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Editorial Comment
Divided, but Tends
• it*
To Back Pershing
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^jCol. Lindbergh Receives
“ Rough Treatment, but
^-Post-Dispatch Lauds Him
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Bs th* Associated Press.
--Editorial comment on the Perahing
J,indbergh speeches included:
; NEW YORK SUN: The important
Jhing about the speeches of Gen.
fershing and Col. Lindbergh is not
Jhe wide divergence of their points
t>f view', but their close agreement
tn the necessity for rapid and com
plete American rearmament. * * *
farticipationists and isolationists
meet here on common ground.
:NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE:
33iis paper believes with Gen.
Pershing that Congress should act
to release these vessels (Pershing
UJrgpd release of at least 50 over
age American destroyers to the
British). • * * It Is folly to husband
Jor remote, uncertain or theoretic
contingencies men-of-war which if
put in the hands of the British now
$ould do more for the actual defense
of the country than they are ever
Cicely to do under later and more
desperate circumstances.
Lindbergh’s Stand Upheld.
" ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
CInd.): Col. Lindbergh's address was
in sharp contrast to Gen. Pershing’s
plea for an act of wrar. Some of
his opinions may draw dissent, but
how can any one deny his state
ments that the problems of Europe
cannot be solved by America, that
historic forces are at work on the
Continent which no outside influ
ence can halt, that American opin
ion is definitely against involve
ment? This is stark realism, per
haps unpalatable to many of the
unthinking, but surely a safer guide
than the arguments of those who
insist the war can be won for Brit
ain and America can be made se
pure, by giving away 50 or 60 or our
destroyers.
BOSTON POST (Ind.-Dem.): Of
ficers of our navy do not agree
Wholly with the British that these
destroyers are a tactical necessity
for the defense of the British Isles.
They point out that they are vul
nerable to air attack * * *.
* * * Senator Walsh quickly put
his finger on the crux of the sit
uation when he replied to Per
shing's speech with the statement
that such a sale to England would
be an act of w'ar.
Pershing, ‘ same Old Hooey.
DENVER POST (Ind.) — Gen.
Pershing says that "by sending help
to the British, we can still keep the
war on the other side of the Atlantic
Ocean.'’ He declares that “tomor
row may be forever too late to keep
war from the Americas.” That is
the same kind of hooey which was
- fed to the American people to get
them into the World War.
MILWAUKEE JOURNA L—Is
Gen. Pershing being used as a front
by the interventionists' * * * It is
evident that some force is arrang
ing things. * * * We have reached 1
the propaganda stage.
Gen. Pershing would never send
an expeditionary force * * * but
he would launch us on a course
that might make an expeditionary
force a certainty.
Dangerous as it is to tag any man
or any speech with one word, the
simple truth is that Lindbergh’s
speech sounded like a plea for
“appeasement.” Col. Lindbergh,
It is plain, does not understand
America.
Lindbergh-Nazi Propaganda.
DALLAS NEWS (independent):
Following Herr Hitler's final appeal
to reason to the British people,
Charles A. Lindbergh makes his
third appeal to the American public.
The two are cut from the same bolt
of shoddy ideas and shibboleths.
* * * and the Lindbergh harangue
could not have been more timely nor
inspired if it had been issued by the
ministry of enlightenment and prop
aganda in Berlin.
The United States, with more than
300 destroyers, or more than all the
rest of the world combined, could
easily spare 50 to be sold to Can
ada or England and be commanded
by British crews already available.
Such a move might turn the tide
of the war in England's favor and
thus save us trouble later. But it
must be made soon to be effective.
Wishes of President.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Two
pieces of evidence convince us that
the Pershing speech voiced the
wishes of President Roosevelt in
this matter. • * * How much can w'e
spare out of a Navy that’s only
half big enough? * * * Ife we have to
fight iHtler some day, as we may,
why in heaven's name should we
accommodate him by sending out
worships within reach of his bomb
ers based on his land airfields, in
stead of compelling him to come
over and fight us within reach of
OUR bombers based on OUR land
airfields? *
CLEVELAND NEWS (Republi
can): Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
now stands foursquare for the ap
peasement of Adolf Hitler. * * * He
thus associates his personal pres
tige with the Communists, the
American Nazis and all other ele
ments of the, so far, poorly organ
ized fifth column in America. Tire
News is bound to believe that this
is the fruit of ignorance, rather
than design.
Guardsman Called Back
To Be With Sick Son
William B. Shanahan, a District
National Guardsman, was on his
■way back to Washington today from
the Guard training camp near Can
ton, N. Y., to be at the bedside of
his 12-vear-old son at Providence
Hospital.
Frantic efforts by his wife to
reach Mr. Shanahan were finally
successful last night and the Guards
man. a sergeant in the 104th Quar
termaster Corps, was granted leave.
The child. William B„ jr„ was
taken to Providence on Sunday.
Not until yesterday was Mr.
Shanahan located and notified of
his son's illness. The child was
operated on for a bone infection in
his leg.
Today, the boy was said to be in
Improved condition, although doctors
described him as a "very sick child.”
His mother has been keeping a con
stant vigil by his side.
Mr. Shanahan is a Patent Office
employe and lives at 1109 Staples
• street NJS.
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Million Missourians
Expected to Vote in
Hot Primary Today.
Truman-Stark-Miiligan
Contest for Senator
Feature Attraction
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 6.—A vote up
ward of a million was expected
today in the Missouri primary elec
tion. following one of the hottest
campaigns in years.
Feature attraction was -the con
test for the Democratic nomination
for United States Senator in which
Senator Truman faced stiff opposi
tion from Gov. Lloyd C. Stark and
Maurice M. Milligan. All three are
New Deal supporters.
Senator Truman, who became
Missouri's junior Senator with the
support of "Boss" Tom Pendergast *
once-powerful Kansas City political
organization, campaigned on na
tional issues and his record.
Pendergast Inactive.
Interspersed with attacks on each
other, Gov. Stark and Mr. Milligan,
who as Federal district prosecutor
sent Pendergast to prison on an
income tax conviction, assailed.Sen
ator Truman's candidacy as a con
tinuation of Pendergast influence
Pendergast was denied active
participation in politics under terms
of his probation from the peni
tentiary.
Republicans, who in November
will knock again at Democrat-filled
offices, also concentrated their in
terest in the senatorial race. There
seven candidates, including Ewing
Y. Mitchell, former Assistant Secre
tary of Commerce in the Roosevelt
administration, vied for the nomina
tion.
Clash for Governor.
Other Republican races were quiet,
but scrappy Democrats dished up a
good sideshow attraction in their
gubernatorial contAt. In it, there
was a rural vs. urban clash between
State Senator Allen McReynolds of
Carthage and Lawrence McDaniel,
St. Louis excise commissioner.
Senator McReynolds hurled the
machine issue into the campaign,
charging Mr. McDaniel, w'ho was
supported by St. Louis Mayor
Bernard Dickmann’s City Hall or
ganization, of being “boss-con
trolled." Other candidates ..were
Circuit Judge Fred Frankenhoff.
who stumped for higher old-age
pensions, and Guy Runnion, a |
political unknown.
Quiet Kansas Primary
Has Little Party Spirit
TOPEKA. Kans., Aug. 6 (A*).—
Local issues and candidates caused
the only perceptible stir in Kansas
primary balloting today.
Major figures on the State and
national tickets made no apparent
effort to awaken party spirit.
Gov. Payne Ratner, Republican,
seeking a second term, accepted in
vitations—and discussed defense and
the need for Christian living if
democracy is to survive, but not
how he'd like to be Governor again.
His opponents. Jay A. \Yelch.
Haddam banker, and Clarence D.
Lane. Wichita pickle manufacturer,
didn’t even do that.
Neither did W. H. “Bill” Burke,
Little River grain and stockman
and former internal revenue col
lector for Kansas, nor his lawyer
rival for the Democratic nomination,
S. L. Mathew's, Kansas City.
Neither senatorial seat is at stake.
Of seven House members, only
Representative Guyer, Republican,
has opposition. The 1st district
incumbent is opposed by Miss Chloe
Matteson, Kansas City.
Less than half of the State’s 850.- [
000 registered voters are expected
to drift to the polls.
Montgomery Tax Bills
Will Go Out Tomorrow
The first tax bills based on the
recently completed general reassess
ment in Montgomery County will go
out to property owners tomorrow,
County Treasurer John B. Diamond
announced today.
The first group will include bills
for the entire county except for
Takoma Park and parts of the Be
thesda and Wheaton districts, a
total of about 45.000 bills. The tax
bills for Takoma Park and parts of
Wheaton and Bethesda, about 20.000
in all. will go out in about two weeks,
Mr. Diamond said.
The new property valuation
amounts to about $125,000,000, an
increase of nearly $20,000,000 over
the previous year, including public
utilities. The general reassessment
was the first in 12 years.
Mr. Diamond explained that the
taxes were due July 1, but that no
interest will be charged until Octo
ber 1. It is planned to get the bills
out early in July next year to give
taxpayers more time to make pay
ments. Due to the new State law
requiring the budget to be adopted
and the tax rate set by April 1, in
stead of June 1, they could have been
sent out earlier this year had it not
been for the delay caused by the
reassessment, he explained.
W. F. Wood, Newspaper
Machinery Director, Dies
| By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Washington
Fernando Wood, 70, last surviving
son of Fernando Wood. New York’s
Mayor during the Civil War, died
yesterday. He was a director of the
Wood Newspaper Machinery Corp.
of New York and in earlier years was
with the Linotype Co. of London,
where he was governor of the
American Club.
His brothers were Henry A. Wise
Wood, inventor of modern high
speed newspaper presses; Benjamin
Wood, manufacturer of newspaper
dry mats, and Otis Fenner Wood,
founder of the Otis F. Wood news
paper Syndicate.
Public Library Displays
Thomas Nast's Works
A collection of the works of
Thomas Nast, the cartoonist, is now
being shown at the Public Library,
having been prepared by Leo Pascal
of the National Archives.
Mr. Nast, whose penwork was
rated among America's best, was the
creator of the ’’Tammany tiger.”
Halibut Lives Long
The life span of the halibut is
about the same as for humans. The
largest halibut are 40 to 60 years of
age or older. They do not reproduce
until they are about 10 yean old. I
THEY’VE GOT TO BE PERFECT—Maj. E. H. de Saussure of the
Front Royal, Va., remount depot Is shown measuring the height
of a horse that .wants to jQin the Army. A height of 15 to 16
hands Is the requirement.
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Capt. Sidney Michael, a critical veterinarian, examines a
horse’s teeth to determine its age as well as its general health.
The horse must be 4 to 8 years old when it enlists.
—Star Staff Photos.
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Professor at G. W. U.
And 11 Others Win
Citizenship Papers
Dr. and Mrs. Gamow
Among Those Passing
Tests at Rockville
Dr. George Gamow, professor of
theoretical physics at George Wash
ington University, and his wife, Dr.
Loubov Gamow, renounced their
Russian citizenship yesterday in
Montgomery County Circuit Court
and became citizens of the United
States. Ten others also were ad
mitted to citizenship.
Dr. Gamow was born in Odessa
and was graduated from the Uni
versity of Leningrad. His wife, a
native of Moscow, received her de
gree from the University of Moscow.
They were married in Moscow in
1931 and have a son, Igor, 4, who
was born in Washington. Their
home is at 4 East Thornapple street,
Chevy Chase, Md.
Both Dr. Gamow and his attrac
tive blond wife answered "No'’ when
asked during their naturalization
examination whether they were
Communists or anarchists.
"We are both glad to be in the
United States and become citizens
here.” Dr. Gamow said after taking
the oath of allegiance. He and his
wife came to this country in 1934
when he taught during the summer
at the University of Michigan. He
has been at George Washington
University since the fall of that
year.
■> Will Escape Fingerprinting.
Like the others who were granted ,
United States citizenship at the
hearing yesterday, they will escape
having to register and be finger
printed under the new alien law
requiring all aliens after August 27
to be fingerprinted and registered,
including those who have taken out
first citizenship papers.
Ten others admitted to citizenship
yesterday at Rockville and their
native countries were;
Germany—Siegfried LehnhofT, Ta
koma Park; Trude Rahn. Rockville,
and Lise Ethel Sommer, Bethesda.
Scotland — Mary Livingston
O'Meyer, Silver Spring.
Denmark — Svend Eric Jordan,
Chevy Chase.
Newfoundland — Gertrude Mabel
Dow-er Wolohon, Takoma Park.
Switzerland—Werner Karl Gabler,
Chevy Chase.
England—Ralph Edward Gibson,
Chevy Chase,
Canada—Jean Irenee Poirier, Gar
rett Park.
Italy—Angelo D’Amario, Gaithers
burg.
Five Denied Final Papers.
Five applicants were denied their
final papers yesterday for various
reasons, but it was indicated they
should soon be able to remove the
obstacles and be admitted to United
States citizenship.
All of the applicants were ques
tioned by Eugene E. Cole, natural
ization examiner of Justice Depart
ment, relative to their knowledge
of the United States form of gov
ernment and other matters touching
their fitness for citizenship. Judge
Stedman Prescott, who presided, also
questioned some of them.
New York State Club
To Lay Plans Tonight
The New York State Democratic
Club of Washington, Inc., plans to
commend President Roosevelt’s
choice of Edward J. Flynn as chair
man of the Democratic National
Committee at its meeting tonight,
according to Mrs. Eva Steimer, pres
ident of the club.
Action to be taken by the club in
the Democratic campaign also will
be discussed at the meeting, at 8:30
o’clock in the Willard Hotel.
Congress in Brief
Senate:
Continues debate on bill authoriz
ing President to order National
Guard and Army Reserves into
training. Noon.
Labor Committee considers House
approved amendments to Wagner
Act. 10:30 am.
Interstate Commerce Committee
considers nomination of Thad Brown
to Federal Communications Com
mission. 10 a.m.
House:
Debates bill to permit Federal
wire-tapping in defense cases. Noon.
Military Committee starts redraft
ing conscription bill. 10:30 am.
Ways and Means Subcommittee
continues study of excess profits tax
bill. 10 ia
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It's Harder for Horse Than Man
To Pass Army Requirements
Bv HENRY GEMMILL.
It i« harder for you to get in the
Army if you are a horse than if you
are a young man.
A steed who wants to enlist must
meet the stiffest requirements, al
though the Army is now conducting
an almost unprecedented recruiting
drive—trying to put thousands of
horses into uniform before snow
flies.
In this area Maj. E, H. de Saus
sure. operating from the remount
depot at Front Royal, Va„ is scurry
ing about from farm to farm inter
viewing agriculturists willing to con
script their horses. Accompanying
him is a critical veterinarian, Capt.
Sidney Michael, who examines teeth,
shanks, fetlocks, pasterns, rolling
eyes and flying manes. The two are
trying to fill a quota of 600 horse
enlistments for the area.
But during the three hours that a
reporter followed them through
Fairfax County, Va., yesterday, not
a single horse made the Army grade.
Beasts were dismissed because they
had curbs on the left hock (a leg
defect*, periodic opthalmia (an eye
trouble formerly known as moon
blindness!, broken cartileges in the
neck—or just because they were too
tall.
Tall Horse Is Terrible.
A lofty soldier is fine, but a tall
horse in the Army is terrible, Maj. de
Saussure explained, because a small
man might be assigned to ride him.
The soldier would have to toss a 100
pound saddle pack on the tall horse's
back, and would wrinkle the horse
blanket in the process. The wrinkled
blanket would make the animal’s I
back sore. .
This is equaled by what would
happen if the Army overstepped its
rule of admitting only horses of
conservative color, solid bay. brown,
black or chestnut. Imagine a geld
ing of more romantic hue and pat
tern galloping gallantly into battle.
A perfect target, it would be bombed
down.
If you have a horse friend of
military bent, advise him the re
quirements include the following:
Age 4 to 8 years—and teeth in
condition to prove it.
Height, 15 to 16 hands <60 to 64
inches), measured at the withers.
Weight, 950 to V200 pounds,
stripped.
Value not less than $150 and not!
more than $200.
The average enlisting horse leaves
a life of hunting, plowing, wagon
pulling or loafing. He enters a life
of rigorous discipline balanced by
good food, occasional exhausting
maneuvers under excellent horse
men, and the peril of death in battle.
Despite a widespread belief that
war is now mechanical, more horses
are needed than ever before—largely
to pull machines out of mud on
rainy days.
An Army horse is never retired.
He serves his Government as long
as he is fit and then he is shot.
Some live to be 40 years old. Two
of Gen. Pershing's former steeds.
30 and 31 years of age, still are
stationed at Front Royal. But few
live until they are 20, according to
Maj. de Saussure.
Heat and Flies as Bad as Attack
By Foe in Egyptian Desert
By JAMES ALDRIDGE.
WITH THE BRITISH FORCES
IN THE WESTERN DESERT IN
EGYPT, Aug. 6 (N.A.N.A.) (by
radio).—The observation post was
just over the sand ridge. You could
not go around the ridge so, to get
to the observation post, it was nec
essary to go over the ridge. You
never wanted to go over the ridge
because the Italians could see you
when you got on top, and, if you
stood there, you were like a moun
tain on a plain, and they could take
a shot at you.
It followed marked rocks between
sage brush that led to the ridge.
As everywhere here, you walked
crouched, with your tin hat on the
back of your head, and the marked
rocks, white under the sun, took
your eye away from the ridge be
fore you. But when you felt your
heels digging into sand, you knew
you were going up the ridge and
pretty soon would be on top.
I forgot the flies that crawled up
my nose and into my eyes and the
sand that swirled around and fol
lowed the marked rocks with a fixed
stare until I knew I was on top.
Then from somehere behind I
heard a battery roar in the evening,
air—two ‘‘twos' and a three-incher
w histled overhead just as I reached
the top.
A Bigger Ridge Ahead.
I wished they would stop. But
another two fired as I got into the
dip beyond the first rise and be
fore me was a bigger ridge where
the observation post was.
It was fairly safe going up this
ridge, for you were well hidden
from the Italians until you got on
top The Italians might have had
an observation post spying on this
observation post, but I nad to take
the risk. Marked white rocks went
straight up the ridge and I kept
stumbling .over sage brush as I hur
ried, crouching, uphill because I
had to keep my eyes glued to the
rocks and could not notice any
thing else. The one-two-three of
the batteries behind were going off.
Rocks led to the trench from
there up to a concealed and sand
bagged rise on top of the ridge.
With a crouch rush, I fell into the
pit there. “Hello,’’ some one said.
I looked up. It was a boy of about
23, sand-haired, with a slight beard,
very sunburned and with sores on
the backs of his hands. He was a
captain according to the pips on
his shoulder.
"Hello,” I said. "You know about
me?”
“Yes,” he said. “You are just in
time.”
“Anything doing?” I said,
straightening up.
“Keep down,” he said. “They can
see you when you do that. Yes,
there will be something doing.”
He was crouched before a break
in the sandbags with field glasses
before his eyes. The roar of our
guns came from behind—one, two,
three, one, two.
"Ours,” he said. Tunny the
M
Italians have not come back yet”
I crouched next to him and peered
through the hole and looked out
on the barren desert. There was
nothing In sight except a few sticks
of a burned-out Italian plane and
lorry.
“I thought I would see some
thing," I said.
"You will,” he said. "The air
batteries are just over on the ridge
about 2,000 yards away. Their ob
servation post is just on the nght,
1.000 yards away, and they have an
encampment camouflaged near the
battery. Wait till our 20-pounders
start on them.”
Let Them Have It.
Suddenly there was a flash and
roar from the ridge and, before
even we heard the high moaning
whistle overhead, we ducked.
‘There they go," said the young
captain. "Looking for our third
battery.”
The Italian guns roared and
flashed again—one, two; one, two,
three—and smoke puffed in the ail.
The captain on the field telephone
on whose box I was sitting, yelled
to battery headquarters, "That's
their battery on the ridge. You can
let them have it.”
He Swung around and fired at the
ridge. • There was another one. two.
three from our 20-pounders and two
from the Italians, then another two.
I heard them burst behind
“Now we might get it,’7 said the
boy “When our 20s open fire on
their 77s on the ridge, they usually
turn their stuff over here some-*
where.”
"Do they know that you are here?”
I asked.
"They've got an idea something is
around here. There tl»?y go.” *
There was a burst from our 20s
and almost immediately a column
of sand and rubble flashed from the
ridge before us. One-two, orw-two
three, and the ridge was covered
in a cloud of dust. Then, for a sec
ond, it was strangely silent. There
was no noise at all. Suddenly a flat,
quick burst from somewhere in front
developed into an earth-shaking
boom on the right near our ridge.
"What's that? What’s that?” T
asked. •
"Their 77s. You are all right,” the
captain said.
There was another and another on
the same side and dust was flung
into the still hot air.
“That was something further
back,” the captain said.
He rang through and shouted
something to the battery and almost
immediately there was another
burst on the ridge before us. The
Italians came back immediately and
I saw the hot flash of the shell be
fore I heard it whistle. It landed a
hundred yards in front and brought
rubble and sand down nearby.
“They are getting near,” I shouted.
“You are all right,” smiled the
captain without taking his eyes
from his glasses.
A Personal Whistle.
I heard the whistle of the next
one, getting lower and lower in
Civilians Are Urged
To Submit Inventions
As Aid to Defense
Nation's Foremost
Scientists Gather
Here in Conference
The Nation's formost inventors—
members of the newly-formed Na
tional Inventors Council—held their
first meeting today in the Commerce
Department Building and discussed
means of encouraging inventions by
civilians for use In national defense.
The council is composed of noted
inventors and Industrialists with
wide experience in the industrial ap
plication of inventions who have
offered their services to the Gov
ernment during the national emer
gency.
Today's session, which was closed
to newsmen, was presided over by
Dr. Charles F. Kettering, president
of the General Motors Research
Corp. Ten of the council's 12 mem
bers were present.
They included Conway P. Coe,
commissioner of patents; Dr. Wil
liam D. Coolidge, director of the
General Electric Research Labora
tories; Frederick M. Feiker. dean of
the George Washington University
School of Engineering; Dr. Fin
Sparre, director of research for the
Du Pont Corp.; Lawrence Langner,
patent attorney of New York City;
Dr, Thomas Midglev. vice president
of the Ethyl Gasoline Corp.; Watson
Davis, director of Science Service;
Fred M. Zeder, vice president ol the
Chrysler Corp., and Dr. Weoster N.
Jones, dean of engineering, Carnegie
Institute.
Dr. Orville Wright, co-inventor
of the airplane, and George Baeke
land. vice president of the Bakelite
Corp., were unable to attend.
The council expects to hold fre
quent meetings during the next; few
weeks as the program of the group
is widened.
Creation of the council, Secretary
of Hopkins has pointed out, was
prompted by the need for a cen
tral agency to appraise Inventions
of the civilian population other than
in the Patent Office, to which ap
plications for official patents must
be made.
The council will co-operate closely
with the National Defense Research
Committee, which is in charge of
Dr. Vannevar Bush, president of the '
Carnegie Institution here.
tone until it sounded personal and
as though directed toward my ears.
I did not hear the explosion. All I
remember is sand flashing into my
eyes.
"I'm hit! I'm hit!” I shouted.
I heard the captain's voice saying,
“You are all right.'you are all right!
It was miles away.”
I was on the ground, spitting out
sand and rubbing my eyes. “I want
to get out of this.” I said.
“You are all right. They are no
where near us. They don’t even
know we are here and they are rot
ten shots anyway.”
There was another one-two-three.
“Can I leave this place now?” I
asked.
“No. no. You would get popped.
Stay here.”
There was a double roar from
behind, from forward and from
nearby. It repeated itself. The
captain suddenly shouted above the
roar, “We have got one of their
77s. I'm sure of if. We've got one.”
Silence Then.
Then there was silence. The guns
had been roaring and they all
stopped together: it was as quiet
as death and there was the cap-,
tain's voice alone in the air, "I'm
sure we got one,” sounding tre
mendous.
“It’s all over,” I said.
“Maybe, maybe,” he said. “It’s
getting hard to see.”
The captain was already ringing
.the battery to tell them he thought
they had got a 77. I took a look
over the silent, dirty stretch of
desert to the next ridge where the
Italians were. Dust was still in the
air and white rocks could be picked
out in the sand and I noticed the
flies again on my nose and in my
eyes.
“Do you suppose I can leave
now?” I asked.
“I think so,” the captain said.
“It’s pretty tough the first time, but
you get used to it.”
“Well, 111 be going,” I said.
“Yes, yes,” he said. “It's been
nice having you for our little, show.”
I crouched as I got out of the
dugout. The captain leaned over
and said, “If you get to the major,
tell him I think we bagged a 77 in
tonight's show.”
"Is that all?” I asked.
“That’s all,” said the captain, |
Lindbergh Attacked
As Fifth Columnist
By Senator Pepper
Lucas, in Radio Speech,
Expresses 'Amazement'
At Flyer's Complacency
By ihe Associated Pre*».
Taking issue with Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh's suggestion for
American ‘‘co-operation" with Ger
many if she wins the war, Senator
Pepper, Democrat, of Florida has
termed the aviator “the chief of
the fifth column in this country.”
Senator Pepper replied in the
Senate yesterday to Col. Lind
berghs Sunday speech at a Chicago
peace rally, about the time Senator
Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana,
criticized Gen. John J. Pershing
for proposing that at least 50
American destroyers be made
available to Great Britain. Sen
ator Wheeler told the Senate that
the suggestion is “a step toward
war.”
Senator Lucas. Democrat, of Illi
nois followed Senator Pepper's criti
cism of Col. Lindbergh with a radio
speech last night in which he said
he was “not only amazed, but some
what shocked, by Col. Lindberghs
attitude of complacency toward
Adolf Hitler.”
Recalls Nazis Honored Lindbergh.
Senator -Pepper told his colleagues
that within a short time “the Amer
ican people will have to decide
whether they are going to follow
the chief of the fifth column in
this country—Col. Lindbergh—or
are going to follow Gen. Pershing.
Recalling that a “cross of recog
nition and merit” had been be
stowed on Col. Lindbergh by Mar
shal Goering, Senator Pepper said
Gen. Pershing never received a
medal from the “head of the Ger
man Air Corps.”
Senator Lee, Democrat, of Okla
homa said that if Col. Lindbergh
“had not earned the German medal
when it was presented to him, he
has by now earned it.”
“Warmongering,” Says Holt.
Closing the discussion. Senator
Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia
said that “if we turn back the pages
of history to 1917 we find that
almost the same utterances were
made against Col. Lindbergh's dis
tinguished father, Congressman
Lindbergh, who voted against enter
ing war. I fear the same result
(entry into war) may-come from
the warmongering.'
Discussing Gen. Pershing's pro
posal. Chairman Pittman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee suggested the possibility of
trading destroyers for British bat
tleships, which he said appeared to
be of little practical use in North
Sea battles.
“No one can doubt the soundness
of his (Pershing's) statement that
‘if the destroyers help save the
British fleet they may save us from
the danger and hardships of an
| other war,’ ” Senator Pittman said.
New Mexico Tourists
New Mexico's recently announced
tourist statistics for 1939 show the
best travel year in its historv. More
than nine times the total of its popu
lation visited the State.
Former Kaiser's
Grandson to Wed
Stepdaughter
By the Associated Press.
DOORN. The Netherlands (Via
Berlin), Aug. 6.—Former Kaiser
Wilhelm 2d announced todav the
engagement of his grandson, 24
year-old Prince Karl Franz Josef
von Preussen, and his stepdaughter,
22-year-old Princess Henriette
Schoenach-Carolath.
Princess Henriette is the youngest
daughter of the ex-Kaiser's second
wife, Princess Hermine. Prince
Karl is the son of the late Prince
Joachim, Wilhelm's sixth son. Karl
recently was awarded the iron cross.
The bride-to-be. who is at Doom
Castle, was affectionately known as
"Der General’’ when a youngster,
because she had a commanding way
with her stepfather.
Roosevelt Host Today
To 4 Pan-American
Conference Diplomats
President May Disclose
Plans for Inspection
Of Defense Points
Ey the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK. N. Y„ Aug. 6.—
Breaking off a brief period of rest
ful idleness at his Hudson Valley
home, President Roosevelt put on
today's calendar a press conference
and a luncheon for four Latin
Amerlcan delegates to the recent
Pan-American Conference in Ha
vana.
Reporters hoped to gain at the
press conference an outline of plans
for inspections .of national defense
operations. There were signs that .
the Chief Executive might start
off tomorrow on a survey like that
lie made in the Norfolk fVa.) area
last week and follow up with an
other at the close of the week.
Before the President left Wash
ington reports had spread that he
might take a look at Buffalo’s air
craft factories, the Army arsenal
at Watervliet, N. Y.; defenses for
New York City and Harbor and
the naval submarine base at New
London, Conn.
Invited to be luncheon guests of
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
were Dr. Tomas A. Salomoni, Para
guayan Foreign Minister; Dr. Leo
poldo Melo, head of the Argentine
delegation at Havana, and Senora
de Melo; Dr. Pedro Manini Rios,
Uruguayan chairman; Dr, Oscar
Schnake, Chilean Minister for De
velopment, and Senorde Schnake;
Joseph M. Patterson, publisher of
the New York Daily News, and Mrs.
Patterson and George T. Summer
lin, the State Department’s chief
of protocol.
The affair was described officially
as an informal social event. Specu
lation arose around the temporary
White House, however, whether it
might not produce some discussion
of the implementation of the
Havana agreement which forged
new' bonds of pan-American unity
and set up machinery for Joint
trusteeship over European posses
sions in the Western Hemisphere
I threatened with any change of
. ownership.
Plaque to Be Unveiled
A bronze plaque in honor of the
late Dr. Lewis Harvie Taylor. Wash
! ington surgeon and president of
Sibley Memorial Hospital, will be
j unveiled at the hospital next month.
Dr. Taylor died March 3 at his
home in Amelia County. Va. The
i plaque has been donated by the
j physicians and nurses of the hos
pital.
Rome
1 Continued From First Page.)
and shot down one British plane.
All Italian planes returned safely.
“In North Africa, during a clash
of advanced troops beyond the
| Cirenaican border, the enemy was
I put to flight, leaving two tanks in '
our hands. Two others were
destroyed.
“In East Africa one of our scout
ing planes failed to return."
A large squadron of Italian fight
ing planes reconnoitered Malta,
British Mediterranean island strong
hold. shortly before noon yesterday,
reported Stefani, official Italian
news agency, apparently in elabora
tion of the terse communique.
Planes Try to Escape.
“Over Gozo (one of the Maltese
; islands) three English monoplanes,
i spotted by our formation, attempted
to fly away to avoid a fight,” the
agency said.
“Two escaped but a third, reached
by one of our patrol planes which
left its group, had to engage in
combat.
“Hit several times, the enemy
plane was seen by our chasers to
drop. Our chaser formation then
carried out undisturbed reconnais
sance over objectives which had
been assigned to it and, after flying
over the island for about 20 min
utes. returned to its base with all
planes."
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau )
of Columbia—Local showers and thunderstorms this after
! Sl^dto“no?hw«™.1"Mr*"y “ ,M C“ler;
. . Maryland-Local showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and
slightly ’ cixiler.' 7 C°°lei m interior lonight; tomorrow generally fair.
tonitrhKt^81 ,showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and
nir.nHv-’^Sl^phty C00lfr ,in west and north portions tonight; tomorrow
2uth ’porUon- *“ &1 8nd n°rth portions’ and with local showers in
tnr,i^eSti7^?imia_',L°Cal showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and
seossr pon'<’n toni8hi: '°™n°* 8ener,"i'
n iruugn or low pressure is moving
eastward over the Lower Lake region, Syra
cuse. N Y.. 1014.6 millibars (29.96 inchest,
e*tendln« southwestward to
the Ohio Valley. Pressure continues high,
but tailing slowly over the Middle Atlantic
States and North Carolina. Norfolk. Va .
1 O'. 1 .o millibars (.10.15 inchest. Another
t\!*tUPrtssure area is moving eastward over
the Plains States and the Upper Mississippi
Valley Sioux City. Iowa. 1026.1 millibars
(10.10 inches). During the last 24 hours
showers have occurred in the Southern
Rocks Mountain region. Arizona, the South
ern Plains States, the Lake region, the
South Atlantic States, along the Gull coast
and at widely scattered points .n the Mid
dle Atlantic and North Atlantic States and
the Middle Mississippi Valley. Tempera
tures have fallen In the Middle and South
ern Plains States, the Upper Lake region
and the Upper Mississippi Valley.
Report for Last 24 Hours.
Temperature, Barometer.
Yesterday— degrees. inches.
4 p m. __ 8.1 30.11
X p.m. _ 75 30.11
Midnight _ 75 30.11
Today—
4 a m._. 75 30.08
R a m. _' 70 30.08
Noon - 86 30.05
Record for Last 24 Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 87, at 12:15 p.m. yesterday.
Year ago. 56.
Lowest. 75, at 3 am. today. Year
ago, 67.
Record Temperature Thii Year.
Highest. 100. on July 27.
Lowest, 7. on January 20.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
. Today. Tomorrow.
High - 0:40 a m. 10:31a.m.
k?* - 4:07 a.m. 4:58 a.m.
High -10:12 p.m. 11:04 p.m.
Low - 4:32 p.m. 5:20 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
„ . . Rises. Seta.
Sun. today _ 5:12 714
Sun. tomorrow _ 5:13 7 11
Moon, today- 8:27 a.m. 8:56 p.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1940. Ave. Record.
January _ 2.12 3.55 7.83 '37
February _ 2.77 3.27 6.84 *84
March_ 3.42 3.75 8.84 '91
April_ 6.19 3.27 9.13 '89
May__ 3.10 3.70 1 0.69 '89
June - .86 4.13 10.84 '00
July _ 5:73 4.71 10.63 '86
August _ 0.06 4.01 14.41 '28
September _ ... 3.24 17.45 '34
October - 2.84 8.81 '37
November_ 2.37 8.68 '89
December___ 3.32 7.66 '01
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Humidity for Last 24 Houra.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
tod“y.heSt’ 84 per centl st 12:30 am.
lowest, 49 per cent, ‘at noon yesterday.
River Report.
uur^omai? 3nd Shenandoah Rivers clear if
g?eraPt"kf,esrrty„daPy0t0mac ll
Weather in Various Cities.
R.r„_ „T*a?b Raln
.... Barom. High.Low fail. Weather.
*lKIene— 30.03 100 72 Cloudy
Albany 30.00 86 72 Ram
Atlanta30 ]■> on 2.7 ,,Rain
Atl City . 30.09 So 73 o il c'loudJ
Baltimore 30.09 88 75 rmnSJ
Birm gham 30.00 m 70 - C ea?7
ssp: » n n §§
Butte° " ZU IS 4S ° =7 giSS?7
c&'on 38:11 SS Ik °o-M
Cincinnati 30.00 oh 74 Cloudy
Cleveland 30.00 80 70 0.75 Rain
Davenport 30.18 93 61 . Cloudy
Denver 30.18 71 54 _ C ou6y
Des Moines 30.24 81 55 C oud*
Detroit __ 30.00 80 66 2.33 Cloudy
? Faso ._ 30.(1.) 93 70 Cloudy
S?‘v"ton - 29 83 93 79 0.01 Cloudy
Huron .to. *2# <0 f»ft Clear
Ind'anolis 30.06 95 72 Coudy
Jacksville 30,12 93 71 0.30 clear
Kans. City 30.21 92 64 _ Clear
Los Angeles 30.00 86 59 _ Clear
Louisville 30.06 Cloudy
Miami 30.03 91 80 I” Cloudy
Mpis.-St.P. 30.24 77 95 CleS?
N. Orleans 29.71 84 73 0.26 Rain
New York. 30.00 84 72 0.07 Cloudy
Norfolk 30.15 92 72 Cloudy
Okla, City. 30.12 100 68 0.12 Cloudy
Omaha 30.30 75 57 Cloudy
Philalphia 30.09 90 74 I” c Sudy
Phoenix 29.83 105 81 _ C oudy
Pittsburgh 30.03 92 70 Cloudy
Portl’d. Me 29.97 87 66 Cloud*
Portl'd. Or. 29.97 95 65 Clear
Raleigh _ 30.12 95 72 0,03 Clear
St. Louis 30.12 95 70 0.34 Cloudy
Salt Lake C. 29.94 94 64 ... Cloudy
S. Antonio 29 94 100 77 _ Cloud*
8an Diego 20.97 75 64 ~ Cloud*
San Fr isco 30.03 75 49 Cloud*
Seattle . 30.00 85 66 _ Clear7
Spokane.. 29.97 9(1 63 ~ ' Clear
Tampa 30.06 89 74 0.31 Clear
Washington 30.06 86 75 0.06 Cloudy
FOREIGN STATIONS.
(Noon, Greenwich time, today.)
. Temperature. Weether.
Horta (Payal), Azores.. 76 Cloudy
(Current observations.)
Rlco- Si Cloudy
Havana. Cuba - 78 Cloudy
Colon, Canal Zone_ 77 Cloudy
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