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Evening star., 1941-01-30
Steam Shovel Digs Up
Body in
Murder, |nc., Probe
Victim May Have Been Foe
Of Rocketeerine
Longshoremen
By the ssociated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Gruesome
discovery of the lime -encased body
of a man believed to have been
Peter Panto, foe of racketeering long
shoremen, gave authorities today
q new lead in their investigation OF
Murder, Inc. Brooklyn's "slay-for-
pay" ring.
A steam shovel turned up the
body, bent double and trussed, along
the Passaic River near Lyndhurst
N. j., where a crew of excavators
were working under the direction OF
Bergen County. N. j., and Kings
County (Brooklyn), N. Y, prose-
cutors.
Only an arm protruded from the
hardened block of lime, but the office
of Brooklyn's District Attorney Will
liam O'Dwyer said it was hoped
Identification could be made from
the head, which was protected by
a heavy bag.
This opens an entirely new phase
of the activities of Murder, Inc,
said Mr.. ODwyers Office in the
absence of the district attorney, now
in Los Angeles. "We are quite cer-
tain the body its that of Mr.. Panto,
who was taken for ride about a
year ago when he opposed the
outlaw faction OF the International
Longshoremens Association"
Members of Murder, Inc, already
indicted in a number of other slay-
ings. were quoted by the official as
having said Mr.. Panto had been
killed and buried near the Passaic
River.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
ConciIiotor Seeks PorIey
In Harvester Strike

CHICAGO. Jan. 80 (P.-Pickets
patrolled the gates Of the 1nterna-
tional Harvester Co.'S strike.
shackled Chicago tractor works to-
day as Federal conciliator renewed
efforts to seat the management and
c. I. o. unionists around the con-
ference table.
The strike, affecting some $500
workers at the sprawling Southwest
Side plant, was called yesterday
afternoon
The walkout, said company spokes-
men, stopped production on several
millions of dollars" worth of de-
fense orders. In addition to tractors
for the farm trade, the plant has
been making four types of craWler
tractors for the Government.
F. E. w. o. G. demands include
elimination of piece work, mini
Evening star., 1941-01-30
u. :. Mediator 10 Meet
With Wright Field
Disputants Today
Three Parties Involved
In A. F. L.-C. |. O. Fiqht
Agree to Conference
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 30.-A Fed
eral mediator sought in conference
labor dispute that resulted in a
walkout of A. F. L. building trades
workers and tied up construction on
the Army Air Corps $1,550,000 ex-
pansion program at Wright Field.
Michael j. Crosetto of Cleveland,
assigned here by Director John r.
Steelman of the Cancellation Serv-
ice. said he talked with John
Breidenbach, president of the Day.
ton Building Trades Council, who
called 400 to 500 A. F. L. workmen
off the airfield job, and Isaac Pen
ner, president of the Penner install
lation Co. of New York Mr. Breid-
enbach said Mr.. Penner declined to
do anything about" employment of
four non-A. F. L. electricians INSTALL
ing equipment in laboratory.
Mr.. Breidenbach and Mr.. Penner
agreed to attend the conference,
Mr.. Crosetto said, along with c. I.
o. representative.
Arthur L. Garfield of Dayton, in
ternational representative of the G.
I. o. United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers of America, said
the four Penner workers were men,
bers of the C. I. o. United Construc-
ton Workers Union and that they
were employed by the Penner con-
Germ under a closed-shop agreement
with the G. I. o.
THE rank and file membership CT
the A. F. L. is not in sympathy with
this uncalled-for strike and the c. I.
o. unions in Dayton-19,000 strong
will support the company and their
membership working at Wright
Field" Mr.. Garfield said.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Bible Institute Head Dies

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N. Y, Jan.
80 .R.-Don Odell Shelton, 70,
founder and president of the Ma
tional Bible Institute, New York,
died yesterday. He was the author
of numerous religious works.
Evening star., 1941-01-30

mum wage of rs cents an hour and
compensation for selective service
conscriptees. The union has a COL
lective bargaining contract covering
the tractor works.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
City News in Brief

Meeting, Graphic Arts, Hamilton
Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting Alpha Beta Phi Legal
Fraternity, Willard Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Meeting, United Lutheran Church,
Lafayette Hotel, all day.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
TOMORROW.

TOMORROW.
Meeting, American Legion Re
habilitation Conference, Hamilton
Hotel, 8 am.
Buffet luncheon, District OF Co.
lumbia Bankers Association, Will
lard Hotel, 12:45 pm.
Junior prom, Georgetown Uni
verSity, Wardman Park Hotel, 8 pm.
. Junior prom, Maryland University,
Willard Hotel, 10 pm.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
Sc ERTGIRA UN MONU.
MENTO EN- BELLE ISLE

Hablando aver con el Sr. H.
G. Turner, de la Icompania local
Turner Marble Co., pudimos a.
veriguar que la Monument Bull
ders of America erigira un mo-
nunto a la Paz International, en-
la bellfsima Belle Isle, situa-
da en- ell rio Detroit, a mitad de
canine entire Estados Unidos y
Ell Canada.
Ell monumento sera inaugu-
RADIO ell pr6ximo IL de noviem-
bre, dia del armisticio.
Es Ell prop6sito conmemorar
los 129 amos de paz entire Esta-
dos Unidos y Ell Canada.
Dos inscripciones, de no mas
de so palaIbras, apareceran en- Ell
monumento. Los ciudadanos que
10 deseen podran lmandar sus
mensajes de paz.
Seran seleccionados dos de
entire todos los que Sc envien.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
JULIO PELAEZ
Notario PIblico

Por este medic deseo brin-
dar mis- servicios como Nota-
rio P1blico, a los trabajado-
res en- particular y al pueblo
de Tampa en- general. Dedico
TODD mi tempo a prestar mis-
servicios eficientemente y con
ia mayor consideration. Esta-
re a vuestra disposition desde
las 1890 a las 900 de la tar
de, y desde las $3.50 a 1889.
por la noche,
Lame al tel6fono Y-3649
o venga en- persona al 1907 de
la 15a. avenda, donde sera a.
tendido al instante.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
La MuertG Viva

La reina Catalina de Medicis,
egposa de Enrique II de Fran
cia, era, sagin la expression d.
historiador Miohelet, una muer
ia viva,
Su cuerpo estsba siempre he
lsdo y exhalaba un verdadero
hador de cadaver que, en- vano
lpretendia neutralizar usando
los mas penetrantes y variados
perfumes y cosmeticos.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
Los Tres Banquetes

Era entonces primer minis
tro del rey Asuero ell soberbio
Aman, enemigo de Israel, tan
duro de rostro como de alma, ell
cual, asi como advirti6 que Es-
ter CANADA ell real nimo, deter
min6 de quebrantarla y humi-
llarla. Y tendiendo sus redes Y
conjuras acuS6 ante ell Rey a
Mardoqueo de judo Y traidor al
,hasta lograr que fuese
sentenciado.
Mas Ester, prevenida contra
ell ministro, pidi6 al Rey plazo
de tres dfas antes de ejecutar la
sentencia.
Y dispuso 81 dia primero del
plazo un banquete rojo, en- ell jar
din real. Era roja la tienda, ro-
La gaceta., 1941-06-14

JOS los marjsres y Ics who's, J
ri57ho5, y los eunucos. Y ella, to.
da de pdnpura, deg1e los cabe.
Hes a les sarl1slias. Entonces
atmirado, q Rey dijola:
-Piieme 10 cue quieras Y 81
te dsra. Aun cuando me pidieses
81 RENO entero. tuyo es.
Y Ester, los ojos fieros, piIit
que Amman fuese destituido de
ministro. Y ell Rey ~destituy6 d
Aman de ministro.
POr fin, Ell tercer dia, del pla-
20 do Ester en- el jardin real un
i5an1uete TODD blanco. Y era
blanca la tienda, y los aunucos,
y los who's, y los manjares.
Maravillado ell Rey, la habl6
-Pfdeme 10 que quieras. Aun
-uando me pidieses la vida, tuya
es.
Y Ester, los ojos sonrientes,
pidi6 que Mardoqueo fuese he
dhO primer ministrO, paseado a
cabaNo por la ciudad y llevase
las riendas Ell soberbio Aman, e.
nemigo &c Israel.
Y al otro dia, Susan, capital
de Asuero Ell magnifico, presen
clio ell paso del cortejo.
Y ADRIAN Marcia hasta Glen
flecheros rojos, con ea9udos ro-
jos, eseoltando I'm rd5ano de
~alafantes, anjaezados a p1rpu,
"a, a cuyos lomos sonreisn, ha.
10 sombrillaS rojas, esclavas Gu
biertas de rojas flores de grana-
da.
Y seguia ell cortejo de lanzas
a%zules, con Glen carros engalana
Jos de azul, donde esclavas me-
dio desnudas agitaban banderas
iel color del mar.
Y venfan despues, como cerran
dt marcia, ell corteio blancc
donde los sacerdotes y las virgo
mes cantaban, agitando varas de
azucenas delante del triunfal
Mardoqueo, Ell cual, vistiendo Sc
das candidas, agitaba sus bar
has patriarcales, altivo sobre
ell corcel blanco, enjaezado de
blanco, cuyas riendas blancas
conducfa ell soberbio AMMAN.
Y bajo ell cielo azul, luciendo
Ell blanco manto de Reina, Ester
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
Ell FINANCIAMIENTO DE
LAS 400, 900 TCNLILADAS
DE AZUCAR

Habana, JUNO 14.-El docu
mento final autorizan1o la Pre-.
ducci6n additional de 400yCcD to
peladas de azicar, con dinerc
del Banco de Expectation e I'm
portaci6n, fue firmado aver.
Costara esa production SILL
$1,000. Firmaron Ell docUmen-
to ell presidente de la repGbLica
coronel Fulgencio Batista; e
primer ministro Saladrig2-
Warren l.. Pierson, p~residente
del Banco de Importation y Elk
portaci6n Jose Cortina, minis
tro de estado; Morales del Cas-
tillo, secretario de hacienda, y
otras personalidades. Sc pagara
ell e~mprestito con un impuesto
de 6 centavos por eada saco de
azicar.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
sEccroN DE cuIros
(Vie7se de Ia SG pdg.J

Escuela de la Iglesia, $50 a.
M; Quito de la mahana, 1880
a. m; Quito de la Noche 8 p. m,
"Asamblea de Dios" (Misi6n)
17O1B g. ave. Rev. D. Valdes,
Pastor.
Escuela Dominica, 1915 a.
NJ; Quito Y Sermon, 800 p. m.
Cultos; Microbes y Sabado,
800 p. m.
Mission Menonita", 1910 IA.
ave. Rev. j. Paul Sauder, Super
intendente.
Escuela Dominica. 1000 a.
M; Quito y Sermon, 800 pm.
Quito de Oraci6n, Microbes,
800 p. m.
"San Pablo, Iglesia Meto-
dista Italiana, 24O1 Gale 81.
Rev. A. M D. RiggiO, Pastor.
Escuela de la Iglesia, $50 ..
M; Quito en- Ingles, IL 100 a. m.
Quito en- italiano, 300 p. m.
Temple Bautista", 1909 ca
lie Is. Rev. j. B. Silva, Pastor.
Escuela Dominica, 1000 a.
M; Quito y Sermon 800 p. m.
Quito de Oraci6n ell Microbes, a
las 800 p. m.
Igles1a Metodista West lam
pa, N. Albany y Gale Union.
EScuela de la Iglesia, 9:45
a. M; Quito en- Ingles, II a. m.
Quito en- espahol, 8 p. M; quito
de oraci6n, jueves 8 p. m.
Mission Presbiteriana Evan
g6lica, 2916 calle 16. Rev. H. E.
Pressly, Ministro.
Escuela Dominica a las $50
a. M; Quito y Sermon, 8 p. m.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
PARA LA aiuInO DEL iiOGAR

Rs DC Francicce vTaespesa
esa poesfa ) con q mayor gusFo
&c la ofrecemos a listed.
La PRTNCESA
POI mis- viejos jardines de Oriente
ha cruzado n rafaga helada.
A la luna suspira la fuente
como alguna ~princesa encantada.
TODD un canto de amores salmodia;
SC deshoja el rosal agostado,
y despierta ell dragon que custodia
ell cancel del jardfn encantado.
i0h! gallardo y gentil caballero,
que llegaste buscando un tesoro,
de un remote pals ~extranjero,
empuhando tn alfanje de BRO;
no traspases los viejos umbrales...
Al que pasa, el dragon le da muerte
con sus rojas pupilas f~atales,
y en- un triste cipres lie convierte.
Aun amigos te son las ~estrellas,
aun esta tn esperanto florida.
No persigas ensuenos, que aun bellas
~reaiidades tie guarde la vida.
Solo aqud que no teme a la Muerte,
porque TODD 10 tiene perdido,
puede, viejo jardin, concerto
y en- tus frondas hallar 81 divide.
Solo aquel que nj sueha nj siente
es capaz de matar con su espada .
al dragon que eustodia la fuente
donde esta la princesa encantada...
Solo 81 puede enjugar csc llanto
que hace siglos resuena c~onstante...
Pero teme, al romper Ell encanto,
que la bella princesa 10 encante.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
CuriOsidGd ZoOl6gica

La fuerza muscular de la pull
ga es enorme. ST ell hcmbre tuvit
Sc la misma fuerza en- la debidc
proportion de peso y volumer
de su cuerpo, podria dar saltos
de mas de 10000 Kilometres de
longitud, y con un par de ellos,
la vuelta al mundo.
Y 81 poseyese la Voz de una
Ichicharra, multiplicada natural
mente, la de esta por la diferen-
cha de pesos, Sc lie oiria a una
ldistancia de 1900 kilometres.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
CoRTE DE PoLICIA

Ell juez Watkins, de Ia Corte
de Policia, impuso aver una mul
ia de 5000, por guar su co2he
estando borracho, a L. c. Stall
ing, un reincidente. ST no paga
la multa debera cumplir so dfas
de carcel.
R. H. Sparks, por manejar SUI
coche eStando borracho, multa
de $500 o 80 dias. Ell case de M.
D. Edge, por la misma falta
que los anteriores, qued6 suspen
dido hasta ell martes.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14

Hawkins, jr., 20, y Marjorie Ev
elyn Hayes, 20; Henry E. Slo-,
per, %, y Helen Verie Johnson,
81; George Andrew Crapsey, q
G Ivonne J. Barber, 18; John
Esterly Henderson, "a, y Sweet
Alma Avis, 48; Sam Muto, 20,
y Filomena Guida, 21; Charles
Van Orden, II, y Elizabeth J..
tMeehan, 4S William Jones OFT,
jr., 80, Y Mary Ellen Carlton,
81; Charlie Eugene Rushing, 80
y Mary Ellen barley, 80.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
UNA E ARMA SEORE-
TIA DIE LOS

LOndres, JUNO 14.-Gngaate-
ira ha desarrollado una nueva
arma invisible y mortffera para
ccmbatir los tanques. Sc desert
be ell invento como facil de ma
nejar y muy facil de hacer. Off
cialmente NADIA Sc ha dicho.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
ENCONTRADO Ell CADA
YER DE UNA MUJER

Miami, JUNO 14.-Con dos 70
cas- de gran tamano atadas al
cuello, el cadaver de la Sra. Aria
Cromer, de so amos, fue extrai-
do aver de un canal. La autop-
STA demostr6 que no Sc trata de
suicide. Realiza la pOlicia una
minuciosa Investigation.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
MUNRO Ell CORONEL
OEuESTIN0 BAIZAN

Habana, JUNO 14.-Un natl
vo de Espana, el coronel Celes-
tino Baizan, eNgdbernador de la
Habana, faNeci6 aver.
Hoy Sc ~efectuara el entierro.
Era una persona muy querlda
en- todos los circuloS politicos.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
DIVORCIOS

Decretos: Claire Hoffman Nc
Knight contra John w. Nc
Knight; Judith F. Dresser con-
ira Charles Dresser.
Nuevas demandas: Evertice
s. Reeves contra Walter A.
Reeves.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14

DEL PUERTO

La motonave hondurena w.
IN. Delphia arrib6 aver de Be-
lie, con un c~argamento de
bananas. No parti6 aver min
,guna embarcaci6n mayor.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14
Ell TEMPO

Calor Y nublados para la tar
de de hoy. Vientos moderados
del sur. Maxima temperature,
aver, 90 grades; mfnima, 78.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14

Para pintar mejOr 81
casa, cOmpre Ia pintura
2. L. P, yendida sxclu'
por Kin
Hardware. ga. avenida
v Gale Is.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14

Sergio de la Paz, 81, y Otilia
Echeverrfa, 10; Rail Palomino,
jr., 20 y Mary Suarez, 20; E. L.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14

mas en:endida que las amapo-
las de Efrain, presenci6 ell paso
del c~ortejo.
La gaceta., 1941-06-14

II Dc Francr-e Vmaespesa
Evening star., 1941-07-28
Panama Booming Once More
As Repairs Proceed on Canal
HurIy-Bury Of Old Days Marks
Renovation of '5l-MiIe Ditch

another among troops Amateur
shows have been encouraged. Civic
leaders have Joined Army officials
in sponsoring dances.
The biggest lack in the life of
American soldiers in Panama today
is the lack of proper, wholesome as
sociation with girls" said one Off
Ger. He pointed out that the 1941
Army has a different type of per-
sonnel than that in old time forces,
and said every effort was being
made to give recruits and selectees
opportunities of meeting families
in the Canal Zone In previous
years an invisible but always pres
ent barrier has separated military
and civilian workers in the zone
Guard Against Espionage.
One Cana! Zone project well
under way includes a program of
protective modernization of the ex-
listing locks The nature of this
work has been a carefully kept Sc
Cret.
Signs warning against the dis
cussion of military informa ton have
been posted in all Offices of civilian
firms engaged in defense work.
Don't talk about your work-even
to your wife" reads one such warn
ing. Others warn of the danger
that information innOcently given
might cause grave harm to the Ma
tons defense program.
Army and Navy officials have i'm
posed new prohibitions on travel in
or near the Canal and warn that
still more are yet to come"
Minef1elds. where Panamanian
fishermen have been in the habit
of ignoring warning signs for
months. have definitely been closed
to all boats. Special patrol boats
have in the last few DAYS. appre-
hended several hundred trespassers
and taken them into Federal Court
for warning or trials.
Keeping pace with the general
anti-sabotage program, military au-
thorities have increased the severity
of regulations governing transit of
passengers. Persons boarding steam
ships at either end of the Canal
for the transit trip are subjected
to careful inspection. Military and
canal guards search every piece of
baggage entering a canal-bound
boat.
Panama Canal docks. under the
new regulations, are closed to all
visitors except those carrying special
military passes. Even Army and
Navy officers in uniform are sub
ject to challenge by guard forces,
and must produce proper Gre
dentialS.
Well informed sources say the be-
lief that Axis and other agents are
active in Panama prompts many of
the restrictions. They called atten-
ton to the continued operation on
both coasts of German steamship
and other agencies. although one
German firm which had long main
tained Offices in Cristobal, within
the Zone itself, was forced recently
to abandon its quarters and move
outside.
Evening star., 1941-07-28
Indo-Chino Theoters
Show Japanese Films

Motion picture theatres showing
japanese films exclusively we're
opened recently in Hanoi and Hal
phong, French Indo-China. Jap
anese newsreels and shorts made by
the japanese Tourist Bureau also
were shown earlier this year by a
movie chain of the French Indo-
China Cinema Association.
Evening star., 1941-07-28

Military police walk In pairs
through Panama and Colon. Husky
special police from the naval COM
nnands swing along the gay, crowded
streets Of the native towns on SIM
ilar patrols.
To date. few disorders. all minor,
have developed among soldiers and
sailors. One riot occurred some
weeks ago in Colon between Pana-
ranians and imported laborers.
In the overcrowding. the health
problem has been watched closely.
Cooperation between Panama au-
thorities on the one hand and medi-
cal officers of the Army, Navy and
Canal Zone has prevented any seri-
Gus outbreaks of disease.
Army officials, realizing the i'm
nortsnce of recreation and health
have detailed special officers to build
10 sports and entertainment pro-
grams. Travelling motion-picture
projectors. complete with sound
have been put In circuit opera
aon. travelling from one location to
Evening star., 1941-11-16

mans are making 1000 tanks a
month. most of them heavy tanks.
Among its arms each OF these
heavy German tanks carries 150-
millimeter gun-twice the size of
the French IS, which until recently
was the heaviest weapon mounted
by American-made tanks. 1t is be-
cause Germany has been going at
this 1000 month pace for many
years that the British think 10000
a month over here are needed in
order to catch up.
The. Germans change their tank
models each year with the same
regularity that American automo-
bile manufacturers change their au-
tomobile models. Friends and allies
Of Germany get the old models.
Bulgaria. for instance, even though
it is not an active belligerent, is
said to have received enough of the
old models to equip four armored
divisions-the same number of ar
mored divisions now in the Ameri-
can Army. This strength of Bul.
garia is a factor in the German pres
sure on Turkey to support the Axis
Turkey and Bulgaria are neighbors
Guns Provide Argument.
The size and number of guns Il
be carried by American-made tank:
has been one of the many sources
of endless behind-the-curtains Of
fetal arguments about tanks. Some
of the tanks sent to Africa from
here last year were so poorly armed
that the main gun was able Il
swing in an arc only of 80 degrees
which left a wide area where ar
Evening star., 1941-11-16
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON c.,
could operate without

enemy could operate without
danger.
The principal difficulty Of for
eign purchasers Of American tanks
has rested In the fact that, until
now, the tanks have been built
more for speed than for fighting.
Until few months ago, the British
were complaining that both armor
and fire were being sacrificed in
the interest of a swiftness that
was unneeded. Changing designs
in tanks to meet new problems has
been slow work over here. 1t was
announced in August, for instance,
that certain new type of tank
would be ready for production next
May, nine months later.
On the American assembly lines
now are light tanks of 121a tons
and medium tanks of 80 tons.
Laboratory workers still are trying
to perfect heavy tank, a moving
land mountain, Of So tons. some
thing like the giants of Germany
and Russia which struck at each
other in flaming battle around
Lwow, i'll the early stages of their
war.
Program Hindered.
The low-developing American
tank program has been hindered by
more exasperating problems than
any other phase of the defense and
British-ai policies. The next head
ache will be the question of get
Evening star., 1941-11-16
British and Russians
Appeal 10 America
For More Tanks
10000 Units Monthly
Reported Sought
By England
By BLAIR BOLLES.

The burden of the British ana
Russian song to the managers OF
the lease-lend program here now
is: Tanks. tanks, tanks Without
tanks, the Russians see disaster. AS
far as the British are concerned,
no tanks, no invasion.
The song has stirred the admins
tration, which is prepared both to
stress tank output as the foremost
task of the arsenal of democracy
and to launch policy Of "glamor-
izing" the tank for the public.
The hope is that the people will
come to have the same enthusiastic
interest in the tank that they now
have in the warplane. The plane
is spectacular and essential. but it
gains no ground. In the decisive
battles of armies in this war, the
tank has been the key. 1t is the
Warship of the land monster from
and for Mars. From the American
side, its story has remained untold.
British representatives here are
said to have urged an American
production of 10000 tanks month,
more than triple the present rate of
production, whose exact figure is
guarded secret. The administration
has given the Russians priorities on
all the current output of tanks, and
the British forces in the Middle
East have second pick. American
tanks fought in Egypt and Libya
last winter, and the Germans used
some American tanks there cap
tured from the British.
The British bombed some of these
American tanks under German
control
Helping Moscow Defense.
American tanks are helping in
the defense of Moscow. They fig
ured in the Syrian campaign and
armored forces in Iran, south of
Russia, under Gen. Sir Archibald
Wavell, are equipped in part with
American tanks. Factories in Eng
land are turning out tanks in an
| accelerated program, but England
still wants American tanks for the
troops in England to use in an as
sault on the continent.
Although the British invented the
tank and used it first in 1916 on the
Somme. the Germans in this war
have done more with the tank than
any other belligerent. According to
a diplomat here acquainted with
Nazi military production, the Ger
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ting medium and large tanks over
seas in great quantities to the Brit
ish. Tanks above the light-tank size
provide the most difficult shipping
problem of any war goods. Planes
60 over on their own power or de-
mounted in crates. Tanks take up
much space in ships.
The tank also has been political
problem here because of the belief
that the man who reads of big tank
plans will associate them with A.
E. F.. plans The picture has
changed. however, with Prime Min
lister Churchill's confident an
nouncement of a few days ago that
the r. A. F. now is match for the
LuftWaffe With plane production
well organized here for Britain, it is
considered politically safe to en-
phasize the tank as the next great
British need.
Only the elect now may visit
American tank-making centers. The
Chrysler Corp, Baldwin Locomotive
American Car & Foundry, Pressed
Steel Car Co. and Lima Locomo-
tive Works, Inc, are the industrial
headquarters for American tank
manufacture.