Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1942, Page 6

A—4 % Singapore Believed Of Little Use Until Air Bases'Are Rewon Tide of Battle Is Seen Turning When' Top-Class Allied Units Enter Fight By LELAND STOWE, Toreign Correspondent of The Star and . Chicago Daily News. RANGOON, Jan. 13.—The first five weeks of the Pacific war already have established several important cardina! principles about the Allies’ future job of defeating Japan. Al- though newly established, these principles are long-term in essence. ‘They may go far toward charting the ultimate elimination of Nippo- nese totalitarianism throughout Eastern Asia. Among them the fol- lowing seem unchallengeable: 1. The Pacific war must be won first and foremost in the air, with the striking power of both the naval and land forces of the Allies determined by the degree of Allied aerfal predominance. 2. Because this is true, the most vital points in the Far East for British, Americans, Dutch and Chinese alike are those from which Allied air squadrons can provide offensive opportunities for land or sea forces. In other words, Singa- pore’s great naval base will remain virtually useless until the Japanese air bases on thg Malayan Peninsula and Thailand can be cleaned out by our aviation. 3. It is already an established fact that American and British pilots are superior to Japanese and that even our older models can outfight and severely punish both Japanese fighters and bombers. Therefore, the tide of the Pacific war will begin to turn just as soon a8 units of first-class British and American aircraft are thrown into the battle in any considerable num- bers anywhere in the Orient. Time Valuable Factor. 4. The entire course and length of the Pacific war will be governed | by the amount of time the Allies are able to gain through bitter resist ance during the next month or two. In this respect the gallant struggles of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's litti Philippine army and of the Britis! and Indian forces in Malaya may well spell the eventual doom of the Japanese. Every day and every week gained in these two sectors hastens the time when the invaders will be- gin to pay heavily for their con- quests. Thus, loss of the entire Philippines would be infinitely of less | 1ated that the first step in settling | importance than the length of time | a dispute shall be direct negotia- | they are able to hold out, and the same principle applies to Malaya. 5. Whereas at the war’s outbreak Singapore and Manila might have seemed most essential to the Allies, it is now abundantly clear that Burma and the Netherlands Indie: have a greater key and long-term significance. In regard to Burma, Washington, London and Chung- king alike are compelled to give its defense and fortification the fore- most attention in its role of a com- bined aerial and jand spearhead against the Japanese aggressors. 'l'ghe severe aerial setbacks infiieted: on the Nipponese in the Burma gec- tor thus constitute an immeasur- able gain for the Allied cause. Taking into consideration all these factors, it is possible to say that the Allies’ position in the Far East- ern war theater. even though still on the defensive, is considerably bet- | ter than might have been expected one month ago. More reverses and perhaps some stinging losses may still occur, but on the long-term basis the Allies’ military situation has improved and is still improving, however, slowly. If the United States Fleet should be able to strike a tell- | ing blow in the near future the constructive effect on all our Allied activities throughout the Far East might be very great. Important In Burma and Malaya. Nevertheless, the A. B. C. D. powers must continue the fight for time— time to build up their air, land and naval forces and armaments—and also to gain time as a seasonal weapon and ally. This is especially {mportant in Burma and Malaya, perhaps most of all in Burma. For the rainy season begins in qxxd-Mny at the latest and will bring two things, mist and fog, rendering Jap- anese air activity in these sectors almost negligible, coincident with mud-soaked terrain and flooded rice paddies, which will be a for- midable barrier to the Japanese land forces. Unless the Japanese can conquer Malaya and most of Burma before the rainy season it would appear virtually certain they will never be able to do so. Here, as with every vital factor o! the Pacific war, the decisive magnetic needle swings back to aviation's role in the anti-Japanese conflict. So long as the Allies can fight the Nipponese squadrons on anything approaching even terms. our land and sea initiatives will be assured. That day is bound to come and will determine -everything the Allies can achieve here in future. But, meanwhile, certain Allied spearheads in the Far East must be held at all costs and one of the foremost of these is Burma. In the battle to hold Burma, it would be less than catastrophic if the invaluable American lease-lend war materials already stored here in large quantities were not placed immediately at the disposdl of Burma's defenders. This has been done to some degree already but a great deal more should and could be done in this respect providing Washington. London and Chung- king act with much-needed speed. Battles are usually won by those who act the fastest. (Copyrisht, 1942, by Chicago Daily News) Avondale, Ariz., Answers To Four Other Names By the Associated Press. AVONDALE, Ariz. (#).—With five names to choose from, residents of this little unincorporated community in Maricopa County hardly know what to call the place. The post office is Avondale, but it 1s located in the heart of a business distriet known as Coldwater. The Southern Pacific Railroad ealls its station Litchfield. The bus stop is Brookside. A Federal migratory labor camp. Rousing more than 400 families, is Maod Agus Pria, Spanish for cold water. ., Tourist Cash Aids Mexico Spending by American tourists wisiting Mexico. this year relieved much of the country’s economic de- pression. (} T. Graham. A. W. Hawkes Reger D. Lapham. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1942. Russian Infantry And Tanks Reported Storming Orel Soviet Troops Reported To Have Bypassed Strategic Town By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 13.—Waves of crack Russian troops, paced by tank and motorized infantry vanguards, were reported storming Orel today ns the Red Army pressed against the sagging Nazi lines on three main Soviet fronts. Russian sources said Orel, 200 miles south of Moscow and one of the key outposts in the Soviet capi- tal's defenses, already was by-passed and flanked. (The B. B. C, heard in New York by N. B. C., said it under- stood unofficially that Orel al- ready has been retaken.) The Soviet command was said to have called on a new shock army, backed up by ski troopers and cav- alry, to take Orel and thus secure a base for the still broader offensive almed at rolling back the German line toward Bryansk, about 80 miles northwest. Bryansk is at the southern end of the Nazi north-south line from Warne L. Merse. Geerse W. Tayler. o E. J. MeMillan. ‘Walter C. Teagle. | MEMBERS OF THE NEW LABOR BOARD—To represent the public, employes and employers, President Reosevelt yesterday named these men to the new 12-man War Lator Board. Rzhev directly west of Moscow. This new Red Army attacking force is formed of units called “guards formations"—which means Labor Board | _ (Continued From First Page.) | Steamship Co.; E. J. McMillan, pres- ident of Standard Knitting Mills, | York, chairman of the Standard Oil | Co. of New Jersey. Mr. Lapham and | Mr. Teagle served on the Defense | Mediation Board. Members for Labor. ington, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers (C. 1. O.; George Meany, New York, secretary- treasurer of the A. F. L; R. J. | United Automobile Workers of | America (C. I. O, and Matthew | Woll, Washington, vice president of | the A. F. L. Mr. Meany and Mr. | Kennedy served on the old board | but Mr. Kennedy resigned in dis- fngreemem over board policies. | In his order Mr. Roosevelt stipu- tion or procedure provided in a | collective bargaining agreement. If | this fails, the United States Concili- | ation Service, if not already partic- | ipating, will try to work out & | settlement. Should this method fail to bring about a settlement the case would be certified to the board by | the Secretary of Labor or the board could take jurisdiction after con- sulting the Secretary of Labor. | The board then would chart & course for settlement, through medi- | ation, voluntary arbitration or arbi- Jra . o o Power of Arbliration. Government, labor officials ex- pressed-the view that the new:board would prove more su in pres | venting work interruptions because | of its authority to resort to arbitra- ment failed. Under this procedure, | both sides of a dispute agree to ac- cept the recommendations of an | umpire. The old board relied upon the force of public opinion to en- | force its recommendations, but had no power beyond that of a mediat- ing body. | Mr. Davis issued this statement last night after his appointment: “We now have a Nation-wide agree- - Inc., and Walter C. Teagle of New | Labor: Thomas Kennedy of Wash- | | Thomas, Detroit, president of the | under rules *gx its own tion when all other means of settle- | they are veterans who have won the right to the honor of a “guards” designation by their fighting records. Progress Good Elsewhere. Besides thé front south of Moscow, | authoritative sources called the Red | Army progress good also before ‘ —A. P. Photos. | to suit the display and service of automobiles, their use for any other purpose would -equire extensive and expensive renodeling,” he said. “Therefore, th. owners usually in-| Leningrad and in the Crimea. sist on leases Tunning from 5 to 10 | Strong Soviet attacks were said to | years at rentsls that usually pay |have been launched in the north | | for them over a period of 10 10 12 | just below Lake Iimen, apparently | JeuIs. : | aimed at trapping large German | In many localities, due to ex-forces outside Leningrad. | tremely high property values and | *“another Russian encirclement ap- | building restrictions, it has been | g .nt1y was taking shape north of | necessary for sany dealers to bor- | Iave Timen, around German forces row from the banks and erect their | patween the Stalin Canal northeast own buildings. which the banks usu- | of Teningrad and Volkhovo, 80 miles ally insist be amortized over & (o 'ihe southeast. 4 DeEnA ot M0 ents | ""A German version of the Crimean Hon o s e proemn, reatne | nghting called 1t “minor operations" ¥ s1€ Of NEW CAIS WEI€ | 1yt acknowledged that a new Soviet | removed the orofit from the sale | landing had taken place Sunday on | of the small stock on hand would | L = i 4 e bl bank- | the south coast of the Black Sea | only postpone the ultimate bank- | poningyla. It said this attempt was| ruptcy of mos: dealers. 4beuten off. Mr. Hormer suggested that | : thought be given to legislation that | _IN the Crimea, as on the main- would “relieve dealers and landlords | 1and. the Russians apparently were of these real estate obligations, now | Al1eMPUNg to keep the Germans on that the retail auto business is be- | ;::vn:l‘:fit‘\lx‘:‘en'lo"::’;ermn ’:}‘l‘:’"n“_ Lk foroed ot oCieniucace. selves and hold a solid line. Reports Unemplo'ment Discussed. | 1rom Russia sald Soviet planes were | The argument advanced bv Mr.| creating havoc among the retreat- Cargile against a “freezing” order | ing Nazis by blowing up bridges and | for used cars was repeated by sev- | yomhing road concentrations and | eral of the ha/’-dozen witnesses ap- | supplies. | pearing at the ning session. D.' o Louts Orel Virtually Encircled. E. Castles of St. Louis urged that Congress act i prevent such & step,| The Russian midday communique | if necessary. Mr. Castles discussed the unem- | unidentified sector of the western | | ployment that the curb on the deal- | front surrounded a large populated | ers is causing, explaining that it|place and annihilated one battalion | was hitt%ng vith particular force of enemy infantry—about 600 men. ‘ the middle-agd salesmen who have nt. the devoted their working lives wthlsl‘m:m:;xfi;_d}{mr& sur- business, and now find themselves rounded and destroyed two infantry out of jobs and unfitted for other | companies. employment. | Reports from Vichy, Prance, sug- |-+ W. L. Mallor.‘_ Newark, N. J., u‘rnd‘ gested that Soviet columns moving tited production of passenger'cars| northwest from Kalugs, 110 miles and light trucks be continued. aUE- | southwest of Moscow. Were more gesting 20 per cent of the ordinary | annual outpu.. which he explained | would keep many concerns in busi- | ness. The necesst.y of keeping dealers | going to assue adequate repair fa- | cilities also was stressed by wit-| nesses, who estimated that the re- pair work thi: year would run much higher than usual, because more | old cars woulc be kept in service. | “Victory Car” Suggested. | Arthur Ceater of Springfield, fighting trek to Vyazma, on the Moscow-Smolensk road. The Exchange Telegraph Agency attributed to “an unquestionable | source” in Berlin a declaration from | Switzerland that Adolf Hitler ha moved his fleld headquarters from Smolensk to an unidentified city in | South Russia. A German regiment newly rushed | from Prance, & unit of the 216th | Division, was reported by the Mos- than half way on their 90-mile | ment by management and labor to | keep war production rolling and to | settle all disputes by peaceful means. “In setting up the National War | Labor Board, the President has pro- | vided the peaceful means. The | board has been given the power to | finally settle all such disputes. Worker and employer morale will | play a large part in determining | our output of guns, planes, ships and | tanks. “The board will do its best to con- Mass., secreta™y of the dealers as- sociation, saic he believed there had been “no detsiled study” of the sit- uation before the freezing order. He suggested that material from junked cars could be reclaimed and small manufscturers could produce a single typ- small car, with no name, to mee. transportation needs. Such a car, Mr. Center said, could be called a ‘“‘ictory car.” Mr. Center said 2,500,000 cars are scrapped anrually and “are still in tribute to this morale by disposing | the junk yards.” On them, he added, of all questions which may come be- | are “tons and tons of used rubber” fore it promptly, fearlessly and | which can be reclaimed. fairly.” : | Crovd at Seasion. Mr. Davis said the board would | At { meet and commence work as soon | Chairman Pa:man said the commit- as the members could be convened. | tee intended “to make an honest | effort to allenate the impact of the | blow which has fallen on this in- dustry, and vhich will inevitably be felt by other industries” as the war — | effort, progresses. 3 - 3 Mr. Patmgn said Price Admini- especially for military service. be | yrior Leon Henderson and Floyd handled through dealers, regardless | B. Odlum. head of the O. P. M. con- of their ultimate destination. | tract division would testify temor- 5. That the Government pay full | FO¥- . | Other renr-sentatives of the deal- | list price ‘for all cars purchased | ers are appegring this afternoon | or requisitioned. « | That the hearing has developed an | 6. That Government pay financ- | unusual amjunt of interest was ing, insurance and storage costs| :;nnoj:;u:::;a:y ;:8 clliaoe"ien.t;\u';;e |on all trucks and ears carried by | yeiic applause which greeted each dealers after January 1 untli lig-| speaker as some particular point uidated or released. ‘ was emphasiced. Among the spectators were many Productior Ends January 31. | members of he House, and at least 7. That Government agree (o pur- | two Senators—Chairman Murray of | chase at retail delivered prices all | the Senate Small Business Commit- cars and trucks, frozen or subfect | tee and Senitor Davis, Republican to rationing, which may be offered | of Pennsyivania. by dealers after July 1. | 8. That no restrictions be placed | on sale of vehicles that are not| tandard units—hearses. ambu- | lances, convertible coupes and | | sedans—for example. Retail sales of paasenger cars and light trucks were discontinued the first of the year and production | | ends January 31. Mr. Cargile told! | the committee that the automobile retailing business “has received its death sentence” by thls order unless “a measure of relief is afforded by a sympathetic method of distributing these cars now frozen or to be pro- duced in January, or unless later in- formation reveals that a few cars can be made without imgairing to the slightest degree the armament program.” Dealers now have on hand ap- proximately 450,000 cars and Jan- uary production is about 205,000 cars. Real Estate Problems Cited. Stanley H. Horner, Washington dealer, a former president of the National Dealers Association, told the committee that one of the major problems created by the shutdown order concerns the leases of proper- ties used by the dealers in conduct- ing their business. “Due to the fact that these build- ings ang properties are usually lo- cated inent sections of ‘eities- and towns and are specially designed A Auto Dealers (Continued From First Page.) Secret Data on Shirt Saved by Ambassador By the Associa ed Press. Lord D’Alwrnon, who died at Hove, England, recently, once retrieved a shirt just in time to prevent results that might kave changed the fate of Europe. Wlken British Ambassador in Berlin afier the last war he was in the habii of jotting importsit memoranda on his shirt cufft. On one cccasion his shirt had seen put out for the laundry, when he re: membered tlat there were important secret notes on the cuff. He res- cued the shirt just as the -iaundry was about t¢ be taken awa: United States Coast Guard re- cruiting sta:fon now open at 1300 Lfisr and Found Lost Act and Death Notices may be pluced in The Star up to ‘2 noon—Lost ond Found Ads are on pege 3 " averydey. the outset of the hearing| cow radio to have been smashed in the vicinity of recaptured Mosalsk in one phase of the central front offensive threatening a 140-mile sec- tor of the German front between Vyazma and Bryansk. said Red Army troops advanced on “after fierce fighting took place took several inhabited localities.” Germans Report Raids East of Kharkov BERLIN, Jan 13 (Official Broad- cast) (P.—Germans killed 219 Rus- sians and captured 93 in reconnais- sance raids east of Kharkov and | grad front, the high command said today. trong fighter, dive-bomber and pursuit squadrons assisted in land {munique added. “The Soviets suf. fered particularly heavy casualt: and also lost much war materiel. A number of localities held by the enemy and railway trains were set on fire.’ The reference o the reconnais- sance raids east of Kharkov, indus- trial city of the Donets Basin 400 miles south of Moscow, was the first report of German offensive actions on the southern sector in days. The communique said there was | only slight activity at the southern end of the front, in thé Crimea and the Donets Basin. West of Moscow and to the north- west, in the Valdai region, fighting is continuing, it added. The Exchange Telegapk Agency in London reported that the Berlin radio admitted new Soviet landings were carzied out Sunday in the | Crimea under . cover of fog, but coastal patrols overwhelmed the Russians and took them prisoner. ' Five-Day Red Offensive Crushed, Finns Claim HELSINKI, Finland, Jan. 13 (#).— A five-day offensive of Red Army troops to recapture Povenets, north of Lake Onega on the eastern front, was crushed and two Soviet infan- try regiments and a ski brigade were Slirlleofir g Liver Bile ‘To Help Relieve Constipation! The Soviet Information Bureau | | Paringaux’s Successor number of sectors ygsterday and | fighting,” the high command com- | | | named chief of cabinet by Interior | destroyed 22 bunkers and annihi- | | lated their garrisons on the Lenin- | SEATTLE.—ARMY TRANSPORT BURNS—The Army transport Clevedon was destroyed by fire in Alaskan waters with no loss of combination passenger and freight vessel was a total loss, the communique said. Cause of the fire is being investigated. N life, the War Department announced yesterday. The 7314-ton —A. P. Wirephoto. Col. George Babcock, F. W. A, Official, Dies| At Walter Reed Engineering Management Chief Served in A. E.F* . As Supply Officer Lt. Col. George D. Babcock. direc- tor of engineering management of the Federal Works Agency, died yes- terday afternoon at Walter* Reed Hospital. He was a pioneer in the fleld of sclentific industrial man- agement. In 1934 Col. Babcock became ghlef regional engineer for the Feaeral Emergency Relief Administration, then served with the Works Progress assumed the position of manage- ment engineer in the Rural Electri- fication Administration. ~ When R.E. A. Administrator John M. Car- mody was named to head the Fed- eral Works Agency in 1939, he brought Col. Babcock into the agency. Native of Utah. Col. Babcock was born in Corinne, Utah, in 1875, son of Delbert and Jessie Brownell Babcock. His father was a civil engineer engaged in ex- tending the transcontinental rail- road system and, on the family's return to the East, Col. Babcock en- rolled in the engineering department graduated in 1904 For three years he taught indus- trial engineering at Syracuse Uni- | reported that a tank unit in &n |, . o and for 10 years was pro- duction manager of the Franklin Franklin car. He was commissioned a major in the United States Army in 1917 and shortly thereafter pro- moted to lieutenant . colonel. He served overseas as chief brdnance supply officer of the A. E. F. ‘Was Writer and Lecturer. Upon his return to civil life, Col. Babcock was employed by the Holt Manufacturing Co., Dodge Bros. and several other companies as a pro- | duction engineer. During his whole | career, Col. Babcock wrote volum- | inously. He wrote the “Taylor Sys- tem in Franklin Mangement” and collaborated with A. P. Alford in the compilation of “Management’s Handbook.” He was also a lecturer at scientific schools and before en- | gineering and industrial groups. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Saddie Maude Douglas Babcock, and a daughter, Mrs. D. Boyd Thomas, of Newport News, Va. He made his | home here at 2223 H street N'W. Funeral servicgs will be held to- morrow, with burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Is Named by Pucheu BY the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 13—M. R. Havard, | Paris representative of the Vichy Information Bureau, has been Minister Pierre Pucheu to succeed the late Yves Paringaux, Reuters News Agency said last night in quoting a Rome dispatch. M. Paringaux’s mangled body was found a week ago on a railway track southeast of Paris. and the manner of his death never has been ex- plained officially. He was charged with suppressing anti-German ac- tivities in France virtually exterminated, & Finnish war bulletin said today. Some nof the battalions of the ski brigade which penetrated a penin- sula southwest of the city at the mouth of the munique said. The communique that the Russians still were attack- ing north of Povenets, where, it was said, the Finns repulsed two thrusts yesterday. On the Aunus Isthmus, between Lakes Ladoga and Onega, the com munique said, 2,640 Russians were killed and war booty was captured during a°stubborn Red Army de- fense of a position which the Finns finally occupied. CONDUCTED THI! l Will Help You Do 1. Think on your feet! 2: Develop courage and self-confi dence! 3. Increde your poise! 4. “Se!l” yourself—your services! 5. Win mo@ friends! 6. improve your memory! o7. Writuamore effectiv ers! 8. Enrich your command of English! 9. Reod more worthwhile books! 10. Sscome a leader! 11. Become @ mere entertaining con- versationalist! 12. Increase your income! 13. Inspire you with mew idees! 14, Know iltin‘unly ombitiows ond vomen! 15. Develop your latent powers! C. A. McCue, Educator, Dies in Delaware BY the ¢ssociated Pitss. Newly-Cre&iea Army Army Probes Burning 0f Transport in Alaskan Waters Former Italian Vessel Lost With Cargo; All Of Personnel Safe B7 the Associated Press. ‘The Army transport Clevedon has been destroyed by fire in Alaskan waters, but the War Department is awaiting additional details of the in- cident before placing the responsi- | bility. “The ship and cargo were a total loss,” said a communique issued late yesterday. “A!M of the personnel are safe, The Clevedon was a combina- tion passenger and freigh. vessel of 7,314 tons. The cause of the fire is being investigated." The Clevedon was the former Italian motorship Pei're. | The vessel sank 1n the Columbia | River near St. Helena in February. 11937, and was salvaged and pur- | chased by the Paci®c American | Pisheries of Bellingham, which re- | named it the Clevedon. She was rebuilt and converted into a cannery ship. Later she was chardered by the Alaska Steamship | Co. and used in its service during WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. 13— Charles A. McCue, 63, former dean of the School of Agriculture at the Universty of Delaware, died last Counterespionage Unit Makes a Haul Administration until 1937, when he | night after a long illness. A nativk of Cass City, Mich, Dr. McCue was a past president of the American Society for Horticultural ‘G-Man’ Outfit to Combat the 1941 summer season. ‘The Army requisitioned the ship | in September and converted it into | a transport. Mihailovic Heads Yugoslav Sabotage Uncovers Subversive Group Science and author of numerous papers wnd horficultural bulletins. He came to the University of Dela- | ware in 1908. He resigned as dean {in June, 1939, because of failing | health. JaparEs? Claiming \Control of Neck of The Army has recreated the counter-espionage unit that func- “unned with success in the First | World War and already it has un- | covered one subversive organization. } No details of the organization were given by the Army, however. in its announcement yesterday of the for- mation of the counter unit. The War Department, in making the announcement. did say that the counter-espionage agency would in- vestigate subversive activities in the Army generaliy. ‘The new group of specially trained officers and men is known as | the Counterintelligence Corps. Now | that the country is actively at war the force is being enlarged, but only men already in the Army are taken for training. Applicants from civil 'Bafan Peninsula Declare Americans Are Now Making Last Desperate Stand BY the Associated Press. | TOKIO, Jan. 13 (Official Broad- \Army, Navy and Air Force By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 13.—Gen. Draja Mihailovic, who remained in the mountains of Yugoslavia to con- tinue orgahized guerrilla opposition to the German and Italian occu- pation armies, last night was named war, navy and air force minister by King Peter of the Yugoslav governe ment-in-exile here. | Slobodan Yovanic, vice premier, was named prime minister and deputy minister of war, to succeed Gen. Dusan Simovic in a “change from a military to a political leader- | ship which must speak authorita- tively for Serbs. Croats and Slo- venes,” the announcement said + Gen. Simovic was offered “a post of high importance” in the Yugo- slav war effort, but the announce= | ment did not name the post nor say whether Gen. Simovic had ac- cepted it. of Purdue University, where he was | Manufacturing Co., makers of the | THE EIGHTH NEW DALE CARNEGIE CLASS TO BE TON BEGINS WEDNESDAY. Things This Training cast).—Japanese forces on Luzon Island in the Philippines have won control of the neck of Batan Penin- | sula and American forces hemmed lin to the south now are making their last desperate stand, the news- paper Nichi Nichi said today in a dispatch from the front. Japanese artillery and planes are heavily bombarding American posi- tions at the foot of Mount Natib | and along the coast and the roar of gunfire is audible in Manila more than 27 miles away across the bay, the paper said. Under cover of the bombardment Japanese infantry was said to be | attacking fiercely. | Meanwhile, it was announced that | Japanese headquarters in the Phil- | ippines had prohibited the circula- | tion of all currency except the Philippine peso and Japanese mili- | tary peso notes. However, headquarters declared that United States gold dollars would be exchangeable for a limited | time at the rate of two pesos per | dollar. Heavy penalties were provided for | circulation of banned currencies. Low Tides Reported Aiding |Japs in Philippines | BERLIN, Jan. 13 (Official Broad- cast) (#.—Japanese forces in the Philippines advancing southward | trom Olongapo are taking advantage of low tides to inch forward along the shore, Manila correspondents of Tokio newspapers were quoted as saying today. The difficult mountainous terrain | makes other penetration extremely difficult, their dispatches said. Japanese reconnaissance planes | have discovered concentrations of life are barred. During the World War the unit was known.as the Corps of Intelli- gence Police and should not be con- | fused with the ordinary military po lice. Its agents exposed enemy spies | at home and abroad and also frus- trated several attempts at sabotage | | against important Army establish- | ments in the A. E. F. | One of the recent cases solved by ! the new Counterintelligence Corps, | the War Department said today. in- volved the comparative analysis of the handwriting of unidentified per- | sons who had addressed communi- | | cations of a highly inflammatory ' and insulting nature to administra- | tion officials. In investigating the | | ca2s the agents uncovered a sub- | versive organization whose connec- | tion with enemy activities was not | previou.ly known. | Basic military training is one of | the requirements for admission to | this “G-man” force. Each agent is given special training as an in- | vestigator in an Army school. Courses are comparable to the train- | ing given the “G-men” of the Jus- It was Gen. Simovic who en- gineered the coup d'etat last spring in Belgrade just before the Axis invasion. Yovanovic is a former Belgrade University professor known for advocacy of Yugoslav unity and for his firm views on democracy. Kitten Gets Balloon Ride When a barrage balloon was low- ered at Belfast, Northern Ireland, a kitten awoke and strolled sleepily | from one of the pockets, having picked out the perilous spot for a the snooze Wwhen Aaground previou LOANS ON DIAMONDS WATOMES, JEWELRY . AND OTHER VALY ABTICLES balloon was tice Department. Even jiu-jitsu is 310.00, Pay Only 360 2 Merfh xn;;:ded. o $20.00, Pay Only 66c a Month n now in the Army may apply for transfer to the unit through . ysiats e regular military channels. Publicity | | $/00.00, Pay Only $3.00 a Meath | was given to the activities of the | [{Ancrm LOANS AT LowER | unit because the War Department wanted to serve notice on enemy agents or other subversive elements that the Army is prepared to deal effectively with them. _ A new synthetic gasoline in Brazil is said to be 30 per cent superior | to regular gasoline. _— LOUIS ABRAHAM | transport ships off the southern | shore of Batan Peninsula where they | apparently are in readiness to evac- | uate the defenders to Corregidor, the correspondents reported. Australians Fearing Fuel Bottleneck Near | That a gigantic fuel bottleneck is | near in Australia is feared by offi- | cials in Canberra. The government recently ordered | producer-gas as a substitute fuel for ! motor vehicles in place of gasoline. 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