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King Cheers Danes
Refusing to Crack
Under Nazi Horrors
By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 1. —En
couraging words from King
Christian X today heartened the
Danish people who have refused
to crack under a German mili
tary dictatorship enforced, eye
witnesses said, by merciless street
executions.
Refugees kho made a daring flight
to Sweden through Nazi patrols de
clared they had seen German mech
anized troops pour volleys of ma
chine-gun fire into groups of Danes
waiting on safety-zone platforms for
streetcars.
Three Danes who laughed and
loked when German soldiers marched
by were shot to death without a
Word of warning, eyewitnesses added.
Drastic measures were ordered by
Gen. Hermann von Hannecken. mil
itary dictator, to restore a "state of
normalcy” to the nation which re
volted against Nazi occupation and
was sabotaging German troop sup
plies and arms production.
King Takes Automobile Ride.
King Christian, who has been im
prisoned with Queen Alexandria in
Sorgenfri Castle since the Germans
took over the Danish government
Sunday, made his first public ap
pearance yesterday—a short auto
mibile outing under the watchful
eyes of a German military guard.
In the little town of Lyngby near
Sorgenfri Castle. 1.000 Danes ignored
Gen. von Hannecken's prohibition
against assemblies to cheer their
King and Queen.
King Christian’s words to the
gathering were brief:—“I am happy
to hear the Danish language still
spoken in my country; continue with
that.’’ They were significant, how
ever, for the Danes, who apparently
interpreted them as an approval
of their stout-hearted resistance'
against overwhelming odds. Yet
there was nothing in the King’s
remarks against which the Germans
could protest.
Gen. von Hannecken, having
crushed Denmark’s brief military
revolt, ruthlessly carried out against
any small assemblies of Danes his
threat to disperse groups without
consideration of human lives.
Armored Cars Patrol Cities.
German troops kept up contin
uous patrols in Copenhagen and
other large cities in armored cars,
each of which mounted a bristling
array of machine guns.
German soldiers and Gestapo op
eratives generally handled the en
forcement of the martial law proc
lamation, as the regular police in
Copenhagen and other cities refused
to pledge loyalty to Gen. von
Mannecken.
The dictator's iron hand methods
restored at least surface calm to
much of Denmark, and in Copen
hagen the Nazi-controlled radio
said some normal public services
Were being resumed today.
Details on conditions inside Den
mark came from eyewitnesses who
were brought to Sweden in a Danish
minesweeper, which made a daring j
trip to the Danish coast near Copen- :
hagen to pick up 11 civilians and ;
then slipped past the German pa
trols to reach Malmo.
Prom the refugees also came a
story of how one Danish submarine
was submerged by its crew as the
Danish Navy was being scuttled in
Copenhagen harbor Sunday, and re
mained beneath the surface until it
could slip away to Sweden under the
cover of darkness.
Ordered to Sink Ships.
The dramatic last moments when
the scuttling order came from Ad
miral Vedal, the navy’s commander,
also were disclosed. Admiral Vedal
went to the Navy Ministry early
Sunday before German soldiers
reached his home. When he dis
covered that the Germans were
definitely taking over the entire
country, he radioed his commanders,
"now or never, fly to Sweden or sink
your ships. May God protect our
King and country."
German soldiers arrested Admiral
Vedal in his office in the general
roundup of members of the govern
ment, prominent politicians, educa
tors, editors, clergymen, actors and
Jews. ■
Refugees also reported that Prince
Knud, the youngest son of King |
Christian, and Prince Axel, cousin
of the monarch, have been interned
with a number of Danish officers in
a hotel at Copenhagen. Danish sol
diers and noncommissioned officers
were said to have been demobilized
and sent home.
Among the prominent persons ar
rested were K. A. J. Munk. noted
poet and priest; Frederick Schyberg,
an outstanding literary critic, and
Else Skouboe. Denmark's leading
actress.
2,000 Killed in Clashes.
At least 2.000 persons were killed
in Sunday’s brief but furious clashes
between the Danes and Germans,
refugees estimated, and said the
total would probably be much more
as a result of Gen. von Hannecken’s
orders to shoot into groups of five or
more congregating on streets or
public places.
(A Reuters dispatch quoted the
Stockholm newspaper Svenska
Dagbladet as saying it had learn
ed that serious disturbances
broke out in Copenhagen last
TESTIFIES AT INQUEST—Gesticulating with manacled hands,
John Walter Morton testifies in his own behalf at today’s in
quest into the death of Mrs. Grace Grubbs Groome, whom he is
suspected of murdering. At the left is Dr. A. Magruder Mac
Donald, District coroner. Morton admitted being in the slain
woman’s company on the day of the crime but denied com
plicity in the case. —Star Staff Photo.
Morton
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was vague concerning his where
abouts the evening of the woman’s
death and could give no coherent
account of his actions. He admit
ted meeting her in a restaurant late
in the afternoon but said they
parted after leaving the place.
Dr. Richard M. Rosenberg, dep
uty coroner who performed an au
topsy on Mrs. Groome’s body, would
not say positively whether she had
been criminally assaulted. He said
she appeared to have been assault
ed but that he had not made a
definite decision.
The surprise witness was 15-year
old Charles Hamilton de Zavellos,
Wilson High School student re
siding at McLean Gardens, who told
of seeing Morton in Rock Creek
Park after dusk the night of the
crime.
Describes Meeting.
Young De Zabellos said he and
some friends accompanied a man
delivering flowers and that their
car broke down on Tilden street
en route home. He said they were
going west, uphill, toward Connec
ticut avenue when the trouble hap
pened, and the driver let the car
drift backward into the park, where I
the party awaited the arrival of a
repair mechanic.
While waiting, the boy said, he
saw a man come down the path
from the cabin near Pierce Mill.
He {jointed to Morton as the man he
saw. He said Morton, who passed
within five feet of the group, waved
to him. He told the jury his shirt
appeared to be bloody at the time
although another boy thought It
might have been muddy.
Kitty Smith of 3934 Fourteenth
street N.W., told of seeing Morton
come in to the place where she is
employed and sit down with Mrs.
Groome at a table. She said Morton,
whom she knew as Martin, was
asked by the bartender to move.
The witness said the bartender
thought Morton was annoying cus
tomers, but Morton explained he
night and that the Germans were
bringing artillery into position in
the city's streets. No further de
tails were available.)
German troops were reported
guarding key railway depots and all
motor.traffic was banned except for
military purposes and by physicians.
Some refugees said Copenhagen
gave every appearance of being a
besieged city. German soldiers
could be seen at nearly every street
corner and mobile guns had been
wheeled into position in the city's
most important squares and inter
sections.
Food Situation Critical.
The food situation suddenly be
came critical Monday when the
breakdown in transportation pre
vented supplies from reaching the
cities. In Copenhagen citizens
searched in vain for bread.
A wave of passive resistance be
gan to slow down all production.
Workmen in the principal indus
tries led in the movement and one
engineer who reached Sweden said
that on Monday industrial plants in
Copenhagen used only one-third of
the amount of electrical power con
sumed on the previous Monday as
the machinery remained partially
idle.
Three army officers who eluded
Nazi patrols and spent seven dan
gerous hours crossing the narrow
3-mile water passage to Sweden in i
a rowboat brought additional de- !
tails of increasing tension through
out the country.
One refugee said that in one sec
tion of Copenhagen alone German
soldiers on Sunday killed 17 Danes
and wounded nearly 100 others. One
Nazi guardsman opened fire on!
three small boys who threw rocks
at him, he said.
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knew Mrs. Groome. The waitress
testified that the couple left toegther.
Morton described the alleged pick
pocket as a "sort of a Latin” and
said he was "big enough to lean on
my shoulder.” Under cross-exami
nation he said he got hit on the
nose and jaw and was knocked to
the ground in the fight that fol
lowed his discovery of the man’s
hand in his pocket. The man fled,
according to Morton, and the latter
recovered his glasses from a nearby
hedge and walked away.
Asked why he did not report the
incident to police he said he "didn't
think it was necessary” and that he
"couldn’t give them any informa
tion” concerning his assailant.
He told of meeting Mrs. Groome
on a streetcar near Fourteenth and
Park road N.W. last February. He
said they rode downtown together
and sat in the park at K street for
a while. After a while he told her
he was cold and got up and left.
Detective on Stand.
Detective Sergt. Robert Murray
told the jury Morton had admitted
to him that he struck Mrs. Groom#
in the park and described the fno
tion of his arm in dealing the blow.
Morton categorically denied this.
The suspect said he had always
"gotten along just fine with wom
en." He declared he never touched
her.
Morion siumpea m his chair and
bounced his knee rapidly while the
witnesses were on the stand but,
aside from frequently wetting his
lips, was calm when testifying and
spoke in a low, well-modulated voice.
He brought two sandwiches to the
District Morgue with him. When
the jury had retired he turned to
his attorney, Charles F. Hailer, and
said he was hungry and asked if he
couldn't eat one. He did not stop
chewing to hear the clerk read the
jury's verdict and did not appear
upset at the decision.
One witness. Thomas C. Hutchin
son of 3923 Ninth street N.E.. told
how he and Morton glared at one
another in a restaurant in the 1400
block of Park road the night of the
murder. Mr. Hutchinson said Mor
ton, whom he pointed out to the
jury, was “kind of jittery.” The
witness said he was mad because
they let Morton in the place in a
disheveled condition. He described
his shirt as saturated with blood.
Morton, a radio mechanic, was ar
raigned before United States Com
missioner Needham C. Turnage yes
terday and ordered held for the
grand jury.
Russia
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capture of which Stalin triumph
antly announced yesterday.
Along the coast of the Sea of
Azov, meanwhile, the Red Army
pushed on toward the seaport of
Mariupol.
The triple victories all took place
within a day but news of the suc
cesses on the central and northern
front were held back by the Soviet
high command to give Moscow an
unprecedented two-day celebration.
In the north a drive on a 30-mile
front from Spas Demensk to Yelnya,
whose fall was announced yesterday,
threatened the Nazis with one of the
major catastrophes of the summer
Fight on Gas Rates
Opens Before PUC;
Hankin Hits Legal Fee
Public hearings on consumer
rates of the Washington Gas Light
Co. for the year beginning today
proceeded slowly before the Public
Utilities Commission today with
considerable time being devoted to
questions over various accounting
details.
The morning session was marked
by questions raised by Gregory
Hankin, PUC member, over an $18,
000 legal expense of the company
during the last' test year, sales pro
motion costs and allocation of
company rent charges between the
District and nearby communities.
Mr. Hankin asked many questions
on the subjects while examining O.
H. Ritenour, company controller.
Legal Fee Attacked.
Later Mr. Hankin declared he had
heard no testimony which justified
the payment of a fee of $18,000 for
the legal services of the New York
law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell.
He took the same position a year
ago in last year’s gas rate hearings
when he asserted that if local
counsel of the company were quali
fied legal advisers there was no rea
son for the company to spend a large
sum for additional counsel brought
here from New York.
ai mat time, the explanation was
that Stoddard M. Stevens of the
Sullivan & Cromwell firm was re
tained because he had been engaged
when the PUC was considering
adoption of the sliding scale plan
for annual rate adjustments of the
gas company and had a personal
knowledge of those negotiations.
Sales promotion expenses of the
company for the year which ended
June 30 amounted to $123,300, or
roughly half the total for the pre
vious year. About $60,000 of this
cost was for work done in connection
with gas service in war housing
projects; roughly $18,000 was spent
for demonstrations of gas service in
the homes of customers; $9,000 for
advertising agents and copy writers;
$34,000 for advertising space in
newspapers and other publications,
and $14,000 for telephone and mis
cellaneous expenses.
A part of the advertising program
was devoted to the use of gas in the
canning of the produce from Wash
ington's Victory gardens.
According to the findings of V. A.
McElfresh, chief PUC accountant,
the profits of the company in the
last test year indicated there should
be a reduction in rates amounting to
$37,600. The company is insisting,
in testimony offered by Mr. Ritenour
and other witnesses, that the com
pany net return last year was only
slightly above 6 per cent and that
there should be no change in con
sumer rates.
campaign because it brought the
Red Army within striking distance
of the city of Smolensk, chief Ger
man operational headquarters for
the whole Northern Russia area.
Smolensk fell into German hands
in the opening days of the war in
1941 and has since served as the hub
of Nazi offensive operations.
The Russian midnight commu
nique said Soviet troops were nfear
ing the German defense line on the
Ugra River and had recaptured 170
villages in battles which cost the
Nazis 5,000 dead and the loss of
56 tanks and 37 planes.
Two hundred miles south of
Yelnya on the Sevsk front Russian
columns were penetrating deeper
into the Ukraine from newly cap
tured Glukhov and Rylsk. Prom
Glukhov north for 175 miles the
Russian line paralleled the Kiev
Konotop-Bryansk Railroad and at
Glukhov Russian forces were only
7 miles away from the railway.
Serious Blow to Bryansk.
If the Red Army is able to slash
across the line at any point it
will be a serious blow to the vital
German base at Bryansk, now al
ready threatened by a frontal as
sault from the direction of Kara
chev.
The Sevsk advance resulted in the
capture of 200 villages, the Russian
war bulletin said, and more than
3,000 Germans were killed and 28
tanks were destroyed in the fight
ing. Eight hundred other Nazi
troops were reported taken prisoner.
Other units were already pushing
westward along the Azov Sea coast
toward Mariupol, while a second
spearhead was slashing northwest
toward Stalino.
Earlier, the Russians said the Ger
mans were attempting a “Dun
kerque” in the Taganrog sector but
declared that all counterattacks de
signed at springing the encircled
Nazis from the trap had failed.
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Attacker
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showed one bullet struck Stevens in
the right side and another in the
face.
Chief Grosch said no action
would be taken either against De
tective Vigurie or Lt. Comdr. John
P. Vogt, 43, of the Coast Guard Tem
porary Reserve, who fired seven
shots from two pistols at Stevens
in the lineup room yesterday.
Stevens, at the time of the fatal
shooting, was swathed in bandages
from superficial wounds inflicted in
the arm and shoulder yesterday by
Comdr. Vogt’s bullets. Several
young girl victims of assaults were
present to try and identify suspects.
Comdr. Vogt, whose little daugh
ter was seated beside him at the
lineup room identification proceed
ings, told Chief Grosch:
"I have been like a crazy man
since my child was attacked last
July 26. When my baby cried,
‘Daddy, that’s the man,’ I lost con
trol and tried to shoot him to
death.”
“I know what I would have done
if my child had been hurt,” Chief
Grosch asserted.
Comdr. Vogt is a brother of City
Detective George Vogt. In yester
day’s shooting Jesse Knecht, police
doorman, was struck in the army by
one of the bullets and slightly hurt.
Yesterday officers said Stevens ad
mitted attacks on at least five girls
ranging in age from 9 to 14 years.
Detective Vigurie, a member of
the police force for 22 years, ex
hibited scratches on his face and
throat he said Stevens caused.
OPA Aide Testifies
On D. C. Fuel Needs
In Steuart Co. Case
The addition of the new Sinclair
Oil Co.'s pipeline supplying the Dis
trict with oil could easily take care
of 10,000 customers and their heat
ing needs this fall, L. Leroy Gritson,
business specialist in the fuel oil
division of OPA, testified this after
noon at a hearing into 227 charges
of rationing irregularities brought
by the OPA against L. P. Steuart &
Bras., Inc., fuel oil dealers.
Appearing as the first Govern
ment witness this afternoon, Mr.
Gritson's testimony tended to bear
out the Government’s testimony
yesterday that conviction of the oil
firm would not put a strain on ex
isting oil firms in the District, even
if it went out of business.
Mr. Gritson, who said he was vice
president and general manager of
the United Equipment and Supply
Co., before joining OPA, testified
that a survey he made showed that
the Steuart, Co. had handled about
8 per cent of the fuel oil business in
the Metropolitan Area.
He aaaea tnat the survey made
among leading oil dealers in the
Metropolitan Area indicated that
other concerns handled about 80
per cent of the business.
Questioned by Carl W. Bereuffy,
enforcement attorney for the Dis
trict OPA, Mr. Gritson pointed
out that 90 per cent of the distrib
uting equipment now on hand is
ready for use, and that much of
this equipment stood idle last year.
The addition of new facilities for
storage and distribution by the Sin
clair Oil Co., Mr. Gritson said, could
easily take care of fuel oil needs of
the District, together with other
existing means of distribution.
During Mr. Gritson's testimony,
numerous verbal clashes took place
between Renah P. Camalier, at
torney for the oil firm, and the
Government's attorney, with Mr.
Camalier trying to break down the
testimony of the witness.
At the morning session three
young women clerks in the fuel oil
division of OPA were questioned
closely on their tally fuel oil ration
coupons of the Steuart Co.
The hearing is being held before
Clifford Snyder, an OPA hearing
commissioner from the New York
regional office, in the Municipal
Court Building.
Called by Mr. Camalier, the three
young women were cross-examined
as to their qualifications as auditors
and accounters.
Mr. Camalier made a special point
of the different manner in which
each of the women made her tab
ulations and placed the coupons in
envelopes.
The three who testified were Miss
Gertrude Sheva, Miss Bertha Gunn
and Miss Helen Plyler. Earlier, Mr.
Camalier questioned Miss Doroty
Ann Gisler, supervisor of the clerks,
as to the procedure used. Miss Gis
ler was called by John Laskey, chief
attorney of the District OPA.
$4,000,000 Sought
In Harlem Riot Suits
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Property
owners have filed approximately 800
claims totaling about $4,000,000
against New York City for damages
during the August 1 Harlem disor
ders. Norman L. Marks, counsel for
.the Uptown Chamber of Commerce,
reported today.
Water Meter Reader Dismissed
On 'Fictitious' Records Charge
One of the District water meter
readers was discharged from his job
"with prejudice" today by the Com
missioners after they had been ad
vised "he had confessed” to report
ing fictitious readings of meters on
which water bills had been rendered.
The discharged employe was listed
as Martin E. Dow»ns. Recommenda
tions for his dismissal were sub
mitted by Humphrey Beckett, Water
j Department superintendent, and by
I the indorsement of John B. Gordon,
the District sanitary engineer, and
Engineer Commissioner Charles W.
Kutz.
Water Department officials said
Mr. Downs had been given an op
portunity to present reasons why he
should not be dismissed with
prejudice and that no reply had been
received. Mr. Downs was suspended
August 10.
As a result of several complaints
received by the Water Registrar's
Office relating to meter readings in
connection with the recent billing
for water service for the “northwest
county section,'’ investigation was
made and officials reported Mr.
Downs had recorded “fictitious read
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used in computing bills.
Tills development came as a spe
cial board of District officials was
nearing the end of the thorough
investigation of the operations of
the Water Registrar's Office in
stituted by the Commissioners after
many sharp criticisms of the division
were outlined in a report by Con
troller General Lindsay Warren.
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CAPTURES ASSAILANT IN HOME—Louis Bowdler, 51-year-old
florist, of 1723 Benning road N.E., is shown at Casualty Hospital
after subduing a colored prowler who attacked him and his wife
last night when they discovered the man in the kitchen of their
home. —Star Staff Photo.
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Florist Subdues
Prowler in Home
Louis L. Bowdler, florist, promi
nent northeast business leader and
former president of the Society of
Natives, is recovering in Casualty
Hospital from head injuries received
last night when he and his wife
were assaulted in their home, at 1723
Benning road N.E., after discover
ing a colored prowler in their
kitchen.
Mr. Bowdler, 51, has been presi
dent of the Northeast Business
Men’s Association and the Federa
tion of Business Men’s Associations,
and is prominent in civic work.
In a fight to subdue the prowler,
Mr. Bowdler was struck on the
head and cheek with an electric
iron. When Mr. Bowdler's wife.
Ruth, 45, attempted to come to his
assistance she also was struck.
After battling for possession of
the electric iron. Mr. Bowdler final
ly wrested it from the assailant's
grasp and struck him on the head
several times.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowdler and the in
truder were removed to Casualty
Hospital. Mrs. Bowdler was re
leased after treatment.
The intruder,, booked as John
Bernard Samuels, 30, of 919 Second
street S.W., was taken to the Ninth
Precinct.
In another unsuccessful robbery
attempt, Noland Brown, colored, 30,
of 1105 New Jersey avenue N.W., a
cabdriver, thwarted a passenger’s
attempt to hold him up by tussling
with the man when he stuck a gun
in his back. The man wrenched
himself free and jumped from the
cab.
Water
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was not a health hazard. He said
bacillus coli is present at all times
in the systems of all animals, in
cluding man, and that emergency
action was taken because the pres
ence of this form of pollution indi
cated there '•as something wrong
with the water supply which car
ried an implication of "potential
danger,” which should be promptly
corrected.
He said the Health Department
has had no instance of any one liv
ing or working in Southeast Wash
ington who has been made ill by the
water, and he added that the extra
chlorination measures taken had
covered the present condition, and
that a permanent solution still re
mained to be found.
Dr. Seckinger reported to the Com
missioners that results of a bac
terial examination of a water sample
taken by the Health Department on
July 8 at the Naval Air Station
showed a positive bacillus coli and
high plate counts "indicative of
pollution.”
Aqueduct Officials Report.
Almost simultaneously a report
came from the Washington Aque
duct officials. They had obtained
pollution positive samples on the
same day at Bolling Field and at
several points along Nichols avenue
S.E., including No. 25 fire engine
house.
Dr. Seckinger said the Health De
partment made an immediate in
spection of the area and that after
a prompt conference with Waiter
Department officials emergency
chlorination was instituted without
further delay and that this was in
effect within three hours.
On July 12 the Health Depart
ment continued its survey, in co
operation with the Water Depart
ment and Dr. Seckinger reported
tests showed the extra chlorination
was effective in eliminating pollu
tion in the water mains.
Reservoir Highly Polluted.
However, he added, the Anacostia
first high reservoir was found to be
“heavily polluted” and chlorination
there was increased and by July 15
this source of pollution, he stated
further, was brought under control.
The Anacostia area receives water
service from two 30-inch gravity
mains, one of which crosses the
Anacostia River under the river and
the other is carried on the Penn
sylvania Avenue Bridge. The point
was made that the Anacostia area
is one of the most remote from
the filtration and chlorination
plants and Dr. Seckinger said that
rarely does the water- carry “more
than a trace of residual chlorine.’*
He said recent checks showed only
.05 parts per million to be the
maximum residual chlorine In the
area south of the Anacostia River.
Report Lack of Chlorine.
It was said the standard of chlori
nation is a minimum of four parts
per million.
The findings of the Health De
partment were: Recent widespread
pollution in the Anacostia gravity
and first high services; that in this
area there were five military estab
lishments receiving water from the
District; that there is a heavy and
ever-increasing draft on the two
30-inch lines "which may at times
be subject to negative pressures due
to the suction of pumps at the Ana
costia pumping station and St. Eliza
beth's Hospital"; that the Anacostia
reservoir is “a constant source of
pollution” and that there is a lack of
sufficient chlorine residual to coun
teract local pollution.
Two Prisoners Escape
From District Workhouse
Two prisoners assigned to the
dairy at the District Workhouse at
Occoquan, Va., escaped early today
in one of the dairy trucks, officials
of the penal institution reported.
The prisoners were listed as Jo
seph C. Shaw, 23, serving a 12
month sentence for the theft of an
automobile, and Benjamin P. Prince,
29, sentenced to 180 days for at
tempted housebreaking.
Workhouse officials said State and
District police are co-operating in
the search for the prisoners. The
men were last seen heading south,
il was said.
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