Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Colder. lowest temperature tonight somewhat below freezing. Temperatures today—Highest, 44, at midnight; lowest, 35, at 10:15 am.; 37 at 4 p.m. From the United States Weather Buresu Report. Full Details on Page A-2, Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales. Page 20. 90th YEAR. No. 35,689. ) \' , WASHINGTON, D.:¢C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - NAVY SINKS FIVE MORE JAPANESE S Late News Bulletins Knudsen Named to Head Army Production; | Will Be Made Lieutenant General l President Roosevelt late today appointed William 8. Knudsen director of production for the War Departmen:. On Monday, the White House said, the President will nominas2 Mr. Knudsen as a lieutenant general in the Army. The nom - nations require Senate confirmation. Mr. Knudsen will have entire charge of directing and expediting the War Depari- ment munitions program. He will continue as a member «f the new War Production Board and be subordinate to Donaii M. Nelson. Peru-Ecuador Dispute Near Solution RIO DE JANEIRO (#.—Oswaldo Aranha, Brazilian Fox- eign Minister and acting chairman of the Pan-Americal Conference, tonight announced that the Peruvian-Ecuadora1 boundary question was “never so close to a solution as now * This problem, along with Argentina’s reluctance to support a unanimous diplomatic break with the Axis, has been one ¢f the stumbling blocks to complete accord in the conference. (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) British Battle Japs on Burma-Thailand Borde- RANGOON (#) —British headquarters announced tonigkt that British troops had “met” the Japanese on the Burma- Thailand border. “Our troops were in contact with tke enemy at Midta in South Burma last night," the commun’- que said. “No further details are yet available.” Britisa bombers smashed at a Thailand airdrome and an armorei train at the same time. . (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) Nazi Counterattacks Fail, Russians Claim MOSCOW (®.—A Soviet communique declared tonigkt that the Germans had attempted counterattacks in som: sectors of the Russian battlefront, but were beaten bact with heavy losses. “Our troops continued to advance,” tre communique said (Earlier Story on Page A-1.) Gonzaga Five Beats Georgetown Prep Gonzaga scored its third victory of the current basket ball campaign this afternoon, turning back Georgetown Pre?, 31-15, at Gonzaga. Joe Murphy and Bernie Nolan led tte victors in scoring. St. Albans Defeats Woodward St. Albans defeated Woodward School, 34-20, at the Y. M. C. A. gym this afternoon. Earl Elliot scored 15 points fer St. Albans. Western Advances in Interhigh Series Western won its third straight victory in the high schodl basket ball series by defeating Tech, 33-21, this afternoon i1 the first game of a double-header at Tech. Jim Karas Western was top scorer with 13 points. Coolidge Downs Eastern, 27-21 Coolidge defeated Eastern, 27 to 21, this afternoon in a1 interhigh basket ball series game at Eastern. It was Coolidges second victery in three games and Eastern's second successivz Roosevelt Tells Baseball Clubs To Carry On Sport Aids Morale, He Says, Urging More Night Games President Roosevelt has ad- vised Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, | high commissioner of baseball, | that in his opinion it would be | best for the Nation for profes- | | sional baseball to carry on | throughout the war. | Announcement of this expression | | was made by the White House to- | | day with the explanation that the | | President had written a personal letter to Judge Landis in response to inquiry from the baseball official. In his letter. made public in Chi- | cago, Mr. Roosevelt classified base- | ball as a definite recreational asset | to the Nation In time of stress and | | suggested increased emphasis on Browns’ President | | Rejoices at Prospect | | Of More Night Games BY the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16.—Don- ald L. Barnes of the Browns, | | | | leading advocate of more night | | | | baseball in the major leagues, said today President Roose- velt's letter to Commissioner Landis was the best news he "] had heard in a long time. | The question of increasing | | the number of night games to 14 will come up again at the I major league meetings in New | | York, February 2, Mr. Barnes said. The Browns were per- mitted to play 14 games in 1940, but the number was reduced to seven and the same limit was set for the 1942 schedule. | night games to permit attendance by | defense workers. Players Should Perform Duty. At the same time, the President | declared individual-ball players sub- | Ject to service in the armed forces | should carry out such obligations without question. In a second expression on the | question of individual service in the fighting forces, the White House today expressed the opinion that men who are currently employed | abroad on projects essential to con- duct of the war should continue . o a ; e » /v pore. This view is from a British news reel. ¢ Foening Star FRIDAY,” JANUARY 16, 1942—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. ¥ X NIGHT FINAL | SPORTS ®) Means Associated Press. THREE CENTS. = w a4 L w HIPS: 4 FIRST PICTURE OF SINGAPORE BOMB DAMAGE—Workmen tackle job of clearing wreckage in a bomb-damaged street in Singa- —A. P. Wirephoto by Cable From London Today. tory on Page A- 'Nelson Given Absolute Power Over Industry Executive Order Grants Conclusive w » X X X Authority to Chief w0 (Text of Executive Order on ; Page A-11) - By JOHN C. HENRY. Broad and conclusive authority over the Nation's wartime pro- gram is vested in the War Pro- duction Board, and particularly in Chairman Donald M. Nelson, in an executive order issued by | President Roosevelt this after- | noon. The order specifies that Mr. Nel- son shall determine policies. plans, procedures and methods of Federal | departments concerned with war | procurement and production. Announcement was made in Chi- cago about the same time, that Mr. | Nelson had resigned his position as t_sss executive vice president of Sears * | Roebuck & Co., and as a member of | the firm’s directorate. Mr. Nelson attended his first cab- " inet meeting this afternoon and said he expected to be present regularly in the future. ! Granted Full Power. | Obviously intending that Mr. Nel- son's authority over procurement | mntd(ers should be absolute, the order reads: W w w w aad $ " George Opposes Cut ' In Present Income | Tax Exemptions | | Senator Suggests Sales I Senate Group Named Or Withholding Levy On Low-Income Groups (Earlier Story on Page A-12.) By the Associated Press. Chalrman George of the Sen- ate Finance Committee said to- | day he was opposed to any re- ductions in the present indi- vidual income tax exemptions of $1,500 for married persons and $750 for single persons. There have been reports in_con- Charge of Promofion Of Inefficient Officers To Be Investigated After Truman Hits Army Appointments (Earlier Story on Page A-1) | By tbe Associated Press. The Senate Military Affairs Committee acted today to expand its inVestigation of Army &p- pointments following charges in the Senate that officers accused of inefficiency and waste in the defense program often got pro- | Zivic and Robinson IWeigh In for Fight BY the Associated Press. | NEW YORK. Jan. 16—Fritzie| Zivic, former welterweight champion, ! weighed 148 pounds, and Ray Robin- | son 141% today as they weighed in | | for their 12-round bout at Madison Square Garden tonight. | The winner is to be matched for a title bout with Preddie (Red) Cochrane. who took the champion- | ship from Zivic last summer. Zivic's | weight was 6 pounds more than when he lost to Robinson last Oc- | tober. | Jap Sub Attempted | To Sink U. S. Lifeboat, Navy Discloses 0'Daniel Proposal For Army Dry Zones Rejected by Senate Bill Fails to Rally Sufficient Support For Formal Action - ~ ~ | “Federal departments. establish- | ments, ard agencies shall comply | with the policies, plans, methods and procedures in respect to war pro- | curement and production as deter- | mined by the chairman; and shall | furnish to the chairman such infor- ; | mation relating to war procurement | and production as he may deem nec- essary for the performance of his duties.” The order directs that the board | shall function within the Office of | Emergency Management and should ‘gg* be identical in personnel to the Supplies Priorities and Allocation Board. The latter agency is thus * supplanted ‘ | After specffving that the chair- By J. A. O'LEARY. man s}l-‘nall eXercise general direction over the war procurement and pro- The Senate refused today 10 gcrjon program, the order specifi- take up a bill to establish prohi- cally gives him the authority for = bition areas around Army cAmps etermining all phases of depart- W N mental war-time purchasing. and Navy posts, without a record Included in the scope of this over- _ vote. g all contro] will be the drawing of Senator O'Daniel. 3 (Earlier Story on Page A-13.) specifications and plans for con- of version, requisition or expansion of Democrat, loss. with their present labors rather | gressional circles that the Treasury Texas made the motion after de- , = than return home for conscription | glght suggest that all single persons | Mmotions instead of censure. claring failure to pass the measure "‘dufl"fil Pl_ams- ) [} o . | or_enlistment. with incomes of $500 vearly and Chairman Reynolds anneunced . | would be rendering a service to Hit- Will Supervise 0. P. M. A D ies Whls ered Re ort These two pronouncements on married persons with $1.000 incomes | appointment of a subcommittee ~ Coast Guard Vessel | 1er and the Japanese. Specifically, the chairman is di- I'my en p p problems relating closely to national | be subjected to direct Federal taxes, | headed by Senator Chandler, Demo- e The vote, however, was not on Iected to “supervise the Office for d; o . . habits in wartime came as the |thus broadening the sources of rev- ' crat, of Kentucky, and including | On Mission to Rescue passage of the bill, but to bring it Production Management in the per- of BOdIeS Wlthout Cofflns President was devoting his morning | enue in an effort to raise $9.000.000.- Senators Kilgore, Democrat. of Vir- Emidio Survivors before the Senate for action. The |formance of its NSDOr}slhlll!les and A to intensive study of staff papers | 000 in new levies requested by Presi- ginia and Holman. Republican, of Texan was unable to get a sufficient | duties. and direct such changes in “pf representing the drafted ideas of | dent Roosevelt. Oregon, to investigate all presiden- | showing of hands to obtain a roll |1tS organization as he may deem The War Department denounced | she be allowed to help put the hndiesi several weeks of consultations “If we are to impose taxes on the tial nominations for Army promo- The Navy Department today call. necessary. today as “utterly false” a vicious in coffins. sh;estatex]idin t:e 'A-llerl"‘ among American and British auth- ' peopie who make only $500 a vea! tions. | revealed an unsuccessful at-| Before the result of a voice vote ArIr'n was ém;.hrr s{);cxfied that the '~' “whispering campaign” it said was that she had been told a ship with | orities, singly and jointly. Senator George told reporters, “it . | had been announced Senator John- v an avy Munitions Board ;;mnspxh» rounds in New York to 1500 bodies had arrived from ¥earl | parly implied that some of OUght to be done indirectly by some | (h?r;:: i‘,“a:n‘y;:ne‘fj’?flr’:%n;“[ tempt by a Japanese submarine (o “herocrat of Colorado de- Shall report tothe President through the effect that the bodies of 1500 Harbor and together with & f:iend | these ideas are nearing a point Other method—a sales tax or some cayce of ‘: Satement "s.m(gm; Try. | to ram a United States Coast manded a standing vote. Under the chairman of the War Produc- x- American soldiers had arrived at requested an interview with the | gpere they will be applied directly | sort of withholding tax—and not byl nen Democrat,. of ‘Missouri mld; Guard lifeboat sent to rescue ' Senate procedure the count on a tion Board. The chairman is au- Brooklyn from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, commanding general. | to the war effort, and indicated by | forcing them to file income tax re- | 1o the Senate yesterday. i survivors of the torpedoed ' standing vote is not announced, but thorized to exercise his powers without coffins Relating these facts. the oficial | climactic discussions might be called | tUIDS. = steamship Emidio on December It appeared to be approximately 11 “through such officials or agencies ‘- Groninger, denial added: “The revenue from such sources| Senator Truman. discussing the to 22 against considering the bill. and in such manner as he may de- M Brig. Gen. Homer N commander of the base, named In the rumor. reported the facts to the War Department. which was so aroused by its viciousness that it issued an emphatic denial As a result of the whispering cam- paign, hundreds of telephone calls have been received at Brooklyn Army headquarters. One resident of Forty-eighth street in Brooklyn. the report to the War Department gtated, wrote a letter requesting that “The War Department states that there is no truth whatsoever iz the report as to the arrival of any kndies | and that. in no case, would .hip- ments be made unless the brdies were cared for in coffins, accoding to the highest standards of civlian practice. “The War Department accors its honored dead the honor and dgni- ties rightly due the defenders o our Nation.” iN;vy i;ientifies Sunken Tanker, Explains Delay in Confirmation (Earlier Story on Page A-1. The ship reported sunk off Long Island vesterday was identified in a Navy communique this afternoon as the tanker Coimbra, flying the flag of an Allied nation. The Navy. which earlier in the day confirmed reports of the attack ing between the United States and England. at the White House later today or over the week end. Sees Game Benefiting U. S. In his letter of inquiry on the war- time status of professional baseball Judge Landis noted that major | league teams would soon be starting | for training camps and that the | question of continuance of the sport | should be considered at this time. Asserting that final decision should be vested in the club owners | and business organizations of the game, the President wrote that it | was his personal opinion that the! country would benefit by mainte- nance of the organized sport. With employment both in num- ber of jobs and intensity of work | greatly increased, he declared that | baseball offers recreation opportuni- | ties at relatively little cost and time. | Three hundred teams using between | Ships and Planes Hunt Tanker's Crew Members NEW YORK. JJan. 16 (#).—The waterfront along Quogue, Long Is- land, teemed with activity todey as | 5,000 and 6,000 players are a positive | By the Associated Press. recreational asset to as many as| 20,000,000 persons, the President | concluded. Regarding the policy for Ameri- cans employed on war projects said the ship was observed in a sinking condition about 100 miles east of New York yesterday morn- ing An unknown number of survivors around Southampton, ships, planes and shore searchers | abroad, such as technicians now looked for crewmen of a taiker |in England and China and en- torpedoed and sunk within cainon | gineers Who for months have been shot of the elite summer playgr:und | construsing air bases in Nortijern necessarily would be small and the cost of collecting income tax from such persons would be relatively high.” Senator George said he had sug- gested to the Treasury that individ- uals and corporations in the higher income brackets be permitted to purchase Government bonds, up to a fixed, small percentage of their in- come, and make an equal deduction in their current tax payments. Besides stimulating the sale of Government bonds, this would pro- vide a “cushion” against an antici- pated post-war slump, he said. Conferees on Price Bill Still in Disagreement (Earlier Story on Page A-4.) Members of a joint congressional | committee announced today they were deadlocked on controversial provisions of the wartime price con- trol legislation and could not hope for even a compromise before next week. Senator Brown, Democrat, of Michigan, and Representative Stea- gall, Democrat, of Alabama, told re- porters that the Senate-House group Defense Investigating Committee's | charges that there was graft. waste | and inefficiency in the defense pro- gram, was asked by Senator Van- denberg, Republican. of Michigan. usually were promoted. Senator Chandler said it was the subcommittee’s intention to investi- gate all Army appointments to ses if they were justified on the basis of the individual's record. “There will be no attempt to de- lay, just to scrutinize these ap- pointments,” Senator Chandler said. Luté Races Earlier Results, Rossvan's, Other Selections and Entries for To- morrow, Page 2-X. Hialeah Park RACE—Purse. $1.200: aliow- ances: i-vent-oidr: 8z turlonag . "NO¥ Sergeant Bill (Atk’son) 37.60 19.50 10.80 Eire (Stout) 460 370 Bob's Dream (Bohn) 7.80 Ao o 50. ran e Pence. 5 51 Trendor. Bumals, Brocser Dear Bier: ing Glory.' Automaton, Nestonian and Penobscot Bay. 20 off Cape Mendocino, Calif. A powered lifeboat manned by Chief Boatswain Garner J. Church- ill and four men was dispatched | from the Hunfboldt Bay Lifeboat | what usually happened to Army and | Station after it had been deter- | Navy officers thus involved. The | mined that conditions in the area | Missouri Senator reolied that they | were too dangerous for a larger vessel. Departing at 8:35 p.m. De- cember 20, the lifeboat proceeded | through intermittent rain squalls toward the scene of the torpedoe- |ing, the Navy announcement said. About 3 o'clock next morning the lifeboat’s lookout reported a large, unlighted object‘looming up on the i port bow that proved to be a long, low. rakish craft without masts. stack or housing. The vesrel made no response to light signals. and as the lifeboat continued on. the other vessel overtook and attempted to ram it, the announcement related. | Chief Churchill changed. his course quickly and avoided being struck. Positive identification was impossible due to darkness, but a later check showed no United States | vessels in this area at that time. The lifeboat continued on its course, and after finding no signs | of iife on board the Emidio started | back toward the Humboldt Bay | Station.. About 9:30 am. a peri- scope was sighted about 600 yards | The effect is to leave it on the cal- termine; and his decisions shall be endar, where it may be called up final” again later. . The President based his action on The War Department had op- authority vested in him by the Con- posed establishment of prohibition stitution as President and as com- areas near camps as unnecessary mander in chief of the Army and because the Army has other methods ' Navy. of dealing with the problem. Other ~ The S. P. A. B. personnel taken sections of the bill, aimed at keeping | over by the new board includes vice away from camps, were not Secretary of War Stimson, Secretary opposed by the War Department of the Navy Knox. Jesse Jones, Fed- and already have been deait with eral loan administrator: William S. ¢ in part in a separate bill. Knudsen and Sidney Hillman, as- v Speaking in support of the O'Dan- sociate directors of O. P. M.: Leon | el motion for a vote on the bill, | Henderson, price administrator: S Senator Lee, Democrat, of Okla-| Vice President Wallace, who is ~ | homa, declared there is no good ar- | chairman of the Board of Economic «< s | gument against it. The Oklahoman Warfare, and Harry L. Hopkins, # said the arguments made against presidential assistant the bill by the Secretary of War the lend-lease program. | “were not impressive to me.” He Talked to Budget Director. b4 = supervising said the Secreiary’s argument was — The executive order was issued a that the bill would put military men short while after Mr. Roosevelt had “Jiy’ under a different law from all other conferred with Budget Director citizens. ’ Harold D. Smith, who has been en- Senator O'Daniel interrupted to gaged in drafting the authority ‘x observe Secretary Stimson’s letter | ~ Mr Knudsen was lunching with | was written before the United States | the President at the time the order | ever became engaged in the war. | came out. w —_— - | hln Chicago. Gen. Robert E. Wood, | chairman of the board of Sears, Trawler That Sank Sub | B3t &l this Satement. Y - “It is with great regret that we lS GIVel‘l UP fOf LOS" today received and accepted the By the Associated Press. resignation of Donald M. Nelson as “g" ‘The Navy said some survivars were | ot DASEBALL, Page 2.X. being brought in, but that it dic not LONDON, Jan. 16 —The Admiralty 'executive vice president and direc- announced today that the trawler tor of Sears. Roebuck & Co., but the has been picked up. The ship is | fram the lHfehont. then about 4| trying to adjust differences also had assumed to have been torpedoed BY oy teir whereabouts | decided against announcing any ac- | miles northeast of the Emidio. The | 1 8L $1.500: - Hoisdhie an enemy submarine, according to <ot N uniden ified Markets at a Glance | tion until they reached a decision Ay P ko0 Mllo¥- | o iccope disappeared in a few min- | Lady Shirley which sank the Ger- resignation is accepted with even o the communique vessel rescued the men before Coast| _ NEW YORK, Jan. 16 ¢.— | on all major controversies. B TOE Aimen, 5.60 2.80° 280 | ytes, but reappeared about 15 min- | man submarine U-111 on October 4 greater pride in the patriotic achieve- The text follows: Guardsmen reached their locstion.| Stocks lower; leaders down.on | “These matters are all so related, So Isiam (Wright) 1% 200 | utes later. The submarine followed | is overdue and considered lost. . ments of one of our colleagues and “A tanker named Coimbra, fiying A notice to mariners sent oxt by | lght offering. Bonds mixed; | one to another, that we cannot an-| _Xis'ran—New Trick, Kokomo. Glouces- | the lifeboat for about five minutes The Lady Shirley was credited in the outstanding service which he w the flag of a foreign ally, was ob- naval officials said the ship vas a Some speclaities higher. Foreign |nounce any tentative agreements | ter- |and then disappeared and was not With sinking the U-boat in a dra- has been able to render in behalf of . served in a sinking condition on the derelict and a menace to navig:tion.| exchange quiet; generally un- | without bringing down implications = = sighted again. The lifeboat reached | matic, fast-firing fight against what | our country. SEVENTH RACE—Purse. §. the Admiralty termed “a larger and Mr. Nelson thus ended a period of 200: claim- ]m.. 4-year-olds and upward ita base sbout 12:45 pm. without The conferees planned a second and Giove. Elmada. Beckhampton, Viajero. orni ¢ Jafuary 15. Its posi- Other reports said she was aimost' changed. ,and petitions,” Senator Brown said. 2 a1 J T as “approximately 100 miles completely submerged. | Cotton easier; liquidation and | “We are trying to expedite this Navarin (McCrenry) ' 3.90 1%, miles | ¢ ther incident, Chief Churchill |better equipped adversary. service with Sears, Roebuck that M t Vew Y \ know’ i ! ce what we've | Ebony Boy (Brunelle) 410 350 | reported. Several 4-inch shells from the began in 1912. east of New York. An unknown Southern selling. Wool t and when we announ at Leursns Lyon (James) .80 | Tepo! 4 mber of survivors has been | steady; local and spothouse by | done it lengthens the time we must — Time, 1:54¢s. 3 trawler disabled the submarine after ~ He was granted a leave of ab-, . mber ol O o the dam Treasury Bans Import | g | Sit> Representative Steagall sald. | A a5 Dilclmer. Indian Penny. sic. . |it had been forced to the surface |sence June 1, 1940, when he came #X lee ks ¢ i T 3 B " iasere De'lvefy of | by depth bombs, and the German |to Washington to serve as director age is unknown, but it is assumed to have been torpedoed by an en- emy submarine.” The Navy appended the following “note to editors” to explain the mix- up which resulted yesterday when the Navy Department was unable to confirm a Coast Guard report of the sinking, which followed by 32 hours the torpedoing of the Pan- amanian tanker Norness, also off Long Island: *“This is the ship around which so much confusion day. It is not a new incident. The confusion resulted largely from dif- ficulties in Navy communications, about which a fuller explanation is being forwarded to you.” The Coimbra is a 6.768-ton tanker. She was built at Kiel, Germany, in developed yester- | 1937 and had a capacity of 80.000 | barrels of oil. Jong and recently had been operat- 4 She was 422 feet ' Of Axis Postage Stambs B) the Associated Press. The Treasury today prohbited importation of postage stamps Tom | Axis or Axis-occupied countrits in | order to stop what the departnent called ‘4 racket” which is beleved to have netted the Axis $20,00),000 in American money. 1 A department statement sad it has been a common Axis practi:e to | change the stamps often tc get American stamp collectors to buy the new ones. By “catering to the millions of American stamp collectors,” the Treasury said, “the Axis has fund -y a means of getting badly ne:ded American money which coulc, be used to buy badly needed war ma- terials in various parts of the vorld where the Axis' own money <ould not be used.” [ L1} Financial .__A-20 CHICAGO.—Wheat about steady, acreage restrictions | maintained. Corn about steady: hedging sales offset shipping | business. Hogs mainly 10-20 | higher; top, $11.60; moderate ar- | rivals. Cattle undertone stead: | few arrivals, with nothing choice offered. GUIDE FOR READERS ’ Page | Amusements, Comics __B-22-23 | Serial _ Editorials ___A-10 | Society torial Sports -_.A-17-1: Articles .__A-11 | Woman's Legal Page 18 Notices ___B-21 | Where to {Complete Index, Page A-].) I Crowd Sees Man End Life | After Shots Miss Another BY the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Before | fiohn's Teady: the horrified gaze of about 40 clerks, | | most of them women, Jacob Horo-, witz, 56, today fired several shots| from two pistols at Leo Barnett and | then turned the guns on himself, | taking his own life. Mr. Horowitz was a former gen- eral manager of the Empire Mutual Casualty Co. in whose offices the shooting occurred. ° Mr. Barnett, unhurt, was said by police to be a former president of the company. He disappeared after the shooting. ‘Employes said both men lost their positions when the company was sold recently. Fair Grounds THIRD RACE—Purse. $600: maiden: special weights: 2-year-olds: 2 fu Liberty Pan (Shelh' LR Ke's Pal. Double Results. D. Kan. f{Raydel, Mis Mis. Countrs Greenock ~Image, fGreen Torch, 1 Field. FOURTH RACE—Purse. $600; claiming: -year-olds: 6 furlongs. Jay Btyle. Alsbyra (Georse) 000 480 220 Sea Tack (Barber) 480 430 Mack’ rince (Madden) ~ 3.80 Time, 1:13%. 50 ran—Arso Lassie. {Dallas Flash. Titian Lassie. Ground Clipper. Ori Hills, Flapste, {Rocky d'Or, Meanwhile, 1 Marcopolly. 1—PField. PIFTH RACE—Purse. d-ng-oldx and upward: B By ccra Mack’s Mu: (Mora. X 40 Also ran—For Romance. Bpeedy H 3 Chryseis. Adehals. Peragrs. Night E. R NS ' } 1 420 300 2 Tais) 4.00 '|Night Final - Edition The Night Final Edition of | | The Star, with two addi- | | tional pages of last-minute | | news, is delivered through- i out Washington and nearby | | suburbs, together with The Sunday Star, at 85c per month. This edition gives the latest developments of the day in International, Na- tional and Local news, with complete Financial Reports. Special delivery is made between 6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. daily. crew abandoned the ship just before | of procurement in the Treasury De- _ it sank. Forty-four of the German A partment, and later in a succession seamen were taken aboard the | of defense jobs leading to his pres- trawler as prisoners, ent assignment. In relinquishing his job with the ‘g mail order firm, a company spokes- man said Mr. Nelson sacrifices a $70,000 a year salary. b Naval Officer and Cadet Die in Plane Crash ! Py the Associated Press. | JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 13__‘Mi"i0I‘I-DO"(II' Fire Ensign Harvey Dupree, 24, of Mc- Intyre, Ga. and Aviation cumlSweeps Furnace Plant B3 the Associated Press. Philip Hefley of Carlisle, Iowa, were . ‘ SYRACUSE, N. Y. Jan. 16—A killed today when their training plane crashed and burned seven | wind-fanned fire which rezed two of miles southwest of the Naval Air |three buildings of the Lennox Fur- Station. nace Corp. early today caused dam-" Navy officers said the crash ap- |age estimated by a company official parently resulted when the plane |at $1,000,000 and halted production went into a spin. | of war materials. . Cadet Hefley, 21, was a former | Four firemen were overcome by smoke or injured fighting the blaze Willlam Penn College student and had served with the Marines before | which broke out shortly before mid. night. ’ entering naval aviation. g w yY.