Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1942, Page 7

At Least 15 Workers Die in Quebec Fire; Probe Is Started 15 Others Treated at Hospitals After Being Trapped in Night B the Associated Press. SHIPSHAW, Quebec, Jan. 12— At least 15 workmen were known to be dead and that many more were unaccounted for today in the worst fire in the history of Northern Quebec, a pre-dawn inferno of flames which trapped a sleeping construction crew in their one-story ‘wooden barracks. Survivors of the disaster at the construction camp which housed 2.000 of 5.000 workers on a $35,000,- 000 power development suggested that the fire was touched off inten- tionally—perhaps fed by gasoline. Officials began an immediate inves- tigation. One of the men who escaped by diving headlong through a window and fleeing barefoot across the snow said he believed “some one set the fire and gasoline was used to spread it, because the fire spread on the floors like a rolling ball.” Another said “The blaze was no ordinary one. Gasoline itself couldn’t have produced a more rapid spreading of the flames.” Besides the dead and missing, 15 others were taken to hospitals for treatment of burns, some of them serious. Because some of the men were in town overnight, it was not known immediately how many were in the H-shaped sleeping quorters at the time of the fire. Ordinarily the building houses 92. Firemen prevented the flames from gpreading to other buildings, but were unable to control the fire at the barrack building where started. The camp was a construction unit of the Foundation Co. of Can- ada, working on a giant powder de- | velopment for the Saguenay Power Co., a subsidiary of the Aluminum | Co. of Canada. Turks Reporled Reassured By Brifain and Russia BY the Associated Press. ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 10 (De- laved) —Renewed assurances that Turkey need fear no aggressive ac- | tion by Russia or Britain, but may fully rely on the joint pledge of as- | gistance given last August, reported today. They were said to have been ten- dered to Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu by the British Am- bassador, Sir Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen, in an hour-and-a-half conference in which the envoy re- ported on the trip he made with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to Moscow. Informed sources said Sir Hughe brought to Foreign Minister Sara- coglu personal greetings from Mr. Eden and Joseph Stalin. It was learned that Sir Hughe were was immensely impressed by Rus- ! sia’s reserve strength as evidenced by the life in Moscow and other cities behind the lines and the quan- tities of planes, tanks and other war material being produced. He was said to have reported to Mr. Saracoglu that the people ap- peared well-fed, warmly clothed and confident of victory. He is said to have found that many young Rus- sians still have not been called to the army. Litvinoff Sees President After Meeting With Hull By the Associated Press President Roosevelt conferred with Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet Am- bassador, during a Sunday devoted chiefly to work. After the meeting with the Rus- sian envoy, the Chief Executive had | a talk with the newly-designated Ambassador to,Mexico, George Mes- sersmith, and "then called in Gen. George C. Marshall, Army Chief of staff. There was no word as to the rea- gon for the unusual Sabbath call at | the White House by the Soviet Am- bassador. On Saturday, Ambassador Lit- vinoff called at the State Depart- ment for what he described as an exchange of information with Sec- retary of State Hull. Library Staff to Hold Forum on Liberalism * Disintegration of liberalism will be the subject of a round-table seminar at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the | Library of Congress. Participants will be members of the library ad- ministration. Two members of the staff will lead the discussion, center- | ing around Lewis Mumford's “Faith for Living.” - This is the fifth of a series of | seminars and panel discussions | sponsored by the Library of Con- gress discussion group. Deuth in Elevator Shaft Certified as Accident The coroner’s office yesterday is- sued a certificate of accidental death in the case of Harry J. Wilkes, 61, of Maryland Park, Md.. who plunged | to his death in an elevator shaft of the Albee Building, Fifteenth and G streets N.W., Saturday. 700 Million Feet Of Lumber Bought By Army in Week BY the Associated Press. The Army, getting ready for increased defense construction activities, purchased 700.000.000 board feet of lumber last week— almost half as much as it bought in all of 1941. In announcing the transac- tion yesterday, the War De- partment said it was believed to be the largest purchase of its kind on record for any single buying agency, public or private Aggregate 1941 purchases were 2,000,000,000 board feet. The 700,000,000 board feet would make up a freight train 280 miles long, comprising 28,000 carloads, or be sufficient to build a fence 6 feet high and 1,500 miles long, the department noted. The Army also bought some nails—240,000 kegs. it THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA—CRACK ALL-PULLNAN SPECIAL DE- RAILED—Pullman cars were left strewn acrss the tracks yes- terday when the New-York-to-Miami Special »f the Florida East Coast Railroad, was derailed near here. Elevsen of the 15 cars left the rails, two overturning. although 23 persons received blamed for the accident and an official said there was no indi- cation that the tracks had been tampered with.—A.P. Wirephoto. MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1942 Missing Persons Those having information concerning persons reported missing should communicate with the Public Relations Squad of the Police Department, Na- L. 8. Wight, 35, 5 feet 9 inches, 142 pounds, driving a 1940 Ford four- door sedan, Maryland tags 532-685, missing from Silver Spring, Md., since Thursday. Leon Vermont Thompson, 39, 6 feet, 230 pounds, blue eyes, light brown hair, & tattoo on left arm of word “Navy,” wearing light gray topcoat, brown suit, hat and shoes, missing from Fairfax County, Va. since Thursday. Inieze Johnson, 17, colored, 5 feet 6 inches, 155 pounds, brown eyes, black hair, wearing dark brown skirt, missing from 624 New York avenue N.W. since January 5. Roosevelt Stevens, 14, colored, 5 feet 4 inches, 112 pounds, brown eyes, black hair, wearing dark red coat, green trousers, tan shoes and leather cap, missing from 1036 Sixth street N.E. since Thursday. British Lost 42 Planes In 10 Days, Nazis Say BY the Associated Press. BERLIN, Jan. 12 (Official Broad- cast) —British plane losses between January 1 and 10 amounted to 42 planes, including 19 in the Mediter- ranean and North Africa, the Ger- man high command reported today. During the same period, the Ger- man air force lost nine planes in operation against Great Britain, a communique said. CLASSES STARTING JANUARY 19 SPANISH FRENCH-GERMAN Berlits Method {3 available ONLY at LITZ SCHOOL of LANGUAGES There were no serious injuries, treatment. A broken rail was Philosophers Agree U. S. Will Withstand Tensions of War Gathering of 600 Pays Honor to William James On Centenary of Birth EY the Associated Press. | MADISON, Wis., Jan. 12—Lead- ing philosophers of America, gath- ered to observe the centenary of the | | birth of William James, agreed to- | day that the Nation would with-| stand the war strain. but one de- clared that “we need more guts than philosophy.” Six hundred philosophers and philosophy students honored James —who contended that war has been | the only force that could discipline | & community—with a two-day meet- img at the University of Wxscnnsinw Willlam James, brother of the| xramom novelist Henry James, wssI born January 11, 1842. American philosophical fiber v.lll withstand the terrific tensions of | war because the people have a great- er breadth of vision, several thinkers | declared. Dr. F. Seelye Bixler of Harvard University asserted that Americans were thinking of the peace after the war, and he agreed with Dr. | Boyd H. Bode of Ohio State Uni- ‘versxty that such views were re- pressed in the first World War as | pro-German. Looking Farther Ahead. Today, said Dr. Bixler, the peace {is more important than the war it- self. “That is our change in philoso- phy in 24 years.” he said. “That is| the philosophical fiber of America today. We're looking farther ahead, because our background has trained us to see more.” Dr. Max Otto, head of Wisconsin's | philosophy department, thought that | | America would better hold up under | the strain “because we can think of | something in the future as a more | adequate goal. Our philosophy to- | ‘dny is strong enough to win the | w war, and to win the peace, t0o0.” | But Dr. Dickinson S. Miller, for- merly of Columbia University, feared that the masses would not look to | philosophy to win the war. “We need more guts than philos- | ophy,” he asserted, and added that philosophy will count in what mil- lions think—not particularly what | the professional philosopher or | teacher thinks. John Dewey's Comment. John Dewey, a leading philoso- i pher, commented in a paper on | James that “we do not vet have a | | \ mature philosophy af democracy | with which to combat totalitarian | ideas. Today James both points the way and es a challenge.” : James wanted the world tempered {into a state of “toughness without | callousness.” | “So far,” he preached. “war has | been the only force that can disci- pline a whole community, and until an equivalent discipline is organized, | | I believe that war must have its | way. |Squalus Hero Applies For Pearl Harbor Work | By the Associated Press. } BOSTON, Jan. 12—A hero of the‘ | Squalus submarine disaster has en- | | rolled for civil service defense work | | at Pearl Harbor. | Lloyd D. Maness, 25, who saved the | lives of 32 Navy men by shutting a water-tight door when the Squalus sank ofl Portsmouth, N. H.. in May, | 1939, applied at the civil service office for electrician’s work in Hono- | | lulu, A native of Greensboro, N. C., he| has worked at a Groton (Conn.) | bmlmard since expiration of his na- val el The United States Coast Guard needs men between the ages of 18 and 31. 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The Turkih Ambassador to the United State: has always been well liked, but h- is now the recipient of an unusu:l amount of attention. Mehmet Muiir Ertegun is a quiet gentleman w th impeccable manners and a slighly absent air. No one has ever seexr him ruffled or sharp- tempered. Vaen something worries him he retir's to a workshop rigged up in the op floor of the large rococo house built by a beer-stopper baron, whic!. is now known as the Turkish Emdassy. There he ham- mers out celicate silver bracelets and other rinkets as he concen- trates on hi: problems. + Von Pap.n Active in Ankara. The Amiassador’s responsibility is not a sm.ll one. war potenti | will be placed in the scale with the promises of Von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Min- ister, and tle threats of the Nazis. His reports to | | Ankara on tie state of the American in Ankara The Nazi envoy, Von Papen, has ‘hem doing all he can in Ankara to keep alive the ancient fear of the ‘lTurks that Soviet Russia still vens | | for an exit to the Mediterranean | ] through Constantinople. The recemnt visit of Anthony Eden to Moscow has been cleverly ex- | ploited by the Nazi trouble-shooter who told President Ismet Inonou that Great Britain was preparing to | hand Turkey over to the Soviet. President Roosevelt's surprise | choice of Laurenge Steinhardt as new American Ambassador to An- kara is being fitted into that gen- eral picture by Washington diplo- mats. Mr. Steinhardt is known to be lukewarm fo the Communist ystem and it is pointed out that he will be, for that very reason, a more successful advocate for the Allies. Top Officials Entertain. In Washington Ambassador Erte- | gun is being asked to dimners by | top officials who have little time for | purely social activities. Many of these gentlemen are unapproachable by the average diplomat or Ameri- can official. Important O. P. M. of- ficials, military intelligencers (mili- tary and naval) and Donovans have wined and dined the Ambassador. The Americans cite figures of American war potential and produc- tion. They materiel available to countries which decide to throw in their lot with the Allies. The Ambassador listens at- tentively without batting an eye- lash or making a comment. After such parties the Ambas- sador's pretty, pleasant wife com- plains that her husband's little hammer can be heard until the wee | small hours of the morning. The position of a courted neutral envoy |is not an altogether enviable one. | The ultimate decision does not rest me‘ him though he is bound to share the blame for it. (Relensed by the Bell Syndicate, Inc) Germars Reported Pressing Pefain fo Break with U. S. Growinj Tension Among People Themselves Is Declared Key to Crisis By the Associ < ed Press. NEW YC(RK, Jan. 12.—Advices reaching thL> Associated Press yes- terday fron usually reliable sources abroad saic the Germans were re- ported puting heavy pressure on French Marzhal Petain to break re- lations witl. the United States im- | | mediately. This repo't was said to have come from a comvetent observer who has Jjust left Vichy and who explained that the Cermans hoped thereby to overcom: Vichy’s resistance to| Nazi plans ‘or France in the “new | order.” One of th: danger spots in Vichy- From Employed Nain Office Tth & E Sts. N.W. BUY DEFE | Berlin relations, strained by increas- | ing German pressure on the Marshal and his unyielding resistance, was said to be France’s continued good relations with the United States. Growing tension among the French people themselves is said to be the core of the difficulty rather than the attitude of the leaders in either capital. This tension was pictured as aris- ing from several factors, among them the fact that the Germans still hold a million French prisoners whose gbsense is deeply resented by their families, the food shortage which is blamed on the Germans and the strong measures of the Nazi occupation forces as reprisals against Frenchmen. Thus, Marshal Petain’s resistance is presented as merely a geflection of the majority opinion in France. Percheron Sale The Percheron Association nt \Predenck County, Md., will hold lls | annual public sale of Percherons on lMflrch 9, it is announced by officials of that organization. A% LOANS Life Imsurance Policy Cash Values We Invite Personal Loan Applications Men and Women Bznk of Commerce & Savings Branch H at No. Caopitol Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. NSE BONDS stress the amount of | . 13th & Eye NAtional 0230 Soldiers Held in Camps After Riof in Louisiana By the Associated Press. ALEXANDRIA, La, Jan. 12—| Colored soldiers were restricted to nearby Camps Livingston and Clai- borne yesterday by the 5th Army Corps Headquarters following a dis- | @ turbance here Saturday night, in which 30 persons were injured, in- cluding 28 colored soldiers, 1 woman and 1 State policeman. Four of the soldiers, shot in the two-hour clash in the city’s “Little Harlem” section, were in a serious condition, Army officials said A company of white military police | from Wisconsin, after becoming in- | volved with the soldiers, called for ‘help and was reinforced by city nnd State police. | Chief of Police George C. Grav estimated 60 military police, a score of city officers and 10 State troopers took part in rounding up 3.000 colored troops, dispensing 3,000 colored civilians and closing 15 & saloons and cafes in a four-block | area. Practically all the colored troops were from Northern States, officers said. Will Pay High Price Mr. Dietz, WO. 8401 4221 Connecticut Rotaries! 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