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Evening star., 1942-08-14
Indian NationaIists
Shift 10 Boycott
As Riots Subside
Cotton Mills in Bombay
Working, but Commodity
Trading SIockens OFF
Z. tire Associated Press.

BOMBAY, India, Aug. IA
Evidence of a quiet but trouble
some boycott by the All-India
Congress in it's campaign for in
dependence appeared today as
rioting and terrorism died down
throughout the disturbed sub
continent.
Bombay cotton mills. where work
was interrupted by strikes at the
start of Mohandas K. Gandhi s
campaign, were reported working
with larger shifts.
Evidence of boycott was most
pronounced in such commodity mar
kets as rice and wheat. The mar
kets remained open, but actual buy
and selling was markedly reduced.
Such Congress leaders as remained
out of Jail predicted that workers
leaving the riot troubled cities
would soon spread the mass non
cooperation movement in the vii
lagos.
Outbreaks in Madras Area.
Order prevailed in Bombay, but
there were outbreaks on the other
side of the Indian peninsula in the
Madras area. Four persons were
killed there in stubborn attack on
a railway station in which several
passenger cars we're burned after
travellers had been evicted. Some
telephone and telegraph lines were
pulled down.
Some Indians and some news
papers such as the Bombay Chron-
lcle suggested that the time had
come for the government to consent
to negotiate settlement, but there
was not the slightest indication of
such move in the capital of New
Delhi.
Reports continued to come in of
casualty totals from outbreaks in
scattered sections earlier this week.
An official compilation from old
Delhi said 40 persons had been killed
and 55 injured in disturbances there
between Tuesday and this morning
One by one, mills and factories
were reported reopening in Bom-
bay, which had been the scene of
the most turbulent outbreaks since
Sunday.
Even in the most feared evening
hours yesterday, Bombay remained
relatively quiet and there were no
reports OF casualties. New Delhi,
(See INDIA paoe A-IoY
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Convoy From Russia Runs
GantIet Of Sub Wolf Pack
z, tn. Associated Press.

z. the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. l4.-Allied sea-
men arriving at British port re-
ported today that a submarine
wolf pack" repeatedly attacked
and attempted to destroy a large
convoy returning from a Russian
port.
The men, whose ship was sunk
and were rescued by escorting naval
vessels, said the submarines at
tackled three times and dogged the
convoy constantly.
The convoy was bound to Britain
after delivering goods to Russia
when the submarines picked up the
trail, the survivors said. The first
attack was by daylight, and other
attacks came two days later, they
said, but depth charges and guns
replied to every enemy thrust.
Nine Greek sailors were among
the few casualties.
American and British survivors OF
ships sunk "in an intense attack by
large pack of submarines on an
Atlantic convoy" were landed yester-
day at British port, the News
Chronicle said earlier today.
Losses were suffered" the sur
vivors were quoted as saying, but
the Germans are known to have lost
some U-boats."
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Universities SEEKING
Tax Exemption on
Land for Future Use
Four D. G. Institutions
Ask for Reasonable
Definition of Grounds
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

Spokesman for four Washing
ton universities asked the Senate
District Committee today to
modify the new tax exemption
bill to allow such institutions
exemption on a reasonable
amount Of land for future
growth as we'll as on property in
current use.
The plea was made by Catholic
University and Georgetown Univer-
sity, through George E. Hamilton, jr. E;
George Washington University,
through President Cloyd Heck Mar
vim, and American University
through President Paul r. Douglass
and Edward F. Colladay of the
board of trustees.
The witnesses Endorsed in princi-
pie the McCarran bill, which seeks
to clarity old District statutes on
the subject of exemption. but sug-
gested amendments dealing chiefly
with the status Of grounds sur
rounding the institutions.
Would Modify Wording.
The chief concern of the universi-
ties was directed at the phrase in
the bill limiting land exemption to
that absolutely required and actu-
ally used for the convenient enjoy
ment of any such building"
Corporation Counsel Richmond B.
Keech suggested court decision
has had the effect of modifying the
word absolute" to mean reason
BILE" in relation to land exemption.
Mr.. Hamilton replied the law
should be made as clear as possible
when it is being written and that
if absolute" means reasonable" it
would be better to use reasonable. -
DR.. Marvin told the committee
a great educational system has been
(See TAX EXEMPTION, Pg. A-18.)
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Germans Rain Fire Bombs
On East Anq|ian Town
B. the Associated Press,

B. the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 14.-Thousands of
fire bombs, but no high explosives,
fell early today on an East Anglian
town, and British officials said that
only slight damage and no known
casualties resulted.
That attack was the only hostile
air activity during darkness last
night.
There were no reports of new RAF
night offensives against Germany.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts) Aug. IA (P.-German planes
started large fires last night in an
attack on Norwich, England, the
high command said today.
1t reported British torpedo boat
and hulk used as a barracks sunk
in other air attacks in waters south
Of Dartmouth during daylight at
tacks along the south coast of Eng
land yesterday.
Some British planes. flying at
great height. were said to have at
tackled Western Germany and the
Northwestern German coastal area
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Red Army Hits
Nazis Hard on
TwoFronts
Foe Drives so Miles
Nearer Grozny Oil
Fields, However
By EDDY GILMORE,


MOSCOW, Aug. 14.-The Red
Army held stoutly on the ap-
proaches to Stalingrad today
and claimed impressive successes
northwest of Moscow, but the
Soviet Information Bureau &C
knowledged that Russian troops
in the Caucasus had fallen back
before Nazi columns driving to-
ward the Black Sea port of Nov
orossisk and the Grozny Oil
fields.
The bureaus noon communioue
reported that Russian artillery
pounding away at steadily attacking
German forces on the f1anks of the
Stalingrad front, had knocked out
more than 100 enemy tanks, IS
armored cars and $50 trucks.
All the enemy assaults were re-
pulsed with heavy losses, two COM
plete German companies being
wiped out in one attack and 600
men being killed in another, the
bulletin declared.
Unofficial advices, however, re-
ported later that the Germans ac-
tually had broken through and
reached the Don below Kletskaya, IS
miles northwest of Stalingrad, only
to be hurled back by furious Rus
sian counterattack.
Nazi Tanks Cut Of.
The futile break through, these
advices said, was accomplished by
massing great numbers of tanks on
a narrow sector. The Red Army's
counterattack was said to have
separated the tanks from following
foot troops, who were mopped up by
Russian infantry.
(The German Paris
radio reported that part of Stall
ingrad was in flames after in
tenSive Nazi air attacks
Northwest of Moscow the Russians
reported they had slain 5000 Ger
mans in two days of fierce fighting
during which they captured an
unidentified place which the Nazis
had held for more than year.
Red Star, Soviet Army organ, said
the Germans had counterattacked IL
times in an unsuccessful attempt
to recapture the point, situated on
the shore of a lake (perhaps Lake
IlmenD.
The same source reported that
the 7th Dutch Volunteer Legion,
composed mostly Of Dutch Nazis,
had made It's appearance on the
Leningrad front further to the
northwest. The unit was fighting
in June on the Volkhov front and
then numbered about 1000 men, but
now totals barely 1000, Red Star
said
Two hundred miles southwest of
the capital, in the Bryansk sector,
dispatches from the front said, the
Russians struck out with fresh
forces, smashing into the Germans
with tanks and infantry and forcing
them to retire under smoke screen
after abandoning Sc firing points.
Air Battle Reported.
Indications that the Germans
were trying to reinforce their posi-
tions northwest of Moscow by air
to meet the sudden Russian often
(See RUSSIA, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1942-08-14

known AXIS losses include two
submarines sunk and two cruisers
hit by torpedoes, said the Ad-
miralty's communique which today
gave the first official Allied account
of the battle which had been in
progress since Tuesday.
The Rome radio today declared,
''the joint effort by British and
American pooled resources was the
greatest ever attempted in the Med
iterranean." The Admiralty made
no mention of American participa-
ton.
Authoritative sources here said
several aircraft carriers as well as
British battleships accompanied the
Malta convoy.
The Admiralty intimated that the
convoy might have suffered further
losses or damage, saying, "It is not
to be expected that extensive and
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Second Victim Of Attack
On French AirIiner Dies
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
ALGIERS, Algeria, Aug. IA
second victim of an attack on an
Air France seaplane over the Medi-
terranean died last night and the
matter assumed the proportions of
a French-British incident as au-
thorities charged the responsibility
to Raj planes engaged in the big
convoy battle yesterday.
A young girl passenger whose
mother was killed in the machine
cunning of the regular Marseille-
Algiers seaplane died during the
night. Six other persons were
wounded. four of them gravely.
French authorities asserted four
British Hurricanes pursued the
French craft which was hit by more
than 100 machine gun bullets
There were indications here that a
protest would be lodged with Lon
don.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Mail Deliveries Ordered Cut;
400 Street Boxes Removed
Shortage of Men, Rubber and Gasoline
Forces Burke to Perform Operation

Performing what he called a
major operation" on the city's
postal service, Postmaster V. C.
Burke announced today that a
substantial reduction of collec-
tions and deliveries of mail will
be put in effect to solve the man.
power shortage and save rubber
and gasoline.
The reduction in collections
throughout the city will go into ef-
feet September l. Curtailment of
deliveries will begin October l. This
will mean only one delivery a day
in residential areas, instead of two
as at present.
One important curtailment will be
the removal of about 400 street let
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Substantial Increase
In House Tax Yield
Sought by Bark|ey
Senator Coils for Bill
Providing Full Amount
Asked by Treasury
Pv the Associated Press.

Majority Leader Barkley de-
clared today he would make
every effort in the Senate to
bring about a substantial in
crease in the yield Of the House
approved revenue bill so as to
preclude any need of writing an
other new tax measure this year.
The administration chieftain said
he hoped the Senate Finance Com
mittee, Of which he is a member,
would find new revenue sources
which would provide the full So, ,7OO,-
900 900 in additional taxes requested
by Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau.
AS passed by the House, the pend
ing bill would boost Federal income
by $6,271 600 900 in years opera
tions, but Senator Barkley said he
thought it was important from a
psychological as we'll as from a rev.
enue standpoint to obtain the full
amount asked by the Treasury in
It's overall financing program
I'VE are going to have to find some
new source of revenue TO do It,"
Senator Barkley told reporters, "but
I am in favor of doing it now. I
don't want Congress to have to start
writing new tax bill Immediately
after this one is finished.
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale Uni
versity suggested a new revenue
source to the committee by urging
that spending be taxed and savings
exempted He asked for special
levy on that part of personal in
come which is spent above a speci-
fed minimum, of say $500 for single
persons and $1,000 for married
couples.
Would End Uncertainty.
This tax BILL" Senator Barkley
said has been before Congress since
February, "and there has been lot
OF uncertainty about what might be
done. I think business and individ-
uals ought to know as quickly as
possible what their taxes are going
to be SO that they can make ar
rangements accordingly"
The concern OF some businessmen
was emphasized yesterday in testi-
mony by H. E. Bowman, treasurer
of the Boeing Aircraft Corp, who
testified that unless excess profits
tax provisions were lightened, the
bill probably would end the exist
ence" of the firm that developed
Continued on Page A-18, Col. ~
Evening star., 1942-08-14

dangerous operations of this type,
carried out in close proximity to
enemy bases, can be completed with
out loss"
1t declared, however, that pub
lished Axis claims were known to be
exaggerated.
Comined German and Italian
claims included: Sunk, three cruisers,
two destroyers, 81 merchant ships
and the aircraft carrier Eagle: dam
aged, one battleship, two aircraft
carriers, including the United States
aircraft carrier Wasp, and "numer-
Gus other steamers and men-of-
war"
Originally, however, the Germans
had claimed only 81 merchant ships
were in the entire convoy.
With the exception of the Eagle
(See LONDON, Page A-18)
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Nine Pound Daughter
Born to Lindberqhs
Ry the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Aug. IA nine
FOUNDER daughter was born yes
terday at Henry Ford Hospital to
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife OF
Charles A. Lindbergh, the Detroit
Free Press says.
Mr.. Lindbergh could not be
reached and the hospital refused to
confirm or deny the report.
The child was the fifth born tc
the famous flyer and his wife and
their second daughter. Their first
child, Charles A., jr., was kidnapped
and slain in 1882.
Mr.. Lindbergh now is employed
by Mr.. Ford as consultant at the
Willow Run bomber plant.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Hostages Slaughter
Feared by Dutch as
Nazis Repeat Threats
Executions to Take Place
Unless Train Suboteurs
Give Up by Midnight
BY tie Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 14.--Nazi broad
casts repeated today threats of
death as reprisal against Dutch
hostages unless railway sabo-
teurs in the occupied Neither
lands surrendered by midnight
tonight, and fear was expressed
by Netherlands government
sources here that a terrible
slaughter" was impending.
The Germans were said to hold
1900 hostages.
Even as the deadline drew near
there were new reports of continued
sabotage. The Germans announced
that four persons were arrested in
an attempt to blow up Nazi-con-
trolled radio station.
A Reuters dispatch from Stock
holm said Gen. Friedrich Chris
tiansen, Nazi commander in the
Netherlands, declared explosives
found on those arrested were OF
foreign origin" He was quoted as
threatening reprisal against Dutch
hostages throughout the district.
(Off1cial Czech circles in London
reported today the execution of
10 OF their countrymen on various
charges at Prague and Bruenn
this week. Quoting official Ger
man statements, the Czechs said
four were executed at Prague on
accusations of preparing high
treason and four for arson and
"blackout crimes" while two were
executed at Bruenn on charges
OF operating a secret wireless
transmitter.
(American sources also reported
the execution of a former chief
clerk in the United States con-
.sulate at Salonika, Greece. A
naturalized Greek, he was said to
have been among 20 hostages
! shot,
Number Not Specified.
None of the Nazi broadcasts
heard here specified the number OF
hostages whose lives would be for
feited If the saboteurs who wrecked
Netherlands train a week age
failed to surrender
An undisclosed number of German
troops were killed in the wreck.
A Netherlands spokesman ex-
pressed the fear that the number OF
hostages condemned might be in
creased as a result of the latest at
tempt against the radio station, but
added, we at least see that the
people are not broken in spirit"
The nationality of the persons
said to have attempted to wreck the
(See SECOND FRONT, Page Alb.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Foreign

Foreign
Reds hit Nazis hard on two fronts;
fall back in oil area. Page Al
British admit loss of the Manchester
in Mediterranean. Page Al
Solomons strategy studied by ma
rines on nearby island. Page A
Indian nationalists shift to boycott
as riots subside. Page Al
Notionol
Barkley to seek substantial increase
in tax bill. Page Al
Senate expected to revise bill ban
ming war contract fees. Page Az
Probe of Knox asked as Tribune in
quiry is pressed. Page Az
Ickes authorizes oil firms to pool
technical data. Page Az
Publishers protest WPB reduction
in zinc. Page Al
President marks Atlantic Charter
anniversary. Page A.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Order of Draft Call
For 2O-Yeor-OIds

Youths who became 20 years
old between January and June
of this year and registered In
the June 80 draft registration
have just been assigned the
order numbers on the basis of
which they will be called to
Army service under the draft.
The Star publishes today
the local board lists of youths
in this age group in the order
in which they will be sum-
moned to service.
If you were 20 years old
when you registered in June,
you will find your name and
how you stand in your local
board by consulting the lists
on Page AS.
Evening star., 1942-08-14

ter boxes from streets designated as
"of1 -thoroughfare Some letter
boxes in Office buildings which are
not connected with letter chutes also
will be taken out.
The street boxes are being re-
painted and will be shipped to boom
towns where war production plants
have caused such an increase in
population that many more mail
boxes are needed.
The reductions, Mr.. Burke said
were necessary because the pressure
of Christmas boom volume of mail
was still on the upgrade, while the
problem Of obtaining manpower is
becoming increasingly difficult with
the departure of an almost constant
Evening star., 1942-08-14
RAF Makes Doy|one Raid
On Axis African ComDs
~ the Associated Press

Fy the Associated Press
CAIRO, Aug. 14.-Daylong British
fighter bomber attacks on Axis
camps and vehicles were reported
by the British headquarters -RAF
communique today, but the land
front in North Africa lapsed into
complete inactivity.
At least one self-propelled enemy
lighter, of the type which German
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has
been using to replenish his men and
arms from across the Mediterranean
was sunk by RAF light bombers of
the African coast. the communique
said,
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Aide to Gen. StiIweII
Awarded Silver Stur

~ IIIF HsSUCIdIFU freSS.
NEW DELHI, Aug. 13 DelayedD
1t. Col. Frank Dorm of San Fran
cisco, aide to 1t Gen. Joseph w.
Stilwell. was awarded the silver
star today for gallantry in action
in Burma last April.
The citation said that on April %
during an attack by the Chinese
200th Division on japanese positions
at Taunggyi. Col. Dorm "voluntar-
lily exposed himself to great danger
In front lines which were under
severe enemy fire"
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Nozi Flyer, Accredited
with 102 Victims, Killed

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, (From German Broad
casts, Aug. 1.-THE German High
Command announced today that
Squadron Leader Osterman, whom
it described as one of Germany's
most successful pursuit flyers, was
lost in action.
A communique credited him with
102 air victories.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
Rome Claims Sinkinq
OF British Destroyer,
Cruiser, 110ther Graft
BottIeship Also Hit
In Mediterranean,
Italians Soy
R> the Associated Press.


ROME From italian Broad
casts, Aug 14.-The Italian high
command reported today that
"in further operations" against
a British convoy in the Mediter-
ranean Italian naval and air
forces have sunk a cruiser, a de-
stroyer, three merchant ships
and four other ships.
The communique added that Ger
man air and naval ships have sunk
four British merchantmen and that
italian planes scored two torpedo
hits on a battleship sailing toward
Gibraltar.
An aircraft carrier reported hit on
August II and identified as the
Furious, was said to have returned
to Gibraltar.
All of the italian successes were
scored, the Fascist announcement
said, at a cost of two medium war
ships damaged, one badly, and 19
planes.
Manchester Loss Admitted.
"In further operations in the
Mediterranean against remaining
units of the enemy convoy which
was attacked in preceding days we
have achieved further success" the
communique said, prefacing the list.
1t described one of the cruisers
said to have been sunk as "the very
modern Manchester" (T'he 9,4O0-ton
Manchester was completed in 1889
CAT London, the British Ad-
miralty admitted the loss of the
Manchester in Mediterranean
operationsD
Many enemy survivors have been
picked up" the communique added
Some have been sent to our naval
bases, others to the hospital. Other
survivors have reached the Tunisian
coast"
The high command said that in
the phase of action covered in to-
days communique 10 British planes
were destroyed.
The italian communique sum-
marizing further operations in the
/ Mediterranean against remaining
units of the enemy convoy" appar-
emily purported to give sinkings ano
! damage In addition to that already
reported in a special bulletin last
/ night.
! In that case, the italian claims
/ totaled:
Sunk: Aircraft carrier Eagle
! three IlUisers, two destroyers and q
merchant ships.
! Damaged Two battleships, two
aircraft carriers and an unspeciflec
number Of other vessels.
Tho claims in the Rome commu'
niques were for both German ane
Italian naval and air forces.
Except for the sinking of the Eagle
which has been announced in Lon
don, there was no conflrma ton fol
any Of these Axis tabulations.
Even on the basis of the Berhr
radio. the Italian claims appeared II
be palpable exaggeration. A Ger
man broadcast today said there Wer,
81 merchantmen in the convoy
the number claimed by the Italian
now as sunk alone-and bracketet
l9 Of these as sunk or damaged.
Evening star., 1942-08-14
British Cruiser Manchester
Admitted | Lost in Mediterranean
Island Gets New Planes, Renforcements
In One of Greatest Seu-Ar Battles
BY tie Associa ted Press.


LONDON, 1-One of the greatest battles Of
Mediterranean has Britain the Manchester and
aircraft carrier Eagle but resulted in delivery Of reinforce
planes Malta Itays cruisers again
according to the British Admiralty.
Evening star., 1942-08-14

tSee STRIKE, Page A-18)
Evening star., 1942-08-14

(See INDIA, Page A-I8,)
Evening star., 1942-08-14

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages Tx and 2-X of this edition Of
The Star, supplementing the news Of
the regular home delivered edition.
Evening star., 1942-08-14

(See RUSSIA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1942-08-14
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