Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1942, Page 6

I A-6 " . THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 11, 1942. Reporfs Persist Finns Are Seeking Peace With Russians Discouragement With Present Hardships Seen Behind Move By the Associated Press. SOMEWHERE ON THE GERMAN FRONTIER, Jan. 10.—Reports per- sisted tonight, despite official denials from Berlin, that Finland is seeking peace with Russia through Stock- holm intermediaries. Beh'nd the feeling for peace, these reports said, is Finnish discourage- ment with present hardships, food shortage and limited clothing. Advices from Stockholm said the Germans also are withdrawing some of their troops from Finland, and that Bwedish volunteers who had re- turned from the Finnish front were not being replaced. Information coming from Sweden and Finland suggested that con- ferences of Juhu Paasikivi, former Minister to Sweden and Russia, with government leaders in Stockholm had peace negotiations through 8wedish intermediaries as their ob- Jective. Aided in 1940 Peace. ‘The veteran diplomat in & similar ‘way paved the way in the spring of 1940 for a visit to Moscow, where the peace negotiations were con- ¢luded. That Sweden may be inclined to help Finland draw out of the war was suggested by the attacks on that country in the Vkyman press. While an article by Propaganda Minister Goebbels in Das Reich mentioned the Swiss in a criticism of European neutrals, a number of other articles dealt solely with the Swedes. One such article declared that “Swedish Socialists and other poli- ticians are so strongly infected with English-speaking tendencies that only a hurricane * * * would blow Away these outmoded thoughts.” It declared that people on the streets in Stockholm were creating “anti- German sentiment for which there is no reason.” Swedes Criticized. | Another article in German-con- | trolled Norway criticized the Swedes | for not giving more help to Finland. Workers and farmers, strongly in- | clined to the cause of the democ- racies and containing large Com- munist elements before the first | war with Russia, are reported to be | & large factor in the agitation for | an end to the war. The dominant | Social Democrat party is strongly leftist, The Finnish national coalition | newspaper Uusi Suomi said peace | rumors were “absolutely unfounded” and that although Finland, now as always, wanted peace, final victory | could be obtained only by fighting. | Despite the unlooked-for protrac- tion of the struggle, Finland’s mili- | tary position is stronger than ever | and there will be no bargaining with the “Bolshevik terror regime,” the paper declared. 25 Pct. of Factory Staffs In 1940 Were Women By the Associated Press. The Census Bureau, coming up with some statistics related to the current plan for more women in war production work, said yester- day that 25 per cent of the 10,000,000 workers in the Nation’s 184,000 fac- tories in the peacetime of 1940 were women. The 1940 census, said the bureau, showed 50,357,892 females 14 years or more of age in the Continental United States. Of these, 12,846,565 ‘were engaged in either regular or public emergency work. The number seeking work was 1265538 with 950.904 describing themselves as experienced. Mrs. Kii’flej\goin Heads Minimum Wage Board Mrs. William Kittle, public rep- resentative on the District Mini- mum Wage Board, has been elected chairman for the sixth successive term, officials announced yesterday. Other members of the board are Fred S. Walker, representing labor, and John E. Laskey, representing employers. The secretary is Miss Eunice Broyles. Mrs, Kittle, active in civic work, has been a member c;; 8!.7!;;: hoard since it was revived in Reserve Officers’ Unit Suspends for Duration By the Associated Press. Because virtually all its members are in the Army or expect soon to be, the Reserve Officers’ Associa- tion of the United States has sus- pended for the war’s duration. Col. James P. Hollers, national president, said yesterday the officers *are receiving \ieir orders as sol- diers and neither desire nor want a division of responsibility.” The association, formed in 1922, was the recognized spokesman for the approximately 120,000 Army Re- serve officers. Marshall P.-T. A. to Meet ‘The John Marshall Parent-Teach- er Association, Arlington, Va., will meet at the school 2:30 pm. tomor- row. A paper, magazine, pasteboard, and clothes hanger sale will be held at the school Wednesday. Fruit Growers to Meet STAUNTON, Va., Jan. 10 (Spe- eial) —Augusta County Fruit Grow- ers’ Association will meet January 31 at Beverly Manor High School here, it is announced by James M Gorsline, assistant county agent. o Scene of the business sessions. 6.A.0. Asks Recovery 0f §1,153,177,100 ‘Spent by Government $52,000,000 Challenged In Last Year's Accounts; Bulk of Items Older ‘The General Accounting Office has recommended that the Justice Department institute suit to recover of questionable legality by the years, it was disclosed yesterday by the annual report of Controller General Lindsay C. Warren. The principal item—$1,152,409.686 —is a lump sum covering disburse- ments by the disbursing division of | the Treasury. There are in addi- tion about 600 individual accounts where the questioned payments range from a few dollars to several thousand. It was said informally at the G. A. O. that for the most part the disputed items probably represent expenditures for which the Gov- ernment got value received, but that they were questioned because they seemingly had been made without authority of law. $52,000,000 Last Year. ‘The report also disclosed that the Seneral Accounting Office had re- fused to approve disbursements approximating $52,000000 which showed up in the accounts of vari- ous agencies in the last year. This total included $11,000,000, | which it was charged represented expenditures made illegally in Louisiana by the Work Projects Ad- ministration and its predecessor, Works Progress Administration, and covered projects that were not of a public character. ‘The principal projects criticized were a municipal yacht basin spon- sored by the city of New Orleans; a lake front development which was described as a part of a “speculative” real estate proposition fostered by the Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, and an amusement park and beach project also sponsored by the levee com- missioners. Relief funds were siphoned to golf courses and a clubhouse backed by the State Department of Conserva- tion at Mandeville, La., the report said, and it was alleged also that the Home for Incurables in New Or- leans, a private institution, bene- fitted from Federal funds. Restric- tions on the use of certain paving materials in New Orleans cost the Government $250,000, it was charged. Only $164,971 Recovered, ‘The report said that “known re- coveries” of improper expenditures amounted only to $164,971, but that “actual” recoveries ran much higher, being reflected in accounts other than those under discussion. ‘The report commented on the in- crease in expenditures by Govern- for attending conventions, and said “in a few cases” there was doubt as to whether the expenditure was Pproper. Criticism also was directed at the use of Government automobiles for “personal convenience.” Elmer Rice Divorced RENO, Jan. 10 (#)—Elmer Rice, New York playwright and novelist, won a divorce today from the former Hazel Levy on grounds of extreme cruelty. They were married in New York in 1915. Mr. Rice, who has written many books and plays, is best known for his play “Street Scene,” awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1929, Pennsylvania has a town named Darling, and so has Mississippi. $1,153,177,700, involving expenditures | Government over the last several| ment representatives in recent years ‘ y RIO DE JANEIRO.—LOCALE FOR COMING CONFERENCE— When the members of the American Foreign Ministers’ meet- ing convene here Thursday, the Palacio Itamarati will be the —A. P. Photo. Ex-0. P. M. Auditor Senfenced fo Year {In Tax Bribe Case Convic;ed 18 Years After Incident Cited By Federal Agents By the Associz'ed Press. ROANOEE, Va. Jan. 10—Eight- | een years ind one week from the day he allegedly offered two inter- nal revenuz agents a $150 bribe in an income tax case in Staunton, Nathaniel James Botwin, 42, was convicted in Federal District Court today and sentenced to serve a year and s day in the Lewisburg (Pa.) Penitentiary. of his arreit last October, also was who overrued defense counsel's mo- tion to set aside the verdict, and rejected peas for probation and bail. The accountant, who a Govern- ment prosecutor said “lived a fraud” during that 17 years he was a fugi- tive after skipping $2,500 bond, maintained his innocence even after the jury returned its verdict, and insisted tc Judge Barksdale that he was “rot a briber, not a cor- ruptionist,” but a proponent of good governmen:, Refuses to Grant Probation. Judge Farksdale conceded that Botwin apparently had led a “blameless” life since 1924, during which the accountant had worked for private firms, a New York legis- lative commission, the town of Scarsdale, N. Y.; the Federal Power Commission, the Resettlement Ad- ministratien, the R. F. C. and the O.P. M. But the court refused to grant probation, on the ground that such action would give other offenders an “incentve” to absent themselves from the court's jurisdiction as Botwin hai done. The Government's case, as pre- sented by District Attorney Frank | Tavenner and his assistant, Howard Gilmer, jr, was that Botwin. was engaged oy Hyman Greenstone, Staunton werchant, to help him out of income tax difficulties. Botwin went to Staunton with Greenstons, the Government charged, and in a hotel room on January 3 1924 offered $150 to Roy 8. Gocherour and Rufus P. Bell, internal revenue agents, if they would recmmend acceptance of a tax return submitted by Greenstone. Continued Negotiations, Botwin sased his defense on the contentior. that he thought from the agents’ ccmments that they were attempting to extort graft from him and he continued negotiations in an effort to expose them to their superiors. October, 1524, he abandoned his wife and left New York in a “distraught condition.” He worked for a while in St. Louis as a hospital attendant but was ‘eturned to New York by his famil; and resumed his ac- counting work. Botwin said he intended reimburs- ing Greerstone $2500 the merchant forfeited when Botwin jumped bond, and also meant to surrender for trial, but kept delaying. At con- clusion of today’s trial, Botwin ac- cepted nctice of motion for Jjudg- ment brosght by Greenstone to re- cover the forfeited bond money., Home Economics Show LINCOLN, Va., Jan. 10 (Special). —The annual agriculture and home economicg show will be held at the Lincoln High School Thursday. Schools varticipating include Lov- ettsville, Ashburn, Leesburg, Aldie, Herndon and Fairfax. NO FOOT TOO HARD TO FIT MEN'S $10.95 & $12.95—BOYS' $7.50 & $8.50 (Men’s Sizes Above 12 Add $1) 56 Styles, 130 sizes 5 to 15, AAAA to EEE Botwin, vho was emplcyed by the | O. P. M. a5 an auditor at the time | fined $100 by Judge A. D. Barksdale, | About a week before he was to | have stood trial at Harrisonburg in | Unanimous War Stand| Aranha, Long a Friend of U. S., To Preside at Rio Conference Major Question for Pan-American Talks Diplomats Meet Thursday In Rio in Their Most Important Parley By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 10— Whether to declare war unani- mously on the Axis will be the ma- jar question before Pan-America diplomats when they gather in Brazil's abandoned parliamentary hall five days hence for their most important conference in history. Delegates who already have ar- rived said it would be necessary to clarify two points: 1—Whether the United States wants the nations to declare war. 2—Wnhether all the South Amer- ican nations are willing to do so. The Dominican Republic, typical of the Central American countries which have expressed solidarity with the United States, has an- nounced it would propose that all nations enter the war. Argentina May Not Agree. But Enrique Ruiz Guinazu, for- eign minister of Argentina, has hinted that Argentina will not agree, and Oswaldo Aranha, for- eign minister of Brazil, has refused to answer the direct question. Other South American nations have not committed themselves. It seemed likely that the confer- ence opening Thursday would pro- duce at least a strong declaration reinforcing expressions of solidarity. New economic agreements guar- anteeing the United States all the | raw materials she needs and can obtain from South America also seemed probable. Informed sources said it appeared that Argentina, Brazil and probably other nations felt that so long as | the Americas were not directly at- tacked they could serve Hemisphere defense better by remaining out of the fight. Aid Could Be Intensified. Economic aid could be intensified while the United States would not be obliged to weaken its fleet by trying to protect the long coast |lines of South America, now in- adequately guarded. Dynamic young Juan B. Rossetti, Foreign Minister of Chile and a staunch friend of all-out inter- American collaboration, may offer a proposal that the Americas abolish customs barriers against one another for the duration and perhaps for | good. The Peruvian-Ecuadorean border | dispute may be a ticklish subject | at the conference. Ecuador wants | | to _discuss it: Peru prefers not to. Jefferson Caffery, United States Ambassador to Brazil, predicted that the conference would bring “closer collaboration and more effective solidarity to American nations than | ever before existed.” IRabbi Gerstenfeld Heads Religious Life Commitiee Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld of the Washington Hebrew Congregation has been named chairman of the Committee on Religious Life in the Nation’s Capital, it was announced yesterday following the annual meeting. The committee includes religious leaders of the Catholic, Jewish and Protestant faiths. Vice chairmen named are the Rev. Dr. Albert Jos- eph McCartney, the Rev. Edward P. McAdams and the Rev. Dr. Ze | Barney T. Phillips, dean of the | Washington Cathedral. Rabbi Ger- stenfeld succeeds Dr. McCartney as | chairman, s Would Skip County Election CAMBRIDGE, Md., Jan. 10 (#).— Cancellation of Dorchester County's | 1942 election and diversion of cam- paign funds to the purchase of De- | fense bonds was proposed today by William D. Gould, 3d, Cambridge attorney. Kemp to Give Alr-Raid Talk Arlington County Supt. of Schools Fletcher Kemp will address the Thomas Nelson Page School Parent- Teacher Association at 8 p.m. Tues- Bradley Hills Residents To Discuss Bus Needs The necessity for securing ade- quate transportation for the Bradley Hills (Md) ares in view of the restrictions on sale of tires will be discussed by the Bradley Boulevard Citizens’ Association at 8 pm. Wed- w.ylub at the Bradley Hills Country Club. Underdhecmuonolhl.afivelll. learn the number of possible users of a bus line to the community. "| Dean J. Locke, an official of the _ | Capital Transit Co., will outline the attityde of the company on the pro= posed bus line. . Capt. E. W. H. Wood, of the Brit- ish Army, will relate expericnce in combating incendiary bombe. Residents of surrounding wreas, interested in transportation prob- lems, are invited to attend. United States Ambassador to Brazil Jefferson Caffery (left), and Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil confer on the third consultative conference of American Foreign Ministers which opens at Rio De Janeiro Thursday. They are pictured in Aranha’s office in the Brazilian capital. Aranha will preside at the parley. By RICHARD DYER, Wide World News. RIO DE JANIERO.—An outstand- ing South American exponent of full-fledged suppart for the United States war effort will préside at the Pan-American consultative con- ference opening here January 15. He is Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil's affable, outspoken foreign minister. igce the United States entered the War Aranha has proclaimed Brazil's solidarity with Uncle Sam, and President Getulio Vargas has reaffirmed that stand. But long before the war Aranha worked tirelessly to line up Brazil— and the rest of South America—with the United States. In October he asserted: “Brazil will not remain neutral in the event of participation of any American nation in a war.” President Vargas seconded him with a warning to na- tions “which might wish to disrupt hemisphere unity.” Bonds Grow Stronger. ‘With each succeeding day Brazil- fan officialdlom and the Brazilian press became more solidly attached to President Roosevelt and his dec- larations that Hitlerism must be | destroyed. | Aranha may have smiled at this flurry for solidarity. He had recom- mended it, and vehemently, when the words were not so popular in South America, during a decade in | which totalitarian and democratic sympahtizers battled for the upper | hand. He had fought for a policy of closer co-operation with the United States when that country to some South Americans was still the “co- lossus of .he north.” Priends say that when Aranha was in Washington as Brazilian Ambassador five years ago he quietly started a deal to bring North Amer- ican instead of European arms to his country, and to take his coun- try’s produce to the United States, not Europe, in exchange. Out of this eventually emerged a $100,000,000 Brazilian-United States agreement for exchange of arma- ments and materials. So carefully was the whole affair put through that the first news broke only when the first arms shipment arrived in Brazil. Construction of vital air and naval REPAIR Your WATC H Now «REPARR —Wide World Photo. bases in Northeastern Brazil—lying opposite Dakar in West Africa—was speeded in the months before the United States entered the war. Bra- zilian Army garrisons in the same vital sector were built up. Aranha is the “Gaucho” of the Vargas cabinet, the horse-loving, carefree and exuberant type from Rio Grande Do Sul, the cattle coun- try of Brazil. Tall, slightly stooped, nearly always smiling, slightly gray and still under 50, he is one of the most popular of Brazilians. Aranha is one of the triumvirate which has governed Brazil for the last decade, and has risen with it. He became secretary of the state of Rio Grande Do Sul in 1928, when Getulio Vargas was governor of that state. In 1930 Vargas was a defeated candidate for the presidency of the natioh, and subsequently staged the revolution of that year, under the able military leadership of Col. Goes Monteiro, now a general and chief of the army staff. On November 3, 1930, a provisional government was inaugurated under Vargas. Aranha was named Min- ister of Justice, a powerful position because of its control of all police agencies. Goes Monteiro remained in charge of the army. These are the same men who run Brazil today. Vargas Is Still the Boss. Vargas, still president, is the un- disputed boss. Aranha occupies the number two governmental position. In the interim Aranha has occu- pied seve positions. For a while 6811 Wisconsin Ave. fously he had smoked incessantly. Three months after the bargain Donna Luisa saw her son’s picture | flashed in a newsreel shot. She was shocked to see him puffing a cigarette, left the theater to search him out at home and upbraid him. Aranha, surprised, pleaded ipno- | cence. Together they deturned to the theater. At the next showing of the newsreel the son was able to point out that he was wearin, an old suit, long discarded. Th newsreel had cut in an old shot. } Their compact remains unbroken, | Aranha is the father of four chil- | dren. His eldest daughter Zazilda is one of his most constant companions and secretary. She is “Zazi” to the boys of the foreign ministry. Aranha boasts a doctor’s degree | awarded him by George Washing- ton University while he was in| | Washington. Among decorations he | | has received but seldom displays | are those of the governments of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Haiti, Belgium and | Portugal. ‘ _— i Columbus Alumni to Meet | | An organization meeting of Co- lumbus University alemni will be held at 2 pm. today in the Immasulate | Conception Church auditorium. A constitution and by-laws drawn up | at a session of the alumni last Sun- | !duy will be presented to today's meeting for adoption. | | - | E The largest molybdenum mine in | the world is in the Colorado Rockies. | a East Bethesda P.-T. A. 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