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Cloudy, lowest temperature about 48 tonight; ■
tomorrow cloudy, moderate temperature.
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lowest. 43, at 7:30 a.m.; 61 at 4 p.m. j
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REICH REFUSES TO SETTLE FOR ROBIN MOOR
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House Passes District Rent Control Bill With Two Amendments
Late News Bulletins
Navy to Build 50 Escort Ships for British
The Navy Department announced late today it had au
thorized construction of 50 escort vessels for the United
Kingdom, under lease-lend allocation. They will be built in
navy yards. 24 in Mare Island. Calif.: 12 in Boston. 8 in
Puget Sound, Wash., and 8 in Philadelphia. The program
is estimated to cost about $300,000,000.
Coal Conference Makes Little Progress
The Defense Mediation Board conferred today with
representatives of the C. I. O. United Mine Workers Union
and owners of captive coal mines on the issue of a closed
shop in the mines, but recessed until 10 a m. tomorrow with
“the basic positions of both sides * * * unchanged," in the
words of William H Davis, board chairman.
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
Japan Clearly Uneasy, Mackenzie King Says
OTTAWA <P'.—Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King,
just back from a visit with President Roosevelt, told the
Canadian House of Commons today that "Japan has clearly
been uneasy at the prospect of taking military initiative in
the face of the firm attitude displayed by the United States,
Britain and the Netherlands indies."
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
700 Reported Shot by Nazis in Belgrade
LONDON Pi.—The Belgrade radio reported tonight that
100 alleged Communists and Jews had been shot in the former
Yugoslav capital today in reprisal for an attack on a German
soldier. The broadcast was heard here by Reuters.
Fierce Fighting in Crimea, Kalinin Sector
LONDON iP'.—Fierce fighting in the Crimea and the
Kalinin sector, northwest of Moscow, was reported in the
night Soviet communique, broadcast by the Moscow radio.
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
Hull's Statements Forwarded to Helsinki
The Finnish Legation said late today that it had trans
mitted to Helsinki a resume of Secretary of State Hull s
press conference announcement of efforts to induce Fin
land to make peace with Russia, and could make no comment
pending instructions from Helsinki.
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
Parachute Discovery Provides
Hope for Ninth Man on Bomber
(Earlier Story on Page A-2.) |
By the Associated Press.
GEORGETOWN, Calif. Nov. 3 — 1
As fragments of an Army bomber
were found scattered over a fifty
acre area, it appeared today that all
nine men aboard had cheated death
while the plane fell to pieces in
midair yesterday.
The discovery of a parachute
draped over a fence led to the belief
that the only man unaccounted for
had reached earth safely. He was
Lieut. M. H. Walker, the pilot.
Ground parties were searching for
him.
The other eight airmen para
chuted safely as the big bomber dis
integrated in the air in a raging
snowstorm over the Sierra Nevada
wilderness.
Two other Army fliers who had
been reported missing werj account
ed for tOv jy, Moffett Field head
quarters said. They were Lt. A.
B. Dannell. 24. Albuquerque, and
Lt. R D. Leimbacker. 25. Joliet.
111. They reached the Fresno airport
safely.
There still was no word of Lt.
Robert Agnew, 23. of Donalds. S. C„
who dropped from sight yesterday
while on a 30-minute fligh' from
Stockton to Moneu rieia wine
planes from Moffett Field were in
the air today in search ol the for
mer Clemson College boy.
100,000 See Corn Husker
Tear His Way to Title
By the Associated Press.
TONICA. 111., Nov. 3.—Floyd Wise
of Prairie Center. 111., won the na
tional corn husking championship
today by picking 45.37 bushels of
corn in 80 minutes.
A crowd estimated at 100.000
watched him tear his way through
Theodore Schafer's field of hybrid
corn to beat 21 other first-rate
pickers from 11 States.
The load credited to Mr. Wise was
1.34 bushels under the record of
46.71 established by Irvin Bauman
of Illinois last year. Mr. Bauman
has retired from competition.
Second place was captured by
Leland Klein of Illinois with a load
of 45 214. Third place went to Ivvl
Carlson of Iowa, with 44.36. Donley
Martin of Minnesota took fourth
with 43.25. Fifth was Cameron
Kraul of Iowa with 41.89.
Longer Sought to Represent
Pendergast, Witness Says
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.) j
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.
James Mullov, a star witness
against Senator Langer. Republican, j
of South Dakota in the proceedings j
to determine his fitness to* hold
office, testified this afternoon be- j
fore the Senate Privileges and Elec- j
tions Committee that in 1939 he >
was sent to Kansas City by the
present Senator to see Tom Pen
dergast. the Missouri political boss,
and try to persuade him to retain
Mr. Langer as attorney for a fee
Of $10,000.
Mr. Mulloy said he was accom- j
panied by Hugh McCullouch. who
had said he could get Federal Judge
A. Lee Wyman of South Dakota
to preside at the trial of Pender
gast. who was charged with income
tax evasion and later convicted. It
was Judge Wyman who presided at
several trials of Senator Langer on
charges connected with Federal re
lief administration in North Dakota
and whom the Senator is accused
of trying corruptly to influence.
Asked for $50,000.
In Kansas City. Mr. Mulloy said,
they saw Pendergast and he directed
them to a hotel room where Mr.
McCollouch "asked for $50,000.”
"Mr. Pendergast said he wanted
to talk it over with his nephew,”
the witness related.
Mr. Mulloy said he took a letter
from Mr. Langer to Pendergast.
Nothing came of the proposed deal,
however, the witness said, though
the nephew talked to them and
arranged a meeting in Huron. N.
Dak., which never came off.
Mr. Mulloy said he and his fam
ily had been threatened since "he
started this investigation."
Says Machine Hounds Him.
“The so-called Langer machine,”
he added, "has done everything pos
sible to crucify me and my family.
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They've kept me out ol employ
ment.”
Mr. Mulloy formerly was a State
official of North Dakota and a close
political associate of Senator
Langer.
Mr. Mulloy. under questioning by
Francis Murphy, attorney for Sen
ator Langer. denied that he ever
had made a practice of obtaining
clients for lawyers and splitting
fees with them.
The witness said he and the Sen
ator had been close friends until
the spring of 1940. when they had a
“blow-up" in the lobby of a Bis
marck hotel.
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Administrator
Given Broader
Ceiling Power
Entire Enforcement
Expense Is Placed
On D. C. Government
Without a record vote, the House
this afternoon passed and sent to
the Senate the District anti-rent
profiteering bill which would auto
matically freeze rentals here at
the January 1 level.
Action came at the close of
nearly two hours’ debate, during
which Chairman Randolph of the
District Committee, described the
legislation as "a sane and proper i
approach to rent control" during
the period of the national emer
gency.
Swift Senate action on the bill
was forecast late today less than an
hour after its passage by the Hoti'e.
A special meeting of the Senate
District Committee for considera
tion of the measure was tenta
tively scheduled for Friday by Chair
man McCarran.
Two changes were made in the
measure before it was given ap
proval by a mere handful of House
members who either took part in
the discussion or reclined in their
seats listening to it. At no time
were there more than 46 of the 435
members on the floor.
Gives Administrator Power.
One of the amendments, offered
by Representative Patman. Demo
crat. of Texas, would give the ad
ministrator. who would enforce the
rent-control law. authority to re
duce rentals below the January 1
ceiling if he found they were not
"fair and reasonable" at that time.
The other came from the Dis
trict Committee. It would place
the entire expense of administering
the law on the District Government. ;
The bill as reported to the House
would have Imposed this cost on
the Federal Government.
A proposed amendment, offered
by Representative Hoffman. Repub
lican. of Michigan, which would
have frozen rents as of January’.
1940, instead of January. 1941, was
withdrawn before action on the
Patman amendment. Mr. Hoffman
said the change proposed by Mr.
Patman would take care of his pro
test.
Only Serious Criticism.
i The only serious criticism of the
bill came from Representative Pat
' man. and he directed his attack on
a section which he declared would
| not protect a tenant who felt his
rent was too high before January 1.
In the midst of a warm argument
with Representative Randolph, the
Texan declared:
"I am in sympathy with what you
are trying to do. I know something
has got to be done to keep rentals
down. But I think if it is shown
a tenant is paying too much rent
something should be put in the bill
to give the administrator the power
to reduce it.
"I'm not critical. I want some
protection for the groups being
imposed upon."
Section Under Fire.
Subsection A of Section 4 of the
bill was the .one which drew the fire
of Representative Patman. It read:
"Any landlord may petition the
administrator to adjust the max
imum rent ceiling applicable to his
housing accommodations on the
ground that such maximum rent
ceiling is. due to peculiar circum
stances affecting such housing ac
commodations. substantially higher
or lower than the rent generally pre
vailing for comparable housing ac
commodations; whereupon the ad
ministrator may by order adjust
such maximum rent ceiling to pro
vide the rent generally prevailing
for comparable housing accommo
dations as determined by the ad
ministrator.”
The Patman amendment changed
the paragraph to read:
“Any landlord may petition the
. administrator to adjust the maxi
i mum rent ceiling applicable to his
| housing accommodations on the
I “ i See RENTS. Page 2-X.J
MOFFETT. OKLA—RIVER RUNS WILD—Flood waters from the
Arkansas River, highest in years, cover this entire town, which
is directly across the river from Fort Smith. Ark. Approach on
the Oklahoma side <left» to the highway bridge (second in back
ground' was under several feet of water.
—A. P Wirephoto.
Central Beats Tech,
19-0, as Chacos
Goes Over in 4th
Game Gives Winners
Clean Slate, With
Three Wins, No Losses
Central defeated Tech. 19-0. this
afternoon in their 39th annual meet
ing at Central Stadium. —
The victory gave Central a clean
slate in its division, with three wins
and no losses. It was Tech's third
loss in four series starts.
First Quarter.
Tech drove deep into Central ter
ritory when Demory blocked Yal
anos' kick and Earman recovered
for the Maroons on the Central 15
yard line. Running plans failed and
Morrisette tried a field goal from
the 20 which was wide. After an
exchange of punts. Tech again
marched with Gilmore and Dellas
tatious bucking the line for three
successive first downs to Central's
15 as the period ended.
><erond Quarter.
Central's line braced and Mor
risette attempted another field
goal from the 20-yard line which
went wide. Central kicked out and
two plays later Lavinder. Central
center, intercepted a pass from Gil
more and ran it back 20 yards to
Tech's 35-yard line.
Denikos, Central back, hit the
line and swept the end to reach the
20-yard line, from which point
Valanos passed to Denikos for a
touchdown. Samperton's place
ment was blocked.
Tech was unable to gain after
the kickoff and Central took over
I with Dunn, Horton and Chacos
slicing through the line to reach
Tech's 35-yard line as the half
ended.
Third Quarter.
Tech took the kickoff. An ex
change of punts between Tech’s
Dellastatius and Central's Valanos
gave Central the edge and the
Viking's began a march from Tech's
35. Chacos swept end for 10 yards
and Horton and Denikos added other
sizable gains, with Horton going
i See FOOTBALL." Page 2-X.) _
Pilot in Plane Crash
Fatal to 14 Says
Controls Failed Him
'The Thing Just Shook
And Didn't Fly/ He
Reports to C. A. B.
By the Associated Press
MOORHEAD. Minn.. Nov. 3 —
Capt. Clarence Bates, pilot of the
Northwest Airlines plane that j
crashed near here last Thursday
killing 14 persons, said in a depo
sition today • something went wneng
with the controls'* at 600 feet while
he was descending for a landing at
Fargo. (N. Dak> airport, adjacent
to this city.
me deposition, laaen at me oea
side of Capt. Bates who is recovering
from injuries sustained as the only
survivor of the tragedy, added that
he did not realize the ship was about
to crash: that he did not consider
tee conditions wholly to blame and
that he was still trying to fly when
the big liner struck the ground,
hurled him out and then burned.
Capt. Bates' deposition was read at
a lormal hearing held by the Civil
Aeronautics Board and the Civil
Aeronautics Authority.
He stated he had descended 400
feet when he first noticed the con
trols failing to function. The plane
crashed about two miles from the
airport after Capt. Bates reported to
; ground forces that he was descend
ing from 2,700 feet on a routine in
strument approach to the field.
At 600 feet, he said, "the airplane
started acting peculiar and I knew |
something was the matter. I didn't I
know what but it was right at the
bottom of the descent. • * * So I
yelled gear up' to the co-pilot, the
idea being to keep all the speed I
could possibly get and I increased
to full horsepower to fly straight
ahead. * * *”
Capt. Bates said he did not have
much time to check for ice since the
plane "started to flutter or shake
and the controls worked hard." He
added “the thing just shook and
didn't fly.” The injured pilot said
after the crash he didn't remember
anything. •
CENTRALS ACE FINDS A HOLE—Valonas (No. 27), Central
back, is shown as he clicked off five yards against Tech in
1
the annual elassic between these two schools this afternoon
at Central Stadium. —Star Staff Photo.
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Ensign Roosevelt
Always Telephones
Mother Collect
Ensign Franklin D Roosevelt,
jr.. always telephones his
mother collect.
She is always so glad to hear
from him. however, she doesn’t
mind paying the charges. Mrs.
Roosevelt told a press confer
ence today that she knows no
more of her son’s whereabouts
than any Navy man's mother,
but that he always telephones
her as soon as he touches land.
Telephoning collect has been
a habit of the Roosevelt chil
dren ever since they were in
school, she said.
Neutrality Act Forces
U. S. to Be 'Hypocrite/;
Says Senator George
America Threw Out'
Impartiality by Passing
Lease Bill, He Declares
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
By J. A. OLEARY.
The Neutrality Act as it stands
"forces us to become hypocrites" be
cause this country is not impartial in
the struggle between Hitlerism and
the small nations of Europe. Sena
tor George. Democrat, of Georgia
declared this afternoon.
Speaking in favor of the pending
bill to repeal the substance of the
act by removing restrictions on free
commerce by American ships, the
former Foreign Relations Commit
tee chairman told the Senate that
‘•m the passage of the Lease-Lend
Act we definitely threw out the win
dow the whole concept of neutrality.”
Senator Maloney. Democrat, of
Connecticut, broke his silence on
the pending bill late today to de
clare that, while he has voted for
all phases of the administration's
foreign policy up to now. he will not
vote to let American merchant ships
go through combat zones to bel
ligerent ports.
He said he would have voted for
the House bill, confined to arming
merchant ships moving in defense
waters, but feared the passage of
the Senate bill erasing combat zones
would lead in a little while to a vote
to go to war.
Does Not Mean War.
Senator George insisted, however,
that repeal of the law does not mean
war. It is merely the removal from
the statute books of restraints which
this country voluntarily imposed on
its own commerce, the Senator said
—restraints which make it possible
for other powers to determine the
foreign policy tf the United States.
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio, a leader of the opposition,
contended Senator George's speech
today was inconsistent with his
remarks on the lease-lend bill six
months ago. when he told the Sen
ate he stood against convoys until
the time has come for war.
"At that time.’’ Senator George
replied, “the free right to sail the
seas had not been challenged by
Germany. The situation is differ
ent today.”
Senator Taft also inquired if
Senator George felt passage of this
bill would ratify any present con
voying and authorize its extension.
Senator George closed his speech
'See NEUTRALITY, Page 2-lt.)
President Predicts
America Will Escape
Europe's New Order
Tells Duchess Educators
i
He Hopes Soon to Return
To County to Live
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
By JOHN C. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.
HYDE PARK N. Y. Nov. 3 —
America will not be subjected to the
"new order" which the dictators are
attempting to impose upon Europe
and the world today, President
Roosevelt predicted confidently to a
meeting of Dutchess County educa
tors in the Roosevelt High School
here this afternoon
Speaking extemporaneously, the
Chief Executive devoted most of a
half-hour address to emphasizing
his ideas and hopes for further
"streamlining" in practical direc- j
tions of the American educational1
system, but several times he high
lighted his speech by references to
the troubled world conditions and
the contrast between democracy and
totalitarianism.
It was during a reference to this
contrast that he expressed his con
fidence of survival of the American
way.
"I don't think we are ever coming
to this new order in this country."
he said, "and I hope very much i
that the rest of the world will not j
be forced into it. Because if they i
should be this country of ours would
become an oasis pressed in from all
sides."
Take* a Long Time.
Recalling that there had been
many years of discussion in Hyde
Park before the decision was made
to establish a consolidated town
school system. Mr. Roosevelt ac
knowledged then that "things in a
democracy to take a long time" but
he added that he believed this to
be a better condition than the form
of society where a dictator can
sav “you’ve got to do this."
Americans, he went on. are proud
of the Democratic system which is
now being challenged by those hold
ing the “new order" view point.
And If educational practices keep
up with the pace of today's fast
changing demands and thereby help
in assuring survival of this system,
succeeding generations will be in
debted to those who are presently
being farsighted
At the same time. Mr. Roosevelt
seriously raised the question of
whether education is matching that
pace. To that end. he proposed that
the schools take children out into
their communities for a first-hand
inspection of how the courts oper
ate. how businesses are run, and
how all the other things which are
(See ROOSEVELT, Page 2-X.)
Markets at a Glance
NEW YORK. Nov. 3 (>P».—
Stocks firm; aircrafts, specialties
revive. Bonds irregular; selected
rails advance. Foreign exchange
quiet; generally unchanged.
Cotton quiet; trade and New
Orleans buying. Sugar firm;
new season's highs established.
Metals steady; Buffalo steel pro
duction at new low. Wool tops
dull; commission house buying.
CHICAGO.—Wheat, early ad
vance lost; closed unsettled. Com
higher; good shipping business.
Hogs generally 5-10 lower; top,
$10.50; large supply. Cattle, all
classes weak; very large supply.
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U. S. Demand ~
For 3 Million
Gets No Answer
'No Appropriate
Reply' to Be Made,
Embassy States
By GARNETT D. HORNER.
Germany has refused even to
reply to a United States demand
for nearly $3,000,000 damages in
the sinking by a Nazi submarine
of the American freighter Robin
i Moor, the State Department dis
! closed today.
The department made public an
•xchange of notes with Hans Thom
sen, Charge d'Affaires of the Ger
man Embassy here, in which he
ieclareri that this Government's
'ommunications "are not such as to
lead to an appropriate reply" by the
German government
Mr. Thomsen declined even to
iransmit to Berlin an official copv
of President Roosevelt's message to
Congress on the Robin Moor inci
ient.
He did. however, send his govern
ment a note by Secretary of State
Hull on September 19 offering to
accept a lump sum of $2567.092 in
full settlement of the Robin Moor
damages if it was paid within 90
days.
No Reply to Be Made.
Mr. Thomsen's last communica
tion, dated September 26 merely
stated that “no appropriate reply”
would be made
The Robin Moor, first American
Rag ship to be sunk bv a German
submarine in the present war. was
sent to the bottom of the South
Atlantic last Mav 21 while carrying
a non-military cargo to South Afri
ca. The crew members and pas
sengers spent weeks at sea in >>pen
lifeboats before finally being res
cued by Brazilian and British ships.
In a special message to Congress
on June 20. President Roosevelt
pointed out that the vessel was sunk
without any provision for the safety
of the passengers and crew as re
quired by international law and
branded the sinking as "the act of
an international outlaw.”
Mr. Roosevelt declared in his mes
sage that the United States "holds
Germany responsible for the out
rageous and indefensible sinking of
the Robin Moor” and that "full
reparation for the losses and dam
ages suffered by American nationals
will be expected from the German
government . ’
Message Handed to Embassy.
A copy of the President's mes
sage was sent by the ^tate Depart
ment on the same day to the Ger
man Embassy with the request that
it be transmitted to the German
government for its information
Four days later Mr. Thomsen
wrote Undersecretary of State Wells,
"I do not find myself in a position
to pass on” the President’s mes
sage to his government.
Full Reparation Expected.
Mr Hull's note of September 19
called attention to the President s
statement that Germany would be
expected to make full reparation
for the losses and damages result
t8ee ROBIN MOOR7 Page 2-X.j
Army Rejects 200 Tons
Of Argentine Canned Beef
By thr Ac.cociated Pre*.*
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 3— Army
quartermaster supply officers said
today more than 200 tons of Ar
gentine canned beef nave been re
! Jected here as unfit for human con
[ sumption.
The consignment of 434 000 pounds
was returned to the contractor after
cans began to burst and the odor of
the spoiling meat was noticeable.
Contradiction, Injured,
Is Retired Until March
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PIMLICO. Md. Nov. 3—The
Woolford Farms Contradiction,
surprise winner of the $33,910 Pim
lico Futurity Saturday, suffered a
I leg injury in the race and has been
retired for the year.
Contradiction will be shipped to
Hialeah Park. Fla., where he will be
rested. His next start will be in
the $20,000 Flamingo Stake at Hia
leah. in March. He then will be
shipped to Churchill Downs for the
Kentucky Derby. The colt cut his
leg severely in the Futurity.
Late Races
Earlie- Results, Rossvan's. Other
Selections and Entries tor To
morrow, Page 2-X.
Pimlico
EIGHTH RACE—Purse. $1 OOO. Mary
land bred. 3-year-olds and upward lr«
Lauderkm (Harrell* 8.80 4 on 2 50
Goober Lad (Kiecen 3 80 -.50
Challante (Remerscheidi -50 V
Time. l:4P4s , . __.
Also ran—Fair Hero. Moalee and LeiaJ
Light.
Rockingham Park
EIGHTH RACE—Purse. 8800: claiming;
4-Tear-olds and upward I‘a miles
Mon Doit 'Dattilo. 7.40 4 80 3 fid
American Money iDelarat 1 • fl0 IJSS
Old River '.Craig 1 "
Also ran—Gaspar do Salo Sanoma,
Career Girl. Laurana Lyon Noroton. County
Bond and Grandpas Boy.
Churchill Downs
FIFTH RACE—Purse SI.000 claiming;
3-year-olds and upward 31 a furlongs 8
High One (Bod.oui 5b.-0 -. -0 13 oO
Anxiety (Barber. 8.40 5 00
Little Rise (Berger) 3-*w
a!™* ran-^-One Witch. Maxlekin Bull
dimer True Star. Nice Coin. A*ri-~!'
Winamsc. ^
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