Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast tures tonight. Temperatures today—Highest, 85, at 3:45. lowest, 63, at 5:40 am. o e &0 R SYS o S 90th YEAR." No. 35,788 he Zoening Star WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1942— THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. | NIGHT FINAL SPORTS UP) Means Associsted Press. %% %% % THREE CENTS. W VAST FIRE RAGING IN BERLIN RESORT AREA: C. U. Retains Mason-Dixon Mile Title New Record Is Set At Penn Relays; Pitt Is Winner BULLETIN. PHILADELPHIA »— Dartmouth, given little pre- meet recognition, won the featured 2-mile college relay at the Pennsylvania University Relays today, showing the way to both Indiana and New York University. Don L. Burnham brought the triumph to Dart- mouth by outspeeding Camp- bell Kane of Indiana to the tape in 7:47.7. Seton Hall College was third, B the Associated Prest. PHILADELPHIA, April 25— Catholic University spun through | a mile in 3:255 in the Penn Re- lays today to retain its cham- pionship among the Mason- Dixon Conference colleges. Charles O'Keefe, anchor man, fin- | ished so far out in front he looked like a drum major. The time | clipped seven-tenths of a second from the mark the Catholic (uur. MILWAUKEE.—SUGAR BOOKS ration books were issued last n! Greendale, a Government model had discovered that the registr: practice demonstration as he ha tration is scheduled to take place May 4 to 7. Prison Fort @ ’ = ISSUED BY MISTAKE—Sugar ight to some 1,000 residents of housing community, but it was all a mistake. Here Mrs. Phillip Goetz (right) is shown receiving card No. 1 from Miss Mildred Barlow ; The books were recalled by Don T. Allen, rationing administrs jor for Wisconsin, after he ation was real and not just a d thought. The national regis- (Story on Page —A. P. Wirephoto. A1) set a year . | The Catholic University time was bettered in the next race by the | Westchester (Pa.) Teachers who | e, ‘e w0 NS Defeat A's, 10-1; anchored the winners | | n 0:47. | R ke ot 2 Estalella Is Beaned, | lvantage, t Indiana . . | University a triumph in the 4-mile ‘l U d d | Sty i 1 0 e IJUrY Un elermined | 3 'S sophomore, | to close the distan the third | 1p eod fim o cems out of the | Struck by Caligiuri; onal "":’ g o (e W | Spence Gets Homer Leslie MacMitchell of New York | In 10-Hit Attack University passed the Army and | 6. E. Anti-Trust Case Deferred by Biddle For Duration of War Use of Tungsten Carbide In Cutting Tools and Dies Issue in Suit By the Associated Press. IFrench General Escapes Nazi | Germans Offer | - 100,000 Marks For Giraud B3 the Associated Press. | BERLIN (From German Broad- |casts), April 25.—Gen. Henri| | Honore Giraud, commander of a | i group of armies in the “battle of | the bulge” in Northern France itwo years ago, has escaped from | | the fortress at Koenigstein, Ger- | many, the Berlin radio said to-| | day. | Gen. Giraud had been a prisoner of war since May 21, 1940. The Ger- mans said he had been granted spe- cial facilities because of poor health. A 100,000 marks reward was of- | fered for his recapture and the Ger- | mans said any one assisting him in his flight would be punished by | death. 'Winton Wins MarylandHunt; | | 'Nears Record Special Dispatch to The Star. | GLYNDON, Md. April 25—/ ‘Wlnwn, ridden by his owner, Stuart 8. Janney, jr. won the| 49th renewal of the Maryland | Hunt here today by two lengths in a driving finish over the| Rokeby Stables’ Rustic Romance, | | ridden by John Bosley, ITI. Half |a length back was Arthur I. ‘lMelgs' Coq Noir, ridden by R. P. Hamilton. Twelve thousand spectators on | the hillside above the celebrated | U. 5. Soldiers’ Arrival Senator Connally Marries Mrs. Sheppard In New Orleans First Baptist Church Senator Tom Connally (center) and Mrs. Lucile Sanderson Sheppard married today in New Orleans. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. D. Grey. Ceremony Attended ; By Small Party <+ | In New Caledonia l Of Old Friends DiSClosed He[e | NEW ORLEANS, April 25— | Senator Connally of Texas and | Mrs. Lucile Sanderson Sheppard, | widow of Senator Morris Shep- pard, were married here today at the First Baptist Church. The Rev. J. D. Grey, pastor, officiated. The ceremony was performed be- Strategic Island Near Australia to Be Defended by Americans versity, Baton Rouge, La., wiped out the Relay record of 6 feet 7% inches | 1 in the high jump by clearing the | Philadelphia, bar at 6 feet 7% inches on his third | and final try mmzu::ur(h University ';;ruhed into e winners', column capturing | the half mile collegiate Broke Tape at 1:26.7. The Panthers, holders of | with Norwood (Barney) Ewell, Penn | State’s great sprinter, only a stride | behind William Carter at the finish. | Other Winners in the morning session were Edward Stryna of New Hampshire with a toss of 163 feet | 4% inches in the hammer throw, | Ewell with a leap of 2¢ feet 5% inches in the broad jump and Cadet | R. J. White of the United States | Military Academy with a toss of 213 feet 74 inches in the javelin | throw. Five heats were needed to cut the | collegiate half-mile field to the five finalists. North Texas State, one of the favorites, apparently became | (See RELAYS, Page 2-X) | Box Score PHILADELPHIA AB.R. H. 0. A E. Kreevich, of . 5 Knickerb'ek'r, 2b 2 Davis, 2b Blair, 3b o Richardson, 3b Johnson, It Collins, If Besse, p Caligiuri, p ~oomONMODOmOS SO SeNNmNNsO~NSS DD~ PR E LK RN v cocceoem~osoocsos Do~ Mackiewicz batted for Caligiuri WASHINGTON AB R. H D D SN P L L SCORE BY INNINGS. Philadelphia . 100 100 203— 7 10 4 Washington _ 055 000 00x—10 10 1 Summary: fn-—Blair, Case. Spence (1), Hudson. Siebert. Vale, Maokiewies (2) vab—lnrvkl Vernen. Wallaesa. S Runs ba " | east Mediterranean district, - | nounced today that $30,000 worth of f | anti-typhus vaccine had been sent | to Teheran from Cairo in the last| and Summers. By BURTON HAWKINS. Attorney General Biddie said | today he would ask postpone-, ment for the duration of the wa: | Capitalizing on the wildness | of Herman Besse and Fred Cali- l of an anti-trust action pending in the Federal District Court of | |giurl and the Athletics' esritie at | New York against the General | fielding~the Nationals defeated | Grifith Stadium as slender Sid | Electric Co. and others. Worthington Valley course on the estate of J. W. Y. Martin saw the By ‘be Associated Press. Arrival of American troops at | | the island of New Caledonia in fore the altar in the church audi- 10-7, today Hudson captured his first vie-| Mr. Biddle said in a letter to Sec- utes and 444-5 seconds, four-fifths ofllemnd;lwerthnnmmrr" set by Blockade in 1938. Blockade | went off the course when half the | the Bouthwest Pactfic about 800 Those attending included Mr. and miles east of Australlt Was an- |y james A. Buchanan, Mr. and nounced today by the War De- | Mrs. W. D. Espy, formerly of Tem- partment. | ple, Tex., but now of New Orléans, The island, which is under Pree| and Mrs. N. P. Sanderson of Tex- | | 1 (right) as they were —A. P, Wirephoto. Subs Sink Two More U. S. Merchant Ships Off Atlantic Coast Norwegian ‘Freighter Exchanges Shots With U-Boat Attacker (Earlier Submarine Story on _Page A-3.) Two medium-sized merchant vessels have been torpedoed off the Atlantic coast, the Navy an- nounced today. 'Nazis Blame (Carelessness OfChildren : | Swedish Lines Reported w w W Radio Reports Blaze, S& Gives No Further W Information By the Associated Press, ‘.M LONDON, April 25—~The Ger- man radio said tonight that &5 vast fire was raging In the Grunewald district of Berlin be- " cause of the “carelessness of children.” It gave no more ln-w formation, Der Grunewald is a 7.500-acre lul'-w est in the southwest part of Greater Berlin, between Charlottenburg and. Potsdam. It is a favorite resort of Berliners, an area of small lakes and fine homes. The popular Wansee borders the area on the south. Taking Arms to Finiand By the Associated Press. w LONDON, April 25.—One of Swe- den’s best known new: TS, Handels Och Sjoefartstidningnen of Goteberg, was quoted by Reuters to- day as asserting ::l; Swedish rail WAYS were ‘‘cease % arms intended for G.m 2 in Finland. * Late Races W Earlier Results and Entries for Monday on Page 2-X. Havre de Grace w L H.? l# Il!’ 8.40 ‘js lfi* ime. 1 4bss. anid Siafelor, " Maser. Oramps. Narragansett Park g l‘flfl'nl,n One, an American cargo-passen- | JAMAICa tory of the season. | retary of War Stimson and Sec- Bobny . Estaloin. Washington's | TEtary of the Navy Knox that he| third baseman, was hit in the head | Would accede to their requests for by a pitched ball in the fourth POstponement on the ground that | inning. The stumpy Cuban never | Prosecution of the indictment now lost consciousness after being struck pending against the defendant would by Pitcher Fred Caligiuri but he “seriously interfere wtih the war| was carried from the field and the | effort.” club physician ordered him removed | Mr. Biddle said he understood that to Georgetown University Hospital [ the defendants are no longer en- where the extent of his injury was | 888ing in the restrictive practices o et charged in the indictment. o e o onaliuctinge An indictment has been returned against General Electric Co. and two | | of its subsidiaries, the International General Electric Inc., and Carboloy Co. Inc., and against Fried Krupp, A. E; Zay Jeffries and Walter G.| | Robbins, chairman of the board and president, respectively, of Carboloy. | The indictment accused the de- | fendant of monopolizing, attempting | to monopolize and conspiracy to | restrain inter-State and foreign | trade in tungsten carbide known to| | the trade as Carboloy, a hard metal | composition used on edges of ma- | | \ " | chine cutting tools and wire drawing | dies. | | ‘Lavol;siketurn Spurs Attacks on Nazi Troops By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 25 —Free French headquarters said today that Pierre Laval’s return to power had been the | signal for attacks en German . | soldiers at Lens, Lillers and Meri- BOBBY ESTALELLA. court in the last few days. Sabotage is especailly effective in Philadelphia produced a run in the Pas de Calais area where fac- | the first inning, but the Nats tories, railways and electric cables | pounced on Besse for five runs in have been damaged, it was said. the second inning, then scored five | At Paris more than 12,000 police more runs off Caligiuri in the third. | raids have been made on homes in | Figuring in the Washington scoring ' the last 12 months, the Pree French were four Philadelphia errors. declared. Hudson stymied in two previous — jon to finish. Clifton’s Nancy and | m {Other League Games race had been run. | Prench control, lies athwart the| Hold Forth and Houseman fe!l on | route of supplies and reinforcements | the treacherous 21st and Big Char- | from the United States to Australia. | ley went down at the first, but went | The War Department, in a com- | unique, said the troops would as- | sist in the defense of the island and | were sent there with the approval of the local authorities. { The size of the force was not dis- | O S Bastas lled that the United | icials recal a e ni AMERICAN LEAGUE. States consul at Noumea, the capi- | At Boston— . | tal, said recently that the Unlud1 New York___ 000 000 002— 2 10 1| States would co-operate in defense | 3lubn 110 110 00s— 4 10 0| of the strategically located island. | | Batieries—Gomer. Queen. Brown and | Dickey: Dobson, Murvhy and | i vy N.H.A. Announces Plans| St. Louis__. 010 001 00— 2 60 For 430 Demountables | Detroit ____ 030 000 10x— 4 Batteries—Harris. Caster and Ferrell: Fuchs. Newhouser and Tebbetis. | At Chicago— | Pleld Glass went down and did not | | finish, Conrey. By the Associated Press, John B. Blandford, national | nousing . administrator, announced | today plans for construction of 430 arkana, Tex, mother of Mrs. Shep- i pard. | The bride wore an orchid corsage and Mayor Robert S. Maestri pre- | sented the bridal couple a bouquet of calla lilies. After the ceremony Senator Con- nally gave a luncheon to the wed-: ding party at a famous French res- | taurant. The couple will go to the Inn-by- | the-Sea at Henderson Point, Miss., near Pass Christian, later this aft- ger ship, was sent to the bottom | Tuesday night after a torpedo and shelling attack by three Axis sub- | marines had set her blazing furi- ously from stem to stern. The Navy said nine puuncen“ and five crew members were missing | and presumed lost from among the | 104 passengers and crew of 79. The other ship, a cargo vessel! Iasooumy, e g7 o Apflg‘.i,‘u‘ngn . .4 " Robin; o Ramilies- ingo. IIP":&:‘_" P. Chrysler, Jr., entry, Sportsman’s Park Yuuznr 4 New gland (J ernoon and Senator Connally will | CMTYIng one passenger and a crew | r-q_r‘»m«ogfi';my return to Washington wmorrow! night, | His bride will return here to be | with her father, N. P. Sanderson, who is ill in Touro Infirmary. | since April 9, 1941. She was Miss | Lucile Sanderson before her mar- riage to Senator Sheppard, who | served some 40 years in the House and Senate. of 47, was sunk last Sunday night.| Eighteen men on this vessel were rescued by the same ship that picked up survivors of the cargo- POURTH RACE -] | passenger ship. Three men were ;33 -olds; Mrs. Sheppard has been & Widow | missing and presumed lost, and 27| Hoester <’c','-",;:‘: b others who safely launched a life- | (See SUBMARINES, Page 2-X.) A e pnBvazima : and Skagway. Churchill Downs Purse. $1.000: allow: wden) ! Also ran—Dr. Jim, Carswold and ng Sands. | Cleveland _. 000 001 301— 5 13 0 gemountable dwellings and dormi- | Chicago ____ 031 000 000— 4 50 Dennine: Humphries. Wos ind Remasies | NATIONAL LEAGUE. At New York— | i Boston 010 000 000— 1 41! - 130 000 10x—5 91 Batteries—Hickey. Donnovs bardi; Carpenter and Dani | At Philadelphia— Brooklyn ___ 301 000 000— 4 9 0 Philadelphia 001 000 000— 1 3 l‘, Batteries—Allen and Sullivan; Melton, | Blanten and Warren. At Cincinnati— | Chicago ____ 000 000 220 01—5 12 1 Cincinnati _ 000 201 100 00—4 81 Bat d | Pittsburgh-St. lui:—?md. Hernandes, | Hemsies. Senator Connally has been a widower for several years. were: Child- | Requested Sets tory facilities for 992 persons in w: production centers. Among the projects { ersburg, Ala, 230 demountable z homes; Morgantown, W. Va., 100 gomeunvavie vomes; miion, .| Mark to Win The Wood will be erected immediately, and the | remaining 496 when funds are avail- | Py the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 25.—Ben able. ’ TOdflY s Home Runs Whitaker’s Requested came back to the forefront of the Kentucky American. h Foxx, 'Boston, 5th inning. Derby picture today by winning | Spence, Washington, 3d inning. the Wood Memorial Stakes at | | Jamaica. | Natie L | Lombardi Boswn":dlinnmg | _Walter P. Chrysler, jr.'s Bleu| | D'Or, closing fast along ‘the rail, Bartell, New York, 2d inning. s - . 4 Haas, Cincinnati, 6th inning. | finished in second place, a nose be- | hind the winner, as Willlam Wood- Rt e i AT e ward's Apache, favorite for this race | run in the fourth, two more in the seventh and three in the ninth He was hammered for 10 hits but re- mained the route Included in Washington's 10-hit attack was a third-inning inside- the-park homer by Stan Spence, | who scored Jimmy Pofahl ahead quests for victory, yielded another 5 e || STATE YOUR_ { " of him. In the second inning the Nats ob- tained only three singles but three walks and three errors led to five runs. Singles by Bobby Estalella, Al Evans, Bob Repass and Pofahl, plus Spence’s homer, netted five runs in the third. | FIRST INNING. | PHILADELPHIA — Kreevich doubled to right. Kreevich took third as Knickerbocker grounded out to Vernon. Kreevich scored as Pofahl fumbled Blair's grounder. Johnson {hit into a double play, Hudson to | Pofahl to Vernon. One run. | WASHINGTON—Case lined to| Kreevich. Spence singled to left.| | Vernon forced Spence at second, | 7 (See BASEBALL, Page 2-X.0 | Vaccine Sent to Teheran | CAIRO, April 25 (#.—Ralph Bain, | American Red Cross chief in the an- few weeks, and .said “the disease | among Poles in Iran and znhem; ! Russia now is Jargely une con- | trol. | Building yesterday. ?‘ BOSTON.—UNREGISTERED ALIEN BACK IN CUSTODY—Charles A. Kaufman, 50 (left), back in custody today again and charged with being an unregistered German alien, ignored the sign (upper right) on the police station wall as he snarled deflance at Sergt. Frank Bombach. Kauf- man reportedly escaped after felling a United States deputy marshal and fled from the Federal - A - | and one of the choices for the Derby, | | dropped back to third after chal- | | lenging in the stretch. He came in | three lengths behind Bleu D'Or. | The time for the 1 1-16 miles was | 1:45%, a new record for the stake, | of which today’s was the 18th run- | ning. | | R. Sterling Clark’s Coichis, winner | | of the Chesapeake Stakes last week | | and an eligible for the Preakness, although not named for the Derby, faded and finished eighth. Requested paid $11.40, $6.70 and | $4.10. Bleu D'Or returned $1640 for | | & $2 place ticket and $7.60 for show. | Apache’s show price was $2.90. Markets at a Glance NEW YORK, April 25 (#.— Cotton steady; trade price fixing and liquidation. Stocks mixed; few leaders recover narrowly. Bonds irregular; some rails fairly active. GUIDE FOR READERS —A. P. Wirephoto. fCompkle Index on Page A-1 L 3 » Late News Bulletins W. L. B. Orders Union Maintenance Clause The War Labor Board. by an 8-to-4 vote, today ordered the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Kearny, N. J., to include a maintenance of membership clause in its contract with Local 16, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuild- ing Workers of America, C. I. O. The board majority ex- pressed the belief inclusion of the clause in the contract would increase production of ships and help win the war, British Lose 16 Planes Over France LONDON (#.—The Air Ministry announced tonight that 15 R. A. F. fighters and one bomber were missing and eight German fighters destroyed during British daylight attacks over Northern France today. Sunday Times Belittles Beaverbrook Talk LONDON (#.—The conservative and influential Sunday Times tonight belittled the New York speech of Lord Beaver- brook, in which the British supply emissary urged a second front in Western Europe, and said the suggestion was “hardly in the category of a service.” An early offensive, the news~ paper acknowledged, is imperative, but it added: “We will not to be hustled by inopportune pressure from any quar- ter. * * *» Best Vichy Planes Reported in North Africa LONDON (#.—The aviation correspondent of the Sunday Express said today he had learned “on excellent authority” that the best planes and flyers of the Vichy air force had been transferred to North African bases. “This is a complete and unexplained reversal of policy,” he added. G. U., 12; Western Maryland, 3 Georgetown University defeated Western Maryland, 12-3, this afternoon at Georgetown. Art Hines and Joe Georgy- deak hit home runs for the Hoyas. Challedon Noses Out Mioland HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. #.—W. L. Brann's Chailedon won the Philadelphia Handicap late today, nosing out C. 8. Howard’s Mioland in a photo-finish after a rousing duel in the home stretch. G. C. Greer, Jr.’s Cape Cod was third. Navy, 6; North Carolina, 2 ANNAPOLIS, Md. . —The Navy baseball team beat North Carolina today, 6 to 2. Maryland, 11; V. M. 1.,9 COLLEGE PARK, Md.—Maryland won its second ern Conference ball game in & row today by whipping M. I, 11 to 9, in a free-hitting contest. The Terps got runs in the eighth to win after the Cadets had gained x it % 2% 3 3 3 6 % 3 3 X X0 ¢ ¢ % ¢ % ¢ %% i . lead.