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" P Y Glass Paid Tribute By U. §. Leaders at C. of C. Dinner Jesse Jones Speaks; Roosevelt, Garner Letters Read By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., April 12.—Jesse H. Jones, Federal Loan Administra- tor, joined the Virginia State Cham- ber of Commerce last night in tribute to Senator Glass, the guest of honor at the chamber's annual banquet. The Senator also was praised in letters from President Roosevelt and Vice President Gar- ner. The Senior Virginia Senator brushed aside the praise with the statement that he knew “perfectly well that I am no great man, but I want to tell you who have assembled here that I like to hear it.” He said he had honestly tried to do his duty first by Virginia and then by the Nation, and described himself as “a sort of liberal” but not one who believed in being “too liberal with other people’s money.” “I'm not ashamed of being called a conservative,” he said. “I'm an individualist. If a man is not honest as an individual he will be dishonest and a.coward as a public servant.” Senator Lauds Virginians. Virginia, he said, is the best State of all to represent because of the patriotism and sensibleness of the people. Mr. Jones, s friend of the Senator since the Wilson administration, asserted that while Senator Glass and President Roosevelt did not always see eye to eye ‘on specific measures, they long had fought on the “same team” and would do so again in the coming elgetion. “Any - differences they have:they will settle within -the- party,” Mr. Jones sald. Senator Glass’ 50 years of public service _brought from President Roosevelt the statement that the Virginian was a son of whom the State “may well be proud.” The President, in a letter read by Maj. Raymond B. Bottom, president of the chamber, said he welcomed the opportunity of testifying to his af- fection “for this ‘unreconstructed rebel.’” Vice President Garner said Sen- ator Glass had met the highest obli- gation of humanity and was “one of the ablest and most courageous men I have ever known in public life.” Byrd Wires Regrets. Senator Byrd, also prevented from attending, wired his regrets and praised his colleague as “one of the greatest living Americans.” Mr. Jones described Senator Glass’ political creed as a “broad liberalism framed within the Constitution as interpreted by another Virginian ‘whom he admires greatly, John Mar- ghall.” The Chamber presented the Sen- ator with a sheepskin scroll as a token of the “immeasurable” value it placed upon his service of more than 50 fateful years.” Five of the members of the con- stitutional convention of 1901 be- sides Senator Glass were among those present for the ceremony. ‘They were J. Murray Hooker of Stuart, State Democratic chairman; Chief Justice Preston W. Campbell of the Supreme Court of Appeals, James W. Gordon of Richmond, John S. Barbour of Fairfax and Hunter B. Chapman of Shenandoah Caverns. Bottom Presents Testimonial. Maj. Bottom in presenting the testimonial said Senator Glass had been harnessed to the public cause for more years “than some of us are old,” ever adding to his useful- ness and “lengthening his shadow and enlarging the influence of the high principles that have motivated him.” . “Virginia, and directly the inter- ests represented by the membership of this body, have been the bene- ficiaries beyond measure of the ef- forts of - this distinguished Vir- ginian,” Maj. Bottom declared. “Nothing that we could do would adequately accommodate the debt that his fine service has placed upon us. * * * We cannot do him honor; we can only recognize the honor that accrues from the years of his faithfulness.” The testimonial said the Senator had steadfastly expounded “the deathless principles of liberty, of democracy, of individual responsibil- ity, and of local self-government, which on this Continent had their roots first in the State that is proud to list you among her great sons.” Maj. Bottom ‘was presented with & silver service by the chamber in appreciation of his work as head of the organization and with a gavel by employes and co-workers in the headquarters office here. Robert F. Nelson, director of the chamber’s publicity department, said in his annual report submitted today that the job of making Vir- ginia better known throughout the Nation, of “selling Virginia to Vir- ginians” and promoting the objec- tives of the chamber had been advanced rapidly during the year. Physics Teachers to Meet About 50 teachers are expected to attend the meeting of the Washing- ton section of the American Associa- tion of Physics Teachers tomorrow at Catholic University. Dr. Karl F. Herzfeld, head of the physics de- partment at the university, will be host to the visitors, who will be guests of the university at a lunch- eon. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Continues debate on - bill to pay claims of cotton co-operatives. Banking Committee hears invest- bl:nent trust officials on regulatory ill. Monopoly Committee continues hearings on technological advances. House: Considers misce! bills. Dies Committee rs testimony on recruiting for Spanish Republican Army. Foreign Affairs Committee consid- ers Polish relief bill. Appropriations. Committee re- sumes questioning W. P. A. head on relief needs. TOMORROW. Senate: Not in session. District Subcommittee hearing on proposed primary law for District, 10 am. t= House: Not in session. ¢ Faroes Seized to Aid British in Flight to Canada, Nazis Say By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 13.—Discuss- ing reports that Britain had occupied Denmark's Foroe Islands, an authoritative Ger- man commentator said today, “The real purpose is to have & mid-Atlantic base to facilitate the flight of the British govern- ment to Canada.” Noting the effect this remark produced, the German added: “You smile, my good Amer- ican friend, but some ‘one in England is seeing the shadow of coming events.” The commentator asserted that it “would not be surpris- ing if the British seize Ice- land on the pretext that we want {t—which we don't.” Scientists Produce Basis of Hormones Essential fo Life Making of New Steroid Brings Synthesis of Life’s Elements Closer By THOMAS R. HENRY, Star Staft Correspondent. CINCINNATI, April 12.—Making new keystones of life.out of coal, water and limestone was reported here today by four Department of Agriculture chemists. The achievement described to the American Chemical Society by Drs. Lewis W. Butts, Adam M. Gaddis, Eleanore W. J. Butz and Russell E. Davis-of the Bureau of Animal In- dustry laboratories at Beltsville, Md., greatly improves the prospect of making in the laboratory hor- mones essential for survival and re- production of animals and men. They have produced, they said, & new steroid of the same pattern used by nature in designing the mechanism of life. A steroid is a combination of 17 carbon atoms ar- ranged in four rings. Upon these rings a large number of other active chemical elements, constructed by anmmals and plants from the foods they eat, can be hung. The supply of steroids is very limited because in the past it has been necessary to extract all of them from plants and animal products. They occur in nature in very small quantities and are extracted only with great difficulty. Chief Difficulty Averted. Some steroids, about 20 in all, have previously been synthesized in the laboratory. All, however, have had one feature in common. At least one of the rings of the carbon skele- ton has been a benzene ring, the simplest and most fundamental of the basic structures of hyndro- carbons found in coal, petroleum, etc. But of the more than 100 steroids which have been found in animals and plants, less than 10 contain benzene rings, and steroids necessary as starting points for syn- thesizing the life-essential hormone cannot easily be made from the benzenoid type. The new steroid produced at Beltsville does not have benzene tings and is of the type which ap- pears to predominate in nature. It differs in many respects from the actual animal hormone steroids which have been extracted but may serve as a convenient starting point for their synthesis. From the same starting point, the chemists point out, it may be pos- sible to synthesize substances close- ly related to some of the cancer-pro- ducing coel tar products which will be of value in fundamental re- search. Food Preservative Produced. Production of an essential feod preservative at a fraction of its present cost by fermenting corn sugar with bacteria was reported by five other Department of Agricul- ture chemists. Drs. J. J. Stubbs, L. B. Lockwood, E. T. Roe, B. Taben- kin and G. E. Ward of Washington reported that they had been able to produce iso-vitamin C, essential for preserving dried whole milk or egg yolks, mayonnaise and olive oil emulsions. This substance is closely related to the vitamin C necessary in the diet to prevent scurvy but has only one-twentieth as much bio- iogical activity. While it has been known for some time that it could be produced from corn sugar by bacterial fermenta- tion, the reaction required 30 to 60 days. By using the new bacteria it is possible to do this in 24 hours. The method may make possible ex- tended use of dried whole milk and eggs for famine relief, should this become essential as a result of the present war. New Source of Vegetable Oil. A new source of vegetable oil to be used in foods was reported by Drs. Lawrence Oncley, Dean Couch and Charles Elliott of Southwestern College, Winfield, Kans. This source is the Kentucky coffee bean tree, widely distributed from New York to Kansas. It is not, however, a com- mon tree. From its seeds they have obtained & greenish-yellow oil which contains the essential vitamin A, and promises to have a wide use in food preparations. Production of a more active frac- tion of the yellow marrow from bones which is the source of the bac- teria-eating white blood cells was reported by Drs. J. D. Porsche, R. H. Sifferd, J. E. Caldwell and Fred- erick Fenger of Chicago. This is essential in the treatment of the disease known as agranulocytosis, a highly fatal human disease, in which the white cell-making mechanism appears to stop functioning. Winston Churchill’s Stepfather Weds By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 12—Maj. George F. M. Cornwallis-West, 64, whose first wife was the mother of Winston Churchill and whose second was Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the actress, filed notice today of his intention to marry Mrs. Georgette Hirach, 58- year-old London widow. Mrs. Campbell, from whom he had been separated several years, died Tuesday. Maj. Cornwallis-West married the former Jennis Jerome of New. York in 1900, five years afte: the death of | tion her first husband, Lord Randoiph Churchill. . They were divorced. in: 1013, 0wt 4 The following year Maj, Obrn-. \ THE EVENING Harriman Lotfery - Declared Aimed At Philanthropists Attorney Tells Of Plans for Sale At Santa Fe Trial By the Associated Press. SANTA FE, N. Mex., April 12— Joseph L. Dailey, an attorney once employed by the Harriman Insti- tute for Social Research, testified yesterday that an associate of Mrs. Oliver Harriman expected to sell large blocks of lottery tickets to Eastern philanthropists. Mrs. Harriman and four others are being tried in Federal Court on charges of conspiring to trans- port the tickets across State lines. The institute proposed a $10,000,000 lottery in 1938 to endow Carrie ‘Tingley Hospital for Crippled Chil- dren, 1,750,000 Tickets Planned. Mr. Dailey testified he had ad- vised F. V. Denduhn, director of the institute and a defendant, that plans to order 1,750,000 lottery tickets were extravagant in view of New Mex- ico’s population of about 400,000. The attorney quoted Mr. Benduhn as explaining he expected to sell large blocks to Eastern philanthro- pists, who would give any winnings to the hospital. Frequently, Mr. Dailey empha- sized, he had warned the organiza- tion that lottery tickets must be soid entirely in New Mexico. Earlier Mr. Dailey testified a $3,- 000 check that bounced and unpaid bills made him realize the organi- zation was in financial difficulty. Before that he had been of the impression the lottery plans were backed by “wealthy philanthropists.” Mr. Dailey testified the check was signed by Mary Derieux, one of the defendants, and was given.to him shortly after he and John Simms of Albuquerque, now defending Mrs. Harriman, had begun a court test of the lottery. The State Supreme Court held an old territorial law permitting charity lotteries was not broad enough for the plan, but the Gov- ernment charged that some of the tickets already had been sent across State lines. Integrity Attacked. Testimony of two witnesses at- tacked integrity of the lottery set- uj p. Dr. George Colvard of Demino, president of the hospital board, tes- tified that Clyde Tingley, then Gov- ernor, was convinced the “whole setup was crooked” and advised it be dropped. Similar testimony was given by George Franklin, Federal agent, who quoted one of the defendants, Frank S. White, as saying he had withdrawn after reaching a con- clusion it was “crooked.” Newspaper Associafes Honor Young af Dinner J. Russell Young, who will be sworn in as District Commissioner next Tuesday, was presented with & desk set by his associates in The Star news department at a dinner in his honor last night at the Na- tional Press Club. The program included tributes to Mr. Young, who has reported White House news for The Star for many years, and a number of humorous features. Among the guests was J. Russell Young, jr., son of the Com- missioner-designate, who is in the State Department. George H. O'Connor sang, ac- companied by Paul Reese, and Miss Ruth Buchanan entertained with accordion selections. Red Speaker Locked Out At Johns Hopkins By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 12.—Locked doors kept Dr. Albert E. Blumberg, secretary of the Maryland-District of Columbia Communist party, from speaking at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, his alma mater, yesterday. Instead, he addressed a crowd of students in nearby Wyman Park, and was driven to police headquar- ters in a patrol car afterward. He left headquarters after talking with | N Capt. John R. Scheuler. He was not arrested. Dr. Blumberg came to the univer- sity to speak to the student assembly in place of Clarence Hathaway of New York, editor of the Communist party newspaper, the Daily Worker. Mr. Hathaway had telegraphed that he would not be able to attend. Dean Edward F. Berry said he had consented to Mr. Hathaway’s speak- ing, but that he could not accept a substitute speaker. Dr. Blumberg is one of several Communists cited by the House for contempt after they refused to an- swer certain questions before the Dies Committee. Millions in-U. S. Suffer From Diet, Says Parran By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 12— More than 40 per cent of the people in the United States, says Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service, are suffering from a new kind of starvation—attributed to faulty nutrition. He said in a lecture last night at Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology that “the new kind of starva- tion may be even worse in its ultimate social effects than the ancient famines which periodically killed off a large part of the popula- tion.” Dr. Parran said the very foods which the Nation had in surplus| g, were “those in which the national dietary is deficfent—milk and milk products, citrus fruits, green veg- etables, and meats.” Woodrow Wilson Players preco To Present Program e e e S a one. o - tering Word,” and the cadets will have their annual manual of arms competition at the meeting of the Wilson Home and School Associa- pm. & S paren 7:30 t0 8 pm. itions ‘of STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C , FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1940. C. 1. 0. Official Asks PILGRIMS LAND—Two of the winners in the D. A. R. good citizenship pilgrimage contest are shown unpacking at the Washington Hotel today for a !our-dny-s‘cnyA ‘The pilgrims are Carolyn Wood, West Lafayette, Ind., and Majorie Bock, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Walsh Will Address D. A. R. Mass Meeting On National Defense 2,000 Delegates Expected At Session Sounding Foreign Policy Keynote Senator Walsh of Massachusetts will head the roster of speakers at the national defense mass meeting sponsored annually by the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution at the Mayflower Hotel Monday after- noon. The program for the meeting, which precedes the opening of the 48th Continental Congress Monday night in Constitution Hall, was an- nounced today by Mrs. Imogen B. ery, chairman of the National fense Through Patriotic Education Committee. The meeting is expected to sound the D. A. R. keynote on foreign policy and will be attended by more than 2,000 delegates. The National Defense Committee’s resolutions on neutrality and foreign relations are usually inspired by the views aired at the mass meeting. Two Authors to Speak. Senator Walsh, chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, will speak on “An Adequate Navy.” Other speakers will be Livingston Hartley, author of “Our Maginot Line,” who will discuss “America and the War”; Carlton Beale, author and lecture whose subject will be “Radicalism vs. Americanism,” and Archibald Stev- enson, member of the New York Bar Association, who will discuss “Ten- dencies in Education.” Norman H. Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross, will be the principal speaker at the opening of the congress in thé evening. Mr. Davis will speak on “Humanity’s Agent.” With delegates already arriving, Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr., president general of the D. A. R, said she expected more than 4,500 members to attend the congress. Contest Winners Arrive. First to arrive in a group were the 49 winners of the D. A. R. good citi- zenship pilgrims contest, who will be entertained at a reception tonight at the chapter house of the District D. v.; R., 1732 Massachusetts avenue The pilgrims, as well as national D. A. R. officers, national committee chairmen, District state officials and the local Good Citizenship Pilgrim- age Committee, will be received by Mrs. Roy C. Bowker, state chair- man of the committee; Miss Lillian Chenoweth, District state regent; Mrs. Russell William Magna and Mrs. William A. Becker, both hon- orary pregidents general; Mrs. Ros- coe C. O'Byrne, chairman of the na- tional Good Citizenship Pilgrimage Committee, and Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, Representative Edith Nowse Rogers, Mrs. G. E. Harbert, Mrs. Arthur M. McCrillis, Mrs. Thomas H. Seay, Miss Anne Tuochy and Mrs. Percy L. Cochran, all na- tional committee vice chairmen. “Good Citizens” from the District high schools will assist at the re- ception. They include Marjorie Tate, Anacostia High; Anne Wick- ard, Central; Ellen Elizabeth Stiles, Eastern; Patricia Rhine, McKinley; Barbara Ann Baer, Western, and Ellen Anderson, Woodrow Wilson. Full Program for Pilgrims. The pilgrims were scheduled to view the D. A. R. buildings today, 80 sightseeing tomorrow, attend a luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel as guests of the president general, at- tend a dinner given by Mrs. E. H. Whittaker, vice president general, and visit Arlington National Ceme- tery and Mount Vernon Sunday, re- ceive the Good Citizenship medals at the opening of the Continental Congress Monday and leave Tues- Y An informal meeting of the Na- tional Board of Management and a conference of the congress’ Creden- morning the precongress meeting of the national board will be held,. ‘The annual pilgrimage of déle- gates to Arlington and Mount Vernon and memorial services in Memorial Continental Hall will take place Sunday. Chicken and Hom Supper LAYTONSVILLE, Md., April 12 (Special) —The Aid-Society of Lay- tonsville Methodist Church will gerve a chicken and ham supper in he Woodman Hail here Saturday at 5 pm. | —Star Staff Photo. U. . Evacuation Plan For Scandinavia Dates From Munich Preparedness Program Of Long Standing Goes Into Action By the Associated Press. A preparedness program of long standing went into action today in | the Scandinavian war zone to ex- pedite removal of all Americans wio desire to return home. The State Department had no indication as to how many of the 3371 Americans in the North countries want to escape from the new theater of hostilities, but prepa- rations already have been made to take care of all of them, if neces- sary. Ever since the pre-Munich train of events touched off Europe's suc- cession of mounting crises a year and a half ago American Embassies and Legations have had their plans worked out. Careful revisions were made at each threat of a new emergency. Census Started Program. One diplomat, recently back from abroad, described for the first time the thoroughness with which Amer- ican representatives, working in conjunction with the State Depart- ment at home, have prepared for the task of getting citizens out of war areas. The groundwork for the program was laid, he said, when a census of the Americans in Europe was taken on Secretary Hull's instructions. These lists were kept constantly up to date. ‘The next step was to examine the transportation problem. The num- ber and capacity of American-owned automobiles was ascertained. Then, since warring countries invariably commandeer motor vehicles and gas- oline supplies, came the task of getting advance guarantees that these cars would be exempt and entitled to sufficient fuel supplies. Housing Difficulties Surveyed. Railroad and boat schedules also were studied, and the effect of emer- gency conditions on them ealculated. Routes and ports least likely to suffer at the start of war were selected. Preparations even included a survey of housing facilities at the pre-ar- ranged concentration centers to as- sure American nationals of the Pproper quarters. Americans quitting Scandinavia will be routed overland via Ger- many to Italy for embarkation on American liners. Those unable to pay for transportation will be ad- vanced funds on promissory notes. State Department records show 1,067 nationals in Norway, 552 in Denmark, and 1,752 in Sweden. It is believed that many Americans Who are married to Scandinavians or who have close relatives in the area will not elect to leave. Ex-Wife of ‘Hack’ Wilson To Be Buried Tomorrow Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., April 12. —Services will be held here tomor- row for Mrs. Virginia R. Wilson, divorced wife of the former National League home run champion, Lewis R. (“Hack”) Wilson, who died yes- terday afternoon in a local hospital after an illness of 10 days. Mrs. Wilson was twice married. Her first husband, from whom she also was divorced, was John J. Hetzel, jr, of Bluefield. She is survived by a son, Robert Wilson, at the home; a brother, Carl Riddleberger, Charles Town, and .1:uur. Mrs. A. C. McIntyre of this city. L3 Ickes Declares He Would Yield Third-Term Post B7 the Associated Press: Secretary of the Interior Ickes, a third-term advocate, told reporters yesterday that if President Roose- velt was re-elected, he would resign from the cabinet and- say “Thanks for the buggy ride.” This was believed to be.a critics who have been New Deal officials were a third term so they could in office themselves. Congress fo Restrain Labor-Saving Devices Murray Fights Advances Of Industry That Displace Workers By the Associated Press. A request that Congress regulate introduction of lsbor-saving ma- ¢hinery and other mass-production tactics was presented to the Monop- oly Committee today by Philip Mur- ray of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. “Why should workers and their families be thrown to the wolves today just because industry says it has found a new machine that will benefit soclety tomorrow?” the blunt-spoken labor leader asked, Mr. Murray, chairman of the Steel Workers' Organizing: Committee, suggested & “national conference on unzmployment” by leaders from in- dustry, Government, banking, farm- ing and labor to work on the “most crucial problem confronting our economy, * * * the failure of em- ployment to keep pace with produc- tion.” “Ghost Towns” Claimed. ‘The steel union spokesman con- tended that labor-saving machinery, such as sutomatic steel plate roll- ing mills, had permanently displaced more than 30,000 in this industry during the last 10 years, created “ghost towns” and imposed a heavy. burden on soclety by adding to un- employment and relief loads. Mr. Murray suggested Federal regulation to include: Compulsory payment of adequate dismissal wages to all displaced workers; Large-scale vocational training of these displaced workers by the Fed- eral Government for other jobs; Measures designed to have indus- try re-employ workers displaced by technological changes; Reduction of the maximum work week to 30 hours “at prevailing earn- ings or more.” $500 Minimum at Dismissal. He proposed that private industry should agree to give aisplaced work- ers first chance at re-employment; six months’ notice of dismissal be- cause of technological change; and a dismissal payment of not less than $500. Mr. Murray said these charges could be added to that of the new machines or system and would mear. a reduction in present taxes for re- lief and unemployment benefits. A study of the extent to which machines are taking jobs away from men and the effect which they are having on prices and wages is being planned by the Labor Department. The House already has eonsented to such a study. Only Senate ap- proval is needed. No opposition has been threatened. Save for a few spasmodic glimpses by W. P. A. a few years ago and the current hearings by the Monopoly Committee, little has been done in that field. Lubin to Direet Study. The idea originated with Isador Lubin and his Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics, and Mr. Lubin will direct the study. ‘That one fact helped to sell the plan to Congress. Mr. Lubin is re- garded by most of those who know him best as a man not given to wild- eyed ideas. He did not hitch-hike into Washington on the New Deal He was making economic studies around here 20-odd years ago. The present aim is simply to hunt for the facts without any precon- ceived idea of what these may be. The Monopoly Committee received & suggestion from Charles R. Hock, industrial leader, yesterday that ¥ turn its attention to business deter- rents, such as taxes, if it wisned to solve the unemployment problem. Inquiry Net Pushed. In a friendly exchange with Sen- ator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyo- ming, chairman of the govern- mental study group, Mr. Hook re- called that Congress had ordered en inquiry in this field when creating the committee, but that public hear- ings had not covered this angle. “The large pool of unemployment today. in my opinion, is a result of the lack of capital and financing,” Mr. Hook, president of the American Rolling Mill Co. and former presi- dent of the National Association of Manufacturers, testified. He said he was certain numerous business and industrial leaders were anxious to offer suggestions along this line to get unemployed “off Government relief rolls and onto private pay rolls.” Union Official Explains C. 1. 0. War Stand President Michael J. Quill of the today issued a statement saying that Industrial Union Council mass meeting Wednesday night had been misquoted in The Star. “The report of my speech in The ‘Washington Star pictures me as threatening that the C. I. O. unions throughout our Nation would sabo- strike in case of war,” the statement said. “That is not \true either as to what was said or what was implied. “What I did say was very clear cut and simple: “‘The American workers want peace. We workers of America love our country and we would give the last drop of our blood to defend it. “‘But we will have no part of the war of others. No matter what hap- pens, we will not go overseas to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for any imperialistic nation. We oppose war, no matter who started it, no matter what the symbol on the sword or what umbrella is used. “‘And in this p L L g PP LN C. 1. O. Transport Workers' Union | N. his speech before the Washington |8 tage our country through general | g War Puts Damper On Philatelists’ Celebration Plans BY the Associated Press, The European war gave the Amer- iean philatelic world a rude jolt today. The 100th anniversary of t.ie first adhesive postage stamp—Great Brit- ain’s black 1-penny post—&ill be celebration May 6. For philatelists that's a big day. . One sizable group of American stamp collectors decided it was only proper that the United States join in the celebration. They favored & commemorative stamp, and & broad- cast featuring President Roosevelt and King George. Then some one remembered the war. One Government official said the broadcast was out of the ques- tion. The Post Office Department doesn’t know what to do about a commemorative stamp. The sad state of affairs produced one suggestion: That the philatelists defer celebrating until 1937 when the United States observes the 100th anniversary of its own first ad- hesive postage stamp. Hambro Says Norway "Shows No Signs of Surrendering’ Mobilization Proceeds And Volunteers Stream Into Legations, He Says By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 12.—Carl Johan Hambro, President of the Norwegian Parliament, said in a statement issued today through the British Ministry of Information that “no- where does one see any signs of (Norway’s) surrendering (to Ger- many).” Hambro left Norway shortly after the German invasion began and is now at Stockholm. Asserting that all parties were consolidated in making a “united people,” Hambro said: “Through the Norwegian Legation in Finland of- fers have come from Danish, Eng- lish and PFrench ambulance corps to proceed to Norway, where their services may be of the greatest im- portance.” Mobilization Proceeding. “A report too has come through from military chiefs in Norway tell- ing of the determination which fills both them and their troops. De- spite all the immense difficulties— and they should in no way be un- derestimated—mobilization is pro- ceeding.” Hambro added, “With every hour greater strength and co-ordination is attained by the leaders of the country and throughout the Nor- wegian Legations there is ceaseless activity.” “Nowhere does one see any signs of surrendering the country.” in re-establishing the nation-wide broadcasting system, news from Norway and statements by authori- ties will, so far as is possible, be sent out in Norwegian and English by British wireless.” Volunteers Stream In. “All possible help will be given to our country and is already being or- ganized en all fronts. Overwhelm- ing streams of volunteers are rush- ing to report at many Norwegian Legations, especially in Pinland, where the young veterans of the heroic Finaish defense are willing to fight once more for the liberty of peoples and national independence. “The Norwegian people has be- gun its days of trial—but however long this trial lasts, it will be short by comparison with the life of the people.” Apparently attempting to cheer his own people, Hambro said: “The country sends greetings to one and all—a united, strong people groping its way through darkness ard dis- tress, trusting implicity in the day to come when right shall prevail and all people shall be free.” Readers’ Club to Give Play give a one-act play and musical pro- gram at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Alli- ance room of All Souls’ Church, “Until the government succeeds | ‘The Washington Readers Club will | Canada Denies Idea Of Influencing U. . On Entry in War Mackenzie King May See Roosevelt During Stop On Virginia Trip B the Associated Press. OTTAWA, April 12.~Prime Min- ister W. L. Mackenzie King last night issued & formal statement de- claring “the Canadian govern- ment has no thought of attempting to intervene, directly or indirectly, in the affairs or policies of the United States.” Mr. Mackenzie King said he is- sued the statement because, “in view of recent public statements, I wish to make clear the position of the Canadian government on the question of the attitude of the United States in the present war.” It is to be assumed that the Prime Minister referred, among other things, to & speech April 3 by Gordon Conant, the Ontario provincial attorney general, who said it was Canada’s duty to do everything in its power to secure the active participation of the United States on the side of the allies. May Call on Roosevelt. The Prime Minister issued his statement during a press confer- ence at which he told of his plans to visit Virginia, possibly this week end, with a stopover in Washington and probable calls on President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull. His statement follows: “In view of recent public state- ments, I wish to make clear the position of the Canadian govern- ment on the attitude of the United States in the present war. Canada has voluntarily entered the strug- gle which her Parliament and peo- ple considered vital for the main- tenance of democracy and freedom. “Our primary task and duty is to make as effective as possible our own direct contribution to the suc~ cessful outcome of that struggle. Invasion Assailed. “The ruthless and treacherous at- tack which Germany has made this week on two countries, small in population and military resources, but great in their contribution to a progressive civilization and a peace- ful way of life, has strengthened Canada’s conviction as to the right- ness and necessity of the action we have taken and our belief in the inevitable overthrow of the pirat- ical and predatory regime which threatens the liberties of all free- dom-loving nations. “We are convinced that cause has the sympathy of all the free peoples of the world. At the same time we realize that it is for every country to decide for itself its pol- icy toward the conflict . “The Canadian government par- ticularly has no though of attempt- ing to intervene, directly or indi- rectly, in the affairs or policies of the United States. Any other course would be as harmful as it would be unwarranted, snd would show a disregard of the friendly under- standing we have for years received from the people and government of a good neighbor.” Firemen Discuss Drive Against Brush Fires A drive to decrease brush and field fires by prosecution of persons who carelessly start these fires got under way at a meeting yesterday of the Prince Georges County Fire- men’s Association in the Laurel (Md.) Firehouse. The association will ask for co- operation of the State Forestry De- partment and all county law en- forcement agencies. Fire companies in the county, it was brought éut, have been wearing out apparatus running to brush fires on calls which would have been un- necessary if proper care had been observed. Association members discussed penalties for negligently or malici- ously starting a fire and allowing it to escape to injure adjoining land or property. Russia paid nearly $19,000,000 for Sixteenth and Harvard streets N.W., it was announced today. American metal-working machinery in the last year. ing to west winds and diminishing. The disturbance that was over Lake Huron Thursday morning has advanced eastward to Vermont. Whiteface Mountain, . Y. 1000.1 millibars (29.80 inches). ai area has mo ward to Northwestern Am 1042.7 millibars (30.70_inches). whence it will_move eastward. Rocky M Valleys, and portions of the Lake region. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. Inches, 30.03 30.02 20.92 20.86 298¢ 208 (Prom noon terday to noon today.) Highest: 70. ot 3:50 pm. " yesterday. ©Ohlo and middle in:u‘umwi Bai Weather Report (Furnished by the United States Weather B ) District of Columbia-~Cloudy and much eolder toulght, with mini- mum temperature about 28 degrees; tomorrow fair; fresh northwest shift- Maryland—Cloudy and colder; much colder in central and east por- tions, preceded by rain in extreme east portion tonight; tomorrow fair. Virginia—Cloudy and much colder, preceded by rain in extreme east portion tonight; tomorrow fair; colder in southeast portion. West Virginia—Partly cloudy; slightly colder tonight; tomorrow fair; slowly rising temperature in west portion. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast Geodetic Survey.) - B am TROTRR 5:06am. " 348am. 11:21p.m. L Em 6:3¢p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. 8:3 8:4: 8i44am. 11:18pm Automobile lights must be turned half hour after sunset. oo Weather in Various Cities. gIemp. Rain. ow. fall. Weather. 8un, today 8un. tomorrow Moon, today Abilene __ flalo Charleston Chicago Cincinnat 3 Cleveland = 3 aso Galveston _ Helens. Huron Yea; . B4, Lowest. 43+ at noon today. Year aso. 35. Recerd Temperature This Yesr. Ind'apolis” 30 Kiville est. April 4. E?!fl; .,7.5-“0fl'“'“n 20. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. yosterday to noon tedsy.) SRR S, s River Repert. 7 and Shena; Rivers uddy b d tomac mu ly at SR R Presisitation. . Monthly preeipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): £l 7 S _.._ ;_-,.,q.sosm.. > =4 8t Louls 30, g Take c. nAlBMND Pritco attle ne W cton 30 e EEERES £ ab Bl S o PR S S R R PR A atc) FRE S S SRR S e e S ot o4 B