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[ A—d wxx R. A. F. Batfers Ships Attempting fo Take Supplies to Rommel Direct Hits Are Scored On Coastwise Vessels, British Report : By the Associated Press. CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 9.—With its land supply routes under almost incessant assault from the air, the Axis has attempted by sea to pro- vision the retreating Libyan corps of Gen. Edwin Rommel, the British énnounced today, but the coastwise ships drew a storm of direct hits from the R. A.'F. “Our air forces operating in sup- port of our mobile columns over a wide area, had a particularly suc- cessful day, destroying a number of enemy aircraft in aerial combat.” a general headquarters communique said. “Enemy lines of communication west of El Agheila also were re- peatedly attacked. A numbbr of direct hits were obtained on trans- port vehicles and also on coastal shipping which was being used to bring stores forward from Tripoli to beaches at various points on the Gulf of Sirte.” May Try to Make Stand. The supply effort of the Axis in- dicated that Gen. Rommel, falling back onto El Agheila, at the inner- most curve of the Gulf of Sirte, might try to make a stand there if supplies could be assured. The R. A. F. itself reported at- tacks “with good effect” on motor transport and shipping near Buerat El Hsun, about 220 miles west of El Agheila on the shore of the Gulf of Sirte, saying that one ship was set aflame. Gen. Rommel’s main force was moving from the Agedabia area to- ward El Agheila, 70 miles to the southwest, ahead of & stubbornly re- sisting rearguard which used exten- tive mine flelds to supplement the hazard of mud in hampering the| pursuit of the British imperials. Australian pilots Btates-built (Curtiss) Kittyhawk fighters shot down seven out of a | formation of more than 50 Axis planes yesterday over the Agedabia area, the R. A’ F. reported in its own communique. Axis May Avoid Destruction. ‘The Rommel retreat aroused Brit- {sh fears that the Axis might foil— or at least postpone—achievement of Britain's main objective of an- nihiliating the enemy armored forces in Northern Africa. Gen, Rommel was favored in his retreat from Agedabia, where his forces have fought the British for days sfter being beaten back 300 miles from the Egyptian-Libyan border, by a combination of mud and a swirling sandstorm which im- peded the British columns. (The effect of the reverses in Libya is being felt in Italy, it was indicated in a report in an anti- Nazi London newspaper, . Die Zeitung. It said Premier Musso< lini was recalling troops from Balkan occupied zones because annihiliation in Libya would leave Italy “face to face with the dan- ger of direct attack.” (Die Zeitung further said Hitler had been told Italy’s military sit- uation is “greatly menaced” and that the Nazis must find new forces to police the Balkans. It added that Germany could not send sufficient troops there from the Russian front and that Hun- gary would be given the job in exchange for promises of political compensations.) Failed to Knock Out Malta. Some observers expressed belief that whatever hopes Gen. Rommel might have held for a determined stand at Agedabia were dashed by failure of the German and Italian campaign to knock out British air and sea facilities on the fortified island of Malta, in the Mediter- ranean. Malta's planes are still raiding Tripoli, Axis debarkation port, the R. A. F. Near East command an- nounced yesterday. Eastern Gasoline—Men To Debate War Problems Bs the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—To consider the wartime problems of retail gas line dealers, the Executive Commit- tee of the Eastern States Gasoline Dealers Conference voted yesterday to call 700 representatives of 100,000 Eastern members to a meeting Jan- uary 27 in Philadelphia. The committee said it had re- quested a meeting with the Office of Price Administration in Washing- ton next week to discuss those prob- | lems. Sol A. Herzog. conference counsel, gaid an attempt would be made to fix the status of dealers for the duration and to determine how they might co-operate in defense work. “We have no complaint about rationing of tires,” said Mr. Herzog, “although many of our dealers have been caught with * * * substan- tial inventories. We hope to have tires pooled in given areas and thus help dealers with investments of $3000 to $4.000. which probably would be on their hands for three or four years in some cases, since the quotas are so small.” He said the committee favored continuance of the gasoline curfew which, he added, would save electric current usable for defense pur- poses. Farmers Ask Equality In Price and Pay Control By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Jan. 9.—Equality in Government regulation of farm produgt prices and wages was advo- cated by President John D. Miller of Susquehana, Pa., at the National Council of Farmer Co-operatives’ 14th annual meeting here, “Both farmers and wage earners produce commodities that are arti- cles of commerce,” he told the meeting yesterday, “and when these commodities and articles. enter the channels - of interstate or foreign commerce, they become subject to the powers given the Féderal Gov- ernment to regulate commerce.” Executive Secretary Ezra T. Ben- son reported that six new farmer co-operatives were formally admit- fiying United | | and Walter L. A stirring account of how Wgke Island’s defenders let a -Japanese flotilla approach to within point- blank range, then blasted it witli .death-dealing gunfire, came from the Navy last night together with a citation by President Roosevelt of the entire garrison of 400. In a day-by-day account of the air fighting were four terse lines which told this story: At sun-up of December 11, a dozen Japanese ships bore down on MAJ. JAMES P. DEVEREUX. the island for a landing in force. There were two troop or supply ships | guarded by light cruisers, destroyers | and gunboats. The American defenders held their | fire-until the Japanese vessels were iwilhin 4,700 yards, then opened up | with 5 to 3 inch guns. The result was listed in this manner: | “Jap casualties: One light cruiser, two destroyers, one gunboat, two | bombers.” Example of Cool Courage. It was, the Navy Department de- lclarad. an example of “cool courage jon the part of Devereux’s men that | ranks with the classic ‘whites of their eyes’ line of Bunker Hill, in the opinion of ranking officers at Marine Corps headquarters. Maj. James P. Devereux of Chevy Chase, Md., was commander of the ‘Weke garrison. Forty-seven hundred yards is over 2 miles but the Navy Department described this officially as virtually “point blank range” for guns of that size. In the Japanese flotilla were undoubtedly heavier guns as their cruisers are armed with either 55 or #.1-inch rifies. The account told of great ingenu- ity on the part of ground crews in using perts of bombed and machine- gunned airplanes to keep others in the air. Two men—First Lt. John F. Kinney and Technical Sergt. Wil- liam J. Hamilton—were given spe- cial credit for their help. ‘The report was received by the - LT. JOHN F. KINNEY. Navy from Majs. Paul A. Putnam J. Bayler of the tiny air force there. Maj. Bayler took off from the island by plane Decem- ber 20. Communique Gives Details. Last night the Navy told the story of Wake's heroism in its war com- munique No. 25. It read as follows: Central Pacific: The defense of Wake Island by United States ma- rines has been cited by the President of the United States as follows: Citation by the President of the United States of the Wake detach- ment of the 1st Defense Battalion, United States Marine Corps, under command of Maj. James P. S. Dev- ereuv, United States Marines. and Marine Fighting Squadron 211 of Marine Aircraft Group 21, under command of Maj. Paul A. Putnam, United States Marines: “The courageous conduct of the officers and men of these units, who defended Wake Island against an overwhelming superiority of enemy air, sea and land attacks from De- cember 8 to 22, 1941, has been noted with admiration by their fellow countrymen and the civilized world, and will not be forgotten so long as gallantry and heroism are respected and honored These units are com- mended for ‘heir devotion to duty and splendid conduct at their battle stations under most adverse condi- tions. With Imited defensive means against attaccs in great force, they manned thel: shore installations and flew their al'craft so well that five enemy warslips were either sunk or severely (amaged, many hostile plaries shot down and an unknown number of laid troops destroyed.” Toll Revised Upward. ‘Wake: An increase of two Jap- anese warships—a destroyer and a gunboat—ove: the originally re- ported cruiser, submarine and two destroyers that the Japs lost in the attack on Wake Island, was indi- cated in two ‘eports to Marine Corps headquarters received from the Pa- cific Area. These reprrts were sent from ‘Wake Island 5y a patrol plane. One, written on Jecember 20, is from Maj. Paul A. Putnam, commanding aviation on ~ake. The other is a day by day a:count of Marine avia- Wake Island up to December 20 by Maj. W. Bayer. . The day iy day record of the battle, thoug not an official report, is Maj. Bayer's account of what 'Marine avietion and Maj, Dev- ereux’s men qid. Maj. Bayle;’s report has but little reference to "he Marines on the isle besides the 2viation group, but one brief note—‘Japs closed into 4,700 yards before 5 and 3-inch guns | opened up a' point blank range’— indicates a ¢»0l courage on the part of Devereux': men that ranks with | the classic ‘whites of their' eyes” | line of Bunker Hill, in the opinion | g MAJ. W. L. J. BAYLER. of ranking (fficers at Marine Corps headquarters Added to the two Japanese de- stroyers which were lost in the final phase of the battle of December 23, the new infc'mation received brings Japanese los.es in taking the Island of Wake up o a total of seven war- ships—one c-uiser, four destroyers, one submarine and one gunboat. Noies on Action. Maj. Bayer was on temporary duty in Weke in connection with the establistment of a base of op- erations for :he Marine Corps avia- tion unit. This unit composed of 12 planes, with pilots, 40 ground per- sonnel, arried shortly before the outbreak o hostilities. Following 1#.07copy~of the pereil®d notes the mmajor made from the records kept by him and sent to the commander in chief, Uni.ed States Pacific Fleet. He was present at Wake until De- cember 20. Synopsis «f events (Wake local time) Decenber 8-20: December 7, 7:00 a.m—Received word bombirg Oahu. General quar- ters station. 7 11:58 a.n.—Twenty-four Jap bombers on a narthern course hit airdrome in -lose column of division “V's” from 3,000 feet. 100-pound fragmentaticn bomb: nd simul- taneous stiafing. Casualties, 25 dead, 7 wouaded. Seven airplanes burned, dest-oyed. December 9, 11:45 a.m—Twenty- seven Japs. Bombed hospital, Camp No. 2. Killed several patients. Three dead. Got 0ae Jap plane. December 10, 10:45 a.m—Twenty- seven Jap bombers. No casualties. December 11, 5:00 am.—Landing attempted by 12 Jap ships, including light cruiseis, destroyers, gunboats, two troop or supply ships. Jap cas- ualties: One light cruiser, two de- stroyers, one gunboat, two bombers. Note: That Japs closed into 4,700 yards befors opened up &' point blank range. December 12—Twenty-seven Jap planes bomrbed Peale from 22,000 feet. No casualties. December 13—All quiet. December 14—Thirty-two Jap planes hit airdrome. Two killed, one plane (own (own destroyed by bombs). December 15, 11:00 a.m.—Dawn raid by three 4-engined seapianes. Twenty-seven Jap bombers. Shot down two J.ps. S 41 Jay Bombers Appear. December 16, 5:45 p.m.—Forty-one Jap bombers hit Camp 2 and air- tion’s particiration in the battle of | 5 and 3 inch guns| and Wake drome. Jap 4-motor plane raid. One Jap shot down. | ; December 17 — Thirty-two Jap bombers at 1317 hit Camp 1, Peale Island. Diesel ofl'supply, mess hmll, and pumps of evaporators, Camp 1. December 18, 11:40 .m.—Ona Jap high rec. plane (2-engine) (photo?:. December 19, 10:30 ,a.m.—Jap bombers hit airport and camp. December 20—All quiet—first day of bad weather. ‘Total casualties: 28 dead, 6 wound- ;tlii as of December 20, from VMF- Notes: (1) Jap bombers of Dornier | type, two-engine, twin tail, 160 knots. (2) Attack formations always in form of line of division Vs in close formation. Excellent air discipline. (3) Nine sure Jap bombers shot down, three more possibly. One four-engine P boat. One CL, two DD, one gunboat. Maj. Putnam’s report of opera- tions to his commanding officer in Pearl Harbor goes into more detail on the efforts of the tiny aviation complement to keep the planes that were left after the first attack in the air against each new attack. 61 in Aviation Force. Of the original aviation force of 12 officers and 49 enlisted men, 19 enlisted men and 8 officers were still on duty by December 20. Of these, four_enlisted men and two officers weré"wounded but still on duty. One officer and six enlisted men were in the hospital and “doing nicely.” The remainder, three officers and 24 men, were dead. The letter relates that four planes were in the air against the Japs at the time of the first raid: The other | eight were on the ground being | serviced between flights, and of these seven. were destroyed and one was slightly damaged. One of the planes | that was in the wir later taxied into | debris on the field—the wreckage of | the first raid—and bent its pro- | peller. ‘The Marine fighters, up to Decem- ber 20, had made contact with the enemy seven times, had shot down five Japs in flames, four more had “been claimed by pilots but not veri- fled and several are known to have been damaged. Of the four claimed, one was a four-engined seaplane.” Discussing the surface attack of December 11, Putnam reported “four | airplanes (Marine planes) made a; total of 10 attacks, operating in a | greatly overloaded condition and performing splendidly. We claim | the sigking of one ship and serious damage to another.” The guns of | Devereaux's force evidently account- | ed for the remainder of the ships | reported destroyed in Maj. Bayler’s synopsis. In the attack on Decem- | ber 11, one plane was lost, “a wash- out on the rocky beach.” Planes Made From Wreckage. After the attack on December 14, which saw two Marine planes de- | stroyed, “one plane on the ground | | by enemy action and one crashed on the takeoff” the Marines had “only two operating airplanes, one of which gives constant trouble so that two planes in the air at one time is the excepttion rather thani the rule” At one time only one serviceable plane was left to Maj. Putnam’s squadron, but the me- ['chanics and ground crews evidently made an additional plane, or even | planes out of the wreckage of the | remainder. | Lauding the work of the ground | crews at Wake, Maj. Putnam wrote “since that #tme (the first raid) and ghsemblies have been | ed back and forth so that no | “4irplahe can be jdentified. Engines HaVe been traded from plane to plane, have been junked, stripped, | rebuilt and all but created.” Continuing his praise for the men | under him, Msj. Putnam wrote “all hands have behaved splendidly and | | held up in a manner of which she | Marine Corps may well tell. I have | no report to make regarding any | officer or man being outstanding in | bravery or fortitude; they have all acquitted themselves with equal dis- tinction. On the other hand, I par- ticularly wish to comment on the indefatigable labor, and engenuity, skill and technical knowledge of Lt Kinney and Technical Sergt. Ham- | ilton. Tt is solely due to their efforts | that the squadron is still operating.” | Discussing the living conditions | on the airdrome as they were on De- | cember 20, Maj. Putnam said “Per- | sonnel are living in dugouts made by the contractor’s men and equip- ment. Not comfortable but ade- quate against all but direct bomb hits. Feeding is from the contrac- tor’s galley, a truck making the rounds with hot food twice daily have had only a mild flurry of diar- rhea. Fresh water is adequate for drinking, but salt water is used for | all other purposes.” The tone of the entire report ind | part of the air group at Wake. They were there under orders with a job to do. They were doing the job and would continue to do it until cir- cumstances beyond forced them to discontinue their efforts. They had kept those cir- cumstances under control for almost two weeks and they would continue to do so. . At no time during the seige were more than four Marine planes in operation, Putnam reported, but the Sanitation is only fair, but so far | cates no particular anxiety on the | their control | Marines at Wake Held Fire to Sink Four Warships ‘verified total that these planes took of the Japanese was one ship, one submarine and five Jap planes. Fate Unknown. Since the report ended December 20, when Maj. Bayler took off from -the island with the reports of Maj. Devereux and Maj. Putnam, the fate of Lt. Kinney and Sergt. Hamilton is not known. On the official biog- raphy of Sergt. Hamilton, however, is the notation that “He is being considered at present by a selection MAJ. PAUL A. PUTNAM. board for promotion to first lieuten- ant.” Lt. Kinney is 27 and a graduate of Washington State College and lives at Endicott, Wash. He was appoint- ed an aviation cadet in the Marine Corps Reserve in July, 1938, and a year later after training at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, ¥la., was commissioned a second lieutenaut in the Regular Marine Corps. After further training at Philadelphia, he was assigned to a .bombardment group at San Diego. From May, 1940, until November 28, 1941, he served there and on board the U. S. S. Saratoga and U. S. S. Lexington, Navy aircraft carriers, and at Pearl Harbor. . He was promoted to first lieutenant on January 2 as a result of his Wake Island record. - Sergt. Hamilton had no college education but attended high school at Altoona, Pa., where he was born June 3, 1912, and studied mechanics. | He enlisted in the Army in 1930 and served two enlistments, receiving his discharge in 193¢ from the Fifth Observation Squadron as private first class. He enlisted in the Ma- rine Corps in March, 1935, and was assigned to the Fleet Marine Force. A year later he was sent to the Naval Air Station at Pensacola where he won his pilots’ wings in June, 1937, and the rank of corporal. He was prometed to sergeant in | October, 1937, to staff sergeant in September, 1940, and to technical sergeant in May, 1941, 3 SERGT. WM. J. HAMILTON. The general knowledge of aircraft mechanics that stood him and his squadron in such good stead in creating” planes at Wake Island was acquired at the Army Air Corps ‘Technical School at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill, the Navr Radio Ma- terial Schaol at Bellevue, D. C.. and the Navy instrument flying school at San Diego. He is married and his wife, Mrs. Mary Jane Hamilton, | lives in San Diego. His family home |is at South Larchmont, Pa., where | his mother, Mrs. Rae Hake, lives. Maj. Bayler, who is 36, is a native of Lebanon, Pa., and was graduated from the United States Naval Acad- emy in 1927. After serving a year in a line company in Nicaragua, he won his wings as a marine aviator in 1930. He served in a squadron at Quan- tico. Va., and attended the post- graduate school at Annapolis, after which he was sent to the post-grad- uate school at Harvard to study com- munications engineering. Since then he had served in marine aviation upits at Quantico, San Diego, Hawaii lieutenant in 1934, to captain two years later and to major last sum- mer while he was with the 2d Air- Mrs. Virginia Katherine Bayler, and have been living at Honolulu. Carriers fo Conclude Plea for Rate Boost Fought by Industry Express Agency Joins Rail and Water Lines Seeking 10 Pct. Rise By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Jan. t of producers’ and shippers’ objec- 9.—Presentation tion's rail and water carriers for a general 10 per’ cent freight rate in- crease was completed yesterday at an Interstate Commerce Commis- sion hearing. As copper, lead and zinc interests and independent oil refineries added their protests against the proposed rise, attorneys for the Railway Ex- press Ageney, Inc.,, announced they would go before the commission to- day to ask for an additional emer- gency charge of 10 cents on each shipment. The railroads, which have been Jjoined by the barge lines, claimed that added revenue was necessary. to offset higher operating expenses. C. A. Butler of Butte, Mont., gen- ergl traffic manager of Anaconds ted to council membership. They include the Eastern Shore of Vir- glnlu Produce Exchange of Olney, Va. A Copper Co., who spoke in behalt of. Geciured Higher Yaes mignt prevent needed war production in small £ tions to the application of the Na- | mines whe:e operating costs are high. Spokesmea for independent oil interests ir Oklahoma and Texas said increa:ed freight costs would upset competitive relationships with major comjanies which use pipe lines to shiy crude oil. Farm groips, led by the Depart- ment of Agiiculture, have contended the proposed increase would disrupt farm incom: and tend to' inflation. Final argiment of the rail and water carri-rs’ application will be heard Moniay. Death Comes To Woman as Birthday Gift BY the Assoclited Press. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9.—Mrs, Iris N. Petermaa got the birthday pres- ent she hai planned for herself— death. < Last October she walked with crutches in'o a mortuary and ‘told Samuel Crminger she had come to make her funeral srrangements. She picked out & casket and burial clothes, A Mr. Croninger received Last nigks this note: 3 : “Please ¢xme and get my body. I want no feneral services. * * ** Mr. Croninger notified Police Capt. Ray ‘Giese. Two patrolmen found Mrs. Petensan desd—shot through She wouli have heen 45 years old today. N U.S. Asks Publishers Effect of Increase In Newsprint Price 0. P. A. Official Confers With Industry Leaders On Canadian Advance By the Associated Press. The Government asked American newspaper -~ publishers yesterday ‘whether an increase in the price of newsprint proposed by certain Ca- nadian manofacturers might lead to-higher newspaper prices, reduced size of newspapers or some other method of absorbing the increase. This question was posed by the Office of Price Administration in ‘what it called an “explanatory” con- ference with publishers’ representa- tives. The conferees surveyed pos- sible effects of the newsprint price advance on the American newspaper industry as a whole. Cost Data Invited. Publishers were invited to submit cost data to the O. P. A. in the light of possible newsprint price increases and also to determine whether pres- ‘ent operating revenues would absorb such increases. Newsprint prices of exports to this country would be incteased from $50 to $53 a ton ter during the second quar- of 1943 under a recent proposal Fal of the International Paper Co. of | Canada. Immediately other Cana- | dian manufacturers followed with similar proposals. | print used in the United States is of Canadian origin, The O. P. A. was told that if Canadian authorities permitted the proposed increase, American publishers would pay nearly $8 more than Canadian pub- lishers. Effects Studied. “Since the O. P. A. is attempting to work closely with Canadian au- thorities on all matters affecting price control” the office said, “it was considered essential to obtain as soon as possible a complete picture of how the American publisher increase.” Among publisher representatives of the pulp and paper section of the O. P. A, were: George C. Biggers, the Atlanta Journal;- William G. Chandler, Scripps-Howard news- papers; Howard Davis, New York Herald-Tribune; -Walter M. Dear, the Jersey Journal of Jersey City; T. J. White, Hearst newspapers, Chi- cago; S. E. Thomason, the Chicago Daily Times, and S. H. Kauffmann, ‘The Washington Star. Italion Lodge Buys Bond SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9 (P).— A $10,000 Defense bond was pur- chased yesterday by the California Grand Lodge of the Sons of Italy, a_fraternal organtzation of persons of Italian' descent. and at sea. He was promoted to first | craft Wing at San Diego. His wife, | their daughter, Virginia M. Bayler, Almost three-fourths of the news- | would be affected by the proposed | meeting ‘with Robert M. Macy, chief | Food Production Quotas Scrapped by 11 Northeast States Sky Declared Limit In New Government Plan to Feed Allies BY the Associated Press. * UPPER DARBY, Pa, Jan. 90— Former food production quotas for Farm Security Administration grow- ers in 11 Northeastern States have been scrapped and “the sky is now the limit,” J. H. Wood, regional F. 8. A. director, announced today on his return from conferences in ‘Washington. “We need every egg and every quart of milk our farmers can pro- duce,” Mr. Wood declared. ‘“Pearl Harbor wrecked the 1942 quotas set up four months ago. Our ‘food for freedom’ campaign has been stepped up to an all-out basis. We are ask- ing our farmers to produce all the milk, eggs and vegetables they can to feed themselves properly and help feed the United States and united nations. Small Farmers Assisted. “The Government is going to help in this drive by streamlining pro- cedure so we can give all small farmers the financial and technical aid they need to do the job. “Red tape has been cut and new, simplified application forms now JOSEPH W. ALSOP, Jr. Alsop Believed Held AtHong Kongas | Japanese Prisoner U. S. Consuls in Indo-China Reported Interned by Invaders Joseph W. Alsop, jr., whose news- | paper column formerly appeared in assure small farmers speedy action prepared to help all farmers who can do their bit toward this national effort. Before this war is over—and, help of the part-time farmers and “backyarders’ and we’ll help them, too, where necessary.” Aid Is Increased. tensify co-operative activity to solve give aid to fishermen along the stepped-up food production pro- gram. The area under Mr. Wood's direc- tion includes Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ver- mont and Maine. Bishop Freeman Exhorls All fo Assist Red Cross ‘The Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, issued a statement today calling on every American citizen to answer the war appeal of the Red Cross. The statement was issued in connection with the proclamation by the Wash- ington Federation of Churches set- ting aside Sunday as Red Cross Sunday. The text of Bishop Freeman's statement follows: “Amidst the horrors and agonies of a universal war, the Red Cross Jmaintains its high Christian service to a multitude of sufferers and meets the cry of need wherever it is heard. It speaks a language heard and understood by peopies- and races of every kind and tengue. It interprets the spirit of the Good Samaritan who refused to pass by on the other side, and pauses with ter fo the suffering. “Its task has never been greater than it is today, and its appeal to be answered by every citizen. Wherever its flag goes. distracted and distressed people recognize it as the symbol of a new hape, the | harbinger of a better world that !5 go be.” | Plans have been completed at | Washington Cathedral to devote the 4 o'cJock Sunday evensong to a s, cial Red Cross servica. The Rev. Theodore O. Wedel, canon chan. + cellor of the Cathedral, will preach, |and a group of Red Crass nurse: | and officials ithe procesMon of clergy ahd choir | as it marches into the Great Choir | from she Cathedral crypts. Music ]ror the servic® has been arranged and will be directed by Paul Gall way, Cathedral orgahist and choire master, Men, Not Equipment, Win Wars, Lear Says By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. $—Men rather than equipment, are the es- sence of fighting, says Lt. Gen. Ben Lear, 2d Army commander. | In a letter to commanding officers of the Army yesterday, Gen. Lear warned that American troops must | an enemy superior in numbers and | equipment, but he added: “Equipment does not fight. It is an instrument of men. Men are the essence of fighting; the heart, the courage and the blood of soldiers win wars. * * * Man is the master machine in war.” Boy, 9, Finger Crushed, By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Jan. 9.—Jacob Heim, 9, | didn't cry, but he was pale and ob- | viously in pain as he walked into | police headquarters and asked for | | & drink of water. Only when police noticed one of | his gloves was bloody did he tell | them he had caught his hand in a | freight elevator. | a hospital, where it was found nec- | | essaty to amputate one finger I GOOD:! Driving Men's Lamb-Lined Leather Gloves $5.00 Leather Glotes lined with lamb's weol for real warmth. Black or bro Other lined gloves. $3.50 - 3 Charge Atcounts Imvited LUTZ & CO. 1325 @8 STREET N.W. ESTABLISHED 1304 la For Winter Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New | open and generous hand to minis- | the people of America to sustain its | beneficent and Christlike work must | in uniform will join 'y The Star, was believed today to be | Kong. | The newspaper columnist, a dis- tant relative of the Roosevelts. who ernment, was last reported in Hong | Kong, a few days before its capture by the Japanese. | The State Department said today tured the British island that Mr. | Alsop had been scheduled to take flights were canceled and the Chi- | was taken prisoner. Earlier, while on duty with the { Navy Department, Mr. Alsop was, | sent to Bombay. While there. he asked to be relieved from active | duty as a lieutenant (§. g.) to join the American citizens with the Chinese fighting forces under Col. Clare Chenault. His post was as | administrative assistant to Col. Chenault. { Mr. Alsop, whose home is in Wash- | ington, was understood to have been ] in Manila on a mission for General- issimo Chiang Kai-shek just before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor but he later fiew to Hong Kong. | Co-author with Robert Kintner, | now a captain in the Army, of “The | Capital Parade,” Mr. Alsop is & native | |of Avon, Conn, and attended Gro- ‘ ton School and Harvard University. | The State Department also wes informed yesterday through French authorities at Vichy that American consular officials in Indo-China have | been interned by the Japanese. | The former American consul at Saigon, Sidney H'to Browne of Balti- | more, is in d Clubb of Saigon. Oliver | South St. Paul, Minn., gmer Amer- | |ican consul detailed Ranof, is confined in & vu:n:here which has been for, $he French | Pt g S Associated Press correspondent | Relman Morin of Los Angeles, for- mer-chief of the Associated Press Tokio bureau, is confined to the eral ‘at Saigon. | 'The advices from Vichy state that all other American nationals, in- cluding PFilipinos, who have lived | at liberty. HILDA M residence of the British consul gen- | | in Indo-China at least 15 years, are Archbishop Curley. Issues Strong Plea For Mission Aid All But One of Capital’s Parishes Represented At Opening of Drive Some 80 priests representing all but one of the city’s 34 Catholic parishes héard appeals for the con- tinuance of the church’s foreign mission work of the last 25 years in a dinner held last night in the Wil- lard Hotel. The affair marked the opening of a national home and foreign mis- sions drive under auspices of the Archdiocesan Society for the Propa- gation of the Faith. Catholic mis- sion Sunday will be marked in churches here January 18. Principal speaker was the Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, archbishop of Baltimore and Washington, who appealed for priests and laymen alike to be inspired with “a great love for missions everywhere.” He said that should our mission-mind- edness ever grow less, “God help the church in America.” ‘The archbishop stressed the im- portance of home missions and said that missionary conditions in cer- tain parts of the country, especially in the South, were comparable to missionary needs in some foreign lands. Turning to a discussion of the foreign missions, Archbishop Curley on their requests for loans. We are | a prisoner of the Japanese at Hong expressed fears for the safety of many American priests and nuns in the Pacific war zones. He said thers were one bishop, 200 Jesuit priests just in case, we are preparing for 10 | has recently been serving as an ad- ther Al jcan priests in years of hostilities—we’ll need the | viser to the Chinese Nationalist gov- ;‘:g P‘)?Si:px:; al’t?;: ¥ Some of these people undoubtedly have been killed and injured in the bombings of Manila and other Philippine towns, he said. He also The F. S. A. director said the |it had received word from Chung- |spoke of the hardships and harsh Government would aid organization | king after the Japanese forces cap- | treatment of Catholic churchmen in of 4-H poultry and calf clubs, in- | countries overrun by the Germans in what he termed the ‘greatest purchasing, producing and market- | the first plane leaving Hong Kong | religious war Christianity has ever ing problems of farmers and may |after December 9. Subsequent known.” Msgr. Thomas J. McDonnell, na- northeastern seaboard under the |nese government believes Mr. Alsop tional director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, warned that the church is passing through the greatest missionary crisis in its history and that we in America “must be in the front line trenches of faith.” Ofher speakers included Msgr. Louis C. Vaeth, archdiocesan direc- tor of the society, and the Rev. John S. Spence, assistant director. who called America “the arsenal of divine democracy in the world.” Will Map Area Defense A “working” meeting will be held at 8 o'clock tbnight by the Civilian Defense Committee of the Bucking- ham Citizens’ Association. Arlington, Va., to organize committees and register volunteers for defense work in the area. The meeting will be at the Kate Waller Barrett School, 4400 North Henderson road. 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