THE
NED BULLETIN
Weather
OPEGON Generally Wit tonhf
nd Wdi,sdjy tut mornlnq toiji
in vJUyt of watt portion.
Msximum Yntwday SI Dqr.
Minimum lt flight. ..45 Duqr.e.
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
VOL XLVII.
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY. OCT. 21, 1941
NO. 116
Full Coverage
Tli BulUlin il dJivored dally lu
I ti.OOO Cmilidl Oi ! It fur
liltlmt lodty'i nvwt today tu tli
thout.ndt ul intul.lted l.drt ill
Bvnd'i tlddinq illr.
BE
AT AtHE
Washington, I. C, (kl. 21
Oregon' share of I In- 1.1 lillllon
dollar In tln two Ii-iiiI lease
In Hit? atacgcrlng sum nf J(IM,!HI,.
V. First nf these hill wiii for
seven lillllon. last March; second.
Just Ik-Ink enacted, la nix billion
'lhn lend lease linn la only one of
llii' ninny lux obligation Oicgon
imiaf pay lull It give mi lili'it ol
Ihf lux load that la coming. Alao,
Im lli.i hint III, if ii llili.l li.n.l L.mm..
hill will be kuhu.lticd to congi.-s
In February.
lloic la Ihe way the lend lease ' expulsion ol reclamation ac
hill aliiiiila UKiilnal Hit oiulallon Uvlllc through Irrigation, and
of Oicgon communities: Astoria I thei-e la u Mislblllly lh.it projects
JUKM,!.!. The Dalle JiLii.iKXi. I now In pna-css nf const run Ion,
Salem 3:i.nMl.H(Ml. Oregon Cllyj''ucli a the North unit, will have
J;i2. H0. Allmny J.V.V-IIIO. Eugene 1 M" continued under a alow hell.
$.',(IKHiNI, Grants Pas Jiiirj.Nlo. I Surh wa the Information olv
Mcdford Sl.U'H.ltX), Pendleton! 'allied hy representative of the
JKH4.700. I 'oi I l.iixl $.HI,V!'.l,-il,!",-"'hiili- valley communities
lli'iul SI, (Ml.'. KM). I who jit tended Ihe Huh annual
llieakilow'n hy countlc la aa """Unit of III.- National Rcclama
follow.: Itakcr SI.K2!l.7i0. Ilcnton
SI HiV' 'am i-Lwb:,nui f, ?n lam I
1'iiii.i.n ji:i7ixi (..iiii.,i.i,.'t
ifiTiiai c.'u.. ' xt'?ii;um i-im.k !
S.'i.YUU. Curry Jl.Ul.im. .,.
chute Jl.ma.lmi. I mucin !72. .
Sno. Gilliam J-'S-Miai. ( ;rutil VM.
hm. Harney J.VI7.4I.I, Hood River
Jl.mnnu. Jackson W.lWl.l. J.-f
f.-mon S2H4.2U.. Josephine Jl.tmi,
Kill Kliilllath SI.IMH.7lXI. Ijikr
JtL1!).:). Ijiiio $;.!!.'". l.lniiiln
Jl.l.VIaai. jnn S.'i.(MH.Vl. Mai
hrur Jl.M7rt.7iXi. Marlon J7..V.'1.i'iil,
Morrow Jl.li,7im. Multnoinah JJtt,
Nm.'.xxi. r.ilk Jl.titm.txxi. Shi-rinan
Sill'.lixl, Tlllnmook Sl.'-''-i.3l.
rmailll.i JJ.Ui.'l.iaxi, 1'iilon JULH.
XI, Wallowa J7IU.3HO, Waai-u $1.
.'kx'OXHI, Waahlnifton J.'l.!ll!l.4ixl.
Wheeler $2117. 4i xl. Yamhill $2.rt.i:i.
Most of the lend Icaao money
w III uo for material m nt to l(u 1
si. i. lirlt.iin, Turkey, t'hlna and
any oilier "ilemiK'racy." In the
matter of food, the ccond hill ear j
mark $I.K7.xi.lJ for the Hilt
lsh, which will fi-cd 1H.750.ixx) for)
one yer at an average of JHHl
each. The national resource com-
mission report that the average
American family of 4 1 M-ron
sis-nils JurT a year for food, or
(Continued cm Page Four)
AKIVS IN M( AKAtil A
Managua. Nicaragua, Oct. 21 m
- Former I'n-sldcnt Arnulfo Aria
of Panama arrived hy airplane
from Panama City today.
People in
The News
1 Mr fnluJ
l
The Japanese war office said
the Pn-mier lien. Illili-kl Tojo'a
first name I llldrkl anil not Klkl.
11 It Hometlme I mlsselled In
the fon'ign pres. Confusion re-
suIIikI from translation of
Japanese character forming
name.
A search I under way for Kan-
'.an. Japanese dog trained ax
guide for blind Helen Keller. The !
dog strayed from her home last
night. . .
Italian said Brerkenrldge
Ixiiik' assertion that Germany
may attack Italy 1 nothing hut
propaganda. Long Is U. S. assist
ant serretarv of stale. . .
Wendell Wlllkle predicted naval
and aerial clashes between Ger
many and the
come soon. . ,
United State may
Dover Schools Reopen Within
Range of Nazi Channel Guns
Dover, F.nglnnd, Oct. 21 Mil 1 we've found two eight year olds
There were pile of plaster dust who nre unable even to write their
behind the radiator and most of 1 name. It's all to do over again,
the windows were boarded up, the I'm afraid."
glass having been broken hy the Six of Dover's 12 schools re
concussion of German shell, but opened with about l.fiOO students.
Dover' schools were oen again' There were 4,300 before Ihe war.
today, for Ihe flint time in 161 There are 11 teachers where there
months.
Hy the pale afternoon light fil
tering through the remaining win
dow panes, 25 youngsters bent
enrnestly over readers, following
Ihe story of an unfortunate cat
who wanted milk to make rice
pudding for It kittens.
Within easy range of the Ger
man guns across the channel on
the French coat some 20 mile
away, School-Muster John F. Peck
guided them.
"So Ihe cat went to the cow and
naked, "Give me some milk'," he
head. "Please continue, batter
lee." An elght yenr-old nroae beside
his narrow desk.
"I can't, sir."
"Can't you read, Sntterlee?"
"No, sir. Only a few little
words."
"They've forgotten almost nil
they knew," Peck snid, "Why,
u
Emergency
To Slow Up
Project Work
Reclamation Activitiei
Curtailed by Defense,
Phoenix Moet Reveals
"" defense emergency
rinls, iiosx-ciH arc very dark for
association In I'hocnlx. All
anil ronfrnf il w llh
!:hun - aii of rcclainat
hl l",s' week. N '"'
! - r. - as.d woik on Ihe North unit
anticliiat.-d. I.ut then- appear
''"I"' ' obtaining an exam
' fr iv.-rvolr In
l""" """" '' ""' '" prov Ulc
l't';'onal at.uaw for rxIstliiK
l""J'-"
Ml Oregon Persons al Meet
nurtv louroieiion ni-lnmalion-
IkIh. l.t of them fnim iVntral On'-!
, icon, attended the rhoenlx confer
. eni dei-lansl to Ih the most ue
icexsful nieetlni; of the national
association ever held. An outstand
ing proerain wa prepared by
iciiinmlllee In charge, jicople of
I'hiH-nlx were royal host and a
numlM-r ol able paper were pre-
scntcd at csuifeieiKV wsslon.
nii-nils-l-s of the Oii-k'on ili'leitatlon !
report. Interest In the federal
imiuiT iiolhiirilv mii'Bliiin um
kit-n, and atronif opMition tnlo' bid recelvi-d, dim-tor of the
various niiiisisi-d vallev mil hurl It'entnil Kli-ctrlc cuoix-ratlve wen'
lie was eiresHl. Kesoluiion '
adopted hy the reclamallnnlslx op
IMised the tiroiMised vallev aulhorl-
tie
Many From Central Oreijnn
Not all memlMM of the Central
On-gon delegation who uttended
the Phoenix mectlne have vet re
turned. Ion II. People, chamlier 1
of commerce secn-tary here, Is ex
I (Mitel back tonight or tommmw
l S Stuver engineer In rharire of
the IVschute project, is now tak
log hi annual vacation and will
1 not lie luck until later In the week
Other pn-sent from Central Ore
!gon Included tleorge Murphy, Sr.;
Itieorge Murphy. Jr.. lr. K. I.
iStowell, Howard W. Turner, A. R.
! liowman. laiselle Coles, Cu Wood,
I Judge C. L. Allen. Ceorgc R
Hrewxter. Hans Klar and Holierl
W. Sawyer. I I,'I,S were opened this morning
All officer were rc-eli-ctcd and,"' legion hall In Redmond, with
O. S. Wanlen, of Creat Falls. Carl Itiker.'chairman M the board
Mont., will again head the aso-iof director of the cooperative,
elation for the coming venr as presiding. Walter W. Flora, proj
president. Robert W. Sawyer. j,H'' engineer; Morgan Sharp, su-
the lk nd. was rccli-ctcd sicond vice
ikAL.i.i.iHt
I H Th.. i.U9 env..n,in will be in
Rakerxfleld, Calif.
John C. Page, commissioner of
the bureau of reclamation, report-
ed to the association's hoard of
(Continued on Page 3, Column 1)
SKNTKNCK Sl'Sl'KNDEI)
Alfred F.lllfrltz was given a 10
day usM-nded sentence when he
appeared I Ills morning before Jus
tice of Ihe Peace II. T. Merrltt and
pleaded guilty on the charge of
violating the basic rule.
had been 53.
There are never more than 25
children In a group at any time,
nor more than two groups In a
building. They take classrooms on
opposite sides of the school, as a
precaution In case shells or bombs
should come while school Is in ses
sion. They sleep In cave shelters dug
Into the white chalk cliffs. Their
parents have Ignored re-ieated
plea by authorities that they bg
sent to safety.
Sitting two-hy-two In a class
room, they resemble Amerlcnn
youngsters at school, except that
gas masks hang beside ench desk,
and outside the building Is a con
crete bomb shelter where they
will take refuge If the first few
shells don't hit the school house
the next time the long-range guns
send shell crenmlng over the
channel.
Vessel
MexicoWill
Release Axis
Prisoners
Mi-xlra Clly, Oct. 21 (111 - F'rnal.
ilfiit Maiuii-I Avlla Cainaiho haa
oiilcrinl tin ii'lrasi of W Carman
ami liullon offlii'ia 11ml M-ami-n
hi'ld almv Mi'Xlto M'li'il 12 axla
nhliH last April, It waa illvloai-il
linliiy.
Tin' oiiIit, iiililihlii'il In I'l.uio
Clfirlal, rcHlorwJ lu tin watnrn tin
"full llln'1 1I1V of fori'l)ni'ra )' I
ly In Mi'Xlto. II waa alfn'l hy
Avlla Cainarho anil four ollwr of
fliiala, ImiuilliiK r'oii-i;u Mlnlhli r
Ki'iH.li-l -ailllla
liiillah and Amt-riran iil iltrr
Iwllcvril tin- ri'li-axc would iiii)ll
riilf Mixlro'a ripionaj;'' prohli'in.
I hey ri'culliMi ihat hoiiu- of tin
M'liMl axla hhlp had lNin known
aa propaxanda fnlrra iM'fort Ihf
XoviTninrnl took tlum ovrr.-
Spokane Firm Is
Low REA Bidder
$80,329 Estimate Is
$20,000 Above Price
Expected to Be Paid
$12.37.r(l. Iss actual eXM-ndi-Kcd-nond.
Oct. 21 Kov 1.. Ul.iir , tuivs. this leaves the tKiard w ith
'" N""". Wash .was low bidder
mornlnif w hen hid were
ox-ned for construction of the Jef-
l..rsi..n .i,lt. If L 1, ..It llnh
.. Ui,. inu
bids wen n-celviNl. i
The amount of the low bid wa
SM0..1-".!. 1 -i. me other liidder, l rl-
Slate Construction company of !
Portland, wa c-om with a hid of
JHH.973 2S. Iloth bids i-xcii-dcd tlje
allotment lor construction pu
lK'''1 'y approximately $20.(XXI
In view of the high Injure set
hy bidders, and Ihe small number 1
"l aflerniKin contactlnit rek'lonal
HKA ofllclal. whose adviw will
tx "oUk'ht liefore a decision is
made as to accepting either of the
bid.
Illlih Owl Anticipated
Plrectors had antlcipatiil that
bids would be high because of the
rapidly
advancing construction
costs. The KF.A funds allotted for' PIT) board, reiterated the state
the Jefferson county unit totalled, men! he made one year ago, that
51 1.''. of w lucn approximately ,
$r!'.0"0 w as marked for actual con-1
l" " purisi-.
.-o pn-ierence was initicated bo-lsary to carry out inc purpose 01
tween the two bidders a regards! Ihe organization.
ability to pmcure material. The
two firms use the same source of
supply, and both were able to
promise fairly early delivery of
materials essential to power line
const ruction.
perlnlendent : niemlxrs of the
. rwwrti nf Hit-wti m im rinimiutii.
tatives of the two cont ractors
were present.
Death of Indian
Is Investigated
Honson Month, 38. nn Indian
fr,,v UT..tri Ci.i in,.u ..............
Redmond An autopsy pet formed
) 2. morning hy Dr. R. ! . Jones,
of Redmond, and a physician from
Warm Springs, disclosed quanti
ties of rubbing alcohol and wine In
his stomach.
Ills vital organs have been sent
to a Portland laboratory for Analy
sis. There were no marks of vio
lence on his body, the physician
reported. '
According to information gath
ered hy the state police, Mr. Heath
had been drinking with Frank
Dick, Wesley Splno and Delhert
Frank, also from Warm Springs,
and wa found sitting in a car
three miles west of Redmond on
the Sisters highway early yester
day afternoon.
Kennett Wolf, another Indian,
put Mr. Heath and Dick In the
hack of his pickup to drive them
hack to the Indian camp north of
Redmond. When they reached the
camp, someone asserted that Mr.
Health was dead. Slate police and
Redmond city police were notified
some time after the discovery of
the death, and the body was
brought to Redmond for examina
tion by Dr. Jones.
KETl'RNS TO CAPITAL
Portland, Oct. 21 ui Rufu C.
Holman, Oregon's Junior senator,
was en route to Washington today
after a long stay on the west
coast. Except for flying trips to
the rnpltal, Holman has been In
the west since early in June,
PUD Budget
For Half Year
Set at $9,550
No Tax Levy Needed;
Estimated Expenditures
Equal Cash Surplus
Hrilmowl, )rt. L'l A huiljiol
hoanl fo thi- Ci-nlral Oivijon pi-o-
pli''a utility disti ll t ai Hi'dinond
last nl'ht a't a hudi;i't for the flrat
six month of 1!H2 of S!l.5.riO, the
total amount of the unf'XMnuVd
aurplua which the hoard c-XK-f
10 have on hand at thf end of 1!M1.
No tax levy will he made for this
period.
A financial statement of the dia
tilcl n-vealed cash on hand and
availahle October 20 in the amount
of $S.li)2.1.'. Actual expenditures
of the district up to October 1
wer listed at $1,137 22: prolrable
cviiendllures for the lialance of
1!H1. in lulling $1.110 for the en
Cineerinx KUiAey now under way
were estimated at $l.iK5: makiiiK
a total for 1!M1 of S2.S22 22.
.sli on Hand ,Vi '.7H
The budget for I'.Ml allowed
la Mirplus of syjinJ.iH.
Whether or not the entl
amount of this surplus should be I
K.,,1. ul ff,.p il... ,.. ..rl,ul In I
p. I ..hi. Ill (
view of low exocnititui-cs hv Ihei
l'l'I) duriiif! the pist year, was the j
subject ol considerable discussion.
William Niskanen of Id-nd.
memls-r of the budget committee.
lisik Ihe position that the budget
11K011 s Miouiii ion.-asi ilCIU.Il
I iH-nditun-s. not an allocation of
lull the money available. J. K.
Short, actinx as chairman of the
budget board, said that he felt
funds might be budgeted closely
If the organisation wa of long,
standing w ith several years of ex-1
pieremv to serve as a guide, but 1
that since an accurate forecast 1
was difficult, provision should be i
ample lest lack of funds defeat j
the w hole purpose of the program
r-onomy i'ninilsei
a. ii. ioouvaii. coaiiniaii 01 uie
not one nickel of public fund
would be spent hy the board until
such cxpcmiuure si-meu neces-
(Continued on Page 3, Column 6)
I Nazis Retaliate
For Assassination
Vichy. Oct. 21 l!i German oc-!
cupation authorities arrested four
; h'Mitages. Including the prefect of
the department of loire inferieure
at Nantes, and rounded up manv !
French citizens throughout Brit-1
tany today In retaliation for the!
assassination of nazi Lieut. Col. 1
Karl Friedrich Holtz. :
The pn-fect was released after
being held all night. He heads the
I department of w hich the big naval
base of Nantes Is the chief city
(The Nantes-St. Nazalre aiva is
ni" ii iiivif'iti in i iiiiin
j ,,, w1lo nM J
(.'ppuch citizens in Brittany charg-1
one of the principal German bases
eil most nf them wilh rsrmiYMilinn
weapons. The round up appeared
to be a precaution against further
niiwii. nn .mii,,n im,
Holtz, head of the German mill- 1wl,', separated parts of Eng
tary forces in the Nantes region. ,and' Including the Mersey-side
was shot to death. The assassins ' wher? .nlv plKh or nine planes
csraned.
Pierre Puchcau, minister of in
terior, returned today fnim Paris,
where he had gone after the assas
sination to investigate terrorist
activities and supervise repressive
measures.
Nebraska Boy
Is Star Farmer
Kansas City. Mo.. Oct. 21
iipi-
Duane Munter, 18, Coleridge.
Neb., earned $5,500 while going
through school, today was named
the "star American farmer," the
highest honor a member of the
Future Farmers of America can
win. The designation also brought
him a $500 award given by the
weekly Kansas City Star.
Munter made most of his money
as a breeder of prize Duroc-Jersey
hogs, but he varied his projects to
Include raising, of corn, barley,
poultry, potatoes, soy beans and
sorghum. He also established a
purebred Angus beef cattle herd
buying two heifers and a hull as
foundation stock.
Toirpedledl Dim Atlantic
Where Destroyer
Atlantic
;JNDLAND '
NEWFOUNDLAND
I r godthaabT . Q
1 ljL n
It
il
tfif.A 7 'lr photo)
Mapped here (crotil is approximately where the U. 8. S. Kraniy. first
Amcncan war&lup 10 be damaged In Uie present r. wax torpedoed.
Luxation was alien as 350 miles olf Iceland In waters President Roose
vtlt described ax "clearly within the American defensive zone."
Little Red Pig
Found; Job Now
Is to Catch Him
Officers and Bend residents to-
.
'
continued their attempt to
ralch a small red pig that has
been at large In Bend since Satur
day afternoon, but without suc
cess. The pig has been found, of
ficers report, but it can't be
caiiRht.
The pig roundup was largely
confined to the north end of town
today, not far from the state po
lice station. The elusive porker
was chased over rocks, through
-finPes and across lots.
Karly this afternoon, the pie
"- . ii
ranging in a barnyard in the
vicinity of the Standard Oil plant,
200 R. A. F. Planes
Raid Continent
I London, Oct. 21 U The royal
air force sent more than 200
I planes on raids against Bremen,
I Wilhelmshaven. Emden and other
I parts of northwest Germany dur
1 ing the night and renewed its day
light offensive against northern
France today. I
Authoritative sources said sev-l
en times more British planes
j raided Germany than German
bombers raided Britain during the
night. They said the weather was
"better." implying that flying con-
, "'""" 1'' py" "
sidered more than 300 planes Bad
weather had kept the RAF in-
ac,ive since last week.
ministry communique
s,d Bremen was the main target
of . 'V" fows of bombers,
ia Wilhelmshaven and Emden
lalso were attacked. Smaller raids
were made on a number of objec -
lives in northwest Germany and
occupied territory. .
Coastal command planes bomb-
. , -- r . v . v
communique said, fitting build-
5s, HIK! Setting aircraft afire.
Nine bombers and one coastal
""" h"" ntr ii8-
I ermany sent an estimated 30
i planes on nuisance raids over
auacKeu.
They were met by one of the
heaviest anti-aircraft barrages of
the war.
'
, Rpfclll ClCflCS TO
Seek CIO Charter
Retail clerks of Bend meeting
last night considered the feasibility-
nf n f fili , tin,. .. ilV, iSn Pnn.
gress of Industrial Organizations
and voted to apply for a charter
in the DnitcA Retail and Whole -
sale Employes of America.
temporary officers elected
were Alf Hansen, president.
nt, and
I Douglas Johnson, secretary. This
organization is open to all retail
and wholesale employes, CIO of
ficers explain, and it is expected
eventually to include employes of
the culinary occupations.
The new local unit was endorsed
by members and officers of IWA
local No. 7, who have promised
their full support, CIO officers re
port. The next meeting of the
group will be held next Monday at
1 8 p. m., in the CIO hall, formerly
known as the Grotto,
Was Torpedoed
REYKJAVIK; j .
AMERICAN
DESTROYER
KEARNY
TORPEDOED
Ocean
' U- S. Bases
Convoy Loses
Ships, Say Nazis
Seven Vessels Sunk
In Atlantic Attack,
Claims Berlin Report
Berlin, Oct. 21 dpi The German
high command today reported the
sinking of seven more ships from
a Britain bound convoy in the
North Atlantic, raising to about
100.000 tons the shipping claimed
as sunk by nazi submarines since
Washington announced the tor
pedoing to the U. S. S. Kearny.
The high command said the ves
sels reported sunk today totalled
38.200 tons. Three days ago the
sinking of 10 merchant ships, in
cluding three tankers, for a total
of 60.000 tons was claimed. In ad
dition, the high command said,
two defending destroyers were
sent to the bottom.
The high command said that in
addition to sinking seven more
ships nazi submarines severely
damaged the 15,795-ton whaling
mother ship.
Budget Hearing
To Be Tonight
Taxpayers' meeting on the pro- j
poseo city ouaget tor the first six
months of 1942 will he held this
evening at 8 o'clock In the city
hall.
The budget, as prepared by the
budget board, proposes city ex-
penditures. exclusive of the water
department, of $68,715. Receipts
1 for tne first haIf of tne year were
c,i-,j , 17 inn Tk.
to ralspd b ' taxation is es.
ma(ej , $01705
At the meet I n v tnnleht the
j w, npar " taxpayer ,n
uwtru w near any taxpayer in
blldgPt' r P""0" f "'
Lj n 11
man iescuea Dy
ln I I n rv
KedmOnd DOV DlCS
.
Colfax, .Wash.. Oct. 2 HPi The
Rev. A. B. Kern, 61, pastor of the
Colfax Christian church, died yes
terday of burns and a neck injury
received Thursday in an automo-
bile collision that burned fatally
n is companion, rrea cngie 01
Clarkston.
Engle's car collided with a high
way bus. Spilled gasoline set the
car afire. R. G. Glaisycr. Red
mond, Ore., selectee, a bus pas
senger, rescued the Colfax minis
ter and himself suffered burns.
Glaisyer was treated at a Tacoma
1 hospital.
I ; I 7.
1 Pin ae I PVIpH rW
1 1,5 LBY e" Y
Mlinirm Cftlirt
- -r
Arrested on an Intoxication
charge, Harry Chestnut, of Pen
dleton, was fined $10 in municipal
court yesterday on his plea of
guilty. Held on a disorderly con
duct charge, Roy Rickey, on his
plea of gulltyi was fined $5. Mrs.
William Scifert, who was also
cited on a disorderly conduct
count, was fined $5, but the fine
was conditionally suspended.
Police records show that Arthur
G. Shaffer was arrested yesterday
on an Intoxication count.
No Lives Believed Lost in
Sinking; Roosevelt Joins Hull
In Condemning Attacks at Sea
Inference Made That Submarine Was German;
Waters Between South America and Africa,
Near Equator, Scene of Sunday Night Raid
WashinKton, Oct. 21 (U.P) President Roosevelt announced
today that the 9,000-ton freighter Lehiifh, flying the American
flaK. was torpedoed in the south Atlantic at 9 p. m. Sunday
night.
Endorsing the statement of Secretary of State Cordell Hull
that uth acts are piracy, Roosevelt said that it was believed
no lives were lost although the ship sank.
But, he added, it was also believed several persons might
have been injured in the explosion. One boatload of survivor
Stalin Commands
Moscow Defense
Russians Holding Well
In All Sectors; Nails
Using 25,000 Tanks
London, Oct. 21 HP Premier
Josef Stalin has assumed personal
command of the defense of Mos
cow and has established his head
quarters in an armored train at
the front, British press dispatches
reported today.
It was asserted that Stalin was
now personally the commander-in-chief
of the Russian forces on the
entire central front rather than
premier.
A Daily Mail dispatch said Sta-
"U?"f ,. !Sf Jiitt
familiar blue blouse, field breech
es and top boots, the same uniform
he wore when he fought the czar
ists in the Russian civil war.
Government Moved
It was added that the Russian
government under Foreign Com
missar Viacheslav Molotov, had
now been installed at Kuibyshev,
540 miles southeast of Moscow.
The Dally Mail dispatch report
ed that the Germans were using
on the Moscow front as many as
25.000 tanks. 2,000.000 highly me
chanized troops and about three
fourths of the operational strength
of the German air force.
Adolf Hitler, it was asserted.
had thrown in three new infantry
armies within the last few days.
It was indicated that the Rus
sians were holding well in all sec
tors. Military experts said every
hour the Russian forces continued
to hold, gave vitally needed time
for the city s hundreds of thou
sands of workers to build new
tank traps and pill boxes which
might make the difference be
tween victory and defeat.
Greater Aid to
Russia Requested
London, Oct. 21 IP A deputa
tion representing workers of nine
big London area factories left a
resolution at Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill's official residence
today urging greater British aid
to Russia and demanding that
Viscount Halifax, ambassador to
the United States; War Secretary
H. D. R. Margesson and others al
leged to be lukewarm in pressing
the war, be dismissed from office.
The resolution said that the
workers felt grave concern at the
critical situation in Russia.
Hull Urges Speedy Approval
Of Resolution io Arm Ships
Washington, Oct. 21 HP Secre-1 statement which he read to the
tary of State Cordell Hull today I senate committee,
urged the senate foreign i,S
committee to approve speedily a 6 of tnp neu,raiity acti whlch pro
house resolution to arm American hibits the arming of merchant
merchant ships, lest American "ef- ships. He repeated but did not
forts at self-defense come too , emphasize, his previous conten
. . jtion that congress should repeal
'a'e' j section 2 which bans American
Hull was the llrst witness at
hearings on the house approved
resolution. His testimony followed
a White House conference with
congressional leaders, who report
ed that they would press at this
time only for the ship-arming bill
rather than repeal of the entire
neutrality act.
Senate Democratic Leader Al
hern W. Barkley of Kentucky em
phasized, however, that there was
"no hard and fast decision" on
that point.
The hearings were closed, but
Hull Issued copies of a prepared
has been picked up. he said, and
two additional boatloads are being
sought.
The president said that the tor
pedo was launched by a subma
rine. He left the unmistakeabie
inference that the attackers must
have been German.
The attack occurred between
South America and Africa, close
to the equator, Roosevelt said. He
added that the ship went down
nearer the southern bulge of Af
rica than the South American
coast.
Its specific position, he said.
was 8 degrees north latitude, 14
degrees west Longitude.
Explaining that he had received
the news of the sinking only three
minutes before his press confer
ence begin, the president said he
was unable to determine immedi
ately how many men were aboard
the Lehigh.
The president added an em
phatic "ditto" to the week end
statement of Hull that the United
States government did not often
write notes to international high
waymen. - .
Hull made that remark at a
press conference, when he was
asked whether any official protest
was planned in the torpedo attack
on the U. S. destroyer Kearny In
the North Atlantic, south and
west of Iceland last week.
Roosevelt said that Hull also
was dead right in describing such
piracy.
The situation now has arisen
where any ship of any nation on
the seven seas may be destroyed
without warning, Roosevelt said,
adding that this recalls the phrase
first voiced during the first world
war by the German ambassador
to Argentina:
"Spurlos versankt" "sunk
without a trace."
Roosevelt said the Lehigh had
discharged her cargo at Bilbao.
Spain, and was running empty to
the Gold Coast of West Africa on
a trading voyage when it was
sunk.
"Was It sunk in American de
fensive waters?" a reporter asked.
Roosevelt responded in stern
tones that resounded throughout
his office. (The sinking) took
place on the seven seas, he said.
U. S. Ultimatum
Issued, Say Nazis
New York. Oct. 21 till Radio
Berlin. In a broadcast heard by
the United Press listening post,
said today that the United States
had presented an ultimatum to
Guatemala demanding complete
exclusion of Germans from busi
ness and seizure of their bank as
sets. "The American diplomatic rep
resentative dared to remind the
government of Guatemala of the
fate of Panama's ousted presi
dent." the broadcast said.
, Shios from belligerent ports.
He testified that the condition
of world affairs is such that "un
less it Is promptly dealt with, ef
forts at self-defense may come too
late."
"I am convinced that In the In
terest of our national security the
passage of the pending bill to re
peal section 6 of the neutrality act
is both urgent and Important," h
said. "Inasmuch as section 2 1 not
under consideration I will offer no
comment except to sav that in my
Judgment section 2 should be re
pealed or modified."