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4,000 Narvik Nazis Are Surrounded, Paris Reports Norwegians Score ‘Some Success’ in Roros : Area, War Office Says By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 4—The French War Ministry announced today that allied forces had surrounded 3,000 or 4000 Germans in the sector about Narvik, Norway, and that the posi- tion of the Germans there was desperate. Meanwhile, Norwegian troops still operating after the British with- drawal are still battling the Ger- mans “with some success” in the vicinity of Roros, a spokesman de- clared. Artillery Fire on Front. Fighting on the western front, ac- cording to military dispatches, was marked by “rather serious” artillery fire between the Blies River and the Vosges Mountains. Sporadic firing and occasional reconnaissance flying was reported elsewhere. The War Ministry announced to- day that the French classes of 1913 and 1913 will be released from mili- tary service under an order eflecnve‘ May 11. Semi-official French sources indi- cated last night that as a result of conversations between the United States and Italy, a new allied cam- paign is in the offing to woo Italy away from Germany with ecoromic benefits. Italy’s Risk Stressed. ‘The Telefrance news agency, after atressing the risk Italy would run if she entered the war on the side of the Nazis, declared: “An attitude of neutrality clearly and definitely affirmed would, with- out in any way touching Italian THE EVENING ARMORY DESIGN APPROVED—Engineer Commissioner David Mc this drawing of the approved design for the new District National Guard A at the end of East Capitol street. Brifish Leaders Trying To "Muddle Through' Despite Reverses Lack of Imagination Seen More Serious Than Allied Losses By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN, Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent. LONDON, May 4—The losses | which the allies have suffered in | the north have not been very se- rious in themselves and are bal- | anced both by the crippling of the | German fleet and the fact that some 4,000,000 tons of Norwegian shipping | suddenly has been placed at the | complete disposition of Great Brit- | ain and France. Nor is the estab- | lishment of German hegemony | over all Scandinavia necessarily | going to be too serious strategically. | What is important, and perhaps prestige, safeguard her from this| yitally important, is that Britain is risk and permit her to play the role | i) "ym;om “muddle through” in which belongs to her in the Mediter- | a mortal struggle against the mcst rAnean basin after all the tension | yesourceful and fastest-hitting en- and distrust disappears.” . emy she has ever faced. The agency added the warning |~ Another fact of paramount im- that “if, thanks to the Washington portance is that the very leaders ‘Government, Italy is led to define her who have been responsible for this position with more clearness, we | muddling process neither have any hope she will be convinced of the | jntention of retiring in favor of necessity—if she wants to continue | otpers, or, indeed, seem to realize certain vital and traditional rela- | {pa¢ they have been remiss. tions with the democratic powers in | Prepared to Explain. Europe and on the other side of the | Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Atlantic—of practicing a strict | Exchequer, speaking in London yes- policy of neutrality. | terday, expressed the cabinet's atti- | tude in the following words: “We | have this situation in hand and the | | government is well prepared, at the | Campaign for Symphony first moment it is right to do so, to Opens Headquarters | explain this whole situation frankly Preparing for the opening of its|and fully to the British people to | 10th annual sustaining fund cam- | whom they are responsible. You | paign Monday, the National Sym- | may dismiss from your minds the phony Orchestra today established | idea that this is going to be} the campaign headquarters at the Carl- { material for some exciting political ton Hotel, with Fred C. Spaulding, | controversy or combat.” director of the drive, in charge. The 10-day campaign to raise a | minimum of $107.600 to provide for | the orchestra’s 1940-41 season will be launched at a tea for the 700 volun- | teer solicitors at 4 p.m. Monday. The workers, functioning through 11 committees, will canvass Wash- ington and vicinity under the direc- tion of A. F. E. Horn, general chair- man of the campaign, and Walter Bruce Howe, vice chairman, Pimlico (Clear and heavy.) First race—Boling Broke, Hand and Glove, Santiago, Water Light, Devils Broth, Last Passage. Second race—Stray Chord, Noto- riety, Oso Free, Prince Turley, Pom- | peius, Phone Dijon. Fifth race—Double B. Sixth race—Miss Ferdinand. Seventh race—Longful. Jamaica By the Associated Press, (Raining and Muddy.) Pirst race—Lady Andy. Second race—Radio Gold, Sky Argo, Billionaire. Fifth race—Search. Seventh race—Wakita. Narragansett By the Associated Press. (Raining and Sloppy.) Pirst race—Our David, John Wer- ring, Wahcoo, Liberty Love and Cross Over. Second race—Golden Dot, Good Omen. Third race—Teche Lady, Sleepy People, Louis Shapiro. Fifth race—Woodsia. Sixth race—Early Morn, Leading Article. Seventh race—Bachelors Bower. Eighth race—Lovick. Churchill Downs By the Associated Press. (Clear and Fast.) Second race—Buttons B., Taken. Third race—Chanting. Sixth race—Argonne Woods, True Btar. Ninth race—Our Bud, Camarad- erie, Hadnogal, Deduce. Tenth race—Lassie Flo, Bweep, Maple Ricca. Galley | Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: In recess. House: Sir John may have been overly STAR, Coach, jr., yesti erday released rmory, to be built Bids for construction of the first unit of the structure will be opened May 21 and work will be started early in June. The entire project will cost $2,750,000. —Star Staft Photo. Baseball Fans Get Dictators In Caricature By the Associated Preas. NEW YORK, May 4.—Messrs. Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin turned up today, in caricature, among a crowd of American baseball fans. Their faces helped decorate the cover of a leaflet put out by the Port of New York Authority, con- taining schedules of local teams and it is to get to a ball park. Most of the faces in the drawing are very happy, as if a home-town boy has just clouted a home run. | But the pen-and-ink visages of Hit- | ler, Mussolini and Stalin are very | solemn. The artist put them in | bleacher seats. John J. McElliott, the Authority’s i traffic service agent, readily—and | somewhat proudly—admitted he and | an artist worked up the stunt. “You might say it was our indi. vidual contribution to world peace, he said with a grin. 'Roosevelt Considers Naming Hinckley to | Succeed Johnson Move Seen as Effort To Undermine Opponents | Of C. A. A. Transfer By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y, May 4— President Roosevelt disclosed today he probably would appoint Robert Hinckley as Assistant Secretary of Commerce. | | | designed to show people how easy y Mr. Roosevelt announced, through a secretary, Wiliam D. Hassett, | that he was considering the Hinck- | ley appointment. In some quar- ters the statement was viewed as an indication of an additional presi- Sinclair Settlement Fails fo Halt Rift Over Mexican Oil Arbitration Proposal Is Believed Rejected In Reply to Hull By GARNETT D. HORNER. The sharp diplomatic controversy between the United States and Mexico over Mexican expropriation of American-owned oil lands will continue despite reported private settlement of Sinclair Oil Co. claims, it was believed here today. An agreement between Sinclair and the Mexican government, rep- resenting a break in the “united front” of oil companies whose lands | were taken over by Mexico more | than two years ago, was reported by reliable sources in Mexico City, New York and Washington. Lacking official confirmation, the agreement was reported to give Sin- clair in cash and trade bounties over a period of years its full in- vestment in Mexican oil properties, estimated at approximately $16,- 000,000. Huge Claims Still Disputed. Still in dispute are the claims of the Standard Oil Cos. of New Jersey and California, amounting to nearly $200,000,000, and British holdings estimated at around $250,000,000. The United States Government has urged Mexico to agree to in- | ternational arbitration of the Amer- ican claims by a tribunal with power to enforce prompt and ade- quate compensation for the expro- priated properties. It is expected to continue demands on behalf of the companies not affected by the ! reported settlement, Reports of the Sinchir agree- ment reached Washington while the Mexican government's reply to Secretary of State Hull's recent note requesting arbitration was being translated at the State De- partment for publication tomorrow WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY Men Do Not Reach Full Usefulness Under 40, Ford Says Indorses Roosevelt's Employment Week Proclamation By the Assoclate. Press, DETROIT, May 4.—Henry Ford doubts that there are “enough brains under 50 (years of age) to supply the management needed in industry.” He said so today in & statement indorsing President Roosevelt's Na- tional Employment Week proclama- tion, particularly the appeal for jobs for men more than 40 years of age, The proclamation fixed the first week in May as “National Employ- ment Week.” “My own opinion is that men do not come to full usefulness until they are 40,” said Mr. Ford, who will be 77 next July 30 and has no intention of “retiring.” “For years,” he added, “I have advocated the employment of men over 40 because their experience, steadiness and judgment are abso- lutely necessary to the best success of industry.” Mr. Ford said that of the 85967 workers in the Detroit area 37433 are more than 40 years old. The oldest employe, he said, is 87 and was hired at 70. | “I still have the first man I ever | hired—that was before I was mar- ried and before I was in business,” Ford went on. “He worked with me on a little sawmill, and he still is working with me. I don't believe in retiring men for age. I believe the longer they work, the longer they live.” | Mr. Ford was almost 40 years old | when he founded the small auto- mobile business that developed into :hu present great industrial empire. | tirement rule. New Move by A. F. of L. | Seeks Peace With C. 1. 0. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, May 4.—Twin |movements to restore harmony in | the strife-torn ranks of labor and |to induce President Roosevelt to |make a third-term race came to- | day from the Pennsylvania Feder- ation of Labor’s 39th Convention. | The American Federation of Labor unionists arose to greet with |rounds of applause recommenda- | tions of their committees for “peace” | with the rival Congress of Indus- trial Organizations and a ‘“draft- Roosevelt” campaign. Both pro- posals carried unanimously. Under tentative arrangements, a The Ford Co. has no old age re- | 1t is committee from the federation optimistic when he said that the | dential effort to undermine oppon- Government could avoid a political | €nts of a Government reorganiza- row over the Norwegian campaign, tion plan which would shift the C. but he may be right when he indi- | fimfi into the Commerce Depart- O O e Xl Le= b Freuinentihias (contendediithe i 1. With | :nbzl\l;t :'(‘m C;Tr:;::s co(;ml::rllame;? | Aeronautics Authority would con- : | tinue to function as an independ- ggax:?:imslom:nz;gg ’::éné:&sh ?‘101;523 ent agency. Critics have said the u‘:pomnk -.pa its battle cry, the | Shift would jeopardize the author- | Che b ‘5. 2 chine may easil | ity’s record of service to civil avia- ca*‘:‘:‘ :}:aan;a‘.mn That will simpl;’ tion and the development of safety mean, however, that the same group far a"“fm;;l' 2 of men who have been running| on kafl'“'ed Johnson. things for the first seven months of | Mr. Hinckley, now chairman of the war—in fact, the same men who the Civil Aeronautics Authority, have been running things since long | ¥uld succeed Monroe Johnson, who before Munich—will remain in power | fécently was named to the Inter- and will be free to run things as | State Commerce Commission. they have done in the past. | Mr. Roosevelt arrived at his fam- ~ " No Omen of Victory. {ily home today to spend the week If, as most people outside the|end on what he called “cleanup” Conservative party seem to believe, activities, These included an in- morning. understood that | Mexico rejects the arbitration pro- posal, contending that the oil dis- pute is entirely a domestic matter, Meanwhile Jesus Silva Herzog, general manager of the Mexican Petroleum Distribution Agency, an- nounced here the conclusion of con- tracts with three United States companies for sale of Mexican oil products, aggregating $54,000,000, over a period of four or five years. | He said one of the contracts was | | with the National 'Oil Corp. of New | York City, but declined to name the other two. Major oil companies previously had refused to handle petroleum products from Mexico, believing that refusal of a market for oil from the expropriated lands might help in- duce the Mexican government to make what the affected concerns considered a fair settlement. They | would petition President Roosevelt |to appoint a governmental body ’which would request immediate re- | sumption of negotiations between | the rival craft and industrial setups. | President William Green of the |A. F. L. said he stands ready to meet with C. I. O. at any time and if this offer is rejected the respon- | sibility for continuation of “the costly rift cannot be charged to us.” Migratory Labor Sfifiley s Planned in Virginia By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., May 4—So that the migratory labor problems de- picted in Steinbeck's “Grapes of Wrath” may not become a pressing East Coast_problem, steps were rifle, the effectiveness of which has| 19 hotels participated in strikes in NEW YORK.—LEWISOHN GAINS CUSTODY OF SON—Ludwig Lewisohn, author, holds his son, James Elias Lewisohn, in his arms, while Mrs. Lewisohn, the after the author had been awarded custody of the boy. The child’s mother, Thelma Bowman Spear, had custody of the child until today. Williams Says Age Fails fo Serve Youth In Choosing Career Grain of Salt Advised With Ideas of Persons Over 40, Students Hear National Youth Administrator Au- brey Williams today told some 40 District high school students they - might take “with a grain of salt” what anybody that's over 40 tells them about choosing a career. Speaking on a college guidance program sponsored by American University, Mr. Williams said that young peopie have been done some real disservices during the last 40 years, the principal one being the creation of a “very bad attitude” toward manual labor. “Youll probably have trouble choosing a career,” he told them, “and a lot of people are going to try to help you choose it. Some are not going to be any too helpful.” On “White Collar” Jobs. Mr. Williams blamed parents for trying to steer their children into former Edna Manley, looks on —A. P. Wirephoto. Dr. Talbott Dies At Age of 91 in East Falls Church Was Believed to Be Oldest Practicing Physician in Virginia Dr. Thomas Melville Talbott, 91, who was believéd to be the oldest practicing physician in Virginia, died yesterday at his home in East { Falls Church. He broks his hip in a fall 10 days ago and contracted pneumonia goon afterward. Dr. Talbott, who described himself as a “horse and buggy doctor,” was born October 17, 1848, in Montgom- | ery County, Md., near Whites Ferry. He attended public school at Pooles- ville and was graduated from Co- | lumbian College, now George Wash- | ington University, before studying | medicine. | The Civil War had been over only | five years when Dr. Talbott was | graduated from the University of Maryland medical school in 1870. | He took several trips to the Middle | West before deciding to practice in | Alexandria (now Arlington) and Fairfax Counties. In 1872 he set up practice in Falls Church. Dr. Talbott traveled on horseback during the early days of nis practice, carrying his medical instruments and medicines in saddle | bags. Later he drove a horse and | buggy. During his 67 years of practice Dr. Talbott brought many of the resi- dents of Falls Church into the | world. He once estimated that he had delivered 2,000 babies. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Kathleen Nourse Talbott; two sons, | Col. Edward M. Talbott, U. S. A, re- tired, of San Francisco, Calif., and Philip M. Talbott of East Falis Church; a daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Talbott Linfoot of Arlington, and three grandchildren. )Senalo_rs fo See Garand Rifle in Action Thursday ‘The new Garand semi-automatic | the Norwegian campaign was both welcomed and then lost because of lack of imagination, this cannot be accepted as an omen of victory. | The foreign political consequences | of the Norwegian collapse may be of | more immediate concern in shap‘mgi the future course of the war. The | most important of these conse- | quences is that every neutral in Eu- | spection of the library which will hold his private and official papers. Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, the | President’s 85-year-old mother, who has been ill lately, came up from | New York City last night and| greeted her son upon his arrival, Train Held in Readiness. Probably the Chief Executive will be back in Washington Tuesday, al- | rope is now on the skids and that|though a special train was being | have contended Mexican offers of compensation were insufficient. Mexico Wins Round. The announced contracts for sale of Mexican oil and the reported set- tlement with Sinclair appareatly | mean that Mexico has won a round in the long controversy, Latin Amer- ican diplomats here pointed out. From New York it was reported that Mexico had agreed to pay the taken at a Federal and State con- | been the subject of controversy, will ference here yesterday to conduct | beé demonstrated next Thursdn_\' at an intensive survey in Eastern Vir- | Fort Belvoir, Va., Secretary of War ginia this year to see what might | Woodring announced today. The be done. | demonstration is understood to “white collar” jobs when, he said, 85 per cent of the people must make their living with their hands. He suggested that everybody stop wanting to be a reporter or an execu- tive and strive for a career in which their interests and abilities coincide. ‘The guidance program is being | tried experimentally by the univer- sity in co-operation with the voca- tional advisors in the District high | schools and it may be made an | annual event. Mr. Williams advised the high school seniors talk to a number of persons to become acquainted with their problems and have a broad - | perspective. He said that he wished Approximately 2,500 workers in 12 19801:}? wourldmfper;dkn !olr;ger hm; s ) n e purs of nowledge an of Washingtrm s larger hntels' are | foresaw the expansion of institutions assured minimum wages of $52 & of higher learning to enroliment month and one-week vacations with | measured in millions instead of in pay for those employed a yvear Dr‘hundreds and thousands. i v i Reasons for Going to College. ts d toda; "‘°'h°' ’;‘ ag’e_eme"d‘ R ’; Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the | by hotel owners and the local Joint| oqjjege of arts and sciences at the | Executive Board of the Hotel and | university, listed a dozen reasons Restaurant Employes International | Why hi“h sch};%l gradua}:es skéould | , .. | 80 to college. ese emphasized the | Alliance and the Barundfrs Inter: development of the personality of | national League of America. the individual through training in The minimum wage fixed for non- thinking and reasoning and through | tip-receiving hotel employes repre- ex;{‘;:curncu]ar activities. 2 |sents & $12-a-month increase over £ P eI WRsEto. icontinue 5 throughout the day, with round- the previous general agreement. table discussions between the visit- Hotels affected by the agreements ing students and the heads of the are the Ambassador, Carlton, Con- | various departments of the univer- tinental, Harrington, Lafayette, Lee | sity. The girls were to hear from Sherraton, New Colonial, Raleigh, | Miss Marshall Adams, fashion editor Roger Smith, Shoreham, Willard | of a local newspaper, on clothes for - and Wardman Park. In the case the campus, while the boys planned | of the Wardman Park only workers | to visit the gymnasium to see the }m the catering department are in- | District intercollegiate table tennis - | volved, it was said. tournament. The girl students were Union officials pointed out that|also to be initiated into the extra=- | separate contracts are in effect with } curricular activities of a college pro- - ‘lhe Hamilton, Burlington, Annapolis | gram through a discussion led by and Occidental Hotels and the Hay- | members of Cap and Gown, senior | Adams House. These agreements women's honor society, while Staff | were not included at this time, it Cassell, director of physical educa- | was said, because of variances in ex- | tion, was to take up the place of piration dates. athletics in the college program with | The new agreements, for the pe- the boys. An informal tea dance at riod from June 1, 1940, to September 3 p.m. was to wind up the day. 30, 1941, were made after more than three months of negotiations which several times threatened to end in a strike in at least one hotel. ac- cording to Dr. John R. Steelman, director of the United States Con- ciliation Service, who aided the groups in reaching the settlement. Dr. Steelman commended the union and owners’ representatives on the orderly manner in which the | agreements had been made, in con- trast to “the strife and emotion last year.” Several hundred workers in 2,500 Hotel Workers Get Pay Increase 'In Agreements $12-a-Month Raise Provided Employes In New Contracts Capt. E. E. M. Joyce Dies, Antarctic Explorer By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 4—Capt. Ernest Edward Mills Joyce, an Antarctic explorer, died here Thursday at the age of 65, it was announced today. Capt. Joyce served with Robert F. Scott from 1901 to 1904 and with Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton from 1907 to 1909 and won fame for an expedition from 1914 to 1917 in which depots were laid for Shackle- | ton. the spring of 1939. Virginia Guardsmen Malta the establishment of a new front through which Germany could be attacked successfully, either eco- nomically or militarily, now appears | out of the question. | This seems to reduce the allied | possibilities first to continue the blockade, which cannot defeat Ger- many immediately, and finally to make a gigantic frontal attack on the western front. The success of this latter measure always has been open to grave doubt and it has al- | ways been the consensus that it would be better if some alternative field of operations could be secured. When all these things are con-| sidered it is difficult to see how | the chances of an allied success, without both a complete change of outlook and strong reinforcements, can be more than meager. ! (Copyright, 1940, Chicago Daily News, Inc.) Miss Gertrude Mohler Of Grottoes Dies Special Dispatch to The Star. GROTTOES, Va, May 4—Miss Gertrude H. Mohler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rupert Mohler, died early today at her home here. Besides her parents, she leaves four brothers, J. W, Francis K, John A. and J. Rupert Mohler, jr., aand two sisters, Mrs. John A. Fulton and Mrs. Charles H. Patterson. In recess. 5 Smith Committee continues Labor Board investigation. Funeral services will be held at |4 pm. tomorrow at the residence, | with burial in Mount Horeb Ceme- tery, Grottoes. Police Seek Two Grammiarians To Man Traffic The Police Department today was looking around for a couple of dulcet-voiced policemen who can recognize the difference between a split*infinitive and a broad A. They will man the new traffic eruiser which will go into service here as soon as all the assorted gadgets are fixed in place. The cruiser has been delivered and the job of selecting its crew has fallen to that eminent gram- marian and lexicographer, Capt. Milton D. Smith. The car is equipped with micro- phones and loudspeakers, through which erring pedestrians and motor- ists will be called to task. Capt. Smith is going to exercise great care in selecting the police- men who will man the microphones. He wants to make certain that ‘Washington citizens are insulted grammatically and politely. He is going to test candidates on Cruiser the basis of diction, their knowledge of grammar and the tonal quality of their voices. In addition, they | will be tested for quick thinking and sharp sight. The department used to have a singing policeman it could call on in crises such as this, but he went West to sell novelty goods and sing at dance halls. e car, in addition to two police- men and the loudspeakers, will carry camera equipment, brake-testing de- vices and a speedometer which will automatically register the extent of speeding violations. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin- tendent of police, asked the public to co-operate with the new cruiser, the function of which is described as “educational.” The car also will held in readiness for a quick return | the European war warrant it. He was keeping alert to the latest trends in the European conflict by long distance telephone conversa- | tions with Washington officials, But for the time being, a primary consid- | eration with Mr. Roosevelt was the | setting out of 50,300 young trees on | his lands. . : | White House officials said he hoped to take a long motor trip over Dutchess County roads this after- noon, weather permitting. Mr. Roosevelt was greeted by a small crowd at Hyde Park station. . . Chicago Grain By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 4.—Uncertainty over European political develop- ments restrained - traders in the wheat pit today, but prices had a firm tone and at times advanced as much as !; cent a bushel. The Mediterranean situation con- tinued tc attract considerable at- tention and °operators said they expected much of the trade in to- day’s short session to be of an eve- ning-up character for the week end. New-crop deliveries, July and September, led an early advance of about 1¢ cent a bushel that ex- tended yesterday’s gains of 1% cents, lifting July to $1.06% and Sep- tember to $1.06%. From these levels prices reacted only minor fractions in later trade. Temperafure readings in the Southwest were higher and the offi- cial weather map showned no rain- fall in that area. Traders pointed out that this would benefit the growing plants as & period of warm, forcing weather is needed to over- come effects of severe cold weather recently. Official and private returns indi- cate there is ample supply of surface moisture in all sections of the win- ter wheat area except parts of Ne- braska and Oklahoma. Fair weath- er was forecast for much of the belt tonight and tomorrow. Somewheat buying was attributed to Northwestern interests, presum- ably against sales at Minneapolis, where a relatively stronger tone was displayed. Therg was some buying of July :ont.rnct.g here in exchange for September at % cent difference. A fair demand through scattered commission houses appeared in the corn market and boosted prices about % cent a bushel from early lows, both May and July equaling their season highs of 65% and 66%, do accident investigation work. It will range through the three traffic districts, staying on the streets from 8 a.m. until midnigh! respectively, while September sold within 3 cent of its peak. The mar- ket, however, later settled back to around previous closing levels. " should any change in the status of | Consolidated Oil Co. (the Sinclair | company affected) $9,000,000 in cash | over a period of three years and | deliver 20,000,000 barrels of oil dur- | ing the next six years at a price low enough to insure the Sinclair interests an extra profit of $7,000,000. Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles said at his press conference today that he had not been informed | of the reported agreement, and| therefore could not comment on | what this Government's attitude might be toward it. He-said there | would be official concern over sale | | of Mexican oil here if it came from | properties taken from American | It also was reported in Mexico City that the Mexican government was negotiating for the sale of $12,000,000 worth of fuel oil to the Petroleum Heat & Power Co. of | New Yerk, but this was denied in New York by W. C. McTarnahan, president of the company, accord- ing to the Associated Press. | Radio Waves Affect Living Cells, Scientists Report By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Va., May 4.—Evi- dence that a bombardment of high frequency radio waves specifically affects living cells in addition to the effect from heat produced by the waves was reported today by three University of Virginia researchers. In a paper prepared for the zoology section of the Virginia Academy of Science, Prof. William A. Kepner, Dr, Margaret A. Stire- walt and Leonard I. Malis expressed the belief that their experiments with small flat worms, if confirmed with subsequent tests, should an- swer scientists’ question whether such radio waves could produce a specific affect aside from heat of the waves. 3 The annual research prize of the academy was awarded last night to Walton C. Gregory of the University of Virginia for his experimental and phylogenetic studies in cytology. Traffic Record The traffic record, as revealed at police headquarters for 24- hour period ending at 8 am. today: Fatalities, 0. Accidents, 39. Motorists injured, 5. Motorists arrested, 353. Pedestrians injured, 5. Pedestrians arrested for vio- lation of pedestrian control reg- ulations, 2. owners without compensation. | Unofficial estimates place the | number of migratory workers going | to the Eastern Shore to pick straw- berries and dig potatoes at between | 5,000 and 7,000—95 per cent of whom are colored. Some of them start from as far away as Florida, work- | ing up through the fruit and vege- table fields as far North as Maine, and present a relief and social problem when they reach their Northern terminus, usually out of funds, the conference was told. Field workers of the Virginia State Employment Service and the Fed- eral Farm Security Agency will con- duct the survey, questioning work- ers in the fields and on the ferries between Norfolk and Cape Charles. The extent of the situation is in- dicated by the announcement of Paul L. Bryan, jr., manager of the Norfolk office of the State Employ- ment Service, that he has orders | | for 3500 fleld workers for the twn | Eastern Shore counties of Accomac | and Northampton. He hopes to fill | this order, as far as possible, with | { local laborers. Harvey Thompson Funeral Rites Today Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 4—The funeral of Harvey Thompson, 64, native and former resident of the Redland neighborhood, who died at Smoots, Va. will take place this afternoon from the funeral home of W. Reuben Pumphrey, Rockville. Burial will be in Forest Oak Ceme- tery, Gaithersburg. Mr. Thompson is survived by three sons, Harvey L. Washington, and Warren W. and John D., both of Smoots; two brothers, Edward and John E. Thompson, both of Wash- ington, and two sisters, Mrs, Ida Ricketts, Derwood, Md., and Mrs. Clara Walters, Richmond, Va. Mr. Thompson was connected with the National Training School for Boys, Washington, for about 17 years. He retired several years ago. Taft Tours Vermont, Home of Forbears By the Associated Press. BRATTLEBORO, Vt., May 4. —Sen- ator Robert A. Taft, the Republican presidential candidate from Ohio, came into the native State of his forbears today for a visit to his grandfather’s old home town and a talk to the Young Republicans of Vermont. A visit to Townshend, where Al- phonso Taft, his grandfather, was born, was the first event on the day’s program, and a luncheon of the Brattleboro Lions Club was the sec- ond. This afternoon he was to motor to Montpelier with Republican Na- tional Committeeman Harold W. Mason for the dinner of the State Young Republican Club, | have been requested by the Senate subcommittee considering Army ap- propriations. The Johnson semi-automatic rifie and Thompson submachine gun also will be demonstrated before subcommittee members, Secretary Woodring said, but he emphasized | tests. | Secretary Woodring pointed out | that both the Johnson and the Garand rifles have been given ex- haustive service tests and the War standard. The War Department is taking delivery on 200 of these semi-automatics each day from the Springfleld arsenal. More than 37,000 have been delivered so far. | = | Three Speciali{ruins Take Fans to Derby ‘Three special trains left Union Station late yesterday, -carrying about 500 Washingtonians to Louis- ville, Ky., for the Kentucky Derby. One Chesapeake & Ohio train had approximately 200 passengers and two Baltimore & Ohio trains had |1 about 150 persons each. In addi- tion, railroad officials said, more than 100 persons have left for Louisville in special cars on regu- larly scheduled trains in the last two days, and all regular trains on the route have been crowded since Wednesday. Idaho Commemorative Stamp Is Authorized BY the Associated Press. The Post Office Department an- nounced last night that Postmaster General Farley has authorized is- suance of a 3-cent stamp commem- orating the 50th anniversary of Idaho’s admission to statehood. The stamp will be placed on sale for the first time on July 3, the an- niversary date, at Boise. The central design of the stamp will be & reproduction of the Idaho State Capitol. The stamp, which will be printed in purple ink, will correspond in size to the special de- livery stamp. Bolling Field Soldier Robbed by Stranger John F. Lina, a soldier stationed at Bolling Field, reported to police early today that he was robbed of $8 and all his outer clothing by a man who threatened him with a pistol in an alley near Twelth street and New York avenue N.W., The soldier said he was spared any exposure embarrassment, as a |Low taxi driver he hailed was willing to drive him home on credit. The robber, he explained, was a stranger with whom he had been drinking earlier in the evening, He valued his losses at $85, Going to War Games Crowds Cheer that there will be no competitive Department adopted the Garand as | By the Associated Press. Overseus Army Unit | RICHMOND, Va, May 4—Vir- | ginia National Guard troops—more B the Associated Press. 3 | than 4,000 strong—will journey to _ MALTA, May 4—A contingent of | New York State in August to engage Maltese troops destined for over- | in war games with the 1st American | seas service marched through cheer- Army. ing crowds today for an inspection The Guardsmen will be based in | by the governor. | a camp near Rensselaer Falls, N. Y.,| Royal Air Force planes patrolled |in the Thousand Islands area. In- | the skies last night as this island, fantry units will go by train, while guarding Britain's lifeline of empire the motorized units will travel over- | through the Mediterranean, under- land. went a blackout. ‘Weather . Report (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Partly cloudy and continued cool: lowest tem- perature about 42 degrees tonight: tomorrow fair, with slowly rising temperature; moderate to fresh northwest winds. Maryland and Virginia—Partly cloudy and continued cool; slight frost in west portion tonight; tomorrow fair and slightly warmer. West Virginia—Generally fair; probably light frost tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer. Prespure remains low over the North At-d lantic States. with a nearly stationary ds- turbance centered off the southern New | Precipitation. England coast, Block Island, R. L. 1.001.7 | _Monthly precipitation in inches tn the milibars (29.58 inches). Pressure is high | Capital (current month to date): from the Great Lakes region southward | Month. over the Middle Guif States. Chicago. Iil. | January - 21.3 millibars (30.16_inches). Pressure | Pebruary is over the Plains States, Clayton, N. | Mi Mex., 1.003.4 milliba 3’ inches over'the Plateau rexion cific States, Tatoosh Island. Wash.. 1, millibars (39.59 inches). During_the I 24 hourse there have been showers in the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic States and the eastern portion of the Great Lakes region. Showers occurred aiso along the Middle and North Pacific Coast and over the Northern Plains. Cool weather pre- vails over nearly all sections east of the Mississippl Velley. Weekly Outlook. North and Middle Atlantic States— Clearing slowly over the North Atlantic States and fair over the Middle Atlantic States first part of week with slowly rising temperature. Showers near middle of week and fair toward end with temperatures near normal. Ohio Valléy and Tennessee—Fair at be- ginning of week. Showers Tuesday or ednesday and again at end of week. Rising temperature at the beginning of the Teek followed by mosty normal tempera- ures. Abilene___ Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Rain Atlanta Atl. City. Baltimore . Birm'gham Bismarck Boston___ Buffalo Charleston Cineinnati_ Cleveland . Columbia~_ Davenport Repert for Last 24 Hours. Temperature, Barometer, Yesterday— degrees. 4 p.m. 52 as0 Galveston Helena Huron Ind'apoll: Jacks'ville Kans. City Los Angeles Record for Last 34 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 53, at p.m. yesterdsy. 30 Lowest, 45, at 5 a.m. today. Record Temperatures This Year. 1) 82, on_ April 30. west.” 7, on January 29, Humidity for Last %4 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 71 per cent. at 5:30 a.m. today. Lowest,’ 51 terday. Der cent, at 4:30 p.m. yes: River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cloudy ¢ Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly mudd :‘ Great Falls todey. jcdl 718 Tide Tables. (Purnished b; nited States Coas ‘ Beckurle" Birvepsyt Covst and SaNE IR ZRARSRE NBNLI e DTA R D DD 22800 EETSR High 4 Clear 39.74 Cloudy Foreign Statio: Greenwich tim ‘Ampa . | Washington High iow (Noon. today.) Temperature. Weather, Horta (Payal). Asores 53 Ram (Current_observations.) an Juan. Puerto Rico. 8 lavans. Cuba Colon, Csnal Zon Sun. today 8un. tomorrow _ Moon. today _ Automobile flo—h‘fl bour 106 04 3:36 am. 4:32p.m. lfinu must be turned on sunset. < ~