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Evening star., 1941-09-13
Work on Army Depot
Starts at New Site
Near Alexandria
Shift Follows Location
OF War Building on
Arlington Lond

The War Department announced
today that it has chosen a site for
and already begun construction of
a new Army Quartermaster depot
about 3 miles west of Alexandria,
Va, on the Southern Railway and
near the Lee-Jackson highway.
Selection of a new location for
the depot was made necessary when
the site originally picked on Co.
lumbia pike at the south end of the
Federal Governments experimental
farm in nearby Arlington was taken
over for the projected War Depart
ment building.
Buildings of the new depot-ex-
pected to include three warehouses
and an administration building
will provide 100000 square feet of
storage facilities, it was said, and
the site covers about 169 acres.
Completion of the project Is
scheduled for June, 1912.
While ground has been broken for
the work, contracts for the struc-
lures have not yet been let. Esti-
mated cost of the new depot was not
given, but it was said that 1t might
vary somewhat from the $4,000, 900
estimate on the original project.
Oficials said that, If anything, the
terrain on the new location is better
than that for the original site.
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Serbian GuerriIlas
Reported 10 Have
Slain 400 in Town
Burning Of Homes Said
To Have Been Climux
Of 8-Doy Fight
BY the Associated Press.


BUDAPEST, Hungary. Sept. 13-
Serbian Chetnks revolutionaries)
were declared in a newspaper dis
patch today to have killed 400 per-
sons of single village in a recur-
renee of guerrilla fighting which has
broken out spasmodically since the
conquest of Yugoslavia by the Axis.
The newspaper Nemeti Usag said
the village of Tabor, near Mostar,
was the scene of the action-an
eight-day fight that ended with
burning of homes and driving of
surviving villagers to the hills.
(The motive of Serbian guer-
rillas in destroying Serbian vii
lage was not brought out in the
dispatch. Dispatches Tuesday
from Zagreb, however, said there
was tug-of-war for power with
In Croatia-formed from the
northern part of Yugoslavis-
between the Ustacha, Dictator
Ante Pavelic's personal body
guard, and army officers and that
the area was torn by religious
feuds and sabotage
The Chetniks were said to be
striking from a camp high in the
mountains. AS result of this and
other disorders in the area, the
dispatch reported, railway service
has been halted between Savala and
Humi
Another band of Chetniks was re-
ported to have stopped a steamer on
the Sava River between Belgrade
and Sabac and dumped its mail ano
merchandise into the water before
being driven off by police.
The Zagreb newspaper Now List
reported fighting between Chetnik'
and police in Northwest Bosnia neal
Trupa, In Northern Croatia neal
Belovar and In Eastern Croatia neal
the Bosnian frontier. where five
Ustachi soldiers were killed
Six lahorers, dispatches said. were
shot at Tuzla for participating ir
Chetnik activities.
Evening star., 1941-09-13

tive sources declared made no diff
ference in purely formal diplomatic
relations between Germany and the
United States"
Evasive on Official Answer.
Asked whether the speech would
receive an official answer, one in
formant countered: I'VE have not
been asked for one" Later, how
ever, he added that nothing could
be said now on that point.
Rejecting the general attitude of
Germans controlled press, the Ham
burger Fremdenblatt said President
Roosevelt had fired the starting
gun in undeclared sea warfare" by
issuing shoot first" orders to the
United States Navy.
The comment appearing more
than "a hours after the Presidents
broadcast warning Axis warships to
keep out of vital American defense
waters. came as the German public
received its first hint of the new
turn in American relations.
Excerpts from the Presidents
speech were printed in morning
papers under headlines which
branded his words as lies.
No Further Discussion.
Dienst aus Deutschland, commen-
tary close to the Foreign Office, in
dicated that now the public had
been informed Of the situation the
curtain could be rung down on fur
ther discussion.
"One can assume" said Dlenst,
that no further answer to the
speech will follow"
Editorial writer's did not touch on
en- earlier statement by Foreign
Office spokesman, who told foreign
correspondents that what happens
next" will be determined mot by
Mr.. Roosevelt, but by US
The press made much of an ale
cation that President Roosevelt had
given the United States Navy orders
TO fire months ago, but the text of
authorized comment on his address,
which was read to foreign corre-
spondents, did not appear In morn
ing newspapers as the government
spokesman had promised.
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Congress May LET
Gas Controversy
Work Itself Out
Senate Group Considers
Waiting to Discover
If Shortage Appears
e. the Associated Press.

e. the Associated Press.
Informed sources said today that
q special Senate investigating COM
mittee had decided to let contro-
versy over the reported Eastern gas
oline shortage work itself out.
The railroads contend any short
age can be eliminated by using sur
plus tank cars. A group of major
oil companies favor construction of
a pipe line from the midcontinent
fields to provide additional supplies.
Acting Petroleum Co-ordinator
Ralph K. Davies has refused to
accept the railroads estimates and
has urged that the pipe line be built.
"1f we Just sit back and watch
for few weeks, everybody will know
who is right" said one member of
the fve-man Senate group which
has been inquiring into the re-
ported shortage Somebody is
wrong and time will tell
Walsh Protests.
Meanwhile Senator Walsh, Demo-
crat, of Massachusetts, wrote Davies
that he had information that the
Eastern gasoline scare was baseless
and that the curtailment and ration
ing orders we're unjustified."
Supplies of motor fuel for re-
tailers have been reduced 10 per
cent below the July level, and filling
stations in IT States and the District
Of Columbia have been closing from
7pm. to 7 am. nightly.
Senator Walsh declared that 80
tankers carrying petroleum prod
ucts arrived in Boston Harbor dur
ing August. compared with 81 in
the same month last year, and noted
that tankers now are allowed to
carry heavier loads. He said he
feared that small, independent units
of the oil industry we're being in
iured by the filling station curfew
and asked Davies to comment.
Davies Stands Pat.
Senator Maloney, Democrat, OF
Connecticut. chairman of the spe-
cial investigating committee, said
Davies had furnished him a copy
of his statement that a gasoline
shortage problem docs exist"
The Senate investigators assert
ed there was no shortage of petro-
leum products in the East and that
any claimed shortage in reserves
could be cured by use of presently
idle railroad tank cars, estimated
at from 10000 to 10000.
Mr.. Davies, during appearances
befor the Senate committee, insist
ed he had been unable to locate the
surplus cars. He estimated the
East Coast shortage at about u.s.
600 barrels daily Railroad spokes-
men said tank cars could bring in
more than 100000 additional bar
rels daily.
Evening star., 1941-09-13

submarine, surface raider or aerial
attacks.
Problem to Get Guns.
Beyond this, however. was the
problem of how to obtain the guns
that would be needed for any such
large-scale program. e.
Arsenals now are busy turning
out cannon for destroyers, cruisers
and other war craft being speeded
to completion by the Navy, and it
was considered unlikely that many
of these weapons or of the anti
aircraft guns sorely needed by the
Army, Navy and the British could be
spared.
However, there was possibility
that an inventory of naval ware
houses would turn up a number of
suitable weapons, left over from
World War days when United
States merchant vessels we're armed.
In addition, naval officials told
Congress early this year that some
of the 3-inch anti-aircraft guns
aboard combat vessels of the fleet,
being replaced by more efficient
5-inch, dual-purpose guns, would be
suitable for installation on mer-
chant ships.
One legislator said many naval
experts believed an increase in the
number of warcraft on patrol would
give more effective protection than
the arming of merchantmen, which
at best could offer only limited re-
sistance to a strong surface raider
or to bombers.
Hopes for mo Shooting"
Speculation on the effects of the
Presidents address continued TO
hold the attention of Congress.
Chairman Connally of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee COM
mented that he hoped there would
be no shooting" as result of the
Presidents orders, but he added:
I'VE do not propose to be the only
targets If the shooting starts"
Senator Gillette, Democrat. of
Iowa, another member of the COM
mittee, said it appeared inevitable to
him that the administration soon
would ask for revision not only of
the Neutrality Act but of pro-
vision of the Lease-Lend Act stating
that nothing in the law authorized
the use of conveys.
He said he regarded the establish
ment of conveys as the next logical
proposal and expected the sugges-
ton to be made subsequently that
American ships be allowed to carry
war supplies anywhere in the world.
Evening star., 1941-09-13
British Press Continues
Praise of Roosevelt

LONDON, Sept. Is LP.-British
editorial writer's continued today to
praise President Roosevelt's shoot
at-sight' broadcast. and the Daily
Mail interpreted it to mean the
United States had sailed into action
which looks very like
war"
The speech was the greatest and
most momentous the President ever
has made. the Mail declared.
The News Chronicle asserted the
Presidents declarations, put simply,
means the second-largest feet
IN the world has been added to our
resources"
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Ships
Continued From FIRST Page.)

placed in operation. The Neutrality
Act forbids American ships and
sailors from entering war zones, but
her registration was transferred to
Panama, a foreign crew was signed,
and she was put in service carrying
supplies to Britain and Britain's
Allies.
Congressional leaders were de-
clared to be analyzing the Neutrality
Act carefully, with the idea that
Congress later might be asked not
only to authorize the arming of
merchant ships, but to permit them
to carry war materials into bellig-
erent zones as well.
One highly placed legislator fore
cast bitter opposition to the latter
proposal. If it was made. He con-
tended there would be less objec-
ton to installing guns so that
American freighters could protect
themselves to some extent from
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Lois Luuckner Wuives
Hearing; Is Bound Over
Bz the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13-Lois Lauck-
ner, 81, blond blues singer, was ar
raigned yesterday before United
States Commissioner Isaac Platt on
a charge of having posed as an
assistant to the United States Attor-
ney General in the Justice Depart
ment's Lands Division to obtain hos
pital treatment.
Miss Lauckner, who waived exam
ination and was held in $1,000 bail
for action of the grand jury, was
arrested August % in Saratoga
Springs. N. Y.
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Moscow
Continued From First page)
by the Dnieper and the Desna,
tributary.

by the Dnieper and the Desna,
tributary.
New Red Counteroffensive.
Likewise, a new Russian counter
offensive was reported to have
started south Of Kiev, with Soviet
troops crossing the Dnieper to take
the island of Hortitsa and recapture
the villages of Voyskovoye and
Federova on the west bank.
Armored Soviet naval cutters were
declared officially to have sunk sew
eral troop-carrying German cutters
and two barges by ramming opera
tions in the Gulf of Finland We'd
nesday night.
Several hundred NaZi men and
officers" communique said. found
their graves on the bottom of the
gulf
The Soviet Information Bureau
said in routine phrases that our
troops fought the enemy along the
whole front" yesterday and declared
SO German planes were destroyed
Wednesday, against a Russian loss
of 80.
Eleven gh-f1ying raiders were
reported shot down by Leningrsd's
defenders Thursday night and a
communique said several bomb-set
fires within the city were eXtin-
guished quickly.
Red Situation Held Satisfactory.
S. A. Lozovsky. Vice Commissar
for Foreign Affairs, implied that the
Soviet situation in both threatened
Leningrad and Odessa was satisfac-
tory.
German losses greater than ever
before" Lozovsky said. have resulted
on the approaches to Leningrad.
Besieged Odessa remains an i'm
pregnable fortress" with Rumanian
assault troops still mot even within
shelling distance" he asserted.
Reported central front victories of
Red Army troops were ascribed by a
military writer, Col I. Khitrov, in a
dispatch to the newspaper Red Star,
to thin construction of the German
lines, which he described as series
of unconnected bases.
Evening star., 1941-09-13
CLIO. Helps Fight Hitler,
Haywood Says in Canada

By the Associated Press.
HAMILTON, Ontario, Sept. l3.-
The Congress of Industrial Organ
izations in the United States ''is for
arming our Nation to the teeth to
resist Hitler and all he stands for"
Allen S. Haywood of Washington,
c. I. o. director of organization,
said in an address yesterday to the
convention of the Canadian Con-
gress of Labor.
THE United States is backing
your nation in all it stands for" he
said, adding that you cannot re-
sist aggression unless you have con-
fidence in the cause you are fighting
for. Workers in Great Britain have
confidence in their cause"
A strong union is the best group
to watch fifth columnists, Mr., Hay
wood said.
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Russians Soy Nozis
Will See Moscow
Only on Post Card
q, the Associated Press.

7s the Associated Press.
Senator Connally, Democrat,
Of Texas gave reporters this
version of a conversation he had
yesterday with members of the
Russian military mission visit
ing Washington:
II asked them, How soon are
the Germans going to reach
Moscow
They said: The only way
the Germans will ever see Mos
COW is on post card"
Evening star., 1941-09-13

This years automobile census
shows there are 30,064,957 cars in
use in the world.
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Dye Prices Jump

When the government Of India
froze japanese assets recently
there was spirited buying of dye
stuffs and prices jumped 20 per
rant
Evening star., 1941-09-13
LOST.

LOST.
BRIEF CASE, initials C. r. c." con-
tanning files. at Grifith Stadium Thurs
dav Sept II. Return to Mack MIG.
Corp. 1926 K st. NV. RE. 1898. Reward.
CAMERA with hIm pack. also exposure
meter and color filter, on Rlggs pl. n ".
Reward Dupont ss63 u.
CHILD's RED PURSE. lost Thursday eve
ming, downtown, containing glasses, Re-
ward. Adams 0075.
COLLIE PUPPY. male, black and white
with brown on face. about 8 months old;
vicinity Wilson blvd. and N. Kensington
CORSET, stayform, in Hecht's basement.
Trinidad O3s9.
MONEY. lost Ga. ave. and Rittenhouse
II. 1941. Reward. RA. 1917.
PERSIAN CAT. large, black. male: Friday.
ave: reward Call DU. 4s42.
REWARD for return OF blue-and- white
linen purse lost September 3. parking lot
Mount Vernon. or on highway. MI 1913
WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER black. white and
Dakota ave. ne. Reward. HO. 4lS1.
WRIST WATCH-Lady's. Gruen; old Eng
lish initials L. B." on back. Reward.
S25 REWARD.
more pike, all-white collie, male brown
eyes; gentle pet. 10 years old, but appears
younger; named Babe. Please return.
Warfield 1918.
Evening star., 1941-09-13
FOUND.

BRING OR REPORT ABANDONED, STRAY
ANIMALS to Animal Protective Association,
5000 Wheeler I'd Sc AT. 7142. Present
facilities lisited 70 that class only
Evening star., 1941-09-13

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Is con-
sidering a plan to make Wednesday
pay day intsead of Friday.
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Germans Still Report
Victorious. Proqress

BERLIN. Sept. 13 IP,.-The Ger
man high command, again silent on
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Submarines

Continued From First Page)
Evening star., 1941-09-13
Problem to Get Guns.

submarine, surface raider or aerial
Evening star., 1941-09-13

tive sources declared, made no diff
ference in purely formal diplomatic
relations between Germany and the
limited States" !"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
THlEF--0ARnEN VARIETY

Pasadena, Cal. (UP)-Pollce are looking for a thief who apparent ly had Q yen for gardening. He stole . lawn mower, grass catcher, spade, new rake, pruning shears and sprinkler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
AXIS MAKING
 FIERCE ATTACKS
tcontinued from Page l,

tContinued from Page D Axis column moving up toward Ca. checked"
 The Royal Air Force carried out . series of powerful attacks, backing up mobile British columns. It was said to have destroyed large num- ners of Axis tanks and trucks along the CapuzZo road and at two other points southeast of Tohruk.
 other strong attacks were made in the El Adem area.
 Ed Duda Is the salient won by the Tobruk garrison in their break .out encircleme1t and was the juncture point of TobrukerS and the British main column in the Sidi Rezegh area.
 Dominates Axis Highway
 I'd Duda dominates the Axen. StrasSe, the Axis highway bypaSslng Tobruk by which the Germans and Italians maintain contact between their forward positions at Bardia and Solun and their rear bases.
 The British command reported that the first two heavy attacks" by the Germans and Italians on Ed Duda were smashed back with many Axis casualties.
 'T'he third attack gained Q little ground" the command admitted, most of which was subsequently re. captured in Q counterattack. The enemy again suffered heavy casual ties.
 Indian infantry attacked upon "semi-prepared" Axis positions near Bir Fl Gobi and l4 Italian tanks and a number of motor vehicles were reported destroyed.
 The British command said that small bodies of the enemy" remain in the forward fighting areas but many were seen retreating in & northwestern direction"
 North of Bir Fl Gobi Q mobile British column attacked an enemy column, reporting destruction ot four Italian tanks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
Japan Is Anxious To
 Prolong Peace Talks
(Continued from Page D

the negotiations than had been suggested in the last few days.
 Assuming that press reports are correct regarding Secretary of State Cordeil Hulps statenenS (denounc- ing Japanese rule by force) we are amazed to find such Q big mlsun. derstandlng by the United States" Hori said.
 "The Hull statement seems to allege that we are following e policy of force and conquest and establish. ing 6 military despotism."
 Japan will follow the policy laid down by former Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye, who four years ago Issued a declaration that Japan had no territorial ambitions In China, the spokesman continued. The Konoye statement disclained any Japanese intention of demand. Ing indemnity from China.
 Hori suggested that the China sit. uation was the real difficulty in the Washington negotiations.
 Jspanese Army strong
 t1n Shanghai, c Japanese Sniii. tary spokesman said today that the Japanese army "iS now SO strong that 1t is able to launch 0 cam.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

paign in any direction without with. drawing forces from the China front. I believe 1t will be 1H1posSi. nle for British and american me- chandSed units to operate in China.")
 The newspaper Nichl Nichi said the United States was seeking dom. nation of East Asie and that Japan desired only peace. "Accordlngly, It Is only natural that their baSlc principles are opposed" the news. paper said.
 It was understood the Sovern- nlent had decided to allow the inc troduction of questions on d4plo- matte issues at three -day meeting of the central cooperative council, opening Monday.
 Premier Gen. Hldeki Tojo and the defense ministers were expected to explain government policies to the council.
 Newspapers, steadily increasing the intenMty Of their resentment Of the American attitude In Japanese United States negotiations, intlmat. cd broadly that hope was fast wan. ing that there was any possibility Of agreement.
 The tra-Nationalistic Kokumin said Japans patience was near It's end.
 The usual moderate ChaugaI, which had taken ell along the attI. tude that there was no reason for the United States and Japan to 70 to war, said today:.
 '"The declaration made last week by Secretary Hull regarding JapanS policies was made for the purpose Of dasrupting the negotiations ct Washington"
 It charged, ae did other news- papers, that the United States had shown bad faith in the negotiations.
 Fantastic Principles
 Chugai said that Secretary Hulls pronouncementS on Japanese policy were based on fantastic principles and were made as if Japanese. American negotiations already had been ended.
 Therefore, 1t held, the statements must be interpreted as being pre-. paratory to Q rupture in the rego- tiationS.
 The United States. Chugai said, instead of demanding an explana. ton of Japan regarding It's policies should listen to the voice of those among itS own people who felt that America would be responsible for any conflict with Japan.
 Spokesman Hori, in making his statement on the situation, said that Japanese troops in French Indo- China were within the treaty limit. He did not mention the size of the Japanese occupation force.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

The funeral of Miss Alice Azeez of 3S West 44th street, New York City, was held in Kensico cemetery, Valhalla, N. F., this afternoon
 The funeral of Frederick J. IAl- Her will be held tomorrow morning at S:I6 o'clock from the Lunny Funeral Home, 26 Central avenue, to St. A11r's church where Q requiem high Mass will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot In St JoSeph's cemetery. Friends may call this afternoon and evening.
 The funeral of Mrs. Thomas ?. Croaan will be held tomorrow morning at 0:I5 o'clock from the home to the Sacred Heart church at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot, Calvary cemetery. Friends may cali ct the home this afternoon and evening.
 Funeral services for Michael F. Walsh of e3 Cole street will be held from the Bergin funeral home, 20O East Main street, tomorrow morn- ing at 6:30 to St. Patrick's church, where a solemn high Mass will be celebrated at o'clock. Mass will not be observed at the Immaculate Conception Church, the parish of the deceased, because 4O-hour devo- tions will be in progress Saturday morning. Burial will be in the fam- fly plot Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today.
 The funeral of Joseph I. Roberge was held this morning at 0:3O o'clock from the Anderson Funeral Home, 70 Central avenue to St. Ann's church at g o'clock. Rev. Alfred Matthieu celebrated the solemn high Mass Of requiem, assisted by Rev. Ubald Laurion as deacon and Rev. Albert Cabitor as gub-deacon.
 During the Mass George Perreault played a special program of music with Miss Marie Ann 0ervais as so- loist.
 Burial was in new St. JOsephs cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
LONDON WEATHRI
 UPSETS DRIVERS.
Nearby Towns EnvelOped In Fog; Warmer Weath.
 CT, More Rain

A steady drizsle of rain dripped on Waterbury this morning, as transplanted London weather kept surrounding towns fog-hound. For the second successive day viscious Bhroud of fog enveloped southern New England, tying vehicular traf- 1ic In snarls, but leaving Waterbury slrSZolested.
 New Haven, Bethany and Prospect reported dense persistent mists that made slow going for motorists, and from New York to Boston coastal shipping was ct a standstill. Trans port planes, too, were unable to make scheduled flights because of impossible weather conditions.
 Buses of the Conn. Railway and Lighting Co., made regular trips between Waterbury and New Haven last night, despite extremely bad visibility, and the fact that notors astS told of fog that rolled in thick, massive waves beyond Prospect.
 Tn keeping with freakish wealth. CT conditions prevalent, the mer- cury climbed to an ufaseasonal and ord-breaking 64 degrees yester. day. Low reading for the night was Q zephyry 46, and at noon toe day the thermometer was once more in the ascendant, registering 6e degrees.
 The rain, which, the weatherman RugurS, will continue tonight and tomorrow morning, will also persist into the earlier part of next week, according to flve-day forecast.