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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Abandon Hope
For So Miners
Fear Trapped Men
Are All Dead

NEffs. o. Hope Vas shsn.
ioned Monday for - men en-
tomhed in ~. willow Greek coal
mine Of the Hannah Coal 90.
Men labofed In relays In the mar
row tunnels throughout the night.
clearing away the aehFss az the
explosion which tnfe through the
milne Saturday. They expected 10
reach the chambers where the
men had been trapped ~ .. m.
Their leaders said that n any
were alive, II would be = miracle.
-Four men were certainly dead.
A. ssxs .. M The rrsrue
worker. sent out The crushed
bodies 81 Jshs MARKS. ~. snd
R.~s Mefsdslcs. ~. shs crww
Of Q mine train. wh. had h~~a
smashed horribly against .
huge electric msssr whlrh hsa
been tsrn loose from IL. nsaar-
ings by the explosion and finsg
aero@s the entrance % sns ~
the cross fusncis. The re>cne
workers had b~~a able To $50
the bsdie. hours befare they
caaid reach thesu.
Two ressnc workers were killed
Saturday night by Eas.
Only twenty men could work ~
tlme In the tunnel They were
aided by loading machinery which
piled the rock. slate. and other
debris into cars that wers pulled
out OF the mins by powsr. Gas
menared the workers. bnt an air
current had been set up through
the tunnel and a WIS blowing The
gas out through an air shaft.
After reaching the bodies. the
workers found the 20 ears Of the
mine train jsmmed together In .
MAS Of wreckage which further
slowed their progreas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
S0LONS TO LURE
VOTES WITH FISH

wAsstNGroN--taxr~~~u<~
s~~ks.x s~-et~cssss wer~ 49,
Ms~aay - sssss sk>sr es~~sts.
a~~s. sl4n--sAe r~~i thing.
SAr>~1 unson~wsssel..s aa~.g
u&em ~ <~~xr~~~r.>ss fixsr~s
- sAer~ sr~ ieseee - vss~s~
whs ~ a. fs~hs~x hes~es~ roo
81 eext New, . Trey have
adopted ~ siexsH. a fs>A n
~ fFsssg pcs n . sess h ~
haIlet han
TIE lstsrssr a~psrsm~sts 30
r~sa II fi~kerse~ ~. k.lrh~a -
= hstoA ~ a.eee. o.. - ia.
shsus - p~s c~~s ~ ~AseA zen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

A neutral observer from Moscow
reports Finnish efforts already
have badly discouraged tho Rus
sian system OF transportation and
production. There are queues and
shortages even In the Russian capt
tai, and the situation in Leningrad
is worse.
Germany knows, Of course. that
Russia. without either foreign in
reference or help. probably could
have broken Finnish resistance and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

work hxa 70 b fzsnd fsF s<as ~
thousands n p~eps~.
lin Copenhagen. In n~wspap~r
Ppiitlksa reported fran Ii1islnhl
thai iasrs wers <f.oo9 ss>1s1e1
Fssnlsh soias<fs ia ys<teas No.
pitsis thraighout tn soantry.l
Th~ t1sss wns le~t theSs
hsss~s - ss~o,f ~ IT, 1870
ts~~fy 1--we ~ ttsse - -.
Ths i~~s - ssslss ~hst eco
~ sss~1 fss<s fs~ss 80 -.
iss~< shi<e sses eiff ~ - ~
sss5~f .stss rsssstsss sP~~1.
Ths ns1<aisnz e<ss ss<,stls -
tsks psz~@.<lon % the issd es<ed
- tfeza ~ M1eess. Wh<a ths 10
days sespsIs agreed upon ~ Mo-
90. asfaag sne v~ses epnfssenes
sxpife< Il misinsxht. h<r<s ~
every plees ~ m&ehin<fr. fssfnifufs
sn6 sxhsr private prep<fty which
ssmsln< szss ~ me n@~ ba<z@f Nh
ireeosss H'sss4a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Explosion Sinks
Dutch Steamer


FLI.Hf<U. The NetheslaBds y.
The Dutch steamer slns Anna
land Of Rotterdam. 7.7ss tons
was sunk by an explosion between
Fairy Bank and North Hinder
Bank in the North ssa sunday.
and all q members Of the crew
were rescued. ~ saa harmed
Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
British Columbia
Won't Open Exhibit

VICTORIA. d. C.-The British
Columbia government exhibit At
the San Francisco fair will not he
reopened this year. Il was an
nounced Monday.
Hon " Asset Tine. minister q
trade and industry. said that war
time considerations including IN
favorable chanRe rates on
money. made participation mad
visabie. despite offers Of free space
on Treasure Island and other con
cesslons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

WARRINGTON = Ths u1ista
sfonsizy approved an sddltiaa v
ths ffsssh act smsaamsnks whle
~oaLs pFoal1as any p<rsos hoids4
a govsrnmsns eonfraet from -
ing arg eontr1n4aion. directly
lnalreetty. - any political party
ssn<ild4ts - pain q I1.o9o fine
fiss years imprisonmenk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

pAAsskssa and vaionmas 1sli sx.
change fasifleatisns ussh ths Hns,
sian government ~ the kfsmiin
ard Negotiate concerning Finnish
prisAis property IN tsrrisory ss<ssd
10 Russia.
A. ssss<. IT, Fisss asst~6
10 essapiels esseasttss -
esded Territory, ard 10 ssxss-
isx = s~w ssflsssi s~fs.~< .sa
s~sh eesasnsis r~tshsllt.fiss
vita shish h. ssp~ wiss ~
sftssansfb " var
Authorities faced ths vital Prob
lsm u avoiding splassntes arising
FROM the presence ~ thousands 81
dead fn<n ard hDfses klissa sH hat
tie in Finnish territory
nss-l.ss Fses Dsnses
Neal dangers from disease ssfs
sSpsetsd 70 come daring me ssFiaE
thaN. 1hieh occurs usually " mid
April Tfss severity u fbs ps@se
whleh allotted 10 Hlissss Isssx areas
In kkfsii3 and sorfhsset e Laks
i4n<osa also gave TsussAA TBS sssss.
cot bssr4ss ~ meeting the danger
Of spsdefases ssnfs moes Il tis~ dad
xsrs killed on territory neU ftks-
sian
Isst To- ftsns U~fs sskiax
ss shsaees sn1 fbsf esfs a.
ssfsaissa ~ haze ssspls zs~<ti-
cal sssppiies on A@aa sheaf1
typsass ~ piaGte app<.s.
During shs war moaiiss. 4 sss
disclosed. the Finnish array ds-
voted maeh time % eaxylnE ths
dead. Russian bodies we're iutsFrsd
in huge. eDfnmon graves. and
wherever possible Flnnish bodies
wefs sent hack home
Tns tAak u caring for the living
was Tremendous
f8.eoo wsandrd
hospitals were filled w1th Pa
nish xazznas4 and nov ho<nes srsd
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
STATE
MISSES

happens to emphasize the
fact that Tacoma has an ex-
ceedingly efficient fire de-
partment. Such a one was
t the fire at the plant of the
City Lumber company Satur-
day night. Any person IA
miliar with lumber fires
knows the difficulty in check
\ ing the lanes after they once
gain Roadway. A visit to the
4 site of the plant emphasizes
\ how effectively the Tacoma
firemen worked to keep the
h damage confined within the
y limits of the one plant.
\ Things like that Just don't
\ happen. 1t takes a knowledge
of fires and quickly but we'll
/ planned attack.
There is more to being
Hfireman than playing pinochle
hin the station. The efficiency
of the fire department is one
of the good things that Ia
fcoma enjoys in abundance.
|fThe loss of one of the indus
strial plants is serious but it
Knight have been worse.
III, ASTER, the day commem-
- orative of a new world out
| look, finds the universe this
| year in a sorry state. Even
I'm the Holy Land. almost on
| the spot where the resurrec-
ttion is said to have taken
place, there is turmoil. In
Europe and the Orient there |
is all the suffering and hor-
ror that modern warfare can
inflict. |
Only in America is there
guarantee that Easter will
be observed in peace and the
rue spirit of the day ex-
Pmplified. One most effec-
ual way to express our graft
|ude because we are differ
mt from the rest of the world
Will be is a serious observance
IF the day with particular
bought given to its real
meaning. Properly observed'
/ could be a day when we
would very humbly give
hanks for the blessings we
(njoy and resolve to so live
hat we would be more de-
CRYING of them.
In Tacoma, Holy Week
ervices starting Tuesday
oon at the Roxy theater,
|ffer a fine opportunity for
preparation for fitting OBJ
ervance of Easter day. The
ervices will last only 40 min
ties. That much time can
be put to no better use. The
heater should be filled for
very service.
DIR. Willard Thorp, nation
lily known figure at Wash
ngton, d. c., must be enjoy
ng nice laugh at the
Expense of certain U. S.
senator's. The senate recent
Y refused to confirm him for
he job as director of the
bureau of foreign and do
nestle commerce. In effect, it
kicked him out of an $4,000
,-year job. However. DR..
rhorp went to Dun & Brad
street for a mere $4,000 a
,ear, probably one of the
highest paid economists in the
y. S. Also, he gets pay per
lay for time spent as eco
ionic adviser to the secretary |
IF commerce. To cap the eli
max he has also been made !
'eceiver for the Associated |
las outfit. And receiverships |
| .l...n.r. .,n.r ,r.nll
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

Palma nssoluiion
Given Approval

nAso0Anm m11x.M nn11nr-Tno
AL India congress eemm:ftse.
nesting here hss.ssy pr~psssf~sy
10 pleaery sssssons Il ~ siI&In~
aisH nstisnsiist ssasr~e~. npp<svs1
BY . lsFxs majority ths Fslne r~ss-
issslna ealing far fndsxn is<i~e~~6-
sase ana dis~Ssssistiss - in1la
fraa fh@ Kufop~a var.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Solons Visit Canal

WASHINGTON - Rep. Warren
AaRnuson. D.. Wash, and six other
members Of subcommittee Of the
house naval affairs committee. in
speeted the Panama canal zone
Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

occupied the country BY midsum-
mer
Hut the effort az doing this would
have strained her seriously and
left her in no position 10 spare or
TO deliver supplies 10 Germany
This II the principal reason why
the Naxls wanted peace In Finland.
THREAT roREsTAiI.ED
but a complete Russian victory
would have been y defeat for Ger.
many. Such a victory not only
would have left Russia badly strain
ed and unable 10 help Germany
this spring and summer: u also
would have put Russian armies ON
the border Of what IL now the from.
tier between Sweden and Finland
within easy striking distance Of
those rich Swedish iron mines
which are vital 10 Germany AZ the
source of her best steel. and in
equally close reach ~ the coveted
Norwegian port OF Narvik.
Controlling both OF these. Russia
would be established rs an Atlantic
power. with Cermanys steel supply
at her mercy. Controlling the
southern coast OF Finland. Russia
also could threaten the rrussian
coast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Germany Preparing to
Launch Smashing Power
In Attack This Spring
Finn-Russ Peoce Victory for Berlin.
Rowing Reporter Soys: roresses
Move in Lowlunds or in Bulkuns
ny WILLIAM 1. WHITE
AMSTERDAM

AMsTERDAM-Ths peace Finland and
Germany getting
the smashing this would
Finnish Germany spring
and TO supplies
sihie with Russia involved n Finland
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

xEATTI.k Dean of Msn r
bert casadon q tbs Univsr.n 4
Washington. former rsxs<t
Oregon state college End :
vsrslty q Idaho viii retire -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight. "Wednesday. Tenn
peratures: High. IS; Low, 40. Sun
rises, s:s; sets, SCI.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Want Balkans Neutral

One was 10 bring about a rap
pro- ehment between Italy and Rus
STA. both Germanys friendS. elm
mating the possibility that Italy's
aversion 10 communism would
drive her TO the allies side. The
other was to keep the Balkans neu-
trsl, especially Rumsnis, which IL
in constant fear Of territorial de-
mands from Russia. Hungary and
Bulgaria. II vas considered sig
nifieant that Premier Paul Teleki
Of Hungary was leaving for Italy
70 spend Easter"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
TO Cut WPA Quota

SEATTLE - WPA officials will
:ut Washington's employment
luotA 1000 next month
The reduction viii leave the
state with $4,000 wPA workers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
FEAR NAzIS Plan
new OFFENSIVE!


OLYNPIA--King County Clerk
Carroll Carter filed an initiative
Monday with Secretary Of state
Belle Reeves 10 reorganize state
government
The measure. sixth to be filed
this year. would transfer govern
mental duties of various present
state departments to other depart
ments.
wASHINGTON-Lester p.
Barlow. who claims To have In
vented the worlds most dead
~" bomb. finally obtained an
agreement Monday for an OPP
portunity to demonstrate 10 be-
fore members OF congress and
army and navy officers.
DALLAS. Tex.-Ffre and
policemen recovered from the Trim
ity river Monday. the body OF Mrs.
Albert Darver, whose 21-year-old
son. found walking nude on a
country road. told them he had
showed his mother into the water.
WASHINGTON-Aftorney
General Robert II. jackson, fac
Ing a congressional investigation
of overlapping by federal bu-
reau of investigation agents.
sought congressional approval
Monday of such tactics In Kid
naping, extortion and racket
eering cases.
TOkYO-The liner Fushimi
Maru reported TO the n. Y. X.
Lines Monday that British authori-
ties had seized mail bound for
Germany Saturday.
Domei agency said the foreign
office was expected to protest in
the strongest terms.
WASHINGTON The house
passed Monday n bill freezing
for five years the existing 81,
and 4 per cent interest rates on
federal land bank and land bank
commissioner loans, respective
~.
LEAyENwoRTH. Kan. r..
Emmett o'Malley. former Missouri
state superintendent OF insurance.
walked out of the federal prison
here Monday where he had served
nine months of sentence for in
come tax evasion.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.--Mat-
thew =. Murray, VIII, rs state
WPA administrator and Kan
sas City public works director
gave his political friends thou
sands of dollars worth OF con-
tracts, Monday was sentenced
to federal prison for two years
for eyading his income taxes.
LONDON-Britain officially has
greatly under-estimated the effect
Of German warfare on her ship
ping. Emanuel Shinwell. laborite,
charged in the house of commons
Monday.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Rus
STA was said authoritatiyeIy
Monday TO have given n for
mai diplomatic promise that
Moscow has no further ter
ritoriai demands In North
west Europe.
wasHINGToN-Admiral Ross
T. MeIntire, White House ply
stefan, Monday ordered President
Roosevelt to take two or three
more days Of rest and relaxa ton
TO overcome a severe head cold
and slight temperature.
Mr.. Roosevelt planned To spend
most of today in bed. He was
running almost one degree Of
fever.
NEW YORk-A 40-year-old
Brooklyn gangster named Louis
Capone was questioned Monday
about an underworld syndicate
which did "mnrder-by con
tract" business and which Dis
trict Attorney William O'Dwyer
said was responsible for the
killing Of 20 men.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
BANK TRANSACTIONS

Tacoma ..............ss.3s 7 900
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

station in a snowstorm driven by
a high wind through historic Bren-
ner pass. The conference began
at 1890.
Four Participate
Shades were drawn in the con-
ference car. II was announced
that only Mussolini, Hitler. Italian
Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano
and German Foreign Minister Joa-
chin Won Ribbentrop were present.
in the car Italian policemen and
Alpine troops wearing steel helmets
and carrying bayoneted rifles kept
guard.
The conference ended at 1912
p. m. Hitlers train started north
through the pass at los p. m. and
Mussolini's train got under way to
the south in five minutes.
Mussolini and Ciano had escorted
Hitler and Won Ribbentrop TO the
Italian train over red carpet.
thanked by potted palms. which
had been set up in the snow.
AIussolinl Smiles
Mussolini smilingly saluted the
townspeople as his train pulled out.
He wore a heavy black overcoat
over his Fascist militia uniform.
Hitler wore a black leather top
coat.
They left as mysteriously a.
they had come. with the world
wondering a. 10 the import Of
their meeting. IL was an
nounced that the conference
had been arranged by Won Rib
bentrop when he visited Mus
solini In Rome week before
last. Foreign observers be-
lieved that II Hitler were the
instigator, he had two specific
plans In mind for bottIing up
the allies In the west and pro-
tecting Germany's flanks else
where. both of which required
Italian help.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

station in a snowstorm driven by
a high wind through historic Bren-
ner pass. The conference began
at 1890.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

hospitals were filled nth Pm
nlsa vasznAs4 and nev ho<nes sad
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
LEAvENwoRrH.' Kan.-R

LEANENWURTH, Kan. - r.
Emmett o'Malley, former Missouri
state superintendent OF insurance.
walked out of the federal prison
here Monday where he had served
nine months of a sentence for in
come tax evasion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Rus
STA was said authoritatively
Monday 10 have given n for
mai diplomatic promise that
Moscow has no further ter
ritoriai demands In North
west Europe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

NEW YORk--A 4o-year-oId
Brooklyn gangster named Louis
Capone was questioned Monday
about an underworld syndicate
which did "murder-by- con
tract" business and which Dis
trict Attorney William O'Dwyer
said was responsible for the
killing OF 20 men.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

WASHINGTON The house
passed Monday a bin freezing
for five years the existing 81,
and 1 per cent interest rates on
federal land bank and land bank
commissioner loans, respective
Ia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
". P. A. Approves
100000, Fund
For Defense Work
Construction, Training
Of Men in Industry
Included in Projects

Expenditures of nearly 100000
projects has been approved since
July /, Howard o. Hunter, acting
commissioner of the Works Projects
Administration, announced today.
The projects involve construction
and improvement of national de-
Tense facilities and training Of
workers in defense industries, Mr..
Hunter said.
During the July through October
period w. P. A. approved a total
of $50 ,657 500 in projects primarily
for construction and rehabilitation
work at airports. Army and Navy
posts and National Guard armorles
and camps, Mr.. Hunter said. Two
Nationwide vocational training
projects that already have begun to
turn out trained workmen badly
needed in key defense industries &C
counted for $l1,211,030.
Ratio Will Increase.
approximately 20 per cent of all
projects approved since the begin
ming of the fiscal year have been
for defense activities and the ratio
will increase as the war progresses"
Mr.. Hunter declared.
In spite of the great increase in
industrial activity during the last
u months, unemployment contin-
ues to be a serious domestic prob
lem" Mr.. Hunter continued. With
seven to nine million workers in the
country still unemployed, the wait
ing list of those eligible for assign
ment to w. P. A remains in the
neighborhood of 100000"
October Volume High.
Mr.. Hunter reported that the VOL
ume of defense project approvalS
during the last two weeks in October
was greater than for any similar
period since July Is. Ninety-Six in
dividual projects aggregating S13.-
0l0.377 in w. P. A, funds alone,
were given final approval between
october l6 and 81. Thirty three
States, the District of Columbia and
the Territory of Hawaii were in
Guided
Projects for the construction and
improvement of airportS. totaling
S6,204,314, constituted the largest
share of funds approved during the
two-week period. he continued
Projects for the Army totaled 81
795079; those for the National
Guard. s1,432,76 and for the Navy
S487,669. Defense projects spon-
sored by local government agencies
several embracing work on strategic
military highways. aggregated So
06365l. A single project for s34. 702,
sponsored by the Coast Guard, COM
pletes the total.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Some Colleges Gain Students,
Others Lose to Defense Work

Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa,
and Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta.
These were balanced by reports
such as that from Kansas, where
college attendance showed a de-
cline for the first time in recent
years.
Arkansas State College at Jones'
boro failed to register a gain for
the first time in its history.
Jobs at Plane Plants.
At Buffalo, N. Y, Canisius College
experienced decrease and the
University of Buffalo an increase.
Registrar G. w. Manhardt of
Canisius attributed his colleges loss
to the availability of jobs in air.
plane manufacturing plants in Buff
falo.
The ease with which students with
technical training were getting jobs
in sirchaft plants and elsewhere on
defense production was assigned as
the principal reason for decline
in enrolment at the University of
California at Berkeley.
On the other hand. the University
of California at Los Angeles, and
the University of Southern Califor-
nit both reported enrolment in
creaSeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press
The national defense program has
affected the Nations colleges and
universities in varying degree-in
some cases decreasing, in others in
creasing enrollment-but a survey
today disclosed no marked trend one
way or another.
A number of schools reported that
increases in registration of women
students made up for decreases in
the number of men.
Before the fall terms began sey-
eral authorities had said they ex-
pected a definite drop in enrolment
in many schools, suggesting as rea-
sons the uncertainty" over military
service, the aviation program of the
Army, Navy and c. A. A., voluntary
enlistments, the National Guard
call and expansion of industrial en-
ployment in connection with defense
preparations.
Record Breaking EnrolIments.
A survey of lis schools from coast
to coast brought out these facts:
Record breaking registrations
were marked up at North Carolina
State College. Raleigh; New Mexico
University, Albuquerque; Iowa State
College, Ames: West Virginia Uni
versity, Morgantown; Franklin and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
D. {. Man 10 Graduate
With Naval Reserve

Graduation exercises for the first
class of Reserve midshipmen will be
held Thursday in New York on the
old battleship Illinois, the Navy De-
partment announced today.
Midshipman Ernest F. Foster, 2315
Thirty third street Sc, first to be
enlisted from this area in the pre-
liminary training course, will be
graduated and commissioned as an
ensign in the Naval Reserve. I'M
mediately thereafter, he is to go on
duty aboard the cruiser Wichita, fol-
lowing 10 days leave.
Assistant Secretary of Navy
Compton will present commissions
at the ceremonies to $50 graduates
who in the main, will go on active
duty with the fleet.
Graduates from Maryland and
Virginia include Robert billiard
Combs, Fredericksburg, Va; John
Stephen Conner, jr., Gainesville,
Md: Charles English Henderson,
Sd, Gibson Island, Md, and Law
renee Gladding Lewis, Ashland, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
U.S.. Air Mission Reaches
Cairo for War Study

By the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 1.-THE
growing ranks of United States mil
itary observers with British forces
in the Near East were increased yes
terday by the arrival of an Air
Corps mission to study operations
in this theater of war.
Its members are Col. G. E. Brow
er. until recently instructor in the
General Staff School at Fort Leav-
enWorth. Kans., and Mai. D. T.
Craw, formerly military intelligence
officer at Langley Field. Va. They
arrived by airplane by way of the
Pacific.
Besides the newly-arrived air
mission, there are now military at
taches in Greece and Turkey, a
naval attache in Turkey and a
naval observer. 1t. Comdr. John
N. Opie, III with Britain'S Mediter-
ranean Fleet. Two more naval Of
1cers are expected shortly.