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Evening star., 1941-09-02
Convict Linked
ToCotoe Case
Guilty in Second

The colored man now believed to
be serving time for a crime Jarvis
r. Catoe has confessed would be In
Jail anyhow serving a sentence in
another assault case, Acting United
States Attorney John w. Fihelly
disclosed TODAY.
James Matthew Smith, alias John
Henry Smith, Al, was sentenced to
five to seven years on November 6,
1886, for a criminal attack on a
Rockville Md woman on March
10, 1885. This sentence would expire
at the earliest in November.
In February. 1887, after conviction
in the Rockville case, Smith was
found guilty of second-degree MUIR
der in the case of Florence Dancy,
65-year-old colored woman, who was
criminally assaulted and strangled
on April II, 1885, at 2l39 L street
NV. In this case he was sentenced
to life imprisonment. This is the
crims to which police say Catoe has
confessed.
Important in the evidence which
(See CRIME, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1941-09-02
President S Message
To n. F. F. f. Praises
Spirit Of Service
Reorganization Proposal
Submitted at Convention
By Montana Federation
BY J. A. FOX,
Star Stsh Correspondent.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept. a.
President Roosevelt today expressed
confidence that Government en-
ployes will accept their responsible
ties in the emergency in spirit
OF service rather than sen-seeking.
Acknowledging an invitation to
attend the biennial convention of
the National Federation of Federal
Employees, in which the best efforts
of the organization we're pledged to
the Nation, the Chief Executive told
President Luther C. Steward:
1T is clear that you and your or
ganization recognize the tremendous
issues facing our people and their
Government and also the response
bilities which those issues place
upon Government wherever located.
Your letter is heartening to me be-
cause of the assurance that Gov
ernment employees will accept their
responsibilities in spirit of service
rather than self-seeking, and will
continue to bear witness to the fact
that good government grows out of
the will of the people and not by
imposition upon the people"
Hopes for Continued Good viii.
President Roosevelt also expressed
the hope that "the mutual respect
and good will existing between your
organization and Government Off
cials will continue unchanged"
In asking the President to the
convention, officers of the fedora
ton recalled "the sympathy and
understanding evidenced by Mr..
Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of
the Navy when the federation was
getting started "a years ago.
I'VE have reason to believe that
the Federal service is better able to
meet the impact and demands of this
period of extraordinary stress than
it was in 1918 because through
out the past "a years the National
Federation of Federal Employees has
striven increasingly and with a very
fair measure of success to make the
service more efficient" the Presi-
dent was told.
President Roosevelt was repre-
sented at the convention today by
William H. McReynolds, admins
trative assistant in charge of per-
sonnel matters.
Reorganization Proposed.
A proposal to reorganize the Off
cisl staff of the Federation, Great.
ing new Offices of executive presi-
dent and executive secretary treas
urer, was laid before the conven-
ton today in resolution from the
(See N. r. F. E., Page AID
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Ecuadoreans Take Over
Nazi AirIine's Facilities

BY the Associated Press.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Sept. a.
An army detachment took custody
today of the Guayaquil and Quito
hangers and facilities of Aerea
Sedta, subsidiary of Lufthansa, the
German aviation concern.
Newspapers carried announce
ments by Aerea Sedta that on next
Friday all activities of the line would
be discontinued and that the last
flight to Lola and Cuenca would be
tomorrow, a plane leaving those
cities for Quito with call at
Guayaquil.
The suspension followed similar
action by Bolivia and Peru against
German air lines. Pan American
more than a week ago announced
extension OF its lines in Ecuador.
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Hitler Invaded Russia to Gain Its Resources
For Showdown With U S., Observer Says

equally clear to any observer who.
like your correspondent, has visited
the Axis as we'll as the British camp
and talked with leaders in both.
Having decided that America,
rather than Britain, is the most
formidable foe to Nazi conquest of
the world, Hitler has faced with
equal realism the fact that the war
must be long one. Consequently
he and his generals were in complete
agreement when they counseled
him that the armed forces of Russia
must be destroyed. Germany can
not go into a long war with an armed
foe on her flank
Direct Action Only Course.
Finally, the Germans need oil,
wheat and minerals for a long war
With Russian transportation wholly
ineflcient and Stain bending the
nations resources to his own re-
armament rather than to serving as
arsenal and larder for the Nazi revo-
lutionaries, Hitler and his generals
agreed that direct action was the
only course. They must go and get
Russias resources themselves. This
is costly and means six to nine
months of delay but it guarantee;
vast quantities ultimately. And Hit.
(see WHITAKER. Page A-1D
Evening star., 1941-09-02
West Coast Fire Destroys
u. S.-0wned Wheat Store
BY the Assoc ated Press.

By the Assoc. ated Press.
PORT COSTA, Calf, Sept. O.
An early morning fire. sweeping
along the water front of this Central
California industrial town, today
destroyed a great warehouse half
filled with Government-held grain
and razed two fish reduction plants
Agents for owners of the property
estimated the damage at more than
$l.000,0O0. The warehouse held o.
900 tons of Montana wheat.
Also last were a barge, tugboat
and an old whaling ship, seven
freight cars of wheat. two tank cars
of fish oil and railroad equipment.
r. S. Alexander. yard manager
said he thought the fire probably
had been started by transient.
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Song Writer Soldier
Wed in South Curolind
Ey the Associated Press.

BY tne AsSOClhteu fTtSs'
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. a.
Thomas CTommy) M. Adair of New
York and Hollywood, who did the
lyrics for the song hits, do I Wor-
ry?" and Let's Get Away From 1t
ALI" and Miss Frances A. Jefforts
of Columbia were married last night
before a justice of the peace in Lex
ingon County, a few miles from
Columbia.
Mr.. Adair, a private at Fort Jack
son since his induction into the
Army eight months ago, was an ar
ranger and radio script writer for
Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra.
He gave his age as 28 and Miss
Jefforts as %.
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Toxic Weighs Sea 'Sofety Zone
To Bar U. S. Aid Going to Reds;
Nearer Leningrod, Nozis Claim
$50 More Americans
Arrive in Ulster
For Defense Work
sy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland,
Sept, 2.-The United States
technicians who are employed
by the British government on
defense facilities in Ulster were
reinforced last night by the ar
rival of $50 more Americans.
There now are about 800
Americans thus engaged IN
Northern Ireland.
Evening star., 1941-09-02
La Guurdiu to Keep
Civilian Defense Post
nv ths As.ori.tsS pr.ss

BY the Assoclated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2.-Mayor r H
La Guardia said today he would not
resign his post as national director
of civilian defense.
His remark was prompted by re-
cent reports that he would resign
to further his campaign for re-
election as Mayor.
"As 7 said when I took this office
(civilian defense), the effort and
extra labor comes out of me and not
out of the CITY," the Mayor told re-
porters. And, so far, everything
is normal and I shall continue to
function"
Evening star., 1941-09-02
New Rules Restricting
|nsta|ment Buying
Go Into Effect
Federal Reserve OfficiuIs
Expect No Great
DisIocution of Trode

By the Associated Press.
Americas stores and banks opened
today for the first real day of busi-
ness under Government rules re-
stricting easy time payments.
The Federal Reserve Boards in
stalment credit regulations went
into effect yesterday morning, but
the Labor Day holiday delayed the
full effect of the order until today.
How much the rules may curtail
business, no one in Washington
would guess. However, Federal Re-
serve officials indicated that they
looked for no great dislocation. be-
| cause they believed the regulations
to be mild
What the board did was to fix
minimum down payments and max
imum time to pay the balance on a
| selected list of consumer articles
improvement loans on real estate
and cash loans under $1,000 also
are limited.
1s-Month Time Limit.
On each of the specified consumer
articles ard the small cash loans
the time limit on repayment will be
18 months.
The down payment minimums
follow:
Thirty three and one third per
cent on automobiles. airplanes, power
boats, boat motors. motorcycles; 2(
per cent on mechanical refrigerators
washing machines, ironers, suction
cleaners, cooking stoves and ranges
heating stoves and space heaters
radios and musical instrument,
made principally of metal, room air.
coolers sewing machines and elec.
trio dishwashers; Is per cent on fur
naces dncluding oil burners, ga,
conversion burners and stokers to be
installed in furnaces, water heaters
water pumps. plumbing and sanitary
fixtures, home air-conditioning sys.
TENS, attic ventilating fans; 10 pei
cent on furniture, pianos and elec-
trio organs.
Numerous exemptions were made
for farmers. students and person!
needing emergency loans for med.
ical, dental, hospital or funeral ex'
penses.
c. /. o. Magazine Protests.
Meanwhile a publication Of tn,
Congress of Industrial Organization
asserted that restrictions on install
ment buying would have the effect
of rationing the products affected
in favor of the people who have tn,
most money"
The Economic Outlook. C. I, o
magazine, said these regulationl
will make it more difficult for work.
ing people to get even their pre-.
war percentage of automobiles, re.
frigerators, radios and the like"
At the same time the publication
declared there had been a 'conspic.
uous failure of the Federal Gov.
ernment to do an effective job o.
defense housing" and expressed op'
position to the form Of the pending
tax bill as approved by the Senate
Finance Committee.
Opposing proposals for lowered
income tax exemptions and impo-
sition of new excise taxes, the Out.
look added:
"It seems perfectly clear that unit
every possible penny of tax incom,
is taken from the upper bracket
of income and from corporation
profits. no penny should be with
drawn from families where it will
mean less to eat or wear"
The outlook estimated total un
employment at 6,305, 900 for June. {
reduction of IL per cent from tn
May estimate.
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Killers Infantry
Routed in SmoIensk
Area, Reds Claim
Regiment Rushed From
France Declared Beaten
Soviet Troops Dig In
Nv the Associated Press.

Bv tine ASSoCldLeu fIcso'
MOSCOW, Sept. 2-Red Army
units counter-a attacking on the CEN
tral sector toward Smolensk have
routed a German infantry regiment
rushed to the eastern front from
France only 10 days ago, 1t was an
nounced officially today.
The beaten regiment was OF the
16lst German Division, the Russian
daily communique stated in its sup
Elementary portion. 1t said the reg
iment came to the eastern front
from the German-occupied French
city of Toul, near Nancy and close
to the German border.
The Black Sea naval air force was
described as in-action against land
as we'll as maritime objectives
fighting along the entire front, ano
Odessa still held out under Ger
man-Rumanian siege.
Red Navy bombers raided Axis
ports and troop concentrations over
the last three days, a communique
said, damaging warship and de-
stroying 83 tanks and more than
so armored cars.
Strengthened Stand Noted.
The strengthened stand OF the
Red Army from hard-pressed Lenin-
grad to the banks of the Dnieper
| was noted in dispatches.
A captured lieutenant of the 16lst
Division, Ludwig Robert, was quoted
by the Soviet Information Bureau
as saying that tremendous losses on
the eastern front had compelled
the German high command TO with
draw garrisons from occupied coun-
tries-France, Belgium, Holland and
others.
The whole garrison of Toul," he
was quoted, has been sent 10 the
Russian front. At the beginning
of the war regular army contingent,
were replaced by reservists. Now
reservists, too, are being dispatched
to the eastern front and replaced
| by wounded soldiers who, as yet
have not completed treatment. Many
of them are still wearing bandages.
| During Frances participation ir
the war Toul was headquarters oi
the Lafayette Squadron, made ur
of French pilots flying American
built planes.
For the fifth consecutive day tht
ofhcial Moscow communique declared
Russian defense positions unchanged
as the Red Army stood off German
onslaughts and struck back in sector
after sector along the entire front
Vessel Sunk i'm Baltic.
The midday war bulletin sale
Soviet naval planes sank vesse
during an attack on Axis shipping
in the Baltic Sea.
The Moscow radio broadcast Z
statement that the German Arm,
was bleeding to death slowly from
the wounds of almost 101a weeks o.
costly assault. 1t declared the Naz
casualties had mounted to 2,500,00'
with 100000 of that total killed
No specific sectors were named il
Moscow war reports, but the mid
night communique credited massiv'
Russian tanks with literally smash
ing beneath their heavy treads /,
German light tank attack at the out
skirts of a city identified onl!
as ID"
The sttackers first ran into heav
Russian artillery fire, the war repor
declared, and then into a counter
attack by big Russian tanks which
in their first sweep forward, crushe
20 German tanks and put others ou
of action.
80 Tanks Declared Lost.
Altogether, the attacking Ger
mans were said to have lost 8
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Odessa Woterworks
Are Reported
Under Siege
BY the Associated Press.

| BY Ine ASSocldteu PresS.
BERLIN, Sept. 2.-The most
advanced German units in the
Leningrad drive are standing be-
fore Krasnogvardeisk, 20 miles
southwest of that second city of
the Soviet Union, informed Ger
man quarters said today.
| Rumanian troops were declared
by D.NB., official news agency, to
be besieging the main water works
of Odessa, isolated Russian city on
the Black Sea.
Cutting off of the Odessa water
supply, the news agency said, would
seriously endanger Red Army SOL
diers and civilian volunteers Defend
ing the port, already said to be
suffering from shortage of food.
The report of the German move
ment to Krasnogvardeisk-a juno
ton for railways from Pskov, Tai
linn and Leningrad-followed
DNB. report that German infantry
had stormed important heights in
the northern sector OF the front
yesterday and held them against
repeated heavy Russian counter
attacks.
Airports in Arctic Raided.
Russian military facilities and
airports south of Arctic Murmansk
were raided with excellent effect"
Ir h4p1horc
D.NB. said. East of Alakurtti. the
agency reported, combat planes
bombed Soviet soldiers and then
machine gunned them in low diving
attacks.
Eight of 10 Red Army batteries
which sought to hold up the Ger
man advance in the north were re-
ported to have been destroyed in a
furious artillery duel and, in the
south, Stuka dive-bombers struck
their first blow of the war at penin-
sular Crimea. A ring of steel was
said to be closing about Leningrad
DNB said German troops, despite
difficult terrain and weather condi-
tions, had destroyed Russian units
north Of Luga yesterday and seized
much booty, vehicles and guns, mired
in swamps.
Resistance Tenacious
South OF Lake linen. the news
agency said, the Soviet forces
showed extraordinarily tenacious
and bitter resistance" but the Ger
mans overcame them and continued
their advance. Lake linen is 100
miles south of Leningrad
German sources said the Russians
suffered heavy losses at the hands
of Firms in the Viipuri area above
Leningrad. tabulations thus far list
ing 143 cannon and 81 tractors.
On the southern sector. 1900
prisoners were reported captured
and 9 Soviet tanks and IA planes
were declared destroyed
CThe Berlin radio heard in New
York said German cyclist de-
tachment sank a Soviet gunboat
on the Dnieper yesterday and. "in
the panic which ensued among
the Bolshevists," boarded and
captured an accompanying Acton
motorshipD
South of Kiev the Russians at
tackled German divisions S positions
yesterday but were driven back,
D.NB. said.
This attack was prepared with
heavy artillery barrage and sup
ported with tanks. The Germans
stopped it, then counterattacked
Immediately, driving deep into the
Russian lines and taking many
prisoners in heavy fighting, DNB.
said.
Adolf Hitler's field headquarters
(See BERLIN, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Won Popen Reported
Flying to Berlin
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, Sept. l Delayed -
Diplomats close to the Axis said to-
day that Franz Won Papen, German
Ambassador to Turkey, was flying
back to Berlin, and it was rumored
persistently that he would not re-
turn. One of the new school Of Nazi
diplomats may take his place, it wa,
said.
Evening star., 1941-09-02
WHY GERMANY INVADED
RUSSIA.
By JOHN T. WHITAKER,

BY JOHN L. WHITAKER,
Foreign Correspondent Of The Star and
Chicago Daily News Inc.
America is halfway across the
world from the Soviet Union, but
America-with a free people and q
gigantic industry-is the reason why
Hitler invaded Russia. American
arms shipments, followed by Amer
ica's entry into the war OF 19l4-1sls,
proved decisive when Germany made
her first bid for world domination.
Today the Lease-Lend Act and the
possibility of American participa-
ton are the only things that lie
between Hitler and the conquest OF
the world.
Hitler is a realist and a man OF
action. While the invasion Of Russia
was obviously dangerous gamble,
it was Hitler's one chance Of beating
America and he took it..
Hitler needs time to beat America
so long as the British feet still
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Film Inquiry Delayed
On Wilkes Request
B, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
A Senate Interstate Commerce
Subcommittee decided today to de-
lay until next Tuesday a projected
inquiry into whether the motion
picture industry has disseminated
pro-war propaganda.
Hearings had been scheduled to
start tomorrow, but Wendell L.
Willkie, counsel for the picture in
terests, asked a postponement yes
terday in order to familiarize him
self with details of the film industry
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Legion Urges Axis Defect

COLUMBIA, Mo, Sept. 2 (P.-
Missouri American Legionnaires
adopted a resolution today at their
State convention which urged that
every means be employed, includ-
ing, if necessary, the use of our
armed forces to assure the defeat Of
Axis powers"
Evening star., 1941-09-02

This is the first OF nelc Sc
ries OF articles BY noted foreign
correspondent, formerly stationed
in Rome and more recently in
Lisbon, Portug1l)
Evening star., 1941-09-02

Foreign.
British offensive against continent
roars over coast. Page AS
British planes fly high over Channel
to raid France. Page AS
Garrison at Tobruk beats on attack
by 100 warplanes. Page Al
Russians in Nome expected to hop
for Capital today. Page Al
National.
Record-breaking tax bill sent to
Senate by committee. Page Al
Roosevelt firts with Bolshevisr1,
Germans declare. Page Az
Byrd sees defense production speed
up shortening war. Page Al
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Bur Exam Results

The list of 3S1 successful can
didates in the District bar ex-
amina ton held June 1921 IL
published today on Page AS.
Evening star., 1941-09-02

(See FERRY, Page A-5o
Evening star., 1941-09-02

(See MOSCOW, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1941-09-02

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages TX and Ak of this edition of
The Star. supplementing the news of
the regular home delivered edition.
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Summary of Todoy's Star

d. c. paving contract files to be ex-
amined tomorrow. Page B-1
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Spanish Ambassador Hits
Statements by Monarchisf

Don Juan Francisco de Cardenas,
Spanish Ambassador, sought infor-
nation from the State Department
today about the activities in this
country of man registered with
the department as the Marquis de
Aguiar, representative of an anti
EaH Spanish monarchist association.
The Ambassador who told re-
porters late yesterday that he had
been unable to find such title listed
in recent official guides of Spanish
nobility, planned to call on Under
secretary of State Welles during the
day to inquire about what might be
known of him here.
Statements made to reporters
Monday by the man describing him
self as the Marquis de Aguiar that
all Spanish diplomatic missions in
the Americas had German advisers
were termed absurd" by the Am
bassador.
He said other statements con-
eerning an alleged secret agreement
having been signed by Hitler and
Franco in October. 1888, were NON
sense" and that Spain retained full
control of her foreign policy.
"All his other assertions as to the
presence of II German divisions in
spain, etc." the Ambassador added,
"have been frequently published
without ever having been proved
true. 1t is not my desire to dignity
this interview with a detailed reply
or to answer further these and other
inaccurate assertions which are so
often published"
Evening star., 1941-05-21
u. S.-0wned Plants
10 Step Up Output Of
Aluminium Indicated
Reynolds Metals Co. Head
Says Firm Can Expand
Production Supervision

Definite indications that the Gov
ernment plans to build aluminium
plants to meet increased demands
OF the national defense program
were in evidence today. Heretofore
1t has relied on private producers
and helped them expand capacity
through Federal loan and tax
amortization plans.
r. S. Reynolds, president of the
Reynolds Metals Co.. said late yes
eerday his company has been asked
BY the Government if it could op-
crate Federally-constructed plants
and that it has replied that in addi-
tion to its present program, which
calls for completion by the end of
the year of five factories capable of
producing 12O000,0O0 pounds of
aluminium a year, it can supervise
operation of other plants able to
turn out about 2000O0,000 pounds
annually.
The Nations present aluminium
production capacity of slightly more
than 52,OO0,0O0 pounds a month is
being gradually enlarged. but de-
Tense officials have expressed the
opinion that the acceleration pace
Is much too slow to meet anticipated
demands for more than IL billion
pounds annually for all military re-
Quirements.
Sees Record Gains.
THE Aluminium Co of America
tchief producer of virgin ingot has
done wonderfully well in expanding
its facilities" Mr.. Reynolds told a
press conference here, "and I think
the Reynolds company's record of
turning out aluminium in its Lister
(Ala) plant within six months after
ground was broken constitutes
record of some sort.
We've done the best we could,
but it's time for the Government
to step into the picture-if this
country is going to match the
aluminium output of the Axis"
Plants under German control are
capable of turning out 1000 600, 900
pounds of aluminium a year, he said.
According to authentic reports,
the Government plan calls for Fed
eral construction of aluminium
plants that would be leased to the
Reynolds company and other pri-
vate manufacturers.
Secretary of Interior 1ckes. sup
ported by President Roosevelt, has
maintained that any such new
plants should not be turned over to
the ALCOA aluminium Company of
America, which has had virtual
monopoly In the production field.
Contract for Ore.
Mr.. Reynolds said adequate sup
plies of aluminium ore for his COM
pany's new plants, two in Alabama
and three in Washington State,
have been assured through con-
tract calling for deliveries of 6,000,-
900 tons of aluminium ore from
Dutch Guiana. These deliveries
from South America are scheduled
to be in substantial quantity about
January l, he said, and will continue
for II years.
Asked if there was any danger of
this source of supply being cut off,
Mr. Reynolds said:
IF the trade route between Dutch
Guiana and the United States is
blocked by our enemies, being as
close as 1t Is to the Panama Canal
and other vital defense points, we
will probably be licked anyway"
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Columbia Heights Meeting

Plans for the annual outing of
t1e group will be discussed at the
MAY meeting of the Columbia
Heights Businessmen's Association
at 8 o'clock tonight in the Lucas
Restaurant, 1926 Fourteenth street
NV. Harry D. Gordon is president
of the association.