Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1940, Page 4

Park System Toured By Board of Trade Committee of 15 Inspection Made in Light Of Controversy Over D. C. Appropriations In line with their interest in the current controversy before the Sen- ate subcommittee on District of Co- lumbia appropriations, in which they have favored a unified park and playground recreation system, 15 members of the Parks and Res- ervations Committee of the Wash- ington Board of Trade yesterday toured the park and playground sys- tem. In a special bus, with Thomas S. Settle, secretary of the National Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, as self-styled “spieler,” committee members left the Dis- trict Building in the afternoon and swung through major parts of the park and recreation sys- tem. With them also as “guides, philosophers and friends” were Donald L. Kline, chief of the branch of plans and design of the Office of National Capital Parks; Norman C. Brown, associate land purchasing officer and appraiser of the plan- ning commission; T. C. Jeffers,. the planning commission’s landscape architect; Carol Robb, engineer of the Community Center and Play- ground Department, and Harry English, assistant director of the Community Center and Playground Department in charge of white units in the playground system. Mall Progress Inspected. The tour touched at the Mall, where Mr. Settle showed the com- mittee members the progress made toward realization of the L’Enfant plan for that area; East Capitol street, slated for extensive beautifi- cation and development with fine buildings; the site of the proposed sports center and the District of Columbia National Guary armory at the end of East Capitol street; the new Sousa Memorial Bridge, Fort Davis and Fort Dupont, where a new golf course, picnic areas and a section of the fort drive are being built by C. C. C. enrollees. Recrossing the Anacostia River, the committee visited Langdon Park, a play area which is part of the recreation system over which the present controversy rages and which has been developed entirely by the parks office; Taft Recrea- tion Center, where C. C. C. enrollees are nearing completion of another unit in the controversial recreation system; Turkey Thicket Playground, Petworth Playground, both only partially developed by the parks and W, P, A; the site of the old Sixteenth Street Reservoir, which is being gradually whipped into shape by the parks office for a play center; Banneker Recreation Cen- ter, where C. C. C. enrollees are going full steam on development work, and the old Tuberculosis Hos- pital grounds, over which another controversy is in progress as to whether a new Abbott Vocational School shall be placed there as well as a new Wilson Teachers College, thus obviating any extensive recre- ation development of the area. Mr. Settle pointed out to the com- mittee members how, in most cases, the parks and schools had been able to co-operate in building up the areas, the parks taking over the outdoor development and the schools attempting to so place and so con- struct “their buildings as to make them useful from a recreational as well as educational standpoint. Harvey L. Jones, chdirman of the committee, and Harrison Brand, jr., executive secretary of the Board of Trade, as well as other members of the committee, commented favorably on the progress made in the areas visited. Church Consecrated By Bishop McClelland The Right Rev. William McClel- land, Protestant Episcopal bishop of Easton, Md., last night consecrated Pinkney Memorial Church in Hy- attsville, Md. The Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Bishop of Washington, who was scheduled to officiate at the services, was unable to attend be- cause of a sprained ankle. Consecration of the church culmi- nated a campaign to wipe out a $3.750 mortgage. Bishop McClelland also adminis- tered the rite of confirmation to a class of 13 candidates. The principal address was deliv- ered by the Very Rev. Noble C. Powell, dean of the Washington Cathedral. Among others participating were Dr. Franklin J. Bohanan, rector of 8t. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek parish and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Washington; the Rev. Clyde Brown, diocesan missioner and a former rector of Pinkney Church; the Rev. Claude S. Ridenour, rector of St. Luke’s Church, Bladensburg, and the Rev. George B. Parsons, rector of St. Andrew’s Chapel, Col- lege Park. The rector of the church is the Rev. Le Baron Ribble. 1 Killed, 7 Hurt in Créshes Near Fredericksburg BY the Associated Press, FREDERICKSBURG, Va., May 4.—Alfred Leroy Pitts, 30, of Tampa, Fla, was killed and seven other persons injured, one seriously, in two automobile collisions on Route 1, two miles north of here early today. Two trucks and three autos were involved. Cecil McCullers, of Tampa, relief driver with Mr. Pitts, was severely burned when the truck caught fire after crashing into the rear of an auto containing Mr. and Mrs. James E. Porter, of Baltimore. Mr. Pitts jumped from the truck but fell beneath the wheels and was crushed. Mr. McCullers remained in the vehicle until it stopped and then jumped. Mr. and Mrs. Porter were slightly hurt. Both the truck and the Porter auto burned. Mr. Porter said he stopped on a steep hill, where the accident oc- curred, upon seeing another wreck in which four persons were injured. The truck coming over the crest of the hill was unable to halt and crashed into the rear of the auto causing the latter’s gasoline tank to explode. The two vehicles locked and rolled down the hill more than a hundred yards before veering into & shallow ditch. - LOS ANGELES.—WIFE CHARGES WIDOW STOLE SINGER'S LOVE—Testimony that Mrs. Edith Gaines (right), wealthy 60-year-old widow, had referred to Braheen Abdo Urban (center), Syrian operatic singer, as “the most gorgeous Arab * * ® he fascinates me,” was given by Mrs. Lila Andrews, former housekeeper for Mrs. Gaines, in the trial of a $100,000 alienation of affections suit. The THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1940, suit was brought against the widow by Mrs. Marie Urban (left). court. The principals are pictured in —A. P. Wirephotos. London (Continued From First Page.) against “widespread and highly dangerous delusions that the war is going to win itself without loss or sacrifice, that time is on our side and that Hitler has missed the bus.” Slap at Chamberlain, His reference to Hitler “missing the bus” was a direct slap at Mr. Chamberlain, who used the phrase in a speech April 4, five days before Germany invaded Norway and Den- mark. Mr. Law’s attack on the govern- ment was regarded as highly signifi- cant, as defection of a part of the Conservative majority might con- ceivably give opposition Liberals and Labor sufficient strength to overthrow the government. The government critics were put at a disadvantage, however, by the declaration of Simon that the cabi- net would put up a united front against “political scalp hunters.” Mr. Chamberlain, therefore, will find himself ably defended by such astute parliamentarians as Air Sec- retary Hoare, War Secretary Oliver Stanley and First Lord of the Ad- miralty Winston Churchill—who, in- | cidentally, is regarded as the first| choice for Prime Minister in event | of a change in the government. Tension Over Mediterraean. Growing criticism of the govern- ment shared attention with news of a great allied naval concen- tration at Alexandria and reports that Italy was massing its armed forces in the Eastern Mediterranean. The tension created by these de- | velopments was reflected in an in- tensified campaign to stamp out subversive 4ctivities on the home front. Scotland Yard was reported to| completed a list of Italian “fifth column” suspects in England, and police were understood to be keep- ing a close watch on the Italian colony for persons spreading anti- allied propaganda. It was expected that Sir John Anderson, Minister of Home Secur- ity, would announce in Commons next week plans for strengthening regulations against “stop the war” agitators. Planes Over Coast. German warplanes again nosed! over England’s southeast coast last | night and early today. Crowds on the clifftops along the | shore watched British fighter planes and anti-aircraft batteries battle the invaders for three hours, finally | driving them out to sea. An unidentified plane, believed to be German, was heard off the north- east coast last night, but there was| no anti-aircraft firing. The news that the British had withdrawn from Namsos, in North Central Norway, as well as from Andalsnes, to the south, was con- tained in a brief war office com- munique issued last night after day- long denials of such a move. The gloom caused by this an- nouncement was only partly dis- pelled by unofficial reports that the allies still retained their hold in Arctic Norway and that the Ger- man garrison at Narvik, running short of supplies, could not hold out much longer. There were unconfirmed reports that some of the troops removed | from Namsos were en route to Nar- vik, and that King Haakon of Nor- way was accompanying them aboard & British war vessel. Deny Failure to Notify Norse. The war office later denied a Swedish report that the Norwegian commander in chief, Col. Otto Ruge, “was not informed of the allied de- cision to withdraw from the Trond- heim area or that he is negotiating an armistice.” The communique said Ruge had been “conveyed to an undisclosed destination in Norway and that any Norwegian order of the day an- nouncing regotiations for an arm- istice obviously was made without his authority.” Dispatches from Sweden previ- ously had said that such an order was issued by Col. O. B. Getz, who wds described as the Norwegian commander in the Trondelag. Army’s New Garand Rifle Defended by Gen. Harris By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, May 4.—Brig. Gen. Charles T. Harris, jr., con- tends the Army’s new semiauto- tomatic rifle is the “biggest advance since the muzzle-loader.” Staunch defense of the weapon was voiced last night before a joint meeting of the Pittsburgh Post, Army Ordnance Association, and the Pittsburgh Ordnarice District. “I don’t care -what anybody says, the Garand rifle is a grand rifle,” declared the chief of Industrial Service in the Ordnance Depart- ment. “Whoever thinks we should keep the bolt action rifie is still living in the Middle Ages.” Scoffing at criticism of the rifle’s accuracy and efficiency, Gen. Har- ris said that only last week he and Maj. Gen. C. M. Wesson, chief of Army ordnance, shot the Garand weapon for more than 1,000 rounds and that it stood up “extremely ‘Lot of Stutf’ Heard At N. L. R. B. Probe, Member Protests By the Associated Press. Saying that the House was considering “important legisla- tion,” Representative Murdock, Democrat, of Utah objected yesterday to sitting on the Smith committee and listening to a “lot of stuff” which he deemed ' trivial. “Well,” Chairman Smith, Democrat, of Virginia remarked dryly, “you'd listen to ‘a lot of :;1;!’!" if you were over there, Two Defectives Ordered Dismissed in Bribe Case Upholding the findings of a spe- cial Police Trial Board, the Com- missioners late yesterday ordered the dismissal of former Detective Sergts. Hubert E. “Steve” Brodie and Leo “Nix” Murray from the Metropolitan Police Force. The officers had been under sus- pension pending an appeal Irom‘ their conviction on a charge of ac- | cepting a bribe. Trial Board proceedings were in- stituted against the two officers about two months ago after Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Caro- lina, held up confirmation of the re-appointment of Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen because, he said, he wanted an answer as to why the Commissioner had failed to reply to | his letters concerning the demotion | of Brodie. Both Brodie and Murray were de- | moted and assigned to precincts as| uniformed policemen last Nevember. | As a result of Senator Byrnes' in- terest in the Brodie case, a Trial| Board hearing was ordered for both | officers. The policemen were found guilty | of accepting a bribe for protection of an alleged gambling establish- | ment in the 900 block of G street | N.W, from Carl T. Updyke, an ad- mitted gambler. | The civilian Trial Board which | conducted the inquiry was composed of Jo V. Morgan, the one-man Board of Tax Appeals, who served as chair- man; Maj. Patrick H. Tansey, As- sistant Engineer Commissioner, and | Mrs. Agnes K. Mason, vice chair- man of the Alcoholic Beverage Con- trol Board. 21 Killed in Train Wreck in France By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 4—Twenty-one per- sons were killed and 25 others in- jured today when a local train crashed through a flood-weakened bridge near Vallon in Allier de- partment. The bridge gave way when the fourth coach of the train was crossing. The locomotive, baggage car and three passenger coaches left the rails. JOLLY POLLY A Little Chat on Etiquette By JOS. J. FRISCH. T. S. A—At the table, one sits squarely on the chair, legs un- crossed. When not in use, the hands DAD SAYS LOVE 1S LAUGHABLE IN FACT, IT'S TWO SiLLY. are placed in the lap, or perhaps on the edge of the table. During the meal, one sits upright, without leaning against the back of the chair, : Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the leaflet, “Manners at Table.” SONNYSAYINGS well.” Dublin, Eire, is considering a plan of building and selling houses for the low-salaried, payments to be made in 35 years. 1 more anxious over the possibility of Salonika (Continuggfili‘rgngirst _Page) , his general staff were reported pre- paring for a tour of frontier forti- fications, most important of which is the so-called “Metaxas line,” which was constructed along the Albanian border, in the north, after Italy occupied Albania in April, 1939, Turkey, fearful of a German ad- vance into the Balkans and suspi- cious of Russian designs on the Dardanelles, was obviously even an attack by Italy. Diplomatic ob- servers said that Turkey had not forgotten Italy's imperial aspira- tions and that she feels Italy has designs on Anatolia, a section of Turkey, and its vast, undeveloped resources, Italy Ready to Meet Attack, Gayda Warns | ROME, May 4 (#).—A warning that | Italy would fight off any attempted | attack from allled naval forces massing in the Mediterranean was sounded today in authoritative circles. This warning followed publica- tion of British and French naval movements, The authoritative Virginio Gayda wrote in Il Giornale d'Italia that “the Italian nation does not yet| really understand exactly what par- | Inspecting Canadians In England Proves * No Formal Affair General, in Battle Dress, ‘Takes Samples’ of Battalion Units By C. B. PYPHER. ALDERSHOT, England (N.AN. A). (By Airmail).—There was s time when a general's inspection was an affair of pomp, circumstance and some profanity, a parade that called for spit and polish and that to the private soldier seemed de- signed merely to test his endurance, Then the battalion was drawn up in regular, rigid lines, the officers with drawn swords in front. The general, booted, spurred and distin- guished from all others by the su- perior sparkle of his dress, walked along the ranks with the command- ing officers, watched a few evolu- tions, took the salute at the march past and rode away with his staff, a being remote and aloof. That was the old method of test- ing a battalion. A few days ago three of us, cor- respondents, chanced upon an in- .spection of the Edmonton battalion. It had already begun when we ar- rived. At first glance it seemed to be over. Troops Not Massed, There were no massed tfoops on the high, hard, level parade ground. Near us was a small detachment of soldiers standing at ease. On the far side were others in a small group and other little groups were on either flank. “There’s the general” sald an officer who was with us; pointing across the square. We went over but couldn’t pick him out. They all seemed to be private soldiers. As we came close one of them turned. showing the weather-beaten face and shrewd eyes of Maj. Gen. Mc- Naughton, C. B, C. M. G, D. 8. O. He wore battle dress and a forage cap, of what seemed to be the same material as that worn by the troops. He had neither shining boots nor spurs and his hands were ungloved Red dots on his collar were his only visible distinction. He greeted us with the easy friendliness that never seems to de- sert him and then crossed the | square to the side, where some sol- | WaS never a let up, never a lack of | : diers were lying behind small in- struments of war. There he sat on his heels, watching the way the men handled their weapons—trench | mortars—questioning them and ex- | | plaining to us hogw the things | sional perfection, the showing of worked. Takes Samples. ticular design inspired the joint de- cision of England and France to reinforce their war fleet in the Mediterranean.” Battleships Reported. An allied battle fleet yesterday | reached Alexandria, Egypt, in the Eastern Mediterranean near the Suez Canal. | Official circles said five British| and two French battleships were among the vessels either in the Mediterranean or en route there. Three battleships were reported among the British vessels which, ac- companied by a French squadron,| are off Alexandria. | Two other British battleships, the | Warspite and the Ramillies, are ap- | proaching the Mediterranean, it was reported. Mediterranean “Quiet.” ‘ Gayda said that it is certain that | the Mediterranean is keeping *‘com- pletely quiet.” “It is not the first time that Italy \ sees concentrated in the Mediter- ranean with openly anti-Italian aims fleets of England and France operating in accordance with Jjoint political plan,” Gayda said: | “Nevertheless she never was im- | pressed and has continued the free carrying out of her policy toward | protection of her legitimate national interests or defense of her views of | the highest European interests.” Gayda continued: “If this unusugl and mysterious | deployment of French and British | naval forces in the Mediterranean, coinciding with the serious upset suffered by the allies on the coasts of Norway and on the North Sea, signifies any attempt at an offensive undertaking with the purpose of giving them new diversion or re- habilitating their political and mili- tary prestige, this would find the| Italian reaction prompt and strong. “Italy is resolved to face and re- | pulse any threat from whatever point it comes.” Invasion of Britain Predicted. Giovanni Ansaldo, newspaper writer who often speaks for Foreign Min- ister Count Galeazzo Ciano, today predicted Genmany eventually would invade British territory. Writing in Count Ciano’s news- paper, 11 Telegrafo of Leghorn, An- saldo spoke of British fear of a German offensive into British terri- tory and sald that what Italians knew of the German forces and of their “will to win” made them “be- lieve ever more firmly that there will be one.” Other newspapers also speculated on the possibility. They accused the British of trying to spread the war to the Balkans and the Mediterranean. “The Mediterranean,” said the newspaper Il Popolo di Roma, “touches many countries which are determined not to let themselves be drawn into the conflict to the gain of the British empire, which does not know how to defend itself by its own means.” | Group Carries Out Threat To Quit Fair Commitiee A group of women yesterday car- ried out their threat to resign from the District» of Columbia Women'’s Advisory Committee of the New York World’s Fair to protest against & Nation-wide opinion roundup on peace and freedom. Nine women, in addition to most of the committee of 21 members who signed the original letter of protest, have tendered their resignations, Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover, jr., ::’hairman of the committee, said to- ay. She announced at a meeting of the entire committee at her home yesterday that she was resigning “on a question of principle,” and told the members they should consider We’s havin’ a very ’cessful picnic, if you asts me—except we forgot spoons fer the beans an’ Nippy run off 'ith the bread! S themselves on the committee until they sent letters of resignation to her. Japan has a save-our-youth move- ment. 4‘ | feeling that is at once apparent From there he went to his car and invited us to accompany him | high caliber of British airmen, but to the butts, where other soldiers from the battalion were to g0 | through their musketry exprcxses,; leadership at the top. | As we went he explained that it those of us who vv'ere'ln Norway | was impossible to see all the men | could judge, Britain's air command of every unit at all their various duties, so he was taking samples, in the method of a wheat grader test- ing a car with his probe. There was no picking of groups specially proficient at this or that; the men were taken at random from the battalion. get a fair notion of the unit's gen- eral efficiency. When he had gone through all the units he knew pretty well how his division was getting on. On the way to the butts he spoke of his men, and it was easy to see he was not dissatisfied with what he had seen. He was proud of his troops. not only as a soldier but as a Canadian, proud of their response to the Canadian method of handling them, and proud, especially, of the good feeling between all ranks, a even to a civilian. At the buits two squads were tested, one with rifles, the other with Bren guns. The men were not yet marksmen—they had still their mus- ketry to do—but they knew how to handle their weapons, they obeyed instructions smartly, and under the eye of the general they showed sol- dierly keenness without any trace of nervousness. The samples were good. Formal Inspection. From the butts we went back to the parade grounds, where a com- pany was drawing up, in fighting kit, with fixed bayonets. This was the sample taken for formal in- spection. The general passed along the ranks, looking each man up and down. Then he took his position at the saluting base. The men, who to a civilian eye had appeared admirable, marched past in first-class style, and at the word of command came to a halt like an automaton, with a sharp clack of scores of heels together. It occurred to me then that Gen. Mc- Naughton has said long ago in Ottawa that if he inspected men on parade then saw them in move- | ment—any movement at all—he could tell what kind of soldiers they were. “That’s a smart-looking outfit,” I sald to an officer. “Yes,” he said with a smile, “and they really shouldn't be. They aren't men from the companies; they’re headquarters details.” The inspection was over. The general had taken the “run of mine” and knew he could depend on the Edmontons when the time came. Stowe (Continued From First Page.) ably to use a fraction of their powers ful aerial fleet in Norway, especially during the first 10 days of the Ger- man invasion. 3. Because the allled high com- mands, and most of their forces, lacked initiative, speed and a will- ingness to take real losses for the sake of stopping and turning back the German tide. 4. Finally, military observers are forced to conclude one of two things—either the British and French had not prepared in advance any adequate plan for meeting a German attack upon Norway, or they lacked the generalship and punch with which to put such a plan into immediate effect. Lessons From Norway. As an object lesson and as a measure for judging future allied conduct of the war, the two most important lessons out of Norway are undoubtedly: (1) The definite establishment of serious lack of coordination between the three armed divisions of the Anglo-French forces; and (2) The fatal which af- In this way we could | Just 45 minutes from Athens. stepped up defense preparations the British fleet were sighted off tier and the Yugoslav border. £ Y MAY BE NEW THEATER OF WAR—Europe’s warring powers focused their’ attention on the Eastern Mediterranean today (1) while Italy massed armed forces in the Dodecanese Islands (2) with 50,000 fresh troops and concentration of warplanes Both Turkey and Greece (3) and Germany’s Ambassador to Turkey was called urgently to Berlin. Greece strengthened its “Metaxas Line” along the Albanian border. Strong units of the eastern coast of Greece (3). South of the German border (4) Yugoslavia showed signs of increasing anxiety, while large detachments of German mech- anized troops were reported sighted along the Hungarian fron- —A. P. Wirephoto. | Allies mend these faults very rap- | idly and thoroughly, one can enly | | anticipate that they will be caught | flat-footed with equally unpleasant | surprises and that they will suffer § further reverses of & serious nature. The German occupation of Nor- | way was a masterly piece of coordi- | nation between the Third Reich’s land, sea and air forces. When the Bluecher was sunk in the narrows of Oslo Fjord, with most of the Nazis’ military command aboard, the German air force functioned with lightning speed. Thank to it alone, the first 1,500 German soldiers reached Oslo and captured Norway's capital. From that moment on, the Nazi bombers supplemented their motorized infantry columns with | superb and deadly efficiency. There | contact, never a respite for the | shattered Norwegians who were | continually-punch drunk from sim- | ultaneous blows from land and air. In contrast to this kind of profes- | the British air force was highly ineffective and almost amateurish— not in any sense a reflection on the | & most disturbing indication of | short-sighted direction or lack of As far as | was still asleep five days after the German invasion began—or else | England’s war leaders were wedded | to a policy of trying to win the war | without risking the loss of a few | score of bombers. | 1,500 Occupied Oslo. Leaving opinions or conjectures | completely aside, here are a few | irrefutable facts: About 1500 Germans who had | arrived by air occupied Oslo at 3 | pm. on April 9. Considerably be- fore that time, presumably at least six hours previously, London and Paris knew that all Norwegian ports | were being seized by Germany. | Forty British bombers could have | wrought havoc at the Fornebu air- | port, outside Oslo, where German | troops were being landed with the protection of only half a dozen planes at any time throughout ;’nxesdny. April 9. | On the next day squadrons of 50 |or 60 English bombers—directed in | equal numbers against both 'the Fornebu and Trondheim airports— could have dislocated most seriously the German efforts to econsolidate their grip on these two key cities. | | No such British raids were ever | made and the only ones we heard of at that time were directed against | Stavanger, far down on the south- west coast. It appeared that the British air force was taking no risks whatever in the very areas which were most essential for swift Ger- man control of Norway. | No Crushing Air Attack. During the past 10 days of the Norwegian fiasco, London radio an- nouncements have made much of daring British raids on Fornesbu. The fact remains that not a single British bomber was sighted near Oslo for at least the first eight days of the German occupation. There was never a crushing aerial attack of 500 British planes delivered simultaneously against all of Nor- way’s air fields and vital communi- cation lines. About two Wweeks too late the British bombers proved that For- nesbu was within practical bombing radius of the home base. By that time the Germans had had & won- derful recess in which to bring up scores or hundreds of fighting planes and to install powerful anti- air batteries at every airport in Norway. Here in Scandinavia we have never heard any explanation offered by British spokesmen for the tre- mendous Britain's failure to utilize its air force and cripple the Ger- mans before their military machine could expand and entrench itself. Nor have any reports reached here S OR ANYTIME PINE ‘MODERN INDOOR CAFE OR ON THE | ROOF GARDEN Cold Plate Supper 60c Regular Dinner. .75¢ - ntteiy Dinner . $1.00 flicted the British air forces throughout the first 10 days. On both these points the superior- ity and eficiency of the Germans was simply staggering. Unless N ; | ALSO SPECIALIZING IN Assorted Sandwiches to indicate # vigorous demand in England for a change in Britain's aerial command or in her ministry of the air. Nor have we heard of any public outcry that Britain's three weapons—the army, the fleet and the air force—should be im- mediately » coordinated and syn- chronized in the manner which has long prevailed in Germany. Refutation Difficult. Nevertheless, it would be most difficult for responsible Anglo- French leaders to refute the charge that the allies lost Norway, more than anywhere else, in the air. such a charge must be added an indictment of the British air force command or of authorities higher up for failure to fight an aerial war in Norway. The cold fact exists that there was no real aerial war in Norway between the allies and the Germans. The Nazis first precarious control of the air was never seriously chal- lenged. This failure to use, immediately, | scores and hundreds of British bombers assured Germany of an early domination of all of Norway from Trondheim southward. More than any other single factor, that led to the ignominious withdrawal of the allied expeditionary forces this week. More than by land or by sea, Hitler conquered Norway through the air. In this conquest the British air force was never per- mitted to oppose him, neither to anything approaching an adequate degree nor with any mentionable force during the first decisive 10 days or two weeks. It is difficult to escape the conclu- | sion that the British will lose the Wwar unless they learn very soon how to use their air force to the limit, and unless they co-ordinate their air arm with their other striking forces on land and sea. The sad record of Norway boils down to the fact that the allies never really struck—either on land or in the air. Opposed to that is the fact that Nazi Germany carries a triple punch and she knows how to smite merci- lessly with all three at once. From the Scandinavian viewpoint the allies have got to learn now, and learn how fast, or they will be as washed up in other parts of Europe as they now are in Norway, Den- mark and Sweden. (Copyrisht, 1940, Chicago Daily News, Inc.) | May Day Celebration Some 30 youngsters got out of bed at 6 am. today to participate in a belated May Day celebration spon- sored by Friendship House, Com- munity Chest settlement. The children sang May Day songs and left flowers at the houses of friends and executives of Friendship House. ‘| French Envoy Honored Count Rene Doynel de Saint- Quentin, French - Ambassador, re- ceived the honorary degree of doc- tor of laws today at special exer- cises at Brown University commer- orating reconstruction of University 1, the original college edifice of To | 9,000 Civilians fo Help Spot ‘Enemy’ Planes In War Games 70,000 Troops to Take Part in Third Army’s Louisiana Maneuvers By the Associated Press. SHREVEPORT, La, May 4. Success of Uncle Sam's defending forces in next week’s war games will depend to a large extent on the co-operation of some 9,000 civile ian observers who will help spot ‘“enemy” planes. These civillans, in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida, have arranged to relay ob- servations to Army men who will assemble it at a central headquar- ters whera defense plans will be mapped for the regional 3d Army’s huge make-believe struggle. An invading “Red” army, 30,000 strong, will rely largely on planes to gain a quick victory, much as Germany did in Poland and Norway. These planes, unless intercepted by fighter craft of the defending “Blues,” will attempt to bomb bridges and roads to prevent the “Blues” from bringing up troops. The “Reds” are concentrating be- hind the Sabine River separating Texas from Louisiana. The “Blues” are preparing to rush to the defense in fan-like movement from Fort Benning, Ga. There are 40,000 de- fending “Blues,” bringing the total rnumber of troops in the maneuvers to 70,000, nearly one-third of the Nation's enlisted strength. It has already been decided that the “Blues” will get to Louisiana in time to take up defense positions by May 11. The opposing forces then will seek victory in a 10,000« square mile area between Alexe andria, La., and the Sabine River, 41 Planes Leave Michigan For Louisiana War Games SELFRIDGE FIELD, Mich., May 4—(P—Twenty-eight pursuit ships and 13 transport planes carrying maintenance crews left the Army air field here today for Louisiana to par- ticipate in extensive maneuvers based on the latest lessons from the battlefields of Europe. The Selfridge Field forces ine | cluded 36 officers and 107 men. A truck tfain with heavy supplies pre= | ceded them South. Brown;Confers Degree On French Ambassador By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, May 4.— Brown University, celebrating the colonial reconstruction of University Hall, original “college edifice” of 1770, recalled its historic beginnings today and conferred two honorary degrees. Le Comte Rene Doynel de Saint- Quentin. French Ambassador in the United States, and Dr. Robert Kil- | burn Root, dean of the faculty and | Woodrow Wilson professor of Eng- lish literature at Princeton Univer~ sity, were awarded honorary degrees by President Henry M. Wriston. The reconstruction of University Hall, made possible by gifts of more than $250,000, has transformed the building into one of the finest ex= amples of colonial architecture to be found on any American college campus, Ambassador Saint-Quentin spoke on the long friendship between France and the United States since the days of the American Revolu- tion, when French soldiers were quartered in University Hall. FALSE TEETH REPAIRED WHILE YOU WAIT ROBT 8. SCOTT DENTAL TECA 605 F. Rm>. YOL, VU2 MECI R3S pFivate arting Hooms FULLER BRISTLECOMB HAIR BRUSH Doesn’t Disturb the WAVE Call DL Weite 957 Nat'l Press eids. FORD st WELDED WELPRIT, INC. 1516 1st St. N.W. $945 Short Time Only ME. 7944 HOME DELIVERY of he Star ASK for CIRCULATION DEPT. The Evening Ster_ The Night Final & Sundey Ster. The Night Finel Ster. N “