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Evening star., 1941-07-10
Rooming Houses to Be Licensed
Under New District Regulation

In a move designed to give the
District general inspection powers
over boarding and rooming houses
and a direct check on compliance
with fire escape laws and regula-
tions. the Commissioners today
adopted an order requiring all
rooming houses which have sleeping
accommodations for 10 or more
persons to obtain an annual Ii
cense costing IS year.
The rule was adopted on recon-
mendation of Robert H. Davis, in
spector of buildings and director
of inspection, and Corporation
Counsel Richmond B. Keech. 1t
was estimated there are perhaps as
many as 5000 establishments which
will be affected by the order.
The Commissioners recently
placed before Congress proposed
new fire escape law and during its
consideration by members of the
House District Committee. Repre-
sentative Bolles, Republican, Of Wis
Evening star., 1941-07-10

consin, who died Tuesday, suggested
directly that the Commissioners
adopt the rule promulgated today.
Mr.. Davis said the new fire es-
cape legislation was needed since
the present law dated back to 1906,
had been amended numerous times
and was in such a confused state
that enforcement was exceedingly
difficult.
While the new proposal was de-
signed to clarity the law. Mr.. Davis
said, it also contained several new
features, one to require certain
boarding and rooming houses to be
hooked up with the District fire
alarm system, and another to require
fire escapes on all buildings having
sleeping accommodations for 10 or
more persons, without regard to how
many of these were above the first
floor.
The new regulation, which was
adopted under the authority of the
District General License Act Of 1882,
is to be effective after 80 days.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
IS W. P. A. Officials
Here Face Dismissal
Under Consolidation
Reduced Appropriation
To Force Merger Of D. c.
And Maryland Setups

All but about 25 of the ll0 admin
istrative staff workers of the District
Work Projects Administration face
dismissal by August under a Fed
eral plan TO place the Washington
Office under the Maryland w. P. A.
director, according to advices given
the Commissioners by R. c. Branion,
regional w. P. A. director.
Heretofore the District and States
have had their own w. P. A. admin
istrative Offices, working under the
Federal agency, but due to reduc-
ton in administrative funds, under
the reduced work relief appropria-
tion, it has become necessary TO
consolidate State Offices, Mr. Branion
told the Commissioners.
For the time being. it was said,
Paul Edwards is expected to remain
as State administrator for the
District. But after August l, his job
would become in the nature of a dis
trict manager, under the Baltimore
headquarters Mr.. Edwards is being
considered by the Commissioners for
appointment as District welfare
director.
The District now is a part of
Region 2, which includes New York,
New Jersey, Delaware and Mary
land. Under the consolidation plan,
Delaware and the District would be
operated through the Maryland w.
P. A. Office. which is headed by Mai.
Harry Williar, with headquarters
at Baltimore Only a small field
staff would be retained here, and
efforts are being made to transfer
the administrative workers facing
dismissal to jobs in other Federal
agencies or to place them as project
supervisors. A few may be sent
to the Baltimore Office.
Last month the District received
orders to reduce the number of its
project workers from about 5000
to 4500 and in addition to those
retained, arrangements were made
to keep about $50 in vocational train
ing, in connection with the defense
program.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Britain Recalling
Halifax, London
Paper Reports

By. the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 10.-The News
Chronicle said today that Lord
Halifax, British Ambassador to the
United States. was expected in Lon
don soon and would not return to
Washington.
The former British foreign secre-
tary will resume activities as a
member of the war cabinet" be-
cause prominent Americans believe
he has been hampered as envoy by
his attitude at the time of Munich
and during the civil war in Spain,
the newspaper said.
An authoritative source, however
called the story "a stab in the dark
and said there was nothing to in
dicate the Ambassador would not
return TO Washington.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
President Seeks
.S4,770,065,588
More for Army
Largest Of II Items
Is S3,486, ,034,036
For Ordnance

President Roosevelt asked Con-
gress this afternoon for an appro-
priation of s4,77O. .O65, ,588 for the War
Department for the further
strengthening Of the national de-
fense"
The request was made in letter
to Speaker Rayburn.
1t contained II individual items,
the largest being s3,486, ,034,036 for
Army ordnance.
A letter from Budget Director
Harold D. Smith, which the Presi-
dent transmitted to Mr.. Ravburn,
said the money was needed to pro-
vide for contingencies which have
arisen since the transmission of the
budget for the fiscal year 1912"
Items in Request.
The total sought was made up Of
| the following items:
Regular supplies, s7274.7l0; cloth
Ing and equipment. 1925.
transportation. SOB O33 .557: horses.
draft and pack animals, sl054,8l0:
! construction of buildings and utilitiey
at military posts, s84 900 900; signal
service, s349 29O,8 ,825; Air Corps, s2O4.-
/ 007 300; Medical Department So
852,437: Army Engineer Service.
61,118970: Ordnance and Supplies.
s3.486 034 ,036: Chemical Warfare
Service, s27 275, 1853.
Authoritative sources said the rc-
quest is the first installment Of
new sl5,0000000 defense anc
lease-lend program
Billions for Lease-Lend.
The sources indicated the rest Of
.he $4,000 900 600 requests now plan
ned by the President would be de-
/ layed for a short while These in
clude about $1,000 900 900 for lease
lend. large amount for shipbuild-
ing by the Maritime Commission anC
a few hundred million for the Navy.
The other requests were under
stood TO be primarily for contract
authorizations rather than cash ap-
preparations, especially the lease
lend fund.
The original s7000.0 900 lease-lend
appropriation is largely committed
already. but the actual cash is not
scheduled for disbursement until al
least the end of this fiscal year. The
new authorization is sought.
officials explained, in order to make
the time when the first lease-lend
appropriation actually is used up.
New Tax Needs.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau said he would have
to reconsider new tax needs of the
Government in the light of the re-
ported $4,000, 100000 of new re-
quests.
Mr.. Morgenthau told press con-
ference he knew no details of the
request, but certainly the figure
are colossal enough to deserve study.
Until then We cannot say whether
new taxes will be necessary"
| Recently the Secretary said he
had no further tax requests in mind
beyond the s3.500000O00 tax bill
now being shaped by the House
Ways and Means Committee. To-
gether with existing taxes, the new
bill is expected TO boost Federal
revenues this fiscal year possibly to
more than sl2.000,00OO 900.
Asked whether the bulk OF the
new SIS ,00O,O0OOOO spending request
was not slated for expenditure at
least year hence. Mr.. Morgenthau
said that was likely and would in
f1uence his opinion about tax needs.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Three Vessels Reported
Sunk by BuItic Mines
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 10
Three ships of undisclosed foreign
nationality struck mines and sank
in the Baltic Sea off the Swedish
east coast last night with thunder
Gus explosions heard over a wide
seaboard area, it was reported today.
Sixteen injured survivors have
been landed.
A Swedish ship with surgeons and
nurses was sent from the port OF
Kslmar
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Two German Athletes
Killed Fighting Russio
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, July l0.-German re-
ports today listed two more ath-
letes as fallen in the war with Rus
sia. They were First 1t. Wilhelm
Hoelling, former German and Euro
pean 400-meter hurdle champion
and Pvt. Hulmut Haman, former
German 400-meter champion, who
ran on the 1886 Olympic 1,600-meter
relay team.
Evening star., 1941-07-10

assaults and attacks on the honor
Of Gen. DentzD
AN immediate reply was given
stating our terms" the British
source asserted.
The Berlin radio broadcast a
Geneva report that diplomatic
circles mad heard the Vichy gov
(See SYRIA, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Police Waited 6 Hour!
To Hunt Strieff Girl,
Fiance Tells Probers
lie Blanc Relates Story
Of Futile Search Before
Discovery Of Body
By JAMES E. CHINN.

1t was at least six hours" after
Jessie Elizabeth Strieff was reported
missing before the police started
looking for her. the murdered girls
fance, Stanley LIE Blanc, testified
today before the House subcom-
mittee investigating the Police De-
partment
The youth declared he was told
over the telephone by man who
identified himself as Policeman
Edwin Grayson of the public rela-
tions squad that he could do nothing
for six hours and it was that long
before the police searched the neigh
borhood or made any inquiries about
strangled the next morning in a
garage in the TOO block of Q street
NV. 1t was this unsolved crime
that brought about the congressional
inquiry.
Thus Mr.. LIE Blanc contradicted
fatty the testimony of Pvt. Grayson,
| who denied before the subcommittee
yesterday that he made any such
statement or that any time elapsed
before he set a search for Miss
Strieff in motion.
Tells of Going to Apartment.
The small, dark young man. an
employe of the Farm Credit Admin
istration. spoke in a low, but clear
voice and was emphatic at times.
Start from the time you went to
Miss Strieffs apartment" directed
Chairman Schultz. and tell us ex-
actly what happened"
Mr.. lie Blanc then related how
he went to the apartment, which
his fiancee shared with Miss Chris
tine Tankersley.
Il arrived about 5 minutes of A."
he told the committee. and Miss
Tankersley told me what had hap
pened; that Miss Strieff had gone
to the store to get some butter, and
the conditions under which she left.
They had talked of borrowing some
butter but Miss Tankersley thought
they had better not. because they
were new there, and Betty said she'd
60 out and buy some.
Il checked the entire second floor,
but found no one who had seen
Betty or even knew her. I then
told Miss Tankersley to phone the
| police, and she did"
Phoned for Police Aid.
Mr.. LIE Blanc said he stopped in
next door, because the people there
knew Miss Strieff, but no one had
seen her. He then went to a nearby
| delicatessen, but got no word of
her.
Christine then said she had
talked to a Mr.. Grayson at police
headquarters and he had told her
they did not consider a person miss
ing for six hours and there was
nothing he could no meanwhile.
Il called Mr.. Grayson and he told
me the same thing. He wanted to
know who would be responsible for
| starting a search
The youth raised his voice: Il
told him I would be responsible,
that 1 was her flance and she had
no relatives here. That was about
4:20 or 4:3O"
Are you sure" asked Represent
ative Schultz, that the name Of
the man you talked to was Gray
SOM"
Eyes, we wrote it down, spelled 1t
out, Miss Tankersley and l.
You are sure it was not Bate
SOM" The chairman referred to an
other officer of the public relations
squad.
mo, it was Grayson."
Met Officer on Street.
Mr.. lie Blanc said he went around
the neighborhood and phoned every
one he could think of whom Miss
Strieff knew. He said he ran into a
policeman and told him.
He told me it wouldn't do any
(See POLICE, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Senate Body Refuses
To Report Resolution
On D. {. Suffrage
Amending Constitution
Held Unnecessary to
Permit Vote Here
BACKGROUND

BACK RGROUND-
Right to rote WdS taken from
District in organic act OF 1878
setting up commission form OF
local government, but also pro-
uiding $3.50 share in expenses
betWeen Federal and District ooU-
ernments StrdU Uote OF April
30, 1888. rerealed more than 90
600 Westinghouse tdpOring ma
tional representation tor inhab-
itants. Capper-SumnerS joint
resolution ,pas latest effort to OBJ
tain citizen status for residents
ouer period OF years that has seen
d,Uindling Federal interest in the
District.
Evening star., 1941-07-10

The announcement was retort to
a radio report from Lyons, France,
that TO reply had been received to
Gen. Dentzs request for an armi-
stice.
un Vichy, French spokesmen
declared the British had not re-
piled to Frances request for an
armistice except with increased
Evening star., 1941-07-10
U.S.. Force in Iceland Held
Legitimate Axis Target
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, July 10.-Tne authorlta-
tive Fascist editor, Virginio Gaydo,
observed today that American and
British troops in Iceland were "the
targets for eventual legitimate at.
tack by Germany"
Writing in the newspaper II Gior-
male d1talia, he added:
Every day American bellicosity
has identified itself without equivo-
cation as a deliberate provoker of
some incident, or rather of a war
between Europe and the United
States"
Gayda and other commentators
attacked Wendell L. Willkie for his
statement favoring the establish
ment of United States military bases
in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
This was called step in the
race to inherit the British Empire.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Fiqht to Continue Till French
Accept Terms, English Assert
Armstce Request Was Answered With
Conditions, London Source Declares

BY
LONDON July 1O-Brtish will naturally continue to
fight Syria" until Dentz the French commander
accepts authoritative
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Spain Offers Mediation
To Peru and Ecuador
b, the Associated Press.

bS tDt hSsOCldtcu rIcoos
MADRID, July 10-The news
paper Arriba, organ of the Falangist
party, said today that Spain, which
has mediated in the past between
Peru and Ecuador, again had Of
fered aid to settle their present bor-
der dispute.
MEXICO CITY, July 10 tP.-The
Mexican government yesterday sent
notes to Peru and Ecuador urging
them to accept the border settle
ment proposed by Argentina, Brazil
and the United States and thus
demonstrate continental solidarity
"in these hours of grave interna-
tional peril
Evening star., 1941-07-10
New "Aggressions" Expected.

BERLIN, July 10 (P,,-The United
States occupation of Iceland was
viewed in authorized Berlin quar-
tiers today as evidence of far-reach.
ing British-American military CO.
operation in a war zone.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
u. :. Planes 10 Enable
Retaliation Soon on
Nazis, Commons Told
Berlin to Suffer Attacks
Before Many Months, Soys
New Production Chief

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 10.-The increas-
| ing flow of American-made bombers
soon will enable Britain to carry out
manifold retaliation on Berlin for
! the German bombardment of Lon
don. Britain's new Minister of Air
craft Production, 1t. Col. J. T. c.
Moore -Brabazon, declared today.
1t will not be many months. he
said, before Berlin hears the sirens
of such attacks.
Those famous Wednesday and
Saturday nights when London was
heavily raidedD will be child's play,
compared with the raids we will be
able to make on Berlin" he said.
Speaking for the government in
today's installment of House of
Commons debate on arms produc-
tion Col. Moore -Brabazon said:
I'VE are getting more and more
moderate weight-carrying bombers
and also big ones. I finally hope
to get every single machine from
the United States by air"
The ferry service, thus far, has
applied only to bombers capable OF
the transatlantic flight.
The great D-24 Liberator is al
ready doing great service across the
Atlantic and I want to see that
service increased.
Thousands Left to Die
A member of Parliament released
from the army to organize a parlia-
mentary fight for greater arms pro-
duction declared that thousands
upon thousands" of British imperial
soldiers had been left to die or be
captured in the Near East because
they were denied weapons with
which to defend themselves"
The member, James Henderson
Stewart, National Liberal from
Scotland. referred to a statement
yesterday by a lieutenant of the
! fleet air arm who escaped from
Crete in a battered plane and ap-
peared in uniform before Parlia
ment to tell of the defense deficiency
in Crete.
Il am giving away no military
secrets when I say that the account
given in debate yesterday by 1t
Brabner Of the shortage of guns and
tanks is abundantly true" Mr.. Stew
art said.
Yesterdays speech was the first in
Parliament for 1t. Rupert Arnolc
Brabner, a Conservative, elected q
year ago.
Every morning during the eigh
months of Army service, from which
he also just obtained leave, Mr.
Stewart said, Near East cables laic
on his desk "cried for weapons o
any and every kind.
Men Were Denied Weapons.
ut was a cry which pierced th'
hearts of every one Of us whose dut,
it was to read those dread docu
ments.
"One mad the vision of those men
comrades who We knew, lying ther'
battered, bleeding, parched ant
hungry. Thousands upon Thousands
of them were left there to die or fal
into Nazi captivity. Why? Becaus'
those men were denied weapon
with which to defend themselves.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Summary of Todoy's Star

Two Washingtonians killed in traffic
accidents. Page B-1
Stronger vagrancy law preparation
pushed by Young. Page B-1
Evening star., 1941-07-10

(See BERLIN, Page ABB
Evening star., 1941-07-10

(See SUFFRAGE, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1941-07-10

tonight about 70; tomorrow cloudy,
humid, thundershowers in afternoon.
Temperatures today-Highest, 86, at
pm; lowest, 63, at 4:10 am
From the United States Weather Bureau report.
Full Details on Pase Az.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-01
Maritime Commission Seeks Vessels for Cdrry-
 ina Material 10 Britain
FIFTY BANKERS TO
 BE RE0UISITI0NED
President Asked to Begin Getting Two Million
 Tons for Purpose

WASHINGTON, May l.-In quick response to President Roosevelt's re- quest for ships of this country "all out to aid Democracies." the Mari- time Commission made plans to place 50 American tankers in the service of the British within the next few days.
 All operators of American tankerS over 5000 tons gross are being called on to aid tho program.
 The present tentative plan does not call for transfer of the registry of the tankers to the British but they will be for use outside the war zone and for direct benefit to the British.
 Under the proposal, the tankers will be operated by the oil prcduc- ing countries along the north coast of South Amreica and of the United States. At the north Atlantic ports oil will be transferred to British tankers for the remainder Of the trip.
 The Maritime Commission asked the President last night to begin rounding up 100000 tons of ship ping to carry vital war materials" abroad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-01
LINDBERCH
 IS IN BAD
 INENGLAND
British Official Says FIier Tried dtoPrevenfAC
 Against Germany

LONDON, May 1--R. A. Butler. Under Secretary of Foreign Af- fairs, today answered Yes when House of Commons member asked him whether Charles A. Lindbergh had not consistently and always used his influence to prevent effective action against Germany"
 The. questioner was conservative member s. " T. Adams.
 A brief discussion involving Lindbergh brought out the state- ment from Butler regarding Lind- bergh's views on the strength of the Soviet Union about the time the Munich Pact was signed in September, 1888. but Butler said they were of mo undue signifi- canoe" to the British Government.
 The members of the House of Commons cheered Butler when he refused to answer Iaborite Ellis Smiths query whether Lindber3h used his influence along with well known lady member of this House"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-01

 SALE OPENS
 OVER NATION
''AII Out Effort" Urged by President Gets Reply
 from Old, Young

WASHINGTON, May 1.--Urged by President Roosevelt to participate in the Nations "all out effort to perpetuate Democracy Americans young and old stepped up to Post Office and bank windows today to begin investing in Defense Savings Bonds and savings stamps.
 The public sale of the new se- curities started throughout the country today.
 The President led the way last night in launching the bond and stamp sale program nationally by a broadcast address.
 The President announced he is buying a bond. so is Mrs. Roosevelt and also ten defense savings stamps each for his grand children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-01
Military Circles Exped Grand Scale Assault
 Within Ten Days
BRITISH TR00p5 IN
 STRATEGIC SECTIONS
Intensified Luftwaffe Re. d'0pened in Cam
 pdign on Desert
(By Associated Press)

Authoritative quarters in London said today a second contingent of British troops have landed at Bas- "a, Iraq. head of the Persian Gulf, apparently move to counter any German threat in Iraq's rich Mos,il oil fields. Other British troops landed there on April IT and April i8 it is announced
 Well informed military circles m London freely predict a grand scale Nazi assault on Egypt and the Suez Canal via the French man. dated Syria, and Palestine, will break within the next ten days.
 At the same time these military sources said other Axis columns are striking from Libya to join in a giant pincer movement.
 Mussolinis High Command as- serts Axis scouts have put the Brit ish in flight and seized armored equipment in the region of Salum, the Egyptian frontier post, just over the Libyan border.
 In the three weeks old siege of the British garrison at Tobruk, 30 miles inside Libya on the north African coast, the British head quarters at Cairo acknowledged Axis troops penetrated the outer defense of the stronghold this morning, with the British fighting fiercely and causing many casu- alties on the attackers.
 Berlin reports a luftwaffe has opened an intensified offensive in the desert campaign and bombing British troops and artillery, paving the way for Nazi foot soldiers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-01
\ HAMILTON BRAIN-CHILD

Before we go into that, however, let me tell you about cutters" The Coast Guard was the brain-child of Alexander Hamilton, who "en- visioned fleet of cutters, which would protect the United States revenue sources against Smuggling" ]"
 In those days, cutter" was small vessel, Nith a single mast; mainsail, forestaysail and a jib." They were used in the British navy and for coastal duty. At the same time or in years soon to come, a cutter" also was a double-bank oar boat, with aux Hilary sail, carried principally on men-of-war, sometimes in nests, with one boat fitting inside an- other.
 The term also has been applied to any sloop of considerable draft and comparatively small beam. {. i. a water cutter"
 The Coast Guard, having in- herited the term from Alexander Hamilton. started its own termi- nology and then went off the deep
 '
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-01
REDARMY I5 READY
 TO FIGHT
May Day Procurement Issued Regarding vio-
 Idti0n SovietFrontiers
fBy Associated Press)

Russia today issued May Day pronouncement against any viola ton of her frontiers.
 This was issued within "A hours after the Soviet newspapers asserted German troops were moving through Finland with tanks and guns.
 Russias Defense Com mi ss r Tilnoshenko declares in the pro- nouncement issued today that the Red Army is ready to offer an- nihiliating rebuff to any encroach- ment by imperialists.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-01
Policemen Routed
 By Army Souvenir

CENTRALLY, Wash, May - When Sergeant Henry Southwick rummaging through a box of lost and found junk" at police head quarters, came up with an orange colored iron ball, policemen tum- bled over each other rushing into the street.
 It was an army hand grenade, in good working order. with the firing pin in place. Veteran of ficers couldn't remember how it got into the box.