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optimism in London over Soviet chances

Opinions based on observations by Harry Hopkins in Moscow.

By Drew Middleton Associated Prws Staff Writer

LDNDON, Aug. 20-(AP)—Jcseph gratin is described here a5 a hard- hmaed war‘ reader whose hands esntrol the intricate machinery of ms Red Army tn all its ramifica-

nu.

mun-re is optimism over Russia's malice against, Germany in official quarters here, based on assurances (iveu Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt b Harry Hop- ktnl dllfiflg their At antic confer- eiice, it is reliably reported.

These assurances from Hopkins emerged ircm conferences in Mos- cow between svtalin and the United States lend-lease administrator:- i. The Nazis have failed to raise | fifth column in Russia. 2, Moscow is maintaining unbrok- en communications between gener- u headquarters and the three field mny groups despite the terrific blows of the Germans. _

3. soviet industrial expansion in the last five years has been on luch a scale that even if the Nazis twld the western Ukrifne. Russa rill be able. with some British and American help for immcdnte needs, to equip new arm’es and organize new air formations for the duration oi a long war. Ari inf miant here said there vcre numerous Nazi spies and fifth rolumiiists in Russia at the start of the war but they were wiped out by the Ogpu-Russtan secret Ponce.

This source described Stain as ‘w: ing in the Kremlin with his eyes open. He i5 neither over-op- lilflifllc nor fearful. The whole oiit- look of the Russian leader and his lieutenants is one o! hard-headed practicality " The informant said Hopkins had been impressed by csrnmunications within Rilssia. with the generals o: the three field army groups and their subordinates all tn constant touch with Stalin. "sllllll. like Hitler, is the real nr leader or his nation." the m- lolrnant said. "He maps the grand i

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Vancouver" ......." l Tells of meeting

VANCOUVER. Aug. 20—-(CPl- The historic meeting of Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt somewhere on the At- lantic was described by Chester Larter. 2i year old member of the Royal Canadian Navy. svho was with the convoy guardian the meeting place. in n letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lar- ter of Vmicouver.

"On Saturday morning about 8 o'clock, we pulled into a certain buy with H. M. S. Prince of Wales right behind us." the youtli wrote. “Prime Minister Churchill and about 100 officials from England were aboard,

"It sure was a sight to see. British. Canadian and American ships anchored side by side.”

He said he was one of 10 sailors from his ship picked to attend church scrvicc on the Prince of

astruzgle for a new and better

wales Sunday morning.

"About 11 o'clock we were all piped to the quarterdeck and lined up. Canadians, Americans. and British all mixed uP." hf‘- wrote.

"That; is one church service 1. will never forget."

Liirtcr said that sailors on Cali- adinn, British and United States; ships visited back and forth free-

ly.

ll. S. - Canadian Air mission Visits Labrador

MONTREAL, Aug. 20 —(CP) - Rccent visits to Labrador bi! fill‘ missions from Canada ‘and the United States were revealed today by Air Minister Power in an ad- dress befen the Canadian Club here

Discussing Newfoundland‘: de- fences before a special club meet- ing, Ma]. Power said that when the country came into Canada's military sphere a Year n80 ll? °°"' tained one of the largest and most vulnerable airports in the world- with not “one single rifle to de- fend it."

But now, he added. Newfound- land "fairly bristles with artillery" -a development resulting from joint Canada-United States hemis- pheric defence co-opcration.

Then Mo], Power disclosed that a Royal Canadian Air loorce defence miss‘on "has already left for Lab- rador and last week a United States force under Capt. Roosevelt also left for that area."

(As Capt, Elliot Roosevelt. Ion of President Roosevelt, is in Lori- don. it was believed that Maj. Pow- er meant Capt. James Roosevelt. another son oi the President on military service.)

Maj. Power also discussed the Brltfish commonwealth air training plan and said that the road to victory "must be blazed through the air. Describing the blah l! "10 "most gigantic enterprise" ever at- tempted by n population of 12.000.- 000, he said thousands of Canadian airmen are overseas now and "man? times more" will be sent over be-

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HMS. Prince Of Wales Scene Of Historic Conference

Decisions were made affecting the future of every citizen of every country in the world in the epochal meeting at sea of President Roosevelt friends. the lenders pcrsoniiy the highest ideals uniting the British Empire and’ tlie United States in ivorid. Their iriectiiigs were marked by animz‘ ted from beginning to end, and a characteristic pose was ciiuglit by the cameraman in this picture taken aboard of Wales, Aug. 10, after

and Prime Minister Churchill. Bcsidcs

Premier Kin

0il shortage In Eastern States critical

WASHINGTON. Aug. t0 _ (AH-Federal aut-Iiorltiee ro- ported today that the of! short- age in tho eastern United States finally has reached a critical stage, that reserve Itocka have diminished to a l0. 1hr “only and that the situa- tion in “perilous.”

Ralph K. Davies, deputy pet- Pflleum controller said stocks drowned aosooo barrels lust week as the diversion of tank- ers to British service made It! uonsequen c5 apparent.

Davies hinted flint more dras- tio measu t: than the present llmlted rat’ ' ,, may be nec- esllfy. He also denounced a; "near-sighted prophets” those who had called the shortage "phony."

"We must conserve gasoline stocks now to avoid a drastic shortage this winter when our tankers must be used to haul fuel oils unless our people are to he left to freeze and our de-

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sharp and serious drop in 311p. plies that We forecast. Figural which have become available ’ - today iihow that reports that stocks on the cast coast are in firm and safe condition are myths."

Gasoline in storage in the eastern are: inst wcck totalled 20,476,000 barrels, he said, of which about l-l.0.l0.0t)0 were unavailable fur use because they \\"‘Y‘f‘ at tiic bottom of tanks flllcd with sludge, or in process of refining. The rc- mllllldftl‘. 0.4701100 ltarrrls. con- stitute only a l0_da_v supply.

Continuing. he gave these statistics on the slllllttion:_

Gasoline inventories dropped

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' ', ' ‘- - . 893.000 barrels last week. Will attend mcetiig of Britisl. vlar "can"! and m, ""5 In Cabinet today. storage are 1,100,000 barrels less than :1 year ago this time. - i‘? Heavy industrial oils are

By R. K. Carnegie Canadian Press Stuff Writer

LONDON, Aug. 20—-(CP)——Primc Minister Mackenzie ‘King stepped cheerfully from a bombing piano

a Transntlanflc jaunt-and let it he known he will attend a mes-tint: of ile British war cabinet tomor- roux"

The arrival of the Canadian Prime Minister, little more than a day after the return of Prime Min- istcr Churchill from his historic Atlantic conference with President Roosevelt. was the day's big news

‘in Britain. There had been no ad-

vance notice of his visit.

All London afternoon papers headlined the Mackenzie Kmg story. The Evening standards streamer road “Mackenzie King flies here."

Obviously doliglitmd to be in the embattled land uvere nearly three divisions of Canadian troops and thousands of naval and air force men from Canada are lined up in defence of the Empire. the Prime Minister rested today and conferred with high commissioner Vincent Massey. l-ie was "somewhere in England" tonight. scheduled to take an overnight train for Lon- don.

A telegram of welcome from Mr. Churchill wins delivered to the hcnd nf the Canadian government soon after he arrived early today. It contained an invitation to sit in with the British mlnislcrs tomorrow

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Affirms Canada ls with Empire Heart and soul

SOMEWHERE IN BRITAIN. Aug. 20-(0? Cable) — Canada is with the Empire ‘heart ‘and soul for winning the war," Prime Minis- ter Mackenzie King declared to- night.

Asked for a statement before boarding a train for London the Prime Minister, who arrived here by plane from Canada today, told reporters:-

"Please tell Great Britain that. Canada is with the Empire heart and soul for winning the war and wiu not spare any effort that is necessary to ensure victory."

Mr. King also thanked the Brit.- lah people for their hospitality to Canadian servicemen.

"this frtendilzlp will strengthen the strong tics existing between Britain and Canada and help in the future to develop the cultural, material and economic exchanges necessary to the welfare of bot-h countries." he said

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Visits 3rd OX1 British soil today, rested briefly l after the first flight o! his life- e

snmc 2.500.000 barrels loss than a year ago. with the demand for them up l0 per cent.

An average daily shipment 0f 461.500 barrels from gulf coast points was necessary to supply the cast during the week that ended Aug. 0. but actual ilully shipments totalled orilv 340.300 barrels.

Gasoline consumption on the east coast is 12 per cent grcnter than last year.

0il" cnmpzniics lire refusing. tn make contracts to provide .1 winter's supply of furnace nil to householders

Mctiaughton

Division

SOMEWHERE IN BRITAIN. Aug. 20-1CP Cable) -Lt.-G-en. A. G.L. McNoiiuliton. commander of the Cflllilfliflll Corps, imld his first . visit to tlic It'd division today and? after iuspcciirg detachments from almost C\'Cl'_\' iiiit, declared “‘.I'c staticlard of manhood and manil- ness" of the recent additions to Canada's overseas army “docs credit to Canada."

Accompanied by Maj.-Gon. C. B. Price, commander of the 3rd di- vision. the Corps commander visit- ed two infantry brigades in the morning and saw regiments from the Mafitiinc Quebec and Ontario

Interpreting The War News,

By l-Iilivnrfl E. Bnmar Associated Press Stuff Writer

On the other side of the world from the Russo-German fight ng front. an obscure Unit- ea States tanker iiciiucd for the Soviet fnr eastern port of Vladivostok is plodding daily nearer the danger zone of a pos- sible new war explosion.

The ship, first of a number which Harold Ickes, the U. S. oil co-ordinator, said would take aviation gasoline to Rus- sia, must sail through tlie

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Report many Germans In Spanish Morocco

LONDON. Aug. ac —(CI'l — Freo French headquarters here issued a, report tonight stating

,. screen of islands which com- ::":..‘.":..l£.".r"":l..v.::‘mil a a its... pmuff. 0, M, ‘lmpomn, i-euu. the Soviet Pacific gate-

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filfirwafinigzfilmrauon "Lspm- Complaining of euclrclcment ' in the South Pacific Tokyo i. l l S ’ D;rhl°‘h:fie°“|'li';d n‘: 33m‘; now is‘ viewing with apparently migmon ‘nxqlmnl. w“ nub “Lfllillgwg cniiccrn the pgofillict lng frequent plane trips be- (l; 2,: l“ 3e nortltlll’ Rfisflsths; a t ri recs w . ‘Yficgreigrcag:‘lléragrfir; strengthened. Japanese fear ' and suspicion of Russia is of

of Dakar ,, ' much longer standing than the mnghehungfilonl recent neutrality treaty with 7 ' ° ‘ Moscow, and Rkd army bomb-

tho statement added. “Its me- tion no longer is limited to Dakar hut has spread to all circles ln the Interior, when a German is placed at the side of each French official. Every- body there ls under the impres- sion that the latter may im- mediately be replaced by the former."

ers are based only 700 miles from the Etnpirefls capital. O I C

Amidmutterings that Ameri- can and British preparations to aid Russia involve a challenge to Japan, the cabinet is report-

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[Cestaptfs grip 0n Italy is Crowing stronger

LONDON. Aug. 20 -—(CP) _ Gffldllfll tiflitening of Lhg fig“. D0’! grip on Roma and Italy Ben- erally is described in a dispatch by the Dally "Irlesraoh from its cor- respondent in Lisbon.

The correspondent said the in- formation was given him by g m“- t.ral who has lived tn Rome since before the war.

The Germans have opened a new "club" in the artists’ quarter of the Italian capital, tlie dispatch saicl. From it are directed the activities of the Gestapo. which now controls every sphere of Italian life.

The dispatch continues:

"The GQ-StBDO. I was told, has two unoffidal headquarters where the agents foregathcr and meet in- formants.

“One is Albrecht’; beerhouse, an old-established German resort. The other is a small restaurant which, under English management, used to serve such delicacies as steak and kitiiicy pudding and apple pie to British exiles.

“Open and constant watch is kept on German residents income, 'I1ie

"Th5 '5 u“ beflnnlflit "f U" i Gestapo makes continual visits to

their houses. Any German with- out: a regular occupation is the object of suspicion and frequent

watches the movements of neutral foreigners.

“Some oi’ them, notably Ameri- cans, are shadowed by a succession of sleuths from the time they leave home until they go to bed."

Cars still under Cloud in Bermuda

HAltfIL'I‘ON, Bermuda, Aug. 20— (CP Czililct -»-The automobile has made inroads into Bermuda. but ‘lawmakers of these once-drowsy islands u" determined that mod- ernity shall not encroach too far,

‘The house of assembly today gave a unanimous six-mouths hoist to a petition from merchants scek- lug to use niutoi‘ vehicles in mak-

ing deliveries. Previously, it had turned down automobile requests from the police commissioner and

the (lEFCClOY of works.

Up until a few mouths ago, the only cars on the colony were a fc\v oimrawd by the m‘litury au- thorities, For other transportation. tourist-minded Bermuda stuck to bicycles and picturesque horse- rlraivn carriages.

Aftcr tlie establishment of Unit- ocl States defence bases on tlie is- U. S. authorities were given permission to use cars and trucks. POSs‘bility that the regula- tinns might be relaxed further was soon today in the appointment of a lcizisiative committee to consid- er tlie colony's transportation problem.

Canadian Authors’ Assn. meeting

VANCOUVER. Aug’. 20—-(CPl-— Vmiqilard of those who will zit- tcud tiic annual convention of thr- Canntlinu Authors’ Association cpcning lierc tomorrow, a group Canadian authors and writer's ar.

_i'ivcri here today from eastern

points. ‘ Among them were lvlrs. Fkora

Rogers and Mr. and MP5. Keith

Rogers, Charlottetown.

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(Tom Horgan, Associated Press staff writer, has been on a v0)’- age with vesels of tho United States neutrality patrol. Following is the first account of his exper- ienccs. At the request of the navy the name of the place from which the story was sent, nnd certain other details, are omitted.)

By Tom Iiorghn Associated Press Stuff Writer

A RECENTLY OCCUPIED UNIT- STATE OUTPOST, Aug. 6 - fbelayedk-tAPl-Orie of the most important operations by the Unit- _ ed States niwysince the first great war was completed today when sizcnble convoy was brought safely to its destination here.

The number of men and VCSSClS involved and the identities of the

l tomunusaoavssouooiu

grilling. More secretly, the Gestapo ,

s. Navyw Tate? Convoy Across Sea

MOS C OW,

The Soviet Information Bureau, While l8Tl°T1I1g this account, said .the Germans landed large para. Ichutc forces and three tankettes ‘behind tlie Russian lilies at, an iuiidiscluscd place but liint the. “hole llflrly lVRs smashed.

The communique listed the ma- .j0r battle areas as Novgorod. KHIglSEDD and staraya Russo, all in the Iflfilllglilfi defence zone from tlie Esloniau border to the Lake Iimcn region about 140 miles soutli of LCllll1"'ilCl} Goinel, in the central zone win-re Red Star told of success; and around Odessa, the

big Ukraine port on the Black Sea. in the sector where the Ger. . mans have made their deepest

gains.

The navy paper, Red Fleet. said also that the I-laiiko base doiiiin- nting the entrance to tlie Baltic

New cars in ll. S. certain

(By David J. Wilkie) IAssnciutt-tl Press Staff Writer) [ DETROIT, A115; “'0 — (AP) __ A I

shortage o1‘ ilt'\\' cars in tlie Unit- er‘. status, a rationing of those axallnliltr to dealers and an in- crease in rctail prices of from $150 to $200 in the zivcragc car bracket are (‘Pflillllfl . according to nilth. oritntivo trn 4- sources attempting tn zippriiise tire most uncertain filture tlie U. S. automobile lilfillS" . try ever has faced.

Possibilities. a little remote n? ‘ the moment, say these same sour. ces, include a rationing of vehicles to users with priority to individ- uais (‘l sued tn occupations essen- j tilil to tlie public ivoi‘. being. Coli- sitieratiou also has been given to the possible fuiilre necd for a priorities plan for MWVlCinlZ of , ilsed cars.

Under this plan a car owned and 1l“i‘fl by a pliysiriiin. for example. ivould be serviced with replace. ixreni. ililflS ahead nf tlic vehicle of it-ss urgent necessity.

Out of a. meeting in Washing- ton tomorrow of the automotive lflflll$ll‘_\' rlcfrucc advisory commit- tce tlie motor car producers ex- pect tn conic announcement of whcrlulcs for passenger car pro- tluciiou for the first three months of illt‘ iudusirys new moclcl year. Conjecture amour tlic czir mrikcrfi paces the figure at not lliflllCl‘ than 20000’) iiiiit< a month, with a tapering off colriucnrln! ill N0‘

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Lnrty announced the

ed at. centralizing of all economic control under one head.

=0 cool Thursday rousidemble cloudiness with

= Canadian politics

MONTREAL. Aut. 20 ~10?) - Rernlling a chat lic had recently in London with Prime Minister Churchill, Air Minister Power. speaking at n Canadian club lunch- (‘0il here today on Canada's air effort, told of the British leader's "surprising knowledge of our af- fairs and rmiiiics."

“As soon as lie found out I Was from Quebec lie switched from liiiglui.

Power added.

‘This lie hart takcn as a tribute i v

to French-Canada.

immediately

'-o French and continued the conversation in that tongue to its conclusion,“ Maj.