Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1942, Page 2

Two Extra Pages In This Edition Late news and sports are covered on Pages 1-X and 2-X of this edition of The Star, supplementing the news of the regular home delivered edition. Che Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 18. 90th YEAR. No. 35,687. M'Arthur Repels 2 Jap Attacks; U.S. Planes Hit Foe Off Borneo; Wavell Opens Drive in Sarawak [T,:ff,f,';ifl"N';if,'"e" Dutch Fought Japs at Tarakan In Midst of Blazing Oil Wells Tarakan sle | Defenders Fired Stocks When Weight leaguered forces in the Batan| B s Peninsula of Luzon Island fought | of Foe’s Drive Seemed to Do('m Isle off two more Japanese attackS p.in. associated Press. today, the War Department re-| BATAVIA, Netherlands East Indies, Jan 14.—The heroic last ported, adding that American stand of the Tarakan garrison, which fought :ven after being com- bombing planes had blasted an | pletely surrounded by Japanese. under heavy iir bombardment and | enemy naval force engaged in i, the midst of enormous heat and fire from burning oil wells, was landing operations in the area of | 54 by authoritative quarters today. * Gen. Douglas MacArthur's be- | WASHINGTON, ) “WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., WEDNESDAY, bening Star JANUARY 14, 1942 Nelson Helping Write Order on Production Job President to Make One-Man Control of Industry Complete Seeking to establish unqualified legal authority, the White House said today that the executive order creating the new War Production Board is being drafted in such way as to give Donald M. Nelson com- plete and concentrated control of the Nation’s industrial effort. President Roosevelt's intention to set up this agency and to place Mr. Tarakan Island, just northeast of Dutch Borneo. A further widening of Japanese operations in the Philippines indi- eated that enemy advance bases are being established in Mindanao and Jolo, a small island about 100 miles | southwest in the Philippine group, | indicating preparations to intensify the attack on the Netherlands Indie: and Malaya. Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell, commander in chief of the new Allied Far East command. has ar- rived in the Netherlands Indies and already launched a series of dynamic oounterblows against Japanese in- vasion forces, military dispatches from Batavia said. Dutch troops were reported mov- ing into action on the border of the | “White Rajah” kingdom of Sara- wak., where Japanese troops had | seized the capital, Kuching. and most of the northern territory Gen. Wavell's second in command, Lt. Gen. George H. Brett, former chief of the United States Army Air Corps, arrived at the same time to help direct strategy for the Indies’ fighting defense. It was not re- vealed where Gen. Wavell's head- quarters would be. Japanese Losses Heavy. Reporting on the military situa- tion as of 9:30‘am. the official ecommunique said the defending American and Philippine forces on Gen. MacArthur's front had re- pulsed the two Japanese attacks with heavy losses. American cas- ualties were comparatively light. The Japanese apparently tried to recover ground lost in day’s smashing defeat when 11 bat- teries were silenced and tank forces repulsed. Today's attacks were described as of a determined nature by large ‘orces of reconnaissance troops. Air bombers supported the Japanese ground troops, but made no attacks on Corregidor Fortress. In the Netherlands Indies, Ameri- ean bombing planes co-operated with the Dutch forces and swooped down on Japanese naval landing forces in the little oil island several miles northeast of Dutch Borneo. Two enemy lighters were destroyed. Unfavorable weather however, made it difficult to deter- mine full results of the attack. The American planes after drop- ping their bombs returned undam- aged to an undesignated base. The attack by these planes prob- ably occurred at least 24 hours be- fore the time the communique was drafted, competent military ob- servers said. The delay in the re- port here probably was due. it was said, to the pressure on communica- tion connections with the Indies theater. 18 Japanese Killed. An Indies communique said 18 Japanese were Kkilled in preliminary skirmishes on the Sarawak frontier with the loss of only one Dutch soldier. Netherlands Indies soldiers were also reported battling hand-to-hand with Japanese invaders near Lake Tondano, on the northeast tip of Celebes Island. A Tokio broadcast said vesterday that Japanese forces had captured Kakas airdrome at Menado, chief port in Minahassa Peninsula, Celebes Island, across the Celebes Sea from Borneo. Simultaneously, Dutch warplanes bombed Japanese-occupied Tarakan Island, off the cost of Dutch North Borneo, and a Japanese base in the Southern Philippines. A direct hit ‘was scored on one ship at Tarakan, a Dutch communique said. The Philippine base was presum- ably Davao, on Mindanao Island, 600 miles south of Manila, which the Japanese were believed using as a (See FAR EAST. Page — You and An Air Raid The series of articles which ran in The Star, describing precautions for the safety of your home and family in an emergency, has been reprinted n pamphlet form. Decision Yo print the pamphlet was in response to many requests from air-raid wardens, build- ing wardens and others in the civilian defense organization as well as from readers. The pamphlet bears official indorsement from Mayor La Guardia. director of civilian ‘defense, and from Col. Lemuel Bolles, executive director of District civilian defense. Copies, singly or in quan- tity, can be obtained at the first-floor counter of The Star Building at 2 cents a copy, _slightly Jess than the cost of oprinting. '3 Mail orders for copies should _be addressed to “You and an rAlr Raid” Editor, in care of . The Star. ‘Five cents should be inelosed for each copy. to eover the cost of postage and Bandling. Nelson in the key spot for directing Only a small part of the garrison - an intensified production program escaped alive, after the island hnd‘hntue, bl st lalcame from the (been overrun by Japanese who | > small oil-bearing island off North- | T n s- | ERBLG] L O (T O 10 east Bornes,, was made available | ports 6 heavy cruisers, 6 destroyers | was announced by the White House last night, before the actual draft- |ing of the executive order and the vester- ! conditions, | and other vessels, it was said. | This authoritative account of the | Russians Reported ‘Advancing fo 100 Miles of Smolensk Whole Front in Motion. After Collapse of Nazi Wing, Reds Declare | | By the Associated Press | Russian troops were reported ad- vancing within 100 miles of Adolf Hitler's winter headquarters at Smolensk today. while in the south, Red Army forces were pictured as storming at the outer gates of Kharkov, Russia’s “Pittsburgh” in the Ukraine. Soviet military dispatches said collapse of a German wing defend- ing a flank of the Moscow-to- Mozhaisk highway had knocked out the Germans' “last zone of positional warfare” before Moscow and that “the whole front is now in motion.” | The Russians declared that Hitler’s reeling armies had lost 200000 killed between November 16 and January 6, with 20.000 slain in recent fighting in the Donets River industrial basin. | Soviet troops were described as now battering heavily against Ger- man defenses at Mozhaisk itself, 57 miles west of Moscow, where & Nazi garrison of 100,000 men still | held out despite the danger of being | trapped by Russion pincers closing in from the north and south. | German militgry quarters ac-| knowledged that the Russians had broken into Mozhaisk lines Sunday. | but asserted they were dislodged in a counterattack which cost the Rus- | sians 300 dead. | Climax of North Drive. | A military writer in the Moscow newspaper Izvestia said the fall of Gorokhovo near Mozhaisk signal- ized the collapse of the German wing in the sector nearest Moscow. The writer, a Col. Boltin, said Gorokhovo was taken in the course of more than a month of a counter- offensive in which the Red Army | ' attacked along a line between Gor- okhovo and Kubinka which extend- ed across the Moscow-Mozhaisk highway. At the same time the Germans’/ Mozhaisk salient was menaced more than ever by the capture of Kirov.| about 100 miles southwest of Mozhaisk. The battle for this rail| junction in the heart of the Mo- | 7hzisk - Smolensk - Bryansk triangle | left the streets littered with Nazi dead. the Russians announced. Kirov is about 100 miles southwest | of Mizhaisk, 100 miles southeast of | Smolensk and 80 miles north of Bryansk, the lower anchor of a| prospective German winter line al- | ready penetrated by the recapture last week end of Lyudinovo. On the northern front. Starava Russa. near Lake Ilmen, 130 miles (See RUSSIAN. Page A-6) l 23,006 Ja; Corpses Foun On Hunan Battlefield | By the Associated Press { CHUNGKING. China, Jan. 14— | | Twenty-three thousand Japanese | corpses have been counted on the | battlefields of North Hunan Province since the abortive campaign against Changsha began, a Chinese high | command communique said today. | A" Chinese spokesman yesterday | estimated the total Japanese cas- | ualties in the Changsha campaign at | 45.000 to 50.000. | Today's communique added that | 3,000 Japanese troops were attacking | Chinese positions west of Canton, | in Kwangtung Province. No details | were given on the progress of the [ fighting. | through Ar:ta, Netherlands Indies news agenc: : | “After the Japanese for some time. at regular jitervals, had carried out air attacks on Tarakan, it became | legal creation of the new organiza- tion. In Conference on Draft. Today, Stephen T. Early, secretary clear in the middle of last week that | to the President, said that Mr. Nel- | they aimed 0 capture the island. | son is being consulted on the draft- “On the ylorning of January 8 the ing of the order with a view to | Japanese r ided the place and were | incorporating in it the legal founda- | greeted wit1l a heavy anti-aircraft| tion for the administrative structure | ‘He Put in His Thumb and He Pulled Out a Plum . .. An Evening Newspaper With the Full Day’s News LOCAL—NATIONAL—FOREIGN Associated Press and (#) Wirephotos, North American Newspaper Alliance, Chicago Daily News Foreign Service and The Stars Staff Writers, Reporters and Photographers. (UP) Mearis Associated Press. THREE CENTS. La Guardia Asks More Profection For Capital More Police, Firemen And Fire Hose Needed, He Tells House Group By J. A. O'LEARY. Describing Washjngton as an easy spot to find from the air, Mayor La Guardia, director of civilian defense, told a House committee today Con- gress must provide the District with more protection. He said additional policemen and firemen were badly needed to cope with the effects of an_air raid. Stanchly defending what the | Office of Civilian Defense already | has done, the Mayor also revealed that he soon will give up either the O. C. D. or the running of New York City. He also told the Tolan committee investigating defense migration and morale that it makes no difference whether the House and Senate final- ly agree on the present setup or Army control of the $100.000000 fund for civilian defense, “because the work has already been done.™ The Mayor's attention was di- rected to Washington by Repre- sentative Sparkman, Democrat, of barrage. ©ne of their planes was| which he prefers, and with a view to hit and crashed and the entire crew | assuring him of the single-handed lost their 1'ves. The few remaining | control which is intended. bombers atacked a ship of the Royal| The creation of one-man produc- Netherlanc Navy lying off Tarakan |tion control—a step long urged on without dong any damage. .| Mr. Roosevelt by his friends and Tw> Transports Hit. “On Fri~ay, January 9, two at-| tacks wer: carried out by eight | bombers waich also did not succeed | in damagli g the Netherlands war- | ship app.eciably. Some bombsi which larded close to the ship | wounded s'me members of the crew. | “At abow’ noon on Friday a large | fleet was -bserved 15 miles east of | the southe nmost Soint of the island | of Tarakai—which point is called | ‘Tandjoeng Batoe. This fleet con- | sisted of six heavy cruisers. six| destroyers various transport ships and one t;nker. “At abort five o'clock in the after- noon, 15 iransport ships, protected by Japacese naval vessels, ap- proached he southernmost point of the island “Naturaly. this enemy fleet was not left wimloested. and bombers of | the Nethrrlands Indies Army Air| Force att.cked the transports and scored seyral successes. Two direct hits were scored on transport shxps‘ and a near miss was scored on a| heavy cru'ser, while no fewer then| three eneny planes were shot down | by Netheland Indies aircraft. Invaders Land. “Meanvile, it appeared that at the same¢ time preparations werpl made to and troops in the neigh-| borhood ¢f Amal, on the east coast | of the isltnd | “In the eerly morning of Sunday | the Japatese began to land troops at Tandjeng Batoe and Amal. In| the afteryioon the situation had be- | come sy:h that our troops had | formed ; front south and east of the towr of Taraken. | flicted hcavy losses on the enemy,| after whch the Japanese began to | advance toward the oil flelds and attacked “Originally the Japanese succeeded in break ng through, but, by throw- | ing in re-erves our troops succeeded in throwng back the enemy, so that on Suncav night the entire front | was recovered and the defense formed (ne uninterrupted line in a | half-cirvie around Tarakan. | “The Japanese continuously | poured j1 new troops and succeeded | in breajing through our lines on Monday | “Mear while, when it had become | clear th:.t the Japanese would drive | with surerior forces, orders had been | given to destroy the oil wells, tanks, | pumps, ‘emaining oil stocks of the[ island gad everything which might be valuzole to the enemy. This all | occurrec according to plans prepared | long beore. The destruction was already completed on Sunday morn- | ing. Incies Forces Surrounded. | “On Monday, the Japanese, after | a hard battle with heavy losses on | both sices, had advanced so far that | they hal surrounded the remaining | | Netherlind Indies forces which were | be held this year, because of the war | fightiny at several points. | “Und.r heavy air bombardment | and un/er the enormous heat of the | burning oil, the Tarakan garrison | was ov:rrun. A small part of the| garriso) succeeded in escaping to| the ma:nland of Borneo. | “The object—preventing a single | drop o oil from falling into enemy hands~ had been accomplished de-i spite tie heavy odds and great ef- forts on the part of the enemy. The | garrisol of Tarakan fully did its| duty. ‘1 “In he meantime, the army air| force ontinued raiding the Jap- | anese ships, and several successes | have leen scored. No fewer than| four t.ansport ships received directi hits.” . Gandhi's Party Cancels critics alike—momentarily distract: the Capital's attention from t Pacific’ war fronts. It promised 600,000 Autos Now miuwtve i e ronen”nes 1 Sfock Revealed mate victory. | It was with high interest that| Henderson Says u.S May Washington received President | Rooseveit's surprise announcement.| Approve Sales on Orders Made Before Jan. 1 Only a few hours earlier Mr. Nelson. former mail order executive, had | By J. A. FOX. Plans have been made for the made plain that his goal was to| substitute “too much, too soon™ for | rationing of between 600.000 and 700.000 new automobiles already n the old “too little, too late” cry that has dogged Allied arms. | stock. Price Administrator Leon Henderson said today. and in addi- Criticized for “Too Much.” ! “WeTe going to build so many planes and tanks.” he said, speak- . tion the Government is planning to permit automobile dealers to dis- pose of cars for which “bona-fide” ing in his old role as O. P. M.'s priority director. “that when this is sales contracts had been negotiated before January 1. all over those of us who had any- thing to do with it are going to be Mr. Henderson told the House Small Business Committee that new criticized because we built too cars produced the remainder of this much " | Now the big. bulky, bespectacied month would be held for at least one year to meet future needs. man will have everything to do with it. In announcing his decision to es- tablish the new War Production Appearing as a witness at the Board, Mr. Roosevelt said it would h,fl,",‘,’; gmgm which the committee seeks to shape a program to aid the retail automobile busines: which is menaced by the shut-down | have the powers now exercised by the Supply Priorities and Alloca- on production, Mr. Henderson also | tions Board and that Vice Presi- dent Wallace as well as the other emphasized that every effort is to| be made to keep used-car dealers | esent members of S. P. A. B. uld serve on it. Mr. Nelson has been S. P. A. B.'s executive director. | going. and to provide adequate sup- | plies for repairs. These measures | have been advocated by the dealers | Besides being chairman of the | board. Mr. Nelson “will be charged as basically necessary to give some relie! ed he with the direction of the produc- tion program and have general su- f pervision over all production agen- i ! cies.” the White House said. ‘-msg Beliet i PlansBelng Drafted: decision as to questions of procure- | _Responding to a question by Rep- ment and production will be final. | resentative Halleck. Republican. of Nelson will report to the | Indiana, Mr. Henderson also said | arrangements were being worked out | to aid dealers who want to dispose | of their new-car stores quickly in- stead of waiting to make sales under the rationing program which is to be put in effect—probably in the next two weeks. ‘The same applies to tire supplies. which have been rationed, the price administrato said. New-car production the balance of this month, Mr. Henderson said, is estimated at 130,000 to 140.000 units Of the cars to be rationed. 550.000 to 600,000 are new cars which were in stock on January 1, when the present freezing went in effect. and 65,000 to 75,000 are cars produced to date this month. | Tentative Price Schedule. | Under a tentative price-ceiling i schedule for these stocks, the total | price will be the manufacturer’s list i price, plus the Federal excise tax | and allowance for transportation | and a charge for handling and de- | livery figured at 5 per cent of the ! list price. In addition. dealers will get 1 per cent a month on the list price as a storage charge. The rationing machinery is ex- | pected to be the same as that used | for tires, Mr. Henderson explained. Representative Hall, Republican, | of New York. wanted to know if| there was any intention to ration used-car stocks. “T asked to be relieved of answer- ing that question before Senator | Murray's committee (Senate Small Business Committee),” the witness responded. “If you say you're not, | and something happens and you | | have to, you are accused of bad | | faith. If you say ‘ves.’ you run into | | all sorts of complications.” | Mr. Henderson added that proper | | steps would be taken to aid the | | dealers affected. 4 Question Passed. “So you have this matter under consideration, but have reached no decision?” Mr. Hall pressed. Mr. Henderson passed that ques- as director of the (O. P. M. priayi- ties division but will devote his en- tire time to directing the produc- tion program.” | One-Man Control. | “There is the one-man control.” Secretary Early remarked as he read the announcement. Mr. Wallace likewise emphasized this concentration of authority as he and Mr. Nelson left the White House following a late afternoon conference with the President. The Vice President referred to the new setup as one which has been sought for a long time, and ex- pressed full confidence that the entire administrative structure of the production program will fit " (See PRODUCTION, Page A-6.) Its Annual Session By the Associated Press. WARDHA, India, Jan. 14.—The Working Committee of the All-India Congress Party decided today that the party’s annual session. which, usually comes in Apri). would not situation. Air-Raid Alarm_ ‘The Office of Civilian Defense for the Metropolitan Area has asked The Star to publish for the information of the public these air-raid signals for the entire region, including nearby Virginia and Maryland: Alarm—Five short blasts at half-second intervals, sounded three consecutive times, a total of 15 blasts: All clear—Three long blasts of one and one-half seconds each. 'Whole Axis Applecart Is Reported Upset By Nazi War Machine’s Defeats in Russia | By the Associated Press. | Germany's reverses on | sian front have upset the whole Axis| | 2pplecart, usually reliable informants ;reportrd from Europe today, | They traced to the plight of the, | Nazi armies on the eastern front| | the following: | | 1. That Turkey still bars the Dar- danelles to Axis warships; 2. That Axis reinforcements for | The pointed out that Nazi troops, the Rus- again ire concentrating in Bulgaria, | and other parts of Europe indicated | that jlanes are being massed in| Greecr and that other preparations are upder way similar to those of | the B:lkan campaign a Year ago. But they said. there is one differ- | ence—.‘he concentrations are smaller | becaue the bulk of the Nazi army is occipied trying to hold the Rus- sian font. | North Africa have mnot traveled| whither Germany would try mili- | through France and Spain; | tary zction to win Turkish conces- : 3. That signs of dissension have sions, they said, appeared to depend ‘appearefl among Germany's satellite | Jarge}s on how far, ihe Soviet front allies. |can te stabilized within the next Germany, wanting to get thc‘ few weeks. | Italian fleet through the Dardanelles| Mi)tary observers said reorgan- to attack the Russian Black Sea|izatign of the German army com- naval base of Sevastopol, has inten-{ mang and the degree to which the sified pressure on Turkey for freel Nazia' Balkan allies can be induced. + use of the straits, these sources said.! to pa-‘ticipate also were factors. N\ [ " (See BUSINESS, Page A-3) Fred Fisher, Composer, | Found Hanging in Home | By tre Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—The body | of Fred Fisher, 65, music publisher thelfexientSott Germendeflortslita i composer of moie tiai & 116u- | remedy .the Russian situation. | sand songs, including many familiar | Nazi troops recently moved into | hjts of former years, was found France and to the Spanish frontier | nanging todey in the bedroom of his were battle-scarred soldiers from the 0! \ Setern front. they. said: repiaring | Beaiioute apartment ln West End fresh troops which were moved into | My, Fisher, credited with having | Balkan and Russian areas. written such widely known songs as | Reports of travelers from France In some military quarters this was | “Darden: " “Ireland Must Be| regarded as_an indication that | Heaven, » “Fifty French and Spanish opposition. at | Million Be least momentarily, has checked a | wrong,” “Auf Wiedersehn” and “Ma, | Nazi plan of transit via that route | He's Making Eyes at Me,” had been to_Africa. in ill health for several years. | Evidence of Nazi efforts to| He had been president of the Fred strengthen and unify the Axis allies | Fisher Music Co. since 1907. —who ' also have lost heavily in| Police of the West 100th Street Russia—was seen in the trip Italian | gtation reported finding a note on | Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo| g dresser, which faid in part, “No (See AXIS, Page A-6.) one is responsible.” bl \ the | | there was a tremendous racial prob- | lem in the Hawaiian Islands. Quot- | Treasury ousts five officers of Gen- Plans for Rationing 'Germans Take Revenge On Lofoten Residents By the Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Jan. 14— In new reprisals for British raids on Norway's Lofoten Islands. German occupation authorities on the islands have destroyed by fire some 40 build- | ings belonging to Norwegians who went to England. and confiscated all | their property, advices from Norway | said today. Some 100 men, representing all the | male relatives of Norwegians who went to England to carry on the fight against Germany, were said to have been placed in a German con- centration camp. Britain's Commandos made their initial raid on the Lofoten Islands, off Norway's coast above the Arctic Circle. last March. Eleven German ships were sunk. Stories of Nazi Unres May Be Attempt to Lull America, Knox Warns German War Machine Still World’s Greatest, He Reminds Natian By CLAUDE A. MAHONEY. Secretary of the Navy Knox told a press conference today that Ger- many still has the “greatest military machine in the world.” and warned the Nation that stories of internal unrest in Germany mav be a psy- chological weapon used by the Nazis to impede America’s war effort He pointed out that the stories or= iginated in countries controlled by Germany. “I think T see why.” he said. *T have a suspicion that these stories are designed to take the fine edge off our own energy and sense of urgency. If they can convince a number of people in this country that Germany is washed up. ot effort naturally will grow less pointed out that the Nazis adept in the use of psychological weapons Mr. Knox said he believed there had been a shake-up in the Ger- man high command. probably like the one in 1938. but added that a mere change of officers does not are mean that the military machine is breaking up. Sces Retreat as No Rout. “I think they made a retirement in Russia. not a rout,” he said. “The Nazis still have the greatest mili- tary machine in the world. It has not been destroyed. but has had a crimp put in it. It is unw to assume that it has fallen apart.” He said Germany had renewed propaganda activity in South Amer-' ica before the convocation of the Rio de Janeiro conference, opening tomorrow, but he believed little progress was made. Secretary Knox, still discussing stories and claims of the Axis, turned to Japanese claims which included sinking of the aircraft car- | rier Lexington. He said the Japanese made a practice of putting out stories like that in an effort to draw informa- tion from the United States. Racial Problem Called Army’s. Discussing further activitiés in Pacific, Secretary Knox said ing from a prepared table, Secre- tary Knox said that of a total of 423300 persons there 157,905 were Japanese or persons of Japanese stock, comprising 37.3 per cent of the total. -| casians, the remainder of the popu- lation being made up as follows: (See KNOX, Page A-6.) There are 103.791 Cau- | Alabama, who inquired what he thought of the local situation. Ask More Fire Hose. “I think the Commissioners hers ! have a very intelligent understand- iiill's Defense Resis, 0"ers No Wi'nesses. | ing of the civilian defense problem.” y | the Mayvor replied. “The director . is a competent man. In the Dis- - trict of Columbia I have only one ase ea"ng ury criticism to offer. I believe the air- raid wardens should be under the & & | Police Department, the fire auxiliary Justice Letts Denies group under the Fire Department > o and the medical aid group under Motion for Directed the hospitals. At the present time > 3 vou have a co-ordinator. Verdict of ACq\II"G' “T also feel that Congress has not e done its full duty with Washington. Without presenting a single de- 1 know what I am talking about fense witness, counsel for GeOrge pecause I handle a budget of $580.- Hill, on trial in District Court under 900000, You must give this city two charges of perjury. rested their more police, more firemen and more case today and the jury was to hear money for fire hose. You must have one-hour summations by each side g Jarge supply of hose on hand. be- this afternoon. . | cause if hpmbing broke water lines Justice F. Dickinson Letts indi- | vou might have to pump water great, cated he would place ‘the case of Gistances. Cutting down on that the second secretary to Represent-| jiem is foolish economy. ative Fish, Republican, of New York, ~ -yq, know, Washington is a diffi- in the hands of the jury tOmOITOW cylt place to operate in. I would morning after delivering his instruc- | not say we are out of danger here. uons. It is an easy place to find. Even The surprise defense move came ' T could find it. and I was the worst in the sixth trial day immediately | fver in the A. E. F. The blackout after Justice Letts had denied & goes not help much, except to make defense motion for a direct verdict | certain places, like the navy yard, of acquittal. The jurist said. after parder to find " > £ studying this motion overnight, that "~ when Mr. Sparkman asked what believed evidence against Hill he thought of the recent trial black- i“'fls such he needed to hear no oyt here the Mayor said he thought | counter argument by the prose- it was quite successful, except that | cution. g ! many people “had their noses | Defense Attorney John J. O'Con- | pressed against the windows, where | nor, former member of the House they should not have been” He ‘Imm New York, announced that caid however, he did not believe | he would put no witnesses on the they would do that in a real black- ' stand to dispute the Government's out, case. Justice Letts replied: | “Very well. are there pravers to M”r!:?:i’mM':‘}m“)::‘:‘:‘;m the | be considered?” committee a long recital of the juris- | Instructions Discussed. | dictional problems O. C. D. encoun= Attorneys advanced to the bench'tered in trying to deal with hune and for a full hour discussed re- dreds of counties and cities, by go- quests for instructions by the judge ing through complicated State gov- to the jury. At 11:15 am. Justice ernments, he got around to the Letts announced a recess until 1 pending controversy in Congress, p.m., when counsel would reassem- which came to a head last week ble. and said the jury would be when the House voted to turn the called into the courtroom to hear| O. C. D. appropriation over to the soncluding arguments after 1:30 pm.| Army. Mr. Hill is on trial on two cOUNts | «I¢ doesn't make a particle of of perjury: (1) That he falsely told gifference which of those bills you the grand jury which was investi- “hass because the work is already gating Nazi activities that vhe di;i done.” not know George Sylvester Viereck, | o the o registered German agent, and (2) in:lr" h‘pgp;i‘ri"eigr’i’ f‘;r prg‘:gg. that he did not order ctr(nm»mml cities with gas masks, helmets and bags placed in & storeroom assigned| yiper cigilian defense equipment to Representative Fish. The Gov-| .. ™ cver jntended to do the ernment contends these bags came | from the office here of Pmcpu"l’)‘f"‘{’vi,'e P;;B;lg:{hfeitl}rel:gtxngg Dennett, whom the prosecution B, st il 5 ke el ariea claimed received contributions from Viereck for his isolationist Islands | for War Debts Committee. =~ | Mr. Fish. Who said he was'advis- ing Mr. Hill at the time he was ap- they have prepared the specifica- tions. We had intended to allocate the supplies. and the allocations have already been worked out. T pearing before the grand jury, did could tell you just how many boots or helmets are going here or there | ot make an appearance at the (Kl | 7is"qil in ‘s book that could be On October 24, when Mr. Hill was handed to any one. So. don't lose indicted, Attorney O'Connor, who (See MORALE, Page served in the House with Mr. Fish, told Justice T. Alan Goldsborough in District Court: “I am here to plead Congressman Ifalians Stress Necessity Pih not UYL reusen OF ‘Neufralizing” Malfa was quoted as telling the Associated gy the Associated Press § (See HILL, Page A-6) ROME, Jan. 14 (Andi Agency).— The importance of “neutralizing” Britain’s air and naval base at Malta by continued Axis bombing attacks was emphasized again today by British Broadcast Marks Niemoeller's Blrfhduy Italian officials and newspapers as By the Associated Press. |an essential part of the Mediter- NEW YORK, Jan. 14—In a Ger- ranean battle. man-language broadcast, the Brit- | Il Messaggero of Rome maintained |ish Broadcasting Co. today cele- that Malta is the key to victory in brated the 50th birthday anni- | the Mediterranean, explaining that: versary of Rev. Martin Niemoeller. “The Mediterranean struggle has fiery Lutheran minister who last entered a particularly delicate phase. was reported held in the Nazi con- | Due to the consequences of the centration camp at Dachau. Libyan battle * * * keeping the Feature of tne broadcast, as Mediterranean open to the traffic of heard here by N. B. C., was a re- | supplies is particularly essential, cording of Niemoeller's 1937 New hence the regson for the implacable Year sermon, in which he took |offensive on Malta. for his topic the “Dechristianization 11 Tevere, also of Rome, threatened of the true Confessional Church® | Britain with “supplies which the |by those “who are on top—the | AXis has in reserve. Summary of Foreign. Delegations at Rio strike 2 obstacles before parley opens. Page A-2 Flynn charges Martin with partisan politics. Page A-3 National. Order would give Nelson complete production control. Page A-1 Knox says Germany's war machine | still leads. Page A-1 ‘ torces of the evil who despotically | pyiiish sources for some time have | govern us. been predicting an invasion at- tempt on Malta, and by roundabout 7 channels have reported Axis troop Today S Stor and air concentrations massing in Southern Italy and on the island of 1,900 books collected here in victory Siclly, only 60 mfles HOEE Of Maly.. | campaign. Page A-2| Malta Raided. | First rent law prosecution Appears| BERLIN, Jan. 14 (Official Broad- | ~imminent. Page B-1)cast) (».—The German high com- | Blackouts won't stop classes at mand reported today a new series of ! G. WU Page B-1 air attacks on the British Mediter- Stanley takes speakership as Vir-| ranean base of Malta, which has be- ginia House organizes. Page B-1|come a daily target of Axis bombers 24-hour school watch reduced to 20| of late. buildings. Page B-1| German ‘dive-bombers also were Child burned to death, seven injured | reported to have sharply attacked 's fires. 1| British troop concentrations, supply eral Aniline Corp. Page A-4| inday’s Page B Civilian ‘jeep’ suggested in suto| Miscellany. OA'}IK:I.M and air bases in North ahox g Page A-4| pirths and Deaths. Page A9 g i8S Washington and Vicinity. | Nature’s Children. PageA-12| Three British planes were shat Washington easy to find f: air, | Marriage Licenses. Page B-2|down, the Italian high command says La Guardia. Page A-1|Army Orders. Page B-4|said in the new raids on Malta. al L} X A