Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1942, Page 8

RAFFLES . BRAS BASAN MOTEL - . JAPANESE OBJECTIVE—Many of Singapore’s buildings and places are dentified writer and lecturer. Boats lie inside the breakwater. The northernmost islands in this picture of the city’s water front, taken last autumn by Desne Dickason, ROAD INSTI D. C. Real Estate Man Dies Affer Car Crashes On Pennsylvania Road Maryland Man Loses Life Near Annapolis When Auto Turns Over Samuel Tyrol Wheeler, 60, Wash- ington real estate broker, died last night after an automobile accident near Norristown, Pa., while he was returning to this city from New York. Mr. Wheeler, who had been in ‘Washington for about two years and who had negotiated several large deals here, including the Statler Hotel site purchase, was driving along the De Kalb pike, near Nor- ristown, when he was injured. ‘The Associated Press reported that his car skidded off the road and smashed into a row of guard rails. He was brought to Norristown by a motorist and was prepering to telephone to Washington for an- other car when he collapsed. He died a short time later. Mr. Wheeler had his office in the Colorado Building and maintained a home at 1360 Peabody street N.W. He had been in the real estate busi- ness in New York for many years before coming to Washington and had a home in Cranford, N. J. Henry Boley, 41, of Bristol, Md., died in Casualty Hospital early day as the result of an automobile accident on the Defense Highway near Annepolis, Md. Members of the Glenn Dale Res- | eue Squad, who took him to the hos- pital, said they found him lying on the road with his car in flames nearby., They added that the car apparently had turned over two or three times, hurling the man out on the road. Georgia Preachers See Circuit Rider's Return Py the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Jan. 15.—Remember the circuit-riding. preacher who used to come by in a buggy and stay while attending to his duties | in the community? Some Georgia preachers think that rationing of automobile tires | s going to bring him back. State Ration Officer T. M. Forbes said he had received numerous let- ters from ministers, one of which said: “It seems to me that a man’s soul might be regarded as being as valuable as his shoat. Regulations provide means of transportation for & pig, but not for a preacher.” Malaya (Continued From First Page.) rail junction of Gemas. Gemas lies on the border between Johore state and Malacca Straits settle- ment, Domei said 30,000 British troops defending the approaches to Singa- pore had been “completely encir- cled” and that Japanese forces had captured Tampin, another rail point southwest of Gemas, only 20 miles north of the port of Malacca. Japanese forces were credited with an air-line advance of 155 miles between January 2 and Jdhu- ary 14, dating from the break through British defense lines near Kampar, 22 miles south of Ipoh in Perak state. All nine of the federated and un- federated Malay states have now been penetrated or overrun by Japanese troops, Domei said. Declared Pekan Reached. On the Malay east coast, & Tokio ecommunique said, Japanese columns had reached Pekan, 30 miles south of Kuantan and 130 miles airline from Johore Strait, which separates Bingapore island from the mainland. Japanese front-line dispatches esserted that British resistance had also been virtually crushed to the northeast border of Johore, 80 miles shove Singapore. Dispatches from Singapore told of relays of Dutch and British fighter planes clashing with Japanesé raid- ers in an extended battle over Brit- sin’s $400,000,000 island stronghold this morning. The use'of the word “relays” in- dicated two! things 1. That Japanese planes were now By HELEN LOMBARD. When the Axis diplomats were packed off to an elegant concentra- tion camp in Hot Springs, Washing- ton assumed that the Capital was cleared of the representatives ‘of Hitler and his co-operating nations. The town breathed a sigh of relief. Citizens who knew that the As- sistant Military Attache for Air, Capt. Peter Riedel of the rman | Embassy, was taking his American~ born bride on glider tours around the Capital and photographing the beautiful scenery of the Potomac basin and surrounding countryside thought it just as well that these honeymoon trips should end. ‘When Capt. Riedel needed a spe- cial camera for detailed pictures he | hired it for the day, according to his bride, who cited admiringly this example of German efficiency and thoroughness. The doors have slammed on the Axis embassies and their former oc- cupants are doing nothing more dangerous than swimming and play- ing table tennis in luxurious hotels. But the Axis is adept at using other. | entrances than the front door. Some | of the smaller nations who are co- operating effectively with Hitler may, through their legations in Washington, provide side exits for Nazi propaganda. Many of those who are fighting with the Axis are undoubtedly doing |1t as much through the force of, necessity as through desire. Several’ of these “unwilling victims” have Just had a bright idea. Take Bul- garia, for instance. Mr. Dimitri Naoumoff, the Bulgarian repre- sentative in Washington, thinks it would be a good idea if there were | two Bulgarias, one which would co- operate with Herr Hitler in Europe, the other which would benefit by the affection and goodwill of Amer- pore, despite the incessant ham- mering of its airports, and that aerial reinforcements may have ar- rived. Sobered by the fact that only one-fifth of British Malaya remains in British contro] after five weeks of the Japanese offensive, imperial armed forces and civilians knuckled down today for the major test which all believe to be in the offing: the battle of Singapore. New positions were consolidated in the dripping green jungles of Southern Malaya. While rain squalls and stiffened defense tactics gave the naval base-metropolis of Singapore comparative respite from Japanese air attacks. The people of Singapore and Johore—the only one of the nine Malay states not occupied or pene- trated on any considerable scale by the Japanese—have been brought face to face with the full Japanese threat by the simple official notifi- cation that delivery of Malayan mail could be assured only for des- tinations in Singapore or Johore. London Press Lashes Out. ‘With the Japanese peril to Singa- pore increasing, the London press lashed out at the “Great Tragedy of Malaya” and called for the immedi- ate expulsion of “cabinet duds” and “Singapore blimps.” “Make Singapore & Tobruk” was the London cry in many quarters, while the authorized British:spokes- man withheld comment on Japanese claims of fresh gains in rainy Ma- laya. A military commentator in Lon- don said, in answer to a question why Far Eastern news was scarce in London, that “there is a battle going ‘on and the commander doesn’t want to give his dispositions to the enemy.” He explained that by “battle” he did not mean the British had stopped withdrawing and were fighting a pitched battle. But he declined to give details of the Malayan fighting. Wavell Heartens British. ‘The English public, a large part of which virtually has abandoned hope that the Japanese can be stopped short of Singapore’s en- virons, has taken some heart from the arrival of British Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell, supreme com- mander of the United Natioms’ forces in the Far East, at Allied general headquarters in the Nether- lands Indies and implications that he might soon come bol.fllv to grips with the enemy. Leading the press criticism, the: Daily Express sasserted: the. British public was sickened by the “extent Appmml.v smashing at Singapore in heavy ‘force, preparing the way for 4 direct assault by land troops. . ‘That Allied short-range planes still available to defend Singa- ’ of. unpreparednsss and’ apathy.inm Malaya.” “Here is .the great \ Malaya: We could have .THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. CAPT. PETER RIEDEL. ' —A. P. Photo. icans and of the generosity of the lease-end administration. This idea seemed so good to Mr. Naounoff that he has talked the State Department into letting him stay ix Washington while his Axis colleagues have been shipped to Vir- ginia. He walks freely around w-.lhb(gzn. shadowed at & most respecable distance by a G-man.| The Swate Department has not indi- cated ‘hat his proposition to cease - of the Dutch Rhio Archipelago are seen in the distance. Bulgarian Envoy Permitted to Stay Here After Axis Ouster; G-Men Shadow Him being King Boris’ representative and to lead the Free Bulgarians instead will be accepted, but diplomats of governments in exile which are really putting up a fight against the Axis, putting ships, men and everything they can control into the struggle, are somewhat alarmed at the prospect of being joined by men who up to date have collabo- rated with Herr Hitler. The advantage of having a “free” representative in Washington in addition to an exiled envoy in Hot Springs has dawned upon the Hun- garian government also. A Mr, Tibor Eckart arrived in America several months ago. He came in on a diplomatic passport issued by the present Hungarian government. His pockets were full of American notes which could not be frozen. Mr. Eckart would like to organize the “free Hungarians” in the United States. The charming, well-dressed young man is doing all he can to prevail upon the State Department to let him do his “use- ful” work. Representadives of éhe smaller nations which are actually fighting | the Axis are eoncerned at the pros- pect of the establishment of possible new diplomatic fronts for Hitler in Washington. They are wondering just when Ambassador Nomura and Special Envoy Kurusu will suggest that they | are not in sympathy with the mili- tary caste in Japan and will indi- cate that they would like to lead the free Japanese in the United States of America. Or maybe the Norwegian-born Herr Thomsen, Nazi charge d'affaires, will decide that he would | like to lead the new organization | of free Germans to combat Hitler- | ism. (Released by the Bell Byndicatg. Inc.) native defense force in Malaya of even ketter quality than that which Gen. Jouglas MacArthur raised in the Pailippines. “Bu & pack of whisky-swilling plante's and military birds of pass- age hive forgotten this side of the Malaywn population. They have handet it over to the Japanese, to- gether with the radio station and stores of Penang.” Tanker (Centinued From First Page.) would be released from the hospital at Nevport, he predicted. The rescuers reported, he said, that taey left the tanker still afloat, its podtion almost vertical, and its bow r:sting from the water almost 50 fee: in the air. The 9,577-ton tanker was built in Hamburg in 1939, and flew the Nor- wegiax flag in plying between Liver- pool, Xey West and Trinidad before transturring to Panamanian registry. She vas bound from Panama Oity for a1 undisciosed port when at- tackec. Aground in November. Las’ November 20, when arriving Trom Curacao, Netherlands West In- dies,* vith & cargo of oil, she ran agrouad on the mud flats of upper New Zork Bay, but was taken off safely Thi: closest blow at the Atlantic Coast by enemy warcraft since Uniten States entry into the present Wwar ceme on the heels of a Navy an- noun¢:ment that hostile submarines were “pretty well up and down :he East Coast.” It was the second attack in nearby North Atlantic waters in as many days. A large steamship, presumably Britiss; was torpedoed 160 miles off NovaScotia Tuesday with a reported loss o some 90 lives. ‘The brazenness of enemy craft in ventu-ing so close to the mainland was 8. striking reminder of similar tactics in the last World War, when U-boits sank more than a score of merchuntmen in offshore waters. Martime experts assumed that yesteriay's raider was a U-boat, since 'there has been no publicly know: instance of any Italian un- dersers activity north of the Spanish ‘The’ expressed belief the sub- ms was_either of the 740-ton ¢! of ‘perhaps -one of the few 1,080-‘oniners which Germany was listed -as having in the Iatest official compiatiens,’ sensus was that it was one of the larger Nazi subs which attacked the tanker. ‘While the smaller undersea craft boast six 31-inch torpedo tubes as against only two carrled by the 1,060-ton vessels, the latter are equipped for mine-laying and can carry & crew of about 55 for a dis- tance of from 4,000 to 5,000 miles— at least 15 more men and 1,000 more miles for a cruising range. In addition to the torpedo tubes, both-types, as well as a third and still smaller 712-ton class- of U-boats, carry one 4.1-inch deck gun and two 1-pound anti-aircraft guns. Many Raids in Last War. The incident recalled the spec- tacular similar event which took place on the warm Sunday of June 21, 1918, On that day, in full view of bathers and picnickers at Orleans, Mass., on Cape Cod, a U-boat rose to the surface through a torrent of foam and methodically shelled a tugboat, sank three barges and as a parting gesture, fired three shells at the cottage-lined shore. During that summer of 1918, from May through September, more than & score of steamers and sailing craft, mainly of American registry, went to the bottom off the North Atlantic Coast with German torpedo wounds. ‘The four-masted schgoner Edward H. Cole was sunk on June 2, 1918, just 50 miles southeast of Barnegat, N. J, and during that one day, off the New Jersey coast, the Germans bagged a total of six vessels of vary- ing sizes. Before the last war, October 17, 1916, the German submarine, U-53, gave Newport, R. I, residents their greatest thrill by slipping into New- port harbor, entertaining visitors on deck and negotiating for the mail- ing of & letter to the German Am- bassador at Washington, C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1942. Brifish Closing In On Axis Troops in Halfaya Region Destructive Bombardment By Planes and Artillery Is Covering Advances bardment, British Near East hud quarters announced today. “In the Halfays afes, in co-opera- tion with our air force, British South African and Polish artillery continued their bombardment of enemy defenses as. a result of which an important enemy ammunition dump was destroyed and & number “Under cover of this bombard- ment, our infantry moved forward to new positions which are now “éiéééz i3 B8y concentrations of mechanical trans- port in the rear.” Coastal Zone of Salum Lost, Italians Admit ROME, Jan. 15 (Official Broad- cast) (#)~The Italian high com- mand acknowledged today that Brit- ish forces had occupied the coastal sone of Salum in the Salum-Halfaya (The that Salum fell to them January 12 and operations are proceeding against Axis forces st Halfays Pass) “Intensified artillery and naval bombardment of the Salum zone has allowed the enemy to occupy the coastal strip,” the communique said. “The tenacious resistance of our The Ttalians said Italian and Ger- man formations carried out recon- taissance flights and bombed forti- fications and communications behind the British lines “with good success.” Re-Woven AS GOOD AS NEW Te nllrvc %7 COLDS ciouio 6 6 6 NOII fllO" CoucH orors fAIlE'I Ty “RebMy-Tim" o0 Wondertsl Linimead | receiving an explanation from the A. P. Wirephoto. the sub stayed on top while firing three torpedoes at regular intervals into the tanker. “We on the Malvina B were fish- ing about 2:30 yesterday afternoon, Capt. Isaksen continued. “We no- ticed there was something floating in the distance. As we got nearer we saw it was a lifeboat in which were Capt. Hansen and his men, One man had a broken kneecap. We took them aboard and brought | them to port. The way it was de- | scribed to me, the sub circled th boat firing the second tor- | pedo, which struck in the after | side.” Defense Probe (Continued From First Page.) much concerned with their own in- | terests and too little concerned with the national welfare. Larger wages | and profits will be of no use to, either labor or industry if the war is lost.” Plea for Small Manufaturers. In urging greater use of the facili- ties of small manufacturers, the committee reported an “ingrained distrust of the small manufacturers” on the part of some procurement | officials. Discussing the current efforts of the Government to convert me bulk of the automobile industry .to.de- | fense production, the committee | said the competitive position of the industry had been “vastly improved | by the war” and that “in plain lan- | guage the conversion job was not | even started well.” “After the program of conversion of such plants has had sufficient time to get under way sald, “the committee parties involved, particularly as to the factual basis. if any, upon which | they contended that they should be | given millions of dollars to spend: over months of time to creaf tirely new plant facilities instead o(' being required to convert a substan- tial part of their existing facilities | to defense production. “Instead of converting the auto- mobile industry or a substantial por- tion thereof to the production of de- fense articles, automobile production in 1941 was allowed to attain a peak nearly as great as the total of 5,- 621,040 passenger cars and trucks manufactured in 1929. Production in 1930 exceeded that in 1939 by 24 per cent and the production of 4,.- 750,409 cars in 1941 exceeded that | of 1940 by 7 per cent.” Army (Continued From First Page.) dating 30,000 men, will be estab- lished. All existing training centers will be expanded to provide for an increase of 200,000 men. In addition, he said, the Army is now setting up five new tent camps, similar to those established in the South at the outset of the mobilization. He expressed confidence that housing for all men will be com- pleted in the continental United States by the time the last ones are inducted in the service. No doubt some men will have been sent out of the United States by that time, Mr. Stimson said, in an in- direct reference to possibilities of expeditionary forces. When these men leave the country, they will provide vacancies and accommoda- tions that can be filled by the new recruits. Freight Trains Crash Head On; Five Dead BY the Associated Press. CHAPLEAU, Ontario, Jan. 15— ‘Two Canadian Pacific freight trains crashed head on yesterday and killed five members of their crews Skipper of Tanker Surprised by Attack NEW BEDFORD, Mass,, Jan. 15. (#.—The enemy submarine which attacked the Panamanian tanker Norness yesterday off Montauk Point stayed on the surface while firing three torpedoes at regular in- tervals into the shlp. her clpt.:ln. Harold Hansen, fisherman Malvina B, which res- cued Capt. Hansen and seven of the tanker's crew, quoted the Nor- ness’ master as saying that “not was [until we were hit by the d on the main line 53 miles west of this Northern Ontario railway town. ‘The engineers and firemen of both and a brakeman were killed. ‘The impact derailed both engines and 30 cars, hurling their cargoes over hundreds of yards and mow- ing down numerous poles. ADVERTISEMENT. 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