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terranean as gesture of encourage.
ment to the Japanese.
The reports concerning Gen. Wev-
gand came on the day of the funeral
of Gen. Charles Huntziger. Vichy
war minister, killed in an airplane
crash Wednesday. Gen. Huntziger
had just completed tour of North
Africa, where he may have looked
into the political, as well as the
military situation.
Dentz Being Considered.
One Of the generals who NAV
be considered as Gen. Huntziger's
successor is Gen. Henri Dentz.
the anti-British leader who directed
the defense of Syria.
! 1t was rumored in Vichv tonight
that Gen. Weygand was expected on
visit there. On the heels of this
report Otto Abetz. German Ambas-
sador to Paris, returned to his Vichv
hotel after having checked out and
gone part Of the way to Paris.
Gen Weygand is one of the old
army group" which fought the war
with France. and European observ.
erS said this group has been con.
siderably weakened by the death OF
Gen. Huntziger.
Much inside. as well as outside,
pressure for the removal of Gen.
Weygand long has been reported
in Vichy where some ardent collab-
orationists objected to his independ-
ent course. Some of this opposi.
ton arose from financial and in.
dusrial groups interested in the
rewards of economic cooperation
with Hitler's new order.
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War
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using white-painted tanks and
equipping scouts with full-length
white robes in the Leningrad sector.
Closing In North Of Leningrad.
The Soviet radio reported briefly
that Red Army troops had sur
rounded and were now closing in on
a German-Fnnish column which
pierced Russian lines north of
Leningrad.
On the southern frcnt. Soviet
Marshal Semeon Timoshenko's Red
Armies were reported to have
broken up powerful tank-led Ger
man drive across the Donets River
Valley, aimed at Rostov -on-Don,
northern gateway to the Caucasus,
and at Novocherkassk, IS miles
northeast of Rostov.
Maj. Gen. F. Kharitonov said in
dispatch to Red Star that the Ger
mans started the attack November
6 with 6-to-1 numerical superiority
and had suffered a loss of 500 men,
80 tanks and 20 field guns in seven
days Of fighting.
He said the Russians learned the
German plans for the drive toward
the northern gate to the Caucasus
from documents captured from
Nazi tank division headquarters.
375 Red Ships Claimed.
Aside from attacking the MUIR
mansk railway, bombing Moscow
and Leningrad overnight and con-
tinuing raids on railroads and air
fields south of Moscow and east
Of Lake Ladoga. in which heavy
damage to rolling stock and weap-
ons was reported, the Nazi air force
said in summary that it had sunk
or damaged 375 Russian warships
and merchant vessels since the start
Of the Russian invasion.
In the Baltic. it said 35 Soviet
warshlps, including two cruisers and
nine destroyers, were sunk and IS
others damaged, and II transports
and supply ships were sunk and 81
damaged.
In the Black Sea. the losses were
given as II warships. including a
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and sharply decreasing morale
amongst his crews.
Nazis Now Outmatched.
This is the present German prob
lem. They are outmatched by the
British and American planes of the
latest models; they have produced
some good pilot models Of their
own, but they are having trouble
in getting enough of these new
ships. The time required to re-
tool a great aircraft plant is 18
months to two years. German in
dustrial capacity is insufficient to
provide for the retooling Of enough
facilities to provide new Luftwaffe
while continuing meanwhile to
maintain an adequate flow Of re-
| placements of the Older models.
The machine-tool problem in Ger
many is acute. There are shortages
Of important raw materials. of lu-
bricants and of motor fuels. The
bombing attacks of the r. A. p.
have inflicted severe damage on in
! dustrial plants and key transporta-
ton lines. and these attacks have
been conducted according to a care
| fully worked out plan, one of whose
major purposes is to cripple the
| German aircraft industry. Sabotage
has played its part in slowing up
/ production and the movement Of
raw materials and finished products
to the points where they are needed.
| For all of these reasons Germany
! Is suffering from a very apparent
/ difficulty in maintaining her for
mer scale of air operations. Some
OF these troubles may be overcome:
German air power will surely play
a great part in this war still But
1t IS well to recognize that it is
neither invincible nor Of overWhelm-
ing strength, and that like the air
power Of every other nation it must
ever rely on the ability of its nation
to maintain major industrial effort
adequate to replace its losses and
renew its vigor.
/ tCopyright, 1871, New York Tribune Incl
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Italian Air Force
Head Is Removed
By Mussolini
Gen. PricoIo Is Succeeded
By Former Communder of
North Africon Aviution
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. -5,.
ROME, Nov. 15.-Premier Musse-
lini today removed Gen. Francesca
Pricolo as head of the air force
and thus completed in his high
commaNd the changes begun dur
ing the Greek campaign.
Gen, Rinn 'Corso Fougier, a former
commander in chief of North Afri-
can aviation who also commanded
the Italian Air Force which for
a short time was based on the
English Channel for attacks against
London, replaced Gen. Pricolo as
undersecretary and chief of staff
for aviation. Gen. Pricolo, a So
year-old veteran of the Italian Air
Force, will be assigned to other
duties, the announcement said.
The shift in air commanders came
at a time when Southern Italian
cities have been undergoing a con-
sistently heavy pounding by Brit
ish bombers.
British Air Blows Heavy.
Today's high command communi-
que again told of heavy blows at
Cantama and nearby Acireale in
Sicily and on severely bombed
Brindisi on the mainland. 1t said
20 persons had been killed and 20
injured at these places.
Gen. Pricolo alone of the three
heads OF the three Italian defense
services had Weathered the storms
of Italian setbacks in the l94O-4l
winter fighting in Greece and in
Africa.
Marshall Pietro Badoglio resigned
as chief of the Italian General Staff
on December 6, 1910, and was re-
placed by Gen. Ugo Cavallero.
Three days later Admiral Domen.
leo Cavagnari, chief of staff of the
navy, gave way to Admiral Arturo
Riccardi.
Last March the redoubtable des-
ert fighter, Marshal Rodolfo Graz
lanl, chief of the African command
also was forced to give way to Gen
ltalo Gariboldi. Marshal Graziani's
Job as army chief of staff was taken
by Gen. Mario Roatta.
Gen. Pricoio. one of the italian
plenlpotentiaries who presented
ltaly's terms of armistice to France
on June %, 1910, was a flyer of q
years experience and a veteran OF
81 years in Italy's armed forces.
Fought in Turkish War.
He fought as a lieutenant in the
war with Turkey in -2 when Libva
was conquered, and he distinguished
himself as a dirigible pilot in the
World War. From commandant OF
the second territorial aviation zone
ne moved up to Undersecretary OF
Aviation in the general government
shakeup Of October 81. 1899. Since
Mussollnl himself is Minister for
Aviation, the post made Gen. Pricolc
primarily responsible for Italv's ali
force.
Meanwhile the position of Fascist
forces at Gondar, last Italian
stronghold in Ethiopia. was pictured
IN today's communique as increas-
ingly hard pressed. The war bulle-
TIN said the British now were put
ting large forces into action. and
that the Italians were forced to
hight hard on the defensive. The
beleaguered garrison was said to be
carrying out series of sharp coun-
terattacks as the battle continued.
At sea, Italian torpedo planes were
declared to have sunk large Brit
ish merchant ship in the Medi-
terranean.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Unite for Freedom Rally
Is Scheduled Toniqht

A Unite for Freedom" rally, with
Secretary of Interior Ickes and Sen
ator Austin. Republican. of Ver-
mont, among the speakers, will be
held at Constitution Hall at 8 o'clock
tonight.
Sponsored by the Washington
Chapter of the Committee to De-
fend America, the gathering also
will be addressed by Assistant Sec
retary of State Breckenridge Long
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman. former
minister to Norway and honorary
chairman of the chapter and Henry
Gratten Doyle. dean of Columbia
College, George Washington Uni
versity.
The Washington Civic Theater
players will enact a scene from The
American Way" and Miss Lura
Slower, soprano, who has appeared
with the National Symphony Or
chestra, will lead the audience in
singing. The American Legion
Honor Guard will mass the colors
to ruffles and flourishes by the Fort
Stevens Drum and Bugle Corps.
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learning to polit. and has bought an
American amphibian plane. AS
soon as he returns home he will
apply for flying license, and hopes
his officials will grant him one.
Will Visit Dominions.
From New York he will go to
Canada, New leland, Australia
TO see how these dominions work"
AS he talked to reporters it was
plain that U Saw has no inferioritv
complex about the big British
dominions.
I'VE are 100000 people-more
than Canada and Australia to-
gether," he said. Our territory is
four times the size of England and
Scotland"
And his country is of vast stra-
tegic importance-"remember the
Burma road, China's lifeline" he
pointed out.
U Saw did not care to explain his
unusual name.
The ~" is a native term for
uncle" research here divulged. 1t
Is employed in speaking to some
one of mature age and responsible
position If the Prime Minister
were thought to be bit of rascal.
he would be addressed as "Nga Saw"
For plain Mr." people in Burma
would say "Maung Saw"
Saw His Only Real Name.
Saw is the statesman's only real
name. In Burma each individual
has one name for himself-he does
not take his fathers surname
U Saw is Burma landowner with
q flashing smile. Yesterday he wore
a light gray suit above a blue shirt
and a multicolored necktie A green
handkerchief was in his breast
pocket. Before entering the Burma
cabinet in 1889 he was editor IN
chief of the Sun, Burma's oldest
daily newspaper, started in 1905.
He began as a free-lance writer.
Since the war started Burma has
been cooperating with England, and
U Saw says he sees no reason why
1t shouldn't continue to do so. He
is proud that an army is being
formed, that Rangoon has the
biggest airport in the East" that a
little navy has been started"
He did not mention that the first
warship of the little navy was
launched in April by Lady Coch-
rane, wife of the British Governor
of Burma.
Sore Point with Him.
That is a sore point with U Saw
the fact that defense and foreign
relations are the two matters in
which Burma is governed by Brit
ain. Apart from that, he says his
country need only a small jump to
achieve dominion status.
U Saw contends that self govern
ment for Burma must have been
logically included in the Joint Roose-
velt-Churchill Atlantic Charter"
issued after their meeting at sea.
But he would not reveal whether
he talked about this on Friday when
he saw Mr.. Roosevelt at the White
House.
When asked about his Roosevelt
talk, U Saws face spread into a
grin. his thumbs twiddled. He said ::
1--WE discussed important national
issues"
U Saw also was asked about
Japan. The smile disappeared. U
Saw said he never said anything
at all about Japan.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Burma Prime Minister
Asserts Churchill
Disappointed Him
u Saw Tells How PIeu
For Dominion Stutus
- Was Turned Down
BY HENRY GEMMILL.

A little man sat in the British
Embassy yesterday and told press
conference how very much dissat-
isfied and disappointed" he was
after talking with British Prime
Minister Churchill.
U Saw, Prime Minister of Burma
explained how he flew from RAN
goon to India, to Palestine, to Egypt,
to West Africa. to Lisbon. to London
so that he could ask Mr.. Churchill
that Burma be made a completely
self-governing dominion.
Mr.. Churchill politely turned him
down-but did promise a conference
after the war. Prime Minister
U Saw said yesterday he is hope
fur dominion status may come
then.
U Saw flew back to New York
last nght-he travels everywhere by
air. Back in Rangoon he has been
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Gibbs Will Address
Charles Carroll Forum

Sir Philip Gibbs. British writer and
war correspondent, will address the
second meeting of the Charles Car
roll Forum of Washington, Inc, at
$3.50 pm. next Sunday in the ball
room of the Willard Hotel. His SUBJ
ject will be THE Spirit of Britain. y
Dr.James A. Magner, forum chair
man, will introduce the speaker. The
talk will be followed by question
and-answer period.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
DR.. Tippy Will Speak
Over WINK TONIGHT

The Rev. DR.. Worth NJ. Tippy.
executive secretary of the Wash
ington Federation of Churches. will
be the speaker at $50 o'clock to-
night over Radio Station WINK on
"1nterracial Progress by Working
Together The program is spon-
sored by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
DR.. r. w. Brooks of Lincoln
Congregational Temple will intro
duce DR.. TippV.
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listed among the injured they sur
missed he was one of the dead.
A sister said Mrs Mae Brookfield,
10. of Norwood, Ohio. probably was
one of the dead. She said Mrs.
Brookfield was en- route to Indian
apolis on the bus to visit friends.
Hansen, bound from Cincinnati to
Indianapolis and Chicago, swerved
the heavy vehicle TO avoid striking a
car driven by Paul T. Connell, 80,
of Glenwood, Ind.
The bus careened into a culvert
and then shot down the embank-
ment into a small stream. 1t burst
into flames as 1t overturned.
Some of the passengers escaped
through a hole torn in the back of
the bus. Two soldiers. passengers
on the vehicle, rescued two persons.
Mrs. Bernice Seitz, As, of Martins
vile, Ohio, one of those injured,
told graphic story of the wreck.
Explosion Occurred.
She related that she and her hus-
band were sitting about halfway
back In the bus when the vehicle
apparently struck the culvert.
The bus swerved into a ditch and
rolled over on its side In shallow
water" she said. Then something
exploded and a wave of flame swent
through.
Il found myself lying on my side
IN water that was abe 1T knee deep
and my hair was on fire. NY hus-
band beat out the fire, broke out a
window and pushed me out. We
Waded through water to a nearby
field"
Phillip R. Huffman. jr.. %. of
Madison, Wis, and Jonathan Ever
EFT, n. Of Indianapolis. the two
soldiers, said there was a burst Of
name and that all Of the passengers
were piled in heap on the floor.
Says Connell Held Road.
Mr.. Huffman said he saw Mr.
Connells car approaching as the
Ai!s passed over a slight hill He
said Mr.. Connell did not yield the
road and that Mr.. Hansen swung
the bus to one side.
DR.. Frank Green, Rush County
coroner, ordered Mr.. Connell held
on charges of intoxication and on
eratlng motor vehicle while under
the influence of liquor.
The bus burned for more than
Two hours and the heat was 50
intense that rescurers were unable
to get to the persons trapped in it
Lack of water hindered firemen
In their efforts to extinguish the
blaze.
One OF the injured was Mrs.
AVerys husband. John. At the
hospital he repeatedly asked about
his wife and children.
List Of Injured.
The list of injured included:
Mr.. Huffman.
William Seitz, Sc, Martinsville.
Ohio, broken arm and cuts and
bruises.
His wife, Mrs. Bernice Seitz.
Layton Profitt. II, London, KY,
burns on arms, hands and face.
Harold Gregory, 20, Wilmington.
Ohio.
Jonathan Everett, 27. of Indian
apolis, a soldier being transferred
from Fort Knox, KY.
John Avery, 27, Bloomington. Ind.
Quentin McAbee, %, injured so
critically physicians were unable to
learn his home town.
Raymond Horn, also injured too
seriously to give his address.
North Carolina Auto Crash
Causes ; Deaths, 5 Injuries
BY the Associated Press.
RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 15.-Three
persons were killed and five injured
in a two-automobile collision IS
miles north Of here this afternoon.
Two of the vietiyos Thor... a,
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Bridegroom Killed, Wife Hurt.

Triton. Ga. Nov. Is R,-Andy
Melvin Middleton. %, of Winston
Salem, N. c., and Blakely. Ga, was
killed this afternoon about 20 miles
east of here on the Waycross high
way.
State highway patrolmen said Mr..
Middletons car left the highway
turning over several times Mrs. Mid
dleton was slightly injured. The
couple had been touring Florida
since their wedding in Winston
Salem last week.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Nobel Committee Head Dies

OSLO, Nov. Is (P).-Frof. Fredrik
Stang, president Of the Nobel Com
mittee since 1921, died today. Prof
Stang, "a. was a former presiden,
of Oslo University.
Evening star., 1941-11-16

bert Clark, Canton, N. c., and DR.
E. Leroy Kellum, Richmond, Va.
were killed instantly. The third
Mrs. Ruth Morris, also Of Richmond
and passenger in the car with DR.
Kellum, died after being admitted
to Watts Hospital in Durham.
Coroner Roy M. Banks of Wake
County said four persons were rid
ing in each car.
Three of the injured. besides Mrs
Morris. were carried to Watts Hos
pital. They were Mrs. Paul Launer
Canton, unconscious when admitted
and reported in a critical condition;
Fred D. Morris, Richmond, head in
juries and bruises. and Mrs. Kellum
minor cuts and bruises.
Those taken to Rex Hospital in
Raleigh were John Morgan and Mrs
Thomas Clark, both Of Canton. Mr.
Morgan was said to be in a serious
condition.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Boy Dies as Car Overturns.

NORFOLK, Va. Nov. Is tP.-
James Kight, II. died this afternoon
at local hospital after an automo-
bile accident on the extension OF
Sewalls Point road.
His brother, Samuel, 81, was driv-
ing the car and was slightly injured
The car overturned when it failed
to take a curve.
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North Carolina Auto Crash
Causes ; Deaths, 5 Injuries

BY the Associated Press.
RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 15.-Three
persons were killed and five injured
in a two-automobile collision Is
miles north Of here this afternoon.
Two of the victims, Thomas Al
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Ickes RESTING
For Few Days
To Deliver Speech
Here on Sept. S

With Secretary Iekes hiding
away in the olympios for a few
DAYS Of rest. prior to his final
public appearance in the Pacific
Northwest a. banquet speaker in
Tacoma before the Public Owner
ship Leagues Of Oregon and Wash
ington next week Friday. Sept 5.
the stage Is all set for the most
important convention ever held in
this section by the advocates OF
public power. according to Presi-
dent Harry Plerson OF the Wash
ington league.
Many guests Of the convention
are national figures coming here
from middle west states. IL IL re-
vealed by the convention COM
mittee. Among those best known
are Paul II. Todd. producer of
peppermint and spearmint oils and
leading business man OF Kalama-
700, Mich. who is president Of
the Public Ownership League Of
America: r. F. Mcdonnell. Kan
eas City. senior member Of the
Burns a. Mcdonnell Engineering
Co: and A. c. Fricke. head OF the
Consumers Public Power District
Of Nebraska.
The convention opens Sept. At
Grand Coulee dam with pro-
gram honoring its pioneers. Bust
ness sessions and banquet follow
at the Elks club here on Sept. 5.
Delegates tour the hydroelectric
properties of Seattle City Light on
the skagit river Sept. and 7.
and tour the Bonneville project on
Sept. 8.
Secretary 1ckes banquet sd-
dress Is on Public Power" His
speech will be broadcast nation
wide at 7:30 p. m.
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K. T.. in Tacoma
To Aid Soldiers

Kenneth w. Mccarthy was
named chairman OF the Soldiers
committee by Charles NJ. Toynbee
grand knight of the Tacoma Coun-
ell. Knights of Columbus. at the
lodges regular meeting Tuesday
evening The purpose Of this newly
formed committee is 10 determine
what the X. OF c. can do for the
soldiers during their free time.
In making the appointment,
Grand knight TOynbee stated that
much could be done by an organ
ICED group TO furnish good and
wholesome entertainment for the
service men.
Those VINO are chosen to assist
Chairman Mccarthy are J. r.
Barry. A A. Berilla. NJ r. Brady
G P. Burkev, F C. Busch, {. {.
CsvansuRh. T 2. Corbett. Mark
c Dolliver. p ]. Enrght, e }.
Fsirhurst. Joe 7. Dwyer. Frank
W. Fox. J. Frank Hickey. Patrick
II Kelley, c r layton. Leo A
McGsvick. Mitchell y. Mullsn, NJ
A Petrich, J. J Riedinger. Or.
Justin V. Sohvind.
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Tacoma Chest Continues
Its Come and See" Tours

Cndaunted by Tuesdays wet
weather. 20 employees Of the Fisher
company. took Community Chest
"Come and See" tour.
In cars donated by the boards
81 various chest agencies and
driven Mrs. w. A. Kunigk, An
drew A. Berilla, Leonard knecht
and Guy Thompson. chest ex-
ecutive, the party was driven first
10 the Childrens' Industrial Home,
at 5000 So. Washington. Mrs.
Leah Collins, matron. conducted
the visitors over the buildings and
grounds. explaining as she did so
the functions OF the agency which
cares for children from broken
bones until some provision can be
made for them with relatives or in
foster homes.
Visit Ozanam
The Ozanam Home. Catholic
home for the aged at 1872 So.
Yakima ave, was next visited.
Here old people without resources
are cared for without charge,
others with small incomes, who
cannot live alone, pay what they
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can. Men and women from all
denominations are admitted.
The Day Nursery at ll13 So. I.
where children under school age
receive day care. was next on the
itinerary. The older children were
engaged in kindergarten work and
the babies were taking their morn
ing maps at the time OF the visit.
There are In the neighborhood OF
so children receiving day care al
the nursery at the present time
while their parents are at work.
Officers Of the Public Health
Nursing association. in the city hall
were the last port of call. Here a
movie. depicting a cross-section of
the service rendered the oommuni-
ty by the IL nurses on the staff,
was shown.
Those on Trip
Employees from Fishers who
took the tour were: Frances Fahey,
Margaret Lines. Walter Fuson.
Bertha Tweetem, Martha Ranney.
Sylvia DeVaux. Bonnie Aufsng.
Edith Densmore. Irma Musselman,
Gladys Lee. Thors Holden. Made
line Rostedt. Edna Mosher. Carl
Knutson. Mildred Gardner. Sadie
Burrows, Mary Smith. Sadie Deer
ing. William Gruwell, Jean Wig
gins.
Starting at 1:30 p. m. part Of
employees from the city hall de-
Voted the afternoon 10 visiting
Community Chest Agencies. The
afternoons itinerary was the same
as that followed by the Fisher
company except that they visited
the Goodwill Industries instead OF
the Public Health Nursing associa-
ton.
The Goodwill Industries fur
nishes work for men and women
VINO, physically incspsciated for
private industry. are able 10 earn
enough money conditioning salvage
TO support themselves and fami-
lies. The sale Of the reconditioned
goods. collected from all over the
city. brings in enough To partly
pay the workers. and the com
munlty chest furnishes the deficit.
Furnish Cars
Cars donated nv the Chest sKen-
oies, were driven Nv Mrs Thos.
Porro. Mrs. ". A. Kunigk. T n
Duerfsldt and Guy Thompson.
chest executive. The first Of ssv-
eral tours 10 be taken by city
nall employees. those going on Tues
day were: Guy y. Williams. Caro-
line Anderson, Asude Wells. Pat
Steele. Cecilia Lewis. Frederick
Hepp and Halle Pndhsm.
Last Friday. cue 10 the JOINT e
forts q I'd NIchlistch business
agent Tor the Neat Packers local
and Harry Aa1y. general man
sger the following employees Of
Carstens Packing company de-
voted the afternoon 10 Community
Chest Agency visitation: Louise
Larson. Kathleen Whelsn. Chester
Gius Adam KsrWosk. Lawrence
Boyer and James Weaver.
Others On Tour
Wednesday morning 81 80 the
following employees from sears
koebuck took a tWo and one half
hour tour. Olive Richie. person
mel manager. Ben stapeltOn. J0-
seph Macarthur. Beulah Cooper.
George Constantine The party
VISITED 81. Anns's Homs. Goodwill
Industries. Tacoma Day Nursery
snd ne offices ~ ths Public Health
Nursing association in the city
hall.