Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1940, Page 1

Weather Forecast Fair and somewhat colder; lowest about 25 degress tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy. Temperatures today—Highest, 38, at 1 pm,; lowest, 32, at 7 am. From the United States Weather Bureau report. Full details on Page A-2. Established in 1852 Most people in Washington have The Star delivered to their ‘homes every evening and Sunday morning. Closing New York Markets, Page 20. LS 88th YEAR. No. 34,994. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening Star (®) Means Associated Press. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1940—FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. *** Red Planes Raid Swedish Town; Forty Bombs Reported Dropped:; Finns Repulse Isthmus Attacks Seven Russian Ships Attack 5 Miles From Frontier * RUMANIA IS REPORTED banning shipment of aviation oil to Reich; allies claim victory over Germany in diplomatic struggle. Page A-2 BRITISH PLANES RECONNOITER Helgoland Bight; German sub claims sinking of 27,795 tons of shipping. Page A-5 By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, Feb. 21.—Seven Russian bombing planes today shpwered between 30 and 40 bombs on the Swedish frontier village of Pajala, setting many buildings afire, but causing no casualties, dispatches from the border region reported. Four buildings in Pajala, a vil- lage of 3,000 inhabitants 5 miles from the Finnish frontier, were de- stroyed and others set afire by the raiders, who descended to 3,000 feet | before unloading their bomb cargo. The Stockholm newspaper Afton- bladet said half the town was burn- | " irg. Regarded as Accident. Although the bombing was gen- erally regarded in Stockholm as accidental, it added new complica- tions to Sweden's difficulties over the matter of aid to Finland. It was expected to bring a sharp w protest to Moscow and further stim- ulaté the Swedish “activist” cam- paign for direct military help to the | embattled Finns. The terrified inhabitants had brief warning of the approaching planes from the ‘village of Kengis, which is cluser to the frontier, thus most resi- dents were able to find refuge. Many fled to the fields, others crouched in their homes. Several bombs fell within 100 feet of the Pajala church where some villagers were huddled. When the attack ended the Soviet planes followed the frontier about 20 miles before disappearing over Fin- land. Center of Town Bombed. Accounts near Pajala church, which, however, was not hurt, while an undetermined number of incendiary bombs fell in' the center of the village. Among the buildings hit was an | « Old hospital from which patients had been moved recently to a new building One bomb struck the gymnasium of a school building and | penetrated to the basement without exploding. q Pajala’s telephone operator, Miss Astrid Perttu, related that at 12:15 | « D.m. she received a call from a bor- der station stating that foreign planes were observed. Half an hour later a call came from Kengis Vil- lage, near the border, stating that seven Russian planes were proceed- ing into Swedish territory at high speed. “I immediately informed the near- est military commander and .then went, to work to inform people and answer calls,” said Miss Perttu. Stuck to Post. Although a building only 100 yards awav was struck by a bomb and burned to the ground, Miss Perttu stuck to her post throughout the raid. Pajala is on the Tornea River near the Swedish-Finnish border, about 100 miles north of Haparanda. The Swedish government was said to have ordered an immediate in- vestigation. The attack on Pajala apparently | was the second violation of neutral | Sweden by Russian bombers. On January 14 ten Red Army planes appeared over Kallaks Island, in the Gulf of Bothnia, and dropped as many bombs. However, no seri- ous damage resulted. Island resi- dents reported that eight of the missiles hit offshore ice. Russia, after receiving a strong Swedish protest. apologized four days later, although in her con- fession of violating neutral terri- tory she failed to specify the Kal- laks incident. At the same time, Moscow ex- pressed her official regrets to Nor- way. The latter also accused Soviet fivers of straying over her terri- tory the same day that Kallaks was bombed. At that time there was intensive fighting in the Arctic Pet- samo region, and reports from Kir- kenes, Norway, just across the bor- der from Far North Finland, said that 30 Russian planes had crossed the border. Anti-aircraft guns drove them off and no bombs were drop- ped Co;lfidence Is Voted In Swedish Premier LONDON, Feb. 21 (#).—A Reuters (British news agency) dispatch from Stockholm today said that the Bwedish Parliament had voted con- fidence in the foreign policy of Premier Per Albin Hansson. b Georgia County to Tesi Presidenfial Possibilities By the Associated Press. DONALDSONVILLE, Ga., Feb. 21. —=Seminole County in rural South- west Georgia will make a test Satur- day on national Democratic presi- dential possibilities for 1940. Chairman Joe Johnson of the county Democratic Executive Com- mittee said the names of President Roosevelt, Vice President Garner, Secretary Hull, Social Security Ad- ministrator McNutt and Senator Wheeler would be among those en- tered in the county’s primary. The county was the first to hold a presidential preference primary in 1936, voting 661 to 120 for Roosevelt in a test of strength against former Gov. Eugene Talmadge, a critic of New Deal policies. Mr. Johnson said about 1500 voters are eligible to ballot in the presidential test which will have no official effect. ) attributed to evewit- | nesses said 29 explosive bombs fell N Defenders’ Hopes Pi By the Associated Press. HELSINKI, Feb. 21.—Simultane- ous Russian attacks on both ends of the Mannerheim Line, throwing two Red Army divisions against one sec- that lasted far into the night, Fin- land reported today. The Red Army smashed at the western end of the isthmus defense | line and at Taipale, the eastern sec- | tor where the two divisions launched their attack. The twin offensives meant the | Russians were trying to break | through across nearly the entire width of the isthmus and that the battle still was most critical for Finland. | Finnish hopes were raised by the |onset of a swirling blizzard which | was expected to balk the Russian drive and further strengthen the defense. Official Russian claims that the coastal fortress of Koivisto, western { anchor of the Mannerheim Line, had ibeen captured, were denied by the | semi-official Finnish news agency. | tor alone, were repulsed in fighting | Soviet Hits Simultaneously At Ends of Mannerheim Line nned on Blizzard, Expected to Balk Russian Drives The Finnish command’s com- munique reported 17 Russian planes shot down in yesterday’s widespread aerial fighting. Russian warplanes, returning for the second successive day, caused two air raid alarms in Helsinki. No bombings were reported. “Very many enemy tanks were de- stroyed,” the Finns said, in the western sector near the Gulf of Fin- land, scene of some of the war’s heaviest fighting which has brought the Russians within a few miles of Viipuri. Enemy losses were described as | heavy at Taipale, where Finns said | “the fighting raged fiercely until late at night.” | Northeast of Lake Ladoga, 50 miles | from the isthmus front, there was | relative quiet on the sector where | Finland two days ago reported wip- | ing out & Russian division, but “a few enemy strong points were cap- tured.” A Russian attempt to send re- inforcements to surrounded detach- " (See HELSINKI, Page A-5) American-Owned Netherlands Tanker Is Believed Lost Norwegian Steamer Sunk By Sub in Atlantic; 13 of Crew Missing BULLETIN. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 21 (#.— Owners of the Netherlands motor tanker Den Haag tonight re- ceived a message that the cap- tain and 12 seamen from the vessel had been rescued at sea, apparently after the tanker sank. London agents of the owners re- ported the rescued men would reach London later tonight. P By the Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 21.—Fears | that the Netherlands motor tanker Den Haag, 8971 tons, had been lost on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam were expressed by her | owners today after one of her life- | boats had been found empty near Lizard Head, southernmost point of | the English coast. The tanker was last reported February 14 about 400 miles west of | Lizard Head. ‘Officials of the owning | company, the Netherlands Oil Prod- | ucts Co., said they feared she had | been torpedoed or had struck a mine. The Den Haag, built at Kiel, Ger- | many, in 1925, carried a crew of 39, | all Hollanders. | The 4,760-ton Netherlands freight- | er Tara was reported to be sinking 60 | miles southwest of Cape Finistere, France, as the result of being shelled without warning. Officials of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, owners of the 469-foot tanker through a subsidiary, the Netherlands Oil Products Co., said they did not believe the ship was lost as she was not yet due at Rot- terdam. She left New York 21 days war conditions the voyage to Rot- terdam sometimes takes more than 24 days. The Den Haag carried a crew of more than 40. Before the war she traded between Houston, Tex., and Rotterdam. Norwegian Ship Sunk By Sub; 11 Survive LONDON, Feb. 21 (#).—The 2,476- ton Norwegian steamer Steinstad was sunk in the Atlantic Thursday by a submarine, and 13 of her crew are missing, 11 survivors reported to- day when they landed a disabled motorboat on an island off the Irish coast. They said the submarine followed their ship all Wednesday night be- fore attacking. The missing men were in a row- boat that drifted away when a tow- line to the motorboat parted. Six Greek passengers and seven Danish seamen, thought to have been lost when the Danish passenger ship Sleipner was torpedoed off the coast of Scotland February 15, were landed today at a port in North- eastern Britain. They had been picked up by a steamer after 12 hours in a lifeboat. All others aboard the Sleipner, 12 passengers and 16 crewmen, were landed last Priday. Serious Coaf Shortage s Felt in Britain By the Associated Press. s LONDON, Feb. 21—Prime Min- ister Chamberlain admitted today that a serious coal shortage was causing widespread suffering in the British Isles, but said the govern- ment was taking immediate meas- ures to prevent a recurrence. As soon as the shortage is dealt with. he said, the government in- tends to build up ample coal re- serves. Clippers Leave for U. S. LISBON, PFeb. 21 (#)—Two trans- Atlantic clipper planes took off for the United States today after being delayed here by bad weather since February 8 and Fepruary 16. ago, and they pointed out that under | 2 Allies Beginning To Stop Nazi Coal Going o Italy Tightening of Blockade Result of Breakdown In Trade Talks By JOHN T. WHITAKER, | Chicago Datly News Foreign Correspondent. | | _ PARIS, Feb. 21.—Beginning today, | ‘Blitlsh and French ships will halt | coal shipments from Germany to | Italy, it is learned authoritatively. | The blockade will become immedi- | | ately operative against ships leaving | Dutch ports with large consignments | of German coal for industries of Italy, which depends entirely upon imports of coal. This is the result of Italy's sudden both the British and French. The allies had offered Italy British in- stead of German coal in exchange | for war and other manufactured | materials. The Italians declined, however, to ship the allies war ma- terials, and they demanded payment | | in foreign exchange instead of kind. Italy cannot operate its industries | unless raw materials are permitted to pass through the lanes of British | | and French warships which control | | both entrances to the Mediterrd- nean. German coal was allowed to | pass by sea as well as over Swiss railways. Italian Ships Expedited. Even Washington protested that i the allies’ blockade had discrim- inated against other neutrals be- cause of the British-French desire to cause Italy, which is a non-belliger- ent rather than a neutral, no undue trouble. Italian ships were quickly passed through the blockade station at Grbraltar while American ships hove to for as long as three weeks. The.allies, for instance, agreed not to search Italian ships for German passengers if the Italians would promise to sell no cabins to Ger- mans. The Italians agreed, but |later the allies discovered that Ttal- ian liners from New York were stop- ping at Portugal where German passengers disembarked. Having crossed Spain by railway in order to avoid capture at Gibraltar, German passengers re-embarked on Italian liners at Barcelona. The allies having French ships challenge the liners after they left Barcelona. During the.past three weeks some 16 Italian ships have been loading coal at Rotterdam. Asked in the House of Commons why the block- ade was letting them through, Ron- ald Cross, British minister of eco- nomic warfare, replied, “A period has been arranged to enable Italy to negotiate to obtain its coal from other -sources, and this period will come to an end shortly.” Will Tighten Blockade. This period has already come to an end because of Italy’s reluctance to accept allied commercial offers, and beginning today the allies are going slowly to tighten the blockade. The Italians will get a taste of allied sea power in a moment when Rome shows every sign of starting pressure for further allied concessions—con- cessions which have been made re- peatedly in recent years, but which the two great democratic powers, now that they are at war, seem un- willing to continue. The French attitude generally is| one of wishing that Italy would join with the allies. But the French feel that this should be on the basis of Italian realization that Italy would suffer as much as any other power from a German victory. The French are not afraid of Italian military strength at the moment and see no reason, consequently, to “buy” Italy. (Copyright, 1940, Chicago Daily News, Inc.) Big British War Buying Out Now in Italy ROME, Feb. 21 (#).—Any large-scale British purchases in Italy of war needs, including aircraft engines, are unlikely, at least for the present, it is said in diplomatic eircles. ‘The last member of a British trade mission was reported to be return- ing to London, with negotiations suspended because the British could not obtain certain classes of goods which they especially desired. A fupture of trade negotiations with | for quickly stopped this subterfuge by | Long Machine Is Qusted in Louisiana Jones, Reform Slate Pile Up Big Lead In Runoff Vote By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 21.—The Huey P. Long political dynasty, born of 12 years of dictatorial violence, died peacefully by ballot yesterday after one of the longest and bit- terest election campaigns in Louis- iana's history. Voters in the Democratic guber- natorial runoff primary swept to de- feat Gov. Earl K. Long, brother of the “Kingfish” and titular leader of the machine, and nominated Sam Houston Jones of Lake Charles to the office. Mr. Jones, a newcomer to politics, plddged himself to restore democ- racy to Louisiana, regain much of | the millions of dollars he said ad- | ministration officeholders stole from | the State, and jail those found guilty of graft and corruption. The machine rout appeared com- plete with Mr. Jones’ slate of sec- ondary State officers, engaged in the runoff, going in without a break, together with a new anti-machine Legislature, and possibly an anti- | machine State Central Committee. | Urofficial returns from 1508 of the State’s 1,703 precincts gave Mr. Jones 258,816 votes and Gov. Long 238692 a lead of 20,124 votes for Mr. Jones. Tantamount to Election. Nomination in overwhelmingly Democratic Loulsiana is tantamount to election. office May 14. It was the first time since 1928, when Huey himself was elected Governor, that the Long adminis- | tration had been whipped. | The martial air, characteristic of the Long rule, prevailed yesterday | as the Governor kept the State's 3500 National Guardsmen poised for duty, but, aside from severai fist fights, there were few disturb- ances, Mr. Jones early today accepted | the victory plaudits of his support- | ers with the advice that the “job is | not yet done.” In a radio address he said: | “Permit me to thank you for the magnificent support you have given me. Last-minute returns with ap- proximately 400,000 votes cast, indi- | cate I've been elected Governor.” Gov. Long said at the Executive | Mansion in Baton Rouge he still be- | lieved complete returns would show | him the victor. Mayor Robert S| Maestri, boss of New Orleans poli- | tics, who delivered a good majority | Gov. Lang in that city, said he still felt Long would be nominated. Nominated with Mr. Jones were his candidates for lieutenant gov- ernor, attorney general superin- (See LOUISIANA, e Mr. Jones will take Japan Intensifies Drive For Trade With Latins By the Ascociated Press. TOKIO, Feb. 21.—A Japanese campaign for increased trade with Latin America, intensified since the Uaited States abrogated her com- mercial treaty with Japan, moved forward today as an Argentine eco- nomic mission opened conferences here with Japanese business leaders. The Japanese urged relaxation of Argentina’s restrictions on cotton textile imports and her foreign ex- change control and the visitors promised a reply tomorrow. A large Mexican mission is ex- pected here soon after the Argen- tine conferences end. Several Jap- anese trade envoys are traveling in Central and South America. Japanese Avoid Bo_mbing Line Used by U. S. Envoy By the Assagiated Press, KU G, Yunnan Province, China, Feb. 21.—For three succes- sive days Jepanese aviators had bombed the Yunnan railway, but not a bomb was dropped to disturb the peaceful journey Nelson T. Johnson, United States Ambassador to China, completed today. The Japanese were not officially advised of his journey, but news of it had been widely published and the line was not bombed while he was en route from Haiphong, French Indo-China. Mr. Johnson, who has been on a tour of North China, will go by motor to Chungking, the Chinese capital. $ Summary of Page. Page. Amuse- Obituary __A-12 ments B-16-17 Comics __C-6-7 Editorials ._ A-10 Finance ___A-19 Lost, Found. D4 Foreign U. S.-owned tanker believed lost on trip to Rotterdam. Page A-1 Finns report new Russian attacks on isthmus repulsed. Page A-1 Allies begin blockade of Reich coal going to Italy. Page A-1 Swedish town is bombed by seven Russian planes. Page A-1 Soviet calls home industrial experts from Turkey. Page A-2 Rumania reported banning plane oil for Germany. Page A-2 British planes reconnoiter Helgo- land Bight. Page A-5 Swedish professor writes story of Russian barbarism. Page A-9 National Jones piles up lead, routs Long ma- chine in Louisiana. | Page A-1 Altmeyer urges States liberalize job- less insurance systems. Page A-2 House leaders seek speakers on trade treaty extension bill. Page A-4 Pittman urges Treasury coin silver bullion at a profit. Page A-5 Mexico and Sinclair reported in oil agreement, Page A-9 A | were reported to have been working ! | explosion occurred. The blast shook | The Modern Trojan Horse— THREE CENTS. Po—wder Explosiofi At Elkton Kills One, Injures 13 Second Seriously Hurt At Fireworks Plant; Blast Shakes Town By the Associated Press. ELKTON, Md., Feb. 21.—One man was killed and at least 13 persons | injured today when a powder mag: | zine of Triumph Explosives, Inc., | fireworks plant, blew up, setting afire small buildings nearby. ! The dead man was believed to be John Buker, 21, of Elkton His clothes were virtually torn off by the force of the biast. All the injured 1918 Football Injury To Dies Delays Hearings 30 Days By the Associated Press. ® An injury Chairman Dies suffered in a high school foot- ball game 22 years ago has re- sulted in a 30-day delay in the hearings by the House Com- mittee on Un-American Activ- ities Mr. Dies, who had been suf- fering in recent weeks from severe back pains and other discomforts, said a physician told him yesterday that a neck fracture he received on the gridiron had impinged on a nerve. The situation was aggravated recently because of overwork. At the physician's order Mr. Dies announced that there wouid be no committee hear- ings for a month and that he would fill no speaking engage- ments for that period. Husband, 85, Eludes Police Affer Knife Murder of Wife Suspect Sought in D. C. After Finding Body in Riverdale Apartment Believed shuffling somewhere about the streets of Washington, | | | | | | I | in the small building where the | the town. Little hope was held for the re-| covery of Charles Gatchell, 22, who was burned about the body. Others treated at Union Hospital | for severe burns included: | John Putty of North East, John Moore, ‘20, of North East; Oraig | Reed, 28, of North East: Walter | Moore, 22, of Elton; Raymond Kopv, 30. of Elkton, and Edgar Staratt. Others were treated for superficial | burns and dismissed. Firemen brought the blaze under | | control. The cause was not learned | | immediately. | | Speciél Jfi_r;glaunih | Gypsum Industry Probe The Federal Government, it was | learned today, is about to launch | a Nation-wide investigation of al- | leged anti-trust law violations in | the | $40,000,000 gypsum industry | through a special grand jury here. | _ Justice Peyton Gordon, in District Court, has signed subpoenas requir- ing 12 leading gypsum concerns to produce their records here before the grand jury on March 7 and 8. Grant Kelleher, special assistant to Attorney General Jackson, who is in the Anti-Trust Division of the Justice Department, is sched- uled to supervise the investigation. ‘The grand jury inquiry will climax six months of investigation by the Justice Department. The gypsum industry makes plaster of paris and wall board, used in the building industry. The administration has long com- plained that construction costs are |sireet SE. too high in the United States. “I just killed my wife,” he mum- The special grand jury has been in | pled. . > recess for two weeks but will recon- | Mr. Brosnan said the man ap- vene Monday. It has been devoting | peared to be under the influence of its attention to subversive activities. | liquor and stumbled away after in- R quiring where he could mail & letter Kuhn Aide Sentenced and entering & drug store lm make NEW YORK, Feb. 21 (#).—James & telephone call.” Wheeler-Hill, former national sec- Mr. and Mrs. De Perini have sev- retary of the German-American |€ral children by former marriages— Bund, today received an indetermi- (S8ee MURDER, Page A-2) nate prison sentence not to exceed three years for perjury in the trial Donahey Declines plaCé of Bund Leader Fritz Kuhn. Tad ay: S St On Ohio Delegate Slafe COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 21— Washington and Vicinity Senator Donahey, who refused to Government to launch probe of be a “favorite son” candidate for .1 | President as a “stalking horse” for gypsum_ industry. Page A-1| president Roosevelt, today declined Allen calls for corrective steps at in- to be a delegate to the Democratic stitutions at once. Page A-1 -c. | National Convention. Former attorney criticizes A. B. 'C. Senator Donahey wired his refusal Board and chairman. Page A-1 .to National Committeeman Charles Police seek husband in slaying of Sawyer, who stepped into the “favo- Riverdale woman. Page A-1| 1jis 'son” role which Senator Dona- House group of 24 calls parley on unemployment. Page A-2 hey branded as "subterfuge.” D. C. woman dies of injuries received Farien, (M. Sawyer. conferred in Arlington crash. Page B-1 with Senator Donahey by telephone Incregsed costs of auto tags studied ATl S0 e SenstorwonidSag as protests mount. Page B-1 along” with the party organization’s announced plan to support Presi- dent Roosevelt for a third term, if he sought the nomination. tired Capital Transit Co. motorman, nection with the murder of his 45- year-old wife in their Riverdale, Md., apartment. The woman, Mrs. Alice De Perini, fourth wife of De Perini, was found dead on the kitchen floor late yes- terday. She had been stabbed in the throat, back, forehead and arm with a butcher knife, police said. A month ago Mrs. De Perini ob- tained a warrant charging her hus- band with assault, but later de- clined to prosecute and the case was nolle prossed, ‘police records show. Prince Georges County police said the woman told them her husband attempted to shoot her. De Pereni, investigators be- lieve, was last seen in Anacostia man answering his description ac- costed William Brosnan, & machin- Editorial and Comment This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to, The Star. Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Britain May Relax Ban on U.S. Tobacco By the Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 21—British Em- pire® tobacco interests were under- stood reliably today to be conferring with the government on the ques- tion of resuming buying of Ameri- can leaf tobacco, halted last Sep- tember 8 to conserve foreign ex- change, s Unofficial P m that C-1{the government was relax €-7|the’ ban on United States tobacco, D4 | at least to the extent of & percentage D-8! of the pre-war imports. y Nsture’s Children. Bedtime Story. Cross-Word Pussle. Letter-Out. ‘Winning Contract. Uncle Ray’s Corner, Vital Statistics, Service Orders. | day directed Health Officer George about 7:30 o'clock last night when a | ist, who lives in the 1400 block S| | | | Allen Directs Ruhland ToFind Stop-Gap Aid | For D. C. Institutions Action Follows Appeal Of Bondy Against ‘Palliative’ Step Commissioner George E. Allen to- | C. Ruhland. in co-operation with | Welfare Director Robert E. Bondy, | to promptly work out stop-gap | means of meeting medical care de- | | ficiencies at the Receiving Home for | Children and the Home for Aged and Infirm without awaiting possible provision of additional funds. This was the immediate reaction to the demands voiced yesterday by Chairman D'Alesandro of the! House District Subcommittee in- | vestigating the two institutions, that action be taken at once to correct deficiencies reported during the inquiry. | The demands centered around complaints that inmates of the Home for Aged are assisting in serv- ing meals, and that children are ad- mitted to the Receiving Home with- out first being given a medical ex- amination for communicable or in- fectious diseases. Bondy Asks Basic Reforms. Earlier today, Welfare Director Bondy, apparently in response to the published demands by Repre- | sentative D'Alesandro, issued an ap- | peal that he, the institution's offi- tecials and the District Health De- & program that would more ade- | volved than mere “patchwork or | palliative action.” He stressed, however, that necessary ‘“emer- gency” steps were being considered Mr. Bondy revealed that he has already asked the Health Depart- ment to make surveys to determine whether the health of children at the Receiving Home is endangered service available there, and what means within present facilities and staff should be taken to give health protection. Mr. Bondy also revealed that he and health officials had reached an | understanding regarding principles of health protection at the Home fer Aged and that he had asked Health Officer Ruhland to make medical examinations of all the in- mates of the home who are handling food or food products in any way to determine if any, by reason of hav- ing any infectious or communicable disease, is exposing other inmates to disease. When the Commissioners learned of a formal statement issued by Mr. “(8ee BLUE PLAINS, Page A4) Caretaker Drowned In Severn Ice Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 21.—The body of Roscoe L. Massey, 33, care- taker on the farm of Paul Burnett, St. Helena Island, was recovered from the ice-choked Severn River yesterday. Mr. Massey was -drowned last Wednesday, when, during the bliz- 2ard, he attempted to cross on foot from the Herald Harbor mainland to the island, a distance of ap- proximately one mile. Watchers at Herald Harbor lost sight of him through the falling snow. Thursday a searching party found 8 gasoline can, which Mr. Massey had been carrying, in the snow be- side a hole in the ice about 150 feet from the St. Helena shore. Police was_unsuccessful because of the thickness of the ice. Dr. John M. Clafty, county coroner, gave a verdict of accidental drown- ing. Bright New Star Found By Palomar Observatory By the Associated Press. PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 21.—A new exploding star 100,000 times as bright as the sun has been discov- ered in & distant star system by Dr. Joskf J. Johnson, astrophysicist at_Palomar Observatory. Dr. Johnson photographed the super nova with the 18-inch Schmidt telescope. It is the 13th super nova found since a systematic search was begun at Palomar nearly four years ago under direction of Dr. Fritz Zwicky. i by the present part-time medical | Liquor Board Assailed for ‘Rule of Fear’ Welliver Charges Lack of Co-operation With Licensees By JAMES E. CHINN. Sharp criticism of the Alcoholie Beverage Control Board and par- ticularly the chairman, Thomas E. Lodge, was voiced today by Edward M. Welliver, its former attorney, while testifying before the spe- cial subcommittee of the House Dis- trict Committee investigating the liquor situation. Mr. Welliver, who resigned Feb- ruary 1 to return to private prac- tice, ¢harged that the board han- dled liquor licenses by “rule of fear rather than by any other method,” and that there had been rumors of “leaks” of confidential informa- tion from the board's cramped of- fices in the District Building. “Licenses are subjected to the most minute examination on matters that have nothing to do with the questions at issue,” Mr. Welliver N\- clared. “Mr. Lodge has a tendency to go into extraneous matters.” Mr. Welliver also told the sub- committee “there might have been a great deal more co-operation be- tween the board and the licensees.” and that tie board's attitude is to restrict licenses. New Rezulations Proposed. A number of changes in the liquor control regulations were advocated by Mr. Welliver. Among his recom- mendations were: _ 1. That sale of liquor by the drink in hotels and restaurants be per- mitted on Sunday. 2. That hotels and restaurants be allowed to sell liquor until 2 am. Sunday. (Present law prohibits the sale after 12 o'clock midnight Satur- | day.) 3. That drinking at bars standing up be permitted. 4. That the liquor industry be put on a cash basis. 5. That the present regulation against “curb service” of beer be written into the alcoholic beverage control law. Mr. Welliver, at the outset of his testimony, said the A. B. C. Board is so strict in regulating the liquor industry it will not permit a liquor dealer to display a sign in his win- dow advertising free automobile parking space, “A wholesale beer dealer,” he add- ed, “cannot give a boat ride to licensees at which free beer is served, even though the boat ride is outside | the District of Columbia.” Admits Dissension on Board. Mr. Welliver admitted that in the two years he served as attorney for the A. B. C. Board there had been some dissension between board members, particularly with respect to the transfer of licenses. “Mr. Lodge was opposed to the transfer of licenses,” he declared. “Mrs. Mason (Mrs. Agnes K. Ma- son, vice chairman) was generally in favor of transfers. “But as to Mr. Gans (the late Isaac Gans), it was hard to determine on which side he stood. But he gen- | 85-year-old Joseph De Perini, re- | partment be permitted to work out | €rally agreed with Mr. Lodge.” | The witness subsequently ad- was sought by police today in con- quately meet the human needs in-| Mitted he had several “strenuous | arguments” with Mr. Lodge over | the transfer of licenses. | Mr. Welliver testified that al- | though attorneys for liquor licenses were not permitted to examine the | board’s files at the specific direction | of Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, | licensees would walk into the board's offices and read the letters on the desk irrespective of their confiden- tial nature. “Leaks” on Board Charged. “It was difficult to make confiden~ tial information inaccessible because of the lack of room,” he declared. “Once, the board put up a rail around the main entrance to its office with a gate that had a pat- ented lock. I don't think it served any purpose. People would unlatch the gate and come in anyhow and would read the mail on the desks if they had nerve enough to pick it up.” Mr. Welliver at first said “there was a leak for a while” at the A. B, C. Board, but was unable to cite any particular instances. He hastily explained, however, the “leak” was without the knowledge or consent of any employe. Later, he declared there were “rumors” of leaks of confidential information. Advocating that hotels, restau- rants and other Class C licensees be permitted to sell liquor by the drink on Sunday, Mr. Welliver said: “If it's wrong to sell liquor on Sunday, it’s wrong to sell it on any other day. Sunday is the only day some people have an opportunity to go into a restaurant or hotel and drink leisurely.” Mr. Welliver said a person who wants to drink in a hotel or some other high-class place must check his coat and hat, tip the checkroom girl and also .tip the waiter who serves him the drink. As a result, he declared, a drink costs between 65 and 70 cents. “The present law works a hard- ship on the’better places for that reason,” he said. “I believe you should restrict by legislation the giving of tips in places where liquor is sold.” - Mr. Welliver declared there is a ‘(See LIQUOR, Page A-2) No Late Editions Tomorrow Because of the holiday tomorrow The Star will not publish the 5:30, Night Final and Night Final Sports Editions. Subscribers to these editions will receive the regular Home Edition.