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86th YEAR. No. 35,165._ WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1940—-THIRTY PAGES. ** THREE CENTS.
Massed Stukas Renew Attacks
On Balloon-Guarded Convoys;
Terror Bombs7 Rain on Town
Widespread Raids '
Over Britain Meet
Stiff Resistance
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. Aug. 10.—German
Stukas, power-diving at 400 miles
an hour, unloaded explosives in
mass attacks today on British ships
protected by balloon barrages and
rained whistling bombs on coastal
Britain in heavy "terror” raids.
The Germans attacking the bal
loon-protected ships off the south
east coast were reported to have
been driven off without hitting
their targets by anti-aircraft fire.
(The Nazi high command
claimed destruction of 12 of
the big balloons, anchored to
the ships by long cables, in
Thursday's heavy air fighting
over the English Channel.) -
Aiming one of the biggest as
saults of the war that the north
west coast has experienced, the
Nazis dropped a dozen whistling
bombs, whose ear-splitting screech
ing frightens as well as does dam
age.
Heavy explosive bombs showered
on another sector in that area
killed four persons, injured two and
. dan*aged residential property but
missed military objectives.
Two men were killed and a num
ber injured in a raid on a northeast
coastal town.
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Fire.
In a second raid on shipping off
the southeast coast, German bom
bers ran into heavy anti-aircraft
fire, hurriedly deposited three bombs
which missed their mark and scur
ried back toward France.
Raids last night and early today
caused an unannounced number of
casualties as the Nazi planes un
loaded their bombs on scattered ob
jectives. Four persons were killed
In one northwest coastal town alone.
A single German plane bombed
and machine-gunned a southeast
town, causing several casualties.
The plane dropped 12 bombs before
It fled with British fighters in pur
suit.
Fifteen to twenty houses were j
damaged by bombs in another town
in the same area.
A terse communique said the at
tacks were "spread over many dis
tricts” and acknowledged there had
been “some” fatalities.
Areas in Wales and in Northwest,
Northeast, Southwest and Southeast
England were visited by the raiders.
The communique mentioned the de
atruction of a number of houses, but
gave no other hint as to the extent
of the damage.
At one town in Southeast England
a lone Nazi plane dropped four large
bombs and then fled heavy anti
aircraft fire.
Another town in the southeast
was rocked by tremendous explo
sions as bombs fell in two places
ashore and others off the coast.
At least seven bombs were dropped
In the sea off a northeast coast
town and others fell on a nearby
golf course. There wrere no casual
ties and broken windows were the
only damage.
Several Houses Wrecked.
Several houses were wrecked when
a bomb fell ifl a garden in still an
other northeastern town, blasting a
crater 20 feet deep. An air raid
shelter only five yards away re
mained intact and the occupants
were unhurt.
The text of the Air Ministry’s
communique:
“During last night enemy air
craft made bombing attacks which
were spread over many districts. In
a town in the northwest of England
bombs destroyed several houses and
caused casualties, some of which
were fatal.
“At a number of places in the
southeast and at a few places in
the northeast, the southwest and in
Wales bombs caused damage to
houses. The casualties in these
areas were few but included one
person killed.”
Munitions Plant Bombed,
Nazi Command Reports
BERLIN. Aug. 10 OP).—'The great
British munitions works at Faver
sham, the Pobjoy aircraft works at
Rochester and government shipyards
at Sheerness and Chatham on the
Thames were bombed, the high com
mand announced today, in a re
sumption of large scale raids on
England.
Great fires and explosions re
sulted from attacks yesterday at
Haversham and at Rochester, in
Kent, the high command said, while
“a great number of bombs of all
calibers” hit the two shipyards in
Kent where Britain repairs damage
done to her ships.
Great damage also was done to
the docks of England's big East
Coast seaport at Newcastle, the high
command added, and a runway of
the airport at Bristol, in the south
east, was reported destroyed.
The sinking by submarine of an
other ship of 8,700 tons was claimed.
Totaling their own victories in
deiense against air attacks, the Ger
mans said 1,500 “enemy” planes had
been brought down by anti-aircraft
fire since the start of the war. Two
British planes were shot down yes
terday.
Richmond Man Slays
Estranged Wife and Self
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va„ Aug. 10.—Police
Sergt. Clifton Nash said today Wal
ter Harris, about 30. shot and killed
his wife. Mrs. Lucille Harris. 27.
and then shot himself to death
shortly after midnight in the- hall
of an apartment building on North
Sheppard street.
Sergt. Nash said City Coroner J.
H. Scherer returned a verdict of
murder and suicide.
The couple, both of whom were
slain with a shotgun, had been
separated for about four weeks,
Sergt. Nash reported.
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Japanese Army Asks Control
As British Quit Shanghai Area
Tokio Extends Blockade, Masses
More Troops Near Indo-China
By the Associated PreBs.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 10.—A demand
that the British defense sector in
Shanghai be transferred to Jap
anese control to meet “the actual
situation” created by British troop
withdrawals was voiced to^y by
the newspaper Tairuku Shimpo, re
garded as the mouthpiece of the
Japanese Army in China.
Declaring that Britain had been
forced to make “sweeping changes
in her Par Eastern policy,” tne
paper said:
"No matter on what grounds the
British withdrawal is based, there
is no doubt that the British have
accepted Japan's demands for with
drawal of armed forces of European
belligerents from Japanese-occupied
areas in China.”
Japanese naval authorities, mean
while, proclaimed extension of their
blockade of the China coast by speci
fying a number of areas on the
Fukien coast which would be closed
to navigation August 15.
Strained Japanese-British rela
tions appeared eased by the British
withdrawal, but Chinese quarters
found fresh cause for anxiety in re
ports of threatening Japanese troop
(See. SHANGHAlTPage A-6.)
Cudahy, Called Home,
Flies to Lisbon to
Catch Clipper
London Press Headlines
U. S. Reprimand for
Famine Statement
Bj the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 10.—John Cudahy,
United States Ambassador to Bel
gium who created a sensation in
London by advocating that- the
United States feed Nazi-occupied
countries, left by plane for Lisbon
today en route to the United States,
to which he had been called home
to report to President Roosevelt.
London newspapers, which have
been attacking Mr. Cudahy bitterly
for the remarks he made in a re
cent interview, headlined the news
of his recall and reprimand yester
day by the State Department.
The Daily Mail today quoted Mr.
Cudahy as saying “I do not retract
one word from what I said.” The
Ambassador told the Associated
Press last night that ‘‘I have no
comment to make.”
The Daily Mail said Mr. Cudahy
asserted “undue publicity” had been
given his remarks.
He had said Belgium and other
German-occupied territories now
blockaded by the British Navy would
face famine this winter if they did
not receive food from America. He
also commented favorably on the
conduct of the German Army of
occupation.
Friend See End of Career.
The Daily Mail quoted a friend
of Mr. Cudahy as saying “Mr.
Cudahy knows he is to be censured
and that may mean the end of his
diplomatic career.
“In these circumstances, it is
likely that instead of remaining in
the United States, he would come
back to Europe to help with relief
work, in which he is deeply in
terested.”
The Daily Mail said Mr. Cudahy
himself said:
“I have done my job and I re
turn to the United States with re
ports of great efforts being made
by Great Britain that should in
spire my countrymen.
“I leave confident that this little
country of yours will defend itself
to the last man and woman and
will never be conquered.
“The President knows that I am
on my way back to the United
States. I received certain instruc
tions from him when I left and I
am carrying them out.”
Mr. Cudahy left early this morn
ing by flying boat from a seadrome
"somewhere in England” and ex
pected to make quick connections
at Lisbon for a trans-Atlantic
plane.
Packed Bags Immediately.
An announcement at the United
States Embassy, where he gave the
much-discussed Interview, said his
departure was in line with his origi
nal plans when he came to London
on “personal business.”
The London papers said, how
ever, that Mr. Cudahy received aa
unexpected cable from President
Roosevelt yesterday afternoon at
Ambassador Joseph Kennedy’s
country home ordering him to re
turn immediately to the United
States.
In Washington the State De
partment yesterday reprimanded
Mr. Cudahy publicly and announced
he was being called home to report.
American circles in London gen
erally had understood Mr. Cudahy
planned to remain in England until
the middle of next week, then go
to Ireland, where he formerly was
United States Minister, and take a
direct British trans-Atlantic plane
from Foynes.
He is understood to have packed
his bags immediately upon receipt
of the cable, spent the night at the
Kennedy home and motored early
this morning to the airport.
Two Perish in $50,000
Chicago Factory Fire
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 10.—Two
workmen burned to death and 85
others fled to safety yesterday when
fire swept through a West Side cabi
net factory, causing damage esti
mated at $50,000.
Firemen found the bodies of
Henry Nacky, 55, and Anthony Ba
jorek, about 40, between a stairway
and a fire escape.
Edward Getz, an employe, said
the Are started when a short-cir
cuited electric fan ignited lacquer
fumes.
Press Says Germans
Can't Worry Over
Food for Conquered
Takes Rosy View of
Winter Prospects Except
In Occupied Areas
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Aug. 10—The Nazi press
took a rosy view today of Germany’s
winter food prospects, but was less
sanguine about occupied lands, over
which it said Germany could not be
expected to be too greatly con
cerned.
The papers said an adequate food
supply for Germany is assured, and
that even the Balkan crops, “’while
not record breakers,” are more than
sufficient to feed the southeast.
Statistics released by the Ru
manan Institute of Business Re
search said the Russian grab of
Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina
included 35 per cent of the Ru
manian wheat crop, 38 per cent of
barley, 53 per cent of rye and 23
per cent of corn—enough to have
supplied Germany’s import needs.
While emphasizing Germany’s
food prospects, the German papers
frankly were not optimistic about
the occupied countries, particularly
the Low Countries and Prance,
which they said were being pinched
by the British blockade.
First Obligation at Home.
Germany’s first obligation is to-:
ward Germans, the press asserted.
While Germany will be actuated by
humanitarian motives to some de
gree, she cannot be expected to con
cern herself too much over popula
tions which fought Germany and
now face want because they have
“ruined,’’ neglected or deserted their
own farms.
(This stand was emphasized
in a German broadcast ad
dressed to the United States and
heard today by C. B. S. in New
York, in which the Nazi propa
gandist known as "Okay” sug
gested Britain could avert "a
serious food shortage” without
aiding Germany by relaxing her
blockade of the Continent.
(After referring to a recent
British statement that sending
food to France “would relieve
Hitler of the necessity of sup
plying like relief to the peoples
of the countries he has occu
pied.” he then said:
(“Now, who in the world ever
(See FOOD, Page A-7.)
Kaiser's Grandson Interned
LONDON, Aug. 10 (/P).—Prince
Frederick of Prussia, 29, grandson of
former Kaiser Wilhelm and a lead
ing socialite in London before war
broke out last September, has been
interned under the aliens order, it
was disclosed today. It is under
stood that he has been sent to the
Isle of Man,
Swiss Sign Nazi Trade Pact
BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 10 UP).—
Signing of a German-Swiss trade
agreement was announced today, in
which Germany agreed to supply
Switzerland with coal for the win
ter—this country’s biggest worry
since the collapse of France.
R. A. F. Bombers
Blast Italians
In Somaliland
Column Advancing
Toward Britain's
'Main Positions'
By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 10.—Italian
motorized infantry and guns con
tinued their advance toward Brit
ain’s “main positions” in the hills
south of Berbera in Somaliland to
day, the British admitted, despite
heavy air attacks on Italian supply
ports and military concentrations.
At the same time Egypt hastened
steps to prepare for a possible co
ordinated Italian drive toward the
Suez Canal.
The British communique said, “The
Italian advance is continuing toward
our main positions.”
A previous announcement said
the Italians had been bombed as
they threaded their way through
Karrin Pass in the hot, barren slopes
Just east of Hargeisa, which the
Italians occupied early this week,
toward Berbera, principal British
port overlooking the Gulf of Aden.
Aden, 150 miles across the gulf,
was bombed fiercely this morning
by Italian raiders.
(Reports direct from Aden said
one soldier and three natives
were killed and 17 persons
wounded.)
Tobruk Harbor Raided.
In one of the biggest raids aimed
at Italian objectives yesterday, a
Royal Air Force communique said
bomb hits set afire an Italian vessel
and damaged other shipping in the
harbor at Tobruk, Libya, where Italy
supplies her forces.
British bombers, directed to their
objectives by reconnoitering French
pilots, also roared through heavy
anti-aircraft fire to shower bombs
on Italian positions near Hargeisa,
British Somaliland, where the
Italians were reported making prog
ress through the mountain passes
toward the coast.
(The Italians reported today
their troops had driven to a point
beyond Aduiens, east of Hargeisa
and in the Karrin Pass area.
The Italians said their bombers
raided Berbera itself, damaging a
ship m the harbor and setting
fire to two grounded British
planes.)
Massaua Bombed.
Another formation of British
bombers raided Massaua, Eritrea,
and reported direct hits on gun em
placements and several buildings in
that Red Sea port.
Still another attack was made on
the Italian airdrome at Neghelli,
Abyssinia, where two Italian Ca
proni bombers on the ground were
said to have been destroyed.
In the attacks on Italian troops
driving across British Somaliland,
the British reported countless bombs
rained on Italian anti-aircrafe posi
tions and troop columns in the Kar
rin Pass area, just east of Hargeisa
The British said all their planes
returned.
Karrin Pass is midway between
Hargeisa and Oadweina, towns
about 80 miles apart, which the
Italians captured last week in their
drive toward Berbera, the capital on
the Gulf of Aden. The pass is 70
miles south of Berbera.
Egypt Check* Defense*.
Egypt warned her people against
the mushrooming war of nerves al
ready being fought and simultan
eously checked all defenses against
the major military push the Ital
ians are expected to launch from
Libya.
Ready for active alignment with
Britain’s outnumbered African
forces the moment she is attacked,
Egypt’s regular army was ready to
swing into action; anti-aircraft and
coastal batteries were fully manned
and special police stood on guard
against Italian attempts to land
parachute troops Nazi-style.
While Italian troops in British
Somaliland were reported moving on
toward Berbera, this was regarded
as a “smoke screen” to draw atten
tion from the main attack massing
to the west.
Desert Section Quiet.
Latest British reports from the
Egyptian-Libyan desert said, “All
areas very quiet.” Marshal Rodolfo
Grazlani, Italy's North African
commander in chief, apparently was
concentrating his efforts on perfect
ing a supply system for his army.
The problem facing the Italians
was said to be that when Grazlani
moves, “all his Libyan resources
must move with him.”
Military observers pointed out that
water, food, gasoline and munitions
would have to be kept on the move
(See CAIRO, Page A-6.)
Summary of Today's Star
Page.
Amusements,
B-14
Church News,
A-10-11
Comics.. B-12-13
Editorials... A-8
Finance_A-13
Garden Pg. A-12
Page.
Lost, Found. B-7
Obituary_A-6
Real Estate,
B-l-7
Radio_ B-12
Serial Story. A-6
Society_A-7
Sports.. A-14-15
Foreign
Japanese may occupy British Shang
hai area. Page A-l
Nazi food prospects called good ex
cept in occupied areas. Page A-l
Massed Nazi Stukas attack Channel
convoys. Page A-l
R. A. P. bombers blast Italians in
Somaliland. Page A-l
National
Parley appointed chairman of Coca
Cola Export Corp. Page A-l
Cudahy, called home, flies to Lisbon
to catch Clipper. Page A-l
Conscription supporters oppose com
promise proposal. Page A-l
House leaders to speed excess prof
its legislation. Page A-l
Louisiana flood forces evacuation of
10,000. Page A-3
Washington and Vicinity
Navy orders Quantico Marines to
i Cuba for training. Page A-2
Defense tax evaders are saboteurs,
Legion Auxiliary told. Page A-2
Crash hurls couple 30 feet, killing
woman. Page A-16
Editorial and Comment
Answers to Questions. Page A-8
Letters to The Star. Page A-8
This and That. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-8
G. Gould Lincoln. Page A-9
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-9
Frederick Palmer. Page A-9
Will P. Kennedy. Page A-9
Sports
Low-hit games feature day in big
league baseball. Page A-14
Pastor’s pilot ired as Conn is fav
ored in odds. Page A-14
Murphy and Smith favored to win
D. C. net doubles title. Page A-1S
Helen Jacobs out to even net series
with Alice Marble. Page A-15
Miscellany
Nature’s Children. Page A-9
Vital Statistics. Page A-9
Service Orders. Page A-9
Bedtime Story. Page B-12
Letter-Out. Page B-12
Cross-Word Puzzle.. PaggB-13
Winning Contract. • Page B-13
Uncle Ray’s Comer. PageB-lgJ
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Another Version of “Dropping the Pilot."
Farley Named Head
Of Coca-Cola Firm's
Export Corporation
New Post Won't Interfere
With Impending Deal for
Yankees, Friends Say
Br the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON. Del., Aug. 10 —
James A. Farley, retiring Postmaster
General and chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, today
was appointed chairman of the
Coca-Cola Export Corp.
Robert W. Woodruff, chairman of
the Coca-Cola company’s board of
directors, announced Mr. Farley had
accepted a position “in charge of
all export business and particularly
of the expansion of our business in
foreign countries."
Mr. Farley’s resignation as Demo
cratic chairman becomes effective
August 17 and he leaves the cabinet
August 31.
Mr. Woodruff indicated the retir
ing Postmaster General would re
port here after a vacation and said
his headquarters would be in Wil
mington.
A company spokesman said Mr.
Farley has been "acquainted for
years” with Mr. Woodruff and that
his appointment climaxes discussion
between the two "over a considerable
period.”
It is up to Mr. Farley, the spokes
man added, to say whether he will
disclose his salary and when he will
start his new Job.
Reports have been current that
the retiring Democratic leader, who
bowed out of politics after his party’s
recent national convention, would
head a syndicate to purchase the
New York Yankees.
A Coca-Cola Co. official said he
did not believe Mr. Farley’s position
as head foreign salesman for the
soft drink would interfere with any
plans he might have about the base
ball team. He added, however, that
Mr. Farley must make this decision
himself.
In New York a close friend of Mr.
Farley said the new position in no
way would interfere with negotia
tions to buy the baseball property.
He added, in fact, that the transac
tion probably would be completed
next week.
"He has a substantial agreement
with the Yankees and there are
only a few matters to be ironed out,”
the friend said. "There is nothing
serious in the way of completing
the purchase.”
Mr. Farley and a group of uni
dentified associates have been re
ported to have offered approxi
mately $4,000,000 for the club.
Not Interested in Yankees,
A. A. Acklin, president of the
Coca-Cola company, said in Atlanta
the corporation has no interest in
Mr. Parley’s reported plans to ac
quire control of the Yankees.
Announcement of Mr. Farley’s new
connection with Coca-Cola Export
Corp. brought speculation in sport
circles that this connection might
lead to possible investment by Coca
Cola or some of its larger stockhold
ers in the baseball venture. The
company now owns the Atlanta club
of the Southern Association.
“We have no interest whatsoever
in Mr. Parley’s baseball plans,” Mr.
Acklin said. “His connection is with
the Coca-Cola Export Corp., and he
is to be purely in charge of export
operations.”
W. L. (Chip) Robert, secretary of
the Democratic National Commit
tee and a close friend of Mr. Parley,
is a Coca-Cola stockholder.
Mr. Parley has refused comment
on all questions concerning the deal.
Priends said his Coca-Cola position
would be his only business connec
(See PARLEY, Page A-6.)
2,900 U. S. Warplanes
Delivered to Britain
Br the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—The Brit
ish Purchasing Commission revealed
yesterday that 2,900 United States
airplanes already had been delivered
to Oreat Britain, and estimated at
1,000 to 1 Germany’s chanpes of
starving the British Isles by a block
ade.
The commission estimated at $2,
000,000,000 the value of war orders
already-placed by Great Britain in
the United States. It said'the figure
might oven exceed that amount with
Orders filed for 11,000 airplanes, in
cluding the 2,900 already delivered,
amounting to nearly 11,200,000,000. ,
Hole-in-One Golfer
Can't Boast; Wife
Scored Longer Ace
R» the Associated Press.
SCOTTS BLUFF, Nebr, Aug.
10.—Everett Stone, Scotts Bluff
High School principal, scored
a hole-in-one on a 135-yard
hole at Scotts Bluff Country
Club.
And why Isn't he bragging
about it around the house?
Well, Mrs. Stone scored an
ace earlier in the season on
the same course, but on a
longer hole.
U. S. Is Establishing
Listening Posts at
Dakar and Miquelon
Consulates at Airline
Hopping Off Point and on
Island to Be Reopened
Br the AMOCitted Preu.
The State Department disclosed
today that it was establishing diplo
matic listening posts at Dakar,
French West Africa, nearest point
in Africa to South America, and at
St. Pierre-Miquelon, French insular
possession off the coast of Canada.
An announcement of changes
ordered recently in the American
Foreign Service revealed that the
American consulate at Dakar, closed
in 1931 as part of an economy drive,
would be reopened shortly.
Dakar is the hopping off place
for France's trans-Atlantic air
service to South America when that
service, now dormant, is operating.
The State Department disclosed
also that the consulate at St. Pierre
Miquelon, which is south of New
foundland, would also be reopened.
This consulate was closed in Jan
uary this year for lack of business.
Back in prohibition days it .had
watched ship movements to detect
rum runners.
Regarding the Dakar consulate,
officials said the State Department
had been greatly handicapped on
the west coast of Africa since its
closing. There was no office within
a thousand miles of Dakar, they
said, and “the time seems to have
arrived when we should have repre
sentation there.”
The Dakar consulate will be re
opened as soon as Thomas C. Was
son of Newark, now consul at Vigo,
Spain, can reach there.
The St. Pierre-Miquelon consulate
will be reopened as soon as Mourice
Pasquet of New York can arrive
from Dairen, Manchuria, where he
is now vice consul.
The State Department disclosed
also that the staff of the Embassy
in Berlin was being increased in re
sponse to a request from Alexander
C. Kirk, charge d’affaires, for addi
tional help. Leland B. Morris of
Philadelphia, who has been consul
general at Vienna, has been desig
nated counsellor of the Embassy
and consul general at Berlin.
Administration Cool
To Compromise Talk
On Conscription
Maloney Claims Support
For Plan to Seek
Volunteers First
By the Associated Press.
Administration leaders turned a
cold shoulder today to talk of a
compromise in the Senate fight over
conscription.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the
Democratic floor leader, expressed
the opinion to reporters that con
scription and voluntary enlistments
could not be linked successfully in
such a system as that offered by
Senator Maloney, Democrat, of
Connecticut as a substitute for the
Burke-Wadsworth bill.
Senator Barkley also said he
thought opponents of the conscrip
tion legislation would muster their
maximum strength on compromise
amendments. He predicted that if
such compromise attempts failed,
fewer than 25 Senators would vote
against final passage of the bill.
Referendum Now Considered.
Opposition Senators, meanwhile,
were reported to be discussing the
possibility of a referendum vote on
conscription at the November elec
tion. Some of these Senators said
they were confident that, given a
chance to express its opinion at the
polls, the country would show a
majority sentiment against the
draft.
Senator Maloney would require
the registration of all men from
21 through 30. as would the Burke
Wadsworth bill, but he would delay
the draft until January 1 while vol
untary enlistments were sought. If
these enlistments did not fill the
Army’s quota, conscription would
be ordered.
Army enlistments totaled 23,442
in June and 31,958 in July, a peace
time record. The Army's strength
was 270,183 on July 31, and will be
brought to 322,922 as quickly as pos
sible.
Maloney Claims Support.
Senator Maloney said his proposal
appeared to be attracting increasing
support, despite administration op
position and the reluctance of con
scription opponents to agree that
the draft might be needed while
the Nation was at peace.
One of the latter group. Senator
Nye, Republican, of North Dakota
said he was willing to have men
from 21 through 30 registered in
order to have the draft machinery
ready if war came, but could see
no reason for abandoning the tra
ditional American peacetime policy
of voluntary enlistments.
He predicted that supporters
would And it necessary to compro
mise the Burke-Wadsworth bill be
fore they could obtain Senate ap
proval.
This view was echoed in private
by one administration strategist,
who said he had no doubt that some
sort of conscription bill wouid be
(See CONSCRIPTION, Page A-7.)
Young Bull Routs Soldiers
Of 2 Maryland Guard Units
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
RENSSELAER FALLS, N. Y„ Aug.
10—A spirited 3-year-old pedigreed
Holstein bull staged a frontal attack
on the camps of the 104th Medical
Regiment and the 5th Infantry,
Maryland National Guard, this
morning.
Absent without leave from the
farm of Sumner Lockwood, local
dairyman, the bull charged into the
Maryland reservation and went on a
wild rampage.
Khaki tents must have made the
bull see red, for he charged into
four of them, crashing his head
into the main poles and knocking
them down in the 104th Area.
Bootjacks, canteens and clubs
were hurled by the Maryland med
icos as the bull charged, puffed and
snorted down the regiment’s main
street. Somewhat taken aback by
this opposition, he hit the road for
the 5th Regiment, scattering sol
diers and officers. He then started
uphill, dashing through the 58th
Brigade area of Brig. Gen. AmGS W.
W. Woodcock and making for the
29th Division headquarters.
Meanwhile, Farmer Lockwood,
middle-aged and overall-clad, heard
the battle from his farmhouse and
set forth to capture his wild bull.
Assisted by enlisted men of Com
pany A of the 104th, described by an
officer as “capable cow hands” from
Towson, Md„ Parmer Lockwood
slipped a rope through the ring in
the bull’s nose and dragged him into
Farmer William Henry's nearoy
bam.
This, however, is not all the story.
Newspaper correspondents heard
about the bull’s capers and went to
the bam for a press conference, led
by Capt. Richard C. O'Connell, Vice
Mayor of Baltimore and adjutant
of the medical regiment.
The bull snorted and kicked and
tugged at the two ropes. Capt.
O’Connell and the press retreated.
Finally the bull was pulled out of
the bam and down the hill to pose
for a photographer. The corre
spondents themselves hid behind
a nearby automobile because he
didn’t like to have his picture taken.
When last seen, the bull and his
captors were making slow progress
down hill along the 116th Virginia
Infantry camp with the Vice Mayor
of Baltimore right behind. The bull
almost scored on another Army tent
before he., was pulled into the
verdant green pastures along the
, way home. ^
Profit Tax Hit
As 'Bait' to Aid
Munitions Men
Clark Declares Levy
Hides Amortization
Plan for Industry
By the Associated Press.
Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis
souri charged at a tax hearing today
that a pending excess profits levy
was "sugar coating” for a plan to
permit “munitions plants” to, deduct
defense expansion costs from their
taxable earnings.
The expansion amortization plan
and a tax of 25 to 40 pier cent on
excess profits have been combined
into a simple piece of legislation on
which Senate and House commit
tees started holding hearings yes
terday.
Senator Clark made his comment
after John L. Sullivan, Assistant
Treasury Secretary, had told the
joint committee that the tax pro
posed would yield a net increase
of $190,000,000 in taxes the Govern
ment collects on 1940 corporation
Income.
Direct Yield of $225,000,000.
The Treasury, Mr. Sullivan ex
plained, figured the direct yield
would be $225,000,000, of which $35,
000,000 would be offset by a loss on
individual income taxes due to
smaller dividends to stockholders.
For the years after 1940, Mr. Sullivan
said, the Treasury estimated the
excess profits tax net yield would
be $400,000,000 to $480,000,000.
“When the President proposes
spending four or five billion dollars
every time he gets back from a week
end.” Senator Clark said to Mr.
Sullivan, “$190,000,000 is a drop in
the bucket, isn’t it?”
Mr. Sullivan said it was “small
item” in the total budget picture.
Senator Clark then declared that
the tax was “sugar-coating to get
the public to swallow the amortiza
tion plan for munitions plants.”
Mr. Sullivan replied that he did
not believe that was true. The ex
cess profits tax was under consider
ation before the amortization pro
posal was brought up. he said.
House tax leaders decided, mean
while, to try to pass the new tax
bill within a week, in order to
eliminate the bottlenecks which
manufacturers say have been im
peding defense production.
Chairman Dougton of the Ways
and Means Committee said major
apposition to the three-point revenue
program had failed to develop.
“We were ready to hold hearings
day and night, but it doesn’t look
as if there are enough witnesses to
do that," he said.
Amortization Plan Urged.
The start of the hearings yester
day brought pleas by leaders of the
defense program for the two other
features of the bill-plans for manu
facturers to amortize quickly the
cost of plant expansion and repeal
of the 7 and 8 per cent profit lim
itations on shipbuilding under the
Vinson-Trammeil Act.
Secretary of War Stimson and
other witnesses said that uncer
tainty over taxes, profits and amor
tization was causing some com
panies to go slowly in expanding for
defenses purposes.
William S. Knudsen, Defense
Commission member, said the
amortization and tax features
should be combined in a single bill.
Republicans had advanced the sug
gestion that it might be well to
tackle amortization immediately so
that it would not be delayed by
possible disagreements over the
profits tax.
Contract Distribution Assailed.
Senator Clark expressed concern
that less than 1 per cent of the new
defense contracts—for both mate
rials and construction—had been
allocated to the 22 States between
the big mountain ranges.
Mr. Knudsen replied that the
vast program was just under way
and that as progress was made
there would be an inevitable ex
pansion throughout the country.
Senator Clark said later that If
the Defense Commission did not
act quickly he would attempt to
make a Nation-wide allocation of
funds when the tax bill reaches
the Senate. He arranged a con
ference for Monday between Mr.
Knudsen and Senators from the
Mississippi River region.
Crewless Greek Vessel
Towed Into Spanish Port
Bt the Associated Press.
GIJON, Spain, Aug. 10.—A crew
less ship, heavily laden with grain,
was towed today into port at Aviles
by fishing vessels which found her
drifting 40 miles from shore in the
Bay of Biscay.
Advices from Aviles said the ship
had been identified as the 8,000-ton
Greek freighter Basilio Deustonis.
(Lloyd’s Register does not list a ship
by that name.)
Mother, Wading in Pond,
Finds Body of Son
By tt* Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Aug. 10.—Mrs. Law
rence Sinclair, wading in Dark Head
Creek, stumbled on the body of a
child.
She called for help. A friend,
Herman W. Grovernor, raised the
body. It was Mrs. Sinclair’s son
David, 3, whom the mother had
thought was playing in a nearby
field.
Argentina Asks Talks
With U. S. on Trade
By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 10.—For
eign Office officials said today con
versations are under way to bring
United States trade experts to
Argentina to discuss a greater ex
change of products without attempt
ing to revive negotiations for a
trade pact, which collapsed last De
cember.