Show CONFEREES EYE EYEt EYEr f r t U U. U S S1 S. S 1 DEFENSES WASHINGTON Nov 14 UP UP- UP President Roosevelt called a group o of administration lieutenants to the White House to today ay for a discussion of ot national defense problems The conference was called coincident coincident coincident dent with a report by General Malin Craig army chief of staff reC recommending recommending Jm- Jm mending immediate increase in army manpower and broad expenditures expenditures for defensive weapons ns Craig warned that the regular army even when increased to authorized au- au strength of by June 30 30 will Wank Tank eighteenth among the worlds world's standing armies He said that that the army lags so far behind those of other nations even minor emergencies might find it inadequate quate for national defense Z t Specific recommendations included ed red Increasing In the present authorized strength of enlisted men to t. t during the fiscal year 1940 P. P Increasing the national ids id's I authorized strength from to men Increasing by the reserve officers officers' training corps advanced classes Augmenting present antiaircraft i 1 equipment antitank weapons mechanization mechanization mechanization mech- mech materiel field artillery j the the- new 30 caliber semiautomatic rifle and seacoast defenses in which serious shortage exists DEATH GRINS AT WHO 0 TOOK RADIUM 1 NEW YORK Nov 14 Po R-Po- Po Police lice began a wide city-wide search to today today today to- to day for a lined lead-lined case containing containing containing contain contain- ing 1500 worth of stolen radium potential death in unwary hands The case was stored store in a safe taken Saturday night from the Brooklyn office of Dr Julius Kaufman Police found the empty safe a mile away |