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Weather Forecast lowest tomorrow morning ‘Warmer tonight; slightly below freezing. Highest, 40, at 4 p.m.; lowest, 17, at 5:50 am. From the United States W Full Detalls Closina N. Y. Morkets—Sales, Page 18. Temperatures today— TRV 90th YEAR. No. 35,708. {abor and Trade Groups Urged fo Give Up Offices House Hears Plea For Move to Relieve Space Shortage Here (Earlier Story on Page B-1.) Representative Kennedy, Dem- ocrat, of New York told the House this afternoon labor and business organizations such as the A. F. L, C. I. O. and the| United States Chamber of Com- merce should move out of Wash- ington during the war and rent their offices to the Government for $1 a year to relieve the acute space shortage. Mr. Kennedy described the Cham- ber of Commerce Building at Con- necticut avenue and H street N.W. as a “marble palace” and said it ‘was occupied by only a few persons. It ecould, he suggested, be added to the White House or the War De-| partment. | War Frauds Unit Created By Biddle By the Associatec Press. Attorney General Biddle estab- lished today a War Frauds Unit, operating under both the anti- trust and criminal divisions of the Justice Department, to in- vestigate and prosecute com- plaints growing out of war pro- duction contracts. Fowler Hamilton, a special as- sistant to the Attorney General, was chosen to head the new unit and will select his staff from the two divisions. “The war frauds unit,” the Attor- ney General said, “will undertake a searching study of complaint of collusive bidding, false representa- tions to Federal agencies in connec- tion with Government contracts, profiteering and all other charges of frauds upon the Government in connection with prosecution of the war. “In recent months there have been numerous charges of such frauds; the function of the war frauds unit will be to examine these charges, prosecute those which prove to be well founded and inform the public in’ those cases where the charges are found to have no basis in fact.” Meanwhile, Chairman Walsh of Says Nation Would Approve. He added that if from 15000 to the Senate Naval Committee pro- ch 20,000 persons would move out of | posed that contractors who defraud Waghington the housing problem|the Government in time of war would be greatly relieved. President | by false cost statements be punished Roosevelt and the people of the|by loss of citizenship just as are United States, he predicted, would | Army or Navy deserters. approve the suggestion. The proposal, amending a Navy “T recently looked over the tele- | contracts bill, would provide as ad- phone directory and found there | ditional punishment a maximum are more than 600 organizations in | fine of $10,000 and 10 years’ im- Washington,” said Mr. Kennedy. “Some of these have small offices, but. some have entire buildings. Altogether their offices run into | millions of square feet. If we could commandeer this space it would help the present congested situation. “Washington is the adopted seat | of the National Government. But today we find organizations have come here in numbers and taken it over. Many are labor organizations. ‘They occupy a substantial portion of the business property and their | attaches occupy many apartments. It would help our war effort if they would all pack up and go home.” Sees Chance for Patriotism. “1t would be better,” Mr. Kennedy continued, “if the labor organiza- tions expressed their patriotism by renting the space they occupy to | the Government at $1 a year. “Imagine the result,” he concluded, “if tomorrow the A. F. L., the C. I. | ©O., and other labor and business | organizations would move out of ‘Washington. I would not pull them up by the roots and send them to | Timbuctoo, but if they would leave voluntarily it would be a big help.” | U. S. to Aid Small Firms | In War Jobs, Odlum Says | By the Associated Press. Floyd B. Odlum, formerly direc- tor of contract distribution for th ©O. P. M., declared today that th Government would assist small | businesses in converting to war or | essential civilian production, but | that “no business can expect raw materials to carry on for any other! purpose.” “I say to small manufacturers that they should and must get on | their toes right now and conform themselves to such an approach and to our present war and essen- tial civilian economy,” Mr. Odlum, now special economic adviser to Donald M. Nelson, told the Wash- ington Advertising Club in an ad- dress. “How much must we produce of war materials?” he asked. “Every bit that can be made by every machine that can be spared from essential civilian work. How much must we cut our civilian economy? To the bone, when by so doing, we release materials or a machine for war work, or release food and other like supplies needed by our Allies.” :Lute Races Earlier Results, Rossvan’s, Other Selections and Entries for Tomor- ~ row, Page 2-X. Hialeah Park FIFTH RACE—Purse. $1.500: Grade © Bandican; J-vear-oids and upward: 7 fur- 1110 _8.30 2190 ngs. Ca Cod (J; ) Roncat (Lindbers) 890 Kansas City (Strickler) 320 | Aleo ran=Night Glow. Lord Kiteh so _ran—] low. T itchener, Thizd Coves. Verse. Hornblende, Sickle T., €xdmium' and Choppy Sea. A .. SIXTH RACE—Purse. $1.600: Grade B glnn:hln; 3-year-olds and upward; 7 fur- 6.50 3.00 2.40 350 4.60 Zacatine (James) Bie Ben' (Westrope) aking (Wall) e, 1:24. Al3o ran—The Rhymer, Lianero and | Ringle. SEVENTH RACE—Purse, $1,200; claim- ing: 4-yesr-olds and upward: 11, mil Suertero (James) 12.90° 540 3.40 Hereshecomes (Mghrtens) 490 380 -Winder (Caffarella) 520 Fime. 3531 5 Also ran—stariike, Bright Gray, Hill- blond. Belfry Chimes. - Fair Grounds rse. $800: allowances: | THIRD RACE—Pul 3-year-olds: 1 mile and 70 yards. (George) 640 .80 2. 0 Drattee (Barber) 360 | idina Piro, (Craie) 10 iso ran—Bsruna, Fond Hopes and | rons. e | FOURTH RACE—Purse. $600; allow- ces: 2-year-olds: 3 furlongs. S0 et Rambrer (Slidewel) " 5.00 380 S oy Rk - Also Tan—Liberty Jr., Khameia, ona's reddye " Esaimane. B &ufi&e‘k_s Imate, Rosiante and Bo Way. : 1 FIFTH RACE_Purse. $600: aliow- cos; 4-year-olds und upward: § furlonss. (George) 5.80 5.680 3.0 well) 380 300 prisonment. House Unit Would Cut Free War Insurance For Property Loss Banking Group Opposes $15,000 Maximum, Favors $7,500 Limit (Earlier Story on Page A-2.) By the Associated Press. Banking Committee members indicated today they would urge the House to pare sharply the $15,000 maximum free insurance for property loss proposed in a Senate-approved bill to set up a war damage corporation. The members were described as| feeling that the top amount of cov- erage the Government should pro- vide free ought to be about $7,500. On other provisions of the Senate measure the committee was in gen- eral agreement and indications were the bill would be approved tomorrow | and sent to the House floor. | As passed by the Senate the bill | creates a $1,000,000,000 fund to in- | sure the property of American citi- zens from damage by enemy war action. The program would be ad- ministered by a subsidiary agency of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. | known as the War Damage Corp. The House committee accepted an | amendment to deny the free cov- | erage to water cargo shipments in | cases where private insurance is available at “reasonable rates.” | Discussion of the property in-| surance arrangement has brought up the question of providing free life insurance for members of the armed forces. Soeruiauja Hotels Seem To Be Japs’ Chief Target (Earlier story on Page A-1). By the Assoclated Press. SOERABAJA, Java, Feb. 4.— Aneta reported today that Soer: baja’s biggest hotels seemed to have been the ehief objective in the Jap- anese air attack on East Java yes- terday and suggested that the Jap- anese apparently thought they housed high Dutch and Allied of- ficers. “It is certainly peculiar that so many were hit,” the Dutch news agency quoted a military authority as saying. He suggested that the Japanese must have thought the Dutch and United Nations head- quarters were located here. Aneta said the Tokio radio de- clared recently that both headquar- ters would be bombed. GroupAInsuronce Ended For Ford Co. Employes By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Feb. 4. — Bulletin boards notified Ford Motor Co. em- ployes today that the corporation had abandoned its $20,000,000 group insurance plan, effective February 28. The plan provided a $1,500 life policy, sick benefits of $15 a week,| hospitalization and surgical care. The Travelers Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn., which carries the group policy, was notified of can- cellation on January 26, company officials said. They declined to dis- cuss the reasons for terminating the arrangement. Markets at a Glance NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (#).— Stocks higher; leaders extend slow recovery. Bonds improved; rails rally after early losses. Cotton strong; trade and New Orleans buying. CHICAGO: Wheat higher; scattered mill buying. Corn higher; improved shipping busi< ness. Hogs steady to 10 higher; Iville. 3 Purceljvile RS i aJ. C. Braswell-Mrs. 8. top, $1250; receipts below ex- pectations. Cattle—Strong to 25 higher; smaller arrivals. ¢ Foenin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o St WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1942—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. TWO DIE AS SUB SINKS SHIP OFF MARYLAND House Approves Fringe Parking Legislation President to Get Bill After Minor Correction Legislation long sought by the District Commissioners to en- able them to relieve Washing- ton’s traffic congestion by estab- lishing municipally-owned auto- mobile parking lots on the fringe of the business area was ap- proved by the House this after- noon. The bill autharizing the parking lots already has been passed by the Senate, and must be returned there for correction of a title section num- ber before going to President Roose- velt for signature. Two days ago the bill was favor- ably reported by the House District Committee. Speedy House action was made’ possible by Committee Chairman Randolph, who asked its consideration under a unanimous consent agreement. Otherwise, the measure would have had to wait for consideration until Monday, the | next regular day for action on Dis- | triet legislation. | Appealing for quick approval of | the bill, Representative Randolph | told the House the establishment of municipally - owned parking lots| would relieve the business section of from 18 to 20 per cent of the cars now parked there at the curb. Plumley Hits Rent Boosts. Meanwhile Representative Plum- ley. Republican, of Vermont, pro- tested to the House that since Jan- uary 28 he has been endeavoring to call to the attention of the District committee reports that automobile parking lots and storage garages have raised rents 60 per cent, “which is pure profiteering.” He emphasized that he was not | personally affected but was endeav- | oring to protect war workers from “these pirates.” | Representative Randolph said he had received similar complaints from Representative Ford, Repub- lican, of California and had prom- ised to give consideration to the question. Representative Dirksen, Repub- lican, of Illinois, a member of the District Committee, explained the rent control law does not include auto lots or auto storage rental. He thought that the problem could be partially solved under his bill for control of parking lots and garages and declared: “Here is profiteering.” | He said he had received complaints | from hundreds of Government | workers but believed that the com- | mittee would find a solution of the | problem. i Allied Warships Sink Two Nazi Supply Ships By the Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 4.—Allied war- | ships intercepted two Axis supply ships off the Channel islands this| morning and left both of them | sinking, the Admiralty announced | tonight. Light naval forces, including units | of the Polish Navy, were said to have intercepted the supply ships and | blasted them with shellfire at close | range. The announcement said the Allied forces suffered no casualties or damage in the action off the German-seized British islands off France’s Normandy coast. Two JU88 (Junkers) dive bombers elso- were shot down into the sea by gunfire of British ships, the Admiralty announced. One, at- tempting to attack a convoy, was engaged by a trawler, whose tracer bullets, many of which hit the air-| craft, indicated the target to H. M. S. Atherstone and this ship at once put ip a heavy barrage. A JUS8 was seen to swerve and its bombs fell harmlessly into the sea. A few minutes later the aircraft crashed into the sea in the middle of a con- voy. The other JU88 was shot down by the minesweeper Britomart. The aircraft attecked from a low level, but was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the sea in flames. Joe Cook, Sick, fo Leave Stage Affer 20 Years By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 4—Joe Cook, Broadway stage comedian for more than 20 years, announced his retire- ment today. “Having been on the sick list for quite & while now,” Mr. Cook said, “I have decided to retire from the theater.” He is 51. Mr. Cook, who started in show business as a boy vaudeville actor with his brother in their home town, Evansville, Ind., delighted audiences for years with his “how to_imitate four Hawaiians” act. Besides being a hilarious comedian he also did such stunts in his many shows as wire walking, fancy shoot- ing, soft shoe dancing and cornet playing. He was starred in many Broadway musical shows, including “Rain or Shine,” “Fine and Dandy” and “Hold Your Horses.” Nazis Legalize Looting VICHY, Feb. & (#.—Penalties in- cluding death for Frenchmen fail- ing to carry out German orders re- quisitioning services or goods in the occupied area were announced to- day in an order signed by the com- mander of German eccupation troops. CINCINNATI. — THE DRIVER KEPT HIS HEAD —This heavy street railway motor bus skidded 300 feet on the icy pavement today, coming to a halt as it teetered over the edge of a viaduct wall. Forty passengers escaped unhurt when the driver, Owen Snell (at left, in uniform cap) counterbalance the bus and prevent a plunge over the side. They then stepped gingerly through Free Postage for Men In Service 0. K.'d by House Subcommitfee Use of Census Data by U. S. Agencies Written Into War Powers Bill By J. A. O'LEARY. Free postage for men in the armed services in this country | or abroad, written into the sec- | | ond war powers bill by the Sen- | | ate, has been approved by a| House subcommittee, and is awaiting final action by the en- | tire Judiclary Committee tomor- [ row. ‘The subcommittée, headed by Rep- resentative McLaughlin of Ne- braska, is understood to have recom- | mended several changes in other features of the bill, including a new section to make available to other Government agencies statistics gath- ered by the Census Bureau, to fur- ther the war effort. One of the purposes of this section, it was said, is to aid in keeping records of aliens. It was emphasized that the census data are not to be made public, but merely used by Government agen- cies. The subcommittee aiso has recom- mended approval of the new au- thority given Federal Reserve banks | to buy Government bonds directly : from the Treasury without going to | the open market, but this still awaits action by the Judiciary Committee. | The full committee worked on the | subcommittee’s recommendations | for two hours this morning, but recessed until tomorrow without fin- ishing the bill. The Federal Reserve direct bond buying provision met NIGHT FINAL SPORTS UP) Means Associated Press. THREE CENTS. L 4 hered them into the rear to a side door. —A. P. Wirephoto. 4 Hurt, 40 Safe: U-Boat Shells Sinking Vessel Crew Afloat Seven Hours; SOS Sent During Attack By the Associated Press. LEWES, Del, Feb. 4.—The freighter San Gil, owned by the United Fruit Co., was torpedoed and shelled by an enemy sub- marine off the Maryland coast at 11:50 o'clock last night with the loss of two lives, it was disclosed with the landing of survivors here today. Thirty-nine other members of the crew and one passenger, Stewart Winslow Condon, 26, Roslindale, Mass., an accountant for the fruit lines, were saved. Four of the crew wepe injured. The ship was struck first by a tor- pedo on the port side, an official spokesman for the 4th Naval Dis- trict said. The two missing mem- bers of the crew apparently were killed by an engine room explosion. They were Beaumont Barbe, 26, Ant- werp, Belgium, and Secondino Cas- Late News Bulletins Japs Claim Damage to Airdrome in Burma TOKIO (Japanese Broadcast) (#).—Japanese bombers at- tacked the airdrome at Toungoo on the Rangoon-Lashio tro, 36, Honduras. SOS Sent During Attack. The crew launched two lifeboats and the submarine then shelled the ship. All but about four of 15 shells hit the target, Capt. Walter ‘W. Koch, 44, Canasota, N. Y., re- ported. A second torpedo struck the ship Beaverbrook Named | War Production Head railway for the second consecutive day today, the Japanese News Agency reported. Destru ction of several Allied fighters on the ground and wrecking of some hangars were claimed. (Earlier Story on Page A-6.) British Bomb Jap Forces in Burma RANGOON (®.—British aircraft today bombed Japanese invaders in the Martaban sector. where strong enemy forces have been trying to cross the ward thrust into Burma. (Earlier Story Salween River on their west- on Page A-6.) Georgetown Prep, 37; Devitt, 20 Georgetown Prep defeated Devitt, 37-20, in a basket ball game at Garrett Park, Md., this afternoon. Georgetown's Schneider was high scorer with 15 points. Episcopal Tops Roosevelt, 28-20 Episcopal High defeated Roosevelt, 28-20. in a basket ball game this afternoon on the winner’s court. Burnett, of Epis- 'In New Cabinet Post Move Aimed to Increase as it sank by the stern. A Coast Guard cutter picked up the surviv- | ors after they had spent seven hours in the lifeboats. Co-operation With U. S.; Duncan Is Advanced By the Associated Press. | LONDON, Feb. 4—Prime Min- | ister Churchill created the new | cabinet post of Minister of War | Production today, an assignment " aimed specifically at peak co- operation between Britain and | the United States, and entrusted |it to Lord Beaverbrook, one of | his most valued aides. The new ministry roughly parallels the office of Donald M. Nelson in di- recting the United States’ war pro- duction. Making that comparison himself in the House of Commons last week, | Radio Operator Robert S. Thorp, | 41, East Orange, N. J.. was praised by Capt. Koch, who said Thorp rigged an emergency antenna and flashed several distress signals after the first torpedo wrecked the vessel's standard antennz equipment. ‘The Navy listed the injured as: Hildebrand Hall, 19, Honduras, shock Irving Dimon, 30, Honduras, boat- | swain, injured hand. Thomas R. Sharp, 57, Elmhurst, N. Y., chief steward, injured leg Antonio Colon, 28, Honduras, in- jured hand. The passenger, Condon, was un- | hurt. | _The San Gil was built in Belfast, | Ireland, in 1820. Blew Engine Room to Bits. Capt. Koch said he was on the i the Nazis seized $100,000,000 of ne- copal, was high scorer with 14 points. 'Scorched Earth’ Policy Used On Valuables in Philippines | By the Associated Press. by the Japanese be given the benefits A Treasury official told the Sen- of a proposal to provide allowances ate Naval Committee today that for dependents of Army and Navy | personnel and civilian employes who | fell into enemy hands. gotiable securities when they in-| The night Germany invaded the vaded Holland, although steps might | Netherlands, Mr. Spingarn related, have been taken to avert the | Dutch diplomats went to the home seizure. | of Treasury Secretary Morgenthau Stephen J. Spingarn, special as- | for advice cn how to save their se- | sistant to the general counsel of | curities in Holland. | the Treasury, told the committee Mr. Morgenthau, Mr. Spingarn re- | that because of this lesson the |lated, suggested that they be burned Mr. Churchill said: bridge when the attack came. The “All the resources of our two coun- | explosion “blew the engine room to | tries are now pooled in shipping. | bits” he said, adding that he tosk | munitions and raw materials; and | charge of one of the lifebeats. some similar office—I will not say | “When we were about 50 feet | with the same scope but with similar | away the sub started to shell the | scope—must _be created here if |ship” he said. “It fired about 15 | harmonious and complete WOTking | shells and missed only about three. between Great Britain and the|y could see the submarine very | United States is maintained at this | clearly in the moonlight. | high level.” ] “When we were about 1000 feet Duncan Succeeds Beaverbrook. | away we met the second lifeboat. I Lord Beaverbrook is succeeded as | The submarine circled our ship and | Minister of Supply by Sir An-| then sent another torpedo into the drew Rae Duncan, until now presi- | starboard side. It must have brok- dent of the Board of Trade. ~ |en her in two and the whole ship Sir Rae is a British industrialist | gicappeared.” | and a former minister of supply. | Praising the crew, the captain | _The assignments did not include gaiq the ship was abandoned in or- ir Stafford Cripps, former British derly fashion. | Ambassador to Moscow, who, it had | | been predicted, would be named to with eome opposition in the Senate | United States applied the “scorched |in the presence of a United States | & cabinet post “which will come as from Senators who feared it might lead to inflation. Administration | earth” policy to securities, gold, | paper money, coins, jewels and consular official. Although this advice was relayed leaders gave assurance, however, the | other valuables in the Philippines | to the Dutch government, the wit- authority would not be abused and | jong before the Japanese occupa- | ness added, the Dutch were “timid” contended the power should exist if | its use became necessary to handle | war financing. | Only a minor change was made by | ihe House subcommittee in the sec- tion fixing penalties for violation | of priority orders. | As the bill left the Senate it con- | tained 14 specific grants of power | to various Government boards to | enable them to push the war against | the Axis more effectively. Four Navy Flyers Killed In Two Florida Crashes Four Navy flyers were killed and five were injured in a plane crash and collision .near the Pensacola (Fla.) Naval Air Station yesterday, the Navy announced today. Ensign William Oldert, U. S. N. R., of New York, and Aviation Cadet William Herbert Buck, U.S.N.R., of | Missouri, were killed in the colli- sion of two planes, and Sergt. Michael Paul Balko, U. 8. M. C,, of Connecticut was injured critically. In the crash of a seaplane, Stu- dent Pilot Bertrand Joseph Clapper, radioman, third class, of Florida, and Student Prederick Louis Bockwin- kel, aviation machinist’s mate, first class, were killed. Minor injuries | were sustained in this crash by the | pilot, Ensign Woodrow F. Kramer, | U. S. N. R, of Minnesota; Aviation | gadet Mark R. Kravitz, U. 8. N. R.,} of Massachusetts; Aviation Cadet | Ernest J. Mondon, California, and | Howard S. Taylor, seaman, first| class, Michigan. Seven Persons Perish i As Fire Razes Home B the Associated Press. EMLENTON, Pa., Feb. 4—Seven persons perished early today in a fire that destroyed their one-story, four-room frame home near this Western Pennsylvania community. The victims were Harry Elder, 36-year-old coal loader; his wife, 35; their four children, Joan, 7; McKarns, dvughier of Mr. and 0 . an Mrs. Prank McKarns of Washing- ton, Pa. A san of the Elders, 14-year-old Emest Elder, escaped by crawling through a window of the blazing structure. { tion. Mr. Spingarn appeared before the committee to ask that Treasury rep- resentatives who had been captured about destroying the securities, and uncertain whether the Germans would take the country, and they fell into Nazi hands. Some Nazi Food Rations Raised; Diet Nearly Double the Italians’ By the Associated Press. BERN, Switzerland, Feb. 4—An- nouncement of German food allow- ances for the period February 8 to March 9 today showed that the Ger- mans still are maintaining a war- time diet more than twice that of some Nazi-occupied territory and almost double the Italian rations. German rations of such staples as bread, flour, meat and sugar are not changed by the new orders, while a few other items, including butter, cheese and eggs, are increased slightly. During the month Ger- mans will be allowed 62}, grams (22 ounces) of butter and the same amount of cheese—very little, yet an improvement over their January al- lowance. ‘They will get two eggs each, com- pared to none at all last month. These increases are due to con- tinued imports from the occupied countries, which must. deliver cer- tain amounts to the Reich regard- less of their own needs. Travelers returning from France report that German purchasing commissions both in the occupied and unoccupied zones are buying food at much higher prices than the French can afford to pay. A good harvest year also has enabled Germany to export wheat to Finland. But, while she apparently still has ample grain to feed her own people and those fighting with her, increasing demands are being made | on the occupied countries to keep the Nazi reserves from diminishing. C. 1. 0. Workers Strike Arms Plant at Defroit ‘ By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, Feb. 4—C. I. O. mem- bers employed by the Michigan Steel Tube Products Co. struck to- day to enforce demands for a wage increase. The plant employs ap- proximately 500 and its output con- sists exclusively of gun and tank parts. Edward Owen, State labor con- | ciliator, said wage conferences be- tween company and union officials following the filing of a strike in- tent notice on Pecember 30 broke e com- demanding an additional 15 cents an hour, but did not reveal current Suspension of Eads Extended Ten Days By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 4.—Wendell Eads, contract jockey for Warren Wright’'s Calumet Farm whose rough riding Tuesday drew him a 15-day suspension effective tomor- row, today had that suspension ex- tended another ten day® following disqualification of his mount, Dis- tant Isle, in the third race at Hia- leah Park. The stewards ordered Eads'term on the ground extended to March 5 for careless riding and interfering with Inscolian at the head of the stretch. Inscolian was placed first after finishing second behind Dis- tant Isle, 3 to 4 choice. A. A A. Auditing Unit To Be Shifted to Ohio By the Associated Press. The Agricultural Adjustment Ad- ministration said today its auditing and accounts section, employing wage acales. ‘ ?mmmmnuum~ erred to Columbus, Ohio. [= a complete surprise.” | Praising Lord Beaverbrook in his | recent war review to Parliament, School Board Authorizes Land Trade Negofiations Churchill reported: | |~ “We are producing twice as many| , (Earlier Story on Page B-1.) |and far more complicated guns as| Ihe Board of Education late to- we did in the peak of 1917 and 1918. | 8y authorized Supt. of Schools Tank production has doubled in the | Frank W. Ballou to proceed with ne- past six months. In sircraft pro- | 8otiations for trade of a six-acre duction there is a steady increase | schoel and recreation tract at Mas- not only in the numbers, but in the | Sachusetts and Nebraska avenues | size and quality of aircraft.” | ?‘;W.F:;!r ; ;lrflc'- of equal size from | the endship estate, fronting on Other Appointments Made. | 1451 ayenue extended. Col. J. J. Llewellyn, who was par- | Friendship, the historic estate for- | liamentary secretary to the Min-|merly belonging to Edward B. Mc- | BtrywOfs‘Ar“:“é‘ PT.OG‘HCUO"- ste[:':ped | Lean, is being developed by a private {up ndrew’s former post as | corporation as a defs president of the Board of Trade. | project. = e hodsing Other new appointments were: | School board members expressed Parliamentary undersecretary of | 8Teat interest in the proposed state for colonies—Harold MacMil- | “S¥ap, indicating that the Friend- Ian. | _smp property could be developed Parliamentary secretary of the | iNto a better school and recreation Ministry of Supply—Ralph Assheton. | center than the other area—known Parliamentary secretary to the | &S the Villa Rosa estate. The Villa Ministry of War Transport—Philip | Rosa property was purchased joint- J. Noel-Baker. The office of parliamentary and financial secretary to the Admiralty is being divided and Sir Victor War- render—who is being raised to the peerage—will be parliamentary sec- retary, while G. H. Hall becomes financial secretary. | Mr. MacMillan was made a privy councillor, Kerr Leaves Chungking To Take Cripps’ Post ,CHUNGKING, Feb. 4 (#)—British Ambassador Sir Archibald Clark Kerr left Chungking by air today for Moscow to assume his new post as Ambassador to Soviet Russia, succeeding Sir Stafford Cripps. His departure originally was set for late February, but it was under- stood he was instructed by London to hasten it. | hope that the British envoy’s trans- Russian entrance into the war against Japan, an event which Chinese consider inevitable. GUIDE FOR READERS Page. Amusements, A-16-17 Comics ._B-14-15 ‘oman’ M ! (Complete Index, Page A-1.) Chinese authorities expressed the | fer might help bring about an early | | ly by the Board of Education and ithe National Capital Park and Planning Commission as the site for a new junior high school and recrea- tion center. Approval was given late today by Lthe District Zoning Commission to | the request of the Defense Homes Corp. for changes in zoning for | Friendship, and for a 50-acre tract | in HAllcrest, in Southeast Washing- ton, where the Government agency | plans to erect apartments for war workers. 3Angott-Montgomery Bout Is Postponed By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 4—The 12- round mon-title bout between Light- weight Champion Sammy Angott and Bob Monigomery of Philadel- phia, scheduled for Friday night at Madison Square Garden, was post- poned until March 6 today when the titleholder turned up with a rib injury. Angott said he first felt the pain during a workout yesterday. An examination showed he had a dis- location of the 12th rib on the left *|side. Promoter Mike Jacobs said '3 | he would not put on a substitute bout. 1(British Get U. 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