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34TH YEAR, NO. \S~44 PAGES
WH.KES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1940
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HITLER QUESTIONS U. S. NEUTRALITY
F. D. Slaps
' Congress on
Canal Locks
Full Responsibility Given House for Lack Of Defense at Panama
Finns Hold Viipuri; Crush Tank Brigade Fuehrer Is
DESPERATE FIGHT GOES ON Confident
AS REDS TRY TO ENVELOP Of VJCtOry
Paris Life Changes in Wartime
IN ILLINOIS RACE
Taxes and Debt to Feature Dispute of Presidential Year
".Vashinglon, Mar. 2. (UP)—Re¬ turning from a 4,i300-mile fishing vacation inside the western hemi¬ sphere "safety zone," President Roosevelt tonight challenged Con¬ gress to lake full responsibilily for failure to improve nalional defense with a tlilrd set of Panama Canal locks.
I An account ot new plans tar
the defense of Ihe canal, as an¬ nounced hy President Roosevelt, will he found on Page A-10.
Mr. Roosevelt returned to the! capital early this evening. He was met at the Union Stalion by Secre¬ tary of State Cordell Hull and Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson.
He discussed national defense but not presidential politics.
Tha President and Mrs. Roose¬ velt, cabinet officers and their wives, others close political associ¬ ates and the Democratic leaders of Congress will commemorate the inaugural anniversary Monday at services in St. John's Episcopal Church. where Mr. Roosevelt stopped for prayer on March 4, 1933.
His protest against Congress' canal policy conceded Ihe legisla¬ tors' right to deal with problem as fhey plensed. but hinted nl unfor¬ tunate conseqiiences and seemed to head the White House and Con¬ gress toward a presidential year dispute over taxes and the na¬ tional debt. Money for a third set of canal locks appears to he mere¬ ly a part of the genernl contio- vers>' nver lax revenue and federal borrowing. No   Hint   for   l»tO
^inie Mr. Roosevelt left to rest ahd fish aboard thc cruiser Tusca¬ loosa there has heen no hint from him of his 1940 intentions. But the deadline for withdrawal of his name from the April 9 Illinois preferential primary passed one week ago tonight aiuI Mr. Roose¬ velt still is on the ballot, opposed by Vice President John N, Garner.
A few hours before Mr. Roose¬ velt's return to the capital, how¬ ever, the President's nnme was certified   for   the   Illinois   primary.
W'hile he was inspecting the canal during his vacation cruise, a House committee cut the 1941 canal appropriation from $15,350,- 000 to SS.'iO.OOO, eliminating thereby funds lo begin lock construction but approving sufficient appropria¬ tion to continue preliminary plan¬ ning, congress already has author¬ ized the new locks. Cnngress Do<lging New Taxea
Evidently hopeful of avoiding a request Ihis session to raise the federal borrowing limit above $4.'i.OOO.OOO.OOO, Mr. Roosevelt pre¬ sented to Congress in January a 1941 budget which proposed to keep the national debt below that figure by certain economies and two fund raising devices. He proposed that governmenl corporations, such as the Rpconstriirtion Finance Cor¬ poralion, which have surplus funds return some of that money to the Treasury for general expenses. He estimated nbniif $700,000,000 wnuld be ndded to 1941 treasury revenue by  that  device.
The other extraordinary source of revenue was new taxation, Thc President asked Congress to levy 1460.000.000 of new taxes to cover emergency national defense ex¬ penditures for the fiscal years 1940 and 1941 With th»' ii^crerrnte of Tontlnued  on   Page  A-21
Claim Report of City's Fall Premature But Admit Withdrawals at Suburbs; In Flames from Constant Shelling; Reds Lose Heavily North of Ladoga; Aerial Raiders Renew Bombing Attacks
Helsinki, March .1 (Sunda.v) (UP)—The Finnish militrny commi.nd announced early today that N iipuri was .still in Finnish hands and that the Ru,s,sians had not entered the city.
The statement was issued in reply to several foreign radio bi'oadca,sts which said that \ iipuri had fallen.
Copenhagen reports that the Finns had .started to aliandon Viipuri were regarded here a.s premature despite the fact that the city was said to be in flames.
It was pointed out that fires are constantly being started by the intense shelling to which the city has been subjected for days.
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Nazis Claim Destruction Of 335 Allied Planes
20 Naval Vessels Destroyed;
(».") Ships Sunk liy Air Raiders Alune;
Berlin Says but 11 L'-Boats Were Sunk
Only One Patient; Doctors Caution Against 'Letdown'
Berlin, March 2.   (UP)—The Ger.. the North Sea coast opposite Bel- man high command tonight claim- ' glum   and   Holland.
With no new cerebro-spinal men¬ ingitis cases reported in Luzerne county since Wednesday of last week, and with bul one positive case known and being treated iii to early lhi.s morning, slale and local health officials arc highly optimistic that, with proper co-op¬ eration from the public, the epi¬ demic now shows signs of being licked. They emphasized the need of continued caution.
It was pointed out that the con¬ dition in the valley as of lasl nighl was the best in six months. Pre¬ viously, il was common for three to len cases to be under treatment nt the same time.
Suggestion of the medical pro¬ fession lasl night was for valley residents to Iteep their fingers crossed but, at the same time, pointing oul that the campaign against meningilis is showing defi¬ nite results. A broad educational program was launched during the week, with a half dozen doctors participating in the dissemination of pertinent information. Great Care Stiil Needed
"As in all epidemics, however," pointed oul Dr. P. A. Keeney, chief of the division of epidemiology. State Department of Health, "it is certain tiiat there are a large num¬ ber of carriers in thc community. We cannot predict anything about the futuie unless these people can be restrained from trnnsmifiing the disease fo persons with lowered resistance."
Hc pointed out two ways In which people who have a suspicion they might be carriers ian be of great aervice, explaining that any¬ one who now has a cold, cough, sore throat or respiratory disease might  be  designated  as such.
"In thc firsl place." said Dr. Keeney, "all having signs of any sickness should keep away from the public, so they will not cough or expectorate it to some one else. This will be for the benefit of Ihe community: secondly, these people will do themselves a big favor if (Continued  on  Page   A-ll)
ed that 285 British and French planes had been shot down by thc German air force in the first six months of the war and that total Allied air losses were around 3,'!5 planes, including 50 lost when an aircrMfl carrier presumably the Courageous   -was   sunk.
Tile slBtement said ti5 ships had been sunk by Nazi aerial raiders alone. i
By DANA SCH.^IIUT
Berlin. March 2 i UP)—The Ger¬ man high command issued a special communique tonight listing im¬ pressive air, land and sea triumphs for Germany and severe losses for the Allied powers in the first six months of the war and asserting that the nations armed forces were being rapidly strengthened "for further action."
The communique coincided with statemcnl.s in the official Nazi press that the German armed forces wcre confident of victory and fully prepared to strike a crushing blow at the Allies wnenevcr Adolf Hitler gave the signel. It followed Hitler's talk wilh United Slates Undersecretary of Slate Sumner Welles in which the Fuehrer re¬ portedly emphasized Germany's preparedness lo win the war.
Previously undisclosed casualties on both sides were listed in the German statement, which reporled the following losses:
Germany   Allies
Naval Vessels      20 31
Airplanes     '^8 3,3,1
In addition, the communique said that ."i.'SL' Allied or neutral merchant ships in Allied service were sunk. Huge Toniiuge ClHinied
The total tonnage of ships sunk by (Jermany in the naval war was
"In Iho safe protection of the German armed forces is the poten¬ tial of 82,000,000 German people which could be fully developed and the armed forces further strength¬ ened and developed," the communi¬ que said. "Production of the Ger¬ man armament industry was nol diminished by the enemy blockade but increased to the fullc-t extent.
"Through audacious enterprises, the Germany army has again and again proved its high standard and its fighting spirit," the communi¬ que said of fighting on the Western Front, Claim Air Supremacy
"The supremacy of the air force crews and the quality of its mate¬ rial was apparent again and again," the communique said in regard to reccnnais.sance flights over Allied territory to gather "valuable" data.
"Repeated attacks were made against enemy nav al units and armed merchantmen and convoys," it  continued.
"Sixty-five vessels, totalling about 75.000 tons, were sunk. Most of them were enemy craft or neutral merchantmen carrying contraband to England and on some light units  of the  British  navy.
"Bomb   hits   seriously   damaged and   in   some   instances   destroyed (Continued   on   Page   A-2)
Repulse Reds at Viipuri; Wipe out Tank Brigade
By  EUWARU   W.  BEATTIK  JB.
Helsinki, ;March 2 (UP)—A war communique tonight re¬ ported that Finnish troops had thrown back a Red Army attack in desperate fighting south of Viipuri, admitted a slight withdrawal eaat of the beleaguered city and an¬ nounced the "annihilation".of a Ru.ssian brigade northeast of Lake Ladoga.
The communique said 2,0150 Rus- [ the Russian fronl lines on the sians were killed in the destruc- ^ Karelian Isthmus, thc communique tion of the 34fh Moscow Tank i added. They also bombed one Rus- Brigade northeast of the lake, where the brigade commander and the commander and staff of the 18th Red Army Division were slain. Finns DeitpcrHle
The Finnish position before Vii¬ puri apparently continued desper¬ ate, bul the communique indicated that a tremendous struggle was go¬ ing on around and in the suburbs of the shell-ruined city and said the Russians were paying a heavy loll for every foot lhey gained.
Covering operations on Friday, the communique said that the at¬ tacks by the Red Army toward Viipuri were of a local nature rather than a massed offensive bul that the Russians were attempting to press an enveloping maneuver from three sides.
All major attacks between thc Bay of Viipuri and the Vuoski Lake which includes the Viipuri front were repulsed, the communi¬ que said. Specifically, it added, at¬ tacks were repulsed wilh heavy losses for the Russians at Aeyrae- paeae and Nuoraa. Nuoraa is four miles  soulh  of Viipuri.
Near Pernjokl and Salnio, which is four miles southeast of Viipuri how^ever. the Finns admitted thfit they had withdrawn slightly under the Red Army thrusts at the su¬ burbs of the cily. They also with¬ drew in the vicinity of the Hein- joki railrorad stalion — aboul IS miles due east of Viipuri- but all Ru.ssian attacks on Taipale, at the extreme eastern end of the Man¬ nerheim defenses on Lnke Lndogn. were reported repulsed and eight i Innks destroyed. Both Armies in Air
Finnish airplanes bombed the railroad   lines   from   Leningrad   to
sian air base.
Russian  aerial  raids  over south¬ ern   Finland  were   renewed   during I the   day,   when   al   leasl   lt>2.   Red I airplanes    were    reported    in    the I vicinity    of    Helsinki.    There    was bombing north of the city.
The longest alarm of the war paralyzed the caiiital al mid-day. At one time, Russian planes were netn flying bark tnw,ird their own lines and pursued by Finnish fight- I ing craft.
The war communique tonight was devoted chiefly lo thc fighting northeast of Lake I^rfidoga. although the battle for Viipuri continued to dominate action in the war. Tank Brigade Trapiied I The Moscow 34tli 'Vank Brigade had advanced by way of .N'omaa in the Red Army drive to encircle the lake and attack the .Menner- heim Line from the rear. This ad¬ vance, il was annouiiied. was in 1 (Continued on Page A-10)
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Bulletins
To Get as Much As Germany Now In New Agreement
Great would
liernian Freighters Captured, Scuttled
Aruha, Netiierlands West Indies, March 2 (UP)—The g,530-ton German freighter Heidelberg was reported to have been pursued and captured today off the West Indies by the British cruiser Dundee,
Another tjerman freighter, the Troja, was reported to have found¬ ered last night afler it had been fired by its crew.   The crew members
By   FTIKDKRICK   Kl H
London, March 2. (UP) Britain fears that Rumania provide additional oil for the Navi war machine were reporled calmed tonight afler a new diplomatic exchange.
Foreign Secretary Viscount Hali¬ fax talked for an hour with Rumanian   Ambassador    Viorel    V.
given  as  1,904,1)1.'?  tons and it was   were said to have taken to lifeboats and been picked up by a British . Tilea. who submitted  a  memoran-
Injured Man Lies 2 Days and Nights On Culm Bank of West Wyoming
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The endurance of the Finns has nothing on this American's.
For   two   days   and   two   night-s. Charles    l,rf»w    of    West    Pittston,: crippled hy an injured kneecap, was forced fo remain on an abandoned | _CUlm  hank  near Sixth street. West | * Wyoming, befnre he waa rescued.
The wind and Ihe cold forced him to dig a hole just big enoiish to shelter his body, where he rc- "lained   unlil discovered  bv several
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small  boys  playing In   the  vicinity who heard his moans.
The boys rushed fo Wyoming and found Chief of Police Thomas Parkinson, who in return notified Chief of Police Emmett Cotter of West Wyoming. The officers rush¬ ed to the scene and found fhe mnn shivering and barely able to speak. Hc told fhem. in a faint whisper, he had ijijured his knee and that he could not move. Seemed Uke Two Vears
The officers rushed hira fo the I'lttston Hospital late Friday after¬ noon and news of the man's pre¬ dicament was not made known un¬ til yesterday.
His condition last nighl was good.
On his way to the hospitnl he in¬ formed the police chiefs thnt the two days and twn nights seem like two years.   He gave his ace as 52,
stated that llerman planes had sunk H5 \tssels of about 75,000 tons and heavily damaged or sunk 52 other ships totalling 200,000 tons. Of these, the statement said, 40 were light British naval ships, two were British cruisers, two British battleships and one a British air¬ craft carrier.
(The German claims were con¬ siderably higher than the losses admitted by the British or French and wcre also higher than lists of merchant ships lost as compiled in New "i'ork. A United Press com¬ pilation of nierchanl losses totalled 175 British ships, 19 French nnd 180 neutral, qr a grand tolal of 374 ships.)
Thc high command's statement listed the British destroyer Vis¬ count of 1.120 tons, and the de¬ stroyer Jersey ns sunk. (The British admitted Iho Jersey was damaged bul   had   made   no   mention   nf   the
warship.
Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 2 (UP Unconfirmed repnrts Innlgbt were thnt the German freighter Heidelberg was being towed to Trinidad by a British warship.
Rio HcnrN uf Naval Battle
Rio de Janeiro, March 2 (UP)—Rumors of a naval hattie off the southern coast of Brazil continued to circulate Widely here today despite official denials,
Commandante O, Peniche, chief of the information service of the ministry of marine, said "we do nol have any information regarding a reporled battle and have not received any communication on the subject,"
Paris, March 2 (UP)—A sharp combat on the Moselle sector of the Western Front was announced in war communique No. 3fl2 tonight, with the French reporting that German forces suffered losses and were driven back.
The communique said that a French reconnoitering detachment cast of the Moselle River was attacked "by a numerically superior Cicrman foice." The French "successfully engaged' the Germans, "in¬ flicting losses on the enemy," according to the announcement.
The communique alsn reported  resumption of aerial activity along • the front from the Swiss border to Ardennes, near the Belgian frontier, '
has   a   normal   complement  of  134 officers and men.) Say Own Losses Small
Germany's losses were described as comparafively small, including only 11 U-boats, one pocket-batle- ,ship  (thc Graf Spee), two destroy-, ^^,p„„,pr Sunk By .Mine
  ' London,   March   2   (UP)
Nazi Ship to' Sail Again
Bclem (Para), Brazil, March 2 (UP) The fi,46fl-ton German freighter Koenigsherg, whirh sailed from here F'ehruary 8 and returned seven days later "because British warshaps were ready to Intercept her," apparently was preparing to leave again today.
Stevedores were busy loading the vessel with fuel and food supplies.
The cargo steamer Albeno of ],17fi tons, registered oul of Hull, hit a mine today and sank in two minutes in thc North Sea. The crew of 29 was saved.  Four were taken to a hospital.
ens     and     six     smaller     warcraft. (Allied   sources   claimed   the   Ger-, mans   had   lost   from   35   to   45   U-j boats   up  fo  January   1   and   were j still    losing    frnm   two   to   four   a week. I
The    high    command    statement emphasized  failure nf the Allies tn enter    German    soil    or    even    ap- nroach   the   Weslwall   fortifications, i which  have  been extended now to i position as 41.20 north latitude and 56.30 west longitude.
Greek Ship Sends SUS
New  York, March  2   (UP)    Mackay  Radio received  an  SOS  today from  the  3,54fi-ton  Greek  steamship Makis,  which  reported  it  was  in
i dum which was said to have amir ably disposed of recent contrnvcr.sy over Rumanian oil.   One result, nc-
I cording to Rumanian  sources, was that  Rumniiia  is willing to sell  as
I much   oil   to   Britain   ns   she   sells to Germany.
' Danube Ice Breaking
Whether the controversy has heen finally solved was uncertain, however, since Dr. Karl Clodius. the Nazi trade expert. Is scheduled to arrive in Biichiircst next week with a reported plan for greatly Increasing Rumanian oil shipments to   Germany,
(Dispatches from Budapest said that warmer weather had cracked the Ice over fhe Danube and that the ice break-u|> was expected next week, thus opening a main channel for supplies including Rumanian oil to Germany. The frozen river had greallv reduced oil transport to the Reich, bul the Balkans were described as fearful that opening of traffic on the river would bring new worries for the neutral na¬ tions in Southeast Europe.) Big   Increase   for   Britain
A revision of the present clear¬ ing arrangements between the two countries also Is envisaged.
It was recalled that Bucharest agreed to supply Grrmany with up to 1,30.000 tons of oil a month in 194(1. If the present understanding wilh Britain is carried nut, it would be assumed thnt Britain will get aboul I,,560,000 tons nf oil from
Moscow Insists City Is Theirs
Moscow. March 2. (UP) Rus¬ sian forces have occupied the Viipuri railway station and the soutliern parts of the city, the I.,eningrail military headquarters announced   tonight.
The headquarters communique said also that Soviet troops were^^^ ii'es.'iut; o,, J/f^^i'dy from the ! north and south and had cap- | tured the station of Tammisuo, north of Viipuri, as well as Cape Kejhasniemi and Ihe island of Turkinsaari  lo the  southwest.
On other sectors, the communi¬ que added, there was "nothing of importance," hut Soviet warplanes "bombed enemy troops nnd mili- tnry objectives" nnd shot down "seven enemy airplanes."
Tells Welles Nazis Must Be Rulers Of Central Europe
BITTER AT BRITISH
U.S. Plane Sales Tn Allies Hit; Hint on Relations
By EXEBETT R. HOLLES
! Berlin, Marrh 2, (UP)-Adolf Hit¬ ler today outlined for the benefit of President Roosevelt the determ¬ ination of a Germany confident of victory to fight until Nazi terms for the reconstruction of Europe are achieved and according in reliable reports-outlined the German view that the United Stales is failing to follow a strictly neutral course.
The Fuehrer's viewpoint was given to Sumner Welles, United States Undersecretary of State, in a lengthy and reasoned discussion at the new Nazi chancellery. Hit¬ ler repeated the essence of the pro¬ gram Ihat he had previously re¬ vealed in speeches demanding the destruction of British sea power and British control of world markets, the recognition of Ger¬ many's contrni over her natural economic and political sphere In Cenlral Europe and acceptance of Nazi territorial gains. Pointed  to  America
But the Na.-:i h incellor was re¬ ported to have tried to give this argument special empha.sis for Americans by dealing extensively with relations between Berlin and Washington, thc possibility of re¬ establishing ambassadors in both capitals and the view that tha United Slates has long supported in the Monroe Doctrine a foreign pol¬ icy similar to that which Germany demands in Europe.
The conference, one of the most important during Welles inquiring in Europe, was described as highly 8atisfactor.y and a.s putting greit emphasis on Hitler's contention that the Reich is prepared to fight on with complete confidence of vic¬ tory due to hcr military striking power and her economic relations with Soviet Russia. Questions C. S. Neutrality
A question by Hitler as to Ameri¬ can    sympathies    for    fhe    Allied powers broughl the conteniian that (Continued  on  Page  A-ll)
RIVER BREAKS THROUGH IN CALIFORNIA FLOOD
FORCE ITALY TO BOYy.SM
Britain Refuses To Open Way for Ships from Germany
By H. C. Bl I RMAN
Amsterdam, Hollnnd, Mnrch 2. (UPl A change in war-lime lela- lioiis between Italy and Ihe Allied powers seemed likely tonight nfter ihe Fascist governmenl announced a protest against Britain's block¬ ade of German coal bound for Italy and recalled conl ships which put oul   from Rotterdam.
The controversy over shipments of German coal hy way of Rotter¬ dam to Italy, which badly needs fuel supplies, came at least part way into the open as a result nf London's decision tn clamp down on the cnal ships which have been moving regularly through the blocli- ade, , I'. S. .May Benefit
Lively diplomatic activity Indi¬ cated that the question was far from settled and dispatches from London suggested that the I'nited States might bencMl by extension of the blockade because Italy may seek American conl as a result of failure of new trade negotiations with Britain. The negotiations, which involved proposals fnr Britain to supply nbout 5,000,01)0 tons nn¬ nunliy which Italy had been get¬ ting by sea from Germany, were disrupted   earlier  this   week.
The Italians, who have been wnrking furiously to profit by trnde during the European war, has 20 ships In Rotterdam harbor fnr transport of coal from Ger¬ many. Snme of them had already been loaded and the total tonnage was more than 60.000. Four of them put to .sea early today but the Italian delegation for coal transport at Rotterdam recalled them as a result of the British an¬ nouncement that fhey would be In¬ tercepted.
The Italians were undersood to be insisline that the British should permit the 20 ships now loaded or cisco Bay, where the Sacramento loading lo depart nnd proceed to' River flows into the Pacific. TTie Italy without mnlestatinn. reznrd- week's flood damage already wa* (Continued   on   Page   A-2) ' estimated al  $10,000,000.
Little Girl Killed, Many Hurt As Tornado Rips into Evansville
San Francisco. March 2. lUP'— The Sacramento River broke through its hanks in a dozen places near Rio Vista tonight, driving scores of families from their homes, inundating more than ,50,000 acres of rich farmland and Inflicting ser¬ ious damage on the delta's aspar¬ agus crop.
In an overflow that apparently climaxed the Sacramento's six-day period of flooding, the river poured a muddy sheet of water over farm and village property. In some places the floodwater was ten feet deep.
The Rio Vista flood centered abnul  ,50  miles  east  of San  Fran-
Evansvillc, Ind., March 2, (UP) — : A nine-year-old girl was killed and at least 11 persons were injured to¬ day when a tornado ripped an eight-mile path through an indus¬ trial and residential section in the northern part of Evansville.
The victim was .losephine Daugh¬ erty, who with her mother, Mrs. W. ('. Daugherty, 28, and an eight- month-old haby sister, was buried ^ in the debris of their brick home. They were not extricated from the ruins for 10 minutes.
.Many injured were reported at ho.spila!s. Virtually the entire staff of the hospitals, the police and fire departments, were mobilized in the stricken area. Widespread  Duiimge
City officials were unnhle to esti¬ mate the total damage, although the city rendering plant was di¬ rectly in the storms path and sev¬ eral buildings were damaged. Many homes were damaged by the wind.
A building in which concrete burial vaults were mnniifacfured was destroyed and concrete blocks strewn over a block-square area.
Ten houses under construction were blown flat in a one-block aren where the storm struck with greatest violence. Gns mains nnd electricity transmission lines were broken.
The wenther bureau repnrted thnt
before the tornado struck. The high wind velocity was maintained steadily for 11 minutes.
At Shawneetown. 111., ,50 miles southwest of Evansville on the Ohio River, a community school building had been unroofed a short tima earlier.
An apparently separate force of wind struck Alton, 111., acroas ths state from Shawneetown, a few hours later damaging between 25 and ,30 houses. Police said thera were no casualties.
In each instance the winds struck from the southwest, where tha storm had been accompanied by rain and snow in Kansas and East¬ ern Colorado, picking up dust acro,ss Texas and New Mexico which it spread as far eastward aa Arkansas and Southern Missouri.
Capt. Walter Williams of tha Illinois State Police said he had been informed by telephone that a tornado struck Alton. 111., shortly before 6 p. ni. and that Alton polica officials said 25 homes had bean damaged in North Allon. .No casu¬ alties hnd been reported to them.
distress in the North Atlantic about 660 miles east southeast of Boslon. ' Rumania a yenr in  order tn share
Tho   Makis.   which   is   registered   out   of   Ithaca,   Greece,   gave   its I equallv with the Reich.   This would , the     wind     reached     a     maximum
(Continued  on   Page  A-2) I velocity of 45 miles «n hour shortly
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