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A-2 x Connally Predics All Ties With Axis Solid Line-up Against Enemies by Republics Is Seen by Senator By GOULD LINCOLN. Chairman Connally of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today predicted that the Conference of American Republics at Rio de Janeiro will adopt a resolution sev- ering diplomatic relations with all the Axis powers. “We are beginning to hit our stride,” said Senator Connally, dis- ocussing the war situation. “The severence of diplomatic relations by all the Latin American republics will serve to remove all the diplomatic officials and consuls of the Axis pow- ers in these countries who have been distributing Nazi propaganda and providing central organizations for those powers in the Western Hem- isphere. “This action in Rio may involve breaking off all communications with the Axis powers, thereby pre- venting information of value from reaching the enemy. It will be a substantial contribution to our war problem.” Holds Naval Activity Imperative. Senator Connally said that it is “imperative we continue our naval activity in the Pacific Ocean with increasing energy and vigar. Japan must not be permitted to solidify and intrench herself in that part of the world. Furthermore, we have a long and vulnerable coastline on the Pacific Ocean.” The Senator expressed great sat- {sfaction over the appointment of Donald M. Nelson to head the pro- duction of war materials in this country. “The selection of Mr. Nelson,” he said, “is a most fortunate choice. With adequate authority to reor- ganize and revitalize the O. P. M., he can, and I am sure will, render the Nation a great service. Through personal contacts with Mr. Nelson and through service on the Truman Committee I am strongly impressed with his ability and knowledge of the production problem. He is the right man in the right place, pro- vided he is given ample authority. “If there is not sufficient statu- tory power, I am in favor of giving it to the President so that it can be delegated to Mr. Nelson.” Declares Navy Is “Unlimbering.” Senator Connally said also that it was apparent from the recent news that the Navy was “unlimbering it- self” and giving a good account of jtself in the Pacific. He expressed the opinion it would be unwise to abandon our interests in the Pa- cific, particularly the Philippine Is- lands and Hawaii. The high com- mand, he said, must necessarily de- cide where to strike. He commented also that our re- lations with Russia today appear to be very satisfactory and he expregsed gratification at the news of the-safe return to England of Prime Minis- ter Churchill. Dr. Soons Brother Weds; Dr. Hu Shih at Ceremony By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Two of China’s important families were united yesterday by the marriage of Miss May-ing Hsi and Tse-liang Soong at Riverside Church. The bride is the second daughter of Te-mou Hsi, general manager of the Central Bank of China. The bridegroom is the brother of Dr. ‘T. V. Soong, Chinese Foreign Min- ister, and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the generalissimo of the Chinese armed forces. Chinese Ambassador Dr. Hu Shih and numerous other Chinese diplo- mats and officials attended the wed- ding. The bride, 23. was graduated from St. Mary’s Hall in Shanghai and has lived in New York for many years, much of the time studying art at Columbia University. The bridegroom, 40, was graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1921 and is general manager of the Manufacturers Bank of China and a director of the Bank of China, Bank of Communications and Indus- try and the Farmers Bank, Edward G. Cooke, 7?:. Dies; Noted Theatrical Executive B7 the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 17—Edward G. Cooke, 73, acting general manager for John Golden's productions of the plays “Claudia” and “Theater” and a widely-known theaterical ex- ecutive, died yesterday. A native New Yorker, Mr. Cooke his career as assistant box of- fice treasurer of the Academy of Music in Milwaukee, later served as business manager and advance man for such productions as “Ben Hur,” “Lightning’,” “Seventh Heaven,” “Three Wise Fools” and others, and was associated with Willlam A. Brady in managing two boxing champions, James J. Corbett and James J. Jeffries. Edsel Ford Undergoes Operation on Stomach By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Jan. 17.—Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Co., ‘was reported in “satisfactory” con- dition following an operation for a stomach ulcer this morning at Henry Ford Hospital here. Mr. Ford, son of the founder of the automobile concern, Henry Ford, ‘was operated on by Dr. Roscoe R. Graham of Toronto, Ontario. He entered the hospital yesterday. The following bulletin was issued at the hospital by Dr. John G. Mateer and Dr. Frank A. Sladen after the operation: “Mr. Edsel B. Ford was operated upon this morning at Henry Ford Hospital for a stomach ulcer. * * ¢ Mr. Ford’s post-operative condition is satisfactory.” Parr Honored at Brown Robert G. Parr, class of 1942, son ©of Mr. and Mrs. Leland W. Parr, 4447 Volta place NW, is among students at Brown University admit- ted te the honors program of study, Prof. Charles A. Bayliss, adviser to honor students, reported today. A graduate of Western High School, Mr. Parr’s major stugy is chemistry. Pacific Fleet Finds Hunting Not So Good, Rio Parley Will End [Patrolling Vast Area Without Incident By TOM YARBROUGH, Associated Press War Correspondent. WITH THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET, Jan. 17—It is sunset and the ship's loudspeaker broadcasts the order “Darken ship, darken ship.” The loudspeaker emits a mourn- ful tone. The voice coming from it is mindful of a police broadcaster “Calling all cars, calling all cars,” with a bad case of adenoids and & cold. The tropical night falls quickly. Not a pinpoint of light is showing as our heavy cruiser and its companion warships plunge ahead on a gigantic patrol job somewhere in mid-Pacific. There isn't any cocktail hour, for Uncle Sam’s Navy is still bone dry; but out here at sea where watches are hard and stakes are high, there is less howling about the lack of a drink than there is in Honadulu, which went dry under martial law after the Japanese attack of De- cember 7. It is war by night, the same as by day. In the distance can be seen the fuzzy silhouettes of the great ships that are with us. A false turn anywhere would mean disaster. Disaster also awaits any vessel that fails to show the correct recog- nition signal after we challenge it. Our deadly force of warships and planes has patrolled hundreds of thousands of square miles the last few days, almost entirely without incident. A small number of enemy subma- rines was reported seen. What hap- pened to them remains for the Navy to say officially in its own time and in harmony with operational secrets. ‘The hunting hasn’t been so good. Most of the shooting has been tar- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1942, get practice. No major Japanese force has appeared in these waters since December 7. Even traces of the enemy are hard to find. The results, therefore, have not been spectacular. It's not that kind of mission. The fleet's specific job is to search the sea with guns and planes by day and night, main- taining long-range protection for Pearl Harbor and the rest of Hawail and for the American West Coast. Reporters and photographers have been permitted to come along for the first time during this war, traveling aboard heavy cruisers. This afternoon our guns gave a demonstration of the kind of fire an enemy ship would have to face. The blast of the first salvo caught me off guard as I turned aside to get some cotton for my ears. It nearly took me off my feet. The target was a raft towed by a destroyer. Through our binoculars we could see geysers shoot into the air on all sides of the target as our turret gun salvos struck home. The gunnery officer kept shouting into his telephone, “Good shooting, good shooting.” In another target practice, one anti-aircraft gun fired a shell that left a compact burst of dense black smoke hanging in the sky, to repre- sent an enemy plane. Streams of machine-gun fire guided by tracer bullets were poured straight into the center of the smoke. Again the gun- :zery officer cried out: “Good shoot- ‘While planes based on the aircraft carrier with us patrol far-away areas, pontoon-equipped planes which have been catapulting from our ship keep watch over inner sec- tors. Catapulting looks dangerous at first, but after it comes off day after day without a hitch, it looks as sim- ple as taking off from land. Still, it always is fascinating to see pilots of these catapulted planes brace themselves to be literally shot across the water. The planes dip ever so slightly as they leave the catapult. Then their pilots maneu- ver the ships immediately, as neatly | as if they had been in the air half an hour.. When they return they alight alongside the ship and are hoisted aboard by a crane. One night, after dinner in the club-like wardroom where, as usual, the ship's engineer kidded the sur- geon about “treating a sore toe by cutting off a finger,” we went up to the bridge. A faint, shielded glow illuminated the figures and hands on many dials. Outside, only a sug- gestion of light phosphorescence was seen on the foam which was sliced up by the bow of our ship. Down in the engine rooms and firerooms, among a forest of angu- lar pipes and whirling gadgets, sweating officers and men were en- Joying huge mugs of coffee and re- flecting proudly that the water used in the boilers of the ship was purer than drinking water. Among other things it was shown how officers and enlisted men alike can keep working if necessary with much less than normal sleep. The captain of the ship sleeps perhaps least of all. The thought of enemy ships never leaves his mind. He seldom is absent from the bridge. But it will not be long until the | skipper can relax & bit, for the offi- | cer of the deck says “we're headed | for the barn.” | Greek and Yugoslav Ministers Say Pact Will Be Extended Will Admit Other Balkan Nations When They Drop Anti-Democratic Leaders By BLAIR BOLLES. At a joint press conference the Greek and Yugoslav Ministers here yesterday said that the other Bal- kan countries would be admitted to a pact of co-operation signed by the Greek and Yugoslav governments- in-exile in London as soon as the other countries’ governments rid themselves of anti-democratic lead- ership and of belligerent ambi- tions. Bulgaria, Rumania, Turkey and Albania are the countries admis- sible to the past, through the ac- tions of accredited governments, the two diplomats said at the Greek Legation. This closed the door on the prospect of adhesion to the pact by the leaders of “free” move- ments in this country, such as “free Rumania.” N Declaring that Bulgaria has pre- cipitated and furthered three wars in the Balkans in the past 30 years, Minister Fotitch of Yugoslavia said he hoped the result of this war would eliminate the aristocracy, “inspired by German doctrines,” from political control in Bulgaria and put the power into the hands of the people. “The Bulgarian people will realize it does not pay to have unjustifiable ambitions which as far as now have brought the Bulgarian nation only misfortune and defeats,” Minister Fotitch said. Minister Diamantopoulos of Greece said that the London pact “consti- tutes the realization of an ideal pursued by the two States in the last 60 years and of which the Greek statesmen Tricoupis and Venizelos were the principal exponents.” The two men reported that some of the machinery of co-operation can be set in force as soon as the two governments ratify the pact, such as the joint committees on foreign relations and military plans. These phases of co-operation need not wait on the physical return of the Nazi-occupied countries to the governments of Yugoslavia and Greece, “The pact of union,” Minister Fotitch said, “is an achievement of great historical importance for our two countries.” Minister Diamantopoulos remarked that the two countries’ “bonds have been strengthened by 30 years of common struggle on the battlefield and in their recent re- sistance against the invaders, Ger- mans, Italians, Bulgarians and Hun- garians.” The pact provides for the estblish- ment of a joint political body, com- posed of ministers of foreign affairs of the adhering countries, joint ec- onomical and financial bodies and joint military bodies “which will pro- vide for co-ordination of action and the setting up of a common plan of defense of the European frontiers of the two states.” President Lauds War Aims Given by Catholic Bishops President Poosevelt has told the Catholic bishops of this country that “we shall win this war and in victory we shall seek not vengeance but the establishment of an inter- national order in which the spirit of Christ shall rule the hearts of men and of nations.” The National Catholic Welfare Conference made public yesterday a letter from the President to Arch- bishop Edward Mooney of Detroit, | & chairman of the Administrative Board of the Conference, thanking the bishops for their recent pledge of wholehearted support in the prosecution of the war. That pledge, the President wrote, “gives me strength and courage be- cause it is a witness to that national unity so necessary in our all-out ef- fort to win the war.” Mr. Roosevelt added that “in the difficult days that lie ahead * * * we shall be glad to remember your patriotic action in placing your institutions and their consecrated personnel at the dis- posal of the Government.” Boss Shows How to Lose Digit ATCHISON, Kans., Jan. 17 () — The insurance inspector came around to check up after an em- ploye lost the end of a finger in flour mill machinery. “How'd it happen?” “Just like this,” replied the boss, George Redinger, demonstrating. That’s just the way it happened, all right—twice. TRANSFERRED — Brig. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, now assigned to the office of the chief of the Air Corps, yester- day was named commander of the Southeast Air Corps Training Center at Maxwell Field, Ala. —A. P. Photo. Communiques Japs Attack Heavily In Batan Peninsula The text of War Department com- munique No. 63, outlining the mili- tary situation as oj 9:30 a.m. today: 1. Philippine theater: A heavy Japanese attack against the right flank of Ameri- can and Philippine troops in the Batan Peninsula is now in prog- ress. This attack is well-sup- ported by aircraft and artiilery. The assailants greatly outnumber the defending troops. However, our soldiers are stubbornly con- testing the advance. 2. There is nothing to report from other areas. Cripps Quifs as Brifain's Ambassador fo Russia By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 17.—The Foreign Office announced last night that Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador to Soviet Russia, is relinquishing his post “at his own request” and that 8ir Archibald Clark Kerr, now Brit- ain’s envoy to Chungking, has been designated to succeed him. Sir Horace King, Assistant Under- secretary of State in the Foreign Office, has been named as the new Ambassador to China. Sir Stafford, it was said authori- tatively, will return to England in the near future, There have been reports that Sir Stafford would be sent to Wash- ington. Wedding Presents Stolen iFrom Parked Automobile Returning from a Florida honey- moon with $300 in clothes and a number of wedding presents, some unopened, Dr. and Mrs. Harry Shpiner of Chestnut Hill, Mass., re- ported to police yesterday that their automobile was rified of all its con- tents while parked in a parking lot overnight. Dr. Shpiner told police that the car had been in the lot at 1419 I street N.W. for about 18 hours. ‘When he returned to pick up the car yesterday, he said, the steamer trunk and another suitcase were one. Included in the list of missing clothes was a $500 white ermine eve- ning wrap, three coats, & number of dinner dresses, 10 pairs of shoes to match the dinner dresses, 10 pocket- books, several pairs of slacks, quan- tities of underthings, 10 beach out- fits and more than a dozen daytime | dresses with accessories to match. Conservation of Paper Every citizen is called upon to see that not a pound of paper is wasted. from every clerk that any unnecessary wrapping of packages er un- necessary use of paper bags be dispensed with. Do not burn newspapers but, when you have saved enough for a bundle, give them to the school who are co- operating in the defense pro- gram with the parent-teacher tion in The Star’s cam- paign for reclaiming old news- papers. Navy Finds Synthetic Rubber Safisfactory For Many Uses Tests Over Several Years Show Superiority In Number of Needs Synthetic and substitute rubber will be suitable for almost all uses to which rubber is put in the fleet, | the Navy Department announced yesterday. The Navy research laboratories have been experimenting with rub- | ber substitutes for nearly three| years and have determined that the synthetic rubber derived from a petroleum or coal base is superior to the ordinary commercial variety for certain purposes. Such syn- thetic rubber already has been put tanks. In other instances, rubber has been replaced by other ma- | terials, such as plastics. Producing facilities of synthetic and substitute rubber today would be, adequate to meet the Navy's if the full output were made avallable, the announcement stated. | Synthetic rubber ror some items | is preferable to guayule or other | vegetable rubber substitutes. A list | of items for which guayule or other substitute has been found prac- ticable includes gaskets, rubber | gloves, hose—including those con- necting submarine rescue cham- bers—mats, overshoes and shoe[ heels, certain types of life preserv- | ers and rubber rafts. It is not| adaptable to gas masks and articles demanding high tensile strength. Viereck Trial Delay Seen Till Disposal of Motions ‘Two motions in the case of George Sylvester Viereck, indicted Nazi| agent, that must be heard befort ‘Viereck’s trial opens, may force post- | ponement of the case for a day or | two. The trial is scheduled to begirl Wednesday, but motions to suppress | evidence and for a bill of particulars | are pending. District Court Judge | Justice T. Alan Goldsborough must | dispose of them before the trial be- gins. No date has been set for their argument. The trial originally was to open February 2, but on Thursday Justice Goldsborough moved it up to Janu- | ary 31, although Justice Department attorneys protested that the surprise | advancement would hurt the Gov- | The prosecutors, William Power | Mzeloney and Edward J. Hickey, jr., also have to continue their work Monday with the grand jury inves- tigating Nazi propaganda. On Thursday they finished up the lengthy trial of George Hill, second secretary to Representative Hamil- ton Fish, now awaiting sentence on conviction on two counts of perjury. Representative Wali_er Ordered fo Duty in Navy By the Associated Press. EASTON, Pa., Jan. 17—Repre- sentative Walter, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, serving his fifth term in Congress, has been ordered to re- port February 3 for active duty with the Navy. . Mr. Walter, who is 47, holds the rank of lieutenant commander. He said his duty would be to co-ordi- | nate the work of Navy air forces and | surface craft. He served in the naval air force during the First| World War. | A member of the House Judiciary | Committee, Representative Walter has asked for a leave of absence from Congress. He announced he would be a candidate for re-election next November. Bonus for Births Made _ Part of Union Contract B) tke Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17—The stork has been made a party to & union contract signed by A. P. Spack, air rifie manufacturer, with the C. I. O. Electrical, Radio and Machine ‘Workers. As an argument for a wage In- crease during negotiations for the contract, one of Mr. Spack’s 60 em- ployes presented him estirhates of bills for an anticipated heir. Convinced of the soundness of | the argument, Mr. Spack incor- porated a clause in the contract providing $25 for each child born to an employe in 1942. And there's “no ceiling” in the clause. to use in hose lines connecting ofl | dence, language and educational re- | | Wictary Book, f'the District’s tot! | nated by the Virginia State Library ernment’s interest. | Legislation Sought To Exempt $1-a-Year Men From Hatch Act Barkley Offers Omnibus Bill; Truman Forecasts Opposition By the Associated Press. ‘The reported reluctance of some prospective “dollar-a-year” men to give up their political connections to enter the defense set-up was said today to have prompted administra- tion leaders to offer legislation in Congress excusing such officials from prohibitions of the Hatch Act. Some legislators said they under- stood heads of various war produc- tion and supply agencies had en- countered difficulty in obtaining the services of some business executives who feared that even the casual ac- quaintance of a “dollar-a-year” man with the Federal pay roll would bar them from political activity. ‘To meet this complaint and oth- ers, Majority Leader Barkley intro- duced in the Senate yesterday omni- bus legislation 'which would exempt such persons from a Hatch Act pro- vision barringlofficials and employes of the executive department from taking any active part in political management or political campaigns. Chairman Truman of the Senate Defense Investigating Committee, which criticized the activities of “dollar-a-year” men in a report to the Senate this week, said there would be opposition. “The Hatch Act ought to apply to those fellows more than to any other | Government employe,” Senator Tru- man told reporters. “I don't see any reason why they should have special treatment.” ‘The Truman report said some of the “dollar-a-year” men and those | serving without compensation could | rightly be termed “lobbyists,” who looked out after the interests of the companies with which they formerly were associated. ‘The omnibus bill provides stiff | penalties for violations of priorities | regulations. It proposes also to give the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion authority to order the pooling of terminals and facilities of motor carriers. It would make air raid and fire wardens subject to the Federal Com- | | pensation Act, basing compensation payments for death or injuries on a | wage rate of $100 a month. Free postage would be provided | for letters of soldiers, sailors and | marines on duty outside the United States. Non-citizens who served in the armed forces would be permitted | | to become naturalized citizens with- out meeting all of the ordinary resi- | quirements, Catholic University Library Book Collection-Depot | The John K. Mullen Library at Catholic University was added to the list of collection depots in the | as | ,000 books. The Kiwanis Club gave 25 books yesterday to the George Washing- ton University Library as their con- | tribution in the nation-wide drive | for 10,000,000 books for service men. | Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, chair- | man of the drive here. added the | Catholic University Library to the | District Public Library and George | Washington library as collection depots at the request of the Rev. F. A. Mullen, librarian. Of the total of 4901 books col- lected in the first five days of the drive, 894 were contributed to the public library and 50 to George ‘Washington yesterday. Books were expected to come in for the first time today from boxes left in Dis- | trict Grocery Stores and Bren- tano's book stores. | The five public library branches ! in Arlington County are partici- pating in the Victory Book Cam- paign, it was announced yesterday by Mrs. Mildred G. Blattner, county librarian. Books contributed to the drive will be sent to locations desig- | at U. §. Missionaries Slain on Island by Japs, Chinese Report Troops Killed Entire Group at Hainan, Chungking Asserts By the Associated Press. CHUNGKING, Jan. 17.—A Chinese Army communique declared last night that all American missionaries on Hainan Island, off the south coast of China, had been slain by Japanese forces after the outbreak of war in the Pacific. The communique mentioned the names of the Rev. and Mrs. D. H. Thomas and Miss M. Burkwall, a registered nurse, as among those killed by the Japanese, who have held the island since March, 1940. ‘The 1941 Protestant Mission Direc- tory says the American Presbyterian Mission (North) maintained four stations in Hainan and lists among the missionaries Miss M. M. Mon- inger, a Mr. and Mrs. Melrose, and the Rev. and Mrs. H. Buch. Dr. H. P. Burkwall, who returned from Hainan with his wife several months ago, id last night in 8t. Joseph, Mo, t his sister, Miss Margaret Burkwall, had remained on the island when he left. At Chicago, John Moninger, brother of Miss Margaret Moninger, sald his sister had written him last October that she was planning to leave Hainan for Canton on fur- lough about November 15. | In New York, the China office of | the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions listed these persons as their | missionaries on Hainan Island: The Rev. and Mrs. Paul C. Mel- rose of Marcus and Walker, Iowa.| Last heard from at Nodoa, Hainan, and believed by the board to have escaped. Alice H. Skinner, Cleveland, last reported at”Kiungchow, Hainan. The Rev. David S. Tappan, Circle- ville, Ohio, stationed at Kiungchow, “probably now in Canton.” The Rev. John F. Steiner, Pan- dora, Ohio, last at Kiungchow, “probably with the Melroses, loca- tion not known.” Miss M. Margaret Moniger, Mar- | shalltown, Iowa, “probably with®the Melroses, location not known.” Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Bercowitz, Berkeley, Calif. No recent report. Miss Burkwall, no recent report. The Rev. and Mrs. David H. Thomas of Kansas City and Park- | ville, Mo, and their 1l-year-old | son, Richard. Last reported at Kachek, Hainan. Mary H. Taylor, Jamestown, N. Dak., no recent report. Wash., no recent report. ‘The Rev. and Mrs. H. Bucher of Pennsylvania (city unknown), who had been reported on Hainan Island, now believed to be in the Philip- pines. The Marvknoll Mission, at Os- sining, N. Y., said there were no American Roman Catholic mission- aries on the island, although a mission known as the Picpus priests from Brussels was established on the island years ago. * on Hainan Island, Catholic Univer- sity officials said today in response to inquiries. The university’s records list ‘the missionary as the Rev. Domenico of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary. The order has its head- quarters in Majorca, Spain. Father Desperben was sent to Hoikow-Kiungchow on Hainan Is- land November 24, 1939. Col. Herron Is Elected Head of Veterans’ Group Col. LeRoy W. Herron was elected commander of the District Com- mandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars at the organization's annual election of officers last night the Army-Navy Club. Cok Herron, advertising director of The Star, succeeds Lt. Col. James G. Townsend, who becomes a national delegate. Others elected included: Capt. Allen Gartner, senior vice com- mander; Dr. L. B. Norris, first junior vice commander; «t. John W. Morton, second junior vice com- Association. Body of Lieutenant On Lost Plane Found BY the Associated Press. An Army pursuit plane which took “ofl from Knoxville, Tenn., late yes- | terday for a cross-country flight to | Bolling Field apparently crashed into the sea off Cape Charles, Army | air headquarters announced here last night. The body of Second Lt. Rush H. Williard, 25, of Bay City, Mich., was recovered, but there was no trace of the body of Second Lt. James Allison Fannin, 33, of Memphis, Tenn., who piloted the plane. Both were stationed at Gunter Field, Montgomery, Ala. Air headquarters said Lt. Wil- liard’s body and the landing gear of the plane, a B-13 training type, were found by & naval vessel about 45 miles off Cape Charles. This would be about 150 miles off the course of the plane. The plane took off from Knoxville in good weather, it was said, but later Wednesday night was reported missing and search was instituted. 12 Get Special Honors At Roosevelt High Twelve members of the February graduating class of Roosevelt High School received awards for out- standing service and citizenship yes- terday during a special assembly at the school. American Legion honors were won mander; Lt. Col. Edwin S. Bettle- heim, jr., re-elected secretary; Maj. Russel Freeman, re-elected treas- urer; Maj. W. Calhoun Stirling, judge advocate; Dr. Willam A. Morgan, registrar; Maj. Howard A. Kane, surgeon; Maj. George B. Chandler, historian; Lt. Rufus Lusk; recorder, and Comdr. Joseph L. B. Murray, chaplain. Col. Herron, who lives at 3111 Garfield street N.Ws is a veteran of the Spanish-American War and served overseas in the First World War as a major with the 110th Field Artillery, 20th Division. He is a past director of the Rotary Club and & member of the Washington Board of Trade, Washington Advertising Club, Columbia Country Club, American Legion, Veteran of Foreign ‘Wars, past master of Temple Noyes Lodge, No. 32, and a past president of the District Reserve Officers Assoclation. Gen. Armold Cifes Bravery 0f Marines at Wake Island Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, deputy chief of staff for air, yesterday cited “the bravery and ingenuity” of the marine defenders of Wake Island as an example “for all members of the armed forces of the United States to strive to emulate.” In a letter to Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, commandant of the Ma- rine Corps, released by the Navy Department, the air force chief said: “Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, has sent me a most interesting and by Bernice Bittner and Stuart Givens, and the school betterment awards went to Florence Porter, Armen Arslanian and Mary Ann Fields. Other awards and recipients were: business efficiency, Hazel Thomas; art, Anne Albertson and Doris M thews; dramatics, Bernice Bittner; music, Jerry Bernstein, Marion Dills and Jack Browning. Football players receiving school letters were Richard Koester, cap- tain; Homer Bacas, Kemp Cook, Douglas Deitrick, Jack Ehrlich, Wil- liam Garner, George Haines, Dan B B e Sta , Carl Sturges, Valltos Ir Stein. inspiring report on the activities of the small group of marine officers and enlisted men in the gallant de- fense of Wake Island. “This report is the first official or semioffical account I have received of just what happened on Wake Island and I am most impressed wtih the magnificent work done. “The bravery and ingenuity de- scribed in the report are in keep- ing with the splendid records of the Marine Corps and I feel warrant inscription on a very bright page of those records for all members of the armed forces of the United State to strive to emulate. “The memory of those who fell will always occupy & prominent spot in the history of our country and add to the past records of the Ma- rine C‘fpl." Dr. Esther M. Morse, Puyallup,| A Catholic priest also is stationed | the Desperben, & member of the Society | NEW YORK—TELEPHONE BISHOP—Almost two years ago the Rev. J. J. D. Hall gave a sermonette to an unknown person who called his number by mistake. Since then he has had over 100,000 calls from persons in all walks of life, and to each a short sermon was delivered by Mr. Hall or one of his three volunteer helpers. The “Telephone Bishop,” shown at his desk, conducts religious meetings on Broadway and also is known by New Yorkers as the “Bishop of Wall Street.” —Wide World Photo. Solar Expert Hopes ' To Predict Weather Several Years Ahead Smithsonian Regents Told of Developments By Dr. Charles G. Abbot Hopes of perfecting a system ol‘ forecasting weather several years in advance were disclosed yesterday by Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the National Museum, in his report to the annual meeting of the Board of Regents. Dr. Abbot told the board signifi- cant advance, haVe been made dur- ing the past Year on the complex problem of periodic variations in solar radiation and their effects on terrestrial weather. These variations, it was explained, | are extremely minute, and it is diffi- | cult to eliminate observational er- | rors, but their weather effects are | now apparent and “give hope of per- | fecting methods of weather forecast- | ing for several years in advanci The museum, a Government-sup- | ported branch of the Smithsonian | Institution, has added 326,686 speci- | mens to its collections during the | past year, bringing the total to | nearly 17,500,000, the regents were told. These include an 1800-carat aguamarine - crystal from Brazil, fossil “¥éinaliis of ‘extinct animals, largest meteorite ever for in the United States and a coll n of old and new Stone Age and . Bronze Age implements and ornaments from Java. During the year, Dr. Abbot re- |ported, the Smithsonian has be- | come a defense agency and is carry- | ing out studies of fundamental ma- terials. He said its collections are and abrasives. “Certain specific defense problems the regents were told. {Virginian Under Bond After Wife's Death | By the Associated Press. | was under bond today in connection Showalter. Montgomery County cor- oner, disclosed that Mrs. Smith, al- dent, died of a brain injury. where she was brought by two pass- ing motorists from the scene of the wreck. The husband, slightly bruised, told the coroner he had gone to sleep and that the car had crashed into a bridge rail. Dr. Showalter said, however, that Mrs. Smith did not die of injuries re- ceived in the wreck. warrant charging him with causing the death of his wife. Ohio of Indian Derivation COLUMBUS (#).—The State of Ohio derived its name from an In- dian word meaning “great.” It is an Iroquoian word. In Wyndot it is O-He-Zhu. In Mohawk and Cayuga it is O-He-Yo. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate and House in recess. Joint conference committee seeks agreement on price control bill. » | from Guatema of great usefulness in the study of | such strategic materials as rubber, | tin, aluminum, mica, optical glass | were attacked with good results,” | | CHRISTIANSBURG, Va., Jan. 17. | | —Cecil A. Smith of near Narrows | | with his wifel death after Dr. A. M. | though hurt in an automobile acci- | The woman died in a hospital here | Smith was bonded at Pearisburg | yesterday for $2,500 to answer a | Italian Ambassador And Staff Are Taken To White Sulphur More Than 80 Diplomats, Aides and Wives Are « Included in Party More than 80 diplomats, staff members and their wives from the | Italian Embassy arrived at White | Sulphur Springs, W. Va., this morn- | ing, the Swiss Legation here re- ported today, swelling the Axis- "agent population to about 400. In | another quarter it was learned that | two Italian children, had been left in Washington because of illness. The Italians left here by train yesterday, headed by Prince Co- | lonna, the Ambassador. The Swiss ELegnflon, handling Italian affairs | in the United States for the dura- | tion, #et up an office in the chan- cery of the Italian Embassy at Sixteenth and Fuller streets N.W. Arrival of the Axis diplomats la and Costa Rica have helped to incréase the popu- | lation of the Greenbrier Hotel at ! White Sulpher, which is the place | of internment for the Axis agents until plans can be worked out between Washington, Berlin, Rome, | Budapest, Bucharest and Sofia for the transfer of Axis and American diplomats. It was learned that the United States intends to concentrate at | White Sulphur the Axis diplomsats from the other Latin Ameritan | countries which break off relations or declare war agains® Germany { and the German collaborating pow- ers. Then they will all be shipped | to Europe in one group. News- papermen as well as diplomats are at White Sulphur. The negotiations for the trans- fer are being carried on in Bern, the capital of Switzerland, through | the American Legation there, and | in Berlin, through the Swiss Lega- tion there. The negotiations have | not reached any conclusion yet. The diplomats at White Sulphur, who were visited recently by a diplomat from the Swiss Legation in Washington, live a restricted life. The heads of missions, but not subordinates, are permitted to go to the town of White Sulphur. They played one game of golf, but now that is forbidden. The area in which they can walk includes the hot baths. They are shown motion pictures, but they are not entertained by music. Colored Citizens Loyal, U. G. E. Tells Roosevelt A telegram assuring President Roosevelt of colored citizens' patri- otism and confidence in his leader- ship was dispatched last night after a meeting of the United Government Employes in Garnet-Patterson Junior High School. It was explained the message was prompted by news reports of a meet- ing of colored groups in New York City last week in which Willlam H. Hastie, colored civilian aide to the Secretaray of War, was quoted as asking “Is the Negro 100 per cent back of the war effort?” The telegram called attention to “the long-treasured traditional pa- triotism and eternal loyalty of the Negro American citizen in his all-out support of this and every war of the republic and his native land since the immortal Negro, Crispus At- tucks, was the first to die at Boston Common for liberty and independ- ence.” Last night's meeting was addressed oy Edgar G. Brown, U. G. E. presi- dent, and Hubert Pair, attorney. Weather Repo winds. Virginia and Maryland—Not so River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at Harpers Ferry: Potomac clear at Great Falls today. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature Degrees. # .2‘1 3 Recerd for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, a o ua'& 10, at 6 am. today. Year Yesterday— Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) t, 92 per cent, at 7:30 today. t,’ 41 per cent, at 1:30 . y. Tide Tables. (Pu: Geodetic Burvey.) En' today n. rTOW. Moon, Y Antomobile one-half hour sul 44, st 12:01 s.m. yesterday. | September rt (Purnished by the United States Weather Buresu.) District of Columbia—Not quite so cold tonight; gentle to moderate cold tonight. — Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 58, on January 2. Lowest, 6, on January 11. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month, 1042, % 0.60 e IRSSSema iy g3zs2aR3nReeg ‘Weather in Various Cities. rnished by United States Coast and | Chic: