Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1942, Page 5

Code of Censorship For Newspapers and Magazines Issued Price Announces Sorrell’s Appointment To Enforce Rules B the Associated Press. Byron Price, director of censor- ship, announced yesterday a code of wartime practices for withholding from publication “certain classes of information which might be of aid to the enemy.” * The' code was designed particu- larly for newspapers and magazines, but applies generally to published matter, such as advertising, letters to the editor, columns and inter- views with service men. At the same time, Mr. Price an- nounced that J. H. Sorrells, assist- ant director of censorship who is on leave as executive editor of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, would be in direct charge of administering the code. He will be assisted by & small board of editors and an ad- visory council of the publishing in- dustry, which will be appointed soon. Can Quote Record. Newspapers hardly could be asked to withhold publicetion of anything that appeared in the Congressional Record, regardless of its propriety, Mr. Price said in response to ques- tions at & press conference today. Closed committee meetings of Congress present another problem, he indicated, and whether informa- tion that may leak out of such meetings should be printed would depend on the authority for them and their nature. Mr. Price made it clear that the Censorship Bureau is not trying to eontrol Government publicity. One of his purposes, he said, will be to see that Government departments give out as complete information as may be compatible with the national safety and that newspapers not be | *left holding the bag” between one department and another. Text of Code. The text of the censorship code follows: “This statement responds to the many inquiries received by the Office of Censorship, asking for an outline of newspaper and magazine | 8! practices which the Government feels desirable for the effective prosecution of the war. “It is essential that certain basic facts be understood from the be- ing. mzl‘he first of these facts is that the outcome of the war is a matter of vital personal concern to the fu- ture of every American citizen. The second is that the security of our armed forces and even of our homes and our liberties will be weakened in greater or less degree by every disclosure of information which will help the enemy. “If every member of every news staff and contributing writer will keep these two facts constantly in TH3 (Story on Page B-1.) AIR-RAID WARDENS QUIZ EXECUTIVE—Col. Lemuel Bolles, director of District civilian defense, is shown (standing in center) answering questions of deputy air-rald vardens at a meeting last night. —Star Staff Photo. missionings; the physical setup or technical details of ship yards. PLANES. “The disposition, movements, and strength of Army or Navy air units. FORTIFICATIONS. “The location of forts and other fortifications; the location of coast defense emplacements, or anti-air- craft guns; their nature and num- ber; location of bomb shelters; location of camouflaged objects. PRODUCTION. “Specific information about war contracts, such as the exact type of production, production schedules, | dates of delivery or process of pro- duction; estimated sypplies of stra- tegic and critical materials available, or Nation-wide ‘round-ups’ of locally | published procurement data, except | when such composite information is officially approved for publication. location of, or other information about, sites and factories already in existence, which would aid saboteurs in gaining access to them:; informa- tion other than that readily gained through observation by the general public, disclosing the location of sites and factories yet to be established, or the nature of their production. “Any information about new or secret military designs, or new fac- tory designs for war production. WEATHER. “Weather forecasts, other than officially issued by the Weather Bu- reau; the routine forecasts printed by | any single newspaper to cover only the State in which it is published and not more than four adjoining States, portions of which lie within a radius of 150 miles from the point of publication. mind and then will follow the dic- tates of common sense, he will be able to answer for himself many of the questions which might other- wise trouble him. In other words, & maximum of accomplishment will be attained if editors will ask them- selves with respect to any given de- tail, ‘Is this information I would like to have if I were the enemy?’ and then act accordingly. ‘Will Mean Sacrifice. “The result of such a process will | hardly represent ‘business as usual’ on the news desks of the country. On the contrary, it will mean some sacrifice of the journalistic enter- prise of ordinary times. But it will not mean a news or editorial black- out. It is the hope and expectation of the Office of Censorship that the columns of American publications will remain the freest in the world and will tell the story of our na- tional successes and shortcomings accurately and in much detail. ““The highly gratifying response of the press so far proves that it understands the need for tempo- rary sacrifice, and is prepared to make that sacrifice in the spirit of the President's recent assurance that such curtailment as may be necessary will be administered “in harmony with the best interests of our free institutions.” “Below is a summary covering spe- eific problems. This summary re- peats, with some modifications, re- quests previously made by various agencies of the Federal Government, and it may be regarded as super- seding and consolidating all of those requests. Timeliness is Important. “Special attention is directed to the fact that all of the requests in the summary are modified by a proviso that the information listed may properly be published when authorized by appropriate authority. News on all of these subjects will become available from Government sources; but in war, timeliness is an important factor, and the Govern- ment unquestionably is in the best position to decide when disclosure is timely. “The specific information which newspapers and magazines are asked not to publish except when such information is made available officially by appropriate authority falls into the rol!owlna classes: “The (enenl chlncur and move- ments of United States Army units, within or without the continental limits of the United States—their location, identity or exact composi- tion, equipment or strength; their destination, routes and schedules; their assembly for embarkation, prospective embarkation or actual embarkation. Any such information regarding the troops of friendly na- tions on American soil. (“Note: The request as regards location and general character does not apply to troops in train- ing camps in continental United States, nor to units assigned to domestic police duty.) SHIPS. “The location, movements and dentity of naval and merchant ves- sels of the United States in any waters, and of other nations oppos- ing the Axis powers, in American waters; the port and time of arrival or prospective arrival of any such wvessels, or the port from which they Jeave; the nature of cargoes of such vessels; the location of enemy naval or merchant vessels in or near Amer- ican waters; the assembly, departure or arrival of transports or convoys; the existence of mine fields or other “Consolidated temperature tables covering more than 20 stations, in any one newspaper. “(Note: - Special forecasts is- sued by the Weather Bureau warning of unusual conditions, or special reports issued by the Weather Bureau concerning tem- perature tables, or news stories warning ‘the public of dangerous roads or streets, within 150 miles of the point of publication, are all acceptable for publication.) “Weather roundup stories cover- ing actual conditions throughout more than one State, except when given out by the Weather Bureau. Photographs and Maps. “Photographs conveying the in- formation specified in this summary, unless officially approved for publi- cation. “Detailed maps or photographs disclosing location of munition dumps, or other restricted Army or naval areas. “(Note: This has no refer- ence to maps showing the gen- eral theater of war, or large- scale zones of action, movements of contending forces on a large scale, or maps showing the gen- eral ebb and flow of battle lines. “(Note: Special care should be exercised in the publicetion of aerial photos presumably of non- military significance, which might reveal military or other informa- tion helpful to the enemy; also care should be exercised in pub- lishing casualty photos so as not to reveal unit identifications through collar ornaments, etc. Special attention is directed to the section of this summary cov- ering information about damage to military objectives.) GENERAL. “Casualty lists. (“Note: There is no objection to publication of information about casualties from a newspaper's local field, obtained from nearest of kin, but it is requested that in such cases, specific military and naval units, and exact locations, be not mentioned.) “Information disclosing the new location of national archives, art treasures, and so on, which have been moved for safekeeping. “Information about damage to military and naval objectives, in- cluding docks, raflroads or commer- cial airports, resulting from enemy action, (“Note: The spread of rumors in such a way that they will be accepted as facts will render aid and comfort to the enemy. It is suggest that enemy claims of ship sinkings, or of other damage to our forces, be weighed care- fully and the source clearly iden- tified, if published.) “Information about the trans- materials, including oil tank cars and trains. “Information about the movements of the President of the United States, or of official military or diplomatic missions of the United States or of any other nation opposing the Axis powers—routes, schedules, or desti- nation, within or without the conti- nental limits of the United States; movements of ranking Army or na- val officers and staffs on official business; movements of other in- dividuals or units under special or- ders of the Army, Navy or State De- partment. (“Note: Advertising matter, let- ters to the editor, interviews with men on leave, columns, and so on, are included in the above re- quests, both as to text and illus- harbor defense; secret orders or other secret instructions lights, buoys and other guides to navigators; the number, size, char- acter and location of ships in con- struction, or advance information #s to the date of lsunchings or com- tration.) “If information should be made’ lvllhbh anywhere which seems to from doubtful authority, or to be in mflm with the general aims of these requests; or if special re- strictions requested locally or oth- o portation of munitions or other war | “Specific information about the | Several Firms Here Offer Pay Roll Plans For Buying War Bonds Over 30,000 Workers Now Able to Purchase Stamos That Way ‘Washin;ton employers and em- ployes heve responded enthusiasti- I cally to tie Treasury Department's suggestioa that pay roll savings plans be offerec for purchase of defense savings bonds and stamps, a survey completec today by the District De- fense Savings Committee discloses. Busines; establishments employing a total o. more than 30,000 persons now are offering or preparing to offer pay roll savings plans to their workers, the committee reported. Among them are: Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co., Americap Security & Trust Co., Aa- sociation, of American Railrodds. Bond Clo hing Co., Cafritz Co., Cap- ital Transt Co., cune(ie Inmtutlnn‘ Chamber >f Commerce of the United States, Clesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Cc, Civic Education Service, Coca-Col: Battling Co., Conserco, Inc; Dy-Dee Wash, The Evening Star, Fearal Reserve Board, Fries, Beall & Sharp Co., Julius Garfinckel & Co., In:.; the Goldenberg Co., the Hecht Cc, Frank R. Jelleff, Harry Kaufman Inc.; Mazo-Lerch Co., Na- tional Geographic Society, Potomac | Electric Fower Co., Riggs National Bank, H. _. Rust Co., Southern Rail- way Syst:m, United Services Life Insurance - Co., Washington Gas Light Co, Washington Law Book Co.,, Wastington Terminal Co., and Western Jnion Telegraph Co. In addiion, a number of smaller firms hay: devised their own stim- ulants fo' sale of the bonds and stamps, such as establishment of special cointers or windows to which attention of employes is directed particularly on pay days. Some em- ployers 1ave presented workers stamp alrums with the first stamp last stamp needed to fill out each album. All suc: plans are completely vol- untary, tie committee emphasized. Federal smployes are being invited to subscribe to a monthly schedule of purchases under a system supervised by the Tyeasury. Methocists Induct Official Mrs. Orson N. Eaton yesterday was installed as president of the Woman's Society of Christian Serv- ice of M+morial Methodist Church, Hyattsvile, Md. The Rev. W. Clark Main, pastor, officiated at the in- stallatior. erwise br various authorities seem unreason:ble or out of harmony with this summary, it is recommended that the question be submitted at once to tie Office of Censorship. “In addition, if any newspaper, magazine or other agency or in- dividual handling news or special articles d-sires clarification or advice as to wnat disclosures might or might no: aid the enemy, the Office of Censoship will co-operate gladly. Such incairies should be addressed to the Ofice of Censorship, Wash- ington. “Shoult additions or modifications of this symmary seem feasible and desirable from time to time, the in- dustry wil be advised.” a 1igh morale. The is to dance well. fo r citizen. attached and agree to donate the| t the worries of the world . Learn the latest ‘dance s Jm in just l ‘ew hours. It’s loads of fun and gran Drop in today for a guest lesson and dance analysis. CAPT. GEORGE J. McMILLIN. Capt. 6. J. McMiln, Governor of Guam, Inferned by Japs 442, Including 159 Navy Men and 142 Marines, Arrive in Nippon BY the Associated Press. ‘TOKIO, Jan. 15 (Official Broad. cast) —The Prisoners Intelligenc Bureau announced 442 persons cap tured at the United States Island of Guam, including Capt. George J. McMillin, the governor, arrived at Shikoku today and were interned at barracks in the city of Zentsuji. Domei said the prisoners included | 142 marines, 8 of them officers and | 41 non-commissioned officers; 159 Navy men, 4 of them officers; § nurses and a number of civilians. The news agency said 10 United | States Navy petty officers had sur- rendered to Japanese forces in the Gilbert Islands and were taken to| an internment camp on Shikoku, one of the four principal Japanese islands. (The Japanese broadcast did not indicate what United States Navy men might have been doing in the Gilbert Islands, a British mandate midway between Ha- wail and Australia. (There have been no specific accounts of fighting or Japan- ese landings in the islands, but the British colonial office said several weeks ago that Japanese forces were believed operating in that area and expressed fears for the safety of British nationals on the islands.) Baltimore Church Calls Alexandria Pastor The Rev. Edward Randolph | Welles, pastor of historic Christ Church in Alexandria, Va., has beert called by St. Paul's Church in Balti- more, one of the largest churches in the Maryland Episcopal diocese, it ‘was learned yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Welles said, however. that he has not yet decided whether he will accept, adding that he prob- ably will make a definite decision in | engage in some volunteer defense 'Only 10,000 Japs Escaped |Changsha, Chinese Say the near future. He has been pastor of Christ Church for the last lwo years. DANCE FOR FU“ And happiness ! Be happy . . . be a good dancer . . . and keep your spirits high Physical nd mental health are prime requisites for {ruteat tonic for brighter spirits ’ll enjoy life more . . . you'll . and you'll be a Ethel M. Fistere’s ARTHUR MURRAY STUDIQ 1101 GONNECTIGUT AVE. Each Woman Can Find Role in Civil Defense, Says Mrs. Roosevelt Volunteer Participation Gives People Strength, Club Group Is Told Volunteer® civilian defense work | is open to every woman in almost any fleld, Mrs. Roosevelt yesterday told the members of the Women's Congressional Club. Mrs Roosevelt's appearance to talk - on “Defense” replaced this year Lhe1 club’s annual party for her. The President’s wife, after outlin- | ing the civilian defense program, | told the members of the club thntl the various forms of volunteer work were of particular interest to women. | ‘Women, she said, are especially con- | COIN cerned with their children and it is the children who will inherit the| result of whateyer is done now. Civilian defense work, she pomud out, can build toward that time! when, after the war, we must win | g, the peace, when our young people must have something better than Naziism or Fascism to take their place. Right now, Mrs. Roosevelt said, one of the things that gives people strength is a sense of participation | in defense. Therefore, everybody in a community must be included in the plans. She urged her listeners not to necessarily unimportant because of War. If one is needed at home, Mrs.| j Roosevelt said, that is the first need. And if one has a job, it should be done better now than ever before. After these things, she pointed out, | if time can be budgeted, one should activity. By the Associated Press. CHUNGKING, Jan. 15—An army WRIST W spokesman declared today that only | 3¢ . 10,000 Japanese troops escaped of the 70,000 who were hurled against the Chinese defenders of Changsha. f o, The rest, he said, were left dead on the battlefields north of the city or caught in pockets of encirclement by the Chinese counteroffensive. He reported Chinese troops still moving north in pursuit of the rem- nant of the Japanese, but said the “North Hunan campaign may be regarded as more or less concluded.” A British broadcast heard by C.| 3900 Wheel B. S. said the Chinese had advanced within 15 miles of Yochow, Japanese base from which the Changsha at- P orget, however, that work not im- | mediatelly involved in defense is not | 163 EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1942. Shift of Asiafic Fleet - |George Submits Plan From Cavite Termed * For Manufacturers’ "Superb” Tactical Feat{Tax fo Treasury Hart's Force, Intact, Now Thought Based on Netherlands Indies B7 the Associated Press. Naval observers here expressed the opinion today that Admiral Thomas C. Hart’s success in bring- ing the entire Asiatic Fleet, with its war and supply ships intact, to com- paratively secure waters was a su- pérb feat of seamanship. The story of the Asiatic Fleet's| removal from the Philippine area to a position from which it would be able to wage a better fight against the Japanese was revealed yester- day and may some day rank as one of the notable naval episodes of the war. The Navy’s sole comment has been the laconic communique, issued im- mediately after the fall of Manila, that “all ships and naval personnel were removed from the Manila- Cavite area prior to enemey occupa- tion,” along with all records, equip- ment and stores, and that industrial facilfties were destroyed. Where the fleet is now located, or whether it has found a new base, are questions which the Navy does not answer. That it probably is in the Nether- lands Indies area was indicated by the recent arrival of Admiral Hart, officially confirmed, somewhere in that archipelago. A Navy spokes- man previously had said it would be “assumed” that the Asiatic Fleet was co-operating with Dutch and British units in Far Eastern waters. LOST. Ia; female, B e Ao 08 e ES o . containing Bible and notebook. on u(‘;e‘e:’c:_r o-ned_by minister; u reward. k: Wednesasy® nignt. Fiovart 0800 K. 330, ateer & pm. eral reward PU red zipper, con and receipts. = = lu‘nm’lmn" Reward 3 easant st._n.w. 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The primary profits on these arti- cles thus would become subject to tax, if the proposal were adopted. Senator George said that of the many revenue-raising proposals which had been submitted to him, this was one of few he considered worth further study. He said the plan “might have the value of reaching some firms which now take such large allowances for depletion, payment of interest and other fac- tors that they are subjected to very little tax.” Senator George said he had re- ceived no indications when the Treasury would be ready to present further tax suggestions to congress, nor whether such suggestions would take the form of a concrete program or would merely involve the compu- tation of how much certain forms of taxation would raise. There were reports, however, that the Treasury might not be ready with its suggestions for another week or even longer. elephone m"-nln '&g vn square uullnl. Vahe ot Hihe Fulie. 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