Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1940, Page 5

Reynaud Pressing For Understanding With Italy, Spain Rome Still Unresponsive, But France Continues To Pursue Efforts By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 20.—Paul Reynaud's government today pursued its efforts to reach an understanding with a thus far unresponsive Italy while French troops poured into Nor- wegian battlefields to collaborate with their British allies in the widened war against Germany. The premier told the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee in an exhaustive international survey that France, looking toward a “Mediterranean entente,” has con- tinued “a friendly exchange uf! views” with Italy and Spain since the beginning of the European war. Will Pursue Efforts. “Outside of all ideological con- siderations, the French government will pursue its efforts in regard to these two countries in view of a Mediterranean entente which con- stitutes in its eyes one of the in- dispensable bases of peace,” a com- muique said. 4 A Mediterranean entente is made| all the more desirable in allied eyes| because of the spread of the bame! front far to the northward, although allied official speeches and press comment have contained strong hints that Britain and France be- lieve they have enough power to| cope with Italy should she extend | the battlefields further by casting her lot militarily with Germany. French observers who contend | that Premfler Mussolini is on the| verge of making vital decisions re- peatedly have called attention to the allied army in the Near East under Gen. Maxime Weygand and allied | naval superiorify. Reynaud Sees Balkan Envoys. French interest in the Near East! was emphasized late today when M. Reynaud conferred with the Minis- | ters of Greece and Bulgaria. He also | saw the Swiss Minister. The first disclosure in France that troops “have landed in Norway and are taking part in the operations” came in the regular morning com- munique of the high command. Military authorities asserted the first landing of thé French in the| embattled northern kingdom was followed by successive landings at | various other points. The number | of troops involved was not given. Freedom From Control By Allies Demanded ROME, April 20 (P).—Authorita-‘ tive Fascist spokesmen tonight re- SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, E: NEW OVERPASS DEDICATED—The last grade crossing of & main line railroad in the District was formally eliminated yesterday with ceremonies dedicating the new viaduct over the Balti- more & Ohio railroad tracks at Seventh and Taylor streets N.E. This is'a general view of the new span with members of the American Legion leading the parade across it. g oot i e R newed their insistence on freedom | from British and French control of the Mediterranean as a necessary | condition of lasting peace. | The authoritative Fascist editor, | Virginio Gayda, devoted five columns in his Il Giornale d'Ttalia to Italy's| claims in the Mediterranean. But neither Gayda nor other spokesmen gave any clue as to how Italy in-i tended to break what the newspaper | Lavoro Fascista called “a perfect | stranglehold in which the Italians | are to die of suffocation whenever | others desire.” | Gayda complained the allies were ‘ boesting that they held Italy in| submission. One of their war aims, | he wrote, was to maintain their | supremacy in the Mediterranean for | the purpose of depriving Italy of her “right to choose freely her alliances and to interpret and defend her national rights.” | Gayda echoed general Italian dis- satisfaction with British control at Gibraltar and Suez, but contradicted | what he said was a widely held be- lief that Italy was entirely at the | allies’ mercy, saying that Ttaly's | “more than 200 submarines” and | Ppowerful air force made her control of the middle Mediterranean “easy | ~—in fact, sure.” Rome celebrates the anniversary of its founding tomorrow, whicl coincides with Italian labor day. Fascists were reported to have| been summoned to gather in the| Piazza Venezia in front of Premier Mussolini’s office. However, thete was no indication that Il Duce woul make any important pronouncement | ‘Chanters’ to Sing “The Chanters,” a young people’s music group of Winchester, Va, | under the direction of Floyd Hanes,' will sing in the Purcellville Metho- dist Church at 3:30 o'clock this | afternoon. A silver offering will be | taken for the benefit of the group and the church. Dorothy Peplinski, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon J. Peplinski, 3923 Seventh lookers who came prepared for rain. street N.E.,, was one of the on- —Star Staff Photos. Foiled Bandit Helps Push Car || Out of Mud i By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 20—Crime notes: | Taxicab Driver Howard Felling told police two men made him drive | to a lonely road, and one, holding his hand in his coat pocket, de- manded money. | Mr. Felling said he asked to see | the gun, sailed into them when they | didn't produce one. Both men fled. | Mr. Felling’s car was stuck in the mud—but “one of the men reap- peared and helped push me out.” A tavern keper reported an at- tempted robbery by three colored men. When the police left, one man, | armed, returned and said he'd for- gotten his umbrella. He fled when the proprietor dashed out in pur- suit of the police again. Manchester, England, is using the i vast greenhouses of its public parks for raising vegetables for patients in public institutions. 2 Before You Buy HEATING Get Our Prices NO MONEY DOWN IMMEDIATE INSTALLATION 1st Payment & Interest Begin Oct. 15th Then Take 3 Whole Years to Pay FAMOUS ARCO FLAME Popular in the time of ox carts, “jukskeigooi,” a game similar to cricket, but played with a yoke pin instead of a ball, has been revived | by natives in South Africa. “And complete line of standarg and all-American mad2 watch:s. Shop at the friendly store— [ .youre always greeted with & . smile—with no obligation to buy; "f!bbrae Accounts Invited | M. 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WILLIAM KING @ SON COAL MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1838 1151 16th Street 2901 K Street A CENTURY OF SERVICE D. C, APRIL Overpass Dedicated At Taylor Street as Train Roars By McCoach Praises Work Of Civic Group in Getting The Improvement A timely reminder of- dangers eliminated occurred yesterday when & railroad train—its whistle shriek- ing a warning—sped beneath the new Taylor street overpass in North- east Washington just as the first of a long line of automobiles passed over the tracks in a dedicatory pa- rade. s b The procession was the final fea- ture of ceremonies dedicating the new concrete and steel viaduct which passes over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks in a wooded section behind Catholic Univer- sity. Its construction eliminates the dangerous Bates road grade crossing two blocks to the north. John Stephen Hurley, 3, son of John J. Hurley, president of the Michigan Park Citizens’ Associa- tion, snipped the white ribbon of- ficially opening the overpass to automobile traffic, after short cere- monies held in a misting rain, dur- ing which District Engineer Com- missioner McCoach formally turned over the bridge to the city. McCoach Praises Citizens. Congratulating the members of the Michigan Park Citizens’ As- sociation for their part in obtain- ing the ‘overpass, Col. McCoach, emphasized that the bridge elim- inates the last existing grade cross- ing of a main li® railroad in the District. | Reviewing the cost of the bridge, which he placed %t more than $220,- 000, and the total cost of improved roads, approaches and other work ich amounted to approximately a half million dollars, Col. McCoach said: “If it saves one life, it is a cheap| price to pay.” | Col. McCoach was introduced by Leo A. Rover, former district attor- ney, who presided, and also intro- duced Mr. Hurley. 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The new overpass is 680 feet long, and 49 feet wide. It runs east and west on Taylor street N.E., and con- nects with Bates road. The old grade crossing was closed officially with the opening of the new viaduct. The parade of automobiles was led by a police motorcycle escort and a detachment of color bearers from the American Legion. Other members of the Dedication Commit- tee included William E. Russell, vice president of the citizens’ group; Floyd Bush, Miss Dorothy Parkhill, Maj. Edward Kane, Franklin L. Adams, and John L. Hartke. City of Flint's Captain To Talk at College Park Capt. Joseph A. Gainard, com- mandér of the City of Flint, Ameri- can vessel seized at sea by Germany and held by Russian and Nerwegian authorities before its eventual re- lease, will speak at College Park, Md., Tuesday at 8 p.m. under spon- sorship of the University of Mary- land International Relations Club. 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BUENOS AIRES, April 20—The North American automobile indus- try faces suspension of operations in June in its Argentina plants unless import restrictions are lightened. ‘The threat to assemblies is the re- sult of the refusal of the auto firms to subscribe to additional Argentine treasury notes amounting to $3,000,- 000 in return for permits to import that amount of additional cars. A year ago the companies con- cerned weathered a threatened close-down by accepting a plan to buy treasury notes (which by agree- ment were not negotiable except in certain circumstances) in return for import permits. A fresh crisis looms as the volume of permits approved for the 1940 au- tomotive year, December 1, 1939, to November 11, 1940, nears exhaustion. Argentine authorities have au- thorized United States automobile imports of $13,000,000 during the current automotive year, of which nearly two-thirds is covered by un- incumbered dollar exchange. The remainder must be matched by im- porters buying treasury notes from amounts available but not subscribed last year. Writer Appeals Fine For Silence on Sources By the Associated Press, TOPEKA, Kans,, April 20—E. B, Chapman, Topeka State Journal editorial writer, appealed to the Shawnee County District Court to- day from a $25 contempt of court fine imposed on him by Police udge Peter Caldwell for refusal to divulge his sources of information about Topeka vice conditions. Mr. Chapman said the case would be taken to the Supreme Court if necessary. “The effect of permitting a news- paper to be forced to reveal its news sources, would be to hide con- ditions from the people, stifle news= paper criticism and leave for cor- rupt government and vice only the question of how they should divide the loot,” the editorial writer de- clared. 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