Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1940, Page 2

Third Term Urged In Jackson's Talk fo Young Democrats Senator Lee Predicts Roosevelt Would Even Win ‘Frostbitten Northeast’ Attorney General Jackson, ad- dressing the Young Democratic Clubs of the District at the Jeffer- son Day banquet at the Willard Hotel last night, urged a third term | for President Roosevelt. | “Who do we want to lead us in 1940?” Senator Lee of Oklahoma, toastmaster, had asked earlier in the evening, answering “Roosevelt.” Mr. Jackson, the principal speaker, opened his talk with: “The nomi-| nation for President made by the| Senator from Oklahoma will have| to stand uncontradicted.” | The Young Democrats applauded | the President’s demand, in his| message from Warm Springs, for the nomination of a pair of liberals. Mr. Jackson said he had no in- THE SUNDAY .STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 21; AT JEFFERSON DAY CELEBRATION—Among those who attended the Jefferson Day dinner given last night by the District Young Democrats at the Willard Hotel were (left to right) : tention of making a political speech. Reviewing the record of the Roose- | velt administration, he cited as its outstanding achievement the devel- opment of a Government strong | enough to deal with the Nation’s| econcmic and social problems. “This has been accomplished,” he said, “under the greatest political | leader of our generation, Franklin| D. Roosevelt. The great gift of this| administration to the future is the gift of effective government under the Constitution.” Asks Long-Term View. Young Democrats cannot afford to take a short term view of our prob- lems and they should think beyond the 1940 election to that of 1960, Jackson warned. “We must take a longer view than the results of a single election,” he said. l Our Government, he said, faces enemies who are not in unform—] *“economic demoralization, and social | injustice. One of the inevitable | consequences of a weak government | is that it in the end will yield to a | dictatorship.” | Since the depression, Mr, Jackson | Attorney General Jackson, the principal speaker; Homer Matt Adams, president of the Young Democrats of America, and Senator Lee of Oklahoma, toastmaster. The dinner was held in con- Jjunction with Jefferson Day celebrations in 38 States and 100 cities throughout the country. —Star Staff Photo. 'Senators Will Press For Early Action on Logan-Walter Bill Passage of Measure Predicted by Hatch And Burke By J. A. O'LEARY. A strong effort will be made in the | Senate to obtain final passage at this session of the Logan-Walter bill to curb the rule-making power of numerous Federal agencies, sup- porters of the measure indicated yesterday. Two Senators who will join in Readers’ Guide and News Summary The Sunday Star, April 21, 1940. PART ONE. Main News Section. Foreign. Nazis reported set back b Nor- wegians at Elverum. Page A-1 Cruiser sunk, transport bombed, Germans claim. Page A-1 | ish report. Page A-1 Nazi grip on Norway now up to air force, Eliot says. Page A-5 France presses for understanding with Italy and Spain. Page A-5 Nine German planes shot down on | front, Paris reports. Page A-6 Two Nazi transports torpedoed, Brit- | New Russian Bases Prompt Army Moves For Alaskan Defense Senators Will Question Marshall on Point at Hearing This Week By the Associated Press. Reports that Russia has estab- lished naval and air bases near the | Aleutian Islands, congressional ! sources said yesterday, are-behind | intensified Army efforts to strength- | en defenses in Alaska. | Informed legislators said they un- said, the American Government has urging favorable action—Hatch of faced the same sort of pressure that | New Mexico and Burke of Nebraska has caused the collapse of foreign | _}oth Democrats, predicted yester- governments. Though the present | day a majority of the Senate would adminsitration has not solved Bll‘suppm‘t the measure, which passed ' the problems confronting the coun- ‘ the House Thursday, 282 to 97. try, it-has developed for the govern- | ment the power to deal effectively ' (o hij w ill have easy sailing in the with these problems. Y g This does not mean, however, that | Confident Nazis will triumph, Duce derstood the Army definitely had | tells Hitler. Page A-6|confirmed that Russia has con- Norse to feel sword if resistance con- | structed bases on the Siberian Coast tinues, Nazis warn. | Rumania to get German arms and | owned isiands in the Aleutian chain LY S LR PageA-14 | yhich extends southwestward from | Alaska. Page A-7|less than 100 miles from American- | “1f the President were to ‘leave office at the end of his present ad- ministration—which thank God he wil not do if the voice of Young| Democrats is to be heard—he will | leave a more efficient and effec- | Indiana, who earlier in the session | tive government than when he took over,” Mr. Jackson declared. Liberal Nominee Urged. Homer Matt Adams, national president, urged the Young Demo- | crats to demand the nomination of | a “liberal, forward looking ticket that will command the confidence of | America.” The Democratic party, he said, had won its greatest tri-| umphs under the leadership of three liberals, Cleveland, Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. By the same token, it had encountered de- feats and setbacks when it had failed to pick a liberal standard bearer. ““We Young Democrats stand 501'1 idly behind that great liberal, Franklin D. Roosevelt,” Mr. Adams declared. “We aré confident that under liberal icadership the Demo- cratic party will prove invincible, and we look forward to a glorious | victory.” Bigger Victory Seen This Time. ‘Toastmaster Lee predicted that Mr, Roosevelt, if renominated, would be re-elected by a majority that would | make the last election “look like a piker.” “I should not be surprised if he took those two frost bitten States in the Northeast” he added. In 1936 Maine and Vermont were carried by Alf M. Landon, the Republican standard bearer. About 600 men and women at- tended last night's banquet. Ten officers of the Cadet Corps of West- ern High School served as ushers. A picture of the President was thrown on a screen and the banquet hall was darkened as the President’s | message came over the radio. A | dance followed. Senate. In the House it encoun- | tered New Deal opposition and prob- | ably will provoke considerable de- | bate in the Senate. Senator Minton, Democrat, of indicated he thought consideration of the bill should await completion of a survey being made by the | Attorney General's office, said yes- | C. A. R. resolution would have refer- terday he still thinks that course should be followed. Wants Further Study. The Indiana Senator said he would have no objection to the consideration of whatever legislation seemed desirable, after “a fair sur- vey of the operations” of the vari- ous Federal agencies. He said he does not believe, however, the pend- ing bill has had the consideration it deserves, and added, “it is shot | through with ambiguities.” Supporters of the measure are expected to insist, however, that it has been thoroughly considered and | should be voted on before adjourn- ment. They have pointed out that it passed the Senate last year by unanimous consent, and shortly | thereafter was called back from the | House for further study. i Hearings Provided. | The main features of the bill | would provide for public hearings on proposed rules and regulations laid down by various administrative agencies for carrying out acts of Congress. Hearings also would be obtained on rules issued within three years, on the request of per- sons affected by them to a sub- stantial degree. The bill also provides that after regulations have been promulgated, an appeal could be taken to the Court of Appeals here to determine whether they are constitutional and within the scope of particular acts | of Congress under which they were | issued. i While the House bill exempts ithionul. | G. O. P. leaders plan pre-convention | strategy meeting. Page A-1 | High Army officials were said to take the attitude that the bases | Thousands flee, floods cover nearly : were designed primarily for defense | third of rural Ohio. Page A-1/against possible attack by Japan on | _ bodies. Page A-1|States could not afford to assume | Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, sr., dies in | that such establishments would | New York. Page A-1/never be used against it. endum on war draft. Page A-1 Marshall to Be Questioned. Senate backers to seek passage of | It was indicated that Gen. George | Logan-Walter bill. Page A-2 C. Marshall, chief of staff, would | he testifies before a Senate commit- tee, probably this week, on the | Army’s request for $12734,000 for | construction of a strategic air base | at Anchorage, Alaska. The House turned down the re- |quest. War Department officials | have made known, however, that they will ask the Senate to restore at least $6,000,000 of the sum to the | department supply bill. The Army already is building one | | Washington and Vicinity. | Emergency funds asked by Fire In- | vestigating Board. Page A-1 Dirksen wants Maryland-Virginia workers here taxed. Page A-1 D. C. income tax returns still $500,- 1 000 below estimates. Page A-6 {Maryland, Virginia garden tours slated this week. Page A-8 ,Taylor street overpass dedicated as train roars by. Page A-5 & 2 o Co;ec;il:f;pe:é)sneat;.rche:;r:geunll’o-x;f air base in Alaska, near Fairbanks, Potomac rising toward flood stage; | but Gen. Marshall told a House no damage expected. Page H-1| Military Appropriations Subcommit- | Citizens’ Federation against revising | tee in February that extended study D. C. tax structure. Page B-1 “shows definitely that the most im- | National Guard hall bids to be| portant strategic missions could be | asked tomorrow. Page B-1|carried out effectively only when |based in the area between the | mountains and the sea, with the Page A-12 | best location in the vicinity of An- Page C-10 chorage.” Page C-10 Larger Cruisers Planned. Page B-7 He said the Fairbanks base was Page D-11 pecessary to provide the Air Corps with training essential for cold- weather operations in the north. Also bearing on national defense Miscellaneous. | Qbituary. “Reputation.” | Automobiles. | Vital statistics. Travel. Financial. Spurt in war buying lifts commodities. Page B-9 Train wreckage probed for more | Siberia, but to feel that the United | be questioned on this point when | McNutt Hails Record 0f New Deal, Hits 6. 0. P. 'Promises’ Makes Only Passing Mention of Own Presidential Aspirations By the Assaciated Press, WICHITA, Kans., April 20.—Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security Ad- ministrator, tonight termed Franklin D. Roosevelt, “The Nation's greatest peace-time President,” but remained silent on the third-term issue and made only passing reference to his own presidential aspirations. Addressing a Jefferson Day ban- quet, he praised the New Deal ad- ministration by contrasting what he said were {ts “achievements” with Republican “promises.” Of his own prospective candidacy for the Democratic nomination he said only: “What happens to me is not im- portant. What happens to all of us is. If I should become an in- strumentality to that end—be that as it may.” Praises Democrats’ Record. Mr. McNutt asserted: “The Demo- cratic party goes before the people in 1940 with a record for fidelity to the public trust that defies all attempts to defile it.” Without mentioning by name Thomas E. Dewey, New York Dis- trict Attorney campaigning for the Republican nomination, Mr, Mec- Nutt quoted a recent talk in which Mr. Dewey accused the administra- tion of a “cynical disregard of the principles of common honesty.” That, saild Mr. McNutt, was an| all-time high in “Republican effront- ery.” Praises Administration. “When the chronicle of the past seven years is written, it will be that the Government of the United States never, in its entire history, has been administered by a more | sincere, honest and completely un- | selfish group of public servants than during the administration of Frank- lin D. Roosevelt.” Asserting that the country today is engaged in a mighty effort to give meaning to the Bill of Rights, he | added | “In seven brief years we have | established far flung Government program to insure a modicum of freedom by creating an opportunity .to those who can work to make a living and by providing relief for | those unfortunate citizens who are unable to take care of themselves.” These efforts, he continued, “now {incur the violent attacks of the dis- credited Republican party.” Points Out Debt Increase. He said the increase in the na- | tional debt from June, 1933, to June, | 1937, was “exactly $14,000,000,000" | | and that the “amount expended by the New Deal for relief for tha! | period was exactly $14,200,000,000, | | adding: “In other words, the increase e is measured almost precise- i Iy by the amount spent to save mil- | | lions of our citizens from the slavery ! that comes from dire want, disease | and idleness. “There is no doubt that a Republi- can administration would not have | done this. I can readily believe that no tory government would utilize the credit and resources of the Na- | tion to keep humble citizens from | starvation and want.” |False Riot Call Sends 150 Police to Party Approximately 50 policemen last night were sent hurrying to the col- | |ored Scottish Rite Temple, 1600 | block of Eleventh street N.W., on re- | celving false alarms that police | gwere being mobbed. | Calls went out in rapid succes- sion over the radio call system and available men rushed to the scene. Additional police were in readiness when it was learned that no one {had been injured. A scuffie, in- |at_All Souls Unitarian Church, | Stock market rallies. Page B-9 | Mergenthaler profits gain. Page B-9 | Bond prices improve. Page B-9 Metropolitan construction lags. Weekly market Page B-9 was a disclosure by Chairman Vin- | V0lving several score of colored son of the Hous}; Naval Aflah\!l'}"flu!hs. started at"l dance of the Committee that the Navy contem- | Aesthetic Dames.” The party was | plates building 20,000-ton cruisers— | terminated by a barrage of bottles. twice the size of its present “treaty | Benjamin Parrotty, colored, as- | type”—as soon as the pending $655.- | sistant manager of the building, /000,000 fleet expansion bill becomes summaries. Page B-11 PART TWO. law and funds are available. Repre- sentative Vinson mentioned this in- tention at a hearing on proposals |some of the executive departments Riverdale Club to Give Barn Dance May 4 An old-fashioned barn dance in- | terspersed with swing music will | be held by the Parents’ Club of | Riverdale, Md., on May 4 at the Riverdale School, Mrs. Marian Con- don, club president, announced yes- terday. | Proceeds of the affair will aid in | the purchase of playground equip- ment for the school. An amateur show will open the program st 8 p.m. Dancing will follow until midnight. Hegra Fortress Near Trondheim Defies Germans By the Associated Press. | STOCKHOLM, April 20.—A Nor- | wegian officer, interviewed by the | Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyhe- ter, told tonight of a little garrison in Hegra for'ress, just east of Trondheim, which already has with- stood two German attacks and has used its cannon to help British bombers destroy the airport at rrear- by Varnas. The fortress, past which a Ger~ man troop train sped safely last week by a ruse, is cut intc the moun- tain rocks and is so firmly placed that oniy a starve-out seige or the heaviest artillery can subdue it, the officer said. : The Germans already have given up trying to master it from the air, as the walls, 8 to- 10 yards thick, make bombings virtually useless, the Norwegian asserted. When the Germans invaded Trondheim, he said, Hegra's com- mander, a Maj. Holtermann, gath- ered a party of about 100 men, some of them his own gunners and others volunteers from the Finnish war, and took charge. ” He had three days before the first German attack, and spent the time gathering supplies. Two German infantry drives were stopped by barbed wire, snow and the fort’s guns. : Two days ago a German major under a flag of truce asked Hegra's surrender, but was sent back with a firm “no.” | Labor |and independent agencies, it ap- plies to a variety of boards and commissions, including the National Relations Board and the ‘Wage-Hour Division of the Labor Department. Senators’ Return Awaited. Definite plans for taking up the | bill in the Senate are awaiting the | return to the city of several Sena- tors, including Senator King, Demo- crat, of Utah, who took charge of the measure following the death of the original author, Senator Logan, Democrat, of Kentycky. Indications are supporters of the bill will wait until April 29 before asking the Senate to begin debate. Meanwhile, the Senate will de- vote this week to the unanimous | consent callendar, the Interior De- partment appropriation bill and probably the Townsend resolution, which seeks to stop the purchase of foreign silver by this Government. Regular Veterans Hear H. John Hines More than 60 persons attended the | banquet of the Gen. Malin Craig Post, No. 2, of the Regular Veterans’ Association last night at 1508 Four- teenth street N.W. in honor of H. John Hines, newly elected national adjutant of the association. Mr. Hines described the work of the organization on Capitol Hill to obtain pay increases for enlisted men in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Other speakers included Victor E. Deve- reaux, national senior vice com- mander, and Roy P. Hopgood, past national commander. Walter P. Boehm acted - as master of cere- monies, The association, which was estab- lished in 1934, consists of veterans of the four services and comprises 500 posts throughout the country. Better Late Than Never TORRINGTON, Conn. April 20 (#.—A racing pigeon owned by Charles Albrecht and John Fox of Torrington was liberated in Port Huron, Mich, on June 4, 1937, for a 500-mile race to this city. It ar- rived here Friday, still wearing its racing tag—number 3,366, | Military and veterans’ Editorial. Editorial articles. Editorial and comment. John Clagett Proctor. News features. Civic news. ifor reorganization of the Navy De- Pages C-1-4 | partment. Page C-2 | The larger ships, it was explained, Page C-4 | would have greatly increased cruis- Page C-5 | ing range which would make them Page C-6 | more useful for missions in the | far Pacific or the South Atlantic. | They also would be better suited for duty with the projected 45,000- ton battleships, designed to have news. Page C-7 Cros-word puzzle. Page C-8 Fraternal and civic news. Page C-8 Educational news. Page C-9 PART THREE. Society. | Society news. In service society. Future debutantes. Barbara Bell pattern. Women'’s clubs. PART FOUR. Pages D-1-12 Page D-7 Page D-8 Page D-8 PageD-10 Classified. Classified advertising. PagesE-6-17 Lost and found. PageE-6 Sports. Harris would find spot for Early to bolster attack. Page E-1 Capital stick team too good for Tar Heels, 9 to 4. Page E-2 | Margaret Sanderson with Poussin retires Potomac Plate. Page E-3 30 golf squads to play in Star, Federal tourney. PageE-4 Pictor takes Chesapeake Stake in stunning upset. Page E-5 PART FIVE. Features. Amusements. Stamps. In bridge circles. Dick Mansfield. Kennel news. Radio programs. Books. Art notes. Pages F-1-2-3 Page F-4 PageF-4 Page F-4 Page F-4 PageF-5 PageF-6 Page F-7 PageF-8 Music. The Junior Star. PageF-9- Policeman Loses Job ST. LOUIS, April 20 (®»—A student traffic cop just four days out of the police department training school failed to return to his post from lunch. The sergeant played a hunch, traced him to a theater— and found him in the back row asleep. The young patrolman was discharged for using his badge as a pass to the movie and going to sleep on duty, r ¢ greater speed and range than any now in the fleet. called police, it is said, after all the windows in a large back room on the first floor had been broken. The other calls for police probably were made by pranksters, | !Demand Lower Prices Farmers of County Louth have asked the Eire Tourist Board to compel caterers to supply tourist visitors with breakfasts at 10 cents, dinners at 20 cents and teas at 5 | cents, “the same as the farmers are being compelled by law to do for their workmen.” SECRETARY WALLACE. Wailace, Fleming in Forum Dialogue to Clarify Relations of Fair Labor Standards Act to Agriculture COL. PHILIP B. FLEMING. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and Col. Philip B. Fleming, administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Labor Department, will discuss “The Relation of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Agriculture” tomorrow night. They will speak in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and broadcast over a coast-to-coast network of the National Broadcast- ing Co. at 10:30 o'clock. The pro- gram may be heard locally through Station WMAL, The broadcast will take the form of a dialogue between Col. Fleming and Secretary Wallace, with the object being to clarify details con- cerning application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to agriculture. Col. Fleming last month an- nounced the extension of the act to farmers living in or near an area of production. At the time he said he belleved “Congress intended to protect the farmer from any direct adverse effect on his market by the act. 1940 —PART ONE. Dr. Thomas A. Groover Dies; Literally Gave Life for Others |0n Ballot Tuesday X-Ray Pioneer Falls ¢ * Victim, by Own Choice, To His Science Dr. Thomas A. Groover, 62, a pio- neer in the use of X-rays in medical science, died at 11:50 o'clock last night in his apartment at the Ward- man Park Hotel. His wife, Mrs. Ila Groover, was at his side when the end came. Dr. Groover, who had long been ill, was unconsclous for 24 hours and slipped quietly off into death. He was the victim of the science he had given his life to advancing. Frequent exposure to X-rays over a period of many years had caused cancer, Years ago, he learned that he could save himself from the ravages of the malady if he gave up his research, But he chose to pursue his work and became one of the country’s outstanding authorities in the fleld. He lost the fingers of his left hand by amputation. Then he lost the left arm. And last night, as he had willed it, came the final sacrifice. Began Studies 40 Years Ago. Just five years after Roentgen’s great discoveries which led to rec- ognition of the medical value of X-rays, Dr, Groover, a young phy- sician, began his studies here at the old Emergency Hospital. That was 40 years ago. Little was known about X-rays then. Doctors did not realize that by exposing themselves to the rays for long periods they would cause cancer—the same disease which the rays were used to fight. Dr. Groover noticed that a rash appeared on his left hand, but took it to be eczema. It was the first symptom of the disorder which was to lead to the amputations. After he had lost his arm, he| worked under the X-rays with his | right hand—and soon the rash ap- peared there. He could have saved himself then by ceasing his re- searches. He did not. Pinally, cal cer attacked his vital organs. Ironi- cally, the rays which he had used to fight cancer in others were of no use in his case. His body had ab- sorbed so much of the radiation that his normal reaction to it was dead- ened. Dr. Groover was a member of the medical firm of Groover, Christie and Merritt. He was a charter mem- ber and a past president of the American Roentgenological Society., Was Native Georgian. Dr. Groover was born in Dixie, Ga., May 9, 1877, the son of Thomas | A. and Janie Groover, both native | Georgians. He was educated in| | public schools in Georgia and came | | to Washington in 1893. He studied medicine at George | Washington University, earning his degree there. Years later, he was honored by his alma mater with| |an honorary degree of Doctor of Science, in recognition of his achievements. { In 1928, he married Ila May Bod- die of Pittsburgh, Pa. They had no children. He was formerly president of the‘ District of Columbia Medical So-| ciety and belonged also to the! American Medical Society and the ! National Press Club. He worshipped Funeral arrangements will be an- | nounced later. 'Froze;SIeep' Fails To Cure Cancer By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. PHILADELPHIA, April 20.—The ‘“frozen sleep” widely used as an ex- | periment for treating human cancer has been tried on mice and failed to cure cancer in the animals. The experiments were announced | today in the annual report of the Internationsl Cancer Research Foundation, which describes the work in the past year of 38 groups of cancer ,experts in the United | States, Europe and Japan. The foundation gave them financial as- sistance. It appears that when a mouse is subject to temperature just below freezing he goes into a state of sleep resembling hibernation. It does not last long, however, usually only about seven hours. In these experi- ments hibernation was induced for 24 hours continuously but after that the mice woke up. This is & much shorter time than humans are able to hibernate under | conditions of frozen sleep. The humans have slept for eight days. | In the mice the size of the mag- lignant growths decreased ¢ ter hi- bernation. The reduction in size, however, was only about what would be expected from reducing the amount of food eaten. In hiberna- tion the mice did not eat. After a short time the tumors grew again and no permanent ef- fect was found from the frozen sleep. The experiments were re- ported by Pritz M. Bischoff, Louisa Long and J. Jerome Rupp of Santa Barbara, Calif. A group of University of Chicago scientists injected radioactive chlor- ine into the veins of a human being with stomach cancer, and into two | i others who were free from cancer. These chlorine atoms can be traced because of their radioactive rays. In the healthy people this chlorine got into the stomach acids in less than two minutes after entering the blood. But it took them three min- utes to appear in the stomach of the cancer. patient. ‘The experiment suggests a new method of studying internal cancer. The metabolism of the malignant growth apparently affected the chlorine, 3 First Seaplane Tender Is Launched by Navy By the Associated Press. CAMDEN, N. J, April 20—The " U. 8. 8. Curtiss, first Navy vessel designed and built as a seaplane tender, was launched today at the yards of the New York Ship- building Corp, Named for the late Glenn H. Curtiss, aviation pioneer, the ship DR. T. A. GROOVER, Guggenheim Yacht Finds Neutrality Patrol on the Job Back From Southern Cruise, Skipper Reports Constant Surveillance The broad beam of the trim 171- foot Diesel yacht Firenze snuggled against the municipal wharf yes- terday bearing witnesses to almost constant surveillance by hordes of Unied States destroyers and war- planes on neutrality patrol. The luxuriously appointed ship, with her owners, Col. M. Robert Guggenheim and Mrs. Guggenheim aboard, cast off her mooring lines at Maine avenue and Twelfth street S.W. just four months ago for a cruise in the South. Since then scarcely a day passed without a de- stroyer on the horizon or a patrol plane overhead. “The Navy is taking pretty good care out there,” said Capt. S. W. Rousseau. But he did not add too much detail. In the Gulf of Mexico, in the Car- ibbean, and as far as 200 miles off the United States coast, the destroy- Only Roasevelt Name In Pennsylvania State Interest Centers On Guffey’s Fight Against Jones BY the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 20 Pennsylvania, with more electoral votes than any State except New York, votes Tuesday in a primary with only one name—Franklin D. Roosevelt's—on the presidential preferential ballot. Mr. Roosevelt'’s name wds placed there by the Democratic State.Com- miteee. The President’s consent was not necessary. 3 The Republicans filed no names. A blank waseleft for write-ins, but in Allegheny County, with the sec- ond largest number of voters in the State, it was indicated the “prefer- ence” vote would not even be tab- ulated unofficially election night. The vote is only a weathervane. It does not bind national cenvene tion delegates to support any can- didate. Guftey-Jones Clash. Within the State interest cen- tered on the Democratic party race in which Senator Guffey fought for renomination against Walter A Jones, Pittsburgh oil man. Both men are firm supporters of the New Deal. That contest jutted out as the live- liest of the campaign, with leader- ship of the State democratic organ- ization at stake. The State com- mittee cleared the way for a free- | for-all by setting aside an indorse- ment rule in favor of an “open” primary. The discord dated back to the fiery Democratic primary scrap of 1938, when Senator Guffey threw his support to a slate that unsuc- cessfully opposed the State com- | mittee’s ticket. i State Chairnfan David L. Law- rence, once on close terms with Senator Guffey, came out with a number of other party leaders for his opponent, Mr. Jones. Mr. Law- rence said the Senator did not have enough”strength to win in the fall fight against a Republican candi- date. Praised by Barkley. Senator Guffey, hard-fighting campaigner who once was termed “Pennsylvania’s No. 1 Democrat” by National Chairman Farley, pegged his campaign to his record of sup- | he said, left Miami ahead of the| | water front that Diesel engineers | but | Orient—drop his taciturnity. ! the inland waterway from Norfolk | ers and planes were found. port of Mr. Roosevelt’s program. Several times, said the 51-year-' Tonight at Wilkes-Barre, Senatc old captain who has sailed the seas | Majority Leader Barkley told a Dem- for 30 years, destroyers steamed up |Ocratic rally here that Presider: close for a “look-see,” then quickly | Roosevelt was anxious to have “men sped away. Two hundred miles off | of Senator Guffey’s loyalty and de- Hatteras a patrol plane pounced low | votion” renominated and re-elected to scan the ship. to the Senate. Any submarines sighted? Senator Barkley said Senator Gu! “Tommyrot,” said the captain. |fey and President Roosevelt The Firenze sailed within sight | battled together for liberalism in t of naval maneuvers and smoke Democratic party since the 10! screens, however, and at Miami the | election of President Wilson. skipper heard more of war activity. | “This friendship oetween then It was reported there, he sald, that | coyering a period of more than ‘8 or 10” yachts designed for ex-! . {quarter of a century, has been nci pensive living had been bought by | i 4 | only political, but it has been per Canada for war patrol duty. On two | sonal,” he said, in & prepared speech ships, he declared, the mahogany |uy ynow that Franklin D. Roopsevebl‘ fittings and carpets had been torn! g devotedly hopes that that same :::st'finflcg them for, the more Spartan | frjendship, that same assoclatior:. that same support for the cause of The yachts Avalon and Arcadia, |, people will continue in the future.” : Making the contest three-sided | Pittsburgh's former Mayor, Williara~ { N. McNair, also went after the nom-_ ination with & stumping tour advo- cating the single tax. Three in G. O. P. Race. Pirenze, presumably bound Canadian ports. It was also rumored along the for 1 were in demand for Canadian ships, | the neutrality law forbids American seamen on belligerent | ships, and that has provided a hoiny Top contest on the Republican problem for unemployed engineers. | side is the race of Jay Cooke, Phila- Only when performance of the delphia city chairman and namesake Firenze was the topic did Capt./and great grandson of the Union Rousseau—formerly chief officer on | financier of Civil War days; Albert the largest yacht in the world, the B. Ladner, Philadelphia attorney,. |and John A. Derenzo, Altoona pub- “I guess the Army engineers will | lisher, for nomination for the Senate. call me a liar,” he said, “when I tell| The State organization threw its them she (the yacht) sailed down | support to Mr. Cooke. Also to be nominated are cand to Morehead City, N. C. I guess | dates for State treasurer and auditor she was the largest ship ever to|general, for 34 seats in Congress,, go through there. We draw 11 feet, | 208 in the State House of Represent-. but the pilot took us through all|atives and 25 in the State Senate. right.” | Democrats will choose 16 delegates — | at large—each with a quarter vote— French Buy OId Ships |and 68 district delegates to the | party’s national co: ~ SAN FRANCISCO, April 20 (#)— | bage e one A Ol The Matson Navigation Co. an- cago in July. Republicans will name nounced today it had sold two laid- up ships to the French Line, sub- ject to approval of the Maritime Commission. !4 delegates at large and 68 district | delegates for their national conven- tion in Philadelphia in June. | The boats, the Mahukona and the | Liniment used on a cow near New- Makena, each of 2500 gross tons, | castle, South Africa, attracted thou- have been laid up at Antioch, Calif., | sands of bees which feroctously at- 11 years. | tacked the bossie and its owners. Weather Report (Purnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Cloudy, continued cool w’ rain today; tomorrow cloudy; moderate to fresh no: Maryland—Occasional light rain today; tomorrow cloudy, continued cool. th occasional light, rth winds. Virginia—Cloudy with occasional light rain, slightly cooler in centrul‘ and southeast portions today; tomorrow cloudy. West Virginia—Cloudy with occasional light rain today; tomorrow fair, slowly rising temperature, Weather Conditions Last 24 Hours. A disturbance of moderate intensity is central over the Virginia Capes, Cape Hen- ry. 995.6 millibars (2 inches). whence t [ Sun, today a Capes d by strong northeast winds and gales of Delaware Breakwater to Boston. . Pressure is also low over the Plains States and the ky Mountain rexion, Denver, Colo.. 10054 millibars (20,64 inches) High' pressure prevails from the Upper Lake region. ~Maraquette. Mich., 1021.3 millibars (40.16 inches), southward to Eastern Te Pressure 13 relatively high over Maine, Eastport. 1016.0 millibars £30.02" inches), and in_ the North Pacific States, Tatoosh Island, Wash., 1028.1 milli- bars (30.36 inches). ' During the last 24 hours rains have occurred in the North lc States, the Northern Plateau. Mon- in the Ohio Valley, the Lower Lake rel and in the Atlantic and East Gulf States. bec Mountain ' and ion, while tempera- e Middle and Lower T tures have risen in Mississippl Valley. Report Until 10 Saturday. night 48 n ® 48, Friday. midnight. Yesterday {, 43, 8 pm. Yesterday year aso, Record Temperatures This Year. 75, on April 4. » 7. on January 29, Tide Tables. (Purnished ve%““ Stats was_christened by his widow, Mrs. o~ H. Sayre Wheeler of Miam! Springs, Fla. Guests at the launching in- cluded high naval and municipal officials. The 8,000-ton seaplane tender, | Februar: built at & cost of $9,943,000, got & | Ap: taste of real deep-sea weather as|Msy she slid down the ways into the Delaware River. A stiff nor'easter whipped & chilly diissle of rain against her stee! sides. { \ Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capifal (current month to date): Month. 1940. Av' . Av'ge. 2.12 3.5 277 3. 3.42 Record. 7 SuPRnTITIRES S@ESESSS o0e FBZZEZRITRER 0B D VN1 -~ The Sun and Moon. Sets, a5 6:50 Sun. tomorrow Moon. today ___ Automobile Tights must one-half hour after sunset. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy at Harpers Ferry late yesterday. Weather In Various Citles. ‘Temperature Mex. Min. 8a :51 pm. 4:50 am. be turned on 7:30 t. B, Asheville, N. Auanie S N, 4 antic City. N, Baltimore, Md. - Birmingham, - Bismarck, N. Dak. - (- 2K oacs waandd SeR 385 Chicago, '1i Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Tex. Davenport. ‘Towa Denver, Colo. » 23 B3N2I NI S e 23 RS ERE y oy 23 2RI 222AARAT IR 4223223302 23208 n { Savannah Ga.. . 250 A s 300 330 I 9 O D 0 =S et st E e b i e