Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1940, Page 1

- @he Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Weather Forecast Rain tonight and tomorrow; lowest to- night about 36 degrees; slowly rising temperature tomorrow. Temperatures today—Highest, 38, at 10:30 am.; low- est, 36, at 5 a. 38 at noon. From the United States Weatner Bu: report. Full detalls on Pase Ad Established in 1852 Most people in Washington have The Star delivered to their homes every evening and Sunday morning. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1940—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. *#* elgian Pla_he Shot Down in Battle ith Nazis Over Own Territory; ule of Hungary Held Hitler Aim . i Frei ki Nazi Bombers Reported to ||} eorisions sorcy _Fr“fl'_"efv'}efl“fed L Lss in Tas b elling Welles Efl:;es:l\:iigi(e: 3 ghlps, ik gy Peace Conditions rouse By the Associated Press. ARUBA, Dutch West Indies, D By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 1.—Germany will Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Poge I4, 88th YEAR. No. 35,004. B (P) Means Associated Press. N Southgate Found N «o'[m,( 1By U.S. Planes; Y 'In No Danger British Steamer Undamaged After Reported Attack The British steamer Southgate, which reported a submarine attack yesterday, has been located by | United States naval planes operat- | ing out of San Juan, Puerto Rico, |and is “not damaged and in no March 2.—The German freight- er Heidelberg has been cap- BULLETIN. BRUSSELS, March 2 (#).—One Belgian pursuit plane was shot down by a other planes were reported German bomber and four to have crashed in a series of air encounters and accidents today in which three Belgian flyers were killed. The official Belgian version of a battle in which the pursuit ship was downed said three Belgian planes encountered a large German Dornier bomber over Saint Hubert in Belgian-Luxem- bourg, which opened fire on them. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, March 2.—The Belgian government an- nounced today that a Belgian an air fight between a num| planes over Belgian territory. “A Belgian plane was shot plane had been shot down in ber of German and Belgian down this afternoon during a battle between Belgian planes and- German planes,” said a brief communique. “Another communique will be issued tonight.” Earlier reports from the frontier region said the Belgian plane crashed near Bastogne, 3 miles border, and its occupants were b from the Belgian-Luxembourg urned to death. Government officials viewed the incident, the first of its kind since the war started, in a serious light. The number of Belgian dead was unknown, but one report said that three Belgian pursuit ships had been attacked by Ger- man DO-73 bombers and that tw 0 Belgian airmen had been seen parachuting to earth. The German planes disappeared unharmed. In recent months Belgian a nti-aircraft batteries have fired | frequently at foreign planes which have appeared over the coun- try, but no hitsvhave been scored. Shortly after the government’s announcement the German Ambassador arrived at the foreign office to seek an interview with Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak. He was kept waiting while M. Spaak, who was absent, was called. The Ambassador, Vicco Karl 10 minutes with Spaak after a 45. von Buelow-Schwante, conferred -minute wait. He appeared pale and disturbed as he left hurriedly for the embassy. British Drive Off German Raiders Striking Anew at Coast Shipping By the Associated Press. 1 LONDON, March 2—German air | raiders, swooping low over the| North Sea, struck anew at Britain's | shipping lanes today as British| scouting planes returned to their bases after a night of reconnais- sance flights which a communique said had taken them over Berlin and Northwest Germany and drawn | fire from Berlin's batteries. | Two of the Nazi raiders which ap- | peared off the Scottish coast were driven out to sea by Royal Air Force fighters as the sounds of heavy gun- | fire rolled inland. | The crew of a steamer which | reached a British port said the ship | had been bombed and mechine- | gunned by a Nazi plane, which was | driven off by a war vessel before | British planes reached the scene. German bombers also were be- lieved to have attacked shipping off the southeast coast of Britain. Re- liable sources reported that ships had gone into action with their anti- aircraft guns in this locality and that Royal Air Force planes had | flown out to sea. Drew Anti-Aircraft Fire. The scouting planes which recon- noitered Germany for the seventh successive night reported they had drawn anti-aircraft fire at Berlin, but the air ministry declared that “the fire was wide of the mark and no evasive action by the bombers Wwas necessary.” Thousands of leaflets were scat- tered over the Berlin area, the communique added, and parachute flares were dropped “to drive home the fact that our aircraft were once again over the capital of the Reich.” (Dispatches from Berlin said that no anti-aircraft fire and no flares had been observed there during the night, and authorities termed the London report “non- sense.”) It was the sixth flight the Brit- ish have reported making over Ber- lin ! the six months since war started, and the first time this week that wide-ranging Royal Air Force scouts have drawn the fire of Nazi anti-aircraft guns. The communi- que said the British scouts recon- noitered “important towns” in north- wert Germany and “kept watch” on Cambridge Crew Beats Oxford, But Few Watch By the Associated Press. HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England, March 2.—Cambridge's Light Blue eight today defeated Oxford for the 49th time in their annual boat race, rowed over the 13;-mile route in- stead of the peace-time 4!-mile course. The Cantabs, averaging 32 strokes most of the way, rowed the distance in 9 minutes and 28 seconds to finish five lengths in front of the Dark Blues, who won last year. The Cambridge eight finished strongly while two’ of the Oxford crew appeared distressed and the others were fagged out from the un- successful effort to match Cam- bridge’s fast pace. In contrast to peacetime, when the race drew hundreds of thou- sands to the banks of the Thames, only a comparatively handful - of spectators were on hand today. “History won't give it much space unless both boats sink or a stroke falls overboard,” commented the London Daily Sketch. ) seaplane bases at Borkum, Nordany and Sylt. Blue Searchlights Uséd: ‘The returning pilots reported their appearance over Berlin caused “in- tense activity” as pale blue search- lights stabbed the darkness in a vain effort to spot the enemy. The intense gunfire which greeted the German raiders in the early morning North Sea mists led Ber- wick residents to believe a big naval | engagement was occurring to the north near the Firth of Forth. Four Aberdeen trawlers which reached port this morning reported they had been bombed yesterday. The trawler Strathclovra said that a submarine had fired on her several days ago, but had missed as she rolled in the heavy seas. Norwegian Ship Feared Lost. Reuters, British news agency, re- ported today from Oslo that the 1259-ton Norwegian steamer Silja with a crew of 16 aboard had been unreported since February 16 and was feared lost. Sinking of the Norwegian steamer Vestfoss, 1,388 tons, was disclosed with the landing of 19 of her crew at a Northern British port. It was not stated whether there was loss of life or how the ship went down. More Ship Sinkings Claimed by Nazis BERLIN, March 2 (—DNB, official German news agency, re- ported “again several English ships of considerable size were sunk or extensively damaged” in attacks by German warplanes this morning on British warships and vessels in British convoys. = The sinking of one ship and pos- sible destruction of four others was reported by the German high com- mand today, but it did not make clear whether these occurred today " (See PLANES, Page A-3) tured by a British cruiser and is being towed to Trinidad, it was reported today. The prize was the second loss for Germany’s merchant fleet in this vicinity in two days, the 2,390-ton Troja having been set afire yesterday rather than sur- render when intercepted by a British cruiser, The Heidelberg left Aruba at the same time as the Troja in an attempt to slip through the British blockade. The Heidelberg, a passenger and freight boat of 6,530 tons, plied between United States Gulf ports—Port Arthur, Tex.; Galveston, Tex., and New Or- leans—and German ports be- fore the outbreak of war, Helsinki Air Alarms 'Keep People Hidden More Than 4 Hours Big Battle Rages on Outskirts of Battered Viipuri; Reds Close In By the Associated Press. HELSINKI, March 2.—Air alarms kept Helsinki's citizenry in bomb- proof shelters an aggregate of four and a quarter hours today as Rus- sian warplanes roared over the out= skirts of the city on numerous oc- casions. The Russians flew at a | great hi bound for objectives further horth. The air activity coincided with heavy fighting on the outskirts of Viipuri, Squtheastern Finnish sea- port andj key to the Karelian Isthmus. * (A Soviet communique said the Pinn: were burning the city as they fell back and that the Rus- sians alréady were in the south- ern suburbs.) The Pinns themselves acknowl- edged that after three months of war, including a month of sustained assault against this objective, the Russians were moving on Viipuri from the south and east by land and from the southwest over the island- dotted ice of Viipuri Bay. Russian losses continued to be heavy, the Pinns said, in fighting along the entire isthmus front from the edge of Viipuri on the west to the fortress of Taipale on the east. Taipale, on the Lake Ladoga shore, is holding fast despite one of the war’s heaviest aerial bombardments, they said. February Fighting Reviewed. An official Finnish review of the Russian invasion for February con- tended: “Abandoning our foremost posi- tions is not of decisive significance in the defense system of the isth- mus. In actual fact, the enemy has gained possession, after these bloody battles, which have cost him ex- tremely dearly, of a relatively small area. “One has every reason to ask (S8ee FINLAND, Page A-3. Swiss Nazi Leader Held for Espionage By the Associated Press. SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, March 2.—Robert Tobler, head of the Swiss National Front, a party patterned after the Nazis, is being held on a charge of transmittting to Germany “information of a mili- tary character.” His arrest was an- nounced Thursday night. ‘Tobler, a Zurich doctor and lawyer, is a former member of the National Council, Switzerland’s lower house. Summary of Page. | Page. Amusements, | Garden Page, B-16 | A-11 Church News, | Lost, l'o* B-6-9 | Obituary. 10 Comics . B-14-15 | Radio __ Editorials ___A-8 |Real Estate. Finance A-14-15 | Society - Sports .. Foreign Belgian plane shot down in battle with Germans. Page A-1 Battle rages on outskirts of battered Viipuri. Page A-1 Word still lacking of Southgate's fate, Page A-1 Finnish Minister, optimistic, says U. S. Loan will help. Page A-2 British repulse Nazi air raiders along Scottish coast. Page A-3 Italy to protest British blockade of Nazi coal. Page A-4 National Legislators again refuse Long’s sum- mons to meet. . Page A-1 Labor probers want unanimous de- cision on first report. Page A-2 Congress hopes to avold new taxes, higher debt limit. Page A-4 Washington and Vicinity 2 Roosevelt due to arrive in Capital late today. Page A-1 16 firms bid on Gravelly Point air- port runways. Y Capper reiterates opposition to race tracks here Page A-16 Administrator defers ruling on Gov- ernment cafeteriax. PageA-18 Page A-4 | Bedtime Today's Star Editorial and Comment This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to The Star. David Lawrence. Alsop and Kintner. G. Gould Lincoln. Lemuel F. Parton. Constantine Brown. Sports Eastern rated even with Roosevelt for basket title. Page A-12 Arguments rage after Armstrong and Garcia fight draw. Page A-12 Pour Nats on Pinnish all-star team, Leonard unanimous. Page A-12 With Pofahl signed, Griff regulars open training. Page A-12 Duke victor over Terps, plays North Carolina for title. C. U. games tonight. Page A-13 Hoyas’ Blozis stands out in track meet at New York. Page A-13 A-8 A-8 A-8 A-9 A-9 A-9 A-9 A-9 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Miscellany Of Hearts and Song. Needlewark. Dorothy Dix. > Barbara Bell Pattern, Nature’s Children. Vital Statistics. A-7 T FrTTPETE T A-8 | were fight until Britain and France rec- ognize a “German Monroe Doctrine for Central Europe” and restore her ‘war-lost colonies—this was described by sources who know Adolf Hitler’s mind as the burden of the message he delivered today to President Roosevelt's emissary, Sumner Welles. Another point in the message given by the Fuehrer to the Ameri- can Undersecretary of State in their 94-minute conference in the Chan- cellery was understood to be that England must renounce her stran- glehold control” of the strategic lanes to the world's raw materials. Germany's price of peace, accord- ing to this version of Hitler's decla- ration, includes permanent German hegemony—political dominntlon-i over Bohemia-Moravia, = Slovakia, | Poland and Hungary, making the | Reich proper a solid bloc of about | 130.000.000 population. | Furthermore, it was said, he want- ed guarantees that Britain and France would not stir up the Balkans | or Scandinavians. | Demands Bases Be Given Up. Hitler was said to have argued further that disarmament must be- gin by England's relinquishing mili- | tary control of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and other strategic points held in the midst of non-British terri- | tories. Malta and Singapore bases | must be dismantled, Hitler report- edly said. These points were termed “pirate hangouts.” Improvement of German-Ameri- | can relations was also declared to | be the t desirable, according to this versidf of Hitler's talk, but to | be impossible so long as Washington declines to name an Ambassador for the now vacant post in the Berlin Embassy. Mr. Welles, accompanied by Alex- | | ander C. Kirk, United States Charge | | d’Affaires. both in formal morning | clothes, entered Hitler's Chancellery at 10:53 am. A company of honor saluted Mr. Welles, which Nazis said was an un- | usual honor for one not a state vis- itor, At 11 o'clock the Americans began their meeting with the Nazi chieftain, who was supported by Forejgn Minister Joachim von Rib- bentrop. Also with Hitler were State Minister Otto Meissner and Dr. Paul Schmidt, internationally known in- terpreter. Asks What U. 8. Would Do. Informed persons said the un- compromising, aggressive Fuehrer, | with Americans illustrations ever at hand, asked Mr. Welles what the United States would do if some Asiatic or European power tried to stir up trouble in Mexico. It was not disclosed, whether Mr. Welles replied. Hitler’s thesis was said to be that the seas never can be considered free as long as Britain has mili- tary control of all the important trade lanes of Europe and Asia and can at any time choke off aspiring young nations such as Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. In this connection, Hitler was said to have asked Mr. Welles how the United States would like for some non-Armerican power to have control of the Panama Canal. Hitler's Argument. Hitler was reported to have lived up to a reputation for adapting himself to the psychology of the person with whom he confers while at the same time defending Ger- many’s position aggressively. His argument was said to have run to this effect: Just as the United States, largest and most powerful nation of the Western Hemisphere, has assumed obligations for all of America so far as interference from European or Asiatic powers is concerned, so Ger= many considers it her moral obliga- tion to see that Central European living space be guaranteed once and for all from the interference of Britain and France. Hitler reportedly insisted that German . colonies be returned and at the same time impressed on Mr. Welles that he considers Germany unbeatable economically in the war with Britain and France because of the German arrangements with the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, he was described as emphasizing that Germany wants her colonies as a matter of justice and as a means of enjoying life’s (See WELLES, Page A-3) Five Die as Fire Sweeps tWorcester Apariment By the Associated Press; | early todsy in a three-alarm blaze which destroyed & five-story apart- ‘ment building in the heart of city. could be taken from A few moments later Roosevelt to Map New Canal Defenses; Due Here Lafe Today Finn Aid Bill Signing To Be One of First Tasks After Arrival By the Associated Press. ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON, March 2.—President Roosevelt rode toward the National Capital today ready to begin blueprinting addi- | tional defenses for the Panama ' Canal. He was prepared to pick up again the White House duties he had dropped for a 15-day cruise on which fishing was subordinated to a minute inspection of those defenses. He brought back from his 4,000- mile voyage a definite idea that the number of airplanes and anti- aircraft guns already at the canal must be doubled and ‘that a third set of canal locks was esential. Shaping up, therefore, was a scrap | with ‘Congress for legislation to st hen the Navy's lifeline be- tween the Atlantic and Pacific. The House Appropriations Committee has slashed from the War Department'’s civil functions appropriation bill a $15,000,000 fund and a $99,300.000 contract authorization recommend- ed by the President to permit a start on a new set of canal locks comnl! The number of aircraft and anti- aircraft guns already located in the Canal Zone is a military secret. The President is counting on co- operation of other Latin American nations in case the canal ever is jeopardized. The critical defense zone, as he sees it, extends east half- way across the Caribbean, west into the Pacific 600 miles, north to Guatemald and south to Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Upon his return to Washington, one of Mr. Roosevelt's first acts will be to sign a bill which would allow Finland to obtain a $20,000,000 loan for non-military purposes. Several cabinet members have asked to see the President and Sec- retary Morgenthau was given a tentative appointment for Sunday afternoon. Aides said Mr. Roosevelt probably would hold his usual Mon- day morning conference with House and Senate leaders. ‘The presidential special, due in Washington late today, was hours behind schedule because a dense fog prevented a prompt disembarkation at Pensacola, Fla., where the cruise ended yesterday. For seven hours the cruiser Tuscaloosa, which car- ried Mr. Roosevelt on the cruise, and the escort destroyers Lang and Jouett lay at anchor a mile and a half off Pensacola, unable to enter the harbor channel. Signs Flood Aid Authorization. In midafternoon, with Comdr. Felix Johnson calling orders from the 'bridge, the Lang deftly inched alongside the Tuscaloosa, guided only by the sound of the cruiser’s bell, then took the President to a dock at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. The President signed last night an authorization for John Carmody, Federal Works Administrator, to use $130,000 for work relief for persons in need because of floods in North- ern California. He also signed a resolution appro- priating an additional $1,500,000 for expenditure before June 30 in paying claims resulting from the death or disability of persons employed on emergency relief projects. The $3,200,000 originally appropriated for the purpose for the current fiscal year was insi t. Pope Pursues Work On Election Anniversary By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, March 2—Pope ed 'work Youth Gets Along Helping Father Do Nothing Frederick Easton, 19, colored, of no fixed address, was before Police Court Judge John P. McMahon yesterday on a charge of vagrancy. “I get along all right,” he told the court. “What do you do for a liv- ing?” “Nothing.” “Then who takes care of you?" “My father—sometimes I help him.” nd what does le do?” “Nothing.” Judge McMahon ordered him to post a bond of $200 or serve 60 days in jail. 'Eight-Alarm Fire "Rages in Balfimore Lumber Yard Freight Cars, Autos Dcstr_o;%ns Flames Shoot 100 Feet High BULLETIN. BALTIMORE, Md., March 2 (7. —Firemen announced at 12:30 that a fire which had raged through a block since 10 o'clock this morning was under control. | | Epecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 2.—An eight-alarm fire raged through a block-long lumber yard today, set | fire to freight cars and automobiles and threatened destruction of a merchandise-filled warehouse. Forty-five pieces of fire equip- ment and 300 firemen fought the flames shooting 100 feet high above the Baltimore Lumber Co. near Monument and Holliday streets. The flames leaped to several auto- mobiles and trucks in the street and the well-stocked lumber yard. Officials and clerks frantically hauled freight from the adjoining warchouse of the Universal Car- loading Co. as the fire spread swift- ly through the industrial section. The company mobilized its entire (See FIRE, Page A-3) Virginia Mine Blast Kills One; 14 Escape By the Associated Press. RICHLANDS, Va., March 2—A “local” explosion in the Raven Red Ash Coal Co.’s No. 4 mine near Rich- lands yesterday instantly killed Douglas Griffith, 23. Fourteen other miners at work nearby escaped in- Jury. The cause of the explosion, which occlirréd approximately a half mile from the mine entrance, has not been determined. Creed Kelly, State mine inspector, arranged for an in- vestigation today. Mr. Griffith is survived by his widow and two children. Former Cuban Envoy To U. S. Shot in Back On Havana Street By the Associated Press. ‘The ' machine, United States license plates, & pedestrian as it sped away after shooting & 2 Long’s Second Effort | 'Fails as Legislators 'Ignore Summons Call Is Abandoned, Executive Says After Quorum Is Lacking danger,” the Navy Department an- nounced today. The first news of the vessel's fate since her crytic SOS late yesterday did not give her position. The scout- ing planes which located the ship are part of the neutrality patrol which covers the sea 300 miles off shore. Capt. W. W. Bradley, commander of the destroyer patrol squadron in the area, radioed the Navy Depart- ment to say aircraft attached to his search group had sighted the Southgate. ‘The “traditional policy” of the Navy's neutrality patrol, it was ex- plained, is not to divulge ship loca- tions. Actual contact, it was revealed, was established and the ship was reported as unharmed. May Have Been Debris. Naval officials explained that pos- sibly the Southgate had seen a bit of floating wreckage or some other bit of debris which might have appeared to be a submarine. The Navy Department, lacking complete information, would not disclose the seriousness of the re- ported incident. Unofficially, there was an inclination to discount the | alleged submarine attack. This was backed by reports from Berlin stat- | By the Asscciated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., March.2— Gov. Earl K. Long's second effort to convene a special session of his hitherto obedient Legislature failed today when the legislators, in open revolt against the repudiated State | machine, failed to report a quorum in the Senate. Only 13 of 39 Senators were pres- ent at roll call nearly an hour after the body had been called to meet. Senators immediately quit the |chamber and Coleman Lindsay, | slon because there is no quorum.” Gov. Long later announced | through his secretary that the “call | is abandoned.” fl quorum in the House. Only 48 members appeared. ~ane are necessary for a quorum. - | His hat tipped on the back of his head, the Governor strolled into | the empty Senate chamber at 8 am. and spoke to Senator Harvey | Peltier, floor leader and defeated candidate for Lieutenant Governor | on the repudiated Long ticket in | last week’s primary. Galleries were filled, and there | was an air of expectancy. The Governor later returned to ference with advisers. of the wreckage of the once all- | powerful Huey P. Long political machine, first summoned the legis- lators to meet yesterday. They didn’t show up because, Mr. Long said, they probably did not receive his first call in time. Then he is- sued a formal call for 8 o'clock this morning. Purposes Listed. His proclamation listed, among the purposes of the six-day session, possible changes- in the Huey P. Long “dictator” law which gives the attorney general authority to go into any parish (county) and take over the work of the district at- torney. This was interpreted as,a ‘move to forestall the announced intention of the newly nominated attorney general, Eugene Stanley, to start criminal prosecution of alleged ir- regularities in State government. Mr. Stanley was nominated on the ticket of Attorney Sam Jones, “re- form” candidate, who beat Gov. Long for the governorship. The new officials will take office in May. Laws Once Used by Huey. The laws which Gov. Long seeks to change were once used by his brother Huey against Mr. Stanley when Mr, Stanley was district at- torney of -New Orleans and was prosecuting cases of alleged election irregularities. Mr, Stanley resigned when he was stripped of power, Arrests Are Expected Shortly In Attempt to Kill Ferrara president, said “there can be no ses- | Gov. Long also failed to muster | his office and was reported in con- | Gov. Long, trying to salvage some | ing no submarines were operating |in the Caribbean area. Three destroyers and a Coast Guard cutter were dispatched yes- terday to the position given by the Southgate about 130 miles north- east of Puerto Rico. The Navy vessels had planes aboard and had planned to use | them at daylight. No U. S. Submarines in Area. Unofficially it was learned the Navy- does not have any subma- rines in the vicinity of the South- | gate’s reported attack. | The Sea Raven, the latest com- missioned submarine of the fleet, {is on a shakedown cruise in the Caribbean. It left Florida two days | ago, but Navy officials said it could | not possibly be “anywhere near” | the position of the Southgate. United States submarines are cleverly identified, it was explained, | by the large numerals on the con- ning tower, as well as the main identification marks on 'the bow. The ship’s name also ‘is carried in smaller letters across -the stern. At noon, the Navy Department still was awaiting & -complete re- port from Capt. Ridgley, who is in command of the destroyer squadron and air force which first sighted the Southgate after it reported its plight. U. S. Submarine Believed Cause of Attack Report SAN JUAN, Puerto Rica, March 2 | (#).—A peaceful United States sub- marine, mistaken for a German U-boat, may have caused the 4,862- ton British steamer Southgate to be- | lieve she was being attacked in the | Atlantic, United States Army officers suggested today. Two United States submarines were in the vicinity given for the Southgate when she wirelessed yes- terday that a U-boat was attacking her, members of the general staff in charge of operations in the Carib- | bean defense area, disclosed. Berlin Denies Subs Near Puerto Rico BERLIN, March 2 (#.—An au- thorized source said today no Ger- man submarines were operating near Puerto Rico and scoffed at the possibility of a U-boat attack on the 4862-ton British vessel Southgate. Man, 72, Carries $570 In Medicine Bottle A T2-year-old man taken to Gal- linger Hospital yesterday for care and observation had in his pocket a medicine bottle with a surprise, Detective Roy Blick decided out of curiosity to open the container before it was tossed away. Inside he found five $100 bills, one $50 bill and a $20, along with a note which said “if lost” give to a local under- taking firm. The shabbily dressed man gave the name of John H. Morse of the first block of Third street NE. His only comment on the detective's t‘.l:(lim ‘;ls that the money belonged Players Dramatize Eli Whitney Life The Cross Roads Theater players. will present the story of “Eli Whitney” in a dramatic brosdcast tonight over WMAL at 7:30 o'clock. The dramatization of incidents in Mr. Whitney’s life show him not only as the inventor of the cotton gin but also as one of the leading figures in the begin- ning of mass production menu- facture in the United States. This is one of a series of broadcasts in the junior high school educational series spon- sored by The Star with the co- operation of the National Broad- * casting’ Co. and the Board of "Education,