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Death of Miss Julia w. BOggs
Julia w. Boggs, age 20, died at
Evening star., 1941-09-18

no. brushes between American and
Axis warships since the capture or
destroy" orders we're given earlier
this week, and when asked whether
the Navy would inform the public if
it catches a raider" he replied:
We'll tell the world about it."
Net Depots Set Up.
During his press conference, Mr..
Knox also disclosed arrangements
for laying nets at the mouths Of
important United States harbors,
and declared plans had been COM
pleted for the use of mines to pro-
tect naval shore installations.
He reported that net depots had
been established at unnamed ports
on both the East and West Coasts,
and that practically all" the net
material needed for blocking har-
bors to hostile vessels had been de-
livered to the Navy.
officers and men to man the net
depotS and net-laying vessels and
tenders have been trained at San
Francisco and Newport, r. l., the
Secretary said, and about 81 vessels
have been built or converted for use
in connection with the net defenses.
These are in addition to 25 tugs
purchased and about 80 small net
tenders which have been built or
are under construction.
Evening star., 1941-09-18
Criineu
Continued From First Page. }

outside Leningrad and has thrown
back Russian counterattacks, the
news agency D. N. B. said.
Reports from military observers
down the fighting line said the Ger
mans were making progress in the
middle sector and the sweep of
panZer troops across the steppes of
the southern front held almost equal
interest with the battle of Lenin-
grad.
D. N. B., reporting far-reaching
Stuka dive-bomber attacks, said a
battleship Of the Marat class was
hit three times in Black Sea raid.
Two Soviet transports were reported
sunk and many merchant vessels
damaged in attacks ranging from
Lake Ladoga to the Black Sea.
Azov Sea Ports Are Bombed.
D. N. B. said fires and heavy dam
age also were caused by bomb raids
Tuesday night on several ports of
the Sea of AZov.
Military writer's who reported the
German menace to KronStadt
pointed out that if Kronstadt could
be silenced by the joint efforts OF
the shore guns and Stukas, German
naval units could move up the Gulf
Evening star., 1941-09-18
u. 5. Navy Searching
Both Oceans in Hunt
For Axis Raiders
Conveys Are Only Part
Of SEQ Defense, Knox
Says; Details Withheld
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
administration forces defeated
all attempts to Drtte no-conpoy
prohibition into original lease
lend bill. As concession, hoaD-
ever, proUiso Das inserted that
nothing in act should be con-
strued to authorize conDoyS By
b United States naual ueSSelS. Ad-
mtniStrdtion supporters pointed
out that this provision in no ,Day
circunscribed potDer President
holds under Constitution as CON-
mander in chief OF Navy.
Evening star., 1941-09-18

June II, guaranteeing wage boosts
for Consolidated workers if standard
rates of pay were adopted by the
aircraft industry. .+.,,
The boost would go to all workers
not affected by recent raise in
minimum pay for beginners, from
so to rs cents an hour. 1t would add
millions of dollars to Consolidated's
annual pay roll.
The company has a backlog Of
$3.50 900 900 in defense orders, mostly
bombers for the United States and
the British Empire.
Other Demands Planned.
Mr. Brown indicated that the
unions demands might not be
ended, even If the raise Is granted.
He said the company and the union
would hold a conference in October
to review the pay schedules of all
workers employed more than II
weeks, and that more increases
might be expected.
Clarence Higgs, business agent for
an A. F. L.-afflliated Carpenters
Union, said last night about 600
workers employed on defense prof.
ects at Key West, Fla, had agreed
informally to go fishing" today.
He said the men made the decision
at meeting last night but that 1t
was not a union-sanctioned strike
because the American Federation Of
Labor has an agreement with the
Government not to strike on defense
projects during mediation.
The work involved is on expansion
Of a submarine base, including con-
struction of a marine railway. on
expansion Of a Naval Air Station,
and on two low-cost housing prof.
ects.
Evening star., 1941-09-18

artillery and tanks out OF sight as
yet, but have brought in literally
thousands of army trucks, most OF
them brand-new American makes.
Thanks to the excellent French
built main highways troops have
swiftly been transported to strategic
southern centers, about 10000 now
being in the neighborhood Of Pnom-
PENN and another 1000 in Siemread.
Nevertheless, no japanese SOL
diers were within 10 miles of the
frontier control posts where I
crossed from Thailand near Angkor
1t is reported that thus far the
Japanese also have left the frontier
stations in the hands Of the French,
although that condition is not ex-
pected to last indefinitely.
In numerous key cities in South
ern Indo- China the Japanese mill
tary occupies many public buildings
and is requisitioning hundreds OF
the private homes OF the French
who yield them with the greatest
reluctance, especially as rental rates
are frequently not fixed in advance
Much French resentment has been
aroused in Pnom-Penh because vir-
tually every public school has been
taken as a barracks for japanese
troops while the children of French
and native taxpayers are now COM
PEELED to resume classes in thatched
nj Snhnn1c 1ika the
French colonial buildings, are fine
modern structures, but their en-
frances are now guarded by stolid
though-muscled Japanese sentries.
Most Handsome Villas Sought.
japanese officers reveal a weak
ness for the most handsome villas
in the residential section, especially
corner locations. Unless the French
occupants are outright owners, 1t is
often difficult for them to retain
occupancy over the claims which the
Japanese command files with the
French governor -generalship. If the
Japanese occupational forces should
be quadrupled an acute housing
shortage will probably hit the
French residents, but so far the
Nipponese are being careful to de-
mand only about as much as the
traffic will bear.
The conduct of the japanese
troops in the first month Of theil
southern occupation proved re-
strained but has been more aggres-
sive here and there in the past two
weeks. Offlcers appear to have
originally ordered their troops II
maintain correctness in all contacts
with the public and tactfulness ha:
generally prevailed.
The japanese soldiers are now
becoming more restive and more in
clined to strut their stuff. Just be-
fore l left Saigon the police reported
four separate cases in which Jap
anese soldiers had got into rows
which ended with two Frenchmer
and two natives being kidnapped b!
them. The uneasy feeling existed
that incidents of this sort were llkel,
TO increase hereafter although Jap
anese officials appear anxious TO,
the least possible trouble.
tcopyrisht, 1e41. Chicaso Daily News. inc.
Evening star., 1941-09-18
Strikes
Continued From First Page }

Of them engineers, technicians and
workmen en- route to the govern
ment's off-shore defense bases in
st. Thomas, ST. Lucia, Antigua,
Trinidad and British Guiana.
A. F. L. sailors on the Pacific
Coast were reported ready to join in
the walkout today unless shipping
companies met their demands.
A second conference was called by
the Defense Mediation Board here
today in an effort to obtain an agree
ment for reopening a group of cap
tive" soft coal mines in Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia and Kentucky,
owned by major steel companies.
Lewis Proposal Made.
The $4,000 striking C. I. o. United
Mine Workers demand a union shop.
A conference yesterday, attended by
union representatives and steel COM
pany executives, failed to bring
settlement of the dispute However,
John L. Lewis, U. M. w. president,
submitted a proposal for quick re-
sumption of work Terms of the
proposal were not disclosed by the
Mediation Board, but it was to be
considered today.
A dispute over increased union
dues and assessments continued to
hold up production in a number of
Eastern Pennsylvania anthracite
mines. Twenty thousand c. I. o.
U. M. w. members remained away
from work at A collieries, although
1000 men went back to the pits in
the Wilkes-Barre area after the
mine operators had agreed to quit
deducting union assessments for the
present time.
A strike in progress since August
10 at the New Haven Clock Co.,
New Haven, Conn, was ended by
signing of a contract which gives a
scent hourly pay raise, union Sc
curity and seniority rights to 1,70O
c. I. o. clockmakers. The old wage
scale was not announced.
Machinists Seek Raise.
| LIE lHleTIldlIOIldl hSSoCldGloll VI
Machinists GA. F. L. asked the Con-
solidated Aircraft Corp. at San
Diego, Calf, for immediate wage in
creases for 27,000 employees to meet
wage advances announced by eight
other Southern California aircraft
factories.
A reply was requested by tonight
A blanket raise of 10 cents an hour
retroactive to July l, was asked.
H. c. Brown, union representative
said the company had signed a con-
| tract with the A. +. L. organization
Evening star., 1941-09-18
of Finland and take Leningrad under
fire from another direction.

HELSINKI, Sept. 18 OP.-Fin-
nish storm troops struggling across
rain-soaked Karelia were reported
today to have captured Syvaeri and
cut the Leningrad-Murmansk rail-
way, main artery of supply for
far northern Soviet troops, in two
places.
Army correspondents said the
Firms overran Red Army garrisons
both at the town and on the south
bank of the great Syvaeri River
and blasted the tracks at each
place.
CThe references apparently are
to Svirstroi, a city 200 miles
northeast of Leningrad. and the
Svir River, a canalized stream
which links Lakes Ladoga and
Omega
Evening star., 1941-09-18
Skipper Of IIIustrious
Bitten by Pet Gout
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. ia ships
mascot has inflicted the first injury
on Capt. Lord Louis Montbatten,
who has been through numerous
sea engagements and survived the
sinking Of two British warships un-
der his command.
Speaking to members Of the Over
seas Press Club yesterday, the cousin
of King George VI, here to take
command Of the damaged aircraft
carrier Ilustrious, said a friend
presented him with goat for
mascot of the Illustrious and the
animal bit him.
Evening star., 1941-09-18
u. :. Planes 10 Test
Air Raid Defenses
Along East Coast
Interceptor Forces Will
Seek to Thwurt Bombing
Attacks in October
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Bombing raids" will be aimed at
the big industrial cities of the East
Coast in October, the Army an
nounced today, in simulated attacks
to test the potency of the air forces
interceptor commands.
Thousands of civilian volunteers,
acting as aircraft spoilers and relay
points for aircraft warnings, will
participate with the first and third
interceptor commands in efforts to
thwart bomber assaults which
may be hurled at Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Charleston and
Wilmington, N. C.
Gen. Delos C. Emmons, COM
mander of the air force combat COM
mand, said the exercises were actual
tests of a permanent system of
active air defense which is being
worked out for the entire United
States as rapidly as possible"
Air raids" in an area from Massa-
chusetts to North Carolina will take
place October 9 to Is. The first
interceptor command, commanded
by Brig. Gen. John C. Mcdonnell
and based at Mitchell Field, N. Y,
will wing into action to attack the
raiders.
Civilians to Assist.
The third interceptor command
exercises, covering region from
North Carolina to Georgia, will last
from October 20 to 25, commanded
by Gen Walter H. Frank, with
headquarters at Drew Field, Tampa,
Fla.
A network of communications
taking in civilians, Army units and
the air force, will be perfected be-
fore the exercises begin. and anti
aircraft artillery will be placed at
points deemed most essential for
cooperation with the strategically
located warplane squadrons, Gen.
Emmons said.
Information centers for the swift
transmission of news of the ap-
proach Of menacing planes will be
established at regional command
posts at Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia and Norfolk, while filter
centers, to make preliminary collec-
ton Of reports from roof sitters'
in far-flung places will be located in
those cities as we'll as at Harrisburg
Pa, and Baltimore.
Attack from Boiling Field.
For the southern coast tests later
In the month regional command
posts and filter stations will be al
Charleston, S. c., and Wilmington
NJ c., with additional filter stations
at Savannah, Ga; Charlotte and
Raleigh. N. c., and Columbia, S. c
The bombardment craft will
launch their assaults in the north
coast area from Langley Field. Va;
Westover Field, Mass, and Windsor
Locks, Conn. The pursuit and
fighter craft will be poised TO inter
cept them at Boston Municipal Air
port. Rhode Island State Airport al
Providence, Mitchell Field, Floyo
Bennett Airport, Fort, Dix, N. j.;
Trumbull Field at Groton, Conn;
the Suffolk Hong Island Airport
Phillips Field at Aberdeen Proving
ground Md; Boiling Field, D. G.
and the Norfolk Municipal Airport.
The bomber bases in the thirc
interceptor command area will bt
Jacksonville, Fla; Savannah anc
Langley Field. Pursuit craft will op'
crate from fields at Charlotte. Co.
lumbia Wilmington. Fort Bragg
Augusta, Savannah and Charleston
Evening star., 1941-09-18
BY LELAND STOWE,
Foreign Correspondent Of The Star and the
Chicago Daily News.

chicago Ddlly news.
RANGOON, Sept. 18.-Far from
being ready or able to push her
initial tactical advantages, Japan
is moving with surprising caution
in Indo-China and by so doing she
betrays both the seriousness of her
economic and financial difficulties
and her reluctance to risk an early
clash with Britain and the United
States in the Far East.
These are inescapable conclusions
after two weeks observations while
travelling back and forth across
Cambodia and Cochin-C China, where
the bulk of the Japanese forces are
now stationed.
The rigid Japanese-dictated CEN
sorshIp to which the French au-
thorities are abliged to consent now
prohibits any mention OF Toklos
Indo-Chinese garriSons in dispatches
filed from Saigon and roundup
picture is only possible after leaving
Indo-China.
Less Than 4O, 900 in Country.
The most important fact to be
cited, however, completely bellies re-
cent reports of huge Nlpponese
troop movements into the rich
French colony, which is third
larger than prewar France.
Six weeks after Japan first began
landing troops in Southern lndo-
China she still has, according TO the
most reliable estimates by observers
on the spot, less than 10000 men, or
considerably less than her Vlehy-
accepted quota, stationed through
out the colony.
The japanese are busy building
barracks at the airport outside SAL
gon, at Pnom-Penh. capital OF Cam
bodia, and elsewhere in the south.
Obviously they are digging in for
long stay and some reports insist
/ that if less than two divisions are
on hand now, eight more are sched-
uled to be sent in during the au-
/ tumn. Nevertheless, the japanese
are merely in the first stages OF en-
/ uenchment in Indo-China and are
making haste with what may be
significant slowness.
| At present the japanese are be-
/ leyed to have about $50 alrplanes
| scattered in eight Indo-China air
ports, or certainly maximum OF
| 200. Perhaps so of these are at
| Saigon, where planes keep roaring
over the suburbs daily, apparently
to impress the French inhabitants
and natives.
But many Indo-Chinese airflelds
are either too small for heavy bomb
/ ers or, like Siemread Airport, close
/ to Angkor. near the Thai border,
/ they will be entirely unusable until
/ late in November due to the rainy
/ seasons inundations. Consequently.
/ the japanese will be unable to put
any large air force into an operat-
/ ing offensive status in Indo-C China
for another three months at least.
Prudent Procedure Adopted.
This fails to explain, however, why
the Japanese have not mustered
/ large aviation units at the few dry
Indo- Chinese airports If Toxic real
| " plans to utilize Southern Indo-
China as an armed menace equally
against Thailand. Singapore and the
Netherlands Indies. AS with Mp
pon's army of occupational forces,
it appears that Toxic had adopted
a prudent If thorough procedure.
What is most impressive about the
Japanese military throughout Cam
bodia and Cochin-China is the quail
ity of their equipment. They keer
Evening star., 1941-09-18
Blazing Plane Landed
SofeIy at Muneuvers

By the Associated Press.
ALEXANDRIA,, La, Sept. l8-Lt.
James Robinson of Narragansett,
R. l., was taking part in the Army
war maneuvers yesterday when the
engine in his fighter plane ex-
ploded at $500 feet.
He chose not TO use his parachute
and maneuvered the blazing craft
to a safe landing where ground
crews extinguished the flames. He
was unhurt.
Evening star., 1941-09-18
Quake JoIts California

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18 R.-
Thousands of residents of San
Francisco and other cities as far
away as Santa Cruz, 80 miles SOUTH
ward, were awakened by a sharp
earthquake at 1872 o'clock last
night, but there were no reports Of
damage. The quake lasted more
than a minute.
Evening star., 1941-09-18
Lonq-Distonce Wreckoee

After travelling so miles and de-
stroying crops on the way, a hippo
potamus has made its home at Linn
popo Dam in South Africa.
Evening star., 1941-09-18
Japan's Difficulties
Betrayed by Caution
In French Indo-China
Recent Reports Of Big
Troop Movements Are
BeIied in Survey

(This Is the first cabled dis
patch by Leland Sto,De from the
Orient, 1Dhere he has Just arriped
by clipper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-16
ELECTRIC RATES.
 HERE PROTESTED.
Committee Presents Data of Public Utilities Com.
 mission

Higher electric light rates are charged domestic consumers in Waterbury than in comparable cities, a local aldermanic committed told the state Public Utilities Com mission at Q conference yesterday afternoon at Hartford. The com mission was urged to direct that lower rates be fixed for the Wa terbury area.
 The committee, consisting of AL dermen Patrick Shea, Daniel Dris- coll and William Gerardi, submit ted figures showing that house. holders here must pay more for electric service than residents of Hartford, New Haven or Bridgeport. It was claimed that the Connecticut Light Light and Power Company could cut its rates,, yet still make profit as large as that of other utility concerns in the state.
 The committee claimed that serv- ice which costs $2.12 in Waterbury can be secured in Hartford for $l.92, in New Haven for less than $1.90 and in Bridgeport for $l.85. It was said that Bridgeport rates were re- duced when an investigation was threatened.
 The commission reserved decision on the committees plea but prom ised a written report in a week or whereabouts.
 The campaign for lower light rates was voted by the board of aldermen on motion of Alderman Burton H. Walker,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-16
DEFENSE COUNCIL
 SPEAKERS READY
Services Free in COnnec. ton With State Program;
 Rev. Lackey Chairman

Speakers are now available for ali civic services, social and church clubs or local Defense Councils to discuss the state defense program, the Rev. E. Dent Iackey, chairman of the Speakers Bureau of the State Defense Council said today.
 whether it be air raid wardens, housing and motor vehicle survey, the general plan or someone to talk on the urgent need for national unity" said Mir. L,ackey, i've will supply a speaker for any town in the state ct any time" All of the speakers will be prominent persons who have volunteered their services.
 The Rev. MT. Lackey was appoint ed as chairman of the Speakers Bureau late in June and in addition to announcing other speakers has himself addressed gatherings in several sections of the state. Dur- ing the past two weeks he has sur- veyed the eastern section of Con- necticut visiting local town officials to obtain a broad picture Of the progress of the defense program in the state.
 Preparing to provide volunteer speakers where necessary, Mir. Lackey has sent the following letter Go all Presidents and Secretaries of Connecticut clubs and organizations.
 i've hope you are planning to include civilian Defense in your organization's educational program. and believing that we could be of service to you, we have created a Speakers Bureau under the State Defense Council.
 "This Speakers Bureau will be prepared to send you the best speak CTS available on al phases of Ctvil- ian Defense. If you desire to have speakers on this vital subject, jlease address your communications to- Chairman of Speakers Bureau, State Defense Council, State Armorw, Hartford, Connecticut = and state the subject you wish discussed, date of meeting, hour, place, type of meeting, length of tame allotted to speaker, and other information you think we should have.
 Tt will assist us greatly in secur- ing good speakers for you If you will send in your requests early"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-16

could have reached out and touched the nearest soldier. Once 8 staff car parked but 8 few yards away for ten minutes while three officers dis cussed something.
 MOVED AHEAD OF A MAN-HUNT
 He lay there all that day, but when night came he started moving fast again because he knew the Germans would have patrols out looking until every member of the wrecked Whitley was accounted for, alive or dead.
 The night of the second day he got several tins of food and lots of bread from e darkened store. And then by the third day, moving slow, he was looking out over the North Sea.
 On the outskirts of a fishing vile lage he hid for four days and four nights. He watched the fishermen and the German sentries, who were guarding the water front where the fishermen moved. He thought there would be some chance of stealing 6 fishing boat of some sort but they were under such constant Surveil- lance that there was no chance. And if he had been able to reach one