Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1942, Page 4

Two Aufo Smashups In District Blamed On lcy Sireefs Montgomery County Records First Traffic Death of 1942 D. C. Traffic Toll Killed in same period of 1941_ Toll for all of 1941 4 5 95 Icy streets caused two accidents here yesterday, while Montgomery County, Md., recorded its first traffic death of 1942. The victim was Miss Goldie Wol- fred, 16, of Derwood, Md., who was injured January 2 when, according to police, the car in which she was & passenger crashed into a tree on the road between Buck Lodge and Dawsonville. Miss Wolfred and John Weese, 21, of Boyds, Md., who police said was the driver of the car, were taken to the Montgomery County General Hospital at Sandy Spring, where Miss Wolfred died Thursday. County Coroner C. E. Hawks issued a certificate holding young Weese, who is still in the hospital, re- sponsible for the accident. Thomas B. Wilson, 32, of 1913 T street S.E., was in Casualty Hospital today with neck and possible spinal injuries after the car he was driving south on Twenty-second street SE. last night skidded on the ice-covered hill and overturned, landing in the back yard of 2204 Fairlawn avenue SE. A police scout car was involved in an accident blamed on icy streets. 'The car, operated by Pvt. Thomas E. ‘Howie, 28, the ninth precinct, was pulling away from & stop sign at Twelfth and G streets N.E. when another car, operated by Heyward J. Pridy, colored, 23, of 1225 Linden street N.E., struct it, police said. No one was injured. Three soldiers and six marines were injured early today in an auto- mohile crash about 3 miles south of Alexandria, Va. All were admitted to the post hospital at Fort Belvoir. Fort Belvoir authorities gave the following names and injuries: Edward Stone, 26, lacerations of face and scalp; Leonard Clark, lacerations of face and knee, and Charles Sales, 24, fractured knee; all enlisted men stationed at the post. Lester Hirsch, 21, fractured wrist and leg; Harvey Lavenberg, 22, leg and foot injuries; Willam Brintup, 22, fractured leg; Harold D. Hufford, 26, ankle injuries; Willlam J. Mercer, 29, hand and face injuries, and Richard Crothers, fractured nose; all marines from the New River (N, C.) base. Prices (Continued From First Page.) did not regard the original safe- guards sufficlent. He and Senator McCarran said parity levels should be revamped to gear them to average urban industrial wages. This would be , he said, by making the Federal Re- serve Board's perdodic index of in- dustrial wage levels a one-fifth fac- tor in establishing parity. He ex- plained that the 10 per cent increase in “parity” levels thus accomplished would apply only on price-fixing orders and would not affect erop loans and benefit payments. Senator O’Mahoney explained that his proposal would raise the limit below which farm price ceil- ings could not apply by about 10 per cent above that recommended by the Senate Banking Committee and previously approved by the House. He gsked that the present De- partmént of Agriculture method for computing farm parity prices be given a weight of 80 per cent and the index of wage levels a weight of 20 per cent, The Senator said this would result in & new parity level about 10 per cent above the existing method. Because the Senate bill prokibits any farm price ceilings below 110 per cent of parity, Senator Brown said the O’Mahoney amendment would bar any maximums on farm prices until they reached “about 121 per cent of parity, and that's too high.” Senator O’Mahoney said some products would be held at relatively high levels under the October 1 aver- age requirement in the bill, while others might suffer. “You see,” he remarked, “the date | 870! of October 1 is bad for livestock, but it is good for cotton.” After passage by the Senate, the bill goes to the House, which passed a mild version of price control bill in November. Differences will be adjusted in conference committee. Farm Price Vote Senate Grants Veto Power on ‘Ceilings’ By the Associated Press. The following is the vote by which the Senate adopted, 48 to 37, an amendment to the price- control bill to give the Secretary o/_Ayficulture a veto power over :)_nce ceilings on farm commodi- ies: DEMOCRATS FOR—31. BAILEY. REED SHIPSTEAD THOMAS, Idaho TOBEY EY WILLIS PROGRESSIVE FOR—1. LA FOLLETTE POt DEMOCEATS AGAINST—26. KILGORE AGAINST—10. 'URNEY DG TAFT VANDENBERG WHITE INDEPENDENT AGAINST—1. Tonalerior gt s oot alifornis, Republican. for o amendment,” and HATCH, Democrat, The 1 absent 'he ’“"""”&.‘:‘;,;mfi“ [1] M. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1942. JUST A FEW DID THIS—Miss Dorothy Snell, a local skater, did a graceful Arabesque jump for the cameraman yesterday on the new ice at the reflecting pool. Hundreds of other skaters flocked to the pool, most of them content with less acrobatic skating. The pool, between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, becomes Washington's most popular outdoor play spot once or twice each year when a prolonged freeze brings ice. —Star Staft Photo. Patent Office fo Begin Richmond Move About Feb. 1, Society Is Told Meeting of Employes Authorizes Survey of Housing Facilities Patent Office units ang personnel transferred to Richmond under the decentralization program will be- gin moving to that city about Feb- ruary 1, Assistant Commissioner Oonder C. Henry told a special meet- ing of the Patent Office SBociety late yesterday. Following a petition signed by 30 members of the society, the Execu- tive Committee at 2:15 yesterday afternoon called a special meeting to consider questions involved in the transfer of Patent Office person- nel to Richmond. The meeting, held two hours later in the scientific library, was attended by several hundred employes of the Patent Office. C. W. Robinson, chief of Examing Division 5, and president of the soclety, presided. Housing Survey Ordered. 'The society approved by a two-to- one show of hands a resolution pre- sented by Norman E. Miller direc- ting the Executive Committee to ap- point a committee to make a survey of available housing in .Richmona. Prior to the adoption of the Miller resolution, Thomas E. Murphy, a member of the official Patent Office committee appointed to canvass the housing situation in Richmond, said that the work of the proposed com- mittee would parallel that of his up. “The time has come when we can no longer quibble about our personal convenience,” Mr. Henry told the meeting. The purpose of the trans- fer ordered by the President. he pointed out, was to provide more space in Washington for defense agencies. “We are going to move about February 1,” he said, adding that the Patent Office will be the first Federal agency that will be brought back to Washington after the war. Only part of the Patent Office will be transferred to Richmond, and its headquarters will remain in Washington, he said. He assured workers transferred that the Rich- mond building was comfortable. Vote Shows Protest. “Can’t you examine applications for patents in Richmond as well as in Washington?” he asked. The question brought a sizable chorus of noes from Patent Office employes present. A resolution offered by Hugh E. Riley precipitated a lively discussion. The resolution declared that the transfer of the Patent Office to Richmond would be of no substan- tial value as a war measure, and asserted that a majority of Patent Office employes strongly disapprove the transfer and are not “recon- ciled” to the move from Washington. Commissioner Henry warned that adoption of the resolution would put the society in a position of dis- loyalty to the President. Before the meeting adjourned, it directed that this resolution be withdrawn. Mayor Is Appointed For U. S. Film Capital By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10.—Holly- wood, now only a mythical city, has a mayor again. Mayor Fletcher Bowron of Los Angeles named John B. Kingsley, president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, ex-officlo mayor of the film capital in recognition of Mr. Kingsley’s work in co-ordinat- ing defense activities in the area. Hollywood was incorporated and had a real mayor from 1903 to 1910, when it became a part of Los Angeles. b Communiques U. S. Ship Lost in Attack by Plane The text of War Department com- munique No. 53, outlining the mili- tary situation as of 9:30 am. (E. S. T.) today, follows: 1. Philippine Theater: Intensive patrolling and ar- tillery duels characterized ground operations on the island of Luzon yesterday. Heavy enemy re- inforcements are being brought to the front, and other indica- tions point to a resumption of an offensive drive by the Japanese. Hostile air activity was again limited to observation flights. The re-appearance yesterday of a considerable number of en- emy vessels off the coast of Mindanao indicates the probabil- ity that Japanese landings will be made on that island. 2. There is nothing to report from other areas. The tert of Navy communique No. 26, issued late yesterday and based on reports received up to noon yes- terday, follows: Far East: The S. S. Ruth Alexander, attacked by an enemy plane in Netherlands East Indies waters, has been abandoned and declared a total loss. One of the crew was killed and four were injured. The balance of the survivors are safe in a friendly port. The Ruth Alexander of the American President Lines was & vessel of 8,000 gross tons. Central Pacific: Operations continue against enemy subma- rines. The Hawalian area is quiet. Eastern Pacific: Coastal de- fense plans have resulted in nar- rowing of enemy submarine opere ations off. the West Coast. Atlantic area: A report that an enemy submarine was operat- ing in New England waters has been thoroughly investigated. The area has been searched without tangible results. Other- wise Atlantic operations have been without incident. Bar to Hear Rutledge Associate Justice Wiley Rutledge of the United States Court of Ap- peals will be the guest speaker be- fore the Bar Association of the District of Columbia when it as- sembles on Tuesday at 8 pm. in the east room of the Mayflower Hotel. His topic will be “The Writ- ten Brief From the Point of View of a Judge of the Court of Ap- peals.” %Cinder Road Extension In West Potomac Park Urged as Traffic Relief Trade Boord’s Highway Committee Calls for Temporary Route Temporary extension of the so- called Cinder road in West Potomac Park to connect with Watergate roadway as a means of alleviating evening rush hour trafic in the Lincoln Memorial Plaza was recom- mended yesterday by the Board of Trade's Highway Committee. The committee voted to send copies of a resolution urging the extension to Capt. H. C. White- hurst, District director of highways, and Irving C. Root, superintendent of National Capital Parks. Urged as Quick Remedy. Richard Tatlow, 3d, who intro- duced the resolution, explained that the job would only be temporary, as the extension of Independence avenue eventually will produce es- sentially the same effect, but em- ! phasized that traffic was congested to the point of needing an immedi- ate remedy. He pointed out that traffic west bound on Cinder road not intend- ing to cross Memorial Bridge could avold the plaza entirely and not be in conflict with bridge traffic if the extension were provided. Several hundred feet of temporary surfacing would do it at & small cost, he said. Approves Dupont Underpass. Other actions of the committee included: Recommending that the Highway Department study the possibility and desirability of extending Thirteenth street N.W. from Pennsylvania ave- nue to Constitution avenue. Reiterating its approval of a Du- pont Cirale underpass on Connecti- cut avenue. Adopting a report of a subcom- mittee approving the off-street parking provisions of two bills before the House and asking additional legislation banning all-night parking on District streets. Crash Kills Air Cadet JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 10 (®. —Naval Aviation Cadet Fred T. Howland of West Medford, Mass., was killed yesterday when the plane he was piloting crashed while at- tempting a landing near Green Cove *Springs. WHERE PHILIPPINE DEFENDERS HOLD OUT—Studded line indicates location of Gen. MacArthur’s new Philippine defense line as described by a War Department spokesman here. ‘The right flank is on the marshes of the Pampanga River Delts, the left flank in the Cabusilan Mountains, with United States forces defending road junctions at Layac and Dinalupihan. Flag symbols indicate extent of area still defended by American troops—corners of Pampanga and Zambales Provinces, the rugged Batan Peninsula, Subic Bay, the naval station at Olon- gapo and Corregidor. —A. P. Wirephoto. » Daylight-Saving Issue Up fo Conferees; House Passes Bill Votes, 67 to 20, to Set Clocks Ahead Hour All Over U. S. BY the Associated Press. The House and Senate were at odds today on a daylight-saving- time bill to conserve electricity for war production. The Senate last Wednesday passed & measure permitting President Roosevelt to advance clocks as much a8 two hours whenever and wherever he saw fit. Yesterday the House adopted by a vote of 67 to 20 a bill to set clocks ahead one bour, all over America, until six months after the war, leaving the President no discretion. ‘The bill passed the House after a debate marked by slim attendance, and a spirited discussion of the habits of animals and ehildren, the laws of nature, and regulations governing duck hunters. 4 House Committee Demurs. Mr. Roosevelt requested daylight- saving legislation last summer as a means of conserving electrical en- ergy. He suggested at that time a bill similar to the Senate-approved measure, but members of the House Interstate Commerce Committee said such legislation would create confusion and wrote the bill ac- cepted by the House. During yesterday’s debate Repre- sentative Wadsworth, Republican, of New York commented on “the paucity of attendance” for debate on a bill “affecting every one in the country.” Representative Wadsworth opposed the legislation on the ground it con- tained nothing “for the advantage of the country as a whole, particu- larly with industry working on a three-shift basis” The principal effect he could see was that it would cause “fatigue for the farmers who would be forced to rise an hour earlier to get their produce to the markets.” Complications Seen. A similar view was expressed by Representative Andresen, Republi- can, of Minnesota, who pointed out also that the bill would cause com- plications for duck hunters, whose period of actual shooting is limited by statute and is based on the sun. Others commented that a farmer’s working day is regulated not by the clock, but by the sun, the habits of farm animals and the time the|_ dew settles and disappears. “It makes for a lot of confusion,” said Representative Gifford, Repub- lican, of Massachusetts. “The hab- its of animals and little children cannot be changed by changing the clock.” “You can't change the sun,” com- mented Representative Leland Pord, Republican, of Calffornia. “This bill doesn't save any daylight.” Brett Promotion Affirmed The Senate Military Affairs Com- mittee approved yesterday President Roosevelt's nomination of Maj. Gen. George Howard Brett, recently desig- nated as deputy commander of the Allied forces in the Far East, to be & Heutenant general. The commit- tee also approved the advancement of Maj. Gen. Stanley Dunbar Em- bick to the rank of lieutenant gen- eral. Malaya (Continued From Pirst Page.) s R e the exact battlelines have been ob- scure since the British announced several days ago they were aban- doning Kuantan, 190 miles north of Singapore. Meanwhile, an appeal to all Ma- lays to “stand shoulder to shoulder with Britain and her allies in this hour of testing and trial” was broadcast ‘1ast night by Maj. Gen. 8ir Ibrahim, Sultan of Johore, one of the most progressive of the nine Malay States. The Japanese have not yet en- tered his State, which is just above Singapore and connected with Sing- apore Island by a causeway opened in 1923. ‘The Sultan urged the Malays to remember “and be thankful to Allah that for generations we have lived in harmony, peace and prosperity under the guidance and protection of our closest friends, the British.” The Malayan Communist party was said to have buried all differ- ences to aid the government to the fullest. A party spokesman said it was hoped that at least 10,000 men and women would be recruited for a volunteer army to be offered the government. The spokesman also said party members in Japanese-occupied ter- ritory were maintaining contact with the Singapore headquarters and were actively harassing the invaders. In its report of the situation in Malaya, Domei declared that the Japanese air force, co-operating with ground units, had kept British forces under heavy bombardment in the Kuala Lumper sector all day yester- day, destroying 23 trucks, seven ar- mored cars and two trains, Pacific __(Continued From First Page) _ Peninsula, with Batan Province and corners of Pampanga and Zambales Provinces remaining in American possession, along with Subic Bay and the secondary naval station at Olon- 8apo. On the new line the Philippine Army would be entrenched in a nat- ural stronghold, with the left flank anchored on the Cabusilan Moun- tains and the right flank on the marshes of the Pampanga River delta. Japanese troops were reported to be bringing up reinforcements for an attack, which could be made in force along a front of only about 10 miles. Any new American withdrawal would mean the forced retreat of troops defending Olongapo and the concentration of all remaining forces in Batan Peninsula and the Corre- gidor fortifications for a last stand. Japanese Rushing Cleanup. The possibility that the Chinese (I offensive on the mainland might gain serious headway gave the Japa- nese another reason for rushing the attempt to clean up Southeastern Asia. Japanese garrisons in China are believed to have been thinned down to provide troops for the Phil- ippine and Malayan adventures, and quick victories would give Tokio & chance for large scale reinforce- ments on the continent. [ Duff Cooper Is Ordered to End His Mission in Singapore Far East Co-ordinator Is Told by London To Return Home By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 10.—Alfred Duff Cooper, British cabinet co-ordinator for Far Eastern affairs at Singapore, has been told to “wind up his mis- sion,” it was announced today at the residence of Prime Minister Churchill. The announcement from 10 Down- ing street said Duff Cooper’s mission had been brought to an end by the appointment of Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell to the Southwest Pacific command. Duff Cooper, former minister of information, who has held several cabinet posts during his political career, will return to Britain. Duff Cooper relinquished his min- istry of information portfolio and was appointed to the Par Eastern position last July. At that time he also succeeded Lord Hankey as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancas- ter, which is a cabinet position. He arrived in Singapore on Sep- tember 9 after a tour of the United States and conferences with United States officials. Since then he has conferred fre- quently with British and empire leaders in the Far East. One of his conferees was Gen. Wavell, who vis- ited Singapore last November. The text of the Downing street announcement follows: meape—s ALFRED DUFF COOPER. “Arrangements made in Washing- ton in connection with the appoint- ment of Gen. Wavell as supreme commander in chief in the South- west Pacific necessarily bring to an end the mission of the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Duff Cooper) as resident minister of cabi- net rank at Singapore. The chan- cellor of the duchy has been asked by his majesty's government to wind up his mission and return home.” LARRY ALLEN, Allen (Continued From First Page.) and agonizng experience of my life. The sharp heeling over of the ship flung me sliding down the starboard side into the sea. Hundreds of of- ficers and seamen plunged into the water along with me. Anderson had reached the star- board railing a little to the right of me when the cruiser was hurled over. Swallowed Oily Water. I heard him shout something to an officer as I slid into the sea. I never saw him again. "’ (A Cairo dispatch on December 17 announced that Anderson, who had been through the bombing of the Dlustrious with Allen last January, had been killed at sea.) I could not swim, and was fearful lest the pressure of & deep submer- sion collapse the old life preserver which I had retrieved after the bombing of the Illustrious just one year ago today (January 10). As I slipped under the water the cruiser disappeared with a tre- mendous suction, leaving a huge lake of oil on the sea. There was one muffied blast as she took her death plunge. I swrl.lo'ed large quantities of oily scum and water before I bobbed to the surface. The water all around was dotted with the heads of hun- dreds of sailors. Several sailors had succeeded in getting off a small motorboat. Try- ing to splash toward it, I went under again. My lungs felt as it they were bursting, but I came up and a sailor helped me aboard the Motorboat Goes Under. But a score of others had the same idea. The boat's stern section rap- idly filled with water as the weight of more and more men pushed it down. Finally the mow:hbolt tipped over, ur] us all into the sea. 2 I l:;‘n‘nnged to reach the boat and pull myself into the front cockpit again. Then the boat sank. ‘With a lone sailor I hung to the tipmost point of the bow until it slipped beneath the waves. I even hung on until it pulled me under and I got another large dose of oil and water. I strained every muscle to force my head above the surface. From beneath the waves a pair of hands reached u;:nlnpded pawed at my shoulders, then slipj away. I collided with a small floating spar. Desperately I tried and suc- ceeded in tucking it under my left arm, still carefully holding up the lifebelt with my right. Unable to Hold On. T joined with scores of others in crying for help, hoping in the pitch darkness to attract the attention of the destroyers. No one had a flash- light, so it was difficult for the res- cue ships to find us. At that moment I saw a huge black silhouette of a destroyer about 15 yards ahead. Shot Down in Desert, R. A. F. Pilot Returns To Lines on Camel BY the Associated Press. CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 10.—Shot down on the Libyan Desert on New Year Day after destroying a Messerschmitt fighter, Sergt. J. D. Case, 23, of London, On- tario, rode back to the British lines on a camel, guided by Arabs. CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 10 (). — An American officer vouches for this story: At Basra, one of the ports of entry into Irag, an Arab was seen daily along the waterfront with a dancing bear. The bear danced so well that it finally attracted suspiclon. Investiga- tion proved the bear to be an enemy agent wearing a bear- skin. ladder, safe, but so spent that I couldn't pull myself up even the first rung unaided. At that moment a life raft drifted against the destroyer’s side. It re- peatedly banged my head against the warship and I cried out time and again: “Stop it. You're killing me.” Sailors on the raft grasped the rope ladder and clambered up safely while I fought desperately to keep from drowning. Several stepped on my head, pushing me down into the water. Only half conscious, T hooked my right arm through one rung of the ladder, which helped to keep my head above water occasionally, and again I called out for help. A young British sailor aboard the raft saved my life. “I'll help you,” he shouted. “Get this rope under your arms.” He passed a thick, heavy rope un- | der my arms, tied 1t and flung the end to the quarter-deck of the de- stroyer. Too Weak to Get Up. Three sailers slowly pulled me out of the oily mass and flopped me flat on the quarter-deck like a limp fish, completely covered with thick oily scum. Lundeen Aide Tells 0f 'Deal’ With Hill for Mailing Reprints Says Secretary of Fish Assisted in Sending Out Senator's Material Mrs. Gordon Spielman, pretty young secretary to the late Senator Lundeen, electrified the last quarter hour of what had been a dull day in the trial of George Hil, secretary to Representative Hamilton Fish, when she began testimony yester= dey on contacts between the Sen- ator’s office and two men now in- dicted by the grand jury. The first was George Sylvester Viereck, registered German agent. She testified he wrote at least three speeches for Senator Lundeen. ‘The second was Mr. Hill, who was indicted and is being tried in Dis- trict Court on the charge that he falsely told the grand jury—which was investigating Nazi propaganda —that he did not know Viereck. Defense Objects in Vain. Despite loud and repeated objec- tions by Defense Counsel John J. O’Connor, former New York Repre- sentative, she told of telephone con- versations with Mr. Hill. Attorney O’Connor contended she was talking with an unknown voice. On one occasion Mr. Hill arranged with her to take a “large shipment” of isolationist material bearing Sen= ator Lundeen’s frank into the office of Representative Fish and prepare it for mailing, she testified. This consisted of Government Printing Office reprints of matter the Minne- sota Senator had inserted into the Congressional Record, she said. There were so many copies that Mr. Hill declared Senator Lundeen could not take care of them all, she testified, and Mr. Lundeen author- ized her to send & big batch to the Fish office. Mrs. Spielman did not identify this Lundeen material. The prose- cuting attorneys declared they will question her on this point when the trial continues Monday. One Speech Not Delivered. She testified she knew the ap- proximate titles of three Lundeen speeches which were written by Viereck—“Lord Lothian vs. Lord Lothian,” “Six Men and War,” “German-American Contributions to the United States.” She said the |last was never delivered by the | Senator, who died in a plane crash. The Government brought Mrs. Spielman here from New York to testify. When employed here she was Miss Phyllis Posivio. During July and August, 1940—the same months mentioned for her phone | talks with Mr Hill—she saw Viereck | “about four times” in Mr. Lun- deen’s office, she testified. Throughout the trial defense counsel has objected that any ref- | erence to Viereck's action was irrele- vant to Mr, Hill's case, and Mr, O'Conor has expressed his “resent- ment” whenever the prosecution has attempted to link the two. Testimony Record Read. Special Assistant to the Attorney General Edward J. Hickey, jr., was questioning Mrs. Spielman about an | alleged phone conversation between Senator Lundeen and Mr. Hill when the trial was recessed till Monday. Earlier in the day a stenographic record of grand jury testimony was | read, in which Mr. Hill was quoted as telling of a telegram he dis- | patched in March, 1941. It was allegedly addressed to | Prescott Dennett, at the Madison | Square Hotel, New York, and re- | portedly gave information that a “Lindbergh article” had been in- serted in the Congressional Record by Senator Nye of North Dakota. | Mr. Dennett was secretary-treas- | urer of the Islands for War Debts Committee here, which the prosecu- tion contends received heavy con- | tributions from Viereck. “This fellow's an American,” I dimly heard some one say as they read the words “American naval cor- respondent” on the sleeve of my oil- soaked coat while pressing the water from my lungs. ‘They cut off all my clothes and carried me to the mess deck below, | where nearly 100 other survivors were getting medical attention. The ship’s doctor gave me a counter-shock injection and for the next 10 hours, while the Navy searched the sea for the submarine which torpedoed the Galatea, I lay on a mass of greasy rags and oil- soaked clothes, too weak to get on my feet. In addition to the survivors res- cued by the Griffin, another destroy- er, the Hotspur, picked up 75. The Galatea’s normal complement was 580 men. Her captain, E. W. B. Sim, whose family lives at Syosset, Long Island, N. Y., was among the missing. Returning to Alexandria, I walked ashore with the help of a naval officer, cleaned off the oil and went to bed for several days, recovering from severe shock and numerous bruises. Join the United States Coast Guard today. Peace Rumors Unfounded, |Finnish Paper Asseris ; By the Associated Press. HELSINKI, Jan. 10.—Declaring foreign Finnish-Russian peace ru- mors “absolutely unfounded,” the newspaper Uusi Suomi asserted to- day “Finland awaits peace—but will gain it for herself through combat and final victory.” The newspaper acknowledged that the Russians had taken the offensive, but referred to the Finnish-Russian War of 1939-40 with the comment: “From his experiences in winter war, the enemy knows what it cost him even with fresh and unlimited re- sources.” First-Aid Drive Begun A company-wide drive of the Washington Gas Light Co. to qualify every possible worker to care for injured under the civilian defense setup was begun last night at a meeting in the Raleigh Hotel. The 25 trained instructors present heard Miss Mabel Boardman of the Red Cross stress the importnace of first aid training for every one. Weather Report (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia and vicinity—Fair and much colder tonight, . lowest temperature zero to 5 above; River Revort. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear &t Harpers Ferry: Polomac clear at Great Tide Tables. d (Purnished by Uelfl:edmfl:'fl Coast an “Help, I'm drowning,” gasped & | [o sailor in the water near me. “Keep going,” I called weakly. “Look, there's a destroyer ahead.” That seemed to give him new en- ergy. He swam toward the de- stroyer. I tried, too, but couldn't get closer. ‘The waves seemed to carry me farther away as I screamed for help. A big wave swamped me sagain with a mouthful of oil. Then, as if miraculously, another wave pushed A me forward almost directly under the propellers of the destroyer Grif- fin. 1 called for help until my throat 5? felt burned out. Suddenly & long, olly rope was flung over the side, | Decembel grasped it, but there was no strength left in my hands. “Hang on,” an officer on the ship shouted. “We'll you up.” “Can't,” I calle from my fingers. Saved by Sallor on Raft. “Try to get a little forward,” the officer shouted. “We are putting over a rope ladder.” 5 Somehow I managed to propel my- self forward and hang onto the 2l Automobile lights must begurned on one- half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): e 2 3 Rec 3 o P 0190000 b 305258008 e RRRGIRAEE: o QRIS SoB, Prten ettt 2BRSAARILRR I 8 a3 the rope slipped ot (Prom noon yesterday to noon todsy.) Highest, 35, st 4 o.m. yesterdey. Yoar "?a;;n. 18, at 8 am. today. Year . moderate winds. Record Temperature This Year. 58. on JIB\IIII 2. 7. on January 8. ity for Last 24 Mours. n yesterday to noon today.) . 96 per cent. at 1:30 a.m. today. it, 50 per cent. 1:30 p.m. yes~ Weather in Various Oitles. Abilene, Tex. 2 e Albany, N. Y. [y et RSB RE b B - S0 | ICOIBIS Bt okt it O LA o 290 R e T e teiet 3 S asglon 78 pessepiees