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Evening star., 1941-12-31
Gen. Weaver Is Assioned
Acting Air Corps Chief

The War Department announced
today in Army orders that Maj. Gen.
Walter R. Weaver has been assigned
as acting chief of the Air Corps,
with headquarters in Washington, a
post he has been holding for some
time.
Gen. Weaver's last assignment was
command OF the Southeast Air Corps
Training Center at Maxwell Field,
Ala.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
By ALFRED TOOMBS.

Personally. I was never much OF
a firecracker man.
I'll light a sparkler with any one
and. now and then, I'll touch a
match to a small firecracker, just to
keep my hand in. But I never liked
firecrackerS.
Consequently. it is with consid-
cradle amazement that 1 find my
self this bright morning, standing
in an open field with half-pound
stick of dynamite in my hand.
am also holding a dynamite cap, a
fuse. some matches and assorted
implements.
/. 1t appears that I am going to ex-
plode this stick Of dynamite-per-
sonally.
This is part of the instruction
which Is given selectees who come
to Fort Belvoir to be trained as re-
placements In the Corps of Engi-
neers of the Army. I am q guest
buck private at Fort Belvoir and
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Fraternity Honors
Two District Youths
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 31.-Irv-
ing Falk of Washington was elected
president of the Northern Region Of
District Five, Aleph Zadek Aeph.
national social fraternity for Jewish
youths IS to 81 years old.
Other officers include Roy Minen.
son, Washington, Junior sergeant
at aRnA.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Only Slender Clues
Are Left for Police
In Hit-Run Death
Boy, 7, Found Decd Near
Scooter, Is Districts
gath Traffic Victim

Police Of the Accident Investiga-
ton Unit today were attempting to
develop faint clues which they hoped
would lead them to the hit-and-run
motorist who struck and killed Z
year-old boy last night.
The traffic victim, Washingtons
Gath of the year, was Edward Crane,
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Army Coils Up D. G. Nurse

Miss Mabel c. HinShaW, Emer-
gency Hospital nurse. is one of eight
reserve nurses called to active duty
by Sd Corps Area Headquarters
yesterday, the Associated Press an
nounced from Baltimore. Miss Hin
shaw is to report to Fort Befvofr,
Va, tomorrow.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
D. K. (. to Hear Kuyser

Dean Elmer Kayser Of George
Washington University will be guest
speaker at the regular monthly
luncheon meeting of the Washington
Association of Delta Kappa Epsilon
at 1890 pm Friday at the Army
and Navy Club His subject will be
World outlook Today"
Evening star., 1941-12-31
conduct a special service there at
II O'Clock in the morning.

II o CLOCK IN the morning.
Also responding to the Presidents
proclamation will be the Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church of the Atone
ment. North Capitol street and
Rhode Island avenue, where the Rev.
Howard E. Synder, pastor. will hold
a special service of worship and
prayer at II am.
The Federation of Churches, in
urging individual dedication of the
first day of the new year to serious
reflection, suggests the following
prayer from litany.
90 Lord, by Thy spirit, move in
our very beings, that We may see
Thee in everything that is, that we
may hear Thy voice speaking more
clearly than all voices and feel Thy
presence in every movement and
experience"
Evening star., 1941-12-31

Readers hdDing questions re-
garding air raid precautions or
protection are inuited to Urite
the City Editor, in care OF The
Star. AnsDers, based on the
best information obtdindble
from cirilian defense and Brit
ish officials, ,Dill appear n later
articles IN this series.
Evening star., 1941-12-31

In December, Beware Of:
l. The hours between 5 and
10 pm. Ten of the 13 traffic
victims in December last year
were killed within this five
hour period.
2. Crossing q street at some
point other than q crosswalk.
Three pedestrians lost their
lives in December, 1910, while
doing this.
Evening star., 1941-12-31

Editors Note. This is the
fourth OF a series OF stories by
The Stars soldier of misfortune
at Fort Beluoir, Va. Tomorrow
he takes the field and Dice versa.
Evening star., 1941-12-31

(See BELVOIR, Page B-8D
Evening star., 1941-08-24

There are about $50 types Of
cotton stockings available to Amer
iCdn women
Evening star., 1941-08-24

session will be preceded by a con-
cert of the Elks Boys Band and a
business meeting will follow the
formal opening.
Will Honor Unknown Soldier
On Sunday at 10 am. the group
will 60 to Arlington National
Cemetery to lay a wreath on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
This will be followed by services
at the grave Of Gen. Charles G..
Morton, wartime head of the divi-
sion. Early that afternoon officers
will be elected and at 6 pm. there
will be a reception at the Veterans
Club, 3l35 X street NV.
The convention will close after
the parade on Monday with a lunch
con at noon for the new national
commander and final meeting at
2 pm. of the National Executive
Committee.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
National Art Gallery
Opens Show Today Of
American Portraits
One Stuart Painting
Depicts Architect Who
Drew Plans for CopitoI

WaShingtOnians can see the por-
trait of a man who had much to do
with the building of their own city
when the National Gallery of Art
opens a new exhibition of American
portraits at 2 pm. today.
He is DR.. William Thornton,
commissioner of public buildings
here from 1894 to 1902. His portrait,
with that of his wife, was painted
by Gilbert Stuart, artist who pro-
duced the famous portrait of George
Washington.
DR.. Thornton drew the first
plans for the Capitol, burned in
1872 and rebuilt He designed
Octagon House, home of Col John
Tayloe at 1741 New York avenue
NV, now occupied by the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects. Many
residences designed by him still
stand in Georgetown.
The Thorntons were close friends
of James and Dolly Madison. An
other friend. Thomas Jefferson,
asked DR.. Thornton to collaborate
with him on plans for the Uni
versity of Virginia From 1902 until
his death in 1923, DR.. Thornton
was the first chief of the Patent
Once.
Displaying works by Stuart
Thomas. Sully, Samuel Waldo and
others the exhibition is expected by
gallery ofylcials to be aff ffsansWer to
criticism received that too few
American works were being shown.
A liberal education in American
history is possible from the collec-
ton, which includes bushy- haired
study of Andrew jackson, large
pcture of the last Dutch Governor
of New York. Stephen Van Rensse-
laer; of Francis Hopkinson, grand
son of a signer of the Declaration
of Independence; of John Quincy
Adams and R. G. Livingston De
Of New York.
Except for the portrait of Jackson,
purchased by the late Andrew Mel
lon, the collection is on indefinite
loan to the Mellon Educational and
Charitable Trust by Thomas B.
| Clarke.
Works will be changed from time
to time, officials said, but the two
galleries, situated on the ground
floor, will continue to show Amer
lean works. Three more galleries
Of Americana are already open on
the second floor.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

Mexico paid only $l20 for German
razor blades last year.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Two Reported Arrested
In Dormoy SIoying
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
VICHY, France, Aug. 23.-Rumors
developed here today that two men
had been arrested at Marseille in
connection with the unsolved as
sassination of Marx Dormoy, Social.
ist leader in the Third Republic.
Police had been working on a
theory that two men and woman
who were blown to bits in a park
at Nice August IA by a prematurely
bursting bomb were the three who
killed Dormoy by exploding bomb
in his hotel room at Montelimar
July 16.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Bark1ey Talk viii Open
Y. F. Encampment
4y the Associated Press.

3y the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23.-The
vanguard of an expected $4,000
members Of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars began arriving in this historic
city tonight for the organization s
42d annual national encampment
Senate Majority Leader Barkley
will open the convention with q
message touching on world affairs
He will speak at encampment
dedicatory ceremonies in Inde-
pendence Square Immediately after
the veterans hear q broadcast mes
sage from British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill.
Other speakers listed for the six
day encampment include Joseph E.
Davies, former United States Am
bassador to Russia; Undersecretary
Of War Robert P. Patterson, Brig
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of
selective service, and Mayor Fiorello
II. La Guardia of New York, director
OF civilian defense.
Features of the convention will be
q military parade, mummers pa
fade and a water carnival.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

Spain is restricting the showing
of foreign motion pictures.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
29th Division Group
To Open Convention
In Capital Friday
Reynolds and Tydines
Will Speak; Parade
PIonned Labor Day

The 29th Division Association will
open its annual convention at the
Willard Hotel on Friday. Senator
Reynolds of North Carolina, chair
man of the Senate Military Affairs
Committee, and Senator Tydings Of
Maryland are scheduled to address
the banquet on Saturday.
Harold Hoffman, former Cover
nor of New Jersey, also has been
invited to speak at the banquet,
which will start at 7:30 PM j.
Fred Chase, general chairman Of
the Reunion Committee, said the
talks would be on how the war
affects the United States. Both
Senator Tydings and Mr.. Hoffman
are 29th Division men.
Parade Labor Day.
The convention will close Labor
Day, when thousands of men from
the 29th Division at Fort Meade,
Md. will parade with ,mechanized
equipment. The parade. scheduled
to start at 9:45 am, will form on
Constitution avenue, between Sew
enth and Ninth streets NV. pro-
ceed up Constitution avenue to FIJI
teenth street, 60 north on Fifteenth
to Pennsylvania avenue and pass by
q reviewing stand at Fourteenth
and the Avenue.
On Friday the convention will
open with a series of committee
meetings and luncheons of various
company groups. At 8 pm. there
will be a floor show, followed by =
dance.
Formal opening ceremonies are
scheduled for 2 pm. Saturday, with
representatives Of various groups
in attendance. District Commis-
sioner Mason will extend greetings
of the Commissioners or send a
representative, Mr.. Chase said. The
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Nazi Engineers Build
Log Roads Through
Russian Swamps
q
Pioneers Keep Bridges
And Rolls Repaired
While Under Fire
~ the Associated Press.

- the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Aug. 23.-Difficulties of
the German advance into Russia
are emphasized by writer's of the
German propaganda company which
accompanies the army engineers at
the front.
These accounts make 1t clear that
II 1t were not for the building of
log roads through Russian swamps,
marshes and -softened forests,
the German drive into the Soviet
Union probably would have been
halted for considerable time not
far from the Russian-German bor-
der.
Were it not for experienced army
engineers, accustomed through cam
paigns in Poland, Flanders. Serbia
and Greece to repairing roadbeds
under fire. the transport of relief
troops, munitions and supplies
might not have arrived on time.
In this war as In none before.
the pioneers" as the German Army
calls both military and civilian men
, who keep roads, bridges and rail-
ways intact, are right out in front.
They are as exposed as any soldier
Changed Railway Gauge.
Propaganda Company Writer Her.
mann Mueller points out how vital
to the progress of the Nazi often
sive was the quick repair of Russian
railways demolished either by Ger
man stukas or by dynamite of the
retreating Russians.
above ALL" he said, "our railway
engineers faced the gigantic task of
changing the entire railway net,
which is 8.9 centimeters wider than
the German gauge"
. I'm the glowing heat and in the
downpour of daily showers" wrote
Mueller, these men stand unpro-
tected out In the open and, follow
ing the troops. directly, hammer
their way still closer to the enemy.
Thus they go on mile after mile,
often for 10 miles or more daily. 1t
Is work and more work, and often
the company must march as much
as IL miles with heavy tools before
it finally can drop off to a well
deserved sleep late at night"
Roads of Felled Trees.
Fritz Salchow, describing how his
car sank into a hole as it slowly
plowed its way into Russian forest,
continues: Suddenly all sorts of
noises pound on our ears, hammer
ing, knocking, crunching. We hear
the high tones of. saws in the forest,
from afar we listen to felled trees
striking the ground.
"Felled trees, dragged 500 feet or
so to the road and placed three or
four at intervals, constitute the first
, firm undercarriage for a new road.
Over and across them are laid thick
sticks which make a sort of carpet
of sticks.
ITO the right and left of them
tree trunks are so placed and fas-
tened by wire that nothing can slide
out of place. Finally sand is thrown
onto this carpet of sticks so that
even horses can pass over 1t with
out danger"
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Two Soldiers jailed
On HoIdup Charges
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated PreSS.
AVER. Mass. Aug. 23.-James De-
laney, 10, of Dunnavant, Ala. and
John Bloodworth, 10, of Benton, KY,
both privates at Fort Devens, were
held in $4,000 bonds for grand Jury
In District Court today on charges
Of armed robbery.
Both were charged with holding
up. on March 90 and again Nav Is.
the same attendant in a gasoline
station and making away with a
total of $l45. Both times the at
tendant was bound and locked in
q washroom.
The gas station is near the fort.
State police and military police of
the First Division co-operated in
the investigation.
In lieu of bail both soldiers were
taken to Middlesex County Jail at
East Cambridge.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

pose price ceilings the statement
said, I'VE insist that such ceilings
be applied clear across the board
upon industry, upon agriculture and
upon labor. We stand fast to our
concept of parity for the farmer
and we insist that no ceilings be
placed upon farm prices at less than
ITO per cent of the parity price,
which in conjunction with the 85
Evening star., 1941-08-24
U. S. to Stort Buying
Raw Silk Tomorrow
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Defense Supplies Corp will
begin purchases tomorrow of raw
silk now in the United States or
which may arrive in the future I'M
der an agreement with the ONCE
of Production Management to buy
up to 100000 bales.
Jesse Jones, Federal loan admin
istrator. said yesterday the pur-
chases would be made through the
New York office of Defense Supplies
Corp. and would be limited to raw
silk in original bales.
Purchase of waste silk and opened
bales may be made later.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Southern Farm Bureau
Asks Parity Safeguards
BY tire Associated Press.

BY tire Associated Press.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Aug. 23.-
Farm Bureau members from 10
Southern States and Puerto Rico
adopted policy statement today
urging that any price ceiling pro-
gram provide a limitation on wages
and industrial prices at levels COM
parable to farm product parity
prices.
The statement also declared that
the entire Federal tax program
should be based on the principle
of ability to pay" 1t asked that no
new excise or consumption taxes be
adopted at this time and expressed
opposition to freezing" of Gov
ernment-owned cotton and wheat
stocks.
IF 1t becomes necessary to i'm
Evening star., 1941-08-24

per cent of parity floor under prices
should average out at about parity
level to the farmer"
The statement was adopted at
the final session of a Southern re-
gion farm bureau training school.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Jose Iturbi Takes Out
First Citizenship Papers
ny the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23.-Pianist-
Conductor Jose Iturbi took out his
first citizenship papers today. His
application listed his birthplace as
Valencia, Spain: and stated he had
lived in the United States IL years.
II am grateful to have the priv
ilege of becoming a citizen of the
United States" said Iturbi. II have
travelled all over the world, and
there is no country except the United
States where foreigner doesn't feel
like Q stranger"
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Army Will Use 'Retreod'
Tires to Save Rubber

BY the Associated Press.
The Army will start using "re-
tread" tires shortly on thousands of
its passenger cars and trucks, to
help conserve the Nations stocks Of
rubber.
Announcing this yesterday, the
War Department reported that re-
conditioned tires proved entirely
satisfactory in recent experiments.
They were found to give about 80
per cent of the normal service of a
new tire for 40 per cent of the cost
Contracts for retreading will be let
to private concerns which, the de-
partment said,5 can tread tires at
. far less cost than the Army can
purchase and operate its own equip
ment." ,-.s
Evening star., 1941-08-24
PuroIysis Coses Increase

EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. %
P).-Infantile paralysis cases in Al
berta reached IS today as four new
victims were reported to DR.. A. C.
McGugan, director of the health
department.
La gaceta., 1941-08-30
LA PARADA DEL RODEO
Tres dias de fiesta

FL %grandioso Rodeo organi-
zado por la policia empezara
hoy, en- ell terreno de Plant.
En- horas de la manana Sc
verified una parada, a frente
de la cual, en- una carre. ella,
iban ell alcalde r. +. l.. Chan
cey y una bella senorita.
Centenares de jinetes, inclu
yendo muieres y ninos, parti-
ciparon en- ell desfile.
FL p1blico ovacion6 a los.
"vaqueros' y a las bonitas
"vaqueras."
Figuraba entire los jinetes
ell jefe de detectives Bush, pc
no no vimos a Don Claudio
Woodruff, ell jefe de policfa.
Como hemos venido anun-
ciando, ell Rodeo durara tres
dias, finalizando ell lunes.
Sc destinara ell dinero que
sobre, luego de descontados
los gastos, a importantes o.
bras EN- ell Campo de Trio de
la Policia.
La gaceta., 1941-08-30
Ell PUEBLO FRANCES
SIENTE IMPATlA
POR PAUL COLETTE

Vichy, agosto 30.-Crece en-
toda Francia la simpatfa poi
Paul Colette, ell joven patriota
frances que dispar6 su rev6l-
yer, considerandolos traidores,
contra Pierre Laval y Marcel
Deaf.
La Legion Anti-sovietica en-
simpatia con Colette apoya la
petici6n de Laval, de que Sc Il
conceda clemencia.
Laval contin1a en- gave esta-
do y miles de telegramas lie en-
viaron aver sus amigos.
Soldados nazis alemanes flu.
sharon a echo hombres bajo la
acusaci6n de espionaje y acti-
vidades contrarias a los inva-
sores.
Las autoridades francesas,
f~acilitando la cooperation de los
nazis, Ordenaron aver que sean
recogidos por la policia todos
los aparatos de radio que hay en-
Ell pals,
La gaceta., 1941-08-30
.Repulsados todos los ataques nazis hacia Moscd
Las mujeres de Leningrado continuan pre-
parandose para la guerra
"Mas production con menos trabajadores",
es Ia nueva divisa

Moscd, agoto 30.-Los alta
ques en- direction de Moscd
han sido rspulsados y las ba-
jas sufridas por los nazis, en-
muertos y heridos, Sc calcu-
Ian en- mas de 10000. Las
lluvias han hecho su aparicion
en- varios sectores.
Els absolutamente falsa la
noticia nazi sobre ell hundi-
miento de Glen transportes ru
SOS que Sacaban tropas de
Tallin, en- Estonia.
Ell peligro no ha desapare-
cido, en- cuanto a Leningrado,
pero la resistencia del ejercito
rojo Sc acrecienta.
Las relaciones ruso-turcas
sc mantienen sobre un nivel
amigable, no obstante las re-
petidas itrigas de Won Papen,
ell embajador nazi en- Ankara.
Ell comisario de NegocioS
Extranjeros, NJ. Molotoff, des
minti6 aver de nuevo los in
fundios nipones sobre allan
zas y pactos entire Russia y
China.
Los peri6dicos ultranaciona
listas japoneses mantienen su
campaha encubierta en- pro
de la guerra con Russia; pero
los elementos mas sensatos re-
cuerdan que actualmente Sc
italian unidas las tres nacio-
mes mas poderosaS del mundo,
Inglaterra, Estados Unidos y
Russia.
Por ell Kremlin Sc estudia eli
conceder un permiso al go
bierno de los EstadoS Unidos
para mandar observadores a
TODD ell frente de guerra.
Los alemanes lanzaron gran
des contingencies entire Kingi-
sopp Y ell norte de Novgorod,
pero no lograron quebrantar
la defensa rusa. Esta batalla
La gaceta., 1941-08-30

Sc sostiene desde hace mas de
una semana.
Esta empezando a enfriar Y
las lkvias converter los ca
minos en- lodazales. La nueva
divisa EN- Leningradoe es la 81
guiente: MAS production con
menos trabajadores."
Las mujeres de Leningrado
continGan preparandose mill
tarmente.
La tactica alemana es ahora
clara: avanzar en- las alas eX-
tremas del frente, antes de
pealizar nuevas operaciones
intensivas en- ell centric. Men
tras Leningrado Sc mantenga,
esa tactica fracasara.
Las tropaS rusas, en- Odes-
sa, han sido reforzadas por
marinero de la escuadra. Los
rumafos, en- csc lugar, Sbguen
teniendo enormes bajas.
FL mayor general Berezovs-
ky, que tom6 parte EN- la de-
fensa de Gomel, en- un articu-
10 publicado en- "Estrella Ro-
ia" estima las bajas nazis Ell
$4,000, perdida de 200 tan
ques, centenares de cahones,
miles de vehiculos y unos 100
aviones.
Trataron los nazis de des-
truir dos puentes, arrojando
600 bombas de gran tamaio ;
pero los puentes no fueron to-
cados. Mas tarde los ingenie-
ros rusos los Nolaron.
Muchas de las maquinarias
de Gomel fueron trasladadas
a otros lugares.
Nuevas lluvias cayeron hoy
en- la region de Leningrado.
Los peritos estiman que las
.lluvias entorpeceran, no impo-
sibilitaran, las operaciones de
las tropas mecanizadas del e.
nemigo,
La gaceta., 1941-08-30
Notcias de Washington y la Nacion
La nueva ley de impuestOs. = Hitler lie trazo o.
rientaci6n a Mussolini. = Ell Presidente hablara
ell Dia de los Trabajadores. = No habra escasez
de az1car. - La epidemic de PARALYSIS Infantil

clones con ell Jap6n Y a su confe
rencia con ell primer ministrC
;ngl6s Churchill. Ell Dia de los
Trabajadores, segGn ell presi.
dente, marca Ell segundo anivei
sario de la actual guerra.
Washington, agosto 30.-Np
habra escasez de az1car-se di.
jo aver en- La secretaria de agri-
cultura de la naci6n. Las Quotas
de los paises que surten a Esta-
dos Unidos han sido elevadas
desde 8,006,83 toneladas a
5000, 976.
Fsto significa una existencia
de mas de ocho millones de to-
nelades, en- comparaci6n con
IS ,376,0CD que Sc consumenl a.
nualmente en- Eetados Unidos.
Montgomery, Alabama, agos-
to 3O.-La PARALYSIS infantil
produjo aver dos defunciones.
Ell n1mero de nuevos casos, en-
un dia, lego a "a.
En- 10 que va de aho han ocu-
rrido sos casos, 495 desde ei
/ de iunio hasta la fecha.
La gaceta., 1941-08-30

temido jefe de la policia Sc
creta alemana, conocida por
el nombre de la "Gestapo.'
Fueron metidos en- ell pals
por run, y Sc les puede yer co
mo "turistas" en- varias ciuda-
deS grandes de Espana, lie
nando los hoteles como ell
Ritz y ell Alfonso XIII en- Ma
drid; pero la mayoria de ellos
Sc encuentran en- cuarseles es-
peciales, algunos cerca de AL
geciras. Muchos de eStos "tu-
ris.as' han descartado ell ira
je civil y Sc han vestido ell uni
forme.
Hitler ha ordenado por me-
dio de Ramon Serrano Su1er
y de sus "titeres' de la Falan-
&c espanola que Sc tengan pre-
parados 900 1000 fascistas es-
paholes para que puedan 'co-
operar' con los nazis. Mas
arde, bajo ell pretexto de una
Legion Azul, de elementos an
ti-comuni>tas, muchos de los
oficiales del ejercito regular
espanol han estado fecibien-
do instrucciones militares de
oficiales alemanes.
Las agencias de propagan-
da nazi continuan jugando su
papel en- la preparation psi
col6gica" para la campana
que empredera Herr Hitler en-
la peninsula Iberica. Una
muestra reciente es ell ataque
de propaganda a las relacio-
mes hispano-portuguesas, pro-
duciendo ash intranquilidad
por ambos lados, es la publi-
caci6n ode las intenciones por
tuguesas de anexarse a Espa-
ma" siguiendole al dia sigiuen
tie con otra information que di
ce: Espaha tiene intenciones
de apoderarse de Portugal.
Hitler todavia no ha decidi
do que papel va a jugar Por-
tugal al llevarse a cabo la cam
paha de la peninsula iberica;
pero Ell amelia romper la uni
dad y revivir la vieja rivali-
dad Hispano-Portuguesa.