Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1942, Page 7

Allied Fleets Need Air Help in Pacific, British Official Says Ships Would Be at Mercy Of Planes From ‘Dozens’ Of Bases, Aide Declares By the Associaied Press. LONDON, Jan. 2—A British spokesman declared today that Brit- ish and American fleets cannot be expected to operate effectively in! the South Paafic until fhey ceer obtain adequate air support. | “Without an ‘umbrella’ of protect- | ing planes frem carriers or land bases,” the spokesman said, “war- ships would be at the mercy of Jap- anese aircraft from dozens of bases in the Philipgnes, Indo-China and Malaya.” He asserted the Japanese might even be able to neutralize the use of Singapore as a naval base by bombing from air bases in Malaya. “However." he said, “we must keep | the long view of the Pacific situa- tion, remembering that in the long run the Allles can outbalance the Japs. “But the situation needs careful | handling at the present moment.” “The fall of Manila,” said this source, “tough posigon” if the Japanese re- tained their hold in Malaya. He labeled as “nonsense” the Jap-{ anese claim that thev sank nine British «desfroyers in their capture of Hong Kong. adding only one old destroyer at Hong Kong, and most of the guns had been taken from it for use on land.” The Padfic war. he said. has placed a stain on the Allies in the battle of the Atlantic. “However” he said. “we did ex- tremely wdll during December.” He addei that an “appreciable” number pf reinforcements are reaching 4xis forces in Africa de- spite the [British blockade of the Mediterraiiean, explaining that the British sqfadrons could not be ex- pected to jtop every shxp Fritzie Zivic Subsmuted For Young Kid McCoy By the Assof ated Press NEW NYORK. - Jan. 2.—Fritzie Zivic, former welterweight champion from Pitgburgh. todav was substi- tuted for Youneg Kid McCoy for the January ¥ fight with Ray Robinson ! at Madisq1 Square Garden McCoy Injured his right eye in his recent fight with Bivic and has not fully recpvered. The Zivic-Robin- son bout, scheduled for 12 rounds, will be areturn affair since Robin- son oufpointed the ex-champion over the10-round route in October. Spies (Contnued From First Page.) imum possible sentence on the two - counts ¥as 22 vears. Judge Byers sentenced the women defendants as follows Lillv Barbara Carola Stein. 38. who pltaded guilty to both counts. 2 yeary on the first count and 10 vears mn the second: Elsa Weusten- feld, 2. two vears and five vears *MODE ] = “will allow the Japanese to| use their farces to the south.” He| added that Kingapore would be in a | “there was | | ing, but hnghl) audxble wail, THE EVENING STAR, .\\'ASHI.\'GTON, D. C, YOU SHOULD HEAR THESE, ALL RIGHT—First of the District’s air raid sirens, a consignment | cumstances. of 11 of the 52 on order, arrived today and are here seen being uncrated at the District repair shop by N. L. Biggs, assistant engineer in charge, and W. A. Draper, engineer in charge. of the two, 10 of which arrived in this shipment, is a two-horsepower electric siren. the only one of its size arriving, has a five-horsepower motor and is reported to emit a low, moan- | lances. A whirling perforated cylin- —Star Staff Photo, | der Air-Raid Sirens Are Delivered fo District Alarms to Be Installed On Rooftops; 41 More Are on Order One big air raid siren, said to generate a low-pitched but highly audible moaning wail, and ten smaller ones were delivered to the District Government today and electrical contractors immediately began the work of installing them on roof tops throughout the city. The sirens are the first of 52 now on order from a Chicago firm, which manufactures them for use by rural volunteer fire departments. ‘They will be ready for service within 10 days. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1942. respectively, and Evelyn Clayton Lewis, 38, a yvear and a day on the first count, the only one to which she pleaded. Herman Lang. 40. one-time em- ploye of the Norden Co.. manufac- turer of bomb sights, who was ac- | cused of delivering details of the secret instrument to Germany, was sentenced to 20 years. two vears on the first count and 18 years on the second, the terms to run concur- rently. Lang was one of those con- victed. Everett Roeder. formerly employed by the Sperry Gyroscope Co.. who | pleaded guilty to the second count, was sentenced to 16 vears. Frederick Duquesne, 63, a South African-born soldier of fortune, re- putedly one of the leaders of the | ring, was sentenced to 18 vears on the second count and the maximum of two vears and a fine of $2,000 on the first. Conradin Dold. 35. who stood trial, was fined $1.000 and sentenced to two years on the first count and 10 vears on the second. | Paul Bante. 41, a naturalized | citizen and a tool and dve maker. Iv\hn pleaded guilty to the first |roum was sentenced to 18 months. Library Man Sentenced. Max Blank. 39. a former employe "of the German Library of Informa- | tion. pleaded guilty to the first count and was fined $1.000 and sen- tenced to 18 months. Alfred E. ‘!lokhofl 39. of West New York, J., pleaded guilty to both counts and was sentenced to two and five vears, respectively Henrich Clausin who pleaded guilty to both counts, but refused to answer when the court asked him who in Germany gave him his orders, was sentenced to two years on the first count and eight years on the second. Others convicted and their sen- tences, all to run concurrently, were: Axel Wheeler-Hill, 41, sentenced to 2 years on the first count and 15 on the second: Heinrich Carl Eilers, 42, two vears and $1.000 fine on the first, five vears on the second: Leo Waalen, 34, 2 vears and 12 years: Carl Reuper, 37, Hudson Heights, N. J.. 2 and 16: Rudolph Ebeling, 43, two vears and $1.000 and five veanr: Adolph Henry August Walischewski, 50. two vears and five vears; Paul Scholz. 2 years and 16 years: Erick Strunck, 32, Milwaukee, Wis,, 2 vears and 10 vears: Franz Stigler, 34, 2 years and 16 vears. and Edmund Carl Heife, 50. Pleasant Ridge, Mich., a former $30.000-a-year Ford Co. executive in Germany, a $5.000 fine and 2 vears on the first count. 18 vears on the second: Joseph Klein, 32, two years on first count, five on second. Others Pleading Guilty. Others plfladmz guilty were sen- tenced as follow: Paul Fehse. 52. 15 vears on second count; Gustave Kaercher, 35, West- | wood. N. J.,, $2.000 and 22 months on first count: George Gottlob. Schuh, 54. East Orange, N. J., $1.000 and 22 months on first count; Oscar Stabler. 37, 2 vears and 5 vears. respectively. sentences to run concurrently: Erwin W. 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COURTESY PARKI Northwest Corner 12th E Sts. ¢ Star Parking Ploza. and < (4 THE MODE F STREET «¢ ELEVENTH \ 90 2, y Diivided Payment Plar THE IMPORTANT MEN’S COR Rene Mezenen, 37, clipper steward, 2 years and 8 years be keved lower than that of fire Hartwig Richard Kleiss, 45, eight distinguishable. 3 second count; Stade, 40. $1,000 and 15 months on morning to the District ; Felix Jahnke, 39, $1.000 Shop on U street near Seventeenth and 20 months on first count; Ber- street NW. Each of the warning Wolfgang Topanga, Calif., eight years on sec- taining its own $1,000 and 18 months on first count. The trial at which the 14 men With 18 more big sirens. were convicted lasted 14 weeks and - v of nine men and three women deliberated eight hours be- ¢ 309 pounds of meat a person in fore finding them gullty. disclosed that the Government had scored what its agents believed to unparalleled counterespionage In addition to those convicted and the 16 men and three women who pleaded guilty, 20 other persons who were indicted, most of them now in countries, were unappre- Only a tentattive list of sites for the sirens has been selected as yet. ‘The big 5-horsepower siren prob- ably will be mounted on a tall building in a central location, it was | said. This will be connected with 10 two-horsepower sirens by existing wire circuits. The first sirens will be scattered over the city as evenly | as possible to avoid “blind” spots. | The audibility of the alarm sys- tem will depend to a large extent on wind and atmospheric condi- tions. It seemed certain, however, that the big 5-horsepower electric whistle would be heard a long dis- | tance under most unfavorable cir- The sirens. somewhat similiar to those in operation in England, oper- ate on the same principal as the alarms on fire vehicles and ambu- The smaller The other, driven by an electric motor, draws air through an outer grill- work and the pitch of the resulting trans-Atlantic wail is adjustable. The sound will sirens in order to make it readily Heinrich The sirens were delivered this Repair devices is a seif-sufficient unit, con- electric motor. Twenty-three additional two-horse- power whistles are on order along Zenzinger, 37, Richard . Eichenlaub, People of Argentina ate an average The trial he Jast year. triumph in HOLES * TEARS ® BURNS Re-Woven AS GOOD AS NEW Heedlecraft P Service 1319 F N.W. 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