Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1942, Page 11

Uncerfainy Persists About Unoccupied Philippine Areas Renewal of Civilian Communication Fails To Reveal Situation By the Associated Press. Re-establishment of direct trans- Pacific civilian communication with the Philippines failed yesterday to clear up official uncertainty as to the situation in island areas not known to be unoccupied by the Japanese. While Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s little army fights on the main island if Luzon, replies to urgent messages have shed virtually mo light, offi- elals reported, on the course of events elsewhere in the Philippines. One inquiry as to whether Amer- icans were safe in Cebu, the Philip- pines’ second city, brought a belated and cryptic reply that aroused sus- picions that it might have been du- patched under duress. One responsible official snld he feared the Japanese or their agents | might be in control there as well as on Luzon and the two other points where the enemy is known | to have made landings in force. Service to Six Islands. A continuous radio link was| established a week ago between ‘San Francisco and Cebu, supplementing the messages exchanged daily over crowded military communication facilities between Gen. MacArthur's | headquarters and Washington. Then yesterday the Western Union Telegraph Co. announced that messages could be transmitted and received between the United States and the islands of Bohol, | Leyte, Cebu, Panay, Samar and | Mindanao, except occupied Davao. | Presumably an inter-island tele- graph and radio network of the commonwealth government’s bu- | reau of posts was utilized. Officials of Radio Corp. of Amer- fca, which operates the trans-Pa- cific link, said the new communi- cations channel was in operation, though under difficulties. It was | called on to handle a heavy vol- \ ume of traffic. Several hundred in- | quiries have piled up at the In-| terior Department’s Philippine office | alone since the mass invasion or‘ Luzon started, nearly four weeks | ago. Main Forces on Luzon. \ On the basis of Gen. MacArthur’s reports. more than half the Philip- pines are free of invasion and there- fore remain possible centers of re- | sistance, even though the main fight- ing forces were massed on Luzon. Cebu, Iloilo and other southern Philippine ~points have undergone air raids, but aside from Luzon land- ings are known to have been made only at Davao, now a base for at-| tacking the Netherlands Indies. and at Jolo, colorful home of Moro tribesmen. Both Davao and Jolo are in the extreme southsand all islands be- tween these points and Luzon pre- sumably remain under the American and Philippine flag. Gen. MacArthur is believed to be in touch with local cemmanders by | radio. He has reported to the War | Department the attacks on Davao and Jolo and other events else- where, and also has been able to ! report some occurrances in Manila, even though the capital is held by the foe. 1 Nunzio Crivella Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow Funeral services for Nunzio Cri- vella, who died Friday at his home, 715 Tenth street N.E., after a short {llness, will be held at § am. to- morrow at the Holy Name Church. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Ceme- tery. Coming here from Cefalu, TItaly, in 1900. Mr. Crivella established a meat market at Tenth and H streets | NE. He retired from business m, 1932. While proprietor of the mar- | ket, he was a member of the North- | east Business Men's Association | He is survived by his widow, three sons, Anthony, Joseph and Sam | Crivella, and two daughters, Mrs. | Rose Guglielmini and Miss Jenny | Crivella. | Fires Hi_tSchooIs HOUSTON, Mo., Jan. 17 (/. —Lum Valley School, destroyed by fire yes- terday, was the fifth rural school in Texas County to burn during the week. Symphony to Play Anthem Arranged By Stravinsky A Russian composer’s conception of “The Star Spangled Banner” will | be offered for approval of the audi- ence at this afternoon’s concert by the National Symphony Orchestra at Constitution Hall. The concert will start at 4 o'clock. | The national anthem® will be | played twice during the program. Conductor Hans Kindler's arrange- ment of the anthem will open the concert, while at the beginning of the second half, the orchestration will be by the Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky. A ballot will be inclosed in the program to test audience reaction to the Stravinsky arrangement. The United States Coast Guard needs men. GLASSES 0N EASY CREDIT } N g | Navy, | pending trial THE SUNDAY STAR, FILIPINO CAB DRIVERS DONATE TO RED CROSS—A committee of Filipino taxicab drivers yes- terday presented a check for $400 to Brig. Gen. Frank R. Keefer at District Red Cross headquar- ters. Left to right: Roque F. Silva, treasurer of the Filipino Cab Drivers’ Association and Manila Social Club; Florentino R. Villamor, liaison officer; Anastasio P. Cubero, secretary, and Justin- iano G. Ferrer, president; Gen. services. Keefer and Mrs. Lynn F. Woodworth, vice chairman of volunteer —Star Staft Photo. Service af Cathedral i \To Honor Armed Forces H i School. Emergency food rations Boy Scout Bicycle Squad v b sy g Will Give Exhibition making department also will be dis- | played. The District’s only Boy Scout| ™o, 't emuel Bolles and Pire Chiet A special service for members of | | bicycle brigade organized for mes- | Clement Murphy are expected to be the armed forces and thelr relatives | sanger service during air.raids will | present to answer questions con- will be held at 3:30 o'clock this give an exhibition at 7:45 pm. cerning child protection during afternoon in Washington Cathedral. | Tuesday in the Gordon Junior High raids. BUY IT AT Gsorges NOW ON DISPLAY! THE NEW 1942 The Right Rev. James E. Free- | man, Bishop of Washington, ex-| plained yesterday it was fitting in | wartime that the annual service | for the National Guard be expanded | to honor all members of the Arng, Marine Corps and Coa.sL Guard. Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, com- | manding the Washington Provi-/ sional Brigade, will greet the con- gregation. Col. John Chauncy Wol- | cott Linsley, chaplain of Fort Myer, | Va., will preach, and prayers for the | armed forces will be offered by Lt. | Col. Harry Lee Virden of the omce. of chief of Army chaplains, and Very Rev. ZeBarney T. Phllllps.. | dean of Washington’ Cathedral. | The 121st Engineers Band, con- | ducted by Warrant Officer Meyer | Goldman, will present a concert. | | The cathedral choir and its organ- ist, Paul Callaway, also will be heard. Larceny Suspect Posts Bond on Third Charge Thornley Durant Harris, 42. al- ready under $10,000 bond here on an indictment charging grand larceny of mére than $1300 from a Washington woman, vesterday was arraigned in Police Court on a Virginia fugitive warrant, charging ‘him with de- frauding a Loudoun Coumy (Va.) woman o&“oo Following * arnlanment Judge Hobart Newman, Mr. Harris remained at liberty under $2,000 bond which he posted in the Vir- ginia case, pending an extradition hearing set for February 17. 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