Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1940, Page 2

A2 ww Health Code Dispute 0f Society and D. C. Officials to Be Settled Conferences Over Draft Of New Regulations Are Scheduled Officials of the District Health De- partment and the District Medical Society today planned to hold con- ferences to iron out disagreements over the department's proposed drastic new code of health regula- tions and to settle a dispute whether the society has approved the draft -tre department has placed before ;the Commissioners. : Officials of the Health Depart- ment, including Dr. George C. Ruh- Jand, health officer, reported last week that the newly-proposed code had been approved by the society. :aToday, an official of the society declared that body had not seen a .copy of the present draft until sev- eral days ago, when it asked for one, but that the society in February -of last year did indorse an original draft then being considered by Dr. +Ruhland. The Medical Society spokesman said his recollection was the two -drafts were “rather similar,” al- :though the latest draft, now await- ing action by the Commissioners, “went farther in some respects.” The original draft, which was ap- proved by the society, the spokes- _man said, was laid aside last year on the advice of the District cor- poration counsel, suggesting a gen- “eral law authorizing the Commis- ‘sioners to invoke new regulations. Such a law was adopted, he added. " Officials of the department and “the society are scheduled to confer “soon to go over the draft of the pro- posed new code, which, among other ‘things, would enable the Health “Department to require persons hav- *ing one of a list of diseases, in- cluding syphilis and tuberculosis, to “submit to hospitalization if the “health officer determined proper ‘care was not being received or ac- €epted by the patient in his home. Defense Spending -Scored by Dewey “By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 29— ‘Thomas E. Dewey, candidate for the -Republican presidential nomination, ,declared today that the Roosevelt “administration “blandly proposes” -to turn over the defense expendi- tures “to the same miscellaneous collection of incompetents that has managed to squander $60,000,000,000. Mr. Dewey said in a speech pre- ared for Republican party mem- rs that after “seven destructive .years” under President Roosevelt “we must face the menace of a warring world with our business life -restricted, our industry weakened and our whole system suffering from artificial economic anemia.” “In this situation,” he asked, “what course does the administra- tion choose? “It blandly proposes to handle the present emergency with the same methods it has used to meet the *many emergencies of its own crea- “tion, during the last seven years. It says all that is needed is that gonguu vote more billions of dol- rS. : “This administration has already .expended six and a quarter billion -dollars in the name of national de- fense. And yet today we find our- selves with totally inadequate de- fenses. __ “What confidence can any of us— Democrats or Republicans — have that the new defense program will “be efficiently conceived and admin- istered?” | Mr. Dewey attributed to Secre- taries Ickes, Wallace, Hopkins and Perkins ‘““unquestioned ability” to wage “a successful blitzkrieg upon the Treasury” and “an irresistible war of attrition upon the business life of the Nation.” He charged also that “a brilliant red lining shows through the admin- istrative fringe of Communists, near- Communists, fellow-travelers and their kind” in the administration. W. H. Doleman 82 Today William H. Doleman, one of the oldest retired firemen in the District, celebrated his 82d birthday anni- versary today. He and Mrs. Dole- man, who will observe their 55th wedding anniversary in September, recently bought a new home at 1810 U place SE. Previously he had lived in Southwest Washington. Democratic Delegate.: Candidates for D. C. Are Unopposed June 5 Election Issue Is Whether Group Should Vote as Unit The 12 candidates for the Dis- trict delegate posts to the Demo- cratic National Convention will be unopposed in the June 5 “primary,” it was announced yesterday. The candidates, who will carry a voting power of six votes to the con- vention on July 15, are Malcolm S. McConihe, National Democratic committeeman; Russell Balderson, business man and chairman of the local Democratic Central Commit- tee; Melvin D. Hildreth, lawyer and vice chairman of the committee; Walter F. Bramhall, committee sec- retary and national committeeman for the D. C. Young Democratic Club; Robert W. Woolley, lawyer and former director of the Mint; Hugh V. Keiser, business man and former president of the Democratic League of the District; John Walsh, lawyer and brother of the late Sen- ator Walsh; Leslie C. Garnett, for- mer District attorney; Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, commanding officer of the District National Guard; Mrs. Arthur D. Condon, for- mer president of the Women's Democratic Council for the District; John Wattawa, lawyer, and William Jett Lauck, economist. Alternates will be Mrs. Eunice Blake Thomas, director of the Dis- trict Democratic League, and James V. Beyer, member of the District Central Committee since 1884¢. They wer the only candidates. Candidates for the Democratic Central Committee, likewise unop- posed, are Dr. J. Ernest Mitchell, John Locher, Sam B. Bagnan, Frank W. Cahill, Charles L. Hanowell, Rowland Marshall, Dr. F. Thomas Evans, John J. McConnell, Harold H. Shaller, Richard A. Dickson, Ar- thur Schoenthal, Clem Preller, Har- lan Wood, Robert W. Burton, Mrs, Arthur D. Condon, Sidney R. Katz, Mrs. Thomas and Messrs. Balderson, Hildreth, Bramhall, Beyer and Keiser. The only June 5 election issue, it was said, was whether the delega- | tion should vote as a unit. Aliens Fearing War Call, Seek U. S. Citizenship By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, May 29.—Fearful of a call to military service in home- lands some of them haven't seen for 20 years, thousands of northwest citizens of European nations now at war are flocking to naturalization offices to get under Uncle Sam'’s pro- tective wing. Up until Tuesday Federal natural- ization officials estimated that 7,000 persons of foreign birth have applied for American citizenship during the last few months. This is & 20 to 25 per cent increase over applications 2 year ago. The bulk of the applications, Twin Cities immigration officials said, have come from Scandinavian, Brit- ish, Polish and German nationals, although some 20 nationalities are represented. Many are from persons who have lived in the United States more than a decade. 7,000 ‘Chutists Killed In Holland, Radio Says By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 29.—Out of 10,000 parachutists employed by the Germans in the conquest of Holland approximately 7,000 were killed, the British government radio reported today in a French language broad- cast picked up here and translated by the National Broadcasting Co. Some of the parachutists were shot down by the Dutch, the broadcast said, but a large number were killed when they landed “too vehemently.” An exhibit of pictures of Portu- guese monuments and maps of Portugueses discoveries has been opened in the library at Catholic University in connection with the ocelebration of the 800th anniversary of the founding of the country and the 300th anniversary of the restora- tion of its independence. The anni- versary begins June 2. The exhibi- tion may be seen daily except Sun- day from 9 am. to 9 pm. through June 7. WACO, TEX.—THIRD TERMERS HAVE THEIR BRIEF INNING —This sign, hoisted high by advocates of a third term for Presi- dent Roosevelt, lasted but a few minutes at a confusion-packed Democratic State convention yesterday. Garner-for-President husiasts pulled the sign down and tore it to bits. The “germany” in the sign refers to E. B. Germany, a Garner-for- dent leader and State chairman. | —A. P. Wirephoto. THE EVENING [ STAR, WASHINGTON FUTURE GENERALS—Inspection of this 155-mm. gun mounted on a high-speed transport carriage was on the program yester- day at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., for 450 graduating cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1940. i s R This group takes it easy as they wait for an officer to arrive to explain its operation. The cadets spent two days at Aberdeen seeing everything ments. Fists Fly as Texans Give Slate to Garner, Indorse New Deal Hours of Tumult End With Democrats Pledged To Party Harmony By the Associated Press, WACO, Tex., May 20.—Texas’ 46 votes at the National Democratic Convention bear Cactus Jack Gar- ner’s brand. Pist-swinging supporters of the Vice President herded the votes into his corral at the party’s State con- vention yesterday. The Democrats strongly indorsed the administration of President Roosevelt, lauding his “matchless leadership” and promising not to engage in any stop-Roosevelt move. Representative Sam Rayburn, House majority leader, was given the delegation chairmanship and Representative Lyndon Jonnson of Austin the vice chairmanship. Blalock Named Committeeman. Myron Blalock of Marshall, a lead- er in the Garner-for-President move, was elected national committeeman to succeed the Vice President. Mrs Clara Driscoll of Corpus Christi was re-elected national committee- woman, Things started to pop before ihe | convention opened. Somebody | pushed rotund Maury Maverick in front of the convention hall. Mayor Tom Miller of Austin seid it was not a push, but a blow which he aimed at Mr. Maverick, one-time New Deal member of Congress and now Mayor of San Antonio. That little spat ended promptly. But inside the hall the Texans yelled 50 loud and so long that Keynoter Tom Miller finally just read his speech at a howling bunch of Demo- crats. Police Eject One. Fists flew. Police whistles shrieked. Battling men were sepa- rated. One was ejected from the | hall. platform bearing & banner that read “Roosevelt again! To hell with Germany!” Friends of E. B. Ger- many, chairman of the State Demo- | cratic Executive Committee and a | Garner leader, wrested the banner away and tore it up. Three hours of tumult rolled by. Then former Gov. Pat M. Neff of ‘Waco, now president of Baylor Uni- versity, called for peace and Roose- velt-Garner “harmony” forces won control. G. O. P. Slate Uninstructed. ‘Texas Republicans, meanwhile, se- lected an uninstructed delegation with 26 votes in the national con- vention. The action raised the Republican delegate total to 990, only 10 short of the convention roster of 1,000. It also increased to 625 the number of uninstructed delegates whose presidential choices, if known today, probably would determine the nom- inee. C. U. Seniors to Receive Club Council Keys Ten Catholic University seniors will receive Interclub Council Keys from the Rev. Gerald F. Dillon, dean of men, at the annual inter- club dance tonight at 9:30 o’clock at Wardman Park Hotel. They are Joseph S. Witherow, Walter J. Donovan, Joseph C. Michalowicz, Charles E. Chaney, John F. O'Brien, jr.; Albert J. Gil Borges, John F. Ertter, George S. Riechen- bach, Peter P. Osinski and Carmon P. Pirro. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Considers minor bills before acting on hospital aid measure. Finance Committee begins work on defense tax bill. Foreign Relations Committee con- siders nomination of J. Pierrepont Moffat to be Minister to Canada. Appropriations Subcommittee works on $1,111,000,000 relief bill. Irrigation Committee considers revision of Boulder Dam power rates. House: Resumes debate on $133,000,000 Interior Department appropriation bill. Ways and Means Committee starts study of defense tax bill. | of mine here have uttered no word | They had put many out of action. Delegates marched toward the | Judiciary Committee considers extension of Hatch Act. TOMORROW. Senate: May consider naval expansion bill. Banking and Currency Committee meets; 10:30 a.m. House: Considers conference report on civil functions appropriation bill. Ways and Means Committee re- sumes consideration ;:; national de- fense tax program; am. Public Buildings and Grounds Committee considers bill to prohibit -sale‘of the customs house in Detroit: 10:30 am. Gibbs Sees Great Power In Army of the Somme Briton Finds France Rebounding From Stunning News of Leopold's Surrender By SIR PHILIP GIBBS, British War Correspondent. PARIS, May 29.—The tragic and ! stupefying news of the Belgian sur- render has been a shock to all of us in France. There is no attempt here to minimize the gravity of the new situation. It is acknowledged that the menace to England and the Channel ports is more serious | and alarming. There is deep anxiety Allied troops in Flanders. for the| Friends | of blame against the Belgian troops, knowing how bravely they have fought. This downfall of Belgian resist- ance creates an entirely new situa- | tion for the French and British | Armies on the Somme and on the Aisne. The northward drive to link ! up with the forces between Cam- | brai and the coast, which seemed likely and imminent, have to be reconsidered because of the Bplgian} breakdown. Great Strength Avalilable. Whatever Gen. Maxime Wey- gand’s plan may be in view of the Allied situation, this is certain, as I can affirm from my own personal| knowledge: The Allied armies south of the Somme are in great| strength. France still has tremend- | ous and untouched reserves. Their mechanized divisions and fleets of | heavy tanks are ready for both de- | fense and attack. British forces of | no mean weight will be with them. | There is no spirit of defeat in| France despite all that has hap-; pened during the past 19 days. On the contrary, the French Army and people have astonishing and heroic confidence in the final outcome of | this struggle. That spirit is strong- est among the officers and men who | have been closest to the enemy. I talked with some young officers of the French tanks. They had been fighting in Luxembourg and | later in the center of the line. They had no terror of German tanks. They had caught German infantry at Longwy between two lines of their own tanks and slashed them to pieces. They had taken many Ger- man prisoners and found that most of them were boys of 20, stupefied and bewildered on finding them- selves in the front line. Adolf Hit- ler has been flinging in his youth ruthlessly. I was on the roads of France Monday—roads still crowded by the endless columns of refugees, who have been trudging in from the north with their farm carts on which the children are huddled. It is a heart-breaking sight. I was told tragic tales by these poor peas- ants from villages around Arras and Amiens. One day that will make a tragic chapter in history, not to be written now. But on the roads were also French troops and British troops, with some of whom I stopped to talk. They were very cheery and high-spirited, and if I could tell all I know, which I cannot because it would reach the enemy, it would be reassuring to those who are downhearted because of the tragic news. The war is far from being lost. For Germany the main struggle be- gins. France has the strength to deliver terrific counterblows. They will be delivered at the right mo- ment and in the right place. It has become clear that the ca- pitulation ef the Belgian Army was due to the shameful surrender of their King at the very time when his men were fighting with heroism and holding their lines. I know that young man. A year ago he sent for me to talk with him in | sons at the front. the long run we shall beat those | Brussels, and I was deeply impressed by his intelligence, his charm of manner and his admiration of Eng- land, where he was educated at Eton. Stuns French. King Leopold seemed to me a| chivalrous and noble young man, | and I find it incredible that he should be guilty of this betrayal of | his own people and of the British and French Armies who rushed to his aid when he called to them. He is dismissed before all the world. The effect of his action on French public opinion has been stunning, yet I am bound to say that I am deeply moved by the general refusal to show any despair. I have been talking to the man in the street and the man in the field. “We shall win all the same,” sald a veteran of the last war. “Bad news?” asked one fellow. “Why? France has been through worse days than this. I have two I know that in Germans.” Another man spoke to me with a cheery confidence, which I found sublime. “Perhaps this new blow.” he said, “is just what we wanted for victory. It may stiffen us and give us an extra urge which will carry us through to a triumphant end, and the Army has to offer in the way of arma- —A. P. Photo. Ireland Calls Up Reserves, Defense Committee Meels Army to Be Brought Up to Full Strength Immediately By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, May 29.—Ireland called | up army reserves today and moved swiftly to put her forces on a war footing in the face of the grave sit- uation confronting her neighbor, Britain, The procedure was strictly along normal lines. At the same time vol- unteers began applying for service at the recruiting stations; but ordi- narily Dublin went on about its bus- iness pretty much as usual. Clerks, shopkeepers, laborers and | others in the reserve corps reported at the Collins Barracks and other designated depots for instructions. Volunteers for the defense corps | —"“the eves and ears of national de- that beyond all doubt will happen.” | Only one man spoke with rage. “If King Albert were here,” he said, “he would kill that wretched n. (Released by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Ine.) Death of Soldier In Stampede Classed As Traffic Fafality National Safety Council Decides Dispute in Favor of Coroner The dispute between Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald and the Po- lice Department over the former’s classification of the death of a Fort Myer soldier in a horsc stam- pede in the 2900 block of Bladens- burg road N.E. on May 15 as a traf- fic fatality has been decidec in favor of the coroner. Pvt. Michael Astore, 20, a mem- ber of C Battery of the 16th Field Artillery, en route to Fori Myer, {Was run over by a heavy caisson when he was knocked down in an attempt to stop some rearing horses in the battery. The stampede oc- curred when the group halted near a fire plug to water and cool the horses. Coroner MacDonald listed the death as the twentieth traffic fatal- 1ty for the District, whiie the Police Department and Traffic Direcfor William A. Van Duzer insisted the death was not a traffic fatality. Finally, Inspector William: E. Holmes of the Traffic Division sub- mitted the fact for arbitration to the National Safety Council, in Chicago. Yesterday an answer was received from the council stating that “It is our opinion that the ac- cident death * * * should properly be classified as a traffic death.” “Since the death did involve a vehicle in a traffic way ” the letter said, “the death would have to be placed in the traffic accident cate- gory.” Police Ordered to Clamp Down On Careless Auto Horn-Blowers ‘Without any fanfare of advance warning the Commissioners today ordered the police to “get tough” in the enforcement of regulations against unnecessary auto horn blow- ing and asked judges of Police Court to co-operate in penalizing lawbreakers. Reporting that they had re- ceived a flood of complaints about motorists who seek to blast pedes- trians and other motorists out of their way the Commissioners di- rected Police Superintendent E. W. Brown to instruct his men to de- mand posting of a minimum collat- eral of $10 in each case of a person charged with unnecessary horn blowing. The present custom is to require the posting of but $2 or $3 in such cases. ‘There were reports that Scott Cir- cle was the center of considerable annoyance by the horn blowers. In a letter to Judge John P. Mc- Mahon of Police Court, Commission= er John Russell Young, acting pres- ident of the Board of Commission- ers, said: . “The Commissioners have re- celved a great number of complainta | 4 about the unnecessary blowing of automobile horns and have directed the major and superintendent of police to issue instructions to the members of the metropolitan police force to enforce strictly the regula- tions prohibiting the use of automo- bile horns otherwise than as a rea- sonable warning of danger, and re- stricting the sounding of automo- bile horns between 12:01 a.m. and 7 am. The major and superintend- ent of police also has been directed to issue instructions that the mini- mum collateral in these cases shall be $10. “The Commissioner would appre- ciate very much the co-operation of the judges of Police Court is assist- ing the Police Department in bring- ing about a substantial reduction in this kind of nuisance.” Following an “anti-noise. cam- paign,” the Commissioners adopted bans on blowing auto horns except as reasonable warnings of ‘danger, and the blowing of any horns from 12:01 to 7 am, except by emer- gency vehicles, ‘in February, 1938, but like many District- regulations interest in enforcement dwindled after a time. . 8 ¢ fense”—were augmented by hun- dreds of civilians eager to serve Eire, | freedom of action, without dictation | The customary Wednesday half holiday was observed, however, and in spite of general anxiety there was no apparent decrease in the size of the crowds at neighboring pleasure resorts and golf courses. Committee Will Meet. Meanwhile, the newly-formed Na- tional Defense Committee of repre- sentatives of the government and opposition parties in Parliament prepared to meet late today in its first session—a session out of which the first of several emergency meas- ures was expected to be proclaimed. Acceptance of Premier Eamon de Valera’s call for unity by William | T. Cosgrave, leader of the Fine Gael opposition party, and by the Labor opposition resulted in creation of he committee, representing all fac- | t] tions. De Valera announced the army would be brought up to full strength immediately, along with the merg- |mng of governmental facilities, to the end that the liberty for which | Ireland fought so long might not be taken away by any foreign na- tion. The country, which has main- tained neutrality since the outbreak of European war, heard De Valera declare last week end that Ireland “really is in the war zone” ana should plan her defenses accord- ingly. Plea for Unity Made. “We must all be brothers in one holy cause: Let there not be found one treacherous hand giving them away,” he asserted in his plea that the nation “be united as one man behind the government to resist aggression from whatever quarter it might come.” The National Defense Committee was formed last night of three gov- ernment members, three from the Fine Gael and two from the Labor group in Parliament. The members are: Government party—Frank Aiken, Minister of Co- ordination and Defensive Measures; Oscar Traynor, Minister for De- fense, and Gerald Boland, Minister for Justice. Fine Gael—James Dil- lon, deputy leader; Gen. R. Mulcahy and Dr. T. F. O'Higgins. Labor representatives—W. Norton and W Davin. The committee will meet as often as deemed necessary and will in effect be a supreme war commission, although it will have no executive powers. It will have the power of recommendation, however, and will be responsible for major de- fense policy. Dog Leads Rescuers To Trapped Boy By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 20.—Tim, a German shepherd dog, may have saved the life of 11-year-old Charles Bossman because he barked insist- ently at a pile of debris under which the lad was buried. The dog was being exercised yes- terday when the rear wall of an abandoned East Side tenement col- lapsed and fell on Young Bossman as he played in the yard. Tim led rescuers to the wreckage and barked. An emergency squad extricated the lad. He suffered broken legs and internal injuries which a hospital listed as serious. Mrs. Littell Seeking Divorce in Reno Mrs. Charlotte Stanfleld Littell has filed suit for a divorce at Reno from John Stockton Littell, a for- eign service officer, now on leave from the State Department, it was learned here today. The charge was cruelty. Mr. Littell, who lives at 2020 Connecticut avenue N.W., last was on duty in the office of Arms and Munitions Control, State Department. The couple was mar- ried in New York in September, Auto Plant Could Produce 1,000 Planes A Day, Ford Says Freedom From Federal ‘Meddling’ and Counsel of Experts Held Necessary By the Associated Press. DETROIT, .May 29.—Within six months the Ford Motor Co., under certain conditions, could be pro- during 1,000 planes of standard de- sign daily, Henry Ford, apostle of mass production and opponent of war, said in an interview here last night. The conditions, he said, are that the company be left to its own supervision, “without meddling by Government agencies,” and have the counsel of such experts in avia- tion as Charles A. Lindbergh and Edward Rickenbacker. Mr. Ford made the statement in discussing the present conflict in Europe, which he said he was con- vinced would come to an early end “because the United States won't get into it.” He warned that an enormous “defensive armament” program could become a real dan- ger “if hysteria were permitted to rule.” Says Pressure Is Exerted. “One of the thinks we must re- member,” he said, “is that pre- paredness for defense is also pre- paredness for war; we must also remember that a lot of pressure is being brought to push us into a conflict in which we should have no part. There is an insidious ‘mid- dle group’ fighting neither Germany nor England, but getting them to fight each other solely so that this group might profit financially. “It is this same group that would like to push us into the war—per- haps so that when it is all over we could pay the bills. “The real ‘fifth columnists’ in this | country,” Mr. Ford said, “are the financial interests that make money out of war, propagate it and peddie destructive propaganda.” [ Told that the production of 1,000 | | airplanes a day seemed like a “tre- | mendous undertaking,” Mr. Ford | said the same suggestion was made | when he first talked about assem- | bling “thousands of automobiles a day.” Counsel of Experts Stressed. “But we reached a volume of { 10,000 cars a day,” he said, “and we | also managed to get production of Eagle boats (submarine chasers) up to one ship a day during the World | War. “The main essential” he said, “is that we have the counsel of men | | who know aviation and airplane | operation and that we be permitted Lack of Education For All Is-Called Ominous for Future Dr. Carr Says ‘Selection’ Of Brains for College Training Is Undemocratic American Secondary education to- day is free only to those who have meoney, Dr. William Carr, secretary of the Educational Policies Commis- sion, yesterday told the final meeting of the welfare division of the Coun- cil of Social Agencies at the Y. W. C. A Pointing particularly to the col- lege field, Dr. Carr said education here was not free “no matter how we boast about it on the Fourth of July.” The fact that only certain students can take advantage of college educa- tion introduces a “selection” of brains for the country “which is fortuitous, accidential, undemocratic and ominous for the future,” he declared, Dr. Carr was reporting specifically on recommendations of the White House conference on children in a Democracy. He emphasized four: 1. Overhauling school adminis- tration to consolidate a superfluity of units, provide State aid to equalize education in districts of unequal wealth, and provide Federal aid to equalize States of unequal wealth. 2. Free education so that even the poor can get it. 3. Co-operation of educational institutions dealing with the child. 4. Use the school system for the defense and improvement of democ- racy. Mrs. Louis Ottenberg told the group Representative Schulte of Indiana is considering two bills sponsored by the council for regula- tion of child placing and protection of children of unwed mothers. She said he would probably introduce them this session. Mrs. Olive W, Swinney gave a brief review of the year’s work of the division. Dr. John W. Rustin presided. American Ambulances Captured, Nazis Say By the Associated Press, BERLIN, May 29—German sources reported yesterday that numerous American ambulances and hospital equipment have fallen into Nazi hands. German wounded are using some of the American hospital facilities provided by the Franklin Founda=- tion. The Voelkischer Beobachter said some American non-military per= [from men who haven't kept up to | onnel had been overtaken in the date in this science. | “There must be also, agreement | upon just what is wanted. Then | the manufacture of airplanes be- | comes simply an assembly problem. “With these factors allowed for we not only can make 1,000 planes |a day but we can make them for | about one-eighth of the present price.” | | Central Mission Fund Reaches $70,458 At the final report dinner held last night by the Central Union Mission | campaign workers at the Calvary | Baptist Church it was announced | $70,458 had been subscribed to the new building fund. The women’s division of the cam- | paign went over the top with its | original goal of $30,000, the remain- | | der of the total having been raised | by the Special Gifts Committee and the men’s division. C. E. Bogardus, closest contender tor the silver cup given as perma- nent award to the highest men's team, brought in the highest amount for his team at this final dinner. He was awarded a prize. The wom- en's prize went to Mrs. Martha Raby. By unanimous vote of those pres- ent, it was decided to hold another report meeting at the Central Union Mission on June 11 at 8 o'clock. It was agreed that whenever the op- portunity afforded in the mean- time team workers would continue German advance. NEW YORK, May 29 7 —Repre= sentatives of three American am- bulance corps in France said last night they had received no informa- tion regarding capture of either equipment or personnel as reported in dispatches from Berlin. A spokesman for the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps said that 10 ambulances comprising a part of the Benjamin Franklin section of the corps had been rushed into the Belgian sector a week ago. Ber- { lin reported that American hospital { facilities of the “Franklin Founda- | tion” were being used by German | wounded, but sources here could not identify the foundation. The American Field Service in | France group has 22 ambulances in the fighting zones and 20 more leaving Paris shortly, while the American Volunteer ~Ambulance Corps has sent 110 ambulances to France, of which 66 are now in ac- tive service. Miss Anne Morgan's organization, the American Friends of France, has 40 light cars and 20 convertible truck-ambulances—the French Ca- mion—in service. Four of these were lost recently in bombardment. Dr. Blatchley Dies INDIANAPOLIS, May 29 (#).—Dr. Willis S. Blatchley, 80, nationally | famous naturalist and one-time | State geologist, died yesterday after a brief illness. He was author of | numerous textbooks and articles on solicitations. entomology. District of Columbia—Showers northeast winds. cooler. portion tonight. change in temperature. Pressure {s rising over the North States, Greenville. Me.. 1.021.7 millibars 130.17_inches). while the disturbance that developed over the New England States Tuesday morning has moved east-south- eastward and it was centered this morning about 500 miles east of Nantucket. Mass.. accompanied by fresh to strone shifting winds. Gulf States. with a disturbance centered along the Middle Gulf Coast. Mobile. A 1.011.2 millibars (29.86 inches). turbance is abparently moving d. ~ Pressire is_high from Minnesota e inches). Pressure he Plateau region. Boise, Idaho. 1. millibars (20.76 inches). 'Durine the last 24 hours there have been showers in the North Atlantic States and in scattered areas over the Great Lakes region. the Ohio Valley and the Rocky Mountain re- zion. while rather general showers oc- curred in the Gulf States. Cooler weather ad southward over the North At lantic States and rather cool weather con- tinues in the Central Valleys. Report for Last 24 Hours. 2088 29.90 39.93 29.04 30,04 30.01 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 78, 3:45 p.m. yesterday. ago. H0. *Lowest. 56. 6 a.m. today. Year aso. 70. Recerd Tempe: Highest. 92. on Lowest. 7. on Jal Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 98 per cent. at 1 a.m. today. m!fl;.lt. 35 per cent, at 4:10 p.m. yes- River Repert. Potomas and Shenandoah Rivers cloudy at Harpers Ferry; Potomac very muddy at Great Falls today. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) L 4 7:2 7:2 4 %:4 12:38 a.m. 12:32 p.m, S e & Atlantic® Pressure is falling over the East | Novemb: X | November Year | H 'Weather Report (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) beginning late tonight or tomorrow: cooler tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight, about 58 degrees; moderate Maryland—Mostly cloudy tonight, followed by showers tomorrow; Virginia—Showers tomorrow; cooler tomorrow and in extreme east West Virginia—Scattered showers tonight and tomorrow; not much Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month, 1940. Ave. Record. January 7.83 '37 February 684 ® Boow - el A o i gamanzEas December i - W Weather in Various Citi _Temp.~ Baro. High. Low 2007 80 60 Rain- fall. Weather. Cloud: 0.83 012 Abilene _ Baltimore Birm'gham Bismarck Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Cincinnati_ 074 0.39 <on i 3 13 Thet =t bt Galveston Helena uro Indianapo’s Jacks'ville Kans City L. Angeles Louisville g FEBARLRSXNLERE ZRSBAANDE D p2eIaaezacn R ERERE T ahs X Bhiladelp'a 0.0 Phoenix 2983 Pittsburgh 3000 = Forelgn Stations. (Noon, Greenwich time, t Horta (# A1) Azores i rcurnm observations.) n_Juan. Puerto Rico Havana, Colon, "Ca3at zone-.