The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-16
Inside
Washington

land, will fall on Hitlers "Fortros.
Europe next summer. The AIIiod
aim is to crush the German arn,io.
by early winter of 1914.
Best opinion in WASHINGTON :,
that optimists who expect the Co..
mans to crumble this winter ~.
pre-doomed to disappointment a
real second front that will satisf,'
Soviet Russian demands-and +bi,
means landing in full strenatS
in Western Europe-will come nov.
spring. Where and when is a secra.
known only to President RooseveIt
Prime Minister Churchill and tbo
combined chiefs of staff cornr,i4
tee.
Already the United States and
England have gathered together i,
their African and United Kjngdon
bases more planes, artillery, mech.
anized equipment, rapid fire wpan
ons, shells and bombs for the omen
ing of the supreme effort tbgn
were unleashed against the Him.
denburg Line in the final Allied
drive in the autumn of 1918 WbeH
the Allied blow falls in 1914 DOM
look for just second front. Tbero
will be at least three Anglo.Amor
lean fronts-and the fourth from,
by Russia on the east.
MOSCOW MISSION.-HulI Edo.
and Molotov will talk politics an,
postwar arrangements betvpa,
the United States, Great Britan
and Soviet Russia. The war non
WOW will await the first meetn,
between Roosevelt, Churchill an,
Stain.
The Russians would like the hi
meeting to be held in Moscow
and are holding out for it. Do M
expect the conference to be beb
in Moscow, however. It will h
somewhere. near Russia, but M
in Russia itself. There's tric.,
bit of protocol at the bottom Tn,
president is a head Of state, Will,
Churchill and Stain, who actuaN,
run Britain and Russia, still ar,
premiers. King George VI is the
British head of state and little
known Soviet President Kalinin
the head of state in Russia.
1t is ok. for Churchill to 20 tc
Moscow to confer with Stain, but
for President Roosevelt to 60 there
for joint conference with Stain
and Churchill would be a sort Of
that in the hand gesture. There
fore, look for the big Three
meeting to be held elsewhere.
PRESIDENTIAL HOBBY.-Like
King George of Britain, F. D. Rs
first love is the sea and anything
that sails on it.
Before the war is ended, the
president will have added to bis
seafaring collection an entire fleet
of fighting ships in miniature, from
/ battleships down to the smallest
of the swift, deadly assault boats.
Latest addition is an array Of
perfect scale models of tank land,
ing craft, personnel carriers and
PIT boats presented by Shipbuilder
Higgins.
DOUBLE DRAFT CALL. - For
the first time in World War II,
local draft boards will get double
call for selectees next month. Local
boards first will be asked TO call
all men possible from the non-par-
ent category.
Then, later in the month, boards
will be told to begin drafting pre-
Pearl Harbor fathers on a basis
of the number of such men in their
areas. October father call should
get about $4,000 fathers, with rap
id increases in November and De-
cember to take 446, 200 by JAM l.
THE HOPKINSES STAY on
Everything was set few weeks
ago for the Harry Hopklnses 10
move out of the White House, me
word was out at the White House
that the man closest to President
Roosevelt was at long last gong
tc move from 1900 Pennsylvania
avenue to a charming, old colonial
house in fashionable Georgetown,
But little Diana Hopkins is sui
playing on the White House lawn
with the presidents Scottle, taIa'
The Georgetown house had been
selected by Mrs. Hopkins, the Tor
mer Louise Macy of New YORK
Il was being redecorated and tul-
nished for the presidential adviser
and his small family.
Then something happened. Inc
work of redecorating was halted,
The doors of the house were locked
and plans for moving were stop
ped. Owners of the Georgetown
home were noncommittal. Neither
Mr.. or Mrs. Hopkins would talk
But a White House official admit
ted finally that the Hopkinses were
still at the White House, and proc
ably would remain-indefinitely.
1t looks like the reported do
mestic rift between the HopklnseS
and Mrs. Roosevelt-never openly
confirmed-has been patched up