Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1942, Page 7

Mile o’ Dimes fo Profit Substantially From Orchestra Rehearsal Advance Sales Good For Practice Tuesday At Pan American Union Advance sale of tickets for the | first rehearsal of the National Symphony Orchestra ever opened | to the public indicated yesterday | that the Mile o' Dimes, which will | receive the proceeds of the per- | formance, would benefit substanti- | ally from this opportunity for the public to look behind the scenes of | an orchestra rehearsal. J. P. Hayes, manager of the or- chestra, will be interviewed by Bry- | son Rash, director of the Mile o’ Dimes, at noon today over Station ‘WRC regarding the rehearsal, which will start at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Hall of the Americas of the Pan | American Union. Orchestra officials have given as- | surance that the rehearsal will be | a regular one—not something put | on for the benefit of an audience— and actually will be the only op- portunity Dr. Hans Kindler, the | conductor, will have to work with the soloist, Mme. Guiomar Novaes, | and the orchestra in preparation | for a Tuesday night concert in Bal- timore. Biddle on Radio Tomorrow. Since the Wednesdav concert is one of the all-subscription concerts and only season-ticket holders will be admitted, the Tuesday rehearsal | will be the only time those who do not have season tickets will hear the program and Brazil's foremost | composer. Tickets for the rehearsal may be purchased at the Mile o' | Dimes stand or at Kitt's Music Store. . | ‘The program will include the first North American performance of “Concerto in Brazilian Forms” by the Brazilian composer, Hekel Ta- vares; Schubert’s “Symphony No. 4 in C Minor; “Introduction and | Dido's Lament,” from “Dido and | Aeneas,” by Purcell (arranged by Dr. Kindler); “Suite for Strings,” by Purcell, and “Batuque,” by an- | other Brazilian composer, Oscar Lo- | renzo Fernandez. Attorney General Francis Biddle | will represent the Justice Depart- | ment at the Mile o’ Dimes tomor- row at 4:45 pm. On the same pro- | gram, to be broadcast over 'station | States Information Service and the | United States attorney’s office. | WMAL will feature Nancy Merki, who overcame in- fantile paralysis to become the hold- | er of 28 swimming records and has | been voted No. 1 girl swimmer of the country by the Wational Ama- teur Athletic Union. She will be accompanied by Representative An- gell of Oregon, her home State. | Others to Make Contributions. On the same program representa- tives of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the National Hospital Society will also make contributions to the Mile o’ Dimes. The Labor Department, repre- eented by Robert C. Smith, director of personnel, yesterday presented $256.36 to the Mile o’ Dimes. Mr. Smith read a message f | Becretary of Labor Perkins in whic! she urged all to contribute “for the | noble purpose of relieving suffering | and making happier the lives of | many Americans.” Robert C. Tracy, secretary of the Board of Tax Appeals, presented $6.90 from the board, and Collas G. Harris, executive officer of the Na- | tional Archives, brought $51.56 from | the employes of that agency. Other contributions made to the Mile o' Dimes yesterday came from a chapter of the Daughters of Amer- jca, Bergmann's Laundry, the Po-| lish Club of Washington and the | Presbyterian Home. Akers to Be Nominated To Head Auto Dealers Tloyd Akers, executive director of the Capitol Cadillac Co. of Washing- ton, is to be nominated for the pres- idency of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association, now in conven- tion in Chicago. A committee headed by Benjamin J. Ourisman is to place Mr. Akers’ name in nomination. The associa- tion’s headquarters are now located here, and it is felt that a Wash- ington man would be able to de- vote more of his time to the job than one who lived elsewhere. ‘The front is where you are! You're there every payday! Buy United THE SUNDAY STAR, MUNICIPAL | BRISTLING ISLAND OF DEFENSE—Oval-shaped, tropical Singapore Island, 27 miles long and 14 wide, is one of the British Empire’s most strongly fortified bases. WMAL, will be representatives of | Spreading across the tip of the Malay Peninsula, it is separated from Johore the Supreme Court, the United | Province by winding Johore Strait, less than a mile wide, and is connected to the mainland by a single causeway. Hard by this strait sprawls Singapor€ naval base, At 12:15 pm. tomorrow the pro- | built at a cost of $80,000,000 and said to be capable of receiving Britain's entire gram to be broadcast over station | world-wide fleet. East of the naval base is a well-equipped Royal Air Force field. 15-year-old | Ringing this island are 18-inch coastal guns with a range of 25 miles, and other | fortifications are hidden in the dense jungle foliage that covers most of the WATER Indies. WASHINGTON, D. C, Tech Hock Malay undulating terrain between scattered native villages. of world commerce, Singapore has been an important port ever since it was occu- | pied for the East India Co. in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles. lower coast is the city of Singapore, population 600,000, where East meets West | in a steady flow of virtually all the world's peoples who come and go, in normal times, on 80 steamship lines. South of the city on the isle of Pulau Brani a huge | tin-smelting works produces more than half the world’s tin output. Across Singa- | pore Strait, a few miles away, are the northernmost islands of the Netherlands JANUARY 18, 1942 Tokio Says Its Troops Are Within 50 Miles 0f Singapore Island MacArthur’s Forces Retreating in Batan, Domei Reports By the Associated Press. TOKIO, Jan. 17 (Official Broad- cast)—A Domei war summary claimed tonight that Japanese tanks had driven through Australian de- fense lines to within 50 miles of Singapore and declared that in the Philippines Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur's troops finally were with- * AT In a parallel drive from Gemas, northeast of Malacca, Domet claimed an Australian defense force was broken with a loss of 500 men. The Japanese admitted the Aus- tralian resistance proved unexpected and said dive bombers smashed the Australian positions near Batuanam, four miles east of Gemas. Reporting on operations in the east coast state of Pahang, Domei said Japanese troops had turned inland, up the Pahang River, and fought their way into the Temerioh area deep,in the jungle interior. Domei said that in the fight on the Philippine Island of Luzon, Amer can and Filipino troops were ens gaged in a general withdrawal toe ward the coast of Manila Bay snd Corregidor Island. The Japanese claimed Gen. Maoce Arthur's Batan Feninsule kne cracked finally under the intense pressure of & heavily reinforced RAILROADS Ftitst- MAIN ROADS —— Situated at a cross roads | Hugging the island’s —A. P. Wirephoto. | Mission Official Dies, Bringing Traffic Toll For Year to Seven Jehn B. Bolt Was Struck By Auto Tuesday on Connecticut Avenue D. C. Traffic Toll Killed in 1942 1 Killed in same period of 1941. 9 Toll for all of 1941___ ..95 A Connecticut avenue auto acci- dent late yesterday proved fatal to John B. Bolt, 46, superintendent of the Georgetown Gospel Mission. He had been in Emergency Hospi- tal since he was struck Tuesday. Walking across Connecticut at Cathedral avenue N.W. Mr. Bolt was hit by an auto driven by Ermnest E. Delinger, 58, of 5500 Wis- consin avenue N.W. police said. | They reported Mr. Delinger wil appear before a coroner’s jury. Mr. Bolt's death was the seventh for 1942, one fewer than on January 17 of last year. A native of Anderson County, S. C., the victim had been lving in | Washington since 1930. His address | was 2817 Connecticut avenue N.W. | He was accredited as a Baptist min- ister and was a graduate of Purman | University, Greensville, S. C., and Morris Hill (S. C.) College. Had No Relatives Here. For about two years he had been giving instruction as a barber and beruty operator at the Chamberlain Vocational School. Friends said he had no relatives in Washington. His mother and father live in Bel- ton, 8. C. Mr. Bolt probably will be buried in his home State, they in- dicated. States Defense savings bonds and DON'T ENVY A SLENDER HEALTHY BODY While You Neglect Yours SLIMachine offers a simple, inexpensive way of daily combating un- wanted pounds and inches around the middle—poor circulation—consti- pation—segging Al do i it on @ comfortable seat, sn: this compact, electrically opereted machine puts your entire body end limbs through a rhythmic system of synchronized rowing—bicycling— horseback riding—swimming actions, thet exercises o quickly—pas- A coroner’s jury yesterday or- stomach muscles. @ switch sively—completely—without heart strain or exertion. 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A coroner's jury absolved Harold D. Campbell, 24, of Arlington, Va., & streetcar motorman, of blame in connection with a traffic death De- cember 22. The victim was Melvin C. Hutch- inson, 20, of Ritchie, Md., who was injured when hit by a streetcar be- tween Eads and Dix streets on Fifty- second street NE. Louis W. Atkins, 27, of Capitol Heights, Md., suffered face and hand injuries that sent him to Casualty Hospital late yesterday when his auto collided with a fire engine, ac- | cording to police. They charged him at No. 11 precinct with failure to keep his auto to the right, after | it struck a water pumper of No. 19 fire engine company on Alabama | avenue SE. Alexandria Man Elected O. A. Reardon of Alexandria has been elected secretary-treasurer of | the Virginia Ice Manufacturers’ As- sociation, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Norfolk. The organization yesterday concluded its 28th annual convention at Virginia e ———————— Rugs-Carpets Remnants Lowest Prices—Open Evenings WOODRIDGE RUG & CARPET 1715 Rhods island Ave. N.E. Telephone—Hobart 8200 and relex, while Women's Unit Asked For All-Out Aid in Obliterating Axis Legion Commander Talks At 17th Conference On National Defense ‘The 17th annual Women's Patri- otic Conference on National De- fense today was preparing to discuss how women can, further the war effort, following a plea by the head of the American Legion last night for the group to “dedicate your every effort” to obliterating the Axis powers. Lynn U. Stambaugh, national commander of the Legion, told the conference last night in the May- flower Hotel that “you must aid in every possible way in supporting the men to keep them flying, to keep them rolling, and to maintain that control of the seas which will keep that flag flying.” He pointed out that during the years of disarmament in this coun- try these women had continually called for preparedness. “Your community groups now be- come more than social centers. They are once more units in a great fighting force whose design is vic- tory against all the forces of hatred and greed,” he said. “Now that we know our task we shall not rest until it is completed. Now we are leaders among united nations,” he declared. ‘The Legion commander called at- tention to censorship during this war and called it “the most severe” curtailment of news “ever imposed on the American people.” He added that “we do not know from day to day where our troops and our ships are fighting, nor to what destination they are moving. How-; ever, because of the vast world-wide extent of the combat zones, no longer can pinned maps show lines of demarcation between Allied forces and the enemy. “The existence of this censorship is one more reason, especially dur- ing these earlier month$ while events are taking shape, that women of your ability and knowledge and leadership carry on throughout | America, giving to your fellow citi- zens confidence and courage which must be doubly strong while based on faith alone,” Mr. Stambaugh stated. Mrs. Elsie Howard Newell of Memphis, Tenn., national president of the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary, is president of the confer- ence, which opened its sessions here with a pilgrimage to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier yesterday. Music for the rally was provided by the United States Navy Band, Charles Brendler conducting. Banquet Set For Tonight. Mrs. Newell, in her address of wel- come, declered that “the present great task of humanity is not only deliverance by the sword, but also deliverance from the sword.” She added that the women of the con- ference “will see service on all fronts,” in fact, “wherever women can contribute their talents.” State Senator Joe R. Hanley of | New York, commander in chief of | | the United Spanish War Veterans, | will be the speaker at the banquet tonight. Earlier today, following a | business session, speakers were to| be Col. Alva J. Brasted, former | chaplain in chief of the Army; Maj. | Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. S. A, re- tired; Lt. Comdr. Thomas J. Keane, | Navy Department public relations; 4 Lt. Col. Arthur I. Ennis, Army Air | Corps, and Miss Helen Anderson, | American Legion Auxiliary. | | The afternoon session was to have | as speakers Mrs. Dwight Davis, head | of the Red Cross Voluntary Service; { Daniel W. Hoan, chief of field op- | erations for the Office of Civilian | Defense; Mrs. Harper Sibley, United Service Organizations for National | | Defense; Mrs. Alice T. McLean, | American Women's Voluntary Serv- | ice, and the Rev. S. Arthur Devan, | director general of the Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains. Von Papen’s Son Wounded Japanese offensive said to have been drawing down the Batan Peninsula. since Thursday. (There was no substantiation | “700 *®Y o ¢ of either claim from British or |= American sources. The War De- partment said a strong Japanese attack against Gen. MacArthur's lines was being contested stub- bornly.) Domei predicted that at the rate of Japanese advances claimed for the past several days, the invaders would be “knocking at the gates to Singapore Island sometime tomorrow.” The news agency's dispatches from the Malay front said tlk,:e city of Malacca, capital of the Malacca settlement, was “completely oc- cupied” by the Japanese last night. From there, Domei reported, the Japanese drove on down the west coat to the Batu Pahat sector to positions reportedly 50 miles north- west of Singapore. (Batu Pahat is a river mouth town some 20 miles south of the mouth of the Muar River. The town itself is 70 miles from Singapore.) 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