U. S. Gives De Gaulle Military Recognition, But Not Diplomatic

Army and Navy Men To Consult With Free French on Pushing War 'Continued Prom First Page.)

Stark and Gen. Bolte and the Free French leaders in London will be designed to co-ordinate "common efforts" for defense of those French territories under effective control of the Free French forces—territories considered vital to the defense of the United States—the State De- partment announcement made clear.

The United States already has recognized the Free French as in effective control of French island possessions in the Pacific and of French Equatorial Africa and the French Cameroon®, actively co-op- erating in military operations with the Free French in thoee areas.

Secretary of State Hull explainêd at a press conference later that appointment of Admiral Stark and Gen. Bolte was designed to clarify and strengthen the military aid this country is giving the Free French. This Government is seeking to fa- cilitate if not increase its assistance, he added.

Mr. Hull also was asked about re-

ports that a move is being con- sidered to transfer the immobilized French warships at Alexandria to United States ports se they woURT not fall into Axis hands in event of a British defeat in Egypt. He told reporters he had nothing to say about this report except that he was looking for British victories and not defeats in that area.

memorandum unvru ve uauuc.

The memorandum handed to Gen. de Gaulle said:

"The Government of the United States is subordinating all other questions to the one supreme pur- pose of achieving military success in the wer and carrying it forward to a successful conclusion. The French National Committee has the same objective and is undertaking active military measures for the preservation of French people.

"The Government of the United States recognizes the contribution οI Gen. De Gaulle and the work of the French National Committee in

keeping alive the spirit of French traditions and institutions and be- lieves that the military aims neces-

sary for an effective prosecution of the war and hence the realizetion of our combined alms, are best ad- vanced by lending all possible mili- tary assistance and support to the Trench National Committee, as a

symbol of French resistance in gen- eral against the Axis powers. · · ·

"In pursuing the common war

objectives, the Government of the United States will continue to deal with the local Free French officials in their respective territories where they are in effective control. Real- izing the need for co-ordinating their common efforts, the Govern- ment of the United States perceives every advantage in centralizing the discussion of those matters relating to the prosecution of the war with the French National Committee in London. An essential part of the

policy of the Government of the United States for war collaboration is assistance to the military and naval forces of Free Prance, which is being extended under the terms of the President's statement of No- vember 11, 1941, that the defense of those territories under the control of Free French forces is vital to the defense of the United States."

Officers Now in London. Both of the officers to confer with

the Free French have been in Lon- don for some months.

Admiral Stark was graduated from

Annapolis in 1903, was decorated during the World War for leading a destroyer squadron from the Phil-

ippines to the Mediterranean to

fight submarines and became chief of the Bureau of Ordnance in 1934 and operations chief in 1939. He held this post until this spring, when Admiral King was made chief of the Navy and Admiral Stark was

cent to London. Gen. Bolte is 47 years old, entered

the Army as a second lieutenant during the World War and saw ex- tensive action in France. He was

wounded in the Argonne. He served In China in 1932 and was a member of the war planning group at the Army War College here shortly be- fore being sent to England in Jan- uary.

Dormitories (Continued Prom First Page.)

mac section for some of the 10 soft- bill diamonds which were embodied In the polo field.

When it was called to his atten- tion that the recreation areas nov

elated for dormitory use occupy 4; acres, Mr. Ickes retorted:

"I didn't know we had that mucl

perk left."

Yesterday the District Recrea tion Board surveyed both the gol: oourse slated for destruction ant

the alternative site across the road the parking lot.

Harry Wender, citizen chairmar of the board, polled opinions o:

Board Members Walter L. Fowlei the District budget officer; Irving C Root, superintendent of Nationa

Capital parks; Mrs. Alice C. Hunter secretary, and Mrs. George A. Gar rett.

Would Save Park Land. He announced all agreed that an;

dormitory construction should begir on the polo field, if feasible archi tecturally, and park land which i; still useful to the public should bi saved as long as possible.

The board opinion was unani mous, except that two members, Dr Frank W. Ballou, superintendent ο

schools, and James E. Schwab, vio

chairman, were not present. Several members of the board ex

pressed regret that the polo fiel

was ever taken out of recreatioi use Two autos stood on the are

assigned to the War Departmen when the board visited it yesterda;

"A waste of money." commente· Budget Officer Fowler.

Potomac Park was the last sto] on the board's first tour of Wash ington's recreational facilities. Fou

autos bore the board and stafT mem

bers from the Recreation Depart ment and the Office of Nationi

Capital Parks on an inspection c

12 recreation centers and play grounds.

Activities of youngsters were ob served—from swimming and baeeba to such unusual hobbies as makir necklaces from elbow macaron âhellacked and painted.

Defects In recreation facilities ale

BEDFORD, IND.—NOT ON THE PROGRAM—Spectators flee from the scene as a balloon intended

for an exhibition ascension suddenly bursts into flames while being inflated. This remarkable

picture,^made by a Bedford amateur photographer, D. L. Fisher, shows onlookers dispersing just as the blaze began. Several triousand persons were nearby at the time to see a scheduled para- chute jump from the balloon. —A. P. Wirephoto.

U. S. Experts Unable to Find Quick New Plant Rubber Source F; the Associated Press.

After many months of intense in- vestigating and experimenting. Ag- riculture Department plant special- ists and engineers have about concluded that there is no quick, easy source of natural rubber to re-

place supplies cut off by the war.

Departmental, studies have been directed at such rubber-producing plants as guayule, cryptostegia. Rus- sian dandelion, goldenrod and rab- bit brush.

Moet promising of these, in the opinion of the department's rubber

I specialists, is guayule, a slow-grow- ! ing shrub native to Mexico and ι parts of Texas. Some progress has been made toward commercial pro- duction of rubber from this plant.

! Sufficient seedlings are expected to

be grown this summer to plant at least 50,000 acres next winter.

Loren G. Polhamus, rubber spe- cialist of the Bureau of Plant In- dustry, emphasized, however, that substantial yields of guayule rubber cannot be expected in the immediate

i future. At least 600,000 acres would be required to provide a sixth of the

; Nation's normal needs. Mr. Polhamus, asserting consid-

erable attention had been given lately to the possibilities of cryp- tostegia, a tropical vine of the milk- weed family found in Mexico and other Latin American countries, said it had been claimed by those inter- ested in this plant that it would

produce rubber much more quickly than guayule. He added, however,

: that the department was not yet ready to recommend extensive plantings of cryptostegia because no

practical method of extracting rub- ber from the plant had been found.

! Nevertheless, the departmyit is planting several test tracts of this

were examined. Milo Γ. Christian- sen, superintendent of recreation,

! listed projects for which money has been appropriated but which are

being held up for lack of approval by fhe Federal Works Administra- tion.

Points to Bundy Site. He pointed out, for instance, the

huge recreation area beside Bundy School, on Ο street between Fourtl- and Fifth streets N.W. The Gov- ernment paid $228.768 for land

■ which is lying unused because nc

I funds are at hand to grade it Foundations of demolished dwelling." form mountains and pits. Bricks are scattered about, making con- venient ammunition for breakinj

I windows. Nearly 200 school win- j dows have been shattered during recent weeks.

Children of this thickly populated neighborhood have only a small school court in which to play. When the board came by. two boys were

boxing on the sidewalk, lacking ^

room on the crowded playground.

: Mount Rainier Asks Fund! For Defense Facilities

[ The Mayor and council of Moun Rainier, Md„ are seeking funds foi air raid protection facilities.

According to officials, Princi î1 Georges County is not considerec 1 : in the target area. The town already 1 has spent $975 for equipping aii 1 ! raid protective personnel an<

I stations. None of the $35.000 ap ' propriation made by the State fo:

1 this purpose has been earmarke< for spending in the town, official

; believe. Feeling in the town is tha r Mount Rainier is a part of the tar

get area and deserves some mone> Mayor Floyd M. Mathlas post

* poned action until Saturday, hop 1 lng to make some progress in th

matter by then.

11 Put your b«*t feet forward. The

g put your other foot forward. Cob 1, tinue this preeeaa until yon reach ι

counter where War bond· and atdmp 9 are sold.

plant in Florida. Mexico, Haiti and Cuba to ascertain production prob- lems and be prepared to inaugurate a commercial program in the event engineers and chemists should And an extraction method.

Mr. Polhamus said lack of an

extraction method also was holding up the goldenrod as a source of rubber.

The department has planted about 500 pounds of Russian dandelion at nurseries in Northern States to test its adaptability to climate in this country.

Officials said the department be- lieved that development of the he yea rubber tree culture in tropical America offered the best hope for long-term supplies of rubber, at costs which are competitive with those of rubber produced anywhere

! in the world.

Sailor Seeks House Seat SEATTLE, July 9 l/P).—R. S. Mc-

Rivet, 47, boatswain's mate, second class, announced his candidacy yes- terday for the Republican congres- sional nomination from the third Washington district. A mariner and fisherman before his enlistment, he said he would campaign in his naval

; uniform.

LOST. BAG OF WET WASH LAUNDRY, Sunday. ■! am.. bet. 12th and Eye sts. n.e., »00 blk. E. Capitol. Reward. Return to Asia Laundry. SI7 12th «t. n.e. LI. 8246. BRACELET, told. Air Corps Identification, between Veterans' Administration and 13th

I »nd.O. Call ME. 0M0. i BROOCH—Cameo: lost between Holbrook j and H st. n.e., Wednesday. S. W. Brewer, I AT. 8077.

BULLDOG, white with black marie on lore- head. answers to name ο f "Sklppy." Reward of $25. Return to Mr. McCualeg's, 4311 Crittenden st. CHANGE PURSE, brown, containing wed-

; ding ring set and $7. on S. 8. Potomac midnight cruise July 4th Please return rings but may keep money. 1003 22nd st._n w. COAT, long navy blue wool, last week Reward. Mrs. Justine M. Thrift. 4)2 E. Clifton Terrace n.w »' COCKER SPANIEL—Black-and-tun: name "Shenley." Reward. Phone Chestnut 1003

COLLIÉ. black, white and tan marks, white tipped tail, scar on noae. Reward. 3_ Thomas Circle. fl* DASCHHUND — Black, female; vicinity Cnevy Chase, Md. Reward. Phone Oliver flllfi. DELTA GAMMÀ Sorority pin, Sunday in Keith's Theater or vicinity. 330 High st., Chevy Chase, Md. WI. 9113. DOG—Cocker spaniel, male. 6 months old; lost In Rlverdale, Md. Call WA. 8120 DOG, male, black and white fox terrier,

Laddie " Tag No. 177P: Woodridge area Call Ml. 5604. Regard. EYEGLASSES—Light-shell frame, In Dr. Warner's ease; Sunday eve., in or near Am· bassador Theater. Reward. Woodley 465». FOX TKRRIER, female wire-hair, white, black marks, brown face; "SPanky": vie.

R. 1 ■ Bashford lane. Alex. Rew. TK. 266.1. KEY RING, silver, 5 keys on tt; "Patricia Rey" engraved on it; last Thursday, down- town. RE. 0461. Apt. 003. MODEL AIRPLANE. Ohlsson ;'60" flagship, red. white, blue; 4th July. Arlington Count_y,_Reward. Phone TR. 6077. 10* POCKETBOOK—Man's, containing regis- tration card, permit, other incidentals; also checks and money Substantial re- ward to finder. Woodley 6.368. PUPPY—Strayed from 423 Allison st.

I n.w Scottle puppy, brindle, name "Scrap- py/' Reward. Phone Randolph 5734. WRIST WATCH—Lady's. Hamilton st

! bus stop. Crittenden st and Sherman Cir- cle. Reward. Randolph 5981.

• WRI8T WATCH, man's Hamilton. Reward TA. 2444.

BROWN WALLET, On New York to Washington train, con-

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REPORT lost, stray and in- jured animals to The Wash-

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foundT POLICE PUPPY, with harness: about ! months old black and tan, white throat in Poxhall Village. North 0416. GLASSES, black caae. white gold frames vie. 12th and Bye at·, n.w. Phone Dupon 8877 after t P.m. SMALL WHITE SPITZ, nursing puppy Owner lnoulrè 71 Ο at. n.w., or phoni NO 6T30

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Howell Tyson Lykes Dies; Shipping Firm Founder B» the Associated Près·.

NEW ORLEANS, July 9 — Howell Tyson Lykes, 63, of Tampa, Fla.. one

of the co-founders of the Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., died to-

day at Baptist Hospital here, where

he was taken after being stricken 111

a few days ago. Mr. Lykes was one of a family of

seven brothers who had an impor- tant part in the development of the United States merchant marine. The present company reportedly operates the largest United States flag fleet in foreign service.

Before the war the company bought and built many ships, most of them named for members of the Lykes family.

With his brother, Frederick Ε Lykes, he formed the firm of Lykef Bros., Inc., a cattle importing and exporting firm, in Havana in 1899.

This company engaged in exten- sive cattle raising and meat pack- ing in Florida and Cuba. The ship- ping operations, which started as a

sideline, soon became the major activity.

Mr. Lykes was born in Brooks- ville, Fla.

Three District Selectees Go to Camp Tomorrow

Three seieetees inducted into tht Army on June 28 will report tc

camp tomOiTow, District selective service headquarters announced.

They are Lynn A. Weiland, Isaa< Sharon and Willard B. Upright, sr.

leader of the group.

Soviet Defenses West Ot Don River Shaken, Germans Declare

Disorderly Red Retreat Along 300-Mile Front Claimed by Nazis

B! the Associated Press.

BERLIN (From German Broad- casts), July 9—A German breach in the southern sector of the Russian front has "shaken" the Soviet defenses west of the Don River for a breadth of more than 300 miles and sent the Red Army into disorderly retreat, closely pursued by Nazi mechanized and air formations, the German high command reported today.

(The communique dealt in broad generalizations, implying thai; a great German victory was

in the making, but gave no sup- porting details or specific loca- tions and leaving the situation open to speculation by use of the unusual word "shaken" in refer- ence to Russian defenses.

(These defenses were placed "west of the Don," and again there was no reference to the Germa claim in Tuesday's com-

munique to the capture of Voro- nezh, 10 miles east of the Don.)

German and German-allied troops are "in full movement" along Uae whole 300-mile line, the communi- que said.

Russians Repelled. The Russians tried to relieve the

pressure on the south by couhter- attacks on the northern flank, north and northwest of Orel, but have been

repelled with heavy casualties after four days of bitter fighting, the high command said.

(The implication was that the Germans had spent at least four

days on the defensive around Orel, which is about 80 miles north of Kursk, one of the take- off pointa for the present Ger- man drive, and a logical point for a Russian flanking attack.

(The British Broadcasting Co., in a broadcast heard in New York by CBS, said that "in the Orel region the German radio today admits the Red Army has made what it calls a temporary breach' in the German lines." Such an admission was not heard in New York from the German radio direct and the Russians made no claim of breaking the German lines at Orel.

(Thus far 289 Russian tanks have been destroyed, the Ger- man communique said. [Although this statement followed the sec-

tion dealing with Orel, it did not specify whether the total was at Orel alone or all along the front.])

490 Soviet Tanks Claimed. DNB. official German news agen-

cy. said it learned from the high command that 490 Soviet tanks had been destroyed or put out of action on the eastern front within six days.

In the rear area south of Rzhev, j }30 miles west of Moscow on the 1 central front, encircled Soviet forces

are under attack from all sides and have been pressed more closely to- gether, it was announced.

(Yesterday the Germans said they had surrounded strong Russian forces in a large area north of Rzhev.) On the Volkhov River front south

of Leningrad repeated Soviet at-

; tacks against a German bridgehead were declared to have been frus- trated with severe Russian casual- ties and loss of 17 tanks.

German planes attacking the Arctic port of Murmansk were cred- ited with causing .extensive fires.

In all, 75 Russian planes were listed as shot down yesterday alone, with Soviet losses totaling 980 planes between June 23 and July 6.

The repetitious reports of heavy air attacks on Murmansk indicated the importance attached by the Germans to that port of entry for shipments from Britain and the United States.

The deduction also could be made that, rather than near-total destruc- tion of a British-American convoy as claimed during the past two days in Arctic waters the Germans had to send their planes directly over Mur- mansk to strike at the ships after arrival.

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D. C. Employe Invests Year's Pay in War Bonds

No 10 per cent plan for John A. Jarboe. chief draftsman in the Dis- trict surveyor's office.

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Mr. Jarboe has been associated with the surveyor's office for the past 35 years.

Egypt (Continued Prom First Page.)

the temperature drops as low as 70 in the July nights and it is posi- tively chilly in the desert dawn.

Personal comfort depends largely on the wind which usually blows for 50 straight days at a time, blowing enervating and extremely irritating dust clouds across the wastes of the desert.

Under tribal laws, if the hot, dusty "Ichamseen" blows longer than 50 days, as it occasionally does, the Bedouins are permitted to kill one

of their wives. As for the Egyptian weather gen-

erally it hasn't changed much since Herodotus complained about it 2,500 years ago.

British Are Driven Back In Egypt, Italians Claim

ROME (From Italian Broadcasts), July 9 The Italian high com- mand declared today Axis desert forces had driven back British units in the El Alamein zone of Egypt and occupied important positions.

Two Allied submarines were de- clared sunk in related operations in the Mediterranean.

MotoriTie'l German and Italian columns "forced enemy elements to retreat" in the region of El Alamein and sti-ong air formations attacked British centers and concentrations of troops and trucks behind the lines, causing great losses, the high command said.

(Details of the operations were not announced.) Axis fighters were said to have

shot down eight planes in the desert warfare and 10 more over Malta, the British island in the Mediter- ranean between Sicily and the Libyan coast.

"In the Mediterranean." the com-

munique said, "light (surface) units and air reconnoissance planes es- corting a convoy sighted two enemy submarines, which were successively sunk by the destroyer Pegaso, commanded by Comdr. Francesco Acton."

36 British Seamen Rescued, Four Killed As Sub Sinks Ship

Gun Crew Fires Once At Raider"*After Attack in Atlantic

1» the Associated Pre»«. | An armed British cargo ship, [

whose sinking was disclosed today by the Navy, managed to Are one

shot at random before torpedoes and shells from an unseen enemy | submarine sent her to the bottom of ί the Atlantic off the northern coast ;

of South America, survivors said. The medium sized ship staggered

through heavy seas for 25 miles after the torpedoing before she was

finally sunk by shell fire. Thirty- six British seamen were saved and four were killed.

Survivors of the British ship said the submarine fired a green star shell after the sinking, leading them to believe it was signaling a second submarine nearby.

Three Reported Yeeterday. This sinking and three reported

yesterday brought to 348 the unoffi- cial Associated Press tabulation of united and neutral nations' ship losses in the Western Atlantic since December 7. The ship losses an- nounced yesterday were Canadian, Dutch and Latvian vessels.

The 34 survivors of the Latvian vessel reported their captain and a

Spanish seaman were prisoners aboard the enemy submarine, which

I on June 29 shelled and sank their ship off the Atlantic Coast.

The crewmen, landed at an East Coast port after drifting for five days in lifeboats, related that the submarine commander drew along- side their shelled and abandoned vessel and placed a time bomb be- low decks, which shortly afterward blasted the ship to the bottom.

AU Hands Rescued. Enemy seamen gave the Latvians

a course to follow to land, but it was not until July 4, their fifth day adrift, that rescue craft picked them up. No lives were lost In the sink- ing.

The entire 37-man crew of the Dutch victim also was saved after the vessel was torpedoed in the Caribbean May 12, but in the sink- ing of the Canadian ship off the northern coast of South America a

month ago 13 of the crew of 21 were killed when their craft was ripped in two and sunk in less than a min- ute by a torpedo.

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