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Evening star., 1941-05-03
Nine. Julia C|aussen Dies;
Noted Opera Singer

NEW YORK, May 3 (P.-Mme.
Julia Claussen, 50, Metropolitan
Opera Co. contralto and mezso-so-
prano from 1917 to 1892, died Thurs
day in Stockholm, the American
Swedish News Exchange announced
yesterday.
Since her return to her native
Sweden, she had taught music and
occasionally appeared in the Royal
Opera. King Gustav v conferred
on her the title of royal court singer.
In 1929 she was sued here for
$3.50, 900 for SANDER and defamation
of character by Nine. Lydia Lind
gren, another Metropolitan singer,
but the suit was dropped.
Nine Claussen began her operatic
career in Stockholm in 1908. In 1918
she Joined the Chicago Opera Co.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
Community Association
Will Visit Gardens

Members of the Arkansas Avenue
Community Association will make
tour of 13 neighborhood gardens
this afternoon. assembling at 8
o'clock on the triangle in the 1900
block of Arkansas avenue. They
will return to the triangle for a
tea at pm.
Gardens to be visited include those
of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Jones, 1905
Hamilton street NV; Bernard
Grant, 1904 Farragut street; j. w.
Robbins, 1920 Emerson street; Mai.
H. Robb, 1906 Farragut street; Peter
H. Blackwell, 1910 Farragut street;
F. w. Amadon, 5l12 Thirteenth
street; James Neal, 1924 Emerson
street; Mrs. Isabel A. Thompson,
treasurer of the association, 1884
Farragut street; Mrs. Charles T.
Chapline, 1906 Emerson street; Mrs.
Needham Turnage, 1922 Decatur
street; Edwin M. Hasbrouck, 1909
Fourteenth street; Mrs. Luther
lager, 1888 Emerson street, and
Nicholas Schleger, 1922 Ingraham
street.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
Senator Clark Fears
Virtual Declaration
OF War by President
Forthcoming Address
Will All but Take U. S.
Into Bottle, Meeting Told
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, May 3.-Senator
Clark, Democrat, of Missouri said
in speech last night I'VE now learn
from London that the forthcoming
address of the President will be
practically a declaration of war"
Addressing a meeting sponsored
by the America First Committee, he
urged that people everywhere flood
the mails with petitions directly to
President Roosevelt demanding that
he keep the Nation out Of war. He
added
I'm Washington it is no secret
that the President is properly re-
luctant to proceed too far in ad-
vance of public sentiment in plung-
ing this country into the maelstrom
of war and that he knows that the
overwhelming sentiment of the
American people is now opposed to
our entrance into the conflict.
Nevertheless, we now learn from
London that the forthcoming ad-
dress of the President will be practi-
cally a declaration of war. -"
Senator Clark told reporters he
referred to story appearing in the
Chicago Tribune under a London
date line. He did not elaborate.
(The Tribune printed a London
dispatch Tuesday quoting a
column in the Daily Sketch to
the effect that President Roose-
velt's coming speech vir-
tually will be a declaration of
war on Germany and Italy. 1t
will, however. leave to Germany
the onus of making the first
warlike act against the United
States"
The Daily Sketch column said
Mr.. Roosevelt's speech would be
made about May II" and that
the German Foreign Office was
awaiting it with anxiety
Senator Clark said a totalitarian
government is the best one for con-
ducting a foreign war.
Then he added:
And such a situation having been
created, steadfastly as I shall op-
pose our Nations entrance into war,
I might myself vote for such dc
tatorial power"
Evening star., 1941-05-03
Census Bureau Work
Expanded 10 Include
Defense Statistics
Figures TO Be Furnished
On Stocks and Rote of
Use of 90 COMMODITIES

Plans for expanding Census Bu-
reau activities to supply current
business and economic statistics to
defense agencies, were announced
today by Secretary of Commerce
Jones.
Howard H. Mcclure. now exec
utive assistant, has been named
an assistant director of the bureau
and will supervise the work.
The Division of Foreign Trade
Statistics and the Section of Customs
Statistics at New York City, which
heretofore have operated under the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, have been placed under
the direction of Mr. Mcclure, it
was announced. All current statis-
tics compiled by the Department of
Commerce will thus be brought
under one head
Though the details have not yet
been worked out, it is expected that
emergency funds will be made avail
able to finance the business expan-
sion. No curtailment in regular
statistical services is contemplated.
Under the program the Census
Bureau will gather up-to- the min
ute data on so to so commodities
regarded as vital in defense produc-
ton. Its experts will endeaver to
trace the flow of each commodity
from its source to the finished
product or as near that point as
possible.
Census experts will also keep a
current check on the overall &C
tivities of important industrial es-
tablishments, gathering statistics on
intake, amount of materials on
hand, rate of consumption and pro-
duction.
Defense agencies heretofore have
lacked dependable current statisti-
cal data on industrial output, con-
sumption, stocks on hand, and so on,
officials pointed out.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
fascist-0ccupied
Part Of SIovenia
Annexed by Italy
LjubIjono Area Token;
Germany Also TO Get
Section, 6oydu Says
By the Associated Press.

ROME, May 3.-Italy made her
first formal claim to territorial spoils
In the present war today, announcing
annexation of Ljubljana, capital of
Slovenia, and surrounding territory
occupied by Italian troops
The territory annexed by Italy
however, constitutes only part Of
Slovenia.
Virginio Gayda, authoritative Fas-
cist editor, reported in the news
paper II Giornale d'Italia that an
other section, in which German in
fiuence is predominant, would go to
Germany.
The old Yugoslav province of
Ljubljana adjoins Italy at the head
of the Adriatic Sea.
Special Concessions Made.
The decree proclaiming the an
nexation, effective today, said spe-
cial concessions would be accorded
the Slovene minority about to be
brought under Fascist rule
The province was promised a
semi autonomous administration
under an italian commissioner ad-
vised by a Slovene council.
It's population will be exempt from
compulsory military training, the
decree said, and the teaching of
the Slovene language will be guar
anteed.
Bochko Christie. Minister to Italy
from now-dissolved Yugoslavia, and
his staff meanwhile left Rome en-
route to Lisbon after having been
virtual prisoners in their legation
since Italy declared war on Yugo-
slavia.
U. S. Envoy at Station.
United States Ambassador Will
liam Phillips was at the station to
bid them farewell. The Yugoslavs
were bound for Lisbon via Switzer-
land and it was presumed they
would go ultimately to England or
would try to join the fugitive Yugo-
slav government in Palestine.
Attempts to arrange for an ex-
change of the diplomats for italians
in Belgrade while hostilities still
were in progress had failed because
of poor communication. Other Yu-
goslavs still in Rome remain at the
legation. They are allowed occa-
sionally to leave it under police
guard.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
ArmyCon Equip
7,40O, 900 With
Gas Masks

The Army may be woefully short
on Garand rifles, modern field guns
and tanks, but it has solved the
problem of gas masks by mass pro-
duction.
There are more than sufficient
quantities of improved gas masks,
the War Department announced, to
equip an army of / 400, 900 men, the
expected strength by June 80.
Thousands more are being turned
out each day in factories scattered
for strategic reasons throughout the
Nation, 1t was said.
OF the gas masks produced in the
last six months, about half are the
new training masks, developed by
the Chemical Warfare Service. The
rest are the more durable service
masks intended for actual war and
field service.
AS soon as a selectee begins his
year of training he receives a new
training mask as part of his indi-
vidual equipment. This has a
nodded rubber face piece that is
pliable and fits the face of the
wearer accurately. The canister
that supplies the air that the soldier
breathes has one-way valve that
opens and shuts as the wearer in
hales and exhales. The canister
contains a special kind of charcoal
of grade that is hundredrs of
times more protective than ordinary
wood charcoal. Thus, few ounces
of this charcoal are SUFFICIENT to
purify the air of any gases.
The service mask Is similar ex-
cept that it has larger canister
that is held in the canvas carrier
under the left arm and is connected
to the face by a corrugated hose
It also protects the wearer for a
longer period and is able to stand
rougher usage.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
Every Effort Made
To Prevent Initiation,
Nelson Declares
O. P. N. OffieioI Says
Business as Usual Is Out
During Emergency

The Nations defense chiefs are
making every effort for maximum
production without a price initiation
of the kind experienced in the
World War, Donald M. Nelson, di-
rector of the Division of Purchases,
Office of Production Management,
declared last night in addressing the
dinner session of the defense con-
ference on consumer goods at the
Mayf1ower Hotel. I'VE are conduct
ing this defense program in the be-
lief that we do not need an era of
constantly rising prices in order to
bring out our Nations maximum
productive effort" he said.
Business as Usual Out
Business as usual is out" Mr..
Nelson told the conference. You are
not going to see any more of it un-
til this emergency is over. The most
terrible mistake any of us could
possibly make is to fail to under
stand that fact"
Pointing out that Germany is
spending more than s2,000,00 ,00C
a month on arms, he declared that
We must make an equal effort with
out throwing overheard all of those
values which the calculating Nazis
decided were out of date and USE
less"
Mr.. Nelson urged retailers to re-
sist, with every resource you car
muster. unjustiflable price rises"
1T is to your own interest to CO.
operate with us in every way pos
sible to the end that we may keeI
on an even keel in changing over
from a peacetime economy to an
all out defense economy" he said
Hard Work in Prospect.
I'VE have done altogether toe
much talking so far about our abil-
ity to carry through this defense
program without giving up our COM
forts and our luxuries." Mr.. Nelson
asserted. by all means let us real
ize that We simply do not dare to
hesitate and debate and worry about
expanding this or that productive
facility because we do not know how
it can be used profitably after the
emergency is over. We are going to
work longer and sweat harder than
we have ever before, and we are 60
ing to load ourselves up with some
prodigious economic problems for
solution later on"
The conference, attended by about
600 businessmen, was called by the
Department of Commerce to con-
slider distribution problems arising
out of the defense program in the
three retail f1elds-textiles, foodstuffs
and clothing. Consumer and other
problems were canvassed in four
round-table meetings yesterday
afternoon.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
Defense
Continued From First Page.

168 hours in a week because of time
losses caused by oiling, repair, lack
of balance between various types of
machines, and labor and material
shortages.
The President spoke of the neces-
sity of speeding the manufacture of
machine tools as well as increasing
the use of those already operating,
both goals toward which the o. P. M.
has been driving.
Officials said there were approx
mately 10000 persons engaged now
in making machine tools and, as of
December, rs per cent of them were
working on first shifts" 20 per cent
on second shifts and fewer than S
per cent on third shifts. Attempts
to increase the number on second
and third shifts had shown some
results since, they said.
Ever since the defense program
began, there has been urgent need
of more and more machine tools.
For instance, six months may be
required to build an automatic gear
cutter, officials said, but once in
operation it can cut the main gear
teeth for the rear axle of a tank in
two minutes. 1t would take two
days to cut such q gear by hand.
Technically, machine tool is de-
fined as "a mechanically operated
machine which removes metal in the
form of chips" The precision meas
urements of standardized production
made such tools necessary.
Metal cannot be cast to such exact
measurements. Hence a cylinder,
for example, is cast trif1e over
size and then placed on a machine
which chips off the extra metal to
obtain the exact dimension.
Machine tools may weigh several
tons, for to obtain accuracy down
to a thousandth of an inch the cut
ting edge must be held perfectly
steady and In line.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
Health Officers Ask
Treatment Of Men
Rejected by Army
Conference Says Defects
Con Be Remedied if
Treated in Time

State and Territorial health Off
ficers meeting here yesterday urged
that Congress authorize the United
States Public Health Service to
treat men rejected by the draft be-
cause of correctable physical de-
fects.
A committee of the conference
reported that AZ per cent of all the
selectees are rejected for defects,
most of which can be remedied If
treated in time.
The conference also urged re-
vision of regulations governing the
allotment and payment Of Federal
venereal disease control funds so
that States can cut of aid to county
and local health departments which
fail to suppress prostitution.
Sees Danger Increased.
The venereal disease committee
reported that "in some areas where
armed forces or defense workers are
concentrated recent studies have in
dicated the presence of prostitutes
equal to l per cent of the popu-
lation. Under such conditions. there
is grave danger venereal disease
rates will increase greatly, the re-
port said.
Another recommendation urged
reciprocity between States requir-
ing blood tests for syphilis. This
would permit engaged couples to
have blood tests in their own States
with assurance that results would
be accepted in the State in which
the marriage is to take place. At
present "a States require pre-
marital tests
Program Of Treatment.
The conference recommended that
men called for military service and
found to be infected with uncom-
plicated gonorrhea be inducted into
the service and treated. rather than
turned back into the civilian popu-
lation where the infection may be
spread.
A plan also was proposed where
by each man discharged from the
service be given thorough physical
examination and, if any signs of
venereal infection are found, treated
so that the disease cannot be spread
The conference also asked that all
State health departments work out
civil defense programs, including
evacuation of population centers.
provision of refuge for children and
adequate hospital facilities.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
All Employees of Store
Buy Defense Bonds

All IS employees of Harry kaufman,
Inc. department store at 1868
Seventh street NV. have subscribed
to the sale of defense bonds, Bertram
Wise, president of the firm, an
nounced today.
The workers signed up for 100
bonds that will have a maturity
value of $2,725, Mr. Wise said. Fixed
amounts will be taken from their
salaries weekly and a savings ac-'
count established to buy the bonds,
he stated n. &
Evening star., 1941-05-03

An extensive area Of high pressure IL
moving southwark over the Lake region
and the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic
States, Buffalo, N. Y. ,025.1 millibars
(3O.27 inchesl. The advancing front Of
this cool air mass has reached Northern
Georgia disturbance is moving north
eastward about 500 miles east of Cape
Hatteras. with lowest pressure about l 900
milibars t29.b3 inches. and strong north
erly winds prevail along the Middle At
lantic- coast. Pressure is quite low over
the Southern Plains and the southern
Mex,. ess.3 miilibars. 9Se.4s inches. and
near the mouth of the Rio Grande.
Brownsville. Tex, 10O44 millibars (29 81
inches). Pressure continues low over the
middle and northern Rockies, Great Falls,
Mont, 1,001.7 millibars t2958 inches).
There have been rather heavy rains In
Showers have occurred also in portions OF
the middle and northern Plains the North
in. scattered areas over the Rocky Noun,
tain region. while liEht rains have occurred
in portions of the North Atlantic States.
Temperatures have fallen considerably in
the Middle Atlantic States and the upper
Ohio Valley.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
Burglar Enters Laundry
But FIees Without Loot

A burglar who had to climb over
metal bars placed across the lower
portion of a window to enter a store
found some loot but fed empty
handed early today.
When a scout car, summoned to
a branch laundry at Vermont ave-
nue. and S street NV. by report
that a colored man had been seen
climbing over the barriers. arrived
at the scene the burglar had dis
appeared.
On the window sill. however, police
found money bag containing s8.44
which the burglar had apparently
dropped in his hurry to leave the
store.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
D. c. Flyer Is Graduated
By Cunudiun Air School

CALGARY, Alberta, May Cana
dian Press Nine Americans were
among students graduated as
leading aircraftsmen yesterday from
the British Commonwealth Air
Training School at Calgary.
They included r. l.. Gately and
B. Hutchinson, New York City; G..
L. v. Gervais, Washington, D. c.:
j. H. Patterson, Chicago. and D.
w. PietZ, Milwaukee, Wis.
Evening star., 1941-05-03

Following its two short wheat
crops. Uruguay has legislated to aid
its farmers without increasing bread
prices.
Evening star., 1941-05-03
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 73. $50 pm. yesterday. Year
ago, 55.
Lowest. Al. e15 am. today. Year ago,
As.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, "a. on April 90
Lowest Is, on March 1S.
Humidity for Last "A Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 6S per cent. at 6 pm. today
Lowest, 26 per cent, at $50 p.m. today.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
To-day Tomorrow
High 1928 am. 1921 am.
Low 6:51 am. 7:49 am.
High ------ 1888 pm. :3S pm.
Low 7:2p pm. S:25 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
sun, today sos f:02
sun, tomorrow - 5;07 1:03
Moon, today ------ 10:46 an. 12.0e an.
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WIDELY CIRCULATED JEWISH PUBLICAT
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Baltimore Rabbi
Visits Savannah

DR.. Nathan Drain of Baltimore,
Md, was the principal speaker at
the annual joint banquet of the
Brotherhood and Sisterhood of the
B. B. Jacob Congregation h cid
Thursday night at 1880 o'clock at
the Jewish Educational Alliance,
the annual affair being one of the
outstanding events of the year for
Savannah Jewry and all members
of both organizations and their
husbands and wives received in
vitations to attend.
DR.. Drain, who was the main
speaker, is a brother of Rabbi
William Drain, and will spend
several days here with his wife.
Arriving Tuesday, the prominent
Jewish educator will remain here
through Monday, March 2.
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BUDAPEST (JTA)-The Jews
of Vienna will be transported to
the Lublin reservation" in Po-
land at the rate of $4,000 month
ly until the city is free of Jews"
Budapest newspapers reported.
The Jewish population of Vienna
is about 10000.
The first group of 100 have
already been sent to Lublin. The
remainder will be transported in
IL trainloads monthly with the
aim of cleaning up" the Austrian
capital by June /.
Deportees are permitted to car
ry a maximum of 100 Kilograms
of baggage. They are allowed
whatever money they have avail
able, but must exchange it for
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Mrs. A. L. Kass and Mrs. I. Fei-
den, with Mrs. Eff serving as
chairman of the committee.
Representing the lodge in con-
Quoting the campaign are Israel
Feiden, H. ]. Eff, Jerome G. Kass,
S. Samuel Manilove and N. B.
Gold.
From indications, attendance at
the meeting will be very satisfac-
tory. It is thought all concerned
will wish to give expression to
their personal desire to share in
the work of saving lives in war
engulfed Europe, providing them
with a ray of hope for the future
and place of refuge, the major
function of the Federation monies.
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st. Augustine Lodge of B'nai
Birth again will actively cam
paign for funds on behalf of the
st. Augustine Federation of Jew
Welfare Funds, it has been an
nounced.
For the purpose of formally in
shutting the work of the campaign
it is planned to hold a supper meet
ing Sunday, March End, at 6:3O
PM. in the Synagogue Hall, at
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St. Augustine Will Start
Drive On Sunday, March z

which time there will be present
especially invited guests who will
address the gathering, in addition
to other program features appro-
pirate to the occasion.
Plans for the supper portion of
the meeting are in the capable
hands of a group of ladies COM
posed of Mrs. H. J. Eff, Mrs. j.
H. Wexler, Mrs. J. Payne, Mrs.
S. S. Manilove, Mrs. S. Pincus,
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gotten after the war, he declared
it was not too late to right the
wrong done to the Jews by not al
lowing them to form their own ar
my, like those of the Czechs, Poles
and Free French. "They might
have reached the strength of a
million and be fighting on our side
in and around Palestine brothers
OH the battlefields," he said.
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10 the SIOe OF the Bf1C1Sns
Stressing that Palestine was the
key position in the present situa-
ton in the Balkans, Commander
Locker-Lampson said, in a letter
to the Manchester Guardian, that
"a dozen Hebrew divisions in the
highlands of Mt. Carmel might
turn the tide"
Voicing fear that the Jews, who
"of all people have right to de-
fend themselves" might be for
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Rabbi To Speak
At Weber Forum

BABSON PARK, Fla.-Dr. Mar
ius Ransom, Of East Orange, N. j.,
prominent spokesman for Ameri-
can Jews, will be guest speaker
at the final Weber College open
forum Of the 1871 season at 8 p.
M. Wednesday, March 5th.
His subject will be "a Rabbits
Adventures in Good Will Work."
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Nazis Launch ExpulsiOns To Gust
10000 Jews from Vienna by June

zlotys at the National Bank be-
fore departing. 1t is announced
that they will be housed in com
Portable, electrically1heated bar
racks" but it is not mentioned
how they will be able to earn a
living.