Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Palr, continued cold tonight, with lowest tem- perature from 10 to 15 degrees. Temperatures today—Highest, 23, at 4 p.m.; low- est, 13, at 8 am. From the United States W e United States Weather Buresu Report. fis on Page A- Closina N. Y. Markets—Sal Page 14. 90th YEAR. No. 35,679. OOSEVELT OUTLINES U.S. WAR PRODUCTION he Fp a1} WITH SUNDAX MORNING EDITION g Sla WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1942— THIRTY-SIX PAGES. Late News Bulletins Main German Radio Stations Close Down LONDON (.—The main German radio stations, including those at Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig and Stuttgart, closed down tonight after the 7 p.m. news bulletin. (Earlier Story on Page A-1) Russians Claim 572 Towns Taken MOSCOW (#.—The Russians declared officially today that 10,000 Germans had been killed and 572 towns retaken on the western front in five days in a continuing counter-offensive. British Troops Take Offensive in Malaya SINGAPORE (#).—British troops on the Malaya front “are undertaking local offensives with most satisfactory re- suits,” a military spokesman declared tonight. He specified no localities, but said that “the enemy'’s firing power is inferior to that of the British.” (Earlier Story on Page A-1) Connally Quits Aviation Post Brig. Gen. Donald H. Connally has resigned as administrator of civil aeronautics, effective January 15, to return to active duty in the Army, it was announced late today. Charles L. Stanton, deputy administrator, will become acting admin- istrator. Lemerice Stars as Wilson Five Wins Wilson High School defeated St. John's basket ball team, 25-18, at the Wilson gym this afternoon. Lemerice starred for the victors with 14 points. utive victory. It was Wilson’s third consec- Eastern Tops Anacostia, 29-12 Eastern defeated Anacostia, 29-12, in the opening inter- high championship game for both teams this afternoon on Anacostia’s court. The victors held their rivals to three foul goals in the first half, which ended with Eastern holding a 17-3 lead. Mike Leib of Eastern led the scorers with 10 points. Central Defeats Coolidge, 30 to 20 Central defeated Coolidge, 30-20, in an inter-high basket ball game this afternoon on the loser’s court. Central led at half time, 14-7. Restoring of ‘Billy’ Mitchell’s Defenders Hit 1 Jap Planesin ManilaBay Area Sector Pounded for 4 Hours; Damage and | Casualties Light BY the Associated Press. At least seven enemy planes were hit by terrific anti-aircraft fire from the fortifications of | Manila Bay during a four-hour air attack, the War Department reported today. | The fortress of Corregidor Island | and the forces of Gen. Douglas Mac- | Arihur were attacked by 50 planes | | yesterday, the depz:tment said. but | material damage and casualties to the defenders were called light. The text of the communique, No. | 47, and based on reports received | (up to 9:30 am.: | | "“1. Philippine theater: The forti- | fications of Manila Bay, including | | Corregidor Island and Mariveles, | | were again heavily bombed by | enemy planes yesterday. The bom- | bardment continued for four hours with 50 pianes participating. Ma- terial damage and casualties were | light. At least seven enemy plenes were hit by our anti-aircraft fire. | Pressure Continuing. | “While ground activity was con- siderably less than on the previous | day, enemy pressure is continuing | | on all American and Philippine out- | posis. | “2. There is nothing to report | from other areas.” Domei, Japanese news agency.! | said that Japanese warplanes yes-i | |terday made severe attacks on Limay and two other places about six miles north of Mariveles, blow- | |ing up and seting fire to United | | states Army barracks. | A Curtiss P-40 fighting plane of NEW YORK.—HOPS AROUND THE WORLD FLEEING WAR— This Pan American Airways Pacific Clipper rested safely at the Atlantic Clipper Terminal today after an around-the-world flight from Auckland, New Zealand, where it was caught by the outbreak of war in the Far East. Ordered to take the “most practical route” to New York, Capt. Robert Ford (pictured be- low), flew the Clipper back and forth across the Equator four times, stretching a 23,000-mile ti per left Auckland December 16. Y 0.P. IT.PTedgés rip into 31,500 miles. The Cltp- (Story on page A-1,) —A. P. Wirephotos. | Equal Price-Fixing "Power for Wickard | | Senate and House Rush Action on Important Defense Measures (Earlier Story on Page A-2) | By the Associated Press. ; Manufacturers Resp: To President’s Request for Arms i By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—Shipbuilders | ‘Ia:'.ld today the industry could and| would build the 10,000,000 tons of | | ships President Roosevelt asked for in 1943 if they were given a “con-| stant flow of materials, equipment | ond Wholeheartedly tured to 60,000 in 1942 and 125.000 in 1943. I feel that the aircraft in- dustry of the United States can pro- duce the required number of air- planes providing the Government delivers to us the necessary raw ma- terials over which they have com- | Claiming support of at least 42 and the uninterrupted service of | plete control.” Senators, the Senate farm bloc |agresd teday to demand that the | Secretary of Agriculture be given labor.” The National Council of American | Shipbuilders said there was a greater | ‘It Will Be Done,’ Head Of N. A. M. Declares NIGHT FINAL SPORTS (P Means Associated Pras: THREE ' CENTS. Full Compliance With Program 125,000 Planes and 75,000 Tanks Goal For Next Year (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) By the Associated Press Enthusiastic response and promises of fulfillment were forthcoming immediately today after President Roosevelt's mes- sage calling for a vast war pro- duction program entailing the turnout this year of 60,000 :planes‘ 45,000 tamks, 20,000 anti- aircraft guns and 8,000,000 tons of merchant vessels. The Chief Executive, in addressing the new Congress on the state of the Nation, had outlined an intensified industrial program, estimated to cost $56,000,000,000 in the coming fiscal year, and calling for an output in 1 1943 of 125000 planes, 75,000 tanks #Frarm Bloc Demands ' Builders Sure They Can Produce Needed Ships, Planes and Tanks and 35,000 anti-aircraft guns. The President also promised that American armed forces will operate in the Far East, “on all the oceans.” and in the British Isles. They also Briton Calls Speech ‘Bad Reading’ For Dictators By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. Jan. 6 —British Commentator Robert Johnson, in a broadcast heard here today by N. B. C,, said of the Presi- dent’s message to Congress that “when President Roosevelt went on to mention the figures of airplanes and tanks and other war production, I felt we just could not follow them. ¥ X X X &% { % K X % % Rank Asked by Senate Group The Senate Military Affairs Com- ) as assistant chief of the ‘:k servicleA mittee today recommended that the | He was set back to the rank of col- late William L. (“Billy”) Mitchell, | 2¢l and sent out of Washinglen | for attacks on War Department ad- quarters let ‘slip today what seemed who was court-martialed for his out- | ministration. B Fm b J{ vt | spoken criticism of Army air policy, | Later the fiery aviator renewed his | h:“ made little pmp:ru; in 00D be restored to the rank of brigadier | attacks on “brass hats” who, he | iompiing to drive Gen. MacArthur' | equal authority in fixing price ceil- volume of shipbuilding, commercial | ings for any farm product or article | and naval, now under construction | | manufactured from farm products. |in the United Stztes than at any Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of | time in the history of any Nation.| P. Witherow, president of the Na-| | Alabama said “general agreement”| Goal of the American yards is the | tional Association of Manufacturers, | on his proposed amendment to the | launching of two ships a dav in| said today President Roosevelt’s pro- price-fixing bill awaiting Senate ac- | 1942. Employment schedules cail for | Posal for ship, m.:k and phn: pro- tion Wednesday was reached today | 80 of 220,000 men over the | duction was a “stupendous” pro-| at a closed conference of Senators 500, now bullding ships. | sram and “if it’s within the realm from: There was some apprehension over | Of possibility, it will be done.” H | the United States forces which at- | tempted to attack a Japanese posi- | tion was shot down by anti-aircraft | fire, the agency said. | Meanwhile, imperial Tokio head- “The figures were beyond anything that we in this coun- try have been accustomed to think about. But I have no doubt that the ears that were listening in Berlin and Rome and Tokio fully grasped their significance. They will make bad reading for the dictators.” | By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 6—William | A CAPT. ROBERT FORD. Hitler's Storm Troogs general. He held this temporary rank dur- ing the World War when ke was in command of A. E. F. air forces in | France, and for several years after the war when he was in Washington | tion. For this he was found guilty by a court-martial in 1925 and sus- pended from the service. He re- signed from the Army and died in 1936 at the age of 57. iafl Blocks Senate Vote | On Daylight Time Bill By the Associated Press. 2D. C. Bills Pass Senate; Parking Measure Puf Off The Senate this afternood passed | charged, knew nothing about avia- | o ceq pack in Batan Peninsula, and ! more goood news came with the re- ported arrival of American aerial | | reinforcements in the Philippine | conflict. | “Japanese military aircraft co- | operating with land forces on Batan | ‘.pen\nxuh have bombed enemy con- | | centrations at Rimai, Balanga and | | Subjc,” a Tokio communique said. | [ The key to the Japanese acknowl- | edgment lay in the reference to| {Suble, which lies in Zambales | Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio, an amended House bill*fixing the | Province, 6 miles north of the Batan blocked Senate action today on 18- | oy ynder which out-of-town | Province border, at the head of islation granting the President au- thority to establish daylight saving | sightseeing buses may bring occa- | Subic Bay. With Gen. McArthur's troops time during the war, asserting that | sional tours into the District with- | still holding Subic, it appeared to Congress should fix any time| changes. | “Congress is just as competent as the President in this,” Senator Taft said as he objected to a request by’ Senator Wueeler, Democrat, of | out payment of local license fees. ‘The Senate passed another Dis- park automobiles on private prop- erty, or on public property other { follow that the Japanese had failed !to achieve any deep thrust into ! Batan, since a major advance would ft | trict bill, making it unlawful to ,iqank Subic's defenders and pre- | | sumably force them to withdraw | southward into Batan. i - |than highways, without consent of | Montana, for immediate considera- | ighway: | 10 Ships Sunk, Tokio Claims. tion and passage of the davlight| saving legislation approved earlier in | the day by the Senate Interstate! Commerce Committee. Senator Taft said he was opposed | to legislation which would permit time to be changed overnight. The President could advance or retard the time by proclamation, but in no event could an advance of more than two hours be made, under terms of the pending measure. Armor;& Division Post For Gen. Surles Seen By the Associated Press. The promotion of Brig. Gen. Alex- | ander D. Surles to major general | and his transfer from public rela- | tions director for the War Depart- ment to command a new armored | division was predicted today in | military circles. Gen. Surles, a cavalryman with | an overseas war record, came to the public relations bureau lastl August 6 from the staff of the Ist Armored Division at Fort Knox, Ky. | He has been at Fort Knox for | several days for conferences at ar- mored force headquarters there, and reports were current in Washington that he would soon relinquish his | assignment at the department to assume command of the 6th Ar-| mored Division, now being or- ganized. Zeke Bonura Recalled For Service in Army By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6—Zeke Bonura, former major league first baseman who served three months in the Army last summer and was released under the 28-year rule, to- | &7 D day was recalled to report at Camp Bhelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., Thursday. | Bonura, at his home here, said the call came from Col. L. B. Clap- ham of 4th Corps Area headquar- ters, instructing him to report to Camp Shelby, where he served last summer as a physical instructor. Declaring he had tried two weeks ago to re-enlist, the 32-year-old Zeke said, “I might as well kiss baseball good-by now. It will be bullets for the Japanese instead of big league baseball for me.” 1.C.C. Nomination Approved The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved today the nom- ination of John Monroe Johnson: of | 3.year. Bouth Carolina for reappointment as a member of the Interstate Com- merce Commission. the owners. Both bills require House action on Senate amend- ments. Action was postponed, however, on the more important off-street parking bill, designed to authorize | the District government to provide more automobile parking facilities. Senator Danaher, Republican, of Connecticut, who asked for the post- ponement, indicated he had no ob- jection to its general objectives, but wanted more time to consider the detailed provisions. As amended by the Senate the sightseeing bill would permit buses to bring school children to Wash- ington without payment of tax at any time. Other out-of-town buses ecould operate sightseeing tours into Washington for not more than 15 days in a calendar year without tax. The Mead-Ramspeck bill to lib- eralize the Government employes’ retirement law also was postponed at the request of Senator Byrd, Dem- ocrat, of Virginia. Late_Races Earlier Results, Rossvan’s, Other Selections and Entries for To- morrow, Page 2-X. Tropical Park RACE—Purse. $1.000: claiming; 4 ld: d d; 8 1 -vear-olds and upward; 6 furlangs. Siindows Fasy (Kelper) | 8.10" 380 Bright Arc (Lindbers) .80 Welsenheimer (Haskell) Time, 1:121 & Also -Night dy, Throttle Wide. Torch Gleam, Commencement, Uncle Wal- ter and Drudgery RACE—Purse, 3-year-olds: 6 Fiv e MM 2 e-o-Eig 10 of Key (Howel) ° 1360 Time, 1:12%, Pruning, Royal Weists. Day 's Pet. Newfoundland. Balla- igent, a Hasty Kiss. The Dancer. . A" B. Widener-J. E. Widener 3.80 830 4.2 allow- 0 420 ST $1.200; ances; furlon: Ksi 19.70 SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1.000: claim- ing:"4-year-olds and upward: 1 mile and 70 vards. Chailante (Day) 15.60 .00 4.40 Time Sheet (Arcaro) 60 4% Ida Rogers (Dupps) 3.30 Time, 1:43% . Also ' ran—Commission. Disgension 8ir.” well “Allrk Isolde. Bunny Baby, Gol Dismas. Fair Grounds (hl:’lnl) 1:12%. Al ren—hlcinous, Lakeview, Briar Play. Bright , { Double Call. Re- Jectable '1‘ Sules Warring Witeh. 1 Fieid. se, $800: claiming: 1 mile and 70 yards. rs Mate (Bianco) 7.80 4.80 3.20 ‘00l (Parise) 1100 340 Meanwhile (Brooks) 2.60 Also ran—Jewell's Own. Besgs, Doctor 3600: claiming: 58 220 40 340 200 Chance Sord. | ht, Legenda. | en Lea, 8 | 'Tokio headquarters reported the | sinking of 10 ships and the destruc- | tlon of 146 trucks in aerial attacks { {on Gen. MacArthurs forces since | | Priday. | For Americans, however, these | blows were more than offset by the | exploit of United States Army | | bombers in sinking a Japanese de- | stroyer and scoring three direct hits on a Japanese battleship in Davao | Bay, Mindanao Island, 600 miles| south of Manila. | An Army communique yesterday | said all the bombers returned safely | to their secret base after the attack. | | It was the first mention of American | | alr activity in the Philippines in many days, and apparently was the | first installment of aid to American- Filipino defense forces which had previously been reported “on the way.” There was a definite feeling lhlt? the united nations soon would be in a position to give a better ac- count of themselves in the sky fighting. This expectation was en- couraged by London reports from Burma crediting the American volunteer group there with a two- day bag of 66 enemy planes at the cost of 4 of their own. A big thrill was provided yvesterday | in a Navy communique telling of the | (See PHILIPPINES, Page A-4) 17 Skeletons, $150,000 Found in Plane Wreckage By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 6.—Dis- | patches from Corumba said today a hunter had chancéd across wreckage of the trimotor plane “Juan Del- valle,” which crashed November 4, 1940, in the swamps near Puerto Suarez, Bolivia, killing 17 persons. | Among the passengers were mem- bers of a Brazil-Bolivia railroad com- mission. B ‘The hunters reported finding 17 skeletons inside the plane, which was only partly damaged, and money and |-Jewels valued at $150,000. | GUIDE FOR READERS Page. Amusements B-18 Comics . B-16-17 Editorials .._A-8| Radio Editorial Features __A-9 Legal Notices ___B-15 Reporfed Stripped 0f Former Power May Be on Way Out, Bern Hears; Criticism of Soviet War Given as Cause By the Associated Press. BERN, Switzerland, Jan. 6—Re- | Hable information arriving from Germany indicated today that Adolf Hitler's brown-shirted Storm Troop- ers no longer play an important role in the Nazi party and may soon cease to function altogether. The organization, called the S. A. (Sturm Abteilung) always has borne | | the brunt of the party’s heavy wo! | since early days. It was said to slipping since shortly after the be- ginning of the campaign against Russia. The first indication came when | the organization’s newspaper, Die | S. A ceased publication in August with no official explanation. Mem- bers who inguire¢ were told simply that the action was taken because of a paper shortage. Next came an order calling a large percéntage of S. A. men to the colors in the regular army instead of as- signing them Storm Troopers' duties as in previous campaigns. They now wear army uniforms and are mixed in the same units with ordinary sol- diers. The most recent move was the secret order forbidding S. A. men to hold meetings. No explanation was given. A neutral observer, however, who has just come from Berlin, said the real reason was the fact that some of the Storm Troop meetings had turned into forums for criticizing the conduct of the Russian campaign. The S. A., the backbone of Nazi party organization since the party’s birth, formed a party militia which aided Hitler's rise to power. Capt. Ernst Roehm, chief of the Storm T , was executed in the Nazi blood purge June 30, 1934. |lce Clogs Pipes, Cuts Off Missouri City’s Water By the Associated Press. ST. CHARLES, Mo. Jan. 6—|5ng on both of whom the British Failure of the municipal water sup- ply system today paralyzed this city of 12,000 population, causing shut- down of a foundry making tanks for the Army, » shoe manufacturing plant and eight:schools. Ice clogging the Missouri River intake pipes shut off the city’s water for drinking, heating and sanitation and caused St. Joseph’s Hospital to abandon all but nursing services. Water for fire-fighting still was available from a settling basin con- taining about 2,000,000 gallons. Emergency crews were hastening to complete laying of a new intake pipe. "A%i| New Zealand Calls Up Men |(Complete Index, Page A-1.) L] rk be ! Senate Agriculture Committee room. “No one was bound by our session, but it looks pretty good for Senate passage of my amendment,” Sena- tor Bankhead told reporters. The Senate is expected to take up tomorrow the price-control bill, designed to prevent wartime infla- tion. Defense Legisiation Rushed. | Both House and Senate lost no time this afternoon getting down to work on measures bearing on conduct of the war and national | defense. | The House Naval Affairs Commit- tee approved a bill calling for ex- | penditure of $845.000,000 for ship- ! building and repairing facilities. | The action followed a request yes- terday by the Navy Department for | the authorization. | By a one-vote majority, the House | Military Affairs Committee ap- proved a bill to authorize the Secre- | tary of War to spend up to $100.- 000,000 for civilian defense in the United States, its Territories and possessions. | The Senate Interstate Commerce | Committee approved without | amendment legislation which has | already passed the House to give | the President power to take over | any communication facilities during time of war. | The committee recommended also enactment of House-approved legis- | lation to broaden regulatory powers of the Federal Power Commission | over natural gas pipe lines. Present law requires a natural gas company to obtain from the commis- | sion a certificate of public conven- | lence and necessity only for con- | struction or extension of facili’#s to supply a market in which natural gas is already being provided by ai other company. The proposed legislation would require a certificate in all cases as | & condition to engaging in interstate | transportation or sale of natural gas | or construction of new facilities. Egypt Breaks With Vichy, {Bulgaria and Finland By the Associated Press. i CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 6.—Egypt. | Britain’s non-belligerent ally, de- cided today to break off diplomatic relations with Bulgaria and Fin- have declared war. The same de- cision also has been taken concern- ing the Vichy Prench government. Bootlegger Bobs Up In Britain as Liquor Shortage Increases By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 6:—As the re- sult of a growing shortage of liquor due to wartime condi- tions, the bootlegger is raising his head in Britain as he did in prohibition days in the United States. His advent has been marked by the appearance of poor-qual- ity liquor in many night spots in the West End and in the sub- urbs, where prices for liquid re- freshments have rocketed. The situation already has drawn the attention of authori- ties and there has been agita- tion in some quarters for quick government action. ' Agricultural areas held in the | | Japanese conquests reducing the! supply of strategic metals, but bulld- ers said it was too early to esti-| mate just what Japanese victories in Malaya would do to supplies. An example of the speedup in| American shipbuilding was the tanker Sinclar H-C. She was ready for trials 100 days after her keel was laid—a world's record for a ship of her size and type. Standardized design has played a large part in the program. Even infand cities like Denver are now building prefabriceted parts for ships. Plane Makers Accept Roosevelt's Challenge LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 (®— Southern California aircraft manu- | facturers accepted the President’s | challenge today to participate in a construction program providing 185,000 airplanes within the next two years. Donald W. Douglas, president of | Douglas Aircraft, said “If it is hu- manly possible well do it. Given necessary materials and tools, given | the opportunity to complete exsting schedules and accelerate production without needless interference Amer- ican industry can and will rise to the emergency and astound the world, ¢ & ** J. H. Kindelberger, president of North American Aviation, said “we are convinced that the aircraft in- | dustry can and will meet the Presi- dent’s order for 60,000 planes in 1942 and 125,000 in 1943. North American | already has scheduled deliveries for | 1942 which will meet this firm’s share of the total of 45,000 combat | planes and 15,000 of other types.” ‘We Can Do Better,’ | Bomber Builder Says | OMAHA, Jan. 6 (. —Commenting | on President Roosevelt’s call for 60,000 planes this year and 125,000 | planes the next, Lincoln R. Scafe, | general manager of the Martin Ne- braska Co., operators of the Fort Crook bomber assembly plant, said: |‘ “Of course, we oan reach those figures. As a matter of fact, we can do better than that. If necessary we can turn out as many airplanes a year as we did automobiles.” | Martin Says Industry | Needs Only Materials BY the Associated Press. { BALTIMORE, Jan. 6—Glenn L. Martin, president of the airplane manufacturing company which car- ries his name, said today the plane industry could produce the planes asked by President Roosevelt if “the Government. will deliver to us the n raw materials.” He said: “I have read the statement of Mr. Roosevelt requiring an increase in the number of airplanes manufac- Mr. Witherow said the apparently had been “arrived at with careful consideration of in- dustry’s capacity,” and added: “This is a battle of factories. American industry will do every- thing it can.” Japs Have Trouble Putting |Out Sarawak Oil Fires By the Associated Press. TOKIO, Jan. 6 (Official Broad- cast) —Difficulties of the Japanese | in_extinguishing fires set jn the oil l fields of Northern Sarawak, Borneo. | by retreating British were reported | today by Nichi Nichi. Strenuous days of work “in a hell of flames” were necessary, the dis- patch said. Flames shot 75 feet into the air from one well, the story said. and | oil spouted 100 feet into the air from another, spraying petroleum over the countryside. Domei news agency said Japanese forces occupying Sarawak on the | | island of Borneo already were-oper- | ating 80 of the 100 oil wells which ‘had been damaged there by with- | drawing British _troops. iBob Feller Starts Duty At Norfolk Navy Stafion | Br the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 6—Bob | Feller started work for Uncle Sam ay. | The famous Cleveland pitcher | checked in at the naval training | station to assume his duties as chief boatswain's mate under the Navy's physical fitness program. Feller enlisted in the Navy at the | vention in Chicago last month. He will go through the training school at the base before helping train Navy recruits. 'Cochrane fo Meet Winner Of Zivic-Robinson Bout BY the Associated Press. . NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—Welter- weight Champion Freddie (Red) Cochrane of Elizabeth, N. J., has agreed to meet the winner of next week’s fight between Ray Robinson and Fritzie Zivic on February 20 for the benefit of the infantile paralysis fund, Promoter Mike Ja- cobs announced ioday. The number of rounds and whether Cochrane’s title will be at stake were undecided as was the problem of arranging Cochrane’s furlough from the Navy to train for the bout. Cochrane, who enlisted soon after he won the title from Zivic, is at a naval training station. (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 6—British ob- serves: /ho have been predicting that Britain will lsunch a direct offensive against Germany this year declared tonight it had been “cinched” by the reference to sta- tioning American forces in the Brit- ish Isles made by President Roose- velt in his message to Congress. The British man—and woman— ™ 1942 Offensive Against Reich Held Cinched by A. E. F. Pledge in the street lapsed into American- isms to call the message “terrific” and “okay,” and, from early indi- cations, the entire British press planned to give the speech wide play and columns of favorable editorial comment. There was no immediate official reaction, but from the broad smiles in certain there was no doubt the message evoked tremen- dous satisfaction. Y | annual major league baseball con- | will protect this hemisphere, he said, as well as bases which might be used for an attack on the Americas. Will Meet Figures. ‘While Democrats and Republicans | joined alike in praising the Presi- ! dent's address, the directors of the Office of Production Management eagerly announced the figures set | by Mr. Roosevelt would be met in | every respect “The President has set our goal.” | said William S. Knudsen and Sidney Hillman in a joint statement. “We have raised our sights to meet it.” “We'll give our fighting men the 60,000 planes in 1942. We'll give them the 45000 tanks. Theyll get the 20,000 anti-aircraft guns. And we'll deliver the 8,000,000 tons of ships. “These things we will do together. They will come from the minds. the hearts and the hands of 130,000,000 free men, women and children. “Only a free people can achieve such goals. “We can do it “We will do it.” In commenting on Mr. Roosevelt's message, Vice President Wallace said the “speech speaks for itself.” | Senator Holman, Republican, of | Oregon, said, “I indorse everything | he said as to our purposes.” Senator McNary of Oregon, the Republican leader. said the President \made “a scrappy speech,” adding | that his program “will cost a moun= | tain of money and each tiem of ex- penses must be carefully scruti- nized.” | “Superb Call of Leadership.” Other comment included: Senator Tobey, Republican, of New Hampshire: “I indorse every word he said and particularly his plea for all of us to get together under this one program.” Senator Mead, Democrat, of New York: “The President has clearly | established the goal posts of peace | and security.” | Senator McKellar, Democrat, of ¥ (See'cén-hmzn;rigg _z'-x.: g Mercury Dips fo 12; {Cold Due to Continue The thermometer tumbled to & winter low of 12 degrees at 8 a.ri. today, 20 degrees below where it stood at the same hour yesterday morning. Attributing the frigid temperature to a cold wave sweeping in from the Midwest, the Weather Bureau pre- dicted “continued cold” for the next 24 hours. The mercury is not expected to | rise above tee freezing point at any time today. ‘Tomorrow’s ceiling will be between 10 and 15 degrees, the Weather Bureau predicted. NEW YORK. Jan. 6 () .— Stocks irregular; oprofit selling stems recovery. Bonds improved; Cuban loans in demand. Foreign exchange narrow; generally une changed. Cotton mixed; liquidation, short covering and trade buying. Sugar quiet; small trade buying. Metals steady; scrap copper con- trol tightened. Wool tops inactive. CHICAGO: Wheat firm, higher with stocks. Corn steady; lower hog prices. Hogs active; steady to 10 lower; top, $11.65. Cattle— Steers and yearlings steady to 25 lower; other classes higher.