Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1942, Page 2

Two Extra Pages In This Edition Late news and Pages 1-X and 2-X of The Star, supplementing the néws of the regular home delivered edition. 90th YEAR. No. 35,689, wports are eovered en this editien ef o7 [ And 2 Big Cargo Sk Stop Drive Russ)'an;’Td,nki‘Smash_ at Gdi‘és B Of German-Held -Taganrog - Brif_iih Success by Navy Raises to 24 Toll | Of Enemy's Craft l B7F the Associated Press. A spectacular American naval | triumph was reported by the! Navy today with the lnnounco-i * | ) r il Reds Press Ukraine Tighten Trop. DY the Asseviated Prese. Masses of : Russign tenks were i 3Jap 8, . Counteroffansiv on Hom in'Crimea ment that the United States Sates of German-lield Taganrsg, 40-miles-wast of Rostov-en-Don, = a3 Marshil Semeon Timobhexio's Red:Armies-pressed s general Asiatic Fleet had sunk thm} enemy transports and two large ' Japanese cargo ships in Western | Pacific waters. | The Navy's announcement—the | biggest American success at aea in the five-week-old conflict—boosted to 24 the total number of Japanese warships and non-combatant vessels sunk by the United States Navy and marine forces. The success of Admiral Thomas C. Hart's Asiatic Fleet in waging fts fight against the Japanese, even through dispossessed of its base at Cavite, Philippine Islands, was un- derscored yesterday by the sinking of a speedy 17.000-ton Japanese passenger and cargo liner of the Yawata class. The Navy gave no names or identification of the five additional Japanese ships sent to the bottom. Text of the Communique. Text of the Navy communique, No. 29, follows: | “Far East: I “Units of the United States Asiatic Fleet report the sinking of | five enemy vessels in Far Eastern waters. They include two Ilarge cargo ships. two large transports and one medium-sized transport. These sinkings are in addition to enemy casualties at sea previously reported. “Atlantic area: “The submarine situation along } the northeast coast of the United piuer spans in case they are ee- States remains unchanged. “There is nothing to report from other areas.” counteroffensive th 100,000 Germans, in {i ““The Soviet forces sre now batter- ing flercely at the gates of Tagmi- wers reportd fighting the invaders ‘a few miss from Simferopol, the Crimean eayi- tal, 40 miles north, of Sevastopol wa the railroad to the Russisen maii- land. . i The direction of the Soviet thrist against Simferopel was not givey— whether -executed by troops driving ‘westward across the penimmils.-frem Kerch and Fepdogiya, -frem beagr- heads at Yevpatoriva on the “west m&m,thq Ukraipie and tightened a trap on ‘const, or frem ‘Bévastopol itself. ‘In any ease, the thréatagainst the main north-pouth ‘rail ‘line ‘at Simferopol shawpfy ' endangered - the. Germans’ |. Qn the basis of previons Seviet iw: the" ‘Ggrman foreps at . long oen | g S e which | By+paseed the d:v in pursuit of |the main Axis armies ratresting ! slong “the ' Sea .of - Asev teward | Marjupoi.. Bgviet fron | Four Pontoon Bridges Australians: Claim Designed for Pofomac If War Atfack Requires Trestles Already Begun; Park Board Favorable - - To Arlington Zone.Plan 4 Approval of fielfin‘mir_v. puu for ‘four “war ‘emergency” Poi- toon and trestle hridges to tape the place of existing Potomngc stroyed by bombing or sahotage was announced today by the Ma- They Give Japanese War's Hardest Blows i '-’dq'n':_bwh Technique | - Of Jungle Fighting | . Reported Being Used pisied Priss ! 5 , Australia, " 18.~~Australian treops now plays iMK- sich a vital role in Singa- pore's defense are using the in- vaders’ ' own ' jungle-fighting | technique, reports reaching here | The 19 Japanese vessels reported tiona) Capital Park and.Plaa- today said, and ‘are giving the sunk previously by naval units does not include one large submarine sunk and two two-man pocket sub- marines, one sunk and one captured, MacArthur Defense ning Commission. Plans for the structures, descriled as of the same type used in war operations by the Army Engineer Corps, were presented te the ‘com- | Japanese “the. hardest blow they've had in this war to date. | | _'Such was the repert of Sergt. Ian | Fitehett, offitial eorrespondent with WA:SHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1942 An Evening Newspaper With the Full Day’s News LOCAL—NATIONAL—FOREIGN Associated Press and (#) Wirephetos, North American Newspaper Alliance, Chicago Daily News Foreign Service and The Star's Staff Writers, Reporters and Photographers. THREE CENTS. ansports ips in Pacific; ngapore 2 Armored Units Are Smashed on Malayan Front By the Associated Press. SINGAPORE, Jan. 16.—Rally- ing around a fresh force of bat- tle-hungry and jungle-wise Aus- traligns, the British imperial de- | today to have checked the Japa- | this vital Orlental base. ‘Two-Japanese armored units were reported shattered by the siffened | detering all along a shortened front in’lower Malays, aided by consid- erable aerial support. | : 'While the air force smashed at Japanese truck and railway con- | eentrations near Tampin, 120 miles northwest of Singapore, British im- | perials fghting with fresh fury in | the .cpastal strip north of the Ma- | lnces plain elaimed to have knocked | out .14. Japanese tanks and 10 ar- | mored vehicles. An official communique said ad- vance guards: of the Australians ameshed six more tanks and inflict- | ed heavy “easualties in their first battle: since: the Malavan invasion | began. in the eastern part of Negri | Semhjlan State. +. (B, B.-C, quoting a Reuters dispatch on the Malacca coast engagement, said “an enemy ar- mored column was allowed to advance over a bridge prepared ‘ for demolition. When the col- umn passed over the bridge, it ‘was blown up and the enemy en- gaged by artillery. Heavy cas- ualties were {nflicted on the Jap- anese and they ran for cover.” The broadeast was heard in New York by C. B. 8. (The Japanese-controlled Sai- gon radio asserted Japanese troops had advanced within 62 miles of Singapore. The claim, uncon- firmed elsewhere, may be a typi- cal example of Axis propaganda.) First Fight Yesterday. ‘The Australians’ first fight oc- curred yesterday, while their main body, singing and eager for a fight, | | | fenders of Singapore appeared | nese in their offensive toward | the Australisns in Malaya. At the moved into battle positions on the mission by Col. W. J. Bardea. WAT |y, yime, Prime Minister John | principal Malayan front. WHATS JOE DOING WITH THAT ELEPHAN [ 5% WENDELL 7 PHANT, | WHY HES JUST KEEPING > HIM LIMBERED UP. OUR ELEPHANTS PULLING WITH YOUR DONKEY NOW, BUT WE THINK HE'S GOING TO RUN AWAY FROM HIM LATER Navy Confirms Second Sinking 0ff New York Survivors of Attack Yesterday Being Taken Ashore (Map on Page A-4.) By the Associated Press. The Navy confirmed today that a merchant vessel had been sunk yesterday off the south shore of Long Island. | The vessel was an Allied merchant. vessel of foreign registry, the Navy said officially corroborating the ac- count of & submarine action given out yesterday by the Coast Guard at Quogue, Long Island. The Navy said survivors were being brought in, but that it did not know their | whereabouts. The name of the ship, second to be attacked in New York waters in two days, was not divulged, nor was its type. A mixup in naval communications was said to have caused the delay in official confirmation. Full Details Awaited. George Declares U. S. Failed fo Keep Pace In Plane Designs Truman Report Charging | Poor Planning Brings ! Wide Senate Reaction BY the Associated Press. Chairman George of the Sen- ! ate Finance Committee declared today that the Army and Navy had “blindly failed” to keep abreast of aircraft developments in modern warfare. He made the assertion while dis- cussing with newspapermen the re- port of the Investigating Committee headed by Senator Truman. which charged vesterdav that poor plan- ning and administration had re- sulted in inadequate and largely “mediocre”’ warplane production. “Up until a few weeks ago.”’ Sena- tor George declared, “the Army and Navy apparently had not afforded the Air Force its proper place in modern warfare. They were not up to date with their designs and blue print and they hadn't done the work that should have been done.” Controller Cuts Pvt. Osmers’ Pay To $21 a Month By the Associated Press Does a $10,000-a-year member of Congress serving as a $21-a- month Army private have the right to choose which salary he shall get? The case at issue is that of Frank C. Osmers, New Jerseyv Republican, who kept a campaign pledge and enlisted in the Army shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. - Mr. Osmers’ Congress pay checks have been held up through action of Controller General Lindsay Warren and the soldier-House member has protested strongly. The Navy has not vet received [ full details, it was said from the commandant of the 3d Naval Dis- Free Use of Tires |ommmncare e By Dl C' cabs Fought a Coast Guard plane had dropped By Henderson food and drink to a small group of survivors seen in a lifeboat and on a raft. The attack, as reported by the Coast Guard, took place off | Hampton Bays. Long Island, about | 75 miles from New York City. about | 9:30 am. Thursday, 32 hours after {a submarine torpedoed without warn- ! ing the Panamanian tanker Norness | about 50 miles from the scene of | yesterday's attack. 5 First word of a new enemy thrust By JAMES E. CHINN. less than 20 miles off the Long Is- The Nation's rubber ‘“stock land shore came from Quogue Coast pile,” even though the largest Guard officials vesterday in history, would be exhausted 38 on Norness Rescued. i i 5 Meanwhile, all but two of the 40 s se\’:gn m?nths l]]r rlnogmal €N~ ficers and men aboard the tanker sumption were allowed t0 €ON- yopocc were rescued and taken tinue, Price Administrator Leon i, the Newport. R. I.. naval base, Henderson told the House Dis- where Capt. Herold Hansen told Price Administrator Opposes Exemption To Rationing Rule | | | their story. trict Committee today. The price administrator appeared before the committee to oppose a resolution it has under considera- tion to exempt taxicabs in Wash- ington from the Government's tire rationing order. “The rubber shortage is critical.” he declared. “It may well be that the functions performed by the taxi- | cabs in the District of Columbia are ! \ol great convenience and perhaps Kenneth Romney. House ser- geant at arms, said the problem was being considered by the judge advocate general's office and that pending a recom- mendation from there it was not expected any action would be taken. Argentina Now Seen Without warning in midnight darkness, the captain said. an un- identified submarine slipped up on his 9.577-ton vessel, formerly of Nor- wegian registry, and unleashed three torpedoes. The first ss&xck the Norness’ star- board side. he added, and even while he gave orders to abandon ship the submersible circled—all the while on the surface—and pumped two others into the port side. | importance to the community and | the Nation. That, however, is not Two Never Seen Again. - | b Department engineer for this ds. The Australians have been (In New York last night, John | the decisive question. The question It was while the men were being trict, and E. A. Smith, his assaciace. ‘Without specifving exaet locations, the commission announced that te +four bridges were designed to be ‘Inspiring,’ Declares Australian Paper By the Associated Press. MELBOURNE, Australia. Jan. 16.—The Melbourne Herald in a tribute to Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur said today that “the Key, Memorial, Highway and -the . Annacostia River spans. One emyr- gency bridge, it was explained, is designed to replace both the Sowa !and Eleventh street spans. | Thomas 8. Settle. commission - | retary, said Col. Barden had given | assurance that the pontoon bridses could be thrown across the Potonao and made ready for use within three or four hours if needed. In case “he railroad bridge were destroyed.. he | said, matgrials normally earried in railroad cars could s brought to “he the democratic cause in gen- river bank and trucked acrass he eral and to Australia in par- water on one of the ponteon bridpes. ticular, it said. | Trestles Now Being Buiit. Col. Barden teld the commisson gallant delaying action now being fought by defenders of the Philippines under Gen. MacArthur is as inspiring as the defense of Tobruk.” The results of Gen. MacAr- thur's work in organizing the defenses is influencing the strategy of the Pacific in a way that is of vital importance to placed near. and to take the place of | in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7. | The list includes one light cruiser, ! four destroyers, flve transports. one mine sweeper, one supply ship, three cargo ships, two submarines, one gunboat and the liner of the Yawata class, designed for conversion as an aircraft carrier or troopship. Including the Japanese subma- rines sunk at Pearl Harbor, the Navy's total sinkings by land, sea and air action reached 26 with the five ships reported sunk today. Announcement of the American Navy's latest success followed a re- port—emanating from the Rome radio—that the Japanese fleet was in action off the Batan Peninsula | of the Philippine island of Luzon. where Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s | American and Filipino forces are waging their stubborn stand against Japanese troops. ! The report, which was distributed in London by Reuters News Agency, added that a night landing was | effected with success, but gave no further details. | Japanese shock troops, aided by | attack planes and dive bombers, are | attempting to blast holes in Gen. | MacArthur's strongly intrenched | positions along the whole line in the | Batan Peninsula of the Philippines. | a War Department communique re- | ported today. hat the four pontoon bridges waild be ready as soon as the trestles, row being constructed, are completed | The commission also expressec & favorable attitude today toware a | new comprehensive zoning plan ‘er | Arlington County expected to be | enacted soon. The of- | cials who presented it were Dongld R. Locke, zoning engineer; Frank L. Dieter, planning engineer, snd C. L. Kimnier, county engineer : | TFeatures of the plan include linj- tations on the height of apsrtmunt buildings to 35 feet in seme. apas | and 90 feet in others. and an owv'r- all limitation of 30 feet on-hoisls. ‘The existing ordinance specifies tiat apartments -shall net exceed 50 et and hotels 110 feet. . Other features explained were: Assurances of special trestenmt for that -part-of the county emled the “vista of Washington ares,” the sector generally visible frem District side of. the Potomsc.” -* Off-street parking facilities in commercial and many private z203ps. Establishment of the Clarencon; Rosslyn ities as the chief commercial srsas. General provisions to ‘abgork a population of from 200,000 te 30800 people. : xT:.,: J‘ommlwon_ Tevealed . ast nigl at approxiniately - 285 | Distriet mdivlmlu‘ hlulybem m | Sergt. Pitehety and_Columbia’ pike -vian- | 987 The ground fighting was reported | prived of recreation facilities ei her ports beea of varving intensity along the front | line, and Japanese were using dive | bombers in an effort to silence | American artillery batteries. Shock troops are elements specially trained »cwm-hlnmu from the frent | indicated the Australian farce “has | the . situatiorf in_hangd, sithough it | remaping most It owing to the absence ‘of air suppert.” (Offieia] Singapore Teports. per- | /hapsnot at hand when Mr. Curtin | ‘made this- comment,- indieated. however, -that the Australians ‘were ‘lmsn: comsiderable sir sup- pert. As an ‘stance “of the Aussies’ | miccess in’ beating: the Japaness at | their .own atyle. of warfare, Sergt. | Pitehett eited their first engage- | ment. in which they ambushed and wiped sut a Japanese advance unit By eutting behind the Japenese to | Blsw up. & kridge and thus iselate, | them from. their main bedy. | Pitchett queted-Maj. Gen. Gordon Bennett, commander of the Aus- | tzalians, as deelaring: that: { “The Japs are g the hardest | | hlow: thay've had in this war to date | and there's -lots more voming to them. Every move they make from new on is ene which will be coun- teved by Australians whe can out- march, outfight' and outwit them.” Fitchett said the Australans’ meve. into -the front limes, ‘which hegan last week end, had been such 8 closely-guarded seeret that many troops almast had despaired of see- ing action ‘when the ‘order came. Sewie units were on their way within the ‘hour, all to positions. ehosen | by apecial re- | | | as much’ of a. surprise to the British | and " Indiarl “tréops tiey relieved, Teported. : Nazis Claim 2 British Déestroyer Planes = Py’the Associated Press. Januxry z ing British destroyer planes sver the Mediterrah 4 ‘The Axis pfesumably is trying to feed ‘Teserve ' troops : and - supplies frem : Italy ‘to- Gen.. Erwin: Rom- mel’s forees in Libya by aeridl trans- use of the evident hazards | training in Malaya ce last Feb- ruary. However, small Commando unjts have. been operating in Central Malaya for several weeks, spreading destruction behind the Japanese lines. Toll up yesterday's success, the Britith command reported, a large force of planes attacked con- eentrations of Japanese transport and relling stock on roads and rail- ways in the Tampin area, west of Yyesterday's battle scene. The command said the planes left several vehicles burning, damaged & number of railway trueks and in- flicted casualties on the Japanese Army. (The scene of the air attack indicated the British were hit- ting just behind the Japanese front lines in preparation for a big battle in the sector just north of Johore state.) Number of Barges Sunk. The British also flew far to the Tear of the Japanese spearhead | pushing down Western Malaya and sank & number of barges at Sungei Linggi, damaged several others and attacked targets at Sungei Patani, northeast of Penang. ‘There was some contact with the Japanese on the western part of the front but the general situation re- ‘mains unchanged, it was said. (The-reference to the western part of the front apparently means the ares in Negri Sembilan nearer the coast from the scene of the Australian battle in East- em Sembilan yesterday. (A military’ commentator in London said there was no con- firmation of the Japanese: claim that they had crossed into Johore state, which is the last Malay state north of Singapore. He added it apparently was incorrect and’said the: British had no in- formation the Japanese were in Mz2lecce, which adjoins both Negri Sembilan and Johore. (The . Japanese have claimed the occupation of Gemas. a rail- way junction in Johore Province near the Negri Sembilan border and.about 110 miles above Johore Strajt, to the south of which lies * Singapore.) Singapore Raids Centinue. H. Jouett. president of the Aero- nautical Chamber of Commerce of America, took pointed excep- tion to the conclusions of the committee’s report. (“In_every theater of the war to date.” he asserted, “our Amer- fcan designed and built war- | planes. including pursuits and | bombers. have shown marked superiority on every occasion in combat with enemy planes and in other actions against enemy forces on land and sea.”) (Mr. Jouett was quoted later in an interview in St. Louis, where he was attending a meeting, as conceding that the committee was right in its assertion about the number of airplanes now being inadequate. (“We were slow in getting started,” he said, “but by 1943 Hitler and his stooges are going to see the damnedest imponder- able mass of warplanes they have ever seen.”) Question of Action Raised. Senators Vandenberg. Republican, of Michigan and Norris. independ- ent, of Nebraska interrupted Sena- tor Truman yesterday as he sum- marized the findings of his com- | mittee to the Senate to ask whether criminal or other punitive action {could not be taken against those guilty of the “gross inefficiency” hich the committee said it found. T mise,” Senator Vandenberg ob- | served, “the final personification and identification of somebody who ought to be demoted or put in jail.” He asked what happened when in- administration of the defense pro- gram was determined. “He usually gets a promotion,” Senator Truman told him wryly. Other committée members said the Government's auditing services were being counted on to establish spe- cific responsibility for any wrongful acts, and Senator Brewster, criminal actions were involved, the facts were presented to the De- partment of Justice. Publication of the committee’s report brought expressions of sup- Leaning Toward Anti-Axis Stand Peru-Ecuador Border Dispute Is Believed | is what are the most important fun- | damental uses which must be con- | tinued with our sharply limited sup- | ply of tires.” Consumption of 35 Million. | Mr. Henderson pointed out that 35,000,000 tires are normally con- sumed in this country every year, Major Rio Obstacle while 9,000,000 tires or less may have | to serve the needs of the country B> the Associated Press. | “for a long time to come.” supple- RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 16— mented by a minimum and very e h § had small production of tires which may Indications that Argentina ! ad | pecome possible. changed her position and might | “Tne impact of this program upon swing into line with her sister the country has scarcely been felt.” | s < - . he declared. “Fortunately. vehicles republics in a resolution calh.ng now on the road are relatively well for a break of all relations with equipped with rubber tires. Many | the Axis powers were seen today are new, or manufactured within the in ind d " th last two years. N INfOFMEC QUAriers as the CON- | .y y\0y confidently be expected, lowered in a lifeboat that Kaare Reinertson and Ecil Bremseth plunged into the sea when the boat spilled. They were never seen again. | cCapt. Hansen disclosed that his | oil-laden ship—still partially afloat —was armed, but that the subma- rine’s attack was so swift that there was no chance to fire He did not himself see the sub- marine until “we already were in the small boats.” he said. and was un- able to determine its identity be- | cause “T only saw it for a couple of | minutes.” At a mass interview last night, Third Officer Divino Ask said most of the crew were asleep at the time of the attack—1:30 am.—and that “we had no warning.” Before being rescued. he added. “we were in boats and on rafts 12 hours.” | ference of American foreign however, ‘that the shortage of Tub- | Al the Norness survivors were in ber will pinch more and more, and with increasing intensity. It will then no longer be a question of tires for taxicabs in the District of Co- lumbia. The groups of persons seek- | ministers swung into action. ' Pre-session talks between her representatives and other confer- 1‘ ence leaders, in which Argentina was said to have been brought under ' considerable pressure by sme other | N8 Access to new tires will run into > . the thousands and tens of thou- e e T eiloc | sands. Their cases will be meritori- on the issue, one of the most im- ©Us- Their demands will be hard to portant on the agenda. ""“"' g The last obstacle to accord, how- | After Mr. Henderson's vigorous | ever. was not yvet removed. Ob- OPposition to the proposed legisla- servers expressed the belief that the tion to let the rationing bars down border dispute between Peru and ©On District taxicabs, John H. Royer, | Ecuador left a stumbling block in A President of the Association of Taxi- the path of harmonious action. cab Owners, warned that 1,700 of fair condition, with the exception of Niles Mikalsen, who suffered a frac- tured kneecap. Allied Chiefs Declared Planning Grand Drive By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 16—The Singapore radio, in a broadecast heard here last night by N. B. C, said the high command of the United Nations in East Asia planned | dividual responsibility for improper | Indications were that the resolu- tion calling for a 100 per cent break in relations [ERICAN, Page A-6.) Gem Thief Didn’t Know 'He Was at Vanderbilf Party wil Re- | publican, of Maine added that when | the committee had reason to believe | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—John Mer- | yett, 26-year-old former elevator :operutor, who police said admitted | stealing a $3,000 diamond clip from the 4,700 cabs in Washington would & grand offensive against the Jap- R0 out of service in 30 days because anese on all fronts in a gigantie of the inability to replace tires. circle, with Burma as the western- He declared if taxicabs are al- mOst sector. lowed new tires cab companies _The Singapore radio. quoting in- | would brand them and not allow the formed sources in Rangoon, said cabs to be used for pleasure pur- | “where and how the Japanese will poses. | be engaged naturally remains a The small committee room '!s‘mihun‘ secret, but when the time jammed with District officials and | [OF Action comes, a great concen- spectators as Mr. Henderson pictured ('afion of man power and air power | the Nation's rubber plight. The Dis- | il sweep aside all opposition. | trict officials, which included the | m————eeeeeeeeee g Commissioners and Chairman Greg- | | ory Hankin of the Public Utilities | Commission, had been called to dis- ‘ You and cuss with committee members A . . d | Washington's wartime public mns-‘ n Air Rai | portation problem. and the part that | taxicabs might take in alleviating it. a guest at Gloria Vanderbilt de | Great demand for this at- port from several members for con- : Cicco's wedding reception in Beverly directly or indirectly as g r (Continued on Page A-8, Costa iiC,TGels $550,000 of mpving them by surface:eratt. =) iGi;}mdn Rail fv;fhfic. for direct frontal attacks. Attempt to Penetrate Lines. [n Lease-Lend Aid The Japanese were said to be | . making incessant attempts to pene- | _ Costa Rica, firat, of :the-Amergan trate the stanchly resisting defense | Republics to declare’ war an Jajan lines at various points. The com- | after the Japanese attack on the munique outlined the military situ- | United States, was sllotted $§5C000 ation as of 9:30 a.m., reporting that | for military equipment in s lewse- Gen, MacArthur had been informed | lend contract signed here today. that the enemy is “systematically | Costa Rica glso figyres in's €20,- S, Page A-4) | 000 loan advanced through the Yyh- lic Works Administration to the five 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. Central American republics' for”imn- | provement, of: the. Pan:-Amerean | highway. g g oy Costa: Rica Minister. Luis {Ferrant | dez announced the g -alter of" Stte Full, | & call on Secretary 1 with whom he signed the hu..m | . : contract. |Ford to End Broa DETROIT, Jan. 16 (#).—The-Yord ning Hour, s weekly % gram new in its eighth seapen’ indefinttely (Is Curtaited Further B° the Associgted Press. The Japanese continued air raids | island for several hours today and . | betnbs were dropped in several areas. ©One preliminary report said at least one Japanese fighter was downed. The Ministry of Information said on Singapore. Planes were over the | tinuation of the group as a war- time investigating body. The com- | mittee has asked for an additional $100,000 to further its work, and as | soon as the report was made public, several Senators urged that more funds be granted. 5 Senator Hill, Democrat of Ala- bama, the Democratic whip, said he (See DEFENSE PROBE, Page A-3) LONDON, Jpn. 18:—The Bxchanse ing- Japanese used 50 bombers, es- | phi Reard & Berlin radio an- | corieq :; fighters, in yesterday’s at- nouneement -today that further oo MATATA Fage & = eurtaiiment ‘in’ raiiroad: ;phssenger 9 MA » Page traffic ' had been ordered stafting | — Sundey: night bécsuse- of an “n-| i : gm.. v f e mernimse”” | Symmary o ‘ In-the’ past,-one’ of theé indicators . @ - ' ot jinpending ' important - German | Fereign. e ot TRl s 1o Sins T | o8 Mombers raid Dutch miltary and Tohds for mAfAry wrmeses. . THE s heses. S Butterfiy: Wu, movie queen. reported Page A-2 price-control bill. Page A-4 Nelson: to. receive’ complete puw:n. ©Capital h 5 Page A-4 IQMT'( ot.:‘hudod auto tires ap- Ppears probable. Page A-9 States may be asked te reduce taxes 1o aid Pederal levy. PageA-12 ’”~ test_Senate's | Today’s Star Specialists needed to insure efficient welfare expenditures. Page B-1 | New War Labor Board session is | convened here. Page B-10 Washington and Vicinity. Hill may be sentenced today in perjury conviction. Page B-1 to Mile o’ Dimes. Page B-1 Registered nurses increase scale to meet living costs. Page B-1 Ban on delivery of parcels to Gov- ernment workers. Page B-1 Miscellany. Army Orders. Page B Vital Statisties. Page B-1 | Hills, Calif., last month, said in the | police lineup today that he didn't | know what party it was. Charged with assault and at- | tempted robbery in connection wil robberies of three small loan com- pany branches here, he appeared in the lineup with bandages covering head injuries administered to him yesterday when police said he re- visited and attempted to rob one of the loan companies. “You held up somebody in Beverly Hills?” Acting Police Capt. Michael Ledden asked him. Praises Rent Control. At the outset, Mr. Henderson ex- | pressed his appreciation for action of the committee in sponsoring and paving the way for enactment of | the present District rent control law. | “I am gratified with the rent | control bill and the caliber of the | people chosen to administer the | rent law,” he declared. “There is | & feeling of confidence in the Rent | Administration which will resound |to the credit of the District Com- mittee.” | Mr. Henderson explained that in | | rationing tires and tubes. it had | been necessary to allocate them only tractive pamphlet — contain- ing The Star's recent series of articles on air-raid precau- tions — exhausted within 24 hours the first printing of 10,000 copies. To meet the great demand the printer will turn out additional copies as soon as possible. This may re- quire several days. An announcement will be published in The Star when the pamphlets again are avail- Symphony to give rehearsal receipts | pt | to “top flight” classes and declared | Chflx nflm”:awh:fi:;:y :&" Iov:rlmt‘::“ “they had not been given enough | spolled the wedding party,” Meryett | ither- said. “I knew I was in a mansion | Suggests Retreads. but T did not know whose it was.| ‘“We may be forced.” he added, “to There was an awful crowd there but | give that group use of retreads and | | T took only one piece of jewelry.” . lae: sk ohies \Baret Police said Meryett previously ad- | e rubber s pile, therefore. mitted using a side entrance in the | MUst be made to serve the needs of Beverly Hills home of Mrs. de Cicco's | the Army and Navy and push the aunt and stealing a purse contain- | WAr program to a successful con- | ing the diamond clip. Meryett gave | clusion. This will necessarily leave Chicago as his home. s minimum for essential civillan Meryett waived examination when (u—— Felony Court g llr Henderson told the committee okl on s | a complete inventory of stocks n | bery charge. He was held in $50,000 i | bail for grand jury action. (Continued on Page A-4, Column 6.) S .4 able. In the meantime, mail orders have piled up. These and additional mail orders, which are now being accepted, will be filled as soon as the pamphlets come from the printer. When they are available copies may be obtained at The Btar counter for 2 cents each. By mall, 5 cents each. Ad- dress mail requests to “You and an Air Raid” Editor.