Japs Rush for Birth Papers

Names of a number of Japanese who have obtained birth certificates under suspicious circumstances were ordered sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation today by City Health Commissioner Frank M. Carroll.

Dr. Carroll said he took the action after it was learned a Japanese yesterday obtained another man's certificate without the other's knowledge or consent.

Nearly 900 Japanese have applied for birth certificates since the opening of hostilities between the United States and Japan December 7, Dr. Carroll said.

"My staff has instructions to list the names of persons they believe to be suspicious," Dr. Carroll said. "We have no means of investigating these persons. We are turning the names over to the F.B.I. for whatever use they can make of them."

Dr. Carroll said about 500 persons with German and Italian names also have applied for birth certificates since the Japanese began hostilities.