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Evening star., 1942-07-03
British Press Halls Naming
OF Indians 10 Cabinet
Py the Associated Press.

BY the ociated Press.
LONDON, July "a step in the
right direction was the reserved ap-
proval OF the press today for the
expansion of the Viceroy's Council
in India and the appointment OF
two Indian members to the British
War Cabinet and Pacific Council
The Manchester Guardian called
the appointments of Sir Ramaswami
Mudaliar and Maharaja Jam Sahib
of Nawanagar to the two war bodies
overdue but not novel," pointing
out that Indians served in the war
cabinet during the first World War.
1t said the step lacked the bold
ness OF Sir Stafford Grips recent
proposals for India but might open
by another fraction the door he left
OPEN"
The Times similarly labeled 1t
another step in the process of plac-
ing more responsibility on Indian
shoulders" in conformity with the
spirit of Sir Stafford's proposals.
DR.. B. r. Ambedkar, who was
named to the labor portfolio in the
appointments to the Viceroy's Coun-
Gil, is an ''untouchable" and the first
of his caste to sit on It, A criminal
lawyer who made his success In
Bombay. he is now a leader of In
dia's depressed classes which hac
been excluded from the council unit
| pou
Evening star., 1942-07-03
Anti-Axis European
Population Fleeing
From Alexandria
Few Soldiers or Trucks
Are Seen in Streets;
Trains Are Jummed
By RICHARD MOWRER,
War Correspondent of The Star and
Chicago Daily News.

ALEXANDRIA, July l Delayed.
The evacuation of the anti-Axis
European population has been in
effect for several days. Today the
last trickle of evacuees jammed the
trains or drove over the delta's
roads, for last night (Tuesday) the
sound of battle was audible.
Throughout the night the enemy's
bombs on the roads to the west sent
tremors through your correspond
ent's hotel-a hotel still boasting six
patrons.
There are very few soldiers in the
streets, very few trucks and few
military motorcycles. There is no
general panic but the uneasiness is
obvious. People talk to one an
other in low voices and call up one
another on the telephone to ask
What are you going to do? What
are your plans? Are you going tc
stay?"
Before the banks early in the
morning crowds of people are wait
ing patiently to draw out money
The local population is going about
its normal business, which, however
has much slackened.
The city is awaiting the outcom,
of the big battle not so far away
When the bombs fell within hearing
distance, as they did last night, tn,
| sirens were not sounded.
Copyright. 1912, by Chicago Daily News
Evening star., 1942-07-03
Seven From Washington Area
Receive Commissions Today

Also winning his wings and COM
mission at Ellington Field Is James
w. Carter. 2l16 Key boulevard, Ar
lington, Va.
1t. Richard z. RoZzelle, 1853
Euclid street NV. received his
wings and commission at graduation
exercises today at Lubbock Field,
Tex.
From the Army's flying school at
Columbus, Miss. comes the an
nouncement that Robert C. Porter,
son of Fire Chief and Mrs. Stephen
T. Porter, 1920 Forty-sixth street
NV, will receive his wings today
at graduation exercises.
Other local men receiving COM
missions and wings at Columbus are
William Dyer Hart, 947 Virginia
avenue SW.. and Leonard G, Gran
ford, 10 Rhode Island avenue NV.
Its. Porter and Crawford attended
/ the University of Maryland. 1t
Hart was a student at Catholic Uni
/ versity.
Evening star., 1942-07-03
French Fleet at Alexandra
Big Problem, Mai. Eliot Says
Warns Of Danger in Permitting
Nozis to Get 'DemiIitorzed Vessels

they moved as Rommel must move,
by the coast road from El Kantara
to GAIA. The support of the British
naval forces operating off the coast
was of immense value to them. The
support of a naval force of his own
would likewise be of immense ad-
vantage to Rommel in making like
maneuver against British resistance.
On the whole, the possibilities
open to the Germans by the posses
sion of a squadron of warships man
ned by German crews in the eastern
Mediterranean are very disquieting
and therefore it Is to be hoped that
some means may be found, even If
Alexandria is taken, to prevent these
warships from falling into German
hands.
| The fact of the matter Is that
| Anglo American naval power has all
the responsibility that it can meet
right at this moment without adding
any fresh ones.
1t may, of course, be said that the
British will destroy the warships
rather than allow them to fall into
German hands. Perhaps they have
already done so, though this seems
unlikely in view of dispatches from
Cairo saying that such destruction
is intended
Fifth Column May Appear.
But suppose the French nucleus
crews on board the ships offer re-
| nyifi
fighting for it's life outside the city,
is there any assurance that this re-
sistance can be overcome?
Would there be anything surpris-
ing in the sudden appearance OF
German parachutists or OF large
oand of Italian fifth columnists from
the city itself? Moreover, If the
squadron has not already been care
fully prepared for demolition, 1t is
not unlikely that hasty measure:
taken at the last moment may fai
TO effect such a degree of destruction
as will prevent the repair of the
ships.
Mere scuttling will not do, as th'
Germans could easily pump out the
water and raise the ships again.
OF course, if the ships can steam
they can be taken away by the Brit
ish while yet there is time, perhap
down to Alden or perhaps to India
A good deal depends on the attitude
' of the French crews. The French
admiral Is said to have received or
s ders from Pierre Laval as to hi
course of action. One could hav
little difficulty In imagining wha
those orders are. The admiral ma.
, obey them or he may not.
E Add to this the political diff1cul
2 ties that will arise between Londo
: and Vichy if any drastic Britis
e action Is taken with regard to thi
= French squadron, and particularly
= French lives are lost in the process
S and we may see quite clearly tina
IS the presence of this French nava
= force in the threatened harbor @
= Alexandria is a problem of no sma
dimension and OF many aspects.
n Copyright, 1912. by New York Trtbun
- Jne)
Evening star., 1942-07-03
Butler Declares Britain
Won't Adopt Communism
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Harold Butler, British minister to
the United States, referring to the
port-war outlook for England, said
last night, Don't imagine that
Britain is going Communist, or any,
thing of that sort"
In an address over the Columbia
Broadcasting System, Mr.. Butler
said the picture of an England run
by privileged class of landed aris-
tocrats' was disappearing fast be-
fore the last war and had virtually
vanished at the beginning of this
war. A huge program of social re-
form has been carried out in the
last 30 years. he said, and after the
war we want social advance to con-
tinue at higher tempo"
But asserting that Britain was
not going Communist" Mr.. Butler
added:
"Engiishmen and Scotsmen anc
| Welshmen are not made that way
They are stout individualists wht
want to manage their own lives. ane
not have them managed for them
But they also think that freedom
can be combined with a social pur.
pose, with greater all-around hap
piness and more general pros
perity."
Evening star., 1942-07-03
Mexico 10 Pay u. 5.
,998,m3 al Once
In Oil Seizure Case
Expropriotion Issue Is
Believed Not Affected
By New Court Verdict

BY tbs Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, July 3.-The For
eign Ministry announced today that
Mexico would pay s7,998663 to the
United States Immediately as one
third of the assessed value OF prop
critics of American oil companies ex-
propriated in 1898, even though
final details of the settlement have
not been made.
A United States-Mexican Com
mission fixed the value of the prop
critics at nearly $24 100000 In an
agreement announced last April, but
neither government has ratified 1t.
Nor have the oil companies accepted
the indemnity for properties they
value far in excess Of that amount.
A Mexican Supreme Court deci-
sion Wednesday which opened the
way for the return to United States
owners of the Mercedes and Titania
companies meanwhile had aroused
speculation that a new government
policy regarding the three-year-old
controversy was being evolved.
Issue Held Unaffected.
But there was general agreement
here today that it did not funda-
mentally affect the appropriation
issue since the constitutionality OF
the 1888 appropriation made under
President Lazaro Cardenas' admin
istration was not challenged. Nor
we're the oil companies given legal
avenue to challenge 1t.
Under the 1888 decree, properties
of American, Dutch and British Oil
companies were appropriated.
Among the companies named was
the Huasteca Co.. Standard Oil
subsidiary But when they seized
the Huasteca Co., foreign agents
took over the Mercedes, the Iitania
and 10 other companies not named
in the decree on the grounds that
they were Huasteca subsidiaries.
Wednesdays Supreme Court de-
cision merely ruled that the expro-
priation of the Mercedes and IT.
tania companies was improper be-
cause the 1888 decree did not spe-
cifically name them.
Step Believed Unlikely.
One well-informed source said
Mexico could take possession OF
them merely by naming them In
another decree, although 1t was
thought President Manuel Avila
Camacho's regime would not take
such step.
The Mercedes and Titania were
exploration groups holding about
| 100000 acres in Northern Tamaul-
| ipas and Nuevo Leon States. i
was understood several million dol.
lars had been spent locating prom
| ising wells, but there has not beer
any production.
The other 10 companies confls'
Gated under similar circumstances
and for which appeals are pending
include heavy producing properties
and various shipping and trans
portation facilities.
Evening star., 1942-07-03

Seven men from the Washington
area, including the stepson OF Gen.
George c. Marshall. Army's Chief Of
Staff, are graduating from Army
training schools today.
Clifton S. Brown, stepson OF Gen.
Marshall, is receiving his second
lieutenants commission at the Coast
Artillery Officers Candidate School,
Camp Davis, N. C. officials at the
camp announced there will be no
special ceremony nor will his step
father or mother attend. 1t. Brown
was engaged in banking and ad-
vertising in Washington prior to his
entrance into the Army last jan
uary. His home Is at Fort Myer
Va.
Receiving his wings and commits
sion as second lieutenant in the
United States Army Air Force to-
day is Wilbur W. Boyd, Route 4
Anacostia. 1t. Boyd has completed
32-week flying schedule with zoe
hours aloft and 400 ground schoo
hours at Ellington Field, Tex.
Evening star., 1942-07-03
New 28-|nch German Gun
Reported Used in Crimea

By tbe Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, July 1.-Two
new huge guns, one "a inches and
the other % inches. and a railway
gun as big as villa" have been
shown in German news reels as
major weapons in the German sue
cess against Sevastopol, the Berlin
correspondent of Die Tat reported
last night.
The dispatch related how man
easily crawled into the biggest gun.
The railway gun was said to be
26 feet to 80 feet high with a
barrel SO feet long and shell OF
about n inches.
The Berlin radio has described
the railway gun as having, 80 to
speak, two stories, shells and car
tridges being hoisted to the upper
floor the size of the shells
and the length of the cartridges
reveal that these guns surpass any
thing used in the last World War.
Evening star., 1942-07-03
French Hope 10 Save Fleet
Interned al Alexandra

p, the Associated Press.
VICHY, July 3.-The French ex-
pressed nope last night--wlthout
saving why-that a way could be
found to save their interned squad
ron at Alexandria from scuttllng
bv the British in the event AXIS
forces oJerrun Egypt to that BRUSH
naval base
A semi Official statement yester-
day morning warned that the French
would regard scuttling as AN act
| of violence" and it was specifically
! stressed that Vichy does not want
! the British "to destroy our feet.
! Late yesterday the French Ad-
miraltv recalled in statement that
the shifts were interned at Alexan-
dria only under the menace OF
British guns in the summer OF 1910
They received orders then to re-
turn to France" the statement
pointed out. The English Admir-
atty opposed this and threatened tc
sink the ships"
The nine French war vessels 81
Alexandria are the 23,000-ton bat
tleship Lorraines, built in 1916: the
newer 10000-ton cruisers Suf1ren
Evening star., 1942-07-03
Moscow
Continued From First Page

real gains, however, being exter-
minated or driven back TO their pre-
vious positions.
At Belgorod the Germans were
reported thrown back to their orig
inal starting place by the fierce re-
sistance of Soviet artillery and in
fantry supported by tanks and
planes.
German losses in both areas were
described as extremely heavy"
Sevastopol Fight Continues.
A Russian communique at noon
declared that at the Crimean city
of Sevastopol. which the Germans
claim to have taken after a bitter
siege and assault, fighting con-
tinued in the streets"
Other Russian dispatches from
undisclosed places said the Ger
mans rushed the city after concen-
tratins several divisions of infantry
and many tanks and planes in a
single narrow sector.
The exhausted retreating defend
ers were declared to be offering
stubborn resistance to the advanc-
ing foe.
Soviet dispatches said the Rus
slams were outnumbered Is to ! al
Sevastopol and the situation wa'
tense.
On London q military com
mentator said that isolated bands
of Russians are still holding out
in strong points in SevaStopol,
although the Germans appear to
possess the main part of the
city,
Break Through Seen Aim.
The Soviet Information Bureau
said the German attacks in th'
Belgorod and Volchansk sectors be
gan Yesterday, and stubborn bat
ties commenced
Military observers said these ant
associated thrusts appeared aimee
at a break through toward Voro
nezh, on the Moscow -Rostov Rail
way 1870 miles east Of the Nazi-oc
cupied city of Kursk, itself 280 mile
below Moscow.
The Moscow radio declared "th
initiative is being WreSted from tn
Germans" in their flve-day-ol
offensive against the Red Army di
visions holding plateau slopes be
fore Kursk.
A midnight communlque on tn
operations at Kursk said simply thf
''our troops carried out tank bal
ties against the enemy" Mechanic
Red Army detachments were re
ported to have killed more than ! ,0(
Germans and destroyed l6 tanks
day.
Our air force operating on tf
Kursk front destroyed several doze
German tanks, 200 trucks and
snti- aircraft guns and blew up q
ammunition dump" 1t was ar
nounced later. Soviet plan
brought down 20 enemy planes
combat and destroyed five on ii
ground"
German attacks from Kursk part
with cavalry, were declared by Il
Moscow radio TO have been broke
up and halted or thrown back. Thr'
villages were reported retaken
Russian counterattacks.
Evening star., 1942-07-03
By MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

One factor of considerable i'm
portance involved in the fate OF
Alexandria is the French naval
squadron which is interned there
These ships were serving with tne
british feet in the Eastern Medlter-
ranean at the time of the fall OF
France and were laid up at Alex
andria under agreement with the
British. a..
To some extent they were de
militarized," that is to say ene
hreechblocks of the guns, certain
vital parts of the fire-control equip,
ment, and so on, were removed anu
stored in the French Consulate.
Some of the French crews stih
remain on board, under the COM
mand of Rear Admiral Godfroy, nut
MANY others have been repatrlateo'
The ships include the battlesnlp
Lorraine, now 25 years Old 1our
modern cruisers, three destroyers
and a submarine.
skeleton Crews Aboard.
Having been laid up for two
wears. with only skeleton crews OH
hoard, it may very we'll be tna'
these ships are not now in conol1lofl
to 90 to sea. but we have so repeat
edly been astonished by the IN
penuitv and energy Of German en-
oineers that we would be we'll ad-
vised not to count on their maoii'
itv to get these ships to sea Withln
| a few weeks.
Indeed. it would be no stretch
of the Imagination to suppose tnat
the Germans have already told on
cadres of naval officers and mer
to make a specialized study OF THESE
ships, perhaps from plans obtained
in France. in order to be able Il
take them over when and If Marsha
Rommel enters Alexandria.
1t may be thought that this Is MOI
a very formidable force, and thai
even if the Germans did take
over they could not do very mucf
with it in the Eastern Medlterra
mean which they are not alread.
doing with their air power.
But this is a shortsighted view
If the Germans got possession 0
the Suez Canal, the very fact ina
they had considerable nava
squadron, perhaps backed by lev
italian ships which they could pu
into the Red Sea, would be a serlou
addition to Allied naval responsloll
ity. already sadly overstralned.
Would Be Severe Burden.
Just the simple need of having T.
watch another enemy naval lore
in order to prevent it from breakln
out into the Indian Ocean and at
tacking our supply routes IN TN
Persian Gulf would be severe bur
den. Moreover. it must be remem
bered that if Egypt falls, Rommel
not going to stop there. AS soon
t he can gather his forces and sup
: plies for new effort, he will ur
doubtedly press on into Palestine.
When the British advanced INT
Palestine In the first World Wa
Evening star., 1942-07-03
2Commando Cadets Drown
In Maneuyers at Ottawa
nr the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, July 1.-Two cadets
among a force of 30 Commando
training Canadian troops who were
ordered to "recapture" the Ottawa
police station yesterday by swim
ming across a 6foot-deep canal
were drowned while several hundred
spectators, including Defense Min
lister j. l.. Ralston, watched the
maneuverS.
Three other cadets who failed to
swim The 75-foot- wide Rideau Canal
were rescued and revived in the
demonstration which was part OF
Canadian Army week.
The Ottawa police station sup
posedly had been captured by the
Japanese when the Commando Of
ficers ordered the troops, in full bat
tie dress, to plunge into the water
beside the Canadian Pacific Railway
yards. .
Authorities withheld the names OF
the two men whose bodies still had
not been recovered late last night,
and an official investigation was
being made.
Evening star., 1942-07-03
Bulk of Plant Stock
Left TO Employees

BY tbs Associated Press.
MILLVIILE, N. j., July S.-The
late Burdette Tomlin always told
his employees he wouldn't forget
them-and he remembered.
The president of the New Jersey
Silica Sand Co. in his will named
40 employees as the chief beneflciaries
of mis- S500.00O estate. leaving them
the majority stock in his company.
Each is expected to receive stock
valued at $4,000.
Evening star., 1942-07-03
Huifu's Guns in Action
During Roid Alarm

BY The Associated Press.
HAIFA, Palestine, July 3.-This
important British port at the east
ern end of the Mediterranean had
an AFRAID alarm yesterday after
noon and anti-aircraft defenses
went into action.
Haifa. a port to which the British
feet may come in force In event
Alexandria is evacuated, had light
raid Wednesday,
Evening star., 1942-07-03

Tourvills and Duquesne; the 1000
ton Guguay-Tourin. the destrowers
Basque, Fortune and Forth and
the submarine Protee.
1t was recalled in passing that
yesterday was the 144th anniversary
of Napoleon's capture of Alexandria
Evening star., 1942-07-03
Still q Soldier at 70

LONDON P.-At 10, Sergt. Maj.
R. w. Lacey of Swsnley, Kent. is far
from through with soldering. He
joined the army when he was II.
Now he Is a Home Guard instructor,
has five sons in the army and three
once soldiers, now policemen.
Evening star., 1942-07-03
ChiIdren's Museum
|. Sponsors Film Show

The Children's Museum OF WASH
ington will celebrate Independence
Day by giving a special showing
at 8 pm. tomorrow OF youth
Takes to Wings" official National
Aeronautical Association film. The
film will be shown in the walled-in
garden of the museum at 42l5
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Besides the model plane club. ma
ture hikes, clay moleding, astron-
omy and Spanish clubs have been
formed at the museum for the sum-
mer months. Summer hours are II
m. to pm. every day except Sum
da yand Monday.
Evening star., 1942-07-03

Handsome Is As handsome does.
Enhance your beauty by buying War
bonds.
Evening star., 1942-07-03

The road to victory is paved with
War bonds-not just good inten-
tiOns
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15

WASHINGTON-A m III M
sized Panamisn merchant vessel
and a small u. S. merchant ves-
sci were torpedoed and sunk by
enemy submarines off the Atlantic
coast of South America, the navy
department announced Wednesday.
Thirty-three casualties out of a
crew of II were sustained in the
sinking Of the P~anamanian vessel.
The attack on the u. S. ship result
ed in nine casualties out of a crew
of IS. The Panamanian vessel was
attacked late in August. the other
late in September.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15
Logging Congress
Passes Up Meeting

PORTLAND-Because its men,
bers are too busy producing for
war. the annual conference of the
Pacific Logging congress has been
postponed.
The congress devotes its ses-
sions to solution Of logging prob
lens of all kinds. Its actions gov
ern many of the policies of west
ern operation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15
World Affairs
Program Set
Tocomo Group in
Eighth Season

Plans for the first two fall
meetings Of the Tacoma World
Affairs Council. and for the organ
nations seventh annual member
ship drive. were laid Tuesday night
al the opening directors meeting
Of the season at the University
Union club.
Now entering its eighth season.
the council hopes 10 build member
ship from It's present 400 to near
the 1000 mark because Of interest
in foreign affairs in this war year.
according 10 President Roderic
Olzendam.
Plan Three Speakers
The falls first meeting will be
held the last week OF this month.
Three speakers. not yet announced
will discuss The Responsibility of
Business in Peace and in War
The Responsibility of Govern
ment in Peace and in War and
The Responsibility Of Labor IN
Peace and in War"
Col. NJ. Thomas Tchou, former
secretary to Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek and one of China's lead
ing scholars and social thinkers.
viii speak at the second meeting
Saturday. Nov. Il.
Tomorrow In Asia" dealing
with India as well as China. viii
be the subject Of Colonel Tchou.
At the directors meeting Tues
day night those present we're
Morris Kleiner. Mrs. o. G. Ellis,
Mrs. ]. II. Gilpin. Ray w. Thomp-
son. DIR. J. ID. REGISTER, DIR. +. G.
williston, DIR. Charles T. Battin,
Mrs. r. II. Beach. Mrs. E. b.
Comfy, DR.. d. NJ. Dayton, DR..
Michael Franck. Roderic Olzen-
dam, DR.. II. J. Whitacre, c. Z.
Mcintyre. Mrs. Theo. Fest, Emery
Asbury, Col. f. p. Antonovich. DR..
Benz. T. Terry. Mrs. II. ]. Whit
acre, DIR. Henry Minton and Gen.
David L. Stone.
II was decided that all will be
available to accept new member
ships which are open to all citizens
of Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15
Pastors Charge
Cause of Arrest

Arrested on a complaint signed
BY Rev. John Samuel Ramey. 1142
Fswcett ave. James E Curtis. jr..
alias Pat Curtis. 1861 So.
Sprsgue ave. was booked at the
police station Tuesday. According
to the complaint issued out of Jus
tice Of the Peace w. A Richmond's
court, Curtis is alleged TO have
assaulted Rev. Ramey in the kitch-
en- OF the Curtis home on Oct. Z.
Details Of the assault were not
available.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15
~Evangelisiic Services
Al Evangelical Chur'

Evangelistic services begin y
nesday night at the First Z
gelical church. 18th and X
which the Rev. John Henry
man Is the pastor.
The speaker for these meet
which viii continue ten days. A
Rev. p. w. Thomas of Portlarj
former pastor of the church
made a fine record during
term here. l
Subjects Of sermons during Z
week win be as follows: IT
Man Who Horned in On a We
ding, Are You in the Groove
In a Rut", The Added Chur
Member" and "A Secret weap
for Home Defense"
The meetings will begin ca
night at 7:30. An innovation
the campaign will be a Saturd
night meeting with Monday mig
as a rest night with no servici
Mr.. Thomas will also speak Su
day morning and evening. Cl'
ence Reeck will have charge of I
music for the services.