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Evening star., 1941-05-02
Two-Thirds' Of Army
Lost by British in
Greece, Nazis Claim
$500 Prisoners Declared
Trapped in Southern
PeIoponnesus Horbors

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 2-Germany wrote
an Official finis to the Greek cam
paign today, claiming that In this
latest Nazi victory the British lost
tvo-thirds of the imperial troops
sent to Greece.
(By Britain's own figure on the
strength of the eXpeditionary
force, two-thirds would be 4o,-
600 men)
The high command, announcing
completion of the occupation of
Greece's Peloponnesian peninsula
asserted there is no fighting Briton
any longer on the Greek mainland"
1t asserted 5000 British prisoners
were trapped in southern harbors
on the Peloponnesus alone before
they could embark.
In writing the epitaph to the
Greek campaign the high command
reported a British transport sunk by
Nazi tanks drawn up at the shore
of the gulf of Corinth on April 80.
These land battleships also were
said to have forced another trans
port to surrender.
Tobruk Forts Bombed.
In the continuing battle of North
Africa, the high command said,
strong German and italian air units
repeatedly bombed Notifications
about Tobruk, besieged BritiSh-held
Libyan port 80 miles from the Egyp-
tian frontier.
British batteries were declared
silenced and heavy explosions set
off. in Pilastrino fortress and nearby
munitions dumps. Four British
Hurricane fighters were downed in
aerial dogfghts and fifth on the
ground, the war bulletin added.
1t said German naval artillery also
downed four additional planes-all
torpedo carrying craft-over the
Mediterranean.
Heavy Equipment Losses.
The German estimate of British
losses in Greece, it was indicated,
included both casualties and
prisoners.
In addition to the loss in man
power, the Germans declared, the
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fore the withdrawal Of the expedi-
tionary forces.
He added there was no doubt of
the superiority of the imperial forces
or of the heavy losses inflicted on
the Germans.
Gen Blamey said 5000 men of the
British Expeditionary Force, includ-
ing few Australians, had to be left
behind on beaches in the Pelopon-
nesus and other places as they were
cut off by advancing Germans.
He asserted that increased mech
anization of imperial forces was the
only way to cope with the present
German military advantage. Gen.
Blamey said Anzac troops proved de-
cisive superiority whenever they met
their foe on equal terms.
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and lack OF facilities now offered
here for the many motorists who
work in and visit Washington" he
said. -s;
Judge Nelson said it was his pol
icy to make any one guilty Of false
fire alarms put back into the District
treasury 81 for every one they cost
the local government in bringing out
fire equipment and police for these
alarms.
In resolution presented by Alfred
D. Calvert, president of the Lincoln
Park Citizens Association, the group
indorsed Judge Nelson's talk and
pledged its full cooperation.
On a motion by John Hardie,
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completed with a total Of $4,000 men
rescued, 1t. Gen. Sir Thomas
Blamey said in a message today to
Army Minister Percy Spender.
This figure compares with
Prime Minister ChurchilIs orig
inal statement two days ago that
at least $4,000 out of a total force
of $4,000 men were rescued and
subsequent British Near East
command estimate indicating a
total of $4,000 men saved.)
Casualties at sea, he said, were not
likely to exceed 500.
Gen. Blamey, deputy commander
xin-chief in the Near East, said he
was unable to estimate the number
of sick and wounded left in Greek
hospitals or the total casualties be-
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estranged husband, Clarence D.
Bussius, Bureau of Engraving elec-
trician.
While he made no definite deci-
sion regarding the objection, Justice
James w. Morris indicated District
Court had power to set up the Office
as an arm of the court to get pre-
liminary information in domestic
relations cases. Mr.. Boardman had
said the commissioners report on
his client contained "scandalous
material" that had no place in court
records.
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Nelson Promises Drastic
Reckless DRIVING Penalties

Judge George D. Nelson Of Police
Court told the Northeast Conference
of Citizens Associations last night
that drunken and reckless drivers in
the District should be prosecuted
to the fullest extent of the law"
Drastic penalties will be imposed in
such cases tried before him, the
judge added. -
The parking problem also was dis
cussed by Judge Nelson. Some
thing should be done in the immedi-
ate future to correct the congestion
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Attorney AssaiIs Unsworn
Domestic Relations Reports

The Domestic Relations Comnis-
sioner's Office, created last fall in an
effort to get domestic relations case
facts without publicity, yesterday
was attacked in District Court by
an attorney who insisted that un-
sworn statements made before an
investigator had no place in court
records.
Attorney Jean Boardman made
the charges when he appeared in
behalf of Mrs. Anna M. Bussius,
1435 East Capitol street, who is
seeking additional alimony from her
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British suffered tremendous losses
in equipment in withdrawal which
was described as second Dun
kerque"
Pounded continuously by NaZi dive
bombers, the British were said to
have abandoned hundreds of tanks,
motor trucks and heavy guns as well
as other supplies.
Shipping losses incurred by the
British also were characterized as
enormous" by German commen-
100000 tons sent to the bottom would
be extremely moderate"
1.-The B. E. F. no longer exists"
was the way one source summed up
the situation.
Campaign Declared Ended.
Though minor mopplng-up op-
erations apparently still were I'M
der way in some parts of Southern
Greece, military circles declared the
Balkan campaign is ended" and
speculation was rife as to where
Adolf Hitler would elect to strike
next.
Berlin newspapers focused atten-
ton on the possibility of an assault
on the island of Crete, less than rs
miles off the southeast tip OF the
Greek mainland, to which King
George II and his government fled
before Nazi troops marched into
Athens.
The press commented pointedly
on the "Vulnerability" of the island,
and observers noted the strategic
importance of it's location-about
225 miles due north of the Egyptian
outpost of Salum, where German
and Italian troops now are engaged
with the British.
325 Miles From Alexandria.
Crete also Is only approximately
S25 miles from Alexandria and some
400 miles from Port Said at the
mouth of the Suez-an easy flight
for long-range bombers.
There was little news on the home
front, where government offices were
closed all day yesterday in observ-
ance of May Day.
Nazi Deputy Party Leader Rudolf
Hess observed the holiday with an
address at the Messerschmitt air
plane works at Augsburg, in which
he commended the war efforts of
the Reich's workers and praised the
nations industrialiStS.
Chief event on the diplomatic
front was the arrival in Berlin of
DR.. Branko Danzoa, Minister from
the new state of Crotia carved out
of fallen Yugoslavia. Danzoa was
received by aides of German Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop.
Withdrawal From Greece
Declared Completed
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 2.
tP.-Removal of the British i'm
peria1 forces from Greece has been
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president Of North Capitol, the con-
ference voted to take some action in
helping to obtain better mail de-
livery IN he Northeast section. -
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The Army Signal Corps is ex-
perimenting with honing pigeons
as means of emergency communi-
cation.
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The soil of Java, when cultivated
carefully, will yield three complete
harvests every IL months. -,
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Would Have Defeated
Greeks Without Aid
OF Nozis, Italy Says

By the Associated Press.
ROME, May 2.-An official
italian statement declared last
night the Fascist Army would
have vanquished the Greek
forces in another month at the
latest, even if the Germans had
not come in.
The statement was an answer
to foreign contentious that the
italian victory over Greece was
due to German intervention.
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Withdrawal From Greece
Declared Completed
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 2
tP.-Removal of the British i'm
perial forces from Greece has been
Evening star., 1941-04-19
YugosIavs Blame Lack
OF Allied Collaboration
e. the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Greece, April 19-Pre-
mier Gen. DuSan Simovic OF Yugo-
slavia today blamed the swift Ger
man entry into Croatia and the
lack of prior collaboration with
the Allies" for the speedy defeat
of the Yugoslav armies.
In a military analysis of the war
released by the Yugoslav Legation
the Prime Minister, as head Of the
government in exile, expressed de-
termination to go on fighting at
the side of our Allies until final VIC
tory"
Thanks to the good morale OF
our army and our people" he said,
land thanks also to the heroism
of our aviation. which inflicted
heavy losses on the enemy and which
during the struggle lost so per cent
of its strength, we had a chance
after the first surprise " to or
ganize resistance on the line Kosovo-
Krusevac- c-Kragujevac-B Belgrade and
hold for a time the enemy advance"
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Conveys Mean War;
Fish Warns in ToIk
BY The Associated Press.

MILWAUKEE. April l9 tP,-Rep-
resentative Fish. Republican, OF
New York. member of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee. asserted
last night that conveying ships 10
Britain means war"
Conveying and war are insep-
arabic" he said in an address TO the
Wisconsin chapter of the American
Foundrymens Association.
He asserted that if the United
States conveys goods to Britain,
ships will be sunk, "and then it
will not be a case of this country
defending itself against a declara-
ton of war. This Nation itself
would declare war
Mr. Fish contended that at pres
ent there were not so Congress
members who would vote to declare
war, even if the President asked for
such declaration.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
By JAMES ALDRIDGE.

WITH BRITISH FORCES IN
NORTHERN GREECE, April 10
Thy wireless to NA.NA0.-Your
correspondent is watching what
history will record as one of the
bloodiest and most astonishing
battles ever fought by man. Here
in these wind-swept and rain
drenched' Greek highlands, Aus
tralian and German troops are in
death grips.
Five days ago. two crack Ger
man divisions, moving south from
Kozan, were held off. British and
Australian big guns, machine
guns and rifles, fighting against
units with twice their fire power,
did the job.
No sooner were these two di-
visions knocked about than there
were three more up to support
them, and for two days, in the
"blitzmanner," these three Ger
man divisions have been coming.
wave after wave, in bloody at
tempts to push through to the
mountain where I am now sta
toned.
From where I am lying I can Sc
flashes Of an artillery duel - Do
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Germans Using Fantastic Number of Planes
To Bomb Every Nook and Granny in Their Path

fense and attack are sustained.
There is continuous tumble of
roars and echoes deep in the wet
valleys. BY the telemeter on my
watch they are 2 miles away. Ma
chine guns exchanging shots
across a nearby valley are l mile
away. I can also hear rifle fire,
and I fear it more than anything.
1t is dark; rain is sitting down,
and there is murmur of bomb
ing planes from the north.
For two days I have been
bombed, machine-gunned and
shot at by all and sundry. Ger
man Stukas have blown two cars
from under me and have strafed
a third. But two Stukas have
fallen and it is more than a fair
exchange Greek anti-aircraft
guns knocked one down 4 miles
north of here. A Bren gun on q
lorry got another one. I can see
it still burning on my left. I saw
it crash, rushed over to it in time
to see the pilot stagger from the
wreckage with his clothes afire.
An Australian first-aider and
myself worked on him with anti.
burn hniment, but it waa hope
less. He eeuld not i've thfCzhgh Il.
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All day and night there were
waves of Germans in the sky.
Bullets ripped into our trucks
and one was destroyed, but no
body was hurt.
Previous to that, the convoy
was in was attacked seven times
in two hours. Not once was the
convoy disorganized or broken up.
The Germans are using a fan
tastic amount of aircraft, more
than I ever saw in Norway un-
der similar conditions and ter
rain. Marshal Hermann Goering
must have a third of his air force
operating here and it is bombing
every nook and Granny, hamlet,
village and town in its path.
The last II days up here since
Germany made war on Greece
have been one long cannon and
bomb roar. The only news Greece
has heard so far from outside is
from the British Broadcasting
Corp. No one seems to know
about what has been going on up
here. Fighting men around me
wonder why their story is un-
known. They have llght six
fsee TRETM R129 A-71
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Fishbein Hits Red Tape
In Medical Preparedness
Ey the Associated Press.

Cd bne ASSoClaIco fIeSe.
PHOENIX, Ariz., April 19.-Red
tape is snarling efforts to speed the
Nations medical preparedness, DR..
Morris Fishbein told the Arizona
Medical Association last night.
The Governments phase of this
work is being directed by the cum
bersome machinery of Federal bu-
reaucracy and nothing much has
been done, the Chicagoan, editor of
the Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association, said.
Under the co-ordinator are sub
co-ordinators and committees, and
everything has to 60 up and then
come down before any one can get
any action.
And despite an increasing need
for doctors in the military training
program, students other than sem
iors in medical colleges are being
drafted into the Army as regular
soldiers rather than bel g permitted
to complete their medf fl training"
Evening star., 1941-04-19
League Officials
Search to Find
Membership Now
B, the Associated Press.

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 19.-
Frances notification that she is
withdrawing from the League of
Nations was held up for hours
today because officials couldn't re-
member how many nations are
left in the dwindling institution.
Several hours of research finally
established that there still are 30
full and independent members out
OF an all-time high of 81.
Spain, Rumania and France also
are technically still members until
their two-year notice expires, while
10 states occupied by Germany and
three by Soviet Russia also remain
members theoretically.
The Vichy government announced
today that France had withdrawn
from the League of Nations under
the provision which gives any men,
ber the right to withdraw after
two-year notification.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Southern Operators
Ask Conference Here
To End Coal Strike
Fuel Rotionine Talked;
Lewis Says Arms Were
Sent to Some Firms
q, the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
Southern soft coal operators and
the C. I. o. United Mine Workers
Union remained at odds today in a
wage dispute which has kept 400, 900
miners idle since April l.
AS fuel shortage cooled furnaces
in some steel centers, the Southern
bituminous field operators replied to
union call to meet in New York
by asking for a conference in Wash
ington instead.
Northern operators in the eight
State Appalachian soft coal area
have agreed to the miners principal
reuuest-for a S7-a-day wage, and
have gone along with the U. M. w.
in their desire for elimination OF
the wage differential. The South
ern miners have been getting $3.50
daily and the Northerners Sc.
But John L. Lewis, chief of the
mine workers. has opposed sending
any of the miners back to the pits
until all of them go.
Meanwhile, there were two impor-
tant developments: Mr.. Lewis an
nounced he had been advised that
firearms were being shipped to some
Southern coal companies. and there
was talk here that the Government
might ration existing bituminous
supplies to assure continued opera
ton of industries producing defense
materials
There was, however, an optimistic
note in the Capital, with officials be-
lieving at least some of the mines
would reopen soon. President Roose-
welt said at his press conference that
he thought some might be operating
again by Monday.
Nj Lewis information about fire
arms shipments came. he said, from
a field organizer for another c. 1. o.
union at Springfield, Mass. His in
formant, Abe Diamond of the United
Electrical Radio and Machine Work
ers OF America, named two coal
companies receiving weapons, Mr..
Lewis said.
Fairly large shipments of guns"
had been made from the Smith &
Wesson Co., Springfield, Mr.. Lewis
said the letter read, and further
quoted the communication as add
ing these shipments are going out
every day by express"
There was disquiet in Detroit
during the night. Reports of trouble
inside the River Rouge plant sent
State police to the scene at midnight.
A union sound truck announced the
trouble was limited to foundry work.
ers and that there was no strike.
(See STRIKES, Page A-8D
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Greek King Confers
With Political Heads
To Form New Regime
Athens Quiet, Orderly;
Gen. Kuyrukos Named
Military Governor
Fy the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Greece, April 19-King
George II conferred today with a
stream of political and military
leaders in an effort to form a new
Greek government as solid masses
of gray-green uniformed German
troops pushed against the Allied
Olympus line in a manner reminis-
cent of the World Wars Verdun.
Despite the reshuffling of the gov
ernment made necessary by the un-
expected death yesterday of Premier
Alexandros Korizis, the capital was
quiet and orderly. Maj. Gen. Kritos
Kavrakos was named military gov
ernor of Athens during the crucial
period to insure stability.
Kotzias Fails in Effort.
The burden of forming the new
government was thrust on King
George by the failure of Kostas
Kotzias to do so.
King George earlier had assumed
wartime control of the government
as head of the Council of Ministers.
but entrusted to Kotzias the task
of forming new cabinet.
The scholarly banker, Korizis,
whose death yesterday afternoon
was announced to his countrymen
late last night, had succeeded the
late Gen. John Metaxas as premier
of wartime Greece.
Thus twice within 80 days, death
had disrupted Greece's government
as the little nation fought desper-
ately for life.
Pledges Firm Stand.
Just as Korizis vowed to lead on
undaunted in the fight with Italy
which began under Gen. Metaxes,
Greece's new Vice Premier pledged
his nation to stand firm now against
the military might of the axis.
The Athens news agency quoted
Kotzias as declaring in radio mes
sage to his countrymen that this
stand would be an example to the
excellent Greek troops who have
covered themselves with honor and
glory for six months and who con-
tinue with the same heroism under
the most difficult conditions to fight
an unprecedented battle"
The government did not disclose
Immediately the cause of Korizis'
death, first announced to the Greek
people late last night
(Stefani, Italian news agency,
limited in a dispatch from Istan-
bul, Turkey, that the silence in
dicated the death was mot from
natural causes" and suggested
that "Korizis was conscious his
was the most grave fault in drag
ging his country to ruin and VOL
unfairly avoided by death. the
consequences of his political
folly~
The government announced that
the Premier's funeral would be at
pm. today at the Athens cathedral
with full honors of his nation. A
short time later another announce
ment declared Greece's resistance
(See PREMIER, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Nine. BIumeI and Son
Turned Over to French

BY the Associated Press.
VICHY, France, April 19.-Mme.
Jean Blumel, wife of the former
chief Socialist in Premier Leon
Blum's secretariat, and her son were
turned over to French authorities
tonight by Spanish officials.
Nine Blumel and her son tried to
escape from France by way of Spain
Just after the French-German ar
mistice last June.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Ford Plant Is Quiet
After Midnight FIore-up
3, the Associated Press.


DETROIT, April 19.-All was quiet
today at the Ford Motor Co.'S River
Rouge plant after brief midnight
furry at its main gate. The plant
does not normally operate week ends.
Last nights furore at the plant.
where a Today strike of the United
Automobile Workers &C. I. o. ended
April II. followed a series of fights
among foundry workers in which
three men were reported injured.
The excitement, when the mid
night shift came on. was accom-
panied, observers reported, by
union sound truck broadcasting:
Don't go in the foundry. Your lives
are in danger" Workers coming out
of the foundry at that time reported
seeing no one hurt.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Roosevelt, Hopkins
And Mackenzie Kinq
Confer Tomorrow
ToIks at Hyde Park
To Concern Mutual
Wartime Problems
BY JOHN c. HENRY,

SIdu Correspondent OIL i ne SlhT.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, April 10
President Roosevelt this afternoon
invited Canada's Prime Minister
w. L. Mackenzie King to a Sunday
conference here on mutual wartime
problems of the North American
Continent.
Harry L. Hopkins, administrator
of the lease-lend program of aiding
nations resisting the totalitarian
axis, also will take part in the dis
cussions. 1t is believed that assist
ance to Canada under this formula
will be one of the subjects of con-
situations tomorrow.
Previously, there have been some
indications that the head of the
Dominion government desired to
take up matters of finance with his
old friend. the President.
Diplomatic quarters have said
Canada would be running out of
American dollars within six months
and suggested she might be inter-
ested in revision of the Neutrality
Act to let her obtain loan.
Other Subjects.
Other topics may be the possible
opening of the Nova Scotian port OF
Halifax to American shipping. re-
classification which would require
congressional sanction since Halifax
actually is part of belligerent
nation, and the speeding of develop
ment of the st. Lawrence waterway
and power project.
Boosting one of the worlds finest
ocean harbors, Halifax could be of
considerable value as a port for
transshipment of military equip
ment by the North Atlantic route.
In addition to his meetings with
the Prime Minister and Mr.. Hop
kins, the former to be supper
guest tomorrow night and the latter
spending the entire week end at the
Roosevelt home, the President has
several other matters of major i'm
portance before him here.
First of these, he revealed at his
press conference yesterday, was the
final drafting of an executive order
which would implement the Ram
speck Government Redistribution
Act and bring into the Federal civil
service an estimated 100000 Gov
ernment employees not now covered.
Preliminary drafts of this order and
an accompanying statement already
are in the Presidents hands, await
ing only his approval or revision be-
fore release.
Studies Coal Situation.
Also before the Chief Executive
was full and late information on the
status of the bituminous coal labor
negotiations, figures on the coal
supply still available and cost sta
tistics for the industry as they might
be affected by proposed new wage
rates.
With most of the industry tied up
for the last three weeks, the supply
of soft coal above ground has begun
to shrink to an alarming degree.
Yesterday, Mr.. Roosevelt said this
shortage had not yet handicapped
defense production but he added
significantly that he hoped to see
some of the mines reopened oy
Monday. Northern operators have
reached substantial agreement with
the miners, but unwillingness Of the
Southern operators to meet the same
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-80
Evening star., 1941-04-19
$3.50, 900 Damage Done
.By Fire in Son Juun
a, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, April 10.
"A fire in the heart of the San
Juan retail district last night caused
$3.50 900 damage despite the efforts
of Army and Marine officers in bat
ting the flames.
The fire fighters were hampered
by q lack of water. st. AIMS
Church and many business estab-
lishments wel destroyed.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Nozis Soy BuIgoriuns
Have Entered Greece

BY tbt Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 19.-The Ger
man official wireless today an
nounced that Bulgarian troops last
night began entering Western
Thrace and Macedonia-Greek ter
ritory-and the Morava area OF
Eastern Serbia.