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I Uased Wire “The I ♦ * gtVfc * /> , I Total Net Paid m55? Ultumttgtutt iflumttng §tar yOLj^NO‘-2--a —__WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 9,1941 FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1867 Russians Say Line Hold Fast NAVY sees action Major Battle Positions Un unchanged Claims Com mand; Gobs Take City By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Saturday, Aug. 9.—Bat tle's raged all days Friday on the w„odv fronts before Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev, the Soviet army fated early today, and by naming 's around which fighting has v, en going on for days, indicated 5 t the Russian lines held firm. The Red army fought the invaders t Kakisalmi, on the Karelian LhmUs about 75 miles northwest of Leningrad, and in Estonia, south west of Leningrad, the Soviet in formation bureau announced in its rrular communique. Battles also raced at Smolensk before Moscow ,mi at Korosten and Bel Tserkov, towns on the front before Kiev. The regular announcement said the Red air force, “in cooperation with land troops dealt blows at enemy Panzer troops and infantry and attacked aircraft on airdromes.” The Red air force destroyed 21 Ger man aircraft and lost 14 of its own on Thursday, it was stated. The Soviet navy organ Red Fleet reported that the Germans had lost it'submarines in 44 days of war. Four were said to have been de stroyed by mines, one by collision with a Bulgarian destroyer in the Black sea and others by Soviet naval action. Estimating the total German sub marine fleet at 150 craft, it was said the war had cost the Nazis nearly ten percent of their under sea boats. High Nazi Losses Red Fleet said the Germans also lost more than 30 transports, ten destroyers, three patrol boats, two monitors, two cutters and two trawl ers. It pointed out that the Ger mans had been unable to transfer large warships into the Baltic. Sailors of the Red navy were re ported tonight to have joined the army in heavy land fighting on the Estonian front and Soviet citizens throughout invade^ territories were called upon by their government to intensify guerrilla warfare. A dispatch from the front report ed that sailors from the Baltic fleet had recaptured a village after a three-day battle ir. their first land encounter with the Germans. Facing superior numbers, the sailors were reported to have taken the village with a bayonet charge after an artillery duel. Today's communique reported that battles raged throughout the night in the directions of Kakisalmi, Smo lensk, Bel Tserkov and in Estonia. Kakisalmi is on the Karelian Isth mus about 75 miles northwest of (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 5) POST-WAR AIMS OF D. S. DEFINED Assistant State Secretary Says Nation to Help Im poverished Peoples WASHINGTON, August 8— UP)— Adolf A. Berle, Jr., assistant sec retary of state, declared tonight that the United States planned— when “the tide of barbarity shall be rolled back,”—to turn the full measure of its economic strength to the relief of millions impover ished by the war. Speaking at a reception given by the Grand Duchess of Luxem bourg, Berle said there was no doubt that the conquered nations of Europe “wait only for the op portunity to break the chains of this temporary barbarism and to reestablish the laws and customs ®f civilization.” The reception at the Luxembourg legation was in honor of George (tontinued on Page Twelve; Col. 2) WEATHER FORECAST •'orth Carolina: Partly cloudy and *arra Saturday and Sund'ay. ... (By V. s. Weather Bureau) 'Meteorological data tor the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday.) . Temperature ‘•30 a ,jn. 76; 7:30 a. m. 76; 1:30 j\ni- 86; 7:30 p. m. 80. Maximum 88; “initnum 73; mean 80; normal 78. <Humidity t „30,*• m. 72 : 7:30 a. m. 66; 1:30 P'M- 38; 7:30 p. m. 46. Tnf.i « Precipitation tbe 24 bours ending 7:30 2.1J inches; since first of month (From m , Tides For Today B Tables, published by the ■ *■ Coast and Geodetic Survey.) 17ilmin„, High Low mm*ton-11:13a 6:05a JI“aoaboro t . . H:37p 6:25p loro Inlet- 9:02a 2:56a Suarkos.^ 0:28p 3:09p S;3"D-m,5,2fla• snnset 7:06p; moonriso lp’ moonRet 7:48p. »liu*5 ''“be Pear river at Fayetta 1 8 *• m. 9;95 feet. on Page Twelve! Col. 4) Government May Act In Shipyard Strike 200,000 Man-Hours Daily Being Lost As CIO Strikers Tie Up Half-Billior0o %. In Naval Contracts By The Associated Press A flat warning came from the Navy department yesterday that the government, would take direct action to get production resumed at the Great Kearny, N. J., yards of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock company if the manage ment and a striking CIO union could not settle their dispute. Saying that 200,000 man-hours of work on “vitally needed combat ant ships for the navy” were being lost daily, Ralph Bard, Acting Sec retary of the Navy in the absence of Frank B. Knox, expressed hope in a statement that the strike could be settled at once. “But if management and labor cannot arrive at a settlement,” he continued, “steps must be taken which will on one way or another put this huge shipbuilding plant back into production at the earliest possible moment.” A proposal that the government take over the yards came from Peter Flynn, vice-president of a CIO Shipbuilding Workers local, who said in a statement at Jersey City, N. J., that action should be taken “without‘another hour’s de lay.” If the government does take over the yards, Flynn said, “the picket line will ing line mg J left jobs in 18,000 r_ de stroyers, a num ber of are on the ways there. addition, the com pany has orders for five other cruis ers and 21 additional destroyers besides merchant vessels. Modified Union Shop The Industrial union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers called the strike early Thursday to back up demands for what it said was a modified union shop recommend ed by the defense mediation board. The management declared a clos ed shop was asked. As officials gave close attention to the Kearny situation, a new dispute threatening to cripple air plane parts production developed at the Caldwell, N. J., propeller plant of Curtiss-Wright corpora tion. Several hundred members of the AFL International Association of Machinists walked out»and later presented the management with (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 1) Nazis Claim Successes On Ukraine Battlefront By The Associated Press BERLIN, Aug. 8.—The German high command in a special report tonight declared that the Russian 6th and 12th Armies and part of the 18th had been destroyed on the Ukrainian front, with 103,000 Soviet soldiers taken prisoner. Russian casualties were put at more than 200,000. The prisoners, the announcement said, included the commanders of both the sixth and 12th Armies. It was stated that 317 tanks and 858 guns and 5,250 motor trucks were captured. Earlier the high command’s regular daily communique had re ported the capture of the com mander of the Soviet Sixth Army along with “other high troop lead ers” and more than 30.000 prison ers and mucn booty. (All these figures apparently were reported as in addition to Russian losses announced Wednes day for the Ukranian front since the start of the war. They were put then at 150,000 prisoners taken and 1,970 tanks, 2,190 artillery pieces and 980 planes captured or destroyed.) Division Destroyed All told, the high command said, 25 Red army divisions were wiped out. Besides vast quantities of their equipment, it asserted entire train loads of war stuffs fell into Ger man hands. The Russians were declared by the high command to have suffer ed the “heaviest of bloody losses’ in the titanic struggle raging over the endless plains of the Ukraine, roughly in a triangle between the Dniester and Dnieper rivers and the Black sea. According to the Germans, south ern armies under the general com mand of Field Marshal General Karl Rudolf von Rundstedt set the stage for the Soviet debaclg as early as July 12, when the Nazis announced they had broken through the Stalin line beyond Zhitomir and penetrated close to Kiev. The Germans then were said to have swung southward and cut off the Red army's communications to the rear. Gradually the encirclement ring was pictured as having been drawn tighter with the aid of Nazi and Rumanian units pushing north eastward from the Dniester riber. On Aug. 6 the high command said this encirclement battle was in full swing. Taken Near Kiev The Russians were taken, accord ing to the high command, in the an nihilation of a Russian assault force encircled southeast of Uman. This town is about 50 miles south of Bel Tserkov, where bitter fighting has been reported recently, and about 125 miles south of Kiev, the Ukrain ian capital. Unofficial German reports have said that Kiev was surrounded and also that German troops were ham mering at the gates of the Estonian (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 6) St. Lawrence Waterway, Florida Canal Approved - *-— WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—UP)—'The House Rivers and Harbors com mit!- e voted today to include the controversial St. Lawrence sea way and Florida ship canal proj ects in an omnibus rivers and har bors bill which some members es timated might require appropri ations totalling a 1 lion dollars. At an executive session, the com mittee quickly approved by a 17 to 8 vote the $285,COO '0 St. Law rence development advocated by President Roosevelt as a national defense project, and then endorsed the $160,000,000 Florida ship canal, 14 to 10, after first providing that tolls should be charged for use of the waterway in order to make self-liquidating. Opponents of the two projects immediately forecast r. bitter fight when the bill is brought before the House. “Pork Barrel” “This will be the biggest pork barrel rivers and harbors bill in the history of Congress,” asserted Representative Beiter (D-N. Y.) an opponent of both the seaway and the Florida ship canal. Rep. Bender (R.-Ohio; issued statement describing the commit tee action with respect y the St. Lawrence as “an entirely indefen sible effort to push through a high ly controversial measure by at taching it to a series of juicy pork barrel projects designed 1 cap ture votes.” “This is log rolling of the worst type,” Bender added. “We may now expect an effort to apply a gag rule to the consideration of this entire bill.” Another seaway opponent, Rep. Leonard Hall (R.-N. Y.) said the committee action was “an abject confession of the utter inability to justify the St. Lawrence project on the grounds either of national defense need or national economic benefits. It is obvious the com (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 5) TOBACCO PROFITS DISCLOSED BY FBI Big Three Alleged to Aver age Ten Per Cent After All Deductions LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 8.—<iP>— The nation’s three largest tobacco manufacturers cleared in profit ap proximately ten per cent of their sales in 1939, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent testified today. The percentage of profit reported by him to the tobacco anti-trust trial jury for each of the three major corporate defendants was: American Tobacco company, 10.07; R. J. Rey nolds, 9.27, and Liggett and Myers, 8.89. This testimony was given by F. C. Culberson who conducts accounting investigations for the F. B. I. office at Louisville, at the plosing session of the trial’s tenth week. The gov ernment will resume presentation of evidence Monday. Culberson said his percentages showed the relationship of the com panies’ net profits to the dollar value of products sold by them, with the federal taxes paid by the manu facturers on all products included in the sales receipts. A government attempt to show what the relationship of net earn ings would be to sales receipts with the federal tax deducted from those receipts was blocked after a defense objection that it was an obvious effort to distort the picture. Charge Manipulation George Whiteside, chief counsel for American Tobacco, declared that the government was trying to manipulate figures so as to double the percentage of profit and trying (Continued on Page JTwelvei Col. 3) ARMY OKAYS WALLACE’S SON—Robert Brown Wallace, 23-year-old son of the Vice-President of the United States, is shown as he underwent his final physical examination before being inducted into army service with 132 other Washington, D. C., youths. Making, the checkup at. the Richmond, Va., induction center is Col. John A. Clark of the Medical Corps.•' SOUTHERN PORTS BID FOR TRADE Charleston Meet Charts Course; Boyd Repre sents Wilmington CHARLESTON, S. C., Aug. 8 — UPl—Representatives of six South Atlantic ports decided at a meet ing here today to present a joint prospectus to Washington officials scon outlining the advantages of these ports for movement of de fense materials to reduce conges tion on railroads and in northern and eastern ports. The representatives — from Charleston, Savannah, Ga., Jack sonville, Fla., Brunswick, Ga., Wil mington, N. C., and Morehead City. N. C., constitute the South Atlantic Ports Emergency commit. tete. H. A. Manning, of Columbia, traffic manager of the South Caro lina Public Service commission and chairman of the group, will go to Washington next week to confer on the possibility of obtain ing increased traffic through thesq ports. Following discussion of differ ences in port charges for the six ports, Manning appointed a sub committee to study the possibility group is composed of W. A. Fox of making the fees uniform. The of Brunswick, John D. Rooney of Charleston, K. F. Boyd of Wil mington, Dr. B. F. Royal of More head City, T. G. McGinn of Sa vannah, and John Morris of Jack sonville. Manning said that several North Atlantic ports already were con gested and that there was room for much shipping in South Atlan tic ports. He said car loadings this week would exceed 900,000 and that the total was expected to ex ceed 1,000,000 by October. There is a strong possibility of the gov ernment’s taking over the railroad facilities, he said. < Japanese Bombers Blast At Chunking; 30 Killed CHUNGKING, Saturday, Aug. 9. — W) —Japanese planes bombed downtown Chungking in a moon light raid early today on the heels of mass day raids by 140 bombers. It was the first night raid since July 7, the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of the Chinese-Japa nese war. Fewer than a dozen planes were used but some damage was done in the center of the city. In the two-wave daylight attack more than 30 Chinese were killed and injured when a bomb caved in a dugout near the waterfront. HUNT SABOTAGE IN TANKER BLAST River Oil Carrier Explodes Five Minutes Out of De troit; ,Two Lost DETROIT, Auk. 8.—(S’)—The Fed eral Bureau of Investigation opened an inquiry to determine if sabotage caused the 180-foot tanker Transiter to explode and burn with 15,000 bar rels of high-test gasoline aboard to night in the Rouge river. FBI Agent John S. Bugas said: “We’re investigating this explosion just as we investigate all such in cidents of that nature. We can not comment further now.’’ Detroit police reported two persons apparently lost their lives and that 15 others jumped overboard and were rescued. Eight of them were injured. The missing were Mrs. Alicia Tremblay, Quebec, wife of Captain Rudolph Tremblay, who was rescued, and Robert Frechette, Montreal, a member of the crew. One crew member said he saw the captain’s wife sink beside the flaming ship. The ship arrived here last night and loaded the gasoline at the docks (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 3) RED AIR FLEET BOMBS BERLIN Soviet Night Raiders Drop Explosives, Incendiaries On German Capita! By The Associated Press LONDON, Aug. 8.—Russian war planes dropped a number of high explosive and incendiary bombs in the Berlin area last night in the first Soviet raid on the German capital, the Moscow radio report, ed tonight. The Soviet report described the raid as a reconnaissance flight undertaken by a group of planes, the size of which was not stated. A number of fires were declared to have been started, after which all the Russian planes returned to their bases safely. Previously it had been stated unofficially here that the raid was Russian, and it was pointed out that the craft must have flown at least 600 miles to their targets. Information that the explosives (Continue' on Page Twelve, Col. 3) SENATOR REYNOLDS RAPS CONDITIONS IN TRINIDAD North Carolina Solon Says Island “Ravaged” By Communicable Diseases; Urges Fullest Investigation Star Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Sen. Robert R. Reynolds, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs com mittee, pointed out in an inter view today the dangers threaten ing American troops on the Brit* ish island of Trinidad. These dangers, the Senator said, are caused by a population | ‘trag ically ravaged by communicable disease,” and urged a thorough in vestigation of conditions on the ls land looking toward their correc tion- „r , In the Senator’s article “Weak Links In Our Defense,” which ap pears in this month’s American magazine, he gives a vivid picture of conditions on this and other bases of tropical locality. These conditions, along with other highly contasreous diseases can be coun teracted by the knowledge of the American people who want to know these health conditions,” and they will not be afraid,” he states. Senator Reynolds has urged the fullest publicity in the matter of conditions on these bases, consis tent with vital military secrecy. The Senatpr stated that reporters should be sent to these bases who could give the American people true facts on conditions there. The people are paying for something of which they know nothing about, he said. The Senator said that these bases would be worth, in years to come ‘‘all the expense, effort, and unrelaxing vigilence which will en able our descendants to go for ward, resolute and secure, to the great task of making our country an even happier place to live in. 1 TREASURY DEMANDS BROADER TAX BASE; U. S. STRIKES AT JAPS _ a. ^ HULL ACCUSES NIPPON State Secretary Says Japan Provoked ‘Encirclement’ By Indo-China Move By J. C. STARK WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.— CP) — The United States directed sharp thrusts at both Japan and Germany today, asserting that the Nippon empire brought on Its own self-pro claimed “encirclement” and that the Nazi government was casting long ing eyes toward the western hemi sphere. Answering official Japanese con tentions that the United States, Britain, China and the Netherlands were drawing a ring around Japan, Secretary of State Hull told a press conference that there was no oc casion for any law-abiding and peaceful nation to become encircled. He added that a country like Japan, if it were law-abiding, was in no danger of encirclement except by itself. He implied that the Japanese statements were considered a mere pretext for further expansion moves, possibly into Thailand. At the same time re apparently sought to leave an opportunity for Japan to improve relations and trade ties with the United S'tates by abandoning what he has described as “movements of conquest” in the Pacific area. Charge Against Nazis The charge that Germany had aggressive intentions against the western hemisphere came as an ans wer to authorized sources in Berlin who asserted that Nazi agencies were preparing “another expose of Roosevelt secret power politics.” The German sources said they had material establishing that President Roosevelt was seeking domination of South America and was secretly ‘‘grasping for other bases” there. Hull described this as a transpar ent piece of propaganda which he said was not likely to deceive or even be seriously considered by any country in the western hemisphere. The Nazi charges came, he re marked, from a group representing a government which had ruthlessly seized some 15 countries tp Europe and had been looking with longing eyes to this hemisphere for further conquest. His comment was interpreted as further evidence of concern here over reported German demands on the Vichy government for bases and other military concessions in French Africa — a point which President Roosevelt and others have described as a possible jumping off place for an attack on the western hemi sphere. Mentions Vichy Hull said yesterday that new as surances from the Vichy govern ment that it intended to defend the (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 2) Agnes Morton Plays Brilliantly—Loses l_ Jane Crum, University of South Carolina co-ed and de fending champion, set a new course record for women over the Asheville Country club lay out today shooting a blazing 70, seven under women’s par, to win the annual Invitational Golf tournament. Miss Crum defeated Agnes Morton, 16 year old High school junior of Wilmington, 3 and 1, in the final match. The young red-head shot a low score of 75, which is the second lowest in the history of the club com petition. Complete story of the match will be found on the main sports page. BATTLE LOOMING OVER ARMY BILL Administration Forces Ad mit Extension Measure May Lose in House WASHINGTON, Aug. 8,— UP)—Ad ministration' leaders in the House expressed apprehension today that th - bill to retain the rank and file of the army in service for an in definite period was in danger of defeat or drastic revision. An administrationist, who de clined to be quoted, d’’sclosed that they had counted noses and found that a score or more of Democra tic members would not commit themselves. This group apparently was in a position to settle the is sue. On the Republican side of the aisle much opposition was indi cated. Members of that part held a conference on Wednesday, and Rep. Martin of Massachusetts, the Republican leader, said afterward that “the majority of sentiment” appeared to be in favor of retain ing reservists and National Guardsmen, but let the selectees go. No Compromise Talk Despite this attitude, there was for the time being, at least, no talk of compromise. The jenate, which passed service extension leg islation yesterday, achieved a high measure of unity behind the bill by imposing an 18-month limita tion upon the added services of the army men. But in the House, the leaders spoke only of fighting it out—win or lose—on the straight cut issue of an indefinite exten sion. Of course, as the situation devel (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 3) Increased Unemployment Forecast By Henderson ■■ . .... _i_ _ _ WASHINGTON, August 8.—(ff)— Temporary unemployment of 2, 000,000 persons was forecast today by Leon Henderson, chief of the Office of Price Administration, as a possible development in the transition of American industry from peace time to defense pro duction. Testifying before the House Banking committee on behalf of the administration’s price-control bill, Henderson declared the na tion was going to “pay dearly” for a lack of planning and for un derestimates of certain defense needs. Shortages of raw materials for civilian needs are beginning to de velop, he said, and plant closings are going to result because of judgments which had to be made 18 months ago and which he con ceded had been short of the mark. Questioned by Rep. Wolcott (R. Mich.) concerning published re ports that as many as 5,000 or 6,000 plants woald have to close and well over 1,000,000 men be thrown out of work, Henderson said the “condition exists” for such a development. He expressed belief that the dislocation might reach the proportions experienced in Englang where, he said, the unemployment increase amounted to 20 to 25 per cent. Later, he told newsmen that the effect of priori ties and shortages of materials for civilian purposes would inevitably force more and more plants to close and that it might cause the unemployment of 2,000,000 men. “Largely Temporary He said, however, he thought that unemployment would be large Ij temporary because the workers ultimately woold be absorbed in defense production. Apologizing for “making a speech,” Henderson delivered an impassioned appeal before the committee for governmental ac \Continued on Page Twelve; Col, 2) 5-GALLON FUEL QUOTA F( ]AST Oil Industry Experts Pre dict Strict Rationing in East By Winter NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—(#)—A probability that not more than five gallons of gasoline a week will be available to the average passen ger car driver in the East this winter was foreseen today by sta tistical experts in the oil industry. Commenting on a suggestion that Eastern motorists should be lim ited to 15 gallons of gasoline each a week to prevent the gasoline shortage which now is threatening the Atlantic seaboard, one execu tive assented: “That limit wouldn’t do any good. The average consumption in this section of the country was 15 gallons per car each week last year. There isn’t going to be that much gas around this winter.” The industry was regarded as convinced that petroleum products will be delivered to the east from the southwest this winter on a priorities basis—with gasoline for automobiles in fourth place in a list of four. Heavy industrial oils for defense factories were ranked first, heat ing oils second and crude oil sup plies third. Fleet Half-Size Since the shortage situation was brought about by the transfer of Eastcoast tankers to the British and since the tanker fleet now is supposed to be about half of its previous size, gasoline supplies, it (Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 7) PLAN SUBMITTED Morganthau Recommends Lowering Income Base; Lists Expenditures WASHINGTON, August 8.-W Treasury officials, declaring that the House - approved $3,200,000,000 tax bill was inadequate, submitted to the Senate Finance committee today recommendations for rais ing $800,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 ad ditional, partly by broadening the income tax base to cover millions of persons now exempt. The recommendations, submitted by Secretary Morgenthau, in eluded: 1. Reduce personal exemptions. The official submitted a schedule based on $1,50 for married per sons and $750 for single persons, as against present exemptions of $2,000 and $800. 2. Revise excess profits levies to reach earnings of many corpo rations now exempt. 3. Require joint returns for hus band and wife, but provide special relief when both work outside the home. 4. Reduce the “depletion allow ances” granted to concerns en gaged in extracting such natural resources as oil. 5. Abolish tax exemptions on state and local bonds. 6. Increase estate and gift taxes. Promise Details Later Morgenthau and John L. Sulli van, assistant secretary of the Treasury, promised to supply more detailed recommendations later. Meanwhile they suggested that Congress simplify the returns which would be required of mil lions of citizens who would pay in come taxes for the first time under the recommendations. They submitted a sample form containing a table by which the taxpayers could tell at a glance how much tax he owed. He would be required merely to set forth his salary, other income, the total and the tax to be paid on the basis of the table, after taking an allow ance for any dependents and an amount for deductions. “Some have criticized this bill as severe,” Sullivan told the com mittee, “but our present national peril requires many sacrifices. The severity of this bill is minor when compared to the severity of other sacrifices which are cheerfully made by our citizens. “At a time when many men are being called upon to forego gain ful occupations to enter our armed forces for a remuneration of $21 per month, and at . time when it has become necessary to extend their period of service, those citi zens in civilian life will, I am sure, cheerfully make the contri butions called for under this bill and will be ready to make even greater contributions if it becomes necessary.” Expenditures at 9 Billions Sullivan estimated that expendi tures for the current fiscal year would be $22,169,000,000 with re ceipts of $9,402,000,000, exclusive of the pending legislation. Some time ago the Treasury ad vocated that the government op erate on a one-third borrowing and two-,thirds “pay-as-you-go” system. To achieve such a goal, Sullivan said, it would be necessary to in crease the House tax bill by more than $2,000,000,000. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.) of the Senate committee remarked that during a conference in April the secretary had said that it wae “doubtful what would happen to the public credit” if the Treasury could not attain a two-thirds to one-thirds ratio between revenue and spending. ' 1 President Roosevelt Reported As Enjoying Uneventful Yacht Trip WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.——A dispatch from the Presidential cruise yacht Potomac reported to day that President Roosevelt was enjoying an uneventful trip. The President was described as having spent most of today work ing on official papers. Issued at the Navy department here the dispatch said: "Cruise uneventful and weather continues fair. President spent most day working on official pa pers. Potomac and Calypso moved close inshore today and received fuel, water and provisions.” There was no reference to the general position of the Potomac and its escort, the cutter Calypso, but previous dispatches have re ported that the presidential party was idling along off the New Eng land shore fishing and enjoying cool ocean breeze*.
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