Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1942, Page 1

Weather Forecast Not quite so cold tonight. Temperatures today—Highest, 42, at 4 pm.; low- est, 19, at 6 am. From the United States Full Det NIGHT FINAL SPORTS UP) Means Associated Press. ‘Weather Bur Tt Al on Pase Ad Foening Sta WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1942— THIRTY PAGES. ALL 22 FOUND DEAD IN LOMBARD PLANE BritishPounding d [Broken Bodies Jap Spearhead Are Difficulf Near Singapore To Idenfify Clark Gable on Way; Blast Ships 90 Miles Fifteen Army Aviators From Stronghold Among Those Lost BULLETIN. BULLETIN, CANBERRA, Australia (®.— Alr reinforcements are arriv- LAS VEGAS, Nev. (P).— ing mn the Mu:}y):gut;lmr A ground party today zone, was autho) vely reached the wreckage of disclosed today. the Transcontinental & . Western Air transport car- rying Screen Actress Car- ole Lombard and 21 other persons and found all dead. Undersheriff Glenn Jones reported from Jean, Nev., that wreckage and bodies were strewn hun- dreds of yards and that most of the victims were burned beyond recogni- tion. .The plane appar- ently hit less than 500 feet from the top of Table Mountain. Closing . Markets—Sales, Page 6. 90th YEAR. No. 35,690. THREE CENTS, Late News Bulletins U. S. Pilots Bag Three Jap Warplanes CHUNGKING (#).—American pilots, guarding the vital Burma road, wiped out a force of three Japanese warplanes today in a dog fight over Mengtzu in Southeast Yunnan Province. A special communique of the American Volunteer Group said four fighters of the 3d Pursuit Squadron, led by Deputy Comdr. G. B. McMillan, returned to their base un- scratched. R. A. F. Attacks Guernsey Areas LONDON (®.—The R. A..F,, striking off the beaten path of its raids on German-held territory, today bombed German ships in ‘the harbor at St. Peter, on the Channel Island of Guernsey, and machine-gunned German troops. Guernsey, British territory, was occupied by the Germans in the con- quest of France. It lies about 30 miles off the coast of Normandy. 200 Reported Executed in Crete by Nazis LONDON (#).—The Kuibyshev radio broadcast an Ankara report today that 200 male citizens of the conquered Greek island of Crete had been executed for the slaying of an un- disclosed number of German soldiers. Jap Bombers Attack Two Burmese Towns RANGOON, Burma (#.—Japanese bombers attacked two towns in the Moulmein district today, the Department of the Civil Defense commissioner announced today. The depart- ment’s communique indicated enemy air activity yesterday was on a reduced scale. Another communique said the posi- tion of British forces in South Burma was ‘“developing favorably.” Eicher Approved by Senate Subcommittee A Senate Judiciary Subcommittee acted favorably today on the nomination of Edward C. Eicher of Iowa, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be chief justice of District Court. Tennis Association Penalizes Three NEW YORK (#.—The United States Lawn Tennis Asso- elation today reprimanded and penalized three of its ranking players—Frank Parker, Fred Schroeder and John Kramer— for expense money they accepted at three 1941 tournaments. They will be permitted to receive expense money from only seven tournaments instead of eight this year, in addition to the national and sectional championships. R R S S 32 S 2 T P rreg e GEN. VON REICHENAU. —A. P. Photo. Gen. Yon Reichenau Dead of Apoplexy, Berlin Reporis Army Leader Suffered Stroke Returning From Russian Front (Earlier Story on Page A-1) BY the Associated Press. i SINGAPORE, Jan. 17.—British fighter planes in tireless relays left- grievous wounds tonight in thesranks of Japan's picked West Malayan spearhead as it strug- gled to lengthen a foothold in the coastal mangrove swamps south of the River Muar, within 90 miles of Singapore. This island itself shuddered within its mammoth fortifications under -the impact of a 70-plane Japanese aerial assault which killed or wound- ed at least 150 civilians, by far the heaviest casualties acknowledged in six full weeks of war. Swarms of British fighters dived on clusters of enemy launches and barges in the mouth of the Muar, littering the dank waters with wreckage and bodies. At least one launch blew up under the spray of machine-gun fire from the low-fly- | ing attackers; invading troops| packed tight into the barges were | cut down like wheat. The ‘fighters came back with| bombers to blast and strafe those mechanized enemy forces which | managed to reach the south bank of | the stream to form a bridgehead there. SEARCHING HIS BOMBED SINGAPORE HOME — A Singapore youth in native dress checks \through the debris left after his home was bombed in an air raid on Britain's Far East defense base. This view is from a British news reel. —A. P. Wirephoto by cable from London today. filree Axis Vessels Reported Seized Off Spanish Island Madrid Lays Action to By the Associated Press. | BERLIN, Jan. 17 (Official, Broadcast) —Field Marshal Gen. | Walter von Reichenau has died | of apoplexy, it was announced | officially today. He was 57| years old. Death occurred while Von Reich- enau was returning to Germany from the Russian front, the broad- cast said. Adolf Hitler has ordered state| funeral, the broadcast added, and has instructed Field Marshal Her- mann Wilhelm Goering to represent Hitler “in his capacity as Fuehrer| of the German nation” and Field| (Pictures on Page A-3.) Full Strategy Accord To Bring Action Soon, White House Infimates Announcement of Plan Caesarian Infant Is Only Survivor Of Family in Fire By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, jan. 17.—Mrs. Kas- per Peter Mellang, 26, died of burns today without knowing that she had given Caesarian birth to a son a few hours after By the Associated Press. LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 17— The wreckage of the airliner in which Carole Lombard, her mother, 15 Army flyers and 5 fi' other persons apparently were killed last night, has been lo- cated 35 miles southwest of here, Vice President L. G. Fritz of T. Duke Cagers Beat Navy, 41-31 ANNAPOLIS, Md. (?.—The Duke basket ball five defeated Navy today, 41 to 31. White House Parley | Favors Jobless Pay In Plant Conversion Agreement Reached on $450,000,000 Fund To Help 4,000,000 By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt and con- gressional leaders today reached an agreement on proposed legis- lation to provide an appropria- tion of between $450,000,000 and $600,000,000 to take care of an estimated 4,000,000 men expected to be thrown out of work tempo- rarily while industrial plants are converted to war production. Senate Majority Leader Barkley said after a White House conference that the plan called for unemploy- ment compensation benefits equal to 60 per cent of normal wages, but not to exceed $24 a week, with the Federal Government making up the difference where men are now re- eelving State unemployment aid. President to Inform Congress. He said the President would com- municate with Congress, probably by letter, early next week on the subject and that a bill providing both the authorization and the ap- propriation would be whipped into shape some time during the week. It will originate in the House Ap- propriations Committee. One of the requirements for thel $24-a-week benefits, Senator Bark-; ley said, will be that those men dis- pleced by conversion of peacetime plants take a training course in (See JOBLESS PAY, Page 2-X) Regents Approve Odell As Badger Backs’ Coach By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis, Jan. 17.—Ap- pointment of Howard Odell of the University of Pennsylvania coach-| ing staff as backfield coach of the University of Wisconsin football team was approved by the board of regents today. His salary will be $5,000 a year. Odell will assume his duties Feb- ruary 1. Late Races Earlier Results and Entries for Monday on Page 2-X. Hialeah Park H RACE—Purse. $1.200: claim- -year-olds Y2 7.00 q and up: 1% miles. ShRinnt Piny (McCreary) 19.80 11.00 Shanee (Rogers) 6.30 Brown Bomb, (Pierson) Time, 2:33%. Algo ran—Psycholozy, Knightfors, Ted- ger, Hiliblond, War Nelson, Just ourist, Suertero and 310 6.60 int. Castizada. Fair Grounds POURTH RACE—Purse. $600: claimins: 3-year-olds; 6 furlongs. ‘ountmein ' (Barber) 860 4.80 or Reder_(George) 1180 Quick Tool (Parise) Time, 1:132. Alsc ran—Galla Court, Teco Tack. Goal ;:“‘.Oo' Bien Asado, Burma and Quatre 292 6.80 PIFTH RACE—Purse. S ances: 4-year-olds and upwa: Air Master (Deering) Tdle Sun_(George) Chance Yen (Mora) Time, At ran—%un Lover. Alhalon. snd Pari Kiog. Alaloe. ""2 1,21 allow- rd; ‘miles. 13 Starving Dogs Keep Police From Master’s Body BY the Associated Press. | AVENEL, N. J. Jan. 17—Police | shot 11 of 13 howling, half-starved | dogs today s> they could enter the shack “of William Blair Woodruff, then found the 72-year-old handy- man lying dead near verse she had dedicated to his pets. Officers said Mr. Woodruff, once a manufacturer-inventor, apparently had died a natural death several days ago. Mr. Woodruff's absence from his usual haunts for several days led to a police report, and officers went to the one-room dwelling to investi- gate. Dogs ran barking from the little vard into.the house through a hole which had been made for their entry. Unable to get into the structure, one policeman climbed to the roof and killed dogs as they emerged. Not until 11 had been killed could the officers reach Mr. Woodruff's body. The two survivors were fed and given to neiborhood boys. The poetry on the table praised the dogs for their loyalty, affection and companionship. Police said Mr. Woodruff’s widow and his daughter, Mrs. Frank Brehme, had been notified and had come here from their home, in Ta- koma Park, Md., to take charge of the body. Markets at a Glance NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (®— Stocks lower; “blue chips” again retreat. Bonds depressed; rails slip. Foreign exchange un- changed. Cotton lower; commis- sion house liquidation and hedg- Marshal Gen. Kerl Rudolf von Rundstedt to be present “in his (the Fuehrer’s) capacity as supreme commander of the forces.” Von Reichenau, who directed the g'm)l:n rAr;my‘s drlv;m R jorthern nce, was to the rank of field marshal genéral at the conclusion of that campaign. At the of the Septem- ber, 1939, he held the rank of colonel general and was commdnder in chief of an army on the southern front in Poland. It was Von Reichenau who con- ducted the negotiations which re- sulted in the surrender of the Bel- gian Army. Duting the First World War Von Reichenau served with the general staff and came out of the war a major. By successive promotions he attained the rank of major general in 1934, at which time he was men- tioned as a possible successor to Gen. Werner von Blomberg as min- ister of defense. Von Reichenau's promotion to the rank of fleld marshal general was announced by Hitler on July 19, 1940. The 11 others simultaneously advanced to similar rank included Walter von Brauchitsch, since de- posed and personally succeeded by Hitler as commander in chief, and Fedor von Bock and Ritter von Leeb. All three have been the centers of roundabout rumors coming out of Germany recently—that Hitler and Von Brauchitsch had disagreed on strategy to be employed on the Russian front; that Von Bock had asked to be relieved “for reasons of health” of his command in the cen- tral front after the November drive on Moscow misfired; that Von Leeb also nad asked to be relieved of his command, in the northern sector, where the siege of Leningrad ap- parently has failed. Card Scout’s Wife Killed COLUMBUS, ©Ohio, Jan. 17 (#)— Mrs. Walter Shannon, wife of a part-time baseball scout for the St. Louis Cardinals, was killed in a taxicab-truck collision today. Mr. ing. Wool tops quiet; trade buying. Shannon and Walter, jr., 8-year-old son of the couple, were injured. (Tokio reports purporting to come from a reporter with the Japanese Army in Malaya said the Japanese spearhead, or what remained of it, had reached the ! “Batu Pahat sector” at dawn Sat- urday. Batu Pahat is a coastal town at the mouth of a river 20-0dd miles m of e Muar, and about 70 above Stnga- pore, but “the Batu Pahat sec- tor” might include considerable territory above the town.) To the east on the short fighting | {tralian troops have checked the Japanese advance and smashed some of their tanks, the Japanese limited their activities to cautious patrols. dered the advanced Japanese Court-Martial Monday For Col. Muhlenberg BY the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 17.—A | court-martial trial Monday was or- dered today by Fort Hayes Army offi- cials for Col. H. C. Kress Muhlen- berg, retiring 5th Corps Area air offi- cer and former commandant at Hickam Field, Hawaii. Col. J. M. Eeager, chief of staff, announced previously that Col. Muhlenberg was charged with violat- ing articles of war in connection with addresses relative to the Na- tion’s pre-war policies. He has been confined to his residence quarters here since December 19 while an Army investigation was conducted. Spanish Division’s Toll In Soviet Put af 10,000 BY the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 17.—The Moscow radio, quoting a Pravda dispatch, seid today that the Spanish Blue Division had suffered 10,000 cas- ualties during the last three months. The full strength of the division was listed as 19,000. The divislon was recruited a few weeks after Germany attacked Rus- sia. LONDON.—CHURCHILL HOME AGAIN—Wearing a determined expression and smoking a big cigar, Prime Minister Churchill is met by his wife in London today after returning by flying boat from his epochal visit to the United States and Canada. (Story on Page A-1.) —A. P. Wirephoto by cable from London. A # front, in the sector where fresh Aus- | Imperial British fleld guns thun- | " (See SINGAPORE, Page 2-X.) | Free French; British To Blame, Berlin Says By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Jan. 17 (Official Broadeast) —A British destroyer invaded the waters of the Span- ish island of Fernando Po at mflqpt on January 14 and sel an ftallan merchant ship and two German freighters, ac- cording to advices from Madrid. (The broadcast was given as a | report from Spain quoting Arriba, the Spanish Falangist newspaper. An Associated Press dispatch di- rect from Madrid said Arriba laid the reported raid to a Free French destroyer. (Except for disagreement in identification of the destroyer and greater detail in the Nazi broadcast, the Arriba report and the German version of it were in | essential harmony.) - The German freighters were | identified only as belonging to Ham- | burg shipowners, bu tthe Italian ves- sel was said to have been the 7,872- | ton steamer Duchessa d'Acsta. ‘The broadcast contended “there | is no excuse in the fact that the | attacking British destroyer was ‘munned with De Gaullists.” It quoted Arriba as calling it a British act and “the sheerest piracy.” | l In London, Free French head- quarters said they were “in a posi- tion to make a categorical denial” of any “coup de main by a Free Prench “destroyer in Santa Isabel” Madrid Report Lays Seizure to Free French MADRID, Jan. 17 (#).—Three Axis merchantmen have been seized by 8 Free French destroyer in a raid on the harbor of Santa Isabel, ift non-belligerent Spain’s island of Fernando Po, off the west coast of Africa, the newspaper Arriba as- serted today. Arriba, the official organ of the Palange, the sole political party in Nationalist Spain, indicated that Spain already may have made the selzures a diplomatic issue and warned that Spanish armed forces hereafter would fight to prevent such incidents. The newspaper gave neither the names nor nationality of the ships said to have been seizegl. It did not say when the action occurred. ‘The destroyer, it said, dropped depth bombs to break the anchor chains “of three of its enemy’s boats anchored there, seized them and toweds them out of port.” It declared the attack took place when the shipsgofficers were ashore, but that “it seems that all crew (See VESSELS, Page 2-X.) 2 Summary of Page. 3 Amusements, B-12 Page. B-11 Real Estate N S T } Obituary -.-A-10 Foreign.” Chinese report slaying of U. §. mis- sionaries. by Japs. Page A-2 tes hold informal conferences at Rio de Janeiro. Page A-3 Nationai. Appointment of Knudsen to Army post hailed. Page A-1 slain in two Wisconsin Page 2-X a 11 persons family & her husband had carried her W. A. announced in Kansas City For Halting Axis Comes | : & Brnosnc from their blazing home in White Center, a South Side sub- urb. Mrs. Mellang also was un- aware that her husband, 38, and their 212-year-old son, Jumes Henry, died of burns. Hospital attendants said the newborn infant had a good chance to survive. '4 Policemen Cleared \0f Man's Charges 'He Was Fired Upon Mai. Kelly Restores All To Duty and Privates Will Get Full Back Pay The Police Trial Board today | dismissed charges against four first precinct policemen in con- nection with an alleged pistol shot which a colored prisoner said was fired at him while he | was held in a first precinct cell | July 23. The policemen, Pvts. Arnold F. Jackson, Frank B. Knapp and George W. Bromley, and Lt. Loraine Johnson, were ordered restored to duty by Supt. Edward J. Kelly, who transferred three of the men to other posts. The three privates, who ‘were suspended in September, will receive full pay. The prisoner, Roland Lindsay, un- der death sentence for criminal as- sault on a white girl here last sum- mer, said Pvt. Jackson fired the shot, encouraged by Pvt. Bromley. Pvt. Knapp was charged before the board with being absent from the cell block in his charge at the time of the alleged shooting, and Lt. Johnson with failure to make a re- port of Lindsay’s accusation against Pvt. Jackson. The Trial Board con- cluded a three-day hearing on the charges yesterday. In announcing the finding, Maj. Kelly said Pvt. Jackson will be trans- ferred to No. 12 precinct, Pvt. Brom- ley will go to No. 7 precinct and Pvt. Knapp to No. 4 precinct, while Lt. Johnson probably will be trans- ferred from his present duties with the Traffic Division. At the same time, Maj. Kelly an- nounced that two members of the gambling squad, Pvts. G. W. Millis and G. M. Wilson, will be trans- ferred 3 patrol duty for the “good of the service.” Pvt. Millis will go to No. 11 precinct and Pvt. Wilson to No. 9, the superintendent said. Today'§ Star Advances in weather forecasting re- ported. Washington and Vicinity. commi}omnl name gxree rent examiners. Page A-1 Grocery store proprietor foils rob- bers. Page A-3 Filipino cab drivers give Red Cross $400. Page A-4 Distinguished guests expected at Red Mass. Page A-10 Merrill defends Capital Transit sys- tem. Page A-16 Dates set for hearings on three Page A-16 “Wishing well” banks distributed for Mile o’ Dimes. Page A-16 Pour pedestrians injured in traf- fic. Page A-16 Miscellany. Nature's Children. Births and Deaths. Marriage Licenses. { | Page A-13 Page A-13 Page A-13 Page A-2| Just a short time before the an- nouncement. Clark Gable, actor- husband of Miss Lombard. had joined the 18-hour-old search for the missing Transcontinental & Western Air luxury transport understanding re-| Wl U IR0y garding present and future mili- | traught, previously had been per- tary and naval operations of the | suaded by police to await word of United Nations was reached here | the search here. Shortly after noon, during recent weeks of consulta- | however, the strain became too tions, the White House an-|much and he left for the rugged nounced today. mountain country with Sheriff M. E. The announcement came as a cli- | Ward 8 max of the lengthy visit of Prime Shows Signs of Ordeal Minister Churchill of Great Britain, | The actor's face was drawn and and implied- that the decisions | lined. and dark glasses hid his eves. finally reached may soon be trans- | He wore a slouch hat and his shoul- lated into action. ders were stooped. Mr. Churchill reached London | Mr. Gable had come here from safely today. Los Angeles in a chartered plane While no details of this grand |last night after hearing of the strategy were made public, White crash at the Lockheed Air Terminal, House Secretary Stephen Early re- | Burbank, Calif., where he had gone viewed for the press this afternoon | !0 Welcome his wife home from a the rough schedule of consultations | Defense bond rally in Indiana during Mr. Churchill's visit here. Throughout this morning ground First Meeting December 22. | parties struggled through the moun- First meeting of the British Prime | tains seeking to reach she scene of Minister and the President occurred | the crash. Because of the nature - on the night of December 22, Mr. | of the terrain, the searchers took Early recalled, when Mr. Churchill | to_horses, having been forced to reached the White House around 7 | abandon attempts to travel afoot. o’'clock. | Woody Pierce, Las Vegas policeman The initial discussions between the | Who hunted during the night for the two government chieftains and the | Wreckage, said that “the ground 3 simultaneous conversations among | Was s0 rough I wore the sole off one technical advisors of both dealt pri- | DoOt- 2 marily with broad policies and se| Flames were sighted from the air setting forth of objectives for the|and an explosion was heard less meetings to follow. than half an hour after the liner A few days after Christmas, left Las Vegas at 7:07 o'clock (10:07, Churchill left Washington for E. 8. T) Inst night. = Thers was 1o tawa, where he conferred with Ca- | Indication of life today. nadian officials and addressed the| The Army Air Corps ferry com- Dominion Parliament. During his| mand at Long Beach, Calif., said the absence from Washington, joint|ArmY flvers aboard the crashed 21- British-American staffs plunged into | Passenger Douglas Sky Club were more detailed consideration of the| members of a ferry command re- wartime problems as defined during | turning to the Pacific Coast for new the initial meetings. In some de- (See LOMBARD, Page 2-X.) tail, recommendations were ready for review by Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill when the latter returned from Canada on New Year's Day. United Nations Pledge. Within the next two days the White House announced the joint| declaration by the 26 United Na- tions that pledged them to full par- ticipation in the war with no sepa- rate peace or armistice to be made. About the same time, the announce- ment was made of appointment of Gen. Archibald Wavell and his staff to a joint supreme command for the Southwest Pacific area. As the specialists took over new phases of the deliberations, Mr. Churchill left Washington for a va- cation in Florida, spending approxi- mately a week at the home of a friend in that State. During this same interval, after he had delivered his annual message on the state of the Union to Congress, Mr. Roosevelt (See STRATEGY, Page 2-X) 6. 0. P.-Democrafic Unity Urged by Gov. Griswold By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 17—Gov. Gris- wold of Nebraska declared today that the Republican party could serve best by “giving wholehearted support to the prosecution of the war,” while remaining alert to “the weaknesses and shortcomings of our Democratic leadership.” In an address before the 2lIst As Churchill Gets Home | (Earlier Churchill Story on Page A-1) By JOHN C. HENRY. * w dis- ) 4 w Mr. * ot- Plane’s Roster Lost Craft Had Crew Of 3, 19 Passengers BY the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.—Ths * complete crew and passenger list on the plane which crashed near Las Vegas, Nev., as announced today ¢ by Army authorities and T. W. A.: Capt. Wayne Williams, 41, pilot, Los Angeles and Nyack, N. Y. Morgan A. Gillette, 25, co-pilot; Los Angeles. Alice Getz, 25, hostess, Kewanee, Il1., and Los Angeles. Carole Lombard, 32, Hollywood. Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peters, Holly- wood, Miss Lombard's mother. Otto Winkler, Hollywood, M-G-M * publicity representative. Mrs. Lois Hamilton, Lincoln Park, Mich. v Second Lt. Waco, Tex. Second Lt. Stewart L. Swenson, Long Beach, Calif. First Lt. Robert E. Crouch, Mount Washington. Ky. Second Lt. Charles D. Nelson, St. w James C. Barham, Cloud, Minn. First Lt. Hal Browne, jr, Long Beach, Calif. Second Lt. Kenneth P, Donahue, Stoughton, Mass. Second Lt. Frederick J. Dittman, Oakland, Calif. Staff Sergt. Edgar A. Nygren and Sergt. Robert F. Nygren, brothers, annual luncheon of the Women’s|R. F. D. route No. 1, Dunbar, Pa. National Republican Club, the Ne- Pvt. Nicholas Varsamine, the braska Governor said we are fight-| Bronx, N. Y. ing the war “not as Republicans, not | Staff Sergt. David C. Tilghman, as Democrats—but fighting shoulder | Snow Hill, Md. to shoulder, as loyal patriotic Ameri- Sergt. Frederick P. Cook, Reids- cans, willing to die if necessary to | ville, N. C. | preserve our way of life.” Pvt. (First Class) Martin W. Tell- Gov. Griswold conceded that Re- | kamp, Lamoille, IlL publicans should be interested in Corpl. Milton B. Affrime, Phila= e future of their party, but “we | delphia. are faced with far more serious| Sergt. Albert M. Belejchak, Brad- problems.” dock, Pa. o B