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WASHINGTON, 1). €., DECEMBER 8, 1940—152 PAGES. *
a^ST™. TEN CENTS
American Planes for Greeks
Indicated as Roosevelt Sends
King Promise of Prompt Aid
Hellenes' Legation
Says Wide Choice
Of Arms Is Given
By the Associated Press.
Embattled Grpece has been
promised immediate American as
sistance in an exchange of messages
between President Roosevelt and
King George II. and high quarters
indicated last night that the aid
would include warplanes.
Mr. Roosevelt's message, made
public bv the State Department,
did not specify the form in which
hplp would be given, simply pledging
King George that "steps are being
taken" to provide assistance in line
with "the settled policy of the United
States to extend aid to those gov
ernments and peoples who defend
themselves against aggression."
From the Greek Legation and
high American sources, however,
came indications that warplanes,
urgently needed because of the
overwhelming Italian odds in the air.
were first on the list.
Cimon Diamantopoulos. the Greek
Minister, requested assistance in se
curing warplanes and other war
weapons and materials three weeks
ago in discussions with Sumner
Welles. Undersecretary of State.
Planes Major Items.
After Mr. Roosevelt's message was
made public, an official at the Greek
Legation said Greece had been prom
ised "any kind of help it wants.”
Warplanes were the major item, he
added, but emphasized that his
country had been given wide lati
tude in selecting whatever the
United States had available in the
category of war weapons or supplies.
The United States presumably is
In a position to provide Greece with
pome warplanes and a limited
among of surplus Army weapons
without seriously interfering with
American defense requirements and
the flow of war weapons of all kinds
to Great Britain,
American military officials, how
ever. took the view that the primary
responsibility of deciding whether
planes and guns could be spared
rested with Greece's ally. Great
Britain.
Under its policy of assisting the
British by all means "short ot war."
the United States has already given
the British Army the pick of sur
plus rifles and other weapons, pro
vided the British Navy with 50
f destroyers, and granted Britain a SO
SO shares of warplanes production.
Army Has Surplus Rifles.
The Army is understood still to
possess approximately 1.200.000 Lee
Enfield rifles and nearly the same
number of Springfield rifles, which
are gradually being replaced by
semi-automatic Garands. Greece
might be able to utilize some of the
"surplus” rifles.
Other war weapons might include
field guns, mortars and machine
guns of a type adapted to the moun
tain warfare the Greeks have waged
against the Fascist legions which at
tempted to invade the Grecian pen
insula. but there was no official hint
of just what the Army general staff
considers "surplus” among those
weapons.
The final decision as to the num
ber of planes which may be made
available to Greece, either from
the American or British share of
current production—or a percentage
from each—is expected to come
from the priorities authority. Of
ficials of this board would give no
hint last night as to what, if any,
decision had been reached.
Equipment Needed at Once.
Greek officials here have empha
sized that the Greek Army needs
help—in the way of planes, guns
and other equipment—immediately
to carry on the bitter fight now rag
ing, and are interested in deliveries
now and not orders for future de
livery.
At the Capitol, there were gen
eral expressions of approval of Mr.
Roosevelt's message.
"Greece has been wantonly and
wickedly attacked " Senator King.
Democrat, of Utah. said, "and any
aid we can give her will help
democracy."
The President's promise of aid
was contained it: a message in
which he acknowledged the appre
ciation of King George for help
already received from the American
Red Cross.
Message From King.
The message from King George
said:
"In this hour in which my coun
try’ is engaged in a hard and unequal
struggle, forced upon it by an en
emy whose actions are motivated by
cruelty and violence, I am deeply
moved by the warm sympathy and
the keen interest manifested by the
great Nation whose destinies you
guide.
"The noble American people have
often in the past rendered assistance
to my country in all critical mo
ments of its history, and the recent
organization of the Greek War Re
lief Association is further proof that
(See GREEK AID. Page A-5.)
Italy Planned Invasion
For Months, Greeks Say
By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Dec. 7.—The Greek
government charged tonight that
documents found in the divisional
headquarters files of an Italian Al
pine division showed that Italy had
planned its invasion of Greece for
several months.
One docum'ent dated October 21
and another October 26 carried in
structions as to how the attack
should be made, a government
spokesman said.
A document was credited to Gen.
Mario Ciroti, of the 3d Division
of the Alpine troops, and purportedly
addressed to officers of the 8th and
9th Regiments told them to use
every precaution to see that the
Greek troops were taken by sur
prise.
London Without Air Alarms
Longest Period in 3 Months
Nearly All Britain Free of Raiders;
Bases in Occupied France Blasted
B' the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 8 (Sunday'.—For
the first time in the three months
in which Germany has attempted to
bomb Britain into submission. Lon
don has had more than 30 hours of
uninterrupted ''.ill clear."
No air alarm has disturbed the
city since about 9:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m..
E. S. T.) Friday. The last long lull
in the Nazi air bombardment was
from about noon November 25 to
lunch time the next day.
All Britain was unmolested yes
terday except for minor air activity.
Some Britons suggested that bad
weather on the other side of the
Channel had kept the Nazis home:
others that British raids on Nazi
bases Friday night also had some
thing to do with it.
During the day. aerial fighting
was confined principally to the east
and southeast coasts, the Air
Ministry announced. It said two
raiding bombers were shot down.
Bombs fell in East Anglia, but it
Husband of 9 Days
A German Prisoner,
Peggy Scriven Told
By the Associated Press. j
LONDON. Dec. 7. — Peggy
Scriven, the Wightman Cup
tennis player who was married
only 9 days ago to Flight Lt.
F. H. Vivian, was notified today
that he was a prisoner of war
in Germany.
was declared that only ‘ a few people
sustained minor injuries.”
The government also reported that
in Friday night's German attacks.
(See LONDON, Page A-7.)
British Investments in
U. 5. $1,300,000,000
In '37, T. N. E. C. Says
Sir Frederick Phillips
Due to Give Later
Figures Tomorrow
By BLAIR BOLLES.
The Temporary National Eco
nomic i Monopoly i Committee yes
terday threw some light on the cur
rently engrossing issue of the Brit
ish ability to continue to buy war
goods in the United States on a cash
basis, with the report that direct
American investments of the United
Kingdom and the British Do
minions amounted to more than $1.
300.000.000 only three years ago. The
investments of countries which now
are allied with the United King
dom in the war against the axis
totaled an additional $183,096,000.
Sir Frederick Phillips, British Un
dersecretary of the Treasury, is ex
pected to have the up-to-date ver
sion of these figures with him to
morrow, when he presents his gov
ernment's “balance sheet" of re
sources to Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau. The disclosures in this
balance sheet will guide the ad
ministration toward a decision as
to how soon Britain will be in need
of American credits.
Secretary Morgenthau asked Sir
Frederick for this sort of balance
sheet Friday when the British ex
pert talked with the Secretary in a
long conference.
Figure Below Recent Estimates.
The T. N. E. C. figures represent
the most recent breakdown of for
eign investments in the United
States that has been made available
to the public. They show that in
1937, at least, English resources in
the United States would have
financed British purchases here on
the present war-time scale for only
about half a year.
The $1,300,000,000 figure is far be
low the informal estimates of Brit
ish American investments which
have been published since Lord
Lothian, British Ambassador, stated
three weeks ago that British cash
resources were getting dangerously
low. It was his statement which
opened the credit issue, and it al
ready has had repercussions at the
Capitol. Extension of credits to
belligerent. defaulting England
would depend on congressional sanc
tion, through amendment of exist
ing prohibitory laws.
The Associated Press learned that
important administration aides are
discussing the likelihood of making
a forthright promise to Britain of
an American loan, provided England
will first exhaust her investments
here, to finance war buying. Some
officials have suggested that Amer
ican loans might be backed by cer
tain British collateral—perhaps gold,
securities, West Indian islands, Far
Eastern and African rubber and tin
holdings.
British Have Three Reasons.
The British were represented as
wanting the promise of a loan for
three reasons:
1. To bolster the morale of the
British people.
2. To insure better planning of
war purchases.
3. To reassure American manufac
turers who might hesitate to make
large expenditures for factories and
tools to fill British orders unless
they knew that they were going
to be paid.
The T. N. E. C. figures on British
direct investments in the United
States are contained in “Monograph
No. 6.' dealing in general with ex
port prices and export cartels.
_The monograph states that the
(See BRITISH AID7Page A-4.)
'Stop War' Candidate
Defeated in Britain
R' tht Assocltted Pres*.
LONDON. Dec. 7.—W. S. Sea
mark. 37-year-old Northampton
butcher who campaigned as a “stop
I the war" candidate for Parliament.
| was defeated today by Gerard
\ Spencer Summers, a conservative,
by a 1,167 to 16,587 vote.
Seamark called himself a “Chris
tian pacifist.”
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
supported Summers.
Radio Programs, Page F-5
Complete Index, Page A-2
A
Gen. Ettore Bastico
Succeeds Resigned
Dodecanese Chief
Stepup in Production
Of War Goods Ordered;
Laggards Face Penalty
By the Associated Press.
ROME. Dec. 7.—Heavy penalties
for Italian farmers withholding their
production frofi compulsory storage
and for mine owners failing to speed
up operations were disclosed today
almost coincidently with resignation
of the second high Fascist military
commander to step down within two;
days.
At the same time the government's,
needs impelled it to order “the great
est impetus" in the production of
war materials generally.
With the same phraseology used
yesterday in announcing the resig
nation of Marshal Pietro Badoglio
as chief of staff of the Italian
armies—"at his own request"—the
government told the people that
Gen. Count Cesare Maria de Vecchi
di Val Cismon had left his com
mand in the Dodecanese Islands to
be succeeded by Gen. Ettore Bastico.
Just as in the case of Marshal
Badoglio—who. said many gossips,
had advised against the campaign
against Greece—official quarters and
the newspapers maintained silence
as to the reason for this newest mili
tary shake-up. .
Called From Po Command.
Gen. Bastico. who led Blackshirt t
trops in Ethiopia and Spain, was I
called from his command of Italy's1
northern army of the Po to govern
the Dodecanese and command their
armed forces.
Gen. Ugo Cavallero's acceptance
of Marshal Badoglio's old post was
taken as sufficient evidence that he
was in agreement on military policy
with the supreme commander, Pre
mier Mussolini himself.
The cabinet’s decision to penalize
recalcitrant farmers was made De
cember 3. but was made public only
today. For any farmer withholding
his production from storage, it pro
vided imprisonment for a year and ;
the confiscation of his crop.
“The basic importance of the stor
age of agricultural products for the
supply of the armed forces and
civilian population requires this
more severe exemplary suppression
i See ROME, Page A-4.)
Davila Plane at Balboa;
Hops Today for Lima
Bs the Associated Press.
BALBOA, Canal Zone. Dec. 1.*
A four-motored United States Army
bomber, carrying the ailing Mrs.
Carlos Davila, wife of the former
President of Chile, to her home in
Chile, landed here today after a
six-hour flight from Miami.
The plane will take off at day
break for Lima.
Greeks Capture
Delvino; Tirana
Now Their Goal
Town 10 Miles
From Porto Edda
Latest to Fall
B5 the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Dec. 8 (Sunday!.—
Greek soldiers, shouting the new
battle cry, "Tirana by Christmas,"
have taken Delvino, about 10 miles
northeast of the newly captured
town of Porto Edda and are closing
on the abandoned Italian base at
Argirocastro,- it was reported early
today.
Tire Greek high command re
ported the capture of the town and
said its soldiers had fought "suc
cessful local engagements" against
the Italians at various points along
the front from the sea to the Yugo
slav frontier. Prisoners were taken
All Italian bases in southern Al
bania now are behind the Greeks
except Argirocastro, and the Greeks
are closing in on that.
Base Reported Abandoned.
Italian forces were said to have
abandoned the inland base, leaving
pan of it ih flame, and converging
Greek vanguards were reported al
ready to have established contact,
ready to push in.
• Although each day’s advance
by Greece's army marks a new
ebb in Italy's reversed invasion,
Greek soldiers apparently have
cut out a big order for themselves
with ambitions to be in Albania's
capital in less than three weeks.
• Tirana is 90 miles straight
north of Argirocastro, but the
towns are separated by wild
mountains in an almost roadless
country. If the Greek hope is
fulfilled, it seems more likely that
it will be done by mountaineer
troops on the northern front A
Greek spokesman said today they
were advancing toward Elbasani,
25 miles from Tirana, along the
Pogradetz-Elbasani road and up
the Devol River Valley.)
In preparation for occupying Arg
rocastro, dispatches from the front
said Greek forces have taken over
the road between captured Porto
Edda and Delvina and the road
south of Argirocastro.
tt.OOO Reported Captured.
At least 3.000 Italian prisoners
were said to have been taken yester
day and many were reported being
flown back to Greek camps to save
time and avoid clogging roads in
the mountainous frontier region.
Among materials newly reported
captured in the occupation of Porto
Edda. one of the main sea gateways
for Italian supplies, were 100 how
itzers, a weapon on which the
Italians relied heavily in their at
tempt to invade Greece.
A government spokesman said last
night that Italian forces were falling
back steadily in the southern sector
with more men and materials falling
into Greek hands.
Valona Reported Menaced.
The line of Italian retreat, he said,
is toward Chimara and Tepelini. At
Tepelini 15 miles north of Porto
Edda. the road north, like that
through Chimara, leads to the im
portant port oi aiona. which also
has been reported menaced by a
Greek thrust from the east.
‘'Despite stubborn Italian resist
ance," he said, "our troops have
been able to occupy heights of stra
tegical importance, dislodging the
enemy. • * •
“The enemy has displayed consid
erable efforts to rush reinforcements
to his forces but these reinforce
ments also have been unable to
change the situation.”
Casualties, mostly women and
children, were reported in Italian
air raids on the Greek towns of
Xanthe and Kyparissia.
Air Liner Lands in Road
With Crippled Motor
Bs the Associated Press.
GREENSBURG, Pa.. Dec. 7.—
Transcontinental and Western Air,
Inc., announced one of its twin
engined transport planes made a
precautionary landing on a road
way 4 miles north of this Western
Pennsylvania city tonight when one
motor “acted up ”
“There was slight, if any, dam
age." a company spokesman said.
The only passenger aboard was
B. C. Anderson, address unknown,
who boarded the plane at New York.
The crew of three was captained
by Pilot James Polizzi. New York.
The ship was on the New York
Chicago run.
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Many Favorites to Be in Films
At Toy Matinees Saturday
Christmas Gifts for Needy Children
Will Be Received at 12 Theaters
All the actors children like to see, from Judy Garland to the
Marx brothers, will be starred in the pictures announced yester
day by Warner Bros, for the 12 theaters where "toy matinees'’
will be shown next Saturday at 10:30 a m.
To see any of the films a young-.:
j ster needs only bring a new toy
; to the Warner Bros, theater where
his favorite star will be shown. A
new tov will also admit adults.
All the toys brought to the
theaters on "toy matinee" day will
go to fill the stockings of the chil
dren who otherwise would have
empty stockings on Christmas
morning.
Theaters Listed.
If you want to play Santa Claus
and see a good show, loo. take vour
toy to any one of these theaters
Saturday:
Ambassador Eighteenth street
and Columbia road N.W.: Freddie
Bartholomew. Thomas Mitchell.
Edna Best in the R-K-O production.
"Swiss Family Robinson."
Avalon. 5612 Connecticut avpnue
N.W'.: Russell Hayden in the Para
mount picture, "Knights of the
Range.”
Beverly, Fifteenth and E streets
j N.E.: Marx Brothers in Metro
| (See CHRISTMAS. Page~A-3.)~~
Christmas House
Broadcasts
If you're in the vicinity of
Christmas House, at Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania .4\e
nue N.W., at any of the WMAL
broadcasting periods, stop by to
make a contribution and take
part. Representatives of organi
zations can arrange to appear
on one of the broadcasts bv
railing NAtional 5000 and asking
for Christmas House.
TODAY.
No broadcasts. Christmas
Housp closed till 8 30 a m. to
morrow. Come tomorrow or
mail your gift.
TOMORROW.
9:45 to 10 a m.
4:20 to 4:30 p.m.
7:30 to 7:45 p.m.
Cloudy Skies,
But Dry Field,
Seen for Game
Overcast skies, with little possibil
ity of rain, were forecast for the
Redskin-Bears football game today.
Cloudiness and colder today, with
noderate north and northwest winds,
was the official prediction. On the
basis of yesterday's highest tempera
| ture. which the Weather Bureau said
1 wa.s 57 degrees at 1 pm., blankets
will be in order at Griffith Stadium,
for the temperature drops quickly in
mid-afternoon.
Last night's slight rain, not enough
to be recorded on Weather Bureau
instruments, probably will not affect
: the playing condition of the field this
afternoon. 'For further details on
game, see sports section.)
State Police Help Speed j
Iron Lung to Girl, 18
Bs the Associated Press.
ROANOKE. Va.. Dec. 7 —Virginia
and North Carolina State troopers
were pressed into service on an er- 1
rand of mercy tonight after a me
chanical respirator wa.s rushed here
from Greensboro. N. C, in an at
tempt to save the life of 18-year-old
Helen Firebaugh of Troutville. Va.,
stricken with infantile paralysis.
With an escort over the entire
distance, a truck bearing the "iron
lung" arrived at a hospital here at
9:45 pm., two hours and 20 minutes
after leaving Greensboro, N. C.
The young patient, in a semi
conscious condition, was placed In
the "lung" a few minutes later, after
being given artificial respiration for
nearly four hours.
New Committee Urges
Sending Food to Save
Europe From Famine
Hoover Plan for Feeding
Conquered Peoples Hit
By Women Leaders
B> the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 7—A • National
Committee on Food for the Five
Small Democracies'’ with former
President Hoover as honorary chair
man. was formed in order to “save
millions" from the ’inevitable famine
and pestilence which confronts
them."
Coincidentally, opposition to the
"Hoover plan for feeding conquered
populations in Europe." came from
"25 outstanding women" who said in
a statement that America's own na
tional security would be endangered
by any action making easier "Hitler's
task in holding the small conquered
nations in subjection."
Among those listed as signers
were Helen Hayes, actress; Margaret
Culkin Banning, author; Marion Ed
wards Park, president of Bryn Maw
College; Mrs. Sherwood Anderson,
wife of the author: Alice Duer Mil
ler, author, and C. Mildred Thomp
son. dean of Vassar College.
Listed as members of the National
Food Committee were former Vice
President Dawes and several cab
inet members in the Hoover admin
istration; Gen. John J. Pershing,
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, former gov
(See FOOD, Page A-5.)
Daredevil American Flyer Comes Back Alive After Crash
Of R. A. F. Bomber in Sea Returning From Raid on Reich
The exploits of a young Amer
ican aviator with, the Royal Air
Force are narrated here by a fa
mous R. A. F. pilot who also is a
winner of the Schneider Trophy.
The British censorship would not
permit publication of the name
of the American flyer.
Bv CAPT. H. C. BIARD.
LONDON (N.A.N.A.).—One of the
most popular of the gallant young
men in Britain's innumerable bomb
ing squadrons today is an ex-Har
vard boy, once famous in America as
a baseball player.
It has recently been disclosed that
the R. A. F. has enrolled a con
siderable number of American citi
zens who have volunteered to fight;
and, believe me, some of those boys
have wings!
The Harvard boy used to fly his
own and his father's aircraft way
back in the millionaires’ playground
in California. He was known as a
very daring flyer—a pilot who would
go anywhere in any weather, and
perform stunts to make his many
girl friends’ hair stand right on end.
He had the run of the family
yacht, a palatial ranch, a colonial
mansion, and the big New York
house (once the property of an old
Dutch family) from which he used
periodically to paint little old New
York bright red.
Came Over on Grand Tour.
Then one day, he threw over the
life of a playboy and came and
strapped on his pack along with us.
His explanation was typical of the
man. He said he had been on the
point o[ making the "grand tour”
of Europe by means of the family
yacht. The war put it out of the
question, so he came over to make
the "grand tour” in a R. A. P.
bomber.
We were a bit cynical at first!
But before a couple of weeks we had
to take our hats off to that boy.
He was 100 per cent all right—
a hog for work, smart, keen, a
superb flyer. His adventures would
make a book, I guess. I can tell
you a little about one of them.
The bomber is getting ready for
the job. There she stands, gleaming
in drizzling rain, with her tapered
wings, with square-cut tips, her
extra-tall fin, and the big humped
motor nascalles housing more than
9,000 Rolls-Royce horses. Her crew
of four, under the Yankee lad's
command, are getting aboard. Out
in the rain stand nine other
machines. .
They're off! The pilot sets his
course by compass, checks up more
than a score of instruments on his
panel, allows for wind-drift and all
sorts of things. The dark shapes
beat steadily and powerfully up
the heavens at a height of about
12,000 feet, and then level out.
No two raiders are to approach
the objective at the same time—
each has its entry and exit timed
like characters on the stage. The
squadron divides up and follows
seDerate lines of approach to con
fuse the defending gunners.
Belgian Fields Below.
Infinitely below are the Belgian
fields over which the battle of
Flanders rolled a few months back;
but we cannot see them, or catch
any glance of smashed cathedrals,
blackened spires, gaping roofs or
tottering walls.
And now we go down at last and
“mark time’’ for a few minutes.
We plot the silent searchlights
raking the sky. Ahead there Is the
great marshalling yard at Wesel,
A
| near Essen, where railway and road
! systems converge.
We go down—down—and there,
smaller than toys, looking like
minute fleas on a hairy hog's back,
are crawling trains . . . and the
man on the floor in front lies prone.
his teeth showing in a snarl as he
stares along the bomb-sights.
"Two hundred—fifteen hundred,”
says the pilot, laconically looking
into his telephone. The bomb
aimer repeats mechanically, know
ing that 200 m.p.h. is the speed and
1.500 feet the height at which he
must "let go.”
There is an astounded "woomph”
from the first gun below as they
realize something has arrived over
head. The pilot moves the stick a
shade and the bomb-aimer grunts
ecstatically as the machine flattens
out as perfectly as in maneuvers for
an ideal bombing approach. Prom
over to port there are white stabs
of gunfire and the ears shudder
and the brain rocks at the noise as
a 500-pound bomb goes down and
instantly sends up a crater of flash
ing fire.
"Too early—sorry—I’m a bloody
(See FLYER, Page A-7.)
Traffic Claims Three
Dead; Two Victims
Were Pedestrians
Man Killed in Arlington,
Other Fatalities Are
In Nearby Maryland
Three men. two of them pedes
trians. were fatally injured bv auto
mobiles in nearby Maryland and
Virginia last night.
Harry M. Cook. 62. of 4R06 Guil
ford road. College Park. Mri , wgs
struck by a car while crossing the
Baltimore boulevard in Riverdale.
He had made a purchase at a
store on the west side of the boule
vard and was crossing to rejoin
his son-in-law, H S. Cole of 2520
Tenth street N.E.. who was waiting
in his car on the east side of the
highway.
A northbound machine struck Mr.
Cook and fractured both legs and his
skull and injured him internally.
The Bladensburg Rescue Squad
took him to Emergency Hospital,
whpre he died shortly after his
arrival. State Patrolman W. Bohler
was investigating the accident, but
no arrest had been made late last
night. Mr. Cook was employed by
Barber <fc Ross Co., hardware sup
ply firm.
Injured in Arlington.
Abraham Schafran. 73. of the
1200 block of Seventh street N.W..
a jeweler, died in Emergency Hos
pital last night of injuries suffered
when he was knocked down while
crossing the street in the 500 block
of Columbia pike in Arlington. Va .
about 7:45 pm.
He was removed to the hospital
by a motorist. He received a broken
back and a fractured skull and died
two hours later. Arlington County
police listed Daniel Federman. 28.
of Arlington Village. Columbia pike,
as the driver of the machine which
struck Mr. Schafran. but filed no
charges.
Man Instantly Killed.
Frank Baumann. 22. of Ritchie
Station. Md.. was instantly killed last
night when his car crashed head-on
into a machine police said was oper
ated by William L. Jones, 36. of For
estville, a Navy Yard employe.
The accident occurred on the Marl
boro pike near District Heights. The
Baumann car was going toward
Washington.
Mr. Jones was slightly hurt and
was treated by Dr. James I. Boyd.
Mr. Baumann was pronounced dead
bv Dr. Paul C. Van Natta of Forest
ville. He is believed to have suffered
a broken neck. His two brothers.
Charles Baumann, 20. and Robert,
14. who were with him in the car.
escaped with cuts and bruises.
Prince Georges County police re
leased Mr. Jones on $2,000 bond on
charges of manslaughter, reckless
driving and driving while drunk.
Knocked Down By Car.
An unidentified white man about
60 years old was taken to Casualty
Hospital last night after being
knocked down by an automobile at
Third and D streets N.W Hospital
authorities said his condition was
serious.
Walter B. Downing. 70, of 1549
Harvard street N.W., was in fair
condition at Garfield Hospital,
where he was taken after being
knocked down by a car at Four
teenth street and Florida avenue
N.W.
Nazis Execute Hungarian
BERLIN. Dec. 7 (iTPi).—Alexander
Diamon. 66, a Hungarian citizen
convicted of having for four years
made journeys into Germany in the
spy service of other, unstated lands,
was executed tod^y.
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Atlantic Chase
For Nazi Raider
Is Reported
Two Warships Pursue;
British Ask 72 Hours
For Carnarvon Castle
B> the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay, Dee. 8
‘Sundayi.—With at least two Brit
ish warships reported searching the
Atlantic for a German raider, the
British government early today asked
Uruguay to grant permission for th»
auxiliary cruiser Carnarvon Castle
to remain in Montevideo Harbor 72
hours to repair damages inflicted by
the elusive Nazi ship.
It was expected the Uruguayan
government would approve the re
quest, following the recommenda
tions of a commission named to ex
amine the 20.122-ton Carnarvon
Castle
The British cruiser Enterprise. 7 -
530 tons, and another warship in
the vicinity of the battle Thursda”
between the Carnarvon Castle and
the German raider were said to have
taken up the chase immediately.
Some reports said the German ship
was afire astern when she fled the
battle.
Action Called Within Zone.
British officials asserted the action
was fought well within the neutrality
belt set up by American republics,
with the Germans as the aggressors.
One official said the British aux
iliary cruiser, acting in accord with
international law. challenged a
•suspicious vessel1’ which failed to
halt. Then, the official said, thp
British fired a shot across the ves
sel's bow. The other vessel. It was
said, then turned and fired broadside
and hoisted the German war ensign.
Hit by nearly a dozen shells from
the raider, the Carnarvon Castle put
into Montevideo Harbor late yester
day and her captain. H M H Hardy,
declared his opponent ‘ ran away so
badly damaged that she will un
doubtedly be caught and destroyed.”
British Deny Seriously Wounded.
The British Legation declared in
a communique today that there were
no seriously wounded aboard the
auxiliary cruiser requiring removal
to a hospital. The communique
said this fact was verified by Uru
guay sanitary authorities.
It said Capt. Hardy of the Car
narvon Castle went to a military
hospital immediately after landing
to thank Uruguay authorities there
for the preparations they had made
for reception of any wounded and
in sending ambulances to the port.
He said the ship s doctors had been
able to care adequately for the cas
ualties.
However, unofficial estimates of
casualties ranged as high as 7 dead
and 22 injured.
It was learned authoritatively that
a Uruguayan naval commission re
ported after a survey that the ship
would require at least 72 hours to
repair damages. She was said to
have two hits at the water line, four
near the water line and another di
rectly on the exhaust line, which
was out of commission.
Graf Spee Case Recalled.
The bulky merchant cruiser put
into Montevideo Harbor a week less
than a year after the German raider
Admiral Graf Spee arrived.
The Graf Spee was blown up bv
her own commander in the harbor
rather than engage British warships
waiting for her to leave this refuge.
The starboard side of the Carnar
von Castle showed a dozen hits.
Some of these were on her broad
side. One struck the starboard part
of her superstructure, forward,
blowing out that portion of the ship,
cutting her anti-mine belt and
setting a fire which spread over
; two decks before it was extin
guished.
It was disclosed that 22 German
seamen the Carnarvon Castle re
moved from the Brazilian coastal
ship Itape November 30 were trans
ferred to another British vessel "al
most immediately" and were not
aboard at the time of the battle.
I.iner Shows List to Tort.
The liner showed a strong list
to port as she entered harbor, but
an official explained she was listed
purposely to keep the sea out of
a starboard hit near the waterline.
Naval experts who viewed the
vessel from the dock said it ap
i peared at least one enemy shell
exploded inside her.
Capt. Hardy issued this state
ment:
"The engagement lasted one hour
and a half. It began with a high
! speed chase, after which the enemy
continually tried to end the action
(See RAIDER, Page A-5.)
New Concerto
Booers Reproved
By Stokowski
B> the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 7.—Con
i ductor Leopold Stokowski inter
j rupted an Academy of Music con
cert tonight to rebuke sharply mem
bers of the audience who had booed
or walked out during the playing
of Arnold Schoenberg's new mod
ernistic violin concerto.
•'It's a foolish, narrow and un
sportsmanlike blunder to act this
way,” the silver-haired maestro be
gan. "Why not give the piece a
chance? Schoenberg is one of our
greatest living musicians. He is an
extreme individualist. Why don't
you give his music a fair chance?
That's American.”
The 30-minute concerto, using 12
tones instead of eight and avoiding
j clear-cut melody and resolved
| chords, brought a few scattered boos
and hisses followed by some ap
j plause. The first few notes of Violin
Soloist Louis Kramer, accompanied
by the Philadelphia Orchestra, re
sulted in half a dozen persons leav
ing the auditorium.
The concerto was given its world's
i premiere by Stokowski here yester
j day. Several in the audience left
during the performance.