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 castle-on-Tyne and Belfast.
 Speaking at Caxton Hall, Alex ander said that Prime Minister Win ston Churchill rightly had declared that submarine warfare was still the greatest problem of the United Ma tions.
 However, he said that the long battle to protect the allied life line continues with lIhabated vigor.
 we do not often issue figures regarding U-boats," he said, ''but I think it may be of interest and of some encouragement if I say we have an actual record of our at tacks."
 Poles Ask For Death
 London, oct. 20 -- (U.P.) The Polish Government-in-Ex Exile disclos- ed today that it has detailed evi- dence against 5000 Germans for whom it will demand the death penalty for war crimes.
 The 5000 Germans "caused death, special sufferings, deportations or transfers of populations, irnprison- nent of individuals, general danger to human life, compulsory military service in foreign armies, and des- truction or damage of property of general national value" 8 decree adopted by the Polish Refugee Cab- inet said.
 Criminal responsibility attaches those persons belonging to the Ger man Reich or the states allied to or conencted with it as well as persons in the service of the Reich or those states during the war for the crimes committed after August 31, 1899 (when Germany invaded Poland))" 1t added.
 The Polish government said such war criminals as Adolf Hitler, Hein- rich Himmler, Joseph Paul Goeb- bels, Joachim Won Ribbentrop and Rudolf Hess probably would be tried by an internationa tribunal be- cause their crimes affected all the nations of Europe.
 Rome. Oct. 20 - Italian Broad cast Recorded by United Press in New York) = The Rome radio to- day announced the death of Gen. eral Frederico Ferrari-O -Orsi, con- mander of an army corps on the Egyptian front who was said to have ben killed in the front lines Sunday.
 He was the 11th Italian general killed since Italy entered the war ln the summer of 1940, and the second within week. The broadcast said Adolf Hitler recently decorated Fer rari-Orsi with the iron cross.
 General Alessandre Prodieri, com mander of the Brescia Division, died of the Egyptian front october 13.
 Ferrari- -Orsi, described by the Rome radio as lone of the most dec- orated officers of the Italian army" was reported killed while leading his soldiers in the most advanced positions.
 Nothing From Mrs. Hess
 London, Oct. 20-(UP)-Richard K. Law, parliamentary undewecre- tary of the foreign office, replying to William J. Thorne, Labor, in the house of commons today, said that no request had been received from Mrs. Rudolph Hess to join her hus- band, now held oy the British.
 He said Mrs. Hess is not in Eng land, and emphasized that Hess, No. 2 Nazi who flew to Britain last May, is a war prisoner receiving appro- priate treatment"
 Tn chains2" F. Seymore Cocks. Labor, interjected
 Law made no answer.
 Stockholm, Oct. 19-(UP)-King Christian X of Denmark, injured yesterday when he was thrown from his horse in Copenhagen, is in "sat- isfactory" condition. reports from Copenhagen said today.
 Physicians ordered him confined to bed for several days, although they reported he suffered neither a skull fracture nor a brain concus- sion. He was bleeding badly about the head when he was taken to the royal castle in an ambulance.
 When he recovered consciousness, his first words were:
 T am not IS any more."
 Hitler Fired Many
 Stockholm, Oct. 20-UP)-Usu- ally reliable sources reported today that Adolf Hitler's recent purge of generals hit at least six of the most prominent, including his closest mil itary adviser, Gen. Alfred Jodl.
 Others said to have been dis missed or forced to resign included Field Marshal Fedor von Book, commander of the armies on the Gen. Franz Halder, chief of staff of Stalingrad and Caucasian fronts; the high command; and Field Mar Shal Wilhelm List, who only recently had been mentioned as von Books successor.