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is increasingly concerned over
what the United States fleet
might do within the next few
months. 1t is essential to the
German high command that
Americas effective assistance to
Great Britain be kept at a mini
mum during this summer when
spectacular things"
to Berlin spokesmen-are likely
to occur.
AS far as it is known here, the
Japanese are making elaborate
preparations for campaign in
the Southern Pacific. But
whether these strip, plane and
troop movements really mean
that Toxic intends to strike is
still debatable in the minds of
experts on Far Eastern affairs.
majority in the Japanese gov
eminent is in favor of expansion
to Singapore and the Neither
lands Indies, but Japanese mill
tary experts believe such an ad-
venture might prove more costly
than is generally anticipated.
Japan is not in the favorable po-
sition that her European allies
are in. The Germans and the
Italians have -ast resources at
their disposal and they may lose
hundreds of planes and dozens
of warships without jeopardiz-
ing their prospects.
Japan Dependent for Arms.
The situation in Japan is diff
ferent. That country is depend
ent on the outside world for most
Of her raw materials necessary
to prosecute long war. There
is abundant oil and rubber in the
Malay States and in the Neither
landS lndleS, but theSe areas are
well defended and it will take
much longer to occupy them
than it has taken Germany to
take the whole of Eastern and
Western Europe. Many of the
motors used by japanese planes
are made in Germany. Much
of the raw material used in Japa-
nese factories must come from
outside. The Jap nese have an
excellent air force but few re-
serves. 1t would take many
months before thev could replace
the planes they are bound to lose
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a unlfled Arab
world, is of great
interest. 1t is
clearly aimed at
detaching Arab
sovereigns and
Chieftains from
German inhu-
ence. The odds
are that a bat
tie of Syria will
IOllOW SpeeQlly
upon the battle
of Crete, Syria
being the gate
uaV To the Oil
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presented to automobile manage
ments in the Michigan area. This
incident needs explanation and the
public is entitled to all the facts of
what was or was not said in the
informal talks between the chief
mediator and the union politicians
with respect to other auto COM
panies or employers after the Cen
eral Motors settlement was formally
concluded and the case itself closed.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
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defense media
tion BIO I'd
whereby General
Motors employees
were given a 10
cent per hour in
crease, he start
cd a spiral in
wages which is
already almost
beyond control.
But worse than
this, the Presi-
dent may not
know it, but one
of his own medl-
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More Troops Reported
Sent to Azores
b. the Associated Press.

by Ute ASSOCIdItU FIPAS.
NEW YORK, May 31.-Portugal,
the German radio reported today
in broadcast heard by c. B. S.,
has sent further reinforcements to
the Azores-"this time air units
to bolster the islands defenses."
Troop contingents have been sent
to the Azores from Portugal several
times in the last few months, and
some observers in that country have
reported that the Portuguese-be-
lieving any attempt to defend
Portugal herself against a German
invasion would be futile-are con-
concentrating on strengthening the
defense of their island possessions.
Evening star., 1941-05-31
ADVERTISEMENT.
GIVE YOUR LAZY
LIVER THIS
GENTLE NUDGE
ADVERTISEMENT.

Follow Noted Ohio Doctors Advice
To Feel sTiP-Top" In Morningl
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with its headaches and that 'half-alive'
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feel! Just try Dr.. Edwards Olive Tab
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DR.. F M. Edwards for his patients with
constipation and sluggish liver bile.
Olive Tablets, being purely vegetable,
are wonderful They not only stimulate
bile flow to help digest fatty foods but
also help elimination. Get box TODAY.
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Elephant Hos Busy Day

PHILADELPHIA, May 81 Np).-
II your feet ache after that Me-
mortal Day parade, give thought
of sympathy to Josephine. She's
the riding elephant at the Phila-
delphia Zoo who spent the holiday
hauling around more than 1000
youngsters.
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japanese Are Cautious.

At Singapore there is an i'm
portant British force composed
of metropolitan troops--the pre-
war professional soldiers-and
of Australians and New Zea-
landers. A handful of such men
together with an improved Greek
force were able to hold back the
Germans in Crete for many days.
A much stronger force in an
incomparably better fortified
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Girls Forget to Invite
Honor Guest to Purty
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, May 31.-Who
said women can't keep a secret?
Seventeen young women gathered
around birthday cake in a down.
town restaurant. They were ex-
cited. They couldn't find the guest
of honor, Miss Rosalie Rouen, a
fellow worker.
Then one of the girls returned
to the office. She found Miss Rouen
at her desk.
Nobody had thought to invite
her.
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fields of Iraq and Iran.
For more than 20 years the foes
of England have fostered the Arab
grievance that the latter had will
fully broken the promise given as
early as 1915 by Col. Lawrence to
Emir Hussein and to his son Feysal.
Their revolt against the Turkish
overlord was to be rewarded by the
creation of an Arab kingdom as a
part of the peace settlement. 1t
was a fact that, almost at the same
time, the British cabinet of that
period found itself compelled or had
deemed it opportune to come to
terms with the French about Syria
and with the Zionist claimants
about Palestine.
Today, British policy partially
shakes off that old shackle. Every
thing develops as though the talk
of 25 years ago between Lawrence
and FeySal had been resumed. The
successors of Lawrence, of course,
will attempt afresh TO win their
Arab interlocutors to the idea of
the Jewish national home in re-
turn for the free gift of Syria. But
whether such men as the exiled
Mufti of Jerusalem will be anne
nable to compromise on that point
remains to be seen.
Impractical Proposition.
1t would be useless to expatiate
on the possibility of bringing the
Arab world to unity. Most compe-
tent observers are not ready to re-
gard it as practical proposition.
In the Islamic world of today, King
Ibn Saud of Arabia enjoys the
greatest measure of authority and
prestige He alone might have the
power to translate into concrete
deeds the high-sounding scheme.
But whether he entertains the
same imperial ambition as did
King Hussein whom he ousted
from Mecca is doubtful.
Moreover, from the religious
point of view, he hardly presents
the figure of an orthodox. 1t is in
Vichy, in Damascus and in Bey-
routh that, for various reasons, Mr..
Eden's statement is likely to call
forth the keenest reactions.
An aspect of the British decision
hardly can fail to be welcomed in
Vichy with some glee. On August
6, 1910, Winston Churchill in a
letter addressed to Gen. Charles de
Gaulle, bound his government to
secure the integral restoration of
Frances independence and great
ness" That phrase was interpreted
generally to mean that the metro
politan and oversee domain of
France would be re-established as
1t was before the defeat of 1940
But now, Syria is being excluded
from that guarantee. The average
Frenchman will easily perceive in
the British move the natural out
come of the policy of cooperation
initiated with Germany.
Moreover, held by the French
government as Syria was under a
mandate of the League of Nations,
he never considered that land a
permanent possession. But all the
official or semi-official voices in
Vichy are sure to exclaim that De
Gaulle is a puppet of the British
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Second Evacuation Ship
Sails From GibruItur
By the Associated Press.

By Che ASSOCIdLeu FFeSS.
LA LINEA, Spain, May 31.-A
second evacuation ship left Gibral-
ter today with more than 1000
persons, mostly women, as the Brit
ish continued to prepare the huge
fortress to meet any possible Ger
man attack.
Evening star., 1941-05-31
Spring Month Lute

STOCKHOLM (P).-Spring was
more than a month late in Sweden,
with cold and lack of rain. In view
of the double blockade, fear was felt
in regard to the country's bread
Stuffs,
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naval and ali
base. 1t was to
hold the Ger
man armoreo
divisions on the
coast of Greece
from reaching
Syria.
The panZers
had to wait on
their own twin
devil, air pow
er, TO win con-
troll of Crete.
This won, and
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BY PERTINAX.

The pledge given by Anthony
Eden, British foreign secretary, on
behalf of the British government, to
support an independent Syria and
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Miss Lorence Graduated

Dorothy Lucille Lorence, 1920
Thirty ninth street NV, was grad
uated this week from MacMurray
College In Illinois, it was announced
here today.
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rHE opinions OF the wrters this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in TIE
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1941-05-31
Wage Spiral
Started by
Labor Pact
Mediator AssuiIed
For Reported Role
In Union Strategy
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Chickens come home to roost even
In governmental affairs. When
President Roosevelt acquiesced in
the settlement proposed by his own
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Tanks Cast
In Vital Role
tSuez
Germans Reported
To Expect Much
From 80-Ton Models
By COL FREDERICK PALMER.

Since tanks will play such an i'm
portant part in the battle for the
Suez Canal, Britain's heroic de-
fense of Crete was for more than
Evening star., 1941-12-04
D. T.. Advertises Sale
OF Federal Reserve
Building for Taxes
Big Marble Structure
To Go on Block Jan. 6
In Showdown

District ofYicials at last have
thrown down the gauntlet to the
Federal Reserve Bank Board over
the issue of District real estate taxes
Officially advertising 9he monu-
mental marble structure for the tax
certificate sale beginning January 6.
The District claims the Federal
Reserve Building is not exempt from
the municipal realty tax and that
the agency owes it S269,245 since
1887, plus $45,773 in penalties, max
ing 4 total OF s3l5.0ls
Each January there Is an auction"
Of properties on which there are
taxes due, this being the District s
means of forcing tax collections. II
a professional tax broker bids In 4
property he receives a tax certificate
and the equity owner has two years
in which to redeem his holdings
After two years the owner must
deal with the broker as TO the price
to be paid
II professional broker does not
pay the taxes due on property, 1t
Is bid in by the District govern
ment
District ofYicials are not exactly
Sansuine over their prospects OF
taking over the monumental struc-
ture. but since the Corporation
Counsel and the Commissioners are
convinced the law does not exempt
the building since its title was trans.
ierred to the Federal Reserve Bank
Board, they gave formal notice and
this year for the first time listed
the property as subject 10 the Janu-
ary 6 auction" sale.
Had it not been for inclusion Of
this item in the list. the current
total OF properties subject TO the
sale would have been less than last
year. Tax Assessor Edward A. Dent
said the remaining total would be
about 10000 pieces of property on
which S286.236 in taxes were due.
Last January properties actually
sold numbered about $4,000 and the
taxes due on those totaled some
S3se.000, including special assess
ment taxes.
Evening star., 1941-12-04
Densest Fog in Year,
Hits Traffic in D. E.,
East and Midwest
Air Service Is Resumed
Here Late in Morning;
Norfolk Ferries Crash

Airline operations from Washing
ton National Airport were resumed
late this morning as 4 fog which
had hampered land, sea and air
transportation for two days began
to lift in patches.
The thick mist, described by
Weather Bureau oficias as the
densest In years, tangled highway
traffic and was blamed for 4 collision
between two ferryboats and the
grounding Of q small harbor tanker
in the Norfolk area.
The fog was general along the At
lantic seaboard from the Virginia
Capes to Boston. and combined with
low-lying smoke from defense busy
factories caused semi i-blackouts as
far west as Pittsburgh, Louisville,
Detroit. St. Louis and Kansas City,
according to Associated Press re-
ports
Practically all airline operations
along the coast, which had been re-
sumed yesterday, were halted again
last night, grounding scores Of
planes from Atlanta to La Guardia
Field, New York.
Troop conveys moving northward
from the maneuver area In the Caro-
linas were delayed in their progress,
Chesapeake Bay shipping was halted
and Army planes at Langley Field,
Va, called OF operations.
At least five ocean, going ships
were fog bound In Chesapeake BAY
and In Pittsburgh State police said
cars were running around like lot
OF Wild deer on both sides OF the
Lincoln highway" One man drove
his car onto the railroad tracks. es-
Gaping uninjured when train
smashed his machine.
The weather began 10 clear here
about 10 o'clock so that planes re-
sumed schedules TO the South, bu,
schedules 10 the North and West
were not continued until about noon
Stops At Baltimore and Philadelphia
were eliminated on Washington.
New York lines on some OF the frs'
trips this morning officials reported
Evening star., 1941-12-04

of War Robert Patterson. who was
scheduled to address the noon lunch
con today; Mayor F. H. La Guardia
OF New York; Emil Davies, chair
man of the London County Council,
London; General Counsel Oscar 8,
Cox of the once for Emergency
Management; General Counsel Da-
vid Ginsburg OF the once Of Price
Administration; Assistant General
Counsels David Cobb and Brun-
son MacChesney Of the Office OF
Price Administration. and others.
The committee on national de-
fense of the institute. reported
through It's chairman, Horace H.
Edwards. Of Richmond, Va, on
legal problems created for cities
by the national defense program. -
Under a threat OF war, of the
kind that Is now being waged, Mr.
Edwards said, the safety Of 2 city
and its residents is unqueStionably
and ineXtricably bound up with the
safety and defense OF the Nation,
We think, therefore that the only
question TO be decided in any given
pose for which any novel regulatory
measure is enacted. bears sum-
ciently direct and actual relation
ship TO national defense"
Defense Expenditures.
The committee took up the ques-
ton OF city expenditures for defense
councils. which has caused disputes
in various places. Reporting that
the attorney general Of California
had held that cities may not spend
public funds for such an activity
without specific legislative author
ity, the committee declared that in
view Of the widespread adoption OF
such legislation We feel that very
little question is apt TO arise con-
cerning the power OF cities 10 ex-
pend funds in the conduct OF de-
tense council activities. mos OF
which may really be included in the
general term Of planning
The report referred 10 the fact
that some 40 States and the Dis
trict OF Columbia have now set up
systems Of State and local defense
councils"
The situation here has been COM
plicated BY refusal Of the Bureau OF
the Budget to consider two different
requests from the District Commits
sioners for funds to finance the local
defense council and its activities.
The Institutes committee ap-
proved such planning" as func-
ton OF city government because 1t Il
FOR the protection Of health and
sanitation, the safety Of lives and
property, the mobilization Of public
Evening star., 1941-12-04
Planners to Discuss
Montgomery Problems

Frederic p. Lee, former member
OF the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, and
Frederick w. Tuemmler. the new
planning engineer OF that commits
sion, will be the principal speakers
in panel discussion tonight OF
current planning and zonins prob
lens in Montgomery County.
The meeting will be held at 9
O'Clock in the gymnasium OF the
Rockville CMd) High School, under
the auspices Of the Conference on
Montgomery County Government.
Evening star., 1941-12-04
Congress Members Pay
Tribute al Adams Rites
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PUEBLO. Colo. Dec. 4.-Colorado
ofYicialdom and q large congressional
delegation gathered today to pay last
respects TO Alva B. Adams, Colo
RADIOS senior Senator, who died un-
expectedly Monday in Washington.
The 66-year-old Senator's family
and the congressional delegation
came from Washington on a special
train arriving only 4 few hours be-
fore the afternoon funeral.
Justice Haslett P. Burke OF the
Colorado Supreme Court was desig-
mated master for Commute Masonic
rites, planned in keeping with the
familys request for a brief, simple
ceremony.
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Rites for Mrs. Wutrous
Will Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Grace
r. Watrous. 80, who died Tuesday At
the Montgomery County General
Hospital. Sandy Spring. Md, will be
held at p IN. tomorrow at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Washington. with
burial in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Born in Concord, NJ H., Mrs.
Watrous spent most OF her winters
recently at Miami and during the
summer lived at Bradley Beach,
N. j. She is survived by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. Edmund Whitson Of
Washington; a sister, Mrs. Bessie A.
Macintosh Of Norbeck, Nd, and a
brother, steuart J. GaS, also Of
Washington.
Evening star., 1941-12-04
Dr.. Maude Royden Heard
Al Coyenant-First Church

Dr.. A. Maude Royden, distin.
guished English preacher, last night
called on America and England to
lift civilization TO 4 spiritual level,
looking toward peace.
Addressing capacity audience
at Covenant First Presbyterian
Church, she warned that man had
developed his intellect, but neglect
ed his spiritual being.
Dr.. Royden was the guest OF DR..
Albert j. Mccartney. pastor OF the
church. and Mrs. MCCARTNEY. Partic-
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ipating In the services last night
were also Or. Oscar r. Blackvelder.
president OF the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches; DR.. Worth M.
Tippy, acting federation secretary,
and the church choir.
Evening star., 1941-12-04

DY. Noyden was guest 1t 4 lunch
con yesterday at the British EN-
bassy, with Lord and Lady Halifax,
Sir Thomas Beecham. English con-
ductor; DR.. and Mrs. Mccartney
and others.
Evening star., 1941-12-04

Appearing in America under joint
auspices Of the Federal Council Of
Churches and the World Alliance for
international Friendship Through
the Churches, DR.. Royden left
Warrington today.
Evening star., 1941-12-04

and private facilities for emergency
use. the promotion OF patriotism,
and military and civilian morale.
the suppression OF sabotage and
other subversive activities, and OF
pronteering. and the fostering Of
similar concerns"
Evening star., 1941-09-25
Former D. {. Convict
Decapitated Body
Found in PITTSBURGH
Mystery Staying Probed
After Gruesome Find
At Dump Pile

The decapitated body of a 33-
year-old man thrice convicted of
crimes in the District was found
yesterday on dump pile in Pitts
burgh, the Associated Press reported.
The head, badly hacked, lay some 25
feet from the torso.
Detectives said they believed the
man, Wallace Lloyd Brown, was
killed about midnight Tuesday. He
was released on parole January II
after serving part of sentence
imposed for larceny and receiving
stolen goods. Police said Brown had
lived in Pittsburgh several years
and had worked at odd jobs since
his latest release from prison.
There were few clues, but Pitts
burgh police said they believed the
man was killed somewhere else and
the body taken to the dump later
Another theory was that the murder
was committed by butcher because
of the manner in which the head
had been severed with clean stroke;
downward from the base of the skull
Detective Bureau records showed
that Brown first was arrested ir
Washington in 1888. He received a
sentence of from one to two years for
grand larceny, but was put on pro-
baton. The probation was revoked
when he again was taken into Gus
tody in 1884, and was sentenced to
go days for petty larceny.
He was arrested again in 1885 and
served nine months in Occoquan for
housebreaking.
Evening star., 1941-09-25

that its northern terminus would tie
in with the intricate system of roads
mapped with the help of the Public
Roads Administration to serve the
new War Department and Navy
buildings which will be in use in
Arlington County within two years.
While plans for the road-calling
for four-lane divided roadway
and preliminary surveys of the right
of way have been completed, Vir-
ginia officials pointed out that no
funds for its construction are avail
able at present. 1t is hoped that
the necessary money can be secured
from the substitute defense highway
bill now pending in the House after
Senate passage.
States Must Contribute.
Funds allocated from this bill
would have to be met by one part
State to three parts Federal money
unless certified by the Secretary of
War as essential to defense.
Placing the cost of the project as
high as $5,000OOO, C. S. Mullen,
chief engineer for the Virginia de-
partment, asserted that there were
other highways in the Newport
News, Radford and other defense
sectors of the State which merited
equal consideration.
The road would be considered a
supplementary rather than alternate
TO U. S. Route l, he said, although
both private and commercial We
hicles would be permitted to use it..
Evening star., 1941-09-25
Why Must They Die?
OF Factua Analyses of Traffic Fatalities

Analyses OF traffic deaths Nos.
SIS and so ,UiH be published on
completion OF the official inDeStt-
cations.
Evening star., 1941-09-25
Superhighway Urged
As Serving Federal
Plants in Arlington
$4,000, 900 Road From
D. {. to South Would Fill
Only Cop in RudioIs

The proposed 100000 super
highway from Washington to the
South, plans for which were re-
vealed yesterday by the Virginia
State Highway Department, would
fill the only gap in the system of
radial roads serving the Capital
area, John Nolen, jr., director OF
planning for the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, said
today.
The road, described as similar
in design to the famous Pennsyl-
vania turnpike, would have its
northern terminus at a point near
Columbia pike and Arlington Ridge
road Some l6 miles in length, il
would follow an almost straight line
south and join with U. S. Route
l at a point near Woodbridge, Va.
Urged for Years.
Mr.. Nolen said it would about BIZ
sect territory south of Washington
between U. S. Route l and Lee
boulevard, adding that this was the
only area not now served by a ra-
dial highway. He pointed out that
this was one reason why the PLAN
ming commission has urged con-
struction Of such a road for num-
ber of years.
Describing the project yesterday,
Virginia officials stressed the fact
Evening star., 1941-09-25

Brazil will spend 100000 in con-
structing an airplane motor factory
Evening star., 1941-09-25
Texas Society Donates
Lonqhorn 10 D. {. Zoo

A real, rip-roaring Texas long
| horn, with a spread of almost three
yards between the tips of his horns,
has been roped by cowboys in his
native mesquite and sage flats and
soon will be on his way to the local
Zoo.
Announcement of the donation
was made yesterday by Representa-
tive Patman of TeXarkana, president
of the Texas State Society here,
which will present the wild animal
to the Zoo.
The longhorn is an outlaw and
never had a rope on him, Mr.. Pat
man said, until the COW punchers
rode him down and tangled him in
their lassoes few days ago.
The animal was donated by T. P.
East, Hebbronville, Tex, owner of
the San Antonio Viejo Ranch, and
arrangements for his transportation
here are being made by Joe Mon
tague. legislative representative of
the Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers' Association.
The longhorn is II years old and
weighs 1000 pounds. Zoo Director
William M Mann was enthusiastic
over the prospect of receiving this
addition to the Zoos extensive COL
lection of wild cattle from all parts
of the world.
Mr.. Patman visited the Zoo today
to look over the quarters which will
be provided for the newcomer.