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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-31
Politics on the Air
Tonight

8:30-WJSV, Wendell Willkie
speaks from Camden, under Re-
publican auspices.
9:00-WMAL, Herbert Hoover
from Lincoln, Nebr., under same
sponsorship.
9:00-WOL, Alfred E. Smith
speaks from Boston on time
furnished by Massachusetts Demo-
Gratis for Willkie.
s:30-WOL, Robert P. Patter-
son, Assistant Secretary of War:
National Defense"
9:45-WOL, Stewart Mcdonald,
Federal housing administrator:
"Re-housing America
1000 - WMAL, Thomas E.
Dewey, through Idaho Repub-
lican State Central Committee.
10:15-WJSV, Maurice Rosen-
berg. sponsored by Alexandria
Democratic Campaign Committee.
1O:30-WJSV, Hollywood
Salute to the President" with
film stars George O'Brien, Walter
Huston, Henry Fonda, Groucho
Marx, Hugh Herbert and others
participating.
11:00-WRC, Gen. Hugh S.
johnson, from New York City,
under auspices of Willkie Clubs
Of America.
IL :00-WMAL, Henry Wallace.
Democratic vice presidential cam
didate, is heard in transcription
of speech delivered earlier in
evening.
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Hill Reeoptured

ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 80 (PD.-
Greek troops were reported today
to have counter-attacked north of
the besieged town of Ioannina Ja-
ninaO and sources regarded as
reliable said they had stormed and
recaptured hill
The Greeks, rushing the hill I'M
der heavy fire, were said to have
seized large quantities of abandoned
arms and equipment from the Ital-
ian invaders
The Ioannina sector, on the west
ern frontier with Albania. still was
the scene of the heaviest fighting
of this four-day old war, but there
rad been little change in the line.
Along the rest of the front, the
Greeks said the action was limited
to sporadic firing and skirmishes
between advance units of the two
armies.
Both Italians and Greeks were
bombing lines of communication be-
hind the front.
Last nights Greek general staff
communique said one Greek fighter
plane was lost Wednesday and a
later report said an Italian seaplane
was shot down over the coast.
Elsewhere, there were no air raid
alarms in Greece today up to noon
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Many Hits on Docks
Al 0stend Claimed
By British Airmen
Emden Naval Bose,
Cherbourg and Antwerp
Among Other Targets
By the Associated Press.


LONDON. Oct. 31.-The British
Air Ministry said today that the
r. A. F.'s bomberS had scored many
hits overnight on the docks and
ship berths in the invasion" har-
Dor of Ostend, which the Germans
had repaired following earlier bomb
ings.
Pilots reported the targets were
bombed freely and that there was
heavy explosion after every sec
ond bomb burst. Debris was thrown
high in the air, the ministry said.
The r. A. F. squadrons few
straight up the Belgian and Dutch
coast to the German North Sea
shore, blasting at docks in Antwerp
and Flushing and attacking the big
German naval base at Emden, in
Germany proper.
Cherbourg was reported to have
been attacked in daylight operations
yesterday. and the Air Ministry news
service said dockside buildings were
hit and a heavy salvo of bombs
dropped among four torpedo boats
cruising about 20 miles offshore.
One German plane was said to
have been shot down. and one Brit
ish plane failed to return.
The R. A F. also attacked Ger
man-held Channel ports and COM
munications in Western Germany in
the night, the ministry said, in spite
Of adverse weather.
Lone Raider Opens Attacks.
A lone German air raider opened
the daylight attacks on England to-
day, diving within a few hundred
feet of the ground to drop high ex-
ploSive bombs on a southeast Inland
town. Shops and offices were demol-
ished and a number of casualties
caused.
Rescue and demolition squads
sped to the scene to search for
possible victims buried in the debris
as the raider flew away into low
lying clouds which had covered his
approach. Later it was announced
that a small number of persons
were killed.
A government communique issued
(See LONDON, Page A-6.)
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U. 5. Supremacy
In Air Pledged
By Roosevelt,
Greater Aid to Britain
News Well Received
In Irish Sector
Tent OF Mr.. RooSeueltS Speech
on Page B-8.
By JOHN C. HENRY.

The United States stood commit
ted by its Chief Executive today to
a big job, that of becoming "the
strongest air power in the world"
Taking the occasion of campaign
address in Boston last night for his
announcement, President Roosevelt
climaXed a day of repeated empha-
sis on peace and preparedness" to
announce clearance for new 10000
airplane order for Great Britain and
to voice his confidence that the pro-
ductive capacity of this Nation will
be the factor by which the United
States will become supreme in the
| air.
The President returned to the
White House this morning.
Mr.. Roosevelt's disclosure that he
had asked the Priorities Board of
the Defense Commission to give
most sympathetic consideration" to
the British needs was believed to
foreshadow a quick climax of the
particular negotiations.
Follow "Self-Interest."
I'm taking these orders for planes
to go overseas" he declared, I'VE are
following hard-headed self-interest.
when - approved, they will
bring Britain's present orders for
military planes from the United
States to more than $4,000. They
will require still more new plant
facilities so that the present pro-
gram of building planes for military
purposes both for the United States
and Great Britain will not be inter-
rupted.
ALSO large additional orders are
being negotiated for artillery, ma
chine guns, rifles and tanks with
equipment and ammunition. The
plant capacity necessary TO produce
all of this military equipment is
and will be available to serve the
needs of the United States in any
emergency.
The productive capacity of the
United States, which has made it
| the greatest industrial country in
the world, will not fail now. 1t will
make us the strongest air power in
| the world
And that is not just a campaign
promise
The Presidents declaration of this
intent to help Britain more, and our
selves at the same time, came about
half way through a speech that was
somewhat curious combination of
defending the defense program, ex-
tolling the administration good
ness to the Nations farmers. at
lacking Republican National Chair
man Joe Martin and telling how the
"old campaigner" is having a fine
time.
Most of it pleased the crowd, a
more responsive one than listened to
him in Madison Square Garden on
Monday. They rose particularly to
the defense portions of the speech
and the announcement of greater
aid to Britain-an interesting reac-
ton in the light of fears that the
Continued on page A Column l \
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Italian Sub Destroys
Port of Gibraltar Net

BY the Associated Press.
LA LINEA. Spain, Oct. 31-A
daring italian submarine destroyed
part of the metal underwater net
which protects the harbor of Gil
braltar with a torpedo yesterday,
reports from The Rock said today.
The submarine escaped after
firing a second torpedo at ships in
the harbor. 1t ran up on shore
without exploding.
The harbor net was repaired
quickly. "a British official naval
announcement last night said the
torpedoes, operated from "a special
device" failed to do any damage
Early today many merchant ships
left Gibraltar with a heavy escort
of war vessels. A single plane
circled The Rock, drawing anti-air-
craft fire but dropping no bombs.
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III japanese Leave
London 10 Go Home
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 31.-Acting on ad-
vice of their government, l72 jap
anese, carrying gas masks and steel
helmets, left Euston Station today
on the long voyage home
Most of them were representatives
of Japanese banks and business
houses in London. They are sched-
uled to sail from Galway on the
Japanese steamer Fushimi Maru for
Japan via the Panama Canal.
Kiyoshi Uchiyama, consul gen.
eral. who headed the party, said
about 600 Japanese we're remain
ing in Britain. including skeleton
STATS Of many firms.
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II. S. Orders
Deportation of
Mrs. Browder
Illegal Entry
Into Country
Is Charged
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Justice Department today or
dered deportation of Mrs. Raissa
Berkman Browder, wife of Earl
Browder, general secretary of the
Communist party in the United
States, on the ground that she had
entered this country illegally.
The order, signed by Attorney Cen
eral Jackson, also denied application
for suspension of the deportation Or
der on the ground that Mrs. Brow
der's "evasive testimony regarding
her relationship to the Communist
party had created doubt as to her
eligibility for leniency."
immigration officials said that
Mrs. Browder. who is 43, would be
given reasonable time" in which
to present herself for deportation to
her native Russia.
The period she will be permitted
for winding up her affairs will be
determined within a few days, it
was said.
Mrs. Browder and her husband,
the Communist party candidate for
President, were married in Moscow
in September, 1926, and have three
sons. Two were born in the Rus
(See MRS. BROWDER, Page A-4
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lindbergh Speech Starts
Student Anti-War Drive
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 31.-A
Nationwide student organization
espousing the cause of non-inter-
vention in the war was launched
today by Col Charles A. Lindbergh,
who said this Nations involvement
would be a disaster for our own
country and for Europe"
Brought here by a group of Yale
undergraduates, first student chap
ter of the America First Committee.
the noted flyer said the United
States participation would be a
disaster for America because it
would confuse and aggravate our
internal problems, which are critical
enough without war"
Il say that it would be disaster
for Europe" he continued, because
l am convinced that the relation
ships of European countries cannot
be solved through American inter-
ference in their affairs. l say that
it would be disaster for I'll of us be-
cause from a purely material stand
point We are not in a position
to enter this war successfully"
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Marching Orders
Are Speeded 10 New
Army Of SeIectees
Draft Lottery Numbers
Rushed to Local Boards
Throughout Nation
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.


Official lists of the numbers drawn
| in the selective service lottery came
off the presses of the Government
Printing Office today and the work
of mailing more than 10000 copies
to draft headquarters in the States
and the District of Columbia began
at once. All the lists were expected
to be in the mails by tonight.
The marching orders" were going
out to more than 5000 selective
service boards scattered throughout
America, to begin mobilizing the citi
zen defense army that will number
800 900 by next July and 100000 in
five years.
These orders were great bundles
listing the numbers drawn in the
national selective service lottery in
the Departmental Auditorium that
ended at SAT am. yesterday, II
hours and 81 minutes after Secretary
of War Stimson pulled the first cap
sule out of the bowl. The numbers
will determine the sequence in which
nearly 100000 registered men will
be called before draft boards and
considered for the alternatives of
serving with the colors for year
or staying at home and at their jobs.
Call Issued in New England.
Meanwhile, the first actual call
for initial training contingent went
out in New England, the Associated
Press reported. Maj. Gen. George
A. Woodruff, corps area commander
at Boston, asked the six New Eng
land Governors to furnish 984 men
by November ID, this regions esti-
mated share of the first 10000.
At 9th Corps Area headquarters
in San Francisco seven Western
States were asked to furnish 1880
men and preparations were under
way to mobilize groups in other
regions in anticipation of the first
general induction summons from
the War Department.
National Selective service officials
expect volunteers to furnish more
than enough men to fill up the early
quotas. Any registered man may
volunteer for his years service with
his local board and he will be pushed
ahead on the list of potential citizen
soldiers, regardless of his lottery
number. Volunteers, however, will
be classified on the same basis as
all other registrants and their Serv-
ices will be declined if they have
6PnpnhPntC iY, ~
duStry or commerce. Volunteers
without family or vocational dis
qualifications will have only to pass
the physical examination.
DR.. Clarence A. Dykstra. director
of Selective service. said the lists
should have reached every board in
the country by next Monday morn
ing.
The next duty CT each board is to
arrange its order list beside the
corresponding registration numbers
and start sending out the question
naires that will form the basis of
summons to military duty or defer
ment.
DR.. Dykstra discounted a report
from Detroit that court action was
planned in an effort to enjoin put
ting the results of the lottery into
effect because six numbers were lost.
He contended that the lottery had
been impartial and he saw no legal
basis for complaint.
The missing numbers were noted
as the last of the capsules was
drawn from the historic goldfish
bowl.
Six slips containing these num-
(See CONSCRIPTION, Page A-6.)
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Army Planning to Produce
$4,000 More Bombing Planes

The War Department was report
ed today to have planned produc-
ton of $4,000 additional bombing
airplanes, largely with the aid of the
automobile industry.
This program, to cost possibly
$4,000, 10000 was described as sep
arate from the $4,000 warplane or
der which President Roosevelt said
last night Great Britain has pro-
posed to place in this country.
Recent conferences of William S.
Knudsen, defense commissioner in
charge of production, with auto
mobile industry leaders, were con-
cerned with plans for the new
American bomber production.
The program was reported to call
for erection Of tive large plants to
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transports Bombed

ROME, Oct. 81 R.-Italian
troops, fighting through mud and
rain, have pushed forward to the
Kalamas River in Greece. 5 miles
from the Albanian frontier, the
high command reported today.
At the same time Italian war
planes, despite adverse flying con-
ditions, were reported to have
bombed loaded troopships at the
port of Patras as we'll as the Lee
panto naval base on the Gulf Of
Corinth, a barracks at Metzovo
Pass in Western Greece and high
way functions in the Kalamas
Valley.
The communique failed to iden-
tify the troops reported aboard the
bombed transports.
dispatches from Salonika said
British transports were authorl-
tatively reported to have landed
troops on unnamed strategic
Greek islands,
Several enemy" planes were shot
down during these bombing opera
tions from which only one Of the
Italian plains failed to return, the
communique said.
Ioannina Goal
The italian offensive along the
| Kalamas River, which parallels
the southern end of the Albanian
frontier with Greece in the Epirus
district, appeared aimed at the in-
dustrial city of Ioannina (Janina),
about 80 miles from the border.
The Italian communique made no
mention of activity on the northern
end of the Grecian warfront, where
another Fascist column was re-
! ported aiming in the direction of
Salonika, 100 miles away on the
| Greek east coast.
In East Africa. the Italians said
their forces fought off attacks by
British columns in the direction of
Gadura on the Kenya colony border
The British were acknowledged to
have carried out scattered air raids
on Italian African positions
Earlier the war correspondent of
the newspaper II MeSsaggero had
reported that the Italian advance in
Greece was being held up by highly
unfavorable weather.
Battlefield Vast Swamp"
Torrents of rain which descended
during the first 48 hours of hostil-
tiles, the correspondent said, have
turned the battlefield into "a vast
swamp from which mountain peaks
emerge dark and spectral against a
background of clouds"
Despite the adverse weather, how
ever, several sharp battles were re-
ported in which Greek advance
forces were said to have put up stiff
resistance and then retired to new
positions after destroying lines of
communication.
The brunt of the fighting % the
italian side thus far has been borne
by Albanian militia which forms the
advance guard of the attacking
columns, II Popolo di Roma declared.
The Greek campaign was pictured
(See ROME, Page AID
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President 10 Dedicate
Medical Buildings
Near Bethesda
Democrats to Greet
Roosevelt on Brief
Montgomery Tour

President Roosevelt will dedicate
the new National Institute of Health
and National Cancer Institute build
ing near Bethesda, Md, at 4 pm
today.
Montgomery County Democrats
planned to turn out by the thou
sands to greet the President as he
enters Maryland and to cheer him
along the way.
A group of dignitaries had &C
copied invitations to be present
when the President speaks at the
dedication. The speech. which is
non-political. will be broadcast BY
all three radio networks from 4 tc
AIS pm.
Gov. OlConor and Senators Tyd-
ings and Radcliffe we're among those
who had accepted invitations to
appear on the platform with the
President. Members of the cabinet
the Supreme Court, the defense
forces and others in high Govern
ment places also were invited.
Roaring Welcome Planned.
The county's Democratic organi-
cations planned a roaring welcome
for the Chief Executive, who was
making his only scheduled appear
ance in the county during the cam
paign.
The Presidents route was laid out
to carry him out Sixteenth street
to the Maryland line, thence over
the EaSt-West highway to Bethesda
and out the Rockville pike to the
point .three-quarters of a mile be-
yond Bethesda where the six new
buildings have been erected.
At the State line some 5000
Democrats from Silver Spring, Ia
koma Park and other nearby COM
munities were scheduled to assemble
LIE Roy Gray of the Silver Spring
Young Democratic Club announced
that three county commissioners
would head the welcoming group
DIR. Parran to Speak.
Mrs. Ralph Wells, president of
the Democratic Women's Clubs of
Montgomery County, and others &C
tive in politics will be in the group.
At the Democratic headquarters in
Bethesda, another group, headed by
Mrs. William D. Byron, wife of the
Democratic Representative, will await
the President. County Commissioner
Thomas E. Hampton will head an
other assembly at the Bethesda
County Building. These groups will
assemble at 3:l5 pm.
Gov. OConor is scheduled to in
troduce the President when he
dedicates the 100000 health
project DR.. Thomas Parran, surgeon
general, will also speak at the
ceremonies, which are to be held in
front of the administration building
Among the guests of honor who
accepted invitations to attend was
Mrs. Luke I. Wilson, donor of the
86-acre tract on which the institute
is situated. Members of the Senate
Committee on Education and Labor
and the House Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce had also
been invited, along with the fol-
lowing:
DR.. Irwin Abel, chairman of the
National Defense Health Commit
tee; Maj. Gen. James C. Magee,
surgeon general of the Army; Rear
Admiral Ross T. McIntire, surgeon
general OF the Navy; Wayne Coy,
representing Federal Security Ad-
ministrator Paul v. McNutt, and DR..
Lewis H. Weed, chairman of the
Medical Science Division of the
National Research Council.
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assemble parts manufactured in au-
tomobile factories.
Whether the plants would be OPP
Grated by the Government or by
automobile or aircraft industries
was said to be undecided thus far.
Government operation was favored
by some authorities.
Tentative Estimates Submitted.
Tentative estimates for appropri-
ations to finance this newest pro-
jected phase of plane construction
already have been submitted to the
Budget Bureau for later transmits
sion to Congress, it was learned.
No delivery dates for the new
planes we're indicated.
Persons familiar with the plans
(See PLANES, Page A-s)
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Reiehstog Moy Be Called
To Hear Axis Decisions
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 81
A Rome dispatch to Telepress. semi
official pro-Fascist news agency
with headquarters in Geneva, said
today the German Reichstag prob
ably would be convened soon ito
hear Adolf Hitler tell of decisions
of capital importance reached in his
Florence meeting with Premier
Mussolini Monday.
The dispatch quoted informed
italian quarters as the source Of
the information.
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| Nozi Bomb Traps
| Many in Cellar
|Of Apartment
Halloween!
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct. 31.-An undeter-
mined number of persons were re-
ported trapped in the basement of a
large apartment house hit by Nazi
aerial bomb last night.
There were more than $50 per-
sons in the easements of the build
ing when the bomb exploded, but
they were spread out in groups, and
only those Immediately under the
damaged block were trapped.
Fire hampered the rescuers for a
while. but two women were brought
out alive. One body was recovered.
In a tenement district a mother
and three children were reported
trapped.
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Musuryk Says Czechs
Are Not Sobotuqinq

BY The Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 31.-Jan Masaryk
foreign minister of the Czech gov
ernment-in-eXile in Britain, declared
today that the Czechs were not
carrying out organized sabotage
against Germany "for the simple
reason that we would be massacred. :
But" he told a meeting of the
New Europe Circle, "the wheels of
Skoda (the great armament works.
do not revolve quite as quickly as
they did two years ago and things
do not come out as beautifully
finished as they did"