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A—2 %% Maritime Union Files Charges Against Flint's Captain Gainard Disregarded Safety of His Crew, Complaint Says By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 10—The Na- tional Maritime Union (C. I. O.) an- nounced today it had filed charges of | neglect of duty against Capt. Joseph} A. Gainard, master of the City of | Flint, accusing him of disregarding | the safety of his men during the| vessel's recent adventures at the hands of a German prize crew. The union said the charges were | filed by William L. Standard, its| attorney, with Comdr. R. S. Field, | director of marine inspection and | navigation, in Washington. Mr.} Standard asked that Capt. Gainard’s | license be revoked. Filed with the charges, the union said, were affidavits by two members | of the crew—Peter Walding, chief | cook, and Henry Androvett, mess| boy. The complaint charged principally } that Capt. Gainard had several op- portunities to get his crew out of the hands of the German crew and to get in touch with American au-| thorities, but had refused. (Capt. Gainard has said he was denied permission to communi- cate with American consular offi- cials) He even threatened to put his| crew in irons, the complaint said, when its spokesmen asked permis- sion for the crew to go ashore at | Tromso, Norway, and get in touch | with Mrs. Richard Borden Harri-| man, American Minister to Norway. | A statement issued by the union charged that although the Russians, | after taking off the German prize crew at Murmansk, told Capt. Gainard he was free to sail, he refused to leave the port without | a convoy and refused to give the | crew a chance to make good its | escape. | To get the ship out of port, the statement continued, the Russians finally put the German prize crew | back on her and ordered her to sail. Capt. Gainard was skipper of the 8. S. Algic when its crew went on | a sit-down strike in Montevideo, | Uruguay, in September. 1937. Four- | teen of the crew were later convicted | in Federal Court, Baltimore, on mu- | tiny charges and received sentences | of from 30 to 45 days. Three mem- | bers were tried in Federal Court, Brooklyn, and pleaded guilty to ne- glect of duty. Gainard Denies Charges; Says Union Out to Get Him MELROSE, Mass.,, Feb. 10 (#).— Apprised today of charges brought against him by members of his| crew, Capt. Joseph A. Gainard vig- | orously denied imperiling his men and had only praise for their actions while that vessel was in the hands | of a German prize crew. He brushed aside any suggestion that he had jeopardized the- lives of any of his men. “I could not do that” he said, “without risking my own.” Attributing the charges to “cer- tain elements in the labor field,” Capt. Gainard said: “I was captain of the Algic. T am probably the most unpopular sh1p~! master so far as some elements are | concerned. I expect I will have this | sort of thing as long as I go to sea and I doubt if I will go very long, because I will be too much' trouble | to ship owners. It is the object of | ;.h:se men to drive me out of my ob.”" D. C. Men Fined $800 For Gambling in County By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Feb. 10.—Two Washington men charged with violating the Prince Georges | County gambling laws paid fines totaling $800 and costs in Police Ex-Ambassador Private Rites to Be Followed by Burial In Family Plot Private funeral services are to be held tomorrow for former United States Ambassador to Germany Wil- liam E. Dodd, 70, at his home at Round Hill, Va., where he died yes- terday of pneumonia. He will be buried in the family plot on the estate. A sufferer from a nervous disorder for a number of years, Dr. Dodd contracted pneumonia Wednesday and was placed under an oxygen tent a few hours later. He soon lapsed into a coma and died at 3:10 p.m. Dr. Dodd was an historian of in- ternational reputation, with an inti- mate knowledge of German language and culture, when President Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, at the outset of his administration in March, 1933, ap- pointed him Ambassador to Berlin. Cordially received by President Paul von Hindenburg as one having “warm appreciation of the cultural bonds between the two countries,” Dr. Dodd left his post in January, 1938, a bitter foe of Nazi-ism, with no word of farewell from Berlin offi- cialdom. He quit the country more unceremoniously than any other American envoy. He had, meanwhile, lost face in ‘Washington by intervening in the 1937 congressional fight against President Roosevelt's plan for reor- ganization of the United States | Supreme Court. Writing from Ber- lin in April to several Senators, he| warned them of a “dictatorship plot | in the United States, backed by an | American billionaire,” refused to re- veal the sources of his information | or to name the “billionaire,” and brought down on himself denuncia- tion as “an irresponsible scandal monger” by the late Senator William | E. Borah. Protested to Hull. The following September, while | Dr. Dodd was on vacation in Ameri- | ca, he protested to the State Depart- | ment over the acceptance by his charge d'affairs, Prentiss Gilbert, of an invitation to attend the Nazi} Party Congress at Nurnberg. Cordell | Hull, Secretary of State, overruled Dr. Dodd’s objections. The latter, shortly after resuming his post in November, sent in his resignation. | Relieved of his diplomatic status, | Dr. Dodd bitterly assailed the gov- ernment to which he had been ac-| credited. He wrote and spoke in| audiences in Canada and the eastern | unbridled terms, appearing before | half of the United States. The ef-| fort, coupled with attempts to finish | a multi-volumed history on the old South, caused a partial physical | breakdown after publication of one | volume. l On top of this he had the misfor- | tune. while driving an automobile on December 5, 1938. to hit and severely | injure a P}egro child on a highway near Hanover Court House, Va® In- | dicted the next month on charges of | “hit and run driving,” he pleaded guilty on March 2, 1939, and was fined $250 and costs, the judge ex- plaining that only the poor health of the 69-year-old defendant saved him from a jail sentence. A medical witness testified that Dodd was suf- fering from hardening of the ar- | teries a1d showed signs of nervous exhaustion. It also was brought out that the former ambassador had paid medichl and hospital bills total- g $1,10C to the child’s parents. Placid Life as Educator. Previous to his diplomatic expe- | rience, Mr. Dodd's life had been placid. Bora at Clayten, N. C., Octo- ber 21. 1869, scion of a family which had been in the State since 1745, he attended Oak Ridge Institute and warc graduated from Virginia Poly- technic Institute with a B. S. degree in 1895 and M. S. in 1897. In those two years he was an instructor in history. He then spent three years at the University of Leipzig, acquiring a mastery of German and winning his Ph D. degree in 1900 with a thesis titled “Jefferson’s Rueckkehr Zur Politik.” It proved to be the first of a series of historical works dealing THE EVENING STAR, Dodd’s Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow DR. WILLIAM E. DODD. first public speech in Berlin, on Oc- tober 5, 1933, drew a parallel between the problems faced by Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler, saying that one of the common basic difficulties was the lack of “free land, and nobody who would take it if there were any left.” A few days later he drew wide ap- plause in Germany by declaring that | among the essentials for survival of western civilization were the lower- ing of barriers against migration of | surplus populations, and the free ex- change of surplus goods. But a few months later the favor- able atmosphere thus created, began to fade. Germany declared a mora- torium on debt payments, including bonds issued under the Dawes and Young plans, a goodly volume of which were held by Americans. The Ambassador’s protests were futile. On top of this Germany gave notice of abrogation of its “most favored nation” commercial treaty with the United States. Later the American Government stigmatized the Ger- man administration as a violator of solemn covenants. American Youth Beheaded. Attacks by Nazis upon American citizens who failed to use the Nazi salute grew in number and caused considerable bitterness. In June, 1937, Helmuth Hirsch, a 21-year-old American' citizen, but who was de- scribed by the Nazis as “a Jew with- out a country,” was beheaded for an alleged treasonable plot to assas- sinate Julius Streicher, the Reich's leading Jew-baiter. The execution took place despite four appeals for clemency made by Dr. Dodd per- sonally. Another troublesome incident arose in March, 1937, when Fiorello La Guardia, mayor of New York, bitter- ly assailed Hitler in a New York speech and the whole controlled | press of Germany burst out in re- | Dr. Dodd had the |ter the war he served as instructor | gision on f thankless task of explaining to Nazi | at several service schools and served | regched. officialdom the American right of |as district engineer in Los Angeles. | criminations. free speech and, at the same time, transmitting protests against the wholesale anti-American press at- War Department general staff, is in | tacks. The latter ceased as suddenly as they had begun and Dr. Dodd was credited with having helped |gan his military career as an en- | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. achieve this result. But this incident was topped by Mr. Dodd’s unexpected warning of the “American dictatorship” plot. What he said in his letters to Sena- tors about totalitarian governments did not sit well with the German government., His attempt a few months later to prevent the United | tillery School, the Command and | States from being represented at Nurnberg, although England, France and other democracies which in previous years had dodged at- tendance at the annual Nazi rallies, had accepted the 1937 invitations, made him distinctly persona non grata to Wilhelmstrasse. The fact was made plain when he left Berlin on December 28, 1937. | Hitler gave him no farewell au- cience. Even the customary dinner by the German foreign minister was omitted. It was reported that Konstantin von Neurath, the foreign minister, had offered Mr. and Mrs. Dodd a date before Christmas, but 4his was inconvenient and Neurath 5 High-Ranking Amy Officers Nominated For Promofions Brig. Gen. W. C. Short Would Succeed Maj. Gen. Hughes The Senate Military Affairs Com- mittee today has under considera- tion the nomination by President. Roosevelt for promotion of five offi- cers of the Regular Army. Brig. Gen. Walter C. Short was promoted to major general to succeed John H. Hughes, who retires for age the end of this mon h. Col. Robert H. Lewis, field artil- lery, was nominated yesterday to succeed Gen. Short, who has been designated to command the 4th Army Corps for the large-scale war games in the South this spring. Col. Virgil L. Peterson, Corps of Engineers, has been designated to be inspector general of the Army for a term of four years, to succeed Maj. Gen. Walter L. Reed, whose term expired last December. He will have the rank of major general. Col. Loughry Nominated. Col. Howard K. Loughry, coast artillery, was nominated for con- firmation by the Senate to the post of chief of finance for a four-year term, to succeed Maj. Gen. Fred- erick W. Boschen, whose term will expire in April. His rank also will be major general. to be chief of the coast artillery with the rank of major general. He will succeeded Maj. Gen. Archibald H. Sunderland, whose term expires the end of next month. Col. Green is | coast artillery. | mand of the 1t Infantry Division, | now undergoing intensive training in the field at Fort Benning, Ga. {ol the Army War College here and | during the World War participated |in battles in Prance. He was ap- pointed a second lieutenant in 1901 ]aner his graduation from the Uni- | versity of Illinois. Col. Lewis a West Pointer. Col. Lewis is a native of Ohio and a graduate of the West Point Mili- tary Academy. He saw action abroad during the World War and on his return served in various posts in this country and was an execu- | tive officer of the Field Artillery School and a member of the gen- }eral staff. He is at present com- | mander of the 77th Field Artillery !at Fort D. A. Russell, Marfa, Tex. Col. Peterson, chief of staff of the ‘Second Army and of the 6th Corps | Area, is stationed at Chicago. A native of Kentucky, he atteended Centre College and later was gradu- ated from the Military Academy. Prior to the war most of his work involved map making, topographical surveys and construction work. Af- | Col. Loughry Native of Indiana. Col. Loughry, a member of the charge of the budget and legislative | planning branch. A Hoosier, he be- listed men during the Spanish- American ;War with the Indiana Volunteers. In 1906 he was gradu- ated from West Point and served abroad during the war. He has had | two tours of duty as a member of | the department general staff and was graduated from the Coast Ar- ‘Genernl Staff School, the Army War College and the Navy War College. Born in Iowa, Col. Green was graduated from the academy and later returned there to teach mathe- matics. With the 52d.Coast Artillery he fought in several World War bat- tles in France. He served as editor of the Coast Artillery Journal and commanded anti-aircraft forces at Fort Sheridan, Iil, and was a mem- ber of the general staff. He is a graduate of the Army War Colllege, the Command and General Staff School and the Coast School. : Misquoted on Third Term, WASHINGTON, D. C, Col. Joseph A. Green was selected | at present executive officer of the | Gen. Short is at present in com- | A native of Illinois, he is a graduate | COL. R. H. LEWIS. As Green Refuses fo Release $45,000 County Aide Says He Has No Authority to Issue More Than $20,900 Negotiations for purchase of the right of way for Unit No. 2 of the | George Washington Memorial Park- ‘ way were deadlocked today, follow- ing refusal of John Locke Green, Ar- lington County (Va.) treasurer, to| sign the $45000 draft representing | the county’s share in the transaction. | Mr Green's refusal to sign the check yesterday held up a schea-( uled trip to Richmond of County | Manager Frank C. Hanrahan and } other county officials with repre- | sentatives of the National Capital | Park and Planning Commission. The treasurer said his interpreta- tion of the Virginia State- Code, | | | which declared a County Board | could increase a budget appropria- tion only 10 per cent, furnished the basis for hi§ decision. | The original appropriation, he | pointed out, called for only $19,000. A 10 per cent increase would raise it to $20.900; he said, but the Coun- ty Board, at a special meeting this week, authorized issuance of a | check for $45,000. | Mr. Green said he told county | authorities he would be willing to sign a draft for $20900, but con- | sidered issuance of a $45.000 check | | beyond his authority. Under the | | plan the county and the State each | were to furnish $45.000, with the | Federal ~Government supplying | | $90,000. | i Mr. Green said he was willing to | stand by a court decision on the | question, if the matter was taken | | Artillery | | to court. Lawrence W. Douglas, | commonwealth attorney, said no de- urther action had been | | Sisters Awarded $1,000 ° |In False Charge Case ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. 10—A jury in Circuit Court. yesterday awarded $1,000 each to two sisters in a suit against the F. W. Wool- worth Co. aleging they had been falsely accused of taking a 49-cent! pair of stockings from the com-! pany’s Bethesda store in May, 1939. | Attorneys David E. Betts and| Russell Hardy for the plaintiffs, the Misses Beulah and Frances Barnett of Hotspot, Ky., who were employed in Chevy Chase homes when the in- cident occurred, brought out that the two had left the store when they were approached by an employe and questioned within the hearing of passersby and several persons seated nearby in automobiles. Each had asked $25,000 damages. i Maryland State Income —And Outgo—Up in ‘39 By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 10— Parkway Plan Held Uy | |of the A. F. L | the SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1940. COL. H. K. LOUGHRY. —Harris & Ewing Photo. Jypographical Local Is Suspended by Central Labor Union Action Follows Orders Of Green to All State And City Groups Columbia Typographical Union No. 101 today was suspended from the District Central Labor Union. Action of the Central Labor Union Rejected by Hospita COL. V. L. PETERSON. I, New York Orderly Dies in Taxicab Heart Stops While Driver Attempts to Get Police Aid Chavez Pledges Fight ForD.C. Menin District Posts Makes Stand Known As Senate Confirms' Edwards for W. P. A, The Senate was put on notice late yesterday by Senator Chavez, Demo- crat of New Mexico, that he will fight any future nominations to public office in the District, or in the States, if the appointees are not residents of the areas in which they are to serve. He made the announcement as the Senate was voting to confirm Paul Edwards of New York, to be W. P. A. administrator for the Dis- trict of Columbia. All objection to Mr. Edwards had been withdrawn, and his name had been confirmed by unanimous consent. Senator Chavez, however, made the follow- ing gatement: “Yesterday I made some remarks on the nomination just read. As in- dicated yesterday, it is not my pur- pose to object to this nomination. The information which I have ob- tained leads me to believe that | Mr. Edwards is a very fine citizen and a very fine official. Neverthe- By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Joseph Siegel, 58, died yesterday in front of a police station while he sought in vain to enter the hospital which for five years he had served as an orderly. A His death bed was the Tear seat of a taxicab. In the immediate investigatiop that followed, Dr. S. 8. Goldwater, the city commissioner of hospitals, concluded that the tragic blunder was made by a harassed night nurse—name withheld—at the ad- mitting desk in the psychopathic division of Bellevue. It was in that division that Mr. Siegel worked. As Taxicab Driver John Forney told the story, he was hailed at Ninety-sixth street yesterday morn- |ing by Mr. Siegel, who groaned: “I'm desperately ill. Drive me to Bellevue as fast as you can.” Mr. Forney stepped hard on the accelerator, but halted at the first red light. “Never mind the lights,” Mr. Siegel cried from the rear of the cab. “For God's sake, I'm dying.” Reaching the hospital, at Twenty- seventh street, Mr. Forney ran to came in a letter this morning from Frank J. Coleman, secretary of the central body. to J. I. Crockett, secre- | tary-treasurer of Columbia Typo- | graphical. Reason for the suspension was contained in a letter from William Green, president of the American an attendant, he said, that Mr. Siegel must be accompanied by a policeman. Meanwhile the orderly who was to have gone on duty at midnight, lay moaning in the cab and the cab driver appealed for help | to the first patrolman he saw. Federation of Labor, instructing all | State federations of labor and city | central labor unions to “disassociate” all locals of the International Typo- graphical Union. Last month in Miami, Fla., the Executive Council | “disassociated” | Typographical | It was then that Mr. Siegel's heart | International Union, of which Columbia Typo- graphical is the Washington local, from affiliation with the A. F. L. The . Executive Council's action came as the result of refusal in 1937 of the International Typographical Union to levy a l-cent assessment on all members of A. F. L. affiliates. The International Typographical Union was the only A. F. L. affiliate to refuse the 1-cent assessment. De- cision on the part of the A. F. L. Executive Council to take action hung fire until last month. Since that time members of Columbia phical Union have been speculating on what form local ac- tion would take. Last Morday, Mr. Crockett said today, members of the local union, one of the most powerful in Wash- ington, expected the Central Labor Union to refuse their delegates seats at a meeting of the central body. This was not done, however, action being taken this morning, e said. Police Lt. F. A. Varney But, he said, the policemen re- sponded he could not aid because he wasn't assigned to Bellevue. In a last effort, Mr. Forney drove to the nearest police precinct station, and a desk lieutenant ordered an am- bulance through police headquarters. stopped. The autopsy showed it was hardening of the arteries. Norfolk Base for 26 More Repaired Destroyers- By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 10.—Norfoik has been designated the home port |for 26 more reconditioned de- | at the office of Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig, commandant of the 5th Naval District. The ships which will become a part of the growing Atlantic squad- ron are Herndon, Haradan, Upshur Wood, Branch, Mason, Satterlee, Hunt, Dallas, Hatfleld, Fox, Brooks, Kane, McCook, McCall, Rodgers, Bancroft, Barney, Breckenridge, Bid- dle, Blakely, Thatcher, Laub, Aulick, McLenanhan and Edwards. the admitting desk, but was told by | stroyers, it was announced yesterday | less, he comes from a place out- side of the District of Columbia. “I give notice now that in the future I shall object to the con- firmation of any nominee in the District of Columbia or in any State | who does not come from the citizen- ship of that particular district or State. 1 may not be able to stop | such nominations, but it is not fair | have carpetbagging after the days of 1865 and 1866, whether it | be by appointive power or by de- partmental order.” Night Club M. C. Gets Term in Assaulf Case Richard K. Reger, jr., 28-year-old master of ceremonies at a down- | town night club, vesterday was sen- tenced in District Court to sérve a term of from 1 year to 15 months following his conviction on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Reger was convicted of assaulting Albert Sako: with a pistol in the lat- ter’s home in the 1400 block of Ogden street N'W.. December 12. Sakol is said to have grabbed Reger's wrist when threatened. During a scuffie the pistol was discharged, but the bullet | missed, whereupon Reger floored | Sakol with a blow with the gun, it was testified. Subsequently a |second shot was fired by Reger, which also missed, after which Reger again hit Sakol, according to_testimony. Sakol had been keeping company with a former girl friend of Reger, according to evidence. The sentence was imposed by Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Arthur J. McLaughlin. 1 | | Blind Man'’s Mistake Brings Injury to Two By the Associated Press. OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 10.—Blind William Samuels, 61, turned in at the wrong entrance, climbed to the second floor of a partially dis- | mantled school building and fell 25 | feet into the basement. Arturo Saurez, 60, hearing Mr. | Samuels’ cries, entered the building | and in the dark also fell into the basement. Mr. Samuel’s right leg was broken. mw. Saurez’ wrists were frac- t . More people were killed last year in the District in traffic accidents | occurring from 5 to 10 p.m. than met | their deaths during the 12-heur period beginning at 1 a.m. Weather Report thereupon left Berlin for the holi- Maryland took in more—and t (Purnished by the United States Weather Bi Court yesterday. | with the Old South, Jeffersonian De- | day season. | spen! rnished by the Unil tes Weather Bureau ) The two men were John A. Ma- honey, 33, of the 1200 block of G street NE, who was fined $600 for two infractions, and James Connor, 48, of the 500 block of Fourth street | 8.E., who paid $200. Mahoney was arrested by county police in raids on the Home Stretch | Inn near Forestville, Md., on Jan- uary 9 and February 3. After first pleading not guilty following the first arrest, Mahoney yesterday | pleaded guilty and was fined $200 on | the first offense and $400 on the sec- | ond. Connor was arrested in the February raid. Similar charges against John E. Miller, 26, of the 2400 block of New- ton street N.E, who was arrested along with Mahoney and Connor, ‘were dropped for lack of sufficient | evidence, police said. Miller said | that he was merely eating at the inn when the arrests took place. Chicago Grain By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Feb. 10—Wheat prices remained under selling pressure | today due to favorable weather conditions and reports that the week's moderate upturn had at- tracted increased selling of grain stored under loan. Early declines of %-3; cent car- ried May contracts down to 99 cents, at which point the market steadied. Good rains over the soft winter wheat belt and a promise of rising temperatures in the Southwest in- duced some selling, which was a mixture of profit taking and hedg- ing against purchases of cash grain. ‘Weakness of Buenos Aires prices, which were off 2 cents yesterday and receded fractionally again today to a new seasonal low, also attracted attention. March wheat is selling at around 563% in the South Ameri- can market, 43 cents below the Chi- cago May future. H At the best level yesterday of over $1 for May the market here was up more than 5 cents from last week’s low point. Elevator interests re- ported this induced some liquidation of loan wheat and that their pur- chases increased moderately, al- though they were by no means on a large scale. The loans on 1939 wheat mature April 30. Prices of other grains developed weakness with wheat, although oats displayed steadiness. Corn was off about 14 cent. The unfavorable hog feeding ratio and lagging export de- mand tended to weaken the corn market. Lard prices also were slightly mocracy and historical backgrounds‘ of the United States generally. Es- pecially authoritative among his books are “Life of Jefferson Davis” (1907) “Statesmen of the Old South” (1911) and “Woodrow Wilson and His Work” (1920). With Ray Stannard Baker he edited “The Pub- lic Papers of Woodrow Wilson” (1924-26). Meanwhile he taught. Upon his return from Germany in 1901 he be- came professor of history at Ran- dolph-Macon College, remaining there eight years. From 1909 to 1933 he was professor of American his- tory at the University of Chicago, being chairman’of the history de- partment that last six years of that term. Honorary LL.D. degrees were con- ferred upon him by Emory Univer- sity in 1920, the University of Ala- bama in 1923, the University of North Carolina in 1927 and the Uni- versity of Cincinnati in 1928. Dr. Dodd was married at Auburn, N C.. December 24, 1901, to Martha Johns of Wake County, N. C. To them were born William Edward Dodd. jr., and Martha Dodd. A Jeffersonian Democrat. Dr. Dodd’s interest in affairs of the day, as opposed to his earlier pre- occupation with the purely his- torical, stemmed from his friendship with Woodrow Wilson. Always a Jeffersonian Democrat, opposed to “every form and vestige of special privilege” and outspoken in support of academic freedom, which he saw as the chief reason for existence of endowed universities, Dr. Dodd hailed the elevation of Wilson, erst- while president of Princeton, to the White House. In 1919 he served with the House commission to study terms and con- ditions of the peace treaty. There- after he urged wider co-operation-of America in world affairs. He viewed rejection of membership in the League of Nations as deplorable and in 1922 told a New York audience that America had paid a high prl;e for isolation. At the University of Chicago he was known for his fondness for dis- cussing politics (in which he always defended the “liberal” viewpoint) and farming, a subject which en- grossed him because of his owner- ship of the plantation at Round Hill. His economic views fitted those expressed by Roosevelt’'s “brain trust” in the early days of the New Deal. He went to Germany when both his own country and the nation to which he was accredited were in- lower. A volved in economic questions. His ¢ Only the staffs of the American Embassy and Consulate were at the Dodd apartment to say good-by. To avoid any possible demonstration at a railway station, Mr. and Mrs. Dodd motored from their Berlin residence to Hamburg where they took ship for America. “Hopeless Task” Described. Arriving in New York on January 6, 1938, Dr. Dodd issued a statement in which he said he had found Tepresenting America in Berlin “a hopeless task.” “In a vast region where religious freedom is denied, where intellectuai initiative and discovery are not al- lowed and where race hatred is cultivated daily, what can a rep- resentative of the United States do?” he asked. “I made addresses on suitable oc- casions,” he added, “and described our international difficulties, never criticizing the government to which I had been sent. But when invita- tions to partisan groups were sent to me I maintained the attitude which our country has held since the Presidency of George Waching- ton. Was it the duty of representa- tives of democracy to attend con- ferences where democracy was ridi- culed and attacked? I can not think 50; and many eminent Germans al- ways agreed with me.” Asked who these Germans were, he said he couldn’t name them be- cause if known they would be jailed The ex-Ambassador opened fire with both barrels a week later when he was tendered a testimonial din- ner. At it he said that in Germany under Hitler “almost as many per- sonal opponents have been killed in five years as Charles II of Eng- land executed in 20 years in the 17th century.” Berlin at once ordered its ambas- sador to protest to Secretary Hull. ‘The latter explained that Dr. Dodd, as an ex-diplomat, was outside his jurisdiction. In Berlin papers were permitted to print only a three-line item stating the fact of the protest. “We don't propose to take fur- ther notice,” a government spokes- man said. Palace Club to Meet W. L. Tippett, manager of last year's Palace baseball team, has called a meeting for Monday at 8 pm. at 13556 Fourth street 8.W., for ellienuén of officers and organization plans. < England for officers Navy and Elliott Roosevelt Says By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Feb. 10.—Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, last night denied having said at Chicago he thought his father should not seek a third term. 2 “I was misquoted,” he said, add- ng: “However, I will say this: “The only person who can decide such a question as a third term is the President himself, and none of the family should try to make up his mind for him. “No members of the family have any indication as to how he feels toward the third-term question.” Elliott Roosevelt addressed an [Tilinois Lumber and Material Deal- ers’ Association meeting in Chicago. Continuance Granted In Lottery Case Judge Albert M. Jones, in Arling- ton County (Va.) police court, yes- terday continued until February 15 the case of GraL.m Ladd, 30, ar- rested this week by Acting Police Chief Harry Woodyard and two of his men and charged with cperating a lottery. Judge Jones set bond at $1,000. Two colored men, arrested in an- other raid the same day also are to have a hearing February 15. Percy Reeves, 27, colored, of the| 1900 block of North Edison street, Arlington, was ordered held for the grand jury under $2000 bond. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault against Fred Mackson, col- ored, who was shot last December. Gray Veteray, 97, 11l for Month, Gains By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. POOLESVILLE, Md, Feb. 10— Despite an illness of nearly a month, John B. Munger, 97, last surviving Confederate veteran in Montgomery County, was able to sit up for a short time today and look over his seed catalogues in anticipation of spring. Mr. Munger lives with two daugh- ters, Misses Cora and Beulah Munger. , A native of Virginia, he enlisted at 19 in Company I, 10th Infantry, Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s Division, and fought through many cam- paigns until he was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness. He lived at Staunton and Roanoke, Va., ‘before coming to Poolesville about ] more—during 1839 than in 1938, State Controller J. Millard Tawes disclosed in his fiscal year report to Gov. O’Conor. Revenues from all sources amounted to $66,061,555 for 1939, compared to $61,2380,911 the preced- ing year. Expenses, 1939 reckoning, were $67,152.297, compared to $59,- 355,985 for 1938. Cash balance at the end of the 1939 fiscal year was $14,889,733, while at the end of 1838 it was $15,980,474. The report showed a gasoline tax collection of $10,372568—a new State record—for 1939. Mrs. F. E. Simmons’ Funeral Rites Held Special Dispatch to The Star. i ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. 10— Funeral services for Mrs. Annie May Simmons, 55, wife of Frank Edgar Siramons, who died at her home near Travilah after an illness of two weeks, were held yesterday at the funeral home of W. Reuben Pumphrey here. Burial was in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Darnestown. Mrs. Simmons was a native of Maysville, W. Va., and lived there the greater part of her life. She is survived by her husband, two sons, four daughters, her father and & sister. Montgomery Man Held In Numbers Case Robert L. Sneed, 42, alias “Jitter- bug,” of the 600 block of Mississippi avenue, Silver Spring, Md., was ar- rested on a numbers charge yester- day by Momtgomery County police. He was released on $1,000 bond set oy Justice of the Peace Kelly Magee. Sneed was taken in custody by Policemen. Frank Lane and Paul ‘Watkins, who said he had numbers slips and a quantity of money in his possession when arrested in a Geor- gia avenue restaurant in Silver Spring. Carries Savings In the pocket of Jack Davis, a 53- year-old dock worker, stopped for search as he left London docks, was Inumllu $1,338, his savings since he ‘Was e Congress in Brief Senate and House in recess. Dies Committes resumes question- ing of Willlam Dudley Pelley. 1. Cleared of Charge, Refires The retirement of Police Lt. frank A. Varney was in force today after a Trial Board unanimously cleared him yesterday of charges of striking a 17-year-old youth. The lieutenant's retirement, schedued for February 1, was held up because of the charge. He re- tires after 18 years of service be- cause of physical disability. Lt. Varney was accused of strik- ing Michael Sansalone, 200 block of First street S.W., last November at the fourth precinct, where the officer had taken him. Several fel- low officers corroborated the officer’s denial of the charge. The Trial Board was made up of Inspector William G. Stott, Capt. Floyd Truscott and Assistant COT- | Tye: poration Counsel Chester Gray. Johnson Files His Name Well Ahead This Time In contrast to his dramatic dash to beat the filing deadline when he ran for county commissioner, Walter P. Johnson was in plenty of time yesterday when he filed his name for the Republican congressional nom- ination in the 6th Maryland district with the Maryland secretary of state at Annapolis. ‘When the former Washington pitcher embarked on his political career two years ago, things were different. He was reluctant to enter the race for county commissioner of Montgomery County and only a few | L03* days before closing date told friends he had no intention of running. At the last moment, however, he was persuaded to change his mind, and only by & hurried dash from his farm near Germantown to the county courthouse at Rockville did he get his name on the list a few minutes before midnight, when the filing closed. Indian Independence Nearer, Says Gandhi By the Associated Press, BOMBAY, Feb. 10.—Mohandas K. .Gandhi declared in his weekly news- paper today that despite the failure of his negotiations so far with Lord Linlithgow, viceroy of India, the meeting “has brought us nearer to our goal” of Indian independence. The Nationalist leader said the party need not be disap- as “there has been clarifica- tion of the situation,” and the nego- tiations, “so far as I know, have not | Lo been closed.” ishing late tomorrow. tomorrow generally fair and slightly colder in west portion. Virginia—Rain this afternoon a flurries in extreme northwest portion District of Columbia—Moderate to heavy rain this afternoon and early tonight, becoming light and ending late tonight; tomorrow fair and somewhat colder; lowest temperature tonight about 38 degrees; moderate to fresh easterly winds becoming northwest or west late tonight, dimin- Maryland—Moderate to heavy rain this afternoon and early tonight: colder in east and snow flurries and nd tonight; slightly colder in south- west portion tonight; tomorrow generally fair and colder, except snow West Virginia—Rain changing to light snow and colder tonight; to- morrow generally fair and colder, except snow flurries in northeast por- tion. Weekly Outlook. North and Middle Atlantic States: Rain over south and rain or snow over north portion about Tuesday and again Priday or Saturday. Otherwise generally fair. Tem- Perature ‘above normal Monday and Tues- day but considerably colder Tuesdav night and y. Rising temperature latter Part of week. Ohio Valley and Tennessee: Rain about 'sday and rain over south and rain or snow over north portion about Friday. Otherwise generally (air. = Temperature above normal Monday. but considerably colder Tuesday and Tuesday night temperature by Thursday and colder at end of week. Weather Conditions Last 24 Hours. The disturbance that was developing off the Texas coast Priday morning has moved northeastward to Tennessee with radually increasing intensity. Nashville, Tenn. 1.001.7 millibars (2058 inches). An ex- tensive disturbance is moving ravidiy east. ward “over Montana. North Dakots Minnesota. Internationat Falls. 10027 millibars (2061 _inches). Hatre, Mont.. 1.003.4 millibars inches). “These disturbances have been at- tended by precipitation. mostly in the form of rain. from the North Pacific Coast east. ico morthward and northeastward to New England and the Southern Lake region. The rainfall was heavy at many sections in the Southern States. Dotan. Ala.. reporting the greatest amount. 3.42 inches Pressure is high over New Engiand and Wests Atlantic Ocean and from California ward to Te: 2 . .and a vessel abo of 'Cape Hatteras. 1.022 millibars .18 inches). The temperature has risen in the Southeastern States and from the Northern Piateau region eastward to the Plains States and the Northern Lake re- gion. while the weather has become colder from Iowa. Hiinois and Indiana southward to the Gulf Coast. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Yesterday— Dearees. = Tnches. . D. Midaie "7 Today— Record for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) . yesterday. Year today. Year ago. 30. Record Temperature This. Year. Highest, 57. oh February 9. Bt 7 on Saniary 29, Humidity for Last 34 Hours. (Prom moon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 95 per cent, at 4:20 a.| X Lowest, 896 ::r cent, at 12:45 :‘n“g:&’- Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Rising | -— River Repert. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers elear Harpers Ferry: Potomac clear at Great | Palls today. The Sun and Moen. Sun. today | Sun. tomorrow | Moon, _today 7:59 p.m. |~ Automobile lights must be | one-balf hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the | capital (current month to date): Month, 1940. Average. Ri 212 3.8 g | January '3 February W. B! esete 119t 2930 mis: BRRERUS3Y ame DS 50N, BRSSO B22E235 & > Weather in Various Cities. Tem Baro, High. Low. 30, 25 p. Rain- Stations. fall. Weather. lear Snow 2ot At City_ Baltimore Birm'gham Bismarck ton ° S S3oun 2 3325 Nontsre Ao gonere Buffalo ~ 29 Charleston 3 icago 2 Cincinnati Clevel: . . bt AR e e909003 H59a. E33343! 133 Denver Detroit __ Kl Paso = SCTLE | @3 2 [SEeg e T Terrr | 99, 92, 2 REISINIWELBLEIRAT2BL{EI2N2 Y] . BABRRRATRER RS L AT, BSEBBEEEES: REERRIERE2S5E