Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1940, Page 17

Sabotage in Production 0f Planes Suspected By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 31.—Cbunty and Federal authorities today probed five:attempts in the last 10 days to interfere with water and power sup- plies to three large aircraft plants ’out whether the acts were part of an organized sabotage plot. The most recent act was early yes- terday. The power line to the Haw- thorne City water plant was cut, stilling for five hours pumps supply- ing the new Northrop Airplane Fac- tory and the city of Hawthorne. A wood control bar was sawed in two, breaking the water company’s power switch. Early Sunday morning the EI Segundo substation of the Southern A7 THE EVENING STAR,- WASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1940, time a switch was thrown on a pole at El Segundo and Sepulveda boule- vards. These controlled power lines to the El Segundo Northrop plant, * Another power line was cut, par-. allel to that leading to the North American and Douglas plants, throwing a minor circuit out of come mission. Investigators believe the intent was to cut the other line, A fifth incident was said By in- vestigators to have been an attempt U. §. Must Choose Now, Says Admiral Stirling B the Associated Presy. NEW YORK, May 31—Rear Ad- miral Yates Stirling, retired, yester- day declared that the United States “spiritually is now at war,’ and asked, “Why not actively?” Speaking at a Memorial Day service, the former commandant of choose quickly, for no time can be lost. The monster is at our gates.” But another speaker—Mrs. Frank- 1in D. Roosevelt, in an address at Ferncliff Cemetery in nearby Ards- ley, N. Y., maintained that “we must not be ridden by our fears” and urged her listeners to discard hys- teria, fear and hatred. “We must keep our Nation still firm M the way we have believed was the democratic way of life,” Foreign Population Small in Philippines By the Associated Press. MANILA, May 31 —Official census figures released yesterday gave the popylation of the Philippines as 16,000,303, with the foreign popula- tion totaling 166,977, or about 1 per cent. The largest. foreign element was 17,888 resided in the Davao sector and 4,770 in Manila. Americans, exclusive of the mili- tary. personnel and their families, numbered 8,739, Foot Trouble Blamed On California Weather By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 31— Southern California has done -it O. Brennan of Los Angeles, who blames—of all things—the climate. A delegate to the State Chirops odists’ Convention, Dr. Brennaa explained that research had led to the conclusion that: * “The subtropical climate causes residents to ‘let down’ and relax, and they lose the muscle tone in their feet. Then trouble starts.” Richard Tauber, the Austrian- making planes for the Government and the Allies. They sought to find again. But this time its first-place | born tenor, has just become a British to cut the water supply of the North rank is in foot trouble, says Dr. R. | subject. American plant. she said. “None of us knows from day to day what may happen.” Chinese, with 117461. Japanese California Edison Co. was entered ranked second with 29,262, of whom and a switch damaged. At the same the Brooklyn Navy Yard asserted that “America must choose and CASTELBERG’S The older we grow the more excited we become about our birthdays! 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