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Pressed by Axis,
Rumania Vents Its
Wrath on Jews
Anti-Semitic Measures
Divert Attention From
Territorial Cessions
By the Associated Press.
'BUCHAREST. Rumania, Aug 10.
—The government, forced by axis
desires to negotiate forthcoming
territorial cessions to Bulgaria and
Hungary, vented its wrath today
on' the Jews.
In placing new antl-Jewish laws
into full effect, the government
apparently was motivated by the
fact the most nationalistic Ru
manian elements, which are oppos
ing any territorial cession, also are
the most anti-Semitic.
Taking their cue from Premier
Ion Gigurtu s assertion that obedi
ence to German-Italian wishes.
iHarriarje
JONES—BRADBl’RN. Mr. and Mra.
Robert T. Bradburn announce the mar
riage of their daughter. VIRGINIA to Mr.
ROBERT JONES. Thursday. August 8.
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ATKINSON. ETHEL EEASURF On
Friday. August 9. 1940, a* her residence,
£960 Carlton avp. n.e,. ETHEL, 1 EASURE
ATKINSON, beloved wife of the late James
S. Atkinson and sister of Muriel L. Porter.
Funeral services at Chamber.'’ Riverdale
funeral home on Saturday. August 10. at
2:30 p.m. Interment Charleston. W. Va.
II
BALLARD, MARGARET F. On Thurs
day. August S. 194(1. MARGARET L.
BALLARD, the beloved wife of Freeman
E. Ballard, mother of Joseph \V.. Charles
A and Earl C. Ballard and Lorraine M.
Keefe. Dorothy E. Sloan and Gloria L.
Watts. Remains resting at Chambers’ fu
neral home, 517 11th st. s.c.
Services at the above funeral home
on Monday. Augus: 1at in a m. Rela
tives and friends mv.ted. Interment Cedar
Hill Cemetery. II
CIEDLER, ELIZABETH M Entered
eternal life on Friday. August 9. 1940,
ELIZABETH M BIEDLER -nee Sweeney),
beloved wife of Luther H. Biedler.
Services at Chambers’ funeral home, 517
llth st. s.e.. on Sunday, August 11. at
£:30 p.m. Relatives and friends invited.
Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. 11
BOTT, JAMES ARNOLD. On Saturday.
August 10. 1940, at Gallinger Hospital. I
JAMES ARNOLD BOTT. beloved son of ,
Mrs. Marion Acton and the late Roy Bott, j
brother of Shirley and Mildred Bott.
Notice of funeral later.
BRICE. JEROME. On Saturday. Au
gust 10. 1940. at Glenn Dale Sanitarium.
JEROME BRICE, son of the late Randolph :
and Ellen Brice: beloved brother of Ad*
Brice Wesley and Hamilton Brice. He also ,
leaves other relatives and friends.
Notice of funeral later. Arrangements
by W. Ernest Jarvis. II
BROWN, CHARLES. Departed this life
Friday. August 9. 3 940. at his residence,
629 £3rd place n.e . CHARLES BROWN,
beloved husband of Mrs. Josephine Brown,
loving brother of Mrs. Mary Johnson.
Other relatives and friends also survive.
Remains resting at the funeral home of
John T. Rhines Co.. .‘trcLand Eye sts. s.w.
Notice of funeral later. 11
CONCANON, MARY’ E. The members
of the Third Order of St.
Francis are requested to i
assemble at Chambers’ fu
neral parlor, 1400 Chapin
st. n.w.. on Sunday. August ;
11. 1940. at S p.m.. for the
Purpose of reciting the
Rosary for repose of the
soul of our late sister,
MARY E. CONCANON.
ROSE JUENEMAN. Prefect.
ELLER. MARGARET HAMVAY. On Fri
day. August 9. 1940. at Baltimore. Md..
MARGARET HAN WAY ELLER, beloved 1
wife of Joseph C Eller. Remains resting
at her late residence. 2401 South Joyce
at . Arlington. Va.
Funeral services on Monday. August 12.
it 9 a.m.. at Christ Episcopal Church. 020
G st. s.e Interment Woodlawn Cemetery,
New York City. Services by Wflliam H.
Scott. 11
LEONARD. ROBERT J. On Friday. Au
gust 9. 194n. ROBERT J. LEONARD, be
loved husband of Anna L. Leonard.
Funeral from his late residence. 615
Rock Creek Church rd. n.w.. on Sunday.
August 11, at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends
Invited. Interment National Memorial
Park Cemetery. Services by Wm. H. Scott.
II
LOVING. EUGENE SAMUEL. On Fri
day. August 9. 1940- at the residence of
his sister. 913 T st. n.w., EUGENE SAM
UEL LOVING, beloved son of Mrs. Mildred
Loving of Roseland. Va. He also is sur- i
vjved by two brothers, eight sisters, other |
relatives and friends. Remains mav be
viewed at the Henry S. Washington &
Sons funeral home. 467 N st. n.w.. at 4
p.m. Sunday. August ll.
Funeral services Monday, August 12, at
1 p.m., at Roseland. Va.
MAORI DER. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY.
On Thursday. August £. 1.940. at 7:10
t m . at his home. Glen Echo Heights. Md.,
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY MAGRUDER.
aged 75 years, husband of Mary Sue Ma
gruder.
Funeral services at his late residence
Monday. August 12. at 2 P.m. Interment
Rockville Union Cemetery. 11
MARE AN. ELIZABETH BREWSTER. On
August ]. 1940. at Fallon. New, ELIZA
BETH BREWSTER MAREAN, aged 88
years, wife of the late Delsene Marear.
Interment at Harford, Pa . Aug 6. 11*
McNAMARA, MARGARET C. On Fri
day. August 9. 1040. at her residence. 1429
Holly st. n.w . MARGARET C McNAMARA,
beloved wife of the late John P. McNamara
and mother of Mrs. J. P. Hayden and
Frank V. McNamara.
Funeral from the above residence on
Monday, August 12. a? 9 a.m. Requiem
mass at the Church of the Nativity at 9:30
a m. Relatives and friends invited. In
terment Rock Creek Cemetery. Arrange
ments by P. A. Taltavull. 11
PROBEY, H. MAE. Suddenly, on Satur
day. August 10, 1940. at her residence.
3205 19th st. n.w.. H. MAE PROBEY. be
loved wife of J. Arthur Probey.
Notice of funeral later.
RICHTER, IDA F. On Friday. August
9. 1940. at her home, Germantown. Md..
IDA F. RICHTER.
Funeral services at her late residence
Bunday. August 11. at 2:30 P.m. Inter
ment Neelsville Cemetery. 11
ROBINSON. GERTRUDE. On Friday.
August 9. 1940. GERTRUDE ROBINSON,
the loving mother of Clayton Robinson.
She also is survived by two sisters, other
relatives and friends.
Funeral Monday August 12. at 1:30
U m . from the John T. Rhines & Co. fu
neral home, 221 North Patrick st., Alex
andria. Va. Interment Douglass Cemetery.
11
ROUNDTREE. JAMES T. Suddenly, on
Friday. August 9. 1940. JAMES T.
ROUNDTREE of 1323 South Carolina ave.
ee.. beloved husband of Julia A. Round
tree (nee Billings).
Notice of funeral hereafter. *
SFRKES-SARKEDAKIS, ANGELA. On
Thursday, August 8. 1949, ANGELA
SERKES. the beloved wife of Nick Serkes
apd mother of Harry Serkes and sister
of Ethel Charos of New York. Remains
resting at Chambers' funeral home. 1400
Chapin st. n.w., until Monday. August 12,
&t 1:30 p.m.
Services at. St. Sophia’s Greek Church.
8th and L sts. n.w.. at 2 D.m. Relatives
and friends, are Invited. Interment in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. II
•SHELTON. SILAS, SR. Departed this
lpe Thursday. August 8. 1940. at the Naval
Hospital. SILAS SHELTON. Sr He is sur
vived by a loving wife. Mrs. Yulee Shelton:
three devoted sons. Silas, ir.: Leslie and
Gordon Shelton: five brothers and three
sisters, other relatives and friends. Re
mains may be viewed at his late residence.
806 C st. s.e., Sunday. August 11. after
1*1 a.m.
< Funeral Monday. August 12. at 12:30
fc.m . from Shiloh Baptist Church. 9th and
P sts. n.w,. Rev. Austin officiating. In
terment Arlington National Cemetery. Ar
rangements by Barnes Matthews. II
SHELTON. SILAS. Comrades of Sergt.
George Berry Camp No. 10. U. S. W. V..
Dept. of Potomac, are notified of death of
Comrade SILAS SHELTON. Funeral Mon
day. August 12. 1940, 12:30 pm., from
Bfrlloh Baptist Church. 9th and P sts. n.w.
« A G TAYLOR Commander.
LOUIS A. CORNISH. Adjt. •
STERLING. JOHN FULTON. On Fri
day. August 9, 1940. at his residence. 1200
Eticlid st. n.w.. JOHN FULTON STERLING,
bfcloved husband of Edith Wilson Sterling
ehd father of Mrs. Nancy Jane Lanham
end Mrs. Mary Jane Davis.
Services at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral
home. 2901 14th st. n.w . on Monday, Au
*«st 12, at 10 a.m. Interment Fort Lin
coln Cemetery. 11
SYPHAX. ROBERT EDWARD. On Sat
urday. August 10 1940. at his residence,
1206 P St. n w ROBERT EDWARD SY
PHAX son of the late Ennis and Emma
Bypnax. husband of Marie E. Syphax and
father of Robert E Syphax, jr.
♦Notice of funeral later. Arrangements
by McGuire *
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
V. L. SPEARE CO.
Neither successor to nor connected with
the oriflnal W R. Spear# establishment.
1P09 H St. N.W. NauEjTW
#T. William Lee’s Sons Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Crematorium
♦th and Mass Ave. N.E Lincoln B200
FUNERAL DESIGNS.
QUDEBROSrCO. Floral Pieces !
*•12 F St. N.W_Natl—al 4276.
GEO. C. SHAFFER, Inc.
EXPRESSIVE FLORAL TRIBUTES AT
IdpDERATE PRICES PHONE NAT. 0108
%7fSH3!? Cor. 14th & Eye
while necessitating “painful sacri
fices” “at least” would rid Rumania
of “Jewish influence,” the news
papers devoted many columns to
anti-Jewish measures and resultant
"benefits” to non-Jews.
Explanation of the laws thus was
given far more space and promi
nence than the speech in which the
Premier said it was necessary for
Rumania to give up part of her soil.
May Lessen Opposition.
Political circles expressed belief
the concession to the nationalist el
ements on the Jewish question
would lessen their opposition to
the territorial negotiations, and per
mit the government to yield some
land without serious internal dif
ficulties.
(Berlin political circles report
ed German irritation—presum
ably directed at Rumania—over
the “slowness" with which the
Balkan states are negotiating
their territorial claims in line
with Adolf Hitler's plans for
Southeast Europe.)
Official circles said conferences/
with Bulgaria's representatives
would begin this week end in King
Carol’s country palace at Segar
cea, a Village near Craiova, where
it previously was reported the ne
gotiations would be conducted.
Bulgaria claims Southern Dobruja,
l taken by Rumania in 1913.
Negotiations with Hungary over
her claims to Transylvania, acquired
by Rumania after the World War,
are to follow.
Scores of Jews Arrested.
Police arrested scores of persons
yesterday on charges of spreading
false news and hustled them off to
concentration camps. All the pris
oners were identified with liberal and
democratic factions, and most of
them were Jews.
Since the new anti-Jewish laws
cut off most of Rumania's 755.000
Jews from public office, many pro
fessions and other fields, their jobs
will be available to non-Jews, the
newspapers pointed out.
The press also stressed the fact
there will be many business oppor
tunities for Gentiles, since Jews are
barred from engaging in many busi
nesses, and the ban on Jewish
ownership of land will make farms
available.
In prohibiting Jewish participa
tion in publishing of newspapers
and other periodicals, the law is so
far-reaching as to prevent Jews
I from selling papers in the streets.
The laws forbid intermarriage of
Jews and Christians, and permit
annulment of existing Jewish
Christian marriages upon formal ap
plication.
Farley
_(Continued From First Page.)
| tion in private life, except for the
Yankee matter.
In a statement Mr. Farley said
j he would take at least a month’s
I vacation before assuming his new
duties.
The statement said:
“For a long time I have indicated
my desire to retire to private life
for reasons that I have frequently
given. I consider myself extremely
fortunate, therefore, to be associated
with the Coca-Cola Co., which is
one of the outstanding business
concerns in the world.
“My duties will be in connection
with their export business. I know
I am going to be very happy in
my new work. I have had no vaca
tion for a long time and I shall take
at least a month’s rest before I
actually take up my new duties.”
The appointment will bring Mr.
Farley. 52-year-old former building
supplies salesman, to a company
with business interests in 76 for
eign countries.
There is no precise breakdown
between domestic and foreign sales,
a spokesman said, but sales of the
soft drink abroad have been averag
ing about 8 to 10 per cent of the
total business.
In the 10 years 1928-1938, accord
ing to one unofficial estimate, which
this official termed reliable, foreign
sales of Coca-Cola increased about
70 per cent.
The Shrine of Ste. Anne de
Beaupre, near Quebec, was erected
by Breton sailors saved from a
storm in 1650.
TAYLOR. VIRGINIA. Departed this life
on Thursday, August s, 1940. at Phila
delphia. Pa.. VIRGINIA TAYLOR, the !
beloved mother of Kate Dorsey. Annie '
Brown and Gertie Dillard. She also leaves
four grandchildren and seven great-grand- 1
children. Body resting at the Adams &
Smoot funeral parlor, 1415 Nichols ave. s.e.
Notice of funeral later.
WATTS, GLORIA M. On Saturday. I
August 10, 1940. at Providence Hospital.
GLORIA M. WATTS, beloved daughter of
George A. Watts and sister of Roger W.
and George A. Watts, jr.
„ Services at Chambers’ funeral home,
alt 11th st. s.e. Notice of time later.
YATES, OCT AVIA E. On Friday. Au
gust, 9. 1940. at Freedmen's Hospital. OC- I
TAVIA E. YATES, loving daughter of Alice
Mitchell, mother of Mendoza and Bprnice
Yates, sister of Bernice Jackson, Leona
Coleman and Alberta Mitchell. Many
other relatives and friends also survive.
Remains resting at Frazier’s funeral home.
1189 R. I. ave n.w.
Notice of funeral later. 11
In fUmoriam
ROTELER. SUSIE E. In loving memory
of my dear sister, SUSIE E. BOTELER. who
departed this life thirteen years ago today,
August 10. 1927.
Down the road in memory's garden.
Just thirteen years ago today.
The one we loved and deeply cherished
To the great beyond was called away.
LOVING SISTER. MINNIE. •
BRANCH. CENIE. A tribute of love to
the memory of our dear mother. CENIE
BRANCH, who departed this life seven
years ago today. August 10. 1933.
Till memory fades and life departs
You will live forever in our hearts.
DEVOTED CHILDREN, HAYES AND
FLORENCE •
IANNUCCI, ROSE E. In sad but loving
remembrance of our dear wife and mother.
ROSE E. IANNUCCI, who departed this life
two Years ago today. August 10. 1938.
We never thought when you left us
You never would return.
The shock was hard, the pain severe,
We never thought your death so near.
Gone, dear mother, gone forever.
How we miss your smiling face;
But you left us to remember
None on earth can take your place.
Surrounded by friends we are lonesome.
In the midst of our Joys we are blue;
With smiles on our faces me have heart
aches.
Longing, dear mother, for you.
DEVOTED HUSBAND. FELICE. AND CHIL
DREN. MARGUERITE. RAYMOND AND
FLORA. •
MOORE, S. EDWIN AND IDA FOWLER.
In loving memory ol our dear ones, S. ED
WIN and IDA FOWLER MOORE, who en
tered their heavenly home together, hand
in hand and unafraid, nine years ago. Au
gust 10, 1931.
How blest are these that Thou hast chosen
And taken unto Thee. O Lord.
MR. AND MRS. JAMES L. FOWLER AND
RUSSELL. •
MOORE, EDWIN AND IDA. In loving
memory of EDWIN and IDA MOORE, whom
God called August lu. 1931.
8. E. MOORE AND FAMILY. •.
NEILL, DR. LUTHER C. In loving and
sorrowful memory of our husband and fa
ther. Dr. LUTHER C. NEILL, who passed
away two years ago today, August 10. 1938.
WIFH AND DAUGHTER. •
ROY. FRANK F. Precious to me is the
memory of my dear husband. FRANK F.
ROY, who departed this life three years
ago today. August 10, 1937.
You left behind a broken heart
That loved you so sincere.
That never did and never will
Forget you. Frank, dear.
HIS DEVOTED WIFE.
WADE. SILAS N. In sad but loving
memory of our dear husband and father.
SILAS N. WADE, who departed this life
fifteen years ago today, August 10, 1925.
While you rest in peaceful sleep
Your memory we shall always keep.
HIS DEVOTED WIFE, SUSIE M. WADE.
AND THREE DAUGHTERS, ROSETTA,
ALYCE AND THERESA. *
Edgar Stanley Martin,
Former Scout Head
Here, Dies at 67
Directed Publications
Of Organization; Cited
By President Wilson
By the Associated Press.
EAST ORANGE, N. J„ Aug. 10.—
Edgar Stanley Martin, 67, national
directtor of publications of the Boy
Scouts of America, died at his home
^yesterday following an illness of
several weeks.
He had been active in the Boy
Scout movement since its inception
in 1910 and was editor of Scoutig,
the group's official magazine. In
1913 he was ore of 10 persons to
receive citations from President
Wilson for his work in co-operation
with the American Red Cross in the
reconstruction following the Ohio
floods.
A graduate of Keuka College and
State Teachers' College, Albany,
N. Y„ Mr. Martin did graduate work
at the University of Chicago, Ohio
State University, University of Pitts
burgh and Central University. He
was a native of Gorham, N. Y.
For nine years he was principal
of the McWynn School in Racine,
Wis., leaving this post to conduct
i training classes for recreational
leaders at Ohio State University.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Gertrude Martin; his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Martin, Gorham, N. Y.;
a son and two daughters.
Mr. Martin was superintendent
of playgrounds and Scout commis
sioner for the District from 1911 to
1915, when he joined the national
staff of the Boy Scouts in New
York. He was a member of the
National Press Club here.
Shanghai
(Continued From First Page.)
concentrations along the French
Indo-China border.
At Chungking, the Central Daily
News, official organ of the Chinese
government, warned that China
would take “adequate steps to back
French Indo-China with force” if
that colony’s territorial or political
integrity should be menaced.
Unofficial sources said that Chi
na's Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
already had moved some of his best
divisions toward the Indo-China
border. •
Reports from Hong Kong said
Japanese warships and transports
were arriving daily at Waichow,
Hainan and other bases near Indo
j China.
Immediate Attack Unlikely.
; Despite these threatening indica
i tions, foreign military circles ac
quainted with climatic conditions
said it was unlikely Japan would
make any serious move in the direc
tion of Indo-China before late Sep
tember.
Seasonal rains, intense heat and
the danger of malaria would seri
ously impede any wldescale opera
| tions before then, they said.
Although the withdrawal of Brit
ish troops was not entirely unex
pected, the move stirred specula
tion as to the fate of huge British
investments in Shanghai.
In reaction to the withdrawal, re
garded by financial circles as in
escapably weakening China’s posi
tion, the Chinese dollar slumped
sharply.
The latest quotation was 18.60
Chinese dollars to one United States
dollar as compared with 17.58 pre
viously.
Bombs Damage American
School at Chungking
CHUNGKING, China, Aug. 10
(/P).—A dormitory wing of the
American Methodist School was
destroyed and other buildings of
the school were shaken yesterday
by Japanese aerial bombs which
destroyed more than 900 buildings
in this Chinese provisional capital
and killed or injured 100 persons.
Damage to the Methodist insti
tution was estimated at about $10,
000.
The bombs blasted at both the
crowded older sections and the
newly built western suburb of the
city, and some exploded along the
south bank of the Yangtze, where
the United States and other em
bassies are located. Large fires
were started near the United States
Embassy, but were extinguished.
Thousands of volunteer police
men and firemen were mobilized to
fight seven large separate fires,
eventually extinguishing them. The
costliest was in a dump of thou
sands of gallons of vegetable oil
awaiting transportation to the
United States.
Wounded persons were treated in
the American Methodist and Ca
nadian Mission Hospitals.
One of the buildings which suf
fered a direct hit was the Chinese
Y. M. C. A.
American observers counted 108
Japanese bombers over the city in
the two-wave raid, worst in many
weeks.
U. S. Position Unchanged
By British Withdrawal
By the Associated Press.
The United States adhered to its
own position in China last night de
spite the withdrawal of British
troops from the northern part of
that country.
At the same time, it appeared that
this country was sticking to its new
embargo on exports of aviation
gasoline in the face of Japanese ob
jections.
The fluid is vital to its war ma
chine and Japan filed objections to
the embargo in a note delivered
here last Saturday. Yesterday
Sumner Welles, acting Secretary of
State, handed a reply to the Jap
anese Ambassador, Kensuke Horin
ouchi. While the contents were not
made public, informed quarters con
sidered it unlikely that it promised
any modification of the embargo.
Mr. Welles told reporters the with
drawal of British forces from China
would have no effect whatever on
the American position at this time.
The United States keeps about
1,650 marines in China, most of
them at Shanghai, for the protection
of American interests and nationals.
American forces have been main
tained in some parts of China since
the Boxer Uprising at the turn of
the century. In addition, American
naval vessels have been stationed in
Chinese waters for a century.
Japanese requests for withdrawal
of all foreign military forces from
China since the European war began
Dutch West Indies
Officials Cold to
Act of Havana
Prefer Protectorate
By British if Any
At All Is Necessary
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Netherlands
officials in the West Indies view
with “cold suspicion” the United
States-sponsored Act of Havana
providing for an American trustee
ship over any European possession
in the Western Hemisphere which
might be threatened with changes of
ownership or loss of autonomy be
cause of the war.
The West Indian officials, still
loyal to Queen Wilhelmina and the
Dutch government now exiled in
England, are officially silent, but un
questionably good sources here said
yesterday that while a protectorate
by the United States alone might be
acceptable in case of actual military
aggression, the same would not be
true of a general Latin American
trusteeship, and a British protecto
rate would be preferable to either.
West Indian officials, army men
and leading newspapers were repre
sented as feeling the Act of Havana
might result In control of the islands
by Colombia or Venezuela, which
would never be acceptable, espe
cially in view of the conflict between
oil interests of Venezuela and
Aruba.
43 Nationalities in Aruba.
In Aruba, one of the principal J
islands, there are 43 nationalities,
living amicably under the Nether
lands government with the excep
tion of some dissension on the part
of some white Arubans, actually a
very small group, who are descend
ants of the original Dutch colonists.
The Associated Press’ informant
said that even the management of
the Lago Oil & Transport Co.,
great Standard Oil refinery at
Aruba, prefer the present govern
ment to any other, attributing the
absence of labor trouble and crime
to the Dutch administration.
On the other hand, the United
States citizen employes of this com
pany, it was said, do not greatly
care what happens outside the oil
company concessions, but would
prefer a United States protectorate
to escape strict Dutch laws, so strict
that even too many traffic violations
may result in banishment from the
islands.
British Oppose Trusteeship.
The British were represented as
being unalterably opposed to the
"trusteeship” plan, considering it es
sential that, if anything should hap
pen to the Dutch administration, the
islands should become British, as
they were years ago, or at least a
British protectorate.
There has been no formal com
ment from officials of British and
French possessions in the Western
Hemisphere on the Act of Havana,
the British expressing informal con
fidence that the war result would
make such plans unnecessary and
ihe French at Martinique maintain
ing silence.
--
Cairo
(Continued From First Page.)_
once the Italian offensive starts.
Any attempt to maintain contact
with supply bases to the rear would
be doomed to failure by British
bombing attacks, they said, and long
supply lines simply would increase
the targets open to the Royal Air
Force.
Nazi Force Believed Small.
Since any attempted drive along
the Mediterranean coast would ex
pose the Italians to the further
hazard of British naval bombard
ment, Graziani's legions are ex
pected to launch their drive across
the desert. This brought warnings
from the Egyptian press that the
desert wastes would be as redoutable
an obstacle as the British.
“The desert is a terrible enemy.
It is the tomb of those who traverse
it,’ ’the newspapers chorused, while
Abdel Rahman Azzam Bey, com
mander of Egypt’s territorial army,
warned:
“Any aggressive action against
Egypt will cost the invader very
dearly.”
There were rumors of 120,000 Ger
man troops in Libya, but reliable
sources said the Nazi force amounted
to no more than a few thousand as
signed to help Graziani with tech
nical aspects of his drive.
Meanwhile, the newspapers
warned the people of “nerve” war
fare, such as “clandestine agitation
and false rumors,” saying the Italian
offensive at present was confined to
attempts to break public morale as
a prelude to attack.
One paper suggested the govern
ment decree imprisonment and se
vere fines for "rumormongers.”
Italians Press Advance
Into British Somaliland
ROME, Aug. 10 (A5).—Italian troops
have passed Adueins in their drive
toward the coast of British Somali
land, the high command announced
today in a communique reporting
also the bombing of Berbera, capi
tal and chief port of the British col
ony, and damage to a British battle
ship.
“It has been ascertained,” the com
munique said, “that the British bat
tleship Resolution suffered serious
damage, especially in the stem tur
; ret, in an air attack carried out by
our bombing planes August 1. A
destroyer also was seriously dam
aged.”
(An Italian communique Au
gust 2 reported Italian air bom
bardment of a British naval
squadron near the Buleares Is
lands August 1 and said “a bat
tleship” had been set afire and
several other vessels damaged.)
The Berbera raiders were reported
to have damaged a ship in the har
bor and fired two grounded British
planes.
Other Italian planes, operating
along the Egyptian coast near the
border of Libya, bombed a railway
station platform at Mersa Matruh
and concentrations of mechanized
equipment and British positions at
Sidi Barrani, the high command
said. ,
have gone unheeded by the United
States.
Mr. Welles said any question of
enlarging the American patrol areas
upon the departure of the British
probably would be worked out for
the time being, at least, by the
American military authorities in
China. He discounted reports that
additional marines had been ordered
from Honolulu to increase the China
garrisons.
Agent in Sabotage
bi| Craig Rice
The story thus far: After the col
lapse of the Thorne fortune and the
death of her father. Nancy Thorne
quits college and her CAA flying course
and takes a stenographic Job In the
die casting plant of John Bristow,
close friend of her father’s but sus
pected by some people of having
caused his financial ruin She learns
from Bristow that attempts have re
cently been made to obstruct produc
tion of certain airplane motor dies be
ing made In the plant; then her first
day at work she sees her former friend
and escort Tom Cantwell working In
another department. He Ignores her
then, but next day he says "hello’’ and
introduces a fellow worker. Hugo
Blake. Nancy has taken the name
’ Ellis’’ to hide her Identity from the
office girls but she hears Tom suggest
to Blake that she may have another
motive, born of hatred of John Bris
tow.
CHAPTER TV.
There was a small crowd of men
and girls on the corner, watching
for streetcars. As soon as a car
would appear, already crowded,
there would be a sudden, jostling
rush for its doors, a dozen or more
hardy souls would push their way
onto the platform or cling peril
ously to the steps, while the rest
stepped back a little on the safety
of the girls in the office, the con
stant counting of dimes and nickels
and pennies. He listened quietly,
patting her shoulder now and then.
At last the rush of words ceased.
His bright,. Inquisitive eyes looked
at her sympathetically through his
thick glassses.
"You feej .better, now that you
have talked to some one—isn’t it
so?”
Heads Loading Division.
She nodded. He patted her
shoulder again and drove on, chat
ting idly of trivial things. At least
she felt recovered enough to stare
at him curiously. He was a heavy
set man, shorter than Tom. His
round amiable face looked rather
dull, deceptively so, she guessed,
because his bright blue eyes seemed
clever, almost cunning. She glanced
at his hands as they rested on the
wheel, they were muscular, but
with thick, short fingers.
“What do you do at the Bristow
plant?" she asked suddenly.
“Are you firing me, Mr. Grimshaw?”
island, resolved to catch the next
car that came along.
Nancy Thome stood a little apart
from the crowd. For all that she
had spent a week now in the of
fice of the John Bristow Company,
she still felt like an outsider. But
that was not the reason she stood
by herself now. She had decided to
wait until the cars became less
crowded, even if she stood on that
corner for an hour, two hours.
A small coupe, badly in need of
paint, slowed to a stop in front of
her.
“May I offer you a ride, Miss
Ellis?” a voice called.
She glanced into the coupe and
saw that the driver was Hugo
Blake. Tom's friend. He had opened
the door as he spoke and she
stepped in gratefully, glad to escape
the discomforts of the long ride on
the streetcar.
“You look tired.” he said sympa
thetically as he started the car. “Let
me put down the window'—there.
Now take off your hat. Isn't that ’
better?”
Nancy leaned her head back and
let the wind blow through her red
gold curls.
“Much better. It’s been fright
fully W'arm today.”
“Indeed it has. Miss Ellis. Or |
should I call you Miss Thorne when i
there is no one from the office to
hear?”
Hugo Blake “Understands.”
“Please!” Nancy felt the color
rising in her cheeks. “Tom never
should have said that to you. I
don't know what possessed him.”
“I understand^’ Hugo Blake said
sympathetically. “It is hard, be
coming used to something so new'.”
He laughed again and added “I
don’t mean the new name, but the
new life.”
“It is hard,” Nancy said impul
sively. “Terribly hard.” Without
warning and to her own horror, she
burst into tears.
“Oh, now', now, now,!” Hugo
Blake swung the coupe over to the
curb and stopped, drew out of his
pocket the largest white handker
chief Nancy had ever seen, and be
gan wiping her eyes. “You poor
child. But please don’t cry. Tell
me all about it, but please don’t
cry any more.”
Nancy buried her face in the
huge white handkerchief and at
tempted to stem the flow of tears.
They were not the first she had shed
in that long week, but the others
had been in the privacy of her
dingy little room.
“I’m terribly sorry,” she gasped
at last. “I’m tired, I guess, and it
has been hard-” Suddenly she
found herself telling him the whole
story, the loneliness and boredom of
the little room, the unfriendliness
“Me? Oh.” He laughed. “I am in
what you call the loading division.
Head of it, now. I was a machinist.”
“That isn't what I mean,” Nancy
said, feeling a little uncomfortable.
“I mean-’ she felt the color ris
ing in her cheeks again, “you don't
talk like a machinist or a truck
loader—you talk like-” her
voice broke off suddenly.
"Like an educated man? All right,
I’ll confess. I am what you call an
educated man. In fact—and this
really is a confession—I'm a
WTiter."
“A WTiter? But-”
“That's why I’m working at John
Bristow & Co, I'm getting material
for a series of articles on Amer
ican industrial methods, and I'm
trying to really get it at the source.
Understand?”
"Yes—I think so. I'm afraid,
though, I'm not working for any
such reason. I have to earn a living,
that’s all.”
“That's nothing to complain
about, young lady. Just be glad that
you can earn one. Say—you type, of
course, don't you?’’
“Yes. Why?”
Offers Nancy Work.
“I have an idea. I have any
amount of material that has to be
copied, and I'm a rotten typist. I've
been looking for some one to do the
work, in fact. If you’d like to i?.ke
in on—perhaps you could earn
enough to pay for stockings and lip
sticks. at least. Harve you any spare
time?”
“Spare time? Lots of it.” Nancy
hoped she was concealing the bit
terness in her voice.
“Good. There isn't a great deal to
do—only to make accurate copies of
material I will give you-” Hugo
Blake went on talking about the
work he was doing as a writer.
A little later when Nancy
climbed the dingy carpeted
stairs to her room she was filled
with a new enthusiasm. The amount
she would be paid for copying ma
terial for Hugo Blake would not be
much, but it would help consider
ably. More, t would give her
something to do in those long lonely
evenings.
Sh^ changed her dress, went to a
solitary dinner at the little corner
cafe, and returned to her room. A
few minutes later Hugo arrived,
carrying a rented typewriter, a
great pile of typing paper and a
folder of reports.
The work was not hard to under
stand, as he explained it to her.
Four carbon copies of each report.
Accuracy was essential. Finally, the
copying had to be done as quickly
as possible.
He went away and left the work
with her. She arranged a light over
the makeshift desk and set to work.
After a few minutes of typing
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she stopped suddenly. The materia,!
she was copying seemed familiar.
She glanced quickly through the
pile of reports beside the rented
typewriter. Yes, it was familiar.
She had seen those reports before
in the filing case marked “confi
dential,” the one that was locked
so carefully every night.
How had Hugo Blake gotten those
reports? She had opened that filing
cabinet by mistake a day or so be
fore, only seeing eiough of its con
tents that she recognized them now.
Then Madge Fletcher had been
down on her like a whirlwind. Only
trusted empires, who had been
in the office for a long time, could
open the confidential file.
She puzzeld over it for a while
before the explanation came to her.
Ol' course. Hugo Blake wasn’t just
head of the loading division. He
wasn’t Just another employe. He
was working for John Bristow &
Co. Just to study this very material,
for the articles he was going to
write. No doubt he had been given
access to whatever information he
needed.
Nancy set to work then, glad of
an occupation to fill the evening,
even though it were nft more
than copying dry-as-dust figures on
a rented typewriter. A little past 10
she had finished the work and tele
phoned Hugo Blake.
“Finished already?” he said over
the telephone, pleased surprise in
his voice. “Then I’ll call for what
you’ve done, if I may. Perhaps you’ll
go out w'ith me for a sandwich.”
Grimshaw Gives Warning.
At midnight, when Nancy turned
out her light and prepared to sleep,
she felt there was a new interest in
living after all. Not only had she
earned some badly needed money,
. but sitting in the little coffee shop
with Hugo Blake had been fun."
It was a little past 9 the next
morning, and Nancy was working
industriously at her "desk, when she
was called into Mr. Grimshaw's of
fice. She felt a moment's panic as
Madge Fletcher conveyed the mes
sage to her with an air of gloat
ing pleasure. She had never dared
think of what she might do if she
wTere to be fired.
Mr. Grimshaw looked up across
his desk, his thin, deeply lined face
drawn with anxiety and exhaustion.
“Close the door and sit down,
Miss Ellis.” He appeared to be
hunting for just the right words to
use. "You’re young. You have
your life ahead of you. I wish
you'd leave this job.”
She was puzzled and more than a
little frightened.^
“Are you firing me, Mr. Grim
shaw?”
He looked up at her, almost
startled. “You know I can't do
that.”
She puzzled over that for an in
stant, then decided it was because
j of John Bristow. For a moment
angry color flamed in her cheeks.
“I understand what you mean,
) Mr. Grimshaw. But I’m going to
stay just the same.”
“Suit yourself, Miss Ellis. I can’t
! do more than advise you.”
She went back to her desk, at
j first too relieved at the knowledge
I that her job was secure to ponder
over Mr. Grimshaw’s peculiar be
] havior. But as she attacked the pile
of work with renewed vigor, her
mind kept returning to the strange
conversation. Was it because she
was under John Bristow's protec
tion that she couldn’t be fired? Or
had something else been intended?
The office manager had almost
seemed to be warning her.
Tom Urges Nancy On.
“Would you mind saving your
day-dreaming until the noon hour,
Miss Ellis?” It wTas the sharp, cut
ting voice of Miss Fletcher. Nancy
bent her head over her tpyewriter
to hide the embarrassment that col
ored her cheeks, and went on work
ing.
However the day that had begun
so strangely held a second surprise.
At noon as she was leaving the
lunchroom, Tom Cantwell stopped
Stander Film Actor,
Called in Red Probe,
Faces Suspension
Enlists Screen Guild
To Fight Removal
From Important Role
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 10.—Lionel
Stander enlisted aid of the Screen
Actors’ Guild today to prevent his
suspension from a new picture be
cause he has been called into a
grand jury probe of Communist
party activities.
The gravel-voiced character actor
was removed from an important role
in Republic Studio's “Hit Parade of
1941 ’ yesterday with the explana
tion that "he might be subpoenaed
in. the middle of production.’’
To which Stander retorted:
"Republic’s action is both stupid
and absurd. I have been assured
by the district attorney that I am
a loyal American and a decent cit
izen and am so regarded by the au
thorities. It should be regarded by
Republic as a privilege to have such
a person in its picture.
"I am going to fight the matter
to the end. If the studio's action is
allowed to stand, the wrong infer
ence will be drawn from it and my
career will be blasted.
"A man who is innocent of any
wrongdoing cannot afford to stand
by and allow the reputation he has
built up and protected for 13 years
to be besmirched.”
The guild, he said, had promised
him full support.
Stander appeared twice this week
at the grand jury chambers offering
to testify but was told to return
next Wednesday. He said he was
informed that appearance "is the
only one expected of me, and that
certainly won't interfere with pro
duction.”
Homing Pigeon Takes
Longest Way Home
| By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY.—A number
} of homing pigeons belonging to Ok
lahoma City fanciers were released
at Salfurrias. Tex., May 19. The
winner arrived home next morning.
her at the door, and laid a lean,
brown hand on her arm.
“Walk up and down the corridor
| a bit with me, Nancy. Act as if I
! were asking for a date or some
thing.” His gray eyes smiled at her.
Her first impulse, remembering
what she had heard him say the day
before, was to walk indignantly
j away. For some reason that she
j didn’t even try to understand, she
i changed her mind. Tom did seem
j like a rock to cling to among all
these strangers. She looked up at
his tanned face and felt a wave of
homesickness for the past. Somehow
she managed a smile.
“That's the girl. Now listen, kid."
He spoke in a low tone. “I know
Hugo's given you some work to do."
She glanced up at him quickly.
“Why not? Isn't it all right?"
“Of course it is. Don’t look so
startled. He'll probably give you
more. What I want is for you to
do anything Hugo tells you, with
out questioin. See?”
Her head was fairly whirling. "I
don’t see. Tom, why you-”
“You don’t need to see. You’ll un
derstand it in time. Just do as I
say. And another thing. Don't
brethe a word of it around the
office. Whatever you do for him—
keep it a dead secret!”
He gave her arm a friendly pat,
and W'as gone.
Copyright, 1940. Chicago Daily New*. Ine.
i Tomorrow: Hugo Blake tells Nancy
something of his work.
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