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Evening star., 1943-05-30
Births Reported

Frank and Kathryn Atkins. boy
Frederick and Marion Chesley. boy.
JACQUES and Adele Dransick, girl.
Donald and Mary Hastie. boy.
Clarence and Avis Kelley, boy.
James and Geneva Poague. girl
Walter and Josephine Schrath. boy.
Raymond and Alice Sherman. boy
Simon and Miriam Wolfman, boy.
Simon and Celia Burnsten. girl
Charles. jr..- and Cordelia Condray, boy
Jack and Adelaide Friedlander. girl.
James and Dorothy johnson. girl.
Donald and Marian Leyden, boy
Nathanile and Mary Prade boy.
Charles and Mildred Sheridan. girl
Thomas and Frances Whitley. girl:
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be broadcast over the Mutual net
work.
At exercises this afternoon in Mt
Ollvet Cemetery, Frederick, a fea-
ture will be the annual replacing
by the American Legion of the flag
over the grave of Francis Scott Key.
The short time required for lowering
the flag and raising a new one is
the only period during the year
When the Star and Stripes is not
flying over the author of the
National Anthem.
Evening star., 1943-05-30
S|eeper's BiIIfoId Stolen

DANVILLE, Ill. CH>.-Jesse Adams
was tired when he hit the hay at
night. The next. morning he in
formed police burglar entered his
home through an unlocked door and
removed a billfold containing 1865
in currency from beneath the pillow
on which he slept.
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REPP, COL. WILLIAM F. On Monday,
F. REPP,
Funeral services at Arlington Cemetery
Chapel Tuesday, June /. at pm 81
SELDOM, JOSEPH. On Thursday. May
&c. 1943, at Freedmen'S Hospital, JOSEPH
SELDOM of 1920 Alabama ave. Sc. be-
loved husband of Mary j. Seldom, father of
Mrs. MIS- Ethel M S Williams He also is sur
in-law. McRae Williams and other rela-
tves. Friends may call at his late resi-
dence after 4 pm. Saturday May 20
Funeral services Sunday, May 30. at
| 80 pm, at Allen A. NJ. E. Church. 25th
St and Ala ave Sc. Rev. E. R. Purnell
ARRANGEMENTS by Robert G. Mason. 30
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'FtSON. HENRY A. Lafayette Lodee

6 10 T7, F. a. NJ. VII! -hold a
& :..; :.
" brother and past master. HENRY
A. NELSON. BRICE RIGGERS w M
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JOHN w GILL, AdIutant. 30
CLARK. WALKER. Departed this life
on Friday. May IS, 1888. at Alexandria
Hospital, WALKER CLARK, beloved hus-
band of Mary Clark, father OF Johnny
Clark, son of John Williams. He also
is survived by one sister, Louise. Simms
one brother, Buster williams: uncle aunt.
other relatives and many friends. Remains
resting at the John 7. RhineS & Co. fu-
neral home, 221 N. Patrick St, AleXan-
Evening star., 1943-08-24

Resigns Post
In State Department
Difference With
Hull Said to Account
For His Action
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
After 10 years of uninterrupted
service in the State Department,
Undersecretary of State Sumner
Welles has resigned. He left
Washington yesterday for Bar
Harbor, Me, where he will take
long rest before deciding on his
future career.
His letter of resignation is on
President Roosevelt's desk and will
be acted upon soon after Mr.. Roose-
velt's return from Canada.
Mr. Welles resigned, according to
his friends, at the request OF the
President himself. There has been
no misunderstanding between the
two men. But there have been in
creasing and apparently insur-
mountable difficulties between Sec
retary of State Cordell Hull and his
No. l assistant.
While outwardly the relations be-
tween the two highest ranking of
ficers of the State Department were
friendly there were deep differences
in their points of view, particularly
In regard to postwar planning.
The Secretary of State believes in
world reconstruction based prin-
fSee WETI,ES pace A-I4l
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Viereck in Jail,
But His Leaflets
Continue in Mail

George Sylvester Viereck, con-
victed German agent now in District
Jail awaiting an appeal on the Dis
trict Court conviction. still manages
to carry on pamphleteering, it ap-
peared today.
The Star reporter who covered the
Viereck trial last month has re-
ceived through the mails-one deliv-
cred to his home and another to the
office-a four-page pamphlet titled
Statement Before Sentence by
George Sylvester Viereck, July 81.
l943."
The pamphlets were incloSed in
plain white envelopes with a New
York City postmark of August %,
and were reprint of Vierecks re-
marks to Justice Bolitha J. Laws
just before he was sentenced to
serve one to five years for violations
of the Foreign Agents Registration
Act.
Vierecks wife lives in New York
City and it is presumed that she
has been directed to mail out the
statements
Viereck told the jurist, among
other things. that Il shall continue
to battle for my good name and for
the most precious of the Four Free
doms-freedom of speech"
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Washington Area Population
Estimated by U. S. as I ,181, ,347

The civilian population of the
Washington Metropolitan Area on
March l was estimated today by
the Bureau of the Census at l,l8l,-
347. an increase from 9l9,632 since
April |. 1910, or 28.5 per cent,
The Census Bureau said the fig
ure took in the popula ton of WASH
ington and Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties in Maryland and
Alexandria City and Arlington
County in Virginia.
The Baltimore metropolitan area,
which takes in the city and parts
of Anne Arundel and Baltimore
counties, was estimated to have a
civilian population on March l of
l.193, ,089, an increase of ll9,868, or
112 per cent since 1910.
The bureau said that the civilian
population of 237 counties and in
dependent cities dncluding the Dis
trict). which contain most of the
Nations metropolitan population.
increased by about 100000, or IS
per cent. between April /, 1910, and
March of this year.
J. G. Capt, director of tn" bureau,
said that the increase occurred in
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spite of the considerable loss of men
to the armed forces from these areas
and is an indication that there has
been an extensive migration of ci-
villains to metropolitan centers in
connection with the prosecution of
the war.
In Virgins a, the metropolitan
counties of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and
Newport News jumped 422 per cent
in population during the three-yea
period. giving the area a population
now of 457 1862 compared with 321 $50
in 1910. Richmond was fairly stable.
showing an increase of less than 4
per cent.
Other large percentage gains were
registered in the metropolitan areas
of Charleston, S. c., 262; Columbus,
Ga. 259; Corpus Christi. Tex, 31.6;
Galveston, Tex. 232: Mobile, Ala,
534; San Antonio. Tex, 305; San
Diego, Calf, 375; and Wichita,
Kans., 32.5.
Some of the largest metropolitan
percentage drops from 1910 to l943
were Atlantic City, N. j., 141;
Lancaster, Pa, TIA; Scrant tom
Wilkes Barre. Pa, III: and Sioux
City. Iowa, 28.9.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Lute Bulletins
DUce Reported on Island

MADRID P.-Travelers ar
irving here from Rome today
on an ltaliana plane reported
that former Premier MussO-
lini was now under guard on
the Isle of Ischia, a peacetime
summer resort at the northern
entrance of the Bay of Naples.
Cos Tests Reported
LONDON tP.-The Belgian
news agency said today that
German troops tested a new
kind of gas on the slopes out
side Notifications near Liege
in Belgium. The grass was
burned off and the area closed
to the public, the agency said.
Allied Bombers Raid Jops
NEW DELHI CP,.-Allied
bombers and fighters ranged
over Burma and as far afield
as the Nicobar Islands, off
Northwestern Sumatra, to at
tack japanese shipping, COM
municatiOnS and installations,
Raj and United States Air
Force communiques an
nOunced today.
$4,000 Reported Drowned
LONDON P.-Reuters said
today in dispatch from
Zurich that $4,000 persons
drowned when the Elbe Tun-
mel was hit during one of the
recent Allied heavy raids on
Hamburg.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
0PA Gives Up Effort
To Force Conversion
OF Small Oil Burners
All Consumers Using Less
Than 10000 GoiIons
Will Get Rutions

The Office of Price Admins
tration today abandoned efforts
to induce fuel oil consumers
using less than 10000 gallons a
year to convert their heating
plants to the use of coal.
Rations for the coming winter.
the agency announced. will be issued
to all consumers in the District and
the 33 oil-rationed States who use
less than 10000 gallons, regardless
of whether their equipment could
be converted.
Chiefly affected by the new order.
OPA said, will be hotels, apartment
houses, theaters, Office buildings and
other nonresidential users. Private
residences were exempted from the
conversion regulation in an OPA
order issued last May At the same
time, OPA exempted the New Eng
Land States and certain Middle
Western States from the provision
requiring nonresidential consumers
See FUEL OIL, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Remark That Cakes
Should Have Been
Killed Laid 10 Count
Police Officer Testifies
De Murieny Told Him
Of Strained Relations
BY the Associated Press.

NASSAU, Bahamas, Aug. "a
A police officer today quoted Al
fred de Marigny as saying that
his father-in-laW, Sir Harry
Oakes, of whose murder he is ac-
cused, should have been killed
anyhow"
1t. John Douglas, assistant super
visor of police, told of his con-
versation with De Marigny while he
was guarding him after Sir Harry's
body was found July 8.
He said De Marigny husband of
Sir Harrys eldest daughter, Nancy.
asked whether man could be con-
victed of murder in an English
court if the death weapon were not
found and whether a man could be
convicted on circumstantial evil
dence.
Bank Manager Testifies.
He said De Marigny told of
strained relations between him and
Sif Harry, which he attributed to
''oA'Co ooiu W HIS ldJfleT -ln-ldW Dy
his former wife, Ruth.
First witness today as a prelimi-
nary hearing for De Marigny was
resumed was Lewis Phillips. man.
ager of the savings department of
the ROYAL Bank of Canada. who
said de Marigny had overdrawn his
bank account more than 5000.
Tells of Financial Transactions.
Mr.. Phillips testified about De
Marignys financial transactions
with Nancy and with the Marquis
Georges de Visdelou- Guimbeau, a
long time friend with whom he
shared Nassau cottage.
He said f7,708 was transferred
from De Marigny's account to that
OF the Marquis June 5, 1912. In Oc-
tober 1912, he added. Nancy trans
ferred $4,000 to De Marigny's ac-
count. De Marigny paid his wife
$500 March II. 1943.
In May, l943, Nancy deposited
$4,000 to De Marigny's account, he
added.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Mercury Scars 10 "a
For 44th Torrid Day

Washington sweltered in above
90-degree heat again this afternoon,
with the Weather Bureau reporting
a high of "a at 3:l5 pm. 1t was
the forty fourth day this summer
in which temperature of 90 de-
grees or more has been recorded.
The District forecaster promised
no relief, predicting instead that the
weather would remain rather
warm tonight and tomorrow morn
ing
One offsetting factor this after
noon was moderately low humidity
only 81 per cent at 2:30 pm.
The thermometer reading stood at
90 degrees at 1;30 pm, climbed to
SO At 2:30, then receded to 90 at
O'Clock after reaching the after
moons high of "a
Yesterday also was warm. with a
high of 90 degrees at 3:15 pm.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Hitler Gives Hjmm[er
Broad Powers Over
German Home Affairs
Head Of Feared Gestopo
Is Appointed Chief Of
Reich Administration

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-German
home affairs fell wholly under
Gestapo rule today with the an
nouncement that Hitler has ap-
pointed Heinrich Himmler, head
of the Nazi secret service and
German police, to serve also as
Minister of the Interior and
chief Of the Reich administra-
tion."
The announcement came in a
DNB dispatch broadcast by the
Berlin radio and recorded by the
Associated Press.
The DNB dispatch did not enlarge
on the term chief of the Reich
administration" but it apparently
laid vast new powers in the hands
of the Nazi Gestapo chief.
The DNB announcement said
Himmler succeeded Reichminister
DR.. Wilhelm Frick, who is being re-
lieved to take over the post of pro-
tector of Bohemia and Moravia, in
old CZechoslovakia.
DNB said the move thus throws
out, at his own request" Baron
Konstantin Won Neurath. long time
jor party functionary who former
ly was Ambassador to London and
once the German minister of foreign
affairs. He also has been the chair
man of Hitler's secret cabinet coun-
Gil
Also retired at his own request"
as acting state secretary in the Ger
man Ministry of Interior was Hans
Pfundtner, who has been appointed
minister without portfolio, DNS
said.
Pfundtner has long been a party
tSee HIMMLER. Page A-14)
Evening star., 1943-08-24
-Four Arrested by FBI
As Nazi Spies; Woman
Named Head Of Rinq
Three Seized in Detroit,
One in New York, in
First Wartime Cuses
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Justice Department an
nounced today the arrests on
espionage charges of four per-
sons. one an attractive 34-year-
old woman who was named as
leader of an alleged spy ring
furnishing war information to
Germany.
The four first to be arrested un-
der the Wartime Espionage Act,
which provides maximum penalty
of death, were identified by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation as
Grace Buchanan-Dineen. described
as an attractive, well-educated de-
scendant of French nobility; Ber-
trand Steuart Hoffman, 27; Theresa
Behrens, "A, and DR.. Fred Williams
Thomas, A, surgeon, all of De-
troit.
The two women stood mute on
arraignment before a United States
commissioner in Detroit and were
held in $4,000 bond each. DR..
Thomas pleaded not guilty and also
was held in $4,000 bond Trial
dates were set for Theresa Behrens
on September IA, DR.. Thomas Sep
tember Is and Grace Buchanan
Dineen on September II.
Three Seized In Detroit.
Hoffman's arrest in New York was
reported shortly after J. Edgar
Hoover, FBI director, announced
that the other three were in custody
in Detroit on espionage charges.
Hoffman was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Edward
E. Fay in Brooklyn and held in
$4,000 bail to await removal pro-
ceedings to return him to Detroit.
Mr.. Hoover said Hoffman was re-
Gently assigned ship in New York
after joining the merchant marine
and had furnished information on
naval bases and conveys and stated
that he joined the merchant marine
with the hope he could desert in a
foreign port and escape to Ger
many. ="
Mr. Hoover also announced the ar
tSee ESPIONAGE, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Accord Reached
As Conferences
End at Quebec
Political as Well as
Military Program Is
Declared Agreed On
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL,

QUEBEC, Aug. 24.-PreSident
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill closed the Quebec war
conference today with a state
ment limiting a tri-partite meet
ing with Russia and declaring
that necessary decisions have
been taken to provide for the for
ward action of the fleets, armies
~and air forces" of the United
States and Britain.
The military discussions of the
chiefs of staff" they added, turned
very largely upon the war against
Japan and the bringing of effective
aid to China"
The President and Prime Minister
ended their meeting at a press con-
ference on the terrace of the Cita-
del, where they have been deliberat-
ing for eight days.
Nothing of the strategy directives
which have been sent to military
commanders in the field was dis
closed. But the two leaders spoke
with utter confidence of the future.
In their formal statement, they
said they had decided to confer
again before the end of the year.
Sin addition to any tri-partite
meeting which it may be possible to
arrange with Soviet Russia
Russia to Get Full Reports.
They said full reports of the de-
cisions reached here. so far as they
affect the war in Europe, would be
supplied to the Russian govern
ment.
Mr.. Churchill made it clear that
the war against Japan had held an
important spot on the Quebec con-
ference agenda. Russia is not fight
ing Japan, and the Prime Minister
left the definite impression that she
had not been invited to send repre-
sentation here for that reason.
The two Allied leaders also dis
closed that consideration had been
given to the question of the French
Committee of National Liberation
and said announcements might be
expected in that connection over
the week end from many govern
merts.
The noon gun doomed from the
Citadel Just before the President,
Mr.. Churchill and Prime Minister
Mackenzie King of Canada appeared
on the upper bastion of the Kings
Terrace. posed for photograp phs for
(See QUEBEC, Page A-2J
Evening star., 1943-08-24
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

approximately 100000 prewar
fathers face a call to the armed
forces this year to meet the re
quirements of the services, Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, director of
Selective Service, has notified
local boards. ....
In personal message to the $500
. boards explaining that calling
fathers was "the one alternative, +"
Gen. Hershey indicated that en-
ployment in war plant will stave
off the draft for the fathers who
transfer.
In estimating that boards would
be 446,000 men short of their calls
Evening star., 1943-08-24
The White House.
And How 1t Ticks

How does the White House
run?
To whom does the President
look for advice?
What is Harry Hopkins
role?
Who are the Secret Six?
These and many other
questions are answered in a
series of Ave articles by Frank
l. Weller, veteran Associated
Press writer. which start to-
day in The Evening Star on
Page B-l.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
446 900 Fathers Face Draft,
Gen. Hershey Notifies Boards
Employment in War Industry May Gain
Exception for Many Under New Rules

without the drafting OF fathers,
Gen. Hershey said he was including
in his calculations the men now
available to fill calls, and the ad-
ditional men becoming available as
they turn l8, as they are reclassified
from 4-F, or as their occupational
deferments expire.
1t was the first official estimate
of the number of prewar fathers
who could expect to be in uniform
by January.
Gen. Hershey put the choice of
war useful job or the armed forces
up to fathers in this part of his
letter:
1T is clear that if pre-Pearl
tSee DRAFT, Page A-l4J
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Chungking Afraid Alert
Is Second in Two DAYS
Nv the tSsoc,a,ed press

By the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Aug. 24.-The in
sistent screech of air-raid sirens
awoke Chungking residents at 7:15
am. today and sent them sleepy
eyed and half-dressed' to AFRAID
dugouts and caves.
The all clear came at $40 am.
without incident, however.
The alert, the second here in two
days, aroused speculation as To
whether the japanese intended to
stage nuisance raids before the clos
ing OF the bombing season Bombs
fell on the outskirts of Chungking
yesterday.
Some OF the more cautious resi-
dents already have begun to live
out OF their suitcases to avoid going
TO the possible trouble of repeatedly
packing and unpacking their bags.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Wakefield Due 10 Report
To Navy in November
Bv the Associat ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Aug. 24.-Rookie Out
fielder Dick Wakefield of the Detroit
Tigers, the American Leagues lead
ing batsmsn with a mark of $50
passed his physical examination to-
day as future Navy flyer, and
authorities indicated he would not
be called until November.
He is to be sworn into service
tomorrow and will be placed in the
Navy VS. training program.
Wakefield. %. was reclassified IA
recently by his Chicago draft board
and was scheduled to report for
Army physical examinations Thurs
day. He is unmarried but the sole
support of his mother.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Rome's DemiIitorizotion
Described in Broadcast

LONDON, Aug. "a LPl.-Italy has
formally advised the British and
American governments of steps
taken to demilitarize Rome. with
the view of having the Italian
capital treated as an open city, a
Stefani broadcast recorded by the
Associated Press, said today.
A Rome radio broadcast on Au-
gust IA said the government of Mar
shal Pietro Badoglio had decided to-
declare Rome an open city with
out further delay.
The broadcast added that such a
decision had been communicated to
the Allies through the Vatican two
weeks previously.
1t said the decision had been made
because of the repetition of Allied
air raids on the city. American
bombers first attacked the Italian
capital July l9 and returned there
on August 13.
Todays Stefani broadcast declared
that steps already had been taken
to neutralIze defensive installations
and orders had been given to anti
aircraft batteries not to fire on
iSae p0N1E De-. oI
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Tonnage of Bombs
Dropped on Berlin
Is Short of Record
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. "a. The
bomb tonnage dropped on Ber-
lin by the Raj last night to-
tailed about 1900 British long
tons, but was considerably short
of all-time tonnage in one
night.
This was due in part at least
to the greater distance flown.
The six greatest RAF attacks
Of the war were as follows:
Hamburg, July 7, 1900 long
tons.
Hamburg, July 27, 1900 long
tons.
Hamburg, July 30, 1900 long
tons.
Essen, July 25. 1000 long tons.
Dortmund, May %, 1000 long
tons.
Dusseldorf Munster, June
II, 1000 long tons.
Evening star., 1943-08-24

that the assault was twice as heavy
as any made before on any capital
and that it was "in very great
strength"
The previous heaviest raid on any
capital was the March attack on
Berlin in which 900 long tons-the
British standard of 2,240 pounds
were dropped
The assault was delivered in clear
weather just before midnight and
preliminary reports indicated that
the bombing was highly concen-
trated," the Air Ministry's COM
munique said.
Raj and Canadian crews and
some American volunteers particle
(See BERLIN, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1943-08-24
lckes Orders Coal Reports
10 Aid in Shaping Policy

Producers and distributors of coal
other than Pennsylvania anthracite
will be required to make monthly
distribution reports if they mine
more than so tons daily, Fuel Ad-
mlnistrator Ickes announced TODAY,
Mr.. Ickes pointed out the new re-
quirement replaces the provision in
the Guffey Coal Act which expired
yesterday. He said the new reports
would be less detailed than those
formerly required, but that they
would provide his office with data
to help him in shaping his gen.
eral fuel policies.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, Aug "a IR).-
Stocks steady; recovery selective.
Bonds narrow; investment issues
improve. Cotton even; price fix
ing and New Orleans buying.
CHICAGO.-Wheat firm; short
covering and buying by CONNER
cial interests. Rye firmer; short
covering. Hogs 1918 lower: top,
$lS.o5. Cattle strong: top, SLABS.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Army Documents in Ca
Sought by FBI, Police
BY the Associated Press

bN UTE HSSOCIated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 24.-Police
OF eight States today joined Federal
Bureau or Investigation agents in a
search for an Army officers auto
mobile, containing confidential mill
tary papers, stolen here last night.
1t. Leonard Rich of Camp
wheeler, Ga, told detectives he
parked TIE car in a downtown street
While he made telephone call.
Evening star., 1943-08-24

LONDON, Aug. "a tP.-The Italian
news agency Stefani in broadcast
recorded by Reuters today reported
the death of 1t Col Ettore Mutt.
one of Italy'S air aces and former
secretary of the Fascist party. 1t
gave no details.