Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1940, Page 1

Weather Forecast Partly cloudy with slowly rising temper- atures today; tomorrow fair, somewhat warmer; moderate northwest winds. Temperatures yesterday—Highest, 55, at 8 pm.; lowest, 45, at 3&am. From the United States Wea details on No. 1,833— No. 35,068. Bureau report. A2, AT B he unda WASHINGTON, D, C, MAY 5, 1940—130 PAGES. g WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Planes Blast 9 British Warships, Sinking Three, Germans Declare; Chamberlain Fights Ouster Move One 30,000-Ton Battleship; Six Badly Damaged WARINESS OF RISKS seen cause of allied reverse in Norway; Nazis’ objective attained, Eliot says, be- cause action was late and inade- qQuate. Page A-11 By LOUIS P. LOCHNER, Associated Press Foreign Correspondent, BERLIN, May 4—Air Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, be- medaled man of the hour of the “Norwegian blitzkrieg,” proudly an- nounced today the feat which he and Adolf Hitler had charged the German air force in Norway to achieve at any cost—the sinking of & 30,000-ton British battleship by air bogbardment. all, formal Nazi statements , nine British warships or trans- were sunk or badly damaged ing & day of attacks by bomb- and battle planes off Namsos Narvik, Western Norway, yes- ay, while the British fleet was sferring allied troops who have abgndoned Central Norway. bge‘slde the battleship, these were stated to include a heavy cruiser of class of the 8250-ton York, ""in 30 minutes” by heavy bs; a second cruiser and two destroyers bombed and damaged, a 12,000-ton transport sunk, all amsos, plus a battle cruiser, a er and a transport bombec (but sunk) at Narvik. (Informed British sources in ndon described the German ims as “of a fantastic char- agter to which the public fast is becoming accustomed.”) Sunk in Three Minutes. An official announcement said the battleship, of the Queen Elizabeth class, was sunk in three minutes off Namsos yesterday without. the loss of a single German plane. DNB, the official German news agency, expressed its belief that all hands were lost in the sinking of the battleship. Such a ship usually carries 1,100 men. ‘This report said other ships of the attacked fleet hastened to the spog where the battleship sank, guid by great columns of smoke, but “were too late to be of any help.” “German airplanes circling over the spot for a long time could es- tablish that not even a boat or a member of the crew was moving amidst the wreckage,” the agency added. New High for Goering. ‘The sinking marked a new high in Marshal Goering's meteoric ca- reer. Men who know him say he has waited for weeks for just this test as conclusive proof that the German air force can accomplish any task set for it and that it has, in German eyes, “once and for all destroyed the myth of British mas- tery of the seas.” There are five battleships of the Queen Elizabeth class: The War- spite, flagship of Vice Admiral Wil‘ liam Jock Whitworth, which on April 13 led the British fleet which smashed into Narvik Fjord and sank seven destroyers; the Queen Elizabeth, Valiant, - Barham and Malays, all of approximately 30, tons amt carrying complements o more than 1,100 men. Up to now Britain has admitted the loss of no capital ships to ai action; it has, however, conced the sinking of the sloop Bittern and the destroyer Gurka by air bombs since the start of the Norwe- gian campaign and damage to va- rious other vessels. Today’s brief announcement of the battleship’s destruction said it was proceeding on a westerly course off Namsos yesterday afternooy when the German dive bombers swooped down on it, dropping heavy iy bombs. “It was hit * ® * between the "~ (See BERLIN, Page A-5) Captain-and Crew of 12 Saved From Small Boats By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.—The Coast Guard cutter Ariadane ar- rived alongside the stricken lumber schooner, Jyaisy Matthews, tonight and picke¢ up Capt. O. J. Carlsen and 12 of his crew from small boats. Eight men earlier were transferred to the Coos Bay Lumber Co.’s ship Lumberman, Mackay radio reported. 8o far as was known here there was' no loss of life. ‘The Ariadane radioed Coast Guard headquarters here: “The captain (Carlsen) and the Coast Guard commander agreed it ‘was no use trying to tow the Daisy Matthews. Vessel breaking up, seams open. Five miles offshore and drifting shoreward.” When trouble first developed the schooner was about 20 miles off Eu- reka, about 250 miles north of San Francisco. She was bound from Coos Bay, Oreg., to San Francisco. Two Entombed in Mine By Cave-in Killing One By the Associated Press. MAHANOY CITY, Pa., May 4—A cave-in at a independent coal mine at Nicholas, 2 miles west of here, killed one man and entombed two others today. Joseph Malikowsky of Gilberton was crushed by tons of earth that blocked the passageway. Rescue workers recovered his body. Cut off from safety were Charles Broderick and John Lawson, both of Nicholas. Some workers estimated it would take at least 15 hours for the rescue crew of between 40 and 80 men to reach them. A fourth man, James Caddy of Gilberton, escaped. % + Starving Norwegians Devour * Food Allies Left at Namsos Ravenous Refugees Claw at Boxes of Stores, Carting Liquors and Tinned Goods to Homes By GUNNAR KNUTSSON. i IN THE STEINKJER REGION, Norway, May 5 (Sunday) (®).— '“Qousands of starving war refugees descended upon the hilly re‘ions around Namsos Friday and Saturday and helped them- the hasty allied withdrawal. U learning that the allies were gon%: eése civilian victims of the war Thade a Roman holiday of it, eating and drinking as much as they could and then carting away as big a load as they could carry to their homes. It was a strange procession of vehicles of every description imaginable, stacked high with everything from bully beef to the equivalent of hard taek. Throughout the region from Over- halla west to Namsos—where the allies kept their plentiful stores— there were poignant scenes as the |selves to large stores of food left by the British and French before o hungry civilians clawed ravenously at the boxes of foodstuffs. » They broke open casks of wine and cases of good English whisky; they used wheelbarrows and baby buggies to haul away cases of bottled and tinned goods. Men, women and children, re- leased from days of living in terror of airplane attacks, appeared to care for nothing except that peace had come—and that here was real food after days of hunger. Friday I was permitted by Col. O. ‘(See REFUGEES, Page A-9.) Greek Fears Rise On Reports British Boost Aegean Force Warship Reinforcements Declared Arriving Near Salonika By the Associated Press. ATHENS, May 4.—The reported arrival of British naval reinforce- ments in the Aegan Sea off Salonika kept tension high in Greece tonight as all of Southeastern Europe watched anxiously for developments in the Eastern Mediterranean. British ships have been stationed in the Aegean, gateway to the Dar- danelles, since the outbreak of the war. Bnt the arrival of more ships, coming on top of Italian concentra- tign of air, naval and military forces in the Dodecanese Islands and the British-French naval concentration at Alexandria, brought home to resi- dents of Salonika the fact that their seaport town would be ‘a sirategi- cally valuable base for either side in case the war should break out here, Troops Near Albania. While watching the movements of the British war vessels, Greece took steps to protect Salonika from the north. A major portion of the 10 classes of reserve officers called up for training will be sent to ths Albanian frontier, whence Italy - 1- ceivably might launch a drive if ...e enters the war. At the same time German sources reported that Greek police had raided a secret British radio station in Athens which had been sending meteorological reports to British warships. This could not be con- firmed officially in Athens. Yugoslavs Reassured. Yugoslavs received new if un- official assurances that Italy has no designs on their country. Tension in Dalmata, across the Adriatic Sea from Italy, diminished somewhat as the Fascist newspaper in Fiume, Il Gazetta di Fiume, which has a wide Yugoslav circulation, said: “Italy has no aspirations toward Yugoslavia. Italy’s preparations are directed only against events in the Mediterranean.” At Ankara, the Turkish capital, German Ambassador Franz von Papen postponed indefinitely his trip to Berlin to report to Chancel- lor Hitler on the sitaution in the Near East. In Istanbul, Turkish police announced the release of Prof. Hans von Osten, one of five Germans arrested on suspicion of espionage and spreading German propaganda, because of failure to prove charges against him, Danube Control Tightened. Rumania took steps against pos- sible sabotage by forbidding all Danube river craft to pass under the Cernavoda bridge at night. This huge span in Southeastern Ru- mania is considered the chief mili- tary route to Southern Dobruja Province, which Bulgaria claims. The headquarters of a British purchasing corporation organized recently to buy up supplies in the (8ee ATHENS, Page A-9.) District Recreation Proposals Analyzed How should recreation be organized to insure maximum benefits for all District resi- dents, whether their favorite sport be tennis or merely sitting in the shade? The controversy has raged for 10 years. One system is favored by District officials and the Board of Education, another by the National Capi- tal Parks Office and the Na- tional Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission —both dif- ferent from the existing sys- tem. An article and charts show- ing the proposals on which the Senate subcommittee on District appropriations must this week make a decision ap- pear on Page C-6 of today’s Star. 4 Mrs. Roosevelt Urges Womento Help Keep Platform Brief Choose Things Really Needed, but Simple, She Emphasizes Charging women with increased responsibility for making democracy work 1n the United States, espe- cially in view of disappearance of democracies in some other parts of the world, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt last night proposed that women endeavor to help keep the forthcoming Democratic platform not only “simple” in expression, but short. She had just heard a review of women’s demands for “peace,” solution of unemployment, continua- tion of “more New Deal.” Mrs. Roosevelt told a gathering of 1700, that filled every seat and much standing room of the de- partmental auditorium, in the clos- ing session of the National Insti- tute of Government, that this year women may have the opportunity of serving on the Platform Com- mittee of the Democratic National Convention, to be held in Chicago in July. “If you obtain the opportunity, which I think you will have of serv- ing on a Platform Committee, you will carry the responsibility to see that you say in your platform things you really need. And for heaven's sake,” she emphasized, “say it briefly, those of you who serve on the Platform Committee.” “I have read so many platforms and wondered if half the people would ever understand what they Resignation Cry Rises as Result Of Norse Defeat By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 4—Acutely aware that ‘military disaster has unseated more than one government, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to- night threw his waning political strength into the task of guiding his regime through the wreckage of the Norwegian campaign. Biting criticism by Laborites, Liberals and insurgent Conserva- tives forced the aging Prime Min- ister to get ready for a real battle in the House of Commons Tuesday. He faces an outcry of “resign” as penalty for the failure in Norway. The demand for the resignations of Mr. Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Simon and Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare, as voiced by Herbert Morrison, power~ ful Labor party spokesman, was piled on top of bitter criticism of “complacency” and “oversatisfac- tion” on the part of the govern- ment. Combined, these attacks are expected to take the form of -a drive to overthrow the present gove ernment. Reynaud Faces Debate. In Paris Premier Paul Reynaud’s government tonight appeared to be facing a secret airing in the Chamber of Deputies of the reasons for the allied withdrawal from Norway. A secret meeting became almost certain when two deputies of parties supporting the government filed notices which would open debate on military strategy. Despite increased demand for an immediate session, it appeared un- likely that the Chamber would meet before its scheduled date, May 16. Government Hit in Speeches. While details of the abandoned allied attempt to take Trondheim from the Germans filtered into the newspapers through unofficial mili- tary sources, Englishmen, bitter as only they can be when an enemy mocks Britain, told the government, “get on with the war or get out.” Mr. Morrison, Clement R. Attlee, leader of the Labor party opposi- tion in the House of Commons, and Emsnuel Shinwell, Laborite M. P., each struck at the government in speeches today. But even more significant in the eyes of political observers was the obvious unrest in Mr. Chamberlain's own Conservative party and its afliates. Many of its Parliament members went back to their con- stituencies over the week end to hear the grumbling of restless and vaguely suspicious voters. Mr. Morrison, in an address be- fore the Labor Regional Conference, declared that Mr. Chamberlain, Simon and Hoare were “primarily responsible for the relative weak- ness of our war effort.” While urging them “to consider whether their best service would not be by way of resignation,” he prophesied that Commons will de- mand it be told “a lot about Mor- way.” Mr. Attlee asserted that the gov- ernment will be forced to “satisfy the country that everything possible was done” in the Norwegian cam- paign. Mr. Shinwell declared that, if the Squash Center Comments on the Coming Conventions Maryland Will Make Convention Choices In Vote Tomorrow Control of Democrats By Tydings Forecast; Dewey Victory Expected RADCLIFFE CLAIMS SUPPORT of all three candidates in Mary- land’s last senatorial primary. Page B-5. O'CONOR AND WALSH make last- hour appeal for support as Bruce closes campaign on radio. Page B-5. ONLY TWO REPRESENTATIVES regarded as “safe” in Maryland’s congrsesional elections. Page B-5. By G. GOULD LINCOLN. Maryland, the old Free State, sets in motion tomorrow the machinery which will select its delegations to the Democratic and Republican na- tional conventions—by & primary election of delegates to the parties’ State conventions. On the Democratic side, no can- didate has been entered for the State’s presidential preference vote. The delegation will, therefore, be uninstructed. It was confidently predicted last night, however, that the Tydings forces will control when it comes to the selection of the dele- gates to the national convention, which is done by the State con- vention. The delegation to the national convention may be instructed by the State convention, since no Democratic presidential candidate is taking part in the Maryland pref- erence primary. If that course is followed, the delegation may be in- structed to vote for Senator Tydings, as the State's favorite son candi- date. If there is no instruction, then the delegates will themselves reach a conclusion what to do on the first ond subsequent ballots for (See INSTITUTE, Page A-3.) ‘(See LONDON, Page A-4.) (8ee POLITICS, Page A-8.) Gallahadion Beats Bimelech in Derby, Pays $72.40, Second Best Price in History Victory by Length And Half Stuns 95,000 Fans By FRANCIS E. STAN. Btaff Correspondent of The Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 4—They conceded everything to Bimelech of the blue grass today except the formality of running around the track, They made the undefeated and all but invincible pride of Kentucky meet seven other challengers here before 95,000 spectators and, in one of the prize upsets of the turf, a rank outsider, Gallahadion, ran bounding Bimmy into the ground to win by a length and a half margin in the 66th Kentucky Derby. All but completely overlooked by the bettors and without his feminine owner bothering to make the trip from Chicago to see the brown son of Sir Gallahad 3d-Countess Time Tun, Gallahadion clearly whipped Bimelech, Dit, Mioland, Pictor and three lesser contenders to become the second longest priced winner in the history of the historic event. Omly Donerail Paid More. Only the backers of Donerail in 1913 were rewarded more lavishly than those who bet on the colt owned by Mrs. Ethel V. Mars of Chicago. Twenty-seven years ago Donerail paid $184.90 for $2. Today Gallahadion, whose odds on the big electric board as the barrier was sprung were 20 to 1, returned $72.40. The finish, which astounded the campared to Bime- LOUIS7ILLE~HE HAD THE DOPE—Trainer Roy Waldron told a photographer to:-be sure to be at Gallahadion’s stable at 6 pm. yesterday. This is the picture the cameraman made as Waldron proudly petted the winner of Derby. lech’s t wins in eight s.arts and $143,000 in purses, Bier- the 66th Kentucky —A. P. Wirephpto, from his No. 1 post position, held s contending posttion while ssving 7 o8 1, D s Stap * F TAFT Ao, \ G Ao € oD ITLL BE LIK| CTIMES, €42 R 72 — Amazing New Chemical Hailed, Capable of Driving Warships Germans Reported Excited Over American Discovery of Powerful Substance By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 4—Laboratory isolation of a new chemical sub- stance, 1 pound of which is said to be capable of yielding the power Times. The Times said the discovery, an- nounced in the current issue of the Physical Review, scientific journal, had been hailed by leading scientists as_holding the promise of revolu- tichizing all present methods of power production and ushering in the era of atomic power. The substance was identified as ‘U-235," an isotope or chemical twin of ordinary uranium, which when simply immersed in cool water, releases its energy in a form use- able by man—steam. A chunk of 5 to 10 pounds of the Good D. . Population Gain Is Expected In Census Figures Enumerators Experience Difficulty in Meeting People to Get Data Nothwithstanding the migration of many Washingtonians in recent years to the outlying areas in Mary- land and Virginia, the 1940 census returns will show a substantial in- crease in the population of the Dis- trict of Columbia since 1930, Gar- nett Brown, area manager for the District, predicted yesterday. Though the count has been nearly completed in severa! large cities, many enumerators here are still checking their areas, and it may be several weeks before Mr. Brown is ready to announce the population count for the District. Difficulty In Getting Data. ‘There are two major reasons for the slowness of the count in the District, according to census officials. One is the difficulty experienced by enumerators in getting census in- formation from the many families in which both husband and wite are employed, and who are away from their homes all day. The large number of lodgers, and apartment dwellers is another reason for the slowness of census operations here. Repeated visits have often been necessary before an enumerator could obtain a completed question- naire from every occupant of a lodging house. Apartment houses, Apartment houses, too, have proved & big problem for the census man, and the count has been particularly slow in apartment houses. . Of the 500 enumerators who be- gan the work of census taking in the District early in April, about half have completed their count. Approximately 250 enumerators are still going their rounds, and there is some territory in the District, it was said yesterday, that has still to be covered, ouiput of 5,000,000, pounds of coal | out refueling, it was said. or 3,000,000 gallons o was | The Times said that the Nazi described today by the New Yo ent had heard of American o 7 substance, plentifully available in many parts of the earth, would drive a battleship or seagoing sub- marine around the oceans of the world for an indefinite period with- Tresearch field and had or- dered its grea! ntists to con- centrate on the problefti-ef.im V- ing the method of extrlmn’go 1 U-235, 1 pound of which was sai to have the explosive force of 15, 000 tons of TNT. “Every German scientist in this fleld, physicists, chemists and en- gineers * * * have been ordered to drop all other researches and de- vote themselves to this work alone,” the Times said. “All these research workers * * * are carrying on their tasks fever- (See DISCOVERY, Page-A-15.) Texans Give Garner Lead Over Roosevelt In Voting Delegates Heavy Support Developes For Vice President In Populous Areas By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., May 4—Heavy suppert of Vice President Garner for the Democratic presidential nomination in the more populous sections of Texas tonight indicated the Texan’s followers would control county Democratic conventions on Tuesday. Enough Roosevelt support devel- oped, however, to threaten the Vice President’s control in some sections, notably Southeast and Central Texas. Garner apparently won delega- tions in Dallas, San Antonio, Cor- pus Christi and other heavily pop- ulated sections. Uninstructed delegates to the county convention probably will hold the balance of power in Houston, (Harris County). Garner Leads, 3 to 2. The total delegates to the county convention will be 1,468. On the basis of incomplete returns third- term supporters of Roosevelt will have a voting strength of at least 425; Garner, 600; uninstructed, 226; Hull, 16. This accounts for all but 201 of the delegates. The thousands of precinct con- ventions were instructing delegates how to vote at the forthcoming county conventions, which, in turn will send uninstructed delegates to the State convention at Waco on May 28. The Waco conventton will deter- mine Texas’ stand for the party nominee at the national convention in Chicago. In Dallas County, the heaviest popular area yet reported, Mr. Gar- ner held a slight lead of 3 to 2 in The Evéning and Sunday Star is delivered in the city and suburbs at 75¢ per month. Edition and Sunday Morning Star at 85¢ per month. The Night Final TEN CENTS Mexico Rejects U. S. Request for Oil Arbitration Holds Out for Direct Action on Claims By Own Courts BACKGROUND— State Department a month ago proposed in note to Mezico ar- bitration of controversy over ez- propriation of American-owned oil properties below Rio Grande. Previously, direct negotiations with Mezxican government had been conducted by United States oil companies without result. (Text of Mezican note on page A-10.) By GARNETT D. HORNER. The Mexican government, holde ing out for direct settlement of claims for expropriated American= owned oil lands through installment payments of indemnity determined in Mexico, turned down a United States request for impartial arbi- tration of the two-year-old dispute in a note made public last night. ‘The note presented views obviously in sharp confliet with this Govern= ment’s position, but Acting Secre- tary of State Sumner Welles declined to indicate the nature of our reply pending careful study of the Mexi= can contentions. Gen. Eduardo Hay, Mexican Min- ister for Foreign Affairs, asserted in’the note that his government does not consider -arbitration of the oil expropriation controversy compatible with its principles, since the matter “is domestic in nature.” “Arbitration must not be ad- mitted,” he added, “except when the nation has put into practice in full its rights of sovereignty through the action of its courts and the existence of a denial of justice can be proved.” Hull Charged Justice Denied. In proposing arbitration on April 3, Secretary of State Hull charged in effect that the American oil com- panies whose properties were taken over by Mexico on March 18, 1933, been denied justice because Mex= failed to make “adequate, d prompt compensation.” The Mexican note contal an: nouncement of a “private and di arrangement” with the Sinclair in> terests under which the American company, “‘accepting the expro; - tion as definitive, will limit mequm discussing the amount of the indem- nity and the conditions of payments in reasonable installments, recoge nizing the justification of the Mex- ican point of view.” It reiterated willingness to make such agree- ments with other compenies ine volved. Previous efforts for direct settle- ments have broken down because of inability of the Mexican authori= ties and the American companies to agree on the value of the properties and what would constitute “prompt” compensation—points that Secre- tary Hull suggested be submitted to impartial arbitration. $200,000,000 Estimated Value. Sinclair interests, Gen. Hay said, represent about 4C per cent of the American investment in Mexican oil properties. However, estimates here generally have placed total value of the expropriated American prop- erties, including Standard Oil ine terests, at about $200,000,000, with Sinclair representing only about $16,000,000 of this amount. Harry F. Sinclair announced last night, following a day-long confere ence with the Mexican Ambassador, Francisco Castillo Najera, that “we have concluded an agreement with the Mexican government providing for a settlement.” It was learned authoritatively that the settlement provided for the Sinclair interests to accept 20,000,000 barrels of oil and $8,000,000 to $10,000,000, the cash to be paid over three years, for the properties. Any evidence of delivery to Sin= clair or sale elsewhere of oil pro- duced from expropriated properties for which the companies had not been compensated would cause new complications, it was said. Mr. Welles reiterated yesterday that this Government, would be concerned by such a development. Gen. Hay referred bitterly in his note to “the campaign undertaken against Mexico by the oil companies, with the aid of certain governments, using, among other means, the boy- cott to prevent all sales of our oil in foreign countries or else restrict- ing it considerably by the adoption (See OIL, Page A-18) the selection of delegates with many precincts unreported. 3-1 Lead in Two Cities. At Beaumont and Port Arthur in Eastern Texas, Mr. Roosevelt held better than a 3 to 1 lead, getting (See TEXAS, Page A-4) Logan-Walter Bill Action - | Demanded by Ashurst dents have balked at revealing their income, census officials said. After the storm over “census snoop- ing” on Capitol Hill, and the inclu- sion of an income question in the 1940 schedule, the Census Bureau modified its regulations, to permit respondents who so desired to sub< me’l:pemmd.“«h% lt”d::l; AL questionnaire handled by the census man. o o B, S Tty eetimates reloased on July 3, 1927, gave it & population 6f €37,000. v BY the Associated Press. Chairman Ashurst of the Senate Judiciary Committee asserted yes- -Walter bill facilitating judi- clal review of the actions of Gov- ernment bureaus. Senator Ashurst said he expected the committee to act promptly to- Italian Press Jibes Pittman On Norway By the Associated Press. ROME, May 4.—Senator Key Pittman, chairman of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was one of the targets tonight of Italian press jibes on Britian’s Norwegian “defeat.” I1 Resto del Carlino of carried the Nevada Democrat's pic- ture, noted that he had prophesied Germany’s expulsion from Norway within 30 days, and said that in- stead the British had “fled.” In an address to the Reno Young Democrat’s Club, broadcast nation- ally April 16, Senator Pittman said: “I do not belleve Germany will be able to hold Norway and am of the German forces will be of Norway within 30 Radio Programs, Page F-5 Complete Index, Page A-2 4