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Evening star., 1941-10-09
Defend America Group
Forms D. T.. CHAPTER

The Committee to Defend Amer.
lea organized q Washington chapter
last night. Melvin D. Hildreth, gen.
eral counsel of the Presidents Com
mittee on War Relief Agencies, was
elected president: Mrs. j. Border
Hartman, former American Min
lister to Norway, honorary chairman;
John Laylin and Mrs. Charles Car.
roll, vice chairmen; Thomas P
Morgan, jr., treasurer, and DR.
Esther Brunauer, secretary of the
chapter. Plans were laid for ar
"all-out victory rally" to be held
within the next three weeks at a
date which the committee plans to
announce later. The meeting was
held in the committee ONCE, 9O1
Fifteenth street NV.
Since the policies long advocated
by the Committee to Defend Amer
lea have now been 50 largely ac-
cepted as the national policy of the
United States" Mr.. Hildreth said In
accepting the Craftsmanship, there
is clearly q need to create a chapter
of our committee in Washington.
1--WE are now filling this need and
will be prepared to cooperate fully
with other patriotic groups here in
support of measures necessary to
safeguard our counGy by assuring
victory over Hitlerism."
Evening star., 1941-10-09

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 9.-Following is an
unofficial translation of the version
of President Roosevelt's letter to
Premier Stain which was distrib-
uted by D.N.B., the official German
news agency (before the official
United States text was made public
by the White House in Washing
tom:
My Dear Friend Stain:
This letter will be delivered to
you by my friend Hartman, whom
have delegated as head of our
Moscow delegation. Mr.. Hartman
is we'll acquainted with your prob
lens, and, know, will do everything
he can to bring the negotiations in
Moscow to a successful conclusion.
Harry Hopkins reported in de-
tail regarding his successful and
satisfactory visits in the Foreign
Office. I cannot say how deeply
we all are impressed by the per-
formance of the brave Soviet armies
I'VE will find suitable base to
produce the material and equip
ment which is necessary to fight
Hitler on all fronts, including the
Soviet front.
Il would like to take this occasion
to express my great confidence that
your armies will be victorious in the
end over Hitler and to assure you
of the greatest determination to
afford the necessary material assist
ance.
Yours in friendship,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Berlin
Continued From First Page

clared the issue on the eastern front
was at the point of decision.
THE Soviet Union is militarily
finished" he asserted. In the east,
the campaign will be developed when
and how We wish.
From the springs of the Volga
to the Sea of Azov, remnants of
armies everywhere are in retreat" :"
Trumpets Herald Communioue.
A special high command COM
munique, announced to the German
people with the special fanfare of
trumpetS saved for signal moments,
declared the Soviet Union has not
one division left fully fit for battle
across the whole length of the vast
eastern front. 1t said:
Fighting in the central sector of
the Eastern front has led to an
other battle of encirclement.
Attacked from the rear by strong
armored forces, three enemy armies
must expect their humiliation also
In the area Of Bryansk
Huge Nazi maneuvers were begun
by Hitlers secret order after long,
careful planning, DR.. Dietrich said.
In the order to the soldiers of the
eastern front, he said, Hitler told
them the "deadliest blow" would be
dealt to Russia and that it also
would be decisive blow against
Britain.
DR.. Dietrich predicted that Russia
would speak of restoration of her
armies. but he declared this would
be military dilettantism.
The Soviet Union had military
leaders only insofar as they COM
manded vast masses of men. but
there never was any leadership. he
said.
DR.. Dietrich predicted also that
Russia would contrast the vastness
OF her territory with the region
actually occupied by Germany as
proof that the German conquest
was not so great after all.
OF that, he said, "Once the armed
forces Of Russia are annihilated. the
rest is easy"
At the beginning of his address,
DR.. Dietrich challenged the Russian
communicates and military reports.
Reserves Declared Intact.
The Russian high command, he
said, did what Germany hardly
dared hope for at the outset of the
struggle last June % by facing
German arms instead of retreating.
That gave the Germans a chance
to encircle Russians everywhere and
it was done, without touching vast
reserves and with Germany still able
after three and a half months of
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Mrs. Roosevelt Tells
Campfire Girls Their
Work Is Important
Projects Organization
Is Carrying on Are
Cited in Radio Talk

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt last
night told BOT 900 Camp Fire Girls
throughout the Nation that their
contribution to the well-being of
their homes was an important part
of the countrys defense program
and called for senior members and
adult leaders to enlist in their local
civilian defense programs.
Mrs. Roosevelt's s address, broad
cast over the National Broadcasting
Co. from here, was carried as the
opening address to the National
Council Meeting Of Camp Fire Girls
in Detroit. She is honorary chair
man of the Camp Fire Girls Ma
tional Advisory Council.
Stressing the importance of the
study Camp Fire Girls are making
in the planning and cooking of 81
dinners for families of four, Mrs.
Roosevelt said:
when times like the present come
and We find many of our young men
ineligible to defend their country
because they have been fed i'm
properly, we know we have fallen
down on our job as home makers. ="
Home Gardens Urged.
AS another direct contribution to
the defense program, Mrs. Roosevelt
cited another Camp Fire Girl project
growing some of the things you
need, preserving them for use, taking
yourself out of the buying market,
when that market is taxed by more
urgent needs Of other people"
She also pointed out that the
abilities and skills of older members
of the family could be used in de-
fense work, If you can tighten some
of the burdens usually carried by
them in the home. and still keep
that home a unit which is worthy
of defense"
AS assistant director Of the Office
of Civilian Defense, Mrs. Roosevelt
asked senior Camp Fire Girls and
their leaders to help get civilian de-
fense volunteer Offices established
in their home communities.
Mclean Girl Gives Her Pin.
Sharing the program with Mrs.
Roosevelt was 17-year-old Camp
Fire Girl, Margaret Monteith of
Mclean. Va, who presented the
organizations "Give Service" pin to
Mrs. Roosevelt and outlined some of
the projects of the group. She told
of helping newcomers to the land
feel at home, welcome and appre-
ciated. Camp Fire Girls, she said,
are earning honors by learning to
handle a household to give their
parents more time of for community
defense work.
Camp Fire Girls, she added, are
also knitting for the Red Cross. col
lecting aluminium, canning food, COL
lecting soap, tin foil and scraps OF
cloth for British war relief, sending
comic papers to British children and
,ounding up old books and magazines
for the soldiers in this countrys
Army camps.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Employment Center
Reports More Work,
Fewer Job Hunters
Placements Set Record
As Number Of Applicants
Drops to New Low

The number of persons still seek.
ing jobs through the District Of
Columbia Employment Center has
reached an all-time low, 1t was
reported today, largely because =
record number of men and women
have gained work through the
center.
BY the end of this week the en-
ployment center expects TO havs
exceeded the number of job place
n1ents made during the entire year
1910. At the end of September the
center had filled 47000 jobs in 1941
within 1000 of the figure set for
all last year.
The active file Of those seeking
employment now stands at 1886.
the lowest number since the Office
was established under the Wagner
Peyser Act in 1893, reported Edwin
w. Jones. director. The drop is ap-
parent despite an increase in the
number of new and renewed apph-
cations during the first nine months
of this year
Placements in the commercial and
professional field show a gain of 71.6
per cent: industrial and building
trades placements were up 446 per
cent, and domestic and service
placements scared 34.l per cent.
Shortages in specific occupations
are becoming more severe" it was
( reported.
| In the building trades the lack
extends from experienced brick
layers to paper hangers.
In the restaurants a shortage Of
"all qualified workers is said to
exist-from food checkers and bus
boys TO oyster shuckers.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
HitIer,s Order to ] roops
Reds Declared to Have Armed for Attack
Beyond 'Grovest Apprehensions' Of Nozis

built, 25,500 kilometers Of railways
are fynctioning again, in fact over
$1,000 kilometers of railways already
have been changed to general Euro
pean gauge
Work is being done on thousands
of kilometers of roads. Vast terri
tories already have been taken over
by the civil administration. Life
there is quickly being restored ac-
cording to reasonable laws. Vast
quantities of foodstuffs, fuel and mu-
| nitions are available.
This outstanding achievement OF
one struggle was obtained with sac
rifces. which, however painful in in
dividual cases, in the total amount
to not yet 5 per cent of those of the
World War.
Last Mighty Blow.
No one knows better what you
my comrades, and with you our
brave allied soldiers. have achieved
suffered and sacrificed in these
three and one-half months than one
who fulfilled his duty as a soldier
in the past war.
During these three and one-halt
months, my soldiers, the pfe-condi-
ton at least has been created for a
last mighty blow which shall crush
! this opponent before winter sets in
All preparations, so far as human
beings can foresee, have been made
Step by step has been prepared plan
fully to maneuver the opponent into
sucm a position that We can now
strike deadly blow
Today begins the last great, deci-
sive battle of this year. 1t will hit
this enemy destructively and with il
the instigator of the entire war, Eng
land herself.
For If we crush this opponent
we also remove the last English ally
! on the continent.
Freeing Europe From Menace.
Thus we will free the German
Reich and entire Europe from 6
menace greater than any since tn,
time of the Huns and later of tn,
Mongol tribes.
The German people. therefore, vii
| be with you more than ever be
fore during the few ensuing weeks
What you and allied soldiers hav,
achieved already merits our deep
est thanks.
With bated breath, the blessing o
the entire German homeland &C
companies you during the hard day
ahead. With the Lords aid you no
only will bring victory, but also tn,
most essential condition for peace
The Fuehrer's headquarters: Octo
! ber 2, 1941.
(Signed) Adolf Hitler, Fuehre,
and supreme commander of thl
armed forces.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Woodside PIT. A. Urqes
Holiday DismissuIs

, The Woodside (Md) Parent
Teacher Association has adopted a
resolution favoring dismissal of
classes in Maryland public schools
following patriotic exercises on holi-
days
Proponents of the measure pointed
out that the present practice of
holding classes following the exer-
cises tends to make the pupils re-
sentful and takes away any holiday
spirit.
Raymond Dugan. new principal OF
the Woodside School, told the asso-
citation of his plans for the year
It was voted to send resolution of
appreciation to Miss Dorothy Mich
OILS, principal of the school for the
last Il years,
Mrs. Allen H. Gardner, vice presi-
dent, presided at the meeting.
Evening star., 1941-10-09

fighting to launch frontal attacks.
DR.. Dietrich declared with the warn
ing:
Let the English attempt to make
a landing in Norway, Holland, Bel
gium or on the French coast and
they will learn what reserves we
still have"
All told, German losses on the
eastern front so far have been only
per cent of Germanyis World War
losses, he announced.
The army waited before long-be-
sieged Kiev, he pointed out as an
example, not because it was impos-
sible to storm the Ukraine capital
but because the high command
wanted to be sure to trap more than
100000 Russians to the east In the
same operation.
Hitler's headquarters has an
nounced that 665 900 Russians were
taken prisoners in the mop-up east
of Kiev.
OF Leningrad, DIR. Dietrich dis
puted reports that land connection
with the city had been reopened by
the Russians and said the /beleag-
uered capital of the Cars, the sec
ond city of Russia, has been hermet-
ically sealed from the land side for
a month.
Hitler's order of the day declared
that within q few weeks Russia 8
three most important industrial re-
gions will be completely in our
hands" and gave this summary of
successes that far in the campaign:
Capture of more than 2,400 900
prisoners.
The next day after issuing the
order of the day-that is. on Fri
day, Hitler told a Berlin audi
ence that Russian prisoners to
date numbered 2,500,000D
Destruction or capture of more
than 1880 tanks and more than
81 900 artillery pieces.
Destruction of 14,200 planes.
COunterattacks Acknowledged.
The German high command said
"the illusions of continued successes
which have been particularly at
tached to these (the Russian armies
by the enemy's lying propaganda"
had been shattered.
Acknowledging communicating
power by the Russians at Leningrad,
the high commands report, never
theless, said:
Repeated attempts by the enemy
to break through the encirclement
west of Leningrad by employing tank
forces has failed under heavy losses
for the enemy. Numerous Soviet
tanks were destroyed"
One communique told of aerial
support for German land forces
along the entire front, mentioning
an armament works southeast of
Kharkov and war targets" at Lenin-
grad as particular objectives.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Letter
Continued From First Page.)

cial translation of DNB.'s version
had it My Dear Friend Stain -
Similarly with the conclusion
Yours Very Sincerely" for the
White House, and Yours in Friend
ship" for DNB.
The White House apparently re-
ferred to these differences when it
spoke of Nazi propaganda objec-
tives."
But the Capital was curious about
where Berlin got its knowledge of
the contents of the letter, which was
delivered to Stain about 10 days
ago by w. Averell Hartman, head
of the American aid mission to
Moscow.
DNB. said it had acquired the
letter from the most reliable quar-
ters. but it did not say how
There was belief in some quar-
ters that the Germans somehow
got hold of the text in this country
and transmitted it in code to Ber-
lin via South America.
The Only Known Sources.
But, as far as could be learned
the only known sources here would
be the White House, where the
letter is believed to have been writ
ten about three weeks ago, and the
State Department, which probably
received a copy of the message.
Mr.. Hartman carried the letter
with him to Moscow. and the
chances of secretly learning its con-
tents en- route appeared remote at
first glance, for he travelled via
London and great secrecy surround
ed the movements of the American
and British missions which went to
the Red capital together.
That would leave the Kremlin,
the heavily guarded citadel of the
Soviet regime-and the idea of the
letter being surreptitiously obtained
there was worthy of the best in
ternational thriller.
One less thrilling solution ad-
vanced was that the Soviet govern
ment may have purposely put a copy
in the way of a Nazi agent for
psychological and other good rea-
sons of its own.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
w. & L. Alumni Plan RoIIy

Alumni of Washington and Lee
University will gather at pregame
rally luncheon at 1890 pm. tomor-
row at the Harrington Hotel. A
large number is expected to attend
the football game between w. & L.
and George Washington University
at Grifith Stadium tomorrow night.
Brian Bell, president of the Alumni
Association, will be POSTMASTER at
the luncheon.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Mrs. Leah A. CIagett Dies
In Falls Church Home

Mrs. Leah A. Claggett, for many
years a resident of Washington, died
yesterday at her home in Falls
Church, Va. Funeral services will
be held at 2:30 pm. tomorrow at
Gawlers funeral home with burial
in Oak Hill Cemetery.
The widow of Dorsey Claggett
District registrar of wills under
President Cleveland and later COL
lector of the Port of Georgetown
Mrs. Claggett divided her time be-
tween Washington and. San Fran
cisco after her husbands death
several years ago. There are no
survivors.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Commuters Roll Line
OK. in Silver Sprinq

Approval of plan for a railroad
committing service to accommodate
defense workers living in suburbs of
the District was expressed last night
by the Silver Spring Board of Trade.
Such a plan is being studied by
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee. A special COM
mittee will be appointed by Presi-
dent James D. Draper to study the
plan, and letters will be sent to rail-
roads and Representative Randolph
announcing the boards approval.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Scientific Wiener Roost

The Newtonian Society Of Wilson
Teachers College yesterday held a
wiener roast in Rock Greek Park
The group is composed Of students
interested in science and mathe-
matics.
The Women's Club of the college
held its annual freshman-faculty
tea at the college the same after
noon,
Evening star., 1941-10-09
Mortinsburg Pastors
Pick G. H. Corkrun
sp.cisl Dispatch to The Star.

6peClAl DlspdICn 70 iHe ctht'
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Oct. g.
The Rev Clarence H. Corkran,
pastor of Calvary Methodist Church
here, was named president Of the
Martinsburg Ministerial Association
this week to fill a vacancy caused
by the resignation of the Rev. S. c.
Crawford, pastor of Baptist church
In the Leetown area.
Mr.. Corkran came here last year
from Douglas Memorial Methodist
. Church. Warrington.
Evening star., 1941-10-09

A Spanish adobe house. built In
San Francisco in 1776, has been
remodeled for an Army officers
club.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27
Ban on Indy
Speech Scored
Nys Describes Act
as 'DomnobIs Folly

oNEW YORK, Aug. 27-(R)-
Isolationist Senator Gerald p.
Nye (R-ND) today said refusal
of an Oklahoma City auditorium
to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh for
a speech was damnable folly on
the part of the American peo-
pie.
1T is but small degree of the
intolerance we'll experience as
we get nearer involvement or
actually in the European war;"
he said at his Waldorf-Astoria
suite in a press conference prior
to a speech scheduled for the
Bronx tonight.
At that speech Nye said his
subject would be "two men in a
boat" and he made no secret
that the subjects were Prime
Minister Winston Churchill and
President Roosevelt.
Declaring he was speaking
under the auspices of the Ameri-
ca First Committee, as do Lind
bergh, Senator Wheeler 3D.
Mont.) and others, Nye said:
1--WE have been thoroughly
PANIED, sometimes in a most
unpleasant manner. It seems it's
impossible to be good Ameri-
Can without being a lover of
Britain and a Hitler Hater,"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27
(ranlp Proves
Fatal 10 Boy
Roseville Lad. IS,
browns Nsor Pontiac

OLee Porter, Is, of 19640 Utica
boulevard, Roseville, drowned
Tuesday afternoon in Gilbert
lake near Bloomfield where he
and another youth had been
bathing. 81 /.
Witnesses said the youth was
apparently seized by a cramp
and disappeared into the water
without warning. His COM
panion, Erwin Weiske, IA, of
Detroit, saw his friend sink, and
after q few minutes located the
body.
First aid was administered
and the youth was rushed to a
Pontiac hospital when signs of
life were found. However, he
was dead upon admittance.
He is survived by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Porter, and one sister, Wanda.
Funeral services will be held
from Wilkenbach Funeral Home,
st. Clair Shores, Friday after
noon at 2 pm, Rev. Bearce Of
ficiating. Interment will be in
Summit Hill.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27

oDarn clever. these Chinesel
"America's Possessions in Pa
cific are Potential Forts"
screams q large headline In the
China Press, Shanghafs only
newspaper printed in English.
The date: Nov. 20, 1898.
IF Japan Demands Naval
Parity at 1888 Farley, w. 8.
May Fortify Navsl Bases In
Aleutians, Philippines, Guam,
Samoa, Midway. Wake" another
headline states.
The date: Dec. 8. 1888.
SCREAM WARNINGS
Zero Hour Awaited BY $780,
900 Soldiers Along Jehol Front"
Signal From Gen. Muto will
Let Loose Hell Of Modern War-
fare" - See Long Drawn-out
Conflict" reads still another
headline from The China Pres.
The date: Jan. II. 1o33.
These and many more q .
similar nature Indicate ~ -
old gag line eo0enfpino III
cleverness Of the Chinese 1oce =
more than Idle talk"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27
Bomb Blast
Endangers
Legion Group

ODANNEBROG, Neb., Aug q
-R-A bomb exploded on the
roof of q two-story community
hall last night, endangering the
lives of approximately $50 men
and women attending an Amer
lean Legion program honoring
youths about to enter military
service.
No one was injured, but one
woman tainted from frig h (,
Sheriff c. A. jacobson said he
could not explain the incident,
adding no report Of subversive
activity had been received from
this predominantly Danish COM
munity.
Jacobson said he believed the
bomb was q homemade affair,
but designed by someone fam
iliar with explosives. It tore Z
three-foot hole in the roof above
q store room.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27
Sidney Lewis
Passes Away
Florist, so. Dies
Of Heort Atfoek

OSidney E. Lewis. 80, promin-
ent florist, died at 1890 q. m,
today In his home at 100 High
land avenue.
Lewis managed q greenhouse
and florist shop at 119 Floral
avenue. The business will be
continued under the manage
ment of his son, Walter E. Lewis,
The elder Lewis had been in
poor health for several months,
but q severe heart attack Sum-
day was the immediate cause OF
death.
He came to Mount Clemens
from Boston in 1911 and imme-
diately entered the florist bust
ness. Accompanying him was his
wife, Matilda, his son, and his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. A. L. West, all Of whom
survive him. The two couples
were still living together at the
Highland avenue address when
Lewis died.
Funeral arrangements have
pot ben made.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27
] raij|j|hlasll
Destroys Car
oeeuponts EseoPs
Deoth In Crash

OFRASER-Three persons mar
rowly escaped death or serious
injury when the car in which
they were riding crashed into a
Grand Trunk train at the Utica
road crossing shortly before
noon today.
The driver, Zigie Orlaf, of De-
troit, apparently failed to note
the train although the engine
had already passed the crossing
when the crash came. The car
was thrown against . nearby
telephone pole and was COM
pletely wrecked.
Orlaf suffered severe lacera-
tions about the face, Mrs. F. w.
Saxton, of 32035 Utica road,
Fraser, was uninjured and A. l..
Saxton, ! of Wales, Penn, was
cut about the face.
The three walked from the
wrecked car. The train was trav-
cling at six miles per hour at
the time of the crash.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-27

ArmOred Monsters
Roll Off Lines
Macomb County Tank Arsenal
Produces Deadly Fiqhters

AAn informal showing of the
Chrysler Corporations 1912
model automobiles was an in
cident of q program yesterday
that developed the fact the
corporations $20,000,0O0 tank
arsenal in Macomb County has
reached the stage of mass pro-
duction of medium weight
mobile fortresses for the army.
The volume of tank produc-
ton was not disclosed to the
group of newspapermen attend
ing, but K. T. Keller, President
of Chrysler Corporation, assert
ed that before long the quarter
mile long assembly plant will
be turning out more tanks
than you can count"
Within the huge factory three
assembly lines were loaded
with the huge combat machines
in various stages of completion
and half q dozen of the finished
units were put through man
euverability and firing demon
stration on the proving grounds
adjoining the factory.
UP TO Schedule
II am not permitted by Army
Regulations to tell you how
many of these tanks we are
turning out" Keller told his
guests, "but we had an original
schedule Of Ave day and I can
say that we are up to schedule, =
= Several score of the biz