Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1940, Page 2

Story of How Treason Gave Germans Oslo Stirs Britain Leland Stowe Dispatch Seen Saving Neutrals From Nazi Invasion By HELEN KIRKPATRICK, Ghicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent. LONDON, April 17.—Leland Btowe's dispatch to the Chicago Daily News from Stockholm Monday disclosing that internal treachery in Norway enabled the Nazis to take over Oslo has caused the profound- est sensation throughout neutral Europe and Great Britain. The most extensive programs for clean- ing out their own houses has been embarked upon by almost every neutral country, according to this morninf's British press. ‘Whether it is part of German propaganda to frighten half out of its wits every country as. yet un- touched by Germany, or whether the stories pouring in from Hungary, ‘Yugoslavia, Rumania and Holland describing parties of German tour- ists, all in their 20s and of obviously military bearing, are accurate and presage coups in those countries along Norwegian lines, it is impossi- ble to say. But there is evey indica- toon that neutral governments are going to clean up all possible “fifth columns” which might provide a necleus for German invasion of their country. As a member of the British government said this morn- ing “Leland Stowe's dispatch may prove to have saved the rest of Europe from Nazi invasion.” Recheck of Refugees. The British had already awak- ened to the need of more stringent investigation of the 74,233 German and Austrian refugees here, who | for the most part were released after | Beptember’s inquiry as to their rea- sons for being here. In recent weeks there has been a recheck of those allowed complete freedom and of those whose movements are slightly restricted. Today there are four prohibited areas where no alien, no matter what his nationality, is al- lowed to go without special permis- sion. Those areas have been ex- tended during the last few days and include most of the important river- sides, especiaily the Thames, where the most vital docks harbor thou- sands of tons of shipping. For the past six weeks the British | have begun to wonder if all the| refugees are bona fide and whether | measures must not be taken to weed out spies sent as refugees. That is| the reason for the drive which may result in a substantial increase of ! internees. | But the Norway revelation is | bound to stir up a real spy mania. | It occurs to neutral observers here that one of the first steps essential | to avoid a repetition of anything! like Norway's experience is to clean | up some of the so-called British organizations whose doctrines are | | | MRS. ROOSEVELT DEDICATES INVALID FACILITIES—A new three-story wing of the Home for Incurables was dedicated yesterday when Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt snipped a ribbon. Shown with Mrs. Roosevelt, from left to right, are Mrs. Betsy Kibbey, a founder of the institution; Mrs. Ridgely Hunt, former vice president; James E. Arnold, a patient; the Rev. F. Bland Tucker of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Mrs. E. R. Finkenstaedt, president of the home, and Dr. Albert J. Mc- Cartney of Covenant-First Presbyterian Church, Plans Proceeding For U. S.-lcelandic Diplomatic Relations Financial Credits Still Available; Norse Envoy Doubts Treason Story By BLAIR BOLLES. Plans for the establishment of | direct diplomatic relations between the United States and Iceland, the | North Atlantic island member of the dual kingdom of Denmark and Iceland, proceeded today after initial correspondence between Secretary | of State Hull and Prime Minister | Herman Jonasson of Iceland. “The Secretary of State,” a State Department announcement said yes- terday, “is in receipt of a telegram from the Prime Minister of Iceland, | informing him that the Icelandic government is anxious to enter into direct relations with the United States. “Mr. Hull has replied that this Nazi Flag on Peak In Bolivia Brings A Posse of Climbers By the Associated Press. LA PAZ, Bolivia, April 17.— A Nazi flag waving from the peak of Mount Illimani, 19,500 feet high and overlooking La Paz, sent Bolivian mountain climbers into action. Three of them, with an Eng- lishman, spent three days scal- ing the mountain and ripping down the flag. The Andine Club, which sponsored the climb, sent the flag to the Bolivian government with a request it punish the Germans who planted it, but government officials could find no law against placing flags on mountain tops. House N. L. R. B. Quiz | Resumes Tomorrow; —Star Staff Photo. Home for Incurables Dedicates Addition Costing $200,000 Mrs. Roosevelt Speaks, Paying Tribute to Donor, Mrs. Lisner The understanding of a woman who became blind in the latter years of her life for the plight of the permanently afflicted took tangible | form yesterday with the dedication | of the new $200,000 addition to the | Home for Incurables. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, after reminding a large audience that | “today we think gratefully of a woman who had at heart the desire | to help others,” cut a wide red rib- | bon leading to the wing. made pos- | sible by a bequest of the late Mrs. | Laura Hartmann Lisner, wife of the | late Abram Lisner. | Mrs. Lisner, who became bnndi several years before her death in 1937, stipulated in her will that the | charged recently that the New Deal |was out to “get” him, issued & man invaders are steadily increas- Georgia Power Co. Says 5. E. C. Probe Is "Smear’ Attempt Quiz Seeks to Find If Firm Aided George in ‘38, Utility Head States The “purge” of 1938, when the administration sought unsuccessful- ly to unseat Senator George, Demo- crat, of Georgia, for fighting Presi- dent Roosevelt'’s court plan, was back in the field of controversy to- day as the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it was in- vestigating the affairs of the Geor- gia Power Co., and P. S. Arkwright, the president, countered with the declaration that the probe was an attempt to “smear” Senator George and discover if his campaign had been aided by the power company. In Atlanta Willlam Green, At- lanta directer of the S. E. C., said complaints Georgia Power made political contributions in 1938 would be investigated “until it is deter- mined whether there have been any irregularities,” the Associated Press reported. Complaints Received. “The Securities and Exchange Commission,” Mr. Green said, “has received complaints that the Geor- gia Power Co. made political con- tributions during the 1938 campaign. Such contributions would be a viol tion of section 1208 of the Utilities Act, which makes it illegal for a registered holding company or sub- sidiary to make a political contribu- tion.” Mr. Green said the complaints concerned contributions to the cam- paigns of candidates for both State and national offices. He did not give the source of the complaints. “The investigation,” he said, “is being conducted like any other in- vestigation and is not related to the campaign of any one man.” Mr. Arkwright declared that “the inquisition by the New Deal in its effort to vent its spite and ill-will on Senator George and this com- pany is parallel only to the methods of the Ogpu and Gestapo in Russia and Germany—both in lack of defi- nite charges and in methods which are pursued.” Willkie Hits Charges. He denied aiding the campaign, as | did Wendell Willkie, chairman of | the Commonwealth and Southern | Corp., of which Georgia Power is a subsidiary. Absolved of any “irregu- | larities by Chairman Jerome Frank | of the S. E. C.. Mr. Willkie, who statement here declaring that the | charges were entirely false and were | preferred by “a disappointed cfl\ce-! seeker.” | The attack by the utilities chiefs| followed a statement which the S. E. C. issued after a telephone con- | versation between Mr. Frank and Mr. Willkie, who is being mentioned | as a Republican presidential possi- | bility. This statement, designed to RETURN OF THE WINGED HORSE—Policeman Oberon Warren of No. 8 police precinct pictured with Pegasus, weather vane of a riding academy in the 6800 block of Western avenue N.W., which was returned last night after having been taken by a college student during scavenger hunt. Allied Aid fo Norway Steadily Increasing, Paris Reports 20,000 French Troops Believed on Way With British Expedition By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 17.—Allied rein- forcements to Norway to bolster the | Norwegian defenses against the Ger- | ing, it was understood here today. It was said that French as well as | British troops are on their way. | Some estimates placed the number | of French troops at about 20,000. Two companies of German in- fantry sustained a “severe” defeat when they attacked a sector of the western front held by the British, | military sources declared in com-| —=Star Staff Photo. B.aflered Pegasus Refurns, a Victim 0f College Prank Weather Vane Is Found In Fraternity House; Bloodstains Give Clue Pegasus will take his stand again Peggy Stewart in the 6800 block of Western avenue N.W, but he will be obliged first to undergo treatment for his injuries, for he |came home in three pieces last | night. This Pegasus is a wooden rep- resentation of the winged horse of mythology which customarily serves as an emblem of Mrs. Stewarts riding academy. It disappeared last week and investigating police found Nazis in Oslo Claim Capture of Several Thousand Norsemen Emphasize, by Press And Radio, Futility Of Opposing Them B7 the Associated Press. OSLO, April 17.—Several thoue sand Norwegian officers and men have been captured by German troops within the last few days, the chief commander of the Nazi forces in Norway announced today. It was said the men, whose names will be published, are to be treated as prisoners of war. Germany, declaring she went into Norway to “protect” her from allied threats, never has declared war on Norway. However, she has said she would use stern measures if Nor- wegian resistance continued. Reports reaching the German- held capital said several Norwegian regiments decided to lay down their arms when their Norwegian com- manders gave them a choice of fighting the Germans or surren- dering. Oslo newspapers, published under the watchful eyes of the German in- vaders, carried a German denial of Statements that German bombers and planes attempted to kill King Haakon. Government Continues Fight. “The proclamation in which King Haakon says so either was fabricated or the King was misled by unrespon- sible advisers,” the denial declared, and added: “The Norwegian government camarilla continues its hopeless fight north of Oslo, co-operating with the Norwegian general staff and ad- mirality, and King Haakon is being dragged along with them. “During the flight through woods and villages, the King has had no occasion for orienting himself to the true conditions in Norway. Every- where the German-occupied areas are peaceful. “The pro-British cliques are making a last desperate attempt at misusing King Haakon's name to throw dirt on the German Army, especially the air force, which is fighting strictly according to inter- national law.” In a broadcast over the German- supervised Oslo station, Norway's | Bishop Eivind Berggrav said that on a trip yesterday into the country | atop the stables operated by Mrs. | he warned farmers against guerrilla activity, but added that farmers may keep their rifles in their homes with- out risking arrest. Good Spirit Praised. The bishop, who said the pur- pose of his trip was to console and advise the farmers, praised the good spirit manifesting itself among all classes of the population. He said also that he had heard many | stories ot kindness and chivalry . the German soldiers toward /lrhe | Norwegians. e The Norwegian civil aip”defense 'Amendments Pending| v 5 il | v i ” - ment on last night's communique blood spots around the stable which | continues under Norwegiaf control. completely contrary to the principles W e wing was to be known as the Wil clarify the situation,” did not men. for which this country is fighting. Discussion in Commons. ‘The diplomatic correspondent. of the London Daily Telegraph -this morning states that House of Com- mons’ discussions last night were a probable prelude to demands that the government here take precau- tions that “there does not exist in this country a conspiracy similar to that which undermined Norway's ability to resist the invader.” Examination of the platform of the British Union of Fascists shows that Sir Oswald Mosley, its leader, is working hard to bring the war to an end on the basis that Britain's interests are not involved in Eastern Europe or mandated territories. Sir Oswald urges that Britain allow Germany a free hand in Europe and | concentrate on building up strong British defenses, at the same time concluding permanent peace and understanding among the great na- tions of Western Europe. He does not explain clearly how the latter is to be done and officials queried this morning refuse to comment on Whether the German protectorate over Scandinavia has dampened Sir - Oswald’s ideas of permanent peace. Something to Be Done. As I stood in Sir Oswald’s head- quarters, a young man of military age entered to be others with, “Thought you were in Ttaly—what a fool you are to come back here when you had got to a neutral country * * = Imagine 8ny one so stupid as to want to return to England.” It does not require great imagi- nation to wonder if some Nor- weglans who assisted the German entry might not have talked in a similar fashion. There is no official comment ob- tainable on what Britain proposes to do with its fifth column, which includes Communists as well as Fascists, according to outspoken Englishmen in every club and office | in London today, but there are signs that something will be done, and done quickly. That is why Leland Stowe may have saved Brit- 8in as well as every other neutral country of Europe. (Copyright, 1940, Chicago Daily News, Inc.) el R Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Considers $223,000,000 appropria- tion for non-military functions of War Department. House: Votes on Logan-Walter adminis- trative procedure bill. TOMORROW. Senate: Probably will continue on War Department civil function appropria- tion bill. House: Will consider bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act. greeted by the| | Government agreeable | existing circumstances to the estah- lishment of Icelandic representation and hopes itself to open a consular office at Reykjavik in the near future.” Iceland Relations Unimpaired. The step follows the German oc- cupation of Denmark, whose con- sular and diplomatic officials have | represented Iceland in the United States in the past. The financial relations between Iceland and the United States continued unimpaired by the war. Jesse Jones, Federal loan administrator, said that while credits of $10,000,000 allocated to | Denmark might be held up, credits | of $1.000,000 allocated to Iceland were still available if she cared to | use them. At the same time J. E. Crane, treasurer of the Standard Oil Co. | of New Jersey, joined the Treasury Department temporarily to organize | a licensing system for withdrawal ! of Danish and Norwegian funds. | The President last week issued an executive order forbidding the with- drawal of these funds from the United States without a license, Stowe Story Doubted. An official said that license re- quests received so far totaled little more than $1,000.000, and appeared to be almost exclusively for settle- ment of commercial transactions initiated before the German in- vasion. None has been rejected, and most have been granted. The principal diplomatic reflec- tion of the northern war here to- day was the incredulity with which Minister Wilhelm Munthe de Mor- genstierne, Norwegian Minister, greeted the detailed reports by Le- land Stowe from Stockholm in The Star of the conspiracy which led to the German occupation of Nor- way. “Never in our history,” the min- ister said at the State Department, “have Norwegians betrayed their country, and I refuse to believe that Norwegians have taken part in this.” The minister was in New York today. U.S. Oil Firm Stops Drilling in Denmark By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 17.—A Copenhagen dispatch to DNB, the official German news agency, said today that the Danish-American Prospecting Co., & subsidiary of the Gulf Oil Corp. of Pennsylvania, which had Danish government permission to prospect in Denmark for natural resources, had stopped drilling. The dispatch said it was reported from Viborg, in north central Den- mark, that the company’s main office there had been closed and that employes who are United States citizens were preparing to return home. News of Full reports of the D. A. R. Convention, April 14 to 21, inclusive— Mail—Postage Prepaid Canada S S —— ) ] Leave orders with Star tion Hall or The Evening D. A.R. U. S., Mexico and rese——oofiio U 4Se representative at Constitu- Star office, ~11th St. and Pa. Ave. N.W. | Relations Act. New Hearings Expected To Go Into Economic Phase of Enforcement The Smith Investigating Com- mittee of the House will resume hearing in its probe of the anonlli Labor Relations Board at 10 am.| tomorrow it was announced today. Hearings have been suspended since early in March, when. after the completion of months of testi- mony, a majority of the committee submitted a report recommending drastic amendments to the Labor The new hearings are expected | to go deeper into the economic | phases of enforcement of the Wag- | ner Act. Bill Pending in House. i The committee headed by Repre- | sentative Smith, Democrat of Vir- ginia, has presented in the House a bill providing for & number of amendments to the act, including replacement of the present three- man board with a new board of the same size; separation of the prose- cuting and judicial functions of the board and limitation to six months of the back pay which reinstated employes may receive. Meanwhile, the House Labor Com- mittee, to which the Smith bill was referred, has reported another bill proposing milder amendments. These would enlarge the board to five members, without disturbing the present personnel; give employers the right to petition for elections to settle interunion disputes; give craft unions the right to recognition where they muster a majority, and keep contracts between companies and unions inviolate for at least a year. A parliamentary maneuver in the House has placed the Smith bill be- fore the Rules Committee, despite the failure of the Labor Committee to report it, and action on the vari- ous proposals to amend the law is expected to reach the floor of the House at an early date. May Call Up Norton Bill. Chairman Norton of the Labor Committee indicated today that she expected her bill, as well as the Smith Committee’s bill, would be called up. The Congress of Industrial Organ- izations issued a statement today declaring “organized employers” were joining with labor in opposi- tion to the amendments proposed in both the Norton and Smith bills. The Clothing Manufacturers’ As- sociation of the United States, it was pointed out, had opposed the craft- union amendment in the Norton bill. This opposition was contained in a petition to Congress. Other em- ployer groups, including more than 50 silk manufacturers in New Jersey, were declared to have wired protests against this amendment. Hart Is Indorsed For Police Judgeship David A, Hart, assistant United States attorney at Police Court, last night was indorsed by the Club, an organization of business- men, for the Police Court judgeship vacancy. Mr. Hart, a prosecutor at the court for nearly 20 years, was honor guest at a dinner given by the club at the Roumanian Inn. The assistant district attorney told the gathering he considered that Police Court handled more cases “nearer to humanity and the public than any court in the District:” helmina C. Hartmann Memorial in memory of her sister. Mrs. Roosevelt, speaking briefly at the dedication exercises, told the assembly that there is ‘“nothing which appeals to us all as does the case of the incurable.” Labaratory Plan Praised. “I am sure we realize what a truly good citizen Mrs. Lisner was,” Mrs. Roosevelt went on. “Today we are thinking very gratefully of her, who | had at heart the desire to help oth- ers and the interest of her city.” Dr. Warfield Loncope, physician in chief of Johns Hopkins Uni- | versity Hospital in Baltimore, con- | gratulated the home on its plans to establish in the new wing a training school for practical nurses who will care for invalids with chronic diseases both in private homes and at the Home for In- curables. Dr. Loncope also stressed the op- portunity in the laboratory in the new wing for study by physicians looking toward discovering cures for | those diseases now considered in- curable. He sald the outlook for such advancement {s far from “hopeless” and pointed to strides in the last quarter of a century. “If these doctors can add one jot of information now unknown about such diseases,” he declared, “then the sum spent on this new addition will have been increased in value tenfold—yes, even a hundredfold.” Mrs. Finkenstaedt Presides. Mrs. E. R. Finkenstaedt, president of the Board of Managers, briefly reviewed the history of the home, an institution of charity, and pre- sided at the ceremony. Dr. Albert J. McCartney, pastor of the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church, told the gathering of the “beautiful relationship” between Mrs. Lisner and her late husband, a local merchant, from the time she was first employed by him in his store. Dr. McCartney said that after they were married Mrs. Lisner never lost the “personal affection she had for the store employes, and there was always a large place in her life and home for them.” Dr. McCartney pronounced the invocation and the Rev. F. Bland Tucker, pastor of St. John’s Pro- testant Episcopal Church, the bene- diction. Can Add 33 Patients. Dr. Linn F. Cooper, head of the home medical staff, introduced Dr. Loncope. Among those present for the dedication were the members of the Arrangements Committee, Mrs. Henry W. Watson, chairman; Mrs. Robert S. Chew, Mrs. James S. Taylor, Mrs. J. Harry Covington and Mrs. Hamilton Fish. The new three-story wing is equipped to care for 33 patients, in addition to the 150 already being treated at the home, and has living quarters for 12 nurses. The labora~ tory and physiotherapy equipment is in the basement. The rooms for the patients are attractively finished in soft pastel shades and furnished with maple. lx;;ll;? windows admit a flood of Woodring Will Fly To Army Maneuvers Secretary of War Woodring will fly next Wednesday to Fort Benning, Ga., to view preliminary corps ma- neuvers, according to tentatige plans being worked out today. He is ex- pected to return the following day, after watching 41,000 men in action. Secretary Woodring also plans to fly May 18 to Camp Beauregard, La,, to watch the largest peace-time mx‘l:;ven held by the Armyl Ap- proximately 70,000 troops, including the Iatest streamlined mechanised units, will participate. tion the nature of the charges that 1were beinig investigated, but it has| | been noised about here for months that the George campaign was un- | der scrutiny. 8. E. C. Statement. The commission said: “Several months ago a complaint | was made to the commission regard- ing the Georgia Power Co. in con- | nection with certain prohibitions |contained in the Public Utility Holding Act of 1935. After due con- | | sideration, the commission decided, | in accordance with its usual prac- | tice, to make an investigation of the complaint. The commission | has come to no conclusions as to | whether or not there are any ir- | regularities. The complaint made | ino charges against Mr. Wendell | Willkie.” To this, Mr. Frank added | | the comment that “I know of noth- |ing to justify any suggestion that Mr. Willkie has had anything to do | with the alleged irregularities.” | In his statement, Mr. Willkie said that as soon as the S. E. C. started its investigation he began an inde- pendent inquiry. “Based upon that,” he continued, “and also upon statements made to me by officials of the Georgia Power Co., in whose integrity, after long years of business and personal acquaintanceship, I have complete faith, I will say that neither the Georgia Power Co. nor any asso- ciated or affiliated companies, or any officers of any such companies, directly or indirectly, contributed to Senator George's campaign.” Mr. Arkwright in Atlanta said in- vestigators of the S. E. C. had been in the company's offices since early January, had asked such questions as for whom certain unnamed in- dividuals had voted in the George balloting, examined the entire pay roll and all disbursements, damage claims, expenditures for advertising, rents, leases, and the like, and all outlays of any kind made in 1938, the Associated Press reported. Camp Contributions Suggested. When “one witness” that there had been large expendi- tures on behalf of Lawrence Camp, Senator George’s defeated primary opponent, the investigators, Mr. Arkwright said, “refused to make any investigation or pay any a tention to it.” He continued: “This company did not contribute one single cent of money to Senator George’s campaign.” Concurrently it was made known that the S. E. C. is expected to make an early decision on the question of holding public hearings in the in- vestigation of alleged political con- tributions by the Union Electric Co. of Missouri, a subsidiary of the North American Co. One S. E. C. official expressed the private and personal opinion that hearings, if held, should be con- cluded before June 1, prior to the final filing date for political can- didates in Missouri, in order not to prejudice the ensuing campaign in any way. For more than a year, S. E. C. investigators privately have been exploring activities of the firm. The 8. E. C. has said it has reason to believe that the company collected money from insurance brokers, at- torneys and others and put it into a political fund without properly re- flecting it on the company’s books. It also has been alleged that secret contributions were made to un- named political figures in violation of Federal law. Wins College Honor Miss Margaret Mitchell, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Mitchell of Silver Spring, Md., a junior at the College of William and Mary, was elected yesterday to the Mortor- board Soctety. suggested |. reporting the engagement. | They said that despite heavy ar- | tillery support the attackers were | number of stitches had been taken | unable to penetrate the British line. | The Germans, estimated at about 600 men, withdrew after violent fighting, it was said, leaving a number of dead. As the range of the preparatory | barrage was raised the Germans countered with heavy machine gun, rifile and artillery fire. The Ger- mans retreated in confusion, mili- tary informants said. Other sectors were calm yesterday, and today brought general inactiv- ity, the regular morning com-i munique saying merely, “Nothing to report.” Scouting flights, however, con- tinued and French artillerymen were | said to have broken up groups of | Germans reinforcing fortifications | in the Saar region. { Baltimore Youth's Death In Marsh Called Murder BY the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 17.—The death of 14-year-old Thomas Drescher, whose body was found in a back river marsh yesterday, was termed a murder today by Dr. W. P. E. Wyse, Baltimore County medical examiner. Dr. Wyse and Dr. Howard Maldeis, State medical examiner, agreed after an autopsy that the youth had died as the result of a blow on the head. He had been dead three or four weeks. Dr. Wyse said the injuries prob- ably were caused by blows above the right ear. A piece of billiard cue, carried on a leather thong, was found beneath the body. The youth's father, Frank Drescher, unemployed steel riveter, reported the boy missing four weeks ago. Police said Mr. Drescher had searched the vicinity frequently and had often passed close to the spot| M where the body was found. Fairfax County Farmer Ends Life With Shofgun John C. Cockrill, 79, prominent farmer of Hunters Station, Fair- fax County, Va., killed himself to- day by firing a charge from a 12- gauge shotgun through his heart while in a barn near his home. He was found by his son, Ray Cockrill, a dairy farm operator, who was visiting at his father’'s home and rushed to the barn after hear- ing the shot. The elder Mr. Cock- rill is said to have been in ill health. A certificate of suicide was is- sued by Dr. R. E. Feagans, acting coroner of Fairfax County. Sheriff E. P. Kirby of Fairfax said Mr. Cockrill left a note saying: “I am old, and it is time to get away.” The note was signed “Dad,” it was said. Golf Matches Postponed Opening team matches of the|¥: Women'’s District Golf Association, scheduled today at Argyle and Chevy Chase, were postponed be- cause of wet golf courses and early- morning rain. The second series of matches is scheduled for Friday at Washington and Woodmont. Skin Diseases Topic Dr. Eugene F. Traub of the Uni- versity of Vermont will address the started them checking hospitals. Georgetown Hospital reported a there in the lacerated hand of a young man. It soon was learned that the youth was a University of Maryland student, and Pegasus, with head, tail and one leg broken, turned up in a fratermity house. Mrs. Stewart received a call yes- terday from one identifying himself as the culprit who explained he had taken the wooden horse while on a scavenger hunt, had cut his hand when he slipped from the roof and would return Pegasus. When a trio of youths brought the battered weather vane to No. 8 police precinct station last night, its owner decided not to prosecute. She had told police previously that the horse had been obtained from a Maryland antique shop. Fort Stevens Post Plans Spring Dance Fort Stevens Post, No. 32, the American Legion, will hold its spring dance in Stansbury Hall, Georgia and Concord avenues N.W., at 9 o'clock tomorrow night. Department Comdr. William T. Slattery and his staff will head the list of invited guests. Frank Bloom is general chairman on arrange- ments. One of their duties is' to sound | air-raid warnings. Exchange quotations still are sus- pended here but daily quotations are received from New York, Am- sterdam and Zurich. An arrange- ment for modified money and stock rates is pending. One of the buildings taken for housing by the German troops was the national theater, but today it was released by the Germans with the statement that in the future it | is not to be requisitioned. {Cancer Fight Film |Shown in Preview | The first of two previews of a sound motion picture, “Choose to | Live,” produced by the RPublic Health Service and the American Society for the Control of Cancer, to aid in the campaign against cancer, was held today in the audi- torium of the Public Health Service. The second preview will be at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in Wilson Hall of the National Institute of Health, Be- thesda, Md. Officers of the Federal Security Agency and other Federal depart- ments, District officials and of- ficials of voluntary health and wel- fare agencies were among those in- vited to witness the previews. Weather Report (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Showers tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer | tomorrow; minimum tonight about 52 degrees; gentle east winds tonight shifting to moderate south tomorrow. Maryland—Showers tonight and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow. Virginia—Cloudy with showers tomorrow showers; warmer in east in west and north portions tonight; and north portions. ‘West Virginia—Showers tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer to- night; cooler tomorrow. The wave disturbance that was on theg— ——— Virginia coast Tuesday morning has ad- vanced northea: d. being central about 150 miles east-southeast of Nantucket. s.. with lowest pressure 1016.9 millibars (30.03 inches). Another wave disturbance is_central on the Virginia coast. e Henry. 1014.2 millibars (20.95 : Another _disturbance of considerable in< tensity 15 moving east-northeastward_over Southwestern Missouri. Springfield. 999.7 millibars (29.52 inches). with a secondary disturbance on the Texas coast. Galveston. 1000.3 millibars (29.54 inches). ~Pressure is also low over New Mexico and Arizona. Pressure continues high sonville, 1017.3 millibar. and off the South Atlantic 5 is high from New England, Portland. 10227 millibars (30.20 inches). west: to North Dakota. Devils Lake, 10 millibars (20.22 inches). with & wedge tending ~ south-southwestward to Eastern Colorado. Pressure is also high over the Northern Plateau, During the last 2% hours light rains have occurred slong the North Atlantic coast and in_the north portion of the Middle Atiantic States. rains and snows in the Rocky Mountain region and the Plains States and showers and thunderstorms in the West Guif States and in tng Oblo. the Mississipp! and Lower Missour! Valleys. Temperatures have risen in the Middle Atlantic States. while they have fallen in the Middle and Southern Rocky Mountain ~region. the Southern Plains States and in the interior of the West Gulf States. Report for Last Twenty-four Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer. Degrees Inches. 64 29.86 s (30.04 inches). coa P d. Me.. Yesterday— 4 p.m. 8 p.m. BR Midnight 56 Toda: 4 8 Noon Record (Prom nc Highest, r Last Twenty-four Heurs. n yesterdsy to noon today.) 66, at 12:45 p.m. yesterday. ar ago, Lowest,” ago, 40. Recerd Temperature This Year. Highest 75, on April 4. Lowest. 7. on January 29. Humidity for Last Twenty-four Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 92 per cent, at 7:30 Lowest, 64 per cent. at 12:30 p.m. yes- Tide Tables. Purnished ited States Coast and : PG eaderic Birvers George Washington University Med- | kew ical Society Saturday night in the auditorium of the university school of medicine. He will discuss the diagnosis and essentials in treatment of common skin diseases. A buffet supper will follow. 6. 83, at 8 am. todsy. Year |} .m. todsy. | B River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at Harpers Ferry: Potomac muddy at Great Fails today. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month, 1940, Aver. January February _ over Florida. Jack- | &f Abilene Albany Atlanta Atl. City Baitimore Birm.ham Bismarck Boston __ Buffalo Charleston. Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland . Columbia Davenport._ ) o LR Serd S nver Des Moines Detroit El Paso __ Galveston oz 2R ~ N Huron India’apolis Jacks'ville Kans. City L_Angeles Louisville Miamj Ionon R 2205235 SRt 44 SRR New Yorl Norrole™ < Okla. City_ 23392 23 P SEEE 047 Foreign Stations. ., (Noon. Greenwich time. today.) Horta (Faval), Asores 58 (Current. observations.) n Juan,