Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1942, Page 2

Two Extra Pages In This Edition Late news ‘and sports are covered on Pages 1-X and 2-X of this edition of The Star, supplementing the news of the regular home delivered edition.. Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales. Page 20. 90th YEAR. No. 35,682. Reds_Brea English Are Reported Cut Off by Enemy At Kuala Lumpur Br the Associated Press LONDON, Jan. 9—Intensified air assaults from Burma on Japanese bases in Thailand and deployment of Chinese forces in | Burma, with Chungking’s prom- ise of more men when needed, led military observers tonight to | the belief that Gen. Sir Archi- bald P. Wavell might be prepar- ing an offensive in both China and Burma to relieve Singapore. Such a drive from British Burma would imperil Japanese air, land and sea bases in puppetized Thai- land and French Indo-China and, while it would not be a frontal re sistance to the Japanese power drive ' in Malaya. it might well serve to slow or halt that effort, which now was reported threatening Kuala Lumpur, capital of the Federated Malay states. British imperial defenders of Kua- la Lumpur have been cut off, the German radio said today, quoting the official German news agency. “Violent fighting is raging in the Kuala Lumpur area,” D.N.B. said. The agency admitted the British still held the city, but said the Japanese had cut behind them to sever communications with Singa- pore. 240 miles to the southeast. “The flank of the British is open only toward Malacca Strait.” said the broadcast. “From the north, south and east they are encircled and under violent artiilery fire.” Flank or Rearguard Attack. ‘The battle carried to the Japanese in Thailand and Indo-China would be in the nature of a flank or even rearguard attack both to ease the pressure on Singapore and rob the Japanese of some of their driving power for any other effensive action as a move against the Netherlands Indies. Japan's best chance of success against the Indies rests with an at- tack before the A. B. C. D. powers can muster their resources, military cbservers point out. Undoubtedly an offensive any- where in the Burma-China area would force the Japanese to divert great numbers of troops. If a com- bined Burma-Chinese drive is started it will be the joint work of | Gen. Wavell and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Burma falls within Gen. Wavell's domain as supreme commander United Nations in the Southwest Pacific, but Allied operations in China are Generalissimo Chiang's to supervise. Waves of Japanese Drive Down Singapore Road SINGAPORE. Jan. 9 (#.—Waves of Japanese infantry and tanks at- tacking on the main Singapore road less than 300 miles north of the British stronghold fought a severe all-day battle with British and im- perial troops in the Slim River area vesterday, the British Far Eastern command announced today Casualties on both sides were re- ported heavy The decision was not given in the eommunique. but earlier reports said the British were “holding fast” on newly formed lines on the Slim River 50 miles north of Kuala Lum- pur. crude rubber capital of the world and Japan's immediate ob- Jective. Simultaneously, the British an- nounced seven casualties in a Jap- anese night raid on Singapore Island and said British planes scored sev- eral hits on two enemy vessels in Malayan waters and the China Sea and also narrowly missed a smaller vessel. Troops Heavily Engaged. the Slim River action, the of communique said “our troops were heavily engaged with the enemy all day vesterday. ) Two Planes Machine-Gun Five British Villages By the Associated Press. LONDON., Jan. 9.—Five southeast coast villages were machine-gunned today by two planes. There were three serious casualties and dam-| age to farm buildings and a vicarage Numerous fires were left burning in the German-occupied naval base at Brest. France. after a strong R. A. F. bombardment last night— the fourth consecutive night of at- tack on that uneasy haven of the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau ‘The Air Ministry communique also said that the docks at Cherbourg were bombed and acknowledged that two of the British planes failed to ! return. Ten airmen were given awards for | an attack on Brest in December when they were said to have scored hits on the Scharnhorst and Gnei- senau and shot down several enemy aircraft “in the face of extremely heavy and accurate anti-aircraft fire and determined attacks by enemy fighters.” Air-Raid Alarm The Office of Civilian Defense for the Metropolitan Area has asked The Star to publish for the information of the public these air-raid signals for the entire region. including nearby Virginia and Maryland: Alarm—Five short blasts at half-second intervals. sounded three consecutive times, a total of 15 blasts. All clear—Three long blasts of one and one-half seconds each, k Siege of "[R-AF. Cadet Dies In Ducking After First Solo Flight By the Associated Pr | SARASOTA, Fla, Jan. 9.—State Attorney Clyde Wilson said today Alfred Lloyd, 19-year-old R. A. F. flying cadiet. was following a ducking by fellow stu- dents on completion of his first solo flight. further investigation of the case in the hands of military authorities for determination of whether any military regulations were violated. “It was all in fun.” thrown in against his wishes. It was the customary ducking for stu- dents completing their first solo flight, and Lloyd himself had par- ticipated in similar ducking of a fellow student the night before.” Mr. Wilson said Lloyd apparentl; suffered an attack of cramps because | of the cold water and drowned. John Paul Riddle. operator of the school, said military authorities were conducting a thorough investi- gation. Cankm*fl_annchang Defenses Penetrated, Chinese Announce : Troops Are Moving Up to ‘Designated Positions’ In British Burma BY the Associated Press. CHUNGKING, Jan. 9.—The Chi- nese reported today that their forces had penetrated the outer defenses of two of the most important Japa- nese-held cities of South China, Canton and Nanchang, capitals of Kwangtung and Kiangsi Provinces. An army communique declared two Chinese columns had driven inty the northern and northeastern sub- urbs of Canton in the course of an assault on the outer defenses of that million-population city which hegan three days ago. Fighting was still in progress. The Chinese claimed successes on half a dozen other fronts of Cefitral China and announced that while fresh expeditionary forces awaited only the word to enter British Burma troops already massed there were taking up “designated positions,” | mostly in North Burma. | Heavy Casualties. | Chinese dispatches said hea casualties had beea inflicted on“the defenders of Nanchang in an aitack which penetrated tke outer barriers of the city. Canton and Nanchang have been in Japanese hands since 1938. The communique reported further heavy punishment dealt the Japa- nese columns retreating from their shattered attempt to take Chang- sha, capital of Hunan, and successes on many other fronts in Central and Southern China. An encircling movement against Ichang, vital Yangtze River port above Hankow which marks the high tide of Japan's drive into China, also was recorded. In a | battle northeast of Ichang 200 cas- | ualties were inflicted on the Jap- anese. In the Hunan battle zone, north- east of Changsha, a Japanese col- umn moving south from Yochow. on the northeastern shore of Tungting Lake, to relieve forces trapped on the southrbank of the Milo River, was intercepted by a Chinese force | | which, according to Chinese dis- patches. captured the Japanese headquarters. Air Force Also Active. The Chinese air force, born of & British Offensive to Relieve Singapore Defenders Is Seen; 4 Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION An Evening Ncwsrapor With the Full Day’s News LOCAL—NATIONAL—FOREIGN Associated Press and (#) Wirephotos, North American Newspaper Alliance, Chicago Daily News Foreign Service and The Star's Staff Writers, Reporters and Photographers. Associated Press. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1942 XX Leningrad T Four-Day Battle Declered Raging Near Stalin Canal | By the Assocuted Press. Russia’s armies were declared | today to have virtually broken accidentally | the long-arawn sieges of Lenin- | ent preparation for a heavy attack. drowned at Carlstrom Field Sunday | grad and Sevastopol and Soviet | | dispatche: reported that “east | of Lening:ad the Germans have Terming the death entirely acci- | NOW lost everything they have jted to reconnaissance. dental, Mr. Wilson said he had left | been able to capture.in the past The comparatiy three morths.” This woild indicate that the in- | vaders hac been thrown back from | the easterr arc of their siege ring, all i the State'’s | with deferders of the old czarist | attorney said. “and Lloyd was not capital on:e mofe in direct com- | municatiors with the rest of Ru: | At one suge of the siege the G | man high command asserted that | Leningrad ‘was ‘“completely iso- | lated” fror, the south and that the nly outlet was the precarious pas- age acros: Lake Ladogy. | Advices rea€hing London reported that Red Army storm troops now were battiring the Germans in wave afler wa%e in a sanguinary | four-day-oid battle at Poventsa, at | the mouth & the Stalin Canal. | While maps failed to show Po- ventsa, presumably®it was a village in the viciity of Schluesselburg, 25 miles east »f Leningrad, where the Neva Rive: flows into the Stalin Canal. ¥ | The candl itself. a link in Rus- sia’s Balic-to-Amgjic waterways | system, ex ends 100 miles eastward to Lake Lacoga. In the @rimea, Red &rmy troops who stubbornly defended Russia's great Blac: Sea navai base at Se- vastopol fr two months were re- ported sali‘ing forth and crushing the Germais’ own siege positions. Dispatch-s from Kuibyshev, the alternate 3oviet capital, said the | Sevastopol garrison bfoke out and | l]aunched . violent offensive when the Germa s, withdrew some of their siege forces to combat the Russian counterinvasion from the Kerch peninsula. . | Marines Drove Back Nazis. Izvestia, Soviet government news- paper. repyrted that the Germans | had massid seven divisions—per- | haps 105,00 troops—on the ap- proaches o0 Sevastopol in mid- | December and threatened to break | through tie port's defenses De- cember 27. Marines irom the Soviet Black Sea fleet drove them back, however, and | the Germuns were reparted now | facing the prospect of a complete withdrawa' from the Crimea or being caugit in a trap. - Sea-borre Russian troops were | said to be landing at many points, | east and north of Sevastopol, while the Sevast;pol garrison itself drove the Germazas back from the south. Izvestia .aid Russian forces from the Cauca;us first Janded on the |Kerch Peninsula December 26 through srow, gales and high seas, | and effectei a second landing Janu- | ary 3 at Fedosiya, 50 miles down the coast from ‘Serch toward Sevastopol. Other $)viet landings were re- ported belcw Feodosiya and at Yev- paltoflyl, 3¢ miles north of Sevasto- pol. v | Amid tlese sweeping triumphs, the Moscov radio this afternoon de- clared: “The en-my continues to retreat in many se:tors, losing a great num- | ber of men tanks, trucks and guns. | “The iniiative has been torn out | of the eneny’s hands. The German | machine is broken.” i Contra:t With Finn Claims. The new, from Russia contrasted | with the entention of Finnish army | men that ‘he Nazis had succeeded in establisaing a winter line from | which the, expected to launch a spring offeasive at Russian armies. | The Rus.dans, however, said they . were not illowing the Germans to make a stind anywhere and added | | they had plenty of fresh manpower coming up to carry on. In Berlir the German high com- long struggle to challenge the Jap- | anese in the skies, also was active % iq | were being fought on the eastern o e HunAn S tror s aea T front in se:tors west and northwest dropping bombs on pockets of the| enemy along the Milo River. OT BoscomiSnd Sin b eRlenng sl mand said “bitter defensive battles” Lull Develops In Philippines; Japs Moving Up Enemy Apparently Is Preparing for New Heavy Assault The War Department said today combat operations have dwindled to | minor skirmishes in the Philippine battle front, with the Japanese con- | tinuing to move troops up in appar- ‘The department’s morning com- | munique, based on reports received | here up to 9:30 a.m., said air activity | by the Japanese yesterday was lim- e lull along the | front indicated lo observers here that .the Japanese were still un- \wmmg to risk a direct frontal ms- | sault on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's | lines until sufcient reinforcements could be brought to bear. No other activities were reported from other areas in Luzon and the Manila Bay | fortifications. i Corregidor Escapes Bombing. Today was the second day on | which Corregidor fortress Across | Manila Bay. escaped air bombing | The Japanese have found raids on | the fortress were costly, at least 15 | | bombars having been brought down within the last week and many more ! seported damaged. | Likewise. the first frontal assault {on Gen. MacArthur's fortified lines | | resulted in heavy losses to Japanese | assault troops. Officials believed the lull in today's activity was an encouraging sign as indicating the | ability of the combined American- Filipino forces to hold out for an | ndefinite period. | ! Sub Attack Near Tokio. | | Meanwhile, Japan got a preview taste of the thing she dreads most— a possible blockade of her densely- | populated island empire—as imperial | headquarters acknowledged an Allied | submarine raid within 100 miles of | Tokio in which the 2225-ton ! tPeighter Unkai Maru No. 1 was torpedoed and damaged. The natignality of the attacking, | craft was not given. Previously, a United States Navy | bulletin reported that submarines of the American Asiatic fleet had | sunk a Japanese transport and three 10.000-ton Japanese supply ships. The Navy's communique was the firsg report in many days from the | sizable underseas force operating in Far Eastern waters at the start of the war g mor<h ago. but enaval officials emphasized tit the danger- ous missions of the submarines made | prompt reports foolhardy while operations are proceedin® Imperial Tokio headquarters said the attack in Japanese waters oc- | curred early vegterday off the Izu ShicRito Islands, 100 miles south of TokiS and Yokohama. All of the crew weredeclared saved. Somber as the Philigpine situat®n was, Washington found a few rays of | comfort. Aside from the Navy's re- port of the sinking of four Japanese Army ships. advices from Burma credited American volunteer flyers with new successes in attacks on | enemy bases in Thailand. And be- | lated details of Wake's defense added fresh glory to the marines’ laurels as well as two more enemy | ships to the toll they took before | the island fell. { | __While the results of the Thailand raid were gratifying, the Capital at- tached more importance to the fact that in one theater, at least. Japan's hitherto one-sided command of the air was being disputed. In a stirring postscript to the already memorable defense of Wake, the Navy last night disclosed that | the Marines had sunk a Japanese ‘dutroyer and a gunboat in addition | | to the eruiser, submarine and three | ;destroyen previously claimed. ] |Langley Sunk, Japs Say; Navy Scoffs at Report BY the Associated Press. | TOKIO, Jan. 9 (Official Broad- cast).—Imperial headquarters de- | clared today the United States air- | craft tender Langley had been sunk by Japanese submarines yesterday southwest of Johnson Island. Reports that_the Japanese had | & HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE HERE'S A STARTE ESIDENT. WE ARE GOING TO RAISE n=Ewc MAKE gsmgvmmw THIS MONEY, HENRY 2 A BOND DAY, WE CAN DOIT. THREE CENTS. Curtailment of Sugar To Put Sweet Tooth On Slimming Diet Capital Faces Task of Disciplining Taste for Candy, Soft Drinks, Etc. ‘Washington's sweet tooth is in for some disappointments this vear and perhaps for the duration of the war. ‘The recent O. P. M. blanket orcer compelling all manufacturers using sugar to curtail their 1942 consump- tion to 1940 levels finds local retail- ers of ice cream, soft drinks en: candy facing sharp reductions in sales. Distribution of Coca-Cola, for in- a stance, will be reduced 50 per cent for the District this year, according to an official of the local bottling concern. He said their sirup. which is carbonated and bot- tled here, comes from Baltimore and that the distributors there have been forced to cut dewn Several instances of price boosts doubling the usual retail price for | Coca-Cola were reported. dealers said they were forced to reise prices in ordereto hold down their sales in the light of the ration- ing order. Dealer-Agreement Sought. e bottling concern official said altempts were being made to work out an equitable distribu- tion to the more than 5.000 soft drink dealers here, but that “things dian't look so bright.” ‘While ice cream might not be on the minds of everyone in this nea'- zero weather, people will have to re- sign themselves to eating less in th | months tb come. The International ~Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers, which has Sqme | Former Sailor Hanged For Delaware Assault By the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. 9.— Ralph W. Ernest, 33, one-time sailor, was hanged in the Newcastie County Workhouse today for assaulting a 6-year-old girl. The prisener, first white man ex- | ecuted in Delaware in 12 years, walked to the gallows without hesi- tation. His only comment was a plea for forgiveness. The trap was sprung at 10:10 am and Ernest was pronounced dead 17 minutes later. Jap Bomber Shot Down Raiding Dutch Island By the Associated Press BATAVIA, Netherlands Indies, Jan. 9.—Three Japanese bombers vesterday morning attacked Tara- kan, important Dutch island mili- tary outpnst and oil center off the coast of North Borneo. but caused no damage, a communique said to- day. Dutgh defenders shot down one Japanese plane, killing the entire crew, it said, while none of the bombs of the remaining two bomb- ers hit their mark. ‘The Sydney correspondent of the Batavia newspaper Java Bode said Australian air reinforcements to the Netherlands Indies and the training of Dutch pilots in Australia are among Wer measures now being ‘Counsel in Hill Trial ‘Engage in Loud and Heated Arguments Viereck and Government | Auditor Expected to | Take Stand Today (Picture on Page A-2.) Arguments between prosecution and defense counsel at the perjury trial of George Hill became so loud and heated in District Court today that Justice F. Dickinson Letts feit called upon to tell the jury: “No conscious effort is being made by anybody at the trial table to offend anybody else.” Developments expected late today at the trial of Mr. Hill, secretary to Representative Fish of New York. included appearance on the stand of George Sylvester Vierick. described as the “high priest” of Nazi prop- aganda in this country. and a Gov- ernment auditor expected to name Senators and Representatives whose speeches Mr. Hill ordered reprinted by the Government Printing Office. O'Connor Asks Transeript. Mr. Hill is charged with falsely denying he knew Viereck. a regis- tered German agent under indict- ment for alleged failure to reveal all his activities to the State Depart- ment as required by law Defense Counsel John J. O'Connor today protested that Justice Letts vesterday crdered the prosecntion | discussed in Sydney by Lt. Governer i,°oive him (Mr. O'Connor) a tran- General Hubertus J. van Mook and Australian authorities. “Australia is willing to consider the Netherlands Indies as her bat- script of grand jury | Prescott Dennett, but Special Assist- i ant to the Attorney General William Power Maloney had failed to com- ostimony by | tlefront,” the correspondent quoted ply. Van Mook as sa$ing. Autho-#®ative circles in Batavia Mr. Maloney contended no such instructions were given. He con- an office here, reported vesterdev said a major Japanese offensive !enged there would be “grave aan- that under the present O. P. M. or- | against the Netherlands Indies ap- 8€r’ in giving out this testimonv der the ice cream industry through- out the country faces a 3) per cent reduction over las A decrease of 25 per cent is in store for the District, Maryland and Delaware area, according to an official of the association. 1941 Output Upped. ‘The vear 1941 was a banne: year for the ice cream industry, with 60, 000,000 more gallons being manufac- tured last year over 1940. it was esti- mated This represented an 18.3 per cent increase in sales. Independent candy manufacturers n the District likewise forecast a curtailment of sales unless amend- ments are forthcoming in the Gov- ernment order. 1t is understood that O. P. M. is studying the entire sugar situation with a view of making such amend- | ments in the original order, which | went into effect January 1. | At the same time there were indi- | “Many vital points were attacked with losses to the enemy,” the com- munique said. “Meanwhile. Chinese infantry and artillery continued their operations against Japanese trapped northeast of Changsha. Additional casualties were inflicted on the enemy in this area during vesterday’s operations. The assauit on Canton was the most striking feature of the new Chinese action. The Chinese went on the offensive near that metropo- lis when the Japanese declared war on Britain and started their thrust southward through the Kowloon , Peninsula toward the British crown colony of Hong Kong. Hong Kong surrendered on Christ- mas Day, but the Chinese offensive continued, the greatest pressure shifting from the south to the north and northeast of Canton where the Chinese operated in two columns. ! area, Russian roop concentrations were smashed b’ concentric German ar- tillery fire it added, and numerous Russian atacks were repulsed. ‘The Geiman air force supported | the defen:z of the land army, the | Nazis asseted. A Finnith military commentator | declared i: a broadcast last night {that Gernany had practically | stabilized ler own winter front and | was prepaing for a spring drive calculated .0 crush the Russians. | A Finniih communique declared |today that the Russian Army was | keeping uy: hard pressure against Finnish lires north of Lake Onega, despite he,vy losses. 8,00) Declared Killed. More thun 8,000 German officers and men vere killed from January |1 to 6, a Russian communique de- | T (ee FOSSIAN, Page A-6) today by a Navy spokesman who | sugar rationing for the regular con- said the broadcast was the “old Nazi | sumer in order to hn][ei wave of gnme"' gdum:fd ":’ ::lke America | hoarding which Agriculture De- give information e enemy. artment expert: i “The Langley has been sunk two ?esxh Beie e or three times—by Japanese short| While wave—but the Japs still haven't|to pe am, been able to find out where she is. | some regulation appeared necessa is. | s Ssary It's the old Nazi game and thevTe |to assure an equitable distribution still l'égmr)l‘g so-_réebody will give some among all users. The hoarding, secrets,” he said. | which parallels incidents in the first | The 11050-ton Langley, which| world War, if allowed to continue began naval service 29 years ago as | much longer, might result in acute a coal-carrier, was first declared | shortages later for those who do not from Tokio to have been damaged | hoard. December 8 at the Bay of Malalag, With the Philippine sugar supply in Japanese air attacks on the severed and the Hawaiian trade cut Philippines. 4 because of shipping difficulties, the She became a guinea pig for ex- | industry is leaning heavily on the | perimentation on the teaming of |sugar-producing islands of the West sea and air power as an aircraft | Indies, including Puerto Rico and carrier in 1920 and then was rele- | Cuba. Experts point out, however, gated to the role of a tender. that this country may have to share present supplies were said ple for the rest of this year, By JOHN C. HENRY. The first American offensive against Axis-occupied Europe has been undertaken, the White House announced today, with the Royal Air Force scattering approximately 2,000000 American propaganda pamphlets over FPench areas now under Nazi rule. | This initial bombardment of | words, printed in French and la- | beled “U. S. Leaflet No. 1,” was concentrated in the Paris and Lille areas. Approximately 1,380,000 of the messages, Prench people to be hopeful nf vie- tory for the United Nations and out- lining the great scope of the Ameri- can war effort, were dropped over exhorting the | 'First U. S. Offensive in Europe R.A.F.Drops 2,000,000 American Pamphlets Paris. Tle remainder were flown over the irdustrial center of Lille. Announement of this first offen- sive gestwe by the American Gov- ernment i the European war thea- ter was mude by Stephen T. Early, | secretary o the President, in the | tollowing vords: “The Ro;al Air Force has suecess- | fully carried out its first mission for | the Uniter States. It was to dis- | ¢merican leaflets, labeled | Leaflet Ne 1" ! Other Missions te Follow. fr. Earl; said that similar literary bombardmsnts of Axis-conguered territories may be assumed, with the material 12 each ease to be prepared ‘U. 8. ~ | tribute ove occupied Franee 2,000,000 this supply with some of the Allied netions. Russia has lost to the Germans valuable areas which produce beet sugar, they point out. Officials said that before inaugu- rating rationing, the Government might appeal to consumers to limit purchases voluntarily to normal re- quirements. Is Undertaken; in the language native to the area affected. The conviction of this Govern- ment that material assistance for the united cause eventually will come from the revolting populations of thé conquered countries was ex-' pressed in the President's message | on the state of the Unfon, delivered to Congress on Tuesday. “As we get guns to the patriots in those lands,” he asserted, “they | too will fire shots heard ‘round the | world” Mr. Early said that this first leaflet was decorated with a pic of the American flag in colors an of the Statue of Liberty, a gift from Willkie's Son at Annapolis NEW YORK, Jan. 9 () —Philip | L. Willkie, 22, son of Wendell L. | Willkie, left today with 43 other ap- | prentice seamen for Annapolis to | take a four-month course leading |to a commission as an ensign in the Naval Reserve. . iCalifornia Feels Quake SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Jan. 9 (A —A light earthquake shook San Bernardino last night. No damage was reported. | A sunk the Langley were scoffed at | cations the Government may order | | | peared likely within a matter of days or even hours and they ponted out that the Japanese maintain daily air patrols over the archi- pelago. Japs in Phi lppineAs Order Allied Nafionals fo Report BY the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 9.—The Japanese news agency, Domei, broadcast today a Manila dispatch saying that all Allied nationals in occupied parts of the Phlippines had been ordered to because Dennett's disciosure cov- ered matters stil under inves‘iga- tion by the grand jurv. which is probing German activities in the United States. | Dennett's name has been brought | into Mr. Hill's trial repeatedly. The | prosecution contends that his isola- | tionist committees here, including | Islands for War Debts Committee, | were subsidized by Viereck. by ordering Mr. Maloney to submit Dennett’s grand jury testimony to the jurist. who will himself decide what the defense counsel may see. A small start was made yesterday | in listing the “propaganda” Mr. Hill Justice Letts resolved the dispute Landis Is Named ToO0.C.D. Post; La Guardia Stays Harvard Dean to Be ‘Executive’ to Carry Out Program By the Associated Press. | A partial reorganization of the Office of Civilian Defense to give & large shaye of its responsibility to | Dean James M. Landis of the Har- vard Law School, but with Mayor La | Guardia of New York continuing as | director, was announced today by | the White House | Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said Mr. Landis would have | the title of “executive” of the O. C, | D. and that he and Mayor La Guar« | dia would fashion, in consultation, broad matters of policy Mr. Early was asked whether Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt would eontinue as assistant director of the O. C. D. and replied that he had heard nothing about the matter. Mayor La Guardia in a statement, here today said he welcomed Mr, Landis’ appointment. More Time in Field. “Dean Landis will take the details of the office administration off my shoulders.” the mayor said. “I will then be able to devote more time | to perfecting the organization throughout the country. “Frankly. this plan meets the Washington situation because of the growth and the added activities of the Office of Civilian Defense, and will afford me more time in the fleld. “Prankly. it does not meet the New York City situation because it will take more of my time. I must be realistic about this. “The matter of equipment is of | the utmost importance. I must | warn the country that we must have the fire equipment ordered and in production at once. There must be | no delay.” | Dean Landis is to be responsible for creation of the necessary organ= ization to effectuate the policies de- cided upon and for personnel to put the policies into effect. In Boston the dean asserted he regarded his new assignment as “a full-time job” and said he would report for duty in Washington Mone day. Delighted by Appeintment. “I am delighted,” he said, “with the opportunity the President has given me to work with my old and cherished friend, Mayor La Guardia. My job is as it is described—to carry into execution the policies of the 0. C. D. and to see that they be= come effective.” Considerable criticism had de- veloped in Congress and elsewhere because Mavor La Guardia was re- taining both his job as Mayor of the Nation's largest city and direct- ing the O. C. D. Many persons had contended he was unable to devote sufficient time to civilian defense needs and only vesterday the House voted to turn over funds for civilian defense to the War Department The House fixed the authorization fund at $100,000.000, but previously the Senate passed a bill setting no limit on the expenditure and giving the job of obtaining defense facili- ties to La Guardia's outfit Under such a situation. undoubt- edly to be affected by the White House announcement. adjustment would have to be made in a joint Senate-House conference commit- tee. Held Other U. S. Positions. Dean Landis was once chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and before that was a member of the Federal Trade Com- mission. Since 1937 he has been dean of the Harvard Law School. a post which he held before he entered Federal service Asked whether Mr. Landis would continue as dean. Secretary Early said he understood the new execu- tive officer of O. C. D. was making his arrangements now with the university and he did not know what they were. Mayor La Guardia will continue to | report by next Thursday to Japa- allegedly ordered reprinted. John S. hold membership on all Federal nese Army authorities, the British and Americans for internment (Yesterday the Berlin radio said some 4,000 Americans and Britons | already had been interned.) The internment, Domei said. was ordered for “their own protection.” “Those failing to report by next Thursday will be summarily dealt with on the presumption that they are engaging in hostile fifth column activities.” 500 Reported Seized by Japs. CHUNGKING. Jan. 9 (#.—The Chinese Central Daily News said to- day more than 500 American and British nationals had been taken into | custody by the Japanese in the tri- | cities, Hankow, Wuchang and Han- vang. at the Yangtze bend in Hupeh Province. It said the Japanese had taken over the National City Bank of New York's branch in Hankow, along with the premises of other British and American concerns. " (See HILL TRIAL, Page A-6.) Axis Making 6,000 Planes Monthly, Gayda Asserts BY the Associated Press. | ROME, Jan. 9 (Andi Agency).— | virginio Gayda. in an article in II | Glornale d'Ttalia deriding United | States armament plans as outlined by President Roosevelt, claimed to- day that the Axis nations are pro- , ducing between 6,000 and 7.000 war- planes a month. President Roosevelt called for a | production of 60.000 planes in 1942 |and 125,000 in 1943. The Fascist editor declared that | the Axis powers not only “control |all of Europe’s industrial produc- tion” but have taren sufficient war booty on the Russian and French | fronts to be supplied with “finished materials for several years of war.” Summary of Foreign. R. A.F. scatters U. S. propaganda pamphlets in France. Page A-1 Jap press sees U. S. invasion as pos- sibility, Page A-2 National. Dean Landis named “executive” of civilian defense. Page A-1 Sugar curtailment affects soft drink output. Page A-1 Loud and heated arguments feature Hill trial. Page A-1 Intervention averts Los Angeles strike. Page A-2 Congressional group sees Morgens thau on new tax bill. Page A-3 Archbishop Curley appeals for for- eign mission aid. Page A-4 President asks Federal agencies to help Red Cross. Page A-6 Cattlemen‘oppose President’s price- control views. Page A-9 Today’s Star Washington and Vicinity. D. C man lost when Army mine layer founders. Traffic Council proposed pedestrian safety campaign Page A-5 Test of air-raid sirens here “rather disappointing.” Page B-1 Professional groups band to study health problems. Page B-1 Civil service revises efficiency rating system. o Page B-1 Skating on Reflecting Pool permitted by police. Page B-1 |D. C. to buy seven steam air-raid | sitens, Snow reveals. Page B-1 Pirst unit of new D. C. Library may be used by Government. Page B-1 | Miscellany Army Orders. Page A-18 Births and Deaths. Page B-2 Nature’s Children. Page B-6 Marriage Licenses. Page B-2 > Page A-2 1boards on which the O. C. D. now | is represented and also will con- tinue to attend cabinet meetings, Mr. Early said. He advised Mr. Early this morn- ing that he would meet Mr. Landis in New York next Monday. | The latter will have offices here, Mr. Early said, and his salary will be $10,000 a year. His appointment is for an indefinite period | Wants Equipment in Hurry. Asked for comment on both the | House and Senate measures, Mayor !La Guardia said he thought both bills were all right. He added that any program which would deliver defense equipment in a hurry is ail right. | “The cities need this equipment very, very badly,” he said. “There | can be no fooling.now.” There were strong indications that he would have potent backing in the conference committee. Chair- | man May of the House Military Affairs Committee, in charge of the bill, who is likely to be one of the conferees, has opposed the move to turn the job over to the War Department, and quoted Secretary | Stimson as also opposed. The amendment placing the purse strings for civilian defense in the hands of the War Department was adopted by roll-call vote of 187 to 168, with almost solid Republi- can support. By a single vote mar- gin, 179 to 178, the House rejected another amendment to create & $10,000-a-year post of assistant sec~ retary of war in charge of civilian defense. Defended by May. Amid repeated protests that the question of air raid precautions was too important to engage in per- sonalities, advocates of giving the War Department the assignment asserted that it was not a “part- time” job, and criticized Mayor La Guardia for attempting to do that work while serving as Mayor. But Representative May countered by rting that Mayor La G (8ee CIVILIAN DEFENSE, Pg. A-6)