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89th YEAR. No. 35,405. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1941— FORTY PAGES. THREE CENTS.
GREEKS, YUGOSLAVS STANDING OFF NAZIS;
R. A. F BOMBS GERMAN TROOPS IN SOFIA
N.L.R.B. Orders
Elections at Ford
And Bethlehem
Motor Plant Balloting
Will Be Divided
Into Three Parts
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pv the Associated Press.
The Labor Board today ordered
collective bargaining elections among
employes at the Ford Motor Co. and
the 12,000 employes at the Lacka
wanna iN. Y.i plant of the Beth
lehem Steel Co.
The election of Ford employes
was ordered held within 45 days to
give employes in Dearborn and De
troit. Mich., an opportunity to select
collective bargaining agents.
The Bethlehem balloting will give
the employes an opportunity to de
termine whether they want to be
represented by the C. I. O.'s Steel
Workers' Organizing Committee.
Election in Three Parts.
The election at Ford will be split
into three ballots, giving the pro
duction. maintenance and clerical
workers at the giant River Rouge
plant a chance to vote for the C.
I. O s United Auto Workers Union,
the A. F. L. Federal Labor Union No.
22551. or neither.
A similar ballot will be handed
employes at Ford's Lincoln plant in
Detroit.
A separate election will be con
ducted at the River Rouge plant to
determine representatives for the
wood and metal pattern makers. The
choice there is the C. I. O. Auto
Union, the A. F. L. Pattern Makers
League, or neither.
Ford Brotherhood Off Ballots.
The board denied a place on all
the ballots to the Ford Brotherhood
of America. Inc., an unaffiliated or
ganization.
The C. I. O -U. A. W.. which called j
the present strike at the huge River [
Rouge plant, filed the original peti
tion for the election last December.
The Brotherhood appeared at a
preliminary hearing on the proposed
Ford elections and presented 21.000
membership cards signed in June.
1937, authorizing the Brotherhood
to represent them for a period of
one year. I
In barring the Brotherhood from i
the ballot the board said that no
new authorization cards had been >
signed since December, 1937. that j
no dues or assessments had been
collected since 1937 and that no
more than five or 10 members have
met at any time since 1938.
The board also said that the
brotherhood had held no election
of officers or trustees since 1937
and that the brotherhood did not
show the board any current au
thorizations by employes at the
River Rouge plant.
C. I. O. Claims Majority.
The C. I. O. union at Bethlehem
claims to represent a majority of
the production and maintenance
workers at the plant
A 39-hour strike by the union at
the plant on February 26 was set
tled on terms which included a
promise by the Office of Produc
tion Management to explore with
the board the possibility of hold
ing an election among the employes.
The board directed its regional
director at Buffalo to conduct the
balloting as soon as arrangements
could be made.
At a recent hearing the board re
quested the company to submit its
pay roll records in order to facili
tate the holding of the election.
In today's election announcement
the board said the company had
refused to indicate whether it would
produce the pay rolls.
Allis-Chalmers Agreement Ratified. ,
Meanwhile termination of the \
Allis-Chalmers strike was assured ■
when members of the C. I. O. plant
local ratified an agreement settling j
the 76-day shutdown.
Federal conciliators turned full .
attention, with the AHis-Chalmers I
settlement, to the problem of end
ing labor strife at Ford's.
In Pittsburgh the conference be- j
twepn United States Steel Corp. and
the C. I. O. Steel Workers' Organiz- |
ing Committee ended early in the |
afternoon, without announcement of !
the time for resumption of negotia- j
tions. There will be no meeting to- i
morrow, however, because Philip!
Murray. C. I. O. head, will be in j
Washington to confer with Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Prepare Plant for Work.
In Milwaukee a short time after
the union membership ratified the
Allis-Chalmers agreement by ac
clamation, the first workmen en
tered the plant to make it ready for
the reopening.
The Wisconsin Employment Rela- j
tions Board, which had called for a j
new strike vote Thursday at the
plant, announced the vote would not j
be held because the strike settle
ment had been reached.
The Labor Board had ordered the
new election after hearing testi
mony that 40 per cent of the bal
lots cast in a strike vote January
21 were fraudulent. Handwriting
experts testified that the ballot boxes
had been stuffed.
Insurance Leader Dies
FORT WAYNE. Ind.. April 7 uPi.—
Frank K Safford. 86. a founder and
director of the Lincoln National Life
Insurance Co., died yesterday. He
was the son of Dr. Jonas Safford,
Chandlersville. Ohio. Civil War phy
sician.
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NUTS TO THE NAZIS. SAYS STEVE—Steve Vasilakos, the pea
nut salesman next to whose stand the White House is operated,
is putting the full weight of his business against the Germans.
Recently naturalized, ex-Greek Steve is turning two days' profits
’ over to Greek Relief. ~A. P. Photo.
Army Day Handicap Falls
To Air Brigade, Paying $4.50
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOWIE. Md.. April 7.—Mrs. Ethel
D. Jacobs' Air Brigade. Hirsch
Jacobs up, today won the Army Day
Handicap. 6-furlong feature of a
program witnessed by 8,000 fans.
When the field of eight broke,
Charlene went out to make the pace.
She gave way to Clarksville turning
for home. In the meantime, A1
SchmidI was driving Air Brigade to
I reach the pacemakers. The gelding,
closing with a rush, won going awray
to pay $4.50. Gustave Ring's Ringie.
also closed wfith a rush to nip C. E.
Nelson's Woodvale Lass for the
plade a wj a rd.
In the closest finish of the meet
ing. Mrs. E. D. Jacobs' Yawl nosed
out Hazel M. Babylon's Becomlv in
the three-quarters of the fifth. An
other nose away finished C. Stern's
Poindexter. It was a slashing battle
from barrier to wire, with the three
money horses hitting the line so
close that only the camera could
separate them. Yawl paid $9.10.
The twenty-first favorite in 44
races registered when Mrs. Ethel
D. Jacobs’ Uvalde ran off with the
l'g-mile fourth. Jockey Ray Oliver
bided his time with the public
choice to the stretch turn. When
given his head. Uvalde came on to
a handy score. He paid $5 80.
P. Reda's Dizzy B and G. Zemek's
Mobcap finished as named.
S. Brooks' Crack Favor, making
his initial start of the year, raced
three-quarters in 1:15 to win the |
1 third by a nose from George Perry's '
Mowmart. He paid $12.40. J. Y.
Christmas’ Rough Biscuit, favorite,
swung into the home lane almost \
two lengths on top but flattened
out to be third
Brookie Boy. owned by Mrs. E.
Roy Routt of Silver Spring. Md., j
, surprised all by winning the mile j
! and 70 yards of the second, paying !
$100.40 Those W’ho took the 1-5
daily double combination of Five-o- ;
Eight and Brookie Bov collected
$157.80
Remolee, Match Point and Red
Jack fought It out for the early
lead At the stretch Brookie Boy
| rushed to the front and just lasted
! to win by a nose from Miss E. N.
Cobb's Black Boo. one that paid
$43.1C second. Mrs. V. P. Noyes'
Match Point was third.
Harry T. Johnson's Five-o-Eight.
I ridden by Sterling Young, leading
winning pilot at the meeting, led 11
other 2-vear-olds over the half-mile
route of the opener. The form play
ers in the crowd of 8,000 plunged on
Five-o-Eight. When the colt won
in 0:49 3 5. excellent time for the
slow condition of the track, the fans
collected $3. Mrs. J. Globe's Bright
Finish, a 100-to-l shot, who placed,
might have been the winner but for
j stumbling while leading the opening
! quarter mile. Mrs. Donald Wood
i ward's Sir Chicle was third.
Late Races
Other results. Rossvan's Com
ment. entries and selections for
tomorrow, Page 2-X.
Bowie
SIXTH RACE—The Army Day Handi
cap; purse. *1.200 added; 3-year-olds and,
up; H furlongs.
Air Brigade <E Schmidl) 4 50 2 90 2.40 |
Ringie iGilbert) 4.50 3.40
Woodvale Lass (Lindberg) 4 90
Time. 1.14.
Also ran—Court Dance. Counterglow. |
Clarksville. Charlene. The Fop.
SEVENTH RACE—Purse. *1.200; claim
ing; 4-year-olds and up. I1* miles
Don Pecos G. Smith) 4 20 2.50 2.30
Money Muddle «Garner) 3.30 2.50
Cuckoo (Schmidl) 2.80 1
Time. 1:583.v . I
Also ran—Arrow Girl. Artist. Palkin.
Pari Call. Bounding Count.
Tropical Park
SIXTH RACE— Purse. *1.000: claim
ing; 4-year-olds and up; 0 furlongs ichute>.
Anopheles (Howell) 5 80 3.70 3.20
Might Step (Vina» 8.90 5.80
Sassy Mate ‘McCombs) 4 10
Time. 1:1 OS.
Also ran—Cease Fire. Boston Sound.
Liberty Sand. Nadine Omar and Annie 1
Alone.
SEVENTH RACE—Purse. *1.000; claim
ing; 3-year-olds; i mile end 70 yards.
Chosen Time <M Andrew) 22.80 7.20 4.00
Adehala (Sedlacek) 3.60 2.70
Our Grace ‘Kaufman) 3.10
Time. 1 45.
Also ran—Bold Risk. Mental Giant Bel
fry Chimes, Charming Sudie and Edasel.
Two Eire Representatives
Call on President
Bv th« Associated Press.
Two representatives of Eire—
Minister Robert Brennan and Gen.
Frank Aiken, minister for defense
co-ordination—called on President
Roosevelt in an effort to obtain
American food, ships and arms.
Gen. Aiken told reporters that ;
Ireland was seeking to buy American
products, and was interested par- I
ticularly in obtaining 30.000 tons of j
wheat.
Both Mr. Brennan and Gen. Aiken
declined to say what attitude Mr.
Roosevelt assumed, but both said
they were hopeful that needed sup
plies could be obtain^ and that
ships wmuld be available for their
transportation to Ireland.
A
3,500 in Portugal Seeking
Passage to Americas
ft* ihe Associated Press.
LISBON. April 7.—Three thousand
five hundred persons, representing
virtually every European nationality, !
are now in Portugal seeking passage
to the United States and South j
America—but their chances of get
ting there any time soon are slim.
With the spread of the war to Yugo
slavia an even greater flood is ex-!
pected by the American Legation
and Consulate.
The American Export Line has
attempted to get additional ships to
boost its present maximum capacity
of 900 passengers a month, but that i
fell through.
The Red Cross, collaborating with
the State Department at Washing-1
ton in repatriating hundreds of des
titute Americans in France, still has
200 of them concentrated at Sintra,
near Lisbon.
If United States relations with the
axis become much wider it is ex
pected that an exodus of Americans
will begin from Germany and Italy,
adding to the number here.
Bay View Will Carry
120 Pounds in Harford
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOWIE, Md.. April 7—Mrs.
Anthony Pelleteri's Bay View, win
ner of the $100,000 Santa Anita
Handicap last winter in California. !
has been assigned 120 pounds for
the $5,000 Hartford Handicap, Mon- I
day's opening feature at Havre de j
Grace. Bay View has been training
at Pimlico. H. G. Bedwell's Sun 1
Egret is the top weight in the race
with 122 pounds.
Sinking of Convoy Ship
Credited to Italian Sub
By the Associated Press. •
ROME. April 7.—The Italian high
command credited an Italian subma
rine today with sinking one “enemy”
ship and scoring a torpedo hit on
another in an attack on a British
convoy in the Eastern Mediterra
nean.
m
Biggers Warns
Some Fail to
See War Peril
He's Never Satisfied
With Production,
He Tells Committee
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
John D. Biggers of the Office
of Production Management told !
the House Military Affairs Com
mittee today that the current
industrial strife is due mainly to
the failure by both labor and
management to appreciate the
urgency of the defense problem
Mr Biggers was the first witness j
in the committees special investi
gation into the progress of the de
fense program.
He asserted he was “happy to say” j
that production of small arms was ;
running ahead of schedule. Pro
duction of 30-caliber machine guns,
he said, was also ahead of schedule j
and production of .50-caliber guns!
was "on scratch.”
I Great Increases Needed.
By the end of the year Mr. Big
gers told the committee, production
of the 30-caliber guns would have
! to be increased 500 per cent and
production of .50 calibers 1.000 per
! cent.
The rate of production of medium ■
. tanks, he said, is an "inspiring chap
ter in the history of the Army." He
added that the American medium 1
tank has been entirely remodeled in
the light of experience gained from
the Battle of France.
The aviation program. Mr. Big
gers said, is "moving forward amaz- j
ingly well.” although it is "The
most spectacular and most difficult.”
When Representative Thomas.
Republican, of New Jersey asked him
if he is satisfied with the production
of anti-aircraft guns. Mr. Bigfera
replied.
"I'm not satisfied with the pro
duction of anything, because every
thing has to be produced faster
than it can be produced.”
Declines Specific Names.
Representative Thomas tried
without success to get Mr. Biggers
to sav who he meant when he re
ferred in his prepared statement to
"selfishness" on the part of some
labor leaders.
Mi Biggers had said that some
manufacturers, "prompted by
selfishness,” are accumulating un
warranted stocks of critical mate
rials and that "some union leaders,
likewise prompted by selfishness, are
sponsoring unnecessary strikes.”
Mr. Biggers asked Mr. Thomas to
excuse him from being specific, ex
plaining he did not feel it was up
to him to judge the selfishness of
individuals. When Mr. Thomas in
sisted he give names or decline, the
witness said he w'ould decline.
Shortly before the lunch recess
Chairman May announced he is
considering asking representatives
of both sides in the Allis-Chalmers
plant to come before the committee
later, if witnesses already scheduled
are heard within the next few days.
German Communications
Cut Off for 11 Hours
the Associated Press.
BERLIN. April 7.—German au
thorities announced today that as a j
temporary was measure no communi- \
cation with the outside world would
be permitted between 8 p.m. today
and 7 a m. tomorrow cl p.m. to mid
night, E. S. T. todayi.
The measure might be repeated
tomorrow and the next day, but it
was not intended as permanent.
Italy Establishes New Control.
ROME, April 7 UP).—Italy clamped a
drastic new control on communica
tions today, with an announcement
that foreign correspondents cannot
telephone, telegraph or send out
wireless messages between 8 p.m. (1
p.m.. E. S. T.) tonight and 7 a m
tomorrow (midnight tonight, E.
S. T.)
This measure, which it was ex
plained was taken for "military and !
strategic reasons" followed a com- j
plete blockade on communications
from early yesterday until 7 am.
today.
Hungary Cuts Communications.
BUDAPEST. Hungary. April 7 c/Pl. I
—The government announced today
that henceforth communications to
other nations will be cut between
7 p.m. (noon. E. S. T.) and 6 a.m.
(11 pjn.. E. S. T.)
Interruption Continues.
BERN Switzerland, April 7 (i^P).—
Communications with all points in
the Balkans, cut off sharply with the
outbreak of war in Southeastern
Europe, remained broken, but con
tact was restored among Bern, Rome
and Berlin shortly after dawn today.
No Nazi Bomb Dropped
Today, England Reports
Bs the Associated Press.
LONDON. April 7.—The Balkan
front apparently attracted most of
Germany's air effort today. Britain
reported not a bomb dropped on her
soil during the daylight hours,
though "a few single enemy air
craft have flown near our coasts”
and two were declared to have been
shot down.
A
ASKS ALL TO BANISH SELFISHNESS’—John D Biggers,
dollar-a-vear defense production director in the Offlce of Pro
duction Management, told the House Military Affairs Committee
today the country is 100 days from mass production of defense
supplies. Mr. Biggers, on the witness stand, asked every one to
• put the interests of our country” above his own.—A. P. Photo.
Former Counsel Held,
Accused of Tapping
S. E. C. Office Wires
Telephone Operator
Pleads Guilty and
, Secretary Is Charged
E% ibe Associated Pres*.
NEW YORK, April 7— An indict
ment charging conspiracy and tap
ping of the Securities and Exchange
Commission's wires was returned
against Jacob Gruber, assistant gen
eral counsel for the S. E. C. from
1934 until 1938, and two other per
sons.
Named with Mr. Gruber were Fay
Werthmann. secretary in Mr.
Gruber's law office, and Elizabeth
Miller, formerly chief telephone op
erator in the commission's New York
regional office.
Miss Miller pleaded guilty when
arraigned later in the day and was
given until tomorrow afternoon to
post $250 bail.
The indictment charges that Mr.
Gruber and his secretary, working
in collusion with Miss Miller, sat in
Mr. Gruber's Wall Street law offices
and listened to conversations be
tween attorneys and others in the
commission's New York and Chicago
offices.
Believed First of Kind.
The indictment, believed to be
the first of Its kind ever voted in
the southen district of New' York,
was based on evidence submitted to
the grand jury by Assistant United
States Attorney John Burling, actr
ing under instructions of United
States Attorney Mathias F. Correa.
John Mathis, attorney for the Se
curities and Exchange Commission,
and Howard F. Corcoran, an aide of
Mr. Correa.
Federal prosecutors charged that
Mr. Gruber represented clients
whose activities were being scru
tinized by the S. E. C. at the time
of the alleged wire-tapping.
The indictment contains one con
spiracy and three substantive
counts.
The latter set forth that on March
5 Miss Miller plugged Mr. Gruber
in on a conversation between the
New’ York and Chicago offices of the
commission, that three days later
she connected Miss Werthmann w’ith
a similar conversation and that on
March 22 Mr. Gruber wras enabled
'See COUNSEL. Page 2-XJ
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D. C. Bank Deposits
Reach 437 Millions,
All-Time High
Total deposits in the Capital's
banks have reached another all
time high mark, it was learned
today following a condition cgjl
issued by the Controller of the
Currency, dated Friday, April 4
On that date, deposits in
Washington's banks and trust
companies amounted to $437,
110.091.56. compared with $419.
691.889.62 on December 31.1940. a
surprising gain in the first quar
ter of this year of $17,418,201.94.
Deposits have been climbing
steadily all this year. The Gov
ernment pay day on April 1 also
helped to swell the total ma
terially.
♦Details In Financial Section.^
50 Pet. Income Tax
Imposed by Britain
To Aid Big Budget
Compulsory Savings Plan
Inaugurated, With Cut
In Exemption Limit
Br the Associated Press.
LONDON. April 7.—Britain called
, on her people—rich and poor—today
I to pay a 50 per cent income tax
toward financing the war under a
record budget estimate of f4,207.000.
000 'about $16,828,000,000'.
This budget was called ‘domestic
expenditure" because the figure does
not take into account material to
| come from the United States under
j the aid-to-democracies act.
Sir Kingsley Wood, chancellor of
the Exchequer, said: Amounts of
payments In the United States under
existing orders before the end of
the financial year 'March 31. 1942>
will be far beyond the figure of
5.000.000.000 pounds '*20.000.000.000)
, which I have seen mentioned in
' various quarters." The estimate
also excluded payments to be made
to the United States under existing
orders.
Exemption Lim/l Lowered.
The limit of tax exempt income
was lowered by £10 '*40) to £110
• $440* a year to add 2.000.000 low
wage earners to the tax rolls.
Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of
the Exchequer, told the House of
Commons: ,
The burden I am compelled to
impose is vitally necessary not only
to meet our financial position but to
secure a reduction in consumption"
and avert spiraling prices and wages.
Sir Kingsley, in effect, also in
augurated a compulsory savings
scheme to fit in with his income
tax boost.
This was done by lowering per
sonal exemptions so that a married
man must pay tax on all income
over £80 instead of £100. Allowance
for earned income was reduced from
the present one-sixth to one-tenth,
with a maximum of £150 permitted
Credit for Extra Ttax.
The extra tax resulting from these
reductions. Sir Kingsley said, would
be credited to the account of the
individual in a post office savings
bank after, the war. This post-war
credit, he explained, should be re
garded by workers as an addition
to. and not substitution for. present
savings.
The budget increases the income
lax from the present level of 4213
per cent, effective as of April 6.
the start of the fiscal year.
By new sacrifices. Sir Kingsley
1 (“See TAXES. Page 2-X.)
Serb Terrain Only Hope
Of Britain, Nazis Say
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN April 7.—Britain’s only
hope in the Balkans lies in the diffi
cult terrain of Serbia, the German
press and radio assured their public
today.
One afternoon newspaper pub
lished a photograph illustrating dif
ficult mountain passes with nu
merous serpentine curves and wild
Serbian gorges spanned by high
bridges to show that “the moun
tains of Yugoslavia offer our ad
vancing troops many difficulties."
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Cities, Rail Centers
And Airports Struck
By Luftwaffe Planes
Belgrade's Airmen Assault
Reich Oil Train; Hitler
Drives in Five Sectors
(Earlier Stories on Page A-l.)
By thf A>40ci»ied Pres*
Adolf Hitler’s two-day-old invasion of Grpece and Yugo
slavia was reported late today to have failed to caDture
any strategic points along the 750-mile Balkan war front,
although the Germans laid claim to an advance of 18 to 25
miles into Yugoslavia.
Greece’s rugged mountain fighters, outnumbered 10 to 1 bv
Nazi legions hammering at the Struma River front, were declared
in Athens to have stood off violent new German assaults at the
end of the second day of fighting.
German troop concentrations at Sofia. Bulgarian capital, were
heavily bombed by British planes last night and hits also were
scored on the main railway station, yards, junctions and ware
houses. said a British communique issued in London tonight. The
Bulgarian Army command said several persons were killed.
A large factory also was hit. many explosions were heard and
a number of fires, large and small, were started the R. A. F. re
ported. motor transport shops were among the objectives, the
communique added, and after one blast “trucks were seen to be
hurled into the air.”
"After carrying out their bombing attack, the aircraft dived
and machine-gunned objectives and motor transport on roads in
the Struma Valley.” the communique said. This valley is one of
the invasion routes into Greece.
“Considerable damage was caused.” the communique con
cluded. “All our aircraft engaged in the raid returned safely to
their base.”
Cities, Rail Centers and Airports Are Struck.
Advices reaching Bern. Switzerland, of Hitler's double-barreled
thrusts said the Nazis' heaviest blows fell in dive-bombing raids
on cities, railway centers, airports and bridges.
Yugoslav airmen turned their own restricted blitz technique
on German forces, their bases and lines of supply. An oil train
near the Hungarian-Austrian frontier, three Hungarian railway
stations, through which Nazi military traffic was passing, and air
ports in Hungary also were bombed, according to the piecemeal
reports.
The Yugoslav Air Force was said to have raided long-estab
lished Nazi air and land bases in Hungary. Rumania and Bulgaria.
The only direct word from Yugoslavia, whose communications are
disrupted, was that her artillery had opened a violent barrage on
the Albanian frontier, apparently preparatory for a Yugoslav at
tack on the northern wing of Italy's army. Belgrade was bombed
four times by German planes.
With tough Serb and Greek resistance reported all along the
rugged, mountain front, the German government told its people
to expect no blitzkrieg as in Poland and France.
War Bulletins
Fighting in Cirenaica
CAIRO, Egypt UP'.—British
troops were in contact today
with German and Italian
forces in Cirenaica, but Brit
ish headquarters here re
frained from comment. A
spokesman emphasized that
British advance troops were
withdrawing according to
plan in Libya to areas chosen
for eventual operations.
Massaua Attacked
CAIRO. Egypt UP>.—British
assault troops and their “free
French” comrades in arms
are in contact with the outer
defenses of Eritrea’s Red Sea
port, Massaua, military sources
reported tonight.
(Earlier Story on Page A-5.)
Relations Ruptured
BUDAPEST, April 7 A\—
The British Minister notified
the Hungarian government
today that his government
had decided to break diplo
matic relations.
Danger of Flood Passes
On Susquehanna River
Bs the Associated Press.
WILKES-BARRE. Pa.. April 7 —
Flood-conscious residents of the
Susquehanna River Valley breathed
more easily today as the stream's
north branch, swollen by three days
of heavy rain, crested here at 23.93
feet, 'less than two feet above flood
stage.
Some families in low-lying regions
were out of their homes and others
were living on upper floors, but
no repetition of the disastrous floods
of previous years was expected.
Markets at a Glance
NEW YORK. April 7 i/P).— j
Stocks easy; leaders narrow.
Bonds lower: rails react on W'ar
news. Foreign exchange mixed;
German benevolent mark drops.
Cotton lower; Bombay selling.
Sugar easier: liquidation offset
trade covering. Metals steady;
12-eent copper price ceiling im
minent. Wool tops heavy; spot
hou'f selling.
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Yugoslav troop movements
have been stalled in Northern
and Southern Yugoslavia as a
result of German aerial bom
bardment of railway terminals,
yards and bridges, the German
radio declared today in a broad
cast heard by N. B C. in New
York.
“Endless lines of Yugoslav sup
ply trains" and “feverish activ
ity" to repair the damage were
reported by a <5erman reconnais
sance squadron, the broadcast
said.
Drive Centers in 5 Main Sectors.
As far as could be learned, the
German drive was concentrated in
five main sectors along the front
from the Aegean Sea to Fiume:
1. Toward Ljubljana and Zagreb,
in Slovenia.
2 Toward Belgrade from the Hun
garian frontier near Subotica.
3. Toward the vital rail center of
Nis from the Bulgarian frontier.
4. Toward Skoplje, commanding
the Vardar Valley.
5. Toward Greece's Struma Valley
defense line from Southern Bul
garia
Athens dispatches said narrow
Macedonian mountain passes were
littered with German dead and the
wreckage of 10 Nazi tanks. The
Greek high command said the Ger
man invasion had been stopped wnth
the loss of only a single fort.
Bulgarians Represented in Fight.
Athens reports said fierce air bat
tles over the fighting ground troops
today had cost the Germans at least
11 planes. It also was said that an
irregular band of Bulgarians had
joined in the battle this morning
'See BALKANS. Page 2-X.'~
Burned Italian Ship's
Captain Eats Glass
In Suicide Attempt
B.t tW Associated Press.
SAN JOSE. Costa Rica. April
7 — Capt. Gabriele Locatelli, who
is accused of setting the fire
which destroyed the Italian
liner Fella last week at Punta
renas. was reported by police
today to have eaten the broken
glass of his spectacles in a
suicide attempt.
Prison officials ordered him
transferred to San Juan de Dios
Hospital for examination. An
anti-suicide guard was posted
over other members of the
Fella *s «w.