear Nazi economic
drive soon. Page A-Z
Huge fires at Haifa, crippling of
Hood claimed. Page A-7
Argentina seizes 25 In raids On Nazi
centers. Page B-4
Notional.
Hull voices U. S. opposition to clos
ing of Burma road. Page A-l
63 men perish in mine explosion in
Pennsylvania. Page A-l
President talks with Hopkins; Early
hears “loud laughter.” Page A-l
Washington and Vicinity
Plumer’s charges not submitted to
Mount Rainier Council. Page B-l
Fairfax planners find sentiment split
on zoning proposal. Page B-l
District policeman, struck by hit-run
driver, dies. Page B-l
Alexandria Electoral Board asked to
meet. Page B-l
Editorial ond Comment
This and That. "" Page A-g
Answers to Questions. Page A-g
Letters to The Star. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-9
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-9
G. Gould Lincoln. Page A-9
Jay Franklin. Page A-9
Constantine Brown. Page A-9
Sports
Mats knock Tribe oflt of lead and
climb to sixth. PageA-19
Hudson may displace Leonard as
Nats’ top pitcher. Page A-19
Armstrong rated 2-1 favorite over
Jenkins tomorrow. PageA-19
Dempsey K. O.’s another wrestler
in wild bout. Page A-19
Henson, Risk both set ringer marks
as match nears. PageA-11
Rider Cup Challenge Golf to net
Red Cross $25,000. Page A-ll
Mixed doubles lures star teams to
parks tennis meet. Page A-1J
Miscellany
City News in Brief. Page .B-8
Vital Statistics. Page B-8
Nature’s Children. Page B19
Service Orders. Page B-8
Bedtime Story. Page B-14
Crossword Puxrle. . PageJt-15
Letter-Out. Page B-14
Winning Contract. Page B-14
Uncle Ray’s Corner. PageB-15
C i caTT^y
HARDLY WAIT )
TilLTHlSTHINGS
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ffoOttVILT
U. S. Making Contract,
On First Powder Plant;
In Defense Program
Private interests to
Operate Enterprise
In 'Safe Location'
By FRED H. MORHART. Jr.
A contract will be concluded to
morrow for the first Federally
owned and financed powder plant
under the new defense program. It
was learned today. The plant re
portedly will cost in excess of $25,
000.000
War Department officials declined
to reveal at this time where the
plant would be located. It was
said, however, it would be inland
in ‘‘a safe place in time of emerg
ency."
The plant will be operated by pri
vate interests.
Other Government-owned plant s
are expected to be announced as
soon as negotiations with private
munitions manufacturers are com
pleted. Private interests also may
build their own plants with the Sid
of Government loans.
Designation of the locality for
the first Government-owned plant
is expected to be announced tomor
row.
It has been reported that mast
of the plants, either private or Gov
ernment, to be constructed in the
future will be located west of the
Alleghany Mountains, perhaps in
the Great Plains States. These
localities, it is pointed out. would
be practically invulnerable to mil
itary air attack.
However, modifications in these
plans to cover costs of shipping
raw materials and the finished
product may place these munitions
plants elsewhere. Another factor is
labor supply.
Man Hurled fo Death
For Refusing $40 Loan
By the Associated Press.
WELCH. W. Va.. July 16.—The
arrest of Fred B. McClure, mining
engineer who. police said, admitted
hurling the body of his unconscious
employer six stories down an elevator
shaft after an unsuccessful attempt
to get a $40 loan, was announced
today by Police Chief Harry C.
Chaffins.
The death of G. D. Hylton. 42, de
scribed by friends as a man "who
never had an enemy.” at first was
believed to have been an accident.
His body was found atop an ele
vator in a downtown building July
10 a few minutes after the operator
heard the body strike.
Friends of Mr. Hylton, engineer
for the Vera Pocahantas Coal Co.,
demanded an investigation, Mr.
Chaffins said, and McClure was ar
rested last night on a murder war
rant.
The police chief said McClure con
fessed
"They quarreled over the loan,”
Mr. Chaffins said McClure told him.
“Then McClure said he knocked Mr.
Hylton unconscious with a paper
weight, dragged him through two
offices and pushed him down the
shaft.”
Red Cross Speeds Food
To French War Victims
By the Associated Press.
GRENOBLE, Prance, July 16.—
Hundreds of trucks hired by the
American Red Cross and the Amer
ican Society to Aid War Victims
rushed food, medicine and other
supplies today to the scenes of
greatest refugee needs in parts of
Prance unoccupied by German
troops.
The supplies arrived at Marseille
yesterday on the United States
freighter McKeesport, first relief
ship to reach a French port since
signing of the armistices with Ger
many and Italy.
A dispatch from Marseille in Le
Petit Dauphinois quoted Capt. Jubb
of the McKeesport as saying the
voyage was without incident.
Nazis Bar Papal Delegates
VATICAN CITY, July 16 (JP).—A
Vatican news service said today the
Holy See had learned with regret
that the German government had
refused to allow papal diplomatic
envoys in Holland and Belgium to
remain there in their religious
capacity as apostolic delegates.
—.1__
Windsors to Stop
In New York on Way
To Bahamas Post
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 16.—A Reu
ters. British news agency, dis
patch from Lisbon tonight said
that the Duke and Duchess of
Windsor had booked passage by
clipper to New York and are
expected to fly from New York
to the Bahamas, where the
Duke will be governor general.
U. S. Opposes Closing
Of Burma Route,
Hull Warns
British Believed Aware
Of American Attitude
Toward Tokio Pressure
By GARNETT D. HORNER.
Firm United States opposition to
closing of the Burma road into
China or other action hampering
commerce was announced today by
Secretary of State Hull.
The Secretary's comment was
made at his press conference in con
nection with reports that Great
Britain, under pressure from Japan,
would temporarily close the Burma
route for movement of war mate
rials into China.
“This Government." Mr. Hull said,
“has a legitimate interest in the
keeping open of arteries of com
merce in every part of the world
and considers that action such as
this, if taken, and such as was taken
recently in relation to the Indo
china Railway, would constitute
unwarranted interposition of ob
stacles to world trade."
French Bowed to Tokio.
The French government acceded
to Japanese insistence for closing
the railway route into China from
French Indo-China.
Mr. Hull did not reply directly
to questions about whether ihe
British government had been in
formed of the United States atti
tude. but said it could oe assumed
the British were well aware of the
American position.
The temporary closing of the
Burma route for movement of cer
tain commodities into China was
understood to have been agreed
upon by the British government at
Japan's insistence in the hope that
further negotiations might lead to
settlement of the war between
Japan and China.
Secretary Hull made clear yes
terday that, while the United States
Government is keeping fully in
formed or\ developments in the Far
East, it is taking no part in the
reported peace moves and pursues
a separate and independent course
with respect to the situation.
Lebrun Leaving, Radio Says
NEW YORK, July 16 (A*).—Albert
Lebrun, former President of France,
has left Vichy with his wife en route
to Geneva, Switzerland, the Italian
radio reported today in a broadcast
heard here by N. B. C.
600,000 Men Massed
for Attack on Britain
Friday, Paper Says
Article Reports Earlier
Assault Delayed by
Staff Diasagreement
Bt the Associated Press.
GRENOBLE. France, July 16.—
Le Petit Dauphinois said today that
foreign diplomatic quarters in
Switzerland had heard that a :
projected attack on England by
600,000 Germans had been delayed
because of differences in the high
command, but that the attack may
be launched Friday night.
The Germans have assembled
hundreds of ships for the attack,
the newspaper said in a dispatch
from Bern.
According to Le Petit Dauphinois,
the commander in chief of the Ger
man Army and other generals op
posed the plan of attack, first set
for July 9-10, because they thought
it too dangerous to the attackers
in its original form.
The ships, according to the news
paper, range from German and cap
tured French. Belgian and Dutch
freighters and passenger ships to
fishing smacks and barges to be
towed by tugs.
They are lying along the coast
from Brest. France, to Bergen. Nor
way. the paper said.
The fleet’s escort of light gun
boats. submarines and fighting
planes, to be preceded by mine
sweepers and waves of bombers,
were ready when one group of gen
erals headed by Gen. Walther von
Brauchitsch, commander in chief
of the Germann Army, protested
that it was too dangerous, the paper
said.
The dispatch said that Gen. Wil
helm Keitel, chief of the general
staff, defended the original plan be
fore Hitler, but the Fuehrer never
theless delayed the attack to con
sider the objections.
The Von Brauchitsch group, the
dispatch continued, argued that
minesweepers could not clear the
lanes well enough for such a mighty
fleet and that two-thirds of the force
might be lost, leaving 200.000 men to
risk destruction by the British de
fenders.
The Italian command, the paper
also said, were reported to be op
posed to the plan.
The dispatch concluded with the
report that Hitler had decided on
a modified Keitel plan which may be
launched Friday night if weather
permits.
Canon Chase Is Dead
At Kings Park, N. Y.
By the Associated Press.
KING’S PARK, N. Y.. July 16.—
Episcopal Canon William Sheafe
Chase, 82, former crusading leader
of Christ Church in Brooklyn, died
suddenly of heart disease at his
home today.
He had been retired for several
years and at his death was president
of the Religious Union for World
Peace. "
->--— |
'Monster' Turns Out to Be Hoax
To Scare Watermelon Raiders
That fierce, roaring, gargantuan
monster which has been roaming
the wilds of the Eastern Shore dur
ing the last week has been definitely
identified.
It is not an orangutan. It is not
a sea serpent. It is not a Great
Dane.
It is simply a “watermelmonster,”
a creature bred by imagination out
of thin air by farmers who want
to protect their watermelon crop
from raiders who are naturally
camouflaged for their midnight
work.
The creature has a short life
span—living only during the weeks
while Eastern Shore watermelons
are ripe—but has such a reputation
for ferocity and frightfulness that
practically all the doers on the shore
are locked and barred against it.
The true nature of the “varmint,”
which has been reported roaming
through Caroline County, Md., dis
turbing the field hands’ sleep with
awful cries lately, was revealed by
J. R. Eddington, Federalsburg, Md.
It was several days ago when pews
of the “varmint” reached print.
Farmers reported finding huge foot
prints in their melon patches and
seeing a creature that weighed 200
pounds and stood on its hind legs.
At first it was suspected that an
orangutan had escaped from a
circus. Then police obtained casts
of the footprints and sent them
here to the Biological Survey for
identification. Yesterday, the foot
prints were declared to be those of
a large dog.
Some one discovered that Mr. Ed
dington's powerful Great Dane was
missing, and laid the blame on the
dog. Mr. Eddington firmly denied
the accusation today.
"I know where my dog is,” he said.
“And I know what that varmint is,
too.
"You see, the watermelons are
getting ripe over here. I’ve got 150
acres of them myself. This varmint
is a horrible creature that some one
conjured up to protect the water
melon fields.
“The varmint is doing a good job
of it, too. Looks like we might get
a crop this year.”
New Hitler Offer
To Spare Britain
Is Reported
Free Hand in Europe,
Return of Colonies
Terms, Rome Hears
By the Associate'’ '-ss.
ROME. July 16.—Diplomatic cir
cles heard today that Adolf Hitler
was preparing to make a last three
point offer to Great Britain for a
war settlement which would spare
the British Isles from devastating
attack.
Diplomatic reports from Berlin
indicated that Hitler might make an
offer to Britain in a speech before
the Reichstag within the next few
days.
Count Galeazzo Ciano is planning
tentatively to go to Berlin before
Hitler speaks to confer with the
Germans on terms as Premier Mus
solini's representative, diplomatic
sources said.
Private advices from Berlin indi
cated that Hitler probably would
offer Britain plans for:
1. A European settlement of con
tinental affairs;
2. Return to Germany of those
colonies taken from her by the
British after the World War;
3. Economic rehabilitation of
Europe.
Gold •‘Mediator” Role Hinted.
Britain might be offered the rri
of mediator between the gold-stanc
ard countries, including those of the
; Western Hemisphere, and the na
j tions of Europe in a world eco
nomic adjustment, these sources
I said.
I This was interpreted in some
| quarters as meaning that in the
j reorganization of Europe after peace
Britain would be asked to work out
some “harmonizing” economic re
lations between the so-called “gold
! countries." including the United
States, and those nations such as
Germany which operate on a
planned economy, with little or no
gold.
j Since two-thirds of the world's
gold is owned by the United States,
: that Nation would have to play a
major part in any such reshapmg
of the international economic sys
: tern.
But. according to this informa
tion, Britain would have to keep
out. of continental European politics.
It was recalled here that Hitler,
in his Reichstag speech last October
6. offered a settlement in which h*
proposed a conference of the big
European powers.
Since then a great part of Europe
has fallen directly or indirectly un
der German control or influence.
' leaving only Britain in opposition to
Hitler's scheme.
The first Fascist claims that Italy'
is entitled to hold a protectorate
over Palestine appeared, meanwhile,
in the Rome newspaper La Tri'ouna.
It argued that Britain, holding a
mandate over Palestine from the
League of Nations, is losing su
! premacy in the Mediterranean and
that protection of the Holy Land
henceforth is Italy's right as the
strongest Mediterranean power.
Republics Sounded by II. S.
On Protectorate Plan
By the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO. Chile. July 16.—For
eign Minister Cristobal Saenz dis
closed today that he has received
and is studying a note from the
United States on establishment of
1 a protectorate over European posses
| sions in Central and South America.
Details of the communication were
not immediately forthcoming.
He has not indicated this Gov
ernment's attitude toward a pro
tectorate. but the plan was said in
other informed quarters to be re
ceiving favorable consideration
here.
Informed persons in Washington
said the United States was sounding
out other American countries on
their attitude toward establishment
of a protectorate over European
possessions in this hemisphere.
This sounding, they said, was
part of the preliminaries on several
questions likely to come before the
Inter-American Conference opening
at Havana Saturday.
State Department officials said
they had no knowledge of a formal
note to the Chilean government
proposing such a protectorate, but
it was not denied that Ambassador
| Claude Bowers may have presented
! a memorandum on the subject.
Secretary Hull, when questioned
yesterday, said the United States
was exchanging ideas, suggestions
and proposals on a variety of sub
jects. as is the custom before a
conference such as the one opening
Saturday at Havana,
The purpose of this, he explained,
was to develop tangible proposals in
advance for conference considera
tion.
Petain Cabinet to Discuss
Moving Back to Paris
By the Associated Press.
GRENOBLE. France. July 16
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain,
Frances authoritarian Chief of
State, called a second ineeting of
his cabinet in Vichy today to discuss
reconstruction problems and the
question of moving back to Paris.
The newspaper Le Petit Dauphinois
here hinted that there was more
than reconstruction in the Petain
governments desire to return to
Paris.
"From news coming from Paris.”
said a dispatch from Vichy, “it may
be concluded that there is urgent
need to clarify the situation created
in Paris by activities of certain
political personalities whose loyalty
to the Petain government is doubt
ful.”
There was no further indication
of who these “personalities” were or
what they were doing in the Ger
man-occupied capital.

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