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War Leadership- 71st Birthday Tomorrow; Prepares Defense of Policy on Finland By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 16.—Prime Min- ister Chamberlain will reach his 7T1st birthday Monday with his war- time leadership subjected to its first serious challenge. During the week-end, he is draft- ing a comprehensive defense of his conduct of the war, to be delivered Tuesday in the House of Commons in reply to charges that the govern- ment hesitated until it was too late to give Finland the help she needed to fight off Soviet Russia. He also faced a review of the war- time administration of the ministry of supply amid growing demands for the resignation of Minister of Sup- ply Leslie Burgin as the result of charges of improper influences in the acquiring of war contracts. Until the storm blew up in Par- liament this week over British de- lay in offering large-scale help to FiLland, Mr. Chamberlain appeared to be more firmly entrenched than eve~ in the position he has held throughout the most critical period in Europe since the World War, Little Prospect of Change. Even today informed political ob- servers saw little prospect of any early successful effort to change leaders. The reason for this lay in the desire of the chief political parties to show & united front in fighting the war and in the description of Mr. Chamberlain by his one-time | months old. The lightning most severe critic, Winston Church- hill, now his most important lieu- tenant: “He is as obstinate for victory as he was for peace.” The British public knows well how stubbornly he pursued his mnuch-criticized “appeasement” pol- fcy through which he sought to avold war. When he failed and war came—Mr. Chamberlain called it the saddest day of his life—many thought he would step aside. In- stead he plunged into the war work with a vigor that surprised friends and foes alike. Soon people were saying that Ne- ville Chamberlain was out to square accounts with Adolf Hitler—there was that piece of paper he waved when he came back from Munich after the Czecho-Slovak crisis of 1938 and asserted it meant “peace in our time.” No longer the “great appeaser,” he was the organizer and granite- like leader of a vast empire’s war activity. He had brought into his war cabinet immediately on the out- break of hostilities the most out- spoken critic of his “appeasement” policy and probablv his most popu- lar rival, Winston Churchill. Heavy Losses at Sea. Now the war is nearly seven air raids on London and other large cities that many expected did not materialize, and the Chamberlain government was criticized for too complete a job of removal of civil- fans. Heavy British losses occurred at sea. The British naval blockade was tightened to try to starve Germany. British planes dropped leaflets in- stead of bombs over Germany and when enemy bombers raided the English and Scottish coasts with in- creasing frequency some of the pub- lic clamored for bombs, not leaflets. Two Persons Injured { In Maryland Auto Crash Two persons were injured, on¢ seriously, early today when their car crashed into a trailer truck at the Colesville pike and Franklin avenue, in nearby Maryland. Berthold Cole, jr., 22, of the 3200 block of Rittenhouse street, Chevy Chase, Md, was treated at the Washington Sanitarium for severe head injuries, including a fractured cheekbone, cuts and brain concus- sion. His companion, . Mary V. Meade, 23, of the 3800 block of East- ern avenue N.W., who said she leaped from the car when she saw the crash was inevitable, escaped with minor lacerations to her face and hands. The driver of the truck, Allen Bryan of Rockville, Md., was not injured, Mexicans Go to Japan For Trade Negotiations By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 16.—A Mexican trade commission of 11 government officials and business- men will leave tomorrow for Tokio, where they expect to negotiate com- mercial commitments involving both barter and capital. i Protest (Continued From Pirst Page.) that on February 12th last, the Ger- man freighter Wakama was sunk by its own crew about 15 miles from the Brazilian coast when hailed by an English war vessel, obviously for purposes of visit and capture. As from the procedure of the English war vessel there results a hostile act classified as such by the Thir- teenth Hague Convention and com- mitted in waters adjacent to the American continent which the American republics have the right to keep free of any hostile act on the part of any belligerent nation, I desire to request your excellency to be good enough to consult with the other American countries in the manner of the precedent already established on the suitability of a collective protest against this new violation of the maritime zone which we undertake to preserve from the evils of war. -“The American republics, which have been consulted through me regarding this communication, have agreed that the fact referred to by THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 1, 1840—PART ONE ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO—WORKING TO FREE ENTOMBED MEN—A mine rescue squad, one of several working to rescue possible survivors of the explosion in the Willow Grove coal mine, preparing to go below yesterday. Rescued miner (center) waiting to receive first-aid at one of the temporary hospitals set up near scene of the blast. s Blast (Continued From First Page.) Police Squads (Continued From First Page.) Ireland. A Cleveland resident, he was in St. Clairsville on business and immediately upon being notified of the explosion entered the mine, which employs from 500 to 1,000 men. Mr. Richards, Mr. Sanders and four other men plunged into the rescue work without gas masks and wefe overcome after going only 150 feet. The others were revived. Rescue Cars Sent to Scene. Both the Ohio division of mines and the United States Bureau of Mines at Pittsburgh sent specially equipped rescue cars to the scene, located in a hilly district, The mine is known ds a “drift" working be- cause its entries are made into coal veins from the side of a hill. E. W. Grove, -in charge of the Fed- eral mine rescue crew, said after talking with mine officials that the explosion may have been caused by either gas or coal dust. Howoroski, who had been work- ing in the west entry, said the blast occurred about 11:10 am. He said the fumes were heaviest near the main entrance, where Mr. Rich- ards and Mr. Sanders were over- come. Nurses from Bellaire, Martins Ferry and Wheeling aided with the frst-aid work. The Red Cross and Salvation Army set up emergency stations. Thousands of persons tried to reach the scene by automobile, snarling traffic on the narrow roads. County police and extra highway patrolmen, some of them flown by plane from Columbus, were kept busy far into the night handling the crowds. 19 Ships Reported Lost In 28th Week of War | BY the Associated Press. Adolf Hitler's favorite month for decisive action passed the half- way mark yesterday with only minor signs of activity in sea warfare. Nineteen ships were reported lost during the 28th week of the Eurp- pean conflict, but five of them went down earlier in the war. Sixteen sinkings were reported in the pre- vious week, compared with the peak of 34 ships sunk during a 7-day period four months ago. No sinkings by U-boats were re- ported last week. Paris naval offici- als said this was due to the return of the undersea raiders to their Ger- man bases. A new submarine flotilla m:’ been dispatched, the Prench said. 52,846 plus, sending the total for the war to date to at least 1,509,942 tons. At least 473 ships have been sunk and 3,735 persons killed or drowned. ‘The week’s tonnage loss stood lt] Venezuela Won't Join Inter-American Bank By the Associated Press. CARACAS, Venezuela, March 16. —The Venezuelan foreign office to- | Washington,” he declared. “dives” and otHer places where criminals loiter, and arrest them on charges of vagrancy or suspicion, if they have no money or cannot offer a satisfactory explanation of their activity. “That's what we need here in “Give us at least two :Quads of ‘strong- arm’ men who can go around and handle the ‘toughs’ as they should be handled, and we will have little trouble from the criminal element. My psychology is to keep the crim- inals on the run—keep them scared—and that’s what the ‘strong- arm’ squads are doing in the other cities.” Representative Schulte said Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent, of police, has complained repeatedly he has a force that is inadequate to patrol the city properly, because of special assignments that take the time of his men—handling traffic at private parties and at diplomatic receptions and balls. “That sort of thing should be stopped,” he declared, “and it can be stopped, if the plan I have in mind is adopted.” The Plan. Mr. Schulte said the policing of diplomatic functions should be handled by the Federal Government and that the park police rather than the metropolitan police, should fur- nish the men. When a “big” private party is held, he declared, those sponsoring it should hire at their OWn expense a special officer to di- rect traffic. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which now is using 10 met- ropolitan policemen to aid _jt in en- forcing the A. B. C. law, he said, should release these men for regular police duty and seek fuads for its own inspectors. The beard now has only two regular inspectors on its pay rolls. Mr. Schulte said he intended to call on Maj. Brown for a report showing the number of policemen given special details at embassies and legations, private parties, etc., and other special functions since January 1. “I don't know how many police- men are assigned to these special duties,” he declared. “But I am sure if they were taken off such work and assigned to patrol duty for which they were appointed, there would not be 50 many holdups and robberies in Washington. Baltimore Cited. - “Maj. Brown has said he needs more policemen in Washington, but I am constantly reminded of the fact that Baltimore, a much larger city, has fewer policemen per capita than ‘Washington, and it is not in the throes of a crime wave.” Mr. Schulte explained the “strong arm” squads he proposed should be composed of four men each who would cruise about Washington visit- ing pool rooms, “tap” rooms and other places at random, checking on the patrons in such places. In addi- tion, he declared, these squads could be_pressed into service to assist day instructed this country’s rep-} ON RECORD | HAVE resentative on the Inter-American Economic -Committee at Washing- ton to abstain from signing an agree- ment to establish an inter-Amer- ican bank. An announcement said -Venezuela was not in agreement with the eval- proposed the bank. The committee, including repre- sentatives of the 21 American re- publics, has invited the respective governments to subscribe to shares in the proposed $100,000,000 insti- on. the Braszilian government consti- | tut tuted a violation of the principles which they established in Panama for the purpose of keeping the war from continental waters, and at the same time have authorized rhe to your excellency the protest of the Ametican republics as the result of this fact, and to reiterate their appeal that the war be .kept away from the waters which the t:::hnflon of Panama contemplated ' preserving for the pacific uss of interconti- nental commerce.” A i PIANOS for RENT New full keyboerd spin- ots and small uprights, only $5 monthly. Grend piancs, $9 monthly. AN the money yeu pey e rental applies on the ST RITTS decide to buy later. 5330'C Strest 112,051 tisfled customers. r%:-.n-um reet ANY MAKE WATCH J.F.ADAMS Frank Opatrny, 24-year-old Czech miner, who said he was 1,000 yards from the explo- sion, was the first man to struggle to the tipple mouth. He was knocked flat, but was uninjured. —A. P. Wirephotos. Bombing (Continued From Pirst Page.) rose sank in the North Sea after an explosion, with 18 of her crew of 23 missing, and two Greek ships, the Panachrandos, 4,661 tons, and the Flora, 2980 tons, were sunk mysteri- ously. Late tonight it was reported the 4512-ton Yugoslav steamer Slava had gone down off the Welsh coast today from an unexplained cause. One man of the crew was lost. New Danger Zones Reported. British officials said they could not confirm German claims that one British patrol vessel had been sunk and another damaged by German air raiders. Shortly after the sinkings of the British vessels were disclosed, Neth- erlands naval officials advised ships flying that nation’s flag to remain in harbor because of the discovery of new danger zones. Subsequently ship owners were instructed con- cerning & new route across the North Sea. The British flight over former Polish territory, which the Air Min- istry said had taken place in the last 24 hours, was the second of the war officially reported. The planes which reconnoitered Helgoland Bight met some “opposi- tion” from German fighters and anti-alrcraft guns but suffered no casualties, the communique report- ed. British serial patrols, the min- istry said, engaged in a “running fight” off the English coast with a Nazi bomber “in which che enemy regular policemen on a beat when a crime is committed. “For instance,” he declared, “I was on my way home Friday night when a man was held up at Tenth and M streets N.W., and I stopped to see what the excitement was all about. I learned the police squad car as- signed to the holdup had picked up the victim and taken him to the precinct station. There were no other policemen available to make a survey of the neighborhood, and search for the robber. My idea is that in & case of this kind the ‘strong arm’ squads could be sent in to augment the regular men and do effective work.” Senate Farm Bloc - Sees Need of Funds Due fo War Blockade Allies’ Squeeze Play Against Reich Hel Pinching U. S. Farmers By the Associated Press. ‘This data will be used on the Sen- ate floor this week in an attempt to total of $713,806,084. Secretary Wallace directed atten- tion of Senators to the effect of Agric exports. Byitain is doing more than to buy all the food she can from within her own empire 30 as to con- serve her dollar exchange for other " Secretary tee. buying large amounts of agricultural products in countries which normally sell to Germany, and she is doing it vigorously as a part of her economic offensive.” As a result, the Secretary said, “the tobacco farmer here at home and the producer of raisins and prunes and apples and winter pears has each lost his best customer. His exports have been severely cur- tailed. “Only quick and heavy Govern- ment purchases, as well as loans, have kept him from fully realizing Just how- serious & blow has been dealt him. Prom the information now avallable to us, it looks as though this situation will grow more acute during the coming fiscal year.” . The Senate is scheduled to take up the Farm Bill late tomorrow after completing action on the “anti-poli~ tics” measure that has produced two weeks of the bitterest debate of this session. {Republicans Back Pensions - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 16 P).—The Colorado Young Republican Convention shouted down today a resolution calling for Tepeal of the State’s $45 old-age pension program and deleted from its platform all mention of the pen- sion issue. — attacked repeatedly” but “finally es- caped in the clouds” after being slightly damaged. Men Over 27 May Be Called. Meanwhile Britain’s drive to have a half million troops in France by fall gathered impetus as it was dis- closed that men over 27 years of age Pprobably woulid be called tip in May A call issued yesterday, expected to boost Britain’s army over the 2,000,- 900 mark, directs men who became 25 during 1939 to register April 6, and those who turned 2¢ last year to Pigures issued today by -Lloyds Gazette listed total allied and neu- tral merchant shipping losses to date at 383 ships aggregating 1,199,938 tons as compared to German losses of 34 ships with a tonnage of 184,- 641. The German losses did not in- clude 27 vessels captured. The Gazette said Britain had lost 168 ships, France 16, Norway 432, Sweden 33 and Poland one. An Associated Press tabulation to- day showed 473 merchant and naval ships lost by all nations since the war began. These included: Britain 217, Germsny 43, France 20, Norway 53, Sweden 37, Denmark 22, Nether- lands 22 and Greece 21. 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