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Nazis Call on Hull
To Denounce British
Blockade of Axis
Offensive Preparations
Almost Complete, but
Time Is Withheld
Mi the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 17.—Authorized
German sources declared today that
if Secretary Hull means what he
says about keeping world trade lanes
open he must logically condemn the
British blockade against Germany
and Italy.
(Secretary of State Hull de
clared yesterday, in comment on
the proposed closing of the Bur
ma road by Great Britain—a
move that would favor Japan's
campaign by cutting that Chinese
lifeline—that the United States
“has a legitimate interest in the
keeping open of arteries of com
merce in every part of the
world. * * *.”)
The British blockade, the Ger
mans held, is in violation of the
principle of freedom of the seas.
“We don't dare to say, however,
that he (Hull) will go so far as to
condemn the blockade,” these quar
ters said.
They noted, however, that Amer
ican and British policies by no
means always conform.
Offensive Almost Ready.
Preparations for the offensive
against Britain are almost com
pleted, these sources continued to
say, but warned correspondents to
refrain from speculation as to when
or what the next move may be, de
claring no one can forecast Adolf
Hitler's actions and decisions.
The German high command an
nounced that bad weather had cur
tailed air activity against Britain,
but reported that a merchant ship
had been fired in an attack on a
harbor in North Scotland and that
a troop concentration had been
bombed at Scapa Flow.
No air attacks on Germany were
carried out by British planes dur
ing the night, the high command
said.
The text of the communique, one
Of the shortest in weeks:
“Air force activity was slight be
cause of bad weather. German
planes attacked harbor facilities at
Thurso in North Scotland and set
a merchant ship on fire with bombs.
“At the southern tip of Scapa
Plow British troop barracks were
successfully bombed. There were
no enemy flights to Germany.”
Complete confidence in Nazi
ability to crush England was re
flected in the calmness with which
the German people awaited a de
cisive test of strength, which they
believe may come at any minute.
The authoritative commentary
Dienst aus Deutschland, which only
yesterday reported everything was
in readiness for a mass onslaught
upon England, declared that the
nation was awaiting Adolf Hitler’s
command to strike with a serenity
which permitted it to look beyond
the final struggle to the task of
establishing a new order in Europe.
(Dispatches from Rome quoted
German sources as saying Hitler
might deliver an ultimatum to
Britain within a few days in a
speech before th$ Reichstag.)
Dienst aus Deutschland saw fur
ther indications of Germany’s con
fidence in her own strength in the
failure of the press to pay any
marked attention to the Japanese
government reorganization or the
question of whether President Roose
velt would be nominated for another
term.
Yugoslavia Reproved.
Yugoslavia, meanwhile, was sharp
ly reproved by both the German
press and political circles for per
mitting what they described as a
pro-French demonstration in Bel
grade with apparent official ap
proval.
They referred to a memorial serv
ice in the French cemetery conduct
ed by the French Ministry to Yugo
slavia, whom the Boersen Zeitung
called a supporter of Gen. Charles
de Gaulle, leader of the ‘‘French
National Committee” in London.
The presence at the ceremony of
high Yugoslav officials drew caustic
comment from Dienst aus Deutsch
land, which said:
‘‘The cause of peace in the Balkans
end the interests of Yugoslavia in
the reorganization of Europe are
poorly served when high-placed rep
resentatives of the army and public
life act in a manner more French
than the French.”
Hitler's newspaper, the Voelkischer
Beobachter. spoke with equal sharp
ness concerning a similar demon
stration in Lyon, France, and re
ferred particularly to the prayer of
a French priest that France might
arise to new glory.
Blockade Distinguished
From Burma Road Case
Secretary of State Hull said today
there was no such basis for con
demning the British blockade of
Germany as for opposing the British
agreement with Japan to close the
Burma road into China to war
materiels.
Nations that have formally pro
claimed their belligerency have a
right under international law to
Intercept commerce on the high
seas under limitations of contraband
rules in orde> to prevent contraband
goods from reaching the enemy,
Mr. Hull said.
In the case of a privately owned
highway running through nations
not at war an entirely different rule
iis applicable, he added. In any
event, Japan is regarded as having
none of the rights of a belligerent
under international law because
there has been no formal declara
tion of war in the Sino-Japanese
conflict.
22-Minute Raid Alarm
Sounded in Geneva
By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 17.—
Air-raid alarms sounded at 1:52
pm. today and an all-clear signal
came 22 minutes later.
Later it was reported that an un
identified plane had flown over
the Swiss Jura Mountain region
near the French frontier.
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CONVENTION BOUND—Senator Carter Glass and his recent
bride joined in jovial banter with reporters yesterday as they
entrained for Chicago, where the Virginia Senator may place the
name of Postmaster General Farley in nomination.
—A. P. Photo.
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Hopkins
(Continued From First Page.)
Attorney General Jackson, Senators
Byrnes of South Carolina, Hill of
Alabama and Murray of Montana,
Gov. Burnet Maybank of South
Carolina, Mayor Bernard Dickman
of St Louis and Charles Sawyer,
Ohio national committeeman.
Their conference, punctuated by
laughter, came at the end of a busy
evening in the “Draft Roosevelt"
nerve center.
Hopkins Tells Anecdote.
After a hearty steak dinner. Sec
retary Hopkins took a brief nap and
then chatted with reporters about
the first convention he saw—the
1912 Republican meeting in this
same city. Mr. Hopkins, then 21,
crashed the gate by posing as a
Senator's secretary and sat at the
feet of Teddy Roosevelt before the
latter walked out to form the Bull
Moose party.
The anecdote finished, Secretary
Hopkins stalked silently into a pri
vate room when Secretary Wallace
arrived. They went alone together
while Senator Barkley made the
President's announcement.
Then Secretary Wallace appeared
once more, to predict that Mr.
Roosevelt would be nominated to
night and would accept.
The telephone began to ring.
“Yes, Governor, I’ll put him on.” an
aide sang but. The third term
leaders started coming in.
Rome
_(Continued Prom First Page.)
reported shot down by anti-aircraft
fire.
The casualties were announced in
a British naval communique, but the
extent of damage was not given.
Italian Positions
At Moyale Raided
NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, July 17
WP).—British bombers were officially
reported today to have successfully
raided Italian positions Monday at
Moyale, on the Kenya-Ethiopia
frontier.
A communique said:
"A quiet day on the Moyale front.
“On Monday our bombers carried
out a successful raid on Moyale,
when a number of direct hits were
obtained.
“Enemy aircraft yesterday bombed
Wajir, No casualties were reported
and no damage was caused.”
R. A. F. Attacks Tobruk,
Italian Libya Port
CAIRO, Egypt, July 17 (£1.—Royal
Air Force planes again raided the
Italian Libya port of Tobruk during
the night, a communique announced
today.
Annenberg
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sinus and rectal trouble, arterio
sclerosis, anemia and insomnia.
Term to Begin Monday.
Judge Wilkerson said today, how
ever, that his denial order meant
Annenberg would have to surrender
next Monday to begin the prison
sentence. The court added: “That
ends it, as far as I am concerned.”
United States Marshal William H.
McDonnell said Annenberg would be
taken to the Lewisburg, Pa., Peni
tentiary unless the Department of
Justice designates some other prison.
Judge Wilkerson, in a separate
order, denied probation for Joseph
E. Hafner of Chicago, an associate
of Annenberg, who also pleaded
guilty on July 1 to one count of
aiding and abetting the Annenberg
tax evasion.
Hafner was sentenced to five
months' imprisonment and given a
stay ending next Monday, when he,
too, must surrender.
Ciano Trip to Berlin
Remains Uncertainty
By the Associated Presr
ROME, July 17.—Foreign Minister
Count Galeazzo Ciano remained in
Rome today, without further indi
cation as to when or if he will make
a widely expected trip to Germany
to confer with Nazi officials.
Authorities were silent, and ad
vised against speculation.
Nomination of Farley
To Be 'Brief and Specific'
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 17.—The Vir
ginia delegation to the Democratic
National Convention planned to
hold a caucus today, but the mem
bers awaited a conference with Sen
ator Glass, who arrived by train
from Washington with his bride.
The 82-year-old Senator said he
would nominate Postmaster Gen
eral Farley for the presidency, prob
ably tonight. He said it would be “a
brief and specific nomination.”
The boom launched by a group,
headed by Major S. Heth Tyler of
Norfolk, to give the big Virginia vote
to Glass on the first ballot appar
ently was collapsing as the delegates
felt there would be a bigger com
pliment in a vote for Farley if he
were nominated by the Senator.
The delegates apparently agreed
to lift the unit rule so that individual
members may vote as they desire.
A number of anti-third termers said
that they had no desire to prevent
any one who wanted to vote for
President Roosevelt from doing so.
Gov. Price marched in the Roose
velt demonstrations last night—be
tween the Florida and North Caro
lina delegations—as most of the Vir
ginians kept their seats or stood to
witness the tumult. During the
demonstration they heard someone
yell “Virginia wants Roosevelt!” and
at another time, “Virginia wants
Byrd!”
Commons
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joint action against aggression, and
asked also if the government would
give assurance that Britain would
“loyally adhere” to all engagements
in China.
The undersecretary declined to
comment when Emanuel Shinwell,
Labor member, asked him to “make
this perfectly clear beyond any
shadow of a doubt that while we are
anxious to avoid an open quarrel, we
shall not truckle to Japan.”
Secretary Hull's Warning
Surprise to British
By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN,
Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
LONDON, July 17.—American
Secretary of State Cordell Hull’s
criticism of the British government
in Washington yesterday for its
present attempt to reach an un
derstanding with Japan came with
out any warning to the British and
caused genuine surprise here.
When Japan first made its de
mands on the British in regard to
the closing of the Burma road,
about two weeks ago, Washington
was immediately informed and was
given an opportunity to explain
what it might be prepared to do if
the British refused to comply with'
Tokio’s blackmail-like request. It
is believed that Washington told
London that it might expect diplo
matic support and nothing more.
Since diplomatic support could not
possibly be expected to save Hong
Kong or anything else which Japan
might attempt to grab in the Far
East, the British government found
it advisable to discuss terms with
the Japanese.
The question today is whether Mr.
Hull's remarks about the interest of
the United States Government in
keeping open the arteries of com
merce throughout the world means
that the United States is willing to
co-operate with Great Britain in
using force if necessary to protect
that interest.
“If the United States now feels, as
Mr. Hull’s statement would seem to
indicate, that her responsibilities in
the maintenance of world trade
routes, and especially of Far Eastern
routes, are sufficiently great to make
her willing to contribute toward a
general settlement of Far Eastern
problems, there can surely be no
doubt that the British government
will most gratefully accept Ameri
can co-operation," writes the diplo
matic correspondent of the London
News-Chronicle.
(Copyright. 1940, Chicago Daily News, Inc.)
Long-Lived inhabitants
The last 11 persons to be buried in
Great Chart, England, which has a
population of 700 and is noted for
its long-lived inhabitants, were all
over 80 years old.
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Dies to Investigate
Activities of Soviet
In Hollywood
Communists Control
West Coast Shipping,
Committee Head Told
By the Associated Press.
BEAUMONT, Tex., July 17.—
Hollywood, home of movie stars
and political idealists, came under
the scrutiny today of Martin Dies,
the Nation's No. 1 Communist hunt
er and hater.
The Texas Representative expect
ed to draw from John L. Leech of
Portland, Oreg., it was understood,
information as to whether there are
evidences of long-range activity by
Soviet Russia.
Leech described himself as a for
mer Communist leader in Califor
nia. He said he was expelled by
the Communist party in 1937 and
recently had been employed by the
Commission of Public Docks in Port
land.
Leech yesterday gave Mr. Dies,
acting as a subcommittee of his
House committee to investigating
un-American activities, a general
picture of the Communist party’s
mode of operation on the West
Coast.
The sketch revealed a gigantic
program to cripple national defense.
Leech said it Included propagandiz
ing the Army and Navy, enlistment
in the National Guard and estab
lishment of control over shipping
and communications facilities.
Girls Helped Cause.
Young girls, Leech said, were util
ized to lure sailors and soldiers to
parties at the homes of Communist
leaders, where earnest talk of Rus
sian idealogy and distribution of
literature was intended to dent the
men’s patriotism.
Enlistment in the Guard was un
dertaken to weaken morale in that
branch of the service also, Leech
testified, and through control of
shipping and communication, the
Communists hoped to dictate the
war policy of this Nation, tying up
those industries so they could not
be used in battle against Russia
or its friends.
The Communists do. in fact, con
trol West Coast shipping and com
munications today. Leech said.
He identified Harry Bridges, West
Coast maritime labor leader, as a
1936 member of the Natfonal Com
munist Committee, and said the
president of the American Commu
nications Commission in California
in 1936, 1937 and 1938 was a party
member.
Sailors Used for Messages.
Sailors were used to carry mes
sages over the world and to transfer
money, Leech said. These sailors
were members of the “Philippine
Committee,” composed of Japanese,
Chinese and Filipinos.
Dies expects to remain in this
area until September 1, continuing
the hearing here except for a one
day Jump over to Port Arthur to
hear witnesses from that city.
He said approximately 100 persons
would be called to testify, it was
learned they would include the en
tire membership of Houston’s Kyff
haeuser Bund.
It also was revealed the commit
tee had learned of 25 alleged acts of
sabotage over the Nation in the last
month, but no details were disclosed.
76 Summoned to Appear
In Tennessee Valley Probe
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 17
W.-^-Sixteen persons were sum
moned today to appear before a
Dies subcommittee investigating re
ports of un-American activities in
the Tennessee Valley.
The hearing will be held behind
closed doors before Representative
Joe Starnes of Alabama, a member
of the committee.
An authoritative source said those
ordered to appear were employes of
the Tennessee Valley Authority and
the W. P. A. in Chattanooga and
Knoxville.
Mr. Starnes said the investigation
was not directed against the T. V.
A. 6nd added, “I don’t know exactly
what the investigator has prepared
to present at the hearing.”
Canadian Newsmen Now
Need U. S. Entry Permit
By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Ontario, July 17.—
Special permission from Washing
ton, in addition to a passport, is re
quired from every Canadian news
paperman entering the United
States, an official of the external
affairs department said yesterday.
State Department officials said
that authorization from Washing
ton is required for the issuance of
visitors’ visas to foreign newspa
permen wishing to enter the United
States from any part of the world.
In the case of ordinary visitors
the consular officials in Canada can
issue visas without any special per
mission from Washington.
Passport and visa regulations did
not apply to Canadians until July 1,
when new rules went into effect as
part of a general drive to prevent
possibly undesirable aliens from slip
ping across the border.
It was emphasized that there is no
discrimination against Canadian
newspapermen.
Communist Doctrine
Rapped as Subtle
Trap for Negro
Howard U. Conference
Hears Dr. R. J. Bunche
'On Needs of Youth
The Communist doctrine is mis
leading and a subtle trap for the
Negro because it is always tied to
the shifting opportunism of the
Soviet Union, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche
of Howard University last night told
some 160 persons attending the
summer school conference on
“Needs of Negro Youth.”
Dr. Bunce said a tie-up with
Communism would be racial suicide
and Fascism was an anatthema to
the Negro. He urged Negro uni
versities to stress the work and
ideals of democracy.
The conference will conclude with
a session tonight at 8:15 in Doug
lass Hall at which Charles S. John
son of Fisk University and E. Frank
lin Frazier of Howard University
will speak. President Mordecai W.
Johnson will preside.
Also speaking on the program last
night was Dr. Ruth Cavan, con
sultant of the American Youth
Commission, who reported on the
case studies of 419 C. C. C. enrollees,
86 of whom were colored. Saying
she was speaking for herself and
not for the commission, Dr. Cavan
made the following recommenda
tions:
1. Better selection of officers for
the Negro camps.
2. Correlation of the camp work
of enrollees with their after-camp
endeavour.
3. Establishment of camps for
illiterates.
4. C. C. C. should not be a catch
all for all boys.
Dr. J. Sinclair Price, director of
the summer school which sponsored
the conference, said the enrollment
in the school has reached 514—
about 100 more than the previous
record enrollment.
D. C. Doctors Questioned
On Military Fitness
A survey among Washington phy
sicians to determine their fitness
for military duty in case of war was
underway today as lengthy question
naires arrived from headquarters
of the American Medical Association
in Chicago.
As announced Saturday by Dr.
Daniel L. Borden, president of the
District Medical Society, the data
will be turned over to the Federal
Government. A newly-formed Com
mittee on Medical Resources of the
local society is co-operating in gath
ering the information.
The physicians are asked whether
they have had any previous military
experience, whether they would
volunteer in case of war, the type
of practice in which they are en
gaged, and whether they speak any
foreign language. Other informa
tion regarding their medical edu
cation also is sought.
The questionnaire will be returned
to A. M. A. headquarters in Chicago.
Theodore Wiprud, secretary of the
local society, said he did not know
when the survey would be com
pleted, but the physicians are asked
tp return the forms promptly.
Bridge Opening Delayed
HARVE DE GRACE, Md„ July
17 (/P).—Unexpected construction
delay will force postponement of
the opening of the new Harve de
Grace toll bridge until “sometime
early in August,” State Roads Com
mlssion officials disclosed yesterday.
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Senator Wheeler Has'
Commanding Lead for
His Fourth Term
Outdistances His Rival
For Nomination in
Montana Primary
By the Associated Press.
HELENA, Mont., July 17.—Isola
tionist Burton K. Wheeler, seeking
renomination by Montana Demo
crats for a fourth term in the
United States Senate, outdistanced
Attorney General Harrison J. Free
boum today as additional returns
from yesterday’s primary election
were tallied.
Senator Wheeler, now attending
the national Democratic convention
at Chicago, established a lead with
the reporting of the first precinct.
Free bourn, under indictment on a
Federal income tax evasion charge,
campaigned as a Townsend Plan
champion. ~
Returns from 510 of Montana's
1,195 precincts gave: Wheeler,
44,256: Freebourn, 12,201.
E. K. Cheadle, Jr., Shelby, former
Republican State chairman, led in
a three-way race for the Republican
senatorial nomination.
Miss Jeannette ftankin of Mis
soula. the first woman elected to
Congress and a nationally known
peace advocate, maintained a slight
edge over Dr. Jacob Thorkelson
of Butte, the incumbent, in the
race for the Republican nomination i
for first district Congressman.
Returns from 143 of the district’s
414 precincts gave: Rankin, 2,493;
Thorkelson, 2,374,
Lt. Gov. Hugh Adair, Helena,
appeared to be spoiling the come
back attempt of former Representa
tive Jerry J. O'Connell, Hamilton.
Adair was well ahead of both O’Con
nell and Mike Mansfield, Missoula,
in the race for the Democratic nom
ination for first district Congress
man.
Returns from 185 of the district’s I
—.— - -- — - _
1414 precincts gave: Adair, 7,721;
O’Connell, 0,465; Mansfield, 5,148.
Representative James F. O’Con
nor, Livingston, was unopposed for
Democratic renomination in the sec
ond district. Melvin Holness, Bill
ings, led William M. Ruff corn, Glas
gow, for the Republican nomina
tion.
Gov. Roy E. Ayres of Lewistown,
seeking Democratic renomination,
took a slight lead over Arthur F.
Lamey, Havre attorney and State
Democratic chairman, in the hot
test of the State races.
Mayor Charles Hauswlth of Butte
and Sam C. Ford, Helena attorney,
were battling to lead a field of five
in the race for the Republican gu
bernatorial nomination.
John A. Kendrick Named
Aide at District Court
Announcement was made today
of the appointment of John A. Ken
drick, 604 Whittier street N.W., as
assistant clerk to Assignment Com
missioner John H. Sullivan at Dis
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by recent promotions in the assign
ment commissioner’s office.
Mr. Kendrick, a native Washing
tonian, is attending George Wash*
ington University Law School. Prior
to his appointment in the assign*
ment commissioner’s office he served
tor six months in the office ot the
register ot wills. Previously he had
been employed in a clerical capacity
with the Acacia Lite Insurance Co.
He is a graduate ot Roosevelt High
School.
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