Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1940, Page 13

Record Crowd Atiends Annual Shad Bake Of Board of Trade ~1,500 Scorn Threatening Weather and Enjoy Double-Sitting Dinner The largest crowd in the 46-year history of the Washington Board of Trade’s annual shad bake laughed at threatening weather yesterday while going about a variety of amusements at a beach resort in Bay Ridge, Md. . At least 1,500 members and guests were fed on planked shad and roe at a double-sitting dinner which be- gan at noon and lasted into the late afternoon. The stag entertainment drew only 1,300 last year, although the weather was more favorable. Misty skies and occasional light showers failed to halt the open-air program—boxing bouts, horse-shoe pitching and a few lesser games suit- able to the out-of-doors. The most popular amusement, however, was the floor show, repeated for both sittings at dinner. Souvenirs Given to All ‘The merry-makers were presented with cigars and cigarettes and huge bags of souvenirs containing every- ing from floor polish to button hooks. All those present, from offi- cers and ‘distinguished guests to the most timid new members, wore white sport hats and carried canes handed out at the gate. The menu at the double dinners started with clam chowder, spring onions, and continued through planked shad with roe and bacon, boiled potatoes and parsley, new peas, chef’s salad, rum bisque, cakes, coffee with cream, corn muffins and rolls, beer, cigars, cigarettes and ginger ale. It was surprising how much en- thusiasm the guests—after dispos- ing of the course—could summon for the floor show—song and dance numbers and comedy acts followed by a few speeches frem the dis- tinguished guests. All talks were brief and speakers who had least to say got the most applause. Officers Applauded. ‘The Board of Trade officers got & round of applause—James E. Col- liflower, president; Fred A. Smith and Lanier P. McLachlen, vice pres- Idents; Granville Gude, secretary; Harrison Brand, jr., executive sec- retary; George Plitt, sr., treasurer, and Frederick P. H. Siddons, assist- ant treasurer. Leon Brusiloff's orchestra played between floor-show acts, and door prizes were handed out at each dinner The party broke up shortly before 6 o'clock when the rain, which had threatened all day, began to pour in earnest. Guests who accepted invitations to the shad bake included District Commissioner John Russell Young rand Senators Henry F. Ashurst, Dennis Chavez and Alexander Wiley. Many Representatives Attend. Other guests were Representatives George J. Bates, Ross A. Collins, Everett M. Dirksen, Hampton P. Fullmer, -W. Ben«*Gibbs, Charles Hawks, jr.; Arthur D. Healey, John F. Hunter, Wiliiam P. Lambertson, Joseph A. McArdle, Dan R. McGe- hee, John L. McMillan, George H. Mahon, Sam C. Massingale, Jack Nichols 4nd Karl Stefan. Additional guests were Edward Brown, superintendent of the House Office Building; Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of Metropol- itan Police; L. A. Carruthers, Frank | Clarkson, assistant superintendent | of the House Office Building; Ed- ward A. Dent. assessor of the Dis-| trict; Daniel J. Donovan, auditor of | the District; Mark Foote, president, | Gridiron Club; J. B. Gordon, di-| rector of sanitary engineering of the District; Charles O. Gridley, Na- tional Press Club; Charles E. Jack- son, deputy commissioner, Bureau of Fisheries; M. H, Lanman, secre- tary to Senator Ashurst; J. Austin Latimer, executive assistant to the Postmaster General; Ben B. Lawshe, manager, commercial organization department, United States Cham- ber of Commerce; Robert W. Leach, David Lynn, architect of the Capi- tol; Col. David McCoach, jr., Engi- neer Commissioner; Jo V. Morgan, Board of Tax Appeals of the Dis- trict; Capt. John L. Person, Assist- ant Engineer Commissioner of the District; Chief Engineer Stephen T. Porter, District Fire Department; C. E. Rightor, chief statistician, Di- vision of States and Cities, Census Bureau; Lawrence S. Smith, execu- tive secretary, Junior Board of Commerce; Col. Sumpter Smith, Civil Aeronautics Authority; Carey R. Sutlive, secretary to Representa- tive W. Ben Gibbs; G. M. Thornett, secretary to the Board of District Commissioners; William A. Van Duzer, director of vehicles and traffic of the District; Capt. H. C. ‘Whitehurst, director of highways ot the District, and Claude H. Wood- ward, director, Better Business Bureau. 500 Arrested by French In Drive Against Spies By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 25.—Police said to- night the Paris mop-up of suspect- ed spies had resulted in arrest of more than 500 persons, including 334 foreigners, who were sent to concentration camps. Sixty thousand persons were ques- tioned within the last week. Streets, hotels and cafes were combed. The detection of spies was com- .plicated by the fact that more than 200,000 Belgian refugees have passed through Paris ontheir way to shelters. Papers of refugees were checked to prevent entry of imposters among them. The newspaper Le Temps advo- cated farm and factory work for the refugees to replace man power heeded at the front: Tonight the military commander of Paris announced ‘that all per- sons, foreign or French, whose ac- tivity appears suspicious will be expelled. Any who return could be sen- tenced to 20 years at forced labor. ‘34 Greek Class Called ATHENS, May 25 () —The Greek government announced tcnight that specialists and military classes of 1034 have been called up as a pre- cautionary measure. It did not spe- ¢ify the number of men affected. ¥ “Paris Has orie-third more bicycles than a year ago. "3 e yesterday. shade bake. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO TRADE BOARD.SHAD BAKE DRAWS RECORD CROWD—James E. Colliflower, president of the Washington Board of Trade, left, with Commissioner John Russell Young and Fred A. Smith, first vice president of the trade board, at the board’s annual shqd bake at Bay Ridge, Md, D. C, Ten Communsts Flee Hostile IHlinois Crowd B the Associated Press. PEKIN, Ill, May 25—Ten Chi- cago Communitsts took refuge in MAY 26, 1940 —PART ONE. Iilinois ballot in the November elec- tion. Two hundred residents gathered about them quickly, the sheriff said, and several blows were struck. The visitors retreated to the courthouse and doors were closed.’ They re- mained inside for several hours. the Tazewell County Courthouse [ i A cordon of 25 deputy sheriffs and today when they weré threatened by a hostile crowd, automobiles was burned. Sheriff Guy Donohue said that the eight men and two women who had jdentified themselves as Com- munists, “went to. the courthouse distributed literature and’ solicited signatures for a petition to square, One of their tate policemen escorted the party from the courthouse to the county jail where, Sheriff Donohue said, they were placed in protective cus- tody. The sheriff said he asked for the State police when the crowd became more menacing. The United States maintains 250 place the Communist party on the refuges for all forms of wild life. U. S. Cutfer Heavily Armed For Trip fo Greenland By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 25.—The heavily armed U. 8. Coast (Guard cutter George W. 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SHELVING LUMBER LAWN CHAIR Bert Piers, left, and Harry Brodie watch Alexia: nne, an entertainer, put on her act at the —Star Staff Photos. Methods Studied To Half Nazi Moves In South America Joint Efforts of U. S. And Latin Republics Considered Best Plan By ANDRUE BERDING, Associated Press Staff Writer. “Fifth column” activities in Latin America, widely expected to multiply many times in case of a German victory in Europe, are occupying the close attention of officials in sev- eral Government departments. The officials do not attempt to hide their conviction that if Adolf Hitler wins in Europe his pre- sphere will not be, at least at first, any direct military threat to these shores, but rather German political activities within the 20 Latin Amer- ican and the United States. Such activities, they feel, will be aided by Italian Fascist influ- ences in Latin America, just as Italy is aiding Germany in Europe now by distracting a considerable portion of the French land and republics field of battle. Various Methods Considered. Various methods for solving the question of German penetration in Latin America are being actively considered. They hinge largely around the view that this is a prob- lem for all of Pan-America, not merely the United States, and that the most effective results can be achieved through joint effort of all the republics. Officials believe that, to avoid the feeling that the United States is engaging in “Yankee imperialism” in combating German influence in Latin America, she should have the assistance of the other American republics. If any republic feels it is unable of its own efforts to com- bat the German activities, it should receive a species of Pan-American assistance rather than United States assistance alone. Reports are constantly reaching the Capital of active Nazi influence in Latin America. In Uruguay a gov- ernmenf committee has just report- ed that German propagands is being spread there in a highly organized form., Mexico also engaged the at- tention of officials here as the re- sult of reports that Nazi efforts are stirring up trouble there. The German influence in some Latin-American republics is partly based on their large German pop- ulations. 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