Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1941, Page 1

Two Extra Pages In This Edition menting the news of the edition of The Star. Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 20. Late news and spurts are covered on Pages 1-X ana 2-X of this edition of The Star, supple- regular home delivered 89th YEAR. No. 35,454 ch WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, ¢ Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MAY 26, 1941 —FORTY PAGES. NIGHT FINAL SPORTS (A) Means Assoclated Pre: THREE CENTS. BISMARCK FLEETS BATTLING OFF HIT BY TORPEDO, LONDON $ AYS; HEARS Late News Bulletins Tobacco Officers Ordered to Repay $2,000,000 NEW YORK ®.—George W. Hill, president of the American Tobacco Co., and certain other corporate officers | were ordered by Justice William T. Collins of the State Su- preme Court today to repay the corporation $2,168,033.44 as a result of a minority stockholders’ action over bonuses. suit, requiring more than seven months to hear, charged bonuses paid the officers from 1912 to 1938 were computed erroneously in that the percentage of excess net profit was not based on the correct net profit figure for those years. Carol and Lupescu Reach Virgin Islands CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Virgin Islands (#.—Former King Carol II of Rumania and Mme. Elena Lupescu set foot on territorial soil of the United States for the first time today when they landed here from remain two days and then embark on the liner America, which will land them at Havana, Cuba, June 1. Zamzam Survivors to Get Transit Visas MADRID (#.—The, United States Embassy announced to- night that both Spain and Portugal had agreed to grant transit visas to 138 American tian liner Zamzam. (Earlier Story Senate Passes Employe Leave Bill Employes of the Federal dered into military service would be entitled to compensa- tion for any accumulated leave, or allow the Jeave to remain to their credit until they return, if a bill passed by the Senate Reported favorably from the Military | Affairs Committee and passed by unanimous consent, the measure still requires House action. Pat Grant Shoots 76 in Trans-Mississippi today becomes law. HOUSTON, Tex. (#.—Pat State champion, apparently won medal honors of the Wom- | en’s Trans-Mississippi Golf with an even par 37—39—76 over the River Oaks course. Close behind her were Betty fending champion, and May with 77s. of the event, and Phyllis Otto (Earlier Story Crash Injuries Fatal to Alexandrian B. R. Johnson of Alexandria died today as the result of injuries received in a two-car collision on the Portsmouth- Suffolk highway, 3 miles east of Magnolia, Va., yeslg'rdly. Two other persons were killed in the crash. —— (Earlier Story Marion Miley of Lexington, Ky., two-time winner The the liner Acadia. They are to survivors of the sunken Egyp- on Page A-4.) and District governments or- Grant, long-hitting Oklahoma Association tournament today For New Draft | claimed July 1 as the day for the | 24 Nazi Planes Held Destroyed In Crete Raids Other Craft Also [ Damaged, British Report Says (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) By the Associeted Press. selective service registration of CAIRO, Egypt, May 26—At all American youths who have!least 24 planes were destroyed reached the age of 21 since last and others were badly damaged July 1 Is Set Registration All Men Reaching 21 Since Oct. 16 Must Enroll President Roosevelt today pro- | October 16, when the draft pro- in new raids by British fighters Jameson of San Antonio, de- Agnes Wall, Green Bay, Wis., of Atlantic, Iowa, reported 70s. on Page A-16.) on Page B-1.) gram was inaugurated. National Selective Service officials estimated that nearly. one million men will be placed on the draft rolls in the new registration. D. C. Arrangements Made. Under the President’s proclama- tion, eligible residents of Hawail, Alaska and Puerto Rico will be en- rolled in the new registration. They were not included last October. The proclamation called on the Cemmissioners of the District and the Governors of the States and territories “to do and perform all acts and services necesssary to ac- complish effective and complete registration” of those eligible, be- tween the hours of 7 am. and 9 p.n. on the new registration day. The day falls on Tuesday. As in regulations governing the first registration, the President's proclamation provided that persons subject to the new registration may register later if they are prevented from enrolling on the designated date by circumstances beyond their control or because of absence from the country or territories. Citizens outside the United States or territories are required to regis- ter ‘within five days on their return. | Exempted by law from registration are officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Public Health Service, the |and bombers against German forces on the island of Crete, the Royal Air Force said tonight. The British said these raids, staged | vesterday and the previous night, as | well as scattered air assaults on | hostile air bases in Iraq and Italian transport in Ethiopia, were carried | out with no British losses | Air Fields Main Targets. The German-held Malemi Air- drome’and adjacent fields used for (landing gliders and air transports were the principal targets. the com- | munique said. Bombs falling among large con- centrations of troop-carrying planes were said to have caused "great destruction and damage.’ “One JU-52 was hit while land- ing," the communique said. “Another | was set on fire while taxiing “Fighters set fire to several other aircraft. In addition to aircraft.! including several fighters destroved on the ground, one JU-52 was shot down by one of our bombers while a fighter shot down a JU-89 trans- port carrier into Suda Bay and dam- “ged another which was last seen with smoke pouring from it. Severe Damage Claimed, “Photographs taken during the raids confirm severe damage has been done to many enemy aircraft.” On ‘the Iraq front, the R. A said, several raids were carried out | yesterday, including one on the air- Educating Non-Residents Costs $273,032 Education of children of non-residents from Maryland tederally recognized National Guard, | 4rome at Mosul and another on the | the Officers’ Reserve Corps, the Ma- | airfleld at Baquba where two Ger- rine Corps Reserve, the Naval Re- | man planes were said to have been and Virginia, and members of Congress, as well as those whose parents are in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps, is costing local taxpayers $273,032 a year, it was disclosed late today before a House subcommittee in charge of the 1942 District appropriation bill. Rival Agents Bloody Noses As Shipyard Men Go to Work By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.—A fist fight between rival A. F. of L. and €. 1. O. business agents today brought the first disorder to the B-week-old $500,000,000 shipyard strike. The fight, a renewal of an old picket line rivalry, occurred as an increasing number of other crafts- men passed through A. F. of L. and €. 1. O. machinists’ picket lines in Oakland, Alameda and San Fran- eisco. Fifteen hundred men, represent- | ing all crafts but machinists, went to work at Moore’s Drydock, which today was awarded a Maritime Com- mission order for 12 more freighters and another shipway. Nearly 1,000 A. F.of L. men walked through the C. . O. line in a body while the rest were carried through in 11 naval | { trucks. Boos of 500 C. I. O. pickets were | concentrated on John P. Frey, A.| | F. L. metal trades president, who | led returning workmen in a sta- | tion wagon. S Jack Child, C. I. O. Steel Work- | ers’ Organizing Committee business | agent, and N. T. Peterson, A. F. L. | International Union of Operating | Engineers’ business agent, gave each | other bloody noses as 75 A. F. L. men | went through a crowd of more than 600 C. I. O. men at the general engineering plant. Striking machinists at the 11| plants are asking $1.15 an hour,| | double time for overtime, and a | union contract with the Bethlehem | Shipbuilding Co. The coastwide | pact sets the scale at $1.12 an hour, | with only time and & half for over- time, Spencer, Walper and Worsham Win Places in National Open Three Washington professional golfers and one from Hagerstown, Md., today won the four places awarded to this section in the Na- tional Open golf championship next month at Fort Worth. Tex. Qualifiers are CIiff Spencer, East Potomac Park, 68—69—137; Leo ‘Walper, unattached. Bethesda, Md., 74—67—141; Rut Coffey. Hagers- town, Md., 72—69—141. and Lewis Fire and Police Chiefs Back Budget Items Administrative chiefs of the Dis- trict police and fire departments sub- mitted justification for their 1942 budget during a three-hour session with the House subcommittee on District appropriations today. Witnesses for the police depart- ment at the executive hearing in- eluded Police Chief Ernest W. Brown and Capt. L. R. Beall, chief clerk and property officer. Commissioner John Russell Young. Engineer Com- missioner Charles W. Kutz, Auditor A. R. Pilkerton and Budget Officer Walter L. Fowler. also attended. Appearing for the Fire Department were Chief Stephen T. Porter, Fire Marshal Calvin G. Lauber, Supt. of Machinery Otto E. Fearn and Capt. C. S. Peterson. Representative Mahon, chairman of the subcommittee, said he had not| yet received from Supt. of Schools Frank W. Ballou a priority list for school construction items made necessary by the District's rapidly expanding population. He said he expects to get the list within the next few days. ! | Worsham, jr., —142. Spencer tore the par 70 Columbia | Country Club course apart today | with his twin rounds of 68 and 69. He scored nine birdies over the 36 | holes, holing a 20-foot putt for a| | 69 on the final green. Al Houghton, | Beaver Dam professional and Dis- trict open champion, missed qualify- ing by one stroke with 70—73—143. The four qualifiers will leave for Fort Worth next Sunday. Spencer, the medalist, holds the Maryland State open championship and Coffey is the Middle Atlantic professional titleholder. Burning Tree, 72—70 | 'Knox Outweighs Conn For Fight Tonight (Earlier Stery on Page A-15.) By the Associated Press. | PITTSBURGH, May 26.— Light | Heavyweight Champion Billy Conn, | Pittsburgh, weighed in at 1803 | pounds today for his 15-round, non- title fight against Buddy Knox, Day- | ton (Ohio) heavyweight, tonight. | Knox tipped the scales at 190 | | pounds. | Markets at a Glance NEW YORK, May 26 (®.— Stocks easy; leaders in slow de- cline. Bonds mixed; Federals firm. Foreign exchange firm; Canadian, Swiss monies rise. Cotton narrow; trade support. Sugar easier; liquidation. Metals quiet; lead consumers’ June needs estimated 70 per cent covered. Wool tops -inactive; lack of in- | quiry in Boston raw wool center. A serve, Coast Guard Reserve, cadets of the United States Military Acad- emy and the Coast Guard Academy 2nd midshipmen of the Naval Acad- emy, as well as diplomatic and con- sular representatives of foreign countries. President Roosevelt urged all em- ployes and Government agencies of all kinds “to give those under their charge sufficient time in which to| fulfill the obligations of registra- tion.” D. C. Arrangements Made. In the District arrangements al- ready are under way to handle the registration of 8000, although au- thorities believe Washingtonians who have reached the bottom draft age bracket since last fall will hardly number more than 5,000. In preparing for several thousand more registrants than are actually anticipated, District officials will be profiting by the October registration which pressed faciliies to the limit when the enrollment far exceeded highest estimates. At that time 114562 Washingtonians, between the ages of 21 and 36. jammed reg- istration centers throughout the city. Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, director of selective service for the District, said that present plans called for establishment of registration cen- ters in 25 Washington schools, or about half the number used in October. Locally, defense committees of the American Legion will provide reg- i istration personnel. set afire. 'French Air Chief Re{mrls On British Raids in Syria | By the Associated Press. VICHY, May 26—Air Secretary | Gen. Jean Marie Bergeret returned to Vichy today to report to the gov- | ernment on what were described as | continuing British attacks on French | | airdromes in Syria. | Landing at the airport, he declar- | ed that the suddenness of develop- | ments in Syria caused him to break | off his North Africam tour and fly |to Beirut for personal supervision |and organization of the mandate's | anti-aircraft defenses “Lying propaganda” has failed to | provoke any revolt in Syria and | Marshal Philippe Petain’s popularity | ‘15 growing daily.” he said. | Defense Minister Gen. Charles Huntzinger and Secretary of Agri- | culture Pierre Caziot returned to | Paris after a brief stay in Vichy. | Tanker Aground in Bay | | BALTIMORE, May 26 (#.—The tanker Phoenix, from Houston with gasoline, was aground on a bar to- day off Kent Island, Chesapeake Bay. A tug was unsuccessful in at- tempts to move her and arrange- | ments were made to jump out part | | of her cargo. | The vessel was reported to be in | no danger. $ (See BOXING, Page 2-X.) P et NIAGARA FALLS.—POLICE carborundum plant, where a U. conduct. (Story on Page A-2.) ICELAND, OL5O L GRAB UNION LEADER—Police Supt. Charles A. Doyle, orgahizer for the United Mine Workers,4C. L O.), after an altercation at the Doyle was charged with disorderly M. W. strike began today. TDamafi Nazi Ship Credited To Naval Plane Pursuit of Hood’s I". Conqueror Continues, | British Assert (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) By the Associated Press LONDON, May 26.—British | naval planes scored a torpedo hit on the 35,000-ton German bat- tleship Bismarck somewhere in the Atlantic tonight. the Admir- Thomas Holohan (right) arrests —A. P. Wirephoto. Commissionfi Takes Baer’s Title Claim ‘Under Advisement Decision Delayed After Ancil Hoffman Charges Buddy Was ‘Robbed’ The District Boxing Commission today took under advisement the claim of Ancil Hoffman, manager of Buddy Baer, to the world's heavy- weight championship after Hoff- man issued a two-page statement charging Baer was “robbed™ in his title fight with Joe Louis at Griffith Stadium Iast Friday night. The commission adjourned without handing down a decision in the case Regarding the alleged foul blow struck after the bell had ended the sixth round, all District boxing of- ficials working at the ringside testi- fied that at least three seconds ex- pired before Louis shot the punch which felled Baer for the third time. Commissioners Thomas Mor- gan and Claude W. Owen said they were dissatisfied with the work of Referee Arthur Donovan, but had directed him to officiate to add color to the bout. Promoter Ray Alvis said he had asked for Frank Ful- AT BOXING COMMISSION HEARING—Shown at the hearing held today by the District of Co- lumbia Boxing Commission as an aftermath of the Louis-Baer fight here Friday are (left to right) Thomas D. Morgan, jr., fight commissioner; Ancil Hoffman, Buddy Baer’s manager; Claude Owen, fight eommissioner, and Buddy 4 ) [ B Baer. q —Star Staff Photo. BYE-BYE, BEN—Ben. Chap- man, American League vet- eran, was given his uncondi- tional release by the Nats to- day. Obtained from Cleveland last December, Chapman has been benched twice this sea- son, was hitting .255. | Three Captains Chosen To Be Rear Admirals By the Assoctated Press. President Roosevelt nominated | three captains, John S. McCain, Randall Jacobs and Richard S, Ed- wards, today to be rear admirals in | the Navy. Capt. Jacobs, whose home in Dan- ville, Pa.. will be train commander | of the Atlantic fleet and Capt. Ed- wards, from Philadelphia, will be commander of submarines. with the Atlantic fleet. Capt. McCain, from Carrollton, Miss., will be assigned to the aircraft scouting force. Major League Games AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Cleveland— Detroit _____ 100 010 003— 5 11 0 Cleveland .. 000 101 100— 3 8 0 Batteries—Newsom, Thomas and Teb- betts; Smith, Heving and Hemsley. (Only Game Scheduled) NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Brooklyn— Philadelphia 002 200 000— 4 10 3 Brooklyn 010 040 10x— 6101 Batteries—Blanton, Hoerst, Crouch and (‘,\'ltr::n: Fitzsimmons, Higbee and Phelds, At St. Louis— | Chicago _._. 000 61 - | St. Louis 027 0 - | g Batteries—Olsen. Erickson. Presnell and George: Shoun, Warneke and Mancuso. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati—Night. (Only Games Scheduled) | Today’s Home Runs American. York. Detroit, 5th inning. Walker, Cleveland, 6th inning. l National. Etten, Philadelphia, 3d inning. ‘Supreme Court Holds U.S. Can Punish Fraud in Primaries Decides, 4-3, Power Extends Into State Selection of Nominees By J. A. FOX. Congressional primary fraud can be punished under Federal law, the Supreme Court ruled today, hold- ing that the Government's power to regulate elections includes a State primary to select a nominee for Congress. | The 4-to-3 decision, read by Jus- tice Stone, was rendered in uphold- |ing an indictment against five New | Orleans election commissioners ac- ! cused of changing votes in a primary held last September to select a Dem- ocratic nominee for ine House of Representatives from the second | Louisiana district: A total of 97 votes cast for former | Representative Paul H. Maloney and | Jacob Young were said to be have marked for T Hale Boggs, the eventual winner. District Court for | the Eastern district of Louisiana | had sustained a demurrer to the | indictment on the ground that Con- gress has no authority to regulate | primaries, but only general elections | Douglas Leads Dissent. The Government appealed, hold- ing that the right of & voter to have his vote counted as cast is guaran- | teed by the section of the Gonstitu- | tion vesting Congress with the power to regulate elections and that & con- spiracy to nullify this right violates the criminal code. The case will now go to trlal on its merits Chief Justice Hughes did not par- ticipate in the case. Justice Douglas dissented. joined by Justices Black and Murphy “Unless the constitutional protec- tion of the integrity of elections ex- tends to primary elections, Congress is left powerless to effect the con- stitutional purpose and the popular choice of representatives is stripped of its constitutional protection, save only as Congress, taking over the control of State elections, may ex- clude from them the influence of the State primaries,” Justice Stone said. “Such an expedient would end that State automomy with respect to contemplated that Congress should be free to leave undisturbed, sub- ject only to such minimum regula- tion as it should find necessary to insure the freedom and integrity of the choice. Words, especially those of the Constitution, are net to be !read with such stultifying narrow- ness.” Need for Legislation. | In his dissent Justice Douglas de- | clared that Congress traditionally | had indicated belief “that specific | legislation is necessary in order to | protect the electoral process against | the wide variety of acts which in their indirect or incidental effect | interfere with the voter's freedom io{ choice and corrupt the electoral | (See PRIMARIES, Page 2-X.) i elections which the Constitution ! alty announced here, and “the hunt continues.” (The Oslo. Norway, radio reported that the Bismarck and other German units were fighting a superior British na- val squadron in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland. It was somewhere in this area that the Hood, the biggest ship in the British fleet, had gone down with an “unlucky” hit, as the British put it, in a magazine.) Damage Not Disclosed. No details were given as to the extent of damage wrought upon the Bismarck—which last Saturday sank the 42,100-ton British battle cruiser Hood off Greenland—but it was made clear that warships and planes were on her trail in a continuing . was the Admiralty’s story. told in a communigue of one para- raph “The chase of the Bismarck in thc Atlantic has been hotly pursuec This evening torpedo bombers ol the fleet air arm have scored a hit with a torpedo on the Bismarck. The hunt continues.” A torpedo hit on one German warship among the fieeing squadron was scored yesterday, the Admiralty aiready had announced. but that victim was not more specifically | identified British Hopes Raised. The attack upon the Bismarck raised British hopes that the Royal Navy had control of the area about the scene of the running battle and thus would be able both to attack aerially and to keep the Germans under constant surveillance Word that the fleet had the Ger- mans under fire ended a period of concern here as to whether the Bis- marck would be able to get away wholly unhurt This was based upon speculation that the Tirpitz, a sister ship to the Bismarck, might be with her, and also lack of information as to who had aerial mastery in the area. Safety Record Broken JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. May 26 (#) —Johnson City's first traffic death in 485 days was recorded Sun- day when Bill Perkins, 39, theater employe, died of injuries suffered whin he was struck by a motor- cycle. Late Races Earlier Results, Rossvan's, Other Selections and Entries for To- morrow, Page 2-X. Charles Town SIXTH RACE—Purse. $600: handicap for ij-year-olds and up: 1%s miles Belle D'Amour_(Kelley) 1120 5.20 3.40 Yankee Lad_(Palumbo) 360 2.40 Big_Steel (Scott) 280 Time. 1:54 4-5. Also ran—Penny Arcade and Mae Side. Belmont Park EIGHTH RACE—Purse. $1.500; elaim- ing: 4-year-olds up: 1 mile. Kasidah (Robertson) 560 7.30 B4n Wake Robin (McCreary) 470 330 Jelwell (Madden) 380 e e Borert. Sendy Boort Centle’ Bevhre s Suffolk Downs EIGHTH RACE—Purse, $1.001 claim- ng i-year-olds and up: 1/ miles. | Warring Witch (Het'er) 20.20 5680 440 Apropos (Wimmer) 820 460 dh Jack Vennie (De Lucia) 2.80 dh Don Pecos (Smith) 3.60 Time, 1:47 Also_ran—Solatium, Lou Hans, Run By and_Molasses Bill, dh Ran dead heat for third. | Lincoln Fields FIFTH RACE—Purse | ances: :-year-olds and up | Bushwhacker (Adams) 13.20 | Court Dance_(McCombs) | Aliack (Cruikshani { 010: allow- furiongs. 760 £.20 10140 820 $1 A Time. 1 Also_ran aldina Dude. Anxiety. Sky | Ball, Flying Lill. Soup and Fish. a Saint Andrews. Frank's Boy and Book Plate. a Valdina Farm entry, SIXTH RACE—Pur; se. $1.010: aliow- ances: 3-year-olds: 1/ miles Scrappy W_ (Borton)' = 8.60 340 300 Cadmium (Parrell) 280 740 Uncle Mose (Littrell) Time. 1:463s Also ran—Bob's Way and Valdma Paul. SEVENTH RACE—Purse. S810: claiming: 4-vear-olds and up: 1 1-4 miles Some Count (McCombs) 8.0 ¢40 340 English_Harry (Yarberry) 40 350 Margo G. (Johnson) | “Also_fan—Brown Comet. Myriea. Jay | Bird. Skating Mad | Detroit By the Associated Pre FIRST RACE—Purse. SS00: claiming: | maidens: d-vear-olds: 6 furlongs | Reign Me " (Fiinchum) 12.20 500 2.80 Natsee Noble (Kaufman) = 1460 800 Hi Winnie | Gaiiizan) 250 | Alfo ran—fLepn Pirate. Miss Weatle, Skean Dhu. fPessimist. {Dancealons | fDotso. Boat Cover, Bubbles M. and Pink Lady {Field SECOND RACE—Purse. $800: claiming jovear-olds and up: & furlongs. Absconder (King) 3.00 3.00 | Showabal (Le Blanc) A40 460 Four Rings (Wallace) 15.40 Time. 1:13 Alzo ran——San.Monics. Balise. Nagith. Blagden_Radio Geld, fGrandioss, wind_ {Paralds and { Chanceful. 1 Field entry, b N