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89th YEAR. No. 33,549. WASHINGTON, D. C.t FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1941 THREE CENTS.

Tallinn Taken, 32 Soviet Ships Sunk, Nazis Say

Another 'Dunkerque' Declared Inflicted On Trapped Reds

(Map on Page A-2.)

B- the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Aug. 29.—German forces have stormed and taken

Tallinn, fighting a naval battle which apparently is still contin- uing, and have delivered a crush- ing blow to the Red naval forces

in the Baltic, the German high command announced today.

Besides raising Adolf Hitler's ban- ner over the Estonian capital, naval base on the Gulf of Finland less than an hour by bomber from Len- ingrad, official announcements said sir and naval attacks had sunk 32

Russian ships—22 transports and 10 war vessels—and heavily damaged 7 others.

The Russians, who had delenaen Tallinn fiercely, were said by the Germans to have been literally pushed into the sea.

New "Dunkerque" Hailed. Frantic efforts were made to evac-

uate trapped Red Army forces by uater, they said, and this account- ed for the great concentration of transports.

German spokesmen called the end of Russian resistance in pocketed Tallinn "another Dunkerque" but there was no indication how many Russians managed to escape.

(Finnish flyers reported today that they had seen many dozens of Russian warships and trans-

ports leaving Tallinn and head- ing eastward last night.) The once-thriving Hanseatic port

had been a pocket of Russian re- sistance in German-conquered ter- ritory, choked off and besieged by Reichswehr forces which had passed It in the eastward push through Estonia into Russia proper. Its cap- ture winds up the German conquest of Russia's recently won Baltic buf- fer states.

Gains Farther East Claimed. At the same time, the German

informants claimed important gains farther east overnight on the line of advance toward Leningrad.

Between Narva, at the Estonian- Eoviet border, and Luga, inside Rus- sia about 75 miles to the southeast, they said. German troops took all designated objectives, captured 5 000 Russian prisoners and seized or destroyed 23 tanks, 43 cannon and large quantitties of machine guns. grenade-throwers and other war

material. Violent naval battles were be-

lieved still to be raging in the Fin- nish gulf, however, with Finnish and German fleets and air forces attack- ing dozens of troopships and war-

ships which had fled from the burn- ing capital. The din of the conflict was heard from Helsinki, 50 miles away.

Paldiski Harbor Also Taken. Besides Tallinn itself, the Ger-

mans took Paldiski. the* Estonian capital's modern harbor 20 miles to the west, and thousands of prisoners, the communique said.

Besides, the 8.800-ton Soviet cruiser Kirov, a destroyer and five other warships were reported dam- aged heavily, but the communique did not say whether any of these subsequently were sunk or captured.

The Kirov, one of Russia's latest warships, was completed in 1936 and had a complement of 624 men. The cruiser carried nine 7.1-inch guns, six 21-inch torpedo tubes, mine-

sowing equipment and lesser wea-

pons. It also had one airplane. In the conquest, the high com-

mand added, several thousand pris- oners, six coastal batteries and much war material also fell to the Ger- mans.

Occupation of Paldiski put the Germans close to the strategically- important. Russian-held islands of Dagoe and Oesel at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland, which provide excellent naval and air bases for attacks on Germany. 'The Rus- sians have raided Berlin from these Islands.)

Strategically, the Germans said they now were in a much better position to aid the Finns who are

pressing down from the north to- ward Leningrad while German col- umns move in from the east and south. These latter columns are said to be 32 miles from Leningrad it one point.

Leningrad's sea approaches now

ire threatened. Kronstadt, the port of Leningrad, is the only remaining base on the Russian mainland for the Red fleet in the gulf.

Dozens of Russian Ships Seen Fleeing Tallinn

HELSINKI, Aug. 29 Finnish flyers reported today that they had ??en many dozens ot Russian war-

fhips an dtransports leaving Tallinn end heading eastward last night.

The noise of heavy gunfire and ether explosions has been heard in Helsinki, 50 miles north of Tallinn across the Gulf of Finland, and it was believed that a violent naval rr naval-air battle was taking place In the gulf.

Artillery fighting on land also Is believed to have contributed to 1

the din. On the Karelian Isthmus, the j

Finnish air force reported it bombed ! end machine-gunned Soviet troop j eupply and motor columns with j "great success."

In East Karelia, Finnish flyers attacked Russian columns and a j long line of horse-drawn vehicles.

Four Russian planes were reported shot down in Wednesday's raids on

Forvoo and Kymi. Finnish air observers reported

many fires were raging last night in Viipurl and expressed belief the Russians were destroying that Karelian capital because of the ! imminence of its capture by the Finns.

Tht fires could be seen as far •way as Lappeenranta. 32 miles to tfcs northwest.

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Officials Act Quickly to Prosecute Confessed Killer of Seven Women

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Umbrella Believed Used by Strieff Girl Is Located

(Other Pictures on Page B-l.)

The District attorney's offlci moved swiftly today to prosecute a

colored suspect said to have con- fessed «even murders, including those of Miss Jessie Elizabeth StriefT and Mrs. Rose Abramowitz, and as many criminal assaults on

Washington women in the last two years.

Informed of the confessions while on vacation in Maine, District At- torney Edward Curran today in- structed his office to prepare the case for submission to the grand jury as soon as police complete their investigation.

Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe, 36. a for- mer undertaker s assistant and po- lice informer with a record for as- sault offenses, made a written con- fession to the garroting of Miss Strieff. 23. pretty War Department clerk, and an oral admission to the strangling of Mrs. Abramowitz, 23, bride of a few weeks.

Evidence Racks Confession. Moving swiftly, homicide squad ;

detectives, led by Acting Police Supt Edward Kelly, obtained evidence to back the confession in the Strieff and Abramowitz cases and in the murder August 4 of a young white waitress in New York City. The waitress' wrist watch, pawned in ι

New York, led to the arrest of Catoe :

here yesterday morning. Catoe led detectives early today

to the garage in the 1500 block of S street N.W. where he stripped, strangled and assaulted the Strieff girl on June 15, and later recon-

structed the murder on March 8 of Mrs. Abramowitz in her home at 1901 Sixteenth street N.W.

Detectives said this afternoon Catoe showed a perfect knowledge of the apartment, the arrangement j of the furniture, the position of the body and the places where he left the young woman's shoes and underclothing.

Catoe's ether victims, police said, were four colored women assaulted and k'lled in Washington. He also was identified by colored women in seven criminal assault and attempt- ed assault cases.

Umbrella Recovered. Catoe led the detectives this ;

morning to a white umbrella which, he said. Miss Strieff carried on the rainy Sunday afternoon she hailed his car, believing it was a cab. He had given the umbrella to a colored woman in the 1500 block of Swann street N.W., along with a vanity case said to have been stolen from ' his New York victim, a hat taken from a colored woman, and a second umbrella taken from another colored victim.

Miss Strieff had borrowed the um- | brella from a young friend. Miss Betty Stribling, a Federal employe. Detectives expected Miss Stribling to view the umbrella later today in an attempt to identify it.

Catoe's confession in the Strieff murder was turned over to the dis- trict attorney s office. Mr. Curran told members of his staff to seek an indictment and trial at the earli- est possible time.

Statenent Outlined. Aside from' Acting Supt. Kelly.!

those participating in the quiz of Catoe included Homicide Squad Chief Jeremiah Flaherty and Detec- tive Sergts. John Wise, Aubrey Toison, Richard Felber and Horace Caransa.

Catoe's statements regarding the Strieff case were outlined as follows by Acting Supt. Kelly:

He was driving down Nineteenth street that Sunday afternoon (June 15) on the way to see his girl friend. He had almost reached Florida ave- nue when a rain storm broke. He saw a girl walking down the east sidewalk on Nineteenth street. She was getting wet.

He was wearing a black chauf- feurs cap. The gairl raised her hand to him and called out. When he stopped and opened the front door the girl drew back.

'T thought you were driving a

otb." she said. That's all right, lady," he replied.

ΤΠ take you where you're going." The girl got into the front seat.

She said she was looking for a deli- oatessen to buy some butter. He told her he would take her to a del- ι lcatessen. He drove to Florida and Connecticut avenues and made a

U turn, returning along Florida ave- ι mie. They passed a delicatessen, b»it it was closed. He said:

"Maybe we can find a store on ? mrteenth street."'

Turned Into Alley. He turned, however, into an alley

b tween Fifteenth, Sixteenth, S and Τ streets. When the girl realized

I toe car was going Into an alley she ! cried :

-What are you going in there for?" "That's all right, lady," he replied.

The girl tried to leap from the car, but he restrained her. He then turned into an open garage behind S street and again the girl tried to leap from the car.

He was questioned about the bruise on the girl's lips. He said that must have happened when he grabbed her and she hit her face against the steering wheel in the struggle.

His victim. Catoe said, "put up a good fight," beating him in the face with her fists. He obtained a belt from her play suit, he stated, and pulled it "tighter and tighter" about the girl's throat. He then stripped off her clothing and rav- ished her. It was indicated he at first planned to leave the body on the scene, but drove away after placing It In the tonneau when he heard an automobile approaching. He said he had been to the garage before, having washed an automo- bile for the man who rented it.

He said he then undressed the girl because he was afraid he might have left fingerprints or some other clue on the clothing. She was wear- ing what he described as a "little bitty rain coat Ilk# tissue paper." He threw the girl's play suit. r»in j

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SCENE OF MURDERS—Shortly after Jessie Elizabeth StriefT left her home (1) at 2110 Nineteenth street N.W. June 15 she got into an automobile driven by Jarvis Catoe on Nineteenth street at a

spot indicated approximately by cross, he told police today. Catoe said he took her to a garage (2» in the 1500 block of S street, where she was attacked and slain. He said he then dumped her body in a garage in the 1700 block of Q street (3). The prisoner gave detectives information which led to the discovery of a white umbrella believed to have been Miss Strieff's In a

house in the 1500 block of Swann street <4>. Catoe, who lives in the 1700 block of Swann street N.W. <6>, also confessed the murder of Rose Abramowitz In her Sixteenth-street apart- ment <5>. —Star Staff Artist.

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Message Ιο Roosevelt Restated Peace Aim, Japanese Declare

Nation's Highest Leaders In Emergency Session to

Discuss U. S. Relations By th* Associated Press.

ΤΟΚΙΟ, Aug. 29 —Premier Prince

j Konoye's message to President1

j Roosevelt was prompted by "the very

[ delicate relations existing between ; ; Japan and the United States fol- | lowing outbreak of the Russian-Ger- 1

I man War," the Japanese news

; agency Dome! said tonight, and it

j reaffirmed Japan's desire to estab- i ! lish a "co-prosperity sphere" and ;

! permanent Pacific peace. The Domei comment was made

! after all members of the cabinet

I end some of the highest military officials of the nation held an emer-

gency meeting to discuss American- Japanese relations following deliv- ery of the Konoye message to Mr. Roosevelt in Washington yesterday,

i Domei said : I "Well-informed circles are of the opinion that what Japan is aiming

; at under the prevailing complex in- i ternational situation is disposal of

j the China affair and construction of 1 the East Asia co-prosperity sphere with the ultimate object of ushering in an era of permanent peace in the Pacific, and in consideration of the very delicate relations existing be- tween Japan and the United States following outbreak of the Russian-

~< See"JAPAN,"Page A-3J

Two Murderers Executed Side by Side in Chamber By the Associated Press.

SAN QUENTIN. Calif.. Aug. 29.—

A strange young man, who resisted

every effort for clemency in his be-

half, was executed today at the side

of another convict for whom he had formed an odd attachment.

The two, Eldon Hawk, 26, and John Lininger, 40, died in the gas chamber. The murderers asked that they be buried side by side. They first met in the death house.

After they were strapped in the two chairs in the chamber the men

spoke to each other, but witnesses could not hear them.

The heads of both fell almost

simultaneously. They were pro- nounced dead in nine minutes.

The two were convicted of sepa- rate murders.

The widow of the San Diego me- chanic whom Hawk murdered tried in vain to have his sentence changed to life imprisonment. She said she and her husband did not believe in capital punishment.

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JESSIE ELIZABETH STRIEFF. Murdered in Garage.

ROSE ABRAMOWITZ. Slain in Apartment.

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JARVIS CATOE. Confessed Slayer, Police Say.

Summary of Today's Star Amuse- Page,

ments, A-14-15 Obituary — .A-12 Comics .C-10-11 Radio C-10 Editorial ...A-10 Serial Story, B-16 Financial ...A-17 Society B-3

Legal Sports C-l-4 Notices .-C-8 j Woman's

Lost, Found--C-6 Page C-S

Foreign. Doctors to attempt removal of bullet

to save Laval's life. Page A-2

R. A. F. daylight raids cost British, Nazis 10 planes each. Page A-3

rurks spur defense as Nazis, British vie for favor. Page A-8

Russian man power, heavily drawn on, still plentiful. Page A-9

French Parliament is exiled to town 45 miles from Vichy. Page A-12

National. Roosevelt names Harrim&n head of

mission to Moscow. Page A-l

Japan's leaders hold emergency ses- sion on U. S. relations. Page A-l

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Senate Finance Committee seeks to complete tax bill today. Page A-4

168 foreign ships may be taken over

by American nations. Page A-12

Washington and Vicinity. Van Hyning named District welfare

director. Page B-l Preliminary work starts on Silver

Spring underpass. Page B-S

Editorial and Comment. Editorial. Page A-l· This and That. PageA-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-l· David Lawrence. Page Α-Π Dewitt Mackenzie. Page A-ll Dorothy Thompson. Page A-Il Henry McLemore. Page A-ll Constantine Brown. Page A-ll

Miscellany. Service Orders. Page B-6 Vital Statistics. Page B-Z· Bedtime Stories. Page C-l· Cross-Word Puzzle. Page C-ll Winning Contract. Page C-ll Uncle Ray'* Corner. PaeeC-lt Nature's Children.

ΎηΑΤ FEILOW SAYS HE'S A BRlCKLAi'ER^ UNCLE. FRED, BUT HE SURE SEEMS TO

BE m A CUSS BY HIMSELF.

Hitler and Duce Meet 5 Days, Weighing'War Cause Removal'

Development and Duration of Conflict Discussed at Fuehrer's Headquarters

By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Aub. 29—Adolf Hi eluded a secret five-day meeting the announcement that they ail war and developing an harmoni for all the peoples of Europe, pred

Their meeting began on Monday,< within sound of cannon fire on the front. It started just 11 days after President Roosevelt and Prime Min- ister Churchill's Atlantic conference and expression of war and peace aims were announced.

The communique disclosing the conference, which was attended by the highest military and political officials of both nations, said Hitler and Mussolini discussed "all political

tier and Benito Mussolini con-1 on the eastern front today with ned at removing the causes of ous and profitable co-operation cated on complete Axis victory. and military questions concerning the development and duration of the war.'*

It listed "destruction of the Bol- shevist danger and of plutocratic exploitation" as necessary to create the political, economic and cultural co-operation envisioned for Europe.

The Roosevelt-Churchill state- ment of aims for world peace, free-

(See HITLER. Page A-9.) I

President Suggests Windowless Building For War Structure

Quartermaster Depot Site Still Has Backing Of Chief Executive

President Roosevelt told his press conference today that the proposed War Department Building will be located somewhere south of Arling- ton Cemetery, probably on the so- called depot site, and that he is studying a construction plan calling j for its erection in the form of a ! four-sided, windowless structure, artificially lighted and air condi- tioned.

The President said the idea of a

solid building intrigued him because of the great amount of money that could be saved in construction and because the outside dimensions of such a building would be a great deal smaller than those of ordinary Federal buildings here, while the actual office space would be as great. He did not say just how big a

building he had in mind, pointing out that he was advancing these ideas as a sort of trial balloon.

The Chief Executive indicated several days might elapse before he j reaches a final decision regarding j the building's dimensions. He said | he was going to make a personal in- ι

spection of the depot site as soon as possible, without specifying the day.

Idea From Far West. The idea of a solid, artificially

lighted and heated building, he said, came to him from the Far West. Sev- eral buildings of this nature have been erected in that part of the country at a considerable saving in money and have worked out very well In practical use, he said.

The President said he had in mind a building without wings or courts of any kind, to be lighted by the fluorescent method. This tube light- ing has worked out satisfactorily wherever tried in other Federal buildings here, he stated.

Local architects could think of no

(See WAR BUILDING, Page A-9.)

Army Air Groups To Make Tour Of War Fronts

B» the AMoeiated Press.

A group of Army Air Force offi- cers, headed by Maj. Gen. George H. Brett, chief of the Air Corps, will Lour the African, Near East, Medi- terranean and Atlantic war fronts to make a ftrst-hand study of Brit- ish needs for American aviation equipment.

In making this announcement to- ^ay, the War Department said the late of departure of the group would not be made public. It added that there was nothing fixed as to the length or Itinerary of the trip.

Gen. Brett will be accompanied ay Col. Ray A. Dunn of the Air Oorpe, Col. James B. Newman of the Army Engineers, Lt. Jack W. Perry of the air forces and Harry C. Short of the Middletown, Pa., air lepot.

A similar tour will be made by Lt. Sol. Ε. M. Powers, Maj. James H. Doolittle and Lt. T. K. G. Boyd, all sf the Air Corps. They will meet Sen Brett's party at certain points on the war fronts.

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1,006 D. C. Selectees To Be Called for Army Duty in October

Quota, One of Largest, Will Include Many Enrolled on July 1

Washington will call up for Army duty 1.006 selectees during October, according to figures received today by District Selective Service head- quarters from the national office, j The monthly quota will be one of, the largest yet drawn from the Dis- trict, and is expected for the first time to include a relatively large number of 21-year-old registrants.

It was understood that formal or- ders for the men. together with in- duction dates, will be forthcoming from 3d Corps Area officials within the next few days. Corps area

spokesmen have indicated the ma-

jority of Washingtonians will be in- ducted during the period from Octo- ber 9 through 14.

The quota will include 886 white and 120 colored selectees, according to figures submitted to draft head- quarters today.

Only a scattered few of the 21- year-olds who were enrolled for se-

lective service July 1 have been in- (See D. C. DRAFT, Page A-6.)

Nazis Move Niemoeller To Dachau Prison Camp By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Aug. 29.—The Rev. Mar- tin Niemoeller, fiery German Luth- eran pastor and former submarine commander who has been in custody for more than three years, has been transferred to the Bavarian concen- j tration camp at Dachau, and the ! change apparently has bettered his

health, his friends learned today. He had been confined at Sachsen-

hausen-Oranienburg concentration eamp near Berlin.

The pastor shares a cell with two Catholic priests, and they have live- ly, but friendly, theological conver- sations, it waa stated. Mr. Niemoel- ler also reads to the priests from the works of Fritz Reuter, Germany's outstanding "Low German" poet and novelist.

Frau Niemoeller sees him twice a month.

Super-Priorities Uni! Formed to Allocate Defense Resources

Wallace Is Chairman Of 7-Member Board; Nelson Named Director

"Sru OP-'™

'knm Va·· 'ftoOJlc»"" l**· qency Management, has eier~ cised personal control over the defense and aid programs. Ke

cently serious conflict broke out letwetn the Production and civilian supply a9enc,esr**e* ™

cipal issue being priorities on ma

tenais needed tor both. This priority control is now being cen-

tralized m a. new agency·

( Text of Executive Order on

Page A-4.)

ΝΓ*·\ν PRIORITÏËSBOARD to speed production. Κ«.» Ρ™"

diets.

Bv JOHN C. HENRY.

The rationing and 'ntegration of all resources of the United States So The extraordinary effort to

guarantee military· f eaJ oi0' Axis powers began toda> with opei ation of a super-plannm^nd pri ities agency created last nigm oy

FTt\TΧtotlon. composed of s^en members under chairman- chin of Vice President Wallace, is ÏSeS the Supply Priorities and

aist sum. hï*dt£ OfflcfofTrcïuction Management is to serve as executive director of the n^w board and at the same time as director rf the Prwime Division of the

PXPrclse function by which he «ill exercise

great authority in administering the

aer.dE to Mr. Wallace, who recently was named chairman the Economic Defense Board, the new Priorities Board will include Secretarv of War Stimson, Secretary of Navy Knox. William S. Knudsen. Sidney ûillman. Uon Henderson and Harrv L. Hopkins. The firs· four of these at present compose the board of Ο. P. M.. while Mr. Henderson is head of the Offlce of Price Administration and Cnilian Supplv and Mr. Hopkins is special assistant to the President supervis- ing the lease-lend program.

Bv terms of the executive order creating the new agency, the civilian supplv functions of Ο. Ρ-*· Λ" =·

are placed within a new division in Ο. P. M., leaving the Office of Price Administration to handle price prob- lems alone.

Coincident with issuance 01 .he executive order, the White House announced that Edward Stettinlus. supplanted by Mr. Nelson as head of the Priorities Division of Ο. P. M., is to become lease-lend administra- tor, The announcement added, how- ever. that Mr. Hopkins "will con- tinue to serve in a supervisory ranacitv * * * over all defense aid by the united States," leaving him with the ranking authority under the President in this effort.

At the same time, it was an- nounced that John D Biggeis. who has been director of the Production Division of Ο. P. M.. Is being sent to London with the rank of ministei to collaborate with W. Averell Har-

(See-DEFENSE. Page A-19.)

Land Urges 100 New Barges As Quickest Way to Get Oil

Declares Pipe Line Will Require 750,000 Tons of Steel, as Against 100,000 for Boats

A proposal to construct 100 oil-

carrying barges as the speediest and

least expensive means of solving the

gasoline and fuel oil shortage on

the Eastern Seaboard was placed before a Senate Committee today by Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the Maritime Commission.

Admiral Land said he is opposed to construction of a huge new pipe line from the Southwestern oil fields because it would take 750.000 tons of steel badly needed by the Navy and Maritime Commission. He esti- mated the barges would be con- structed with 1C3.000 tons of steel

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and produced at the rate of 20 a month starting in January.

"I don't know where they are go- ing to get this 750,000 tons of steel but if it's to come out of the Navy or my ships, then I'm against it,' Admiral Land remarked.

William S. Knudsen, director ol the Ο. P. M., said at a press confer- ence today he expected to receive a

report Tuesday on the possibilities of supplying steel for a pipe line from the Southwest to Illinois to connect with other lines to the East He said that the Ο. P. M. steel di- vision was now trying to work out «η

(Cca-inucd en Fage A-3, Column 1.)

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Harriman Heads U. S. Mission To Moscow

Aid Delegation Personnel to Be Listed Next Week

President Roosevelt announced to-

day that W. Averell Harrtman, who has been lease-lend expeditor In London, will head the American aid mission to Moscow.

The mission, which is to be a

joint British-American group ap- pointed to plan the furnishing of supplies to the Soviet armies, was

proposed to Premier Stalin In * joint communication from Presi- dent Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill two weeks ago

Mr. Roosevelt said today that there probably would be about half a dozen in the American delegation, with announcement of this person- nel and further details earlv next week.

Chosen as Trouble-shooter The President, made the an-

nouncement at his press conference today, and was to have a luncheon

Wl,î<h Mr harriman and Harry L. Hopkins, who has been su-

Mr UHnnirfthe leasp"lend Prosram. Mr. Hopkins recently visited Mos- cow for a discussion with Russian officials on their wartime needs.

In his discussion of this new as- signment for Mr Harriman. the President indicated today that he is planning to use the former railroad executively increasingly as a travel- ing trouble-shooter. Several weeks ago Mr. Harriman journeved from London to the Near East for a quick survey of British needs in the Medi- terranean sector.

Increased opportunity for emplov- ment of Mr Harriman in this ca-

pacity will be afforded by the dis-

j patching of John D Biggers. retir- ing chief of the production division

; of the Ο P. M to London to han- dle lease-lend responsibilities there. This assignment for Mr. Biggers was announced last night coincident with the shake-up of the adminis-

I trative machinery of the defense and I aid programs.

Will Confer With Welles 1 .u^w President remarked todav that Mr Biggers not only will take

j care of Mr. Harriman's job in Lon- don during the letter s absence but will give increased attention to problems pertinent particularly to British and American production 07,n ^diti?n Mr Hopkins and Mr Harriman. the President also was scheduled today to confer with Undersecretary of State Welles before luncheon, and after luncheon

ι with Secretary of State Hull It was believed that both of these

ι consultations would deal with aiâ Plans and with the currently delicate crisis in the Par East.

The decision of the American republics to take joint s^psTo plaCe in operation all foreign vessels now in ports in this hemisphere, an- nounced yesterday, probably will be discussed with the President also

1 Mr. Roosevelt was to meet his «hole cabinet this afternoon and Planned to leave Washington tonight

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Half of U. S. Tank Oufpuf Turned Qver to British By the Associated Press.

On an average, considerably more than half of American tank produc- tion has been going to Britain under the lease-lend program, it was learned today, and the total of light and medium tanks turned over te the British today is about 500.

Most of the vehicles have been go- ! ing to forces in the Middle East and ι very few have reached the British Isles. Distribution is entirely within

: control of the British" since Amer- j ican interest ends, it was said, when the tankers are turned over to them.

The ponderous armored fighting machines so far produced in this country fall into two categories- light tanks of about 13 tons and me- dium tanks of approximately 28 tons.

! American heavy tank production is j not yet under way.

In The Star Next Sunday Editorial Section—

H. G. Wells discusses the Roosevelt Churchill eight points and other post-war problems. William Allen White traces development of Roosevelt foreign policy. Con- stantine Brown analyzes in- vasion of Iran.

This Week Magazine— Clare Booth dissects her sex

In "What I Like About Women."

Rotogravure Section— A full page of the new Jef-

ferson Memorial in the soft tones of the infra-red camera

technique. The Coast Guard displays its role as good Sa- maritan of the Atlantic.

News Section— The third year of the war

opens. Maps and compila- tions of the losses in lives and materials in the greatest con-

flict of all time.

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