Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Moderate 1emperntur.es today and tonight; gentle winds, 86, at 4:15 pm.; lowest, 67, Temperatures today—Highest, at 6:15 am, Prom the Unites States Weamer Bureau Report. 1l Details on Page A-2, Closing N. Y. Markets—Sates. Pa 90th YEAR. No. 35,87 0. FIGHT REMOVAL, VICHY ORDE Late News Bulletins Milk Union Breaks Off Milk drivers and dairy employes belonging to Local 246 announced late today they had broken off negotiations with the dairy industry serving Washington and would be “forced to withdraw” from further work, except to serve hospitals and military establishments. The ployes’ Union said that after employers “have offered nothin, hours, conditions or wages.” Empire City Daily Double Pays $1,165.40 EMPIRE CITY RACE TRACK (®.—The second biggest daily double in New York racing history was paid to 41 persons today after Daring won the first race and Foust 2nd the second. The payoff was $1, ord of $1,405.40, established at paid $58.90 and Foust 2nd $31.40. ¢ Foenir WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1942—FIFTY-TWO Negotiations Milk Drivers and Dairy Em- months of negotiations the g in the way of concessions, in 165.40, compared with the rec- Aqueduct on June 18. Daring Chandler Cleur;d» of Charges He Helped Frien By GOULD LINCOLN. In a report filed today by the Sen- | ate’s Truman Committee, Senator Chandler, Democrat, of Kentucky was completely exonerated of charges made by his rival for the Democratic senatorial nomination, | former Representative John Young Brown, that he had accepted a $10,- P00 swimming pool as recompense for obtaining Government contracts for Ben H. Collings, a Louisville con- tractor. The report was laid before the BSenate by Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico, acting in place of Chairman Truman, who was absent from the city. It was based on an investigation into the charges of Mr. Brown, made by a committee in- vestigator, after Senator Chandler and Mr. Brown had both requested an investigation be made. The charges were to the effect d Get Contracts that Senator Chandler had used his office to assist Mr. Collings in obtaining prime war contracts as well as subcontracts, and that as a consideration for this assistance, Senator Chandler received a $10,000 swimming pool constructed at his home in Versailles, Ky., by Mr. Col- longs. It was charged further that Mr. Collings, in the construction of the pool had violated priority regu- lations relating to steel and brass, and that the construction of the pool violated a War Production Board order which prohibits cer- tain new construction after April 9, 1842, And finally Mr. Brown charges there had been irregularities in the awarding of some contracts to Mr. Coilings. The report of the committee said Mr. Brown had been asked if he (See CHANDLER, Page 2-X.) Defrauding of War Workers Laid to Illinois Politician Bs the Associated Press, BLOOMINGTON, II., July 16— Teorge W. Ziller, Springfield Demo- :nnflc politician, was named in five om Iroquols ants. : ‘wanted jobs as Iaborers at the muni= Three indictments charged that Ziller, who weighs 538 pounds, worked s confidence game on men whe wanted trucking jobs at the kee - and Elwood ordnance ‘plants. | He got $300 from two men and $350 from another, the indictments said, by pretending to have power to control the employment of trucks and truck drivers in connection with the construction of the huge Gov- ernment-financed projects. Ziller and Zephs Gullion of Wat- in one conspiracy indictment with getting $25 each . ea from Irg County residents who tions plants south of Joliet, The other conspiracy indictment charged that Ziller and Russell Brandt and John Mients, both of Weston, organized the Weston Dem- ocratic Club last July so that dues of $25 a year could be collected from the members, mostly employes of the munitions plants. Ickes Len 10 Days as Bird Federal migratory birdhunting regulations for 1942 were announced today by Secretary of the Interior | Ickes, providing a 70-day shooting | season for ducks instead of the 60| days permitted in 1941. ‘ Duck hunting will begin in the northern zone on September 26, in- termediate zone, October 15, and southern zone, November 2. [ While easing the vestrictions on | hunting ducks, which showed a vast growth in numbers last year, | Mr. Ickes tightened rules for the protection of geese, doves and other | birds that have not increased in| population. | Duck hunting hours will run from sunrise to sunset, instead of from sunrise to 4 p.m. as formerly, and | legally killed birds may be possessed for 30 days after the close of the | season, instead of 20 days. | gthens Duck Season ]on the first day of hunting con- | s Multiply Regulations governing bag and possession limits of ducks remain unchanged except that & new pro- visfon makes the possession limit form to the daily limit. The regulations reduced the bag limits on geese and included other special safeguards, since investiga- tions had shown a decline in goose populations other than the blue variety, Mourning-dove bag and possession limits also were reduced, from 12 to 10 and the seasons were short- ened from 42 to 30 days in 14 States | —Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, | North Carolina, South Carolina, | Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis- sippi, Louisiana Kentucky and Fifteen-day woodcock seasons with four-a-day bag and eight- | bird possession limits remain as last year, . Arkansas, Missourd, | Tennessee. Falkenburg Bests Oliver In Eastern Junior Finals Bj the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 16.—Bob Fal- kenburg of Hollywood won the East- ern Junior tennis championship to- | day by defeating Charles Oliver of | Perth Amboy, N. J., 6—3, 6—4, 17— | 15, in a thrilling final at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills. | Games in the marathon third set followed service without a break until the 32d game, when Falken- | burg finally smashed through. Frick Fines Bithorn $25 | After Cub-Dodger Row (Earlier Story on Page C-1.) By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 16.—President ¥ord Frick of the National League | today fined Pitcher Hiram Bithorn | of Chicago $25 and warned both Manager Leo Durocher of !he‘ Dodgers and Jimmy Wilson of the | Cubs for their conduct in yesterday'’s | game at Chicago. ‘ Bithorn was fined for throwing | the ball into the Brooklyn dugout ' after taking a riding from the Dodger bench. The game, won 10-5 by the Dodgers, saw rival pitchers dusting off the batters repeatedly end general bickering among the rlayers. Lopez“ut White House In Farewell Call President-elect Alfonso Lopez of Colombia, who has been visiting in | the United States for nearl ytwo | weeks. paid a farewell call on Presi- | -dent Roosevelt this afternoon and | told reporters he was going back to | Colombia “more confident than | when I came.” The President-elect planned to go [ to New York late today and luveJ grom there for Colombia next week. A 2 Major League Games AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Boston— 002 010 0 — -- 000 000 Batteries—Ross s some, Brown ‘and Conroy, et M- New- | At Philadelphia— St. Louis ___ 000 021 00 — Philadelphia 000 100 00 — Batteries—Hollingsworth, wBaster ksworth, Ferrell; Harris, At New York— Cleveland _. 002 100 0 — New York___ 331 000 1 Batteries—narder. Miln; 5 Betteries ar. Hegan: Bon. Detroit at Washington—8:30 P.M. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago— Brooklyn ___ 000 000 00 — Chicago ____ 001 112 1 Batteries—Davis, Komball hmits, Warneke and MeCuliough. 07" Boston at Cincinnati (night). Philadelphia at St. Louis (night). New York at Pittsburgh (night). Today’s Home Runs American League. Rolfe, New York, 2nd. Laabs, St. Louis, 5th inning. | Hockett, Cleveland, 2d inning. | National League. McCullough, Chicago, 6th inning. Industrialist, 74, Dies MONTEREY, Calif., July 16 (#).— | John Magee, 74, former New York | industrialist, died yesterday at his Pebble Beach home. Mr. Magee formerly was active in various coal and rail enterprises and was a director of many national and international corporations, and was once active in New York State affairs, £ R | Rico. U.S. fo Charge Ten as Nazis' Accomplices Biddle Authorizes Counts in Chicago, New York, Brooklyn Earlier Story On Page A-1 Attorney General Biddle an- nounced today that he had au- thorized filing of charges against 10 of the 14 persons—eight men and six women—rounded up by the FBI recently as accomplices of the eight Nazi saboteurs now on trial before a military com- mission at the Justice Depart- ment. The 10 Mr. Biddle said, will be charged with “unlawfully and know- ingly receiving and assisting the eight Nazi saboteurs in order to hinder their apprehension, trial and punishment, after the latter, enemies of the United States, and acting for | and on behalf of the German Reich, unlawfully entered the United States for the purpose of committing of- fenses against the Articles of War and of committing acts of sabotage, espionage and other hostile acts.” 3 Held on Presidential Warrants. Attorney General Biddle explained that the failure to prefer charges against the other four is due to the fact that three of them have been arrested on Presidential warrants charging them with being “danger- ous alien enemies,” and the fourth— Ernst Herman Kerkohf, of New York city—is being held pending further investigation, Three of those against whom | charges have not yet been ordered are Mrs. Maria Kerling, mother of one of the enemy agents on trial, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jaques of Chicago. Attorney General Biddle's an- nouncement was made shortly be- fore the special military commis- sion trying the eight Nazis ad- journed for the day. File Complaints Tomorrow. Acting under instructions from Assistant Al General Wendell Berge, in charge of the Criminal Division, on whose recommendation the Attorney General's authoriza- tion was: issued, United ‘States At- torneys in Chicago, New York and Brooklyn tomorrow will file the complaints against the following: In Chicago: Mr. and Mrs. Otto | Richard Wergin, Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Wilhelm Froehling, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Max Haupt. In New York: Helmut Leiner, Anthony Cramer, Miss Hedwig En- gemann. In Brooklyn: Faje. Four May Be Held in Camp. ‘The four against whom no charges have yet been preferred, it was in- dicated by the Justice Department, may be placed in a concentration camp until the charges are either preferred against them or they are released. The statement issued by Attorney General Biddle failed to indicate where the 10 alleged “accessories” of the eight Nazi agents will tried. Herman Heinrich Ickes Says Pagan Blocked Puerto Rico Food Fund By the Associated Press, Interior Secretary Ickes said to- day Puerto Rico Delegate Bolivar Pagan was responsible for the fail- ure of Congress to appropriate $15,- 000,000 for a food program in Puerto Asked at his press conference about the prospect of obtaining the $15,000,000, the cabinet member, who has jurisdiction over the Office of Territories and Island Possessions, said: “Well, we were turned down in Congress. Congress listened to Del- egate Pagan and he is responsible for the action, if any one person is.” “After all, you can't blame Con- gress if a department asks for money for Puerto Rico and a person who is supposed to represent the people of Puerto Rico says that either they don't need it or they don't want it. ‘“‘Congress acted perfectly prop- erly, considering the circumstances. And Mr. Pagan has to take the re- sponsibility.” Bill Would Broaden Choice 0f White House Police A bill permitting appointment of | White House policemen from sources outside the Metropolitan and U. S. Park Police Forces was favorably reported to the Senate today by the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. ‘The measure sponsored by Sena- tor Maloney, Democrat, of Connecti- cut, provides that the appointments are to be made in accordance with civil _service laws. Members of the Whife House force appointed under the bill would be entitled to the same salary and grade as those drawn from existing sources. Markets at a Glance NEW YORK, July 16 (#).— Stocks mixed; price variations | narrow. Bonds uneven; some rails higher. Cotton easy; heavy liquidation forces values down. CHICAGO—Wheat down 1'; to 17g cents on hedging sales; lit- tle mill buying. Corn weaker in sympathy with wheat. Hogs steady to 10 lower; top $14.85; liberal supplies. Cattle active, strong to 15 higher; top choice light steers $14.85. 'Hundreds Trying fo | cathedral for requiem mass, with | grave. | By the Associated Press. n Star PAGES." x TELL OF FAMILY FORTUNE—The House Naval Affairs Commit- tee heard testimony acknowledging that the firm of Willlam Scrimgeour & Sons, 1013 Eighteenth street N.W., - <+ Police Twice Repulse Join Orfiz Corfege | Thousands Defy Rainstorm In Buenos Aires in Wild Pro-Democratic Outburst . B) the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, July 16— Strong police guards twice fought and repulsed today sev- eral hundred citizens who sought to join the funeral cortege of former President Roberto M. Ortiz, but thousands braved a rainstorm to turn the oceasion] into a fervent pro-democratic demonstration. The first clash was in front of Buenos Aires Cathedral. As the procession formed and the casket was placed on a gun carriage, | about 500 persons surged forward with the evident intention of joining | the procession for the man whose | death removed one of the hopes of democratic forces in this country. Series of Fist Fights. Police repelled them in a series of fist fights, and the procession got under way while the crowd followed, shouting, “Ortiz,” and “Viva le Democracia.” Halfway to the cemetery mounted police charged into a crowd of sev- eral hundred demonstrators. Two policemen were unhorsed and two civilians were injured and removed in ambulances. Ortiz died yesterday morning, three weeks after he had reslgnch the presidency because of ill health, leaving office without having realized his ambition of assuring Argentina’s allegiance to democratic ideals. The crowd today, growing steadily as the funeral cortege moved along the streets, cheered for democracy, shouted, “We loved him,” and “They killed him.” Citizens had filed past the casket throughout last night as the body lay in state at Government House, Funeral Oration Today. ‘This morning Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu pronounced the funeral oration in behalf of the government. Then the basket was taken to the President Ramon 8. Castillo and members of his government fol- lowing. Police had taken unusual pre- cautions to preserve order. The funeral of former President Mar- cello de Alvear March 25 was transformed into a pro-democratic demonstration when the crowds swept away guards and bore the basket on their shoulders to the‘1 Carolina_War Games Enter Second Phase WADESBORO, N. C,, July 16.— Tanned and toughened soldiers of the Sixth Army Corps moved into | % their second field exercise of the week in the Carolinas maneuver area at noon today after only one day of respite from the stringent practice routine. The Red force, commanded by Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow took up positions south of the Rocky River in North Carolina under or- ders to repel an attack by the much | stronger Blue Army, headed by Maj. | Gen. Alvah C. Gillen, jr. Reports received here said the Reds had thrown up extensive field fortications in an effort to offset as far as possible the superior strength of Gen. Gillen's forces. GUIDE FOR READERS Page, Page. Lost, Found._A-3 Obituary A-14 Radio ....___C-6 Berial Story_B-15 Soclety -B-3 Sports C-1-3 Where to Go A-20 Woman's Amuse- ments .B-18-19 Comics ...C-6-7 Editorials __A-12 Editorial Articles .__A-13 Finance __..A-20 Legal Notices _..C-§ it arller 8 Wi Page ._B-16-17' 3! had made CLOSING ‘Washington and Suburbs THREE NIGHT FINAL LATEST NEWS AND SPORTS MARKETS Assoclated Press. Elsewhere Five Cents CENTS | | | | $613,798 profits last year on war contracts. Picture leaving the committee meeting are Bailey (left), William (center) and Max- well Scrimgeour, father and two sons. » ‘Socially Inclined’ Agent Tells \Of Getting $431,463 in Fees Entertained Coast Guard, Navy Officérs; D. C. Family of Four Made $613,798 (Earlier Story on Page A-3.) By the Associated Press. Horace Ward of Washington, a war contract commission agent, today acknowledged earnings of $431,463 in an 18-month period, and said he entertained Coast Guard and naval officers with whom he did business because “I'm socially inclined.” Mr. Ward appeared before the<- House Naval Affairs Committee, now investigating the operations of com- mission agents who obtain war con- tracts for manufacturers throughout the country. He said he had plenty of manufacturers as clients. amily -of four acknowledged that it had real- ized profits of $613,798 in 1941 by ob- taining war contracts for 11 manu- facturers on a commission basis. 1In response to questions, Mr. Ward testified that he charged off parties and presents to naval and Coast Guard officers as part of his sales ex- penses. That statement came after Wil- diam Sha of committee counsel introduced a letter in which Mr. Ward wroté a client that “When T tell you I can do something in the (Se¢ CONTRACTS, Page 3-X.) RAF Bombards Ruhr, Holland In Daylight B3 the Associated Press. LONDON, July 16—British bombers raided Germany in day- light this afternoon, it was an- nounced authoritatively. Lone bombers protected by clouds dropped bombs on separate mis- sions in the industrial Ruhr, other parts of Northwest Germany and in the Netherlands. Fighter activity was restricted by bad weather but some patrols at- tacked railway yards and other ob- Jjectives along the French coast. German raiders attacking in the East Midlands this morning ma- chine-gunned men and women going to work and bombed one town, causing fires and some property damage. Inforimed British said bad flying weather over the continent kept the RAF fron: raiding Germany last night for the second night in suc- cession. U. S. Arms Shipment Received by Mexico Bs the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 16.—A ship- ment of arms purchased in the United States, including anti-air- craft equipment, anti-tank guns and motorized equipment, arrived in Mexico yesterday and will be dis- tributed to the arméd forces at once, President Avila Camacho’s office announced today. Late Races - Earlier Results, Selections ‘and Entries for Tomorrow, Page 2-X. Empire City FOURTH RACE—Purse $1.500, auces; maiden 2-year-olds; 5% Ariel Pllsolwutrufle! 5.40 award und (Longden) odarse) arford (N Time—1:0 allow- furlo: b Also Ran—Pentland Pirth, Tagge. 1 8hotlo, Hidden Ace, Flight Eagle, Shanty ow, Rex. {Spring Tornado, Dust I Fanishing Ace. Dr. Johnson, f Field, Hagerstown THIRD RACE—Purse $600, jear;olds and up; 8% furlongs ings ( Mighty Busy ( Time—1:21. Also Ran—Little Cathode, Clay Hill. Suffolk Downs FOURTH RACE—Puse. 1 :G-year-oids: 1 mile. Sound Effect ( 1 Stell ~ (Brennan) Arthur Mu) Time. Kirk) Mowlee, Nora .200: 7.40 5.00 claim- ay) \ F40 3.00 Whiscendent, (Young) 5 Bliie Nose, PIFTH RACE—Purse. edo :i-year-olds; 5% furlos 3 Flaught (Robertson) 11.20 3 Ben Gray (Garza) Carillon (McCreary) Time, 1:07 4-5. Also ran—Natoi . Reformatory, Beon Bean and Buri ay. rk b; Arlmgton Pa RACE—Purse, ‘1.4“0: claiming; longs, 5740 26,80 12.00 13330 “§:20 ‘THIRD 3-year-olds and up: 6 fu; Try Flight (Barney) atent - (Brool 5.6¢ Hish, Dl ‘b-zy'tm. ) ‘aptai) iry_(Neves) Rime. Tie 91a burning lifeboat. 420/ ) 28 Die as Subs Sink Two U. §. Vessels in Gulf and AIIanI[c 63 Survivors Landed; - Unofficial Total of Vessels Lost Now 376 (Earlier Sinkings Story on Page A-2.) By the Associated Press. The Axis U-boat campaign in the Western Atlantic added two more ship victims to its long list as the Navy announced today the sinking of two medium sized United States merchant vessels, one in the Atlantic off the coast of South America, the other in the Gulf of Mexico. The sinkings brought the unoffi- cial Associated Press compilation | of Allied and neutral wartime ship losses to 376 since Pearl Harbor. The Navy said 27 men of the 42- man crew aboard the ship sunk in the Gulf July 9 perished, the re- maining 15 reaching a Gulf Coast port safely, Forty-eight survivors of the merchantman sunk in the Caribbean late the night of June 20 put in at an East Coast point, with only the radio operator, whose name was not known at the port, missing. Ship Was Blacked Out. Two torpedoes crashed into “the port side of the vessel sunk in the Gulf while it was lying blacked out close to shore on a moonless night. Five men were on lookout, and the enemy sub neither surfaced nor shelled the ship, survivors on land- ing said. Most of the crew were asleep below decks when the torpedoes struck, en- veloping the bridge and the forward part in a sheet of flame. The men rushéd on deck and plunged over- board, swimming to windward to avoid the flames until they reached They extin- guished the fire and used the charred boat to row to shore where they built a signal fire and were 7" | picked up by an unidentified fishing vessel and taken to port. In the Atlantic sinking on June 20, the ship’s whistle became jammed: causing her to go down with an eerie shriek of farewell. “It was the saddest note I've ever heard,” related Capt. Peter C. Win- sens of Bayside Hills. Long Island, (See SINKINGS, Page 2-X.) U. S. Will Purchase Six ‘ Former Italian Planes y the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, July 16— Ambassador Jefferson Caffery an- nounced today that the United States would buy six Savoia Marchetti tri-motored passenger planes, several spare motors and other parts formerly belonging to the Itallan South Atlanttic Airline Lati. The line and equipment were con- fiscated by the Brazilian government recently, —A. P. Photo. House Opens Debate On Tax Bill Affer Vofing 'Gag’ Rule Decision Slated Monday; Treadway Predicts ‘Still More” Levies (Earlier Story on Page A-2.) B3 the Associated Press. The House quickly adopted procedure today which will pre- vent floor amendments to the $6,143,900,000 tax bill and then settled down to three days of general debate which will end with final votes Monday. Chairman Sabath of the House Rules Committee urged the mem- bers to adopt what he said was “a closed, gag rule” to govern consid- eration of the Ilegislation even though he said that he normally op- posed such procedure. “I have been informed,” he said, “that this bill is not all—this is the beginning. In view of that and the fact that the Senate will con- sider it, in the interest of early needed action, I feel I should yield on my convictions.” Mohe Taxes Expected. Meanwhile Representative Tread- way, Republican, of Massachusetts, told the House that still more taxes probably would be needed shortly and that a sales tax' “must even- tually be availed of” to help sustain the war effort and distribute the cost among all classes. Making one of the opening speeches in support of the pending revenue bill, Represenative Tread- way asserted: “I would be less than candid if I did not add' that further taxes may be expected. * * * Inasmuch as further increases in taxes may be reasonably anticipated, it may Be argued that we might as well go the whole limit now and have it over with, “It is my own view, however, that taxpayers, individual and corporate, can stand a greater ultimate burden if it is imposed gradually.” The ranking minority members of the Ways and Means Committee told the House that the Treasury De- partment was “bitterly opposed” to & sales tax and “preferred to have the bill fall short of the goal rather than take the sales tax to make up the difference.” Ability to Pay Basis. “Whatever its demerits,” he said, “it must eventually be availed of to help sustain the Government's war effort and distribute the cost over all the people. “While it is argued that such a tax falls more heavily on the poor, this fact is offset by the imposition upon ‘the more well-to-do of gradu- ated income taxes, so that in the | end the total tax burden is still maintained upon a basis of ability to pay.” Representative Treadway said he‘ also would prefer the bill to set a per -cent, instead of 87!, per cent, and a rate on normal profits of 40 instead of 45 per cent. As for in- dividuals, he said he believed a $600 exemption for single persons was much preferable to the proposed $500 level. The committee reduced the present single exemptions from $750 and for married couples from $1,500 to $1,200. British Rescue Launch Is Sunk in Channel By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, July 16.—A launch used | by the®British to rescue airmen from the English Channel was sunk yes- boats off the coast of France, the | Admiralty and Air Ministry an- nounced tonight. Other boats were damaged, two men were killed and several were wounded, but the boats succeeded in rescuing two RAF men from the sea, One German plane was shot down and another was damaged by gun- fire from the boats, a communique added, while two more were shot d and others damaged by RAF mw;. Two British planes were corporate excess profits rate of 90 | terday by German fighter planes | which attacked a flotilla of the small | S 9 WARSHIPS L3 e Roosevelt Held Responsible If British Atfack German Armistice Cited as Bar to U. S. Proposals (Earlier Story on Page A-1) P3 the Associated Press. VICHY, July 16.—The Vichy French government announced today that it had officially in- formed the United States that | the proposal by President Roose- velt to move the nine interned French warships from Alexan- dria to Martinique had to be “re- jected as contrary to the honor and interests of France.” The French note, sent July 13 to ‘Washington concluded: “By expos- ing these dismantled warships to attack by British forces President Roosevelt would assume a respons- ibility of extreme gravity which the French government must once more underscore.” The announcement was made on the same day that the Vichy gov- ernment officially protested to Washington against assignment of United States military representa« tives to Gen. Charles de Gaulle be- cause, it was said, this “constitutes an attack on the sovereignty of France.” Instructions Sent to Admiral. With respect to the fleet, the an- nouncement disclosed that instruc- tions had been sent to Vice Admiral Rene Godfroy, commanding the French ships at Alexandria, that “in no case should they follow British forces in their retreat” and that if the British attempted to “molest” them they should “defend themselves by all means at their disposal.” The announcement said Admiral Godfroy had been ordered never to allow the ships to “fall into foreign hangs.” The government said it had to re< Jject President Roosevelt's: proposals because it was bound by the arm- istice convention with Germany and Italy to put French warships in ports of Unoccupied France to be immobilized for the duration, ‘The Berlin radio broadcast this dispatch: Journ: French chief of government (Pierre Laval) actually has been in touch with competent German quarters on the question of the Prench war- | ships at Alexandria, in regard to which an exchange of notes has taken place between Washington and Vichy. “On this occasion Laval made sure again that Germany did not intend to make use of these Prench ships. On the strength of this assurance Laval told Washington unmistak- ably that these ships ought to be in a French port.” Pilot Missing Affer Crash 0f Bolling Field Planes By the Associated Press. Officials at Bolling Pield reported today that two Army planes crashed at 11:50 am. today at Predericks- town, Md., and that one of the two pilots parachuted to safety. The fate of the other was not immedi- ately learned. Capt. H. H. Norman, commanding officer of the Bolling Field group, to which the fiyers were attached, said Second Lt. Robert J. Palenscar, 21, Philadelphia, parachuted to safety, but Second Lt. Lewis R. Contardi, 27, of Iran River, Mich., was missing. The accident occurred in the vicinity of Sassafras River. A board of Air Force officers will be appoint- ed to determine the exact cause of the crashes, 1,654 Trucks and Taxis Register for Gasoline L. P. Steuart, chairman of the Dis- trict War Price and Rationing Board, announced today that 1,153 trucks and 501 taxicabs registered for gasoline allowances yesterday. He also said that 1,115 buses, 148 fleets, 159 non-highway and three miscellaneous vehivles had been reg- istered. The number of supplemental applications made was 2,309, Japs Tightening Belts Because of War Hardships By the Associated Pross, ANKARA, Turkey, July 15.—(De- layed).—Japan was described today by a neutral arriving from Tokio as a cold and somber country where people with grim faces are tighten- ing their belts because of hardships brought on by the war. The informant, whose name must ‘be withheld, was a young woman of a neutral country. She was one of the first to arrive in the Near East from Tokio and she reached Ankara after a 33-day trip across Russia. She said she was having lunch in Tokio when the American bombers attacked, but she paid little atten- tion to the sirens because Japanese officials have sounded so many false alarms. She said she heard only machine guns firing from the planes and no anti-aircraft guns. Later, she said she knew Japan had been raided be- cause the Japanese gave out no de= tails except to say that American bombs fell in school grounds. i X ¢ N R R N N “~ % iy ¥ ® o g RRXRR X