Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1942, Page 15

Officials Appointed To Ration Tires in Northern Virginia Montgomery Delayed, But Board Is Ready In Prince Georges Automobile and truck tire ration- ing officlals for nearby Virginia areas were announced yesterday by Chairman Gardner L. Boothe of the Northern Virginia Regional Defense Council. In Prince Georges County, Md. the tire-rationing board named Fr day prepared to open its office to- morrow, but operations were de- layed in Montgomery County be- cause two members of the three- man board named by Gov. O'Conor said they found it impossible to serve. The Virginia appointments were made by Brig. Gen. J. Fulmer Bright, State director of rationing, Mr. Boothe said, and the new offi- cers soon will be sworn in as Federal officials. ‘The machinery of rationing tires s expected to be delayed a few more days, Mr. Boothe explained, because of the failure of the Federal Gov- ernment, to supply the necessary rationing forms. May Name More Officials. Additional administrators will be appointed whenever necessary, but such a move will be left to the dis- cretion of the local defense councils of each jurisdiction. Mr. Boothe de- scribed those whose appointment he | D. C. Survivor of Sessa Tells of 19 Days on Raft Willls A. Finch, 37, returned to¢ announced yesterday as “eminently fair-minded citizens.” One or more distribution officers | and a review board of three mem- bers has been named for each furis- diction. Persons seeking tires will first apply to the distribution officer and if his ruling is not agreed on, an appeal may be taken to the re- view board. In Alexandria, the distribution officers were listed as David C. Book, 205 Russell road, and John W, Avres, 1008 Prince street. The Re- view Board consists of E. C. Gibbs, | 128 South Royal street: Charles | Jones, Virginia Public Service Co. Building, and James Armstrong, 815 King street, Arlington Appointments. Three distribution officers for Arlington were appointed. They are John De Lashmutt, 901 South Highland street: J. Maynard Ma- gruder, 2801 Wilson boulevard, and Thomas Edwards, 6005 North Wash- ington boulevard. The Review Board is composed of H. Bruce Green, county courthouse; R. C. L. Mon- cure. East Falls Church, and Mrs. E. W. Gaumnitz, 4010 Twenty-fifth street north. C. Pembroke Pettitt of the county courthouse, Waite Wilkins of Hern- don and Manly P. Rust of Falls Church have been named distribu-~ tion officers for Fairfax County. The Review Board for that county consists of Andrew W. Clark, Belle Haven; John W. Rust, courthouse, and H. A. Storm, McLean. Mrs. Daniel C. Sands of Middle- burg is the distribution officer for Loudoun County. W. S. Francis | of Hamilton, J. S. Whitmore and R. J. McCray, both of Leesburg, comprise the Review Board. In Prince William County Claude Hixson of Manassas is the distribu- | | & convoy and I was in the engine jof me, as I swam about in the bacco Building in Richmond, his family home at 35 Jefferson street N.E. yesterday to tell of spending 19 days on a raft in the | North Atlantic after his ship had been sunk by a German torpedo. Mr. Finch said he had been a ma- rine engineer aboard the 8. S. Sessa, an American merchant ship sent to the bottom near Iceland late in the summer. His hair was gray—it was brown when he left Washington in August —and he showed the effects of his long ordeal. “I had shipped to Iceland aboard an Army transport,” he said, “and was returning to the United States aboard the Sessa. The Sessa was in room when the torpedo hit us. “1 don’t know how I got into the water, but there I was. It seemed to happen in just a second. Whether 1 went through the funnel or the water just came into the engine room, I don’t know. “The water was cold and it brought me back to reality. In front wreckage, was a raft and on it were some of the men off the Sessa. I swam to it and climbed aboard. Within & few minutes, the ship went down. “We hoped we would be picked up right away—but apparently the rest of the convoy went on. We settled down on the raft, hoping that we would be sighted. Three days later we saw another convoy in the distance. “But we had no way of sending | & signal and none of the ships saw lus. The convoy passed on. The only prospect we could see then was | death at sea. | “The sea was fairly smooth, but tion officer and the Review Board | the water was very cold. Occasion- consists of J. L. Bushong, Manassas; |ally, a wave would break over the| B. L. Trenis, Nokesville, and C. C. |raft and chill us to the bone. We Cloe, Triangle. | had no provisions and no water, Meanwhile it was announced that | Of course. Some of the men got| the newly appointed tire rationing | 80 thirsty they drank sea water. board for Prince Georges County, ‘It had the usual effect on therg. Md., will open offices tomorrow in | Yet. as they made up their minds— the County Service Building in|Yow'd be surprised how courageous | Hyattsville. | they were. They just went ahead | Leonard Burch is chairman of the | 2nd dived over the side of the raft. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, e o NEW HOME OF PATENT OFFICE—This is the Export Leaf To- Va., which the United States Patent Office is expected to occupy soon. Removal of employes TELLS OF ORDEAL ON THE ATLANTIC—Willis Finch, who returned to his family yesterday with & story of horror at ses, pictured with his mother, Mrs. Mary A. Finch, and his daughter Joanne, 10. ‘That was all. It took eourage and they knew that if, in their con- dition, they left us, we might have a better chance to live. “On the nineteenth day—we'd lost all track of time—there were only three of us left on the raft. Appar- ently, we were all unconscious. The first thing I remember was coming | of this agency from Washington to the Vi of the Federal Government’s decentralization program. (Story on page A-13.) spent six weeks in a hospital. In| addition to suffering from exposure, | it was discovered that he had five | broken ribs, Mr. Finch said. And a gray hair. “I can't see how it turned gray in such a short time,” he said, rubbing | his head. He was brought back to the United } JANUARY 4, 1942. Treasury Uncovers $200,000,000 Worth 0f War Materials Some of Goods Had Been Bought by Axis Powers Through ‘Dummies’ By the Associated Press. Secretary Morgenthau announced yesterday that the Treaswy had turned over to Vice President Wal- lace an inventory of $200,000,000 ‘| worth of materials useful in war- time which are held in storage places | in this country for foreign owners. Vice President Wallace received the inventory as chairman of the Supply, Priorities and Allocation Board. The items were located through s still incomplete inven- tory of foreign property. Secretary Morgenthau said much of the material uncovered had been “lost” either through accident or| design. The Treasury chief ex- plained that in many cases the for- eign owner either could not com- | municate with this country or had fallen victim to Axis invasion. Held Through “Dummies.” “In still other instances” he added, “the Axis powers through ‘dummies’ actually had bought up the stocks for their own use before the war or had acquired them later for the express purpose of prevent- ing their use in the Allied war ma- | D. C, rginia capital is part chine.’ He said that the material was| stored under 10.000 names and that 500,000 inventory reports were being studied. | As an example of how equlpm!nt; was held, he reported this material | was in a New York warehouse for | a single “unknown” owner: Eighty-nine boxes of aluminum. 3.092 pieces of aluminum, 396 crates of brass, 3 pieces of forgings, 117 tons of rough forgings, 49 crates of | auto parts, 25 boxes of auto parts. | 2 crates of tractor implements, 3 crates of pneumatic tools, a box of link belting, 14 packages of Diesel equipment and 138 crates of ma-| chinery. Other Materials Found. Among the other materials fer-| reted out were these: $1,395.321 worth of tractors, tires, motor accessories and barley held for Greek accounts; $268.000 of machines, aluminum and molybden- | ite for Fiat, the Italian motor car company: $157.775 of automobile | equipment intended for use in| Greece, $67,213 of tire fabric, $475,- | 984 of materlals intended for a French engine manufacturer. $35- 114 of automobiles for a Finnish account and $92,000 of steel and $88.063 of leather for French ac- counts. 'Red General Is Her Son, {Philadelphia Woman Says | By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.—A 69- year-old Philadelphia woman said today she was the mother of Rus- sian Gen. Josef Lwov, cited by Pre- mier Josef Stalin several days ago| for successes against Axis forees/ in the Crimea. { “I thought he was dead until I| 'suw his picture in the peper last a student at the Brighton School, | July,” said Mrs. Beila Lemberg, who | listened open-mouthed to her | came here from Russia in 1923 after father's story. His wife, Mrs. Ethel| the death of her husband. | Finch, lives here at 5921 Fourteenth | 8She said her son changed his —A. P. Photo. —Star Staft Photo. Dr. James J. Hayden At Columbus U. | time to +| Heavy Jap Assaults { On Changsha Costly, Chinese Report Invaders’ Losses Set At 7,000 Men in 10 Desperate Charges By the Associated Press. CHUNGKING, China, Jan. 3.— Japanese forces waging a costly and losing battle for Changsha, Hunan Province capital, were re- ported by the Chinese to have lost 7,000 men today for a two-day total of 22,000 invaders killed or wounded The Chinese Central News Agency said that since yesterday, when the Japanese were declared to have lost 15,000 killed alone, the invaders have made 10 desperate charges against three of Changsha's gates only to be hurled back bloodily by the Chinese defenders. Slopes of the nearby Miaokaofeng Hill, it added, were littered with Japanese dead after the futile charges, led by a Japanese regi- mental commander. As today’'s battle raged Japanese planes rained incendiary bombs over crowded sections of Changsha. The Chinese claimed that Japa- nese planes were forced to drop sup- plies of food and ammunition to Japanese troops in the Changsha area, indicating the Chinese flank | attacks which cut Japanese lines |and communications in several | places also threatened their rear. l DR. JAMES J. HAYDEN. Named Law Dean Succeeds Former Provost, Dr. John R. Fitzpatrick, Recently Dismissed Dr. James J. Hayden, former dean of Catholic University Law School, yesterday was named dean of the Columbus University Law School, | hghmfish!, 1? CI‘LOf 300,000 popu- 2 2 on, has alrea twice defeated latest in a series of developments | BUOT. heS BTeSdV tWoe defested within the faculty during the last - two weeks hold it, in October, 1939, and Sep- Dr. Hayden succeeds Dr. John R. | %mber, 1941. Fitzpatrick, former provost of the university and dean of the law | school, who was dismissed December | 26. F. Joseph Donohue, law pro- fessor, was dismissed at the same time, and nine other faculty mem- | bers announced their intentions of | resigning from the faculty. The two men dismissed said letters in- | forming them of the action gave no | | Kobe, Japan, is one of the Orient's great shipbuilding centers, as well as the center of the country’s match- making industry. | reasons. Dr. Hayden will devote his full the university and an- nounced that on reopening of the | school tomorrow two new members | of the faculty will take their posts. Edward M. Curran, United States | district attorney for the District of Columbia, has been named profes- | sor of personal property, and Rich- | ard W. Galiher will be professor of the law of partnerships. Dr. Hayden, a native of Milwau- | kee, is well known in legal circles as an educator and writer on legal sub- jects. He took immediate charge of the work of the school after his ap- pointment. | He was graduated from the Wis- eonsin State Normal School in 1914, and in 1918 received the degree of bachelor of philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He was a second lieutenant in the Field Ar tillery during the first World War. He holds the master of arts degree | from Catholic University and the bachel f law di 1 Fovnie sl 1313 You St N.W. NO. 3343 BUY AT HARDING GENERAL @) ELECTRIC BRINGS YOU THE AUTOMATIC, Local & Long Distance Moving @ Silver Vaults @ Fumigation @ Service for Three Gen- erations SMITH’S TRANSFER & STORAGE CO street NW., and was the first to greet the sailor home from the sea. Mr. Finch attended the old Busi- ness High School here, later studied at the University of Pennsylvania, name after the Russian revolution | and that she had been out of touch | with him several years. She de-| scribed him as a former instructor in political science. “My son stayed in Odessa when BLANKET to on a cot aboard a ship bound | States a few days ago and came to for Scotland. The doctor was work- ‘ Washington on 10 days’ leave. He ing over me.” | was at the home of his mother, Mrs. | Then, Mr. Finch said, he and his | Mary A. Finch, when interviewed | two companions were taken to yesterday. Aberdeen, Scotland, where they ' His 10-year-old daughter, Joanne, | before going into the hardware busi- ness with his father. He went to|I left with my four smaller chil- | sea in 1936. | dren.” Mrs. Lemberg said. “I wrote | “I'm going back on another ship| to him many years, but some years| as soon as I can.” he said. ago relatives told me I should not “They can't kill me.” | try to write him again.” | i board. Other board members are | Robert M. Hardy of Meadows and Sherman M. Hollingsworth of Uni- | versity Park, | Mr. Burch said the location of tire inspection stations will be an- nounced this week. Those seeking to purchase tires should have their need for new tires certified at a county tire in- | spection station before making ap- | plication to the board. Mr. Burch | sald citizens of the county will be | informed in the near future as to where application blanks for new tires may be obtained. Quotas for January of 65 tires and 54 tubes for passenger cars, motorcycles and light trucks and | 107 tires and 89 tubes for trucks and | buses in Prince Georges County | were announced Thursday. Start of tire rationing in Mont- gomery County will be delayed fol- lowing the r nation over the week end of S. Walter Bogley, cashier of the Bank of Bethesda. as chairman of the County Tire Rationing Board, and Frederick L. Thomas of Sandy Spring, another member of the boara Both men said the job “was too big for them" This leaves Douglas Diamond of Gaithersburg as the sole member of the board. The work of the University of Maryland extension service will con- tinue unimpaired for the present in epite of the ban on automobile and tires sales. Dr. T. B. Symons, di- rector, said vesterday. Dr. Symons said that he believed | local administrators of the new law will recognize the importance of the work being done by the agricultural extension workers, and that if any tires are available for general civilian | use the extension workers will not be | overlooked. South American Program | The Seventy-Niners Club of Ta-| koma Park, Md., will hold a supper | and South American Night program Tuesday in the basement of the| ‘Takoma Park Presbyterian Church. Kenneth Holland, director of edu: cation in the Office of the Co- | ordinator of Inter-American Af- | fairs, will talk on “Latin and South | America.” | i . ’ . Mile o' Dimes | (Continued From Page A-13) | Mile o’ Dimes fight against infantile | paralysis. The past indicates that an enthusiastic response is to be | expected. | Of the dimes collected in the| Washington Mile o’ Dimes campaign, | 50 per cent will be allotted for the | aid of the city’s own stricken chil- | dren, while the other half i to be | turned over to the National Founda- | fion for Infantile Paralysis, to be| used for research, education and to | combat epidemics. Commissioner J. Russell Young is chairman of the local campaign and Keith Morgan is head of Mile o’ Dimes nationally. Industrial Output Increased 25 Pcf. in 1941, Jones Reports Number of Workers on Economic Front Put At 4,500,000 Declaring that nothing must be! permitted to stand in the way of marshalling the full resources of the | United States in the war to smash | the Axis, Secretary of Commerce | Jones pointed out yesterday that| the economic mobilization of this country was well under way in 1941, with 4.500.000 persons engaged on the economic front In a review of the war activities of the Commerce Department, he | cited as one of the important de- velopments of 1941 the largest addi- | tion on record to the country’s pro- ductive plant equipment. During the past year our in-| dustrial facilities were enlarged by | $8,500,000,000 of new equipment, and 1 $3,600,000,000 of new plants, he said. | By the end of December, the arms industry ranked as the third largest, and by the end of 1942 it should hold first place among the country's in- dustries. According to Commerce ' Department figures, industrial out- put in 1941 exceeded that of 1940 by | 25 per cent. “Each of us must remember that there is no second place ribbon in| war,” Secretary Jopes warned. “Only | victory or defeat.” And defeat for| us means a slavery so abject that not in our lifetime will we have a | chance to get off our knees to fight | again.” | Long before the shooting war | started, plans had been made to| utilize the entire foreign commerce resources of the Bureau of Foreign | and Domestic Commerce supply- | ADVERTISEMEN' Your Daughter Has a Right to Know d s th It is every mother's duty to tell her daughter physical facts. How much bet- ter ‘that she learn them from you, rather than from girls her own age 1In feminine hygiene, facts may be dis- torted. or wholly untrue. 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The Census Bureau, for ex- ample has prepared hundreds of special reports based on the 1940 censws returns, and has nndertaken many special surveys at the request of defense agenceis. Under its airport program, the Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion has designated 365 war air fields, all of which are either com- pleted or under construction. More than 108,000 students have been en- rolled in the student pilot training | program, and 12,000 air trainees have been supplied to the Army and Navy. Deputy Clerk Named FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 3 (Special) — W. Franklin Gooding of Oakton, for several years an employe in the office of County Clerk John M. deputy. Mr. Gooding will take the post formerly held by S. Sterling | 4-Point Plan Pushed By 0. P. M. fo Speed Arms Production Leaders Will Commence Conferences Tomorrow With Industry By the Associated Press. ‘The Office of Production Manage- ment yesterday issued a summary of its efforts to speed up production in existing arms plants and con- vert additional facilities from peace- time to wartime production. O. P. M. Director General Willlam 8. Knudsen and Sidney Hillman, asso- ciate director, said the problem was being approached in four ways: Converting additional facilities of the durable goods industries to war production. Inducing more existing arms to join a private accounting firm. plants to work 160 hours a week, Suburban Want-Ad Service The Drug Stores listed below accept Classified Advertising for The Evening and Sunday Star for the convenience of peo- ple in nearby Maryland and Virginia who wish to place adver- tisements for cash at regular rates: Arlington, Va. Beverly Drug Store, 1219 North Glebe Road (ot North Washington Bivd.). Cherrydale, Va. 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M. officials facilities) | and members of the rubber industry. | Expansion of all types of training | Rubber production was curtailed 53 for “.’:rk,,.s in war industries. £ per cent after the Pacific war en- In line with this program, officials | dangered the chief supply source | of the O. P. M. and other Govern- | of raw rubber. ment agencies will begin today || serles of conferences with repre-| . sentatives of various lndustnes.;Red Cross Unit to Elect The initial meeting will be with| Election of officers will be held | manufacturers of power shovels lnd!.t the annual meeting of the Be- other construction machinery to see | thesda branch of the Montgomery | whether they can turn out tanks. | County Red Cross at 10 am. Tues- | Tomorrow the O. P. M. executives | day at the organization's headquar- | will meet with the Automotive!ters on Wisconsin avenue. 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